2017高考英语阅读理解练习材料和试题

　　33.Which of the words or phrases is closest in meaning to the word “asymmetrical”?

　　A. valuable B. not typical

　　C. not balanced D. negative

　　34.What can be inferred from the passage?

　　A. Left-handed people may feel inconvenient in this right-handed society

　　B. This is an equal society for the left-handed people

　　C. Most great geniuses are left-handed

　　D. Left-handed people are considered to be disabled

　　35. What’s the best title for the passage?

　　A. Which proves to be the better way to live, right-handed or left-handed?

　　B. How do left-handed people differ from right-handed ones?

　　C. Why are some people left-handed?

　　D. Are left-handed people equally treated in society?

　　答案：DCAC

　　高考英语阅读理解【3】

　　“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.” –– Jeff Bezos.

　　I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

　　I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

　　After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.

　　21.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

　　A. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

　　B. The support of his wife.

　　C. His dream of being an inventor.

　　D. Millions of exciting titles.

　　22.We can know from the passage that _______.

　　A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

　　B. the author might not regret if he failed the idea

　　C. the author wanted someone else to try the idea

　　D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed

　　23.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Cleverness and Kindness