2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（41）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（41）

　　【2015高考复习】阅读理解Most people watching Jeremy Lin these past two months saw Jeremy Lin，New York Knicks star；but I，watching him，saw someone else.That was my elder brother，Bob，who is athletic and energetic.He could never sit still when he was in second grade；he had to get up every now and then and run around the room.And sure enough，he grew up to be a starting player for an NCAA championship lacrosse (长曲棍球) team.He

　　was

　　a Nike­endorsed marathoner，too，and reached the top of Mt.Everest，unguided，in his 50s.

　　And yet my family never watched his lacrosse games.We did watch some of his marathons，but that wasn’t until he was in his

　　20s.When

　　Bob

　　was

　　in

　　his

　　glory

　　days，our Shanghainese­born parents were bent on getting him into medical school.There was a loving aspect to it：I can remember my father working through math books with him，lesson by lesson，at the big blackboard in the attic.Bob never did become a doctor，though；and neither did I．It wasn’t until my younger sister came along that someone in the family finally wore a white coat.

　　Bob today could be the fittest 58­year­old on the planet.His doctor estimates his biological age at 35；he’s still big mountains in the Himalayas.And，like Jeremy Lin，he’s charming.No one sees Bob without leaving with a laugh.He sometimes jokes he could be mayor of his building，and it’s true.To know him is to cheer for him.

　　And yet my parents did not cheer for him.What if my mother had sat on the sidelines with her statistics，like Jeremy Lin’s mother？What if my father had played videos of athletes for my brother to watch and imitate？It’s hard not to wonder.

　　And how did Jeremy Lin’s parents manage to do these remarkable things？Amy Chua，the tiger mother，recalls her immigrant

　　father

　　beating

　　the

　　kids

　　whenever

　　they mispronounced a Chinese word.How is it that Jeremy Lin’s immigrant father in particular，Gie­Ming Lin，encouraged his son to follow such an untraditional path?

　　【语篇解读】　林书豪的成功，使人们开始反思什么是最合适的教育方式。家长是应该把自己的意愿强加给孩子还是发挥孩子的特长呢？

　　5. Bob’s glory days were those________.

　　A．when he was doing well in math

　　B．when he was in second grade

　　C．when he was made mayor of his building

　　D．when he showed his talents in sports

　　解析　推理判断题。根据文章一、二两段内容可知，鲍勃20多岁时在体育方面的表现很优秀，由此可推知，鲍勃最辉煌的时期应是他在体育运动中展现他的特长时。

　　答案　D

　　6．From the passage we can tell that Bob is________.

　　A．active and optimistic

　　B．clever and determined

　　C．brave and helpful

　　D．considerate and independent

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第三段的第三、四、五句内容可知，鲍勃积极、乐观，故A项当选。

　　答案　A

　　7．Which of the following statements is probably TRUE?

　　A．Bob was always ignored by his parents.

　　B．Bob could also have been a sport star.

　　C．Bob’s parents often watched his games.

　　D．Nobody in the author’s family was a doctor.

　　解析　正误判断题。根据文章第一段内容可知，鲍勃曾经在体育方面的表现非常优秀，多次获奖，若能坚持下去，他也许会成为一名体育明星，故B项正确。

　　答案　B

　　8．From the last two paragraphs we can infer that________.

　　A．parents should always study together with their children

　　B．parents should know how to educate their children properly

　　C．children should be punished when they do anything wrong

　　D．children should try to live up to the hopes of their parents

　　解析　推理判断题。在文章最后两段中，作者用反问句暗示出家长应该给孩子正确的教育，而不是强迫他们做这做那。

　　答案　B

　　【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。

　　Scientists recently found three animal species living two miles below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, where the super-salty waters don’t have oxygen(氧). They’re multicellular(多细胞的), which means their bodies have many cells. They each are as small as a large grain of sand. But they are animals.

