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1、高考英语阅读理解4 7 篇（1）One should be moderate（适度）in all things.Moderation is always the safest way to do things and a virtue（品质）weshould have.Lets take the student life fbr example.There are some students who study too hard and play too little,while thereare others who play too much and study too little.On
2、 one hand,it is harmful to his health if he has too few exercises,and on theother hand,it is harmful to his mind if he plays too much.In the matter of eating,one also should be moderate.Do not eat too much or too little.Too much eating will make you sick,while too little eating will make you weak.Th
3、e man of progress is he who neither has too high an opinion of himself nor thinks too poorly of himself.If a man thinkstoo highly of himself,he is sure to become very proud,but if he has too poor an opinion of himself,he will have no courage tomake an advance.Both the conditions above will make you
4、lose your advancing aim.A broadminded man is he who alwaysmoves within the orbit（轨道）of reasonableness.Whether in any activities in life,moderation is one of the best ways to enjoyreal happiness.1.“Someone is moderate5 me a n s.A.he walks neither too fast nor loo slowlyB.he has good characters and go
5、od ways to do thingsC.he is not only safe but also successfulD.he is either tall or short2.The writer suggests that a student s h o u l d.A.have much more time to study than to playB.spend most of the time playing different gamesC.only study hard without any time to playD.correctly arrange（安排）his ti
6、me for study and play3.Moderate eating me a n s.A.eating as much food as one can if the food is tastyB.eating food rich of fatC.eating a proper amount of foodD.eating either too much or too little4.If one wants to be broad-minded,he mus t.A.believe in himselfB.be full of courageC.enjoy real happines
7、sD.do everything that is reasonable答案：BDCD（2）Daniel Boone was born in the United States in 1734.He didnt go to school and couldnt read,although he learned all aboutthe forests,streams and hunting.He could move silently like an Indian leaving no marks.He loved to live alone in the woodswhere nothing
8、frightened him.When he grew up,he married and tried to settle down on a farm.A year later,however,he wasnt satisfied and decided togo into the unknown western lands,crossing the Appalachian Mountains.When he returned after two years,he became famousfor his long journey.He brought valuable animal ski
9、ns and told stories about the Indians.After this,he chose to keep travelling to unknown places.Once he lost to the Indians in battle and was taken away.TheIndians liked him and became his friends.Daniel Boone died at the age of 86.He is remembered as an explorer（探险者）and a pioneer who lived an exciti
10、ng life inthe early years of American nation.1.Daniel Boones early life was mainly spent in.A.learning about natureB.hunting with his friendsC.learning useful skills from the IndiansD.studying at home because he couldnt go to school2.When he got married,Daniel Boone first planned to.A.set up a large
11、 farmB.go on a journey with his wifeC.find food,new land for his farmD.live a peaceful life with his family3.Daniel Boone became famous b e c a u s e.A.he travelled a lot in the western landsB.he was very good at telling storiesC.he found better animal skins than othersD.he was the first to climb th
12、e Appalachian Mountains4.Why did the Indians want to make friends with him?A.Because they wanted to learn from him.B.Because he wanted to make peace with them.C.Because they wanted to make friends with white people.D.No reason is told in this article.5.In this article,Daniel Boone is best described
13、asA.warm-heartedB.strongC.carefulD.brave答案：ADADD（3）Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino.Theappearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the world.Scientists still do not completely understand it.Yet theynow find the
14、y can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York,Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel.A scientistof Zimbabwe,Roger Buckland worked with them.They have found that when El Nino appears,Zimbabwe has little or no rai
15、n.This means com crops in Zimbabwe are poor.The last El Nino was in 1991 to 1993.That was when southeastern Africa suffereda serious lack of rain.The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication Nature.Their computer program can tell when an El Ninowill develop up to a year before it
16、does.They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southernAfrica,and could prevent many people from starving.1.El Nino is known as.A.the changing of the weather in southern AfricaB.the warming of waters in the Pacific OceanC.the weather which brings drought（旱灾）to Africa
