2023高考英语阅读练习及参考答案（精选8篇）
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高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇1
For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. 36 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today. Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 37 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847. Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortune.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. 38 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉).This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 39 By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion, 40 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.
A. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.
B. Nobody knew that kind of material was suitable.
C. He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.
D. However, he did not get much business for those products.
E. He also made a great contribution to American 's clothing industry.
F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.
G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.
答案 36-40 FADCE
高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇2
There are some English expressions about birds. For examples, if something is for the birds, it is worthless or not very interesting. Someone who eats like a bird eats very little. And a birds-eye view is a general look at an area from above.
Do you know that if you tell a Young person about the birds and the bees you are explaining about sex and birth? Have you ever observed that birds of a feather flock together? In other Words, people who are similar became friends or do things together. Here is some good advice: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. This means you should not risk loving something you have by trying to get more of something you do not have.
Sometimes you can do two things by performing only one action. This is called killing two birds with one stone. But you would never really kill any birds. You love a11 kinds of animals. This is a real feather in your cap. It is something to be proud of.
Most of the people you work with are early birds. They believe that the early bird catches the worm. They think that a person who gets up early in the morning for work has the best chance of success.
32. What will we use when picturing our school from the sky?
A. Eating like a bird B. it's a birds-eye view
C. Birds of a feather flock together D. Killing two birds with one stone.
33. If someone says "Education about the birds and the bees is important.", he means .
A. we should learn knowledge about birds and bees.
B. we should teach the young not to kill birds and bees.
C. the sex and birth education for the young is of great importance.
D. birds and bees are important for the future of human beings.
34. Why are some people called early birds?
A. Because a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
B. Because they can kill two birds with one stone.
C. Because they have feathers in their caps.
D. Because they believe they are the most likely to succeed.
35. What's the best title of the passage?
A. The language of birds B. A story about birds
C. Same expressions about birds D. The bird culture in English-speaking countries
答案 BCDC
高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇3
Every year, thousands of people visit one of the world's most famous address:221B Baker Street, London. The address is famous for being where the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lived in the well-known stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
A lot of people are so taken wish the stories that they forget Sherlock Holmes wasn't a real person and therefore didn't ever actually live at the address. In fact, there was no house there when Conan Doyle wrote the stories. Despite that, the Sherlock Holmes Museum, which is actually at Number 239, is a fun place to visit if you are ever in London.
So, if Sherlock Holmes is a made-up character, why do so many people think of him as a real person?
It is often said that the character Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person named Benjamin Bell. a forensic surgeon(法医外科医生)for whom Conan Doyle worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Hospital. Sherlock Holmes' problem-solving ability and power of observation are based on the surgeon. Bell was called on by the police to join in several investigations, just as Sherlock Holmes did.
Conan Doyle found the inspiration for the name of his famous detective elsewhere, though. He was an expect cricket player and combined the names of two other well-known players, Shacklock and Sherwin, to make the name "Sherlock".
Another thing that makes the character seem like a real person is his distinctive habits. He rarely ate breakfast and he enjoyed smoking. He even had a habit that would be illegal today-taking e.
Sherlock Holmes is also an honorary member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Even though he's not a real person, the society decided to make him a member. Although his famous methods for solving mysteries started in fiction, many of them became part of modern-day policing.
Although the character is made-up, most of the locations are real. One of Conan Doyle's strengths as an author is describing a London that seems so real to the reader. Most of the famous locations in the books are in London and Sherlock Holmes fans love to visit the locations in the books and those used later in the movies.
Sherlock Holmes is the second most represented character in movies, which is part of what makes him so famous all over the world. So, now what's your favourite version of the Sherlock Holmes stories? The books, movies or TV series?
28. The underlined part in paragraph 2 can he replaced by .
A. crazy about B. familiar with
C. curious about D. content with
29. What can we learn about the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from the passage?
A. He was a forensic surgeon who assisted the police in making several investigations.
B. He wrote the stories about Sherlock Holmes at Number 239 Baker Street.
C. He was good at giving vivid descriptions of London to readers.
D. He was an excellent basketball player.
30. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Where Sherlock Holmes lived In the novel was actually where the Sherlock Holmes Museum lies now.
