2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练（2）(VII).doc

2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练（2）(VII)Everybody hates it, but everybody does it. A recent report said that 40of Americans hate tipping. In America alone, tipping is a $16 billion-a-year industry. Consumers acting politely ought not to pay more than they have to for a given service. Tips should not exist. So why do they? The mon opinion in the past was that tips both rewarded the efforts of good service and reduced unfortable feelings of inequality. And also, tipping makes for closer relations. It went without saying that the better the service, the bigger the tip. But according to a new research from Cornell University, tips no longer serve any useful function. The paper analyzes numbers they got from 2,547 groups dining at 20 different restaurants. The connection between larger tips and better service was very weak. Only a tiny part of the size of the tip had anything to do with the quality of service. Tipping is better explained, by culture than by the money people spend. In America, the custom came into being a long time ago. It is regarded as part of the accepted cost of a service. In New York restaurants, failing to tip at least l5% could well mean dissatisfaction from the customers. Hairdressers can expect to get l5%-20%, and the man who delivers your fast food $2. In Europe, tipping is less mon. In many restaurants the amount of tip is decided by a standard service charge. In many Asian countries, tipping has never really caught on at all. Only a few have really taken to tipping. According to Michael Lynn, the Cornell papers author, countries in which people are more social or outgoing tend to tip more. Tipping may reduce anxiety about being served by strangers. And Mr. Lynn says, “In America, where people are expressive and eager to mix up with others, tipping is about social approval. If you tip badly, people think less of you. Tipping well is a chance to show off.【小题1】 This passage is mainly about _. Adifferent kinds of tipping in different countriesBthe relationship between tipping and customCthe origin and present meaning of tippingDmost American people hate tipping【小题2】Which of the following best explains the underlined phrase caught on? Abee popular.Bbeen hated.Cbeen stopped.Dbeen permitted【小题3】Among the following situations, in your opinion, who is likely to tip most? AA Frenchman just quarreled with the barber who did his hair badly in New York.BAn American just had a wonderful dinner in a well known restaurant in New York.CA Japanese businessman asked for a pizza delivery from a Pizza Hut in New York.DA Chinese student enjoyed his meal in a famous fast food restaurant in New York.【小题4】We can infer from this passage that _. Atipping is no longer a good way to satisfy some customers themselvesBtipping is especially popular in New YorkCtipping in America can make service better nowDtipping has something to do with peoples character xx高考英语阅读理解-历史类Baths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins of a water system for baths built over 3,000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some baths, as many 3,000 persons could bathe at the same time. Treating disease by taking bathing has been popular for centuries. Modern medical bathing first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700s has also bee popular in the United States. For many years frequent bathing was believed to be bad for ones health. Ordinary bathing just to keep clean was avoided , and perfume was often used to cover up body smells! By the 1700s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for people to be clean. Slowly, people began to bathe more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath on Saturday night became mon. In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to bee popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, many Americans were known as “The Great Unwashed!” In one American city , for example, a person was only allowed to take a bath every thirty days! That was a law! Frequency of bathing today is partly a matter of habit. People know that bathing for cleanliness is important to health, Doctors know that dirty bodies increase the chance of diseases. As a result, in the United States, people generally bathe often. Some people bathe once a day at least. They consider a daily bath essential to good health.【小题1】A water system for baths was built by _ over 3,000 years ago. Athe Romans Bthe GreeksCthe AmericansDthe Europeans【小题2】Dirty bodies can_. Aruin ones businessBcause diseaseCdrive customers awayDcause good health【小题3】 In the 18th century doctors believed that being clean was_. AunimportantBgood for healthCharmfulDimportant【小题4】The underlined word perfume probably means_. Aa sweet smelling substanceBgood healthCa strange smelling substanceDlarge wealth阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Like distance runners on measured course, all of us will move through time in a roughly predictable pattern. In the first stage of our lives, we develop and grow, reaching toward the top of physical vitality (energy). After we grow up, however, the body begins a process of gradually wearing out. A new awareness of physical fitness may help lengthen our years of health and vitality, yet nothing we do will work to stop the unavoidable force of aging. Most of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body. The lungs bee less able to take in oxygen. Powerful muscles gradually lose their strength. The heart loses power and pumps less blood. Bones grow easier to break. Finally, we meet a stress, a stress that is greater than our physical resistance. Often, it is only a minor accident or chance infection (a disease caused by virus), but this time, it brings life to an end. In 1932, a classic experiment nearly doubled the lifetime of rats, simply by cutting back the calories (unit for measuring the energy value of food)in their diet. The reason for the effect was then unknown. Today, at the University of California at Berkley, Dr. Paul Seagle has also greatly lengthened the normal lifetime of rats. The result was achieved through a special protein (蛋白质)limited diet, which had a great effect on the chemistry of the brain. Seagle showed that within the brain, specific chemicals control many of the signals that influence aging. By changing that chemical balance, the clock of aging can be reset. For the first time, the mystery (something that is difficult to understand or to explain)of why we age is being seriously challenged. Scientists in many fields are now making striking and far-reaching discoveries. An average lifetime lasts 75 years, yet in each of us lies a potential for a longer life. If we could keep the vitality and resistance to disease that we have at twenty, we would live for 800 years. 1. What does the underlined word “it”refer to? A. Physical vitality.B. Stress.C. Aging.D. Physical resistance. 2. The author believes the following EXCEPT that _.A. humans life pattern is predictableB. physical fitness cant stop the force of agingC. humans lifetime will last longer than 75 yearsD. all of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body3. How did Dr Paul Seagle lengthen the lifetime of rats in his experiment? A. By limiting the protein in their diet. B. By cutting the calories in their diet. C. By resetting their clock of aging. D. By keeping their physical fitness. 4. What is probably the best title for the article? A. Two Great Experiments. B. The Mystery of Human Life. C. Ways to Lengthen Human Life. D. The Breakthrough in the Study of Aging. 【参考答案】14、BDAD 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。One day the employees of a large pany in St Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: “Yesterday the person who has been hindering (阻碍) your growth in this pany passed away. We invite you to join the funeral (葬礼) in the room that has been prepared in the gym.”At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be.The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered: “Who is this person that was hindering my progress? Well, at least hes no longer here.”One by one the employees got closer to the coffin (棺材) and when they looked inside it they became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.There was a mirror inside the coffin. Everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is only one person who can set limits to your growth: it is YOU.”You are the only person who can revolutionize (彻底改变) your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself.Your life does not change when your family changes, when your friends change, when your boss changes, and when your pany changes.Your life changes when you change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.1. The writers purpose in writing the article is to tell us that _.A. the harder we work, the more successful we will beeB. our work and life are closely connected with othersC. changing our lives is down to ourselvesD. we will have a better future if people do not hinder our development2. People were speechless when they looked inside the coffin because _.A. there was nothing but a mirror inside B. they could see their own souls insideC. their closest colleague lay inside D. what was inside told a great truth3. Who probably wrote the sign on the front door?A. The pany boss. B. A worker who liked to make fun of others.C. The director in charge of production. D. A worker who wanted to teach others a lesson.4. What can we conclude from the article?A. The employees went to the gym to join the funeral.B. The lesson the employees learned would influence them greatly.C. The employees lives depended on the attitude of their boss.D. The employees got angry after the funeral.【参考答案】14、C D A B