江苏省常熟市2017高考英语阅读理解暑假练习（1）及答案
较难题目特训：科普知识类
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have experienced an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock (家畜) to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for pig producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farms depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.
Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand”that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make shocking changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear (修剪)sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete change of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.
1. Which sentence carried the main idea of the whole passage?
A. The first sentence of the third paragraph.
B. The first sentence of the second paragraph.
C. The first sentence of the first paragraph.
D. The last sentence of the second paragraph.
2. According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide______.
A. how much money they can earn from their products
B. whether to plant a certain kind of crop
C. what livestock to raise
D. when to sell their products
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.
B. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.
C. Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.
D. Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothing without the help of computers on today’s farms.
4. What is the best title for the whole passage?
A. Computer, Farmers’ Best Friend
B. Farmers in the Future
C. The Agricultural Revolution
D. Computers and Robots
【参考答案】9. CCBC
社会生活类
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, funding cuts, and many other administrative chores (杂务). I started to dream of retirement. Sitting in traffic on a weekday morning, I would find my mind wandering, I would imagine spending time with my grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books. I told myself that I wouldn’t sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anything requiring a schedule.
My first day of retirement came at last!I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me, leisurely read the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friends. On the second day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper . . . On the third day, . . . This is retirement? I tried to tell myself that it was just the transition(过渡), that those golden moments were right round the corner, and that I would enjoy them soon enough. But something was missing.
A former colleague asked a favor. A group of students were going to Jamaica to work with children in the poorest neighborhoods. Would I interrupt my new found “happiness” and return to the students, just this once? One trip. That’s all. My bags were packed.
The trip was very inspiring. I was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by the sense of responsibility of the young people on the trip. When I returned home, I offered to work one day a week with a local youth organization. The experience was so positive that I was soon volunteering nearly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them in their voluntary work.
Now, it seems the tables have turned. Some days I am the teacher, other days I am the student. These young people have reawakened my commitment (责任感) to social justice issues by challenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poor and suffer because of greed, corruption and war. Most importantly, they have given me the opportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions. In return, I help them do their charitable projects overseas. I’ve gone from running one school to helping oversee the construction of schools in twenty-one countries!
1. What did the writer expect to do after he retired?
A. To stay away from busy schedules.
B. To write some great books.
C. To do some voluntary work.
D. To plan for his future.
2. Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?
A. He missed his students in that country.
B. He couldn’t refuse his colleague’s favor.
C. He was concerned about the people there.
D. He was not satisfied with his retired life.
3. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. My Retired Life.
B. Being the Head of a High School.
C. My Attitudes towards Life.
D. An Experience of Being a Volunteer.
4. What does the writer think of his retired life now?
A. Disappointing. B. Troublesome.
C. Promising. D. Meaningful.
【参考答案】33.ADAD
【浙江省2017高考英语模拟冲刺卷】D
My parents lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s and I heard stories from both of them about how their lives changed because of it. The same was true of my in-laws whose lives were also affected negatively. For example, my husband’s grandfather owned a factory. Owing to the stock (证券) market crash, he lost the factory and went back to work in the very factory he’d once owned. He could no longer afford to send my father-in-law to college. My father-in-law worked full time as a pipe fitter and went to school part-time to earn his degree, which took seven years.
Somehow, my husband and I never dreamed that we would live through anything similar. However, as they say, history often repeats itself. In 1929, the stock market crashed in the month of October. The same thing happened in 2008. My husband, who had invested (投资) all our money in the market, was in a state of shock. Each day the news was more terrible.
“We’ve lost more than half of our wealth,” he told me.
I just stared at him. “How can that be?”
“I thought we had good, solid investments, but it seems I was wrong.”
“Well, we do have pensions (抚恤金,” I said. “Hopefully, they won’t be affected. Since we have never lived a high lifestyle to begin with, I don’t think we have to worry.”
“I did hope to leave our children and grandchildren a generous inheritance (遗产),” my husband said. He shook his head in disbelief.
“We’ll still be able to give gifts. Love is the most important gift anyway.” Our children are grown and we always try to be generous to them and our grandchildren.
“It just won’t be the same.”
“The world is always changing,” I said. “You never know what will happen. The main thing is not to get discouraged. As long as we have our health and can afford the necessities of life, there’s no reason to be upset. When you have your health, you can always earn more money.”
I hugged my husband and he kissed me in return.
“I guess you’re right,” he agreed. “We love each other. We have our health and enough money to live on comfortably. That’s all that matters.”
We had to move out of our house into an apartment. Since few people could afford a house in those hard days, we decided to offer it for considerably less than it would normally be worth. Even so, several buyers changed their mind days before closing. But finally, our home was sold.
As we shook hands with the new owners, I told them how fortunate they were.
“Not only are you getting a bargain in the price, but this house has good luck. We bought the house from a family who lived in it for nine years. They were a happy family, a husband, wife and five children. It was a cheerful house and we had a good feeling about it. We raised our children here as well.”
“That’s good to hear,” the young woman said with a smile. “We have two young children ourselves. And I believe in luck too.”
We nodded our heads in agreement, understanding each other.
“You’ll live only six houses from the best primary school in the town and your children won’t even have to cross a street,” I said. “Our children used to come home each day and have lunch with me.”
