最新高考英语阅读理解真题
Ⅰ 2020年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解D
The connection between people and plants has long been the subject of scientific research. Recent studies have found positive effects. A study concted in Youngstown, Ohio, for example, discovered that greener areas of the city experienced less crime. In another，employees were shown to be 15% more proctive when their workplaces were decorated with houseplants.
人与植物之间的联系一直是科学研究的主题。最近的研究发现了一些积极影响，例如，在俄亥俄州扬斯敦市进行的一项研究发现，该市绿化较好的地区犯罪率较低。另一项研究显示，当员工的工作场所装饰有室内植物时，工作效率会提高15%。
The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）have taken it a step further changing the actual composition of plants in order to get them to perform diverse，even unusual functions. These include plants that have sensors printed onto their leaves to show when they’re short of water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in groundwater. ＂We’re thinking about how we can engineer plants to replace functions of the things that we use every day,＂explained Michael Strano, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.
麻省理工学院的工程师们研究更进一步，他们改变了植物的实际成分，以便让它们实现多种多样，甚至不寻常的功能。其中包括在叶子上印上传感器，当它们缺水时可以显示的植物，还有一种可以检测地下水中有害化学物质的植物。麻省理工学院化学工程教授迈克尔·斯特拉诺解释道：“我们正在考虑如何设计出取代我们每天使用的物品功能的植物”。
One of his latest projects has been to make plants grow in experiments using some common vegetables. Strano’s team found that they could create a faint light for three-and-a-half hours. The light, about one-thousandth of the amount needed to read by, is just a start. The technology, Strano said, could one day be used to light the rooms or even to turn tree into self-powered street lamps.
他最近的一个项目是在实验中使用普通蔬菜让植物生长。斯特拉诺的团队发现，他们可以创造出持续三个半小时的微弱光线。光大约是阅读所需的千分之一，这只是一个开始。斯特拉诺说，这项技术有一天可以用来照亮整个房间，甚至可以把树变成自供电的路灯。
in the future，the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off＂switch＂where the glow would fade when exposed to daylight.
研究小组希望在未来开发出一种技术，一次性喷洒在植物叶子上，却可以持续植物的一生。工程师们还试图开发一种开关，当暴露在日光下时，光会消失。
Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source — such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway — a lot of energy is lost ring transmission.
照明用电约占美国总用电量的7%。因为照明通常远离电源—例如，从发电厂到偏远公路上路灯的距离——在传输过程中会损失大量能量.
Glowing plants could rece this distance and therefore help save energy.
发光植物可以缩短这种距离，从而有助于节约能源。
Ⅱ 2020年高考英语全国卷2 - 阅读理解C
When you were trying to figure out what to buy for the environmentalist on your holiday list, fur probably didn’t cross your mind. But some ecologists and fashion enthusiast are trying to bring back the market for fur made from nutria.
当你想给环保人士的假日购物清单增加些什么时，你可能不会想到皮毛。但是一些生态学家和时尚发烧友们正试图恢复海狸鼠皮毛的市场。
Unusual fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn have showcased nutria fur made into clothes in different styles. “It sounds crazy to talk about guilt-free fur – unless you understand that the nutria are destroying vast wetlands every year,” says Cree McCree, project director of Righteous Fur.
新奥尔良和布鲁克林的不同寻常时装秀展示了海狸鼠皮毛制成的不同风格的服装。“谈论没有罪恶感的皮毛听起来很疯狂——除非你知道海狸鼠每年都在破坏大片湿地，”Righteous Fur（正义皮毛）项目总监克里·麦克里说。
Scientists in Louisiana were so concerned that they decided to pay hunters $5 a tail. Some of the fur ends up in the fashion shows like the one in Brooklyn last month.
路易斯安那州的科学家非常担心，他们决定付给猎人每尾5美元。一些皮毛最终出现在时装秀上，比如上个月布鲁克林的时装秀。
Nutria were brought there from Argentina by fur farmers and let go into the wild. “The ecosystem down there can’t handle this non-native species. It’s destroying the environment. It’s them or us,” says Michael Massimi, an expert in this field.
海狸鼠是皮毛农场主从阿根廷带到这里并放生的。“那里的生态系统无法应对这种非本土物种，它正在破坏环境”，这一领域的专家迈克尔·马西米说。
The fur trade kept nutria in check for decades, but when the market for nutria collapsed in the late 1980s, the cat-sized animals multiplied like crazy.
