2016高考英语二轮（阅读理解）金品训练（07）及答案
Find Which Direction Is South
Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.
It’ s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted(委托) with the job of mapreading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused look on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The sun is shining and it’ s still morning. If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient.
①Find a straight stick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.
②Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直) as you can.You can check this by making a simple plumb line (铅锤线)with a piece of string and weight. You haven’ t got any string？OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.
③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick.
④Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.
⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks.
⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.
⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.
⑧That point is south of where you are.
⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.
[语篇解读] 你有好的方向感吗？如果没有，那就要带上指南针。如果没带指南针呢？你仍然可以用其他方法找到方向，本文就是教你如何找到方向的。
1．To find the direction, we ought to be patient probably because________.
A. it is not easy to find a proper stick
B. it is not easy to position the stick
C. it takes hours to make the marks
D. it takes about half an hour to make the marks
[解析] 推理判断题。依据文章中的③⑤可以看出，做阴影的标记最费时间，所以要耐心。
[答案] C
2．The passage would probably be most helpful to________.
A. those who draw maps
B. those who get lost
C. those who make compasses
D. those who do experiments
[解析] 推理判断题。依据文章第二段，“我们发现地图上的标记跟身边的不一致”，可以知道这是迷路时的现象，所以答案为B。
[答案] B
3．Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?
[解析] 依据文章中⑥的叙述，可知：离树棍最近的那条线代表的阴影最短，证明当时太阳在天空最高，指向的就是最南方，对应的正好是A。
[答案] A
4．The author presents this passage by________.
A. telling an interesting story
B. describing an activity in a lively way
C. testing an idea by reasoning
D. introducing a practical method
[解析] 细节理解题。本文介绍的这种方法切实可行，所以作者是通过讲述一个很实用的方法来阐述这篇文章的。
[答案] D
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A
Valentine's Day is named for Saint Valentine, an early Christian churchman who reportedly helped young lovers．Valentine was killed for his Christian beliefs on February 14 more than 1,700 years ago, but the day that has his name is even earlier than that．
More than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for lovers．As part of the celebration, girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container．Boys reached into the container and pulled one out．The girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweet heart for a year．
Lovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they send each other Valentine' s Day cards that tell of their love．Sometimes they also send gifts, like flowers or chocolate candy．Americans usually send these gifts and cards through the mail system．But some used another way to send this message．They have it printed in a newspaper．The cost is usually a few dollars．Some of the messages are simple and short, "Jane, I love you very much．" Others say more．This one, for example, "Don, roses are red．Violets are blue．I hope you love me as much as I love you．Forever, Mary．"
Most of the newspapers that print such messages are local, but USA Today is sold throughout the United States and 90 other countries as well．This means someone can send a Valentine message to a lover in a far-away city or town almost anywhere in the world．These messages cost 80 dollars and more．An employee of USA Today says readers can have a small heart or rose printed along with their messages this year．Will this kind of Valentine' s Day message reach the one you love?
Well, just make sure he or she reads the newspaper．
41．Which is true about Valentine's Day according to the text?
A．Gifts are a must for the holiday．
B．Girls send cards with their names．
C．Lovers usually buy roses for each other．
D．Love messages may appear in newspapers．
42．Which of the events took place earliest according to the text?
A．People began to celebrate the holiday．
B．The holiday was named Valentine．
C．Valentine' s Day cards appeared．
D．Saint Valentine was killed．
43．What is the main purpose of the author in writing this text?
