2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（96）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（96）

　　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。When I was 12, I got a part-time job on a dairy farm, milking cows. We milked 65 cows twice a day. One day, I complained to my father about having to go milk those cows, saying it was tiring. He said, you know, boy, to work is a blessing. I looked at the men who'd worked harder. I had a feeling I had been told something really important, but it took many years before it sunk in.

　　Back then, going to college was a rare privilege. My father told me if I'd picked something to study that I liked doing, I'd always look forward to my work. But he also added, even having a job you hate is better than not having a job at all. I wanted to be a farmer, but I joined a military program to help pay for college. And what started out as an obligation to the Army became a way of life that I stayed committed to for 37 years.

　　In the late 1980s, during a visit to Bangladesh, I saw a woman with her baby on her back, breaking bricks with a hammer. I asked a local officer why they weren't using a machine to make the work easier. He told me a machine would put that lady out of work. And as bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive. It reminded me of my father's words: to work is a blessing.

　　After seeing a lot of people like that woman in Bangladesh, I've come to believe that people without jobs are not free. They're victims of crime, poor health, and depression. People who have jobs can have a home, send their kids to school, develop a sense of pride, contribute to the good of the community and even help others. When we can work, we are free. We are blessed.

　　1. Which can be the best title of the text?

　　A. My chosen way of life

　　B. To work is a blessing

　　C. Why should I work

　　D. Inspiration from a woman

　　2. The writer joined a military program because _______.

　　A. his parents forced him to do so

　　B. he intended to find a lifetime job

　　C. he couldn't afford his college education

　　D. he could travel abroad with the army

　　3. What does the writer intend to say through the last paragraph?

　　A. People without jobs could achieve more.

　　B. Freedom is not always free for people.

　　C. Rich people should help those in need.

　　D. We should feel fortunate to have a job.

　　参考答案1—3、BCD

　　【阅读理解】介绍说明类

　　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。

　　A research by the National Center for Health Statistics is seen as an important confirmation of the “Hispanic mortality paradox(西班牙裔死亡率悖论).”

　　On average, Hispanics outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years. Their life expectancy at birth in 2006 was 80.6 years, compared with 78.1 for whites, 72.9 for blacks and 77.7 years for the total population.

　　The report shows that the Hispanic population has higher life expectancy at birth and at almost every age despite a socioeconomic status lower than that of whites. “Mortality is very correlated with income, education and health care access,” says Elizabeth Arias, author of the report. “You would expect the Hispanic population would have higher mortality, in line with the black population.”

　　The Hispanic paradox has been documented for more than two decades, but this is the first time the government has had enough data to issue national numbers. Researchers are struggling to explain why Hispanics live longer.

　　“We don’t know,” says David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. “We thought it was a problem in the data, but we can pretty much say this is real.”

　　Potential factors:

　　·Culture and lifestyle. Support from extended family and lower rates of smoking and drinking. Latino groups in particular have very strong family and social ties.

　　·Migration. The “healthy migrant effect” argues that healthy people are more likely to emigrate. And when immigrants become ill, they might return home and die there.

　　“Solving the puzzle may help the nation deal with health care issues because Hispanics use health services less—they make fewer doctors visits and spend less time in hospitals,” Hayes Bautista says. “It’s clearly something in the Latino culture,” he says.

　　1. In 2006, Hispanics’ life expectancy is　years longer than the average of the total population.

　　A. 2. 5 B. 7. 7 C. 2. 9 D. 80. 6

　　2. What does the underlined word “outlive” in the second paragraph probably mean?

　　A. To live longer than. . .

　　B. To live shorter than. . .

　　C. To die out.

　　D. To expect to live.

　　3. What is the main idea of paragraph three?

　　A. Hispanics were born better than whites.

　　B. Morality is closely related with health care access.

　　C. Whites should have longer life expectancy.

　　D. Even experts can’t explain the phenomenon.

　　4. What is Mr. Hayes-Bautista’s opinion about the paradox?

　　A. He supports there is a problem with the data.

　　B. He intends to trust the cultural factor.

　　C. He believes in the “healthy migrant effect”.

　　D. He thinks health care the most important factor.

　　5. Which of the following inferences is true according to the passage?

　　A. Black people suffer the lowest social status in America.

　　B. Hispanics might have healthier ways of life.

　　C. Only healthy people can immigrate into America.

　　D. White people don’t have strong family ties.

　　【参考答案】1—5、CADBB

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　A classical guitarist was excited to hear from New York City police that his valuable guitar had been found. It disappeared almost a year ago when he got out of a cab and forgot to take the guitar with him. Laurence Lennon, 44, said he was running late that day. He was talking to his manager on his cell phone when he dashed out of the taxi. He said that he gave the driver $ 60 and told him to keep the change. He walked through the front doors of the concert hall still talking on the phone to his manager.

　　Upon discovering his loss, Lennon used his cell phone to call the police. The policewoman asked him for the name of the cab company, the number of the cab, and the name of the driver. He said that she had to be kidding.

　　She told Lennon that he could file a missing items report at the police station or online. Lennon asked for the online address. She told him that finding the guitar might take a couple of years—finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers and marijuana smokers. Then she told him to have a nice day.

