高一英語閱讀理解練習答案

高一英語閱讀理解專練之勘阻及廣創(chuàng)作AWhenmanypeopleareworriedthattherearenomoreheroesinthemodernera，twouniversitystudentswholosttheirlivestorescuedrowningchildrenhaveshownthatheroesstillexist（存在）AccordingtotheInnerMongoliaMorningPost，thetragedy（喜劇）occurredontheafternoonofDecember14,2002whenthreeschoolstudentsskatingonafrozenlakeinQingchengParkinHohhotfellthroughtheiceintothefreezingwater．Morethan20universitystudentswhohappenedtobenearthespotimmediatelywenttotherescueofthechildrenTwochildrenwerequicklyrescued，butthethirddied．Thechild'sbodywasnotfoundforthreehours.Twooftherescuers，LiuYeandHaoLongbiao，alsodiedofcoldandexhaustion（疲憊不堪）.ThebodyofHaowhotooktheleadinjumpingintothelakewasnotfounduntilthenextday．Astudentwhowasunwillingtotellhisnamesaidheandhisclassmatesfromthelocalcollegeweretakingphotosatthelake

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greatlythroughperiodsofhisillness.Assoonashecouldsitup,heworkedonhisstampcollection,begantowriteahistoryoftheUnitedStatesandabookaboutJohnPaulJones—anavyhero.Hewasalsoreadytotrythatmighthelphimtogetwell.Amemberofhisfamilytellsthefollowing:Rooseveltgotagreatphysicalexerciselatersimplybycrawlingaroundonthefloor.Althoughnowoverforty,hespenthoursaroundhislibraryfloorlikeachild.Thenhedecidedtolearnhowtogoupthestairsbyhimself.Dayafterdayhewouldpullhimselfupthestairsbythepowerofhishandsandarms.Heinsistedthathisfamilyandwatchhimandtalkwithhim,togivetheimpressionthat

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B.Afteraperiodofexercise.Roosevelt______.couldwalkupthestairswiththehelpofotherscouldcrawlupstairswithhisfeetcouldgetupstairswithoutanybodytohelphimD.couldstandupandwalkforawhileKey:11--15CDCAD16--20DDBCCEJokerfoundoneofthebiggestdiamondsintheworldinhisownbackyard.Hesoldthestonetoadiamonddealerforoverthreehundredthousanddollars.InNewYork,thediamondwasresold.Thistimeforalmosteighthundredthousanddollars.Thetruevalueofadiamondisneverknownuntilithasbeencut.Oncecutsuccessfully,itsvaluecanincreaseathousandtimes.It’seasytounderstandwhytheowneroftheJokerdiamondwenttothebestdiamondcutterheknew,Kaplan.Thecutterstudiedthediamondfortwelvewholemonths.Whenhefelthewasreadytostartwork,hediscoveredaflaw(瑕疵).Hehadtobeginwithhiscalculations(計算)alloveragain,orhemighthavemadethestoneuseless.Sixmoremonthspassed,andKaplanfinallysaidtotheowner,“Iamreadytostartmywork.Therewillbeoneexcellentdiamondthatwillbecomparabletoanyintheworld,pluselevensmalldiamondsoffirst-classquality.”Kaplanwaitedafewmoredaysuntilbefelthewasinthebestphysicalandmental(精神的)conditionpossible.Hepickeduphistoolsandheldhisbreathashemadethefirstblow.Thediamondsplit(切開)exactlyashepromised.Jokerfoundoneofthebiggestdiamondsintheworld_______.Adiamonddealerisaperson_______,Whenthediamondwasresold,_______.A.thedealerlostalotofmoneyJokermadesomemoremoneyC.thedealergot800,000dollars

B.D.Kaplangot800,000dollars24.Theownerofthediamondthoughtthatifthediamondwascutsuccessfullyitmightbeworth_______.A.$300,000B.$500,000C.$300,000,000D.$800,000,000Kaplanstudiedthediamondfor_______.monthsKey:21～25CACDCFThenervous-lookingyoungmanhadwaitedforafewmoments—outsidethejeweller’sbeforehegotcouragetoenter.Hewaswarmlygreetedbyassistant.Jamesfeltarushofbloodtohisfaceasheexplainedhewouldbebringinginhisfuturechooseabirthdaypresent.Theassistant

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D.Theymixedthebarkofatreeandrags(破布)withwater,putascreenintothemixture,andliftedoutathinpieceofwetpaper.Theydriedthepaperinthesun.TheChinesekepttheirsecretofhowtomakepaperuntilawarwithMuslimsintheninthcentury.TheartofpapermakingsoonspreadthroughouttheMuslimworld.TheMayanIndiansinCentralAmericaandPacificIslandersalsodiscoveredhowtomakepaper,buttheirknowledgeneverspreadlotherestoftheworld.Forcenturies,allpaperwasmadebyhand.Ragswerethemainmaterial.ThenaFrenchscientistdiscoveredthatpeoplecouldmakepaperfromwood,too.Finally,intheeighteenthcentury.aFrenchmaninventedamachinetomakepaperfromwood.Whodiscoveredhowtomakepaper?A.TheChinese.Islanders.C.TheMayanIndians.WhendidtheChineseinventpassage?A.About1,800yearsago.yearsago.C.About2,000yearsago.yearsago.

