2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解七十五十集之连载训练：（13）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解八十集之连载训练（13）

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

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　　1. This advertisement aims at calling on people to ________.

　　A. attend full-time universities

　　B. work part time to further their education

　　C. improve their education at home to get better jobs

　　D. earn their degrees in different ways that suit them

　　2. Which of the following is NOT clearly mentioned in this advertisement?

　　A. The way how you will get your degree.

　　B. Tuition price.

　　C. The hot fields you will be preparing yourself for.

　　D. The length of time it will take you to get a degree.

　　3. What does the writer of this ad intend to say by naming General Electric, IBM, Ford, etc.?

　　A. To show that their training is widely used in the country.

　　B. To show that the training program is fully supported by famous companies in the U. S.

　　C. To prove the value of their training in every area.

　　D. To show the importance of getting recognized by the most famous companies.

　　4. It seems to the writer that the greatest attraction for people to take their training is______.

　　A. its convenience

　　B. the degree’s nation-wide recognition

　　C. the economic benefit(利益) it will bring about

　　D. the hot fields the training will help people to enter

　　5. How many ways are mentioned in the ad for people to get in touch with the Harcourt Learning Direct?

　　A. One. 　   　B. Two.   C. Three. 　  　D. Four.

　　文章是一则业余培训班的招生广告。

　　1. C。推理判断题。根据 With Harcourt, you study at home, in your spare time so you don’t have to give up your present job while you train for a better one(你可以在家，业余时间接受培训…)可知答案选C。

　　2. B。事实细节题。文章中提到…in the low tuition price you pay，但没说具体多少学费，故答案选B。

　　3. C。推理判断题。从Your education is nationally recognized 和If companies like these recognize the value of our training, you can be sure that employees in your area will, too!可知答案C正确。

　　4. C。推理判断题。从Prepare for promotions, pay raises, even start a business of your own可推知答案C正确。

　　5. D。事实细节题。文章共提到四种联系方式：(1)sending today for FREE information (2)fill the coupon (3)mail coupon (4)call，即答案选D。

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”

　　Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

　　In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

　　That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we’ll see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.

　　“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached. I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

　　One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”

　　For a long time, I didn’t hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you’ll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.

　　1. Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom’s attitude when she made the child to peel potatoes?

　　A. Cruel.

　　B. Serious.

　　C. Strict. D. Cold.

　　2. From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ______.

　　A. the skill to throw and catch things

　　B. the speed of one’s hand movement

　　C. the strength and skill to hang and sway

　　D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar

　　3. What does the sentence “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply?

　　A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

　　B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.

　　C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

　　D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.

　　4. When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because ______.

　　A. they felt sorry for what they had done before

　　B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

　　C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

　　D. they were astonished to find the author’s progress

　　5. The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ______.

　　A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep

　　B. the child’s experience reminded Mom of that of her own

　　C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

　　D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child’s growth

　　文章讲的是一位母亲是如何帮助自己缺一只手的儿子解决成长中的问题。

　　1. C。推理判断题。从他妈妈的话And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again可知他妈妈对他要求很严，即答案选C。

　　2. C。推理判断题。从had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next可知答案C正确。

　　3. A。推理判断题。第二天妈妈带我去学校帮助我练习monkey bars，可推知妈妈是个很有恒心的人，故答案选A。

　　4. D。推理判断题。从I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open可知同学们对我的表现都很吃惊，即答案选D。

　　5. D。推理判断题。从Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears可知对于我的成长中的痛苦妈妈比我承受得还要多，即答案选D。

　　【由江西省吉安一中2016模拟改编】

　　阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　To Whom It May Concern:

　　Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!

　　As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees’ sauna(桑拿房).

　　Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie’s leg and she’ll know where to take it.

　　Now it’s very calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane.

　　Wonderful! I’ve always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now it’s perfect.

　　Sincerely yours,

　　Eleanor Lightly

　　Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist

　　ABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it

　　1. Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?

　　A. A simple, slow-paced life.

　　B. A life of hard work and security.

　　C. A religious, peasant-like life.

　　D. A life away from paper and pencils.

　　2. Where is Eleanor’s letter sent to?

　　A. How To Magazine.

　　B. ABC Activity Insurance Company.

　　C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm.

　　D. The International Institute of Not Doing Much.

　　3. Which of the following is practiced in the author’s company?

　　A. Replacing the manual work system with modern technology.

　　B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.

　　C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.

　　D. Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.

　　4. What is true about Maggie?

　　A. She works as a manager in the author’s company.

　　B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.

　　C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.

　　D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company.

　　5. What is the purpose for the person to write this letter?

　　A. to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment.

　　B. to complain about the bad working condition.

　　C. to persuade people to live a simple life.

　　D. to express his gratitude for the good advice.

　　【参考答案】1---5、ADCBD

　　【由江西省吉安一中2016模拟改编】

　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻).

　　Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

　　Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

　　Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

　　The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

　　“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”

　　1. The first paragraph is mainly to _________.

　　A. inform us of the importance to marry a prince

　　B. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

　　C. build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream

　　D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

　　2. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _________.

　　A. is badly treated by the stepmother

　　B. is brave in expressing her love

　　C. has a dream of meeting a prince

　　D. is embarrassed by the pop singer

　　3. What can we infer from the passage?

　　A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class.

　　B. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.

　　C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.

　　D. Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.

　　4. What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?

　　A. The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairytale.

　　B. The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.

　　C. The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.

　　D. The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it.

　　5. The passage is mainly about _________.

　　A. an introduction to Mary Santiago

　　B. a review about a film

　　C. an essay about dreams

　　D. an advertisement of Cinderella

　　【参考答案】1—5、CABDB