2022年高二英语期末阅读理解练习含答案 .pdf

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1、高二英语期末阅读理解练习参考题（阅读理解易题）（A 1）Are you interested in Helmut Newton and John Pilger? Do you want to learn more about their paintings? Come to Barbican Gallery! 1.You may go to Barbican Gallery to see the paintings at _ on Tuesday. A. 7 am B. 9am C. 7 pm D. 9 pm 2.Mr. Smith wants to see the paintings wit

2、h his 10-year-old son. How much will he pay? A. 3.5 B. 5.6 C. 7 D. 12 3.Mrs. Smith is interested in Helmut Newton s paintings. He may go to the Gallery on _. A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Sunday D. Friday 4.How can you pay if you want to book tickets for 30 students? A. By sending an E-mail. B. By maki

3、ng a phone call. C. By writing a letter. D. By going to Barbican Gallery. ( A 2 ) MOVIE GUIDE THURSDAY 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页，共 11 页Rush Hour 15:00 23:00My life as Mcdull9:00 13:00Action Movie Do you like Jackie Chan? Rush Houris another movie of his. It s so exciting. Co

4、me and have fun! Cartoon Mcdull is a little pig. Hes kind of silly but he s very cute. Do you want to enjoy the happiness with him? Be sure to see it! Mr. Bean 11:00 19:00Harry Potter 17:00 21:00Comedy Rowan is a great actor. His movie Mr. Beanis coming. Its very funny. Don t miss it!Science Fiction

5、 Now Harry Potter has been in the wizardry school (魔法学校 ) for three years. He begins a new life. How is everything going? 1. From the posts above we know that Mcdull is a _. A. comedian B. pig C. superman D. wizard 2. Mr. Bean is a very interesting character in a (an) _. A. comedy B. cartoon C. acti

6、on movie D. science fiction 3. You can see Harry Potter at _. A. 9:00 B. 11:00 C. 17:00 D. 23:00 4. Your favorite film star is Jackie Chan, so you prefer to see the movie _. A. Rush HourB. My life as McdullC. Mr. BeanD. Harry Potter （阅读理解较易题）( B 1 ) Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in the USA, in 191

7、3. There were ten children in his family. Jesse was the youngest. He went to school in the city of Cleveland. At school he showed he had a special talent for athletics (田径). He could run fast. He could jump high. He could jump far. Because he was good at athletics, Jesse became a student at Ohio Sta

8、te University. In May, 1935 in Michigan, USA, he broke the world record for the long jump. This was his first world record. On the 25th May Jesse did something unusual. In 45 minutes he broke six world records. Some people think that this was the greatest athletics achievement ever. In 1936 Jesse we

9、nt to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. There were only nineteen black athletes in the USA team. He won gold medals in the 100 meters race, the 200 meters race, the long jump and the relay race. Jesse was not a professional athlete. This meant that he could not get money for running. Later, he b

10、ecame a professional athlete. To make money he had to appear in strange races. Sometimes he had to race against horses. In 1960 somebody broke Jesse s last world record. In 1980 Jesse died.1. Jesse Owens was born in _in the USA. A. Alabama B. Cleveland C. Ohio D Michigan 2. Jesse showed he was very

11、good at _ when he was at school. A. basketball B. swimming C. athletics D. shooting 3. Jesse s first world record was for the _. A. running B. relay race C. high jump D. long jump 4. He won _ gold medals in 1936 in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第

12、2 页，共 11 页A. two B. four C. six D. eight 5. This text mainly tells us a story about _. A. Jesse s lifeB. Jesse s family C. the records Jesse broke D. the gold medals Jesse won ( B 2 ) Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed

13、his work and traveling. But now， Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he

14、 made was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins problem and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He

15、didn t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness. He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave h

16、im two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever

17、he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise. After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health. 1. What is the main idea of the text? A. Mr. Cousins was a funny man. B.

