2017高考英语阅读理解练习题
高考英语改革以后,每半年高中的学生们就有一次考试的机会。为了帮助大家备考,小编整理了一些高考英语阅读理解,希望能帮到大家!
English literature
Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man are still in existence. They show that he was learning Latin,was very interested in the basics of good behavior in society,and was reading English literature.
At school he seems only to have been interested in mathematics.In fact,his formal education was surprisingly brief for a gentleman,and incomplete For unlike other young Virginian of that day,he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital of Williamsburg.In terms of formal training then,Washington contrasts sharply with some other early American Presidents such as John Adams,Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.In later years,Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress(国会),or on any Subject that had not to do with everyday,practical matters And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders,he did not visit the country he admired SO much.Thus,unlike Jefferson and Adams,he never reached Europe
31.Why didn‟t Washington go to college?
A.His family could not afford it.
B A college education was rather uncommon in his time.
C.He didn‟t like the young Virginian gentlemen
D.The author doesn‟t give any reason.
32.Washington felt uncomfortable in Congress debates because he _____
A.1acked practice in public speaking
B.felt his education was not good enough
C.didn‟t like arguing and debating with people
D felt that debating was like intellectual training
33 The reason why Washington didn‟t visit France was probably that he _____
A.didn‟t really care about going
B.didn‟t know French 1eaders
C.couldn‟t communicate directly with the French leaders
D.was too busy to Navel
34 According to the author _____
A Washington‟s lack of formal education placed him at a disadvantage in later life
B.Washington should have gone to France even though he could not speak French
C.Washington was not as good a president as Adams,Jefferson or Madison
D Washington was a model for all Virginian gentlemen
35.The main idea of the passage is that Washington‟s education ____
A was of great variety,covering many Subjects
B was probably equal to those of most young gentlemen of his time
C.may seem poor by modern standards.but was good enough for his time
D was rather limited for a president
答案:DBCAD
resources
The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal,such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal,such as writing a dissertation(学位论文)or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal.In either case,our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem
The following sections of this chapter will describe specific resources available in many libraries.In some cases you may already be aware of a resource and may use it frequently and successfully.In other cases you may be completely unfamiliar with a resource.Your goal should be to become aware of what is available and to know how to use each of these resources to help you solve the problem they are designed to solve.
When educators have a piece of information that they want to share with their colleagues,they often make this information available in professional journals or at professional meetings It would often be useful to have access to such information,and this chapter will describe the special services that enable us to locate such information.
41 The library resources can be helpful when we ____