1、2010届高考二轮复习英语阅读理解二十篇精读 阅读理解 Passage one（ The only way to travel is on foot） The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man, Neolithic Man, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention t
2、o the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label Legless Man. Histories of the time will go something like this: in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all
3、large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mou
4、ntain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of
5、the world or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of
6、the great motorways, or what And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see I saw the sea. The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says Ive been there. You mention
7、the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say Ive been there meaning, I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future beca
8、use you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on
9、 foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious phy
10、sical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers. 1、 Anthorpologists label nowadays men Legless because A people forget how to use his legs. B people prefer cars, buses and trains. C lifts and escalators prevent people from walking. D there a
11、re a lot of transportation devices. 2、 Travelling at high speed means A peoples focus on the future. B a pleasure. C satisfying drivers great thrill. D a necessity of life. 3、 Why does the author say we are deprived of the use of our eyes A People wont use their eyes. B In traveling at high speed, e
12、yes become useless. C People cant see anything on his way of travel. D People want to sleep during travelling. 4、 What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage A Legs become weaker. B Modern means of transportation make the world a small place. C There is no need to use eyes. D The best
13、way to travel is on foot. 5. What does a birds-eye view mean A See view with birds eyes. B A bird looks at a beautiful view. C It is a general view from a high position looking down. D A scenic place. 答案： 1-5 AACDC 文章以因果写作方法，写出了由于种种现代化交通设施、人们不需用脚走路，甚至也不需要用眼看景，出门就坐汽车、公交车、地铁、飞机 ，车、机速度飞快，外边的景物难以看清，最终导致
14、人们忘记用脚、用眼成为 “无脚之人 ”。一切都经历不到。作者建议最佳的旅游方法是徒步 经历现实。 1.A 人们忘了用脚。答案：在第一段：人类学家把以往年代的人们分别标上旧石器时代、新石器时代人，等等。干脆利落 地总结了一个时期。当他们转向 20世纪，他们肯定会标上 “无脚的人 ”。因为在 20世纪，人们忘了如何用脚走路。男人女人早年外出就坐车、公共汽车、火车。大楼里由电梯、自动扶梯，不需要人们走路。即使度假期间，他们也不用脚。他们筑有缆车道、滑雪载车和路直通山顶。所有的风景旅游区都有大型的汽车停车场。 B 人们喜欢汽车、公交车、火车等。 C 电梯、自动扶梯制止人们走路。 D 有许多交通运输工具
15、。 2.A 人们的注意力在未来。见最后一段第一句话：当你高速旅行，现在等于零，你主要生活在未来，因为你大部分时间盯在前面到达的某个 地方。真到了，又没有意义了，你还要再向前进。 B 是一种欢乐。 C 满足司机强烈的渴望。第二段中提及死机醉心于开车、不停车但不是快速前进着眼于未来。 D 生活的需要。这一条在第一段中提及这种情况是因为他们那异常的生活方法强加给时代的居民。这是指不用脚走路，而用一切代步器 交通运输工具，不是开快车。 3.C 人们在旅行途中什么都见不到。答案：在第二段，由一地转向另一地，路上你什么都没有见到。乘飞机你只能俯视世界，火车，汽车，只见外界朦胧景象掠过窗子。海上旅游，只见到
16、海。 “我到过那里 ”此话含义就是 “我以一小时一百英里在去某某地方时经过那里 ”。正因为如此，作者指出将来的历史书上会记录下：我们被剥夺了眼睛的应用。 A 人们不愿用眼睛。 B 在高速旅行中，眼睛没有用了。 D 旅行中，人们想睡觉。 4.D 旅行的最佳方式是走路。文章第一段、第二段分别讲述了旅行可不用脚、不用眼等情况。第三段，在讲述了人们只知向前向前，一切 经历都停滞，现实不再是现实，还不如死的好。而用脚走路的旅行者总是生活再现实，对他来说旅行和到达是一回事，他一步一步走到某地，他用眼睛、耳朵，以至整个身体去体验现在时刻、旅行终点，他感到全身舒坦愉悦的疲劳，美美享受满足的酣睡；一切真正旅行者
