2022届高三英语二轮复习阅读理解限时强化练习25（含答案版）

新高考高中阅读强化限时训练25
阅读理解+七选五 （含参考答案）
限时：35分钟 满分：50分
阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
A
The time may soon come when we say goodbye to most of the world’s languages. Today humans express themselves in over 6,000 different languages. But that is quickly changing. Many scientists say that over half of these languages will disappear within the next 50 years. After 100 years, the languages used in the world will not be more than 20.
Why It is because people from different cultures live and work together much more often than before. This brings changes. The languages of the world’s main culture are replacing the languages of the smaller cultures. Most international trade takes place in world languages such as English. People respect their own cultures and traditions, but when it comes to getting a job, knowing a world language is often necessary. It may mean the difference between success and failure.
Technology works on the change of languages in an even more amazing way. Modern media such as radio and television give young people in developing countries much knowledge about the world. But this knowledge doesn’t come in words from the mouths of their parents or the elders in their neighborhood. It usually comes in the language of a different culture.
People in different cultures think it good for them to share a popular language. They can quickly share ideas and work together. Knowing the same language means easier communication and is a basis for trust.
Is the death of a small local language such a terrible thing The answer is maybe. Many cultures may have words for many useful things we know nothing about. If their languages die, their valuable wisdom may be lost forever. The future of the world’s language depends on our actions now. Will we protect endangered languages or allow them to quietly disappear
Time will have the last word.
( ) 1. Scientists say that within 50 years, perhaps, there will be only _______ languages in the world.
A. 4,000 B. over 3,000 C. around 3,000 D. no more than 20
( ) 2. In “the languages of the world’s main culture s are replacing the languages of the smaller cultures.” the verb “replace” means “_______”.
A. to put something back into a correct place
B. to use a second thing in place of the first thing
C. to find good place for something
D. to decide how important something is
( ) 3. The passage says that if all the people in the world knew a major world language, _______.
A. radio and television would all use the language
B. it would be easier for them to share their ideas
C. lesson s at schools would be taught in the language
D. people would respect their own culture more
参考答案：CBB
B
Have you wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colours Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Birds, especially seagulls are very fond of locusts (飞蝗), but birds can’t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colour of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of colouring is to protect them. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible to the eyes of hunters, because they have the colour much like the barks of trees.
An even more strange act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid is over, its enemies cannot find it, and it quickly swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all.
( ) 4. Locusts are pests but they aren’t easily wiped out by their enemies because _______.
A. they are powerful enough B. they are dangerous to their enemies
C. they take on the same colours as crops D. they fly very fast
( ) 5. The pests that have different colours from plants usually appear at night because _______.
A. their enemies can easily find them and eat them
B. they have the habit of coming out in darkness
C. it’s easy for them to destroy plants in darkness
D. birds take their rests when night comes
( ) 6. What does the underlined word “invisible” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Can’t be seen. B. Can be seen. C. Can’t move. D. Can’t change.
( ) 7. A certain fish living in seas has lived through millions of years because_______.
A. it is the most powerful in the sea
B. no other fishes can swim as fast as it can
C. it can send out a kind of liquid which makes its enemies unable to find it
D. the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies
参考答案：CAAC
C
Captain James Cook was a great explorer. Before he started exploring, maps of the Pacific Ocean were almost empty. He visited hundreds of islands across the Pacific Ocean and put them in the correct places on the map. He made maps of the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. James Cook was born in England in 1728. His parents were poor farm workers. When James was 18, he found a job on a coastal ship. He worked on the ship until he was 27 years old, and then he joined the navy. He fought in Canada in a war against France, and he mapped some of the eastern coasts of Canada. In 1768 King George made him Captain of a ship and sent him to the Pacific. He was gone for nearly three years. When he returned, he was regarded as a national hero.
