2016高考英语二轮（阅读理解）精品训练（09）及答案

　　2016高考英语二轮（阅读理解）精品训练（09）及答案

　　Feeling hopeless and sick ;it heart, Tom turned away. For a quick moment his eyes met those of the cook, and he saw there a light of such hatred(憎恨) and

　　fear that no words could describe.

　　The cook moved quietly closer. He whispered to Tom in a rough voice. "Don't be too clever.

　　Mark my words.

　　And he went away.

　　Tom's thoughts did not delay going for long on the cook and his words.

　　His friend was in trouble, how could he help him? He decided to slip (溜走) away as soon as possihle in search of information that would clear Jay of all doubts and bring the true criminal to justice (法院).

　　lie has noticed a piece of old sailcloth (帆布) lying on the ship floor. With this and a length of stringily-T-)he made a package which looked very nuch like the one the police had seized(逮捕). His plan was to step to the shore and to hand it over just as the cook ha{,t ordered Jay to, hoping in this way to learn the truth about the criminals' activities.

　　He could then persuade the police of his friend's innocence(无罪).

　　By now it was dark. Taking the blankets out of Jay's empty bed. Tom piled them up in his extra in the shatpe of a sleeping figure. How real it lookked

　　With the blanket pulled up high around the figure's head he could almost believe he saw it breathing.

　　Pleased with this, 'Ibm moved quietly to the door.

　　He was about to open it when he felt it secretly turned to other way. Someone was outside and about to come in. Was his plan failed? Slipping quickly back behind the door as it opened. Tom waited.

　　It was tile cook who was leaning(倚靠) forward now over the figure in the bed. His aim swung(挥舞)up. For an instant (立即)a long knife cut into it.

　　l. The main cause of Tom's worry was that be__________?

　　A. failed to save bis friend out of trouble

　　B. knew the truth about tide criminals

　　C. knew his friend was in trouble

　　D. felt such hatred and fear for the cook

　　答案：

　　2. Paragraph 5 mainly describes

　　A. Tom's hope to catch thc intru{,ier (闯入者)

　　B. the unknown sleeping figure in Jay's bed

　　C. the danger Tom faced in Jay's empty bed

　　D. what Tom did to carry out his plan

　　答案：

　　3. Tom's plan was to ________

　　A. help his friend slip away

　　B. pretend to go along with the plan of the criminal

　　C. find out Jay was the criminal

　　D. pretend to bring the true criminals to justice

　　答案：

　　4. If

　　asked, Tern

　　Would

　　probably

　　say: "I

　　risk

　　danger becattse

　　A. I wanted to help the police

　　B. I knew my friend was innocent

　　C. I know the cook was a murderer

　　D. I wasn't to dismiss the criminal's plan

　　答案：A

　　Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away．Life has changed for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online．Whether you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are part of a virtual community．

　　"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname used by a Senior 2 girl in China．"Eighty percent of my classmates use QQ after school．"

　　QQ is the biggest messaging service in China．A record shows 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October, according to Tencent （腾讯公司）, the company which developed QQ．

　　And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them．"I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel bored．I usually spend about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said．"But I rarely talk with strangers, especially boys or men．"

　　Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online． "You don't know who you're talking to．You should always be careful about who you trust online．"

　　41．According to Tencent, about four million people ______ one Saturday night in October．

　　A．enjoyed themselves on QQ

　　B．developed QQ

　　C．talked about QQ

　　D．made friends on QQ

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段的A record shows 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October, according to Tencent （腾讯公司）, the company which developed QQ．42．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A．Perhaps the person you are chatting with lives just next door to you．

　　B．Maybe the person you are talking with online is an oversea one．

　　C．No people online know the opposite's real name or real address．

　　D．Four fifths of Fox's Shadow's classmates use QQ in their spare time．

　　【解析】推理判断题。C项意为：在线的人没有人会知道对方的真实地址或真实姓名。这样说太过于绝对了，文章也谈到了父母，提到了同学，难道连他们的姓名和地址都不知道？

　　43．Fox's Shadow, according to the passage, is a _______ online nickname．

　　A．a boy's

　　B．a girl's

　　C．a QQ worker's

　　D．mid-aged person's

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段的said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname used by a Senior 2 girl in China．Fox's Shadow是中国一位高二女生用的在线昵称。

