A. 推薦些對高考英語有幫助的英語閱讀理解的書
閱讀書我買的是薄冰寫的<超級英語>,是2008年高考閱讀理解考點全攻略.你到書店可以看到有許多這樣的書.我覺得這本難度較高,適合練習.裡面把各種文體分類(廣告,記敘文,科學文,人物傳記等),先是當年高考真題,在有許多同類的練習題.講解非常詳細.這書的好處是你做完後把各種體裁的閱讀都做過了,上考場也就不擔心了.
單詞決不能單獨去背,拿著本詞彙書天天背也背不了許多.我的經驗是把書後的單詞表背過了就很好.背單詞表有以下好處:第一是單詞都屬於一個單元,.單詞之間有聯系.容易背誦和復習.讀讀課文的同時也在復習單詞,這樣把單詞融入句子中才真正好背.第二書給的單詞表中的單詞都是最常見的,最實用的單詞.動詞名次介詞形容詞副詞比例搭配合適.作閱讀題常會遇見.
當然知道該背單詞表是一回事,真正背單詞是另一回事.背單詞我認為是世界上最痛苦的事.大家往往有誤區:一
去背拼寫.其實拼寫如何對於高考沒有任何幫助,高考閱讀題考的就是看見一個單詞知道意思.因此我建議遮住漢語看單詞想意思.第二認為自己總背不過.其實你每背一遍單詞,你的潛意識都在加深,當你與遇到這個單詞時自然而然會反應出意思.所以不要放棄,要背了忘,忘了背,不要被表面現象所迷惑.
最後送你英語學習我自己的一點經驗
我認為背過前8冊單詞,閱讀不成問題,買本好語法書,語法不成問題.別人講給自己,的確印象深刻,但別人是永遠不可能把語法全講明白,而且講得也沒有連貫性,主要是自己看.老師在高三一輪復習會把所有語法從頭講一遍,大家一定要在那時從頭理順一遍.因為那是全面學語法的最後機會.我反正在那之後到高考前再也沒抽出時間系統復習語法.詞彙就是背前8冊,不要管拼寫,管它是er還是or只要出現這個單詞能知道意思就行,最後高考前把漢語遮住,看單詞想意思.8冊都這樣復習完,你就可以滿懷信心地上考場了,你會發現,你背過的單詞出卷人都標上漢語意思,你會埋怨他不應該標,這不就是成功嗎?
聽力我最有感觸的一點是頓悟.當時我們是天天早晨聽聽力.一開始我根本跟不上,聽完了也不知道什麼意思,我覺得很失望.但過了一個月,有一天我突然發現我都能聽懂了,後來我連最微小的的方都能聽明白,甚至我剛學到的一個新單詞都能辨認出來.後來改成一星期聽三次,我的水平也隨之下降了.總之聽力這個東西,再差的學生堅持聽也能變成高手.我還有點小技巧,課余時間大聲讀聽力材料,這樣等聽到相同內容時大腦會迅速反應.效果不是非常明顯,但我喜歡.
作文大家必須了解一個事實:鍀高分的作文不是詞彙多高級,不是語法多復雜,而是沒有錯誤,語言流暢.大家可能一時接受不了這個現實,這需要大家慢慢理解,但事實就是如此.因此我認為學好書上的單詞片語就足夠了.另外英語輔導報後都有作文講解,是不可多得的作文材料,還用什麼劉老師給我們講嗎?每星期看一篇,背一篇就足夠了.
完形填空考的是一種結合觀察、推理、思考、語法、片語和詞彙的綜合能力。語法和詞彙好的同學不會差。如果你英語不錯，完型卻不好，我建議你搜集一下各省最新高考完型題題，你可以先做，在做中逐漸體會。也可以直接把答案填入，每天朗讀，體會它的邏輯性，嚴密性和各種搭配。高考題是最完美的題，因此只有練習高考完型題才能把握它。另外高考完型題有一定的延續性，每年個省考的知識點都差不多。今年的完型適合高一做，高考不會總考這么簡單的題。完型堅持先速讀一遍，填上一眼看出的空，再精讀一邊，仔細推敲，瞻前顧後，添上大部分空。最後總攬一遍，填上需要聯繫上下文的空
最後我想告訴大家個考試技巧:考試前的中午拿難易得當的一本閱讀練習書到5樓去讀,一直讀到英語考試前(一般是下午第一節考)效果非常明顯.當你中午把閱讀題作得很熟時,上考場那幾篇閱讀也不過是練習罷了.
