2016届高考英语二轮阅读理解九十天强化训练：21

　　高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解21

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　　Mr. Jackson lived in the center of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn’t know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the gesture to talk with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who taught a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn’t very easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.

　　One evening there were plenty of people in the dining-room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was wandering (徘徊) there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr. Jackson thought to himself, “ The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.”

　　As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry.”

　　The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.

　　31. Mr. Jackson knew only English because

　　A. he was an English student

　　B. he had never been abroad

　　C. he couldn’t learn by himself

　　D. he hadn’t studied any foreign languages

　　32. Mr. Jackson had to use the gesture because

　　A. he wanted the foreign visitors to understand him

　　B. he wanted to learn the foreign languages from the visitors

　　C. he hoped to know the foreign visitors’ custom

　　D. he hoped more foreign visitors would stay for night in his hotel

　　33. As not all foreign visitors understand his gesture, sometimes Mr. Jackson

　　to communicate with them.

　　A. succeeded

　　B. lost heart

　　C. failed

　　D. gave up

　　34.,so he decided to help the man.

　　A. Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese wanted to stay for night

　　B. Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese was not hungry

　　C. Mr. Jackson knew the Japanese was waiting for his wife.

　　D. Mr. Jackson was sure the Japanese couldn’t speak English

　　35. The Japanese thought,so he gave him two pounds.

　　A. Mr. Jackson was a beggar.

　　B. Mr. Jackson was a translator.

　　C. Mr. Jackson could help him.

　　D. Mr. Jackson could ring his wife up.

　　参考答案--------- DACDA,

　　Foresters are people who work with trees and know a lot about them. Occasionally, foresters have problems, and the foresters in southern Indiana have had many problems.

　　The foresters were doing an experiment. They wanted to grow walnut (胡桃) trees by planting walnuts in the ground. If they succeeded, the foresters would be able to control the location of the trees. Also, this method would be much cheaper than transplanting or moving nut trees that were grown in plant nurseries (苗圃) . So the foresters planted their walnuts, and that’s when the squirrels (松鼠) started causing trouble. Shortly after the nuts were planted, the squirrels dug them up for tasty snacks (快餐) .

　　The foresters tried to keep the squirrels away from the walnuts. Mothballs (卫生球) were used as a warning, but they didn’t work. Then, the foresters tried dipping the walnuts in kerosene (煤油) ,

　　but that didn’t stop the squirrels either. The foresters continue to search for a method that will really work. But until they find one, the squirrels can continue to have their walnut snacks and the foresters will have to transplant trees!

　　36. Foresters are people who

　　A. look after the forest and work with trees

　　B. feed squirrels in the forest

　　C. catch squirrels that steal walnuts

　　D. transplant trees

　　37. What were the foresters trying to do with the walnuts?

　　A. Plant food for squirrels.

　　B. Control the location of the trees.

　　C. Move the trees closer to the squirrels. D. Get squirrels to eat them.

　　38. The underlined word “transplanting” probably means “

　　A. planting

　　B. moving

　　C. growing

　　D. buying

　　39. What did the squirrels do to the walnuts that were dipped in kerosene?

　　A. Left them alone.

　　B. Continued to eat them.

　　C. Hid them in trees

　　D. Put them into the earth.

　　40. According to the story, which of the following is not true?

　　A. Mothballs didn’t prove to be a good method of stopping the squirrels from eating the walnuts.

　　B. The squirrels found the walnuts tasty.

　　C. The squirrels started eating mothballs instead of walnuts.

　　D. The forester haven’t found a good way to prevent the squirrels from eating the walnuts.

　　参考答案---------- ABBBC,

　　C2 [2016·福建卷]

　　When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the “in” thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.

　　What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being “replaced”. We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the “new” stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.

　　Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.

　　Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift－giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. “You'll recognize this one，” she said, smiling.

　　Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.

　　The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother.

　　And it still fits me.

　　56．The underlined word “in” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．

　　A. fashionable

　　B. available

　　C. practical

　　D. renewable

　　57．When she got the ring back, the writer was about ________．

　　A. 13 years old

　　B. 15 years old

　　C. 26 years old

　　D. 28 years old

　　58．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A．The writer's family moved several times.

　　B．The writer never stopped looking for her ring.

　　C．The writer's ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.

　　D．The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.

　　59．What would be the best title for the passage?

