2016高考英语二轮复习（阅读理解）35分钟限时训练（4）

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

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　　If I could select a word that best describes the majority of American parents, that word would be guilt-ridden (内疚的)．How sad it is to see parents become the willing victims of the “give-me game”， only to discover that, no matter what they do, it isn’t enough.In the end, they are looked down for their lack of firmness and blamed when their spoiled children get into trouble.With this in mind, I shall first answer this question: “What do parents owe their children？”And I shall start with what they don’t owe them.

　　Parents don’t owe their children every minute of their day and every ounce of their energy.They don’t owe round-the-clock car service, singing lessons, tennis lessons, an expensive car when they reach sixteen, or a trip to Europe when they graduate.

　　I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education.If they can afford it, fine.But they need not feel guilty if they can’t.If the children really want to go, they’ll find a way.Here are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and eager who can’t afford to pay.

　　After children marry, their parents do not owe them a house or money for the furniture.They do not have an obligation to baby-sit their grandchildren when the parents were on vacation.If they want to do it, it must be considered a favour, not an obligation.

　　In my opinion, parents do not owe their children an inheritance, no matter how much money they have.One of the surest ways to produce a loafer is to let children know that their future is assured.

　　Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.

　　One of their chief obligations is to give their children a sense of personal worth, for self-esteem is the basis of a good mental health.Parents owe their children firm guidance and consistent discipline.Parents owe their children privacy and respect for their personal belongings.

　　No child asks to be born.If you bring a life into the world, you owe the children something.And if you give him his due, he’ll have something of value to pass along to your grandchildren.

　　1．According to the author, ________.

　　A．parents ought to send children to college as a duty

　　B．parents needn’t feel guilty if they are unable to send their children to college

　　C．if they say “No”，parents will surely make their children angry

　　D．parents must support their children even after their marriage

　　解析：选B。 第三段谈到父母供孩子上大学的问题时认为，But they needn’t feel guilty if they can’t.，说明他们如果供不起孩子上大学，不应感到愧疚。

　　2．The underlined word “loafer” most probably refers to ________.

　　A．a poorly educated person

　　B．a well educated person

　　C．a hard-working person

　　D．a lazy person

　　解析：选D。培养懒汉最好的办法，就是让孩子们从小知道了他们的未来有保障。loafer意为： “懒汉”。

　　3．The writer of this passage mainly wants to tell us ________.

　　A．why children look down upon their parents

　　B．the difference between duties of the parents and the children

　　C．over devotion to the children results in trouble for the parents themselves

　　D．children should depend on no one but themselves

　　解析：选C。第一段说明了主题，即父母为孩子们做出了牺牲，而得到的回报却是陷入了不断的麻烦之中。

　　4．The author’s attitude towards the parents is ________.

　　A．angry

　　B．pitiful

　　C disappointed

　　D．satisfied

　　解析：选B。作者通过描述父母为其孩子做出的种种牺牲，表达了作者对父母怜悯、同情的态度。

　　D

　　For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

　　Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped

　　In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is----politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg----the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority----someone who actually knows something ---- and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

　　67. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

　　A. Both can continue for generations.

　　B. Both are about where to draw the line.

　　C. Neither has any clear winner.

　　D. Neither can be put to an end.

　　68. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

　　A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

　　B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

　　C. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.

　　D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

　　69. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ___________.

　　A. give orders to the other

　　B. know more than the other

　　C. gain respect from the other

　　D. get the other to behave properly

　　70. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

　　A. Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.

　　B. Examples of the parent-teen war.

　　C. Future of the parent-teen relationship.

　　D. Solutions for the parent-teen problems.

　　参考答案

　　67. B

　　68. A

　　69. C

　　70. D

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　　It happened to me recently that I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of the current US President． The person I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words,“a wonderfully written book ．”However, he then proceeded

　　to talk about Mr Obama in a way that suggested he had no idea of his background at all． I sensed that I was talking to a book liar．

　　And it seems that he is not the only one． Clearly two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t ． In The World Book Day survey, Dreams From My Father is at number 9． The survey lists top ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading． As I’m not one to lie too often, I’ll admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire ten books． But I am pleased to say that I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984． I think it’s absolutely outstanding．

　　Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to ． This could be difficult if the conversation became more in-depth !

　　The World Book Day survey also has some other interesting information in it． It shows that many people lie about having read classical works by Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens and so on. But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, they named JK Rowling, Jilly Cooper, and Stephen King (ah, the big sellers, in other words)． Forty-one percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story．

　　So which books have you lied about reading—if any—and which is your favourite?

　　56．The main reason why people lie about reading is to

　　A．make fun of the listener

　　B．impress the listener

　　C．please the listener

　　D．interest the listener

　　57．The underlined word“proceeded”in the passage probably means“

　　”

　　A．wanted

　　B．happened

　　C．continued

　　D．stopped

　　58．What does The World Book Day survey show?

　　A．Nearly half of the people surveryed didn’t read through a whole classical book． B．People don’t like Dreams From My Father and George Orwell’s 1984

　　C．Few people lie about having read classical works by Jane Austen．

　　D．People usually enjoy reading books by Charles Dickens．

　　59．What is the best title for the passage?

　　A．Are You A Book Liar?

　　B．Readers Are All Liars

　　C．World Book Day

　　D．Dreams From My Father,

　　56—59、 BCAA