2017高考英语阅读理解解析版汇编（35）
【2016高考模拟题】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。
Tony Morrison has won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. Tony Morrison is sixty-two years old. She was born in Lorain, Ohio. She is the daughter of farmers who moved to Ohio from the southern state of Alabama. She studied at Harvard University in Washington D.C. and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Her first success came in 1970 with the book called The Bluest Eye. It tells the story of a young black girl in a society where golden hair and blue eyes are considered beautiful. Her next book was called Sulla. It tells the story of two black girls and pain in their lives as they grow up in a small town in Ohio. Her book The Song of Solomon is about a black man who tries to forget his past as a slave and begin a new life. And Tar Baby explores the relationship of a black man and a black woman. In the story the writer argues that black men and women can not get along with each other until they join together to fight racial hatred(种族仇视).
Miss Morrison won America’s highest prize for literature, the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her book Beloved .It is a powerful story of a slave woman who kills her baby daughter so she will not grow up to be a slave, too. Her latest book Jazz was published last year. It tells about the sad stories in the lives of a black man and woman who moved from a small town in the south to New York City. It took place in the 1920s,a time when Jazz music became popular in America.
Tony Morrison is a professor in literature at Princeton University in New Jersey. She says the most wonderful thing about winning the Nobel Prize is that it has finally been awarded to an African American writer. The prize is valued at more than 800 000 dollars. It will be awarded on Dec.10 in Stockholm in Sweden.
1. From the passage, we can see_________.
A. Morrison is the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize
B. The Bluest Eye tells the story of two black girls
C. the Blacks lived a hard life
D. Morrison studied at Cornell University and is now still working there
2. Morrison has been awarded the Nobel Prize perhaps because_________.
A. she is an important professor in literature
B. her books are widely read
C. what she has written attracted people’s attention to the Blacks’ life
D. she mostly writes about the black women
3. How many books she has written are mentioned in the passage?
A. Five.
B. Six.
C. Seven.
D. Eight.
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Morrison’s father once lived in Alabama.
B. When jazz was popular in the United States.
C. When her ancestors first came to the U.S.
D .When and where the Nobel Prize will be given to her.
这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Morrison的经历以及她的作品所产生的效应。
1. C。 细节理解题。根据Morrison所写的所有书的介绍,黑人们都过着艰难的生活。
2. C。 细节理解题。根据Morrison所著书中的黑人都有着悲惨的命运,可推知她的书所产生的效应。
3. B。 细节理解题。文中总共提到了六本她写的书。
4. C。 细节理解题。选项A、B、D分别可在文章第一段、第三段、第四段找到依据。
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 first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses(冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral(道德) freedom.
A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness(狂怒) makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also. (from www.nmet168.com)
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The importance of self- control.
B. How to conquer oneself?
C. The relation between a man’s moral freedom and his feelings.
D. A man should keep cool.
2. What’s the meaning of “whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad”?
A. If you are mad, the gods will kill you.
B. If you lose your temper first, gods will kill you first.
C. If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy.
D. If the gods want to kill you, they will make you mad first.
3. Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?
A. The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself.
B. You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.
C. You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.
D. Anger brings with folly and ends with regret.
4. Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?
A. Be calm in arguing.
B. Check your temper or anger by speaking low.
C. Keep your mouth shut.
D. Try to make the other angry first.
1. A 主旨大意题。根据文章第 1 段的第 2 句 Self-control is at the root of all the advantages 及全文的内容可知，本文的大意是“自控的重要性”。故答案选 A。
2. D 语义理解题。根据上文 you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease 可知答案选 D。
3. C 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第 3 段的最后一句 You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him 可知，选项 C 与之矛盾。故答案选 C。
4. D 推理判断题。根据文章第 2 段的第 2 句和第 3 句以及最后一句可以排除选项 A、B、C，从而得出答案为 D。
【2016高考模拟题】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。
Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, in what was then Palestine, in nineteen-forty five. Today he lives in New York City. But his music has made him a citizen of the world. He has played in almost every major city.
He has won many Grammy awards for his recordings. He has also won Emmy awards for his work on television.
