黑龍江省大慶市喇中材料——高中英語(yǔ)閱讀——歷史類

1、高中英語(yǔ)閱讀歷史類1、Put your car keys away and forget about your travel pass - its time to do a bit of walking. National Walking Month is organized every May by Living Streets, an organization that campaigns for the rights and the needs of pedestrians, so the organization is previously known as the Pedestria

2、ns Association. The associations aim is to make streets safe, attractive and enjoyable spaces for people to live, work, shop and play. By putting people (rather than vehicles) first, Living Streets wants to create streets and spaces where people feel happier, healthier and more sociable. The annual

3、campaign gives participants a great opportunity to experience the many virtues of walking. These include the physical health benefits of becoming fitter; the environmental advantages of not using vehicles; the delight of local discoveries - seeing more of your local areas on foot; the enjoyment of w

4、alking with other people, whether family, friends or work colleagues and finally the stress relief that comes from walking - walking can clear your head. Walk to School Week, 18 to 22 May, is part of the months activities and its aim is to encourage parents to send children to school on foot, rather

5、 than take them in the car or let them use public transport. The movement was started in 1995 with only five participating schools and now two decades later, more than one million children take part. Similarly, there is Walk to Work Week, 11 to 15 May, where grown-ups are encouraged to walk. In the

6、morning, getting off the bus a stop early or parking a few streets away is a good way to add more steps to the daily total. And during the working day, after having lunch at the desks or in the canteen, take a walk and get some fresh air. Walk home with your workmates and chat away about everything

7、under the sun but work!【小題1】Whats the purpose of Living Streets? 21世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)版權(quán)所有ATo let people keep away from vehicles.BTo build safer walkways for pedestrians.CTo help people enjoy walking in the street and enjoy life.DTo make people aware of environmental pollution.21教育網(wǎng)【小題2】Paragraph 3 is intended to

8、 show that walking is _. Aso interestingBvery relaxingCperfectly safeDhighly beneficial【小題3】What can we learn from Walk to School Week? AIt is organized by the government.BIt is held before Walk to Work Week.CIt has developed rapidly over the last 20 years.21·cn·jy·comDIt encourages s

9、tudents to walk to school alone.【小題4】 Whats the main idea of the last paragraph? www.21-cn-AAn introduction to Walk to Work Week. BA nationwide health movement.CThe influence of working day.DNational Walking Months history.2、CIn 1932 the warning of the British politician, Stanley Baldwin, that “the

10、bomber will always get through” made a deep impression in Britain, the only state to make serious plans to evacuate civilians from large towns before the war started. The British Government developed plans for evacuating 1 million children to the United States and Canada and other Commonwealth natio

11、ns. It established the Children's Overseas Reception Board (CORB) in May 1940. After the fall of France, many people thought the war was lost and some saw this as one way of ensuring that Britain could survive even if invaded. The Germans eventually began bombing British cities in September. Som

12、e children were evacuated by ship to British Dominions, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. The CORB selections were not done on a first-come, first-served basis. CORB classified and prioritized the children. Charges soon appeared in the press that the well-to-do were being g

13、iven priority. CORB arranged for the transportation. The Government paid the passages. Quite a number of children had already been evacuated. This tended to be children from rich families with money and overseas contacts. The British public eventually demanded the government pay so that less privile

14、ged children were also eligible. World War II occurred before the beginning of trans-Atlantic air travel. Liners were used to transport the children and this proved to be dangerous because the U-boats quickly emerged as the greatest threat. And this put the evacuee children trying to cross the Atlan

15、tic to safety in danger. Two ships carrying child evacuees were torpedoed (破壞)in 1940. One was the Dutch liner Volendam with 320 children on August 30. The crew managed to get the life boats off and saved the children. They were returned to Glasgow. The other was the City of Benares, an ocean liner

16、with 200 British and foreign civilian passengers and 93 British children with a guard of nurses, teachers, and a clergyman. It was torpedoed on September 13. The crew attempted to launch the life boats as Benares began to sink. The rough weather made this difficult, so many of the passengers in the

17、life boats died in the extreme conditions. Only 15 children survived. Churchill, when he learned of the disaster, decided to end the overseas evacuation scheme.【小題1】The whole passage is mainly about _. Abombing BritainBchildren evacuationCGerman U-boatsDloss of children【小題2】What can we learn about t

18、he British people according to the passage? AThey were concerned about their children.BThey were threatened by Stanley Baldwin.CThey were frightened by German invasion.DThey longed to go to commonwealth nations.【小題3】The underlined word “eligible” in the last sentence of Paragraph 3 probably means _.

19、 AqualifiedBaccessibleChopeful Dpopular【小題4】Churchill decided to end the evacuation scheme mainly because _. Aso many people needed evacuatingBthe weather in the Atlantic was roughCthe crew were inexperienced in saving peopleDliners easily became the targets of the German U-boats3、In the past, if a

20、person wanted to see the national treasures of a country, one had to go there in personTherefore, very few people were able to enjoy some of historys most important and interesting artifacts (手工藝品)This has changed with an increase in the number of traveling museum exhibitions King Tutankhamen Artifa

21、cts A traveling exhibition of artifacts from the tomb of King Tutankhamen, popularly known as “King Tut”, toured the United States from November 1976 to April 1979The 55 objects were shown in six cities and were seen by around eight million museum-goersThe second touring exhibit was started in 2007,

22、 this s antime with 130 artifactd stops in London and three different American citiesHowever some objects, like the kings golden face mask, are too valuable or too delicate to be transported long distances, so “replicas” (exact copies of something) are on show Japanese Color Woodblock Prints The Art

