高考英语阅读七选五题型专项练习10篇附答案

高考英语阅读七选五专项训练（10题）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑选项中有两项为多余选项专项练习一For overone hundredand fiftyyears,Americans of all socialclasses haveworn bluejeans.1Whether they are wornfor workor forfashion today.Strauss*invention continuesto bepopular notonlyamong Americansbut alsoamong peoplearound theworld.Levi Strausswas bornin Germanyin

1829.2He grewup inKentucky beforemoving toNewYork in

1847.Before becomingan Americancitizen andmoving to the Westin1853,Straussworked inhis brothersdry goodsbusiness.This gavehim achance to produce hisfamous invention.After thegold rushof1849,Strauss decidedto moveto theWest toseek hisfortunes.Strauss did not want to be a personwho searchedan areafor minerals.Instead,he knewhe couldmake a goodliving byselling suppliesto theminers.At first,he plannedto sellsewing supplies and cloth.3When heheard minerscomplaining that their clotheswere easilybroken orthey usuallytore theirpocketsduring mining,he decidedto usea specialfabric to make pantsfor theminers.These pantsprovedso popularthat hequickly ranout of materials tomake more.In1873,Strauss receiveda letterfrom aJewish tailornamed JacobDavis whohad inventeda（钾钉）.process ofconnecting pocketswith copperrivets Thismade thepants lasta longtime.BecauseDavis didnot havethe moneyto patenthis idea,he offeredto shareit withStrauss ifStrauss wouldagreeto pay for thepatent.

4.By thetime Straussdied in1902,he hadmade agreat contribution to Americanfashion.5The businesshas beengrowing eversince and Levi Strausscompany isnow one of thelargestclothing companiesin theworld.A.As ayoung boy,he movedwith hisfamily to the United States.B.Nobody knewwhat kind ofmaterialwas suitable.C.He didandLevijeans havebeen madewith metalrivets eversince.D.However,he didnot getmuch businessfor thoseproducts.E.He alsomade agreat contributionto Americasclothing industry.F.Since theywere inventedby LeviStrauss,they havebecome asymbol ofAmerican consumerculture.G.As thebusiness grew,Strauss gotmuch moneyfrom it.专项练习二Recently someAmerican scientistshave given a usefulpiece ofadvice topeople inindustrializednations.They saypeople shouldeat moreof thesame kindof foodeaten byhumans livingmore than10,000years ago.]The scientistssay that the humanlife haschanged greatly.Our bodieshave not been abletodeal withthese changesin lifestyleand thishad ledto newkinds ofsicknesses.2So theyare calleddiseasesof civilization