B. 高考英語閱讀理解文章分幾類
1、記敘文
記敘文又可分傳記類和故事類。傳記類文章在閱讀中時間是全文的關鍵，根據時間我們可以找到相關的事件，抓住文章的主要內容。故事類文章情節性較強，閱讀時要注意故事中的時間、地點、人物和發生的事件，這些都是文章中的主要內容和信息，對於准確理解文章十分重要。
2、說明文
說明文是對事物的形狀、性質、特徵、成果或功用等進行介紹，解釋或闡述的文章。把握所說明事物的特徵和本質是理解說明文的關鍵。說明事物特徵的方法很多，主要有定義法、解釋法、比較法、比喻法、數字法、圖表法、引用法和舉例法等。(1)數字說明文在閱讀數字說明文時要特別注意文中數字的含義，從這些數字中可以找到文章的主要內容。(2)解釋說明文解釋說明文著重說明事物的本質、特徵和功用等。許多科普文章都屬於這一類。在閱讀這類文章時要學會解決what，how,why等一類的問題。它們是文章的關鍵。如能帶著這些問題閱讀，將會更迅速抓住文章的主題。(3)比較說明文比較說明文是通過對比方法說明問題。在閱讀這類文章時要善於把握全篇陳述的基本傾向。作者在談論一個有爭議的問題時總要顧及到爭議的各個方面。但是，在一般情況下，作者的陳述總要傾向於某一種觀點。
3、應用文
應用文涉及的范圍比較廣，包括廣告、通知、書信等。應用文一般語言簡潔，省略及不規范的句子較多。閱讀時一般要求考生全面掌握文章中提供的信息，並運用這些信息去解決問題。因此對題乾的理解尤為重要。
C. 高考英語閱讀理解一共有多少篇
3-5篇 3篇很少見 4、5篇比較正常 近幾年5篇偏多
我英語老師說的
D. 急~跪求!!!!有沒關於高考英語閱讀理解題的書啊推薦一下!!!
如果較弱的話,紅魔英語高考綠卡閱讀理解真的不錯,我也高三了,
最差也是英語,不過已經開始進步了,加油!
E. 高考英語閱讀理解練習書
高考英語閱讀訓練（001）
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞擊) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床墊). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman' s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (懸崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落傘) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls tool
1. Stuntmen are those who ______.
A. often dress up as actors
B. prefer to lead dangerous lives
C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions
D. often fight each other for their lives
2. Stuntmen earn their living by ______.
A. playing their dirty tricks
B. selling their special skills
C.jumping out of high windows
D. jumping from fast moving trains
3. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ______.
A.he needs little protection
B. he will be covered with a mattress
C.his life is endangered
D. his safety is generally all right
4. Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful performance?
A. Strength. B. Exactness. C. Speed. D. Carefulness.
5. What can be inferred from the author' s example of the Norwegian stuntman?
A.Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.
B.The percentage of serious accidents is high.
C.Parachutes must be of good quality.
D. The cliff is too high.
KEY: 1- 5 CBDBA
高考英語閱讀訓練（002）
Activity which was almost unknown to the learned in the early days of the history, while ring the fifteenth century the term "reading" undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only ring the nineteenth century did silent reading become popular.
One should be careful, however, of supposing that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is distraction (分散注意力) to others. Examination of reasons connected with the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual mode of reading for most alt reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The last century saw a graal increase in literacy (讀寫能力) and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some rection in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the popularity of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way.
Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in ecation. However, whatever its advantages, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media (媒介) on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.
By the end of the century students were being advised to have some new ideas of books and to use skills in reading them which were not proper, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological developments in the century had greatly changed what the term "reading" referred to.
1. Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?
