高考英语复习：阅读理解练习及答案

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高考英语复习：阅读理解练习及答案

　　英语阅读题中推理、判断、综合类试题，要求考生能从字里行间理解文章的深层含义，即作者的态度、意图、倾向等，而且能把握全篇的文脉，即句与句、段与段之间的关系，并且能据此进行合乎逻辑的推理和判断。下面是小编整理的一些高考英语阅读理解练习，希望能帮到大家!

高考英语复习：阅读理解练习及答案

　　英语阅读理解【1】

　　Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth. It might be sixty miles wide. It would be used to catch the rays (光线) of the sun. It would direct the sun’s rays upon the earth as a child might do to make sunlight dance on the wall with a hand mirror.

　　Why do they want to do this? The sun’s rays could be helpful in many ways. They could light up cities by night. The warm rays could stop frosts(霜冻) which might come at might and fruit crops. They could melt (融化) dangerous icebergs in the ocean. Perhaps they could change cloud movements and bring rain where it is needed.

　　1. The huge mirror would ______.

　　A. stand 60 miles in height (高度). B. be 60 miles from side to side.

　　C. cover 60 miles of the earth. D. be 60 miles above the earth.

　　2. The mirror would be used to ______.

　　A. reflect (反射)sunlight. B. absorb (吸收) sunlight.

　　C. see what the earth looks like. D. see how clouds move.

　　3. The strong light from the mirror could possibly ______.

　　A. hurt fruit crops. B. set fire to cities.

　　C. bring longer daytime. D. shine through walls.

　　4. The huge mirror is ______.

　　A. something in a story. B. already made.

　　C. just an idea. D. to be made soon.

　　英语阅读理解【2】

　　In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called “small schools” because usually the number of pupils in them is only sixty, but a school has to have at least twenty-seven pupils.

　　Cooleenbridge School in Ireland, is a small school similar to the ones in Denmark, it was set up by parents who came from Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, England and other parts of Ireland. They came because they wanted to live in the countryside and to grow their own food. In June 1986, they decided to start a school. They managed to get an old, disused primary-school (小学) building and started with twenty-four children aged from four to twelve.

　　The teachers say, “The important thing in school is doing, not sitting.”And so the courses includes yoga(瑜伽), cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama (戏剧) and environmental(环境的) river studies, as well as reading, writing, maths and science.

　　1. What are the rules for setting up a new school in Denmark?

　　A. Parents are allowed to set up their own school.

　　B. The school has to follow the national courses.

　　C. The school has to have at least 27 pupils.

　　D. All of the above.

　　2. The writer tells about the Cooleenbridge School in Ireland because ____ .

　　A. it was set up by parents who are not people of Denmark

　　B. it was taken as an example of this kind of “small school”

　　C. there were only twenty-four children

　　D. the pupils there were aged from 4 to 12

　　3. What makes this kind of school special?

　　A. It is set up by parents not by government.

　　B. It is free to decide what to teach.

　　C. The number of pupils in it is only sixty.

　　D. It has to have at least 27 pupils.

　　4. “The important thing in school is doing not sitting.” What the teachers say actually means ____ .

　　A. What we should do is teaching in the classroom, not sitting in the office.

　　B. Children should do more homework at home, not just sit in class to listen to the teachers.

　　C. Children should learn by themselves not rely on teachers.

　　D. Children should learn through practice not just from books.

　　5. The courses includes ____ .

　　A. yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, except reading, writing, maths and science

　　B. either yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, or reading, writing, maths and science

　　C. not only reading, writing, maths and science, but also yoga, cooking knitting, kitemaking, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies

　　D. mainly yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, and supplemental (补充的) reading writing, maths and science

　　英语阅读理解【3】

　　Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.

　　We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”

　　1. The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

　　A. bright B. dirty C. comfortable D. dark

　　2. When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____

　　A. Of course , it loves me , since I love it .

　　B. If I love it , it should love me.

　　C. I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .

　　D. I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .

　　3. The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

　　A. she thinks it will be very exciting B. she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

　　C. she has decided to realize a childhood dream D. she wants to be still active when she gets old

　　4. What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

　　A. Someone who does not show what she is feeling .