高中英语阅读理解(原创)

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From far out in space, Earth looks like a blue ball. Since water covers three-fourths of the Earth’s surface, blue is the color we see most. The continents look brown, like small islands floating in the huge, blue sea. White clouds cover around the Earth like a light blanket. The Earth is shaped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles around! It would take more than a year to walk around the whole planet. A spaceship can fly around the widest part of the sphere in only 90 minutes.

Even though spaceships have traveled to the Moon, people cannot visit the Moon without special suits. The Moon has no air or water. Plants and animals can’t live there either. Astronauts first landed on the Moon in 1969. After that, there were six more trips to the Moon. They brought back Moon rocks, which scientists are still studying. There are holes, or craters, all over the Moon’s surface. Scientists believe that meteorites（陨石）smashed into the Moon millions of years ago and formed the craters.

The Sun is the closest star to Earth. A star is a hot ball of burning gas. The Sun looks very big because it is so close. But the Sun is just a medium-sized star. Billions of far-away stars are much bigger than our Sun. The burning gases from the Sun are so hot that they warm the Earth from 93 million miles away! Even though the Sun is always shining, the night here on Earth is dark. That’s because the Earth rotates, or turns around, every 24 hours. During the day, the Earth faces the Sun. Then we see light. During the night, the Earth turns away from the Sun. Then it faces the darkness of space.

Each day we learn more about the Earth, the Moon and the Sun.

56.When we look at the Earth from outer space, the color we see most is blue because ________ .

A. most of the Earth is covered in land

B. the Sun’s rays make the Earth look blue

C. most of the Earth is covered in water

D. clouds wrap around the Earth

57. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “smashed” in the second paragraph?

A. crashed

B. made

C. broke

D. got

58.What causes daylight on Earth?

A. The full Moon causes daylight.

B. Daylight is caused by the Earth facing away from the Sun.

C. The heat of the Sun’s rays causes daylight.

D. Daylight is caused by the Earth facing toward the Sun.

59.Which of the following sentences BEST describes the Sun?

A. The Sun looks small because it is so far from Earth.

B. The Sun is a ball of burning gases that gives the Earth heat and light.

C. The Sun is a small star.

D. The Sun is not as hot as it looks.

60.What is the main idea of the text?

A. Plants and animals can’t live on the Moon.

B. Without the Sun we would have no heat or light.

C. We know a lot about the Earth, Moon, and Sun, but there is still more to learn.

D.From outer space, the Earth looks tiny, even though it is thousands of miles around.

B

Sacagawea was born sometime around 1790. She is best known for her role in helping the Lewis and Clark expedition（远征）. She and her husband were guides from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and back.

Sacagawea was taken away from her Shoshone village by Hidatsa Indians when she was 12 years old. And she was immediately sold into slavery. She was then sold to a French hunter by the name of Toussaint Charbonneau. The pair became married and had a son named Jean-Baptiste.

Although there are different opinions concerning how important Sacagawea was to the Lewis and Clark expedition, she did serve as the interpreter（口译员）and negotiator to the Shoshone tribe （部落）that was led by her brother Cameahwait. She helped them get basic supplies and horses while she carried her baby on her back. Besides, Sacagawea helped recognize edible(可食的) plants and herbs and prevented unfriendly relations with other tribes simply by being with the expedition. She was even more important on the return trip because she was familiar with the areas in which they were traveling and was able to guide the expedition back safely. Lewis and Clark received credit for discovering hundreds of animals and plants that Sacagawea had probably seen for years. Although she received no payment for her help, her husband was rewarded with cash and land.

Six years after the journey, Sacagawea died after giving birth to her daughter Lisette. William Clark raised both of her children, but there are no records of Lisette. To this day, there are no reliable pictures or drawings of Sacagawea. Recently, the United States government carved her image on the new one dollar coin. Sacagawea is buried in Lander, Wyoming.

61. Sacagawea was born a ___________.

A. member of the Shoshone tribe

B. slave

C. member of the Hidatsa tribe

D. member of the Lewis and Clark expedition

62. Which question is answered in the second paragraph?

A. What is Sacagawea best known for?

B. How important was Sacagawea on the return trip?

C. How important was Sacagawea to the Lewis and Clark expedition?

D. What was the name of Sacagawea's son?

63. What did Sacagawea do as a negotiator ?

A. She helped translate language to help in communication.

B. She made travel plans.

C. She decided what plants are edible and which are not.

D. She made deals and agreements with other tribes.

64. Which of the following is NOT true about Sacagawea?

A. She is honored on a $1.00 U.S. coin.

B. There are no records of her daughter Lisette.

C. She had probably seen few or none of the animals Lewis and Clark were given credit for discovering.

D. There are no known pictures of her.

65. On the whole, Sacagawea's life could be described as ____________.

A. long

B. happy

C. simple

D. unlucky

C

Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are saying. But suddenly they start laughing. What would you think? Would you think they were laughing at something funny that one of them said? Or -- be honest with yourself -- would you think they were laughing at you? Yes, you.

Being laughed at is a common fear. But a major study published in 2009 found that this fear is not the same around the world. It is different from culture to culture.

People in Finland were the least likely to believe that people laughing in their presence were making fun of them. Less than ten percent of Finns in the study said they would think that, compared to eighty percent of people in Thailand.

Some people in the study said they felt unsure of themselves in social situations but hid their feelings of insecurity（局促不安）Others said they avoided social situations where they had been laughed at before.

The study found that people in Turkmenistan and Cambodia were more likely to be in the first group. They would hide their feelings of insecurity if they were around other people's laughter. But people in Iraq, Egypt and Jordan were more likely to try to avoid such situations if they felt they had been laughed at before.

Shy people often avoid situations that would force them into close contact（联系）with other people. They worry that something they say or do will make other people laugh at them. But some people worry much more than others. They may have an illness called gelotophobia. Gelos is a Greek word. It means laughter. Phobia means fear. This fear of laughter can be truly sad for those who live with it. It can affect how they lead their lives.

In the study, a team from the University of Zurich led more than ninety researchers from around the world. They wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true gelotophobia. Another purpose of the study was to compare the levels of fear of being laughed at in different cultures. The researchers surveyed（调查）more than twenty-two thousand people in forty-two different languages. The findings appeared in the scientific magazine Humor.

66. What did the study find?

A. Being laughed at is a common fear.

B. Being laughed at is different from culture to culture.

C. Only people in Turkmenistan would hide their feelings of insecurity if they were around other people's laughter.

D. The fear of being laughed at is different around the world.

67. In which country do most people not mind others’ laughing in their presen ce?

A. Iraq.

B. Jordan.

C. Thailand.

D. Finland.

68. Shy people often avoid situations that would force them into close contact with other people because _________.

A. they have a disorder called gelotophobia

B. It can affect how they lead their lives

C. they worry that something they say or do will be laughed at

D. they worry that all what they say or do will make other people laugh at them

69. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph6 refers to .

A. laughter.

B. gelotophobia.

C. fear.

D. Phobia.

70. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The findings of the study appeared in a scientific magazine.

B. The researchers came from different countries.

C. Normal shyness and true gelotophobia are a little different.

D. The researchers wanted to know the differences between the levels of fear of being laughed at in different cultures.

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