2009高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解復(fù)習(xí)專練

（I）

Recently the World Health Organization announced that the disease of smallpox（天花）had almost been wiped out in most parts of the world，thanks to widespread vaccination（種牛痘）．Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from one country to another they must be able to prove that they have had a recent vaccination．In this way the disease has been prevented from spreading and today one seldom hears of it at all．

This is mainly because of the great discovery made by a village doctor，Edward Jenner，in about 1798 when he published his report of his new experiment called vaccination（from the word“vacca”meaning a cow）．Jenner discovered that people who worked with cattle often suffered from a harmless disease which they caught from the cattle，but these people never seemed to get smallpox．So he experimented by putting the disease into a small opening on the arms of healthy people，and though their arms became painful for a day or two，they soon recovered and none of these people ever got smallpox．

So the news of the wonderful discovery spread to other countries and people rushed to their doctors to be vaccinated．In many countries the simple way to deal with the arm was done on thousands of people，and the terrible smallpox began to disappear．

1．Which of the following is an ineffectual way of preventing the spread of smallpox？

A．Most people were vaccinated against the disease at least once．

B．People going abroad should promise not to spread the disease．

C．People travelling from one country to another must prove they are vaccinated．

D．People must be vaccinated shortly before going to foreign countries．

2．The doctor's new discovery was called “vaccination”for the reason that ____ ．

A．he discovered smallpox near a farm    B．he experimented with a disease from the cattle

C．he was working with cattle in the countryside

D．people got the disease of smallpox from the cattle

3．The news of the discovery ____ ．

A．caught people's attention from all corners of the world

B．spread far and near in the western countries

C．made people rush to Dr Jenner for vaccination

D．helped to get rid of the terrible disease of smallpox

（II）

Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space．The amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural（文化的）difference，not an economic（經(jīng)濟(jì)的）one．Knowing your own psychological（心理的）space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices，including，for example，the number of bedrooms in the home．If you were brought up in a two-child family and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms，the chances are，if you have two children or more，that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them．In America，for example，they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies．This is very rare in the world．In many other countries，the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them．

The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs．Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it．Others have separate little corners where family members go to be alone．

Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons，they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressures．It is almost impossible，however，to completely change your psychological space needs．

1．The first sentence in Paragraph 1“Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space”means“____ ”．

A．No two people need exactly the same amount of living space

B．Living space requirements are not always the same

C．The world requires the same amount of living space

D．Nobody needs a required amount of living space

2．Some families gather closer to each other at home than others because ____ ．

A．they have limited living space        B．they are brought up in a large family

C．it satisfies their psychological space needs

D．the children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A．Americans are trained to live in large rooms at birth．

B．Economic situation decides one's amount of space needs．

C．People in various countries demand different psychological space．

D．Knowing your psychological space needs is important，as it affects your future．

4．The best title for the passage is ____．

A．American Way of Living  B．Psychological Space   C．Space Needs in Different Countries    D．Psychological Space and Economic Pressure 

（III）

If you want to stay young，sit down and have a good think．This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors，who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise―and as a result，we are growing old unnecessarily soon．

Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason（推理）at a rather early age，and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down．

With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University，he set about measuring brain volumes（容量）of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs．

Computer technology helped the researchers to get most exact measurements of the volume of the front and side parts of the brain，which have something to do with intellect（智力）and feelings，and decide the human character．As we all know，the back part of the brain，which controls tasks like eating and breathing，does not contract（萎縮）with age．

Contraction of front and side parts―as cells（細(xì)胞）die off―was seen in some people in their thirties，but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year-olds．

Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction―using the head．

The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns．Those with least possibility，says Matsuzawa，are lawyers，followed by university professors and doctors．White collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are，however as possible to have contracting brains as the farm worker，bus driver and shop assistant．

1．The team of doctors wanted to find out ____ ．

A．a(chǎn)t what point people grow mentally old   B．how to make people live longer

