1、河北省武强县2015高考英语阅读理解一轮限时训练题（4）及答案【陕西省西安市长安一中2014第二次模拟】 阅读些列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出你最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Britain, would not have felt excited over Oxfords intention to offer him an honorary doctors degree had he known it were later to be taken back. The story shou
2、ld begin from a girl called Catherine Lisa Bell. Catherine Lisa Bell was a girl from a remote mountain area. She was the first graduate in that area to reach Oxfords entry score, but her application was refused in the interview, because the professors thought she lacked creative potential. The gover
3、nment of the girls hometown paid a special visit to Minister of Education and asked him to speak for her to Oxford. The Minister called at Oxford and hoped they would give the girl special admission. Quite unexpectedly, however, his pleading was refused. The Minister turned to the deputy prime minis
4、ter, but he got turned down as well. The deputy prime minister couldnt help but turn to Prime Minister Blair. Blair telephoned to Oxford himself to show his personal attention to the matter. He tried his best to persuade the university officials to change their decision, only to be greeted with a de
5、claration from Oxford: “We admit that Prime Minsters proposal comes out of concern for the students from less developed areas, but it is unacceptable. There is but one reason: On matters of enrolment (招生), no one has the right to change the interview conclusion the professors draw. This is hundreds
6、of years of tradition of Oxford.” Feeling a loss of face, Blair complained in private that Oxford was too stiff (古板) and needed reforming. Famous people have no privacy (隐私). The complaint soon found its way to the teachers and students of Oxford and aroused great anger among them. Immediately the u
7、niversity cancelled the plan to give Blair an honorary doctorate and delivered a strong protest against government intervention (干涉) on university affairs. 53. Oxford refused admission of the girl because _. A. she was thought to lack creativityB. she was from a low developed areaC. her score didnt
8、meet the requirementD. her local government didnt support her54. The reason why Oxford refused Blair was that _. A. Oxford stuck to its ancient tradition B. it was too stiff and needed reforming C. they respected the professors opinion D. Blair was not yet its honorary doctor55. Oxford canceled thei
9、r plan to offer Blair an honorary doctors degree because _. A. they learned about Blairs privacy B. Blair asked them to get reformed C. they were angry with his complaint D. he showed his excitement too early 56. What kind of a university do you think Oxford is? A. Its professors are self-willed.B.
10、It fears no power or influence. C. It always stands on principles.D. It is stubborn and inflexible.【参考答案】5355、ACC56、C C82013新课标全国卷 -B The baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert(警觉). Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two
11、 black spots on it.She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other，her gaze(凝视) starts to lose its focusuntil a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns：s
12、he looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment，but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of intere
13、st when the number of spots changes.Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects(a comb，a key，an orange and so on)，changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves.Could it be the pattern that two thing
14、s make，as opposed to three? No again.Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses.Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbe
15、ats than when they heard just two; likewise(同样地) when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.60The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the babys_Asense of hearingBsense of sightCsense of touchDsense of smell61Babies are sensitive to the change in _Athe size of cardsB
16、the colour of picturesCthe shape of patternsDthe number of objects62Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?ATo reduce the difficulty of the experiment.BTo see how babies recognize sounds.CTo carry their experiment further.DTo keep the babies interest.63Where does this text probably c
17、ome from?AScience fiction.BChildrens literature.CAn advertisement.DA science report.【要点综述】 本文是一篇说明文。通过变化纸上的黑点及鼓的敲打次数对婴儿的视觉、听觉进行实验。60B推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的“She stares at it carefully.”可知，本段是对孩子的视觉进行实验。故选B。61D事实细节题。根据文章第二段中的“Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number
18、 changed from two to three, or three to two.”可知D正确。62C推理判断题。文章第一段描述对孩子的视力进行实验，接下来用鼓来对孩子的听力继续实验。所以选C。63D推理判断题。纵观文章，这是一篇医学实验报告，所以选D。C82013浙江卷 -BBelow is a selection from a popular science book. If blood is red, why are veins(静脉) blue?Actually, veins are not blue at all. They are more of a clear, yello
19、wish colour. Although blood looks red when its outside the body, when its sitting in a vein near the surface of the skin, its more of a dark reddish purple colour. At the right depth, these bloodfilled veins reflect less red light than the surrounding skin, making them look blue by comparison. Which
20、 works harder, your heart or your brain?That kind of depends on whether youre busy thinking or busy exercising. Your heart works up to three times harder during exercise, and shifts enough blood over a lifetime to fill a supertanker. But, in the long run, your brain probably tips it, because even wh
21、en youre sitting still your brain is using twice as much energy as your heart, and it takes four to five times as much blood to feed it. Why do teeth fall out, and why dont they grow back in grownups?Baby(or“milk”) teeth do not last long; they fall out to make room for bigger, stronger adult teeth l
22、ater on. Adult teeth fall out when they become damaged, decayed and infected by bacteria. Once this second set of teeth has grown in, youre done. When theyre gone, theyre gone. This is because nature figures youre set for life, and what controls regrowth of your teeth switches off. Do old people shr
23、ink as they age?Yes and no. Many people do get shorter as they age. But, when they do, it isnt because theyre shrinking all over. They simply lose height as their spine(脊柱) becomes shorter and more curved due to disuse and the effects of gravity(重力). Many(but not all) men and women do lose height as
24、 they get older. Men lose an average of 34 cm in height as they age, while women may lose 5 cm or more. If you live to be 200 years old, would you keep shrinking till you were, like 60 cm tall, like a little boy again? No, because old people dont really shrink! It is not that they are growing backwa
