1、第 1 页 共 11 页 2022 年高考英语一轮复习：阅读理解+七选五 组合练习题 4 PART A （1） Do you look for something to read while in London? If so, youre lucky. The British capital happens to have an incredible collection of bookshops. Foyles If you will, dig the picture: four miles of shelves holding up to 200, 000 books. Lets hope
2、 you have some time to read books when travelling in Foyles. This bookshop is impossible to leave empty-handed. It was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest bookshop on the planet. Location: 107 Charing Cross Rd Hatchards In the year 1797, Thomas Paine published Agrarian J
3、ustice. Its also the year this London bookshop, the oldest in the city today, first turned on its lights. It stocks an excellent selection of fiction, nonfiction, history and other sorts. Location: 187 Piccadilly St Libreria This bookshop is one of the most pleasing of its kind in London. The yellow
4、 bookshelves add a touch of color and mystery and, well, you kind 第 2 页 共 11 页 of just want to grab a book and a seat and stay a while. Mobile phone usage is strongly banned here. Location: 65 Hanbury St London Review Bookshop This wonderful bookshop that opened in 2003 comes from the smart people o
5、f the London Review of Books. As youd expect, there is an excellent selection of history, philosophy, politics, new fiction and many other sorts here. Plus, theres a nice cafe in which you can have something to drink and start reading. Location: 16 Bury PI 1. Where can you find the oldest bookshop i
6、n London? A. 16 Bury PI.B. 187 Piccadilly St. C. 107 Charing Cross Rd.D. 65 Hanbury St. 2. What is special about Libreria? A. It has various books.B. It is located in London. C. It has yellow bookshelves.D. It is the biggest one. 3. Which bookshop can offer people coffee? A. Foyles.B. Hatchards. C.
7、Libreria.D. London Review Bookshop. （2） Here are two interesting questions. Are you very happy with your life 第 3 页 共 11 页 now? Are people happier as they get older? A study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age 50. In fact, it-found that by the age of 85, pe
8、ople are happier with their life than they were at 18. The finding came from a Gallup survey of more than 340,000 adults between the age of 18 and 85 in the United States. Arthur Stone in. the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His te
9、am found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties. Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotion
10、s were those in their seventies and eighties. The survey also found that men and women had similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did. The researchers also considered possible influences like. having young children,
11、being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age. So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and 第 4 页 共 11 页 have bett
12、er control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences. The original goal of the study was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that,
13、 people reported that they felt their sleep quality, improved as they got older. 4. Which age group of adults feel most stressful according to the study? A. The adults in their twenties.B. The adults in their fifties. C. The adults in their seventies.D. The adults in their eighties. 5. What can we c
14、onclude from the passage? A. People in their seventies enjoy the highest level of happiness. B. Stress levels will drop sharply when people are becoming older. C. Young adults have low level of stress because they are healthier. D. Women of all ages are more likely to be in negative emotion than men
15、. 6. Which of the following may be the possible reason why elder people are happier? A. Because elder people have enough money to spend. B. Because elder people are more thankful with their life. C. Because elder people dont have to work hard every day. D. Because elder spend more time considering b
16、ad experiences. 第 5 页 共 11 页 7. Which is TRUE according to the finding of the study? A. There is connection of sleep and happiness. B. Aging is connected with increased sleep problems. C. The older people are becoming, the worse sleep quality they have. D. Sleep quality will drop during middle age b
17、ut then will improve as they get older. (3) If you live in certain parts of the world, you will see something magical happen each fall. It is the changing of the color of the leaves on many different trees. Each year deciduous (落叶的) trees go through a process in which their green leaves become brigh
18、t yellow, gold, orange and red before turning brown and falling onto the ground. Photosynthesis (光合作用) is the process for trees to make their food taking energy from the sun, water from the ground, and carbon dioxide from the air, they make sugar to “eat” so they can grow into strong, healthy trees.
