湖北黄冈市2017高考英语阅读理解二轮精练（23）及（解析）答案
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。
体裁：记叙文 话题：真实生活 时间：7分钟
One of those big social networking sites，Facebook，has attracted over 58 million members.Commentator Melody Cramer is no longer one of them.Here is what she shares with us about her story.
I deleted all 1,281 of my coworkers，secondgrade classmates and people who I don't know at all.I shut down my account，completely.I'm 25，and I've been on Facebook since March of 2004，which makes me one of the website's earliest users.
At first，I used it obsessively.If I had a free moment，I'd log on to see whether my friends had updated their profiles.I'd sit alone scrolling through these updates and then run into someone at a coffee shop and have nothing to say because I already knew everything about them，and they knew everything about me.
In November，I went to my fiveyear high school reunion and was not pleasantly surprised.Lauren became a model，Josh went to law school，Dina was a teacher.I hadn't talked to any of them since graduation，but I knew exactly what they were doing，both now and last week.But lately，I'm overwhelmed(应接不暇)．Facebook opened up to everyone，not just college students，and my coworkers started to join，which meant they now knew what I was doing when I
wasn't at work.
And as a rule: you can NOT make friends with your coworkers because then they'll ask you the next day.But I
thought we were friends.And you are friends but not the kind of friends who tell each other what they do outside of work.So now the people you work with can see what you did last night，and you're constantly worrying what people might say about what you did last night instead of actually doing anything tonight.
So I quit.I became a 25yearold Luddite，a person who is strongly against technology development.I've retuned to how the world worked when I was 20，before I knew when my friends and coworkers were counting down the seconds to vacation or wistful(伤感的) or entering a complicated relationship.I'm hoping life will be a lot simpler now.People will be more mysterious now that I actually have to talk to them to find out their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神经症)．I don't know when my college roommate goes to the supermarket，and I think I'm a better person for not knowing.In fact，you could say getting off a social network was the best thing I've done this week.
【语篇导读】 本文是一篇记叙文。评论员Melody Cramer曾是社交网站Facebook的忠实追随者，近日却毅然选择了退出。究竟是什么原因让她做出如此的决定呢？
1．We learn from the passage that commentator Melody Cramer ______.
A．had a 20year membership of Facebook
B．used to be very attached to Facebook
C．was disappointed to meet her high school classmates
D．was one of the founders of Facebook
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，Melody曾经对Facebook很着迷，故B项正确。
答案 B
2．Melody Cramer decided to quit Facebook mainly because ______.
A．she made so many strange friends online
B．she thought Facebook wasted her too much time
C．she thought Facebook made her realworld life less interesting
D．she was tired of chatting online with coworkers.
解析 推理判断题。根据第三、四段内容可知，Melody Cramer经常在网上就已经知道了她朋友的一切，当他们真正碰面时却又无话可说，所以她觉得Facebook使她的真实世界的生活很无趣，故C项正确。
答案 C
3．Which of the following about Melody Cramer is TRUE?
A．She has learnt a lot from Facebook on communication skills.
B．She wishes that she could be several years younger.
C．She no longer wants to know anything about her friends.
D．She would prefer to face her friends and coworkers in the real world.
解析 推理判断题。通读全文，特别是最后一段中的“I'm hoping life...their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神经症)．”可推知，她更喜欢在现实生活中去面对朋友和同事，故D项正确。
答案 D
4．From her own experience Melody Cramer is seemingly trying to tell us that ____.
A．staying online too often makes one overwhelmed and bored
B．it is unwise to make online friends with people one doesn't know
C．making online friends with coworkers affects one's personal life
D．it is necessary to keep one's friends at a distance to remain mysterious
解析 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，Melody Cramer以自己的亲身经历告诉我们：同事毕竟不是那种相互告知彼此下了班都做些什么的朋友，他们会影响你的正常生活，故C项正确。
答案 C
2016高考英语阅读理解集训
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。He was once referred to as the Picasso of poetry. Beloved by Chileans of all classes, he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. And this year is the 100th birthday of Pablo Neruda(1904—1973)．
Born with the name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto, he was a tall, shy and lonely boy. He loved to read and started to write poetry when he was ten. The American poet Walt Whitman, whose framed picture Neruda later kept on his table, became a major influence on his work.
However, his father did not like the idea of having a poet for a son and tried to discourage him from writing. To cover up（掩饰） the publication of his first poem, he took the pen name Pablo Neruda.
In 1924 Neruda gained fame with his most widely read work “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair”. Yet his rich experience as a diplomat and exile(流亡) made him go beyond the theme of love. His work also reflected the political struggle of the left and development of South America. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.
Neruda loved the sea which he saw as creative, destructive and forever moving. He found inspiration in the power and freedom of the waves and the seabirds on the coast. “I need the sea because it teaches me，” he wrote. “I move in the university of the waves.” He loved how the sea forever renewed itself, a renewal echoed in his work.
1.The underlined word “Picasso”can probably be replaced by“________”．
A．most important person
B．famous person from Picasso
C．freedom fighter in Picasso
D．poem fans.
2. Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto took the pen name Pablo Neruda because________.
A．literary greats usually used the pen name
B．his father encouraged him to use the name
C．he wanted to prevent his father knowing the publication
D．he was greatly influenced by other poets
3.
Which of the following is not the theme of his works?
A．Love.
B．Political struggle.
