对口高考英语模拟题库：阅读理解阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AThe clothes you wear. The food you eat. The color of your bedroom walls. Where you go and how you get there. The people you hang around with. What time you go to bed. What do th ese things have in common? You’re asking. They’re just a few examples of many hundreds of things that your parents controlled for you when you were a child.As a kid, you didn’t have a say in everything; your parents made decisions about everything from the cereal you ate in the morning to the pajamas you wore at night. And it’s a good thing, too—kids need this kind of protection on their own.But finally, kids grow up and become teens. And part of being a teen is developing your own identity—one that i s separate from your parents’. But as you change and grow into this new person who makes his own decisions, your parents have a difficult time adjusting (调整).In most families, it is this adjustment that can cause a lot of fighting between teens and parents. And issues like the type of friends you have or your attitudes to partying can cause bigger arguments, because your parents still always want to protect you and keep you safe, no matter how old you are.The good news about fighting with your parents get more comfortable with the idea that their teens have a right to certain opinions. It can take several years for parents and teens to adjust to their new roles, though. In the meantime, focus on communicating with your parents.Sometimes this can feel impossible—like they just don’t see your point of view and never will. But talking and expressing your opinions can help you gain more respect from your parents.Keep in mind, too, that your parents were teens once and that in most cases, they can relate to what you’re going through.36. In the first two paragraphs, the writer .A. complains that parents control kids too muchB. proves that kids have no right to give their opinionsC. describes how carefully parents look after kidsD. explains that it is necessary for parents to control kids37. A lot of fighting breaks out between teens and parents because .A. parents aren’t used to losing control of kidsB. teens like to have everything decidedC. parents blame teens for not respecting themD. teens are eager to develop their own identity38. In the writer’s opinion, parents control teens in order to .A. prevent them from having their own ideasB. protect them from being hurtC. make them respect parents in the familyD. make sure that children have a good future39. The underlined word “this” in paragraph 6 may refer to “”.A. arguing with friendsB. fighting with your parentsC. communicating with parentsD. adjusting to new roles40. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?A. What do parents control their children for?B. How parents take care of children?C. How to get rid of your parents’ control?D. Why do I fight with parents so much?BThe invention of the camera goes far into the past. In the 1500s, men were experimenting with cameras that made images. But it was not until the early 1800s that man found a way to make the pictures permanent. Even then, photography was a new field. Most families had their pictures taken by a photographer. People did not own cameras because taking pictures and developing the film were too difficult.In 1884, George Eastman changed photography by inventing a kind of film that fit into a small camera. Because the new film was easy to use, many people began to buy cameras. When they had used up their film, people returned their cameras to the factory. There, the film was developed, and pictures were printed. Then more film was put into the cameras, which was sent back to the owners, along with their pictures.Eastman’s camera made it easy to take pictures. Today’s cameras are even easier to use, and people can put in their own film. Photography has become a growing hobby.There are also many new jobs in the field of photography. One of the most important kinds of work is in news reporting. Newspapers, magazines, and television all need pictures to tell their stories. Photographers aid scientists by taking pictures through microscopes and telescopes. Deep-sea divers take pictures of ocean plants and animals, while astronauts take cameras into space. Man finds new uses for the cameras every day.41. In 1884, George Eastman changed photography by inventing a new kind of _____.A. imageB. factoryC. filmD. camera42. Long ago, people sent their cameras to a factory because _______.A. they wanted to have the cameras cleanedB. they wanted their film developedC. they broke their cameras when taking picturesD. they wanted to have their pictures taken by a photographer43. On the whole, this passage is about ______.A. the field of photographyB. the life of George EastmanC. how photographers aid scientistsD. George Eastman invented the first camera44. Why did people begin to buy their own cameras?A. Taking and developing pictures became easier.B. They did not like to go to photographers.C. They wanted to see what a camera looked like.D. They wanted to find a way to make their pictures permanent.45. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Deep-sea divers do not use cameras.B. Photographers cannot find jobs today.C. There are different kinds of cameras.D. Early man found a way to make photographers aid scientists.CWe now think of chocolate as sweet, but once it was bitter. We think of it as a candy, but once it was a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or just a snack. Sometimes it is an ingredient in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called mole and pour it over chicken. The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices like chili peppers.Chocolate is a product of the tropical cacao tree, The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys say“Ugh！”and run away. Workers must first dry and then roast the beans. This removes the bitter taste.The word“chocolate”comes from a Mayan word. The Mayas were an ancient people who once lived in Mexico. They valued the cacao tree. Some used the beans for money, while others crushed them to make a drink.When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century, they started drinking cacao too. Because the drink was strong and bitter, they thought it was a medicine. No one had the idea of adding sugar. The Spaniards took some beans back to Europe and opened cafes. Wealthy people drank cacao and said it was good for digestion.In the 1800s, the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugraremoved the bitter taste of cacao. It quickly became a cheap and popular drink. Soon afterwards, a factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate. Later on, another factory mixed milk and chocolate together. People liked the taste of mike chocolate even better.Besides the chocolate candy bar, one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip cookie. Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and of course an ice cream sundae with hot fudge sauce.46. It was that discovered sugar could remove the bitter taste of cacao.A.the workers in the chocolate factoryB.the SpaniardsC.the owner of a chocolate factoryD.the people in England47. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE?A.Nobody had the idea of adding sugar into cacao until the sixteenth century.B.The word“chocolate”comes from a Mexi can word.C.Workers must dry and roast the beans to remove the bitter taste.D.The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys like them.48. The Spaniards thought that cacao was a medicine because .A.it was good for digestionB.it was strong and bitterC.it cured man’s diseasesD.it was a kind of drink for good health49. Which is the right time order of the events regarding chocolate?a.Chocolate became a cheap and popular drink in England.b.A factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.c.The Spaniards started drinking cacao.d.It was found that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao.e.A factory mixed milk and chocolate together.A.c-d-a-b-eB.c-d-e-b-aC.a-b-c-d-eD.c-d-b-e-a50. It can be learned from the passage that .A.the Mayas only used cacao beans for drinking in MexicoB.chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or a candy bar.C.chocolate is a product of the cacao treeD.people liked more the taste of solid blocks of sweetened chocolate than that ofchocolate mixed with milkDI travel a lot, and I find out different "styles" (风格) of directions every time 1 ask "How can I get to the post office?"Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) in Japan because most streets there don't have names in Japan. People use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop."In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile."People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. "How far away is the post office?" you ask. "Oh," they answer, "it's about five minutes from here." You say, "Yes, but how many miles away is it?" They don't know.It's true that a person doesn't know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, 'Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I don't know." People in Yucatan believe that "I don't know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!51. When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________A. describe the place carefullyB. show him a map of the placeC. tell him the names of the streetsD. refer to recognizable buildings and places52. What is the place where people measure distance in time?A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. Kansas.D. Iowa.53. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________A. in order to save timeB. as a testC. so as to be politeD. for fun54. Which sentence is true according to the text?A. There is no street names in Japan.B. There is no landmarks in the countryside of American.C. People in Yucatan always give wrong answers when asked the way.D. People in Los Angeles measure distance in time, not miles when asked the way.55. What can we infer from the text?A. It's important for travelers to understand cultural differences.B. It's useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.C. People have similar (相似的) understandings of politeness.D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.阅读理解36-55 DABCD CBAAC CCBAB DBCDA。