2016高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练（答案）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练（答案）--计划愿望和节假日活动（1）

　　A few years ago，Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning. “I think half of them fell off their chairs, ”Gerner says.

　　Gerner manages school facilities (设施) for Clark County, Nevada，a district roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2018,143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public education system. Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them. Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes (样品) ；they plan to construct their schools starting in 2009. The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings.

　　Green schools are appearing all over, but in Clark County，which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate. “One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向) ，” Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says. His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas. “You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.”

　　Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of the most progressive green design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco friendly buildings. “I don’t believe in the new green religion，” Gerner says. “Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical. I’m interested in those that work. ”But he wouldn’t mind if some green features inspire students. He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power. “You never know what’s going to start the interest of a child to study math and science，”he says.创造性思维是我们每个人都应该有的，但是一切应该从实际出发，不切实际的想法也就如同空中楼阁。本文所涉及的主人公Gerner想创办一所绿色学校的想法遭到了很多人的质疑，他的设计要求连他自己也开始怀疑。．How did the architects react to Gerner’s design requirements?

　　A. They lost balance in excitement.

　　B. They showed strong disbelief.

　　C. They expressed little interest.

　　D. They burst into cheers.

　　．Which order of steps is followed in carrying out the project?

　　A. Assessment—Prototype—Design—Construction.

　　B. Assessment—Design—Prototype—Construction.

　　C. Design—Assessment—Prototype—Construction.

　　D. Design—Prototype—Assessment—Construction.

　　．What makes it difficult to build green schools in Clark County?

　　A. The large size.

　　B. Limited facilities.

　　C. The desert climate.

　　D. Poor natural resources.

　　．What does Gerner think of the ideas of green schools?

　　A, They are questionable.

　　B. They are out of date.

　　C. They are advanced.

　　D. They are practical.

　　[解析]　推理判断题。从第一段的最后一句：“I think half of them fell of their chairs，”(一半人惊得从椅子上掉下来)推知：建筑师们对他的设计高度怀疑。

　　[答案]　B[解析]　事实细节题。本题也可称作排序题。做题的关键是抓住时间顺序或其他次序。本文从绿色环保学校的设计(第一段)，完成样品(第二段)，评估(第三段)到建设(第四段)说明了建筑这所学校的难度。从而选择答案D。

　　[答案]　D

　　[解析]　事实细节题。第三段．..such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities off a desert climate.说明：在克拉克建筑绿色学校最大的困难就是沙漠性气候问题。

　　[答案]　C

　　[解析]　推理判断题。根据最后一段Surprisingly，the man responsible for one of the most progressive green design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco friendly buildings .“I don’t believe in the new green religion，”Gerner says.可以推测，Gerner对建立此学校持有怀疑态度。

　　[答案]　A计划愿望和节假日活动链接高考Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays where we were taken away from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways.

　　But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays require travel and other additional costs that are difficult for many families to meet.

　　For working parents, the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. When an annual leave allowance amounts to only five weeks, there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples can find themselves taking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holiday. For some ’ this makes even an affordable family holiday difficult.

　　The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced staff committed to giving our children a caring and inspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham and many schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools undertake programs of group or individual educational support. Schools also have an important role in sofeguaiding children's welfare through the ongoing touch and support with their pupils. During the long summer holidays, much of this is missed.

　　While teachers are holidaying in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where they live. The lack of free school meals for six weeks can result in pressure on a family budget and an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning.

　　In setting out its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council (委员会)is seeking to reduce the summer holiday down lo four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of roughly eight weeks, each followed by a two-week break. We believe this will give real “down time" for school staff and pupils alike but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning.

　　We acknowledge that this change may be difficult for some school staff, particularly whose own children are educated in other authorities. However, this must be weighed against the benefits for city children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care.

　　71. The passage is probably written by

　　.

　　A. an experienced teacher B. a working parent

　　C. an inspired student D. a city council member

　　72. The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to "

　　’.

　　A. environments B. holidays C. wages D. benefits

　　73. It is suggested in the passage that the summer break be reduced to .

　　.A. 2 weeks B. 4.5 weeks C. 5 weeks D. 6 weeks

　　74. The plans for a shorter summer holiday will help students_____ .

　　A. obtain the cheapest holidays without additional costs

　　B. get a chance to spend six weeks a term with teachers in school

　　C. benefit more from the caring and inspiring learning environment

　　D. have more school days to receive free school meals

　　75. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

　　A. working parents can enjoy a five-week break to care for their children

　　B. the suggested plans for a five-term school year can hardly be carried out

　　C. the long summer holiday gives teachers and students real "down time"

　　D. some school staff will say “ No" to the plans for a shorter summer holiday

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　　2010全国二卷

　　③Thousands of people living in the Chinese capital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year by heading for the ski resorts(滑雪场).Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces now. It is cold enough in winter for snow-making machines to make a covering for the hills north to the capital. And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this New craze(热潮).

　　Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed an astonishing increase. There are now more than a dozen resorts. Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter collections. Mr.Wei, a manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing, sees the growth of an industry that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe. In recent years ski resorts offering natural snow have opened in China. But many are in faraway areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.

　　Beijing’s skiing craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs, which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei, About 40％ of the visitors to his resort some in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.

　　The problem is making money. Starting ski resort requires quite a lot of money: hiring land from the local government, preparing the hills, buying snow machines ,making sure there are enough water and electricity to run them, and buying ski equipment for hiring out to customers. The ski resort where Mr.Wei works cost nearly $4m to set up. And, as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea, many others rush in and price wars break out. Beijing now offers some of the cheapest ski training classes in the world, though with most people rather new to the sport, expecting a few more doing the same job.

　　50.What does this text mainly talk about?

　　A．Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars

　　B．Skiing as a new way of enjoying one’s spare time

　　C．Things to be considered when starting a ski resort

　　D．A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing

　　51.Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Europe?

　　A．To visit more ski areas

　　B．To ski on natural snow

　　C．For a large collection of ski suits

　　D．For better services and equipment

　　52.The underlined words ”leisure industry” in Paragraph 3 refer to

　　A．transport to ski resorts

　　B．production of family cars

　　C．business of providing spare time enjoyments

　　D．part-time work for people living in the suburbs

　　53.What is the main problem in running a ski resort?

　　A．Difficulty in hiring land

　　B．Lack of business experience

　　C. prices wars with other ski resorts.

　　D．Shortage of water and electricity

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　　52. 本题难度较大，很多考生从文章大意出发，从而选择了A项；但是要做好本题只有看好本词汇的上下文进行推断，如果做题经验丰富，注意到50题的选项B的内容，也有助于本题的选择，如果这几个方面有所缺漏的话，答案就很难选出。

　　53. 本题有一定的难度，很多考生也都知道答案在最后一段，主要问题很多同学根据字面意思选择A项和D项的都很多。而忽视了“And, as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea, many others rush in and price wars break out”中的price wars break out这一段话。