[二轮复习]高考英语阅读理解训练生活类（14篇）

gkfive

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        　　In every school there is a “top” crowd that sets the pace, while the others follow their lead. Let’s say the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Pretty soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater.
        　　There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that on some people bright red sweater is extremely unbecoming. The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. They are like the sheep being led to the butcher.
        　　Now, chances are that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life; chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, “Gee, the crowd does it.” Well, let the crowd do it, but don’t do it yourself. Learn to say, “No.”
        　　Develop your own standards and your own judgment. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree to, have the courage to bow out mannerly. You’ll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet.
        　　1. Which is the best title for this passage?
        　　A. Follow the Lead. B. Top Crowd. C. Being Yourself. D. Bright Red.
        　　2. The author doesn’t think it good wearing red sweaters if ________.
        　　A. the crowd does it B. you can’t afford them
        　　C. you don’t look good in red D. the situation isn’t safe
        　　3. According to the passage, people who follow the crowd ________.
        　　A. sometimes do things against their better judgment
        　　B. make mistakes blindly
        　　C. are willing to put their lives in danger
        　　D. will in the end become pace-setters

gkfive

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        　　【答案解析】
        　　本文分析了生活中的一种随主流的现象，并指出了其危害，劝人们凡事应自己作主。
        　　1. C。主旨题。根据文章最后一段第1句Develop your own standards and your own judgment及其全文内容可推知此题答案为C。
        　　2. C。细节题。根据文章第2段第1句on some people bright red sweater is extremely unbecoming可推知此题答案为C。
        　　3. A。推断题。根据文章第3段第1句中的后半部分chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong可推知此题答案为A。

gktwo

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        　　Among various programmes, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style(风格). But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.
        　　Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives.
        　　Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality(质量) of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
        　　Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
        　　Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life’s tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show’s exploitation.
        　　1. Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ____.
        　　A. more interesting B. unusually popular C. more detailed D. more formal
        　　2. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows____.
        　　A. remain interested in them B. are ready to face up to them
        　　C. remain cold to them D. are willing to get away from them
        　　3. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
        　　A. A new type of robot. B. Nation hatred.
        　　C. Family income planning. D. Street accident.
        　　4. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_____.
        　　A. have become the only ones of its kind
        　　B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature
        　　C. appear at different times of the day
        　　D. attract different people

gkfour

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        　　【答案解析】
        　　本文比较了美国两位著名的电视谈话节目主持人的不同主持风格。
        　　1. B。推断题。根据文中的 Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk” 和 Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top 两句可以看出这两个电视谈话节目受到了观众不寻常的欢迎。
        　　2. A。推断题。文中的 Clearly, the Jerry Spring show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives 说明观众对于人民生活上的难处还是很感兴趣的，因为它确实比较真实地反映了人们日常生活中的实事，容易引起观众的共鸣。
        　　3. C。推断题。文中的 The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality(质量) of life 说明这一档节目报道的都是社会的正面。而A项是科技报道，属不带感情色彩的客观报道。B、D属负面的东西，所以此题答案选 C。
        　　4. D。推断题。The show’s main viewers are middleclass Americans 和 Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society 暗示这两个节目分别适应不同年龄、不同层次的观众需要。

gktwo

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        　　“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral (道德上的) freedom.
        　　A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” “Keep cool”, says George Herbert, “for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.”
        　　To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
        　　Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.
        　　If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.
        　　1. What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?
        　　A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.
        　　B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.
        　　C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.
        　　D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.
        　　2. What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad” ?
        　　A. If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.
        　　B. If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.
        　　C. If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.
        　　D. If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.
        　　3. If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.
        　　A. the very backbone and nerve of character
        　　B. the patience and power to control himself
        　　C. strong feelings
        　　D. self-confidence
        　　4. The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.
        　　A. explain that self-control is the key to success
        　　B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success
        　　C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it
        　　D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

gkthree

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        　　【答案解析】
        　　本文介绍了自控力在人生中的重要性。
        　　1. B。推断题。根据第 1 段最后一句“如果一个人被情感和冲动所支配，那么他就放弃了道德上的自由”可推知此题答案为 B。
        　　2. B。推断题。根据文章第 2 段最后一句 …for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault为可推知此题答案为 B。
        　　3. C。推断题。根据文章最后一段排除选项A、B、D，可推知此题答案为 C。
        　　4. A。主旨题。根据文章内容及倒数第2段可推知此题答案为 A。

