2017高考四川省广安市英语阅读理解一轮系列训练：26（含解析）

　　广安市2017高考英语阅读理解一轮系列训练（26）

　　阅读理解。阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。

　　I may not be the wisest person on this planet,but I will tell you a little secret to happiness:Help others,and live life.It is that simple.Just help a friend study for a test,or volunteer at a nursing home.I learned this after a long,hard search.

　　I was feeling really down because my longtime friend had died.Then I started a six-week volunteering at a nursing home all day every Saturday.My routine was to serve the meal and clean up.After that,I would wait for the head nurse to tell me what to do.

　　One day I was told to go to Room 117 to make sure the patient was all right.In the room I found a boy of eight sitting in his bed watching a movie.I was shocked to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the old.He was so small and weak that you had to look closely to find him.He motioned for me to sit down.I grabbed his medical chart from which later I found out he had a terminal illness.

　　We started to talk,and I found out that his family rarely visited,and all he did every day was watch TV.I wanted to cry for him,and for my lost friend.As we talked,he had a smile on his face,and I asked him why.

　　“The entire two hours I’ve been here you’ve never lost that smile.With this horrible disease,how do you still manage to stay happy?”

　　He thought for a moment,and then said that too many people are dead even before they die.

　　They walk around feeling that God has cursed(诅咒)them and that they have nothing to live for.

　　The boy said that he would not be like that.He wakes every morning thankful to see another sunrise.He keeps his window open so that he can smell the flowers and feel the heat of the sun.He also said that he has hope.

　　“Too many people haven’t seen much of that around here,” he said,“ Life is full of hope and we need to live life before it is gone.”

　　I don’t know what happened to him.I assume he passed away,but his lesson lives on.I now wake up and live each day to the fullest.The key to life is not money or fame,but the lessons we learn from it.

　　【文章大意】本文是一篇故事类短文,通过讲述作者自己的一段经历来告诉人们快乐的秘密就是要去帮助别人,好好生活。作者在朋友去世后,心情悲痛,于是去养老院做义工。在那期间他遇到了一个身患重病的小男孩,是这个小男孩的快乐和感恩让作者学会了如何去对待生活。

　　1.The nursing home in the passage is mainly for 　.

　　A.the elderly B.the homeless

　　C.the disabled D.the abandoned

　　解析:细节理解题。根据文章第三段的“I was shocked to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the old.”可知这家疗养院是为老年人开办的。

　　答案:A

　　2.The boy stayed happy mainly due to　.

　　A.wonderful TV programs

　　B.his positive attitude

　　C.good medical condition

　　D.others’ encouragement

　　解析:推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段和第三段内容可知这个男孩对生活充满了希望,而且充满了感恩之心,这是他快乐的根源。

　　答案:B

　　.The writer participated in the volunteering job in order to 　.

　　A.find out the secret

　　B.search for help

　　C.enrich experiences

　　D.get out of sadness

　　解析:推理判断题。从文章第二段“I was feeling really down because my longtime friend had died.Then I started a six-week volunteering at a nursing home all day every Saturday.”可知作者在朋友去世后来到疗养院是为了走出悲痛。

　　答案:D

　　.What would be the best title for the passage?

　　A.A Lesson in Hope

　　B.The Life of a Sick Boy

　　C.A Voluntary Job

　　D.The Meaning of Life

　　解析:主旨大意题。文章首段作者介绍给人们快乐的秘密就是要帮助别人,好好生活。提到自己学到这一点是通过自己的一段经历,而且在下文中介绍了这段经历,由此可知A选项内容可以概括中心。

　　答案:A

　　阅读理解Increased use of the Internet and mobile phones is undermining pupils’ ability for independent study and promoting poor grammar, it was claimed.

　　Cranfield School of Managementfound almost six in ten schoolchildrenwere copying information directly

　　from websites for homework tasks without

　　properly reading it.

　　More than a quarter thought it was an acceptable practice,

　　even though they know it was considered plagiarism(剽窃).

