高一英语上学期阅读理解20篇（一）一As a student, you must be excited to know something about American school students. In fact, just like in China, in the United States, high school is usually divided into two periods, the first two or three years are called “junior high school” and the other is “senior high school”.In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free education until they are 18 years old. As a result of the free education system (制度), American children have little difficulty in going to senior high school.American high school students can take part in a lot of activities outside of the classroom. The activities are organized by the school, such as joining a music group or a sports team. Certainly, just like us students in China, American students have to work hard in order to get good marks if they want to go to a good university. They take classes in all kinds of subjects all through the high school period. And those who come out with low marks at the end of a school year and who should repeat a grade are often allowed to go on to the next grade.In American high schools, there is fighting or hurting or other kinds of bad behaviors. So children who want to go to university are often sent to suburban (郊区的) high schools, where most students want to go to university and the atmosphere (氛围) is quite different.1. Activities outside of the classroom refer to __________.A. what the students do after class in schoolB. what the students learn in extra classesC. what a music group or a sports team doD. what the teachers do after class for the students2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The time of free education in China is longer than that in America.B. Those who get good marks can go to a good university.C. American students can take all kinds of subjects during the high school period.D. They can be allowed to join the next grade even if they fail the school-year exam.3. The writer of the passage tells us the truth that ________.A. the atmosphere in high schools is quite different from that in a universityB. none of the schools in cities are good for learningC. suburban high schools are good places for learningD. all the American students want to go to university二Americans can travel almost anywhere they choose. But to protect its people, the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go. These places are unfriendly countries or countries at war. There, the traveller might not be safe. These countries are listed in a small book called a passport. This passport is a government request(要求) for the safety of its travelling people. It is also a government' s pledge (保证) that the people will obey the rules of the host country. To receive a passport from the government, a traveller must prove(证明) that he is an American citizen. An American can not go abroad without a passport. Only some close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports. Inside the passport is the traveller's picture. Children travelling with their parents are included(包含) in one parent's book. Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year. An American traveller might carry plane tickets, money, clothing and many other things, but the most important that he carries inanother country is his passport.1. A passport is not needed when an American goes to .A. foreign countriesB. dangerous areasC. Canada or MexicoD. foreign countries2. From the passage we can see thatA. children can' t travel to foreign countriesB. Americans like travellingC. a traveller is not safe in most countriesD. Americans like to travel to close countries3. Which statement does the passage lead you to believe?A. People should take care of their passports.B. It is not important to have a passport to travel.C. Children are never included in a passport.D. When you are in another country, money is more important than a passport.4. Which of the following statements is true?A.When Americans are travelling in another country, they must obey the rules of the country.B. The American government sometimes allow its people to travel to dangerous places.C. A passport is needed wherever an American is travelling.D. A passport only helps the traveller to know where he will go.三It takes many years for you to grow up. There are two periods in your life when you grow rapidly. The first period begins right after you are born and lasts until you are about six months old. The second period starts when you reach the age of 13. First, girls grow faster than boys, then boys catch up and grow faster and stronger.Your head stops growing earlier than the rest of you. By the time you are ten, your head is nearly full size. The bones of your arms and legs are short when you are a baby. When you reach the age of nine, your bones starts to grow rapidly, and will keep growing until you reach your full height (高度).Besides growing taller, your body changes in other ways. When a boy is about 13 years old, his voice begins to get deeper and he may begin to grow a beard (胡子). At about the age of 13, a girl’s body begins to function (运行) like a woman’s. Some important changes are taking place, changes that makes it possible for boys and girls, when they are older, to become fathers and mothers.1. The first period in your life when you grow very rapidly ____________________.A. lasts