2017年高考英语阅读题考前练习
高考英语阅读理解题主要取材于英文原版书籍,语言地道、内容新颖,文化意味浓厚。大家平时平时要多做阅读,多做限定时间的`阅读。为了帮助大家备考,小编整理了一些高考英语阅读理解题,希望能帮到大家!
阅读理解【1】
Each year on February 2nd, there is a special festival called Groundhog Day (土拨鼠日 )' forecasting event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. When it comes, people from around the world, including 5,000 in the small town today, watch this tongue-twisting(发音饶舌的) small town for a sign from one groundhog that supposedly predicts when that years' spring will arrive.
If it's a cloudy day outside when the groundhog pops from its cave, then spring will arrive early that year. However, if it is sunny outside, the groundhog will supposedly be scared by its own shadow, hiding underground for six more weeks of cold weather.
Of course, Punxsutawney Phil's prediction is no more able to guarantee the extended forecast than your local weatherman. ABC News reports that an analysis by the National Climate Data Center found that Phil's predictions are more often wrong than right.
Philis is also found to have made some unpleasant predictions. Ever since 1887, he has predicted 99 extended winters and just 16 early springs of the years' predictions were unavailable, according to ABC.
The holiday began as a German tradition in 18th century and became even more of a cultural phenomenon after the 1993 film Groundhog Day starring Bill sutawney Phil has become a celebrity in his own right. Each year, the fatter animal with long teeth is watched by millions as he emerges from a cave in the town he is named after. Phil has become so beloved by the town that he actually lives in the local library with his “wife" Phyllis.
Taking inspiration from the hard state of Bill Murray’s character in the classic film, Yahoo contributor Owen Rust says Groundhog Day is a good time to reflect on one’s routines.
21. The underlined word “pops” means “ ________ ”.
A. escapes B. appears C. increases D. hides
22. The reason why Phil's predictions aren't pleasing is that_____________.
A. some of the predictions were unavailable B . Phil wants to do that for fun
C. Phil likes to make unpleasant predictions D. he has predicted more late springs
23. How does Punxsutawney Phil become a celebration?
A. By an accident. B. From people's life improving.
C. By his own attractive force D. From much money raised by the town.
24. Which does this passage mainly talk about?
A. The National Climate Data Center B. A German tradition
C. A tongue-twisting small town D. Groundhog Day weather forecasting
阅读理解【2】
Mosquitoes have an extraordinary ability to target humans far away and fly straight to their unprotected skin. Regrettably,mosquitoes can do more than cause an itchy(发痒的)wound. Some mosquitoes spread several serious diseases,including Dengue,yellow fever and malaria.
Over one million people worldwide die from these diseases each year. New research now shows how mosquitoes choose who to bite.
Mosquitoes need blood to survive. They are attracted to human skin and breath. They smell the carbon dioxide gas,which all mammals breathe out. This gas is the main way for mosquitoes to know that a warm-blooded creature is nearby.
But mosquitoes also use their eyes and sense of touch. Michael Dickinson is a professor at the California Institute of Technology. His research shows how these small insects,with even smaller brains,use three senses to find a blood meal.
Michael Dickinson’s team used plumes—a material that rises into the air of carbon dioxide gas into a wind tunnel. They then used cameras to record the mosquitoes. The insects followed the plume.
Then,the scientists placed dark objects on the lighter colored floor and walls of the tunnel. Mr. Dickinson said,at first,the mosquitoes showed no interest in the objects at all. “What was quite striking and quite surprising is that the mosquitoes fly back and forth for hours. These are hungry females and they completely ignore the objects on the floor and wall of the tunnel. But the moment they get a hit of CO2,they change their behavior quite obviously and now would become attracted to these little visual blobs (斑点).”
This suggested to the researchers that a mosquito’s sense of smell is more important in the search for food. Once mosquitoes catch a smell of a human or animal,they also follow visual signals.
do mosquitoes mainly use to find their targets?
e of smell. e of touch. e of sight. t brains.
first response of the mosquitoes to the objects in the experiment is .
fly to the dark catch and stick to them
take no notice of attach themselves to them
can we avoid being attacked by mosquitoes according to the text ?
’t let them see us. dark objects to stop them.
them fly back and forth for act them to objects full of carbon dioxide gas.
can be the best title for the text?
Do Mosquitoes Survive? Do Mosquitoes Need Blood?
Do Mosquitoes Choose to Bite You? Do Mosquitoes Attack the Human Being?
阅读理解【3】
It may not be as easy as you think to build a foundation for your child of family values. Often we believe that our child will pick up on our values if they live in the same home. While they may pick up many of our values, parents need to remember they are not the only influence in their child’s life. These outside values often compete with family values for your child’s attention. If we do not make a conscious effort to instill our values into our children, they may not get instilled at all.
I wish I had learned that lesson a little earlier. I thought if I lived my values for my children they would pick them up and make their own. Sometimes this happened and sometimes it didn’t. I often see twenty-something “kids” who have no faith in many of the values of their family in favor of the values of their friends. Children will often pick up the negative you show quicker than the positive, so the positive things need extra focus to set them.
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