2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（134）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（134）

　　2016高考模拟题。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。The British Museum

　　Description:

　　The British Museum is a museum in London, which is one of the world’s greatest museums of human history and culture. Its collections, which number more than 13 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.

　　The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building. Its expansion over the following two and a half centuries was largely a result of an expanding British colonial footprint and has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions. Until 1997, when the British Library （previously centered on the Round Reading Room）moved to a new site, the British

　　Museum housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored（赞助）by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Since 2002 the director of the museum has been Neil MacGregor.

　　Admission and opening hours:

　　The museum is open every day from 10am to 6pm （Fridays 10am to 5:30pm）and it charges no admission fee, except for loan exhibitions.

　　How to get there:

　　By train: 7:00-18:30 every day.By Underground: 8:00-18:30 every day.

　　By bus: 7:30-18:30 every day.

　　By coach: 7:00--19:30 every day.

　　Nearest underground stations:

　　Tottenham Court Road （500m）Holborn （500m）Russell Square （800m）

　　. When was the British Museum opened to the public for the first time?

　　A. In 1753.

　　B. In 1759.

　　C. In 1997.

　　D. In 2002.

　　2. You are at the Museum at seven in the evening and you want to go back to Oxford. Which means of transportation will you choose?

　　A. By coach.

　　B. By bus.

　　C. By train.

　　D. By underground.

　　3. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?

　　A. The British Museum has collected more than 13 million objects.

　　B. The British Museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm every day.

　　C. The British Museum is a great museum of human history and culture.

　　D. The British Museum’s expansion in the past was mainly because of an expanding British colonial footprint.

　　参考答案1—3、BAB

　　【阅读理解】人物故事类

　　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。

　　My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship,which was sunk in World War Ⅱ. The bookNight of the U-boats told the story.

　　Memories

　　In September,1940,my mother,sister and I went to Swansea,where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.

　　Then I remember my mother lying face down,sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo (鱼雷).

　　I can remember the arrival of the telegram (电报),which in those days always brought bad news. My grandmother opened it. It read,“Safe. Love Ted. “

　　My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee,his arm in a bandage.

　　He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember,he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He saidit was because of the cigarettes. Whichever,he died suddenly in his early 50s.

　　Ten years later I readNight of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.

　　Torpedo

　　One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room,where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.

　　By the time he got on deck (甲板)he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free,it swung against the ship,injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.

　　Three days later,he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.

　　A Toast

　　In my room is the book and the photograph. Often,glass in hand,I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion,a sinking ship,a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue?Lest(以免)we forget,I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.

　　1. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea　.　

　　A. to meet a friend　B. to see the father off

　　C. to take a family photo　D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship

　　2. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?

　　A. He was still alive.　 B. His knee was broken.

　　C. His ship had been sunk.　 D. He had arrived in Glasgow.

　　3. The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father’s　.　

　　A. weak heart　B. taking a shore job

　　C. failure to return to sea D. injury caused by a torpedo

　　4. What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?

　　A. He lost his arm.

　　B. He repaired the engines.

　　C. He managed to take a lifeboat.

　　D. He was the last to leave the ship.

　　5. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. A group of forgotten heroes.

　　B. A book describing a terrifying battle.

　　C. A ship engineer’s wartime experience.

　　D. A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue.

　　【参考答案】1--5 、BAADC

　　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。

　　Feeling blue about the world? “Cheer up,” says science writer Matt Ridley.” The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.”

　　Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he’s carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he’s set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book, The Rational Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that, on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 years. He backs his findings with hard facts gathered through years of research.

　　Here’s how he explains his views.

　　1) Shopping fuels invention

　　It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better cars, and, of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be.

　　2) Brilliant advances

　　One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for. In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today it’s half second.

　　3) Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change

　　Mitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself. A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel(化石燃烧) electricity is forbidden by well-meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose-bleed by putting a tourniquet(止血带) around our necks.

　　1. What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book?

　　A. Weakness of human nature.

　　B. Concern about climate change.

　　C. Importance of practical thinking.

　　D. Optimism about human progress.

　　2. How does Ridley look at shopping?

　　A. It encourages the creation of things.

　　B. It results in shortage of goods.

　　C. It demands more fossil fuels.

　　D. It causes a poverty problem.

　　3. The candle and lamp example is used to show that　.　

　　A. oil lamps give off more light than candles

　　B. shortening working time brings about a happier life

　　C. advanced technology helps to produce better candles

　　D. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods

　　4. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

　　A. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost.

　　B. Overreaction to climate change may be dangerous.

　　C. People’s health is closely related to climate change.

　　D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.

　　【参考答案】1-4 DADB

　　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。

　　Howling is a behaviour commonly observed among a wolf pack. As pack animals, wolves work together to hunt and rely on howling as an important means of communication among each other. There are different explanations of a wolf’s howl and it appears that there may be more to discover.

　　One theory is that wolves howl to bond better together. It’s almost as if howling together helps the pack stay together. Perhaps something similar to people feeling a sense of involvement with each other when singing a song together. But this theory may be wrong, explains Fred H. Harrington, a professor who studies wolf behaviour.

　　Indeed, there have been times when wolves have been seen one moment howling in a chorus, and the next, quarreling among each other. It appears that usually the lowest-ranking members of the pack may actually be“punished” for joining in the chorus at times. So is howling a way to strengthen a social bond or just a way to reconfirm status among its members? —Why do wolves howl for sure?

　　What is clear, however, is that howling is often used among packmates to locate each other. Hunting grounds are distant and it happens that wolves may separate from one another at times. When this happens, howling appears to be an excellent means of gathering.

　　Howling, interestingly, is a contagious behaviour. When one wolf starts to howl, very likely others will follow. This is often seen to occur in the morning, as if wolves were doing some sort of “roll call” where wolves all howl together to report their presence.

　　1. What is the possible similarity between wolves’ howling together and humans’ singing in chorus?

　　A. The act of calling each other.

　　B. The sense of accomplishment.

　　C. The act of hunting for something.

　　D. The sense of belonging to a group.

　　2. Why does Harrington think the “social bond” theory may be wrong?

　　A. Wolves separate from each other after howling.

　　B. Wolves tend to protect their hunting grounds.

　　C. Wolves sometimes have quarrels after howling together.

　　D. Wolves of low rank are encouraged to join in the chorus.

　　3. Researchers are sure that wolves often howl to　.　

　　A. show their ranks

　　B. find their companions

　　C. express their loneliness

　　4. “Howling. . . is a contagious behaviour” (in the last paragraph)means　.　

　　A. howling is a signal for hunting

　　B. howling is a way of communication

　　C. howling often occurs in the morning

　　D. howling spreads from one to another

　　【参考答案】1-4 DCBD