2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（38）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（38）

　　阅读理解

　　Finally，I entered the university.Because of my careful

　　savings，I did not have to work during the school years.Then，summer came and it was time to work harder than ever.I continued working as a waitress at night，instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons.I even decided to take a class at a community (社区) college.This class at the community college

　　saved me $650.It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.

　　During my second and

　　third years of undergraduate schooling，I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus (校园)admissions office answering phones.This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings

　　out.The

　　overall

　　situation

　　looked

　　hopeful

　　as

　　I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer.I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks，but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel.About two weeks later my mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about！One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money；however，I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before.The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.

　　This experience has shaped me in many important ways.The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (道德准则)．Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar.It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.

　　【语篇解读　作者非常勤奋地做着各种兼职工作，既锻炼了自己，又挣到了钱，为以后自我的发展奠定了良好的基础。

　　1．Where did the writer probably work part­time before attending the university?

　　A．In a restaurant.

　　B．In the tennis camps.

　　C．In a company.

　　D．In the campus admissions office.

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I continued working as a waitress at night”可知，作者上大学前在饭店工作过。

　　答案　A

　　2．The writer took a class at a community college mainly because________.

　　A．she wanted to save money

　　B．life there was relatively easy

　　C．summer time was tiring

　　D．it was required by the university

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“This class at the community college saved me $650.”可知，作者是为了省钱。

　　答案　A

　　3．The writer’s major concern about the trip to Israel was that________.

　　A．her mother would not give her approval

　　B．she would fail to get credits in Israel

　　C．a well­paid summer job would be lost

　　D．$1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time

　　解析　推理判断题。根据第二段中的“One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money”可知，作者主要担心没有时间赚钱了，一分高薪的暑假工作失去了。

　　答案　C

　　4．The passage is mainly about how the writer________.

　　A．made money on the college campus

　　B．managed to make full use of her vacation

　　C．was forced to support herself by her mother

　　D．was shaped by working part­time through college

　　解析　主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了作者通过做各种兼职工作，学到了很多东西，塑造了自己的性格，懂得了金钱的价值。

　　答案　D

　　阅读理解“Reconstituted” families are more and more common in the UK.

　　Steve and Debbie got married in 2001 and had two children，Lily and Alex.Unfortunately，Steve and Debbie’s marriage didn’t work out and they got divorced in 2006.The children live with Debbie.In 2008，Debbie remarried.Her new husband，Martin，has three children from his previous marriage and they visit Debbie，Martin，Lily and Alex at weekends.In addition，Debbie is pregnant with her third child.She’s expecting a boy who will be a half­brother to Lily and Alex and also to Martin’s three other children.

　　Confused？Debbie’s family arrangements might have seemed strange 30 years ago but nowadays this kind of “reconstituted” family is increasingly common in the UK.Almost half of all marriages in Britain end in divorce and over 40% of marriages are remarriages.More than 10% of all British children live with one birth parent and a stepparent—a parent who isn’t their biological mother or father.The traditional “nuclear” family of two parents and their children is not so traditional any more.

　　What does all of this mean for parents in these “reconstituted” families？“There

　　are

　　difficulties

　　and

　　challenges，”

　　says Debbie.“Different families have different routines and it can be difficult for children to move between their two families.Birthdays and holidays can be tricky.Where do the children go？Who should they spend their time with？Also，when my children are naughty it can be difficult for Martin to tell_them_off.Things that might be simple in a traditional family can be a bit more complicated.”

　　And how about the children？Martin’s eldest child，Ella，is 12.“I like my two families，” she says.“I live with my

　　mum but visit my dad quite often and I’m happy that my mum and dad get along OK.They’re not married any more but it’s good that they can still be friends.”

　　Of course divorce and separation are never easy but many families in the UK are finding ways to make family life work in new ways.

　　【语篇解读　本文介绍了英国出现越来越多的重组家庭这一社会现象。

　　5．Why did Steve and Debbie get separated?

　　A．They couldn’t support the children.

　　B．They couldn’t get along well.

　　C．They were both out of work.

　　D．They had serious economic problems.

