《阅读理解特训：3真2模含解析》2016届高三英语二轮突破53
阅读理解（共20小题；每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The baby elephant Ishanga was lying in the bushes, scared, starving, and struggling to breathe. Until just a few days before, she had been with her mother, walking through the sweeping grasslands of Tsavo National Park in the African country of Kenya.
The baby’s mother was killed, most likely by a poacher. On Wednesday, November 17，2010， an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park. Luckily, a member of the team spotted the baby and rushed to help her.
Suddenly, a lion sprang from the bushes and clamped its mouth around her neck. One person managed to pull out his gun and fire shots in the air. The shocked lion released the baby and backed away.
Now the weakened baby had a grave wound on her neck. About 300 miles north of Tsavo is a place that helps baby elephants. Over the years, the orphanage(孤儿院）has raised 130 elephants and successfully released them back into the wild.
After a tense wait and a plane ride, the baby’s rescuers made it to the orphanage. The medical staff worked frantically to treat her wound. She was scared and wild. She screamed, and wouldn’t let any humans get near her, refusing to eat or drink.
After two hours of intense medical care, Ishanga awoke and slowly struggled to her feet. Two keepers and a veterinarian had been with her all night. They were relieved that she seemed to be recovering.
The next day, though Ishanga remained weak, her keepers introduced her to some of the other 14 young elephants living at the orphanage. The keepers stood back as the other elephants extended their trunk in friendly greetings. The older elephants led Ishanga around, giving her a tour of her new home.
Over the past year, Ishanga’s wounds have healed. She has made many friends. It’ll be up to Ishanga to decide when she’s ready to leave the orphanage. Returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years. For now, she is in no rush to leave this extraordinary community of elephants and humans. Ishanga has a long, happy life ahead of her.
26. The underlined word “poacher” in paragraph 2 probably means_____.
A. someone who hunts illegally B. someone who protects wild animals
C. someone who is an elephant keeper
D. someone who works in the park
【】an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park.一个反盗猎团队移除致命陷阱,偷猎者设置的陷阱在整个公园。anti-poaching team反盗猎团队，故推测poacher是非法偷猎者，故选A。
27. When the baby elephant was saved by the team, she was_____.
A. badly ill
B. very dangerous
C. dead D. badly wounded
【】Now the weakened baby had a grave wound on her neck.小象被救时脖子处严重受伤，故选D。
28. The baby elephant was sent to _____by plane.
A, hospital
B. Nature
C. the orphanage
D. National Park
【】After a tense wait and a plane ride, the baby’s rescuers made it to the orphanage.用飞机把小象运到孤儿院进行救助，故选C。
29. According to the passage, we can know that_____.
A. Ishanga is eager to leave the community after recovering
B. the anti-poaching team shot the lion and saved Ishanga
C. it will probably take Ishanga a long time to return to the nature
D. a year later, Ishanga still didn’t adapt to living in the orphanage
【】【解析】Returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years.对于Ishanga来说回归自然是一个漫长的时间，故选C。
30. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. the rescue of a baby elephant
B. the importance of animal protection
C. a brief introduction to the elephant orphanage
D. a story about poachers and an anti-poaching team
【】【解析】B
Dave Bruno works as an online marketing manager. Several years ago, one weekend Bruno and his family did a major house cleanup and then donated several bags of unneeded items to the local Goodwill store. “After all were done, I looked around and realized that I still had too much stuff”， says Bruno, “It occurred to me that maybe I wanted to lead a simple life but in reality I behaved differently.” That realization prompted the 39-year-old father of three to try an experiment, “The 100 Thing Challenge”.
With the goal of breaking free of what he calls a “bad habit of consumerism…Bruno was determined to live for one year with just 100 personal items. He cut down his possessions to 94 items, including a Bible, laptop, guitar, wedding ring, car and clothes. He created some guidelines for the experiment since his wife and daughters did not participate-family-shared and household items did not count as personal items. He also grouped together some basic things such as underwear and socks. Bruno began blogging about his new lifestyle and eventually wrote a book, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul.