A. Because silent reading had not been discovered.
B. Because there were few places for private reading.
C. Because few people could read for themselves.
D. Because people depended on reading for enjoyment.
2. The development of silent reading ring the nineteenth century showed .
A. a change in the position of literate people
B. a change in the nature of reading
C. an increase in the number of books
D. an increase in the average age of readers
3. Ecationalists are still arguing about _________.
A. the importance of silent reading
B. the amount of information provided by books and newspapers
C. the effects of reading on health
D. the value of different types of reading material
4. What is the writer of this passage attempting to do?
A. To explain how present day reading habits developed.
B. To change people's way to read.
C. To show how reading methods have improved.
D. To encourage the growth of reading.
KEY: 1-4 CBDA
高考英語閱讀訓練（003）
In some ways, the United States has made some progress. Fires no longer destroy 18,000 buildings as they did in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, or kill half a town of 2,400 people, as they did the same night in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Other than the Beverly Hill Supper Club fire in Kentucky in 1977, it has been four decades since more than 100 Americans died in a fire.
But even with such successes, the United States still has one of the worst fire death rates in the world. Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology, but the indifference(無所謂) of a country that just will not take fires seriously enough.
American fire departments are some of the world's fastest and best-equipped. They have to be. The United States has twice Japan's population, and 40 times as many fires. It spends far less on preventing fires than on fighting them. And American fire -safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children, who die in large numbers in fires but who, against popular beliefs, start very few of them.
Experts say the error is an opinion that fires are not really anyone's fault. That is not so in other countries, where both public ecation and the law treat fires as either a personal failing or a crime(罪行). Japan has many wood houses; of the 48 fires in world history that burned more than 10,000 buildings, Japan has had 27. Punishment for causing a big fire can be as severe as life imprisonment.
In the United States, most ecation dollars are spent in elementary schools. But, the lessons are aimed at too limited a number of people; just 9 percent of all fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches.
The United States continues to depend more on technology than laws or social pressure. There are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes. Some local building laws now require home sprinklers (噴水裝置). New heaters and irons shut themselves off if they are tipped.
1. The reason why so many Americans die in fires is that _____.
A. they took no interest in new technology
B. they did not pay great attention to preventing fires
C. they showed indifference to fighting fires
D. they did not spend enough money on fire equipment
2. It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A. fire safety lessons should not be aimed only at American children
B. American children have not received enough ecation of fire safety lessons
C. Japan is better equipped with fire equipment than the United States
D. America's large population leads to more fires
3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. There has been no great fire in the USA in recent 40 years that leads to high death rate.
B. There have been several great fires in the USA in recent 40 years that lead to high death rate.
C. There has been only one great fire in the USA in recent 40 years that led to high death rate.
D. The fire in Kentucky in 1977 made only a few people killed.
KEY: BAC
高考英語閱讀訓練（004）
Nuclear power's(核能的) danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be described in one word; radiation(輻射).
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected (探測) by human senses. It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can't detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can't sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.
At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cells (細胞) in important organs (器官). But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated(放射治療) and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.
Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.
1. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in __________.
A. nuclear mystery B. radiation detection
C. radiation level D. nuclear radiation
2. Radiation can lead to serious results even at the lowest level ________.
A. when it kills few cells
B. if it damages few cells
C. though the damaged cells can repair themselves
D. unless the damaged cells can reproce themselves
3. Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _____.
A. kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately
B. damage cells which may grow into cancer years later
C. affect the healthy growth of our younger generation
D. lead to all of the above results
4. Which of the following can be best inferred from the passage?
A. The importance of protection from radiation cannot be overemphasized (過分強調).
B. The mystery about radiation remains unsolved.
C. Cancer is mainly caused by radiation.
D. Radiation can hurt those who do not know about its danger.
KEY: 1- 4 DBDA
高考英語閱讀訓練（005）
Today is the date of that afternoon in April a year ago when I first saw the strange and attractive doll（玩具娃娃）in the window of Abe Sheftel's toy shop on Third Avenue near Fifteenth Street, just around the corner from my office, where the plate on the door reads. Dr Samuel Amory. I remember just how it was that day: the first sign of spring floated across the East River, mixing with the soft - coal smoke from the factories and the street smells of the poor neighbourhood. As I turned the corner on my way to work and came to Sheftel's, I was made once more known of the poor collection of toys in the sty window, and I remembered the coming birthday of a small niece of mine in Cleveland, to whom I was in the habit of sending small gifts. Therefore, I stopped and examined the window to see if there might be anything suitable, and looked at the collection of unattractive objects--a red toy fire engine, some lead soldiers, cheap baseballs, bottles of ink, pens, yellowed envelopes, and advertisements for soft - drinks. And thus it was that my eyes finally came to rest upon the doll stored away in one corner, a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face. I could not wholly make her out, e to the shadows and the film of st through which I was looking, but I was sure that a deep impression had been made upon me as though I had run into a person, as one does sometimes with a stranger, with whose personality one is deeply impressed.