　　The most exciting thing about these creatures, say the scientists, is that they obviously don’t need oxygen to live. What biologists know about life so far is that only single-celled living things can live in places that have no oxygen, and that multicellular organisms(有机物) can visit these places, but not live there. These newly found creatures could change that idea.

　　Finding animals down there was so surprising that the scientists couldn’t believe it. At first, “we thought they were dead bodies,” Roberto Danovaro, a scientist at the Polytechnic University of Marche in Ancona, Italy, told Science News. To find out whether the animals could actually live there Danovaro and his colleagues brought up more samples(样本) from the ocean floor. Studying the animals in the new samples showed that they appeared to be alive.

　　The researchers did more tests, and found that some of the animals had eggs—which suggests they were reproducing(繁殖). Also in the samples were old skins, suggesting that the animals had lived there long enough to grow. Finally, pictures taken showed that the insides of the animals appear to be adapted to live in an environment that has no oxygen.

　　These clues suggest the animals don’t need oxygen, but the evidence(证据) is indirect, which means that scientists still have not observed how the animals live without oxygen. This means more studies are needed, but the scientists think they’re on the right track. And if they’re right, biologists will need to rethink what they know about where animals live.

　　What excited the scientists most is that______.

　　A.they found three animal species visit the salty water under the Mediterranean Sea

　　B.single-celled animals can live in super-salty waters

　　C.the tiny animals have many cells

　　D.three kinds of animals can live in places that have no oxygen

　　The underlined phrase in Paragraph 2 means the scientists could think _____.

　　A.only single-celled creatures don’t need oxygen to live

　　B.multicellular animals can visit the super-salty waters

　　C.the newly found creatures can’t live in the super-salty waters

　　D.multicellular animals also can live without oxygen besides single-celled ones

　　Which of the following CAN’T be used to prove the newly found creatures can live in super-salty waters?

　　A.Their dead bodies are found there.

　　B.Some in the samples have eggs.

　　C.Some old skins are found in the samples.

　　D.The pictures of their insides have been taken.

　　More studies are needed to prove_____.

　　A.where single-celled animals can live

　　B.how the newly found animals live without oxygen

　　C.whether the multicellular creatures can live underwater

　　D.why the super-salty waters have no oxygen

　　文章介绍了科学家在深海没有氧气的水中发现了三种多细胞的动物，并为他们是否能真正的在如此的环境中生存进行了大量的试验。

　　1.D。细节理解题。根据第一段和第二段可知科学家在深海中发现了三种生物，最让他们兴奋的是这三种多细胞动物竟然是生活在没有氧气的水中。

　　2.D。句意理解题。第二段中说到科学家们认为只有单细胞的动物才可以在没有氧气的水中生存。多细胞动物只能到达这样的环境却不能在这样的环境中生存。所以这样的发现可能改变科学家们原来的观点。

　　3.A。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的内容可知：在所取得的样本中发现了有的动物有卵；也发现了他们退去的陈旧的皮肤；他们体内的照片也发现他们适应了没有氧气的环境。所有这些都间接地证明了这些

　　动物是不需要氧气的。

　　4.B。细节理解题。根据最后一段的第一句目前的证据都是间接的，要想证明这些动物是如何在没有氧气的情况下生存还需要进一步的试验。

　　阅读理解。

　　In the more and more competitive service industry, it is no longer enough to promise customer satisfaction. Today, customer “delight” is what companies are trying to achieve in or order to keep and increase market share.

　　It is accepted in the marketing industry, and confirmed by a number of researches, that customers receiving good service will promote business by telling up to 12 other people: those treated badly will tell their tales of woe to up to 20 people, 80 percent of people who feel their complaints are handled fairly will stay loyal

　　New lunges for customer care have come when people can obtain goods and services through telephone call centers and the Internet. For example , many companies now have to invest(投资)a lot of money in information technology and staff training in order to cope with the “phone rage”—caused by delays in answering calls ,being cut off in mid-conversation or left waiting for long periods.

