四川省成都市2016届高考英语阅读理解二轮提升训练（20）（含解析）

　　阅读理解—主旨大意题、标题概括题。

　　(2015年河南焦作调研)

　　What's your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants?

　　It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why ? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals.

　　Held on a farm, the time Glastonbury Festival is the most well-know and popular in the UK. It began in 1970 and was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of £1 including free milk from the farm.

　　Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength—in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying £112 for tickets to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Acts included veteran superstars such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone. Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities.

　　Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money for global poverty. In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts will be held simultaneously in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Superstars such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder will perform in order to highlight international poverty and debt.

　　What does the author mean by saying “the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength” in the fourth paragraph?

　　The festival has achieved growing success.

　　Great efforts have been made to hold the festival.

　　The festival has brought in a large amount of money

　　There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.

　　Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis.

　　Tickets for the 2004 Glastonbury Festival were in great demand despite the high price.

　　Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families.

　　In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free.

　　We can learn from the last paragraph that

　　The Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concerts

　　The Live 8 concerts are held every year in London.

　　London, Pares, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals

　　Some superstars are concerned about global poverty.

　　What is the best title for the passage?

　　How to have a good time

　　Charity events around the world

　　The Glastonbury Festival

　　Superstars' performances in charity events

　　语篇解读

　　本文主要介绍了the Glastonbury Festival及其慈善行为。

　　A 句意猜测题。根据第四段in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying £112each for a ticket to the three—day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours.可知，这句话的意思是the Glastonbury Festival 取得很大的成功。

　　B 细节理解题。根据第四段in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying £112 each for a ticket to the three—day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours.可知，2004年的票虽然很贵，但很快就被卖光了。

　　D 细节理解题。根据最后一段Superstars such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder will perform in order to highlight international poverty and debt. 可知，一些超级明星非常关心全球的贫困问题。

　　C 主旨大意题。根据第三段Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well—known and popular festival in the UK.可知，这篇文章讲的是关于the Glastonbury Festival的事情。

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Although April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn’t generally experience the sound and lightning that can go with those rains, it’s still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.

　　The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think and we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.

　　Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two clouds or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, there’s enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.

　　Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval (间隔) between the flash and the crash to learn how close they were to the actual spark (闪光).

　　1. According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley____.

　　A. rains usually come without thunder and lightning.

　　B. it is usually dry in April

　　C. children pay no attention to the two natural wonders.

　　D. parents are not interested in thunder an lightning.

　　2. We believe that lightning is a downward motion because_______.

　　A. we were taught so by our parents from our childhood.

　　B. we are taken in by our sense of vision.

　　C. it is a common natural sight.

　　D. it is a truth proved by science.

　　3. What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?

　　A. Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth.

　　B. Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another.

　　C. Lightning travels 5 times faster than thunder.

　　D. There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth than we can imagine.

　　4. The underlined word “activity”

　　is most closely related to the word (s) _____.

　　A. cloud

　　B. lightning strikes

　　C. lightning flashes

　　D. thunderstorms

　　5. It can be concluded from the passage that _______.

　　A. we should not believe what we see or hear.

　　B. things moving downward are more noticeable.

　　C. people sometimes may have wrong ideas about ordinary phenomena.

　　D. adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural phenomena.

　　【参考答案】1—5、ABDDC

　　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。When my mother was alive, she used to tell me again and again about the value of just being nice. “Never underestimate（低估）the power of a smile,” she would say. I fear she would be very disappointed looking at the world today. A lot of people don’t smile and when it comes to service today, they’re just not nice. Now don’t give me wrong, not all service workers but a good many.

　　I was on the phone the other day with a computer help desk. First a man, then later a 

　　woman, who couldn’t

　　have been ruder. And this to a customer, who didn’t know his way around a PC. But no matter, I could tell they thought I was a bother, The woman, in fact, seemed to be chewing gum as she unemotionally clicked off a series of commands for me to perform.

　　The next day I heard from a friend of mine who got a performance review without his boss once looking up at him. Not once.

　　You see it everywhere. Gone are the days when people cared about you. It’s a sign of the time, I suspect. But that makes me sad — for them and for us all. People who aren’t happy, who don’t smile, who don’t kid, who don’t joke or make light of even bad situations, make for an even worse situation.

　　And it spreads like a cancer. Someone’s rude to you, you’re rude to them and to the next fellow you meet, and on and on. Smiles are contagious（易感染的）but so annoyances. The boss who can’t be bothered with his workers. The celebrity who can’t be bothered with her annoying fans.