17、D.the weather phenomenon（现象）that brings heavy rains to Africa2.Scientists study El Nino in order t hat.A.they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from droughtB.they can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rainC.they can do some research work in this field.D.they can put
18、all this information into their computers.3.Which of the following is true according to the article?A.Scientists come to understand how El Nino appears.B.Three scientists from the U.S.A,work on this subject.C.Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger.D.El Nino has s
19、omething to do with Zimbabwes crops.4.Which of the following is not true according to the article?A.The computer is used in this research work.B.Scientists know when an El Nino appears by means of computer program.C.The scientists published their results of the research work.D.Nature is the name of
20、the article written recently by the scientists.5.Choose the best title for this article.A.Appearance of El Nino Predictable（可 预 的）B.Drought in ZimbabweC.Early warning systemD.Weather in Africa答案：BADDA（4）For years,business people in Western Europe were worried.They knew they could not compete against
21、 business from theU.S.The United States is much larger and had many more resources than any Western European country.Some European people realized that the European nations need to join together to help each other.If they could forget theirlanguage differences and the differences in customs,they mig
22、ht become strong competition against other countries.In 1958,six of the European countries Belgium,the Netherlands,Luxembourg,France,Germany and Italy got togetherand decided to cooperate（合作）.They called their group the European Economic Community,or the Common Market.Thesecountries agreed to join t
23、heir resources together.Within a few years,the European Economic Community had worked so well that its members were more prosperous（繁荣）than many other European nations.Soon,other nations began to realize the advantages（好处）of the Common Market.Today theCommon Market includes most of the important cou
24、ntries in Western Europe.It is helping Western Europe to again take itsplace as a leader among the industrial nations of the world.1.From the passage we know the U.S.is much richer than in resources.A.any other Western European countriesB.any other country in Western EuropeC.any country in Western E
25、uropeD.every country in Europe2.The members of the European Economic Community have developed fast because t hey.A.share their resources and produce more goodsB.can again take the place as a leaderC.forget the differences in their languages and customsD.have become strong competition against the U.S
26、.3.Which statement is true?A.The Common Market is only a political association（联盟）.B.The Common Market is an economic and political association.C.The Common Market is only an economic association.D.The Common Market is neither an economic association nor a political one.4.In order to the Western Eur
27、opean countries decided to cooperate.A.join together to found a united countryB.help each other to smooth away the differences in customsC.work and act together for common purposeD.fight against the U.S.5.Today the Common Market has helped again take the place as a leader among the industrial nation
28、s of the world.A.Belgium,the Netherlands,Luxembourg,France,Germany and ItalyB.Belgium,the Netherlands,Luxembourg,France,Germany,Italy and other countriesC.Belgium,the Netherlands,Luxembourg,France,Germany,Italy and other European countriesD.Belgium,the Netherlands,Luxembourg,France,Germany,Italy and
29、 other Western European nations答案：CABCD（5）Perhaps the most famous theory,the study of body movement,was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell.He believes thatphysical appearance is often culturally（文化的）programmed.In other words,we learn our looks-we are not born with them.A baby has generally unfo
30、rmed face features（特征）.A baby,according to Bird whistle,learns where to set the eyebrows（眉毛）by looking at those around 一 一 family and friends.This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States lookso much alike,New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that ca
31、nnot be explained by genetics（遗传学）.The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth,it is learned after.In fact,the final mouth shape is not formed until wellafter new teeth are set.For many,this can be well into grown-ups.A husband and wife together for a long time often come tolook somewhat alike.