A．To introduce Valentine's Day．
B．To attract readers to USA Today．
C．To tell a story about Saint Valentine．
D．To explain the development of Valentine' s Day．
B
Historians say Harriet Tubman was born in the year 1820．Nobody really knows．But we do know that Harriet Tubman was one of the bravest women ever born in the United States．
From a very early age, Harriet knew how slaves suffered．At six years old, she was sent to the fields． Working outside not only made her body strong but also made her learn about the Underground Railroad, through which she helped hundreds of people escape from slavery later．She also learned many things from other slaves, which one day would help her lead her people to freedom．She became more of a rebel （叛逆者）．
In 1844, at about age 24, she married a free black man named John Tubman．By now, Harriet was sure she wanted to try to escape．Suddenly, the time came．Her owner died．Though opposed by her husband, she decided to escape．With the help of the Underground Railroad, and through a variety of suffering she finally crossed the border into Pennsylvania, where slavery was banned （禁止）．Later, she told a friend, "I felt like I was in heaven．"
Now that Harriet was free, she did not forget the hundreds of other slaves back in Maryland．Harriet traveled back and forth eighteen times, helping about 300 slaves escape into free territory．She became an expert at hiding from slave hunter．The people she helped called her Moses．At one time anyone finding Harriet was promised $40,000 for catching her —dead or alive．
During the Civil War, Harriet Tubman went into enemy territory to spy for the North．She also served as a nurse．After four years of bloody fighting, the North won the war．
After the fighting ended, Harriet Tubman returned to Auburn, New York．She kept working．She traveled and gave speeches to raise money for better education for black children．She also worked for women's rights and housing．Harriet Tubman died in 1913．She was about 93 years old．By that time, she was recognized as an American hero．The United States government gave a funeral with military honors for the woman known a Moses．
44．What can we say the Underground Railroad is?
A．A kind of train．
B．A special railroad．
C．A group of slaves．
D．A secret organization．
45．People called Harriet "Moses" because they regarded her as ____．
A．a sister
B．a fighter
C．a leader
D．a friend
46．Which is true according to the text?
A．Harriet was well educated as a child．
B．Harriet worked for the blacks till her last．
C．Slavery ended in America during the Civil War．
D．The government honored Harriet for her bravery．
47．Which is the right order about what Harriet Tubman did?
a．She was called Moses．
b．She spied for the North．
c．She worked in the field．
d．She returned to New York．
c．She was honored as a hero．
f．She escaped into Pennsylvania
A．c; f; a; b; d; e
B．f; b; c; d; e; a
C．f; c; b; a; d; e
D．c; f; b; a; d; e
48．Which of the following should be the best title for the text?
A．Cruel American Civil War
B．A history of American black slaves
C．A brief introduction to Harriet Tubman
D．Information on the Underground Railroad
C
MADRID （Reuters）—Spain' s parliament （国会） voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes （猿） to life and freedom．
Parliament's environmental committee approved resolution （决议） urging Spain to carry out the Great Ape Project （GAP）, designed by scientists and philosophers who say our closest genetic relatives deserve rights limited to humans．
"This is a historic day in the struggle for animal rights and in defense of our evolutionary comrades, which will doubtless go down in the history of humanity," said Pedro Poza, Spanish director of the Great Ape Project．
The new resolution has cross-party support and it is thought they will become law within a year, making Spain the first nation to extend legal rights to apes．
Under the new law, potential experiments on apes in Spain will be forbidden．
"We have no knowledge of great apes being used in experiments in Spain, but there is currently no law preventing that from happening," Poza said．
Keeping apes for circuses, television commercials or filming will also be forbidden．Housing apes in Spanish zoos, of which there are currently 315, will remain legal, but supporters of the bill have said the conditions in which most of them live will need to improve vastly．
Philosophers Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri founded the Great Ape Project in 1993, arguing that "non-human hominids（灵长类）" should enjoy the rights to life and freedom and not to be mistreated．
49．The Great Ape Project was probably set up to ___．
A．protect great apes' rights
B．research the great ape society
C．save the endangered great apes
D．study the development of the great apes
50．What is Poza's attitude towards the resolutions?
A．He doubts their truth．
B．He strongly supports them．
C．He thinks them unnecessary．
D．He pays little attention to them．
51．What does the underlined words "the bill" refer to?
A．The money for ape housing．
B．The rights of great apes．
C．The resolution．
D．The new law．
52．Which of the following expresses the main idea of the text?