B. It's generally accepted that the character Sherlock Holmes was based on a surgeon named Bell.
C. The Royal Society of Chemistry has given Sherlock Holmes a great honor at the request of his fans.
D. One of the reasons why Sherlock Holmes is so famous around the world is that the actors have Wonderful performances in movies.
31. What's the purpose of writing this article?
A. to let the readers learn about some life information on Sherlock Holmes.
B. to tell the readers about stories behind Sherlock Holmes.
C. to make us get a better idea of the novel "Sherlock Holmes."
D. to convince us that the Sherlock Holmes Museum is worth visiting.
答案 ACBB
高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇4
高考英语阅读训练（066）
Ternang, Mon, More than 10,000 people were made homeless in Ternang after six days of continuous heavy rain. The wooden bridge across the river has been swept away. The town is cut by flood eaters. At the fifth mile Jalan Tengku, the water is now two metres deep. It is closed to all traffic. Motorists going south are advised to use Jalan Hisamuddin.
Flooding first appeared at mid-afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People moving to higher ground were just in time to escape from the flood. Most of the people had to leave their possessions behind. Helped by the army, police, Red Cross Society, the whole town was moved out of danger. They are now housed near the town of Tulang. “Everything possible is being done to help the unfortunate people,” a government official said, “In fact, money, food and clothing have begun to come in from organizations and people. “
According to the latest reports it is still raining heavily at Ternang. The whole town is expected to be totally covered. So far nobody has been reported dead.
1. Jalan Tengku was closed because ______.
A. it had broken up
B. the bridge over it had been washed away
C. it was deeply flooded
D. it was damaged
2. Motorists to the south were advised to ______.
A. return home B. avoid all roads
C. move the higher ground D. travel by Jalan Hisamuddin
3. The flood victims first escaped to ______.
A. the nearby town B. Jalan Hisamuddin
C. higher ground D. Tulang
4. The people are staying ______.
A. at a newspaper office B. at a police station
C. in Tulang D. on their roof tops
5. The flood is expected to ______.
A. go down B. cause more rain C. become worse D. kill more people
Keys: 1-5 CDCCC
高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇5
With the support of our readers, China Today has become successful in helping the world learn about China, and has built a bridge of friendship between the people of China and the rest of the world.
Every day we receive many letters from our readers expressing their admiration for China, their appreciation of our work, and suggestions for improving the quality of the magazine. Some letters are published in “Postbag” while others are kept for reference.
Many readers have suggested contests to develop closer contact (联系) between readers and editors. We held a History and Tourism Contest in 1995 and a China Travel Contest in 1996. We received warm responses to both.
This year, China Today is holding a Reading Contest. Questions, chosen from articles published this year, will appear every three issues (期). Entrants (参赛者) must mail their answers before January 31, 1999. Fifty entries (参加) with correct answers to all the questions will be selected as prize winners. All the winners will be named in the April 1999 issue. Please address your entries to:
Mr. Kang Jing
China Today
24 Baiwanzhuang Road
Beijing, China, 100037
Fax: 0086 － 010 － 68238338
The First Three Questions:
1. What was Shanghai’s GDP in 1996?
2. How much of the Chinese population still lacks enough food and clothing?
3. When was the law on the Organization of the Villager Committees of the People’s Republic of China passed?
Please do not post your answers right away, but wait until all the questions have been published.
1. If you are going to be an entrant, how many ways can you send your entries to China Today?
A. It’s not clear. B. Only one.
C. No less than two. D. At least three.
2. According to the passage, we can draw a conclusion that ____.
A. fifty people who answer all the questions correctly may see their names in the April 1999 issue
B. all the people who answer the three questions correctly may see their names in the April 1999 issue
C. all the people who answer all the questions correctly must win prizes
D. all the people who answer the three questions correctly can win prizes
3. Supposing China Today is a monthly, this one in which there are the first three questions can be ____
A. the January 1995 issue B. the January 1999 issue
C. the May 1997 issue D. the March 1998 issue
4. How did the editors deal with the letters from the readers?
A. They put some letters in a big postbag for reference.
B. They published some letters in the column “Postbag” and kept the rest for reference.
C. They looked up some information in the letters and then published a “Postbag”.
D. They did nothing but keep all the letters for reference.
KEY: 1－4 C A D B
高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇6
Most people usually traveled by ship and train which are driven by steam engine. It played an important part in many kinds of vehicles several scores of years ago. Who invented steam engine and what units could be used to measure the power of engine?
