2016届广东番禺高考英语二轮复习阅读理解选练（2）

　　2016广东番禺县高考英语阅读理解二轮选练（2）

　　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。

　　【2016高考英语综合能力测试题】

　　Camping without a campfire is not camping at all. Late-night conversations and games around the campfire are essential for a pleasant camping experience. However, you ought to be aware of the fact that camping with a campfire is not all about fun. It needs a certain degree of responsibility. If you are planning to set up a campfire, or if you are planning to cook during camping, you should remember some fire safety tips.

　　Choose a campsite which has a campfire pit(深坑). This will ensure that you will be capable of controlling your campfire. If there is no fire pit, set up your own. However, you should be careful not to place the fire pit near your camping tent.

　　When you set up a campfire, make sure that you put the campfire materials in the right order. This can help you make sure that there will be no flying debris (碎片) once you light your fire. Put the light materials first such as paper or dry leaves. Then, put the wood. Finally, make sure that you place stones around the campfire pit.

　　Never bum plastics or other poisonous materials, which will disturb your neighboring campground guests. It will also significantly pollute the air and promote the risk of fire spreads. Do not use petrol every time you attempt to light your campfire. Use {t only when all the other fire-making options fail.

　　Once your campfire is set up, do not leave the flame unattended. Before you leave your campsite or before you go to bed, make sure that your campfire is completely out. Leaving fire unattended runs high risks of forest fires and the like.

　　36. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies _______.

　　A. camping with a campfire is all about fun

　　B. it is imperfect to go camping without a campfire

　　C. a campfire is the most important thing when camping

　　D. a campfire may light the camp and be used or cooking

　　37. Paper or dry leaves must be put under wood, so you can _______.

　　A. light a campfire easily

　　B. make wood and dry leaves bum easily

　　C. have them burnt completely and effectively

　　D. prevent them from flying away from the fire pit

　　38. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

　　A. Promoting the risk of fire spreads.

　　B. Burning plastics or other poisonous materials.

　　C. Disturbing your neighboring campground guests.

　　D. Never burning plastics or other poisonous materials.

　　39. What can we learn from the text?

　　A. You may choose any burning materials you like.

　　B. A campfire pit can be made anywhere inside the camp.

　　C. Petrol is the last thing to be used to light your campfire.

　　D. Making a campfire is just for the purpose of entertainment.

　　40. What would be the best title for the text?

　　A. Dangerous campfires.

　　B. Beautiful campfires.

　　C. Fire safety tips during camping.

　　D. Pleasant camping experiences.

　　【参考答案】36-40 BDBCC

　　露营时应当有营火, 本文就如何选取营火地址、添加使用营火材料以及防护措施提出了建议。

　　36. B。推理判断题。根据下句的are essential for a pleasant camping experience.可知答案。

　　37. D。推理判断题。根据第三段的This can help you make sure that there will be no flying debris once you light your fire可知答案。

　　38. B。代词指代题。根据第四段前两句内容可知，燃烧塑料制品和有毒物质会严重污染空气并提升营火蔓延的风险。

　　39. C。细节理解题。根据第四段的Do not use petrol...Use it only...可知答案。

　　40. C。主旨大意题。根据第一段最后一句you should remember some fire safety tips.可知答案。

　　阅读理解。

　　Brazil has become one. of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better results without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.

　　Brazil’s population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.

　　Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.

　　Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values: not many children, women working, says Martine. They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious (有意识的) of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.

　　Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. " This led to an enormous change in consumption (消费) patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction," says Martine.

　　9. According to the passage, Brazil has lowered its population growth ________.

　　A. by educating its citizensB. by careful family planning

　　C. by developing TV programmes               D. by chance

　　10. According to the passage, many Third World countries

　　A. haven’t given much attention to birth control

　　B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate

　　C. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population

　　D. haven’t realized the importance of TV plays in family planning

　　11. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because ________.

　　A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV

　　B. they have gradually changed people’s way of life

　　C. people are drawn to their attractive package

　　D. they popularize birth control measures

　　12. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?

　　A. The increase in birth rate will increase consumption.

　　B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.

　　C. Consumption goes with reproduction.

　　D. A country ‘s production is limited by its population growth.

　　【答案与解析】

　　9. D 细节题。由第一段第一句... more by accident than design可知。

　　10. C 细节题。由倒数第二段的最后一句我们可知。

　　11. B 细节题。由倒数第二段的they describe middle and upper class values：not many children，women working可知：这些肥皂剧使得人们改变了生活观念，也纷纷效仿上流社会的人们，少生孩子，妇女参加工作。

　　12. B 细节题。Marine给比利时的人口增长的缓慢总结了两条：肥皂剧与分期付款计划。分期付款计划就是指人们的消费欲望。

　　阅读理解---D

　　At Blossom End Railroad Station, 22-year-old Stanley Vine sat, waiting for his new employer. The surrounding green fields were so unlike the muddy landscape of war-torn France. After four horrible years as an army private fighting in Europe, Stanley had returned to England in February 1946. Armed now with some savings and with no prospects for a job in England, he answered a newspaper ad for farm help in Canada. Two months later he was on his way.

　　When the old car rumbled toward the tiny station, Stanley rose to his feet, trying to make the most of his five foot, four inch frame. The farmer, Alphonse Lapine, shook his head and complained, “You’re a skinny thing.” On the way to his dairy farm, Alphonse explained that he had a wife and seven kids. “Money’s tight. You’ll get room and board. You’ll get up at dawn for milking, and then help me around the farm until evening milking time again. Ten dollars a week. Sundays off.” Stanley nodded. He had never been on a farm before, but he took the job.

