2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解训练七十集之连载（5）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载（5）

　　【2016模拟题】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。

　　The story all began with a simple announcement from the church wall one Sunday morning. LaSalle Street Church’s pastor, Laura Truax，told his 320 regular members that the church had recently received a large $ 1. 6 million profit in a real estate deal (房 地产交易） and that she would set aside that amount by 10 percent to divide among her parishioners (教区居民).Each would get a $500 check to do something positive for someone, and someone could be the parishioners themselves. The money came with no conditions attached; parishioners did not have to provide proof of money spent. It just came with the hope that the money would be used for good.

　　LaSalle’s congregation (集会）is racially and financially diverse; More than 60 percent of members have advanced degrees while about a third live a paycheck-to-paycheck life. Truax had no idea how her experiment would work. She only hoped that it would make her parishioners a part of the giving process and engage them in the church and in their community. So far, her idea seems to be paying off.

　　Checks from LaSalle Street Church have been used to fund everything from swall international projects---including a school in the Himalayas, a health clinic in and an irrigation project in Tanzania---to help local families and friends in trouble. One congregant is helping to fund a skateboarding park in Amman, Jordaa, where he lived for many years. Another is using her money to start a scholarship foundation for local kids. Another has used her money to buy winter clothing for the kids at her daughter's school.

　　"1 hoped that they would recognize the power they had to bless others and change somebody's life, "Truax told Yahoo News. “I hoped that they would see their connection between their little piece and the bigger thing the church was called to

　　1. Why did Laura Truax hand out some money to the church members?

　　A. To help them to make & living.

　　B. To encourage them to do a good deed.

　　C. To reward them for their hard work.

　　D. To employ them to repair the church.

　　2. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that most people of LaSalle's congregation________ 。

　　A. are from the city

　　B. lead a miserable life

　　C. have received good education

　　D. own a lot of money

　　3. By the underlined part "So far, her idea seems to be paying off", the writer means "It seems that ______. "

　　A. LaSalle's experiment is successful so far

　　B. LaSalle is more clever than other people

　　C. the parishioners support LaSalle’s plan now

　　D. LaSalle has made a lot of money by now

　　4. The parishioners have spent their money in the fields of ________。

　　A. science, culture and travel

　　B. industry, agriculture and military

　　C. economy, politics and entertainment

　　D. education, medicine and sports

　　参考答案1--4BCAD

　　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。

　　It’s 5:00 in the morning when the alarm (闹钟) rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart races as I face my body to finish each movement. As I near the end of the exercise, I feel extremely tired, but a smile is of my face. It’s not a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.

　　Some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother’s chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you,” or by my choice to have a salad. Over the years, I have learned it’s okay to just say “no.” I shouldn’t feel sorry for refusing food that I don’t want to eat.

　　So what drives me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.? What gives me the reason to just say to ice cream?

　　Commitment.

　　A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety, increases self –confidence and energy, extends life and above all improve my body shape. This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right. It’s through commitment and sweat that I can make a difference within myself inside and out.

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　　) 1.Why is there a smile on the author’s face in the morning?

　　A. Because she sees her family sleeping peacefully.

　　B. Because she finishes her favorite exercise

　　C. Because she enjoys the interesting DVD

　　D. Because she feels a sense of achievement

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　　) 2. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

　　A. She doesn’t treat others politely

　　B. She likes to make others surprised

　　C. Others don’t understand what she does

　　D. Others try to help her by offering her food

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　　) 3. What does the underlined word “commitment” in the last paragraph mean?

　　A. Good health

　　B. Firm belief

　　C.A strong power

　　D.A regular half

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　　) 4. What can we learn about the author from the text?

　　A. She acts in a strange way

　　B. She wants to look different from others

　　C. She aims to develop a good body shape

　　D. She has difficult getting along with others

　　【答案与解析】

　　【要点综述】本文叙述了作者不辞辛苦地坚持锻炼，有时还不为他人所理解的故事；她只为自己的坚定信念，即通过锻炼来改变自己。

　　【参考答案】1---4、DCBC

　　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。Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像).

　　The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.

　　Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people’s ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists

　　1. According to the author, people make conversation to ______

　　A. exchange ideas

　　B. prove their value

　　C. achieve success in life

　　D. overcome their fear of silence

　　2. By "the buzzing of a fly" (Para. 1), the author means"________”

　　A. the noise of an insect

　　B. a low whispering sound

　　C. meaningless talks

　　D. the voice of a chatterbox

　　3. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors ______.

　　A. about whatever they have prepared

　　B. about whatever they want to

　　C. in the hope of learning something new

　　D. in the hope of getting on well

　　4. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? ________.

　　A. To discuss why people like talking about weather.

　　B. To encourage people to join in conversations.

　　C. To persuade people to stop making noises.

　　D. To explain why people keep talking.

　　参考答案1—4、DCBD

　　阅读理解Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal.He works 60

　　hours a week.He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office.He’s been a doctor for ten years.

　　Dr Petrels gives his patients good medical advices.But he

　　doesn’t just tell his patients when to do.He also sings to them on television.Dr Petrels has his own TV show.The show is in Italia，English and French.The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice.He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language.After that，he sings another song.

　　Dr Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week.The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing.His dream is to perform in Las Vegas.His favorite songs are love songs，and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote.Dr Petrels says，“I always love to sing.All my problems are gone when I sing.”But when Dr Petrels was young，his father didn’t want him to be a singer，so he went to a medical school.

　　Some people tell Dr Petrels he can help people more as a doctor.But Dr Petrels says he helps people when he sings，too.“I like to make people smile.Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile.Medicine and entertainment (娱乐)both try to do the same thing.They try to make people feel good.”

　　【语篇解读】　这篇文章描绘了蒙特利尔一个有趣的医生，他不但给病人治病，还在自己的节目中为病人唱歌，给他们带来欢笑。

　　1．Dr Petrels works 60 hours a week，because he________.

　　A．gives his patients medical advices B．takes care of 159 patients a week

　　C．sings on televisionD．has his own TV show

　　解析：　细节理解题。第一段告诉我们“He takes care of 159 patients a week，所以他每周工作60个小时。

　　答案：　B

　　2．Why is Dr Petrels called a singing doctor?

　　A．Because he has been a doctor for ten years.

　　B．Because he always loves singing.

　　C．Because he is popular with his patients.

　　D．Because he also sings to his patients on TV.

　　解析：　细节理解题。由第二段的“He also sings to them on television.”我们可得知他被称为a singing doctor的原因。

　　答案：　D

　　3．In his TV show，Dr Petrels________.

　　A．sings and gives medical advices

　　B．sings about different diseases

　　C．starts to explain diseases with a song

　　D．sings love songs he wrote

　　解析：　细节理解题。根据第二段的“The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice.”我们可以知道Dr Petrels在他的节目中干些什么。

　　答案：　A

　　4．Dr Petrels’ show is popular________.

　　A．in Las VegasB．at medical school

　　C．with people who like his singingD．with patients in Montreal

　　解析：　细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing.”可推知答案为C。Dr Petrels受欢迎不只限于Las Vegas和他的病人。

　　答案：　C

　　5．Dr Petrels says he likes to________.

　　A．help people sing

　　B．make people feel better

　　C．do the same thing

　　D．make difficult people smile

　　解析：　细节理解题。最后一句“They try to make people feel good.”告诉我们Dr Petrels想干什么。

　　答案：　B