2016届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练：阅读理解5

　　2016届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练：阅读理解5

　　请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

　　注意：每空格1个单词。

　　Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about.

　　Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.

　　The advantages, however, have not prevented host families form worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cites, now generally single and young, have less times available for students but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. One the other hand, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.

　　To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to making living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities.

　　It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students.

　　Host Family Accommodation

　　Host families are (1) ____ the accommodation quality. Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students.

　　Advantages Problems (2) ____

　　Language study: (3) ____ students learn faster (4) ____ in the short time they spend. Cultural communication: It is more (5) ____ for students to communicate and learn

　　things of the local place. Cost of (6) ____: Sometimes it is the best way for students to spend (7) ____. Loss of selling point: Hosts lack (8) ____ time for students. Rise in (9) ____: What students demand is more now. Service quality improvement: Hosts are (10) ____ living conditions and organizing structured family activities

　　答案：

　　1. improving

　　2. Efforts/ Measures

　　3. Possibly

　　4. despite

　　5. convenient

　　6. living

　　7. less

　　8. enough

　　9. expectation

　　10. bettering

　　The hole in the Earth’s ozone layer (臭氧层) has until now protected Antarctica from the worst effects of global warming. But scientists have warned that as the hole closes up in the next few decades, temperatures on the continent could rise by around 3 ℃ on average, with melting ice contributing to a global sea level increase of up to 1.4 metres.

　　In the past decades the western Antarctic has seen rapid ice loss as the world has warmed, but the other parts of the continent have, paradoxically, been cooling, resulting in a 10% increase in ice in the seas around the region. This is because the hole in the ozone layer has increased cold winds in Antarctica, making much of the continent surface colder than usual.

　　But now that the gasses that cause the ozone hole have been banned, scientists expect the hole to repair itself within the next 50 to 60 years. By then the cooling effect will have faded out and the Antarctic will face the full impact of global warming. This means an increase in average air temperatures of around 3 ℃ and a reduction in sea ice by around a third.

　　The biggest threat to the continent comes from warming seas. Robert Johnson, a scientist who monitors Antarctica ice sheets, said, “The ice sheets in Antarctica are hundreds of metres thick. But once warm ocean waters start flowing underneath, the ice will begin thinning and could break up very quickly.” Thinning ice sheets cause ice to break away from the continent and to melt even faster. Escaping ice from western Antarctica has already resulted in a 10% rise in global sea level in recent decades.

　　Johnson believes that international action to reduce global warming is required immediately or it may be too late. “Everything is connected — Antarctica may be a long way away but it is an important part of the Earth’s system，” said Johnson. “It contains 90% of the world’s ice, 70% of the world’s fresh water and that is enough, if it melts completely, to raise sea levels by 63 metres.”

　　Even in a worse-case situation scientists don’t expect the ice to entirely disappear, but predict that, because of the melting ice sheets, average sea level rise will be around 1.4 metres higher by the end of the century.

　　1. The underlined word “paradoxically” (in Paragraph 2) most probably means“________.”

　　A. rapidly

　　B. approximately

　　C. contradictorily

　　D. apparently

　　[答案]　C

　　2. What is the effect of the hole in the ozone layer on Antarctica?

　　A. It is causing the ice to melt faster.

　　B. It is making much of the continent colder.

　　C. It is making the effects of global warming in the region worse.

　　D. It is reducing the amount of water in Antarctica.

　　[答案]　B

　　3. What do scientists think is the biggest danger facing Antarctica?

　　A. Rising sea levels.

　　B. Warming sea water temperature.

　　C. Water pollution.

　　D. Growing ice sheets.

　　[答案]　B

　　4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　A. Antarctica is currently experiencing the full effects of global warming.

　　B. The average temperature has increased by 3 ℃ in recent decades.

　　C. Antarctica contains most of the world’s fresh water.

　　D. Ten percent of Antarctica’s ice has already been lost.

　　[答案]　C

　　5. The best title for the passage is________.

　　A. Our planet in danger

　　B. Antarctica melting away

　　C. Action plan to save Antarctica

　　D. Let’s save the ozone layer

　　[答案]　B

　　Many people think that Americans

　　1

　　their cars almost more than anything else. When

　　2__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __3_

　　cars. They don’t ask for a car from their

　　4__. So many of them work in

　　_5_

　　time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to

　　6 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.

