2016年高考英语：备考之百题精炼系列06（教师版）

　　高考备考百题精炼系列

　　专题六 阅读理解

　　A

　　（北京朝阳区2011届高三综合练习一）

　　Since the Second World War，there has been an obvious trend，especially among the growing group of college students，toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stage of adolescence, "go steady" through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying heads over the unacceptable ways of youth. However, emotional (情感的）maturity does not grow with age； it does not arrive automatically at twenty -one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten.

　　Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of loneliness. However, any marriage 'entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one' s problems ； more often，it merely worsens them. What ’ s more，it is doubtful whether the home is able to carry all that the young are seeking； they might abandon one idol(幻像）only to have another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the most important in life，but they themselves are wrong in believing that they have found the true center of life' s meaning. Their expectations of marriage are basically unrealistic and therefore can not be met. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment(幻想破灭）is often likely to follow.

　　Shall we, then, join the chorus of those against early marriages? One cannot generalize： all early marriages are bad and all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own benefits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with

　　relatively few false expectations，and if it is economically workable，why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones.

　　63. The underlined phrase “ shaking of graying heads”， refers to______.

　　A. the anger of parents

　　B. the disapproval of elderly people

　　C. the improper behaviors of the young

　　D. the emotional expectations of young lovers

　　65. The author argues that______.

　　A. young people can benefit little from early marriage marriages

　　B. elderly people are wrong about early marriages

　　C. early marriages are not always unsuccessful

　　D. early marriages should not be encouraged

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】本题考查对细节性信息的理解能力。第三段关键句One cannot generalize： all early marriages are bad and all later ones are good.”有此判断C为正确答案。

　　66. What’ s the main idea of the passage?

　　A. Young people’s failure in marriage results from disillusionment.

　　B. Young people shouldn' t have many expectations for marriage.

　　C. Successful marriages depend on emotional maturity .科*网Z*X*X*K]

　　D. Home is the place where you get rid of loneliness.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】本题考查理解文章主旨的能力。第三段关键句：Satisfactory marriages are determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners.“幸福婚姻的关键并不取决于年龄，而是看双方的成熟程度。”故选C。

　　B

　　（重庆一中2011届高三月考一）

　　It is six o’clock in the morning. You are asleep in my left arm and I am learning the art of one-handed typing. Your mother, more tired yet more happy than I’ve ever known her, is sound asleep in the room next door.

　　When you’re older we’ll tell you that you were born in Hong Kong in the lunar year of the pig. “It's a boy, so lucky,” our neighbours told us. They said you were the first baby to be born in the block this year. This, they told us, was good Feng Shui, in other words, a positive sign. Naturally your mother and I were only too happy to believe that.

　　Your coming has turned me upside down and inside out. I am pained by the memory of each suffering child I have come across on my journeys as a journalist. To tell you the truth, it’s nearly too much for me to even think of the children being hurt and abused and killed.

　　Last October, in Afghanistan, when you were growing inside your mother, I met Sharja, aged twelve, motherless, fatherless, guiding me through the grey ruins of her home. Everything was gone, she told me.

　　There is another memory of Rwanda, and the churchyard where I found a mother and her three young children huddled(蜷缩) together where they’d been beaten to death. The children had died holding on to their mother.

　　Daniel, these memories explain some of the protectiveness I feel for you, and the occasional moments of blind terror when I imagine anything bad happening to you.

　　56．We can see that this text is written to ________.

　　A．the author’s wife

　　B．the author’s neighbour

　　C．Daniel

　　D．a suffering childD

　　【解析】本题考查对细节性信息的理解能力。文中最后一段开头作者直呼自己儿子的名字Daniel，我们容易选出这篇文章是写给Daniel的，故选C。

　　57．The author mentions some of his painful memories because ________.

　　A．he wants his son to care for others

　　B．he feels more pain thinking about them as a father

　　C．he hopes to forget the tragedies he witnessed

　　D．his experience has affected his mental health

　　58．The underlined word “blind” in the last paragraph means ________.

