2016高考英语二轮（阅读理解）能力提升演练（07）及答案
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It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives only three to five minutes. Sometimes the hurt brain gets better by itself. More often the doctors can't fix the hurt.
Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help. It is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctor might make the person worse if he works on the brain.
Dr Robert J.
White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should try to make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain.
Dr White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys' blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood.
Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains. When the brain temperature was 50 degrees, Dr White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back He warmed the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were like they were before.
They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.
Dr White's idea works well on the monkeys. Are there other problems with human beings? Dr White thinks doctors will use his idea on human beings. He thinks it will help people who have heart problems, too. A person doesn't have to die when his heart stops. Doctors can start it again. The problems come when the brain is without blood for three to five minutes, the person has a living body, but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will try Dr White'.s ide~ When the person's heart stops, the doctors will quickly trY to cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no problem with the brain.
1. People probably die when_________.
A. their brain dies
B. their heart stops
C. they stop breathing
D. their brain becomes very hot
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Words：318 难度系数：★★ 建议用时：16分钟A little girl wanted to become a great pianist，but all she could play on the piano was the simple little tune，“Chopsticks”．No matter how hard she tried，that was the __1__ she could do.Her parents decided after some time to __2__ for a great pianist to teach her to play properly.Of course，the little girl was __3__.
When the little girl and her parents arrived at the pianist’s house for the first lesson，they were led by a servant into the living room，where they saw a beautiful concert grand __4__.Immediately，the little girl __5__ over to the piano and began playing “Chopsticks”．Her parents felt __6__ of their daughter’s behaviour and started __7__ the room to tell her to stop.However，as she played，the pianist __8__ the room and __9__ the little girl to continue.
The pianist then took a __10__ on the piano bench next to the little girl，listening to her play.After a moment he began to play __11__ her，adding some basic tones.The little girl __12__ to
play “Chopsticks”．The
parents couldn’t believe their __13__.They were hearing a beautiful piece of music，played by their daughter and the pianist，and __14__ enough，the central theme of it was __15__ “Chopsticks”．
At times you may feel like you’re a(n) __16__ that you will never accomplish great things.But __17__ that little girl.All she could play was “Chopsticks”．Nobody wanted to hear “Chopsticks”．It was an embarrassment to her parents and __18__ to everyone else.Yet the musician encouraged her to keep on playing.
We were born with gifts and __19__.Sure，compared to some people’s abilities，our gifts and talents may seem like“Chopsticks”—not very original and not very spectacular.But keep on playing—and make some room on the piano __20__ for our pianists.
1. A．best B．worst
C．hardest
D．easiest
解析：选A。no matter how引导的是让步状语从句，后面应该是和前面相反的意思，所以选the best。
2．A.look
B．arrange
C．turn
D．settle
解析：选B。arrange“安排”。根据后文我们知道小女孩的父母已经安排好了，所以选arrange。
3．A.pleasing
B．sorry
C．worried
D．delighted
解析：选D。自己弹得不好，现在有高人指点，小女孩肯定高兴了，所以选delighted。
4．A.violin
B．bench
C．room
D．piano
解析：选D。根据后文的“the piano”可以得出答案。
5．A.walked
B．went
C．rushed
D．moved
解析：选C。小女孩见到好钢琴，急切地去弹，所以用rushed。其他词均不能表达小女孩的急切心情。
6．A.ashamed
B．frightened
C．pleased
D．excited
解析：选A。小女孩的父母知道自己孩子的钢琴水平，极力要阻止她弹，怕她被笑话，所以当时很尴尬，因此选ashamed。
7．A.through
B．over
C．across
D．throughout
解析：选C。across the room到房间另一头，因为小女孩是rushed over to the piano，她的父母还在另一头，所以选across。
8．A.left
B．entered
C．cleaned
D．locked
解析：选B。他们是由仆人领进来的，在小女孩弹钢琴时，音乐家进来了，所以选entered。
