2016高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练（答案）--人类与动物的和谐发展（1）
It was late in a spring afternoon. I was sitting at a fruit stand beside Beihai Lake looking at the shinning ripple(波纹), which awoke me to a full sense of life
A mother and her daughter were sitting opposite to me. The latter, a lovely girl
of seven or eight with a pretty, small nose, was occupied with an ice cream. Her mother, holding the child’s sweater, was whispering to her.
A sudden breeze blew and the child sneezed. Her mother rapidly put the
sweater on her and began to button it up. In her hurry the buttons were wrongly matched, which was unnoticed by her until several had been done. The mother at once unbuttoned the sweater and did it again. Such an unimportant incident,
however, did not escape the child’s eye. “Ha-ha, mum, see how your mind has
wandered!” said the girl with a loud laughter, which brought a bit angry look to
the mother’s face.
As an onlooker, I imagined a good dressing down for the little girl because of the impolite remark she made. But instead there was only an embarrassing
interval of a few seconds. Then I heard the mother’s gentle voice: “Yes, it surely has, for my heart has gone out to you!” said the mother, pointing a kind finger at the girl’s little chest. The child blinked(眨眼) puzzlingly, hiding her red face in
the arms of her mother who hugged her gently. A smile of satisfaction spread
over the mother’s face.
I was deeply moved by the scene of motherly love. What was the most
praiseworthy thing about the mother was her way of treating the child’s behavior. Nowadays many people seem to forget that the best way to educate a child is not tolerating or blaming, or even moral lecturing, but tender enlightening with love.
（苏州东山中学高考模拟卷）
1. How did the mother treat her daughter’s loud laughter?
A. She tolerated it.
B. She enlightened her daughter with love.
C. She gave her daughter a lesson.
D. She ignored it.
2. Which is the best understanding of the sentence underlined in the fourth
paragraph?
A. The daughter loved her mother very much.
B. The daughter realized she misunderstood her mother and felt shame.
C. She was angry at her mother’s carelessness.
D. She felt cold and hid herself into her mother’s arm.
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The child was very naughty.
B. Many people are short of love
C. The writer was familiar with the mother.
D. The writer can’t agree more with the mother’s way of educating her child.
4. What does the writer intend to tell us by writing the passage?
A. A mother should take care of her child.
B. A child should be polite to his or her mother.
C. What is the best way to educate a child.
D. A mother shouldn’t pay much attention to her child’s behavior.
解析：
本篇记叙文通过描写母亲扣错纽扣这一细微的疏忽造成女儿的误解到谅解，教育父母要用正确的方法教育子女，从而让彼此体会真正的关爱，描写手法细腻，同时还考查学生语篇意识和逻辑思维能力；
1. B 细节事实理解题。根据第4段里母亲的回答及最后一段的最后一句应选B。
2. B 句义理解题。女儿听了母亲的回答后发现母亲扣错扣子并非因心不在焉而是太关爱她所致，于是难为情地扑向母亲的怀抱。
3. D 细节事实理解题。根据最后一段的第二句What was the most praiseworthy thing about the mother was her way of treating the child’s behavior。
4. C主旨题。根据最后一段可看出作者的写作意图是表明用爱心去感化启迪孩子是最好的教育方式。
Honey(蜂蜜) from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest(巢)and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals unexpected helper一a little bird called a honey guide.
e honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax(蜂蜡) in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this max, which is deep inside the bee’s nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person ad it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.
【考点】说明文
【文章大意】短文介绍了一种特别的鸟类，它获取食物的方式与其他鸟类不同。
56. Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?
A. It's small in size.
B. It's hidden in trees.
C. It's covered with wax.
D. It's hard to recognize.
56.【答案】B
【试题解析】从短文第1段可知，蜂巢高高挂在树上，以至于难以发现。因此，正确答案为B选项。
【难度】容易
57. What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A bee.
B. A bird.
C. A honey seeker.
D. A beekeeper.
57.【答案】C
【试题解析】短文划线词前面提到，这种鸟能够把寻找蜂蜜的动物或者人引到有蜂巢的地方。由此来判断，C选项与划线词的意思相符。因此，正确答案为C选项。
【难度】一般
58. The honey guide is special in the way_·
A. it gets its food
B. it goes to church
C. it sings in the forest
D. it reaches into bees' nests
链接2. （2012重庆卷）
In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren “, John Keynes, economist, rewrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs ,which are indeed what other have , and relative needs ,which make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的) this is not true of absolute
Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending id decided by the super- iority He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this derive as the only source of demands
Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the den almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. The goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.
There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demand for quality. For example, Porsche famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the mark Priced at over $120,000,it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 200 the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.
【试题解析】短文第段提到“He thought although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的) this is not true of absolute”。由此可知，C选项内容与此相符。因此，正确答案为C选项。
【难度】一般
73. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3?
A. They want to show their superiority
B. They find specialty important to meals
C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied.
D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.
73.【答案】D
【试题解析】短文第3段提到“The goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.”。由此可知，这对夫妇出去就餐的只是改善一下。在四个选项中，D选项内容与此相符。因此，正确答案为D选项。
【难度】一般
74.What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Understanding.
B. Increase
C. Difference
D. Study
74.【答案】B
【试题解析】根据短文，人们对于质量的需要呈上升的趋势，由此可推测划线词的词义与B选项的词义相符。因此，正确答案为B选项。
【难度】一般
75. The author of the passage that ______.
A. absolute needs have no limits
B. demands for quality are not insatiable[
C. human desires influence ideas of quality
D. relative needs decide most of our spending
75.【答案】A
【试题解析】浏览全文，短文主要探讨的是绝对需要无止境，A选项与此相符。因此，正确答案为A选项。