高考英語閱讀沖刺

高一年英語閱讀理解練習understandatfirst.Thisiswhydreamsaresometimescalled“secret

（一）messagestoourselves”.

A1..Accordingtothepassage,EliasHowewas.

Earlyonemorning,morethanahundredyearsago,anAmericanA.thefirstpersonweknowofwhosolvedproblemsinhissleep

inventorcalledEliasHowefinallyfellasleep.HehadbeenworkingallnightB.muchmorehard-workingthanotherinventors

onthedesignofasewingmachinebuthehadrunintoaverydifficultproblem:C.thefirstpersontodesignasewingmachinethatreallyworked

Itseemedimpossibletogetthethreadtorunsmoothlyaroundtheneedle.D.theonlypersonatthetimewhoknewthevalueofdreams

Thoughhewastired,Howesleptbadly.Heturnedandturned.Thenhehada2.TheproblemHowewastryingtosolvewas.

dream.HedreamtthathehadbeencaughtbyterriblesavageswhosekingA.whatkindofthreadtouse

wantedtokillhimandeathimunlesshecouldbuildaperfectsewingB.howtodesignaneedlewhichwouldnotbreak

machine.Whenhetriedtodoso,Howeranintothesameproblemasbefore.C.wheretoputtheneedle

Thethreadkeptgettingcaughtaroundtheneedle.ThekingflewintotheD.howtopreventthethreadfromgettingcaughtaroundtheneedle

cageandorderedhissoldierstokillHowe.Theycameuptowardshimwith3.ThomasEdisonisspokenofbecause.

theirspearsraised.Butsuddenlytheinventornoticedsomething.TherewasA.healsotriedtoinventasewingmachine

aholeinthetipofeachspear.Theinventorawokefromthedream,realizingB.hegotsomeofhisideasfromdreams

thathehadjustfoundtheanswertotheproblem.InsteadoftryingtogettheC.hewasoneofHowe'sbestfriends

threadtorunaroundtheneedle,heshouldmakeitrunthroughasmallholeD.healsohaddifficultyinfallingasleep

inthecenteroftheneedle.ThiswasthesimpleideathatfinallymadeHowe4.Dreamsaresometimescalledusecretmessagestoourselves"because___.

designandbuildthefirstreallypractisedsewingmachine.A.strangeimagesareusedtocommunicateideas

EliasHowewasnottheonlyoneinfindingtheanswertohisprobleminB.imageswhichhavenomeaningareused

thisway.C.wecanneverunderstandtherealmeaning

ThomasEdison,theinventoroftheelectriclight,saidhisbestideasD.onlyspeciallytrainedpeoplecanunderstandthem

cameintohimindreams.SodidthegreatphysicistAlbertEinstein.CharlotteB

BrontealsodrewinherdreamsinwritingJaneEyre.Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Childrenaregreatlydifferentin

Toknowthevalueofdreams,youhavetounderstandwhathappenswhentheamountoflisteningtheydobeforetheystartspeaking,andlaterstarters

youareasleep.Eventhen,apartofyourmindisstillworking.Thisareoftenlonglisteners.Mostchildrenwill“obey”spokeninstructionssome

unconscious（無意識的），butstillactivepartunderstandsyourexperiencestimebeforetheycanspeak,thoughtheword“obey”ishardlyaccurateasa

andgoestoworkontheproblemsyouhavehadduringtheday.Itstoresalldescriptionoftheeageranddelightedcooperationusuallyshownbythe

sortsofinformationthatyoumayhaveforgottenorneverhavereallynoticed.child.Beforetheycanspeak,manychildrenwillalsoaskquestionsby

Itisonlywhenyoufallasleepthatthispartofthebraincansendmessagestogestureandbymakingquestioningnoises.