He started his third voyage in 1776. On this trip he visited Hawaii. He was the first European to set foot on this beautiful island. Then he mapped the western coast of North America. After that he returned to Hawaii. Unfortunately there was some trouble between the Hawaiians and the white men and they started fighting. In the end Captain was killed in a clash with the local.
( ) 8. In which order did James Cook do the following things
a. Fought against France.
b. Made maps of some of the eastern coast of Canada.
c. Mapped the coast lines of Australia and New Zealand. d. Mapped the coast of North America.
e. Was made Captain of a ship.
f. Work on a coastal ship.
A. f a b e d c B. f a b d e c C. f a b e c d D. a b e c f d
( ) 9. He started exploring when _______.
A. he worked on a coastal ship B. he was 18 years old
C. he was sent to the Pacific D. he served in the navy
( ) 10. Which of the following is NOT true
A. He made the first maps of the Pacific Ocean.
B. He went on three long important voyages in his life.
C. He was the first English man to reach Hawaii.
D. He was respected by his people.
( ) 11. He was considered a national hero because of _______.
A. his experience in Canada
B. his being the first European to visit Hawaii
C. his heroic death
D. his devotion to exploration on the Pacific Ocean
参考答案：CDAD
D
When you search Google or use Amazon, you might assume the results you see are the same as those viewed by your friends, family and other Internet users. But you’d be wrong. Websites and social networks track your location and search history and make assumptions about your age, race, sex and political views. They then show ads they believe to be the most relevant, in order to maximize clicks, but personalize which results you see by eliminating what they think is irrelevant.
This is sold to the public as positive, making each web session relevant and interesting, yet it is leading researchers to fear this could widen divides between the North and South, rich and poor, and young and old. For example, in terms of wealth, if users are only ever shown particular products and job advertisements based on how much they earn or where they live, these users will never be given the opportunities to increase their wealth, or how much they spend on items.
Princeton University has created bots（自动程序）, each with their own fake profiles. These bots have different fake ages and sexes, earn different levels of money, are virtually(虚拟地) based in various locations around the world and have different interests. By using these bots to scan and research the web, the researchers hope to create a picture of not only what each of them sees, but also what sites they are missing out on.
According to lead researcher, Arvind Narayanan, “Our goal is a web privacy census（普查）which will be a comprehensive map of who are collecting what information, what they are inferring from it, and who they are sharing it with. It is an important step in our final goal of figuring out how users are treated based on that information.”
Personalization also has its benefits. Shopping sites such as Amazon and eBay can scan a user’s search and purchase history to offer suggestions. This can help find similar, cheaper items or items that are more suited to their needs at a glance. It’s also possible to disable personalized ads and results. Google’s search engine lets you switch off personalization, for example.
Researchers from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and Yahoo felt the issue was so potentially damaging, and they have also created a way to “burst the filter(过滤) bubble”. They believe that just because people have opposing views on certain topics it doesn’t mean they won’t share interests with others.
( ) 12. The underlined word “eliminating” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_______”.
A. decorating B. removing C. personalizing D. protecting
( ) 13. Princeton University created bots to ______.
A. explain why different websites are personalized
B. offer users some advice on how to protect privacy
C. assess how personalization is affecting Internet users
D. stress the advantages and disadvantages of personalization of websites
( ) 14. Which of the following websites have done something to cut off personalization
A. Google and Yahoo B. eBay and Google
C. Amazon and eBay D. Amazon and Yahoo
( ) 15. What is this passage mainly about
A. Different websites are doing something to offer quality service.
B. Personalized ads and search results could be creating different web pages.
C. Personalization of different sites will lead to users’ privacy being violated.
D. Personalization of shopping sites makes online shopping more convenient.
参考答案：BCAB
第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
What makes one person more intelligent than another What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live 16
We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 17 Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. 18 If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.
19 According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “20 ”
A. A healthy body contributes to one's intelligence.
B. Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children.
C. What people want to express is like this.
D. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.
E. It needs exercise.
F. You are such a smart child.
G. These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.
参考答案：GEDBF