1. What made an impression on the author?
A. The doll's unusual face.
B. The collection of toys.
C. A stranger he met at the store.
D. The beauty and size of the doll.
2. Why does the author mention his niece?
A. She likes dolls.
B. The doll looks like her.
C. She lives near Sheftel's.
D. He was looking for a gift for her.
3. Why did the writer go past Sheftel's?
A. He was on his way to school.
B. He was looking for a present for his niece.
C. He wanted to buy some envelopes.
D. None of the above is right.
4. The story takes place in the ______.
A. early summer B. early spring
C. midsummer D. late spring
KEY: 1-5 ADDB
高考英語閱讀訓練（006）
Technology is the application (應用)of knowledge to proction. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more proction and a higher standard of living. For most of us in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food available (有用的)to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animalbreeding techniques, and has extended our life span via()medical technology.
Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large measure the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it widely. If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon research and development, and the latest statistics (統計) show that the united States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually(每年) into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources (少的資源) we may well find technological substitutes (代用品) for many of them through our research programs.
Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of proction (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented. Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of living.
1. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The definition of technology
B. Modern technology
C. The application of technology
D. The development of technology
2. From the passage, we can infer that this article is probably _________.
A. a part of the introction to American business
B. followed by the passage talking about factors of proction
C. taken from a learned journal
D. Both A and B
3. Which is the main idea of the passage?
A. Modern technology is the key to the improvement of standard of living.
B. The three major factors of proction-land, labor and capital are all influenced by technology.
C. Technology is the response to our needs.
D. The United States is making great efforts to advance its technology.
4. According to the passage, people can live a long life with the help of _________.
A. higer quality of life
B. medical technology
C. modem farming machinery
D. technological substitute
KEY: 1- 4BDAB
高考英語閱讀訓練（007）
The volcano is one of the most surprising frightening forces of nature. Maybe you have seen pictures of these「fireworks」of nature. Sometimes when a volcano erupts, a very large wall of melted rock moves down the side of a mountain. It looks like a 「river of tire.」Sometimes volcanoes explode, throwing the melted rock and ashes(灰)high into the air. But where does this melted rock come from?
The earth is made up of many layers(層). The top layer that we see is called the crust. Under the crust are many layers of hard rock. But far, far beneath the crust whose rock is so hot, that it is soft. In some places it even melts. The melted rock is called magma. Sometimes the magma breaks out to the surface through cracks(爆裂聲)in the crust. These cracks are volcanoes.
Most people think of mountains when they think of volcanoes. But not every mountain is a volcano. A volcano is simply the opening in the earth from which the magma escapes. The hot magma, or lava as it is called, cols and builds up on the surface of the earth. Over thousands of years, this pile of cooled lava can grow to be very, very big. For example, the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro, is a volcano. It towers more than 16,000 feet above the ground around it.
1.The underlined word「erupts」means .
A. moves down B. breaks away
C. builds up D. suddenly throws out lava
2.Which words in the passage have the same meaning as 「melted rock」?
A.「Volcano」and「explode」. B.「Crust」and「hard rock」
C.「magma」and「lava」 D.「Volcano」and「magma」
3.Which is the correct order of the layers of the earth(beginning with the top layer)?
A. crust-hard rock-magma-soft rock
B. crust-hard rock- soft rock-magma
C. magma-soft rock- hard rock-crust
D. volcano-cracks-magma-crust
4.The best title(標題) of the passage should be u.
