2017届河南省南乐县高考英语一轮复习阅读理解训练：11（含解析）

　　河南南乐县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解基础训练11

　　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。In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. But the third grader’s cheery dressing didn’t mask her pain and weary eyes.

　　Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.

　　Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone“Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣,唱) birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.

　　That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.

　　The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.

　　“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”

　　Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.

　　1．Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ______.

　　A. most of her hair had fallen out

　　B. she was receiving treatment for cancer

　　C. she felt depressed and quit from school

　　D. she was suffering from a pain in her back

　　2．What do we know about Anita Kruse’s project?

　　A. It helps young patients record songs.

　　B. It is supported by singers and patients.

　　C. It aims to replace the medical treatment.

　　D. It offers patients chances to realize their dreams.

　　3．What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?

　　A. Most children are naturally fond of music.

　　B. He was brave enough to put up performance.

　　C. The project has positive effect on young patients.

　　D. Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.

　　4．What is probably the best title for the passage?

　　A. Purple Songs Can Fly

　　B. Singing Can Improve Health

　　C. A Shining Moment in Life

　　D. A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse

　　试题分析：文章主要介绍了49岁的Anita Kruse进行的一项名为Purple Songs Can Fly的帮助患病的病人的计划，文章中还列举了一些事例来证明这一计划的有效性。

　　1．B 细节题。根据文章第一段第一句In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer.可知她患有骨癌，正在接受治疗。故B正确。

　　2．A 细节题。根据文章第四段第一句That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs.可知Anita Kruse这个计划就是让那些年轻的病人写诗和录制歌曲。故A正确。

　　3．C 推理题。根据文章第五段第一句The effect on the kids has been great.这一计划对孩子的影响是巨大的，接下来就列举了2例子，说明作者正是想用这个例子来证明这个计划的有效性。故C正确。

　　4．A 主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了49岁的Anita Kruse进行的一项名为Purple Songs Can Fly的帮助患病的病人的计划，文章中还列举了一些事例来证明这一计划的有效性。故A正确。

　　【2017】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。

　　We already know the fastest, least expensive way to slow climate change: Use less energy. With a little effort, and not much money, most of us could reduce our energy diets by 25 percent or more — doing the Earth a favor while also helping our wallets.

　　Not long ago, my wife, PJ, and I tried a new diet — not to lose a little weight but to answer an annoying question about climate change. Scientists have reported recently that the world is heating up even faster than predicted only a few years ago, and that the consequences could be severe if we don't keep reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases that are trapping heat in our atmosphere.

　　We decided to try an experiment. For one month we recorded our personal emissions of CO2. We wanted to see how much we could cut back, so we went on a strict diet. The average US household produces about 150 pounds of CO2 a day by doing common-place things like turning on air-conditioning or driving cars. That's more than twice the European average and almost five times the global average, mostly because Americans drive more and have bigger houses. But how much should we try to reduce?

　　For an answer, I checked with Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In his book, he had challenged readers to make deep cuts in personal emissions to keep the world from reaching extremely important tipping points, such as the melting of the ice sheets in Greenland or West Antarctica. "To stay below that point, we need to reduce CO2 emissions by 80 percent." he said.

　　Good advice, I thought. I'd opened our bedroom windows to let in the wind. We'd gotten so used to keeping our air-conditioning going around the clock. I'd almost forgotten the windows even opened. We should not let this happen again. It's time for us to change our habits if necessary.

　　68. Why did the author and his wife try a new diet?

　　A. To take special kinds of food

　　B. To improve their health

　　C. To lose weight

　　D. To respond to climate change. 69. The underlined words "tipping points" most probably refer to ________.

　　melting points

　　B. burning points

　　C. freezing points

　　D. boiling points 70. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　A. it is necessary to keep the air-conditioning on all the time

　　B. the average European household produces about 1,000 pounds of CO2 a month

　　C. the average US household produces about 3,000 pounds of CO2 a month

　　D. it seems possible for every household to cut emissions of CO2 71. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

　　Changing Climate Sounds Reasonable

　　B. Changing Our Habits Begins at Work

　　C. Saving Energy Starts at Home

　　D. Reducing Emissions of CO2 Proves Difficult

　　【参考答案】 68---71

　　D A DC

　　[故事型阅读理解]------(一)

　　I still remember—my hands and my fingers still remember—what used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. The trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.

