2016届高考英语二轮阅读理解九十天强化训练：26

　　高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解26

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　　If you are a male and you are reading this, congratulations: you are a survivor. According to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman.

　　There are many reasons for this, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke, but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.

　　“Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should,” says Dr. Gullotta, “This is particularly so for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike.” Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45,it should be at least once a year.

　　According to a recent survey, 95%of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.

　　“A lot of men think they are invincible （不可战胜的）”Gullotta says “They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think 'Dear me, if it could happen to him, …' ”

　　Then there is the ostrich (鸵鸟)approach, “Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know, ” says Dr. Ross Cartmill.“ Most men get their cars serviced more often than they service their bodies,” Cartmill says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups. Regular check-ups for men would inevitably(不可避免地) place stress on the public purse. Cartmill says. “But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the final cost is far greater.”

　　6. Which is the most important reason why men die five years earlier on average than women according to the passage ?

　　A. Men drink and smoke much more than women.

　　B. Men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger.

　　C. Men don’t seek medical care as often as women.

　　D. Men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases.

　　7.Which of the following best completes the sentence “Dear me, if it could happen to him,…”in paragraph5 ?

　　A. I should avoid playing golf.

　　B. I should consider myself lucky.

　　C. it would be a big misfortune.

　　D. it could happen to me, too.

　　8. What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach” in paragraph 6 ?

　　A. A new treatment for certain psychological problems.

　　B. Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved.

　　C. Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear.

　　D. A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions.

　　9. What does Cartmill say about regular check-ups for men?

　　A. They may increase public expenses.

　　B. They will save money in the long run.

　　C. They may cause psychological stress on men.

　　D. They will enable men to live as long as women.

　　6-9 CDCB

　　C5 [2016·新课标全国卷Ⅰ] C

　　It happened to me recently.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 our President.A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was，in his words，“a brilliantly(精彩地)written book”．However，he then went on to talk about Mr Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all.I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.

　　And it seems that my friend is not the only one.Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven't.In the World Book Day's “Report on Guilty Secrets”，Dreams From My Father is at number 9.The report lists ten books，and various authors，which people have lied about reading，and as I'm not one to lie too often (I'd hate to be caught out)，I'll admit here and now that I haven't read the entire top ten.But I am pleased to say that，unlike 42 percent of people，I have read the book at number one，George Orwell's 1984.I think it's really brilliant.

　　The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it.It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen，Charles Dickens，Fyodor Dostoevsky(I haven't read him，but haven't lied about it either )and Herman Melville.

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

　　But when asked which authors they actually enjoy，people named J．K.Rowling，John Grisham，Sophie Kinsella(ah，the big sellers，in other words)．Forty－two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story(I'll come clean：I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so)．

　　64．How did the author find his friend a book liar?

　　A．By judging his manner of speaking.

　　B．By looking into his background.

　　C．By mentioning a famous name.

　　D．By discussing the book itself.

　　65．Which of the following is a “guilty secret” according to the World Book Day report?

　　A．Charles Dickens is very low on the top－ten list.

　　B．42% of people pretended to have read 1984.

　　C．The author admitted having read 9 books.

　　D．Dreams From My Father is hardly read.

　　66．By lying about reading，a person hopes to

　　________．

　　A．control the conversation

　　B．appear knowledgeable

　　C．learn about the book

　　D．make more friends

　　67．What is the author's attitude to 58% of readers?

　　A．Favorable.

　　B．Uncaring.

　　C．Doubtful.

　　D．Friendly.

　　【要点综述】 本文是一篇议论文。作者通过与朋友聊天引出本文的话题book liar，列举了大家谎称读了实际未读的书目，以及大家喜欢的一些作家，并阐述了人们撒谎的常见理由。

　　64．D　细节理解题。根据文章第一段可知，作者跟他的朋友深谈有关奥巴马的那本书时，发现朋友对奥巴马的背景一无所知，这暗示出朋友其实并没有读过这本书。故选D。

　　65．B　推理判断题。本题的关键词是guilty secret，定位第二、三段。根据文章第二段中的“But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwell's 1984.”可知，作者读过《1984》这本书，而42%的人没读过却装作读过。故选B。

　　66．B　细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的“Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to ‘impress’ someone they were speaking to.”可知，人们之所以选择撒谎是想让对方觉得自己知识渊博，从而给对方留一个好的印象。因此B正确。

　　67．C　推理判断题。文章第五段的最后一句话表明作者的态度，故选C。

　　My mother moved a lot when she was growing up on account of Grandpa being in the army．She hated having to adjust to new schools and make new friends．That’s why I thought she was joking when she put forward the idea of moving．But she was completely serious. “For just the two of us，” my mother said， “an apartment in the city will suit our needs much better．” Personally, I think she lost her mind．I guess I can understand why she would want to move，but what about me and what this house means to me?

　　I suppose if you looked at my house，you might think it was just another country house．But to me it is anything but standard．I moved into this house with my parents ten years ago. I can still remember that first day like it was yesterday．The first thing I noticed was the big front yard．To me it seemed like an ocean of grass—couldn’t wait to dive in．The backyard was full of gnarled(扭曲的，粗糙的)and scary trees that talked on windy nights．But I grew to like them and the shadows they cast in my room．My father and I even built a small tree house，where I often go to remember all the wonderful time we had before Father’s death.

　　This house is special—maybe only to me—but special nevertheless. It’s the little seemingly insignificant things that make this house so special to me; the ice-cold tile floors that make me tremble on midnight snake runs; the smell of my fathers pipe that still exists; the towering bookcases of my mother; the view outside my bedroom window.

