【英語】英語閱讀理解練習題20篇含解析一、高中英語閱讀理解1．閱讀理解

Thenextgenerationofartificialintelligence(AI)maybesittingrightbeneathyou,atleastiffurnituremakerIkeahasanysayinthematter.TheSwedishfurniturecompany's“future-living”researchlabinCopenhagenisconductingasurveytounderstandwhatpeoplewantwhenitcomestosmartfurniture.

AIisnowwalkingintomoreaspectsofpeople'sdailylives.Self-drivingcarsarejustaroundthecorner,andAIrobotscanplayandbeatthebestplayersofstrategygames.Assmarthometechnologieshavebecomemoreubiquitous,productsrangingfromsmartelectricaloutlets（插座）tosmartsmokealarmsarefloodingthemarket.Therefore,it'snotsurprisingthatIkeawouldbemovinginthesamedirection.

Exactlywhypeoplewouldwanttheirsofaorbedframetospeaktothen,tracktheirdailymovementsorofferhelpisnotyetclear.ThoughIkea'sthenewsurveydoesn'tdirectlyanswerthatquestion,itdoesprovideahintofwhatpeoplewouldfeelcomfortablewith.Mostparticipantswantedamorehuman0likeformofvirtual（虛擬的）assistants,asopposedtoonethatismorerobotic.Intermsoftheidealgender（性別）oftheassistants,themostpopularchoicewasneithermalenorfemale.FewwantedareligiousformofAI.

Justaswithhumanfriends,mostwantedAIfriendsthatwerelikethem,affirmingtheirownworldview.TheywantedanAIassistantthatwasreasonablyintelligent-thatcouldcollectdatatopredictwhatapersonwantedbeforeheorsheasked,andthatcouldpreventsomeonefrommakingmistakes.

ThisisnotthefirsttimethatIkeahassetfootinthefieldorfuturistictechnologies.Inadditiontowirelesschargingtablesandchainlessbikesthatneverrust（生銹）,thefurnituregianthasalsopicturedsmartkitchensthatcancookthebestmeal.Todecideonhowintelligentyouwantyournextsofaorbookshelftobe,youcantakeIkea'ssurveyonline.（1）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"ubiquitous"inParagraph2mean?A.

Beautiful.

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Common.

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Normal.

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Environment.（2）WhatdoesParagraph3mainlytalkabout?A.

Thedifferencesbetweenrobot-likeandhuman-likeassistants.

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WhatformofAIassistantspeoplewant.C.

Whatkindoffriendspeoplewant.

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Thepopularrobotsonthemarket.（3）MostpeoplewhoreceivedthesurveywantedanAIassistantthatcould________.A.

helpthembecamesmarter

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communicatewiththemwithouttroublesC.

haveitsownworldview

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dealwiththeirproblemsinadvance（4）WhichofthefollowingproductsarefromIkea?A.

Smartsofasthatcanspeaktoyou.

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Smartbedsthancantrackyourdailymovements.C.

Wirelesschargingcars.

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Rustlessbikeswithoutchains.【答案】（1）B（2）B（3）D（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了瑞典的一家家具公司做了一項研究，調查人們想要什么樣的智能家居。（1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第二段中的“AIisnowwalkingintomoreaspectsofpeople'sdailylives.”可猜測出Assmarthometechnologieshavebecomemoreubiquitous,這句話的意思是智能家居技術變得越來越普遍，故選B。（2）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第三段中的“Mostparticipantswantedamorehuman0likeformofvirtual（虛擬的）assistants,asopposedtoonethatismorerobotic.Intermsoftheidealgender（性別）oftheassistants,themostpopularchoicewasneithermalenorfemale.FewwantedareligiousformofAI.”可知第三段主要講了人們想要什么樣的人工智能助手，故選B。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“TheywantedanAIassistantthatwasreasonablyintelligent-thatcouldcollectdatatopredictwhatapersonwantedbeforeheorsheasked,andthatcouldpreventsomeonefrommakingmistakes.”可知收到調查的大多數(shù)人都想要一款可以提前解決問題的人工智能助手，故選D。（4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Inadditiontowirelesschargingtablesandchainlessbikesthatneverrust（生銹）,thefurnituregianthasalsopicturedsmartkitchensthatcancookthebestmeal.”可知沒有鏈條的不生銹自行車是來自于Ikea的產品，故案選D?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和段落大意四個題型的考查，是一篇社會類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。2．閱讀理解

Dogslovetogetoutandstretchtheirlegs,whichnotonlyhelpstokeeptheminshape,butenablesthemtokeeptheextrapoundsoff.Pethikinghasbeenpopularrecently,gettingdogsoffthesidewalk.

