高三英語《七選五閱讀理解》練習題（含答案）1

1、高三英語七選五閱讀理解練習題（含答案）You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to the front, and choose the line that looks fastest.You chose wrong. People who you swear got in other lines long after you are already checked out and off to the parking lot. 1It turns out

2、, its just math working against you; chances are, the other line really is faster.Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum delay. 2 Any small interruption - a price check, a chatty customer-can have downstream effects, holding up an enti

3、re line.If there are three lines in the store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability: 3 So its not just in your mind: Another line probably is moving faster.Researchers have a good way to deal with this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking

4、line- called a serpentine line - and serve each person at the front with the next available register. 4 This is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one register wont unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow dow

5、n everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall.5 It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly, and some stores cant afford the space or manpower. So wherever your next wait may be: Good luck.Why does this always seem to happen to you?So why dont most places encourage serpentine lin

6、es?Some of the may have stood in a queue for almost an hour.The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three.How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line?With three registers, this method is much faster than the traditional approach.But sometimes, as on a Sund

7、ay afternoon, the system gets particularly busy.Russian language and do a whole lot with the limited Russian I had.Thats really uncomfortableWhatever languages they/re translated intoI also try to think in the language Im learningIts time well spent if Im learning the languageComputer games always m

8、ake me feel worn outThough they dont always exactly match whats being saidI found them the perfect learning tool because theyre usually written in oral languageThings People Do On Monday Mornings Make Them Highly SuccessfulAh, Monday morning. It/s nobodys favorite time of the week. Its when we all h

9、ave to spring out of bed and face a new week. But just because that Monday morning alarm clock is a rude awakening, that doesn/t mean you cant make the most of those early hours. Here are a few things people do to start their weeks right.They dont hit the pause button.51 Whoever invented the pause b

10、utton should be given a Nobel Prize. However, though we all like that chance to catch a few extra Zs, repeatedly hitting the button finally does more harm than good. Do your best to get up right when your alarm goes off.They leave behind a tidy house.Monday can be very busy, so it is likely to leave

11、 things laying around the house or those dirty dishes in the sink all day. However, theres an even bigger possibility you won/t want to take care of any of that stuff when you get home, either. 52 Itll only take a few minutes, and you/ll thank yourself once you return later in the day.They make a to

12、-do list.To-do lists are great. They keep you on track and make you responsible for getting all of the work done. Make one on your computer, one on your phone, one on a sticky note on your desk. So youll know what you need to get done and in what order. 5354Its hard to concentrate. 55 Try to begin w

13、orking when you know you wont be interrupted with something else. Highly successful people can only be successful if they get their work done, so make sure youre able to do the same.Clean up after yourself.Everyone loves the button.They focus on the task at hand.They attend to small things first.Rem

14、ember to cross things off the list they get done.That way, youll be ready to face the day more quickly.So rid your work space of anything that may cause you to be less concentrated.Friendship needs care and attention to keep it in good health. Here are five ways to sustain （保持）long-distance friendsh

15、ips.Set a regular dateLong-lasting friendships share the characteristic that both sides equally contact （聯(lián)系）and share with one another. With busy schedules, squeezing in phone calls can be a challenge.56.More isnt always merrierMake sure you have communicated with your friend about how frequently ea

16、ch of you wants to be contacted and what method works best for you both. 57, There arealternatives to constant written communication, such as leaving voice messages or having a group chat.Practise empathy （共情）58. The friend who is remaining needs to be sensitive to all the additional timedemands pla

17、ced on the friend who has moved. The one in the new environment should be sympathetic to the fact that your friend may feel abandoned.59Anniversaries and birthdays carry even more weight in long-distance friendships. Although technology might make day-to-day communication possible, extra effort goes

18、 a long way on special days. Simply keeping a diary that keeps track of friends birthdays and other important dates will make sure nothing slips by you.Dont rely on technology alone60, but long-distance friendships even close ones may require more consciouseffort to sustain. Try to seek out chances

19、to renew friendships. How to do it? Just spend face-to-face time together whenever possible.Remember important datesCompensate by writing lettersIt is also helpful for you to be a friendship keeperTry to find a time that works for both of you and stick to itFriends need to talk about their preferred

20、 methods of communicationIt is easy to have a sense of connectedness through social mediaYou may be the friend who left or the one who was Ie代 behindIf you are already making the time to exercise, it is good indeed! With such busy lives, it can be hard to try and find the time to work out. 61 Workin

