高考英语阅读理解训练题及参考答案

高考英语阅读理解【1】

Blondin was a very famous acrobat(杂技师) in the 19th century He used to walk on a tight--rope across the Niagara Falls(瀑布) On September 8th, 1860, a crowd of about 300,000 people gathered at Niagara to watch Blondin carry a man across! Three men had offered to go with him, but they falled to appear, so Blondin asked his manager, Mr Colcord, to climb on his back, Colcord agreed to go this so as not to disappoint the crowd, but he was terrified The crossing was very difficult because Colcord was heavier than Blondin thought After he had gone a short way, Blondin had to stop in order to rest He asked Colcord to get down At first Colcord refused, but at last he had to He clung to (紧紧握住) Blondin’s leg and the rope in order not to fall, Blondin had to stop six times during the crossing so as to rest Sometimes the rope swung(荡，摆动) as much as 40 feet! At last both men crossed safely The crowd sighed with relief(松一口气) and so did poor Mr Colcord

1 How did Blondin walk across Niagara Falls on September 8th , 1860

A On a tight—rope with his manager on his back

B On a tight—rope by himself

C On a tight—rope with three men on his back

D On a tight—rope with one of his helpers on his back

2 Why do you think the three men did not appear

A They couldn’t walk on tight-rope B They did not dare to take the risk

C They were ill D They had met with an accident

3 Mr Colcord agreed to act with Blondin because he

A was brave

B was Blondin’s true friend

C did not want to disappoint the 300,000 people

D was Blondin’s manager

4 Blondin stopped six times during the crossing

A in order to help Colcord

B in order to get his strength back

C because Colcord clung to his leg and the rope

D because Colcord was heavier than him

5 Blondin’s nationality was

A American B Canadian

C Englishman D not mentioned in the passage

高考英语阅读理解【2】

One day last November, Tom Baker stopped out of his house into the morning light and headed across the rice fields toward the bank of the Rapti River Tom, a 32-year-old school teacher in the farming village of Madanpur, was going for his morning bath

As he approached(走近) the river, the head of a tiger(老虎) suddenly appeared over the edge of the river bank Before he could turn to run, the tiger was upon him It jumped on his shoulder and threw him to the ground, its huge jaws attacked his head in a killing bite

Peter Smith was also on his way to the river and saw the attack He screamed The tiger lifted its head and roared(吼叫) at him Peter ran

From the window of his house John Brown heard the tiger roar and ran out to see it attacking a man He screamed, too, and all the villagers ran out shouting as the tiger dropped its victim(牺牲品) and ran off When the villagers reached the river bank, Tom was already dead

For the villagers, the horror of the incident intensified(加剧) by the tales of man-eating tigers that has once run around in the countryside, killing hundreds

1 How many people saw the tiger before it was driven off

A One person B Two persons C Three persons D Four persons

2 What was the victim’s professional job

A A hunter B A teacher C A farmer D A manager

3 The reason why the tiger attacked the man was

A it was hungry B it was angry

C it was frightened by the man D not mentioned in the passage

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