　　“Get that all swept up！” the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up, at once！” There was enough work there, to last over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, and our nails. “Now see that it's done properly, and be quick about it，” the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or you'll have to answer for it！”

　　So at an order from the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to find it simpler to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. In order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe(贿赂) the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meals.

　　And if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. If we did not do this, if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. They hit us so violently and with such evil enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being whipped not so much to make us work harder, but rather to beat us into a state of obedience(服从) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.

　　Occasionally one of us, worn out by such calculated cruelty, would have the courage to complain to the headmaster. He would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always very small—nothing compared to what they had done to us. And the fact is that however much we complained, our situation did not improve in the slightest. Perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; I don't know whether it was loyalty or pride that kept us silent, but I can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beatings were completely foreign to our nature.

　　1．The statement “my hands and my fingers still remember” (Para.1) means that________．

　　A．the author's hands were severely injured in the cleaning up

　　B．the author seldom did such hard work as the cleaning up

　　C．the author was bullied by the big boys in the cleaning up

　　D．the author's hands were his only tool for the cleaning up

　　2．The headmaster would tell the students to clean up the school yard at the beginning of the term because________．

　　A．he was too lazy

　　B．there were many fallen leaves on the ground

　　C．the school yard was covered with mud

　　D．the students didn't finish their homework

　　3．The headmaster asked the older boys to________．

　　A．beat those who worked slowly

　　B．treat the small boys as peanuts

　　C．take charge of the process of the cleaning up

　　D．do the cleaning up all by themselves

　　4．According to Para. 3, if the author had any money on him, he most probably________．

　　A．gave it to the big boys so as to please them

　　B．gave it as a bribe to the headmaster

　　C．spent it all on his midday meal

　　D．spent it buying midday meals for the big boys

　　5．When receiving complaints, the headmaster would deal with the big boys by means of ________．

　　A．slight punishment

　　B．harsh criticism

　　C．complete indifference

　　D．good beatings

　　(一)

　　【要点综述】 本文为记叙文。文中作者回忆了早年读书期间，暑假返校清除落叶的一段经历。

　　1．D　细节理解题。作者一开始用了两个remember表明他对暑假返校要清除落叶一事记忆深刻。第二段提到在为学校清除落叶时没有别的工具，唯一的工具就是手，由此可推断“手和指尖都记得”是因为在大扫除中，作者的手作为唯一的清洁工具受了不少的罪。

　　2．B　细节理解题。第一段最后一句提到假期过后学校会堆满落叶，第二段校长发布学生大扫除的命令，两者之间的因果关系显而易见，因此本题应选B项。

　　3．C　细节理解题。第二段最后一句，特别是其中的see，表明校长让大孩子们做大扫除的“监工”，负责带领其他孩子把学校打扫干净。这也可以从该段最后一句的“or you'll have to answer for it(否则你们就要为此负责)”看出答案。

　　4．A　推理判断题。根据第三段第四句中的“…the coins changed hands at once.”可知“钱马上就会易主”，即到了大孩子们的口袋里。

　　5．A　细节理解题。根据题干中的complaints可定位到最后一段开头两句。该段第二句表明校长对大孩子的惩罚很轻微，因此本题应选A项。

　　【2017】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。

　　Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.

　　An attraction of sport programs for the major U.S. media companies is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons—the slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming.

　　Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.

　　Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings(收视率)are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling high-priced cars. business and personal computer, and holiday trips .This is also why the networks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings.

　　Advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach high-income consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computer, with such viewers, these programs don’t need high ratings to stay on the air.

　　72. Television sport programs on weekend afternoons__________. A. result in more sport events B. get more viewers to play sports C. bring more money to the television networks D. make more people interested in television

　　73. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs?

　　A. Because there would be few viewers B. Because the advertisers would be off work C. Because television programs would go slowly D. Because viewers would pay less for watching television

　　74. The ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because ______.

　　A. their advertisers are car makers B. their advertisers target at rich people

　　C. their viewers are attracted by sports D. their viewers can afford expensive cars

　　75. What is the passage mainly about? A. Television ratings are determined by male viewers B. Rich viewers contribute most to television companies C. Commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events

　　D. Sports are gaining importance in advertising on television

　　【参考答案】72—75 C A B D