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1、2019屆高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)自選訓(xùn)練 閱讀理解26（A）The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the governments health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kin

2、ds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money see

3、ing a doctor.Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and

4、 fruits, seems to be quite important.One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better or reduce stress. In addition, health ed

5、ucation plays a key role in improving peoples health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing ones family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Informa

6、tion about health problems among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, which will work before it is too late.However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and tr

7、eatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.6Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP (Central Point)P (Poin

8、t)Sp (Sub-point次要點(diǎn))C (Conclusion)7Which of the following can replace the underlined word “bankrupt?AStronger than ever before BMore successful than ever before CUnable to pay ones debts DUnable to be cured8We learn from the passage that.Athe more health education, the better Bdressing warmly can pre

9、vent diseasesCa balanced diet is cheaper than regular exerciseDthe governments health budget should be increased9Whats the best title of the passage?APrevention or Education? BHealth or Illness?CExercise or Illness? DPrevention or Treatment?參考答案 6-9:BCAD *結(jié)束B閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。It is

10、easy for us to tell our friends from our enemiesBut can other animals do the same? Elephants can! They can use their sense of vision and smell to tell the difference between people who pose a threat and those who do notIn Kenya, researchers found that elephants react differently to clothing worn by

11、men of the Maasai and Kamba ethnic groupsYoung Maasai men spear animals and thus pose a threat to elephants; Kamba men are mainly farmers and are not a danger to elephantsIn an experiment conducted by animal scientists, elephants were first presented with clean clothing or clothing that had been wor

12、n for five days by either a Maasai or a Kamba manWhen the elephants detected the smell of clothing worn by a Maasai man, they moved away from the smell faster and took longer to relax than when they detected the smells of either clothing worn by Kamba men or clothing that had not been worn at allGar

13、ment color also plays a role, though in a different wayIn the same study, when the elephants saw red clothing not worn before, they reacted angrily, as red is typically worn by Maasai menRather than running away as they did with the smell, the elephants acted aggressively toward the red clothingThe

14、researchers believe that the elephants emotional reactions are due to their different interpretations of the smells and the sightsSmelling a potential danger means that a threat is nearby and the best thing to do is run away and hideSeeing a potential threat without its smell means that risk is lowT

15、herefore, instead of showing fear and running away, the elephants express their anger and become aggressive1According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about Kamba and Maasai people? AMaasai people are a threat to elephants BKamba people raise elephants for farmingCBoth Kamba

16、 and Maasai people are elephant huntersDBoth Kamba and Maasai people traditionally wear red clothing2How did the elephants react to smell in the study? AThey attacked a man with the smell of new clothingBThey needed time to relax when smelling something unfamiliarCThey became anxious when they smell

17、ed Kamba-scented clothingDThey were frightened and ran away when they smelled their enemies 3What is the main idea of this passage? AElephants use sight and smell to detect dangerBElephants attack people who wear red clothingCScientists are now able to control elephants emotions DSome Kenyan tribes

18、understand elephants emotions very well4What can be inferred about the elephants behavior from this passage? AElephants learn from their experiencesBElephants have sharper sense of smell than sightCElephants are more intelligent than other animalsDElephants tend to attack rather than escape when in

19、danger參考答案 （A） ADAA *結(jié)束（C）How often do you travel by plane? How much electricity do you use? These days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprintIn order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smallerBut how much CO2 are we responsible for?A new book by Mik

20、e Berners Lee （a leading expert in carbon footprint） might be able to helpHow Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of CO2 all of the following created: the ingredients （=parts of a mixture）, the electricity used in

21、 the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting （交換） of the beer, and the packagingIts amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculationAnd its frightening how much carbon dioxide everything producesBut all of this can help us decide which beer to drinkFrom Berners-Lees

22、 calculations, its clear that a pint （568ml） of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beerThis is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packagingThe local beer only produces 300g of CO2, but the imported beer produces 90

23、0g! So, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager （淡啤酒） from the supermarketBerners-Lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to workNothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? Well, it depends on what youve had

24、 to eat beforeTo ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need foodSo if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of CO2However, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, its 200gIn fact, bananas are good in general because they dont need packaging, they can be tran

25、sported by boat and they grow in natural sunlightSo, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? Absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you dont use your car, and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jamsAnd cars in traffic jams produce three times more CO2 than cars traveli

26、ng at speedCycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospitalAnd hospitals have very big carbon footprints!So maybe its time for us all to start making some changesPass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please5According to Berners-Lee, which of the following produces the most car

27、bon dioxide？AA pint of local beer we drinkBA pint of imported beer we drinkCA banana we eat before a bike rideDThe bacon we eat before a bike ride6Why are bananas good in general?AThey grow naturallyBThey produces less CO2CThey dont need packagingDThey provide energy for cycling 7The underlined word

28、 “brewery” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “_”Aa factory where beer is madeBa machine which makes beerCa container where beer is storedDone of the things from which beer is made8To make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often _Acycle to workBdrink more local beerCcalculate the amount of CO

29、2Dbuy cheap things from the supermarkets9Whats the most suitable title for the passage?ABikes, Beer and BananasBStarting to Make ChangesCHow Big Is Your Carbon Footprint?DThe Carbon Footprint of Everything參考答案 （B） BBAAC *結(jié)束（D）Today, there s hardly an aspect of our life that isnt being upended by the

30、 tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via / through electronic mail“If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information techno

31、logy,” says Microsoft, “a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gasAnd you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza” Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of

32、their customersNothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year“We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says Merrill Lynch, “along the lines

33、of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity”You would be hard pressed to name something that isnt available on the InternetConsider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toy

34、s, autographs of famous people, wine and airline ticketsAnd even after youve moved on to your final resting place, theres no reason those you love cant keep in touchA company called FinalThoughtscom offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to Heaven with the help of a “guardi

35、an angel”Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable （能預(yù)測的） futureNearly all children in families with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David an

36、d Lucile Packard FoundationYoungsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the InternetMost kids use computers to play games （some for 30 hours or more a week）, and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with

37、 friends they have just leftWhats clear is that, whether we like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back“The Internet is just 20% invented,” says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum“The last 80% is happening now”10What can we learn from the Microsofts remark

38、? ATodays cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced BInformation technology is developing at an amazing speed CInformation technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult DTheres more competition in information technology industry than in car industry11According to the author, the

39、biggest benefit of the Internet is that_ Ait saves companies huge amounts of money Bit speeds up profit making Cit brings people incredible convenience Dit provides easy access to information 12The author gives the example of FinalThoughtscom to make the point that_ Athere are some genius ideas on t

40、he Internet Balmost anything is available on the Internet Cpeople can find good bargains on the Internet Dsome websites provide novel services to increase hits13What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? AThere is a link between income and computer ownership BMany American children dont put comput

41、ers to good use CStudies show that boys are more computer literate than girls DThe USwill stay ahead in the information technology in years14Which sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fifth paragraph? ASome can tell you that he has changed their lives,

42、 while others think nothing of himBThink nothing of itIt was my pleasureCHe thinks nothing of staying up all night in the Caf barDHe thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment15What is the message the author intends to convey? AThe Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day BThe Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly CWe should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings DChildren should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age參考答案 （C） BABDCB *結(jié)束內(nèi)容總結(jié)