2019届全国高考英语阅读理解汇编（3 ）英语试卷【含答案及解析】姓名班级分数题号总分得分、阅读理解1. 阅读理解。Parties and social gatheri ngs no Ion ger excite us the same way they once did.This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartph one.At parties, more people are on their smartph ones tha n on their drin ks.Accord ing to a recent Intern ati onal Data Corporati on study, well over half of all America ns have a smartph one and reach for it the mome nt they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too many people in society are using smartph ones while driv ing and as a result, they get into car crashes. 34 perce nt of tee nagers admit to text ing while driv ing, and they con firm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. Peoples attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.Just as drivers dismiss the importa nee of focus ing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their frie nds, some people poin tlessly check or send text messages in the prese nce of a frie nd, which sends a message to that frie nd: the pers on I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphones to make frie nds does not give us the same adva ntage as being able to make new frie ndships in the real world. Face-to-facecon versati ons will give us muchstron ger com muni cati on skills in the long run.As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or min dlessly check their messages, smartph ones are in many ways more dan gerous to people. The quality of this tech no logy is preve nti ng societal achieveme nts and weake ning the value of com muni cati on. Not only is the smartph one affecti ng our desire to in teract （交流）face-to-face, but it isalso loweri ng societys ability to com muni cate.1. The purpose of this text is to .A. call for an end to use the smartphone while drivingB. appeal to us to pay attention to communication skillsC. express a concern about the overuse of the smartphoneD. advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone2. The second paragraph is developed by .A. giving examples B.listing figuresC.comparing facts D.analyzing the effects3. The author advocates us to make new friends .A. by using smartphonesB. in a face-to-face wayC. in different waysD. under a free circumstance4. Over-dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that A. parties and gatherings limit their social circleB. people are more and more narrow-mindedC. peoples communication skills are weakenedD.face-to-face communication becomes less important2. 阅读理解 。There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip （说闲话 ） as much asthe British.If prying into other s lives were an Olympic sport， then Team GBwould surely take the gold medal.And when the British can t watch the lives of real people with glee， theyhave another source of entertainment to fall back on the soap opera.Britishsoap operas are very different to US TV dramas.For one ， they are normally longer running.The two most popular， Coronation Street and Eastenders， havebeen running for 48 and 24 years respectively.Both are broadcast several times a week ， so remarkably there have been more than 7,000 episodes of Coronation Street .The most obvious difference is that，unlike US dramas ， the British soapoperas focus on the real world.There is little glamour， the stars are rarelyrich ， and they normally have boring jobs.Perhaps the appeal is that the lives of the characters often mirror the lives of the audience but with some dramaadded.This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.Because these soap operas last for decades， the cast is ever changing.Theshows rarely focus on one or two main characters.Like the real world， peoplecome and go all the time.However， there are exceptions. Coronation Street sWilliam Roach,76 ， has played the role of Ken Barlow since the very first episode of the show in 1960， and he is still a regular.The choice of which soap opera you follow is often cultural： People from thenorth of British tend to watch Coronation Street as it is set inManchester.People from the south generally prefer East enders， which is setin the east of London.The show is generally considered grittier and is aimed at a younger audience.1. What does this passage mainly talk about?A British people like to know things about other people.B British team can get Olympic gold medals.C What is British soap opera.D People in the north like different things from the people in the south.2. What is the main difference between American dramas and British soap operas?A American dramas are longer. B British soap operas are longer.C American dramas deal with danger