2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（20）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（20）及（解析）答案

　　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。

　　体裁：记叙文　话题：助人为乐　时间：15分钟

　　On a cold winter day，a group of strangers band together to save three children.

　　The 30 miles of switchbacks(急转弯) that snake through the pine­covered mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat.

　　But Roger Andersen，a 46­year­old father of four，wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve，when he set off for an unexpected ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nine­year­old daughter Mia，four­year­old son Baylor，and nine­year­old neighbor Kenya Wildman.Andersen had driven through the canyon hundreds of times over the years.

　　“We ski in that area at least 20 times a year，” says Andersen.“I know the spots that ice up a lot in the winter.”

　　The weather was glorious for hitting the slopes—30 degrees and sunny—but the higher they drove，the slicker(滑溜溜的) the roads became.Rounding a sharp turn at mile maker 473，Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and tapped his brakes(刹车) suddenly.In an instant，the Honda Accord was sliding at 25 miles per hour toward the shoulder of the highway，then slipping down a steep ten­foot embankment(路堤) toward the cold Logan River.As it hit the water，the car tipped toward the passenger side，hesitated，and then rolled onto its roof and sank into

　　the river.

　　There was no time to tell the kids what to do.The crash had broken a few windows，and within seconds，the cab of the upside­down car was filled with water.“It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater，” remembers Andersen，a soft­spoken product development manager.“You're thinking，‘Is this how it's all going to end？'”

　　Then，Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids.Mia had been right next to him in the front seat；now，in the blackness，he couldn't find her.“I thought，if I don't get out，maybe none of us is going to get out.” Andersen untied his seat belt，swam through a broken window，and gasped for air at the surface.That's when he saw a group of men，about ten in all，appear at the top of the embankment.One after another，they jumped into the water，shouting,“Who else is in the car？”Andersen says respectfully,“It was like the sight of angels.”

　　【语篇导读】　Andersen的车不幸落入冰冷的河水中，一群素昧平生的人对车里的人展开了一场生死营救……

　　1．Which word can best describe the feelings of most drivers when driving on this slope?

　　A．Nervous.

　　B．Curious.

　　C．Excited.

　　D．Puzzled.

　　解析　推理判断题。第二段提到这段30英里的路急转弯多，足以让多数司机手心出汗(are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat)，据此可推知，多数司机开车走在这段路上的时候应该都非常紧张，故选择A。

　　答案　A

　　2．What Andersen says in Paragraph 4 shows that ______.

　　A．he is used to driving on such a dangerous road

　　B．he has great confidence in driving on this steep road

　　C．he likes to ski on such a steep downhill road

　　D．he would not meet such trouble as other drivers did

　　解析　推理判断题。由Andersen说的话可知，他一年要在该地区滑雪至少20次，也对该地区冬天的情况很了解，由此推测他走这条路时十分有信心，故选择B。

　　答案　B

　　3．How did Andersen escape from the crashed car at last?

　　A．He was saved with the help of some passers­by.

　　B．He swam out of a broken window.

　　C．He broke a window nearby.

　　D．He drove his car out of the water.

　　解析　细节理解题。从文章最后一段可知，Andersen在车里找不到孩子，自己松开安全带，从一个破的车窗里游了出来，故选择B。

　　答案　B

　　4．Andersen's attitude toward these men's rescuing the children might be that of______.

　　A．doubt

　　B．satisfaction

　　C．sympathy

　　D．appreciation

　　解析　推理判断题。从最后一段Andersen的回答“It was like the sight of angels.”可推知，Andersen 对这些人的见义勇为是非常感激的，故选择D。

　　答案　D

　　【长难句解读】

　　原文　As it hit the water，the car tipped toward the passenger side，hesitated，and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.

　　译文　当接触到水面时，车子向副驾驶那一边倾斜，稍停了一下，然后底朝天跌入河中。

　　分析　这是一个复合句，As引导时间状语从句，the car tipped...为主句，其中的四个动词为并列谓语，表示按时间依次发生的动作。

　　, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　体裁：记叙文　话题：真实生活　时间：7分钟

　　One of those big social networking sites，Facebook，has attracted over 58 million members.Commentator Melody Cramer is no longer one of them.Here is what she shares with us about her story.

　　I deleted all 1,281 of my co­workers，second­grade classmates and people who I don't know at all.I shut down my account，completely.I'm 25，and I've been on Facebook since March of 2004，which makes me one of the website's earliest users.

　　At first，I used it obsessively.If I had a free moment，I'd log on to see whether my friends had updated their profiles.I'd sit alone scrolling through these updates and then run into someone at a coffee shop and have nothing to say because I already knew everything about them，and they knew everything about me.

　　In November，I went to my five­year high school reunion and was not pleasantly surprised.Lauren became a model，Josh went to law school，Dina was a teacher.I hadn't talked to any of them since graduation，but I knew exactly what they were doing，both now and last week.But lately，I'm overwhelmed(应接不暇)．Facebook opened up to everyone，not just college students，and my co­workers started to join，which meant they now knew what I was doing when I

　　wasn't at work.

　　And as a rule: you can NOT make friends with your coworkers because then they'll ask you the next day.But I

　　thought we were friends.And you are friends but not the kind of friends who tell each other what they do outside of work.So now the people you work with can see what you did last night，and you're constantly worrying what people might say about what you did last night instead of actually doing anything tonight.

