贵州福泉市2017高考英语阅读理解一轮精练精选（五）
【2014·新课标全国卷Ⅰ 】阅读理解A
The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!
The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge.The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.
Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about.To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.
Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21.Guest speaker will also present prizes to the students.Winning entries will be published in a book.Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given.Families of those who take part in will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served.
Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration.The program guidelines and other related information are available at: http：//cambridgesciencefestival.org.
【试题分析】 剑桥科技节举办“好奇心大挑战”活动。本文介绍了该项活动的具体内容、奖励授予及活动时间等。
1．Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge? A．School students. B．Cambridge locals. C．CSF winners. D．MIT artists.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“The challenge invites，even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing...”可知，是学校学生参加该项活动。
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答案：A
2．When will the prize-giving ceremony be held? A．On February 8th. B．On March 10th C．On March 15th. D．On April 21st.
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“...at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday，April 21st.”可知，授奖仪式是在四月二十一日举行。
答案：D
3. What type of writing is this text? A．An exhibition guide. B．An art show review. C．An announcement. D．An official report.
解析：推理判断题。根据本文所给的标题及活动内容的介绍，包括具体活动内容、授奖情况及活动日期等可以推知，本文是一篇通知。
答案：C
2016高考英语阅读理解--人生百味类
often teach about happiness and what has become clear is this：There are some qualities always unhappy people have．Here are some of them．
Happy people know life can be hard and tend to live through hard times．They take responsibility for how they got themselves into a mess，and focus on getting themselves out of it as soon as possible．Unhappy people see themselves as victims of life and stay stuck in the“look what happened to me” attitude instead of finding a way through and out to the other side．
Most happy people believe in the good in people instead of thinking everyone is out to get them．Generally open and friendly towards people they meet，happy people foster(培养)a sense of community around themselves and meet new people with all open heart．Unhappy people
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are distrustful of most people they meet and don’t think strangers can be
trusted．Unfortunately，this behavior slowly closes all chances of meeting new friends． Unhappy people believe someone else’s good fortune steals from their own．They believe there’s not enough goodness to go around and always compare others’against theirs．This leads to jealousy(嫉妒)．Happy people know that others’good luck and circumstance are just signs of what they also can achieve if they try hard enough．They believe in unlimited possibilities and don’t get stuck in thinking one person’s good fortune limits their possible outcome in life．
There’s only so much space between the two ears．Unhappy people fill that space with constant worry and fear．Happy people experience fear and worry too，but make an important difference between feeling it and living with it．When fear or worry crosses a happy person’s mind，they’ll ask themselves if there’s an action they can take to prevent their fear or worry from happening and they take it．If not，they realize they’re spinning in fear and they lay it down．
【小题1】Paragraph 2 mainly shows that unhappy people tend to _______________． A．focus on what they really want B．get worried about what will happen C．stay focused on the past misfortunes D．find a way to live through hard times
【小题2】According to paragraph 3 and 4，unhappy people ______________． A．like making some new friends B．hate seeing others with good fortune C．are more likely to be cheated by strangers D．believe they can get good luck by working hard 【小题3】What is implied about happy people? A．They don’t think life is hard． B．They hardly ever fear anything．
C．They try to get out of their fear or worries． D．They don’t believe in every people they meet． 【小题4】How is the text mainly developed? A．By making comparisons．
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B．By giving examples． C．By showing detailed data． D．By proving some theories．
【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】D
I remember my mother as a strong woman. She came to America when she was 12—old enough to remember her language, she achieved scores and grades high enough to be admitted to Duke University. With a degree in computer science, she finally became the manager of a company in New York. My mother could give fluent speeches, say “wolves” correctly.
It was my mother who always stressed the importance of language. From the time I was born, I was read to. I would fall asleep to the sounds of my parents’ voices, whether it was my dad’s softly accented, or my mother’s clear English. The flow of language was unbroken, and whether in Chinese or English, the stream of communication flowed through our house. One October morning in sixth grade, after my mother had left to catch the train to the city, I left the house for the bus stop. I was surprised when I saw our car, the door hanging open. As I drew closer, I saw my mother lying on the ground.
In the hospital, it was hard to believe that the lady who lay before me was my mom. My mother could not remember my name. As the leaves changed colors, it became clear that the stroke had created a wall between my mother’s mind and mouth: her mind was not any less clear, but the words she spoke were not what she meant.
The battle my mother faced taught me the importance of language. Without it, identity does not exist; relationships cannot be formed; stories cannot be told; directions cannot be given, and knowing anything about anyone is impossible. Without language, communication cannot take place. Without language, one cannot express the beauty of a sunset or the kindness of a stranger. The world would pass us by in silence.
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41. From where might the author’s mom come to America? A. China
B. England
C. Russia
D. Canada
42. From the second paragraph, we can know ________. A. the author was taught to read since she was born B. the author’s father spoke English poorly
C. the author couldn’t fall asleep without being read to D. the author’s parents taught her language by talking a lot
43. According to the last two paragraphs, the author’s mom was unable to _______. A. think clearly C. speak
B. express herself well D. open her mouth
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44. The underlined word “stroke” in the 4 paragraph most probably refers to ______. A. an accident
B. a hit
C. an illness D. a robbery
45. This passage is mainly about _________. A. a strong mother C. a family disaster teaching language 【参考答案】41—45 ADBCB
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 【广东省广州市2014综合测试】A
I once met a well-known botanist at a dinner party. I had never talked with a botanist before, and I found him fascinating. I sat there absorbed and listened while he spoke of unusual plants and his experiments (he even told me astonishing facts about the simple potato). I had a small indoor garden of my own ---and he was good enough to tell me how to solve some of my problems.
As I said, we were at a dinner party. There must have been a dozen other guests, but I broke an important rule of politeness. I ignored everyone else and talked for hours to the botanist.
B. the importance of language
D. the significance of
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贵州省福泉市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解精练精选(五)