17、的真实报偿。这一段就是作者写文章的目的 走路是旅行的最佳方式。 A 脚变得软弱无力。 B 现代交通工具把世界变小。 C 没有必要用眼睛。 5.C 从高出向下看的景致：俯视。 A 用鸟的眼睛看景点。 B 鸟在看美景。 D 风景点。 Passage Twelve (We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy) Heres a familiar version of the boy-meets-girl situation. A young man has at last plucked up courage to invite a dazzling young lady
18、 out to dinner. She has accepted his invitation and he is overjoyed. He is determined to take her to the best restaurant in town, even if it means that he will have to live on memories and hopes during the month to come. When they get to the restaurant, he discovers that this ethereal creature is on
19、 a diet. She mustnt eat this and she mustnt that. Oh, but of course, she doesnt want to spoil his enjoyment. Let him by all means eat as much fattening food as he wants: its the surest way to an early grave. They spend a truly memorable evening together and never see each other again. What a miserab
20、le lot dieters are! You can always recognize them from the sour expression on their faces. They spend most of their time turning their noses up at food. They are forever consulting calorie charts; gazing at themselves in mirrors; and leaping on to weighing-machines in the bathroom. They spend a life
21、time fighting a losing battle against spreading hips, protruding tummies and double chins. Some wage all-out war on FAT. Mere dieting is not enough. They exhaust themselves doing exercises, sweating in sauna baths, being pummeled and massaged by weird machines. The really wealthy diet-mongers pay va
22、st sums for health cures. For two weeks they can enter a nature clinic and be starved to death for a hundred guineas a week. Dont think its only the middle-aged who go in for these fads either. Many of these bright young things you see are suffering from chronic malnutrition: they are living on noth
23、ing but air, water and the goodwill of God. Dieters undertake to starve themselves of their own free will; so why are they so miserable Well, for one thing, theyre always hungry. You cant be hungry and happy at the same time. All the horrible concoctions they eat instead of food leave them permanent
24、ly dissatisfied. Wonderfood is a complete food, the advertisement says. Just dissolve a teaspoonful in water. A complete food it may be, but not quite as complete as a juicy steak. And, of course, theyre always miserable because they feel so guilty. Hunger just proves too much for them and in the en
25、d they lash out and devour five huge guilt-inducing cream cakes at a sitting. And who can blame them At least three times a day they are exposed to temptation. What utter torture it is always watching others tucking into piles of mouth-watering food while you munch a water biscuit and sip unsweetene
26、d lemon juice! Whats all this self-inflicted torture for Saintly people deprive themselves of food to attain a state of grace. Unsaintly people do so to attain a state of misery. It will be a great day when all the dieters in the world abandon their slimming courses; when they hold out their plates
