英语阅读理解100篇大全

⾼考英语阅读理解100篇：president

There are stories about two U.S . presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，which attempt to explain the

American English term don‟t know if either story is true，but they are both interesting. The first explanation is bad

on the fact that President Jackson had very little fact，he had difficulty reading and important

papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they he approved of a

would write“all correct”on problem was that he didn‟t know how to what he really wrote was“ol

korekt”.After a while，he shortened that term to“OK”.

The cond explanation is bad on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New

Bnren‟s friends organized a club to help him become President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone

who supported Van Buren was called“OK”.

author

A. believes both of the stories

‟t believe a word of the stories

C is not sure whether the stories are true

D. is telling the stories just for fun

32. According to the passage，President Jackson

‟t draw up any documents at all

B. didn‟t like to read important papers by himlf

had his assistants sign documents for him

D .wasn‟t good at reading，writing or spelling

ing to the first story, the term “OK”

A. was approved of by President Jackson

the title of some Official documents

first ud by President Jackson

an old way to spell“all correct’’

34 .According to the cond story，the term‘‘OK”

the short way to say‘‘old Kinderhook Club”

the place where President Van Buren was born

the name of Van Buren‟s club

ud to call Van Buren‟s supporters in the election

ing to the cond term“OK”was first ud

Van Buren

a presidential election

organize the Old Kinderhook Club

the members of the‘‘Old Kinderhook Club”

答案：CDCDB

Passage 1解析：

这⾥要讲述Andrew Jackson 和Martin Van Buren这2届美国总统的⼩故事。这2个⼩故事也许可以解释美语中OK⼀词的来

历。故事的真实性我们不得⽽知，不过内容却很有意思。

第⼀个解释来源于总统Andrew Jackson的故事。Andrew Jackson⼏乎没有受到过什么教育，事实上，他对于⽇常的读写

都有困难。当收到重要⽂件的时候，在尝试阅读之后，还是让他的助⼿帮忙解释⽂件的内容。如果批准⼀份⽂件，Andrew

Jackson就在上⾯写“all correct”。⿇烦的是，他不知道怎么这2个单词怎么拼写，因此，实际上他在⽂件上写的是“ol korekt”。

过了不久，他⼜把这2个单词缩写为“OK”。

第⼆个解释来源于总统Martin Van Buren的家乡的名字——纽约的Kinderhook。为了帮助Van Buren成为总统，他的朋友

为此组织了⼀个社团。他们把这个社团叫做Old Kinderhook Club，社团中⽀持Van Buren的⼈都被称为“OK”

⾼中英语阅读理解100篇：land produces

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the prent population

needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture

and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and the traditional picture is changing：

every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may reprent a widely accepted view

of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any the population now lives in some thirty

metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany

or England，let alone statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution becau so

many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each the rush to live out of

town areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with hous，so that it is hard to say at what moment a

piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town

environment.

now America has 250 million many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

25 million.

than 25 million.

than 25 million.

D. Less than 225 million

of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

States.

y.

.

d.

’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A .Of a large city with its suburbs.

small and large towns.

urban areas.

rural areas.

ing to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A Most small towns become gradually crowded

towns are still similar to each other.

the traditional picture is changing，towns are different.

D .Small towns are turning into large cities

is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?

e they are the same.

e the rush takes place too quickly

e the process is gradual.

e more and more Americans live in metropolitan

答案：CCABC

Passage 2解析：

尽管美国幅员辽阔，⽽且⼟地所产出的粮⾷远远超过现有⼈⼝的需求，现今的美国却⼏乎完全是个都市化的国家。不⾜⼗

分之⼀的⼈⼝在从事农业和林业，⽽剩余的⼤多数⼈都居住在⼤⼤⼩⼩的城镇中或者城镇的周围。传统的景象在这⾥不断发⽣

着变化：⼩的城镇之间仍然彼此⼗分相似，典型的⼩城镇还是呈现出⼤家⼼⽬中的乡村的风貌;但是⼤部分的美国⼈却不再住

在⼩城镇了。现在半数的⼈⼝都在⼤约30⼏个⼤都市地区(包括附近郊区的⼤型城市)——这种⼤都市地区的⼈⼝都在百万以

上，总的都市⼈⼝数量远远超过德国和英国，更不⽤说法国了。城市和乡村的⼈⼝统计需要特别对待，因为我们所谓的住在乡

村的⼈们，每天都会开车前往附近的城镇⼯作。当远离城镇居住的热潮持续的情况下，城镇周围的乡村地区逐渐盖满了房屋。

那么说不定什么时候，⼀块乡村的地区就变成了城市的郊区。不过，典型的美国⼈还是越来越趋向于居住在⼤都市⽽不是⼩城