Threeyearsago,DenverresidentBrittanyReddingwasstressedout,working60hoursaweekwhilestudyingingraduateschoolfull-time.Theonlythingthathelpedwastakingherfourdogshiking."That'swhenithitmethatIshoulddothatasajob."shesays.AftergraduatinginJune2016,shefoundedTakeaHike.Hercompany,likeanumberofothersaroundthecountry,takesdogstoexplorebeyondtheneighborhood.

Beforetakingonthetracks,Brittanymeetswitheachdogandhisorherownertogetasenseofthepet'scharacter.Thensheschedulesameet-and-greetwithotherdogsthatwilljointhehiketobesuretomatchtheirpersonalities.Eachhikingisabouttwohourslongandincludestransportationtoandfromthetrackforaround$70perouting."Hikingallowsdogslomeetnewfriendsandexplorenewtracks,smells,andwildlife,"sheexplains.

MichaelMizenkothinkssendinghispet,Ajax,onweeklyhikeswithTakeaHikehasmadeAjaxahappierdog.Overthepasttwoyears,hikinghastaughtAjaxhowtostayoffpavement,bemoresocialandremaincalminthecar."Ithasmadehimaflexibleeasygoingguy."Michaelsays.（1）Whyhaspethikingbeenpopularinthesedays?A.Dogsstronglydesiretheirownerstogohiking.B.Animalhealthspecialistsrecommendpeopletodoit.C.Itisbeneficialforpets'shapeandhealth.D.Theowner'shouseisnotbigenoughfordogs.（2）Whatisthesecondparagraphmainlytalkingabout?A.WhyBrittanyfoundedTakeaHike.B.HowhardthestudylifeofBrittanywas.C.TakeaHikeisverypopularintheneighborhood.D.DoghikinghasbroughtgreatenjoymenttoBrittany.（3）WhatdoesBrittanywanttomakesurebeforetakinghercustomers'dogstogohiking?A.Thedistanceofthetrack.B.Thecharacterofeachdog.C.Theenvironmentofthetrack.D.Theemotionsofbothdogsandtheirowners.（4）HowoftendoesMichaelMizenkosendhispettohikewithTakeaHike?A.Everyday.B.Onceaweek.C.Twiceaweek.D.Everyotherweek.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）B（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新聞報道，寵物徒步旅行變得很流行，這對寵物的身形和健康有好處。丹佛居民BrittanyRedding創(chuàng)立了TakeaHike公司，專門負責帶著寵物狗去徒步旅行。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“Dogslovetogetoutandstretchtheirlegs,whichnotonlyhelpstokeeptheminshape,butenablesthemtokeeptheextrapoundsoff.Pethikinghasbeenpopularrecently,gettingdogsoffthesidewalk.”狗喜歡到外面伸展腿部，這不僅有助于保持體形，還可以減少多余的體重。因此帶寵物徒步旅行變得很流行的原因在于它對寵物的身形和健康有好處。故選C。（2）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第二段“Threeyearsago,DenverresidentBrittanyReddingwasstressedout,working60hoursaweekwhilestudyingingraduateschoolfull-time.Theonlythingthathelpedwastakingherfourdogshiking.‘That'swhenithitmethatIshoulddothatasajob.’sheways.AftergraduatinginJune2016,shefoundedTakeaHike.Hercompany,likeanumberofothersaroundthecountry,takesdogstoexplorebeyondtheneighborhood.”可知，三年前丹佛居民BrittanyRedding在全日制研究生院學習的同時每周還要工作60個小時，這使她感到壓力重重。只有一件事能夠讓她感到放松：帶她的四只狗徒步旅行。就在那時她想到她應該把帶狗徒步旅行當作自己的工作。于是2016年6月畢業(yè)后，她創(chuàng)立了TakeaHike公司。因此第二段主要談論的是BrittanyRedding創(chuàng)立TakeaHike公司的原因。故選A。（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Beforetakingonthetracks,Brittanymeetswitheachdogandhisorherownertogetasenseofthepet'scharacter.”可知，在開始徒步旅行之前，Brittany與每只狗及其主人見面以了解寵物的性格。即Brittany要在帶上顧客的狗去遠足之前了解每只狗的性格。故選B。（4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“MichaelMizenkothinkssendinghispet,Ajax,onweeklyhikeswithTakeaHikehasmadeAjaxahappierdog.”可知，MichaelMizenko認為，每周一次的徒步旅行使他的寵物Ajax變得更快樂。因此MichaelMizenko每周將寵物送到TakeaHike公司參加一次徒步旅行。故選B?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和段落大意三個題型的考查，是一篇新聞報道，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。3．閱讀理解

