2017高考英语三轮冲刺阅读强化训练4

　　、阅读理解（本大题共5小题，共0分）

　　A

　　桂林十八中高三第一次月考E

　　Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal(人与人之间的) relationships. One strength of the human condition is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful conditions. Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over types of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.

　　Social support cushions(缓和) stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Taking part in free-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移注意力) us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support money aid, material resources, and needed services - that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.

　　72. Interpersonal relationships are important because they can ________

　　A. make people live more easily

　　B. smooth away daily problems

　　C. deal with life changes

　　D. cure types of illnesses

　　73. The researches show that people's physical and mental health _______

　　A. lies in the social medical care systems which support them

　　B. has much to do with the amount of support they get from others

　　C. depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles

　　D. is related to their courage for dealing with major life changes

　　74. Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work in spare time is an example of ________

　　A. instrumental support

　　B. informational support

　　C. social companionship

　　D. the strengthening of self-respect

　　75. What is the subject discussed in the text?

　　A. Effects of stressful condition.

　　B. Kinds of social support.

　　C. Ways to deal with stress.

　　D. Interpersonal relationships.

　　【答案解析】ABCA

　　72. 在第一段中我们可以找出答案。从“to deal with major life changes and daily problems. Studies over types of illnesses”可以看出，B、C、D的内容只是问题的一部分，都比较片面，所以答案选择A。

　　73. 首先，大家要知道researches和studies都是研究的意思，在第一段的最后一句话中“Studies over types of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.”可以判断答案选择B。A和C选项在文中没有提及，而D选项只提到了life changes，内容太片面。

　　74. 在最后一段中，作者给出了几种不同的support。第一种是friends, relatives and co-workers may let us know that they value us. 即从朋友，亲戚和同事那获得的支持;第二种是other people often provide us with informational support.即别人为我们提供的信息帮助和支持;第三种是we typically find social companionship supportive-taking part in free-time activities with others。即社会关系或友情中得到的支持或帮助。最后一种是other people may give us instrumental support，即别人给我们提供的实质性支持。综上比较得出答案选择C。

　　75. 这道题的主要目的是考文章讨论得焦点内容。我们从第一段开头就能判断出文章中要谈论的内容“Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships.”所以答案选择A。像这样问题的答案一般作者都会在文章的开头给出来。

　　B

　　(2017·西安市第一次质量检测)

　　More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last Tuesday.

　　The survey，published by the Bank of America，studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well­developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”．

　　The majority of the 457 people surveyed are self­made，first­generation rich.Fifty­two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.

　　They are worried that their children would become lazy，spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.

　　Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance (遗产) they plan to leave them.

　　“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，” said Sallie Krawcheck，president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of the Bank of America.“Our research，however，uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”

　　The trend is led by the world’s richest man Bill Gates，who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife，the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation (基金会)，and not to his children.

　　“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，” he said.

　　Of his plans for his children，Gates said：“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage...they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”

　　5．We can learn from the passage that________.

　　A．rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance

　　B．rich parents don’t equal rich kids，at least in the US

　　C．American children don’t get to inherit their parents’ wealth

　　D．poor children don’t expect themselves to be as rich as their parents

　　6．According to the survey，most rich Americans________.

　　A．think they owe their children nothing

　　B．think it best to give their money back to society

　　C．doubt their children’s ability to handle wealth

　　D．are confident of their children’s ability to handle wealth

　　7．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refers to________.

　　A．responsible children

　　B．Bill Gates and his wife

　　C．first­generation rich

　　D．rich parents

　　8．From the last paragraph，we can see that Bill Gates wants to show________.