　　From the beginning Stanley was treated horribly by the whole family. They made fun of the way he dressed and talked. He could do nothing right. The humourless farmer frequently lost his temper, criticizing Stanley for the slightest mistake. The oldest son, 13-year-old Armand, constantly played nasty tricks on him. But the kind-hearted Stanley never responded.

　　Stanley never became part of the Lapine family. After work, they ignored him. He spent his nights alone in a tiny bedroom. However, each evening before retiring, he lovingly cared for the farmer’s horses, eagerly awaiting him at the field gate. He called them his gentle giants. On Saturday nights he hitch-hiked into the nearest town and wandered the streets or enjoyed a restaurant meal before returning to the farm.

　　Early one November morning Alphonse Lapine discovered that Stanley had disappeared, after only six months as his farmhand. The railway station master, when questioned later that week, said he had not seen him. In fact no one in the community ever heard of him again. That is, until one evening, almost 20 years later, when Armand, opened an American sports magazine and came across a shocking headline, “Millionaire jockey, Stanley Vine, ex-British soldier and 5-time horse riding champion, began life in North America as a farmhand in Canada.”

　　16. Stanley Vine decided to go to Canada because ________.

　　A. he wanted to escape from war-torn France

　　B. he wanted to serve in the Canadian army

　　C. he couldn’t find a job in England

　　D. he loved working as a farmhand

　　17. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

　　A. Stanley joined the French army when he was 18 years old.

　　B. On the farm Stanley had to milk the cows 14 times a week.

　　C. The Lapine family were rich but cruel to Stanley.

　　D. Stanley read about the job offer in a newspaper.

　　18. What can we infer from the passage?

　　A. When Stanley first met his employer, he tried to impress him but failed.

　　B. Stanley had never worked on a farm, so he made a lot of mistakes.

　　C. Stanley’s weekly salary was not enough for him to live on.

　　D. Stanley left the farm by train, without telling anyone why he did so.

　　19. What did Stanley like doing after work each day?

　　A. Hitch-hiking to different towns.

　　B. Caring for the farmer’s horses.

　　C. Wandering around the farm alone.

　　D. Preparing meals on the farm.

　　20. Why was Armand so astonished when he read about Stanley in the magazine?

　　A. He didn’t know Stanley had been a British soldier.

　　B. He had no idea Stanley had always been a wealthy man.

　　C. He didn’t know his father paid Stanley so little money.

　　D. He didn’t expect Stanley to become such a success.

　　【参考答案】16—20、CDABD

　　阅读理解----B

　　India was once part of the British Empire, but thanks to modern technology and a booming economy, it has turned the tables on its former colonial master. Indian tutors are helping to teach math to British children over high-speed Internet connections. Early results suggest the idea is improving exam results. But not everyone is happy at this “outsourcing” of tutoring.

　　It’s 3:30, and pupils at Raynham Primary School in London are gathering for their after-school maths lessons.

　　Five time zones— thousands of kilometers away—their math tutors are also arriving for class. High-speed Internet has made it possible for Indian tutors to teach British pupils in real time. Each pupil gets a dedicated one-to-one online tutor. The students work with activities on their computer screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor.

　　The class teacher, Altus Basson, says he has seen an improvement in results. “There are some children who’ve really rocketed in their results. Children who struggleto focus in class focus a lot better on the laptops. The real advantage is that each child gets a focused activity and a single tutor,” he said.

　　Such individualized teaching is the core idea of Brightspark Education, the company that provides the online tutoring, says founder Tom Hooper. “Children today feel very confident online; they feel very engaged; they feel very in control. And that's half the battle with education.Give them control, make them feel confident and enjoy their learning and you'll see them start to improve and embrace it," he said.

　　Raynham Primary School is among the first in Europe to try online tutoring. At between $20 and $25 an hour, it's about half the cost of face-to-face coaching. But some people say an Internet connection is not enough of a connection for teaching and learning. Kevin Courtney is deputy General Secretary of Britain's National Union of Teachers. "We think, there's a really important emotional connection between a teacher and a child whether it's a whole class or whether it's one-to-one. You need that immediacy of feedback and we're not convinced that that can happen across an Internet connection. In one of the wealthiest.countries in the world, we think that we can afford to have teachers with genuine emotional connection there with the

　　children," he said.

　　Brightspark Education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to supplement regular teaching. The company says its service does not represent a threat to teachers' jobs in Britain.

　　Parents say they're very satisfied with the results they've seen. And what about the children?Children: "I love it!"I love it!"I hate maths!" So math--or, as the British call it, maths—is still not everyone's favorite subject even with the latest technology to teach it.

　　6. What do we know about the online tutoring?

　　A. Indian tutors are helping to teach math in Britain.

　　B. Tutors and students are in different places.

　　C. An online tutor helps several students at the same time.

　　D. Tutors and students communicate by telephone.

　　7. What can we learn about Brightspark Education?

　　A. It shows a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain.

　　B. It can take place of the regular teaching.

　　C. It only pays attention to math teaching.

　　D. It emphasizes the individualized teaching.

　　8. According to Kevin Courtne, _________.

　　.

　　A. online tutoring will represent a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain

　　B. online tutoring has a great influence on British.

　　C. the emotional connection between a teacher and a child is important

　　D. immediacy of feedback can happen across an Internet connection

　　9. The tone of this passage could best be described as ______.

　　A. humorous

　　B. ironic（讽刺的）

　　C. admiring

　　D. dissatisfied

　　10 What’s the best title for this passage ?

　　A. A New Teaching Pattern

　　B. Indian Teachers and British Students

　　C. To Learn Maths with the Latest Technology

　　D. Indian Tutors Teach British Kids Online

　　【参考答案】6—10、BDCAD