Since completing the experiment, Bruno has continued to live by the motto: reduce, refuse, and rearrange and maintains just 110 personal things. “ Nearly three years of living with a minimal amount of personal possessions, I’m no longer in the habit of consuming for the sake of consumption(消费)，” he wrote in his blog last week, “That has freed me up for all sorts of better endeavors than shopping—like spending time with family and writing a book and planning for business opportunities.”
Bruno’s project has also inspired others to live minimally, many of whom post their own 100 Thing Challenge updates on YouTube. “The reality is that the 100 Thing Challenge is surprisingly easy”， sBruno, “
I
’m
not saying there were no challenges or disappointments. I miss some things, but not that much. Frankly, it’s far easier to live with less stuff than with excessive trash.”
31. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 1?
A. Bruno regretted to have an easy life.
B. Bruno had a special behavior in reality,
C. Bruno and his family led a happy life.
D. Bruno would have liked a life with fewer items.
【】The 100 Thing Challenge可知Bruno想用更少的东西在日常生活中，故选D。
32. The things were included in Bruno’s 94 items EXCEPT _____.
A. socks
B. a Bible
C. cookers
D. a wedding ring
【】 Ks5u
【解析】He cut down his possessions to 94 items, including a Bible, laptop, guitar, wedding ring, car and clothes.只有炊具33. It can be inferred in the last paragraph that _____.
A. it is less possible for people to live simply
B. Bruno met some difficulties in the experiment
C. many people were inspired to update their blogs
D. getting rid of the habit of over-consumption is easy
【】【解析】I
’m
not saying there were no challenges or disappointments可知Bruno在实验中也遇到了一些困难，故选B。
34. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Bruno hasn’t blogged for a long time.
B. Unneeded things should be thrown away.
C. Bruno has succeeded in the experiment.
D. The family show interest in the experiment.
【】【解析】Bruno’s project has also inspired others to live minimally可推知有人愿意去效仿这说明Bruno的实验成功了，故选C。Ks5u
35. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Live with 100 Things
B. Defeat 100 Challenges in Life
C. Survive by Your Motto D. Consume for Consumption’s Sake
【】【解析】Bruno做实验用100项的生活用品.
来进行简朴的生活，故选A。
C
The United States is faced with serious traffic problems. Too many cars travel on the freeways to and from the city. This heavy traffic causes delays and lots of pollution from cars that are using their engines but not moving anywhere. Many cars going nowhere is called a “traffic jam.”
While many cities in the United States have traffic problems, some of the worst are in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is a big city with a large downtown area. One of the reasons why there is so much traffic is that few people use public transportation to get around
Experts say one possible solution to the traffic problem in Los Angeles would be to make
people want to use the public transportation system of buses instead of their own cars. People say the buses should be made easier, faster, less costly and more dependable than driving a car.
One suggestion is to reduce the cost of riding the bus. People who usually drive their cars could save a lot of money on gas and parking costs. Also, Los Angeles could make the buses easier for people to use. The buses could travel to more places in the city. And there could be more special lanes on the freeways that only buses could drive in. These changes would make taking the bus faster and easier than driving a car.
Other experts have said that the best way to ease traffic problems is to charge people money to drive on the freeways. These charges, or tolls, would be for the most crowded roads. The tolls would be in effect during the times of day when most people drive to work and home again. These times in the morning and late afternoon are called “rush hour”. People would try to avoid driving on these roads, which would decrease the amount of traffic. Also ，the money collected from these tolls could be used to improve the roads and public transportation system.
