李占双2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解 历史类选练(3)

2021年1月17日发(作者：英语论文答辩技巧)
2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解 历史类选练（3）
xx高考英语阅读理解--历史类
Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870,
it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted
many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came
to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely
and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newers 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 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 didn’t
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 upper 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 stages 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 enough 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 tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote
tango dancing throughout South Korea.
【小题1】The origin of the tango is associated with .
A．Belly dances
C．Spanish city
B．American soldiers
D．the capital of Argentina
【小题2】Which of the following is true about the tango?
A．It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.
B．People of the upper classes loved the tango most
C．It was often danced by two male in the beginning
D．A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.
【小题3】Before World War I, the tango spread to .
A．America B．Japan C．France D．South Korea
【小题4】What can be the best title for the text?
A．How to Dance the Tango
B．The History of the Tango
C．How to Promote the Tango
D．The Modern Tango Boom





xx高考英语阅读理解--历史类
Many thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in the United States. And writer
Liel Leibovitz 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 developments 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(代表团) of
boys to learn the ways of the West. The goal was for them to 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 pleted this program.
And so did the 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 postcards 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(国语) well enough to answer questions. Police weled them home by putting
them in jail. The young 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.
【小题1】How many exchange children did Qing government send to America?
A．1872.
C．120.
B．1875.
D．210.
【小题2】The Qing government send the boys to America because it .
A．wanted them to help their country
B．lost the war
C．expected them to destroy the culture of the West
D．wanted the Western to help the boys
【小题3】Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?
A．Many thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in America．
B．Some of the boys received their American training in California．
C．Police weled the boys home by putting them in jail．
D．One of the boys became the father of Chinese education．




阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future
risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems
more immediately: the air you breathe.
Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露) to environmental pollution to an
increased risk of heart problems, but two analyses now show that poor air quality
can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风) within as little as a few hours after exposure.
In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels
of pollutants (污染物) were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days
of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed
that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be
of “moderate” (良好) quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk
of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.
The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy
people and certainlymodest pared with other risk factors such as smoking and high
blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone
is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation
by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could
also bee necessary to protect public health.
1. The text mainly discusses the relationship between .
A. heart problems and air quality B. heart problems and exercising