重庆合川区2017高考英语阅读理解九月指导题（八）及答案
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。
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—4、BCAD
2016高考训练--阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项It is commonly believed that people yawn just when they are sleepy or tired as a result of their brain needing oxygen. However, a latest research shows that a yawn can help cool the brain and helps it work more effectively. Researchers said that raising or lowering oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood did not produce that reaction.
Yawning involves opening the mouth while taking a long, deep breath of air. Researchers at the University of Albany in New York said those who held a cool pack to their forehead were less likely to yawn than those who held a warm or room-temperature pack while they were watching people yawning. They also found that those who breathed through the nose rather than the mouth were less likely to yawn. This was because the blood vessels（脉管）in the nasal cavity (腔) sent cool blood to the brain.
Since yawning occurs when brain temperature rises, sending cool blood to the brain serves to maintain the best levels of mental efficiency. This could help us to understand better the way our brains work. It may also help us understand the reason why frequent yawning can sometimes be a sign of brain disease.
25. According to the new study, people yawn when
.
A. they are sleepy or tired
B. they need more oxygen
C. their brain temperature rises
D. oxygen levels in the blood is lowered
26. Which of the following statements about the new study is NOT true?
A. Yawning can promote sleep.
B. Yawning can sometimes be a sign of brain disease.
C. Yawning can make our brain work more efficiently.
D. Yawning can maintain the best levels of mental efficiency.
27. What could be the best title for the text?
A. Yawning Is A Sign of Brain Disease B. Yawning Carries Some Information
C. Yawning Benefits Your Body
D. Yawning Cools Your Brain
28. In which section of a newspaper can you read this passage?
A. Science and technology
B. Health
C. Entertainment
D. Culture
参考答案25—28 CADB
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。
The government-run command post in Tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. On the wall are maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that painstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy.
What kind of invader gives rise to such high-level monitoring? Not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust(蝗虫). In recent months, billions of the 3-inch-long winged warriors have descended on Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, blackening the sky and eating up crops and vegetation. The insect invasion, the worst in 30 years, is already creating great destruction in the Middle East and is now treating southern Europe. The current crisis began in late 1985 near the Red Sea. Unusually rainy weather moistened the sands of the Sudan, making them ideal seedbed for the locust, which lays its eggs in the earth. The insect onslaught threatens to create yet another African famine. Each locust can eat its weight (not quite a tenth of an ounce) in vegetation every 24 hours. A good-size swarm of 50 billion insects eats up 100,000 tons of grass, trees and crops in a single night.
All ﹩150 million may be needed this year. The U.S. has provided two spraying planes and about 50,000 gal. of pesticide. The European Community has donated ﹩3.8 million in aid and the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan and China have provided chemical-spraying aircraft to help wipe out the pests. But relief efforts are hampered by the relative mildness of approved pesticides, which quickly lose their deadly punch and require frequent replications. The most effective locust killer dieldrin has been linked to cancer and is banned by many Western countries and some of the affected African nations. More than 5 million acres have been dusted with locust-killing chemicals; another 5 million will be treated by the end of June.
On May 30, representatives of Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania will meet in Algiers to discuss tactics to wipe out the ravenous swarms. The move is an important step, but whatever plan is devised, the locust plague promised to get worse before the insects can be brought under control.
11. The main idea of the first sentence in the passage is that ______.
A. the command post is stationed with people all the time.
B. the command post is crowded with people all the time.
C. there are clocks around the command post.
D. the clock in the command post is taken care of by the staff.
. The favorable breeding ground for the locust is ______.
A. rich soil.B. wet land
C. paces covered crops and vegetationD. the Red Sea
13. People are alert at the threat of the locust because ______.
A. the insects are likely to create another African famine.
B. the insects may blacke the sky.
C. the number of the insects increases drastically.
D. the insects are gathering and moving in great speed.
. Which of the following is true?
A. Once the pesticides are used, locust will die immediately.
B. Relief efforts are proved most fruitful due to the effectiveness of certain pesticides.
C. Dieldrin, the most effective locust killer, has been widely accepted in many countries.
D. Over 10 million acres of affected area will have been treated with locust-killing chemicals by the end of June.
. The purpose for affected nations to meet in Algiers on May 30 is ______.
A. to devise antilocust plans.
B. to wipe out the swarms in two years.
C. to call out for additional financial aid from other nations.
D. to bring the insects under control before the plague gets worse.—15、BBADA
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。
There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.
In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to them. In a market, transactions may take place via barter or money exchange. In a barter economy, real goods such as automobiles, shoes, and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously, finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence, the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably. In the modern market economy, goods and services are bought or sold for money.
An alternative to the market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue commands as to how much of each good and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economic unit. Central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan, drawn up by the government, shows the amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and allocated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planning of production, consumption, and exchange for the whole economy.
In a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition; every person’s place within the economic system is fixed by parentage, religion, and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too. People belonging to a certain group or caste（阶级） may have an obligation to care for other persons, provide them with food and shelter, care for their health, and provide for their education. Clearly, in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone, progress may be difficult to achieve. An inactive society may result.
16. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To outline contrasting types of economic systems.
