高三英语阅读每日一练
高三英语阅读每日一练
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词数359 建议阅读时间5分钟
Nov 7 is lidong, one of the 24 solar terms, marking the beginning of winter. Descriptions of winter are normally quite downbeat (悲观的) for obvious reasons. Winter means strong winds and snow – an environment in which it is uncomfortable to be.
This unpleasant and even frightening aspect of winter is evident in literature. In Shakespeare?s King Lear (1606), the king has given away his kingdom and been rejected by two ungrateful daughters. He is out in the winter cold, suffering things that are usually reserved for the poorest and most wretched (不幸的) human beings.
The winter is bad enough for Lear, but being abandoned by his family is worse. A song from another Shakespeare play, As You Like It (1599), is fitting for this poor o ld man?s situation: “Blow, blow, thou winter wind, / Thou art not so unkind / As man?s ingratitude (忘恩负义)”. Here, winter is used to bring out the ugliness of inhumanity. There aren?t many things that are worse than winter, according to Shakespeare.
Once winter became less of a threat to human beings, literary works featuring it became more positive. Since Charles Dickens, the representation of the season in literature has often featured happy Christmas celebrations.
The cold and bleak (萧瑟的) mood of the winter weather provides a contrast to the fun and feasting (盛宴) going on indoors.
Dickens? A Christmas Carol (1843) was the start of this, but Christmas is still a common, cheery element in stories that feature winter scenes today. Consider the joy felt by Harry Potter and his friends in J.K. Rowling?s Harry Potter and the Philosopher?s Stone (1997) as they sit down for their festive meal:
“Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner. A hundred fat, roast turkeys; mountains of roast and boiled potatoes; platters of chipolatas (一盘盘的小香肠); tureens of buttered peas (一碗碗拌了黄油的豌豆), silver boats of thick, rich gravy (肉卤) and cranberry sauce (蔓越莓酱)”.
It is almost as much a pleasure to read about the meal as it might have been to eat it.u
Although wi nter still isn?t the most cheerful season in novels and poems, it?s safe to say that writers have certainly “warmed up” since Shakespeare?s days.
Choose the best answer:
1. What?s the author?s main purpose in writing this article?
A. To recommend some winter stories in literature.
B. To describe some customs related to lidong.
C. To explain what winter is like in literary works.
D. To tell us why winter is described as downbeat in literature.
2. What can we learn from Shakespeare?s works?
A. Shake speare didn?t like winter for its harsh weather.
B. King Lear dies of cold one night during winter.
C. Winter is compared with the ugly side of humanity.
D. Winter is a time to think about our family members.
3. The author mentions Charles Dickens in the article because ______.
A. he started a new way of representing winter
B. he is the most popular author of winter stories
C. a lot of his works are relevant to winter
D. his works make people feel cheerful in winter
4. The example of Harry Potter a nd the Philosopher?s Stone is used mainly to show _______.
A. traditional Christmas food makes the winter cheery
B. winter has become the happiest season in literary works
C. it?s a pleasure to read Christmas-related books in winter
D. Christmas is still a symbol of joy in modern stories
B
Just try to be yourself
16岁非裔女孩加冕选美皇后。词数402 建议阅读时间6分钟
Sydni Bennett didn?t want to be like anyone else when she was a little girl. Her friends would often compare her to Misty Copeland, a famous American ballet (芭蕾舞) dancer. She didn?t want to hear that. Instead, she would live by the words, “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
The 16-year-old, who is now a coach at a dance studio (工作室), has the confidence of a wise woman.
Bennett recently made history as the first African-American to be crowned (加冕) Miss Illinois Teen USA, 34 years after it first started.
“I wasn?t expecting it. My reaction video isn?t that good because I didn?t know what to do.” After receiving her shining crown, another black contestant (选手) ran up to be the first to hug and congratulate Bennett. The exchange was an act of pure sisterhood.
“There were very few black girls competing,” said Bennett. “We were all close friends and talked about how it had to be the year for one o f us to take it.”
The excitement about the historic crowning didn?t stop there.
“If you don?t see someone who looks like you in any event, you may think, …I don?t belong.? But Bennett had all the confidence in the world to go and compete,” said Randy Dun can, chair of the dance department at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
Before the pageant (选美比赛), Bennett wasn?t aware that a black girl had never won. Yet, she remained confident in her pursuit.
“It made me want to win for all the black girls around [the world],” she said. “I didn?t feel less about my ability to win; it put a drive in me rather than a doubt.”
Bennett said her life experiences have been preparing her for the big day all along.
“I think many girls feel like they have to make the judges think they?re somebody they?re not. But I told myself, …This is who I am,?” she said.
“Talking about my hands-on work with teaching was easy because it?s my everyday life. I think that?s the thing that set me apart, being genuine.”
Bennett?s next time co mpeting for a crown will be nationally, for Miss Teen USA. She has already begun preparing.
“I have to take the citizenship (公民身份) test, and watch the news to stay up [to date] on everything. It?s a lot, but I can handle it,” Bennett said.
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the first two paragraphs, Bennett _______.