thepartyouusewhenyouareawake.However,theunconsciouspartactsinAnyattempttostudythedevelopmentfromthenoisesbabiesmaketo

aspecialway.Itusesstrangeimageswhichtheconsciouspartmaynottheirfirstspokenwordsleadstoconsiderabledifficulties.Itisagreedthat

theyenjoymakingnoises,andthatduringthefirstfewmonthsoneortwo

noisessortthemselvesasparticularlyexpressiveasdelight,pain,C.asignthathemeanstotellyousomething

friendliness,andsoon.Butsincethesecan'tbesaidtoshowthebaby'sD.animitationofthespeechofadults

intentiontocommunicate,theycanhardlyberegardedasearlyformsof8.Theproblemofdecidingatwhatpointababy'simitationscanbe

language.Itisagreed,too,thatfromaboutthreemonthstheyplaywithconsideredasspeech.

soundsforenjoyment,andthatbysixmonthstheyareabletoaddnewwordsA.isimportantbecausewordshavedifferentmeaningsfordifferentpeople

totheirstore.Thisself-imitation（模仿）leadsontodeliberate（有意的）B.isnotespeciallyimportantbecausethechangeovertakesplacegradually

imitationofsoundsmadeorwordsspokentothembyotherpeople.TheC.isonethatshouldbeproperlyunderstoodbecausethemeaningofwords

problemthenarisesastothepointatwhichonecansaythattheseimitationschangeswithage

canbeconsideredasspeech.D.isonethatshouldbecompletelyignored（忽略）becausechildren'suseof

Itisaproblemweneedtogetoutteethinto.Themeaningofawordwordsisoftenmeaningless

dependsonwhataparticularpersonmeansbyitinaparticularsituationand9.Thespeakerimplies.

itisclearthatwhatachildmeansbyawordwillchangeashegainsmoreA.parentscanneverhopetoteachtheirchildrennewsounds

experienceoftheworld.Thustheuseatsevenmonthsof“mama”asaB.childrennolongerimitatepeopleaftertheybegintospeak

greetingforhismothercannotbedismissedasameaninglesssoundsimplyC.childrenwhoaregoodatimitatinglearnnewwordsmorequickly

becausehealsousesitatothertimesforhisfather,hisdog,oranythingelseD.evenaftertheyhavelearnttospeak,childrenstillenjoyimitating

helikes.PlayfulandmeaninglessimitationofwhatotherpeoplesayC

continuesafterthechildhasbeguntospeakforhimself,Idoubt,howeverThegreatestrecentchangeshavebeeninthelivesofwomen.During

whetheranythingisgainedwhenparentstakeadvantageofthisabilityinanthetwentiethcenturytherewasanunusualshorteningofthetimeofa

attempttoteachnewsounds.woman'slifespentincaringforchildren.Awomanmarryingattheendofthe

5.Beforechildrenstartspeaking.19thcenturywouldprobablyhavebeeninhermiddletwenties,andwouldbe

A.theyneedequalamountoflisteninglikelytohavesevenoreightchildren,ofwhomfourorfivelivedtilltheywere

B.theyneeddifferentamountsoflisteningfiveyearsold.Bythetimetheyoungestwasfifteen,themotherwouldhave

C.theyarealleagertocooperatewiththeadultsbyobeyingspokenbeeninherearlyfiftiesandwouldexpecttoliveafurthertwentyyears,during

instructionswhichcustom,chanceandhealthmadeitunusualforhertogetpaidwork.

D.theycan'tunderstandandobeytheadultsoralinstructionsTodaywomenmarryyoungerandhavefewerchildren.Usuallyawoman's

6.Childrenwhostartspeakinglate.youngestchildwillbefifteenwhensheisforty-fiveandislikelytotakepaid

A.mayhaveproblemswiththeirlisteningworkuntilretirementatsixty.Evenwhileshehasthecareofchildren,her

B.probablydonothearenoughlanguagespokenaroundthemworkislightenedbyhouseholdappliances（家用電器）andconvenience

C.usuallypaycloseattentiontowhattheyhearfoods.

