浙江省富阳市2017高考英语阅读理解暑假练习（6）及答案
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，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。
【2017界广东省湛江市二模】----A
The baby elephant Ishanga was lying in the bushes, scared, starving, and struggling to breathe. Until just a few days before, she had been with her mother, walking through the sweeping grasslands of Tsavo National Park in the African country of Kenya.
The baby’s mother was killed, most likely by a poacher. On Wednesday, November 17，2010， an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park. Luckily, a member of the team spotted the baby and rushed to help her.
Suddenly, a lion sprang from the bushes and clamped its mouth around her neck. One person managed to pull out his gun and fire shots in the air. The shocked lion released the baby and backed away.
Now the weakened baby had a grave wound on her neck. About 300 miles north of Tsavo is a place that helps baby elephants. Over the years, the orphanage(孤儿院）has raised 130 elephants and successfully released them back into the wild.
After a tense wait and a plane ride, the baby’ s rescuers made it to the orphanage. The medical staff worked frantically to treat her wound. She was scared and wild. She screamed, and wouldn’t let any humans get near her, refusing to eat or drink.
After two hours of intense medical care, Ishanga awoke and slowly struggled to her feet. Two keepers and a veterinarian had been with her all night. They were relieved that she seemed to be recovering.
The next day, though Ishanga remained weak, her keepers introduced her to some of the other 14 young elephants living at the orphanage. The keepers stood back as the other elephants extended their trunk in friendly greetings. The older elephants led Ishanga around, giving her a tour of her new home.
Over the past year, Ishanga’s wounds have healed. She has made many friends. It’ll be up to Ishanga to decide when she’s ready to leave the orphanage. Returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years. For now, she is in no rush to leave this extraordinary community of elephants and humans. Ishanga has a long, happy life ahead of her.
26. The underlined word “poacher” in paragraph 2 probably means_____.
A. someone who hunts illegally B. someone who protects wild animals
C. someone who is an elephant keeper
D. someone who works in the park
【】an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park.一个反盗猎团队移除致命陷阱,偷猎者设置的陷阱在整个公园。anti-poaching team反盗猎团队，故推测poacher是非法偷猎者，故选A。
27. When the baby elephant was saved by the team, she was_____.
A. badly ill
B. very dangerous
C. dead D. badly wounded
【】Now the weakened baby had a grave wound on her neck.小象被救时脖子处严重受伤，故选D。
28. The baby elephant was sent to _____by plane.
A, hospital
B. Nature
C. the orphanage
D. National Park
【】After a tense wait and a plane ride, the baby’s rescuers made it to the orphanage.用飞机把小象运到孤儿院进行救助，故选C。
29. According to the passage, we can know that_____.
A. Ishanga is eager to leave the community after recovering
B. the anti-poaching team shot the lion and saved Ishanga
C. it will probably take Ishanga a long time to return to the nature
D. a year later, Ishanga still didn’t adapt to living in the orphanage
【】【解析】Returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years.对于Ishanga来说回归自然是一个漫长的时间，故选C。
30. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. the rescue of a baby elephant
B. the importance of animal protection
C. a brief introduction to the elephant orphanage
D. a story about poachers and an anti-poaching team
【】【解析】A
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers(剑). Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance(支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn’t healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.
When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coachers, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.
1. Bossy children like Stephen Jackson ______.
A. make good decisions
B. show self-centeredness
C. lack care from others
D. have little sense of fear
2. The underlined phrase “inheritable trait” in paragraph 2 means ______.
A. inborn nature B. developed character C. accepted theory D. particular environment
3. The study on bossy behavior implies that parents ______.
A. should give more power to their children
B. should be strict with their children
C. should not be so anxious about their children D. should not set limits for their children
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How bossy behavior can be controlled. B. How we can get along with bossy children.
C. What leads to children’s bossy behavior. D. What effect bossy behavior brings about.
【2017界广东省三模】----E
Most recently, it's very common in students who need a parent present for job interviews. Naturally, it's easy to blame the students in these situations, but the bigger problem is us. We—as parents—are so eager to shelter our kids that we fail to realize that this in itself is harming them. As the mother of two young sons, I have to remind myself constantly that the biggest responsibility I have as a parent is to help them develop the skills needed to live in, to live without me. So, I'll let them fail．
I'll let them fail because as long as they are safe and warm inside their comfort zones, they will never grow. And failure along with loss, heartbreak, disappointment, etc.—will be part of growth for them. Call me the anti-tiger mom, but leaving them alone is, my way of helping them become equipped to fit in this world as we know it today. From terrorism and seemingly endless natural disasters, to our national debt and beyond, if we expect the next generation to stand up to the very real problems of our time, we need to stop feeding them and start teaching them how to fish.
My children now are becoming little masters of compromise, but they try to negotiate everything now. It's a small price to help them learn a skill they'll use for the rest of their lives, including when I don't accompany them on job interviews.
