2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解训练七十集之连载（26）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载（26）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　It is over 40 years since first atomic bomb was dropped on a major city in Japan. Yet even now its effects are showing themselves and may continue to do so for years to come. Much effort and human energy have been used to try to prevent such a terrifying thing from happening again. So far there is no guarantee that it will not. Countries which already possess nuclear knowledge and resources have bombs stored away which are powerful enough to wipe out all life on earth. But this is not all. Other countries, which previously were not so advanced in technology, are gradually buying materials that can be used for making atomic devices. This nuclear energy will naturally be of great value in helping the economy of poorer nations.

　　The generation of electricity through nuclear power came directly from the original work on the atom bomb. Because of the increase in demand for energy and the possibility of decreasing supplies of oil and natural gas, the interest in electricity has increased. One of the by-products of nuclear power stations is plutonium (钸) produced from unclear fuel: plutonium is ingredient (成分) in bomb-making. It means that there are far more opportunities for the manufacture of bombs.

　　This brings the problem to a full circle again. How can something so valuable and useful be controlled so that it works for the benefit and not the destruction of man? (from www.nmet168.com)

　　1. The effects of dropping the first atomic bomb ________.

　　A. are not over

　　B. may go on forever

　　C. could last much longer

　　D. will not be over in the near future

　　2. The writer says that enough atomic bombs have already been manufactured to ________.

　　A. wipe out Japan

　　B. last forever

　　C. act as a peace-keeping device

　　D. destroy all living things

　　3. The advantage of less developed countries being able to make atomic devices is that it ______.

　　A. gives them more opportunities for work

　　B. will help poor countries to become richer

　　C. will enable them to make better explosives

　　D. will be of great value to them

　　4. The second paragraph tells us that the increased demand for electricity today ________.

　　A. has led to the decrease in supplies of oil

　　B. means that more countries are interested in nuclear power

　　C. has increased the risk of accidental explosions

　　D. has increased the very means of producing more atomic bombs

　　 【答案与解析】

　　1. A 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句Yet even now its effects are showing themselves and may continue to do so for years to come可知。

　　2. D 细节理解题。根据第一段“…have bombs stored away which are powerful enough to wipe out all life on earth”一句可知。

　　3. B 细节理解题。根据第一段“This nuclear energy will naturally be of great value in helping the economy of poorer nations”一句可知。

　　4. D 段落主旨题。根据第二段最后一句“It means that there are far more opportunities for the manufacture of bombs.”可知。

　　2016高考训练题。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。Many Christmas customs are based on the birth of Christ, such as giving presents because of the Wise Men, who brought presents to the baby Jesus（耶稣）Singing Christmas carols is based on the scene of the birth with figures of shepherds, the Wise Men and animals surrounding the baby Jesus.

　　The origin of Santa Claus begins in the 4th century with St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, an area in the present-day Turkey. By all accounts St. Nicholas was a generous man, particularly devoted to children. After his death around 340 A. D. he was buried in Myra, but in 1087 Italian sailors were believed to steal his remains and removed them to Italy, greatly increasing St. Nicholas’ popularity throughout Europe.

　　His kindness and reputation for generosity gave rise to claims that he could perform miracles and devotion to him increased. St. Nicholas became the patron（保护神）saint of Russia, where he was known by his red cap, flowing white beard, and bishop’s mitre. In Greece, he was the patron saint of sailors; in France, he was the patron of lawyers, and in Belgium, the patron of children and travelers. Thousands of churches across Europe were dedicated（供奉的）to him and sometime around the 12th century an official holiday was created in his honor. The Feast of St. Nicholas was celebrated on December 6 and the day was marked by gift-giving and charity.

　　After the Reformation, European followers of St. Nicholas declined, but the legend was kept alive in Holland where the Dutch spelling of his name Sint Nikolass was eventually transformed to Sinterklaas. Dutch children would leave their wooden shoes by the fireplace, and Sinterklaas would reward good children by placing treats in their shoes. Dutch colonists brought this tradition with them to America in the 17th century and here the English name of Santa Claus appeared.

　　1.Why, as is believed, is Santa Claus so popular in Europe?