D.oftentakealongtimeinlearningtolistenproperlyThisimportantchangeinwomen'swayoflifehasonlyrecentlybegunto

7.Ababy'sfirstnoisesare.haveitsfulleffectonwomen*seconomicposition.Evenafewyearsago

A.anexpressionofhismoodsandfeelingsmostgirlsleftschoolatthefirstopportunityandmostofthemtookafull-time

B.anearlyformoflanguagejob.However,whentheymarried,theyusuallyleftworkatonceandnever

returnedtoit.Todaytheschool-leavingageissixteen,manygirlsstayatThemistakewasmademorethanahundredyearsagointheBritishcolony

schoolafterthatage,andthoughwomentendtomarryyounger,moreofMauritius,asmallislandintheIndianOcean.In1847anorderforstamps

marriedwomenstayatworkatleastuntilshortlybeforetheirfirstchildisborn.wassenttoaLondonprinter-Mauritiuswastobecomethefourthcountryin

Manymoreafterwads,returntofullorpart-timework.Suchchangeshaveledtheworldtoissuestamps.

toanewrelationshipinmarriage,withbothhusbandandwifeacceptingaBeforetheorderwasfilledanddelivered,aballwasplannedat

greatershareofthedutiesandsatisfactionoffamilylife,andwithbothMauritius5GovernmentHouse,andstampswereneededtosendoutthe

husbandandwifesharingmoreequallyinprovidingthemoneyandrunninginvitations.Alocalprinterwasinstructedtocopythedesignforthestamps.

thehome,accordingtotheabilitiesandinterestofeachofthem.HeaccidentallyinscribedthewordsuPostOffice5*insteadofuPostPaid"onthe

1O.Wearetoldthatinanaveragefamilyabout1990.severalhundredstampsthatheprinted.

A.manychildrendiedbeforetheywerefiveTodaythereareonlytwenty-sixofthesemisprintedstampsleftfourteen

B.theyoungestchildwouldbefifteenOnePennyOrange-RedsandtwelveTwoPennyBlues.BecauseoftheTwo

C.sevenofeightchildrenlivedtobemorethanfivePennyBlue'srarenessandage,collectorshavepaidasmuchas$16800

D.fourorfivechildrendiedwhentheywerefiveforit.

11.Whenshewasoverfifty,thelate19thcenturymother.14.0veracenturyago,Mauritius.

A.wouldexpecttoworkuntilshediedA.wasanindependentcountryB.belongedtoIndia

B.wasusuallyexpectedtotakeuppaidemploymentC.wasoneoftheBritishcolonies

C.wouldbehealthyenoughtotakeuppaidemploymentD.wasasmallislandinthePacificOcean

D.wasunlikelytofindajobevenifsheisnowlikely15.Themistakeonthestampswasmade.

12.Manygirls,thepassagesays,arenowlikelyto.A.inMauritiusB.atMauritiusGovernmentHouse

A.marrysothattheycangetajobC.inapostofficeD.inLondon

B.leaveschoolassoonastheycan16.Stampcollectorshavepaid16800for_______.

C.giveuptheirjobsforgoodaftertheyaremarriedA.fourteenOnePennyOrange-RedsB.twelveTwoPennyBlues

0.continueworkinguntiltheyaregoingtohaveababyC.oneOnePennyOrange-RedD.oneTwoPennyBlue

13.Accordingtothepassage,itisnowquiteusualforwomento.E

A.stayathomeafterleavingschoolPersonalcomputersandtheInternetgivepeoplenewchoicesabout

B.marrymenyoungerthanthemselveshowtospendtheirtime.

C.startworkingagainlaterinlifeSomemayusethisfreedomtosharelesstimewithcertainfriendsor

D.marrywhilestillatschoolfamilymembers,butnewtechnologywillalsoletthemstayinclosertouch

Dwiththosetheycaremostabout.Iknowthisfrompersonalexperience.