25、rdstheir legs, arms and backbones getting shorter. When they do get shorter, its because the spine has shortened a little. Or, more often, become more bent and curved. Why does spinning make you dizzy(眩晕的)?Because your brain gets confused between what youre seeing and what youre feeling. The brain s
26、enses that youre spinning using special gravityandmotionsensing organs in your inner ear, which work together with your eyes to keep your vision and balance stable. But when you suddenly stop spinning the system goes out of control, and your brain thinks youre moving while youre not!Where do feeling
27、s and emotions come from?Mostly from an ancient part of the brain called the limbic system. All mammals have this brain areafrom mice to dogs, cats, and humans. So all mammals feel basic emotions like fear, pain and pleasure. But since human feelings also involve other, newer bits of the brain, we f
28、eel more complex emotions than any other animal on the planet. If exercise wears you out, how can it be good for you?Because our bodies adapt to everything we do to them. And as far as your body is concerned, its “use it, or lose it”！ Its not that exercise makes you healthy; its more that a lack of
29、exercise leaves your body weak and easily affected by disease. 46. What is the colour of blood in a vein near the surface of the skin? A. Blue. B. Light yellow. C. Red. D. Dark reddish purple. 47Why do some old people look a little shrunken as they age? A. Because their spine is in active use. B. Be
30、cause they are more easily affected by gravity. C. Because they keep growing backwards. D. Because their spine becomes more bent. 48Which of the following statements about our brain is true? A. In the long run, our brain probably works harder than our heart. B. When our brain senses the spinning, we
31、 will feel dizzy. C. The brains of the other mammals are as complex as those of humans. D. Our feelings and emotions come from the most developed area in our brain. 49What is the main purpose of the selection? A. To give advice on how to stay healthy. B. To provide information about our body. C. To
32、challenge new findings in medical research. D. To report the latest discoveries in medical science. 【要点综述】 本文是一篇常见的应用文，主要向读者介绍了与我们人体相关的一些知识和信息。46D考查细节理解。从第一则中的“its more of a dark reddish purple colour.”可知，血液应该是深紫红色，所以答案选D项。47D考查细节理解。从第四则中的“They simply lose height as their spine(脊柱) becomes shorter a
33、nd more curved due to disuse”可知，由于脊柱的弯曲，所以导致老年人看起来有点矮了，所以答案选D项。48A考查细节理解。从第二则中的“But, in the long run, your brain probably tips it, because even when youre sitting still your brain is using twice as much energy as your heart, and it takes four to five times as much blood to feed it.”可知，脑子要比心脏更努力、更辛苦，
34、所以答案选A项。49B考查写作意图。从全文知，这是一篇医学科技类的文章，主要介绍了与我们人体相关的一些知识，所以B项能很好地概括全文。【浙江省金丽衢十二校2014高考英语第二次联考】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。 Think of the last time a song really moved you, or meant something to youListening to andplaying music affects marry different sections of the brain, affectin
35、g us physically as well.Why are we as humans so connected to music? Making music is something that we are born with. Theres a reason we refer to music as the“universal language”；there has been no known human culture without music,Dancingandmusic came before agriculture, and possibly even before lang
36、uageThe fact that whale music andhuman music have so much in common suggests that music may exist before humans and that wemay be latecomers to the musical scene rather than being the inventors of music We begin life being affected by music; babies first begin to respond to music even beforetheir bi
37、rth，Whether or not its true, everyone has heard that playing classical music; for your babysupposedly helps him or her become smarter. A study done in the United Kingdom concluded thatchildren were able to .recognize and even preferred music that they had heard lip to three monthsbefore birth. Altho
38、ugh it made no difference whether it was rock music or country music, thebabies who were exposed to faster songs showed a stronger preference for that song than thosewho had heard something slower. Researchers have also found that the playing of soft backgroundmusic or a mothers soft singing actuall
39、y helps premature (早产的）babies. Those who were.subjected to the music tended to gain weight faster and were able to leave hospitals earlier thanthose who werent. However, the study in the UK uncovers no links between babies listening tomusic and increased intelligence or brain development. Another ex
40、periment at the University of California at Irvine compared the puzzle-solvingabilities of 3-year-olds who were given piano lessons with those of others who sang, usedcomputers, or did nothing. The children studying the piano were better at the puzzlesAlso, highschool students with a musical backgro
41、und seem to do better in their SATs，Whether its naturalintelligence that helps the children do better in both music and math，or the music that helpsdevelop other areas, you cant deny the benefits of a musical background. On the other hand, its possible that some music and lyrics（歌词）could be had for
42、childrenand teenagersThe lyrics of todays popular music are stated more and more clearly. A study oilmass media and teenagers showed that a group of 14- to 16-year-olds in 10 different southeasterncities listened to music an average of 40 hours per week. Obviously, the music they are listeningto pla
43、ys a large part in their lives，and especially influences self-identity. So any bad influencesin the music will have a very direct effect on the teenagers. Several other experiments mentioned in the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on the Effect of Music Lyrics and Music Videos on Chil
44、dren and Youth supported this idea. One study from Sweden found that children who developed a preference to rock music were more likely to be influenced by their peers than by their parents. Others showed links between a predilection for heavy metal and detrimental behaviors, including taking drugs,
45、 self-killing risk, and other risk-taking habits. The American Acajeny of Pediatries (AAP) doesnt support the idea of censorship（检查制度）, but strongly encourages parents to monitor what their children are listening to. 50.Music is regarded as the “universal longunge” because_51.Acording to Paragrapg 3,what afgerts bubies preference for songs? A.The tone B.The specal C.The style D.The lyries【参考答案】50、C 5154、BDAD