InIndia,mostofthewomenwearareddotbetweentheireyebrows.Whileitisgenerallytakenasanindicatoroftheirmarital(婚姻的)status,thepracticeisprimarilyrelatedtotheHindu(印度教的)religion.ThedotgoesbydifferentnamesindifferentHindidialects,and“bindi"istheonethatismostcommonlyknown.Traditionally,thedotcarriesnogenderrestrictionMenaswellaswomenwearit.However,thetraditionofmenwearingithasfadedinrecenttimes,sonowadaysweseealotmorewomenthanmenwearingone.

Thepositionofthebindiisstandardcenteroftheforehead,closetotheeyebrows.Itrepresentsathird,orinnereye.HindutraditionholdsthatallpeoplehavethreeeyesThetwoouteronesareusedforseeingtheoutsideworld,andthethirdoneistheretofocusinwardtowardGod.Assuch,thedotmeanspiety(虔誠)andservesasaconstantremindertokeepGodinthefrontofabeliever'sthoughts.

Redisthetraditionalcolorofthedot.Itissaidthatinancienttimesamanwouldplaceadropofbloodbetweenhiswife'seyestosealtheirmarriage.AccordingtoHindubeliefs,thecolorredisbelievedtobringgoodfortunetothemarriedcouple.Today,peoplegowithdifferentcolorsdependingupontheirpreferences.Womenoftenweardotsthatmatchthecoloroftheirclothes.Decorativeofstickerbindiscomeinallsizes,colorsandvariations,andcanbewornbyyoungandold,marriedandunmarriedpeoplealike.Wearingabindihasbecomemoreofafashionstatementthanareligiouscustom.（1）WhydidpeopleinIndiastartwearingareddotontheirforehead?A.Tostresstheirfamilybackground.B.Toindicatetheirsocialrank.C.Toshowtheirreligiousbelief.D.Todisplaytheirfinancialstatus.（2）WhatisthefunctionofthethirdeyeinHindutradition?A.Tohelptheothereyesseebetter.B.Tolooktothedistance.C.Toseetheoutsideworld.D.TopayrespecttoGod.（3）Whywasredchosenastheoriginalcolorofthebindi?A.Theword"bindi"means"red"insomeHindidialects.B.Redwasbelievedtobealuckycolorforhusbandandwife.C.ThereddotrepresentedthebloodofGod.D.Redstoodforawife'sloveforherhusband.（4）Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutbindistoday?A.Bindisarenowusedtomakepeoplelookbetter.B.Bindisarewornanywhereonthefacenow.C.MostIndianwomendonotwearbindisanymore.D.MorementhanwomenwearbindisinIndia.【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）B（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，大多數(shù)印度女人的眉毛中間都戴著紅點，這種做法主要與印度教有關，它代表的是第三只眼，可以時時提醒信徒要尊敬上帝。現(xiàn)在眉心紅點更多的是作為裝飾品使用。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“InIndia,mostofthewomenwearareddotbetweentheireyebrows.Whileitisgenerallytakenasanindicatoroftheirmarital（婚姻的）status,thepracticeisprimarilyrelatedtotheHindu（印度教的）religion.”在印度，大多數(shù)女性的眉毛上都有一個紅點。雖然這通常被認為是他們婚姻狀況的一個指標，但這種做法主要與印度教有關?？芍@種做法主要與印度教有關，所以印度人前額戴紅點是展示他們的宗教信仰。故選C。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段可知，印度傳統(tǒng)上認為人有第三只眼。以及“Assuch，thedotservesasaconstantremindertokeepGodinthefrontofabeliever'sthoughts．”因此，點作為一個持續(xù)的提醒，以保持神在信徒的思想面前。所以第三眼在印度教傳統(tǒng)中的重要性是要尊重上帝。故選D。（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“AccordingtoHindubeliefs，thecolorredisbelievedtobringgoodfortunetothemarriedcouple．”可知，根據(jù)印度教的信仰，紅色被認為能為已婚的夫婦帶來好運。故選B。（4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Decorativeorstickerbindiscomeinallsizes，colorsandvariations，andcanbewornbyyoungandold，marriedandunmarriedpeoplealike．Wearingabindihasbecomemoreofafashionstatementthanareligiouscustom.”裝飾物或貼紙貼紙有各種尺寸、顏色和變化，年輕人和老年人、已婚人士和未婚人士都可以佩戴。佩戴賓蒂帽與其說是一種宗教習俗，不如說是一種時尚宣言?？芍?，眉心紅點現(xiàn)在更多的被用作裝飾品。故選A．【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解OurMuseums,Galleries,andZoo19world-classmuseums,galleries,andazoo