9．A.told
B．encouraged
C．advised
D．forbade
解析：选B。根据后面“Yet the musician encouraged her to keep on playing”可知，音乐家鼓励小女孩弹钢琴，所以选encouraged。
10．A.book
B．cup
C．step
D．seat
解析：选D。take a seat意为“坐下”，根据后面的on the piano bench可以得出钢琴家在小女孩旁边坐了下来，所以选seat。
11．A.along with
B．instead of
C．in front of
D．behind
解析：选A。along with意思是相当于with，意为“同……一起”。
12．A.stopped
B．improved
C．continued
D．repeated
解析：选C。因为他们一起弹奏，所以小女孩应该是继续弹，因此选continued。
13．A.daughter
B．eyes
C．pianist
D．ears
解析：选D。根据后文“They were hearing a beautiful piece of music...”，可知小女孩的父母简直不敢相信他们的耳朵，说明小女孩弹得太好了。
14．A.amazingly
B．sadly
C．happily
D．disappointingly
解析：选A。小女孩仍然弹奏原来的那首曲子“Chopsticks”，但是曲子听起来很优美，这很令人吃惊，所以选amazingly。
15．A.yet
B．still
C．also
D．already
解析：选B。still仍然，根据“all she could play was‘Chopsticks’”可以得出正确答案。
16．A.somebody
B．nobody
C．anybody
D．everybody
解析：选B。根据后面的句子“you will never accomplish great things”可以看出你什么都做不好。nobody意为“小人物，无足轻重的人”。
17. A．think of
B．regard
C．watch
D．look at
解析：选A。作者写这篇文章是为了让读者从小女孩的故事中得到教育。
18．A.tiring
B．pleasant
C．annoying
D．surprising
解析：选C。根据文章的描述，小女孩的钢琴弹得很糟糕，所以选annoying。tiring意为“令人劳累的”。
19．A.abilities
B．advantages
C．talents
D．goods
解析：选C。根据后面的句子“our gifts and talents may seem like‘Chopsticks’”可以得出答案。
20．A.piece
B．music
C．table
D．bench
解析：选D。从上文可知钢琴家“took a seat on the piano bench next to the little girl”，所以这里要选bench。
Ⅲ.阅读理解
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A few years ago I had an“aha！”moment regarding handwriting.
I had in my hand a sheet of paper with handwritten instructions on it for some sort of editorial task.It occurred at first that I did not recognize the handwriting，and then I realized whose it must be.I finally became aware of the fact that I had been working with this colleague for at least a year，maybe two，and yet I did not recognize her handwriting at that point.
It was a very important event in the computerization of life—a sign that the informal，friendly communication of people working together in an office had changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails.There was a time when our workdays were filled with little letters，and we recognized one another’s handwriting the way we knew voices or faces.
As a child visiting my father’s office，I was pleased to recognize，in little notes on the desks of his staff，the same handwriting I would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridge—except that those notes were signed“dad”instead of“RFW”．
All this has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of Handwriting，a book by Florey.She shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well，but many others argue that people in a digital age can’t be expected to learn to hold a pen.
I don’t buy it.
I don’t want to see anyone cut off from the expressive，personal associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does.For many a biographer，part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their handwriting.
What some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16th century Italy.That may sound impossibly grand—as if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings.However，they have worked in many school systems.
1．Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleague’s handwriting?
A．He had worked with his colleague long enough.
B．His colleague’s handwriting was so beautiful.
C．His colleague’s handwriting was so terrible.
D．He still had a lot of work to do.
解析：选A。细节理解题。由第二段最后一句可知，作者对不能认出和自己一起工作了很长时间的同事的笔迹感到惊讶。
2．People working together in an office used to ________.
A．talk more about handwriting
B．take more notes on workdays
C．know better one another’s handwriting
D．communicate better with one another
解析：选C。推理判断题。由第三段中的“There was a time when...voice or faces.”可知，过去一起工作的人们通常能互相了解对方的笔迹。
3．The author’s father wrote notes in pen ________.
A．to both his family and his staff
B．to his family in small letters
C．to his family on the fridge
D．to his staff on the desk
解析：选A。细节理解题。由第四段中的“I was pleased to recognize...his staff，the same handwriting I would see at home...”可知，作者的父亲常用手写便条和家人及员工交流。
4．We can learn from the passage that the author ________.
A．thinks it impossible to teach handwriting
B．does not want to lose handwriting
C．puts the blame on the computer
D．does not agree with Florey
解析：选B。意图判断题。文章中大量的信息，特别是倒数第二段中的“I don’t want to see...a digital keyboard does.”表明，作者不想让手写字消失。