A. doesn?t like Misty Copeland
B. has always refused to copy others
C. wasn?t confident when she was young
D. used to be made fun of by her friends
2. What made Bennett?s crowning s o significant?
A. She was the youngest one to be crowned.
B. Her reaction video was the most impressive.
C. She was the only black girl to compete.
D. She was the first African-American to win the competition.
3. What helped Bennett succeed according to the article?
A. Her strong faith in herself.
B. The encouragement of the judges.
C. Her teaching and acting experiences.
D. Her good performance on the citizenship test.
参考答案
A 1-4 CCAD
B 1-3 BDA
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(A ) A coal-fire stove(炉灶)provided heating for Zhao Yaoqin's courtyard bungalow in a Beijing hutong all her life. This winter, however, the stove has disappeared from the 66-year-old's life, and an electric radiator takes its place beside her bed, a product of a government to use clean energy in the national capital. With the Olympics to be staged in Beijing next August, the city is determined to eliminate the use of coal within the Third Ring Road that circles the city before the Games. The project to replace the stoves with electric radiators has been part of the effort. When the city's four-month long heating season started on Thursday, coal-fired stoves, known as a big source of pollution in the big city, have disappeared from some 20,000 local households like Zhao's bungalow in the inner city "hutong" -- traditional alleyways(小巷) that date back centuries. "We used to boil water or bake bread on the stove," said Zhao, sounding sentimental(伤感) to the disappearance of the coal furnace from her life. Late in the 1990s, Beijing's air quality monitoring office found that the emissions(排放) of sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide from the hutong areas have been higher than the city's average in winter, mainly because of the coal stoves. With the project to switch to clean energy for heating launched in 1999, the emission level of the two poisonous substances decreased by 42 percent and 44 percent, respectively, this year from 2001 levels. Zhao said the fee for electrical heat for the entire winter was usually around 2,400 yuan (US$323) per household. With the government's subsidy（补贴）, however, she only needed to pay about 500 yuan, nearly the same price as that for coal. 1．Zhao Yaoqin’ example in the passage is to tell us that_______. A.people in Beijing using electric radiators to welcome the Olympics. B.people in Beijing are doing something to protect the environment. C.hutongs in Beijing have a long history. D.People pay more money to use electric radiators than before. 2. The underlined word eliminate probably means________ A. cut down. B. increase. C. get rid of. D. replace 3. We can infer from the passage that ______ A. Zhao Yaoqin has a strong and deep emotion with the use of coal-fire stove. B. The government will pay most of the fee. C. The air of Beijing has been badly polluted since 1990s. D. The people do not use coal eight months in one year. 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The clean air is important when the Olympics Games is held in Beijing. B. The success of the Olympics Games depends on the clean air. C. The government spare no effort to make the environment better. D. The emission level of poisonous substances will be low in 2008.
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( ) 1. Peter is in the park. ( ) 2.Peter’s kite is yellow and brown. ( ) 3.Peter’s dog can run. ( ) 4.The dog is black. ( ) 5.The dog is very happy.
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I watched from a distance as the homeless man quarreled with those who did not leave money for him – the majority. I walked up to him and right on queue he asked me for a quarter. “I’ll give you a quarter if you tell me your story.” He laughed, “You’ll give me a quarter for my story?” I lay the qu front of him and corrected myself –“Nah, here’s the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story.” I followed his eyes to the quarter and for a brief moment I saw a glimmer of reflection. I sat down next to him and waited. I was a sniper(狙击手)and was supposed to shoot down the “I was in the army,” he said. “ carefully to his grizzly voice as he went deeper into the story. enemy from the distance.” I listened He wore dirty old torn clothes and smelled like a dead rat left in a mouse trap. He told me how he used to hunt with his family and was really good at it. He had his own way of respecting animals by not wasting what he killed for food and not killing more than he needed. When the army came knocking on his door, he felt pride and joined up. All those years of polishing his hunting skills could now serve a larger purpose—to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to fight in Iraq. It wasn’t long before he realized his ideals and expectations were just a shadow of the truth. He became disillusioned with the killings, which he felt were of innocent people. “I was a sniper but I never really killed anyone,” he said. “One day I had to do it. They asked me to shoot this lady from the distance. I saw kids near that lady and my hands were on the trigger (扳机). Man, I was tearing up ... I couldn’t do it. She wasn’t doing anything to anyone and she was with the kids—I couldn’t see through my tears. It just didn’t make any sense to me.” The story goes on as he describes eventually being put into prison for 180 days for refusing to follow orders. He told me how he was black listed so that he couldn’t get a job. All the rights we take for granted were taken away from him. Why? Here was a man who was being punished—and for what? For refusing to kill the lady? For being a hero? “I have no regrets,” anyone the homeless man said. “I may be homeless now, but I never killed that lady. I never killed He in the army. It didn’t feel right. I didn’t go there to do that. I went there to save people.” okay. But I wouldn’t be able to live with continued, “I can live with being homeless—that’s killing innocent people.” On that lonely Friday night, I met a hero. It just never occurred to me that a hero could be a smelly old man left on streets. 1. It can be learned from the passage that the homeless man_______. （） A. never killed animals B. had a strong respect for life C. deserved the punishment he received D. felt guilty about disobeying the order
高中英语阅读理解练习 1
高中英语阅读理解练习1（共2篇） A Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is not different. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I'm sorry to say that the men in the family — my dad, my younger brother and myself — rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over. Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling (流口水) all over our fancy clothes, but it's not yet time to eat. First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances, I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren't wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university. But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose. Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig_in. To be sure, the day includes other highlights — visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in. 1．The purpose of the text is to__________. A．tell what the family do for Thanksgiving Day B．tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day C．introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day D．introduce the American Thanksgiving Day 解析：主旨大意题。作者开门见山点明美国每家每户都有自己的感恩节传统，然后详细描述他们一家人这一天的活动，因此B项“讲述这一家人如何过感恩节”能概括全文大意。 答案：B 2．On Thanksgiving Day the author's family do the following except__________. A．watching a movie B．making visits C．having a big meal D．watching football 解析：细节理解题。文章前四段描述作者一家人准备感恩节大餐，最后一段首句Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig_in.说明一家人终于开吃了，首先