2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解训练七十集之连载（8）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载（8）

　　2016高考训练题。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Welcome to Arundel Castle which is situated in West Sussex, England. The castle has a history of nearly 1000 years and has welcomed visitors traveling from all over the world. Arundel Castle also plays a starring role in many films.

　　The Gardens

　　The White Garden is planted with soft white Iceberg Roses, and Snow White Lilies.

　　The Rose Garden is newly planted with lovely old-fashioned English roses that are at their very best in June and July.

　　The Organic Kitchen Garden produces a wide range of seasonal fruit and vegetables, pears, cherries and apples.

　　The Castle Shop

　　In the Castle Shop, you will discover a wide and interesting range of gift ideas for everyone. It offers gifts and souvenirs designed to appeal to all tastes and pockets. Foods, china, books, and stationery (文具)are all available. Many are sold in this Castle Shop only.

　　At Arundel Castle we pride ourselves on supporting local suppliers and actively encourage environmentally friendly products.

　　The Arundel Festival 2016

　　Saturday 16th to Monday 25th August

　　The annual Arundel Festival gets bigger and better every year. It is one of the most amazing, diverse and easily accessible arts festivals in the UK, offering a mix of visual arts, music, theatre and street entertainment.

　　Parking

　　Coaches and mini-buses can drop off at the main Castle entrance in Mill Road and park in the main town car park that is opposite the Castle entrance. Please inform us when making your booking of how many parking permits are required.

　　1. When visiting the castle, you can____________.

　　A. get old-fashioned English roses as gifts

　　B. buy eco-friendly products in the Castle Shop

　　C. get seasonal fruit and vegetables for free

　　D. see how the local gifts are being made

　　2. How long does the Arundel Festival last this year?

　　A. 10 days B. One week C. 16 days D. One month

　　3. Where can you park the coach?

　　A. In Mill Road

　　B. Inside the Castle

　　C. In the main town car park

　　D. At the main Castle entrance

　　参考答案1—3、BAC

　　阅读理解。

　　An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same tome.

　　In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits,study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong kong.

　　In Chicago, the mayor(市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighbourhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.

　　The only problem arose in New York ,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns,where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy

　　And passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.

　　Ultinatel was Nancy points out,the level of sucicess is not meastured by how many people read a book,but by how many people are enriched by the process.or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.

　　1.What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?

　　A.To invite authors to guide readers.

　　B.To encourage people to read and share.

　　C.To involve people in communnity service.

　　D.To promote the friendship between cities.

　　2.Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the projict?

　　A.They had little interest in reading.

　　B.They were too busy to read a book.

　　C.They came from many different backgrounds

　　D.They lacked support from the locat government

　　3.According to the passage,where would the project be more easily carried out?

　　A.In large communities with little sense of unity

　　B.In large cities where libraries are far from home

　　C.In medium-sized cities with a diverse population

　　D.In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached

　　4.The underlined words“shared a word”in Paragraph 5 probably mean

　　A.exchanged ideas with each other

　　B.discussed the meaning of a word

　　C.gamed life experience

　　D.used the same language

　　5.According to Nacy,the degree of students of the project is judged by

　　A.the careful selection of a proper book

　　B.the growing popularity of the writers

　　C.the number of people who benefit from reading.

　　D.the number of books that each person reads.

　　【参考答案】1---5、BCDAC

　　2016高考训练题。阅读理解。

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　After a terrible electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf, the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.

　　One hot summer afternoon, he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet, but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree. He was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he could hardly believe what he saw: a plough and a wall. When Mrs. Edwards came running up to him, shouting to their neighbors to call for help, he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.

　　The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread, and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However, none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock, perhaps, the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.

　　1.The reason for Robert’s attempts to kill himself was that _________.

　　A. a terrible traffic accident happened to him

　　B. he had to live in a dark and silent world

　　C. he was struck by the lightning once more

　　D. nobody in the world cared about him

　　2.What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning?

　　A. Sheltering from the rain under a tree.

　　B. Driving a car.

　　C. Taking a walk with a stick.

　　D. Lying on the ground.

　　3.We can infer from the text that ________.

　　A. there was no accurate explanation for Robert’s recovery

　　B. many doctors came because Robert was badly injured

　　C. Robert’s wife sent for doctors immediately after the shock

　　D. a sudden injury in the head led to Robert’s recovery

　　4.What’s the best title of the whole passage?

　　A. A Terrible Electrical Accident

　　B. Robert Edwards and His Wife

　　C. What a Sudden Shock

　　D. An Unforgettable Experience

　　参考答案1—4 BAAC

　　阅读理解。

　　For those who study the development of intelligence（智力）in the animal world, self-awareness is an important measurement. An animal that is aware（意识）of itself has a high

　　level of intelligence.

　　Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in the mirror, that is, its own reflected image（反射出的影像）．Many animals fail this exercise bitterly, paying very little attention to the reflected image. Only humans, and some intelligent animals like apes and dolphins, have been shown to recognize that the image in the mirror is of themselves.