　　Some people almost

　　7 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __8_

　　their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a

　　9

　　. On Saturdays or Sundays some people may

　　10

　　most of their time washing and repairing their cars.

　　1. A. prefer

　　B. love

　　C. drive

　　D. play

　　2. A. little

　　B. big

　　C. old

　　D. young

　　3. A. new

　　B. own

　　C. expensive

　　D. cheap

　　4. A, friends

　　B. teachers

　　C. parents

　　D. brothers

　　5. A. free

　　B. busy

　　C. study

　　D. good

　　6. A. make

　　B. mend

　　C. wash

　　D. drive

　　7. A. always

　　B. never

　　C. often

　　D. usually

　　8. A. take

　　B. carry

　　C. pull

　　D. lift

　　9. A. question

　　B. wrong

　　C. mistake

　　D. problem

　　10. A. cost

　　B. get

　　C. spend

　　D. use

　　名师点评

　　本文介绍了美国人尤其是年轻人对于轿车的厚爱，并列举了一些事例加以说明。让人们看到了一个发达国家的富裕和人民生活的繁荣。

　　答案简析

　　1. B。通过下文的事例不难看出美国人对汽车不是一般的喜欢，故用love it，较贴近文章的意思。

　　2. D。按常识，十四五岁的人应称为年轻人，故应说young。

　　3. B。根据下文他们不想通过索要来获取别人的小轿车，而是想拥有自己的小汽车，故选own。

　　4. C。如果说想要索要小汽车的话，那只有先从父母亲那儿开始了，故应选parents。

　　5. A。十四五岁的年轻人大多在上学，所以工作占用的应是上学期间的空隙，故应选free。

　　6. D。要想获得驾照得先学开车，故应选drive。

　　7. B。与下文“车子一有问题就去修理”相对应，有些人病了却从不看医生，故应选never。

　　8. A。carry应为“搬运”，push 为“推”，lift 意思为“举，提起”都不合文意，take sth. to 某地，意为“把……带到……”。

　　9. D。只能选择一个名词, 表示汽车的“故障,毛病”, 故选problem。

　　10. C。spend some time doing sth.为一个固定搭配，意为“花时间干某事”。

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　　Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these

　　questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).

　　Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.

　　But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.

　　Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.

　　1. A. took

　　B. made

　　C. painted

　　D. invented

　　2. A. artists

　　B. doctors

　　C. painters

　　D. people

　　3. A. to

　　B. of

　　C. for

　　D. from

　　4. A. the scientists B. the artists C. the world

　　D. people

　　5. A. draw

　　B. paint

　　C. work

　　D. build

　　6. A. was just

　　B. wasn’t just C. wasn’t

　　D. was no longer

　　7. A. less

　　B. no

　　C. even

　　D. very

　　8. A. before

　　B. after

　　C. because

　　D. when

　　9. A. him

　　B. us

　　C. them

　　D. you

　　10. A. interesting B. crying

　　C. smiling

　　D. surprising

　　名师点评

　　本文介绍了堪称世界上最伟大的天才——达?芬奇在发明、艺术等方面为人类所作的巨大贡献，文章层次分明，通俗易懂。

　　答案简析

　　1．C。为了引出话题人物━━达?芬奇，这里引用了设问手法，问题应表示“是谁画了世界上最著名的画”，故选择动词painted。

　　2．B。对人体比较了解的莫过于医生了，将达?芬奇与医生相比才能显示其对人体的精通。故选择doctors。

　　3．A。介词to常表示一一对应的关系，“问题的答案”习惯表达为an answer to a question。

　　4．D。达?芬奇应是世人所知道的天才中最伟大的人，the world 一般指每个人，相当于第三人称单数，故people为正确选项。

　　5．D。draw和paint不合文意, work为不及物动词，不能直接接宾语。在那个时代，达?芬奇所不能做的应是制造飞机，故选择build。

　　6．B。这一句起承上启下的作用，意为“达?芬奇不仅仅是一名发明家”，故选择 wasn’t just。

　　7．C。less和no不合文章，very不能用来修饰比较级，而even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，故为正确选项。

　　8．A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界，应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。

　　9．B。达?芬奇的画今天依然保存在世，为本文作者以及读者所共享，所以应选us。

　　10．C。达?芬奇的名作Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下，故选smiling。