几十年来，皮毛贸易一直控制着海狸鼠数量，但是20世纪80年代末海狸鼠市场崩溃后，这些猫一样大小的动物疯狂繁殖。
Biologist Edmond Mouton runs the nutria control program for Louisiana. He says it’s not easy to convince people that people that nutria fur is green, but he has no doubt about it. Hunters bring in more than 300,000 nutria tails a year, so part of Mouton’s job these days is trying to promote fur.
生物学家埃德蒙·莫顿负责路易斯安那州的海狸鼠控制。他说要让人们相信海狸鼠皮是绿色的并不容易，但他对此毫无疑问。猎人们每年带来超过30万条海狸鼠尾巴，所以莫顿现在的部分工作就是推广皮毛。
Then there’s Righteous Fur and its unusual fashions. Model Paige Morgan says,“To give people a guilt-free option that they can wear without someone throwing paint on them – I think that’s going to be a massive thing, at least here in New York.” Designer Jennifer Anderson admits it took her a while to come around to the opinion that using nutria fur for her creations is morally acceptable. She’s trying to come up with a label to attach to nutria fashions to show it is eco-friendly.
还有Righteous Fur和它不同寻常的时尚。模特佩奇·摩根说，“给人们一个没有罪恶感的选择，让他们可以穿着，而不用被人往身上泼油漆——我认为这将是一件大事，至少在纽约是这样。”设计师詹妮弗·安德森承认，她花了一段时间才意识到，用海狸鼠皮制作作品在道德上是可以接受的。她正尝试给海狸鼠时尚贴上环保标签。
Ⅲ 2022年高考英语全国甲卷 - 阅读理解A
Theatres and Entertainment
剧院和娱乐
St David's Hall
圣大卫音乐厅
St David's Hall is the award winning National Concert Hall of Wales standing at the very heart of Cardiff's entertainment centre. With an impressive 2,000-seat concert hall, St David's Hall is home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff. It presents live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, musicals, dance, world music, films and classical music.
圣大卫音乐厅是屡获殊荣的威尔士国家音乐厅，位于卡迪夫娱乐中心的中心位置。拥有2000个座位，是卡迪夫一年一度的威尔士舞会的举办地。提供现场娱乐，包括流行音乐、摇滚乐、民谣、爵士乐、音乐剧、舞蹈、世界音乐、电影和古典音乐。
The Hayes, Cardiff CF 10 1 AH
www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
The Glee Club
欢乐俱乐部
Every weekend this is "Wales" premier comedy club where having a great time is the order for both audiences and comedy stars alike. It is hard to name a comedy star who hasn't been on the stage here. If you are looking for the best comedies on tour and brilliant live music, you should start here.
每个周末，这里都是“威尔士”首屈一指的喜剧俱乐部，无论是观众还是喜剧尺拿扮明星，都会玩得开心。很难说出一位没有在这里登台演出过的喜剧明星。如果你正敏判在寻找巡演中最好的喜剧和精彩的现场音乐，你应该从这里开始。
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF 10 5 BZ
www.glee.co.uk/cardiff
Sherman Cymru
谢尔曼·辛姆鲁
Sherman Cymru's theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February 2012. This special building is a place in which theatre is made and where children, artists, writers and anyone else have the opportunity to do creative things. Sherman Cymru is excited to present a packed programme of the very best theatre, dance, family shows and music from Wales and the rest of the world.
位于卡迪夫Cathays 地区的谢尔曼·辛姆鲁剧院于2012年2月重新开业。这座特殊的建筑是一个剧院，儿童、艺术家、作家和其他任何人都有陵灶机会做些创造性的事情。谢尔曼·辛姆鲁很高兴能推出一系列来自威尔士和世界其他地区的最佳戏剧、舞蹈、家庭节目和音乐。
Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF 24 4 YE
www.shermancymru.co.uk
New Theatre
新剧院
The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama, musicals, dance and children's shows for more than 100 years. Presenting the best of the West End along with the pick of the UK's touring shows, the New Theatre is Cardiff's oldest surviving traditional theatre. Be sure to pay a visit as part of your stay in the city.
100多年来，新剧院一直是优质戏剧、音乐剧、舞蹈和儿童节目的家园。这座新剧院是卡迪夫现存最古老的传统剧院，展示了西区的精华以及英国巡回演出精选。一定要去看看，这是你在这座城市逗留的一部分。
Park Place, Cardiff CF 10 3 LN
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
Ⅳ 2022年高考英语全国乙卷 - 阅读理解A
Henry Raeburn（1756-1823）
亨利·雷伯恩（1756-1823）
The Exhibition
展览
This exhibition of some sixty masterpieces celebrating the life and work of Scotland's best loved painter, Sir Henry Raeburn, comes to London. Selected from collections throughout the world, it is the first major exhibition of his work to be held in over forty years.
