2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解训练七十集之连载（52）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载（52）

　　【阅读理解】人物故事类

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy in chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.

　　Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string(线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today.

　　My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a look toward the window. “Come on, girls! Let’s take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute.”

　　On the way we met Mrs. Patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls.

　　There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys’ kites and they went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.

　　Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps it’s like this in the kingdom of heaven,” I thought confusedly.

　　It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the houses. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didn’t mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep“the things that cannot be and yet they are.”

　　The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to“go park, see duck.”

　　“I can’t go!” I said. “I have this and this to do, and when I’m through I’ll be too tired to walk that far.”

　　My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. “It’s a wonderful day,” she offered, “really warm, yet there’s a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?”

　　I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “Come on,” I told my little girl. “You’re right, it’s too good a day to miss.”

　　Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath(余波)of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of—what dark and horrible things?

　　“Say!” A smile slipped out from his lips. “Do you remember—no, of course you wouldn’t. It probably didn’t make the impression on you as it did on me.”

　　I hardly dared speak. “Remember what?”

　　“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp(战俘营), when things weren’t too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”

　　1. Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought　.　

　　A. she was too old to fly kites

　　B. her husband would make fun of her

　　C. she should have been doing her housework then

　　D. her girls weren’t supposed to play the boys’ game

　　2. By“we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all 　.　

　　A. felt confusedB. went wild with joy　C. looked on　D. forgot their fights

　　3. What did the writer think after the kite-flying?

　　A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.

　　B. They should have finished their work before playing.

　　C. Her parents should spend more time with them.

　　D. All the others must have forgotten that day.

　　4. Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?

　　A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.

　　B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.

　　C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.

　　D. She thought it was a great day to play outside.

　　5. The youngest Patrick Boy is mentioned to show that　.　

　　A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories

　　B. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life

　　C. childhood friendship means so much to the writer

　　D. people like him really changed a lot after the war

　　【参考答案】1--5 、CBDBA

　　2016高考模拟题。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　As young Chinese increasingly forget how to write characters because they don’t have to, using keyboards and touch screen technology on mobile phones is changing the trend.

　　For Yin Liang, a 26-year-old purchasing agent at a company, his embarrassment over forgetting how to write characters has gradually disappeared since he started to use the handwriting input method on his iPhone 4 a month ago.

　　“When you write on the touch screen, you use your finger, instead of a mouse or keyboard,” Yin says.

　　“Actually, your finger is like a pen, writing the complicated characters that have long been spelled by pinyin, an alphabet-based input system. Whether typing on computers or texting on phones, most users in China type by phonetically （按照发音地）spelling out the sounds of the characters and the software then gives a menu of characters that fit the pronunciation, so users only need to recognize the character.

　　Handwriting technology on a mobile phone touch screen has been around for years and became popular with the iPhone, which recognizes the input and offers a wide selection of characters.

　　“It’s efficient and accurate,” Yin says.

　　Chinese characters are the oldest continuously used system of writing in the world, but as pinyin-based typing has become more widespread, youths have started forgetting how to write out characters. This was one of the main topics for debate at the first Cross-Straits Chinese Character Art Festival, held recently in Beijing, which attracted experts from Taiwan and the mainland.

　　According to Zhang Zikang, president of the Culture and Art Publishing House, writing with a pen on the touch screen brings handwriting into the digital age. It is even better when you write with your finger, feeling the flow of the cursive script（草写体）and the grace and art of Chinese characters, he says.

　　“Smart gadgets（小装置）don’t take life from the square-shaped characters, instead they offer a new and advanced platform to show the charm of Chinese characters, which are always evolving,” Zhang says.