　　A．unable to see

　　B．meaningful

　　C．not clear

　　D．not based on reasonD

　　【解析】本题考查猜测词义的能力。Blind字面含义可理解为unable to see，但是放在文中有它的引申义：“盲目、没有根据“，作者在最后一段解释说：他对于孩子的保护（protectiveness）显得‘盲目、没有根据’是源于他曾经做记者时目睹过的痛苦记忆。

　　59．Which of the following words best describes the author’s feeling when typing this text?

　　A．Relieved.

　　B．Regretful. C．Loving.

　　D．Calm.D

　　【解析】本题考查概括文章主要感情基调的能力。作者先是谈儿子的出生给这个家带来欢乐，后来谈到目睹过的不行儿童，所以作者加倍保护自己的孩子，甚至有时是一种盲目地保护，一切源于作者太爱自己的儿子。所以作者写这篇文章时，心里一直充满了对Daniel的爱。故选C。

　　C

　　（南京市2011届高三二模）

　　"Choo, Choo!" Here comes the Chunnel train. Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system. This is an unusual form of transportation, because it is a tunnel that trains travel through and not an actual form of transportation.

　　The Chunnel is actually the English nickname for the Channel Tunnel. In French, it is called le tunnel sous la Manche. It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world.

　　Did you know that the British and the French had a race whi1e they were building the Chunnel? The race was to see who could get to the middle of the tunnel first. The British won

　　by a little bit. It took 15,000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was

　　finished in 1994.

　　The completed Chunnel cost about $ 21 billion. But it all paid off, because it became very popular, very quick. Millions of people use it. Now it is getting even more popular.

　　There are three complete tunnels in the Chunnel. The two outside ones are the passenger trains. The small inner one is a guidance train. The guidance train is not used for transportation. Each track is exactly parallel to each other.

　　There are four different train systems in the Chunnel. The Eurostar is a high speed passenger service that connects London, Paris, Brussels, and Lille. The Eurotunnel shuttle is a rail ferry service. These shuttles carry cars and vans. These are railcars that allow drivers to drive their vehicles on and off. There are also two Eurotunnel goods service trains.

　　Now you know more about the Chunnel. Everybody off, this is the last stop.

　　59. The Channel Tunnel, links ______ with _______.

　　A. London; Paris

　　B. Cheriton; Sangatte

　　C. Lille; Brussels

　　D. Dover; Kent

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】本题考查帅选细节性信息的能力。由第二段这句话It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France.可知答案为B项。

　　60. Which of the following shows the structure of the tunnels in the Chunnel?

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】本题考查细节性信息帅选能力。文中第五段Each track is exactly parallel to each other.三个隧道是相互平行的。所以排除C和D。又由The two outside ones are the passenger trains. The small inner one is a guidance train.外边的两个大，中间的一个小。可判断正确答案为A。

　　61. The Eurotunnel shuttle is intended to carry _________.

　　A. passengers

　　B. drivers and their vehicles

　　C. goods

　　D. staff members of the Chunnel

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】本题考查帅选细节性信息能力。文中第六段The Eurotunnel shuttle is a rail ferry service. These shuttles carry cars and vans. These are railcars that allow drivers to drive their vehicles on and off.知正确答案为B。

　　62. The text can most probably be __________.

　　A. found in a guidebook

　　B. read in a magazine

　　C. broadcast on a train

　　D. heard in a railway station

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】本题考查推理判断能力。开篇第一句"Choo, Choo!" Here comes the Chunnel train.从火车的汽笛声判断C为正确答案。

　　D

　　（辽宁省丹东市四校协作体2011届高三第二次联合考试）

　　George, when your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to schools today, you had no idea how I was feeling．

　　You were so excited．You had packed and unpacked your pencils and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times．I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister off to school．

