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1、2020 高考英 语阅读理解巩固精品 题练习（1）2020 高考英 语阅读 理解巩固精品 题练习 （ 1）及答案阅读理解 -CAt a recent class, yoga instructor Hagen taught several facial exercises designed tobuild up facial muscles Some women practise moves including The Lion , showing thetongue hanging out and eyes rolled up Hagen encourages class members to
2、 hold theposition for 60 seconds, joking You can do this any time It really helps you get a seat onthe train Hagen recently published a bookThe Yoga Face: Remove Wrinkles（） with the mateNatural Facelift She developed a workshop using facial yoga because women wanted tolook their best Facial muscles
3、become weak and flabby（） and need r exercise to reducewrinkles Besides The Lion, other exercises include Satchmoin which the cheeks areblown out Louis Armstrong-style, and Marilyn, in which attractive kisses are blown tostrengthen mouth muscles for full and firm lipsHagen recommends facial yoga for
4、those wanting to find outer and inner beauty, saying,The emotional aspect is just as important as the physiological（） But she doesnt rule out plastic surgery or BotoxI don t rule it out formself One da I may feel like I need that But regardless of that, maintaining elasticity（）is extremely important
5、, especially if you have had Botox and plastic surgery, she saidWhile making faces in front of strangers might frighten some, those who attended the classthought it the perfect way to fight against busy New York lifestyles Working in New Yorkis vestressful Kathy Healey said, Its a perfect way to end
6、 the week 49 By saying, It really helps you get a seat on the trainHagen means that somepassengers can Apractise yoga with youBhelp you do facial yogaCbe frightened awayDnotice your face50 Some women are turning to facial yoga because they _ Awant to escape working stressBwant to have a new lifestyl
7、eCcan practise it anywhereDwant to look best51 Which of thefollowing about facial yoga is TRUE?AIt is designed for wealthy peopleBIt can be useful but harmfulCIt can make you feel at ease DIt is popular in the world52 From the passage we can conclude that plastic surgery and Rotox _ Ahelp reduce wri
8、nklesBare good for womens healthCwill be replaced by facial yogaD are natural youngC62020 重庆卷 CAlmost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when thefirst wheel was invented or what it was used for.We do know，however ， that they existedover 5 ， 500 years ago in ancient
9、Asia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2020 in Slovenia.It is over 5， 100years old.Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while,though.This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.But it could also
10、 be because of a difficult situation.While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them.Eventually ， road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later.The
11、re had been no important changes inwheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design.In the mid 1700s ，a Frenchman came up with a new design of road a base layer ( 层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones.A Scotsman improved on thisdesign in the 1820s and a stron
12、g， lasting road surface became a reality.At around the sametime ，metal hubs(the central part of a wheel) came into being， followed by the pneumatictyre( 充气轮胎 ) in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads( 柏油路 ) As wheel design took off, vehicles g
13、ot faster and faster.64 What might explain why transport wheels didnt become popular for some time?AFew knew how to use transport wheels.BHumans carried farming tools just as well.CAnimals were a good means of transport.DThe existence of transport wheels was not known.65 What do we know about road d
14、esign from the passage?AIt was easier than wheel design.BIt improved after big changes in vehicle design.CIt was promoted by fastmoving vehicles.DIt provided conditions for wheel design to develop.66 How is the last paragraph mainly developed?ABy giving examples.BBy making comparisons.CBy following
15、time order.DBy making classifications.67 What is the passage mainly about?AThe beginning of road design.BThe development of transport wheels.CThe history of public transport.DThe invention of fast moving vehicles.【要点 综述】 本文介 绍轮子的演进历史。64 C 细节理解题 。第二段最后一句 说明 wheels 长期未能流行的 缘由：动物长期以来充当交通工具。65 D推理判断 题。短
16、文最后一段 说明路况的改良促进了车轮业 的巨大 发展。66 C篇章结构题。该 段看似 举例，但 这些例子均是按 时间由远及近而叙述的。67 B主旨大意 题。该文主要介 绍 wheels 由一般的 发明物到广泛运用于交通的历史演进过程。C62020 重庆卷 DNot all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles.The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the
17、 Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization.Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.“ Storm at Sea， a ”short poem written around 700, is ge
18、nerally regarded as one ofmankinds earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.When the wind is from the westAll the waves that cannot restTo the east must thunder onWhere the bright tree of the sunIs rooted in the oceans breast.As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull.It is a
19、n ocean that moves,impressively and endlessly.It makes all kinds of noiseit is forever thundering，boiling,crashing ，and whistling.It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breath perhaps not so noticeably out inmid ocean， but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach.