　　“This year has been depressing，” said Lennon. “I had to postpone the recording of two new CDs. I've been using borrowed guitars. And I was losing hope of ever recovering my guitar.”

　　Lennon was reunited with his $ 100,000 musical instrument yesterday. The case and the guitar had been discovered in the corner of a coffee house only two blocks from where Lennon had lost it in the first place. Lennon had offered a $ 10,000 reward for its return. He said he would give the reward to the coffee house owner, who had informed the police.

　　1．It can be inferred from this reading passage that________.

　　A．Lennon gave the driver much more money than what was actually needed

　　B．Lennon couldn't give any useful information about the driver and his cab

　　C．Lennon was too busy talking to his friend to remember to pay the cab driver

　　D．Lennon used to work at the concert hall in New York City

　　答案：B　推理判断题。根据第二段第二句“The policewoman asked him for the name of the cab company...and the name of the driver. He said that she had to be kidding.”说明他对出租汽车公司和司机的情况一概不知，认为警察这样问他简直是在开玩笑。．The policewoman told Lennon________.

　　A．not to worry about the guitar

　　B．to have a nice day in New York City

　　C．to find the cab driver and talk to him

　　D．to wait with patience

　　答案：D　推理判断题。根据第三段第三句“...finding the guitar might take a couple of years.”说明警察认为寻找这把吉他会很难，大概需要几年时间，因此他得耐心等待。选项A“不要着急这把吉他”不符合警察的本意和事实；B“祝他在纽约市玩得愉快”，原文中这是警察对他的安慰和祝福，不是事情的最重要内容；C“去找出租车司机跟他谈一下”这显然不可能，只有D“耐心等待”符合警察的本意。．Which of the following is the most important according to the policewoman?

　　A．Finding a lost guitar. B．Finding the cab driver.

　　C．Finding murderers. D．Enjoying one's own life

　　答案：C　细节题。根据第三段“...finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers....”说明在警察看来寻找杀人犯比寻找吉他(当然和其他任何事相比都)更重要。

　　．The underlined word“depressing”can be best explained by“________”．

　　A．making people feel sad

　　B．making people unfortunate

　　C．making people losing money

　　D．making people losing good luck

　　答案：A　词义理解题。根据第四段第二句“I had to postpone the recording of two new CDs. I've been using borrowed guitars. And....”可推测出Lennon度过了一年很痛苦的日子，主要是丢掉了心爱的吉他和由于此事给他带来的种种事业中的不顺畅，因此可推测出depressing在这种的意思相当于making people feel sad。

　　阅读理解, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　Education in the United States is compulsory for children up to about the age of sixteen. Most young people stay in school longer than that. Most graduate from high school at the age of 17 or 18.

　　Almost half of these high school graduates continue their education at a college or university. Education for most young people in this country is free up to the time they graduate from high school. There are private schools, but most parents send their children to public schools, where students do not pay tuition. When young people go to college, however, they must pay tuition at a public university or a private university. University costs are going up a lot：private universities have become very expensive because the government does not help them.

　　Who pays? The parents of children in college may have to pay more, or often students may have to find jobs. These students have to worry about assignments and grades and also about their jobs. If they work too much at their jobs they may be absent from class or miss assignments or make too many errors on tests. They may even fail their courses and have to leave the university.

　　For many students, the problem of getting an education is not just a problem of homework and exams. They also have to make money to pay for tuition. And professors don't teach them how to do that!

　　1．In the United States, almost half of the high school graduates________.

　　A．go to colleges and universities

　　B．need not pay any tuition

　　C．have to enter open universities

　　D．work hard to avoid errors on tests

　　答案：A　本题考查细节题。由文章第二段第一句“Almost half of these high school graduates continue their education at a college or university”可知，几乎有一半的中学生毕业都在大学或学院里继续深造。

　　2．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A．Most parents prefer to send their children to public schools rather than to private schools due to tuition.B．Education is not free until the students graduate from high school.

　　C．University costs are on the increase.

　　D．The students may be absent from class if they work overtime.

　　答案：B　本题考查细节理解。由文章第二段第二句“Education for most young people in this country is free up to the time they graduate from high school.”可知，在这个国家，大多数年轻人接受的免费教育可持续到中学毕业，而这正与B的意思相反，因此B是正确答案。

　　3．The private university students have to pay more money for tuition because________.

　　A．the government does not finance the private universities

　　B．none of companies support the private universities

　　C．the teaching quality of the private universities are superior to public ones

　　D．they have some trouble in passing the exams

　　答案：A　本题考查细节理解。由文章第二段第五句“University costs are going up a lot; private universities have become very expensive because the government does not help them.”可知，私立大学学费高昂的原因是政府不资助私立学校。

　　4．The main idea of the passage might be________.

　　A．selecting a good university costs in the United States

　　B．the increase on university costs in the United States

　　C．the argument about education in the United States

　　D．the problem of getting an education in the United States

　　答案：D　本题考查主旨大意。纵观全文，一直谈论的都是在美国教育中遇到的问题，因此D项是正确答案。