Itzhak Perlman suffered from polio （脑灰质炎）at the age of four. The disease damaged his legs. He uses a wheelchair or walks with the aid of crutches on his arms.
But none of this stopped him from playing the violin. He began as a young child. He took his first lessons at the Music Academy of Tel Aviv. Very quickly, his teachers recognized that he had a special gift.
At thirteen he went to the United Sates to appear on television. His playing earned him the financial aid to attend the Juilliard School in New York.
In nineteen sixty-four Itzhak Perlman won the Leventritt Competition in that city. His international fame had begun.
His music is full of power and strength. It can be sad or joyful, loud or soft. But critics say it is not the music alone that makes his playing so special. They say he is able to communicate the joy he feels in playing, and the emotions that great music can deliver.
Anyone who has attended a performance by Itzhak Perlman will tell you that it is exciting to watch him play. His face changes as the music from his violin changes.
He looks sad when the music seems sad. He smiles and closes his eyes when the music is light and happy. He often looks dark and threatening when the music seems dark and threatening.
In nineteen-eighty six, President Ronald Reagan honored Itzhak Perlman with a Medal of Liberty. In two-thousand, President Bill Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Arts. Several major universities have awarded him honors. He continues to receive honors for his music.
1. According to the passage, we know Itzhak Perlman___________.
A. is 60 years old today
B. was born in New York City
C. was a rich citizen of the world
D. has some achievement in music
2. Despite the disease, none of this stopped Itzhak Perlman and he_________.
A. took his first lessons at the Music Academy of New York
B. appear on television for the first time in New York.
C. got the financial aid to continue his study of music
D. won the Leventritt Competition in his nineties
3. When the music seems dark，Itzhak Perlman often looks _______.
A. dark
B. sad
C. happy
D. light
4. We can infer from the passage Ronald Reagan must be president of __________.
A. Palestine
B. Germany
C. the USA
D. England
这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了Itzhak Perlman虽然从小患了脑灰质炎并且因此而伤了一条腿，然而却自强不息，显示了音乐才能并取得了成功的故事。
1.D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段won many Grammy awards for his recordings以及won Emmy awards for his work on television可判断Itzhak Perlman在音乐上作出了比较大的成就。
2.C 细节理解题。根据文章第六段His playing earned him the financial aid to attend the Juilliard School in New York可判断Itzhak Perlman得到了经济资助得以去the Juilliard School上学学习音乐。
3.A细节理解题。根据倒数第二段He often looks dark and threatening when the music seems dark and threatening可判断。
4.C 推理判断题。根据文中前文他一直在纽约发展可判断是在美国获得的成就，因此选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。
“America’s No.1 Health Problem.” So reads the headline of an article published by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS. The report says: “It has been estimated（估计）that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems.”
It is no exaggeration（夸张）to say that people today are being attacked by stress. According to the National Consumers League, “Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives (39%), followed by family (30%). Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (9%) and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%).”
However, stress is hardly unique to the United States. A British survey in 2005 estimated that “over half a million individuals in Britain believed in 2004 that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill.” As a result of “work-related stress, depression or anxiety,” there are “an estimated thirteen and a half million reported lost working days per year in Britain.”
The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe. According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, “work-related stress has been shown to affect millions of European workers across all types of employment sectors.” One survey revealed that there are “about 41 million workers affected by work-related stress each year.”
What about Asia? A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded: “Job stress is a common concern among many countries in the world, both developing and industrialized countries.” The report observed that “several countries in East Asia, including China and Korea, have rapidly industrialized and economically grown. These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers’ health.”
1. The author quoted “America’s No.1 Health Problem.” (Para. 1) in order to ______.
A. talk about health problems in America
B. introduce the topic of stress
C. emphasize the stress in America
D. tell readers something about American Institute of Stress
答案解析：答案为B。本题为推理题。本文的内容是为了揭示世界上人们的工作压力非常大，对健康造成了威胁，因此作者在开头使用“America’s No.1 Health Problem”是为了引入压力的话题，故答案为B。
2. From the passage we can learn that
.