ThePacificC.Alloftheabove.paperaccordingtotheB.About1,900D.About2,10033.Whichofthefollowingisthemostimportantthingthathasmadeitpossibleforpapermakingindustrytodevelopsoquicklyinthelastfewcenturies?A.Newdiscoveries.B.Newinventions.C.Hardwork.D.Science.34.HowwaspapermakingintroducedintotherestoftheworldfromChina?A.Throughwars,B.ThroughtheMuslims.Islanders.35.Whichofthefollowingpassage?A.TheInventionofPapermaking.

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because_____.A.peoplelovebeautifulthingsbynatureB.peoplehaveastrongdesiretoseekpersonalgainsGivingbackingFairWayTheWestboroughHighSchoolgolfteamhadtakentheofficialphotoswiththestateprize.Theotherteams,disappointed,wereonthebusheadinghome.AndthenWestboroughinstructorGregRotanoticedsomethingwrongononeofthescorecards.A9hadbeenrecordedasa7.Theywerenotthestateprizewinner;WobumHighhadwon.“Noonewouldhaveknown,”saidWobum’sinstructor,BobDoran.ForRota,itwasn’tdifficultdecision:“Theprizewasn’tourstotake.”CoinStars“Collegestudentsarelazy,buttheyalsowanttohelp,”saysUniversityofHork.Soshemadeiteasy,studentscouldleavetheircupstofirst-yearstudentsto

PennsylvaniagraduateDanaplacingcupsinroomswheresparecoins,andhandingoutkeepintheirrooms.Her“ChangeforChange”efforthascollected$40,000forcharities(慈善機構(gòu)),whichweredecideduponbystudents.NeverForgottenAschoolinMassachusettsreceiveda$9.5millioncheckfromJacquesLeBermuth.Butittookofficialsseveraldaysofdiggingtodiscoverhisconnectiontotheschool.Recordsshowedtheonhardtimes,hewasofferedfreeroomandboard.LeBermuthbecameatrader,ownedsharesofAT&Tandlivedofftheearningsuntilhedied,atage89.56.WhatdidGregRotaprobablydointheend?withDoranC.ReturnedtheprizetotheorganizerD.ApologizedtoWobumHighschool57.GregRota’sdecisionshowsthathewas______.58.Theunderlinedword“change”inthesecondparagraphmeans_______.59WhatdidtheschoolofficialsdoafterreceivingthecheckfromMr.LeBermuth?A.Theytriedtofindoutwhyhegavethemthemoney.B.TheywenttoBelgiumtopaytheirrespectstohim.C.Theydugouttherecordsthatwereburiedunderground.D.Theydecidedtooffertheirstudentsfreeroomandboard.JacquesLeBermuthgavethemoneytotheschoolbecause__________.thatmuchmoneyberememberedbythestudents4650:ACCCD5155:DBADB5660:CADACNNewYork,September15.Duringaheavyrainfalllastnightabuscarrying42passengersslippedofftheroadonHighway28,killing36ofthepassengersandthedriver.AspokesmanfortheHighwayPatrol(巡邏隊)whicharrivedatthesceneshortlyafter11:30p.m.estimated(預計)thattheaccidenthadhappenedabouthalfanhourbefore.TheinjuredandthedeadweresenttothenearesttownofValleyView.Atthepointwheretheaccidenthappenedtheroadhasathree-lane(三條行車線)highwaywithmanycurves(彎道).Causeoftheaccidenthasnotbeenfullyfoundout.61．Inconsiderationofwhatcausedtheaccident,oneshouldpayattentionto________.A．thecarelessdriverB．thenearesttownofValleyViewC．Highway28D．theroadwithmanycurves62．Itwasverylikelythattheaccidenthappened________.A．a(chǎn)fter11:30p.m.B．inthecityofNewYorkC．a(chǎn)torabout11:00p.m.D．inthetownofValleyView63．Howmanypeoplediedintheaccident?A．37B．36C．43D．42keys:DCAOTheUnitedStatesisalargecountry.FromtheEastCoasttotheWestCoastitisabout3,000mileswide.TheAtlanticOceanisontheEastCoastandthePacificOceanisontheWestCoast.CanadaisthecountrytothenorthoftheUnitedStatesandMexicoisthecountrytothesouth.TherearemanyriversintheUnitedStates.ThemostimportantonesaretheMississippiRiverandtheMissouriRiverinthecentralpartofthecountry,andtheColoradoandColumbiaRiverinwest.Thereare50statesintheUnitedStatestoday.TheAmericanpeopleareofalmosteveryraceintwohundredmillion.Englishisthecommonlanguage.ThelargestcityintheUnitedStatesisNewYork.ItisonNewYorkBayandatthemouthoftheHudsonRiver.B.fromtheEastCoasttotheWestCoastC.fromtheAtlanticOceantotheEastCoastD.fromthePacificOceantoCanada“TheAmericanpeopleareofalmosteveryraceintheworld,”means________.A.theAmericanpeopleincludenearlyalltheracesoftheworldB.thereareseveralmainracesintheUnitedStatesC.theAmericanpeoplearemadeupofthewhiteandtheblackpeopleD.theAmericanpeopleconsistofonlyoneraceWhatdoyouknowaboutNewYork?A.ItisthecapitaloftheUnitedStates.B.Itisinthecentralpartofthecountry.C.ItisthelargestcityintheUnitedStates.D.ItisatthemouthoftheMissouriRiver.67.NewYorkis________.A.inthecentralpartoftheU.S.B.ontheWestCoastC.atthemouthoftheMississippiRiverD.atthemouthoftheHudsonRiver68.WhichofthefollowingpicturespositionsofCanadaandMexico?

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