福州市高考英语 阅读理解训练经典题目(及答案)
一、高中英语阅读理解
1．阅读理解
Babies born in summer are more likely to become short-sighted in late life, a study has shown.
As many as a quarter of all cas of short-sightedness are caud by too great an exposure to sunlight in the first weeks of life, say eye experts.
They are advising all parents to put sunglass on their babies during the first weeks.
Scientists had already established that over-exposure to sunlight caud shortsightedness in animals.
Rearchers who compared the months in which babies were born with whether they needed glass later on say the principle also applies to humans.
A study of almost 300, 000 young adults-the largest of its kind-showed that tho born in June and July had a 25 per cent greater chance of becoming verely short-sighted than tho born in December or January.
Rearch leader Professor Michael Belkin, of Tel Aviv University, said it was becau prolonged illumination(光照) caus the eyeball to lengthen-causing short-sightedness.
情侣个签 Hence the more light a newborn is expod to, the more the eyeball lengthens and the wor the short-sightedness will be.
The mechanism which lengthens the eyeball is associated with levels of melatonin(褪黑激素), a pigment (色素) which protects the skin against harmful rays of the sun.
In young babies not enough melatonin is relead as protection, meaning they are more vulnerable to sunburn and changes to eyeball shape.
Sight expert Professor Daniel O'Leary, of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said "At the moment we don't know the preci cau of why light exposure affects sight, but t
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he evidence ems to prove that it is one of the reasons for people becoming shortsighted."
（1）Babies born in summer are more likely to be shortsighted ____________.
A. becau the summer sun is too strong for babies
B. becau babies born in summer have lengthened eyeballs
C. if they are expod too much sunlight in the first weeks after they are born D 淮安动物园 if parents don't know a proper way to protect their babies' eyes
（2）Melatonin is a kind of material to ___________.
A. prevent the eyes from becoming near-sighted B. protect the skin from harmful sun rays
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C. make our body strong D. protect babies' eyes from summer sun
（3）From what Professor Daniel O'Leary says we can conclude that ___________.
A. there is no evidence that shortsightedness is related to exposure to sunlight
B. whether light exposure affects sight still needs to be further proved
C. he believes that light exposure can cau shortsightedness
D. he tries to give the cau of why light exposure affects sight
（4）The underlined word "vulnerable" in the passage probably means __________.
最粗的树A. easy to be harmed B. resistant C. protective 描写花草的词语D. changeable
【答案】 （1）C
（2）B
（3）C
（4）A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，研究表明在夏季出生的婴儿长大后更容易成为近视眼，眼科专家称多达四分之一的近视眼病例是由于在出生后前几周里暴露阳光太久造成。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段和第二段可知，眼科专家称：在夏季出生的婴儿长大后更容易成为近视眼，因为由于婴儿在出生后前几周里暴露阳光太久造成。故选C 。
（2）考查推理判断。根据倒数第三段中的“The mechanism which lengthens the eyeball is associated with levels of melatonin(褪黑激素), a pigment (色素) which protects the skin against harmful rays of the sun.“可知，褪黑激素是一种可以保护皮肤不受阳光紫外线伤害的色素。故选B。
（3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段可知，剑桥大学的 视学专家Daniel O'Leary教授相信暴露在阳光下会导致人们近视眼。故选C。
（4）考查词义猜测。在婴幼儿时期，没有产生足够的褪黑激素作为保护，婴幼儿更容易被阳光灼伤，并且改变眼球的形状。故选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇科研类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，同时根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。
2．阅读理解
If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can become a storm.
Stormy weather can cau people to cancel their plans. It can cau major events to be postponed. And vere stormy weather can be dangerous to people, fortune and anima1.
If you weather the storm, or ride out the storm, you survive and move on without harm or injury. For example, 1et's talk about Tornado Alley, the name for part of the central United States. During springtime, this area often has a large number of powerful tornadoes. People who live there are taught to shelter in the safest place they can find an
d wait for the storm to pass. People who live in Tornado Alley are ud to weathering many storms!
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花房姑娘吉他谱 You can also weather a storm, but it doesn't involve actual weather. “To weather the storm” can also mean to make it through a difficult experience or trying times. So, if the stock market(股市)crashes, you might have to weather a financial storm.
