1、（英语）高二英语阅读理解(人生百味)模拟试题含解析一、高中英语阅读理解人生百味类1阅读理解 A few years back I worked in a university building that also housed a department full of psychologists, all of whom seemed to see us as perfect guinea pigs(豚鼠) for their latest theories. If an eager graduate student showed up in my office bearing dessert
2、s and asked me to pick one, Id cast a careful glance and ask Why? before grabbing the apple pie. So one day, when someone from the Psychology Department posted instructions in the bathroom persuading all of us to Think about five things for which youre grateful every day for a week! my response was
3、frankly doubtful. I did the math. Five things a day for seven days is a lot of brainpower to expend without so much as the promise of an apple pie. I wandered into the office of Heidi Zetzer, the director of our schools Psychological Services Clinic. Whats with the gratitude thing? I asked. You dont
4、 ask an academic questioneven a simple one unless youre prepared for a long answer. Heidi came alive, and I sat down. Thats when I first heard the term positive psychology. The gratitude thing, as I had called it, was but one small and simple element of the practice. Kind of like training the brain
5、to focus on joy, my friend Heidi explained. Its only a week, she urged. Try it. I did. And guess what? It worked. Every day for a week, I found five distinct things for which I was thankful. They had to be different every day. I couldnt get away with just being grateful for my wonderful husband. But
6、 I could, suggested Collie Conoley, another positive psychologist, express my gratitude for specific aspects of a certain person each day. Hes a great cook. He always puts our family first. Life will never be perfect. I still see new stories that annoy me. The traffic in my city is maddening. I wish
7、 I could speed up my recovery. But with just one simple exercise, Im rediscovering the peace of that old saying: accepting the things I cant change, working without complaint to change what I can, and being wise enough to know the difference. And all it took was a little gratitude.（1）Whats the autho
8、rs attitude toward the student with desserts? A.Cautious.B.Respectful.C.Indifferent.D.Supportive.（2）Why was the author doubtful about the instructions? A.Because she thought it wasnt worth the effort.B.Because she didnt like expressing thanks often.C.Because she needed to ask her friend to do it fir
9、st.D.Because she could do five things every day easily.（3）What does Collie Conoley suggest the author should do? A.Be grateful to her wonderful husband.B.Be thankful for things but not people.C.Be a great cook and put her family first.D.Be specific about what shes thankful for.（4）Whats the best titl
10、e for the text? A.Dont Be Bothered by Small ThingsB.We Can Change Everything If We WantC.Practicing Gratitude Changed My LifeD.Being Grateful to One Good Person【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，在一个星期的时间里，作者坚持每天都能发现五件她特别感激的事情，而且每天都有所不同。生活永远不会完美。但通过这么一个简单的练习，作者重新发现了那句老话的平和：接受我不能改变的事情，毫无怨言地去改变我能
11、改变的，并且足够明智地知道两者的区别。这只需要一点感激之情。 （1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“If an eager graduate student showed up in my office bearing desserts and asked me to pick one, Id cast a careful glance and ask Why? before grabbing the apple pie.”如果一个心急的研究生拿着甜点出现在我的办公室，让我挑选一种，在抓苹果派之前，我会仔细地看一眼，然后问“为什么?”可知，作者在抓苹果派之前，会仔细地看一眼，然后问“为什么?”。
12、可知，作者对带甜点的学生持有谨慎的态度。故选A。 （2）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“my response was frankly doubtful. I did the math. Five things a day for seven days is a lot of brainpower to expend without so much as the promise of an apple pie.”我的反应坦率地说是怀疑的。我算了算。连续7天每天做5件事，甚至连吃苹果派的承诺都没有，那就太费脑力了。可推知，作者认为对“连续7天每天做5件事”的要求充满怀疑，认为太费脑力、不值得去做。
13、故选A。 （3）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“But I could, suggested Collie Conoley, another positive psychologist, express my gratitude for specific aspects of a certain person each day. Hes a great cook. He always puts our family first.”但是另一位积极心理学家柯利康诺利建议道，我可以每天对一个人的某些方面表达我的感激之情。他是个很棒的厨师。他总是把我们的家庭放在第一位。可知，柯利康诺利建议作者每天对一个
14、人的某些方面表达感激之情。由此可知，柯利康诺利建议作者具体说明她感激什么。故选D。 （4）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“But with just one simple exercise, Im rediscovering the peace of that old saying: accepting the things I cant change, working without complaint to change what I can, and being wise enough to know the difference.”但通过一个简单的练习，我重新发现了那句老话的平和：接受