A. The Volcano B. Kilimanjaro Volcano
C. The Mountains D. The Melted Rock
KEY: DCBA
高考英語閱讀訓練（008）
WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL YOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTEL
Name/AddressNo. of RoomsSingleDoubleSpecial Attractions
FIRST HOTEL 222 Edward Road
Tel.414-6433120＄25＄35Air-conditioned rooms,
French restaurant,
Night club,
Swimming-pool, Shops,
Coffee shop and bar,
Telephone, radio and
TV in each room,
Close to the city center
FAIRVIEW HOTEL
129 North Road
Tel.591-562050＄12＄18Close to the air-port, Telephone
In each room, Bar, Restaurant,
Garage, Swimming-pool
ORCHARD HOTEL
233 Edward Road
Tel.641-6646120＄15＄20Facing First hotel,
European restaurant,
Coffee shop, Dry-cleaning,
Shops, tv, night-club
OSAKA HOTEL
1264 Venning Road
Tel.643-820180＄30＄50Air-Conditioned rooms,
Japanese and
Chinese restaurants, Shops,
Swimming-pool, Large garden
1.The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is .
A. 120 B. 470 C. 450 D. 240
2.If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in French restaurant, is the right place for him to go to.
A. 233 Edward Road B. 1264 Venning Road
C. 222 Edward Road D. 129 North Road
3.Which hotel faces the Orchard hotel?
A. The First hotel. B. The Osaka hotel.
C. The Fairview Hotel. D. No hotel.
KEY: BCA
F. 高考英語閱讀理解文章有哪些類型我做閱讀題一定文章類型的概念都沒有，到底要不要有這種類型的概念呢。
解釋如下
高考英語閱讀理解文章有:
主旨大意題、推斷題、例證題、詞義句意題、情感態度題和細節題。
有一些文章類型的概念對解題是有幫助的。
因為各類題型的答題技巧略有不同。
G. 求高考英語閱讀理解參考書
高考英語閱讀訓練（001）
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞擊) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床墊). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman' s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (懸崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落傘) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls tool
1. Stuntmen are those who ______.
A. often dress up as actors
B. prefer to lead dangerous lives
C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions
D. often fight each other for their lives
2. Stuntmen earn their living by ______.
A. playing their dirty tricks
B. selling their special skills
C.jumping out of high windows
D. jumping from fast moving trains
3. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ______.
A.he needs little protection
B. he will be covered with a mattress
C.his life is endangered
D. his safety is generally all right
4. Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful performance?
A. Strength. B. Exactness. C. Speed. D. Carefulness.
5. What can be inferred from the author' s example of the Norwegian stuntman?
A.Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.
B.The percentage of serious accidents is high.
C.Parachutes must be of good quality.
D. The cliff is too high.
KEY: 1- 5 CBDBA
高考英語閱讀訓練（002）
Activity which was almost unknown to the learned in the early days of the history, while ring the fifteenth century the term "reading" undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only ring the nineteenth century did silent reading become popular.
One should be careful, however, of supposing that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is distraction (分散注意力) to others. Examination of reasons connected with the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual mode of reading for most alt reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The last century saw a graal increase in literacy (讀寫能力) and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some rection in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the popularity of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way.
Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in ecation. However, whatever its advantages, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media (媒介) on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.
By the end of the century students were being advised to have some new ideas of books and to use skills in reading them which were not proper, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological developments in the century had greatly changed what the term "reading" referred to.
1. Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?
A. Because silent reading had not been discovered.
B. Because there were few places for private reading.
C. Because few people could read for themselves.
D. Because people depended on reading for enjoyment.
2. The development of silent reading ring the nineteenth century showed .
A. a change in the position of literate people
B. a change in the nature of reading
C. an increase in the number of books
D. an increase in the average age of readers
3. Ecationalists are still arguing about _________.
A. the importance of silent reading
B. the amount of information provided by books and newspapers
C. the effects of reading on health
D. the value of different types of reading material
4. What is the writer of this passage attempting to do?
A. To explain how present day reading habits developed.
B. To change people's way to read.
C. To show how reading methods have improved.
D. To encourage the growth of reading.
KEY: 1-4 CBDA
高考英語閱讀訓練（003）
In some ways, the United States has made some progress. Fires no longer destroy 18,000 buildings as they did in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, or kill half a town of 2,400 people, as they did the same night in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Other than the Beverly Hill Supper Club fire in Kentucky in 1977, it has been four decades since more than 100 Americans died in a fire.
But even with such successes, the United States still has one of the worst fire death rates in the world. Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology, but the indifference(無所謂) of a country that just will not take fires seriously enough.
American fire departments are some of the world's fastest and best-equipped. They have to be. The United States has twice Japan's population, and 40 times as many fires. It spends far less on preventing fires than on fighting them. And American fire -safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children, who die in large numbers in fires but who, against popular beliefs, start very few of them.