20、Itmimics( 模仿 )nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature.It is filled withsymbiotic existences ， too; unimaginable quantities of creatures， little and large alike，mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling ofheartbeat, a kind of sub ocean vital
21、ity.And it has a psychology.It has personalities:sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions rough and wild; always it is strong andstriking.68 Unlike real inland seas, the Atlantic Ocean is _Aalways energeticBlacking in livelinessCshaped like a squareDfavored by ancient poets69 What is the p
22、urpose of using the poem“ Storm at Sea” in the passage?ATo describe the movement of the waves.BTo show the strength of the storm.CTo represent the power of the ocean.DTo prove the vastness of the sea.70 What does the underlined word“ symbiotic” mean?ALiving together.BGrowing fast.CMoving harmoniousl
23、y.DBreathing peacefully.71 In the last paragraph, the Atlantic is compared to _ Aa beautiful and poetic placeBa flesh and blood personCa wonderful worldDa lovely animal【要点 综述】 该文既是 对地理知识的陈列，也是 对文学作品的 铺陈。大西洋的壮美和静 态的内海迥然不同，大西洋好比是一个富有生命力且有血有肉的人。68 A细节理解和 逻辑推理题。inland seas 比较平静，而大西洋充满生命律动的浩瀚与同为西方文化 摇篮的地
24、中海形成 鲜明的对比。69 C写作方法 题。该诗 句描写大西洋的壮美：当西风信然而至 时，大西洋的波浪开始涌动，以雷霆万 钧之势，凸显大西洋的磅礴气 势。70 A词义推断题。先把大西洋比作生命的律动，然后又把她的其他禀赋铺陈 于后，因此该词此处应该 指 “共生共存 ”。71 B写作方法 题。该文通 过诗词和拟人化的描写把大西洋比作有血有肉的人。阅读理解 -DFor more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on otherplanets Most of these searches have
25、been done over the radioThe hope is that someonein outer space mahe trying to get in touch with us Scientists also have sent radio andtelevision messages on spaceships traveling through space, on the chance that someonemay be receptive to such messages Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes（
26、） to listen to signals from about 1stars, allwithin 100 light years of earth In addition, they will scan （） the entire sky to listen forradio messages from more distant stars Using a computer, they will be able to monitormore than eight channels at one time Scientists are looking for any signal they
27、 stands out from the hackground noise Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy（） , scientists find that five percent are likeour sun Perhaps half of them have a planet like our earth Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution ofl
28、ife Based on the inhabitable （ that can be lived in ） planets in our galaxy, most scientistsagree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some lifeHowever, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planetsSomebelieve that twenty years of searching with
29、out any intelligible messages shows that no oneis out there They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikelyOther scientists believe that our search hasnt been long enough to rule out the possibilitythat intelligent life exists in our galaxyAlthough our sun family is only a
30、bout five billionears old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old In that time, some scientists think it islikely that civilization（） much more advanced than ours have developed Perhaps thesecivilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sentus If we hope to
31、 find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking53 According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable?A5 billion B10 billion C 15 billion D 200 billion54 The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about _ Ahow scientists are looking for sign
32、s of life on other planetsBwhy scientists are looking for signs of life on other planetsCwhere scientists are looking for signs of life on other planetsDwhen scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets55 The underlined word monitor in the passage means _AfindB followC check D form56 Wh
33、ich of these statements is true based on the information in the passage?AThe earth is one of he oldest planets in our galaxyBMost scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planetsCScientists are tring different ways to find signs of life on other planetsScientists don t believe that
34、 there might be life on other planetsEHow to protect children Web fans from unsuitable material on-line whileencouraging them to use the Intel-net has long been discussed in the U SFor some parents, the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for theirchildren But jungles contain wonders
35、 as well as dangers and with good guides, someeducation, and a few precautions（） , the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated（） ?Kids have to be online If we tell our kids they cant have access（） to the Internet,we re cutting them off from their future, said an expertMost kids have started to
36、 use search enginesMany of them are great for finding tons ofinteresting Internet sites, and they can also locate places where you might not want yourkids to go There are search engines designed just for kidsA certain software containsonly sites that have been selected as safe The most popular way t
37、o limit access would heto use what is known as a content screener（） But this can t be wholly reliable（） ,and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or notOK to see or do on the InternetAnother way is that mum or dad is nearby when the childis surfing （） t
38、he Internet A few other tipseve on things That also makes the Internet more of a family activityphone number anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along57 The passage is mainly about the subject of_AAmerican children going on-lineBInternet in AmericaCappreciati
39、ng InternetDopposing childrens on-line58The best way to protect children from improper material is _Ato installa content screener on the computerBto bu some search engines for the childrenCto he nearby when they are surfing the InternetDto talk to the children and persuade them to tell right from wr
40、ong59Which of the following is right according to the passage?ASurfing the Internet is the best method of educating childrenBChildren s not having access to Internet may have effect on their progressCUsing a content screener is most reliable for keeping children having access toInternetDSearching en
41、gines can help children to select materials fit for them60According to the passage, we can infer that _Asoft wares fit for children want programmingBa child who is on-line is in dangerCInternet is a jungle full of dangerDInternet containsa lot of harmful sites“ I ll give him a lesson,” I said. I dec
42、idedthey must be outside. Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a wintry night I had no idea,but it was the only explanation I could come up with.Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend s house. After what seemed like countless rings,his girlfriend answered.“ Yes, ” she said brightly,“ He s
43、 right here.”He came on the phone. I was not my usual calm, rational self. After all, one of the rules ofsurvival () for modern parents is thatyou can t trust modern teenagers.“ Where are thechildren?” I said. He said they were with him. They had done nothing wrong. My son hadtaken the younger child
44、ren over to his girlfriend s house just for ice cream and cake. Thiswas too wholesome () to be believed. Well, it turns out that I shouldn t have believedit. It was only part of the truth.The following Saturday evening we were at my parents home, celebrating my birthday. Myoldest son gave me the chi
45、ldren s gifts. Mounted and framed () were a series oflovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son s girlfriend.That was the most precious gift of all.41. The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because_.A. she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby-sitter