21、g out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.Your productivity is improved. Exercising makes you more awake and ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day. 62Your metabolism（新陳代謝）gets a head start. 63 If you work out in the mornings, then you will be gettin

22、g the calorie（卡路里）burning benefits for the whole day, not in your sleep.Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept better than those who exercised in the evening. Exercise energizes you, so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.If you w

23、ork out bright and early in the morning, you will be more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day. Who would want to ruin their good workout by eating junk food? You will want to continue to focus on positive choices.There are a lot of benefits to working out, especially in the mo

24、rnings. Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.You will stick to your diet.Your quality of sleep improves.You prefer healthy food to fast food.There is no reason you should exercise in the morning.You can keep your head clear for 4-10 h

25、ours after exercise.After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day.If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or youre doing it now, then listen up!Rock music consists of many different styles. Even though there is a common spirit among all music groups, they make very diffe

26、rent music. 66 At that time the Beatles entered the world of music from Liverpool.After they were given an invitation to appear live on BBC, the Beatles quickly became famous in Britain with nationwide tours. By mid-1963, the Beatles had been extremely popular in England. 67 They held large concerts

27、 and performed at clubs. They became the hottest thing on the pop music scene in England. They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends（傳說）. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were named composers of the year.68 They were not sure how the Americans would

28、react to the new type of music. Beatlemania hit New York on February 7, 1964. Hundreds of fans jammed the airport to greet them. 69 The concert was broadcast live and attracted the largest one night audience in the history of television up to that time. The Beatles were described as a British invasi

29、on（入侵）by local and nationwide newspapers at that time. Their victory in America was still remembered as a major turning point in the history of rock and roll. Thanks to the Beatles, a lot of opportunities were opened up to new faces on the market. 70They decided on a tour to the United States in 196

30、4.Even their hairstyles became major trends at that time.Rock music developed in the 1950s and the early 1960s.However, their songs changed the lives of generations to come.Many rock bands were able to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles.They appeared in the films A Hard Days Mg/21964）and Help! （

31、1965）.They performed their first concert in America at CBS televisions 53rd street studio.Who would win in a fight, a lion or a tiger? Well, if size has anything to do with the matter, the tiger would win. Thats because tigers are the largest of all cat species. 71 They can dash as fast as 40 miles

32、per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30 feet. You may not think that such large, fast, and fierce tigers need help to survive, but they do.At the start of the 20th century, there were over 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, the number of tigers outside of catch

33、 decreased to just over 3,000. Interestingly, the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an average weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as humans. 72People have long valued the famous striped（有條紋的）skins. Though trading tiger

34、skins is now illegal in most parts of the world, tiger fur are worth around $10,000 on the black market. Though the fur would be incentive（刺激）enough for most hunters, other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny. Some people in China and other Asian cultures believe that various tiger part

35、s have cure function. Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones, among other parts, to cure some disease.In other words, people hunted tigers only for the thrill and achievement of killing them. Such killings took place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, whe

36、n an English hunter might demand to kill over a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Though this practice is much less popular today than it was in the past, it has not stopped entirely.Humans have done great damage to the worlds tiger population through hunting, but perhaps more damage has been

37、caused through the destruction of habitat. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia. But over the past 100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. The tiger population is now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia

38、. 75 Humans have built towns and cities. Road and transport systems were created to connect these towns and cities. To feed the people living in these areas, forests and fields have been cleared to create farmland. A major difficulty to preserving tigers is the large amount of territory（領土，領域）that e

39、ach tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Because tigers need so much territory, it is really difficult to acquire enough land to support a large population of tigers.A lion is not as large as a tiger but runs faster than it.This is because humans have heavily cha

40、nged the environments.Tigers have also been hunted as game.Tigers are hunted for many reasons.Tigers are not only large, they are also fast.Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways: hunting and destroying habitat.Though humans have done great harm to tigers.How to Be a Good Upstairs NeighborOne

41、must remember to be polite when living in an apartment building. You may unintentionally bother your neighbors with actions that you think to be harmless. 76 Living upstairs, you must always be aware that everything you do may be heard by those who live below. This doesnt mean that you have to compl

42、etely change your lifestyle, though.77 This will greatly reduce the sound of your footsteps, thus limiting the sound your downstairs neighbor will hear. You should always remember to change your shoes when entering your apartment to ensure that your downstairs neighbor doesnt hear you walking around