C．the size of certain people's brains        D．which people are the most clever

2．The doctors' tests show that ____ ．

A．our brains contract as we grow older     B．one part of the brain does not contract

C．sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds

D．some people's brains have contracted earlier than other people's

3．According to the article，____ are growing old earlier than people who live in the cities．

A．farmers      B．office clerks       C．shop assistants       D．bus drivers

4．The most possible conclusion of the passage is that ____ ．

A．most of us should take more exercise    B．it's better to live in the town

C．the brain contracts if it is not used  D．the more one uses his brain，the sooner he becomes old

（IV）

Bill Robinson is on trial for murder（因謀殺而受審）．He grew up in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one year．When he was nineteen years old，he was asked to join the army and was soon sent to fight in Vietnam．He was very unhappy there as he hated the war and he hated killing people．Two years later he returned home and tried to pick up where he had left off，but things were never quite the same again for the young black man．For one thing，he always had terrible dreams about the war．He could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to leave school．Then he was fired from one job after another．He wanted to meet someone nice and get married，but he just couldn't seem to get close to anyone．He became angry easily and people avoided him．He was always lonely．Finally one day，while eating at a restaurant，Bill lost control of himself and shot someone for no reason at all．Bill's lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible for the shooting．He hopes that the judge and the jury（陪審團(tuán)）will understand that Bill was“temporarily insane（一時(shí)精神錯(cuò)亂）”and did not really choose to kill anyone．

1．What did Bill Robinson do after he returned from abroad？

A．He gave up the chance to go back to college．  B．He tried to go back to his normal life．

C．He picked up his things and left again．       D．He found what he had dreamed of．

2．He failed to complete his college education because he ____ ．

A．hated school           B．joined the army   

C．didn't study hard       D．found it difficult to keep his mind on his studies

3．He never married because ____ ．

A．there were no nice girls around      B．he didn't care to meet any girls

C．he hadn't met girls that he liked      D．he found it hard to make friends with girls

4．The best title for this article is ____ ．

A．Robinson on Trial            B．Murder at a Restaurant

C．A Young Black Man          D．A Victim of the Vietnam War 

（V）

There are warm tropical regions all over the globe，but only the Indians of the South American rain forests have formed the habit of sleeping in the open air．Long before they made painful acquaintance（相識(shí)） with Europeans，they had invented something that was unique on earth ：the hammock．

Nobody really knows who first had bright idea of making sleeping in the air the symbol of untroubled rest．The Indians see the hammock as a“gift of heaven（上天）”， something given to them a very long time ago．

In it the Indians pass away hot noon hours，napping or chatting．Swinging it to and fro（來(lái)回?cái)[動(dòng)）creates a cooling breath of air and keeps away insects．They work and play in hammocks，are born and die there．

Hung like a suspension bridge between heaven and earth，a hammock is dry while the soil is damp and is safe from most wild animals．

Hammocks have the advantage over beds in that they are easy to transport and take up very little space when they have been rolled up（卷起）．Indians never go on a journey without their hammocks，not even to their plantations．

1．The word“hammock”in this passage means ____ ．

A．a(chǎn) suspension cage which can be swung to and fro in the air

B．a(chǎn) seat hanging by two ropes from the branch of a tree

C．a(chǎn) suspension bridge in the South American rain forests

D．a(chǎn) net hung between two supports and used as a bed

2．Indians swing the hammock to ____ ．

A．pray to heaven for a gift     B．keep away flies，mosquitoes and other insects

C．keep away wild animals     D．fall asleep quickly

3．According to the passage ，hammocks ____ ．

A．cannot be rolled up                    B．a(chǎn)re difficult to transport

C．a(chǎn)re never brought to the plantations       D．can be kept dry while the ground is wet