11.Many cancersand diseasesof theblood systemare examplesof suchdiseases.Scientists notedthat peoplein boththe OldStone Ageand theNew Stone Age enjoyedvery littlealcoholor tobacco,probably none.3However,a changein foodis oneof themain differencesbetweenlife in ancient timesand thatof today.Stone Agepeople huntedwild animalsfor theirmeat,which hadmuch lessfat thandomesticones.They atea lot of freshwild vegetablesand fruits.They didnot havemilk orany otherdairyproducts,and theymade verylittle use of grains.4We eatsix timesmore saltthan ourancestors.We eatmore sugar.We eattwice as much fatbut onlyone thirdas muchprotein andmuch lessvitaminC.5But scientistssay thatwe wouldbe muchhealthier ifwe eatmuch thesame waythe ancientpeopledid,cutting theamount offatty,salty andsweet food.A.StoneAgepeople liveda simplelife.B・But today,we enjoyeating alotof these.C.In thatcase,they wouldlive muchhealthier.D.Ancient peoplealso gotlots ofphysical exercise.E.These newsicknesses were not knownin ancienttimes.F.People todayprobably dontwant tolive likeour ancestors.G.Modern peopleused tosuffer fromndiseases ofcivilization.专项练习三For therest ofMarch,a diseasewill sweepacross theUS.It willkeep kidshome from school.1Employees willsuddenly losetheir abilityto concentrate.The disease,known asMarch Madness”,refers to the yearly65-team USmens collegebasketball（锦标赛）.tournament2Teams competeagainst eachother ina single-elimination（单局淘汰）tournament thateventually crownsa nationalchampion.Nearly20million Americanswill find themselves prisonersof basketballfestival madness.The funcomespartly fromguessing the winners forevery game.Friends competeagainst friends.3Colleaguesagainst bosses.Big-name schoolsare usuallyfavored to advance intothe tournament.But eachyear there are darkhorsesfrom little-known universities.This addstothemadness.Watching a team froma schoolwith3,000students beatateamfrom aschoolwith30,000,for manyAmericans,is anexciting experience.Two yearsago,the little-knownGeorge MasonUniversity wasoneof the finalfour teams.4College basketballplayers are not paid,so thegame ismore aboutmaking aname for their（赌）university and themselves.5About$4billion willbe spentgambling on the event.According toMedia Lifemagazine,the eventwill bringin$500million inadvertising incomethis year,topping thepost-season incomeof everyUS professionalleague,including thatof theNBA.A.Husbands againstwives.B.The playerswill goall outforthegames.C.But thatdoesnt meanmoney isntinvolved.D.College studentswill ignorepiles ofhomework.E.People arewilling tospend moremoney onwatching it.F.It beginson March15and laststhrough thebeginning ofApril.G.Many peoplehad nevereven heardof theuniversity beforethe tournament.专项练习四Everyone knowsthat theFrenchmen areromantic,the Italiansare fashionableand theGermans areserious.Are thesejust stereotypesor is there reallysuch athing asnational characterAnd if there is,canit affecthow anation succeedor fail（企At leastone groupof peopleis certainthat itcan.A recentsurvey ofthe top500entrepreneurs业家）in the UK found that70%felt that their effortswerenotappreciated bythe Britishpublic.Britain（敌意的）（嫉妒）.is hostileto success,they said.It has a cultureof jealousy1Jealousy issometimesknown asthe“green-eyed monster”and theUK isits home.Scientists atWarwich Universityin theUK recentlytested thisidea.They gathereda groupof peopletogetherand gaveeach animaginary amountof money2Those givena littlewere giventhe chancetodestroy thelarge amountof moneygiven toothers-but atthe costof losingtheir own.Two thirdsof thepeopletested agreedto dothis.H.But thereis alsoopposite evidence.The Organizationfor EconomicCooperation andDevelopmentrecently reportedthat theUK isnow theworlds fourthlargest economy.That is not badforpeople whoare supposedto hatesuccess.People in theUKalso worklonger hoursthan anyoneelse inEurope.So the British peoplearenotlazy,either.“It isnot reallysuccess thattheBritishdislike,“says CareyCooper,a professorof managementat theUniversityof ManchesterInstitute ofScience andTechnology.Its peopleusing theirsuccess ina waythatseems proudor unfairor whichseparates themfrom theirroots.”I.They setout to do thingsin theirway.They worklong hours.By theirown effortsthey becomemillionaires,

5.It hardlyseems worthfollowing theirexample.If theywere morefriendly,people wouldlike them more.And morepeople want to belikethem.A.This seemsto provethattheentrepreneurs wereright tocomplain.B.The onewho ownsmost moneyin theend isthewinner.C.As aresult,the surveysaid,entrepreneurs were“unloved,unwanted andmisunderstood.”D.It isnottrue thatBritish peopleare bornjealous ofothers success.E.Some weregivenalittle,others agreat deal.F.But insteadof beinghappy theycomplain thatnobody lovesthem.G.Perhaps itistheentrepreneurs whoare theproblem.专项练习五1When astarving mangets ameal,he beginsto thinkabout anovercoat;when anexecutive getsa newsportscar,visions ofcountry clubsand pleasurebeats danceinto view.The manywants ofmankind mightbe regardedas makingup several levels.

