英語英語閱讀理解練習(xí)題20篇及解析

1、【英語】英語閱讀理解練習(xí)題20篇及解析 一、高中英語閱讀理解 閱讀理解1 A robot created by Washington State University (WSU) scientists could help elderly people with ) and other limitations live independently in their own homes.dementia (癡呆 The Robot Activity Support System or RAS, uses sensors installed in a WSU smart home to deter

2、mine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It navigates (定位) through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owner to objects like their medication or

3、 a snack in the kitchen.RAS combines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSU smart home to provide assistance in the moment, as the need for help is detected, said Bryan Minor, a postdoctoral researcher in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Compute

4、r Science. Currently, an estimated 50 percent of adults over the age of 85 need assistance with every day activities such as preparing meals and taking medication and the annual cost for this assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. With the number of adults over 85 expected to triple by 2050, re

5、searchers hope that technologies like RAS and the WSU smart home will relieve some of the financial strain on the healthcare system by making it easier for older adults to live alone. RAS is the first robot researchers have tried to incorporate into their smart home environment. They recently publis

6、hed a study in the journal Cognitive Systems Research that demonstrates how RAS could make life easier for older adults struggling to live independently. While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising, Minor said. The next step in the research w

7、ill be to test RAS performance with a group of older adults to get a better idea of what prompts, video reminders and other 牰晥牥湥散?桴祥栠癡?敲慧摲湩?桴?潲潢? How does RAS serve elderly people? 1）（ A. Through sensors. B. Through objects. D. Through their daily activities.C. Through a mobile robot. What can we kn

8、ow about RAS? 2）（ B. Its function remains to be tested.A. It is the first robot used in daily life. D. It can cook for owners on its own.C. It can locate people and do any task. Whats Minors attitude toward the future of RAS? ）（3 A. Doubtful. B. Negative. C. Optimistic. D. Uncertain. What can be a s

9、uitable title for the text? 4）（ A. Elderly people leave the nursing home. B. Smart Home Tests first elder-Care robot. D. Older adults have benefited from RAS.C. RAS, the first robot to make home smart. A1）【答案】 （ B2（） C）3（ B ）（4【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一款由美國華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā) 的機(jī)器人，可以幫助那些癡呆或有身體缺陷的老年人在家里過上自立的生活

10、。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)章第二段中的“ The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors （傳感器）equipped in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities”可知機(jī)器人活動(dòng)支持系統(tǒng)（RAS）使用WSU智能家居中配備的傳感器（傳感器）來確定其居民在哪里，他們?cè)谧鍪?。A么以及何時(shí)需要日?；顒?dòng)的幫助，說明傳感器起到了

11、重大的作用，故選 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS performance”可知，這臺(tái)機(jī)器人的表現(xiàn)還要經(jīng)過進(jìn)一步的測，說明正在測試階段，故選 。B （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising”可知，Minor對(duì)這款機(jī)器人的未來發(fā)展充滿信 。心、非常樂觀，故選C （4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知，

12、本文介紹了一款由美國華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā)的機(jī)器人。再根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS 。Bperformance ”可知，機(jī)器人目前還在華盛頓州立大學(xué)的智能屋里進(jìn)行測試，故選 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正 確答案。 閱讀理解2 Ten minutes of gentle exercise can immediately change how certain parts of t

13、he brain communicate and coordinate (協(xié)調(diào)) with one another and improve memory function, according to an encouraging new study. The scientists invited 36 people of different ages to the lab and had them sit quietly on a fixed bicycle for 10 minutes or, on a separate visit, pedal the bicycle at a pace

14、so gentle that it barely raised their heart rates. It also was short, lasting for only 10 minutes. Immediately after each session of the sitting or slow pedaling, the people completed a computerized memory test during which they would see a brief picture of, for instance, a tree, followed by a varie

15、ty of other images and then a new image of either the same tree or a similar one. The people would press buttons to show whether they thought each image was new or the same as an earlier shot. The test is difficult, since many of the images closely resemble one another. It requires rapid, skillful s