　　The study, based on a sample of around 260 pupils aged from 11 to 18 at a secondary school in the Midlands, raised concerns that modern technology was having a destructive effect on young people.

　　Andrew Kakabadse, professor of international management development at Cranfield, said, “Our research shows that technology obsession(痴迷)prevents spelling skills, encourages plagiarism, and disturbs classroom learning. ”

　　“Despite school policies restricting mobile phone usage, students use the phone frequently, with the majority making calls from the toilets. The mobile phone continues to be a main channel of social communication during the school day. ”

　　The report revealed that so-called“text-speak”was increasingly finding it was into pupils’ school work.

　　Three in ten students admit to using text message shortcuts, such as“r u ok”in essays and classroom tasks.

　　It followed a study earlier this year that found almost half of the teachers failed to understand some pupils’ writing because it was so full of confusing language.

　　Phrases such as“innit”and“Gr8”were regularly found in school work.

　　The Cranfield study found that mobile use was so common that many pupils chose to ignore school rules on phones.

　　More than a third said they would use their mobile in class, while nearly three quarters said they would not even make an excuse to leave class to answer a phone call.

　　【文章大意】使用互联网和手机的学生越来越多了。可是, 科技不仅给学生们带来了便捷, 也给他们的学习带来了很多不利影响。

　　1. The underlined word“undermining”in the first paragraph can best be replaced by“　”.

　　A. determining

　　B. keeping

　　C. weakening

　　D. increasing

　　【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据第二、三两段可知, 靠照搬网上资料完成家庭作业, 实际上是一种抄袭, 会影响学生的独立学习能力。undermining是“逐渐损害, 削弱”的意思, 故此处可以用weakening来代替。

　　2. It can be inferred from what Kakabadse said that　.

　　A. he is in favour of students’ mobile phone usage at school

　　B. he believes schools are responsible for technology obsession

　　C. the research finds a new way to improve school management

　　D. it is hard to limit students’ mobile phone usage at school

　　【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第六段第一句中的with the majority making calls from the toilets和第二句The mobile phone . . . the school day. 可推断, 限制学生在学校使用手机是很困难的。

　　3. What can we learn from the passage?

　　A. Most students’ writing skills are becoming worse.

　　B. Text message language may affect pupils’ language skills.

　　C. Students like to invent new words in their writing.

　　D. 30% pupils often send text messages when studying.

　　【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第七至九段可知, 短信语言可能会给学生的语言技能带来不利影响。

　　4. What’s the attitude of the author to the problem?

　　A. Optimistic.

　　B. Approving.

　　C. Anxious.

　　D. Tolerant.

　　【解析】选C。观点态度题。从文章的字里行间可以看出作者对学生使用诸如手机之类的高科技产品持忧虑态度。故答案为C。

　　阅读理解

　　Imagine looking for your lost dog. You step into a cave. But instead of the dog, you find beautiful cave paintings. You see paintings of horses, deer, and bison drawn in black, brown, red and yellow. Your first question would probably be“Who did this? ”

　　This is what happened to four French boys in 1940. They found the Lascaux caves. The paintings the boys discovered in those caves are about 17, 000 years old. They were drawn by the ancient people called Cro-Magnon(克鲁马努人).

　　Cro-Magnons looked much like people of today. They used tools, such as fishing nets. But their art was extremely good. The main cave at Lascaux is called Great Hall of Bulls, which has a picture of bulls and horses in many colours. The largest animal is 18 feet long. There are smaller animals, such as bison, stags and a bear. There is also a strange spotted two-horned(两只角的)animal.

　　To the left of the main cave are the most famous paintings that are the drawings of animals in many different colours. One painting is called Little Horses. On the ceiling are horses and cows. The most unusual sight may be in the Shaft of the Dead Man where there is a rhinoceros, a carefully drawn dead man, an injured bison and a bird.