2.The firstand mostbasic level of wantsinvolves food.Once thiswant issatisfied,a secondlevel of wantsappears:clothing andsome sortof shelter.By theend ofWorld WarII thesewants weresatisfied for agreat majorityof Americans.3It includedsuch itemsas automobilesand newhouses.By1957or1958this third level ofwants wasfairly wellsatisfied.Then,in thelate1950safourthlevel ofwants appeared:the life-enriching^level.While theother levelsinvolve physicalsatisfaction—the feeding,comfort,safety,and transportationofthehuman body-this levelstresses mentalneedsfor recognition,achievement andhappiness.It includesa varietyof goodsand services,many ofwhichcould becalled“luxury”items.Among themare vacationtrips,the bestmedical care,andentertainment.4One thislevel,a greaterpercentage ofconsumer spendinggoes toservices,while on the firstthreelevels moreis spenton goods.Will consumersraise theirsights toa fifth level ofwants astheir incomeincreases,or willthey continueto demandluxuries andpersonal serviceson thefourth levelAfifthlevelprobably wouldinvolve wantsthat canbe achievedbest bycommunity action.Consumers maybe spendingmore ontaxes topayforgovernment actionagainst disease,ignorance,crime andprejudice.5In thisway,we canenjoy morefully thegood thingson thefirst fourlevels.A.Then athirdlevelappeared.B.Human wantsseem endless.C.When thereis moneyenough tosatisfy onelevelofwants,another levelappears.D.There areseverallevelsofwantsin oneslife.E.At thisstage,we nowmay seekto ensurethe health,safety,and leisure.F・Also includedherearefancy foodsand thelatest stylesin clothing.G.Different peoplehave differentwants oneach level.专项练习六We areall calledupon tomake a speech atsome pointin life,but mostof usdont doa verygood job.1So,you have to give aspeech-and you are terrified.You getnervous,you forgetwhat you wantto say,（结结巴巴）you stumbleover words,you talktoo long,and youbore your audience.Later youthink,“Thank Goodness,its over.Im justnot goodat publicspeaking.I hopeI neverhave todo thatagain.”Cheep up!2Here aresome simple steps to take thepain outof speechmaking.Ask yourselfthepurpose of your speech.What isthe occasionWhy areyou speakingThen,gather asmanyfacts as you canon yoursubject.Spend plentyof your time doingyour research.Then spendplentyof your time organizingyour materialso that your speechis clearand easy to follow.Use asmanyexamples aspossible,and usepictures,charts,and graphsif theyhelp youmake your points moreclearly.3,Dont talkover theirheads,and donttalk downto them.Treat youraudiencewith respect.They willappreciate yourthoughtfulness.Just remember:Be prepared.Know yoursubject,your audience,and theoccasion.Be brief.

4.Andbe yourself.Let yourpersonality come through sothatyoumake person-to-person contactwith youraudience.If youfollow thesesimplesteps,you willsee thatyou donthave to be afraidof publicspeaking.Infact,you mayfind theexperience soenjoyable thatyou volunteertomakemore speeches!Youre notconvincedyet

5.A.It doesnthaveto be thatbad.B.Take severaldeep breathsbefore yourspeech.C.This articlegives someadvice onhow togivea good speech.D.Say what you havetosayand thenstop.E.Dont saywhat youarent familiarwith.F.Never forgetyouraudience.G.Give ita tryand seewhat happens.专项练习七There isan Englishsaying:L Untilrecently,few peopletook thesaying seriously.Now,however,doctors havebegun tolook intolaughter andthe effectsit hason thehuman body.