about thirteen yearsB. lasts about six monthsC. doesn’t begin until you are about six months oldD. begins when you are six months old2. Your head nearly stop growing __________________.A. when you are bornB. when you are ten years oldC. when you are thirteen years oldD. when you are six months old3. About the age of 13, a child ________________.A. stops growingB. reaching his full heightC. begins to grow a beardD. begins to change in other ways4. The meaning of the last sentence is that __________________.A. boys and girls are not sure to become fathers and mothers when they are oldB. it is necessary for boys and girls to become fathers and mothers when they grow upC. boys and girls must have some important changes before they grow upD. it is important that boys and girls should become fathers and mothers when they are older五Dear Michelle,My mother is not a good example for me and my sister. She smokes, stays out late, and she curses(咒骂). I love her but I am ashamed of her. I do not want to bring my friends home because she does not act like any of the other mothers. She says I am a loser because I sit at home and study. I wish I could live in another family that was normal, but it will be 5 years before I am 18. What am I supposed to do until then?Prisoner of a Crazy HouseDear 7th Grader,I am glad that you love your mother because the rest of your feelings about her may change as you get older and mature.While it is true that your mother’s smoking, partying and cursing bring you shame, the fact that you want to stay separate from her doings is notable and very smart. It shows that you are a winner, not a loser. I am guessing, therefore, that you do not bring shame to yourself, and that is a good thing. So, keep it that way and keep away from your mother’s habits.At the same time, try to get the best grades and join clubs and school activities. Offer social service on weekends and visit your friends at their homes.Fortunately, you are not alone. Many teens live in homes with immature, misguided, selfish parents. But they develop good friendships with nice kids, do well in school, and often find a teacher or guidance advisor who makes all the difference!Do it, Miss Winning 13 years old, and keep looking forward to your own future. Maybe by then your mother may even see the light and realize how good you really are.Michelle1. Michelle doesn’t address her letter receiver as “Prisoner of a Crazy House” possibly because she_________________.A. tries to be politeB. doesn’t wri te to the kid aloneC. knows that’s a girl in Grade 7D. wants to cheer the kid up2. According to the passage, Michelle advises the girl to ______________.A. try talking to her mother for her futureB. stick to her attitude towards her mother’s some habitsC. understand her mother’s habits and get used to themD. try to keep away from her mother3. What does Michelle mainly express by writing the last four paragraphs?A. Don’t worry too much about the problem.B. Many parents act terribly.C. Parents’ manners make little difference.D. The girl is not speaking for herself.4 What does Miss Winning 13 years old refer to in the last paragraph but one?A. the girl who turns to Michelle for helpB. MichelleC. the girl’s motherD. a famous person whom we all admire四Just as the sun is starting to shine and the days are getting longer, the examination period begins! I’d like to wish all students the very best luck in your exams and with your dissertations（专题论文）.For those of you who will be leaving us this summer, I hope that you will take with you fond memories of Birmingham and that you keep in touch.If you are staying in Birmingham over the summer, do try to come along to our summer garden party on 18 June. Spouses and children are very welcome to join us too.Summer Garden PartyWednesday 18, June 2003From 2 p.m. －5 p. m.Celebrate the end of exams and the end of term with a summer garden party in the beautiful grounds of Westmere on Edgbaston Park Road.Ali international students, their spouses and children are welcome to join us. We’ll have lots of party games as well as food and drink. What better way to mark the end of the academic year?If you would like to come along, please contact Mal Graham, international Student Assistant: Tel: 0121 414 2894 E-mail: M.M.Graham@.We look forward to seeing many of you there. Have a great summer.1. The above invitation is from _________A. a middle school in BirminghamB. a college in BirminghamC. the government of BirminghamD. an organizer of a summer camp2. What is the invitation mainly aimed at?A. Inviting all the students to attend a part in a beautiful park.B. In forming all international students of the end of the summer term.C. Saying goodbye to those who are about to leave the university.D. inviting all international students to attend a summer party.3. The underlined word “spouse” refer to _________.A. the oldB. the adultC. a relative of friendD. a husband or wife4.What can we learn from the text? _________A. The party will last for 4 hours.B. Some students will graduate this summer.C. The party will be held during the examination period.D. All the students there are married七Go to church, then have a big lunch, then go out to play while mum does the housework. That was a typical (典型的) British Sunday in the 1960s. But things now could not be more different. Some British sociologists recently studied the typical British Sunday. They found that people get up later and do less housework than they did 40 years ago. They are far more likely to be out shopping or enjoying themselves than cooking Sunday lunch.Sunday mornings were busy 40 years ago. Most women caught up on their weekly housework and cooked a nice lunch. They seldom allowed themselves any “leisure” until afternoon, after the dishes were cleaned. Then there would be another rush to the table between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm for tea.But now, Britons can have brunch (早午餐) at the restaurant. Fewer people bother to cook themselves.