16、canning recent memories to decide whether a picture is new or known. Next, the scientists had each people repeat this process-riding or sitting on the bike for 10 minutes and then completing memory testing-but the testing now took place inside an M. R. I. machine(磁共振成像儀)that scanned the peoples brai

17、ns while they responded to the images. Then the researchers compared results. The effects of the exercise were clear. The people were better at remembering images after they had ridden the bike, especially when the images most closely resembled one another. In other words, the harder their memories

18、had to do their best, the better they performed after the exercise. The M. R. I. scans showed that memory parts of each peoples brain lit up at the same time with parts of the brain associated with learning, indicating that these physically separate parts of the brain were better connected now than

19、when the people had not first exercised. How did the researchers conduct the study? 1）（ A. By filling up questionnaires. B. By interviewing many people. C. By comparing experiment data. D. By referring to historical reports. Who might benefit most from the study result? 2）（ A. The marketers promotin

20、g fixed bicycles. B. The young people crazy about body building. C. The white collars doing long-term mental work. D. The blue-collars doing heavy physical labor work. Which of the following statements agrees with the study result? ）（3 A. The light exercise is only good for young people. B. The more

21、 the exercise is, the better the brain works. C. The exercise can coordinate different parts of the body. D. The exercise has more positive effect when the brain works harder. What can be the best title for the text? ）（4 A. Even ten minutes exercise may be good for the brain B. There is no need for

22、humans doing exercise every day C. Only ten minutes light exercise benefits the young most D. Exercise can change peoples brains and minds in a long time C）（1【答案】 C2）（ D3）（ A 4）（【解析】【分析】這是一篇說明文。一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，哪怕是僅僅十分鐘的輕柔運(yùn)動(dòng)也 會(huì)提高人的記憶里水平。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段第一句“Then the researchers compared results.”可知研究者通過對(duì) 。C比實(shí)驗(yàn)數(shù)

23、據(jù)得出結(jié)論，故答案選 （2）推理判斷題。一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，哪怕是僅僅十分鐘的輕柔運(yùn)動(dòng)也會(huì)提高人的記憶 。里水平。因此可推斷這對(duì)于長期從事腦力工作的白領(lǐng)們是一個(gè)福音。故答案選C （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段第三句“In other words, the harder their memories had to do their best, the better they performed after the exercise.”可知大腦使用的程度越高，運(yùn)動(dòng)對(duì)記憶里 。的影響就越大，即當(dāng)大腦工作更努力時(shí)，運(yùn)動(dòng)有更積極的效果。故答案選D （4）主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段可知，本文主要介紹了一項(xiàng)研究成果：短

24、時(shí)間的輕柔運(yùn)動(dòng) 。就會(huì)提高記憶力水平，故答案選A 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇說明類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，通過題干中的關(guān)鍵詞在文章中定位，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn) 行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 閱讀理解3 I am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the wed something found that lost letter, a memory, or It right time! might b

25、e in a dream, a forgotten about. My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors.hands for som

26、ething exciting She would make sandwiches and Grandma was always using her wed have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well she 針 ) thimble ( 頂 grandchildren. beautiful quilts for her I remember the small as making would place on her finger while doing

27、 her needlework. A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth for her new residence in Heaven, I bid farewell a together had just had tea grandmother. How quickly our lives can change! We my to loving couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on

28、 my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. Shed never forgotten my birthday! On one particular birthday when I was feeling a little low, something happened and made me feel as if she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and sudden

29、ly I felt something inside one pillow; it was small and hard. I moved the ) that I carefully opened, and, to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!object to a seam (縫 How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her! Not realizing k had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing

30、h into that little pillow that I just happened to fluff (抖松), to place on my bedspread (床罩) that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others Id collected over the years. What a precious memory of a very special lady who, somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble into

31、my pillow. I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandmas thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was! In the authors memory, what would her grandmother do? 1）（A. She would make sandwiches and hamburgers for her family. B. She