TheSmithsonianofferselevenmuseumsandgalleriesontheNationalMallandsixothermuseumsandtheNationalZoointhegreaterNationalCapitalArea.InNewYorkCity,weinviteyoutotourtwomuseumsinhistoricsettings.

NotnearaSmithsonianmuseum?Lookforexhibitionsandmuseumsinyourcommunity.Herewehavelistedsomeplacestovisit:

Tips&Guidelines:

StopatanySmithsonianmuseuminformationdeskwherefriendlyandknowledgeablestaffandvolunteerscanassistyouinplanningyourvisit.

ServiceanimalsarewelcomeatthemuseumsandtheNationalZoo.Petsarenotpermitted.

Lunchesshouldbeproperlyclosedorstoredinlockersduringyourvisit.（1）heSmithsonianoffersalltheseEXCEPT

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galleries

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museums

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zoos（2）Ifyouareinterestedinanimals,youcan

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goto1661PennsylvaniaAvenue,NWWashington,DCB.

goto8thandFStreets,NWWashington,DCC.

visitthemuseum11a.m.onChristmasD.

visitthezooatweekendsonJune25（3）Toarrangeyourvisitbetter,youcan

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havelunchduringyourvisit

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takeyourpetsalongwithyouC.

askthestaffandvolunteersforhelp

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fillinanapplicationformbeforeyourvisit【答案】（1）B（2）D（3）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應用文，介紹了史密森尼博物館相關的信息以及游玩建議。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“TheSmithsonianofferselevenmuseumsandgalleriesontheNationalMallandsixothermuseumsandtheNationalZoointhegreaterNationalCapitalArea”可知史密森尼博物館（Smithsonian）在國家廣場（NationalMall）上設有11個博物館和美術館，在較大的國家首都轄區(qū)有6個博物館和國家動物園（NationalZoo）。沒有提供音樂會。故選B。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)NationalZoo所在的表格可知國家動物園的開放時間為三月15號到九月，每天的上午九點到下午六點；十月到來年的三月14號是每天上午九點到下午四點，12月25號不開。所以如果對動物感興趣，游客可以在六月25號去游玩。故選D。（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“StopatanySmithsonianmuseuminformationdeskwherefriendlyandknowledgeablestaffandvolunteerscanassistyouinplanningyourvisit.”可知史密森尼博物館的信息問訊處有友好的并且知識淵博的員工及志愿者，他們可以幫助你為參觀做計劃。所以如果你想更好的參觀這里，可以尋求職工和志愿者的幫助，故選C?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，要求考生準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，結合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解

TheUnitedStatesishometo562recognizedAmericanIndianNationseachwithitsownlanguage.