“You only have two free days a week. You don’t want to have to waste one because there is nothing to do but watch boring TV,” said Elizabeth Biggs, 25, a producer in London.“On Saturday you are recovering from the week,” Biggs added. “Sundays are the last chance for the weekend — you want to get as much as you can out of the day before you have to go back to work.”In the past, British women usually did their shopping during the week, while the husband was at work. “Now men seem to do that as much as women,” said Jonathan Gershuny, a professor who took part in the study.Men also do more housework now on Sundays. Back in the 1960s, men were far more likely to spend Sundays out of the house — at the pub or playing football — before lunch.1. Many Britons have brunch at the restaurant because _______.A. They have no time to cook at home.B. They get up too late.C. They won’t bother to cook themselves.D. They will go to church.2. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Britons used to go to church on Sundays.B. Britons usually had a big lunch at home.C. British women usually did their shopping during the week in the past.D. British men did little housework at home in the past.3. The text mainly tells us ________.A. what Britons did on SundaysB. why Britons go shopping on SundaysC. how Britons spend their holidaysD. the changes of the ways the Britons spend their Sundays4. What can we infer from the passage?A. Men do more housework on Sundays.B. Sundays in Britain might be very boring in the past.C. No people go to church on Sundays now.D. Britons all go out on Sundays.六Young people in most countries like to dance. Different peoples have different kinds of dances.Pretend (假装)that you are in Africa. You are visiting the Kikuyu tribe.Hear the drums beat! Listen to the flutes! Almost 2,000 Kikuyus are meeting for the most important dance of the year.First, the Kikuyus choose a large, flat place for their dance. For hundreds of years, they have danced on an autumn night when the moon is full. The moon and the flame from small fires light the dancers.Older people watch from the side while young men and women gather at the dancing place. The girls wear leather skirts and tops. The men wear fancy headdresses and carry spears. The dancers' skin and clothes are colored by light red chalk. The chalk and the firelight make the dancers look like statues.The dancers act out stories of good and bad deeds. The dances tell stories of lion hunts and other adventures. In one dance, the girls stand on the boys' feet. The girls are pretending to be afraid of snakes.All night the drums beat and the fires burn. But the dancers never seem to get tired.1. The place where the Kikuyu tribe dances is _______.A. flatB. SmallC. hillyD. square2. On the whole, this story is about ______.A. the beat of drumsB. an African danceC. African storytellingD. the Kikuyus3. What do the Kikuyu dances tell?A. The dances tell the story of drum beat.B. The dances tell about adventures.C. The dances tell funny jokes.D. The dances tell stories in the past.4. Which of these sentences do you think is right?A. The Kikuyus do not often get together.B. Dancing is important to the Kikuyus.C. The most important event is singing.D. After the dancing, all the dancers got tired.九Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words and we are often able to know where most words come from.Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round piece of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.1 Hamburg is ____________A. a kind of foodB. a round piece of beefC. the name of a villageD. a city in Germany2. According to the passage, ___________.A. few Americans like hamburgersB. hamburgers are made with beefC. hamburgers are made with hamD. hamburgers were first sold about a century ago3 According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?A. Where all the new words come from.B. Where those Germans came from.C. The reason why a word has a certain meaning.D. The reason why English is spoken around the world.4 From the story, we can know that the word “hamburger” comes from ___________.A.China because it has a long historyB. English because Germans don’t speak good EnglishC. The round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg were eatingD. English speakers because they always create new words八Every day we go to school and listen to the teacher, and the teacher will ask us some questions. Sometimes, the classmates will ask for your opinions of the work of the class. When you are telling others in the class what you have found out about these topics, remember that