4．The passage is about ____ ．

A．the Indian way of living          B．tropical regions    

C．Indians' gift for the Europeans     D．a(chǎn) portable bed

 （VI）

McGill Comedy Club
Important meeting today．Discussion on putting on Blazing Saddles．Union room 302，3―4 p．m．New members（both actors and non-actors，living and dead）are welcome．

History Students' Association
Prof．Michael Cross of Dalhousie University will be speaking on“ Unskilled Labours on Rivers and Canals in Upper Canada，1820― 1850：The Beginnings of Class Struggle” at 10 a．m．in Leacock 230．

Design Mirror Sale
All types and sizes of design mirrors priced to please．Sale today in Union room 108．

McGill Teaching Assistants' Association
A general meeting，for all the TAs，will be held at 4p．m．in Leacock 116．

Women's Union
Important．General meeting at 6p．m． Union room 423．Speaker on “Importance of Deciding Basic Goals of the Women's Union”．Everyone，old， new and those interested，please attend．

Film Society
Last meeting of the term for all members． All managers are required to be present．6p．m．sharp，Union room 434．

Canadian University Students Overseas
CUSO presents “Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast” at 7p．m．Newman Centre，3484Peel．Find out about CUSO here and overseas．Everyone welcome．

1．Where can you probably find this text？

A．In a school magazine．       B．In a national paper．

C．In a guide book．           D．In a university daily newspaper．

2．If you are interested in arts，where would you go for a visit？

A．Leacock 116．           B．Union room 423．

C．Union room 108．        D．Newman Center，3484 Peel．

3．Which of the following is the name of a play？

A．Blazing Saddles．

B．Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast．

C．Importance of Deciding Basic Goals of the Women's Union．

D．Unskilled Labours on Rivers and Canals in Upper Canada，1820―1850．

(VII）

When prices are low，people will buy more，and when prices are high，they will buy less．Every shopper knows this．But at the same time，producers want higher prices for their goods when they make more goods．According to the economic（經(jīng)濟(jì)的）point of view，changes in the prices of goods cause changes in supply and demand． As is shown in the graph（圖表），people buy fewer shoes as the price of shoes goes up．On the contrary，a decrease in the price causes an increase in demand．

Business firms look for the perfect price at which the largest profits（利潤(rùn)）can be made．If the price of the shoes goes up to?50，the consumers（消費(fèi)者）will not buy all of 3，000 shoes．The producers will have a surplus（剩余）of 2，000 shoes and they can only get?50，000．If the price of the shoes is lowered to?10，as many as 5，000 shoes can be sold．Still，only?50，000 is made．

1．According to this article，the main idea of the first paragraph is that ____ ．

A．the lower the price is，the less people will buy

B．producers want to make more money by making fewer goods

C．every shopkeeper knows the price for goods

D．how changes in prices of shoes affect the number of shoes sold

2．From the passage，we can conclude that ____ is the best price for the producers to sell the shoes which are worth the highest price．

A.30       B.20        C.10          D.50

3．Which of the following is the best title for the passage？

A．Producers and Goods B．Price and Quality C．Shopkeepers and Shoes D．Supply and Demand

（VIII）

New York，10 November―5：27pm，yesterday．Biggest power failure in the city's history．

＊Thousands of people got stuck in lifts．Martin Saltzman spent three hours between the 21st and 22nd floors of the Empire State Building．“There were twelve of us．But no one panicked．We passed the time telling stories and playing word games． One man wanted to smoke but we didn't let him．Firemen finally got us out．”

＊“It was the best night we've ever had，”said Angela Carraro，who runs an Italian restaurant on 42nd Street．“We had lots of candles on the tables and the waiters were carrying candles on their trays．The place was full―and all night，in fact，for after we had closed，we let the people stay on and spend the night here．”

＊The zoos had their problems like everyone else．Keepers worked through the night．They used blankets to keep flying squirrels and small monkeys warm．While zoos had problems keeping warm，supermarkets had problems keeping cool．“All of our ice cream and frozen foods melted，”said the manager of a store in downtown Manhattan．“They were worth ＄50,000．”