　　解析　考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Unfortunately，Steve and Debbie’s marriage didn’t work out and they got divorced in 2006.”可知，Steve和Debbie由于感情破裂而无法维系婚姻，并非因为经济问题或双双失业，更不是因为养不起孩子。

　　答案　B

　　6．We can learn from the text that a “nuclear” family ________.

　　A．has two birth parents and their children

　　B．has two birth parents and only one child

　　C．is traditional but complicated

　　D．doesn’t have any children

　　解析　考查细节理解。根据第三段最后一句“The traditional

　　‘nuclear’ family of two parents and their children is not so traditional any more.”可知答案为A项。

　　答案　A

　　7．What do the underlined words “tell them off” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

　　A．make them annoyed

　　B．send them to school

　　C．let out their secrets

　　D．talk angrily to them

　　解析　考查词义猜测。根据画线部分前面的“when my children are naughty”和第四段的最后一句“Things that might be simple in a traditional family can be a bit more complicated.”并结合生活常识可推知，由于Martin是孩子的继父，所以不能够对他们大声呵斥。tell sb.off意为“责骂、斥责某人”。

　　答案　D

　　8．What’s the text mainly about?

　　A．The difference between “marriage” and “remarriage”．

　　B．More and more people get divorced in the UK.

　　C．“Reconstituted”

　　families are becoming more and more in the UK.

　　D．The marriage situation is becoming severe.

　　解析　考查主旨大意。根据文章首句和全文内容可知，本文意在介绍英国出现越来越多的重组家庭这一社会现象，故答案为C项。

　　答案　C

　　A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　It’s 5:00 in the morning when the alarm (闹钟) rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart races as I face my body to finish each movement. As I near the end of the exercise, I feel extremely tired, but a smile is of my face. It’s not a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.

　　Some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother’s chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you,” or by my choice to have a salad. Over the years, I have learned it’s okay to just say “no.” I shouldn’t feel sorry for refusing food that I don’t want to eat.

　　So what drives me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.? What gives me the reason to just say to ice cream?

　　Commitment.

　　A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety, increases self –confidence and energy, extends life and above all improve my body shape. This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right. It’s through commitment and sweat that I can make a difference within myself inside and out.

　　(

　　) 1.Why is there a smile on the author’s face in the morning?

　　A. Because she sees her family sleeping peacefully.

　　B. Because she finishes her favorite exercise

　　C. Because she enjoys the interesting DVD

　　D. Because she feels a sense of achievement

　　(

　　) 2. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

　　A. She doesn’t treat others politely

　　B. She likes to make others surprised

　　C. Others don’t understand what she does

　　D. Others try to help her by offering her food

　　(

　　) 3. What does the underlined word “commitment” in the last paragraph mean?

　　A. Good health

　　B. Firm belief

　　C.A strong power

　　D.A regular half

　　(

　　) 4. What can we learn about the author from the text?

　　A. She acts in a strange way

　　B. She wants to look different from others

　　C. She aims to develop a good body shape

　　D. She has difficult getting along with others

　　【答案与解析】

　　【要点综述】本文叙述了作者不辞辛苦地坚持锻炼，有时还不为他人所理解的故事；她只为自己的坚定信念，即通过锻炼来改变自己。

　　【参考答案】1---4、DCBC

　　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。Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像).

　　The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.

　　Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people’s ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists

　　1. According to the author, people make conversation to ______

　　A. exchange ideas

　　B. prove their value

　　C. achieve success in life

　　D. overcome their fear of silence

　　2. By "the buzzing of a fly" (Para. 1), the author means"________”

　　A. the noise of an insect

　　B. a low whispering sound

　　C. meaningless talks

　　D. the voice of a chatterbox

　　3. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors ______.

　　A. about whatever they have prepared

　　B. about whatever they want to

　　C. in the hope of learning something new

　　D. in the hope of getting on well

　　4. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? ________.

　　A. To discuss why people like talking about weather.

　　B. To encourage people to join in conversations.

　　C. To persuade people to stop making noises.

　　D. To explain why people keep talking.

　　参考答案1—4、DCBD