2.Tests werecarried outto studythe effectsof laughteron thebody.People watchedfunny filmswhiledoctors checkedtheir hearts,blood pressure,breathing andmuscles.It wasfound that laughter hassimilar.一effects tophysical exercise.3If laughterexercises thebody,it mustbe beneficial.Other testshave shownthatlaughterappears tobe ableto reducethe effectof painonthebody.Inone experimentdoctors producedpain ingroups ofstudents wholistened todifferent radioprograms.The（忍耐）group thattolerated thepain forthe longesttime wasthe groupwhich listenedtoafunny program.

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1.They havefound thateven iftheir patientsdo notreally feellike laughing,making themsmileis enoughtoproducebeneficial effectssimilar tothose causedby laughter.A.Laughter canprolong oneslife.B.As aresult ofthese discoveries,some doctorsintheUnitedStatesnow holdlaughter clinicsin whichtheyhelp toimprove theirpatients conditionby encouragingthem tolaugh.C.The reasonwhy laughtercan reducepain seemstobethat ithelps toproduce akindofchemicals inthebrain whichdiminish bothstress andpain.D.It increasesblood pressure,the heartbeating andbreathing;it alsoworks severalgroups ofmuscles intheface,the stomachand eventhe feet.E.Although laughterhelps curethe disease,doctors stillcan notput thistheory intoclinic practice.F.Laughter isthe bestmedicine.G.They havefoundthatlaughter reallycan improvepeoples health.专项练习八Why dosome peoplehave manyfriends whileothers donot_l_However itisnotso.Lets lookat9two psychologicalexperiments whichwill giveyou thekey tohappy interpersonalrelations.The firstexperiment iscalled theHawthorne effect”after Hawthorne,Illinois,where theexperimenttook place.A groupof psychologistsexamined thework patternsof twogroups ofworkers intheWestern ElectricCompany.

2.The psychologistschanged theworking conditionsfor onegroup twicebutleft theother groupalone.They weresurprised tofind thatproductivity increaseon bothoccasions andinboth groups.They concludedthattheincrease inproductivity camefrom theattention giventothe（积极性）workers bythe management.It hadincreased theirmotivation andso theyhad workedharder.In otherwords,if youtake aninterest inothers,they willwanttoplease youand youwill havegoodrelations withthem.3After MartinLuther King,Jr waskilled inthe1960s,a teacher,Jane Elliott,living inan all-whitetown decidedto helpher classof youngchildren understandwhy theCivil RightsMovement hadbeennecessary inAmerica.She dividedthe classinto twogroups:one withblue eyesandtheother withbrown eyes.Other eyecolourssuch ashazel orgreen wereexcluded fromhis exercise.Then shetold theclass thatbrown-eyed（化学作用）people werecleverer thanblue-eyed onesbecause ofan agentfor browncolour foundintheir blood.Blue-eyed peoplewere stupid,lazy andnot tobe trusted.Jane Elliottdidnotneed tosay anymore.The brown-eyed studentsquickly gotused totheir newrole asthe leadersoftheclass.The blue-eyed studentsbecame quietand withdrawn.Then shediscovered somethingvery interesting.Four poorbrown-eyed readersbegan toread fluentlyinaway theyhad neverdone before.

4.So if youwantto besuccessfuland happy,take aninterest inothers whethertheyareyour classmatesor workmates.（同情）Congratulate themon theirsuccesses andsympathize withthem intheir troubles.