＊The big electric clock in the lobby（大廳）of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan started ticking（滴答） again at 5：25 this morning．It was almost on time．

1．Throughout the period of darkness，Martin Saltzman and the eleven others were ____ ．

A．nervous     B．excited    C．calm     D．frightened

2．In what way was the night of November 9 the best night for Angela Carraro？

A．She had a taste of adventure．        B．Burning candles brightened the place．

C．Business was better than usual．      D．Many people stayed the night in her restaurant．

3．How long did the power failure last？

A．Nearly 12 hours． B．More than 12 hours． C．Nearly 24 hours． D．More than 24 hours．

閱讀理解專練答案

（I） 【解題思路與答案】

這是一篇具有科普性質(zhì)的說(shuō)明文，說(shuō)明了種牛痘防治天花的始末。第1題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題，A、C、D三個(gè)選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容都可在第一段找到，而“去國(guó)外的人應(yīng)該保證不傳播這種疾病”在文中找不到根據(jù)，故選項(xiàng)B正確。第2題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題，第二段第1句．．．vaccination（from the word“vacca”meaning a cow）即本題答案出處，故選B正確。第3題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題。由第三段第1句可知，這一消息傳到其它國(guó)家，不僅僅是西方國(guó)家，所以排除選項(xiàng)B；人們是到醫(yī)生那里去種牛痘，而不是到Jenner醫(yī)生那里去種牛痘，故排除選項(xiàng)C；“vaccination”而不是“the news”可使人們免于“天花”這一疾病，故排除選項(xiàng)D。通過(guò)細(xì)節(jié)的認(rèn)定，本題正確答案是A。

（II）【解題思路與答案】

本篇短文屬議論文體裁。第1題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題，第一段第1句Not every-one．．．屬部分否定，而選項(xiàng)A、D屬全部否定，選項(xiàng)C為全部肯定，故選項(xiàng)B正確。第2題為推理判斷題，第二段第1句 The space．．．（家庭空間也在很大程度上表明了人們心理空間的需要），由此可推理出選項(xiàng)C正確。第3題屬推理判斷題，通過(guò)第一段后三句美國(guó)與其它國(guó)家在對(duì)嬰兒居室的不同安排上，可推斷選項(xiàng)C正確。第4題屬概括主題思想題。選項(xiàng)A、D分別在第一段和第三段中出現(xiàn)過(guò)，并非全文的主旨大意，選項(xiàng)C也不是全文的主旨大意。選項(xiàng)B概括了全文的主題，故選B正確。

（III）【解題思路與答案】

本篇短文屬科普題材。第1題屬概括主題思想題。選項(xiàng)B意為“如何使人長(zhǎng)壽”；選項(xiàng)C意為“某些人大腦的大小”；選項(xiàng)D意為“哪些人最聰明”。這三個(gè)選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容都不是全文的主旨大意，只有選項(xiàng)A才概括了全文的主旨大意，故本題選A正確。第2題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題，第五段即本題答案出處。有些人三十幾歲時(shí)前腦和側(cè)腦萎縮，但有些六、七十歲的人大腦還沒(méi)萎縮。也就是說(shuō)，有些人大腦萎縮比其他人早，即選項(xiàng)D正確。第3題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題，第二段和短文最后一句即本題答案出處，正確答案是A。第4題屬概括主題思想題。選項(xiàng)A意為“我們大多數(shù)人應(yīng)該多鍛煉”，并非全文的主題；選項(xiàng)B意為“最好住在城里”，這與大腦萎縮無(wú)關(guān)；選項(xiàng)D與本文觀點(diǎn)恰好相反，故本題選項(xiàng)C正確，“大腦不用就會(huì)萎縮”正是本文主題。