15、我不能改变的事情，毫无怨言地去改变我能改变的，并且足够明智地知道两者的区别）可知，练习表达感激，改变了作者的观念和生活。由此可知选C。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息。并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。2阅读理解 A few hours after my first mission, returning to Earth on the space shuttle Endeavour, I completed all of my medical tests after flight, met with NASA of
16、ficials, and reunited with my family. Finally, I was alone in my office room in astronaut crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center, exhausted and ready for bed. And I did what anyone does when they return to their hotel room on a business trip: I turned on the TV. The television news started up: Su
17、ch and such had happened, people were shocked, blah blah blah. Sports scores. Silly commercials. It didnt take more than a minute before I had to turn it off. It felt like my body was rejecting all this input, just as it would reject an organ donation that had the wrong blood type. All of this noise
18、 was just completely foreign to who I wasor, more appropriately, who I had become. A few hours before, I had been orbiting Earth, seeing our planet from space, flying the most amazing machine ever built by human hands, working with a team that was the absolute success of human. And now here in my ro
19、om watching what was being sold as news, and with my newfound perspective, I just could not stomach it. My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way. The biggest change by far and the one for which I will always be most grateful is this big-picture perspective. That will stick with me fo
20、r the rest of my life. Whenever I feel the pressure of modern life, the stress about work, or worry about the future, I remember my time in the space station. Back to seeing the sun set Or watching our galaxy rise on the horizon. Or seeing a sea of lightning flash a hundred times a second. Or simply
21、 back to floating weightlessly. When Im there in my mind and realize how many billions of these beautiful sunsets there have been and will be in the future, the cares of the world just dont seem that pressing. It goes that, Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Living da
22、ily life down here on the planet is so much better with this attitude!（1）Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word stomach in paragraph 2? A.Access.B.Attend.C.Accept.D.Afford.（2）What is the most important change to the writer? A.He has a broader view of the world.B.He doesn
23、t like watching TV any more.C.He will always be most grateful for everything.D.He can fly the most amazing machine by hands.（3）What attitude to life does the writer tend to have? A.caged bird longs for clouds.B.Live in the present moment.C.Let bygones be bygones.D.Time works great changes.【答案】 （1）C（
24、2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了在一次太空之旅后作者对待生活的态度的变化。 （1）考查词义猜测。根据第二段中的“It didnt take more than a minute before I had to turn it off.”以及画线词后的“My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way.”可知，我的世界观以一种深刻的方式永远改变了，因此此处是说以我现在的视角，看这种新闻是我无法忍受的，所以不到一分钟我就关掉了电视，由此可知画线词词义为“接受、忍受”，故选C。 （2）考查细节理解。根据第三段
25、中的“The biggest change by far and the one for which I will always be most grateful is this big-picture perspective.”可知，作者最重要的改变是他对世界有更广阔的看法，故选A。 （3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“It goes that, Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Living daily life down here on the planet is so much bet
26、ter with this attitude!”可知，它说，“不要为将来担心，生活在这个星球上的日常生活是如此的好，这句话表明了作者对待生活的态度是不要担心将来，活在当下，故选B。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。3阅读理解 Im not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them to be honest. Wed have lunch, talk on the phone or exch
27、ange e-mails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me. Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, theyre thrown in my
28、face like TV commercials unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities. Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, youd find him warm, and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize hes an unbearable, food-obsessed bore. Hed pause to have a cup of coffee on hi
29、s way to save a drowning man and then write about it. Take Andy. You wont find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now hes a CEO without a company to lull. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. Hes doing well level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know hes playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, youve run four companie