Experts say the error is an opinion that fires are not really anyone's fault. That is not so in other countries, where both public ecation and the law treat fires as either a personal failing or a crime(罪行). Japan has many wood houses; of the 48 fires in world history that burned more than 10,000 buildings, Japan has had 27. Punishment for causing a big fire can be as severe as life imprisonment.
In the United States, most ecation dollars are spent in elementary schools. But, the lessons are aimed at too limited a number of people; just 9 percent of all fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches.
The United States continues to depend more on technology than laws or social pressure. There are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes. Some local building laws now require home sprinklers (噴水裝置). New heaters and irons shut themselves off if they are tipped.
1. The reason why so many Americans die in fires is that _____.
A. they took no interest in new technology
B. they did not pay great attention to preventing fires
C. they showed indifference to fighting fires
D. they did not spend enough money on fire equipment
2. It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A. fire safety lessons should not be aimed only at American children
B. American children have not received enough ecation of fire safety lessons
C. Japan is better equipped with fire equipment than the United States
D. America's large population leads to more fires
3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. There has been no great fire in the USA in recent 40 years that leads to high death rate.
B. There have been several great fires in the USA in recent 40 years that lead to high death rate.
C. There has been only one great fire in the USA in recent 40 years that led to high death rate.
D. The fire in Kentucky in 1977 made only a few people killed.
KEY: BAC
高考英語閱讀訓練（004）
Nuclear power's(核能的) danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be described in one word; radiation(輻射).
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected (探測) by human senses. It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can't detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can't sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.
At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cells (細胞) in important organs (器官). But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated(放射治療) and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.
Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.
1. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in __________.
A. nuclear mystery B. radiation detection
C. radiation level D. nuclear radiation
2. Radiation can lead to serious results even at the lowest level ________.
A. when it kills few cells
B. if it damages few cells
C. though the damaged cells can repair themselves
D. unless the damaged cells can reproce themselves
3. Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _____.
A. kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately
B. damage cells which may grow into cancer years later
C. affect the healthy growth of our younger generation
D. lead to all of the above results
4. Which of the following can be best inferred from the passage?
A. The importance of protection from radiation cannot be overemphasized (過分強調).
B. The mystery about radiation remains unsolved.
C. Cancer is mainly caused by radiation.
D. Radiation can hurt those who do not know about its danger.
KEY: 1- 4 DBDA
高考英語閱讀訓練（005）
Today is the date of that afternoon in April a year ago when I first saw the strange and attractive doll（玩具娃娃）in the window of Abe Sheftel's toy shop on Third Avenue near Fifteenth Street, just around the corner from my office, where the plate on the door reads. Dr Samuel Amory. I remember just how it was that day: the first sign of spring floated across the East River, mixing with the soft - coal smoke from the factories and the street smells of the poor neighbourhood. As I turned the corner on my way to work and came to Sheftel's, I was made once more known of the poor collection of toys in the sty window, and I remembered the coming birthday of a small niece of mine in Cleveland, to whom I was in the habit of sending small gifts. Therefore, I stopped and examined the window to see if there might be anything suitable, and looked at the collection of unattractive objects--a red toy fire engine, some lead soldiers, cheap baseballs, bottles of ink, pens, yellowed envelopes, and advertisements for soft - drinks. And thus it was that my eyes finally came to rest upon the doll stored away in one corner, a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face. I could not wholly make her out, e to the shadows and the film of st through which I was looking, but I was sure that a deep impression had been made upon me as though I had run into a person, as one does sometimes with a stranger, with whose personality one is deeply impressed.
1. What made an impression on the author?
A. The doll's unusual face.
B. The collection of toys.
C. A stranger he met at the store.
D. The beauty and size of the doll.
2. Why does the author mention his niece?
A. She likes dolls.
B. The doll looks like her.
C. She lives near Sheftel's.
D. He was looking for a gift for her.
3. Why did the writer go past Sheftel's?
A. He was on his way to school.
B. He was looking for a present for his niece.
C. He wanted to buy some envelopes.
D. None of the above is right.
4. The story takes place in the ______.
A. early summer B. early spring
C. midsummer D. late spring
KEY: 1-5 ADDB
高考英語閱讀訓練（006）
Technology is the application (應用)of knowledge to proction. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more proction and a higher standard of living. For most of us in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food available (有用的)to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animalbreeding techniques, and has extended our life span via()medical technology.
Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large measure the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it widely. If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon research and development, and the latest statistics (統計) show that the united States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually(每年) into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources (少的資源) we may well find technological substitutes (代用品) for many of them through our research programs.
Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of proction (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented. Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of living.
1. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The definition of technology
B. Modern technology
C. The application of technology
D. The development of technology
2. From the passage, we can infer that this article is probably _________.
A. a part of the introction to American business
B. followed by the passage talking about factors of proction
C. taken from a learned journal
D. Both A and B
3. Which is the main idea of the passage?
A. Modern technology is the key to the improvement of standard of living.
B. The three major factors of proction-land, labor and capital are all influenced by technology.
C. Technology is the response to our needs.
D. The United States is making great efforts to advance its technology.
4. According to the passage, people can live a long life with the help of _________.
A. higer quality of life
B. medical technology
C. modem farming machinery
D. technological substitute
KEY: 1- 4BDAB
高考英語閱讀訓練（007）
The volcano is one of the most surprising frightening forces of nature. Maybe you have seen pictures of these「fireworks」of nature. Sometimes when a volcano erupts, a very large wall of melted rock moves down the side of a mountain. It looks like a 「river of tire.」Sometimes volcanoes explode, throwing the melted rock and ashes(灰)high into the air. But where does this melted rock come from?
The earth is made up of many layers(層). The top layer that we see is called the crust. Under the crust are many layers of hard rock. But far, far beneath the crust whose rock is so hot, that it is soft. In some places it even melts. The melted rock is called magma. Sometimes the magma breaks out to the surface through cracks(爆裂聲)in the crust. These cracks are volcanoes.
Most people think of mountains when they think of volcanoes. But not every mountain is a volcano. A volcano is simply the opening in the earth from which the magma escapes. The hot magma, or lava as it is called, cols and builds up on the surface of the earth. Over thousands of years, this pile of cooled lava can grow to be very, very big. For example, the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro, is a volcano. It towers more than 16,000 feet above the ground around it.
1.The underlined word「erupts」means .
A. moves down B. breaks away
C. builds up D. suddenly throws out lava
2.Which words in the passage have the same meaning as 「melted rock」?
A.「Volcano」and「explode」. B.「Crust」and「hard rock」
C.「magma」and「lava」 D.「Volcano」and「magma」
3.Which is the correct order of the layers of the earth(beginning with the top layer)?
A. crust-hard rock-magma-soft rock
B. crust-hard rock- soft rock-magma
C. magma-soft rock- hard rock-crust
D. volcano-cracks-magma-crust
4.The best title(標題) of the passage should be u.
A. The Volcano B. Kilimanjaro Volcano
C. The Mountains D. The Melted Rock
KEY: DCBA
高考英語閱讀訓練（008）
WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL YOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTEL
Name/AddressNo. of RoomsSingleDoubleSpecial Attractions
FIRST HOTEL 222 Edward Road
Tel.414-6433120＄25＄35Air-conditioned rooms,
French restaurant,
Night club,
Swimming-pool, Shops,
Coffee shop and bar,
Telephone, radio and
TV in each room,
Close to the city center
FAIRVIEW HOTEL
129 North Road
Tel.591-562050＄12＄18Close to the air-port, Telephone
In each room, Bar, Restaurant,
Garage, Swimming-pool
ORCHARD HOTEL
233 Edward Road
Tel.641-6646120＄15＄20Facing First hotel,
European restaurant,
Coffee shop, Dry-cleaning,
Shops, tv, night-club
OSAKA HOTEL
1264 Venning Road
Tel.643-820180＄30＄50Air-Conditioned rooms,
Japanese and
Chinese restaurants, Shops,
Swimming-pool, Large garden
1.The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is .
A. 120 B. 470 C. 450 D. 240
2.If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in French restaurant, is the right place for him to go to.
A. 233 Edward Road B. 1264 Venning Road
C. 222 Edward Road D. 129 North Road
3.Which hotel faces the Orchard hotel?
A. The First hotel. B. The Osaka hotel.
C. The Fairview Hotel. D. No hotel.
KEY: BCA
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