43、.Place carpets in your apartment if you have hardwood floors. Doing so is another way to decrease the sound of steps coming from an upstairs apartment. You can also put your furniture on these carpets. 78Close your windows when you can. A floor is usually about three meters high, so its quite easy t

44、o hear your conversations. 79 Therefore, whenever you are watching TV or listening to a radio, try to keep your windows closed as much as possible.Do your cleaning on weekend afternoons. 80 Doing such housework at 3:00 pm on a Saturday is much better than doing so at 9:30 on a Tuesday night.Wear sli

45、ppers while in your upstairs apartment.It becomes much easier when your windows are open.No matter what you do, consider your neighbors requirements.Therell be a time when you will run a cleaner to clean your room.This is especially true for those people who live above an apartment.It will disturb y

46、our downstairs neighbor who has to work the next morning.This keeps your furniture from moving around, thus limiting noise a downstairs neighbor may hear.Emoji（表情符號）and Workplace CommunicationIn Asia, messaging platforms are growing rapidly, with users in the hundreds of millions, both at work and p

47、lay. 81 Its been reported that 76 percent of employees in somewestern countries are using emojis at work.Written communications can often read as cold and dull. Using emojis can add humor and feeling, keeping intention clear. 82, encouraging better and more frequentcommunication.In any given office,

48、 employees can range from age 22 to 70 and beyond, and finding common ground in communication style can be a challenge. 83. While the youngergenerations prefer to communicate visually, for those used to working with traditional tools like email, it may feel like a learning curve（曲線）.The good news is

49、 that its simple to learn and can be worth the effort.There is also the matter of tone（語氣）.Who hasnt received an email so annoying that itruined an entire day? 84. Emoji can help communication feel friendlier, and even a seriousnote can be softened with an encouraging smile.85, and emoji can contrib

50、ute directly to that positive outcome. And when youremployees begin adding smiling emojis to their business communication, you/ll know you have succeeded in improving your work culture.Message with emojis feel more conversationalEven a formal email can seem cold and unfriendlySending smiling faces t

51、o colleagues may seem strangeThe popularity of these platforms is spreading globallyGiving employees the tools enables them to communicate honestlyStudies show that friendlier communication leads to a happier workplaceAn easy way to bring all work generations together is with a chat platformSome ind

52、ividuals are born with a gift for public speaking. 86 Do you want to be a good public speaker? Here are some principles you must master.People want to listen to someone who is interesting, relaxed and comfortable. Too often when you stand up to give a speech, you focus on the publicat the expense of

53、 the “speaking. 87 Focus on the speaking. Talk directly to your audience, be yourself andmake a connection.Even the most successful public speaker will make mistakes. Yet, the only one who cares about any mistake is the one who is speaking. Peoples attention wanders constantly. In fact,most people o

54、nly absorb about 20 percent of a speaker/s message. So, dont stop speaking when you make a mistake unless its a truly serious one. 88Your goal is not to be a perfect public speaker. 89 And like everything else in life, that takes practice. Remember, even world champion athletes practice their skills

55、 on a consistent basis.90 It/s rare to hear someone sayjl wish that speaker had spoken longer. zzOn the other hand, you probably cant count the times that youve thought, Im glad that talk is over. It seemed to go on forever! /zSo surprise your audience. Always make your presentation just a bit short

56、er than anticipated. Its better to leave your listeners wishing for more than shifting restlessly in their seats waiting for your speech finally to end.Do the opposite.You want to be an effective public speaker.You dont need to apologize for a minor slip.When it comes to public speaking, less is usu

57、ally more.The objective of most speeches is to benefit the audienceTake the fear out of public speaking by focusing on your listenersHowever, the majority of people are effective speakers because they train to be.How to say sorry and really mean it? 91 In fact, a study found that effective apologies

58、 are those that were accepted by the offended party and allowed both parties to move on with no unpleasantness. Here are a few key tips.Wait, never hurry to apologizeDid you turn things around royally? 92 Sometimes an immediate apology is called for/ says Antony Manstead, a professor of psychology a

59、t Cardiff University in Wales.“But if the other party is angry at your previous wrong doing, it may be more effective to wait because their anger may prevent them from being receptive to an apology/ 93Explain, don/t excuseBecause admitting to being wrong is painful and can make people worried that t

60、heyre a bad person, they often water down their apology with excuses. For example, z/l certainly apologize if I offended anyone and Im very sorry.but in my defense ,you started it.”94 Giner-Sorolia says, “It uses the form of an apology-Tm sorry- but follows it up by shifting responsibility to the of