AnymistakemadeintheprintingofastampraisesitsvaluetostampE-mailmakesiteasytoworkathome,whichiswhereInowspendmost

collectors.Amistakeononeinexpensivepostagestamphasmadethestampweekendsandevenings.Myworkinghoursaren'tnecessarilymuchshorter

worthamillionandahalftimesitsoriginalvalue.thantheyoncewerebutIspendfewerofthemattheoffice.Thisletsme

sharemoretimewithmyyoungdaughterthanImighthaveifshe'dbeenbornD.getintouchwithone'sfriendsfasterthanthelater

beforeelectronicmailbecamesuchapracticaltool.20.Thebesttitleforthispassageis.

TheInternetalsomakesiteasytosharethoughtswithagroupoffriends.A.Compute匚NewTechnologicalAdvances

Sayyoudosomethingfunseeagreatmovieperhaps-andtherearefourorB.Internet:NewTooltoMaintainGoodFriendship

fivefriendswhomightwanttohearaboutit.Ifyoucalleachone,youmaytireC.ComputersHaveMadeLifeEasier

oftellingthestory.D.Internet:aConvenientToolforCommunication

WithE-mail,youjustwriteonenoteaboutyourexperience,atyour參考答案:CDBABDABDDDDCCADCBAD

convenience,andaddressittoallthefriendsyouthinkmightbeinterested.

Theycanreadyourmessagewhentheyhavetime,andreadonlyasmuch（二）

astheywantto.Theycanreplyattheirconvenience,andyoucanreadwhatA

theyhavetosayatyourconvenience.

“HowcanIlearnEnglishwell?”Thisisaquestionmanystudentsask.In

E-mailisalsoaninexpensivewaystayinclosetouchwithpeoplewholivefar

away.MorethanafewparentsuseE-mailtokeepintouch,evendailytouch,myopinion,themosteffectivewayistolearnlessonsbyheart.Ifyoucan

withtheirchildrenoffatcollege.recitethetextandwriteitout,you,velearneditfairlywell.Andifyoucantell,

WejusthavetokeepinmindthatcomputersandtheInternetofferinyourownwords,whatthelessonsaysyou'reaverysuccessfullearner

anotherwayofstayingintouch.Theydon'ttaketheplaceofanyoftheoldindeed.YourEnglishwillbequiteperfect.

ways.Thisisadifficulttask.However,ifyoutrytolearnbyheartonlypartofeach

17.Thepurposeofthispassageisto.lesson,you'IIfinditnothalfsohardasyoumighthavethought.

A.explainhowtousetheInternetLearningthisway,youwillmakerapidprogress.Ofcourse,writingisalso

B.describethewriter'sjoyofkeepingupwiththelatesttechnologynecessary.IthelpsyoualotonourwaytosuccessinEnglish.

C.tellthemerits（價值）andusefulnessoftheInternetEquallyimportantistofeelthelanguage.Youshouldbeabletolaughat

D.introducethereadertobasicknowledgeaboutpersonalcomputersandjokesandbeshockedatbadnews.WhenusingEnglish,trytoforgetyour

theInternetmothertongue.Insteadofhelpingyou,yourownlanguagegetsinyourway.

18.TheuseofE-mailhasmadeitpossibleforthewriterto.So,nevertrytoseeEnglishthroughtranslation.

A.spendlesstimeworking56.Inthewriter,sopinion,themosteffectivewayinlearningEnglishis.

B.havemorefreetimewithhischildA.topractisespeaking,writingandfeelingit

C.workathomeonweekendsB.toforgetyourownnativelanguage

D.workataspeedcomfortabletohimC.totranslateeverythingintohisownlanguage

19.Accordingtothewriter,E-mailhasanobviousadvantageovertheD.tomemorizetheEnglishwordsandgrammaticalrules

telephonebecausetheformerhelpsone.57.“Insteadofhelpingyou,yourownlanguagegetsinyourway."This

A.reachagroupofpeopleatonetimeconvenientlysentencemeansthatmemorizingyourownlanguagecan.