18、 Laughter can cure illness. C. Medicine can not cure strange illness. D. We can keep fit by laughing. 2. The reason why Mr. Cousins got a strange and serious illness is that _. A. he enjoyed his work too much B. he liked traveling too much C. he got too tired on his work D. he spared no effort for b

19、usiness 3. What did he think was the cause of his illness? A. He often traveled around the world on business. B. His bones became so weak that he could not stand. C. He had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip. D. Unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. 4.

20、 It can be inferred that Mr. Cousins experiment _. A. is of great value B. is unbelievable C. is a waste of time D. is just a joke （阅读理解中档题）( C 1 ) Hearing live music is one of the most pleasurable experiences available to human beings. The music sounds great, it feels great, and you get to watch th

21、e musicians as they create it. No matter what kind of music you love, try listening to it live. This guide focuses on classical music, a tradition that originated before recordings, radio, and the Internet, back when all music was live music. In those days live human beings performed for other live

22、human beings, with everybody together in the same room. When heard in this way, classical music can have a special excitement. Hearing classical music in a concert can leave you feeling refreshed and energized. It can be fun. It can be romantic. It can be spiritual. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 -

23、 - - - - - -第 3 页，共 11 页Classical music concerts can seem like snobby ( 高傲的 ) affairs full of foreign terms and unusual behavior. It can be hard to understand what s going on. It can be hard to know how to act. But don t worry. Concerts are no stranger than any other amusement, and the rules of beha

24、vior are much simpler and easier to understand than the stock market, football, or system software upgrades. If you haven t been to a live concert before, or if you ve been confused by concerts, this guide will explain, so you can relax and enjoy the music. 1. From Paragraph 1, we can see that the a

25、uthor encourages us _. A. to watch the musicians to compose music B. to experience the spirit of classical music C. to attend live concerts and enjoy live music D. to obtain pleasure from different kinds of music 2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “ originated ” in Paragraph 2

26、? A. listened B. started C. performed D. disappeared 3. The author considers that live classical music _. A. is full of foreign terms C. is too difficult to understand B. is stranger than other amusements D. is exciting to both players and listeners 4. The passage is _ which focuses on live classica

27、l music. A. a review B. a conclusion C. a summary D. an introduction ( C 2 ) Reading poetry is not like reading any other kind of language, except maybe the language of advertising. It may seem strange, but advertising and poetry have a lot in common. Like advertisements, poems: have vivid imagery a

28、nd impressive sound; are richly symbolic; operate on an emotional level, use a language of feeling; are by nature brief, clear, economical with words; are narrative sometimes, non-narrative other times. But unlike advertisements, poems tend to express complex, deep or various feelings rather than si

29、mple, sentimental, surface, or unchanged emotion. If there s drama in a poem, it s more likely to be subtle, or tragic, or truly comic instead of overstated or silly. But the most important difference to observe is that poems do not mislead readers the way ads do; they are not conveying messages see

30、king to control or mislead your thinking and behavior. Similarities and differences aside, it s possible that being good at interpreting ( 释义 ) the subtle, unspoken messages in ads makes a person more skillful at interpreting poetry. It s the same process of observation and inference. You observe th

31、e imagery in a typical beer advertisement, for example, and are led to infer that the right bottle of beer is the key to friendship, popularity, happiness, liberty, and success. (Never mind that this might not be the whole truth.) This is the same process you would use to interpret, critically or un

32、critically, the images in poems. As wonderful and easy as some poems are right away, it s true that sometimes reading poetry can seem a little bit like work. A poem that requires a bit of work isn t necessarily a bad poem, although some of you might think so. But that tough work to open poem actuall

33、y is well worth the effort. 1. According to the passage, both poems and advertisements always use _. A. brief words B. colorful pictures C. impressive music D. narrative stories 2. Unlike advertisements, poems are likely to express _. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页，共 11 页A. simpl

34、e emotion B. complex and deep feelings C. feelings on the surface D. emotion without any change 3. What does the underlined word “ subtle” mean in paragraph 4? A. clear B. difficult C. simple D. wordy 4. The most important difference between poems and advertisements is that _. A. poems make readers