　　This house bears too many memories, memories which would be lost if we gave it up.

　　10．Why did the author’s mother decide to move?

　　A．Because she hated the countryside．

　　B．Because Grandpa was on constant move．

　　C．Because Dad’s death made her lose her mind．

　　D．Because she thought a city flat more fit for them．

　　1．What impressed the author when she first moved into the house?

　　A．The tree house

　　B．The big trees

　　C．The cold floors D．The green grass

　　2．How did the author let us feel that the house was special to her?

　　A．By arguing whether the house was standard

　　B．By explaining why the house suited their needs

　　C．By describing the small things related to her house．

　　D．By comparing the differences between country and city life．

　　3．The author describes the house with

　　．

　　A．

　　B．responsibility

　　C．

　　D．enthusiasm

　　10-13 DDCA

　　C5 [2016·安徽卷] C

　　When 19－year－old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make－A－Wish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about.But Sophia knew just how important Make－A－Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends.We were interested in finding out more，so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.

　　Sophia told us that Make－A－Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.“It's a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make－A－Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true，” Sophia explained.

　　We asked Sophia how Make－A－Wish had first started.She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris，who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman.Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris's dream come true—so, with everybody's help, Chris, only seven years old at the time，had been a “policeman” for a day.“When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too，and that was the beginning of Make－A－Wish，” explained Sophia.

　　Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make－A－Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.

　　64．Sophia found out about Make－A－Wish because her best friend had

　　________．

　　A．benefited from it

　　B．volunteered to help it

　　C．dreamed about it

　　D．told the author about it

　　65．According to Sophia,

　　Make－A－Wish

　　________．

　　A．is an international charity

　　B．was understood by nobody at first

　　C．raises money for very poor families

　　D．started by drawing the interest of the public

　　66．What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?

　　A．He has been a policeman since he was seven.

　　B．He gave people the idea of starting Make－A－Wish.

　　C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true.

　　D．He was the first child Make－A－Wish helped after it had been set up.

　　67．Which of the following is true about Make－A－Wish volunteers?

　　A．They are important for making wishes come true.

　　B．They try to help children get over their illnesses.

　　C．They visit sick children to make them feel special.

　　D．They provide what is necessary to make Make－A－Wish popular.

　　【要点综述】 本文通过对索菲亚的采访，向读者介绍了Make－A－Wish这个国际组织。

　　64．A　细节理解题。根据第一段“But Sophia knew just how important Make－A－Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends.”可知，Sophia的好友从中受益匪浅，故选A。

　　65．A　细节理解题。根据第二段“Make－A－Wish is a worldwide organization…‘It's a charity…’”可知，Make－A－Wish是一个国际慈善机构。

　　66．B　推理判断题。根据第三段“When people saw how delighted…that was the beginning of Make－A－Wish”可知，人们成立这个组织是从Chris身上得到灵感的。

　　67．A　推理判断题。根据末段“…volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.”可知，Make－A－Wish的志愿者有助于人们实现自己的梦想。

　　COPENHAGEN—The world is gathered in Copenhagen for the U.N. climate summit, but Denmark’s bicycle-friendly capital has also given its name to a movement of cities trying to find a kinder way to commute（往返上下班）.

　　Nearly 40 percent of Copenhagen’s population cycle to work or school on ubiquitous（无处不在的） paved cycle paths. Many residents take to their bikes year-round, braving rain and snow through the winter in a city where the bicycles outnumber the people.

　　Amsterdam and Beijing too are known for their bicycles, but the Danish capital is where urban planners from around the world have been looking for ways to get their people out of cars and up onto bikes, an effort known as Copenhagenisation.

　　Klaus Bondam, Copenhagen’s technical and environmental chief, calls himself a “mega cyclist” and says the bike’s popularity stems partly from high taxes on cars which meant working-class Danes could not afford to drive in the 1930s and 40s. “Today you’ll meet everybody on the bicycle lanes --- women and men, rich and poor, old and young,” Bondam said.

　　The local government has during the last three years invested more than 250 million crowns ($49.42 million) in bicycle lanes and to make the traffic safer for bicyclists. Today around a third of the population drive cars to work or study, another third take public transport, while 37 percent cycle -- a figure the city aims to boost to 50 percent by 2015.

　　There are many benefits when citizens choose bicycles over cars: pollution and noise decline, public health improves, and more people on bikes or walking creates a sense of safety in the city. Fewer parked cars leaves more space for playgrounds, parks, shopping areas and other useful public places.

　　14．According to the first paragraph, Copenhagen is better known as __________.

　　A．a city without cars

　　B．a bicycle-friendly city

　　C．Denmark’s capital

　　D．the U.N. climate summit

　　5．We can learn from the second and the third paragraph, _________.

　　A．there is no path for cars during rainy and snowy days

　　B．citizens are limited to have only one bike for each person

　　C．two-thirds of people in Copenhagen cycle to work or school

　　D．city planners try their best to encourage more citizens to ride bikes

　　16．Bikes are popular in Copenhagen partly because __________.

　　A．the citizens are unable to afford to buy a car

　　B．the rich tend to keep fit by cycling to work

　　C．young people regard cycling a fashion to follow

　　D．high taxes were paid for cars in the 1930s and 40s

　　17．Which of the following is NOT the benefit of cycling?

　　A．Saving time on the road.B．Declining pollution and noise.

　　C．Improving public health.D．Creating safety in the city.

　　4-17 BDDA