B.keepone'scommunicationaspersonalaspossibleA.helpyoutostudyEnglishwellB.stopyoumasteringEnglish

C.passonmuchmoreinformationthanthelaterC.makeEnglisheasytolearnD.helpyounoticemistakes

58.Equallyimportantistofeelthelanguage,“tofeelthelanguage”here59.Wedon'tknowthatoureyesareofgreatimportanceuntil.

means.A.wethinkaboutoureyesB.wecannotseeclearly

A.togetaknowledgeofEnglishbytouchingC.wewearglassesD.wehavetodomuchreading

B.tobeabletoreadandwriteEnglish60.Accordingtothepassage,aismorelikelytobenearsighted.

C.totranslateEnglishintoyourownbyimaginingA.tailorB.doctorC.guardD.painter

D.tobeabletoexperiencetherichsensationofthelanguage61.Peoplewhoarefarsighted.

BA.cannotdoalotofcloseworkwithoutglasses

Whenwecanseewell,wedonotthinkaboutoureyesoften.ItisonlyB.canonlyseethingsthatareveryclosetotheireyes

whenwecannotseeperfectlythatwecometoseehowimportantoureyesC.havedifficultyreadingabookiftheyholditatarm,slength

are.D.havethesameproblemasthenearsightedpeople

Peoplewhoarenearsightedcanonlyseethingsthatareverycloseto62.Toseeasmallthingatnight,itisbettertolook.

theireyes.Manypeoplewhodoalotofclosework,suchaswritingandA.withwideopeneyesB.withhalfshutornarrowedeyes

reading,becomenearsighted.ThentheyhavetowearglassesinordertoC.straightatitD.inaslightlydifferentdirection

seedistantthingsclearly.C

Peoplewhoarefarsightedfacejusttheoppositeproblem.TheycanseeTreesareusefultomaninthreeimportantways:theygivehimwoodand

thingsthatarefaraway,buttheyhavedifficultyreadingabookunlesstheyotherusefulthings,theygivehimcoolplaces,andtheyhelptostopdrought

holditatarm'slength.Iftheywanttodomuchreading,theymustgetandflood.

glassestoo.Unluckily,inmanypartsoftheworld,manhasnotfoundthatthethirdof

Otherpeopledonotseeclearlybecausetheireyesarenotexactlythethesepointsisthemostimportant.Manwantstomakemoneyfromtrees,so

rightshape.This,too,canbecorrectedbyglasses.Somepeople'seyeshehascutthemdowninlargenumbers,onlytofindthatwithoutthemhehas

becomecloudybecauseofcataracts.Longagothesepeopleoftenbecamelostthebestfriendshehad.Andalso,heisusuallytoocarelesstoplantand

blind.Now,however,itispossibletooperateonthecataractsandremovelookafternewtrees.Sotheforestsslowlydisappear.

them.Thisdoesnotonlymeanthatmanwillhavefewertrees.Theresultsare

Whennightfalls,colorsbecomefaintertotheeyesandfinallydisappear.evenworse:forwheretherearetrees,theirrootsbreakupsoil-maketherain

Afteryoureyeshavegrownusedtothedark,youcanseebetterifyouusein-andalsobindthesoil,thusstoppingitfrombeingwashedawayeasily;but

thesideofyoureyesratherthanthecenters.Sometimes,afterdark,youseewheretherearenotrees,therainfallsonhardgroundandflowsaway,

asmallthingtoonesideofyou,whichseemstodisappearifyouturnyourcausingfloodsandcarryingawaytherichtop-soil.Whenallthetop-soilis

headinitsdirection.Thisisbecausewhenyouturnyourhead,youaregone,nothingisleftbutuselessdesert.

lookingatthethingtoodirectly.Menonguarddutysometimesthinkthey63.Themostimportantpointsoftreestomanis.

seesomethingmovingtoonesideofthem.WhentheyturntolookstraightatA.theyhelphimtomakemoneyB.theygivehimcool

it,theycannotseeitanymore,andtheybelievetheyweremistaken.C.theygivehimwoodandotherthings

However,thismistakehappensbecausethecenteroftheeye,whichisveryD.theyhelphimtostopdroughtandfloods

sensitiveindaylight,isnotassensitiveasthesidesoftheeyeafterdark.64.Inmanyplacesforestsslowlydisappearbecause.