A．Apes have legal rights in Spain．
B．Apes should have human rights．
C．The Great Apes Project did a good job．
D．Experiments on apes will be forbidden
D
Located in the forests near the village of Harads in northern Sweden, the Treehotel opened its doors in the summer of 2010 and offers six guest rooms．Owners, Britta and Kent Lindvall, invited designers and architects to create a series of unique tree houses that reflect the growing popularity of ecologically-themed
holidays．
There's the Mirrorcube, a 4x4x4 meter aluminum box in mirrored glass．Accessed via a footbridge, the Cabin is suspended （悬吊） from the surrounding pines on a steep bank, affording views of the Lulea River．Both these rooms sleep two people while the Nest （covered in branches）, the Blue Cone （which is actually painted red） and the UFO （a spaceship skewered by pines） all have enough room to sleep a family of four．
The Treehotel was built after they saw a 2008 Swedish documentary （记录片） called "Tradalskaren" （The Tree Lover） that tells the story of three men who build a tree house near Harads in an attempt to rediscover their rural roots after years of living in a city．
The Lindvalls, who already owned and ran a nearby guesthouse, saw the chance to create a different kind of holiday experience．"When the film was over, interest in the original tree house grew so we decided to build our own, closer to our place," Kent Lindvall said．"The plan for next year is five new rooms．We also plan to build a chapel so people can get married up there．"
Open all year round, the Treehotel might attract only the hardest of souls during the winter as temperatures typically dip to around minus 15 degrees Celsius．But brave travelers will be rewarded with stunning snowy landscapes as well as a "Three Sauna" and under-floor heating in every room delivered by renewable energy．
53．Britta and Kent Lindvall opened the Treehotel to ___．
A．protect forests
B．introduce excellent ideas of designers
C．provide a peaceful lifestyle for citizens
D．meet the tourists' demand for getting close to nature
54．Which of the following rooms suits a couple most?
A．The Cabin．
B．The UFO． C．The Nest．
D．The Blue Cone．
55．What can we learn about "Tradalskaren ?
A．It introduces the way of building treehotels．
B．It is about experience of returning to nature．
C．It aims to attract holidaymakers to the Treehotel．
D．It is about Britta and Kent Lindvall's life experience．
56．What does the underlined part "the hardest of souls" refer to?
A．Hard-working couples．
B．Strong-willed people
C．Skilled travelers．
D．The youth．
E
"Good fences make good neighbors", the television commentator said, misquoting Robert Frost for the millionth time in my memory．It made me wonder if the poet was not looking down from Heaven and sadly shaking his head．
No line of poetry has ever been more misused in history than that one．It comes from Frost' s great poem Mending Wall．In it he writes of him and his neighbor repairing the broken stone wall that divides their property （财产）．Frost questions why they are doing so, because there are no animals that need fencing in．He sees as well that the wall is a symbol of the barriers （障碍） that people create to separate themselves from each other．He wisely writes that, "Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out, and to whom I was like to give offence （冒犯）．'Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down'．"
His neighbor, however, who Frost describes as a "stone savage" who "moves in darkness" refuses to part from the ways of his forefathers and goes along foolishly with their belief that "Good fences make good neighbors．"
I wonder if Mr．Frost would have ever written his poem if he had known that the line he wrote in irony （讽刺） would be used again and again to encourage what he was so against．Perhaps he would have written a different one about tearing down the fences that separate us and breaking apart the walls that hide our hearts from each other．Either way, we should embrace the wisdom he shared with us．Fences and walls separate us from each other．We need to take them down stone by stone, walk through them, and embrace each other in joy．We need to love our neighbors．We need to see that good fences DO NOT make good neighbors．They just make lonely hearts．
57．What can we say about the author from the text?
A．He thinks highly of Frost' s poems．
B．He has a low opinion of Frost's neighbor．
C．He looks down upon the TV commentator．
D．He is anxious about the misunderstanding of Frost's idea．
58．What does the wall in Frost's poem stand for according to the author?
A．Broken fences．
B．Quarrels with neighbors．
C．The distance between neighbors．
D．The insisting on the forefathers' belief．
59．Frost wrote "Good fences make good neighbors" while he thought ___．
A．it was wise to have no fence
B．neighbors should be good ones
C．fences played an important role
D．bad fences made bad neighbors
60．The author wrote the last paragraph to ___．
A．say Frost was a wise man
B．express his admiration for Frost
C．call on us to tear down the fences in our heart
D．encourage people to read Frost' s poems in a right way