　　44．When you are chatting online, _______ who is talking to you．

　　A．never believe everyone

　　B．never trust anyone

　　C．don't make friends with the one

　　D．don't talk too long with the one

　　【解析】细节理解题。B项是全部否定形式，B、C、D项填入后未免有些过于绝对化了。A项是部分否定，意为：当你在线聊天时，不要每一个和你交谈的人都相信。

　　B

　　Three in ten Americans commit" financial infidelity （出轨）by lying to their partners about money, sometimes suffering consequences such as separation or divorce （离婚）, according to a new survey．

　　The Harris Interactive online poll of 2019 adults released on Thursday showed 31 percent of American couples who have combined finances were not truthful about issues such as hiding cash or a bank account or about debt or earnings．

　　"Financial infidelity may be the new normal," said Forbes．com, which performed the survey with the National Endowment （基金会） for Financial Education．

　　One-third of respondents （响应者）also say they have been cheated, and both sexes lie to their partners about money in equal numbers．"These unwise behaviors cause great damage, to the relationship, which is really not worthwhile．We must consider how important a family is to all of us．We must be honest to our partners in everything including money," said Ted Beck, chief executive of the National Endowment for Financial Education．

　　Sixteen percent of couples affected by financial infidelity said the cheat led to a divorce and 11 percent said it caused a separation．Sixty-seven percent said it led to an argument and for 42 percent it lessened trust in the relationship．What a great damage it is to the family members!

　　The most common lie, at 58 percent, was hiding cash．Fifty-four percent of respondents admitted hiding a minor purchase, 30 percent hid a bill, 16 percent did not disclose a major purchase and 15 percent hid a bank account．

　　Eleven percent lied about debt and an equal number were untruthful about earnings, the survey showed．It is suggested that all the couples should learn a lesson from this matter．

　　45．What does Ted Beck think of Americans' committing financial infidelity?

　　A．Rewarding．

　　B．Unlawful．

　　C．Unwise．

　　D．Unfair．46．What does the fifth paragraph mainly tell us?

　　A．The harm of financial infidelity．

　　B．The meaning of financial infidelity．

　　C．The explanation for financial infidelity．

　　D．The percentage of Americans' committing financial infidelity．

　　【解析】主旨大意题。本段出现lead to和cause等这类表示结果的词语。该段的最后一句以感叹句的形式，在发感慨的同时直接点明了“财务出轨”的危害。

　　47．What does the underlined word "lessened" mean in the fifth paragraph?

　　A．Raised．

　　B．Dropped．

　　C．Harmed．

　　D．Reduced．

　　【解析】词义猜测题。本段主要是阐述财务出轨的危害，根据Sixty-seven percent said it led to an argument （67%的说这导致争吵），那么此处应该是“42%的相互信任的程度下降”。

　　48．Most Americans lie to their partners about ______．

　　A．hiding cash

　　B．bank account

　　C．debt

　　D．earnings

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的第一句话The most common lie, at 58 percent, was hiding cash．49．What is the best title of the passage?

　　A．Americans like to lie most

　　B．Three in ten Americans commit financial infidelity

　　C．Americans have the largest percentage of divorce

　　D．Americans like to hide their partners' cash

　　【解析】标题判断题。此题实为考查文章的主旨大意，文章开篇点题：Three in ten Americans commit" financial infidelity。

　　50．Those who are ______ can't go dancing in Ricky's Disco． A．over 20

　　B．at the age of 40

　　C．under 18

　　D．30 years old

　　【解析】细节理解题。题干部分出现了Ricky's Disco，据此在第二列中可以找出over 18s only，所以“那些不满18岁的不能去Ricky's Disco跳舞”。Saturday late night special

　　51．When you have lunch in Karma,

　　will serve you at the table．

　　A．a waiter

　　B．a waitress

　　C．someone

　　D．no one

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据题干的Karma我们应该在第三列找答案，其中的self-service表明：当你在Karma吃午饭时，没有人招待你，因为这是自助的。

　　52．_____ will tell you the detailed information about the basketball match．

　　A．RICKY

　　B．Alan Brown

　　C．Paul Burton

　　D．KARMA

　　【解析】细节理解题。这三列中提供篮球赛信息的只有第一列，从中可以找到Paul Burton。

　　53．Which of the four is true according to the second ad?