　　“Many people do not like talking to machines,” says Dr . Storey Senior Lecturer in Marketing at City University Business School. “Banks, for example, encourage staff at call centers to use customer data to establish instant and good relationship with them .The aim is to make the customer feel they know you and that you can trust— the sort of comfortable feelings people have during face-to-face chats with their local branch manager.”

　　Recommended ways of creating customer delight include: under-promising and over-delivering

　　(saying that a repair will be calmed out within five hours ,but getting it done within two );replacing a faulty product immediately : throwing in a gift voucher(购物礼卷)as an unexpected “thank you” to rental customers ;and always returning calls ,even when they are complaints.

　　Aiming for customer delight is all very well , but if services do not reach the high level promised , disappointment or worse will be the result . This can be eased by offering an apology and an explanation of why the service did not meet usual standards with empathy (for example,” I know how you must feel”), and possible solutions (replacement , compensation or whatever fames suggests best meets the case).

　　Airlines face some of the toughest challenges over customer care. Fierce competition has convinced them that delighting passengers is an important marketing tool, while there is great potential for customer anger over delays caused by weather, unclaimed luggage and technical problems.

　　For British Airways staff, a winning telephone style is considered vital in handling the large volume of calls about bookings and flight times. They are trained to answer quickly, with their name, job title and a “we are here to help” attitude. The company has invested heavily in information technology to make sure that information is available instantly on screen.

　　British Airways also says its customer care policies are applied within the company and staff are taught to regard each other as customers requiring the highest standards of service.

　　Customer care is obviously here to stay and it would be a foolish company that used slogans such as "we do as we please”. On the other hand, the more customers are promised, the greater the risk of disappointment.

　　(

　　) 1. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that

　　.

　　A. complaining customers are hard to satisfy

　　B. unsatisfied customers receive better service

　　C. Satisfied customers catch more attention

　　D. well-treated customers promote business

　　(

　　) 2. The writer mentions “phone rage”(Paragraph 3) to show that

　　.

　　A. customers often use phones to express their anger

　　B. people still prefer to buy goods online

　　C. customer care becomes more attention

　　D. customers rely on their phones to obtain services

　　(

　　) 3. What does the writer recommend to create delight?

　　A. Calling customers regularly

　　B. Giving a “thank you” note.

　　C. Delivering a quicker service

　　D. Promising more gifts.

　　(

　　) 4. If a manager should show his empathy (Paragraph6), what would he probably say?

　　A. “I know how upset you must be.”

　　B. “I appreciate your understanding.”

　　C. “I’m sorry for the delay.”

　　D. “I know it’s our fault.”

　　(

　　) 5. Customer delight is important for airlines because

　　.

　　A. their telephone style remains unchanged

　　B. they are more likely to meet with complaints

　　C. the services cost them a lot of money

　　D. the policies can be applied to their staff

　　(

　　) 6. Which of the following is conveyed in this article?

　　A. Face-to-face service creates comfortable feelings among customers.

　　B. Companies that promise more will naturally attract more customers.

　　C. A company should promise less but do more in a competitive market.

　　D. Customer delight is more important for airlines than for banks.

　　【参考答案】1—6、DCCABC

　　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。

　　Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, but build up a more loyal and devoted group.

　　"In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the sense of collective responsibility. While in the West, it's more about individual survival," said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU).

　　In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.

　　Japan's jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong's was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.

　　Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals(对手) from abroad.

　　1. The underlined word "prospect" in the first paragraph most probably means _________.

　　A. future

　　B. scene

　　C. weather

　　D. place

　　2. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _________.

　　A. it's helpful to the economy recovery

　　B. it can form a team working harder and more loyally

　　C. it will keep the experienced and skilled workers

　　D. it costs the company less money to survive

　　3. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.

　　A. human rights

　　B. personal profits

　　C. sharing responsibility

　　D. individual survival

　　4. The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　A. the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today

　　B. the different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession

　　C. the ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturn

　　D. the cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at present

　　参考答案1—4、ADCB