Yetthenumberofnative.Americanswiththeabilitytospeaktheirtribe'slanguagehasdecreasedoverthepastcentury.

Now,IndianNationsaretryingdifferentwaystoexpandthenumberofnativespeakers,andincreaseinterestintheircommunitiestolearntriballanguages.

Sincethelate1800smanyAmericanIndianchildrenhaveattendedboardingschools.Atthattime,Indianchildrenwererequiredtoattendschoolsbylaw,andthegovernmentforcedIndianfamiliestosendtheirchildrentosuchschools.

Thechildrenwereseparatedfromtheirfamilies.andgivenEnglishnameTheteachersoftentaughtnativeAmericanstudentsinEnglish,insteadofthelanguageoftheirparents.TheyweretoldtheyneededtolearnEnglishinordertogetajob,earnmoneyandbuyahouseornicethings.

However,fearingalossofhistoryandculture,theIndianNationsareexperimentingwithnewwaystoincreasethelanguageabilityoftribalmembers.

Atleastoneorganizationisturningtomoderntechnology---TheSealaskaHeritageInstitute,anonprofitgroup,hasdevelopedtwoappsforspeakersoftheTlingitlanguage.

The"LearningTlingit"appservesasareferenceforimportantlanguagetopicssuchasconversationphrases,number,andletters.

TheTlingittribehasabout10,000members.TheylivemainlyinsoutheasternAlaska.Butasof2013,thetribehadonly125nativespeakersleft.inaddition,veryfewyoungpeopleareabletospeakTlingit.

Currentlytherearetwoapps,called"LearningTlingit"and"TlingitLanguageGames".The"LearningTlingit"appservesasalanguageguide.ItprovidesTlingitwordsandexpressions,thetribalalphabet,aswellasabasiclistofthewordsincluded.Withthe"TlingitLanguageGames"app,usersaregivenachoiceofdifferentplacesofenvironments,likeahouse,forestorocean.（1）WhatistheproblemthenativeAmericansarefacingnow?A.ThenumberofnativeAmericanshasbeenincreasing.B.FewerandfewernativeAmericansspeaktheirownlanguage.C.Theirnativelanguagehasbeenextinct.D.It'shardtoincreasetheinterestofhearingnativelanguages.（2）WhatwillbetheresultifmoreandmorenativeAmericansonlyspeakEnglish?A.Theywillgetbetterjobsandhigherpay.B.TheywillteachtheirownchildrentospeakEnglish.C.Theywilllosetheirhistoryandculture.D.Theywillgetalongwellwiththegovernment.（3）WhatcanweknowaboutTlingit?A.Itcanhelpthenativepeopleknowsomelanguagetopics.B.Itcanhelpthe:nativepeopleearnmoneyandbuya.houseornicethingsC.ItisaverypopularappamongthenativespeakersD.Itisanativelanguagespokenbyfewerthan200people.（4）Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A.AmericanIndiantribes'effortstoincreasenativespeakers.B.ReasonsforthedisappearanceofsomeAmericanIndianlanguages.C.Waystohelpthenativetribesleadatraditionallife.D.Thepopularityofthelanguagelearningapps.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國的印第安人正在使用新的方法來增加本族語言的使用，否則，他們的本族語言將面臨嚴重的危機。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Yetthenumberofnative.Americanswiththeabilitytospeaktheirtribe'slanguagehasdecreasedoverthepastcentury.”但是能說他們本族語言的本地美國人的數(shù)量在過去的一個世紀中已將減少?？芍瑫f本族語的美國土著的人數(shù)在過去的一個多世紀中已經減少了，故選B。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段中的“However,fearingalossofhistoryandculture,theIndianNationsareexperimentingwithnewwaystoincreasethelanguageabilityoftribalmembers.”然而，害怕失去自己的