这场展览将在伦敦举行，展出苏格兰最受欢迎的画家亨利·雷伯恩爵士的60多幅杰作，以纪念他的一生和作品。展品选自世界各地，是他四十多年来首次举办的大型作品展。
Lecture Series
系列讲座
Scottish National Portrait Gallery presents a series of lectures for the general public. They are held in the Lecture Room. Admission to lectures is free.
苏格兰国家肖像画廊为公众举办了一系列讲座。演讲厅举行，免费入场。
An Introction to Raeburn
雷伯恩简介
Sunday 26 Oct., 15.00
10月26日（周日）15:00
DUNCAN THOMSON
邓肯·汤姆森
Raeburn's English Contemporaries
雷伯恩的英国同时代人
Thursday 30 Oct., 13.10
10月30日（周四）13:10
JUDY EGERTON
朱迪·埃格顿
Characters and Characterisation in Raeburn's Portraits
雷伯恩肖像画中的人物与人物塑造
Thursday 6 Nov., 13.10
11月6日（周四）13:10
NICHOLAS PHILLIPSON
尼古拉斯·菲利普森
Raeburn and Artist's Training in the 18th Century
18世纪的雷伯恩与艺术家们的训练
Thursday 13 Nov., 13.10
11月13日（周四）13:10
MARTIN POSTLE
马丁·波斯特尔
Exhibition Times
展出时间
Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 17.45 Sunday 12.00- 17.45
周一至周六 10:00-17:45 周日12:00-17:45
Last admission to the exhibition: 17.15. There is no re-admission.
展览最后入场时间：17:15。不能再次入场。
Closed: 24 - 26 December and 1 January.
关闭日期：12月24日至26日和1月1日。
Admission
门票
£4. Children under 12 years accompanied by an alt are admitted free.
£4。12岁以下儿童在成人陪同下免费入场。
Schools and Colleges
学校和学院
A special low entrance charge of £2 per person is available to all in full-time ecation, up to and including those at first degree level, in organised groups with teachers.
全日制教育的所有学生，包括那些参加有老师组织的第一学位课程的学生，都只需购买每人2英镑的特惠门票。
Ⅳ 2021年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解B
By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova — not as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m not a trained musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”
罗伯特·蒂特顿白天是个律师，业余时间，他和钢琴家玛丽亚·拉斯波娃一起上台——不是作为音乐家，而是作为她的翻页师。“我不是一个熟练的音乐家，但我学会了阅读音乐，所以我可以帮助玛丽亚表演。”
Mr Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
蒂特顿是欧米茄乐团的主席，在过去四年里一直是该组织的官方翻页师。他的工作是坐在钢琴家旁边翻阅乐谱，这样音乐家就不必自己动手而破坏声音的连续。他说他变得和舞台上那些演奏乐器的人一样紧张。
“A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr Titterton explained.
蒂特顿解释道：“这份工作需要很多技能。当你必须翻到正确的位置时，你得确保不要一次翻两页，确保发现音乐中的重复部分。”。
Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40 minutes and require up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with their page turner.
做一个翻页师需要大量的练习。有些曲子长达40分钟，最多需要翻50页，包括重复段落的往回翻。在台上无声的交流是关键，每个钢琴家都有自己的“点头”风格来示意翻页，这需要他们和翻页师练习。
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.”
不过和所有的表演一样，有时也会出问题。”我正准备翻到下一页，但翻页的气流让剩余的几页从架子上掉了下来，”蒂特顿先生说，“幸好我抓住了它们，把它们放回去。”
Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.
大多数翻页师是钢琴专业的学生或是有前途的钢琴演奏家，尽管拉斯波娃女士曾经让她的丈夫在舞台上帮她翻页。
“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ “Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.”
“我丈夫是最糟糕的翻页师，”她笑道，“他沉浸入音乐，感受每个音符，我不得不说：‘翻页、翻页！’罗伯特是我一生中遇到的最棒的翻页师。”
Ⅵ 2021年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解A
Rome can be pricey for travelers, which is why many choose to stay in a hostel. The hostels in Rome offer a bed in a dorm room for around $25 a night, and for that, you’ll often get to stay in a central location with security and comfort.
对于旅行者来说，罗马很贵，这就是许多人选择住旅社的原因。罗马的旅社单人间每晚25美元左右，因此，你通常可以住在安全舒适的市中心。
Yellow Hostel
If I had to make just one recommendation for where to stay in Rome, it would be Yellow Hostel. It’s one of the best-rated hostels in the city, and for good reason. It’s affordable, and it’s got a fun atmosphere without being too noisy. As an added bonus, it’s close to the main train station.