32、would wear a thimble for needlework every day.C. She would make beautiful quilts for money. D. She would look after the flowers in the garden. What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 4 refer to? 2）（ A. The modern worlds fast-changing life. B. The fact that the grandmother had passed away. D. T

33、he love the author got from her grandmother.C. The authors missing her grandmother. How did the author feel when she found the thimble? 3）（ A. Surprised. B. Regretful. C. Guilty. D. Lonely. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? 4（） A. Grandmas Thimble B. Grandmas Life Story

34、 D. The Importance of Putting Things AwayC. The Joy of Finding Something Lost D1）【答案】（ C2）（ A3）（ A ）（4【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者通過祖母生活的點(diǎn)滴及她的銀頂針對(duì)作者的影 響，表達(dá)了作者和祖母之間濃濃的親情。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“She would make sandwiches and wed have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them.”可知，在作者的記憶中，她的祖母會(huì)照看花園里的 。D花。故選（2

35、）考查代詞指代。根據(jù)第四段中的“I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. Shed never forgotten my birthday! ”我非常想念她，但我大部分時(shí)間都是在我生日那天注意到的，因?yàn)槟棠虥]有卡片。她永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì) 。C”故選忘記我的生日！由此可知it指“作者想念她的祖母。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!”可知，當(dāng) 。A她

36、發(fā)現(xiàn)頂針時(shí)，她感到驚喜。故選（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandmas thimble. What a 。故選Awonderful birthday that was!”可知，本文主題是奶奶的Thimble【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，代詞指代，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行 分

37、析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 閱讀理解4 New South Wales, Australia, is setting up cameras as part of an effort to reduce the number of people preoccupied with wireless devices while they drive. It will be the first area in the world to use the technology to punish drivers distracted (分心) with telephone calls, so

38、cial media or text messages. Road Safety experts are concerned about the growing number of accidents involving drivers using smart phones on the states roads. They say drivers who use phones while driving greatly increase their chances of being involved in an accident. The New South Wales government

39、 plans to place 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December. Each phone detection unit contains two cameras. One camera takes pictures of a vehicles registration plate (牌照). A second camera looks through the front window of a car or truck to see what drivers are doing with their h

40、ands. The units use artificial intelligence to set aside drivers who are not touching their phones. Human beings then confirm if the pictures show illegal behavior before notice is sent to the vehicles registered owner. A violation (違反) carries fine of $232. Some cameras will be permanently set up o

41、n roadsides. Others will be moved, from time to time, around the state. Two fixed cameras took photographs of 8.5 million vehicles as part of a six-month test earlier phones. on their hands drivers with than 100,000 more of photos took cameras year. The this One driver was using a phone and another

42、electronic device, an Apple iPad, at the same time. Another driver had a passenger guide the vehicle while they both held phones, the state government said. What is the real purpose to set up cameras in New South Wale? 1）（ A.To keep records of the accidents. B.To promote the latest technology. C.To

43、find illegal behavior of the drivers. D.To force drivers to focus more on driving. What can we infer from the road safety experts? ）（2 A.Smart-phones are main killers on the road. B.All accidents result from drivers using cell-phones. C.Measures are badly needed to ban using phones while driving. D.

44、Carrying a smart-phone while driving will cause an accident. How does the phone detection unit function effectively? ）（3 A.It corrects the drivers wrong behavior. B.It has two cameras to record the plates. C.It sends a notice to the legal diver autonomously. D.It combines artificial intelligence wit

45、h humans efforts. What did a six-month test show? 4（） A.Electronic devices could help divers indeed. B.Mary passenger helped operate the vehicles. C.Many drivers used electronic devices while driving. D.It was common to be busy with two wireless devices. D1）【答案】 （ C）（2 D）（3 C ）（4【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了