C．Social reform.
D．Development of South America.
4. The last paragraph mainly tells us________.
A．the sea gave Neruda vast writing inspiration
B．the beautiful scenery along the Chile coast
C．Neruda's poems were widely read overseas
D．Neruda loved to write his poems near the sea
参考答案1—4、ACCA
【阅读理解】科普知识类
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。
There are plenty of good reasons to buy organic products, but nutrition may not be one of them, suggests a new study, which found no difference in antioxidant (抗氧化剂) levels between organically and conventionally (常规地) grown onions, carrots, and potatoes.
The study only looked at three types of vegetables and just a few select nutrients. But the experiment was part of a bigger project that was so systematic and strictly controlled that the findings likely apply to other crops, too.
“Giving preference to organic products because they contain more bioactive components is doubtful and not supported by scientific evidence,” Knuthsen said. “Still, there are many good reasons for the consumer to select organic food products, including absence of pesticide residues (农药残留) in foods, animal welfare, and environmental protections.”
Argument over whether organic produce is more nutritious than conventional varieties has been around for at least a decade, said Jeffrey Blumberg, director of the Antioxidants Research Laboratory at Tufts University in Boston. “Some studies have suggested that organically grown plants contain higher levels of healthful antioxidants, possibly because some antioxidants act as natural fungicides (杀真菌剂), pesticides and insecticides,” he said. “The idea is that, without help from industrial chemicals, plants on organic farms need to work harder to protect themselves. They end up becoming more nutritious as a result.” But plenty of other studies have shown no such relationship.
“I understand that organic farmers would love to be able to say that theirs are super-fruits and super-vegetables because there are higher amounts of these compounds in them,” Blumberg said. “If you want to buy them because you think they’re safer for the planet to grow things that way, or because you think pesticides are bad for you or your family, or you like that they come from a shorter distance away, that’s great.”
“But if you want to buy them because they’re more nutritious, you’re confused, and we don’t know if that’s true or not.”
1. The new study proves that .
A. there are plenty of good reasons to buy organic produce
B. nutrition is one of the good reasons to buy organic produce
C. some organically and conventionally grown foods have the same antioxidant levels
D. organic produce is harmful to our health
2. Why do people prefer organic products?
A. Because they think organic products have no bioactive components.
B. Because scientific evidence supports organic products can make them stronger.
C. Because it’s proved that organic produce is more nutritious than conventional varieties.
D. Because they think organic food products have no harmful things.
3. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us .
A. it’s unclear whether organic produce is more nutritious than conventional varieties
B. organically grown plants contain higher levels of healthful antioxidants
C. plants on organic farms need to work harder to protect themselves
D. plenty of other studies have shown no such relationship
4. Which is NOT the reason for you to buy organic products according to Blumberg?
A. There are higher amounts of these compounds in them.
B. They’re safer for the planet to grow things that way.
C. Pesticides are bad for you or your family.
D. They are more nutritious.
【参考答案】1—4、CDAD
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。
体裁：记叙文 话题：友谊情深 时间：7分钟
When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s，we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep.His name was Mr.Basille.He wore a white cap and drove a white truck.As
a 5yearold boy，I couldn't take my eyes
off the coin changer fixed to his belt.He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course，he delivered more than milk.There was cheese，eggs and so on.If we needed to change our order，my mother would pen a note——“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”—and place it in the box along with the empty bottles.And then，the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience.There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen.Mr.Basille even had a key to our house，for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors，so that the milk wouldn't freeze.And I remember Mr.Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table，having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today.Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk，thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete.Besides，milk is for sale everywhere，and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently，an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories.I took it home and planted it on the back porch(门廊)．Every so often my son's friends will ask what it is.So I start telling stories of my boyhood，and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
【语篇导读】 本文记叙文，作者使用夹叙夹议的写作手法回忆了自己小时候家人和送奶人之间的深厚友谊，表达了作者对儿时生活及送奶人的怀念。
1．Mr.Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ______.
A．to show his magical power
B．to pay for the delivery
C．to satisfy his curiosity
D．to please his mother
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句话可知我目不转睛地盯着对方的东西是出于一个五岁孩子的好奇心，而送奶人这样做是为了满足我的好奇心。
答案 C
2．What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy's house?
A．He wanted to have tea there.
B．He was a respectable person.
C．He was treated as a family member.
D．He was fully trusted by the family.
解析 推理判断题。由第三段内容可知送奶人是被信任的人，所以可以拥有“我”家的钥匙，以方便送奶。
答案 D
3．Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?
A．Nobody wants to be a milkman now.
B．It has been driven out of the market.
C．Its service is getting poor.
D．It is forbidden by law.
解析 推理判断题。由第四段可知：第一，大公司竞争力强；第二，牛奶销售到处可见。二者足以把送奶人排挤出市场。
答案 B
4．Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?
A．He missed the good old days.
B．He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C．He needed it for his milk bottles.
D．He planted flowers in it.
解析 推理判断题。由文中字里行间可知，作者怀念儿时的时光，怀念与送奶人之间的深厚情谊，再根据最后一句：我开始讲述我儿时的故事，讲述送奶人的故事，可知作者在怀旧。
答案 A
【长难句解读】
原文 Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk，thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete.
译文 大公司可以生产出更便宜的牛奶，这就使得送奶人很难与之竞争。
分析 本句making为非谓语动词，为结果状语。