　　A．the trend of leaving no inheritance to children

　　B．the positive impact of charity on society

　　C．the way of giving back to society

　　D．the importance of independence for children【答案解析】语篇解读：　调查表明，大部分美国富人不愿向孩子炫富，甚至不打算将丰厚的资产传给后代。

　　5．解析：　推理判断题。第二段的后半部分提到在被调查的美国富人中，几乎没有人计划为他们的孩子保留资产或者将资产传给孩子，由此可推断在美国，父母富有并不意味着孩子富有。

　　答案：　B

　　6．解析：　推理判断题。根据第四段内容可推知，大部分美国富人怀疑他们的孩子处理财富的能力。

　　答案：　C

　　7．解析：　猜测词义题。人们期望富裕的父母把他们的财富传给下一代，此处they指代的是画线词前面的“the wealthy parents”，即“rich parents”。

　　答案：　D

　　8．解析：　推理判断题。根据本段中比尔·盖茨所说的话可推知，他更强调孩子的个人奋斗，认为培养孩子的自立很重要。

　　答案：　D

　　C

　　Charles Blackman : Alice in Wonderland

　　An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Australia

　　10 June ---12 August 2007

　　Venue(地点)

　　The Ian Potter Centre

　　Admission

　　Free entry

　　Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland –the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experiences all kinds of things .At that time. Blackman’s wife was suffering form progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations often disheartened by various events was similar to his wife’s experiences. It also reflects so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.

　　Illustrator Workshop

　　Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects.

　　Date Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am—1pm

　　Venue Gas Works Arts Park

　　Wonderful World

　　Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit

　　Date Sunday 24 June, 11am—4pm

　　Venue Exhibition Space .Level 3

　　Topsy- Turvy

　　Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened.

　　Dates

　　Sunday 8,15,22,29 July ,and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July ,12noon—3pm

　　Venue Theatre, NGV Australia

　　Drawing Workshop

　　Distortions of scale ( 比例失真) can make artworks strange but interesting .Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world, then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking.

　　Date Friday 27 July, 10:30am-3pm

　　Venue

　　Foryer ,Level 3

　　64. Charles Blackman’s paintings come from

　　A. his admiration for Lewis Carrioll

　　B. his dream of becoming a famous artist

　　C. his wish to express his own feelings

　　D. his eagerness to cure his wife’s illness

　　65. Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?

　　A. Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World

　　B. Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop.

　　C. Wonderful World and Topsy –Turvy.

　　D. Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop.

　　66. To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to

　　A. Exhibition Space .Level 3

　　B. Gas Works Arts Park

　　C. Theatre, NGV Australia

　　D. Foyer, Level 3

　　67. Activities concerning children’s books are to be held

　　A. on June 24, 2007

　　B. on July15, 2007

　　C. on July 24, 2007

　　D. on August 5, 2007

　　【答案解析】CDDA

　　D

　　A

　　A businesswoman, a mother of four, an international fashion icon（） , a woman committed to making the world a better place for women and childrenQueen Rania of Jordan is truly changing the world．

　　Rania was bom in Kuwait, in 1970．Shortly after Iraq invaded that country in 1990, her family fled and settled in Jordan．After graduating from a business school, Rania became successful in the business world．When she was just 22, she went to a dinner party that changed her life forever．It was there that she met Jordan' s Prince Abdullah．Six months later, Rania and Abdullah had a royal wedding and started a family．

　　After the death of her father – in – law, King Hussein, in 1999, Prince Abdullah was crowned King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Rania became the world' s youngest living queen．

　　In her role as Queen, Rania has become well known around the world for her charity work and her efforts to improve educational opportunities for girls．She is an outspoken advocate of women' s rights, education reform, and child abuse．She is also well - known for her efforts to remove Western stereotypes （） about the Muslim world．

　　Rania explains that there is a direct relationship between increasing education and eliminating poverty．" You can change the course of a nation through education," she says．" One of the most important things you can do for a girl is empower her with her education．Once she has the education she can then have control over her income, she can change her life, she can have choices．"

　　In the future, Rania says, she hopes for a more open and secure world．"We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think,' Well, that' s their problem．' But it' s not," she says．" When you solve somebody else' s problem, you are solving a problem for yourself, because our world today is so interconnected．"

