高一阅读专项训练
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A I picked up my two best friends and we were off on a road trip. I had just returned to America from a year abroad in China. So, naturally I wanted to take a trip: to Canada. Montreal, the second largest city in Canada, is a four-hour drive from my home in New Hampshire. We felt a thrill as we crossed the border into Canada. It was the first time I had ever driven across an international border. We turned on the radio to try and find some Canadian stations. After dropping off our bags at our hotel, we were immediately walking down the famous St. Catherine’s street. While we walked two things surprised us: how cold it was and how well everyone dressed. The streets of Montreal are like a fashion show. Both men and women look like they stepped out of the pages of a magazine. All of that fashion has to keep them warm since Montreal is so cold. Last year it broke the record for most snowfall in North America. To hide from the cold we went into a small diner because we wanted to order Poutine, a very popular snack in Montreal. It is French fries covered in cheese and brown gravy (肉汁). It is delicious. However, we had a hard time ordering the dish since the official language of Montreal is French. It is actually the fifth largest French-speaking city in the world. But since the rest of Canada speaks English, plenty of people were there to help. We spent the rest of the weekend going to the many historical churches and monuments in Montreal. But at night we’d head to the very modern dance clubs and bars. Montreal is a city that sits between the past and the future and the traveler can choose whichever direction he wants to go. 1. _____ surprised the author most when he was in Montreal according to the passage. A. Its cold weather and well-dressed citizens B. Its delicious snack and beautiful streets C. Its generosity and kindness of the citizens D. Its beautiful streets and well-dressed citizens 2. How do you understand the sentence “Both men and women look like they stepped out of the pages of a magazine” in Paragraph 4? A. The men and women are really the fashion models of a magazine. B. The portraits of the men and women are printed in the magazine. C. They are so well dressed that they look like models in a magazine. D. The men and women like to copy characters in magazines. 3. Which of the following can’t we conclude from Paragraph 4? A. The author and his friends couldn’t wait to explore the city. B. The author wasn’t used to the weather of Montreal. C. The citizens from Montreal care much about what they wear. D. Montreal often holds fashion shows. 4. What can we infer from the passage? A. The author often went to China for a visit. B. The people they met in the diner were kind and helpful. C. All the people in the diner were locals. D. The author went to Montreal on business. 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The author listened to Canadian radio programs and chose their first stop as advised. B. The author took a trip to Montreal — the third largest city in Canada. C. Montreal broke the record for the most snowfall in the world last year. D. Montreal is a city which is both traditional and modern. B Imagine landing in a foreign country where you cannot speak the language, understand the culture and don’t know anybody. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend who could help you out? John Smith, an English explorer who landed in America in 1607, found the best friend ever. She was a Native American named Pocahontas (1595-1617). And she did more than teach Smith the language: she saved his life, twice. Smith was captured (捕捉) by members of Pocahontas’s tribe (部落) and was going to be killed. But for some reason, the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, felt sorry for Smith (who was probably the first white man she had ever seen) and threw her body over his to protect him. Smith returned safely to the small village he was living in. During the winter the English settlers did not know how to get food from nature. Pocahontas often brought food for Smith and his friends. A year later Pocahontas’s father tried to kill Smith again because the Native Americans were very scared the English would try to take over their land. Pocahontas warned him and he was able to escape. Later she became a Christian and eventually married an Englishman named John Rolfe. She spent the last year of her life in London. Pocahontas has become an American legend. Her life story has been re-created in many books and films, including Disney’s 1995 film, Pocahontas. One of the reasons she is so popular is that many Europeans look at Pocahontas as an excellent example of how a minority can adjust into the majority. Pocahontas is also respected because of her selfless love. She proved that people can be kind and loving even to people of a different race or culture. John Smith was very different from Pocahontas but she could see he was a good man and that was all that mattered. No race or country owns goodness, love and loyalty. 6. What difficulties might early European settlers meet in America EXCEPT ________? A. the fierce conflict with Native Americans B. bad-tempered natives who enjoyed killing C. unfamiliarity with a foreign land D. lack of food in winter 7. Pocahontas saved John Smith twice because ______. A. he was the first white man she had ever seen in her life B. she wanted to become a Christian and marry an Englishman C. she believed in general kindness even to people of a different race D. she was on the settlers’ side and against her cruel father 8. Which is NOT an element to make Pocahontas a legend? A. Her tribal background and her marriage to a white settler. B. Her selfless help to people regarded as enemy of her tribe. C. Her complicated life story different from common people’s. D. The recreation of her life story in the 1995 Disney film. 9. According to the text, Europeans think Pocahontas _____. A. was brave to break away from her own tribe B. set a good example for other natives to accept the white settlers C. was a selfless Christian who can love her enemy D. was open to a more advanced culture 10. What can we infer from the passage? A. The battles between early settlers and Native Americans resulted from their fighting for land. B. The Europeans think the early settlers should have learned to adjust to the local cultures. C. The creation of America is based on the settlers’ victory over the Native Americans. D. People from different cultures can never really get along well with each other. C We all enjoy the beautiful show of colors as leaves change each autumn. But did you ever wonder how and why this happens? To answer the question, first you have to understand what leaves are and what they do. Leaves are nature’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots. And they take a gas called carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose (葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind of sugar. Plants use glucose as food for energy and as a building block for growing. The way plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar is called photosynthesis (光合作用). That means, “putting together with light”. A chemical called chlorophyll (叶绿素) helps photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green color. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter. This is how trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter. During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live off the food they stored during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. The green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. As the bright green fades away, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. Small amounts of these colors have been in the leaves all along. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll. The bright reds and yellows we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples (枫树), glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees like oaks (橡树) is made from waste left in the leaves. It is the mixture of all these things that makes the beautiful colors we enjoy during autumn.? 11. Why do leaves change color in autumn? A. Because the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. B. Because the colors of yellow or red covered up by chlorophyll begin to show. C. Because some other substances in the leaves make most of the bright reds or yellows. D. All of the above. 12. Which of the following about chlorophyll is NOT true? A. Without it photosynthesis couldn’t happen. B. It is the reason why leaves have their green color. C. It turns the leaves red during autumn. D. It is a chemical that’s important for trees’ food making. 13. Which of the following is WRONG? A. In winter trees cannot produce any sugar they need as food. B. In winter trees do not consume sugar without chlorophyll. C. Trees can survive the winter with the food storage. D. In winter trees lack light or water for photosynthesis. 14. From the text we can see that photosynthesis _____. A. can produce glucose, which can provide energy for trees’ growth B. can happen whenever there is light and water C. is the process of putting sunlight together with chlorophyll D. doesn’t stop during the trees’ lifetime even in winter 15. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage? A. To explain the process of trees’ photosynthesis. B. To encourage readers to protect the environment. C. To analyze the reasons why leaves change colors. D. To help readers understand what leaves and trees are. D Chinese students aren’t the only ones who have a sleep loss problem. In Australia, teenagers are also missing out on (未得到), on average, one hour’s sleep every night during the school week. Organized activities and homework push bedtimes later, the first large-scale Australian study of children’s sleeping habits has revealed (显示). Their sleep deprivation (剥夺) is enough to cause “serious drop-offs in school performance, attention and memory”, and governments should consider later or flexible (灵活的) school start times, said the study’s leader, Tim Olds. His survey, of more than 4,000 children aged 9 to 18, found those who slept least did not watch more television but spent their time socializing (相处) with family or friends or listening to music. “Almost all children get up at 7 or 7:15 they have to get to school on time,” said Olds. He favors a later start over an earlier finish because he believes organized sports and activities would still consume the latter end of the day. Olds’ research also establishes lack of sleep as a cause of weight gain in children, and a possible source of future problems with depression, anxiety and increased susceptibility (易感性) to illness. It was already known that overweight children sleep less, but Professor Olds found sleep duration (持续时间) was strongly linked to weight across the full range of body sizes. The thinnest children sleep 20 minutes more than the obese. This showed being overweight had no specific effect on sleep patterns, and it was more likely that shorter sleep times stimulate (刺激) appetite and make kids hungry. The US National Sleep Foundation says teenagers aged 13 to 18 need eight to nine hours’ sleep a night. Younger school-aged kids need 9 to 11 hours. On that basis, Professor Olds said, half of Australian children are under-sleeping on weekdays and a quarter on weekends. 16. The Australian students surveyed don’t sleep enough because they spend more time on the following EXCEPT _____. A. organized activities and homework B. communication with friends and family C. watching television programs D. enjoying music 17. What effects does lack of sleep DIRECTLY have on the students according to the survey? A. They become overweight but begin to eat less than before. B. They feel more depressed and anxious about their school work. C. They are more likely to be affected with illness in the future. D. they pay less attention in class and their memory declines. 18. Which of the following suggestions did Mr Olds raise? A. The students should go to bed earlier to have longer sleeping time. B. The students should participate less in organized activities. C. The school should put off the start time in the morning. D. The school should finish earlier in the afternoon. 19. What does “obese” in the sixth paragraph mean? A. average B. fat C. sleepless D. overeating 20. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Australian students usually take part in activities in the afternoon. B. More students are short of sleep on weekends than on weekdays. C. Being overweight has an effect on the length of the sleeping time. D. The survey suggests that teenagers need 8-9 hours’ sleep a night. E While the west wind starts to blow the breath of autumn across the northern hemisphere (半球), spring arrives in Australia just in time to kick off the yearly flower show in the land down under. Floriade is the biggest flower show held annually in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park. And the 21st Floriade, which was inspired by “films that shaped Australia”, started last week. “More than 1 million blooms have been designed to capture (捕捉) scenes from Australian movies such as Babe and Crocodile Dundee,” said Tara Morice, the Floriade ambassador (大使). The festival attracts more than 300,000 visitors from around Australia and overseas in spring from mid-September to mid-October each year, and is considered the most important regular event for tourism in the Australian Capital Territory. It is also called “Australia’s Celebration of Spring”. Floriade started in 1988 as a celebration of Canberra’s 75th birthday and Australia’s bicentenary (二百周年) of European settlement. Due to the success and popularity of the event, it has run every year since with each year a new theme. It is currently the largest flower festival in the southern hemisphere. Floriade gives great expression to public art. Each year new works are placed in the Floriade gardens. Some remain beyond the festival. Floriade also has musical displays with many live performances, cultural celebrations, artistic displays, entertainment and recreational (娱乐的) activities. Floriade has also held a gnome (小矮人) decorating competition with strong participation from schools. Many students across the country will participate in the competition and show off their talent with the beautiful flowers. Choose the best answer to fill in the chart: A. Films that shaped Australia B. From mid-September to mid-October C. Many public artists D. The largest flower festival in the southern hemisphere E. Australia’s Celebration of Spring F. Canberra G. A theme H. The most important regular event I. Popularity J. Origin P6-7 Key: 1-5 ACDBD 6-10 BCDBA 11-15 DCBAC 16-20 CDCBA 21-25 DEBFJ 26-30 IHGAC |  |
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