　　A. My New Ring

　　B. Lost and Found

　　C. Lost and Replaced

　　D. An Expensive Ring

　　【要点综述】

　　本文是一篇记叙文。 作者通过描述自己小时候渴望得到一枚戒指，愿望得到满足后的快乐心情，以及不慎丢失后的沮丧心情和多年后失而复得的欣喜，表达了作者怀旧和敝帚自珍的生活态度。

　　56．A　词义猜测题。根据后一句“…every girl except me had one…” 可知，每个女孩都有一枚有自己符号的戒指，说明这类戒指很流行。故答案选A。

　　57．D　推理判断题。 根据原文我们得知，作者在13岁生日时得到那枚戒指，一个月后丢失，两年后卖掉房子，新房东买房13年之后换新地毯时重新找到戒指，即十五年之后，故答案为D。

　　58．A　细节理解题。根据第三段末尾和第四段开头可知答案A正确。

　　59．B　主旨大意题。只有B项才能概括全文大意。 本文主要讲述了戒指的失而复得。

　　C2

　　[2016·湖北卷]

　　Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day's events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

　　When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well－equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera.During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across.I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand.The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows.I automatically took out my pen?At that point, I understoods that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

　　Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.I take pictures, but not very often梠nly of objects I find really beautiful.mI'm no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old.I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.

　　I don't want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes.Maybe I won't have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I'll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.I don't live to make memories桰 just live, and the mem ories form themselves.

　　51．Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ________．

　　A．observing her school routine

　　B．expressing her satisfaction

　　C．impressing her classmates

　　D．preserving her history

　　52．What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary?

　　A．A dull night on the journey.

　　B．The beauty of the great valley.

　　C．A striking quotation from a book.

　　D．Her concerns for future generations.

　　53．What does the author put in her diary now?

　　A．Notes and beautiful pictures.

　　B．Special thoughts and feelings.

　　C．Detailed accounts of daily activities.

　　D．Descriptions of unforgettable events.

　　54．The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ________．

　　A．to experience it

　　B．to live the present in the future

　　C．to make memories

　　D．to give accurate representations of it

　　【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者记日记发生的一些变化。13岁前，作者每天都记日记，记下一天发生的事及自己的感受等。作者很喜欢把自己看到的东西记在纸上。13岁以后， 一次去大峡谷的旅行改变了作者对记日记的看法，从那以后作者只在日记里记载特殊的想法和感受。作者认为要想过有意义的生活，就要亲自去经历。

　　51．D 　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中的“… a way of preserving the past？”可知，作者在13岁以前认为记日记是一种保存过去的方式。 故D正确。

　　52．B 　细节理解题。根据第三段可知，作者改变是因为看到了峡谷的美丽景色。故B正确。

　　53．B 　细节理解题。根据第四段中的第一句“Now, I … write down a special thought or feeling.”可知，现在作者在日记里只记录特殊的思想和感情。

　　54．A 　细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，作者意识到要想过有意义的生活得自己亲自去经历。故A正确。

　　In the Caucasus region of the Soviet Union, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Soviet old people aren’t alone. The Pakistani Hunzas, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Vilacbambans of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador seem to share the secret of long too.

　　These peoples remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Soviet Georgians, aged 110 to 140, work in the fields beside their great- great- grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked, “At what age does youth end?”, most of these old people has no answer. Several replied, “Well, perhaps at age 80.” The very youngest estimate was age 60.

　　What accounts for this ability to survive to such old age, and to survive so well? First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived peoples. They begin their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr. Rustam Mamedov is 142 years of age. He remember his life experiences: the Grimean War of 1854; the Turkish War of 1878; the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr. Mamedov has no intentions of retiring from his life as a farmer. “Why? What else would I do?” he asks. Oh, he has slowed down a bit. Now he might quit for the day after 6 hours in the field instead of 10.

　　All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations of 5,000 to 12,000 feet (1,660 to 4,000 meters) above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollutionfree. This reduced-oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel system stronger.

　　Another factor that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressures and worried of industrial society.

　　Inherited factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer.

　　Finally, although these three groups don’t eat exactly the same foods, their diets are similar. The Hunzas, Vilacbambans, and Soviets eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese, and milk. They never eat more food than their bodies need.

　　It is clear that isolation from urban pressures and pollution, clean mountain air, daily hard work, moderate diets, good genes, and a youthful approach to life all contribute to the health and remarkable long life of all these people.

　　41. What kinds of things contribute to the remarkable long life of these peoples?

　　A. Moderate diets

　　B. Clean mountain air.

　　C. Daily hard work.

　　D. All the above factors（因素）.

　　42. How do you think the author feels about these long-lived people?

　　A. He is impressed with them

　　B. He doesn’t care.

　　C. He doesn’t like them.

　　D. He admires them.

　　43.According to the passage, the phrase “the passage of time” means

　　A. have time to do what they want

　　B. being on time

　　C. time going by

　　D. limited time

　　44. In the passage, why does the author describe Mr. Mamedov?

　　A. An example of a typical long life among these people.

　　B. An example of an unusual long life among these people.

　　C. An explanation of why he is still healthy.

　　D. An example of why his wife died early than him.

　　45. What is the main subject of this article?

　　A. Mr. Mamedov’s life.

　　B. A description of several societies where people live a long time.

　　C. Suggestions for how you can live long life.

　　D. People are healthy in mountainous regions.

　　参考答案---------DACAB