A. both cancer and AIDS are not as serious as the threat of stress to health
B. stress is mainly from working and living pressure
C. Americans never care about international conflict and terrorism
D. people in mainland Europe are more optimistic than English people
答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节推理题。由第二段 “Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives (39%), followed by family (30%). Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (9%) and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%).” 可知，工作和家庭生活中的压力比重最大，故B选项正确，C选项错误。
由第一段 “America’s No.1 Health Problem.” So reads the headline of an article published by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS.”可知，癌症和艾滋病没有压力带给健康的威胁那么严重的情况是在美国，不具有普遍性，故A选项错误。第三段揭示了英国人的工作压力非常大，第四段的首句理解是关键 “The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe.” 意为“欧洲大陆的情况依旧不容乐观”，故D选项错误。
3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______.
A. Asian people are more willing to develop their countries
B. the rapid economic development is the main reason for stress
C. some people in Asian countries have health problems from employment stress
D. Asian countries have a better situation of stress than Europe
答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。最后一段揭示了亚洲的压力情况，由该段的最后一句话 “These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers’ health.” 可知，一些亚洲国家的工作压力也影响了人们的健康，故C选项正确，B选项错误，经济发展不是压力的主要原因，压力来自工作。A、D选项未提，均不选。
4. What’s the main subject of the passage?
A. Stress attacking health. B. How to deal with stress.
C. A survey on working stress. D. Health problems around the world.
答案解析：答案为A。本题考查文章的主题。全文揭示了在美国，欧洲，亚洲人们的工作压力对健康造成了威胁，故答案为A。
【2016高考训练】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。
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become certain.” Christopher Reeve
Recently, for the first time in 5 years I simply went out back, put my cane down, and started walking. I made it 42 yards.
Today I walked 5 miles.
My medical team had said this would be impossible. My brain could no longer send the signals for walking because those nerves in it had been destroyed. Though certainly unintentional, my doctors did take something very important away from me: hope.
A while back, a psychologist pal of mine urged me to try to help myself. I was angry. I said, “They’re four of Boston’s leading neurologists. They all said I’d never get any better.” “They could have all been wrong.” “They said there’s nothing I can do! No rehabilitation(复原). No physical therapy(治疗). I’m not putting any effort into trying to walk and then be miserable when I fail.” “Trying is never failure.”
What made me finally try? The answer is simpler than I’d have ever imagined. That day I tried walking on my own, I had simply said to myself, “Why not?”
When I walk I have a Frankenstein-style gait. I get embarrassed so I explain. I met a gal who said, “Stop excusing yourself. Walk proud!” She’s just one of the many who’ve taught me that if I open my heart to acceptance, the world is filled with support teams.
One morning my husband, Bob, said there was a huge present for me in our driveway. He had researched “bicycles for disabled people.” It was a 300 pound cycle for two. The seats were side by side. He could pedal while I sat by him and enjoyed the outdoors again.
Um... did I mention it came assembled with a set of pedals for me too?
Now, hundreds of miles later, after exhaustive hours of pedaling along beautiful bike trails, I only wish that we owned stock in Ben-Gay. 1. What’s the best title of this passage ?
A. Having a tour
B. Realizing an Impossible dream
C. Walking with a cane
D. Suffering from disability
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?
A. My doctor concluded that I can walk again.
B. My brain could no longer send signals.
C. They're four famous doctors in my medical team.
D. My medical team’s conclusion took my hope away.
3. The author didn’t want to try walking because_______.
A. his doctors said he couldn’t get any better
B. his friend’s words is unbelievable
C. he was miserable when he failed that time
D. trying is never failure
4. The bicycle Bob found can be _____.
A. a 150 pound cycle for one
B. a bicycle for disabled people
C. a huge present that he sent.
D. of the same size as a normal one.
这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者当被医生诊断不能走路后所作出的骑车旅行的活动，从而实现了看起来不能实现的事情。
1.B 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段中they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become certain可判断。
2.D 细节理解题，根据文中第四段my doctors did take something very important away from me: hope科判断医生的话使作者绝望。
3.A细节理解题。根据文中第五段they all said I'd never get any better可知作者相信医生的话，认为自己再不能走动了。
4.B 细节理解题。根据文中倒数第二段bicycles for disabled people可判断。