　　So I quit.I became a 25­year­old Luddite，a person who is strongly against technology development.I've retuned to how the world worked when I was 20，before I knew when my friends and co­workers were counting down the seconds to vacation or wistful(伤感的) or entering a complicated relationship.I'm hoping life will be a lot simpler now.People will be more mysterious now that I actually have to talk to them to find out their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神经症)．I don't know when my college roommate goes to the supermarket，and I think I'm a better person for not knowing.In fact，you could say getting off a social network was the best thing I've done this week.

　　【语篇导读】　本文是一篇记叙文。评论员Melody Cramer曾是社交网站Facebook的忠实追随者，近日却毅然选择了退出。究竟是什么原因让她做出如此的决定呢？

　　1．We learn from the passage that commentator Melody Cramer ______.

　　A．had a 20­year membership of Facebook

　　B．used to be very attached to Facebook

　　C．was disappointed to meet her high school classmates

　　D．was one of the founders of Facebook

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，Melody曾经对Facebook很着迷，故B项正确。

　　答案　B

　　2．Melody Cramer decided to quit Facebook mainly because ______.

　　A．she made so many strange friends online

　　B．she thought Facebook wasted her too much time

　　C．she thought Facebook made her real­world life less interesting

　　D．she was tired of chatting online with co­workers.

　　解析　推理判断题。根据第三、四段内容可知，Melody Cramer经常在网上就已经知道了她朋友的一切，当他们真正碰面时却又无话可说，所以她觉得Facebook使她的真实世界的生活很无趣，故C项正确。

　　答案　C

　　3．Which of the following about Melody Cramer is TRUE?

　　A．She has learnt a lot from Facebook on communication skills.

　　B．She wishes that she could be several years younger.

　　C．She no longer wants to know anything about her friends.

　　D．She would prefer to face her friends and co­workers in the real world.

　　解析　推理判断题。通读全文，特别是最后一段中的“I'm hoping life...their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神经症)．”可推知，她更喜欢在现实生活中去面对朋友和同事，故D项正确。

　　答案　D

　　4．From her own experience Melody Cramer is seemingly trying to tell us that ____.

　　A．staying online too often makes one overwhelmed and bored

　　B．it is unwise to make online friends with people one doesn't know

　　C．making online friends with co­workers affects one's personal life

　　D．it is necessary to keep one's friends at a distance to remain mysterious

　　解析　推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，Melody Cramer以自己的亲身经历告诉我们：同事毕竟不是那种相互告知彼此下了班都做些什么的朋友，他们会影响你的正常生活，故C项正确。

　　答案　C

　　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 flag, the most common symbol of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark building, ships and other vehicles related to a country.

　　The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive artifact. It is , rather, the product of thousands of years’ development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.

　　Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable (易受损害的). Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.

　　Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems (图腾)before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.

　　These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1008 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.

　　1. The best title for the passage would be_________________

　　A. Uses of Flags

　　B. Power of the National Flag

　　C. Type of Flags

　　D. Development of the National Flag

　　2. The earliest flags were connected with heavenly power because_____________

　　A. they could tell wind direction

　　B. they could bring good luck to fighters

　　C. they were believed to stand for natural forces.

　　D. they were handed down by the ancestors

　　3. What does the author know of the first national flag?

　　A. He knows when it was sent to Europe.

　　B. He believes it was made in Egypt.

　　C. He doubts where it started

　　D. He thinks it came from China.

　　4. What will the author most probably talk about next?

　　A. The second ancestor of the national flag.

　　B. The role of China in the spread of the national flag.

　　C. The use of modern flags in Europe.

　　D. The importance of modern flags.

　　参考答案1-4

　　DCCA

　　【阅读理解】科普知识类

　　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。

　　You’re sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns(打哈欠). Suddenly, you’re yawning with him, though you’re not tired.

　　This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was the discovery that those children who were unable to form normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagious(有感染力的) yawning, which showed that humans communicate regularly without words.

　　Hugo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness and sadness can spread like the common cold. According to Critchley, our mind and body are in constant exchange about how we’re feeling. “Emotions are closely linked with states of internal(内部的) responses,” he explained. “There are also more visible changes in our gestures and facial expressions. When we’re in a group, these signals can spread to another person. For example, there’s the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at and there are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure.”

　　Hugo Critchley further explained, “Our bodies synchronise and when we like the other person, we even copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you’re sitting—it’s pretty likely that you will be the same. Scientists believe it’s our way of telling each other that we’re partners. Through body language, humans give each other very subtle(微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions.”

　　So, what lessons can we learn from this? “Spend time with happy people—otherwise your health could suffer,” said Critchley. “When we’re sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. But when we’re happy, our body works normally and we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy and it affects everyone around us.”

　　1. According to Hugo Critchley, 　.　

　　A. emotions are as visible as facial expressions

　　B. we yawn more frequently when we have a cold

　　C. emotions are connected with states of internal responses

　　D. the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions

　　2. The underlined word “synchronise” in Paragraph 4 means “　”.　

　　A. move slowlyB. change rapidly

　　C. relax temporarilyD. respond accordingly

　　3. From the passage we can learn　.　

　　A. sadness is as contagious as happiness

　　B. anger is less contagious than friendliness

　　C. surprise is more contagious than smile

　　D. surprise is the most contagious among emotions

　　4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

　　A. Emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans.

　　B. Children like copying the actions of fellow humans.

　　C. Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning.

　　D. People tend to communicate more with body language.

　　【参考答案】1—4、CDBA