gkfive

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        　　A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.
        　　The unpunctual man, on one hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset (财产) as well as other’s. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he can not get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to.
        　　Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is the sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present.
        　　Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to do one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men.
        　　1. What does the author think is the main difference between a punctual person and an unpunctual person?
        　　A. A punctual person does everything ahead of time while an unpunctual person does everything behind schedule.
        　　B. A punctual person does everything at the right time while an unpunctual person seldom does anything at the correct time.
        　　C. A punctual person has a lot of appointments while an unpunctual person has few appointments.
        　　D. A punctual person has much time to do everything while an unpunctual person has little time to do anything.
        　　2. According to the passage, the main reason that a person is always unpunctual is that _______.
        　　A. he has more work to do than other people
        　　B. he is always in a hurry when he works
        　　C. he doesn’t care much about time
        　　D. he always mismanages and wastes his time
        　　3. According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinner, you should arrive there _______.
        　　A. after other guests have arrived
        　　B. before all other guests
        　　C. at the appointed time
        　　D. after the host has got things ready
        　　4. Which of the following statements best describes the harm of unpunctuality?
        　　A. If you are an unpunctual person, you cannot be in charge of any important task.
        　　B. If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not see you again.
        　　C. Unpunctuality may bring about heavy losses for both public and private affairs.
        　　D. Unpunctuality may make you miss a lot of appointments and lose friends.

gkfour

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        　　【答案解析】
        　　本文论述了守时的重要性。
        　　1. B。推断题。根据文章第 1 段及第 2 段第 1 句可推知此题答案为 B。
        　　2. D。推断题。根据文章第2段第5句 The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset (财产) as well as other’s 可推知此题答案为 D。
        　　3. C。推断题。根据文章第 3 段第 1 句 Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is sign of disrespect towards others 及后面的内容可推知此题答案为 C。
        　　4. C。推断题。根据文章最后一段可推知此题答案为 C。

gktwo

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        　　Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day. “I was a clothes addict,” he jokes. “I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled.” Today David wears casual clothes-khaki pants and sports shirt-to the office. He hardly ever wears a necktie. “I’m working harder than ever,” David says, “and I need to feel comfortable.”
        　　More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work in the United States. The change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual. In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday(but only on Friday). This became known as “dress-down Friday” of “casual Friday”. “What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing.” said business consultant Maisly Jones.
        　　Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? One reason is that it’s easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code. “A lot of young people don’t want to dress up for work,” says the owner of a software company, “so it’s hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code.” Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes. In a study conducted by Levi Strauss and Company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale. Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative impact on productivity. Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money. “Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day,” one person said. “For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes.”
        　　1. David Smith refers to himself as having been “a clothes addict,” because _______.
        　　A. he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt
        　　B. he couldn’t stand a clean appearance
        　　C. he wanted his clothes to look neat all the time
        　　D. he didn’t want to spend much money on clothes
        　　2. David Smith wears casual clothes now, because _______.
        　　A. they make him feel at ease when working
        　　B. he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes
        　　C. he looks handsome in casual clothes
        　　D. he no longer works for any company
        　　3. According to this passage, which of the following statements is false?
        　　A. Many employees don’t like a conservative dress code.
        　　B. Comfortable clothes make employees more productive.
        　　C. A casual clothes code is welcomed by young employees.
        　　D. All the employers in the U. S. are for casual office wear.
        　　4. According to this passage, which of the following statements is true?
        　　A. Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.
        　　B. Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.
        　　C. “Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favor from employers.
        　　D. Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.
        　　5. In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned in the passage except _______.
        　　A. saving employees’ money
        　　B. making employees more attractive
        　　C. improving employees’ motivation
        　　D. making employees happier

gkthree

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        　　【答案解释】
        　　从20世纪90年代起，美国许多公司开始允许员工星期五可以不统一着装上班。现在越来越多的公司许可领员工穿便装上班了，这对调节他们的心情，调动其工作热情有一定的作用。
        　　1. C。语义理解题。大卫自嘲以前是服装爱好者，衣服一起皱，他就得换上备穿的服装。
        　　2. A。语义理解题。从第 1 段最后一句话 “I’m working harder than ever,” David says, “and I need to feel comfortable.” 可找到答案。
        　　3. D。细节判断题。根据最后一段中的 Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative impact on productivity 可知还有一些雇主不赞同穿便装上班。
        　　4. C。细节判断题。从第 2 段最后 1 句 “What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing.” 可以做出正确判断。
        　　5. B。推断题。通读最后一段可知选项A(为雇员省钱)、B(提高雇员的工作热情)、D(使雇主高兴)在原文中均被提到，只有A未被提到。