【高考英语阅读理解】
第一篇：unusual experience
There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. The man's name is James Bartley.
The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty.
Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly the lookout found a huge whale . The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James Bartley was in the first longboat . The men rowed until they were close to the whale. A harpoon(鱼叉) was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whale' s flesh. The maddened beast jumped out of the water and broke the boat into pieces. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was missing.
Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally caught. The sailors tied the whale' s carcass to the side of the ship.
Because of the hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartley settled in Gloucester, England, and never returned to sea.
1.This passage is mainly about
A.how to hunt whales for their oil and meat.
B.the hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live.
C.the duties of each man on a whaling ship.
D.a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived.
2.The sailors knew that something was in the whale' s stomach because
A.they could feel it moving about wildly.
B.the whale seemed very heavy .
C.the whale was bulging(鼓起来) at one spot.
D.the captain heard Bartley crying for help.
3.James Bartley never went to sea again because
A.he wanted different kinds of adventures
B.of fright and shock.
C.he was hurt by the whale.
D.he often got seasick.
4. The author, in telling James Bartley's story, gives us information by
A.making us laugh
B.talking about whaling in general.
C.comparing whaling to other fishing.
D.dramatically(戏剧性地) telling what happened.
5. The word carcass refers to the
A.whale' s tail . B.whale' s stomach.
C.dead body of the whale. D.whale' s side
第二篇：family system
Not very long ago, a special family system(体系) existed in certain parts of South India. In this system, the actual head of a family unit was the mother‘s eldest brother, though the mother also had an important position in the family. In families of this kind, a husband was actually no more than a visitor. He did not live with his wife, but with his own mother, brothers and sisters in another house. He saw his sons and daughters sometimes, but the man who actually fed and cared for them and acted as their father was their uncle-their mother‘s brother.
But this system, in which brother and sisters take the place of the father, no longer exists in South India except in a few villages. Economic changes have had far reaching effect on family life. Family life began to change when men went out to work in factories and offices instead of working with their mothers, brothers, and sisters on the land. When a man went out to work he had money of his own and could buy his own land and build his own family, instead of depending on his mother and his brothers. He wanted to be independent. This is an example of the way in which economic relations can have an effect on family relation-ships.
1.The best title of this passage is______.
A. Husband Actually Visitor in Family
B. Family System in South India
C. Wife Has Important Position in Family
D. Economic Relations Affects Family Relationships
2.Who had the actual control of a family in South India not long ago?
A. The mother.
B. The mother‘s eldest brother.
C. The father
D. The father‘s mother.
3.In this system, the husband lived together with______.
A. his wife
B. his sons and daughters
C. his mother, brothers and sisters
D. his wife‘s brother
4.What has caused such a strange family system to die away?
A. The fact that the mother has not got any brother.
B. The fact that the father has got his own house and land.
C. The changes in economic relations.
D. The changes in family relationships.
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【中考英语阅读理解】
第一篇答案：ADBAC
第二篇答案： BDBDA
【高考英语阅读理解】
第一篇答案：DABDC
第二篇答案：BBCC
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