歷史和文化，許多印第安部落嘗試新的方法來提升族人的本族語使用能力?？芍绻絹碓蕉嗟淖迦酥徽f英語，他們將會失去自己的歷史和文化。故選C。（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第九段中的“TheTlingittribehasabout10,000members.TheylivemainlyinsoutheasternAlaska.Butasof2013,thetribehadonly125nativespeakersleft.”特林吉特部落有大約一萬人。他們主要居住在阿拉斯加東南部。但是就2013年的統(tǒng)計，這個部落只有125人可以說自己民族的語言，可知，現(xiàn)在僅僅有不到兩百人可以說這種語言了，故選D。（4）考查主旨大意。本文前六段描述了美國印第安人在民族語言方面面臨的處境以及這一處境引起的擔憂，最后四段提出了針對這一問題的解決方案：美國的印第安人正在使用新的方法（app）來增加本族語使用人數(shù)。選項A中efforts能凸顯人們這一問題的擔心及在努力尋求解決方案方面所做的努力。故選A?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解

Watchingwoodendollscometolifemaynotbeoneofthemostpopularformsofentertainmenttoday,butwithovertwentyyears'experience,talentedpuppeteer(木偶表演者)PeterRobertshasearnedhimselfthetitle“masterpuppeteer”becauseofhisgreatabilitytoturnpuppetsintobelievable,almostlivingcharacters.“PeoplearequiteoftensurprisedtohearwhatIdoforlivingandhavelittleappreciationofpuppyasaformofentertainment.Butwhiletheexactoriginsofpuppettheatreareunknown,ithasbeenpopularinmanyculturesandmayhavebeentheveryfirstkindoftheatre,”heexplains.

Roberts'showsarehighlyoriginal.“Apuppetshowcaninvolveanythingfromclowning(傻逗)tostorytelling,”hesays,Equallydiversearetheaudiencesheperformsfor.“Someareattractedbythepuppetsthemselves,whileothersenjoythedialogue.”Robertsbelievesthatthisformofentertainmentcanbeappreciatedbypeopleofallagesandcultures.

Roberts'interestinpuppetsstartedwhenhereceivedsomebeautifulglovepuppetsoneChristmas.HestartedputtingonshowswiththeseforfamilyandfriendsandthenmovedontohandmadeChinesestringpuppets.Learningmostlyfrombooksandpersonalexperience,heexplains,“Iwasalreadyspendingmostofmyfreetimecarvingpuppetsandputtingonshows,soIhardlynoticedthechangefromstudentstofull-timeprofessionalpuppeteer.”

Thepuppetsaredesignedspecificallyforeachshow,whichisextremelytimeconsuming.AccordingtoRoberts,“Sometimeswhatyouexpectandwhatyouactuallycreateintheendaretwoverydifferentthings.I'vemadesomeofmybestpuppets'accidentally'.”

Whenmostpeopleheartheword“puppetry”,theymorethanlikelythinkofawayofkeepingchildrenentertainedatbirthdayparties.Certainlythesubjectmatterwillbeexpectedtobelight-heartedratherthanserious.However,Robertswantstopointoutthatpuppetscomeseriousmessagessometimes.”hesays.（1）Whatdoweknowaboutpuppetryinthefirstparagraph?A.

Itisamostpopularformofentertainment.

B.

Itcannotgivepeoplepleasureanymore.C.

ItwasfirstbroughttolifebyPeterRoberts.

D.

Itsvalueasanartformisnotfullyrecognized.（2）InRoberts'eyes,hispuppetshows

.A.

usuallyattractpeoplefullofhumor

B.

aremostsomethingforoldagedaudienceC.

displaysomethingmeaningfulfordifferentpeople

D.

involvehardworkandgreatintelligence（3）Robertsdevelopedaninterestinpuppetsbecauseof

.A.

thepuppetshowbooks

B.

hisuniversitymajorC.

aChristmasgift

D.

someChinesestringpuppets（4）WhatdoesRobertswantpeopletothinkofpuppettheatre?A.

Itisjustakindofentertainmentforkids.

B.

Itcanbeeducationalaswellasentertaining.C.

Itisonlyakindofseriousartform.

D.