19、 The leaves of a tree are where photosynthesis happens because the chlorophyll (叶绿素) in the leaves is what makes photosynthesis possible. Chlorophyll also has another jobit is what makes leaves green. When the seasons change in places where deciduous trees grow and the days get shorter and the weath
20、er gets colder, it is harder for the chlorophyll in the leaves to make the food needed to stay green. So instead of making more food, the leaves start 第 6 页 共 11 页 using food they have stored away for this time of year. As the leaves use the food that has been stored away, cells form at the bottom o
21、f each leaf. These cells act like a door between the leaf and the rest of the treea door that closes very slowly and doesn t shut until all the leafs food is gone. While this is happening, the colors in the leaves of the trees are able to show through. In fact, the red, yellow, gold and orange color
22、s are hiding in the leaves all summer long. The colors just cant be seen in the summer because of all the chlorophyll in the leaves. You might be wondering how the rest of the tree keeps growing when the weather turns cold and the leaves die and fall. Doesnt the rest of the tree need the food made b
23、y the trees leaves? Not really. The tree trunk and branches get food from the roots of the tree. The roots supply water, vitamins and minerals they get from the ground. Trees need sunshine and warm weather to grow, but they also need time to rest like bears that sleep during the winter. 8. Why do le
24、aves change colors? A. They save some energy to stay alive. B. The chlorophyll stores some food away. C. They have to get used to the cold weather. D. They cant get enough energy from the sun. 9. In which situation do leaves fall off deciduous trees? 第 7 页 共 11 页 A. When there is no sunlight any lon
25、ger . B. When the food stored away in the leaves is use up. C. When the chlorophyll in the leaves stops working. D. When cells start to form at the bottom of each leaf . 10. How do trees survive in winter? A. By getting food from the ground. B. By storing food in their branches. C. By storing food i
26、n their roots. D. By making the most use of the dead leaves. 11. What is the purpose of the text? A.To study how trees survive in winter. B. To tell about the importance of photosynthesis. C. To explain why leaves change colors. D. To show the changes of trees in the whole year. （4） China dropped it
27、s decades-long, one-child policy several years ago to allow each family to have two children. This change has put 270 million married women of childbearing age in the position of choosing between family and work. The employers also face big challenges as more female workers will have two maternity l
28、eaves(产假）for a total of seven to eight months. In a survey published by classified advertising websiteG, 第 8 页 共 11 页 career women who might be considering having a second child were asked what kinds of pressure they might expect. More than 76 percent of the women who were questioned mentioned conce
29、rns about the financial burden of raising two children, while more than 71 percent said it would be difficult to balance career and family. In addition, nearly 56 percent said that having a second child would definitely have a negative effect on their career. Another survey conducted by Chongging-ba
30、sed human resources found that over 70 percent of job seekers believe that having a second child would make females less popular in the job market, although two-thirds of the employers said the policy will make no difference in their employment of staff. Feng Lijuan, a senior expert on human resourc
31、es at 51 job. com, a leading Chinese job finding platform, said she would not say “there is prejudice against career women”. Feng said Chinese women shoulder more family responsibility.“It is not only about maternity leave; a female employee might only fully get back to work after three to five year
32、s after having her first child.” Wang Yixin, a senior employment adviser, said the positive side is that more companies are trying to attract more talents by providing support to career women: “Different from before, it is not only employers choosing employees. Many talents, including professional 第
33、 9 页 共 11 页 career women, also choose employers,” said Wang. “According to our survey, many large companies are very open to their employees choice of. having a second child.” 12. In Paragraph 1, the end of one-child policy has great effect on _. A. womenB. women and families C.bossesD. women and em
34、ployers 13. According to the second survey, most people think having a second child would _. A. have no effect on career women B. have a positive effect on womens career C. have a negative effect on womens career D. have both positive and negative effects on career women 14. Which of the following s
35、entences agrees with Feng Lijuan? A. There isnt prejudice against career women. B. The effect is only limited to maternity leave. C. There is much more prejudice against career women. D. Women cant fully come back to work for a long period. 15. Which is the best title for the passage? A. Responsibil
36、ities of Career Women B. Effects of Two-child Policy on Women C. Disadvantages of Raising Two Children 第 10 页 共 11 页 D. Different Attitudes of Employers to Women Part B 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项 为多余 选项。 Extreme heat can kill people, even though most of the deaths are preventable. It is rep
37、orted that in the 24 years between 1979 and 2003 more people died in the United States of extreme heat than from hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes. _16_ The golden rules are to drink plenty of water, dress in cool clothes and stay in the shade if possible. _17_ Often after man
38、y months without rain, a single spark is all that is necessary to create a big fire. Wildfires can move at great speed and will destroy everything in their path. They can quickly change direction, which makes it very difficult for someone on the ground to escape. _18_ In 2010 such fires in Russia ki
39、lled 62 people and destroyed about 23, 000 square kilometers. A recent UN report suggests that the growing number of wildfires around the world may be contributing to global warming. _19_ Climate change causes drought (干旱); drought causes wildfires; and wildfires cause further climate change. _20_ T
40、his is probably due to a natural process, but it is reasonable 第 11 页 共 11 页 to assume that this process is being speeded up by mankinds release into the atmosphere of large amounts of greenhouse gas. A. How can we survive it? B. Extreme heat can also bring wildfires. C. It is clear that the world i
41、s getting warmer. D. Very often you can see such a terrible circle! E. It is also reasonable to realize the man s effect on the world s weather. F. How can people predict extreme heat according to the climate change? G. Great damage can be caused in a short time if quick action is not taken. 【答案】1-3. B C D 4-7. AD B D8-11. D B AC 12-15. D CD B 16-20. ABGDC