72. Why do parents accompany their kids on job interviews?
A. Because they want to protect their kids from difficulties．
B. Because they think they can help them on the questions．
C. Because their kids are too shy to attend interviews．
D. Because their kids strongly request them to do so．
【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章2,3行We—as parents—are so eager to protect our kids that we fail to realize that this in itself is harming them.可知问题在我们父母亲身上，我们总是保护我们的孩子。让他们是去了自己发展的机会。故A。
73. According to the author, what is beneficial to kids' development?
A. Sheltering them．
B. Keeping them safe．
C. Leaving them alone．
D. Blaming them．【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据leaving them alone is my way of helping them become equipped to fit in this world as we know it today.可知让孩子独处是一种帮助孩子适应我们这个世界的很好的方法。故C。
74. Why does the author stress failure in kids' life?
A. To make them stronger than other kids．
B. To help them grow in this tough world．
C. To help them develop all social skills．
D. To make them learn to compromise．【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据if we expect the next generation to stand up to the very real problems of our time, we need to stop feeding them and start teaching them how to fish.可知我们要想让我们的孩子在这个世界上立足，就要让他们自己体验失败，只有这样才能再这个世界里成长。故B。
75. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A. Never Shelter Your Kids
B. Let Your Kids Fail
C. Be Eager to Grow Up
D. Live Without Parents
【答案】B
【解析】标题归纳题。根据本文讲述的是要让自己的孩子经历挫折，而不是帮助孩子处理一切困难。因为挫折可以让他们长大。让他们了解世界的艰难，让孩子真正成长。故B正确。
二模】 The United States is faced with serious traffic problems. Too many cars travel on the freeways to and from the city. This heavy traffic causes delays and lots of pollution from cars that are using their engines but not moving anywhere. Many cars going nowhere is called a “traffic jam.”
While many cities in the United States have traffic problems, some of the worst are in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is a big city with a large downtown area. One of the reasons why there is so much traffic is that few people use public transportation to get around
Experts say one possible solution to the traffic problem in Los Angeles would be to make
people want to use the public transportation system of buses instead of their own cars. People say the buses should be made easier, faster, less costly and more dependable than driving a car.
One suggestion is to reduce the cost of riding the bus. People who usually drive their cars could save a lot of money on gas and parking costs. Also, Los Angeles could make the buses easier for people to use. The buses could travel to more places in the city. And there could be more special lanes on the freeways that only buses could drive in. These changes would make taking the bus faster and easier than driving a car.
Other experts have said that the best way to ease traffic problems is to charge people money to drive on the freeways. These charges, or tolls, would be for the most crowded roads. The tolls would be in effect during the times of day when most people drive to work and home again. These times in the morning and late afternoon are called “rush hour”. People would try to avoid driving on these roads, which would decrease the amount of traffic. Also ，the money collected from these tolls could be used to improve the roads and public transportation system.
36. The passage mainly discusses _____.
A. different means of transportation of the United States
B. possible solutions to solving American traffic problems
C. causes of the serious traffic problems in America
D. some new laws about American public transportation
【答案】B
【解析】主旨大意题。根据短文的内容可知美国针对交通拥挤应该采取的措施，故选B。
37. Which is NOT the effect caused by the heavy traffic?
A. Too many private cars. B. Time wasting.
C. Serious air pollution. D. Traffic jams.【】【解析】This heavy traffic causes delays and lots of pollution from cars 及Many cars going nowhere is called a “traffic jam.”交通拥挤可以引起在路上耽误太多的时间、空气污染及交通堵塞等，交通拥挤不能引起私家车的增多，故选A。
38. The reason why Los Angeles has some of the worst traffic problems is that _____.
A. there is a lack of public transportation
B. the city is big with a large population
C. most people like to get around by car
D. many people like to travel there for shopping
【答案】【解析】One of the reasons why there is so much traffic is that few people use public transportation to get around洛杉矶的人有交通拥挤的问题其中的原因是很少的人愿意乘坐公交车出门而是开着自家车出门，故选C。
39. One of the ways the experts suggest is that _____.
A. people should avoid driving to work and home
B. more roads should be built for the increasing private cars
C. people should be charged on the most crowded roads during rush hour
D. more special lanes on the freeways should be marked out for private cars
【答案】【解析】These charges, or tolls, would be for the most crowded roads. These times in the morning and late afternoon are called “rush hour”.专家建议在上下班高峰期的繁忙的路段进行收费是控制私家车数量的方法之一，故选C。
40. According to the passage, if the solutions were carried out, _____
A. more cars would be reduced and more roads would be built
B. it would be easier but slower to take buses than to drive cars
C. many people would prefer to walk around rather than drive cars
D. the roads and public transportation system would be greatly improved
【答案】D
【解析】the money collected from these tolls could be used to improve the roads and public transportation system.如果这些解决措施被实施的话，公路和交通制度会大大地改善，故选D。
阅读理解-----------B
Healthy knees aren’t the main consideration in choosing high heels, but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly stilettos (细高跟鞋). “It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis (骨关节炎) --- and once you do, it is too late,” said Dr. Casey Kerrigan, leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical School’s department of physical medicine. “I compare it to smoking --- one cigarette is not painful, but over a lifetime it is. Wide-heeled shoes feel comfortable, so women wear them all day long, “Kerrigan said. “They are better for your feet than stiletto heels, but just as bad for your knees.”
In the study, researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three-inch heels, one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one. The scientists compared how much pressure was put on the women’s knees by both types of shoes. The women also walked barefoot to test normal pressure. The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the knees. Compared with walking barefoot, the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent. Increased pressure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis(关节炎), experts say.
The idea that high heels are bad for your health isn’t new --- scientists have warned women for years that they contribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes, tendonitis, knee pain, sprained (扭伤) ankles and back problems. But in 1998, Kerdgan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage (软骨) surrounding the knee. The first study looked only at stiletto heels, and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing. “This study confirms what we all intuitively (直觉地) know that high-heeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health,” said Dr. Glenn Pfeifer, a San Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.
5. We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because _______.
A. they want to walk comfortably
B. chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairs
C. chunky heels do less harm to knees
D. chunky heels are not painful at all
6. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. people got to know the high heels are bad for health recently
B. people have known the high heels are bad for health for years
C. people haven’t known the high heels are bad for health yet
D. people will be warned that the high heels are bad for health soon
7. The best title for the passage may be ________.
A. Taking Healthy Knees into Consideration
B. High-heels Do Harm to Knees
C. Chunky Heels and Stiletto Heels
D. When Wearing High-heels