2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解七十五十集之连载训练：（7）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解八十集之连载训练（7）

　　【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。

　　Winter Vinecki began running at age five, but got serious in 2015 after her father died of cancer — that’s when she decided to honor his memory by running a marathon on every continent before her 15th birthday.

　　Scope: Team Winter is an organization you founded to raise money for cancer research. How did it get started?

　　Winter: At first, Team Winter was formed to fight childhood obesity. When I was 8, I ran a race and raised $1,100 for that cause. But less than a year later, my dad got cancer. I knew I had to do something to help. When I started, my goal was to raise $10,000. I’ve raised well past that — almost $500,000.

　　Scope: What goes through your mind when you run?

　　Winter: When I’m having a hard time during a race, I think about my dad. If he could deal with the pain of cancer, I can deal with any type of pain. He was a very friendly person. He was always smiling and very happy even when he had cancer.

　　Scope: Is your age ever an obstacle in your races?

　　Winter: I’ve been turned down by race directors who won’t let anyone younger than 16 or 18 compete. But Diana Nyad, the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, told me, “Never let them tell you it can’t be done.” From then on I knew my age wasn’t the problem.

　　Scope: You’ve probably inspired lots of people too.

　　Winter: I’ve heard about kids doing projects like me. Once in a restaurant, a boy came up to my mom and me and told us his dad had cancer too. Now he’s competing in running for his dad. Hearing stories like that helps keep me going.

　　1. What do we know about Team Winter?

　　A. It always holds different races.

　　B. Its final goal is to raise $500,000.

　　C. It was named after Winter’s father.

　　D. It was to help obese children at first.

　　2. When Winter has a hard time during a race, what keeps her going?

　　A. Her father’s illness.         

　　B. Her father’s success.

　　C. Her father’s bravery.                     

　　D. Her father’s kindness.

　　3. Winter’s words in the last paragraph tell us that _____.

　　A. she sets a good example for others

　　B. she hopes others will do what she does

　　C. the boy wants to join Team Winter

　　D. the boy invites her to compete with him

　　 (个人情况)本文是应用文。文章是对15岁马拉松选手Winter Vinecki的访谈。

　　. D。细节理解题。根据第一部分问答的At first, Team Winter was formed to fight childhood obesity可知，Winter创建Team Winter的最初目的是为肥胖儿童筹集善款。

　　2. C。推理判断题。根据第二部分问答可知，如果Winter在比赛中遇到困难，她会想到父亲总是微笑地面对病痛。故正是父亲在病痛面前表现出的勇敢让Winter在困境中继续前进。

　　. A。推理判断题。从最后一部分问答的kids doing projects like me以及男孩为帮助父亲参加比赛的举动可知，Winter为他人树立了良好的榜样。Here’s a movie—a sharp, sugar-rush of fun that’s guaranteed to entertain the entire family. With some terrific computer-generated effects, a great cast and a fun-packed storyline, Robots is the best animated film (动画片) since The Incredibles. Yep, it really is that good. Set in a world populated by robots, Ewan McGregor plays Rodney Copperbottom, a young robot who leaves his small-town home to pursue his dream of becoming an inventor. But after arriving in Robot City, his hopes of getting a job at Bigweld Industries are destroyed when he learns the firm has been taken over by the evil Ratchet (Greg Kinnear). Egged on by his controlling mum, Madame Gasket (Jim Broadbent), Ratchet plans to reduce half of Robot City’s citizens to scrap metal by refusing to sell the spare parts they need to survive. Instead, he wants to make a fortune selling expensive upgrades that few can afford. As he says, “Why be you when you can be new?” 　Aided by a few misfit robots known as the Rustles—including Robin Williams as the cowardly' (胆小的）Fender (“I’m made of a metal called Afraidium”)—Rodney must track down the firm’s founder, Bigweld (Mel Brooks), and convince him to save the city from Ratchet’s plans. The first thing that’ll strike you about the movie is the thought that's gone into creating Robot City. It’s a wondrous world full of mechanical marvels including wind-up cars and walking streetlamps. Also terrific are the special effects. This might be an animated movie but at times you’ll catch yourself thinking it’s really a live-action film. 　Of course, there have been plenty of animated movies that looked the part but were let down by a weak storyline (see Shark Tale, for example). But Robots grips (扣人心弦) right from the start thanks to a heart-warming and thoroughly engaging plot that never bores. My only complaints are with Williams who, as usual，has a one-in-10 success rate with his jokes. Also a letdown is a romantic subplot between Rodney and a shapely robot called Cappy (Halle Berry) that doesn’t go anywhere. Complains aside, this is a mechanical marvel that’ll have you bolted firmly to your seat. BEST QUOTE(引述): Fender: “Even though you had a discouraging day, just remember there’s another one coming tomorrow.” BEST BIT: Check out those amazing images.