B. To explain the science of economics.
C. To argue for the superiority of one economic system.
D. To compare barter and money-exchange markets.
. In the second paragraph, the underlined word “real” could best be replaced by _______.
A.B. concrete
C. absolute
D. reliable
18. According to the passage, a barter economy can generate ______.
A. rapid speed of transactionsB. misunderstandings
C. inflationD. difficulties for the traders
19. According to the passage, who has the greatest degree of control in the administered system?
A. Individual householdsB. Small businesses.
C. Major corporations.D. The government.
20. Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as a criterion（标准）for determining a person’s position in a traditional society?
A. Family backgroundB. Age
C. Religious beliefs.D. Custom
【参考答案】16—20、ABDDB
【2017高考英语南京市、盐城市一模】
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
He leant down to the pickpocket. The heaving and gasping had stopped, but he was still making a show of his breathlessness.
“That’s better,” Mallon said. “Can you stand up? Try to stand up. Here,” he said, and gripped the pickpocket’s arm and forced him upright until he saw his face for the first time. As the pickpocket labored for breath, he gazed up at Mallon with his dark eyes. “How could you?” they asked.
Mallon might have said, “Because you tried to steal from me.” But he was still conscious of the flush of joy he’d felt when his blow struck home — when he knew he’d hurt the man. Where that joy came from he couldn’t say, but he knew that its roots were deeper than some clumsy failed theft.
Fat drops of rain began to patter on the awning (雨篷).
“How are you?” Mallon said. “Can you walk?” The pickpocket turned away and leant against the store window with both hands, and his head sank lower as his shoulders rose and fell. A gray-haired woman inside the store rapped on the glass and made a shooing motion. When the pickpocket ignored her, she rapped harder and kept rapping.
“I have to go,” Mallon said. “I’m sorry.” He looked up at the sky. “I’m sorry,” he said again, and stepped into the rain and walked quickly up the street.
One of the Bangladeshi umbrella sellers was working the corner, and Mallon had just paid seven euros when he heard a woman shouting. He didn’t want to look back but did. It was the woman from the shop, pushing and batting the pickpocket away from the window while he bent down and covered his head like a boxer trying to get through the last seconds of a round. Mallon slipped his wallet back into his jacket pocket and took the umbrella that the Bangladeshi had opened for him.
The pickpocket was out on the sidewalk now, in the rain. The woman stood just under the awning with her arms crossed over her chest.
“Excuse me, madam,” Mallon said, coming up to them. “This man isn’t well. He needs to rest a moment.”
“I know these people,” she said. “Our Romans don’t want them here.”
The rain fell in sheets, ran down the pickpocket’s shiny scalp and face, down his leather jacket.
“Here,” Mallon said, and offered him the umbrella, but he only looked at Mallon with his hurt dark eyes and then lowered his head again. Mallon bumped him in the shoulder with the handle of the umbrella. “Go on — take it!” he said. And finally, with a beaten, unwilling look, the pickpocket did.
And that was when he saw a taxi round the corner with a light glowing on its roof. Mallon ran out waving his arm and the cab turned sharply to the pavement, sending a lot of water over his shoes. He opened the door but couldn’t help looking back. The pickpocket had lowered the umbrella to the ground upside down and was leaning on the shaft, head low, neck bared to the sky.
“Wait,” Mallon said to the driver. He went back and grabbed the pickpocket’s sleeve and pulled him to the cab. “Get in,” Mallon said, and took the umbrella and pushed him into the back seat. He leaned inside. “O.K., where do you live?”
“No Gypsies!” the driver said. He was twisted around, glaring at the pickpocket.
“Gypsy? Look, he’s not well. I’ll pay,” Mallon added.
The driver shook his head. “No Gypsies. Get him out,”
Mallon looked at the driver’s nameplate: Michele Kadare. “It’s the law,” he said, “If you don’t take us, Signor Kadare, I’ll report you and you’ll lose your license. Believe me — I am quite serious.”
The driver fastened those pale eyes on Mallon and turned and put his hands on the steering wheel. He raised his eyes to the rearview mirror and he and Mallon exchanged stares.
“O.K., Mr. American,” he said. “You pay.”
67. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate?
A. Mallon shouldn’t have saved the pickpocket.
B. The pickpocket didn’t thank Mallon for his offer.
C. The pickpocket blamed Mallon for his failure to steal.
D. Mallon must have beaten the pickpocket before helping him.
68. Where should the sentence “He hesitated, then turned back.” be placed?
A. Between paragraphs 5 and 6. B. Between paragraphs 6 and 7.
C. Between paragraphs 7 and 8. D. Between paragraphs 8 and 9.
69. From the attitudes of the woman and the driver towards the pickpocket, we can conclude that ________.
A. the Gypsies had a bad reputation in Rome
B. the pickpocket frequently stole around the woman’s store
C. everyone was protected by the law in Rome except the Gypsies
D. the pickpocket couldn’t purchase anything in the woman’s store
70. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The taxi didn’t take the pickpocket to his house in the end.
B. The pickpocket succeeded in stealing something from Mallon.
C. The pickpocket was a little suspicious of Mallon’s intention to help him.
D. The umbrella seller gave an umbrella to Mallon free of charge.
【参考答案】 67. B 68. C 69. A 70. C