如果一定要让我就罗马的住宿做一个推荐的话，那就是Yellow Hostel。这是本市评级最好的旅社之一，这是有充分理由的。价格实惠，气氛活跃又不太吵闹。另外还有一好处，离火车总站很近。
Hostel Alessandro Palace
If you love social hostels, this is the best hostel for you in Rome. Hostel Alessandro Palace is fun. Staff members hold plenty of bar events for guests like free shots, bar crawls and karaoke. There’s also an area on the rooftop for hanging out with other travelers ring the summer.
如果你喜欢社交型旅社，这就是罗马最好的。Hostel Alessandro Palace
很有意思，工作人员为客人举办很多酒吧活动，比如免费拍照、泡吧和卡拉OK。屋顶上还有一片区域，夏天可以和其他旅行者一起闲逛。
Youth Station Hostel
If you’re looking for cleanliness and a modern hostel, look no further than Youth Station. It offers beautiful furnishings and beds. There are plenty of other benefits, too; it doesn’t charge city tax; it has both air conditioning and a heater for the rooms; it also has free Wi-Fi in every room.
如果你想找一家干净而又现代化的旅社，没有比Youth Station更好的了。它提供漂亮的家具和床，另外：不收城市税；房间里有空调和暖气；每个房间都有免费Wi-Fi。
Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes
Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes is located just a 10-minute walk from the central city station and it’s close to all of the city’s main attractions. The staff is friendly and helpful, providing you with a map of the city when you arrive, and offering advice if you require some. However, you need to pay 2 euros a day for Wi-Fi.
Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes距离市中心车站仅10分钟的步行路程，距离城市所有主要景点都很近。工作人员友好且乐于助人，在您到达时为您提供城市地图，并在您需要时提供建议。不过，使用Wi-Fi需要支付2欧元一天。
Ⅶ 2020年高考英语全国卷2 - 阅读理解D
I have a special place in my heart for libraries. I have for as long as I can remember. I was always an enthusiastic reader, sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child. Stories were like air to me and while other kids played ball or went to parties, I lived out adventures through the books I checked out from the library,
图书馆在我心中的地位很特殊，从我记事起就是这样。我一直是一个热心的读者，小时候每天看三本书。故事对我来说就像空气一样不可或缺，当其他孩子打球或参加派对时，我在从图书馆借来的书中体验冒险，
My first job was working at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years old. It was a dream job and I did everything from shelving books to reading to the children for story time.
我的第一份工作是在Ukiah图书馆工作，当时我16岁。这份工作梦寐以求，从上架书籍到给孩子们读故事，我做了所有的事情。
As I grew older and became a mother, the library took on a new place and an added meaning in my life. I had several children, and books were our main source of entertainment. It was a big deal for us to load up and go to the local library, where my kids could pick out books to read or books they wanted me to read to them.
长大后成为一名母亲，图书馆在我的生活中占据了一个新的位置，增加了意义。我有几个孩子，书籍是我们的主要快乐来源。对我们来说，带上食物去当地的图书馆是件大事，我的孩子们可以在那里挑选要读的书或者想让我读给他们听的书。
I always read, using different voices, as though I were acting out the stories with my voice and they loved it! It was a special time to bond with my children and it filled them with the wonderment of books.
我总是用不同的声音阅读，就好像我在用自己的声音表演故事，他们喜欢这样！这是一个与我的孩子们建立联系的特殊时刻，让他们感受到书的奇妙。
Now, I see my children taking their children to the library and I love that the excitement of going to the library lives on from generation to generation.
现在，我看到我的孩子们带着他们的孩子去图书馆，我喜欢去图书馆的兴奋感代代相传。
As a novelist, I've found a new relationship with libraries. I encourage readers to go to their local library when they can't afford to purchase a book. I see libraries as a safe haven for readers and writers, a bridge that helps put together a reader with a book. Libraries, in their own way, help fight book piracy and I think all writers should support libraries in a significant way when they can. Encourage readers to use the library. Share library announcements on your social media. Frequent them and talk about them when you can.
作为一名小说家，我与图书馆建立了新的关系。我鼓励读者在买不起书的时候去当地的图书馆。我把图书馆看成是读者和作家的避风港，这是一座桥梁，帮助读者和书相连接。图书馆以自己的方式帮助打击图书盗版，我认为所有的作家都应该在可能的情况下大力支持图书馆。鼓励读者使用图书馆，在社交媒体上共享图书馆公告，经常使用它们，并在可能的时候谈论它们。