A.manytreeshavebeencutdownbymanAtWestlakeCollege,morethan60percentofthestaffusecomputers.The

B.newtreesarenotwelllookedafterlaptopswillallowallteacherstousecomputersintheirlessons.Asone

C.manhasnotpaidenoughattentiontoplantingtreesWestlaketeachersaid,“HereweareinthemiddleofVirginiaandwe,re

D.alltheabovegivingstudentsawindowontheworld.Theycanseeeverythinganddo

65.Landbecomesdesertafteralltreesarecutdownbecause.everything.”

A.rootsoftreesbreakupthesoilB.therearetoomanyrainfalls67.Themainpurposeofthelaptopprogramistogiveeachstudentalaptop

C.strongwindsbringalotofsandto.

D.therearenolongertreestokeeptherainandprotectthetop-soil.A.usefortheirschoolworkB.accesstheInternet

66.Whichtitlebestfitsthepassage?C.workathomeD.connectthemtolibraries

A.TreesandManB.TheFunctionofTreeWood68.Whyistheword“speak"inthesecondparagraphinquotationmarks（弓I

C.HowdoPeopledowithTrees?D.TheUsageofTreeRoots號）？

DA.Theydon'treallytalk.B.Theyusethecomputerlanguage.

Laptopcomputersarepopularallovertheworld.PeopleusethemontrainsC.Laptopshavespeakers.D.Noneoftheabovereasonsiscorrect.

andairplanes,inairportsandhotels.Theselaptopsconnectpeopletotheir69.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutWestlakeCollege?

workplace.IntheUnitedStatestoday,laptopsalsoconnectstudentstotheirA.Allteachersusecomputers.B.1500studentshavelaptops.

classrooms.C.ltisanoldcollegeinAmerica.D.Studentstherecandoeverything.

WestlakeCollegeinVirginiawillstartalaptopcomputerprogramthatallows70.Awindowontheworldinthelastparagraphmeansthatstudents

studentstodoschoolworkanywheretheywant.Withinfiveyears,eachofthecan.

1500studentsatthecollegewillreceivealaptop.ThelaptopsarepartofaA.attendlecturesoninformationtechnology

$10millioncomputerprogramatWestlake,a110-year-oldcollege.TheB.travelaroundtheworld

studentswithlaptopswillalsohaveaccesstotheInternet.Inaddition,theyC.getinformationfromaroundtheworldD.havefreelaptops

willbeabletousee-mailto“speak“withtheirteachers,theirclassmates,71.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

andtheirfamilies.However,themostimportantpartofthelaptopprogramisA.Theprogramissuccessful.B.Theprogramisnotworkable.

thatstudentswillbeabletousecomputerswithoutgoingtocomputerlabs.C.Theprogramistooexpensive.D.Wedon,tknowtheresultyet.

Theycanworkwithitathome,inafast-foodrestaurantorundertheE

trees-anywhereatall!Letchildrenlearntojudgetheirownwork.Achildlearningtotalkdoes

Becauseofthemanychangesincomputertechnology,laptopuseinhighernotlearnbybeingcorrectedallthetime:ifcorrectedtoomuch,hewillstop

education,suchascollegesanduniversities,isworkable.Aslaptopsbecometalking.Henoticesathousandtimesadaythedifferencebetweenthe

morepowerful,theybecomemoresimilartodesktopcomputers.Inaddition,languageheusesandthelanguagethosearoundhimuse.Bitbybit,he

theportablecomputerscanconnectstudentstonotonlytheInternet,butalsomakesthenecessarychangestomakehislanguagelikeotherpeople*s.In

librariesandotherresources.Statehigher-educationofficialsarestudyingthesameway,childrenlearningtodoalltheotherthings:theylearntodo

howlaptopscanhelpstudents.Stateofficialsarealsotestinglaptopwithoutbeingtaughttowalk,