The word “horse-power” was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt from a worker's family made the world first widely used steam engine. At first, he couldn't tell people how powerful it was, because there were no units at that time. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He named that unit one horse-power. In this way he could measure the work of his steam engine.
He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horse-power engine.
31. The main idea of the passage is __B_.
A. James Watt invented the steam engine
B. James Watt first used horse-power as a unit of measure
C. how much power does a horse have
D. why Watt's engine is called a ten horse-power engine
32. The story says that Watt made the first __D__.
A. engine
B. horse-power engine
C. useful engine
D. widely used steam engine
33. James Watt was born in _A___.
A. a worker's family
B. a farmer's family
C. a teacher's family
D. a doctor's steam engine
34. Watt wanted to find a way to _D___.
A. measure the work his engine could do
B. tell people how powerful his engine was
C. lift a 3300-pound weight
D. both A and B
35. One horse-power means the __A__.
A. work a horse could do in a minute
B. weight a horse could do in ten minutes
C. work a horse could do in ten minutes
D. weight of one horse
高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇7
Today I’ll be talking about the invention of the camera and photography. The camera is often thought to be a modern invention, but as early as 1727, a German physicist discovered that light darkens silver salt. Used as a camera, a big box was set up, and a small hole was cut in one side to let the light in; he made temporary pictures on the salt. Silver salt is still the base of the photographic film today. Then a French scientist made the first permanent (永久的) picture by using a special piece of metal which was covered with silver salt. A photograph he made in 1826 still exists.
The painter De Gear improved the process (制作法) by covering the metal also with placing the common salt which we can eat. This was in 1839, the official date of beginning of photographs. But the problem was the printing of the photographs. And it wasn’t until other scientists developed the kind of photographic paper we now use that good prints were possible and photography became truly modern. In the 1870’s, Matthew Bradey was able to take his famous pictures in American Civil War. In the 20’s of this century, Georges Mann of the United States simplified film developing (冲洗), and Dr Edward Lane invented the so—called ‘Instant Camera’ which uses self—developing film. If we say photography came into existence in 1839, it follows that it took more than 100 years for the camera to reach its present condition of technical refinement(密度).
1. What discovery was the basis of photography?
A. Light darkens silver salt. B. Light darkens natural salt.
C. Light darkens silver. D. Light darkens self--developing film
2. How was the first permanent picture made?
A. By making use of special paper. B. By adding common salt to silver salt.
C. By giving a slight colour to the silver salt. D. By using a special piece of metal.
3. What does the speaker regard as the official date of beginning of photography?
A. 1727 B. 1826 C. 1839 D. 1870
4. According to the speaker why is Matthew Bradey remembered today?
A. He was a soldier. B. He took war photographs.
C. He painted portraits. D. He designed a portable camera.
5. What did Doctor Edward Lane invent?
A. A cheap process of developing film at home.
B. A new kind of film.
C. An automatic printer.
D. An ‘instant camera’ that develops its own film.
答案：
1A 2 D 3 C 4 B 5 D
高考英语阅读练习及参考答案 篇8
When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said“the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,”says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.
Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at and time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”
Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
1.How do you understand‘Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate,6…’？
A. People don’t communicate without telephone.
B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.
C. People communicate more since telephone has been created.
D. People communicate more because of more traffic.
2.Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.
B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.
C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.
D. Mobile phones are part of people’s life.
3. Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?
a. Point 1. b. Point2. c. Point3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.
A. c, d B. a, e C. a, c D. b, e
4.It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .
A. the TV screen B. a fax machine
C. the phone line hooked up to the computer D. a microphone
5.The best heading for the passage is .
A. phone Power B. Kinds of Phone
C. how to Use Phones D. Advantage of Phones
KEY: 1–5 CBDCA