（IV）【解題思路與答案】

本篇短文屬記敘文體裁，簡(jiǎn)要敘述了 Bill Robinson的生平經(jīng)歷，分析了Bill Robinson開(kāi)槍殺人的原因。第1題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題，短文第5句即本題答案出處，正確答案是B。第2題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題，從短文第7句He could not concentrate on his studies and soon．．．可得出本題正確答案是D。第3題屬推理判斷題。從短文第9句可知，他想結(jié)識(shí)某個(gè)漂亮的女孩子并與其結(jié)婚，但他無(wú)法與人接近，所以可推斷出，他未婚的原因是“他發(fā)現(xiàn)很難交女友”，故正確答案是D。第4題屬概括主題思想題。作者在短文中主要描寫(xiě)了Bill Robinson參加越南戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)后的表現(xiàn)及心理變化，因此，用《一名越戰(zhàn)受害者》作為本篇短文的題目最能概括全文的主旨大意，故正確答案為D。

（V）【解題思路與答案】

本文屬史地文化類題材。第1題屬猜測(cè)詞義題，第一段第1句．．．the habit of sleeping in the open air，第三段第1句 ．．．napping or chatting，第三段第2句 Swinging it to and fro．．．，第四段第1句 Hung like a suspension bridge．．．，以上短語(yǔ)和句子則暗示出，hammock是懸在兩個(gè)支架或樹(shù)之間當(dāng)作床用的“吊床”，故正確答案是D。第2題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題。從第三段第2句．．．keeps away insects可得出正確答案為B。第3題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題。從第四段．．．a(chǎn) hammock is dry while the soil is damp．．．可知，本題正確答案是D。第4題屬概括主題思想題。本文最后一段的兩句話是對(duì)短文的最好總結(jié)，本文記述的是“一種可攜帶的床”，本題正確答案是D。

（VI）【解題思路與答案】

本篇短文是一份海報(bào)，屬應(yīng)用文體裁。第1題屬推理判斷題，文中所含的七部分內(nèi)容中都涉及到學(xué)校內(nèi)容，因此可排除B、C兩個(gè)選項(xiàng)；又根據(jù)這七部分內(nèi)容中只有時(shí)間，而沒(méi)有年、月、日，便可斷定它不是一份雜志，而是一份日?qǐng)?bào)，故本題選D正確。第2題是細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題。七部分內(nèi)容中，只有Design Mirror Sale一欄中提到design mirrors，因此正確答案是C。第3題屬推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一欄中“putting on”和“．．．a(chǎn)re welcome”可判斷“Blazing Saddles”是短劇，故正確答案為A。

（VII）【解題思路與答案】

這是一篇圖表題材的短文。第1題屬概括主題思想題，第一段主要講的是鞋的價(jià)格變化對(duì)其銷量的影響，正確答案是D。第2題屬推理判斷題，根據(jù)各價(jià)位售鞋數(shù)的比率可計(jì)算出只有30美元一雙鞋才可獲得最高的價(jià)值，即9萬(wàn)美元，故選A正確。第3題屬概括主題思想題，本文通過(guò)揭示商品價(jià)格這一經(jīng)濟(jì)規(guī)律，主要說(shuō)明商品的生產(chǎn)者與消費(fèi)者之間的供求關(guān)系，正確答案是D。

（VIII）【解題思路與答案】

本篇短文屬新聞報(bào)道類題材。第1題屬細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題。從But no one panicked． We passed the time telling stories and playing word games．可知，選項(xiàng)C正確。第2題是推理判斷題。由The place was full― and all night．．．可知，顧客在飯店里享受著燭光晚宴，并在此處過(guò)夜，生意顯然比平常更好，故正確答案是C。第3題屬推理判斷題。文章第一句即交待了開(kāi)始停電的時(shí)間是“5：27pm，yesterday”，由短文最后一段可知來(lái)電時(shí)間，即電子鐘開(kāi)始走的時(shí)間是“5：25 this morning”，由此推斷選項(xiàng)A正確。