32、We learn our looks from those around us.This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas wherepeople smile more than those in other areas.In the United States,for example,the South is the part of the country where thepeople smile most frequently.In New England they smile less,and in the weste
33、rn part of New York State still less.ManySoutherners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly,partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than peopleon Peachtree Street in Atlanta,Georgi A.People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than dopeople i
34、n small towns.1.Ray Bird whistle believes physical appearanceA.has little to do with culture.B.has much to do with culture.C.is ever changing.D.is different from place to place2.According to the passage,the final mouth shape is formedA.before birth.B.as soon as ones teeth are newly set.C.sometime af
35、ter new teeth are set.D.around 15 years old.3.Ray Bird whistle can tell what area of the United States a person is from byA.how much he or she smiles.B.how he or she raises his or her eyebrows.C.what he or she likes best.D.the way he or she talks.4.People who live are more friendlyA.in largely popul
36、ated areasB.in New York cityC.in the countryD.in the North5.This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing withA.physicsB.chemistryC.biologyD.none of the above答案：BBACD（6）Over two thousand years ago Rome（罗马）was the center of a huge empire.The Romans needed a way to move their largearmies qu
37、ickly so that they could protect their huge country.They needed land trade routes,so they joined all parts of theirempire by a net-work of roads（公路网）.Beginning in 300 B.C.,the Romans built roads in Europe,Asia and North Africa.By 200A.D.,they had built 50,000 miles ofalmost straight roads.To build t
38、heir roads,the Romans moved away all soft soil.They dug until they reached hard ground.Then they addedlayers（层）of stone and other things.The most important roads were paved（铺设）with large flat（平）stones.Main Romanroads were sometimes as wide as ours today.To build their roads,the Romans sometimes had
39、to dig tunnels through mountains.But they didnt have any machines tohelp them.So they heated the rock with fire and then threw cold water over it.When the rock cracked（裂），they dug it out.Roman soldiers and slaves built the roads with their hands and simple tools,but the roads were so well built that
40、 they were usedfor hundreds of years.1.The story tells us.A.building roads without modern machines was Roman soldiers,only jobB.it was no easy job for the Romans to build their roadsC.people in advanced countries still use the old Roman way to build their roads todayD.most people in the African coun
41、tries still use the old Roman way to dig their tunnels through the mountains2.lb build mountain roads,the old Romans had to.A.explode the rock before they started to digB.crack the rock with fire and cold waterC.dig through the hard rock with their handsD.invent some machines to help them with the w
42、ork3.On the whole,the story is a bout.A.how to build up our modem roads todayB.Roman tools in building a wide straight roadC.the Romans roads built two thousand years agoD.the reason why the Romans had to build their roads4.Why did the Romans build so many roads at that time?It was b e c a u s e.A.t
43、heir slaves and soldiers had to do something,or,they would have nothing to doB.they dared not sail in the ocean and the roads were their only choiceC.they needed land trade roads and the roads to move their grand armies as quickly as possibleD.the old Romans wanted to show how clever they were in bu
44、ilding the roads5.According to the passage,which of the following four choices is correct?A.The old Romans found soft soil did not make a solid base for the road.B.The Romans built roads only on flat（平）landC.Flat stones were mostly used in the roads of AsiaD.The old Romans used to make use of the so
45、ft soil fbr the base of their roads in North Africa答案：BBCCA（7）In one way of thinking,failure is a part of life.In another way,failure may be a way towards success.The“spider story”isoften told.Robert Bruce,leader of the Scots in the 13th century,was hiding in a cave from the English.He watched a spi
46、derspinning a web（蜘蛛织网）.The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock.He tried six times without success.On theseventh time he made it and went on to spin his web.Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat theEnglish*Edison,the inventor of the light bulb,made hundre
47、ds of models that failed before he found the right way to makeone.So what?First,always think about your failure.What caused it?Were conditions right?Were you in top from yourself?What can you change so things will go right next time?Second,is the goal（目标）youre trying to reach the right one?Try to do
48、 some thinking about what your real goals may be.Think about his question,“If I do succeed in this,where will it gel me?”This may help you prevent failure in things youshouldnt be doing anyway.The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that its a part of life.Learn to“live with yourself*even t
49、hough you mayhave failed.Remember,“You cant win them all.”1.This passage deals with two sides of failure.In paragraph 1,the author talks mainly a bout.A.the value of failureB.how people would failC.famous failuresD.the cause of failure2.The underlined phrase“made it“me a n s.A.succeededB.failedC.gav
50、eD.got3.The lesson the spider taught Robert Bruce s e e ms.A.productiveB.straight forwardC.sorrowfulD.deep4.The author tells you to do all things e x c e p t.A.The think about the cause of your failureB.to check out whether your goals are right fbr youC.to consider failure as a part or lifeD.to bear