2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解训练七十集之连载（3）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载（3）

　　阅读理解。

　　When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.

　　The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her morn," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.

　　Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says." I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."

　　But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow u p ---again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

　　Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."

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　　) 1. Why did Mary feel regretful?

　　A. She didn't achieve her ambition.

　　B. She didn't take care of her mother.

　　C. She didn't complete her high school.

　　D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.

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　　) 2. We can know that before 1995 Mary

　　A. had two books published

　　B. received many career awards

　　C. knew how to use a computer

　　D. supported the JDRF by writing

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　　3. Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her

　　.

　　A. living with diabetes

　　B. successful show business

　　C. service for an organization

　　D. remembrance of her mother

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　　) 4. When Mary received the life-changing news, she

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　　A. lost control of herself

　　B. began a balanced diet

　　C. Med to get a treatment

　　D. behaved in an adult way

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　　) 5. What can we know from the last paragraph?

　　A. Mary feels pity for herself.

　　B. Mary has recovered from her disease.

　　C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

　　D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

　　【语篇解读】本文为人物介绍说明文。主要介绍了玛丽·摩尔的职业生涯及抗病之争。

　　1. 答案D。考点：细节理解题。

　　解析：根据第二段“Only recently，when she began to write Growing Up Again，did she regret ignoring her mom，‘I don’t know how to use a computer,’ she admits.”可判断选D项。

　　2. 答案B。考点：细节理解题。

　　解析：根据第二段“The show business thing worked out，of course. In her career，Mary won many awards.”可判断选B项。

　　3. 答案A。考点：细节理解题。

　　解析：根据第三段“her second book is less about life as an award winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病).”可判断选A项。

　　4. 答案A。考点：细节理解题。

　　解析：根据第四段“In a childlike act，she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈).Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up again—and take control of her diabetes，not let it control her.”可判断选A项。

　　5. 答案C。考点：推理判断题。

　　解析：根据最后一段中的Mary Moore 所说的话“I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”可推断她想尽可能地去帮助他人，故选C项。

　　【2016模拟题】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。This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

　　Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred nineteen spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

　　Fred, a lovely young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely differently different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

　　Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

　　“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

　　At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

　　1. This year________ teenagers will take part in the exchange program between America and other countries.

　　A. twenty three hundred

　　B. thirteen hundred

　　C. over three thousand

　　D. less than two thousand

　　2. The whole exchange program is mainly to_________.

　　A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America

　　B. send students in America to travel in Germany

　　C. let students learn something about other countries

　　D. have teenagers learn new languages

　　3. What is particular in America schools is that________.

　　A. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings.

　　B. there are a lot of outside activities

　　C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all

　　D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car.

　　参考答案1—3. CCB

　　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。

　　F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

　　His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

　　This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

　　However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

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　　) 1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

　　A. 5

　　B. 6

　　C. 7

　　D. 8

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　　) 2. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

　　a. He became addicted to drinking.

　　b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

　　c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

　　d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

　　e. He failed to reorder his life.

　　f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

　　A. f-c-e-a-b-d

　　B. b-e-a-f-c-d

　　C. f-d-e-c-b-a

　　D. b-f-c-d-e-a

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　　) 3. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald

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　　A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.

　　B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

　　C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

　　D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

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　　) 4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about

　　.

　　A. Zelda’s personal life

　　B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

　　C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

　　D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

　　【语篇解读】本片文章为记叙文，主要讲述了英国著名文学家弗兰西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的生平、生活及其重要作品

　　1.答案A。

　　【解析】细节理解题。据题意，由文章中关键词novel可知，文章中提及到的弗兰西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的小说有：This side of paradise，The Beautiful and Damned，The Great Gatsby，Tender Is the Night and The love of the last Tycoon，共计5篇。故选A项

　　2.答案D。

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中“……was once a student of St. Paul Academy……In 1917 he joined the army……”可知弗兰西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德先在圣保罗学院学习，然后参加的军队。由此可知答案应为D项

　　3.答案C。

　　【解析】推理判断题。由第四段第一句“However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing”可以判断出C项

　　4.答案D。

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据人物传记的特点和本段对菲茨杰拉德生活、作品的描述，说明了菲茨杰拉德的作品对学界的意义，因此最后总结的一段是关于菲茨杰拉德对文学界的贡献的。故选D项

　　阅读理解。阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Driving a car is not just handling controls and judging speed and distance.It requires you to predict what other road users will do and get ready to react to something unexpected.When alcohol is consumed，it enters your bloodstream and acts as a depresant (抑制药)，damaging eyesight，judgement and co­ordination (协调)，slowing down reaction time and greatly increasing the risk of accidents.Even below the drink driving limit，driving will be affected.

　　Alcohol may take a few minutes to be absorbed into the bloodstream and start action on the brain.Absorption rate is increased when drinking on an empty stomach or when consuming drinks mixed with fruit juice.To get rid of alcohol from the body is a very slow process and it is not possible to speed it up with any measures like taking a shower or having a cup of tea or coffee.

　　The present Road Traffic Ordinance states clearly that the limit of alcohol concentration is：

　　●50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of blood；or

　　●22 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath；or

　　●67 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of uriue (尿液)．

　　Drivers who cause traffic accidents，or who commit a moving traffic offence or are being suspected of drink driving will be tested.

　　Any driver found drinking beyond the limit will be charged.The driver declared guilty may be fined a maximum of HK $25,000 and be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison and punished for 10 driving­offence points；or temporarily banned from driving.

　　The same punishment applies to failing to provide speeimens(样本) for breath，blood or urine tests without good excuse.

　　Drink driving is a criminal offence.Be a responsible driver，think before you drink. For the safety of yourself and other road users，never drive after consuming alcohol.

　　本文主要讲述酒后驾车的危害，对酒驾的惩罚等，呼吁人们为了自身和他人的健康，一定不要酒后驾车。

　　1．The first paragraph is mainly about______.

　　A．the introductions of driving skills B．the damage of drinking to your body

　　C．the effect of drinking on drivingD．the process of alcohol being absorbed

　　答案：C。主旨大意题。由第一段的“it enters your bloodstream and acts as a depressant，damaging eyesight，judgement and co­ordination，slowing down reaction time and greatly increasing the risk of accidents.”可知，本段主要讲述酒后驾车的影响，故C项正确。

　　2．The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “______”．

　　A．alcohol

　　B．absorption

　　C．blood

　　D．process

　　答案：D。词义猜测题。由前半句“To get rid of alcohol from the body is a very slow process”，可知，后半句表示“采取像淋浴或者是喝杯茶，咖啡等的措施来加速这个过程是不可能的”故it指代process，D项正确。

　　3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A．Drinking below the drink driving limit has no effect on driving.

　　B．Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice.

　　C．Having a cup of tea helps to get rid of alcohol from the body.

　　D．50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of breath is below the drink driving limit.

　　答案：B。细节理解题。由第二段中“Absorption rate is increased when drinking on an empty stomach or when consuming drinks mixed with fruit juice”可知B项正确。

　　4．A driver suspected of drink driving______.

　　A．should provide specimens for testing

　　B．will be forbidden to drive for 3 years

　　C．will be punished for 10 driving­offence points

　　D．should pay a maximum fine of HK$25,000

　　答案：A。细节理解题。由文章信息“Drivers who cause traffic accidents ，or who commit a moving traffic offence or are being suspected of drink driving will be tested”可知A项正确。