　　WORST BIT: Robin Williams, character does an unfunny Britney Spears dance routine. IF YOU LIKED…Ice Age, The Incredibles, Toy Story... YOU’LL LIKE THIS. 1、This piece of writing is a _______.

　　A．commercial advertisement B．film review

　　C．movie poster D．literary essay

　　The cast of Robots is made up of all the following actors or actresses EXCEPT _______.

　　A．Ewan McGregor B．Robin Williams

　　C．Britney Spears D．Halle Berry

　　What is Shark Tale an example of?

　　A．A great cast. B．A poor plot.

　　C．Special effects. D．Clumsy animation.

　　—3、BCB

　　【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。

　　The idea of inventing an international language is not a new one. Over the past 180 years, linguists (语言学家) have created over ten different languages that are based on German, Spanish, and English. One of these was Basic English.

　　By 1923 the First World War had been over for five years, but Europe was still recovering from its effects. Charles Kay Ogden, a linguist and writer, was running several bookshops in Cambridge. He published The Meaning of Meaning (1923), a book describing how we use language. The book received high praise, which drove Ogden to design an international language — something that was much simpler than English. In 1930 Ogden’s book Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar was published.

　　Perhaps it takes about seven years for one to become a good English speaker. Ogden believed that Basic English could be learned in seven weeks. There were only 850 words and the grammar was very simple.

　　The language attracted the attention of educators all over the world, but its development was stopped by the Second World War. After the war, both the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt looked for ideas that might bring world peace. They both gave speeches that encouraged the use of Ogden’s international language. In the past 60 years, the language has had some success. In some parts of East Asia, teachers are still using Ogden’s word lists.

　　However, in the main, the language has disappeared. Because there are many more non-native than native speakers of English, recently some linguists have asked whether we should give careful consideration to Ogden’s ideas again. And the Wikipedia website (www.wikipedia.org) has started a version (版本) written in Basic English for non-native learners of the language. Search for it on the Internet now!

　　1. According to the text, Basic English _____.

　　A. was very easy to learn

　　B. has a history of 180 years

　　C. is mainly based on three languages

　　D. developed fast over the last 60 years

　　2. What was Churchill and Roosevelt’s attitude towards Basic English?

　　A. They were worried about it.                B. They were uncertain of it. 

　　C. They supported it.                  

　　D. They didn’t care about it.              

　　3. The linguists mentioned in the last paragraph seem to _____.

　　A. write in Basic English on Wikipedia 

　　B. encourage people to use Basic English

　　C. believe Basic English will disappear soon

　　D. think there will be fewer speakers of English  

　　4. The main purpose of the text is to _____.

　　A. advertise a website 

　　B. review two books

　　C. describe some linguists’ works

　　D. introduce an international language

　　 (语言学习)本文是说明文。本文介绍了由英国语言学家奥格登创造的简单世界语——基本英语。

　　. A。推理判断题。根据第三段的Ogden believed ... in seven weeks. There were ... very simple可知，奥格登认为用七周时间就能掌握基本英语。因为基本英语只有850个单词，语法又非常简单，所以很容易学。

　　2. C。推理判断题。根据第四段的They both gave speeches that encouraged the use of Ogden’s international language可知，丘吉尔和罗斯福都发表过演讲，鼓励人们使用基本英语。故他们对基本英语持支持的态度。

　　. B。推理判断题。根据最后一段的recently some linguists ... Ogden’s ideas again可知，这些语言学家提出是否应该重新认真考虑奥格登的理念，因为他们倡导使用基本英语。

　　. D。写作目的题。本文主要介绍了一种重要的世界语——基本英语，简要描述了语言学家奥格登创造基本英语的过程以及它的发展情况。