　　1. Which way is not mentioned in the passage to input characters on the phone?

　　A. Taking pictures.

　　B. Using a kind of alphabet-based input system.

　　C. Spelling out the sounds of the characters.

　　D. Using their fingers as pens to write.

　　2. The passage probably can be seen in a ________.

　　A. novel

　　B. science fiction

　　C. magazine

　　D. fairy tale

　　3. What does “one of the main topics for debate” in paragraph 7 refer to?

　　A. Chinese character

　　B. Chinese traditional art

　　C. Iphone used by youths

　　D. Youths’ forgetting how to write out characters.

　　4. What will happen to characters as smart gadgets appear?

　　A. The writing of characters will be not important.

　　B. Characters will disappear sooner or later.

　　C. Characters can be only written with your finger.

　　D. Characters will be still attractive by evolving.

　　参考答案1—4、ACDD

　　【阅读理解】人物故事类

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed(展现) herself as she did nowhere else.

　　After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate(巨头) Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House social secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career(职业) in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life. She became not less but more interested in reading. For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing(追求) a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined. During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes. She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, The Power of Myth. The book went on to become an international best-seller. She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自传), Moonwalk.

　　Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth. Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself. In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind. Her books are the autobiography she never wrote.Her role as First Lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor. However, few knew that she had achieved so much.

　　1. We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline　.　

　　A. became fond of reading after working as an editor

　　B. was in charge of publishing 100 books

　　C. promoted her books through social relations

　　D. gained a lot from her career as an editor

　　2. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that　.　

　　A. Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady

　　B. Jacqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor

　　C. Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady

　　D. Jacqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor

　　3. What can be inferred from the passage?

　　A. Jacqueline’s two marriages lasted more than 20 years.

　　B. Jacqueline’s own publishing firm was set up eventually.

　　C. Jacqueline’s views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited.

　　D. Jacqueline’s achievements were widely known.

　　4. The passage is mainly　.　

　　A. an introduction of Jacqueline’s life both as First Lady and as an editor

　　B. a brief description of Jacqueline’s lifelong experiences

　　C. a brief account of Jacqueline’s career as an editor in her last 20 years

　　D. an analysis of Jacqueline’s social relations in publishing

　　【参考答案】1--4 、DCCC

　　2016高考模拟题。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Who won China’s first gold medal at the 2016 Sochi Winter Olympics? It was Li Jianrou. The 27-year-old finished first in the women’s 500m short track speed skating on Feb 13. The race was full of drama. Three athletes fell over because of an accident caused by Elise Christie of Britain in the second turn and Li became the surprise winner.

　　Three-time defending champion Wang Meng of China missed the Olympics after breaking her ankle last month. Li had little experience in the race, where getting off to a quick Start is important. But she kept her cool while everyone else was falling around her.

　　“I feel very lucky,” Li said through a translator.

　　She and one of her coaches cried tears of joy after China joined South Korea as the only countries to win the same short track event four Olympics in a row. The Koreans won the 3,000 relay in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

　　“I cried because I was so excited,” Li said. “My coach told me this medal is for Wang Meng as well, so I felt very moved.”

　　Li’s victory made up for the surprising fall of teammate Fan Kexin in the semifinals. In the semis, Fan didn’t even complete the first lap of the race, catching her left blade（冰刀）as she skated near the front. She crashed on all fours into the crew of workers who maintain the ice between races. They climbed onto the top of the pads to avoid being injured by Fan’s long, sharp blades.

　　Arianna Fontana of Italy took the silver and Park Seung-hi of South Korea earned the bronze.

　　1. Who made a mistake causing three athletes to fall over in the final?

　　A. Li Jianrou

　　B. Elise Christie

　　C. Arianna Fontana

　　D. Fan Kexin

　　2. Which country won the women’s 500m short track event 4 Olympics in a row as well as China?

　　A. Italy

　　B. Japan

　　C. Britain

　　D. South Korea

　　3. Which statement below is tree according to the passage?

　　A. Li Jianrou won China’s first gold medal at Winter Olympics.

　　B. Wang Meng missed the Olympics because of an injury.

　　C. Fan Kexin was injured by long, sharp blades.

　　D. South Korea ranked second in the event.

　　参考答案1—3、B DB