36. The passage mainly discusses _____.
A. different means of transportation of the United States
B. possible solutions to solving American traffic problems
C. causes of the serious traffic problems in America
D. some new laws about American public transportation
【答案】B
【解析】主旨大意题。根据短文的内容可知美国针对交通拥挤应该采取的措施，故选B。
37. Which is NOT the effect caused by the heavy traffic?
A. Too many private cars. B. Time wasting.
C. Serious air pollution. D. Traffic jams.【】【解析】This heavy traffic causes delays and lots of pollution from cars 及Many cars going nowhere is called a “traffic jam.”交通拥挤可以引起在路上耽误太多的时间、空气污染及交通堵塞等，交通拥挤不能引起私家车的增多，故选A。
38. The reason why Los Angeles has some of the worst traffic problems is that _____.
A. there is a lack of public transportation
B. the city is big with a large population
C. most people like to get around by car
D. many people like to travel there for shopping
【答案】【解析】One of the reasons why there is so much traffic is that few people use public transportation to get around洛杉矶的人有交通拥挤的问题其中的原因是很少的人愿意乘坐公交车出门而是开着自家车出门，故选C。Ks5u
39. One of the ways the experts suggest is that _____.
A. people should avoid driving to work and home
B. more roads should be built for the increasing private cars
C. people should be charged on the most crowded roads during rush hour
D. more special lanes on the freeways should be marked out for private cars
【答案】【解析】These charges, or tolls, would be for the most crowded roads. These times in the morning and late afternoon are called “rush hour”.专家建议在上下班高峰期的繁忙的路段进行收费是控制私家车数量的方法之一，故选C。
40. According to the passage, if the solutions were carried out, _____
A. more cars would be reduced and more roads would be built
B. it would be easier but slower to take buses than to drive cars
C. many people would prefer to walk around rather than drive cars
D. the roads and public transportation system would be greatly improved
【答案】D
【解析】the money collected from these tolls could be used to improve the roads and public transportation system.如果这些解决措施被实施的话，公路和交通制度会大大地改善，故选D。
D
As the new semester begins, millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or, more likely, how best to delay that paper.
Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it. They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space, eating snacks, surfing the Internet, watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them, who, most likely, are doing nothing either.
Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate, they write micro blogs about their fears, asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue. But this does nothing to break the spell(魔咒).
According to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are always procrastinating. The figures are disappointing. Procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who don’t delay. Procrastinators like to find excuses " to justify their behavior, but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong.
Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.
Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent(过失的）in a society that thinks of swift action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good.
Fortunately, social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it. Piers Steel, a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation, believes human is “designed” to procrastinate. Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.
41. From the first two paragraphs we can learn that _____.
A. procrastination is beneficial to many students
B. many students are under great pressure in their study
C. lots of college students are working hard to write good articles on time
D. many students are getting into the habit of delaying finishing their tasks
【答案】D K
【解析】Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it.可知许多学生都有拖延完成任务的时间的习惯，故选D。
42. According to the passage, procrastination probably refers to _____.
A. a bad habit B. a serious illness C. a difficult task D. a form of entertainment
【答案】【解析】Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it.Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate,可知拖延是一种坏的习惯，故选A。
43. Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. Procrastination makes people waste their time.
B. Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.
C. Swift action is considered as a moral standard in the society.
D. Procrastination is common among people.
【答案】【解析】Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time.拖延时间完成作业有可能因为时间紧，会出现更多的错误，选项B叙述的是拖延时间有可能完成 工作更好，这与原文不符，故选B。
44. Which behavior belongs to procrastination?
A. Never dream away the time.
B. Always complete the tasks ahead of time.
C. Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
D. Always wait to work until the “good mood” or “good time”.
【答案】D K
【解析】Procrastination is the thief of time拖延时间就是开始有任务时不做，等到自己感觉有好心情了，有好时机了在做，故选D。
45. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
A. Measures to deal with procrastination.
B. Approaches to handling the study pressures.
C. More examples to illustrate procrastination.
D. Introduction to the book The Procrastination Equation.
【答案】【解析】Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.既然存在拖延时间的坏习惯，那么就应该采取措施处理这种坏习惯，故选A。