27、and demand second helpings! 1.The best title for this passage is A.On Fat. B.We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy. C.Many Diseases Are Connected with Fat. D.Diet Deprives People of Normal Life. 2.Why do they never see each other again A.Because it is a memorable evening. B.Because she lets him eat as
28、 much fattening food as he wants. C.Because she does not eat this and drink that. D.Because eating fattening food is the surest way to an early grave. 3.Which of the following ways is NOT mentioned for diet A.Doing exercises. B.Not eating sugar. C.Not eating fat. D.Taking sauna baths. 4.What is the
29、authors attitude toward diet A.Persuasive. B.Critical. C.Indifferent. D.Adversative. 答案： 1-4 BDBB 文章论 及 “减肥及痛苦 ”。以先声夺人的男女约会入手，引入减肥的痛苦过程：首先是各种减肥的方法（全面战斗）；其次是痛苦的难熬；最后点出减肥的目的。号召人放弃减肥。三段式文章：引言，正文和结论。以讽刺的笔调，步步深入的手法劝人放弃减肥，过愉快的生活。 1.B 我们都该长得胖乎乎，心情愉快。这是文章的目的，也是文章最佳标题。答案：见最后一段： “这一切自我折磨为了什么？圣洁的人们不吃饭菜是为了身材优美，
30、不圣洁的人们不吃饭菜得到的是痛苦。当世界上所有的节食者都抛弃这减轻体重显得苗条的课程时当他们伸出盘子，要求再来一份（第二份 食物）时，这将是一个伟大的日子。 ” A. 论脂肪。似乎有点儿接近文章的内容。但文章涉及到的各个方面并不是单讲脂肪食品或饮食问题。 C. 许多疾病和脂肪有关。文内第一段提到这方面的问题。D. 节食剥夺了人们正常生活。文内提到，但不是文章的总目的和内容。 2.D吃脂肪食品早死。答案：就在第一段 “当他们来到饭店，他发现这位优雅的少女（飘逸的少女）是个忌口节食者。决不能吃这个，一定不能喝那个。喔，当然，她不想扫他的兴，让他想吃多少脂肪的食品就尽量吃。这是早早接近死亡的最有把握
31、的途径。 ”这里传递两点信息。一个吃，一个不 吃已经是格格不入，再加上 “多吃脂肪东西早死亡 ”姑娘怎能嫁他，他一个人吃而那位姑娘瞧着，确实是难以忘怀的夜晚，他受得了？所以 D是最接近不再见面的原因。 A. 因为这是一个值得纪念的夜晚。 B. 她让他爱吃多少脂肪食物就吃多少。 C.因为她不吃这个也不吃那个。这三项都是单独的事实或情况。 3.B不吃糖。答案：再第二段第二句开始 “他们大部分时间对食品都不屑一顾。他们永远向热量表讨教咨询，照镜子，跳到浴室的磅秤上称重量。他们一声都在向臀部大，肚子突出，双下巴绽开一个准输无疑的战斗。有的对脂肪开展了全面战斗。光节食是不够 的，他们运动以消耗体重，洗桑
32、拿浴出汗，用奇异的机器按摩和击打。 ” A. 运动做操。 C.不吃脂肪。 D.洗桑拿浴。 4.B批评的态度。这在第二、三段都有明显的表示。第二段开始： “这些节食者是多么可怜的一群人啊！你总是可以从他们愁眉不展的表情上认出他们。 ”第二段倒数第四句开始： “这些真正有钱的节食大款为健康治疗支付大笔的款项。他们进到 “自然门诊 ”。两个星期饿得要死，每星期付一百畿尼。别以为仅仅是中年人参与这种时尚活动。你可以见到许多青年正由于长期营养不良而遭罪。他们就靠空气、水和上帝的善意而活着。 ”第三段， “节食 者甘愿忍饥挨饿，那么他们为什么那样难受悲惨呢？得，首先，他们总是感到饥饿。你不可能饿着肚子高兴
33、。他们吃的不是食物，全是搭配好的东西，这永远不能使他们满意 ”第三段倒数第三句 “饥饿确实令他们感到太受不了了。最终，他们破釜沉舟，一口气就吞下了五大块使人内疚的奶油蛋糕。谁能责怪他们！他们一天至少三次面对引诱，老是看着别人大口吃着馋涎欲滴的食品，而你自己用力嚼一口水饼干和喝一口没有甜味的柠檬汁。这是一种什么样的折磨啊！ ” A.劝导的。 C.漠不关心。这两项不对。 D. 敌意的。不合适。 Passage Thirteen (The Neutrality of American in the Early World War II) The establishment of the Third
34、Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The compete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and
35、 her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war. While speaking out against Hitlers atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibit
36、ed trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937 the President was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion. American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelts “quarantine the aggressor” speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely cri
37、ticized Hitlers policies. Germanys seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March, 1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August,1939 came the shock of the Nazi-
38、soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war. The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted “cash and carry” exports