35、more skillful at interpreting B. advertisements are usually much easier to understand C. poems do not mislead readers the way advertisements do D. advertisements have less intention of controlling our thinking 5. The main idea of the last paragraph is _. A. poem reading is wonderful B. reading poems

36、 is an easy task C. a bad poem needs more time to read D. poem reading is well worth the effort （阅读理解较难题）( D 1 ) While homework in kindergarten requires coloring and learning the ABC s, the high school homework load has become increasingly difficult and time-consuming. “ I think homework takes a lon

37、g time to do,” Ross Perry, Grade 10, said. “ It helps you learn sometimes, but not really that much. I stay up until midnight doing homework and sometimes there is no point in even starting to do it.” Hallie Rojeski, a junior high teacher, tries not to give her classes homework, hoping not to discou

38、rage students. “ I try to give minimal homework because students should be playing and taking exercise more than working inside all day. Students usually don t have good study habits when they come into the 7th and 8th grade. I offer a necessary after-school assignment so they will learn them . ” Te

39、enagers are encouraged to get 8-9 hours of sleep and participate in sports or physical activity outside school. With 2-3 hours of homework it can be difficult to do everything. Homework takes different amounts of time based on what courses s tudents take. “ I give my Spanish students little bits of

40、homework, ” Melody Downie, a Spanish teacher, said. “ That is about what we learned in class, because for a foreign language you need to do work that reinforces ( 巩固 ) what we learn. I hardly give my history class homework.” “ When students do their homework they should be in a quiet area,” Hallie R

41、ojeski said. “ They also need to do work for 30 minutes and then take a 10-minute break because it is hard for students to keep focused for a long time.” The University of Michigan found in a recent study that the amount of homework had increased by 51% since 1981. Harris Cooper at Duke University s

42、ays that students who do small amounts of homework do better on their tests, but when they exceed 60-90 minutes of homework ，the test scores fall. “ Homework is given to motivate students to learn,”Principal Gary Schultz said. “ Repeating what they learn in school helps them to remember and learn th

43、ings for tests. Some kids do not need homework to learn but most do. I believe practice makes perfect.”1. According to Ross Perry, doing homework_. A. is really a waste of time B. is always a good way of learning C. is usually a great help to students D. is sometimes unnecessary for students 2. The

44、reason why Hallie Rojeski gives her students minimal homework is that she thinks _. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页，共 11 页A. students should learn good studying and living habits B. too much homework will make students test scores fall C. little bits of homework will reinforce wha

45、t students learn in class D. it is too hard for students to focus on school assignment for a long time 3. The underlined word “ exceed ” can be replaced by _? A. do B. finish C. are beyond D. are against 4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Proper amounts of homework are necessary. B. Student

46、s do not like doing too much homework. C. Students do not need to do after-school homework. D. More homework should be given to motivate students. ( D 2 ) Chaplin was one of the famous clown-style actors of the silent time. It was through Charlie Chaplin that the Hollywood comedy movies became famou

47、s. Then in the 1920s came another trend of animated cartoons. They were the most popular Hollywood comedy movies of the time. The several popular characters of that era were Felix the cat, Krazy Kat and Betty Boop. However, the popularity of these movies was blocked out due to lack of sound and colo

48、r. The end of 1920s, the Hollywood comedy industry marked a change brought about by the introduction of sound into the movies. This has allowed the industry to create dramatic new film styles and use verbal humor. These films were soon replacing silent movies. These films used dialogue of comedians

49、such as the W.C Fields and the Marx Brothers. Charlie Chaplin was the last comedian to have acted in the silent films. When the United States entered into World War II, Hollywood movies changed its course to themes related to the conflicts, and Hollywood comedy movies described more on military them

50、es. The war time experienced a boom, where restrictions on the traveling made nearly a quarter of the money spent on attending movies. In the 1950s, the interest shifted where the TV became popular. During this time the release of Hollywood comedy films declined (衰落 ). The 1960s saw an increasing nu