they must be able to hear what you are saying. You are not taking part in a family conversation or having a chat with friends—you are in a slightly unnatural situation where a large group of people will remain silent, waiting to hear what you have to say. You must speak so that they can hear you—loudly enough and clearly enough but without trying to shout or appearing to force yourself. Remember, too, that it is the same if you are called to an interview whether it is with a professorof your school or a government official who might meet you. The person you are seeing will try to put you at your ease (not worried) but the situation is somewhat different from that of an ordinary conversation. You must take special care that you can be heard.1. When you speak to the class, you should speak ________.A. as slowly as possibleB. in a low voiceC. loudlyD. forcefully2. Usually, when you speak to the class, the class is ________.A. noisyB. quietC. having a restD. serious3. The situation in the class is _________that in your house.A. not very different fromB. sometimes the same asC. sometimes not the same asD. not the same as4. If you are having a conversation with an official, the most important thing for you is____.A. to show your abilityB. to be very gentleC. to make sure that you can be heardD. to put the official at ease5. The main idea of this passage is _______.A. that we should talk in different ways in different situationsB. that we must speak loudlyC. that we must keep silent at any timeD. that we must talk with the class十一U.S.— A South African man could face up to 25 years in prison for joking that he was carrying a bomb on an airline, police said Friday.The 40-year-old man was arrested at Johannesburg airport on Thursday after he told an airhostess on nationwide airliner after take-off from Durban that he had a bomb in his bag.“We don’t take this sort of thing lightly. He could face a jail term of between five andtwenty-five years without the option (选择) of a fine.”Security precautions (安全措施) were taken against the man —a resident from the wealthy (富有) Johannesburg suburb of Sandown —on the flight.Airline people didn’t find any explosives or weapons in hi s bags.“Security measures at airport and on plane have been intensified（加强）immediately after the recent horrific and tragic terror（恐怖）attacks in America,”a police statement said. Thousands of people are believed to have died after the hijacked (劫机) airliners flew into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center in the worst terror attack in U.S. history.1 The man was arrested because he _______.A. went aboard the plane with a bomb in his bagB. security measures at airport and plane have been intensified.C. was joking at the airport.D. said on the plane that he was carrying a bomb in his bag.2. The man may _______.A. serve as many as 25 years in prisonB. get away after paying a large sum of money.C. get locked up in his wealthy home in Sandown.D. be ordered to give up his weapons to the police.3 Security measures have been strengthened at airports in the States to counterattack (反击)______. A. air crashes B. smuggling C. terror attacks D. shoplifting4. This news article is mainly about ________.A. a terror attack in AmericaB. a high cost for a jokeC. the bad luck of a rich manD. the security measures at an airport in America.十For many years Henry had been a journalist. He had worked on many international newspapers and magazines and traveled all over the world.Henry had witnessed wars and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and erupting volcanoes (火山爆发) .He had reported on serious accidents such as big fires and airline crashes.He had seen every kind of terrible crime and strange event there was.He had met and written about some of the most unusual people in the world.In fact, there wasn’t much that Henry had not seen or done.Now he retired from journalism(新闻业). He owned a very expensive restaurant and spent his days talking to his wealthy and important customers. He liked to say that nothing surprised him. One day he was sitting at the bar in his restaurant when a big gorilla walked in and asked for a table.Henry showed no surprise. He took the gorilla to a table and handed him a menu. He treated him politely and pretended there was nothing at all strange about having a gorilla in his restaurant. The gorilla looked through the menu and ordered a salad.Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too frightened.At last the gorilla finished his salad and asked for the bill.Henry wrote out the bill and handed it to the big animal.The gorilla studied it, shook his head sadly, then gave Henry fifty dollars.“Thank you”, Henry said, and then to make conversation he added, “We don’t get many gorillas in this restaurant.”“At fifty dollars for a salad,” the gorilla said, “I’m not surprised.”1．What does the under lined word “witness” mean?A. when something happens one sees or notices it on the spotB. to be part ofC. to tell what happensD. to feel unhappy with 2．According to the story, Henry had .A. had the most exciting experiencesB. told the longest storiesC. made historyD. caused accidents3．One day when a gorilla came into the restaurant, Henry was .A. very surprised by the gorillaB. not troubled by the gorillaC. very interested in the gorillaD. scared of the gorilla4．