　　A. Because of his reputation for generosity.

　　B. Because he died in Italy.

　　C. Because of the deed of the Italian sailors.

　　D. Because of his devotion to Italian children.

　　2.What was the Feast of St. Nicholas held for?

　　A. Celebrating Christ’s birthday.

　　B. Giving thanks to churches.

　　C. Marking a holiday

　　D. Honoring St. Nicholas.

　　3.What does “Sinterklaas” in the last paragraph refer to?

　　A. European followers.

　　B. Santa Claus.

　　C. Jesus.

　　D. The Dutch.

　　4.Which of the following can best describe Santa Claus?

　　A. Generous, devoted and honored.

　　B. Dedicated, kind and alive.

　　C. Well-known, traditional and lovely.

　　D. Popular, famous and creative.

　　参考答案1—4、CDBA

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don’t come at all. “That water kills people,” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)-colored liquid.“Whoever drinks it will die.”The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neighborhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it.

　　There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three litres—less than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred litres that day—two or three buckets’ worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn’t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; it’s cheaper. Like the poorest people everywhere, the people of New Delhi’s slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.

　　1 The underlined word “slum” most likely means ______.

　　A. a village

　　B. a small town

　　C. an area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings

　　D. the part of a town that lacks water badly

　　2. Sometimes the water tanker doesn’t come because ______.

　　A. the weather is bad

　　B. there is no electricity

　　C. there is no water

　　D. people don’t want the dirty water

　　3. A person needs at least ________ litres of water a day.

　　A. a hundred

　　B. four hundred

　　C. forty

　　D. fifty

　　4. Which of the following statements is wrong?

　　A. a hundred litres of water a day is enough for Shoba’s family

　　B. Americans uses the largest amount of water each day

　　C. in Kesum Purbahari milk is cheaper than bottled water

　　D. Shoba has a family of seven people

　　5. The passage mainly tells us ______.

　　A. how women in Kesum Purbahari gets their water

　　B. how much water a day a person deeds

　　C. that India lacks water badly

　　D. how India government manages to solve the problem of water

　　【参考答案】1—5、CBDAC

　　2016高考训练题。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。Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could.

　　One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”

　　The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”

　　The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.

　　This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead.

　　The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.”

　　The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless!”

　　“So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.”

　　The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean.

　　“Grandson, that’s what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.”

　　1. What puzzled the grandson most was ________.

　　A. whether it was useful to read books

　　B. why he forgot what he read soon

　　C. what kind of book he could understand

　　D. how he could read books like his grandpa

　　2. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water?

　　A. To train him to run faster.

　　B. To clean the dirty basket in the river.

　　C. To punish him for not reading carefully.

　　D. To get him to realize the use of reading books.

　　3. What lesson can we learn from the story?

　　A. The old are always wiser than the young.

　　B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket.

　　C. Reading books can change a person gradually.

　　D. You can’t expect to remember whatever you read.

　　参考答案1—3、A D C

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　If you look for a book as a present for a child，you will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten.

　　J.K Rowling’s wizard is not alone .The past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings.

　　Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children .According to statistics in 1997, 23% said they didn’t like reading at all. In 2003, 35% didn’t. And around 6% of the children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.

　　Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

　　Reading Recovery is aimed at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress ,and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

　　International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school, they read well ,but read text often for fun than those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success . According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

　　1．Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?

　　A．Many children’s books have been adapted from films.

　　B．Many high-quality children’s books have been published.

　　C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.

　　D．The sales of presents for children have increased.

　　2．Statistics suggested that .

　　A．the number of top students increased with the use of computers

　　B．a decreasing number of

　　children showed interest in reading

　　C．a minority of primary school children read properly

　　D．a huge percentage of children read regularly

　　．What do we know about Reading Recovery?

　　A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

　　B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

　　C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

　　D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

　　4．Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________.

　　A．take greater advantage of the project

　　B．show the potential to enjoy a long life

　　C．are likely to succeed in their education.

　　D．would make excellent future researchers

　　．The aim of this text would probably be _________.

　　A．to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.

　　B．to encourage the publication of more children’s books

　　C．to remind children of the importance of reading for fun

　　D．to introduce a way to improve early children reading

　　【参考答案】1—5、BBDCD