39、 of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States
40、. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August, 1940 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter which proclaimed the kind of a world whi
41、ch should be established after the war. In December, 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States. 1.One item occurring before 1937 that the author does not mention in his list of actions that alien
42、ated the American public was A.the burning of the Reichstag. B.German plans for conquest. C.Nazi barbarism. D.the persecution of religious groups. 2.The Lend-Lease Act was designed to A.help the British. B.strengthen the national defense of the United States. C.promote the Atlantic Charter. D.avenge
43、 Pearl Harbor. 3.American Policy during the years 1935-1936 may be described as being A.watchful. B.isolationist. C.peaceful. D.indifferent. 4.The Neutrality Act of 1939 A.permitted the selling of arms to belligerent nations. B.antagonized Japan. C.permitted the British to trade only with the Allies
44、. D.led to Lend-Lease Act. 5.We entered the war against Germany A.because Germany declared war. B.because Japan was an ally of Germany. C.after Germany had signed the Nazi-soviet Pact. D.after peaceful efforts had failed. 答案： 1-5 ABBAA 文章讲述了第三帝国成立，美国由中立到宣战的一段历史。采用按年代先后进行叙述的写作手法。文章一开始就点明主题： “第三帝国的成立影
45、响了美国历史，从一系列事情开始，最终导致德国和美国交战。 ” 1.A帝国大厦焚毁，众所周知，这是纳粹希特勒精心策划的一次政治阴谋，旨在迫害德国共产党。 B. 德国征服计划。 C. 纳粹之残暴。 D. 迫害宗教团体。在文中都提到。见第一段第二句 “民主的全面摧毁、对犹太人的迫害、摧残宗教、纳粹的残忍和野蛮，特别是德国及其盟国意、日、征服世界的计划激起美国极大愤怒，也带来了对又一 次世界大战的恐惧。 ” 2.B 加强美国国防。见第二段导数第五句 “1941年的租借法规定：总统对他认为保卫美国所需要的国家有权卖给、交换或借给他们物资。 ” A. 帮助英国，不对。 C. 促进大西洋公约。大西洋公约是
46、1941年 8月，罗斯福和邱吉尔会面后的联合公告。 D. 报复珍珠港。是 1941 年日本发起袭击的报复。 3.B 与世隔绝。这在第一段第三句 “美国人民虽然反对希特勒的凶残等事，他们一般还是喜欢孤立（与世隔绝的）政策和保持中立。 1933年和 1936年的中立条约规定：禁止和交战国双方贸易和借贷。 ” A. 观察的 。 C. 和平的。 D. 不正确的。 4.A 允许把武器卖给交战国。答案：在第二段第六句 “1939年的中立条约取消了武器禁运，允许进行现钞交易出口武器给交战国。 ” B. 和日本敌对。 C. 允许英国只能和其盟国贸易。 D. 导致租借条约。 5.A 因为德国宣战。这在第一段已有
47、说明。尽管希特勒坏事做尽，美国还是倾向于中立政策。第二段罗斯福在芝加哥的演讲，态度稍有改变。严厉批评希特勒的政策，但仍然以中立为主。 1941年日本袭击珍珠港，不久德国宣战，美国才不得不参战。 Passage Fourteen(Antarctica and Environment) Antarctica has actually become a kind of space station a unique observation post for detecting important changes in the worlds environment. Remote from major
48、sources of pollution and the complex geological and ecological systems that prevail elsewhere, Antarctica makes possible scientific measurements that are often sharper and easier to interpret than those made in other parts of the world. Growing numbers of scientists therefore see Antarctica as a dis
49、tant-early-warning sensor, where potentially dangerous global trends may be spotted before they show up to the north. One promising field of investigation is glaciology. Scholars from the United States, Switzerland, and France are pursuing seven separate but related projects that reflect their concern for the health of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet a concern they believe the world at large should share. The Transantarctic Mountain, some of them m