　　56．Rania and her family moved to Jordan because ____．

　　A．she was engaged to Jordan' s Prince Abdullah

　　B．she wanted to attend a business school there

　　C．Jordan was a more developed country than Kuwait

　　D．the war broke out between Kuwait and Iraq

　　57．Rania became the world' s youngest living queen when she was ____．

　　A．a girl of 22

　　B．at the age of 23

　　C．in her thirties

　　D．29 years old

　　58．In her role as Queen, Rania is more devoted to ____．

　　A．her business work

　　B．girls' education

　　C．fashion shows

　　D．her family

　　59．Rania thinks that ____．

　　A．women have brought about great changes to the world

　　B．education can help a girl find a wealthy husband

　　C．in the world today, all countries depend on each other

　　D．the Muslim world needs more help from the western countries

　　60．The text mainly describes Rania as ____．

　　A．a caring mother

　　B．a fashion model

　　C．a social activist

　　D．a smart businesswoman

　　【答案解析】E

　　If you can find a tree which has been cut down, you will see many rings, or circles, on the base of the trunk (树干基部). By learning to read these rings, you can find out about the tree's life.

　　The number of rings tells you how old the tree is. Each year, new wood is formed on the outside of the tree. This new wood is light in colour when the tree is growing in spring and summer, and dark in winter when the tree is not growing much. So, if you count the rings of dark-or-light-coloured wood, you can often find out how old the tree is.

　　You can also tell which years have been good years and which years have been bad years. When the light-coloured rings are very wide, it means that the tree has been growing quickly that year. If the light rings are narrow, it has been growing slowly. If the rings on a tree trunk were greatly magnified (放大), you would be able to see why the rings are light-coloured when the tree is growing quickly, and dark-coloured when the tree is growing slowly. The tree trunk is made up of microscopic tubes (毛细管), like long pipes, carrying water from the soil, through the trunk, and up to the leaves. They are wide and thin-walled when the tree is growing quickly and they are carrying a lot of water. They are narrow and stuck together when the tree is not growing so quickly.

　　When a tree is old, the tubes in the centre of the tree don't carry water. The walls of the tubes have become thick with materials which have stuck along them over the years

　　forming a kind of wood called "heartwood". This kind of wood is darker in colour than the young, growing wood on the outside of the tree.

　　You don't very often see whole tree trunks which have been cut across. But once you learn to read a cross section (横截面) of the wood, you can see much more in wood which has been used to make boxes, houses, and other things.

　　In most wood, instead of seeing the trunk cut across, you are seeing it cut along its length. Because you don't see the whole tree, you can't tell how old it was.

　　1. The writer says you can tell the age of a tree by______

　　A. the number of rings in its trunk

　　B. the size of the base of its trunk

　　C. the colour of its rings

　　D. the rings on the outside of the tree

　　2. When the wood of a tree is mostly light in colour, this means that the tree _____.

　　A. grew slowly

　　B. grew quickly

　　C. only grew in winter

　　D. only grew in summer

　　3. Heartwood is wood which is _____.

　　A.older and darker in colour

　　B.fast-growing

　　C.younger and lighter in colour

　　D.slow-growing

　　4. If all the rings in the cross section of a tree trunk are wide and about the same width, then we can

　　tell that the tree ______.

　　A. grew quickly all its life

　　B. grew slowly all its life

　　C. grew quickly when it was young and more slowly later

　　D. grew slowly when it was young and more quickly later

　　5. In a certain country, it is usually dry and rains heavily every third year. Which drawing given below

　　shows a tree trunk from this country?

　　【答案解析】

　　1.【分析】这是一道细节题。第一自然段的最后一句为本题提供了足够信息。故本题正确答案为A。本题也可从二段的首句推出此答案。

　　2.【分析】这也是一道细节题。在第三自然段有这么一句：When the light-colored rings are very wide，It means that the tree has been growing quickly that year，故B为本题的正确答案。

　　3.【分析】这也是一道细节题。文章第四自然段的最后一句可以为本题提供充分信息,故本题最佳答案为A。

　　4.【分析】这是一个综合分析题。文章几次提到“年轮”的宽度大。颜色淡，说明年景很好，适应树的成长。通过这样的分析，可以推断出A为本题的正确答案。

　　5.【分析】这是一道图解分析题。题干中告诉某国家每三年通常降雨量较大，所以按照从文章获得的信息判断D为本题的最佳答案。