46、澳大利亞新南威爾士州正在設(shè)置攝像頭，以減少開車時(shí)全神貫注于無線設(shè)備的人數(shù)。用這項(xiàng)技術(shù)懲罰那些因電話、社交媒體或短信分 心的司機(jī)，將是世界上第一個(gè)。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段“New South Wales, Australia, is setting up cameras as part of an effort to reduce the number of people preoccupied with wireless devices while they drive. It will be the first area in the world to use the techno

47、logy to punish drivers distracted （分心） with telephone calls, social media or text messages.”澳大利亞新南威爾士州正在設(shè)置攝像頭，以減少開車時(shí)全神貫注于無線設(shè)備的人數(shù)。用這項(xiàng)技術(shù)懲罰那些因電話、社交媒體或短信分心的司機(jī)，將是世界上第一個(gè)。所以判斷出，新南威爾士設(shè)置攝像頭的真正目的是迫使 。D司機(jī)更專注于駕駛。故選 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Road Safety experts are concerned about the growing number of accidents involvi

48、ng drivers using smart phones on the states roads. They say drivers 可reatly increase their chances of being involved in an accident.”who use phones while driving g知道路安全專家對(duì)越來越多的司機(jī)在州內(nèi)道路上使用智能手機(jī)的事故表示關(guān)注。他們說，司機(jī)在開車時(shí)使用手機(jī)，大大增加了發(fā)生事故的可能性。所以判斷出，道路安全專家認(rèn)為 。C急需采取措施禁止開車時(shí)使用手機(jī)。故選 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“The units use artif

49、icial intelligence to set aside drivers who are not touching their phones. Human beings then confirm if the pictures show illegal behavior before notice is sent to the vehicles registered owner.”可知這些裝置使用人工智能技術(shù)，將不接觸手機(jī)的司機(jī)隔離開來。然后，在通知車主之前，由人類確認(rèn)照片上是否有違 。D法行為。因此，手機(jī)檢測裝置是把人工智能和人類的努力結(jié)合起來。故選 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中

50、的“Two fixed cameras took photographs of 8.5 million vehicles as part of a sixmonth test earlier this year. The cameras took photos of more than 100，000 drivers with their hands on phones.”可知今年早些時(shí)候，作為為期6個(gè)月的測試的一部分，兩個(gè)固定攝像頭拍攝了850萬輛汽車的照片。這些攝像頭拍攝了10萬多名駕駛員的手拿著手機(jī)的照片。 所以，六個(gè)月的測試顯示了許多司機(jī)在開車時(shí)使用電子設(shè)備。故 。C選 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考

51、點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需 要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 閱讀理解5 Imagine waking up one day and finding that your beautiful local beach is no moregone, its fine white sand swept away by an abnormal storm. You go about your daily business for 12 long years and then suddenly the beach is back, a

52、ll its glory restored by another storm. This is what happened on the island of Achill, off the coast of Ireland, where people are celebrating the return of the beautiful Ashleam Bay beach that was taken from them in 2005. That in itself is unusual enough, but the story gets even better! You see, ano

53、ther beach in Achill did a disappearing act once, but took much longer to return. The beach at Doonagh, located only six miles away from Ashleam Bay, was restored earlier in 2016 after waves created by spring storms had swept away all the sand in 1984, leaving just rock pools behind. There is local

54、legend that stretches back hundreds of years that says this beach at Ashlcam Bay returns for a short every seven years then disappears again. But this time around it took a bit longer than that. It was last seen in 2005 and it stayed for a few months at that time before it was washed away again. As

55、you can imagine, everyone on the island of Achill is thrilled to have their sandy beach back, and even though no one knows how long its going to be around for, they are making the most of the time theyve got before it disappears again. Some may be quick to believe climate changes cause the phenomeno

56、n, but thats not the reason these two beaches in Achill keep disappearing, Dr Kevin Lynch, a geographer at NUT Galway, says that these occurrences are the result of hydrodynamics (流體力學(xué)) and sediment(沉 ) supply, rather than climate changes.積物 Regardless of whats causing them, disappearing and reappearing beaches are just part of what makes nature so fascin