23、 Museum at University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia, has an extraordinary collection of Japanese color woodblock prints (木刻版畫(huà))These prints document the period from about 1850 to 1900, a time when Japan was opening itself to Western influencesBefore this point, Japan was a closed society

24、that had little communication with the world outside of its bordersThese works of art beautifully show the feeling of change and the trend toward modernizationThe museum has put together a traveling exhibition of 60 of these prints, which can be borrowed and exhibited worldwide for periods of eight

25、weeks or moreFace-to-face with “Lucy” One of the worlds most famous archaeological (考古學(xué)的) finds in history are the 32 million-year-old bones of a 106-centimeter-tall female found in the Ethiopian desert in 1974Lucy, a name given to her by the discovery team, is a “hominid”, or a creature that scient

26、ists believe is the earliest ancestor of modern human beingsRarely is an artifact this valuable allowed to travel widely, but Lucy has been taken to several museums in the USwhile a detailed replica remains at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum 【小題1】What do we learn about King Tutankhamens artifac

27、ts? AThe artifacts were shown in London firstBThe artifacts were on show in the United States onceCThe second touring exhibit showed more artifacts than the first oneDThe kings golden face mask was also shown in the traveling exhibitions【小題2】What do the Japanese woodblock prints show about the socie

28、ty from 1850 to 1900? AJapan had little communication with other countriesBThe whole country refused changes in the societyCJapan was opening itself up to Western ideasDJapan achieved modernization【小題3】Who is Lucy according to the passage? AAn archaeologistBThe ancestor of modern human beingsCA 106-

29、centimeter-tall female who died in 1974DThe first woman who visited the Ethiopian desert4、In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the S

30、econd World War. It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Button, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交響樂(lè)團(tuán)). It became fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly. At the Same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a cha

31、llenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years. Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford a

32、nd Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances

33、of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big. A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number r

34、ises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.【小題1】What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning? ATo bring Europe together again.BTo honor heroes of

35、 World War II.CTo introduce young theatre groups.DTo attract great artists from Europe.【小題2】Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947? AThey owned a public house there.BThey came to take up a challenge.CThey thought they were also famous.DThey wanted to take part in the festiva

36、l.【小題3】Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared? APopular writers.BUniversity students.CArtists from around the world.DPerformers of music and dance.【小題4】We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival        . Ahas become a non-official eventBhas gone beyond a

37、n art festivalCgives shows all year roundDkeeps growing rapidly5、Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic(經(jīng)濟(jì)的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy

38、, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didnt pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango(探戈舞)came into being. At the beginning the tango was a dance

39、 of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets . At that time there many fewer women than men, so if a man didnt want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women .Gradually, the dance spread into the up

40、per classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable. In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning .The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stage

41、s of the Paris theaters of the Paris theaters .After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public and they performed their exiting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance ,saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find eno

42、ugh supporters to make it popular. The popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926,and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local ta

43、ngo dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.【小題1】The origin of the tango is associated with         . ABelly dancesBAmerican soldiersCSpanish cityDthe capital of Argentina【小題2】Which of the following is true

44、 about the tango? AIt was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.BPeople of the upper classes loved the tango most21*cnjy*comCIt was often danced by two male in the beginning【版權(quán)所有：21教育】DA dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.【小題3】Before World War I, the tango spread to  &#

45、160;    . AAmericaBJapanCFranceDSouth Korea【小題4】What can be the best title for the text? AHow to Dance the TangoBThe History of the TangoCHow to Promote the TangoDThe Modern Tango Boom6、DMany thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in the United States. And writer Liel Leibovitz

46、says the students are following an example that began in the eighteen seventies. Mr. Leibovitz and writer Matthew Miller joined forces to tell the story of the students in their book, “Fortunate Sons.” The book says China sent one hundred twenty boys from 1872 to 1875 to America to learn about devel

47、opments that could help modernize their country. Mr. Leibovitz got the idea for the book about the boys a few years ago when he was traveling with his wife in China. Mr. Leibovitz learned that Qing government sent a whole delegation(代表團(tuán)) of boys to learn the ways of the West. The goal was for them t

48、o return to China and help their country. The book says the boys received their American training in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It must have been a very good education. Mr. Leibovitz says the first prime minister of the Chinese Republic completed this program. And so did th

49、e first engineer to build a large-scale railroad without foreign help. The same was true of the fathers of Chinese education, diplomacy and the Navy. The book-writers had only to open some boxes containing the writings of these men to learn about them. Their notebooks, journals, letters and postcard

50、s were in English. Mr. Leibovitz said he was lucky to have so much information from events that took place long ago. The students returned to China after about nine years. They no longer spoke Mandarin(國(guó)語(yǔ)) well enough to answer questions. Police welcomed them home by putting them in jail. The young

51、men were released after about a week. But they were given low-level jobs. Mr Leibovitz says it took about ten years for them to rise to higher positions. He said their story continues today with large numbers of Chinese studying in the United States.【小題1】How many exchange children did Qing governmen

52、t send to America? 21·世紀(jì)*教育網(wǎng)A1872.B1875.C120.D210.【小題2】The Qing government send the boys to America because it       . Awanted them to help their countryBlost the warCexpected them to destroy the culture of the WestDwanted the Western to help the boys【小題3】Whic

53、h of the following is Not true according to the passage? AMany thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in AmericaBSome of the boys received their American training in CaliforniaCPolice welcomed the boys home by putting them in jailDOne of the boys became the father of Chinese education7、Getting

54、 rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt. In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the sk

55、in and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France,

56、 was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out. Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientif

57、ically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white,

58、 cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far? Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease.On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫學(xué)家)，encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.【小題1】 The kings of France an