5.A.Before theexperiment themanagement talkedto bothgroups ofworkers andexplained thattheywanted tofindthebest workingenvironment forthem.B.Remember thatthe wayyou treat others willdecide theirattitude andbehaviour toyou.（忽、略）C.The secondexperiment showswhat happensto personalrelations if youarerude toor ignoreothers.D.The oneswho havemore friendsusually arethose whocare aboutothers.E.Jane Elliotthad shownthattheway peopleare treatedaffects notonly theirbehaviour butalso theirconfidenceand theirperformance.F.You mayeven imaginethat thisability wassomething theywere bornwith becauseit seemssoeffortless tothem.G.The secondexperiment tellsus whatteachers saidhasagreat effectonthestudents.专项练习九The seven Cs ofa goodletterWhat isthe secret of writinga goodletter Hereare twomain ones.Dont trytobefancy.Dont trytoimpress yourreader.You willbe successfulif youfollow thesesevenCs.Clear.Use short,direct sentences.1Talk asifthereader wereright therewith you.Above all,dont useanintroduction.Correct,2Dont guess,even fbrspelling.Refer toyour dictionary.If youneed to,check areference booktoo.Use themasmuchas youneed to.Complete.Dont scatterourpoints.3This isgood organizationtoo.Courteous.Be friendlyrather thanoverly casual.Present yourinformation nicelyeven ifyou arecomplainingabout something.In allletters,treatothersasyouwant themto treatyou.Concise.Make eachpoint asclearly andbriefly asyou can.Conversational.This isreally thesecretofgood writing,4,Such aletter hasa natural,friendly tone.Letyour personalitycomethroughnaturally.Considerate,5Write aboutwhat youbelieve thereader needsor wants to knowTry tobe helpful.Thisowill buildgood feelingtoward you.The sevenCs areabout writingletters.But howabout schoolpapers Usethe sevenCs.Write asifyouaretalking toyour teacheror professor.Youll besurprised.Youll almostinstantly become a goodwriter.And youmight evenenjoy writingfrom nowon.A.Just“talk”tothepersonB.Think ofthe readers9point ofview asyou write.C.Make themeasytounderstandD.Include longsentences inyour letterE.Make surewhat yousay iscorrectF.Writing shouldnotbetaken tooseriouslyG.Finish onepoint completelybefore goingontothe next.专项练习十1You probablythink youwill neverbea top student.This isnot necessarilyso,however.Anyone can becomeabetter studentif he or shewantsto.Heres how:Plan your time carefully.When planningyour work,you shouldmake alist ofthings thatyou havetodo.After makingthis list,you shouldmakeaschedule ofyourtime.First yourtime foreating,sleeping,dressing,etc.Then decideagood,regular timefor studying.⑵A weeklyschedule maynot solveall yourproblems,but itwill forceyou realizewhat ishappening toyourtime.Find agood placeto study.Look aroundthe houseforagood studyarea.Keep thisspace,which maybea deskor simplya cornerofyourroom,free ofeverything butstudy materials.No games,radios,ortelevision.When yousit downto study,concentrate onthe subject.Make gooduse ofyourtimein class.⑶Listening carefullyin classmeans lesswork later.Takingnotes willhelp you remember what the teacher says.Study regularly.When youget homefromschool,go overyour notes,review theimportant pointsthatyour teacheris goingto discussthe nextday,read thatmaterial.4If youdo thesethings regularly,thematerial willbecome moremeaningful,and youllremember itlonger.Develop agood attitudetowards tests.The purposeofa test isto showwhatyou have learnedabouta subject.They help yourememberyour newknowledge.The worldwont endifyoudont passatest,sodont beover worried.⑸You willprobably discoverthem afteryouhavetried these.A.There areother methodsthat mighthelp youwith yourstudying.B.Dont forgetto setaside enoughtime fbrentertainment.C.Take advantageof class time tolisten toeverything theteacher says.D.No onecanbecomeatopstudent unlessheorshe workshard.E.Maybe youare anaverage student.F.Make fulluseofclasstimetotakenotes ofwhattheteachersaysin class.G.This willhelpyouunderstand thenext class.答案练习一参考答案七选五1一5FADCE练习三参考答案七选五1—5DFAGC练习五参考答案七选五1一5BCAFE练习七参考答案七选五1一5FGDCB练习九参考答案七选五1一5CEGAB练习二参考答案七选五1一5CEDBF练习四参考答案七选五1一5CEAGF练习六参考答案七选五1一5CAFDG练习八参考答案七选五1一5FACEB练习十参考答案七选五1一5EBCGA。