高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題1

　　A man was sitting in the park watching the ducks on the pond. When a woman approachedhim. She had a white poodle(鬃毛獅子狗) on a leash (系狗的鏈子).

　　She sat down on a bench, took out a magazine and began to read .

　　After it had been sitting quietly for about ten minutes, the poodle turned and looked up atthe man.

　　―Excuse me,‖ the dog whispered. ―But you look like a kind man. Please buy me from hisawful woman.‖The man could hardly believe his ears. A dog was whispering to him. In English!

　　―She is so mean to me,‖ the dog continued. ―She never pets me or plays with me whenshe‘s in a bad mood, which is most of the time.‖

　　The man was amazed to hear the dog say all this. He was even more surprised when thedog added, ―And I‘m really a very good dog. I‘m quite famous, too. I won a medal in the lastwar and was twice wounded in action. I‘ve rescued three children-two from drowning and onefrom a fire.‖

　　The man decided that he would try to buy the dog from the woman. He would pay a lot ofmoney if necessary. The dog would soon earn tens of thousands of dollars on television. It wouldbe the world‘s first talking dog.

　　―Excuse me,‖ he said to the woman, ―but I love your little dog. Will you sell him to me?‖ ―I‘ll be delighted to sell him,‖ the woman said. ―You can have him for ten dollars.‖

　　―Ten dollars!‖ the man said. ―Only the dollars? Why so little?‖ ―Because,‖ the womansaid, ―he‘s a trouble-making liar.‖

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題

　　1. The poodle______.

　　A. sat on either side of man and woman B. could read the magazine C. was leading the womanD. belonged to the woman

　　2. The dog ______.

　　A. insulted the man

　　B. asked the man to buy it

　　C. started talking as soon as it sat down

　　D. couldn‘t speak properly

　　3.The man was surprised______.

　　A. to hear it speak

　　B. to see it feed

　　C. to hear it bark

　　D. to see if being beaten

　　4. The dog explained that it had ______.

　　A. stopped a fireman from saving three children

　　B. never been in the war

　　C. acted heroically in dangerous situations

　　D. refused a medal in the last war

　　5. The woman was ______.

　　A. advertising her dog

　　B. happy to sell her dog

　　C. reluctant to sell her dog

　　D. Hoping her dog would earn thousand of dollars on television

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題答案

　　1.D

　　2.B

　　3.A

　　4.C

　　5.B

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題2

　　The sea is the common possession of all nations. It belongs equally to all. No one can takeit entirely to themselves; nor is it‘foreign’to any one.

　　This was the decision of John Marshall, chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to1835. It was made known as a basic rule of the sea that no one, and therefore everyone, ownsthe ocean. This means that outside territorial waters (the waters within three miles of acountry‘s coast),the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime and whatever the strongestnavy powers can enforce in wartime.

　　After the United States bought Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadians who werehunting seals outside Alaskan territorial waters. The Americans said that the seals wereAmerican possession because they often came into the Alaskan shores owned by the UnitedStates. International judges disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases, however, thespecial rights of a nation that makes good use of an open-sea area are recognized.

　　All of the sea‘s rules are set up by international conferences and agreements.

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題

　　1.The idea that the sea‖ belongs equally to all‖ was put out by______.

　　A. an unwritten agreement

　　B. a U.S. Supreme Court decision

　　C. an international conference

　　D. a written agreement

　　2.The basic rule of the sea means that______.

　　A. any powerful nation may control the sea

　　B. any area of the sea belongs to the nation closest to it

　　C. no one has whole rights to the open sea

　　D. no nation has any sea rights

　　3.International judges decided that______.

　　A. Canada had no sealing rights off Alaska

　　B. the Canadians could hunt the seals

　　C. the United States could own the seals

　　D. the Americans could not hunt the seals

　　4.Nations may obtain special rights on open waters by______.

　　A. overrunning those waters

　　B. guarding the waters

　　C. using the waters regularly

　　D. spreading out their territorial waters

　　5.The main idea of this passage is that______.

　　A. the rule of the sea was made known by John Marshall

　　B. some nations are able to acquire special open-sea rights.

　　C. every nation owns its territorial waters

　　D. the laws of the sea should be set up by international agreements

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題答案

　　1.B

　　2.C

　　3.B

　　4.C

　　5.D

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題3

　　The basic flag of the United States is one of the world‘s oldest national flags. Only the basicflags of Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are older.

　　During the discovery and settlement of what is now the United States, the flags of variousEuropean nations were flown over the land, as symbols of possession. Later, in the Colonialand Revolutionary War periods, flags representing famous persons, places, and events wereflown in the American Colonies.

　　The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress on June 14,1777, Itconsisted of 13 alternate red an white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representingthe 13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress adopted a new flag of15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795 to give representation to the two new states admitted into theUnion, Vermont and Kentucky.

　　By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became apparent that adding one stripefor each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 restoredthe original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by onestar. In 1912 President William H. Taft made the first official provision for the arrangementof the stars. He ordered that there be six even rows of eight stars each. Previously thearrangement of the stars had been left to the flag-maker‘s fancy.

　　The evolution of the Stars and Stripes reflects the growth of the United States. After theadmission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959, the flag was officially changed for the 26th timessince its creation. There are many government flags flown in the United States in addition tothe

　　national flag. Among them are the president‘s and vice-president‘s flags and those of thefederal departments and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has an official flag. TheUnited States Navy uses special flags for signaling.

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題

　　1.The basic flag of the United States is______.

　　A. the oldest national flag in the world.

　　B. one of the world‘s oldest flags.

　　C. the most beautiful flag in the West.

　　D. as old as the basic flags of some European nations.

　　2.The first official flag of the United States was adopted______.

　　A. before the Independence War

　　B. right after the Independence War

　　C. when independence was declared in 1776

　　D. during the War of Independence which ended in 1783

　　3.The 13 red and white stripes and 13 white stars represent______.

　　A. 13 independent states

　　B. the colonies that declared independence in 1776

　　C. the U.S. Congress

　　D. 13 famous figures in the American colonies

　　4.Why was the original design of 13 stripes restored in 1818?

　　A. Too many stripes would destroy the shape of the flag.

　　B. Congress insisted 13 is the best number.

　　C. That was a decision President Taft had made.

　　D. The American people suggested it.

　　高考英語考前閱讀沖刺練習題答案

　　1.A

　　2.C

　　3.D

　　4.D