　　Why did Cro-Magnon artists do these beautiful drawings on cave walls? Did the drawings call upon some magic power? Did the Cro-Magnon people hope that the drawings would bring good luck? There is one thing the paintings seem to tell us. The Cro-Magnons were interested in the world. They looked at beauty and they understood it.

　　【文章大意】本文介绍了法国Lascaux岩洞壁画的相关情况。

　　1. The author uses the word“you”in Paragraph 1 to　.

　　A. attract readers’ attention

　　B. make it clear that this is a true story

　　C. give readers good directions to find the caves

　　D. compare modern people with Cro-Magnon people

　　【解析】选A。推理判断题。第一段虚构了一个以读者为主人公的场景, 目的就是为了引起读者的阅读兴趣。

　　2. Most of the drawings in the caves are about　.

　　A. boys

　　B. toolsC. humansD. animals

　　【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三、四段对壁画的描述可知, 洞内的绝大多数壁画是关于动物的。

　　3. What does the passage mainly tell us?

　　A. Cave paintings are beautiful.

　　B. Who found the beautiful cave paintings.

　　C. The Lascaux caves hold colourful ancient paintings.

　　D. Drawings of horses are on the walls of the Lascaux caves.

　　【解析】选C。主旨大意题。文章开头指出了发现壁画的过程, 接下来的内容描述了这些壁画。只有C项能够全面概括全文内容。A项范围太广, 且有些偏题; B、D两项只是文中的细节, 不能概括全文。

　　4. The passage is most probably taken from　.

　　A. a research paper B. a cultural magazine

　　C. a science newspaper

　　D. a travel guide

　　【解析】选B。推理判断题。本文主要介绍了法国Lascaux岩洞内的壁画。这些古老的壁画本身就是宝贵的文化遗产, 因此本文最有可能来自文化方面的杂志。

　　● Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food 

　　9:00-9:45a.m. Blue Tent  

　　Panelists(讨论会成员): Jami Bernard, David Kamp, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer. Hosted by Denise Gray, science writer for The New York Times.    How does what we eat not only affect our bodies, but also the world? The food and nutrition experts debate the role that the diet plays in both personal and global health, and present a look at food politics. ● Sports writing: For the Love of the Game 9:50-10:35a.m. Blue Tent Panelists: Christine Brennan, Ira Rosen, Joe Wallace and Joe Drape. Hosted by William C. Rhoden, sports writer for The New York Times.

　　Whether catching that key moment of victory or defeat, or covering breaking news, sports writers are anything but audience. Listen as some professionals discuss the special experience in reporting of sports news. ● The Art of the Review

　　11:15-12:00a.m. Green Tent Panelists: John Freeman, Barry Gewen, David Orr, Celia McGee and Jennifer Schuessler. Hosted by Sam Tanenhaus, editor for the Book Review The New York Times.

　　How much of an effect does the book review have on book sales? Join this group of critics as they discuss the reality of the book review and bestseller lists, and how they choose books for review. ● New York Writers, New York Stories 3:00-3:45p.m. Green Tent Panelists: Cindy Adams, Richard Cohen, Ric Klass and Lauren Redniss. Hosted by Clyde Haberman, columnist(专栏作家) for the City Section of The New York Times.

　　Join this inspiring group of New York—centric writers as they talk about why New York is a gold mine of ideas for their work. 1. If you are free in the afternoon, you can attend _________.

　　A. The Art of the Review                  

　　B. Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food

　　C. New York Writers, New York Stories

　　D. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game

　　2. Sam Tanenhaus is in charge of _________. A. The Art of the Review                  

　　B. Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food

　　C. New York Writers, New York Stories      

　　D. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game 3. All the four activities above _________. A. are about writing                    

　　B. can be attended freely 

　　C. will last 45 minutes each          

　　D. will attract many readers 4. We can learn from the text that _________. A. sports writers are a type of audience    

　　B. book reviews may affect book sales

　　C. Denise Grady will discuss political policy      

　　D. The New York Times is popular

　　参考答案1-4CACB