“We like the woods in the back,” the young man told us. “We’re going to plant a large garden in the backyard.”
They seemed so young and happy and full of plans. My husband and I had to smile. At least some good was coming out of the economic difficulty. We no longer needed a house. It was good to know that another young family would now be living in what had been a happy, loving home for us. Also, the house needed work that we no longer had the energy to perform.
These may be tough times economically, but as for me, I intend to look forward, not back. As Shakespeare said in Macbeth, “what’s done is done and cannot be undone.” It’s the present and future that matter. We can learn from our mistakes and make our lives better.
55. In the first paragraph, the author described her husband’s family in order to tell us ______.
A. economic difficulty can change a family’s lifestyle
B. people have to sell their factories when the stock market crashes
C. everything can happen in today’s world
D. my husband’s family suffered a lot in the 1930s
56. What happened to the author’s family in 2008?
A. Her husband invested all their money in the stock market.
B. They had to live on pensions.
C. They had to sell their house.
D. They got most of their money lost in the stock market.
57. The author’s attitude towards her husband after hearing the bad news can be described as ______.
A. angry but supportive
B. sincere and encouraging
C. kind and sympathetic
D. forgiving but casual
58. In the author’s opinion what matters in life is ______.
A. wealth and health
B. health and love
C. money and work
D. house and children
59. By telling the new owners “this house has good luck”, the author intended to tell them _______.
A. they had bought the house at a much lower price
B. their children could go to school conveniently and safely
C. they would live in the house happily
D. they could plant a large garden in the backyard
60. Which of the following can be the best title of the story?
A. Selling the House. B. Stock Market Crash
C. What’s Done Can’t Be Undone. D. A Change in Lifestyle.
Passage D
【语篇解读】本文为记叙文。文章通过对作者一家在经济危机中所遇到的困难及所采取的态度与措施的直接描写，间接地告诉读者经济上的困难带给一个充满爱与乐观的家庭仅仅是生活方式上的一点改变。
55．A．【解析】写作意图题，作者举其丈夫一家在“大萧条”时期的例子，为的是说明经济上的困难会给生活方式带改变，从而引出本文的主题。
56．D．【解析】事实细节题，从夫妻两人的对话中可看出。
57．B．【解析】推理判断题，从作者与丈夫的对话中可推知其对丈夫的态度是诚恳与鼓励的。
58．B．【解析】推理判断题。从作者与丈夫的对话中可推知她认为“健康”是非常重要的；从她拥抱丈夫及丈夫随后的话语中又可推知生生活的另一要素为“爱”。
59．C．【解析】句义推断题。根据作者与房子买主夫妇的对话及倒数第二段的内容可推知，作者此处的luck指的是这所房子给人带的好运是居住在内的家庭都会过得很幸福。
60．D．【解析】主旨大意题。全文从头倒尾突出的都是生活方式的改变。
【湖北省2017高考英语第二次联考试题】D
A couple had to put their wedding on hold after a barn owl (仓枭) called Darcy which had been chosen to deliver the rings fell asleep in the roof of the church. The bride had secretly arranged it. But what happened was out of her expectation.
Rev Bryan, who was in charge of the ceremony between Sonia Cadman, 46, and Andrew Mettle, 49, said: “It would have been absolutely excellent --- if it worked. It was a lovely idea and it was supposed to be really stunning. When it dived over the heads of the guests, they’d all feel the air rushing from its wings and would get a big surprise.
“The groom is an amateur falconer (训鹰人) and so it was secretly arranged for two falconers to suddenly appear at the moment when the best man was about to hand over the rings. One of them stood at the front of the church next to us with a gauntlet (金属护手) on, as another appeared at the back of the church with a box. The owl came out and paused for a little bit. Then it saw the gauntlet and took off but instead of landing on the arm of the man and delivering the rings, it went up over our heads, landed in the roof space and fell asleep then.”
Rev Bryan added: “We all laughed about it, and then we tried to get it down, but it didn’t come. It probably thought ‘I’m a barn owl and this is like a barn, so I’ll take a rest’. It is said that never work with animals because they don’t always do as they’re told! So we had plan B --- a back-up pair of rings. After a few minutes, we gave up trying to get it down and carried on. It was nice to be able to have a bit of a laugh. It’s important that people realize that a church wedding doesn’t just come as a package of things you have to do. I’m all for including something of the personality and individuality of the couple getting married. It was such a magical wedding and full of emotion.”
“Luckily the service was able to go ahead and the groom was able to hold the bird (after it woke up) and have some really nice pictures taken after the ceremony.”
63. Why did Darcy appear on the wedding ceremony?
A. It was expected to deliver the rings to the couple.
B. It was the pet of the new couple.
C. The groom wanted to take picture with it.
D. The bride arranged to give it to the groom as a gift.
64. What does the underlined word “stunning” (paragraph 2) mean?
A. Harmonious.
B. Funny.
C. Amazing.
D. Inspiring.
65. What did Rev Bryan think of Darcy’s accident?
A. It had been intended by the two falconers.
B. It made the wedding not as good as expected.
C. It added fun to the routine wedding ceremony.
D. It helped people to realize the value of church weddings.
66. Sonia and Andrew’s wedding ceremony could not go on without ______.
the owl
B. falconers
C. the guests
D. the back-up rings