Itshouldbekeptlight-hearted.【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文為夾敘夾議。本文講述了雖然木偶表演栩栩如生，但已不是當今一種最流行的娛樂形式。享用盛名的木偶大師羅伯特卻讓自己的木偶表演極具獨創(chuàng)性。他讓木偶表演不僅具有觀賞性也有一定的教育意義。（2）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“PeoplearequiteoftensurprisedtohearwhatIdoforlivingandhavelittleappreciationofpuppyasaformofentertainment”可知，人們很少把木偶表演看作是一種娛樂形式來欣賞。分析選項可知D項（它作為一種藝術形式沒有被充分認可）符合題意，故答案選D項。（3）推理判斷題。第二段內容說羅伯特的木偶戲涉及任何東西，從扮小丑逗樂到到講故事，”他給各種各樣不同的觀眾表演?！坝行┤吮荒九急旧砦硪恍┤讼矚g木偶表演中的對話?！绷_伯特認為這種形式的娛樂可以被各個年齡段和文化的人所欣賞。由此可判斷，羅伯特的木偶戲為不同的人展示一些有意義的東西。分析選項可知C項符合題意，故答案選C項。（3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句“Certainlythesubjectmatterwillbeexpectedtobelight-heartedratherthanserious.However,Robertswantstopointoutthatpuppetscomeseriousmessagessometimes.”木偶表演的主題更多的是輕松愉快的而不是嚴肅的。然而，羅伯特指出木偶表演有時也傳遞一些嚴肅的東西。由此可推斷出，木偶表演既是一種娛樂也有一定的教育性。故答案選B。（4）此題屬于細節(jié)理解中的一一對應型。答案與題目在表達形式和意義上直接吻合，一一對應，一目了然。根據(jù)第三段第一句“Roberts'interestinpuppetsstartedwhenhereceivedsomebeautifulglovepuppetsoneChristmas.”羅伯特對木偶的興趣始于圣誕節(jié)時他收到了一些漂亮的手套木偶。故選C?！军c評】夾敘夾議閱讀理解：（1）先敘述自己的某一個生活經歷或見聞，然后真對這一事件發(fā)表自己對生活的看法，或揭示生活的真理。（2）作者先提出一種觀點或看法。然后圍繞這一觀點或看法用具體的事例加以說明，有時也可能用幾個事例從不同的側面來說明。（3）提出一種觀點或見解，然后用某一事例來闡述這一觀點，最后再進一步的總結和升華。抓住作者要說明的觀點或要闡述的生活哲理是做好這一類型題目的關鍵，而作者敘述所發(fā)生的事件或生活經歷只是為表達其思想服務的。7．閱讀理解

Shouldweallowmodernbuildingstobebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaofacity?Inordertoanswerthisquestion,wemustfirstexaminewhetherpeoplereallywanttopreservethehistoricfeelofanarea.Notallhistoricalbuildingsareattractive.However,theremaybeotherreasons—forexample,economicreasons—whytheyshouldbepreserved.So,letusassumethathistoricalbuildingsarebothattractiveandimportanttothemajorityofpeople.Whatshouldwedothenifanewbuildingisneeded?

Inmyview,newarchitecturalstylescanexistperfectlywellalongsideanolderstyle.Indeed,therearemanyexamplesinmyownhometownofTourswheremoderndesignshavebeenplacedverysuccessfullynexttooldbuildings.Aslongasthebuildinginquestionispleasinganddoesnotdominate(影響)itssurroundingstoomuch,itoftenimprovestheattractivenessofthearea.

Itistruethatthereareexamplesofnewbuildingswhichhavespoilt(破壞)theareatheyarein,butthesamecanbesaidofsomeoldbuildingstoo.Yetpeoplestillspeakagainstnewbuildingsinhistoricareas.Ithinkthisissimplybecausepeoplearenaturallyconservativeanddonotlikechange.

Althoughwehavetorespectpeople'sfeelingsasfellowusersofthebuildings,Ibelievethatitisthedutyofthearchitectandplannertomovethingsforward.Ifwealwaysreproducedwhatwastherebefore,wewouldallstillbelivingincaves.Thus,Iwouldargueagainstcopyingpreviousarchitecturalstylesandchoosesomethingfreshanddifferent,eventhoughthatmightbethemoreriskychoice.（1）Whatdoestheauthorsayabouthistoricalbuildingsinthefirstparagraph?A.

Someofthemarenotattractive.

B.

Mostofthemaretooexpensivetopreserve.C.