　　A．You can hear music in the RICKY'S every day．

　　B．The RICKY'S opens late at night on Saturday．

　　C．You can go to dance in the RICKY'S every day．

　　D．There are colored lights moving in shifting patterns in the RICKY'S．

　　【解析】细节理解题。四个选项均出现了RICKY'S这个关键词，那么根据第二列内容：Saturday late night special可知，关于RICKY'S的正确说明是B项。

　　D

　　Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050, you might actually get your wish—if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits （半导体电路）．But long before then, perhaps as early as 2020, some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality （虚拟的永生）．Researchers are confident that technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life．Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your personal chronicles （履历）By the 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous （神经） systems through electrical activities, which would also keep your thoughts and emotions．Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher．Small electronic equipment will make preparation for Soul Catcher．It would use a wearable supercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to micro sensors under your scalp（头皮） and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals．So wearing a video camera would no longer be required．

　　At first, the Soul Catcher's companion system —the Soul Reader —might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details．Even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible．But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities （永生实体）.Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine．For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortality would not be as useless as they thought．People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever．And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past．History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society．

　　54．The main idea of this passage is that _______．

　　A．human beings long for living forever

　　B．there are many difficulties in making the Soul Catcher

　　C．people can live forever as technology develops

　　D．the invention of Soul Catcher has great importance

　　【解析】主旨大意题。文章一开始就以一问一答的形式引起本文要讨论的话题：Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050, you might actually get your wish。即随着科技的发展，人们可以永生，虽然这只是虚拟的永生55．According to this passage,a Soul Catcher will be ______．

　　A．a new machine on which research measures have already been made

　　B．a new invention in order to catch and keep human's thoughts

　　C．made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living forever

　　D．made of silicon circuits which can catch people's nervous activity

　　【解析】细节理解题。第三段中提到研究人员把这种想法命名为Soul Catcher，其中的this idea指上段最后一句By the 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous

　　systems through electrical activities, which would also keep your thoughts and emotions。

　　56．We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is ______．

　　A．to be a reality sooner or later

　　B．far from certain

　　C．just an idea that couldn't t be realized at all

　　D．a fading hope

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据文章的第一段的最后一句But long before then, perhaps as early as 2020, some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality可知答案，文章说到2050年就能实现永生的愿望，但是早在2020一些措施已经开始提供了。

　　57．The meaning of the underlined word "revitalize" in the fourth paragraph is close to

　　.

　　A．make dead B．make famous

　　C．make known D．make activex【答案】D

　　【解析】词义猜测题。根据下文的to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine可以猜测出，revitalize应该是make active，其中的active和alive一致。

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　　E

　　One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime （一角钱） left．He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house．However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door．Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water．She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk．He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?""You don't owe me anything," she replied．"Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness．" He said, "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart．" As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race．He was about to give up and quit before this point．

　　Years later the young woman became badly ill．The local doctors were baffled （束手无策）． They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease．Dr． Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation．When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes．Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room．

　　Dressed in his doctor's gown, he went in to see her．He recognized her at once．He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life．From that day on, he gave special attention to her case．

　　After a long struggle, the battle was won．Dr．Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval．He looked at it and then wrote something on the side．The bill was sent to her room．She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off．Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention．She read these words:

　　"Paid in full with a glass of milk．" Signed Dr．Howard Kelly．

　　Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: "Thank You, God．Your love has spread through human hearts and hands．"

　　58．The boy sold things door to door

　　__．

　　A．when he was on his way to school

　　B．to collect money for his schooling

　　C．to obtain money to buy some food

　　D．because he had only one dime left

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段的One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime （一角钱） left．

　　59．Which of the four is the best title for this passage?

　　A．A Glass of Milk

　　B．A Kind Doctor

　　C．A Kind Girl

　　D．A successful Treatment

　　【解析】标题判断题。文章多处出现了milk字眼，可以说milk是贯穿全文的一条主线，所以选择A最佳。

　　60．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A．The woman was very kind to the poor when she was young．

　　B．The woman's mother was also very kind to the others．

　　C．The boy became a doctor when he grew up years later．

　　D．Howard Kelly would have been dead without the glass of milk given．