The gorilla was____A. angry with the saladB. still hungry after his saladC. not surprised by the cost of the foodD. surprised by the prices十二How to protect child web fans from unsuitable materials (不合适材料) on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in the US. For some time, the Internet seems like a forest, filled with dangers for children. But forests have wonders as well as dangers, and with good guides, some education and a few precautions(预防措施) ,the wilds of the Internet can besafely navigated(航行). "Children have to be on-line. If we tell our children they can' t have chances to the Internet, we' re cutting them off from their future," said an expert.Most children have started to use search engines. Many of them are great for finding lots of interesting Internet sites and they can also go to places where you might not want them to go. There are such engines made just for children. A certain software (软件) contains only sites that have been selected as safe. The most popular way to limit chances would be to use what is known as a "content screener(过滤器)”. But this can't be wholly safe, and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing the Internet.A few other tips:1) Don' t put the PC in a child's room, but keep it in a place where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.2) Ask your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially like address and phone number.3) Tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.1. What is the main subject about the passage?A. Fighting against children on-line.B. Internet in America.C. American children going on-line.D. Children's web sites.2. According to the passage, we can infer thatA. the writer doesn't encourage children to surf the InternetB. the Internet has a lot of harmful sitesC. the Internet is a forest full of dangersD. a child who is on-line is in danger3. What does the passage tell us most?A. EducationB. Good guidesC. PrecautionsD. Software十四Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors , cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic(天主教的) school.After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead，he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time，day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.Finally，little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise，little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity .She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns(修女)? ”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it? ”Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that mannailed to the plus sign(加号),I knew they weren’t joking. ”1. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son____.A. was still the same as usualB. ate so much at dinnerC. kissed her hello after schoolD. worked hard but said little2. The underlined phrase “hitting the books” means “____”in Chinese.A. 用功B. 捶书C. 发泄D. 振作3. The last sentence in the passage shows that____.A. Tommy felt sorry for the manB. Tommy was afraid of being nailedC. Tommy didn’t like the plus signD. Tommy liked playing jokes on others4. From the passage, we can infer that____.A. teachers should be strict with their studentsB. mistakes might do good sometimesC. a catholic school is much better than other onesD. nuns are good at helping children with their math十三Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle（航天飞机）Challenger, in June, 1993. The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable. Students from two high schools in Camden, New Jersey, however, are likely to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight.Norma didn’t travel along. She brought about 100 companions（伙伴）along with her. Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subjects, made up the first ant colony（群体）to travel into space. The ants were part of a science experiment designed by the students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects.The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly through-out the long space trip. The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened. The problem did not occur in space, but on the ground after Challenger had landed. The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was removed. The hot dry desert air dried out the colony’s container（容器）and the ants died from lack of moisture（水分）.The project was termed a success because it did provide useful information. Students will continue their efforts to find out exactly what went wrong. They will try to prevent the same difficulties from recurring on future missions. They don’t want to be discouraged either by the death of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space.1. The story is mainly about ___________.A. Sally Ride’s first rideB. space equipment for insectsC. a space experiment with antsD. going to school in New Jersey2. The project wasn’t a failure because ___________.A. some important things were learnedB. dead ants are betterC. everything went as expectedD. students wrote about it3. The ants died because _________.A. weightlessness harmed themB. space caused too much painC. no one fed them in spaceD. they dried out in the desert4 On the next space trip, ants _________.A. will be sent without peopleB. should not be left in the desert too long。
