高二英语阅读理解试题及答案

　　高二英语阅读理解试题(一)

　　his people shift is bringing problems as well as benefits. Countless poot people must leave their apartments in the city because the owners want to sell the buildings or make apartments for sale instead of for rent. In the 1950s, many poor people did not have enough money to move to the suburbs; now many of these same people do not have enough money to stay in the cities.

　　Only a few years ago, people though that the older American cities were dying. Some city residents now see a bright, new fiture, Others see only problems and comfiels the thing is sure many dying cities are alive again.

　　64. What does the author think of cities all over the world?

　　A. They are alive. B. They are hopeless.

　　C. They are similar. D. They are different.

　　65.Why did American city residents want to live in the suburbs after World War Ⅱ?

　　A. Because older American cities were dying.

　　B. Because they were richer and needed more space.

　　C. Because cities contained the wont pare of society.

　　D. Because they could hardly afford a live in the city.

　　66. According to the 4th paragraph, a great many poor people in American cities .

　　A. are faced with housing problems

　　B. are forced to move to the suburbs

　　C. want to sell their buildings

　　D. need more money for daily expenses

　　67. We ear comude from the text that .

　　A. American cities are changing far the worse

　　B. people have different views on American cities

　　C. many people are now moving from American cities

　　D. the population is decreasing in older American cities

　　高二英语阅读理解试题答案

　　64.C 65.B 66.A 67.B

　　高二英语阅读理解试题(二)

　　1.Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?

　　It can take five hours to go west-east from New York(NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon know as the jet(喷射) stream. The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. The planes movement a constams air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when the air moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.

　　2 What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?

　　Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures float away? What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth. The Earth is moving at quite a speed moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something round your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the strong go of the string. Things not attacked to the Earth would fly off in a straight line . People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling. Most things would fly off into space.

　　60.What information coa we get from the first passage?

　　A.tis the iet stoomn that affeets how fast airplanes fly.

　　B.Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.

　　C.It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.

　　D.The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atantic.

　　61.The word“shoot”underlined in the 2nd passage probably means“ ”.

　　A.send for

　　B.move quickly

　　C.come out

　　D.grow quickly

　　62.It can be interred that without gravity .

　　A.buildings and other structures would float away

　　B.trees and buildings would not so easily fly off

　　C.something around your head would not float away

　　D.everything outside buildings would fly off into space

　　63.Where can wemost probably read this text?

　　A.In s research paper

　　B.In a tort story.

　　C.In a travel magazine.

　　D.In a student’s book.

　　高二英语阅读理解试题答案

　　60.A 61.B 62.B 63.D

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