Theyaremorepleasingthanmodernbuildings.

D.

Theyhavenothingtodowiththehistoricfeelofanarea.（2）WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtotheauthor?A.

Weshouldreproducethesameoldbuildings.

B.

Buildingsshouldnotdominatetheirsurroundings.C.

Someoldbuildingshavespoilttheareatheyarein.

D.

Nooneunderstandswhypeoplespeakagainstnewbuildings.（3）By“movethingsforward”inthelastparagraph,theauthorprobablymeans“_______”.A.

destroyoldbuildings

B.

putthingsinadifferentplaceC.

choosenewarchitecturalstyle

D.

respectpeople'sfeelingsforhistoricalbuildings（4）Whatisthemainpurposeofthepassage?A.

Toexplainwhypeopledislikechange.

B.

Toarguethatmodernbuildingscanbebuiltinhistoricareas.C.

Towarnthatwecouldenduplivingincaves.

D.

Toadmithownewbuildingshaveruinedtheirsurroundings.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文。文章是對于現(xiàn)在人們經常討論的問題——是否現(xiàn)代建筑應該和古老的歷史建筑在一起——進行了闡述，在作者看來歷史建筑應該保存，但是我們的建筑風格也應該改變，不能因為歷史建筑破壞我們的生活。(1)細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中notallhistoricalbuildingsareattractive.可知，一些歷史建筑不夠有吸引力，故選A。(2)細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段首句Itistruethatthereareexamplesofnewbuildingswhichhavespoilt(破壞)theareatheyarein,butthesamecanbesaidofsomeoldbuildingstoo.可知，一些新建筑破壞了所在的區(qū)域，但古建筑也有這種情況，故作者認為一些歷史建筑破壞了他們生活的地方，故選C。(3)推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段中Ifwealwaysreproducedwhatwastherebefore,wewouldallstillbelivingincaves.（如果建筑師不改變建筑風格，我們現(xiàn)在還住在山洞里面）可推知，“movingthingsforward”指“選擇新的建筑風格”，故選C。(4)推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段首句Shouldweallowmodernbuildingstobebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaofacity?可知，這篇文章是討論現(xiàn)代建筑是否可以建在歷史遺跡的地方，故選B?！军c評】

英語閱讀理解議論文解題技巧：英語議論文通常為三段式，即“論點、論據(jù)、結論”三部份組成。首先借助某一現(xiàn)象引出論點，然后通過一定論據(jù)從各個層面上加以推理論證，最后得出結論。議論文體主要考查學生對論點及論據(jù)的把握。因此，遇到議論文體時，應采取抓主題句的方法來把握文章主旨，弄清作者的觀點2017高考英語閱讀理解類型及答題技巧2017高考英語閱讀理解類型及答題技巧。一般來說，作者的論點通常在文章首段被引出，接著是對這一論點的邏輯推理和論證，最后為結論。還應注意的是：在對論點論證的過程中，每一段的首句都是該段的主題句。把握全文論點、弄清論證各段的主題句、理解文章層次、找出中心論點的位置是理解議論文的關鍵。8．閱讀理解

It's3o'clockandyou'vebeenhardatwork.Asyousitatyourdesk,astrongdesireforchocolateovercomesyou.Youtrytobusyyourselftomakeitgoaway.Butitdoesn't.Hereisanothersituation.Perhapsyouarenotfeelingwell.Theonlythingyouwanttoeatisabigbowlofchickensoup,likeyourmomusedtomakewhenyouweresickasachild.Foodcravingsareastrongdesireforaspecifictypeoffood.Andtheyarenormal.

ScientistsatthewebsiteHowStuffWorkscomparehungerandcravingsthisway.Hungerisafairlysimpleconnectionbetweenthestomachandthebrain.Theyevencallitsimply“stomachhunger.”Whenourstomachsburnupallofthefoodwehaveeaten,ahormone(荷爾蒙)sendsamessagetoonepartofthebrainformorefood,whichregulatesourmostbasicbodyfunctionssuchasthirst,hungerandsleep.Thebrainthenproducesachemicaltostarttheappetiteandyoueat.Hungerisafunctionofsurvival.

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