　　Now another animal has joined the club. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report that an Asian elephant has passed the mirror self-reflection test. "We thought that elephants were the next important animal," said Diana Reiss of the Wildlife Conservation Society, an author of the study with Joshua M. Plotnik and Fans B．M. de Waal of Emory University. With their large brains, Reiss said, elephants "seemed like cousins to apes and

　　dolphins."

　　The researchers tested Happy, Maxine and Patty, three elephants at the Bronx Zoo. They put

　　an 8-foot-square mirror on a wall of the animals' play area (out of the sight of zoo visitors) and recorded what happened with cameras, including one built in the mirror.

　　The elephants used their long noses to find what was behind it, and to examine parts of their bodies.

　　Of the three, Happy then passed the test, in which a clear mark was painted on one side of her face. She could tell the mark was there by looking in the mirror, and she used the mirror to touch the mark with her long nose.

　　Diana Reiss said, "We knew elephants were intelligent, but now we can talk about their intelligence in a better way."

　　1. What can mirror tests tell us about animals?

　　A. Whether they have large brains.

　　B ．Whether they have self-awareness.

　　C. Whether they enjoy outdoor exercises.

　　D. Whether they enjoy playing with mirrors.

　　2. Why does the author mention apes and dolphins in the text?

　　A. They are most familiar to readers.

　　B ．They are big favorites with zoo visitors.

　　C. They are included in the study by Reiss.

　　D. They are already known to be intelligent.

　　3. What made Happy different from Maxine and Patty?

　　A. She used her nose to search behind the mirror.

　　B. She recognized her own image in the mirror.

　　C. She painted a mark on her own face.

　　D. She found the hidden camera.

　　【参考答案】1---3、BDB

　　阅读理解Irina，now 46，never imagined she’d one day make a living as a balloon artist.The daughter of an engineer and a teacher，she won top academic awards in high school，went on to medical school and became an emergency room physician in a small city.

　　“I loved the science of medicine，” she says today，“but being a doctor was very hard.I saw things people don’t normally see—women giving birth in the street，people getting drunk and killing someone.” Medications were scarce，making it very difficult to treat those in need.When Irina was 33，a girlfriend showed her a magazine photo of an American named Wes Patterson.They began exchanging letters，and married that December.Irina took a public relations job.Then，a few years ago，she watched a man at a party twist a skinny balloon into the shape of a dog.Kismet!

　　Irina soon purchased a tiny pump and a supply of balloons and began practicing on the sidewalks.Observers challenged her to create all kinds of figures.Now，Irina says，“There’s nothing I can’t make.”

　　Many years ago，Irina’s husband developed a serious disease which now keeps him homebound.“But he is a very wonderful man，” Irina says.Thanks to her new career，she is able to support them both，performing about five events weekly and earning as much as

　　$2,000 per appearance.

　　“Irina’s a wonder，” says Marlene Berg，chief development officer for the Florida Heart Research Institute.“She turned the evening into magic.” “My whole life has become magic，” Irina says，“and it’s all come from a balloon.”

　　1．What’s Irina’s job now?

　　A．An emergency room physician. B．A researcher.

　　C．A public relations worker.D．An artist.

　　解析：　根据文章第一段第一句“Irina，now 46，never imagined she’d one day make a living as a balloon artist”可知，Irina目前的工作是“气球艺术家”。

　　答案：　D

　　2．We can conclude from the underlined word “kismet” that________.

　　A．Irina was lucky enough to meet the man

　　B．The party was organized well by the man

　　C．Kismet was the name of the man’s dog

　　D．The shape of a dog is easy to make into

　　解析：　上一句提到Irina曾经从事过公共关系工作，碰到这位气球艺人是她的人生转折点，从此她声名鹊起，从而可以推断，画线词是说她很幸运。

　　答案：　A

　　3．Which of the following statements about Irina is NOT true?

　　A．Her father and mother both received good education.

　　B．She studied very well when she was in high school.

　　C．Her husband gave up his job in order to support her.

　　D．She’s been busy and popular among people around.

　　解析：　文中只提到她的丈夫因患重病而不得不呆在家里，未提到他是为了支持妻子而放弃工作。根据第一段第二句可判断A、B两项正确；根据倒数第二段末句可知她每周大约要演出5次，因此会很忙碌，再结合最后一段的内容可知她很受欢迎，所以D项也是正确的。

　　答案：　C

　　4．All the following words below can be used to describe Irina except________.

　　A．Proud

　　B．Hard­working

　　C．Honest

　　D．Clever

　　解析：　根据第三段末句可判断她很“自豪”，根据第一句可知她很“刻苦”；她现在几乎可以用气球做成各种形状的东西，由此可推断她很“聪明”。

　　答案：　C

　　5．The main purpose of this passage is________.

　　A．to introduce Irina and her wonderful work

　　B．to encourage people to work at the balloon

　　C．to tell readers to change their jobs if necessary

　　D．to remind us of the importance of medicine

　　解析：　通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了Irina及她的出色的工作。

　　答案：　A