30、s and this is how you spend your downtime(业余时间)? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job? Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine(甲流疫苗) will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can fin
31、d, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter. In real life, I dont see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. Theyre nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong. Im left with a dilem
32、ma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if hes at a party and the wine isnt up to his standards?（1）Whats Andy probably busy in doing now? A.Hes running his company.B.Hes pla
33、ying golf all day.C.Hes looking for another job.D.Hes playing computer games.（2）Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text? A.Fred.B.Andy.C.Liz.D.Chris.（3）According to the text, Facebook tends to _. A.present another side of peopleB.offer some food for freeC.show endless advertisementsD.get you
34、to more parties（4）The text is developed mainly by _. A.giving examplesB.following the time orderC.listing figuresD.raising questions【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，自从有了Facebook之后，作者朋友们的一些变化。以前，朋友会在现实生活中展现他们好的一面；现在，在网络上他们把自己的阴暗面暴露无遗。这让作者很烦恼，甚至分不清楚朋友的真实面目是什么，谁才是她真正的朋友。 （1）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的”So he
35、 plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. Hes doing well level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know hes playing about 18 hours a day.“所以他在Facebook上玩游戏，他打的不错-731级。多亏了Facebook，我知道他现在每天玩18小时游戏，可知，Andy沉溺于网络游戏，所以可以推断出他此时正忙着打游戏。故选D。 （2）考查细节理解。根据第五段中的”Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine(甲流疫苗) will kill us all
36、and that we should avoid it.“以Liz为例。她赞同甲流疫苗会致死，大家都该避开打疫苗，可知，Liz对甲流疫苗持反对态度。故选C。 （3）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的”Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook.“现在我的朋友通过Facebook展现出他们性格中令人不愉快的方面）和倒数第二段的In real life, I dont see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends
37、 show me their best. Theyre nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.”在现实生活中，我没有看到人们的这些方面。面对面时，我的朋友们把他们最好的一面展现出来，他们是好人。但是面对Facebook，我的朋友们就像和素未谋面的人相亲一样，变得极其糟糕）可知，Facebook能让人展现出不同于往常的一面。故选A。 （4）考查推理判断。根据第三，四，五段作者分别以朋友Fred，Andy，Liz的事情为例可知，作者是以
38、举例的方式来写作的。故选A。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。4阅读理解 We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively. We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning. We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone e
39、lse. Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. We are used to passive learning, and its not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers. Unfortunately, pa
40、ssive learning has a serious problem. It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor. Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesnt show it to anyone. Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another
41、 person. That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. Then the two written statements are compared. Typically, the original message has changed. Thats what happens
42、in daily life. The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then, too, most people listen to improve on it, stamping(打上标记) it with their own personal style. Yet those who hear it think they know. This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement o
43、f opinion by one writer may be re-stated as fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts.（1）Acco
44、rding to the passage, what situation may passive learning occur in? A.Doing a medical experimentB.Solving a math problemC.Visiting an exhibitionD.Doing scientific reasoning（2）What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refers to? A.Active learningB.KnowledgeC.CommunicationD.Passive learning（3）Wh
45、y does the author mentions the game Rumor? A.To show that a message may be changed when being passed on.B.To show that a message should be delivered in different ways.C.To show that people may have problems with their sense of hearing.D.To show that people tend not to believe in what they know as rumor.（4）What can we infer from the passage? A.Active learning is less important.B.Passive learning may not be reliable.C.Active learning occurs more frequently.D.Passive learning is not found among scholars.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要主要介绍了被动获得