　　Because you are my youngest, I had learned a few things by the time you came along．I found out that the seemingly endless days of babyhood are gone like lightning．I blinked（眨眼）, and your older siblings were setting off for school as eagerly as you did this morning, I was one of the lucky ones; I could choose whether to work or not．By the time it was your turn, the shining prizes of career advancement and a double income had lost their brightness．A splash（溅水） in the pool with you in your bright red boots or "just one more" rereading of your favorite book, Frog and Toad Are Friends, meant more．You didn't go to preschool and I hope that doesn't hold you back．You learned numbers by helping me count the soda cans we returned to the store．

　　I have to admit that in my mind's eye, an image of myself while you're in school has developed, I see myself updating all the photo albums and starting that novel I always wanted to write．As the summer wound down and more frequent quarrels erupted between you and your siblings, I was looking forward to today．And then this morning, I walked you up the steep hill to your classroom．You found the coat hook with your name above it right away, and you gave me one of your characteristically fierce, too-tight hugs．This time you were ready to let go before I was．

　　Maybe someday you will deliver a kindergartner to the first day of school．When you turn at the door to wave good-bye, he or she will be too deep in conversation with a new friend to notice．Even as you smile, you'll feel something warm on your cheek．

　　And then, you’ll know…

　　44．What does the author mean by the underlined sentence?

　　A．She gave up the job with a big salary and prizes．

　　B．She could only recall her good job at home now．

　　C．Many good jobs with better pay attracted her but she didn’t take them．

　　D．Compared with bringing up the baby, work seemed to fade to her．45．Which statement is NOT TRUE about George’s family according to the letter?

　　A．George’s parents gave birth to three children

　　B．The Georges is a double income family．

　　C．The children had more arguments during the summer．

　　D．They recyled soda cans．

　　46．The passage tries to show us

　　．

　　A．how excited a child will be on his first day to school

　　B．how deeply a mother loves her child

　　C．how many efforts a mother has made to raise a child

　　D．how a mother plans her future life after her children go to school

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】本题考查概括文章主旨的能力。文章从头到尾无不洋溢着一个母亲对孩子深深地爱，从孩子刚上学的兴奋，谈到母亲为了抚养孩子而心甘情愿放弃优越的工作和丰厚的奖金，谈到孩子喜欢的书、游戏，以及孩子间的争吵等等一些琐碎的事都充分说明了“一个母亲对孩子的爱有多深。”故选B。

　　E

　　（北京海淀区2011届高三第二学期期中练习）

　　Getting your teen to think beyond his own immediate needs can be more difficult than cracking a nut with a plastic fork．But don't worry．It's not impossible．There are many ways to encourage your teen to care about those outside his immediate circle of friends．As he begins to have responsibility towards others, he will realize he feels even better about himself．

　　"Teens are thinking about career, college, and what their future might look like," explains Michelle Maidenberg, a clinical director of Westchester Group Works, a center for group treatment in New York．"This is very challenging and just one of the reasons why they are so focused on their own world．" Once teens participate h community service, however, they begin to look beyond their personal needs．They also learn firsthand about the challenges others face, and they experience a sense of authority as they realize they can make a real difference in others' lives．

　　Not sure how to convince a teen to get away from the cell phone and into a community project? Teens buy into community service when the project or program is in an area of their interest．

　　"Finding something in an area of interest for them keeps them motivated and inspired," Maidenberg says．For instance, if he is interested in culinary （烹饪） school, he could volunteer in a soup kitchen or bake for a project that supports families in need．Volunteer projects in your teen's area of interest will build her knowledge base as well as help others．

　　Parents can do their part by participating in community service themselves．Teens can learn directly from their parents that personal enjoyment is not ,all that matters．

　　Let teens know the benefits they will obtain．“Give them every reason in the world to volunteer," Maidenberg advises．She says that working on community service projects builds confidence．"By working with others, teens improve managerial, interpersonal and communication skills．Community service helps to approach maturity when they take a step back to see the needs of other people," she adds．Another reward: service hours look great on a resume!

　　64．According to Michelle Maidenberg, it's hard to get teens to think beyond their own immediate needs partly because ___

　　___．

　　A．they care more about their circle of friends

　　B．they have no interest in doing anything

　　C．they have to work hard for college

　　D．they are facing many challenges