　　You know, my mom used to judge presidential candidates by how they smiled. I would say, “But mom, you don’t know if that smile is real.”

　　“Oh, yes I do,” she would tell me. “I can feel it.”

　　It’s in their eyes, she would say. And its in their smile .The rest just kind of falls into place.

　　1.Why did the writer mention his phone call?

　　A. To prove his mother is wrong.

　　B. To show many people aren’t nice.

　　C. To tell us he knows little about computer.

　　D. To share his funny experience with us.

　　2.What is the author’s attitude towards the boss of his friend?

　　A. Opposed.      B. Doubtful.

　　C. Respectful.   D. Supportive.

　　3.When someone is rude to you, you’re advised to ________.

　　A. be rude to the next person

　　B. be nice to the people you meet

　　C. become one just like him or her

　　D. make for a worse situation

　　4.What’s the best title of the passage?

　　A. The power of a smile

　　B. Don’t judge a person by his look

　　C. The effect of rudeness

　　D. Feel a person in his eyes

　　参考答案1—4、BABA

　　【科普知识型---阅读理解】

　　It's a common belief that over time, pet owners start to look like their animals, and vice versa. Now comes the terrifying news that cats look up to their owners as role models and copy their behaviour.

　　Next time you reach for your fridge, think twice. If your kitty is watching, she is likely to overeat as well.

　　What is your cat's IQ?

　　In a new study from the University of Messina, it turns out that indoor cats who live closely to their owners “mirror” the lives of their caregivers. They sleep at the same time, eat at the same time, and can even become more or less social depending on the behaviour of their owners.

　　?Cats are intelligent animals with a long memory, ”Jane Brunt, the executive director of the Catalyst Council, told Discovery News. ?They watch and learn from us, noting the patterns of our actions, knowing where their food is kept and what time to expect to be fed, how to open the cupboard door that's been improperly closed, and where their feeding and toileting areas are.”Because cats copy our habits, if you spend a lot of time raiding(搜刮)the fridge, your cat will return to its food bowl for that midnight snack, too. According to the study, this explains why “human and cat overweight rates often seem to match”．So, if you feel guilty about leaving your precious kitty at home while you go to work, now you can feel even worse：you are making your cat fat!

　　There's no word if drinking green tea and making sure you go to yoga will benefit your cat, but based on the study, it sounds like sticking to a healthy eating and sleeping schedule is best for both of you.

　　There's a lot we can learn from our cats in return. “When they sit on our laps softly purring with rhythmic breathing and halfclosed eyes, the sense of peace and calm that comes over us is like a private lesson in inner meditation，”Brunt said. Sure. But cats don't have to sit in rush hour traffic for an hour a day or worry about their inlaws. They're probably pretty good at remaining calm.

　　So, according to science, even though we assume that cats are not close to us all these years, it turns out they are in fact learning from us and looking up to us. Scary, huh?

　　1．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　　A．Cats can copy humans' schedule.

　　B．Humans can learn from cats in some way.

　　C．Cats are smart and have a long memory.

　　D．Green tea and yoga can benefit cats.

　　2．What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

　　A．Humans' keeping searching the fridge.

　　B．Cats' going to their owners for food.

　　C．Cats' copying humans' habit of looking for food.

　　D．Humans' leaving cats home while working.

　　3．What can we learn from our cats?

　　A．To remain calm.

　　B．To be able to copy.

　　C．To stay proud.

　　D．To look up to friends.

　　4．The best title for the passage could be

　　“________”．

　　A．Your cat can bring you pleasure

　　B．You are copying your cat

　　C．You can make your cat social

　　D．Your cat is copying your habit

　　【要点综述】本文是一篇有关养宠物猫的科普文章。宠物猫和主人待的时间长了会模仿主人的习惯，而人也能从猫身上学习一些好的习惯。

　　1．D　推理判断题。根据文章的“There's no word if drinking green tea and making sure you go to yoga will benefit your cat…”可知D项错误。

　　2．C　词义指代题。根据画线这一段的内容可知this 指代的是猫会模仿主人搜刮冰箱的习惯。故选C项。

　　3．A　细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段内容，特别是最后一句“They're probably pretty good at remaining calm.”可知A项正确。

　　4．D　主旨大意题。本文是一篇有关养宠物猫的科普文章。宠物猫和主人待的时间长了会模仿主人的习惯，而人也能从猫身上学习一些好的习惯。故选D项。