四川省成都市2016届高考英语阅读理解二轮提升训练（48）（含解析）

　　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。I like this job, in which I stay with small children and from which I get the challenges and awards. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career.

　　I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career.

　　I then found myself a job. Looking after two little girls, it wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.

　　One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me, I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part – time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.

　　Now I’ve got a full – time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. Iwish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren’t top of the class at school.

　　1．When staying with the two girls’ family, the author______ .

　　A．got much help from her boss

　　B．was paid for extra work

　　C．often worked long hours

　　D．took a day off every other week

　　2．Why did the author leave her first job?

　　A．She needed a rest after working extra hours.

　　B．She decided to attend a part – time course.

　　C．She was fed up with children.

　　D．She found a full – time job.

　　3．What has the author learned from her own experiences?

　　A．One must choose the job she likes.

　　B．Hard work makes an excellent student.

　　C．Less successful students can still have a career.

　　D．Qualifications are necessary for a career.

　　参考答案1—3、CBC

　　阅读理解。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。

　　Bill Javis took over our village’s news-agency at a time of life when most of us only wanted to relax. He just thought he would like something but not too much to do, and the news-agency was ready-made. The business produced little enough for him, but Bill was a man who only wanted the simplicity and order and regularity of the job. He had been a long-serving sailor, and all his life had done everything by the clock.

　　Every day he opened his shop at 6:00 a. m. to catch the early trade; the papers arrived on his doorstep before that. Many of Bill’s customers were city workers, and the shop was convenient for the station. Business was tailing off by 10 o’clock, so at eleven sharp Bill closed for lunch. It was hard luck on anybody who wanted a paper or magazine in the afternoon, for most likely Bill would be down on the river bank, fishing, and his neatest competitor was five kilometers away. Sometimes in the afternoon-, the evening paper landed on the doorway, and at 4 o’ clock Bill reopened his shop. The evening rush lasted till seven, and it was worthwhile.

　　He lived in a flat above the ship, alone. Except in the very bad weather, you always knew where to find him in the afternoon, as I have said. Once, on a sunny afternoon, I walked home along the river bank from a shopping trip to the village. By my watch it was three minutes past four, so I was astonished to see Bill sitting there on his little chair with a line in the, water. He had no luck, I could, see, but he was making no effort to move.

　　“What’s wrong, Bill?” I called out from the path.

　　For answer, he put a hand in his jacket and took out a big, golden object. For a moment I had no idea what it could be, and then it suddenly went off with a noise like a fire engine. Stopping the bell, Bill held the thing up and called back, "Ten to four, you see, and this is dead right. "

　　I had never known anyone carrying a brass alarm clock round with him before.

　　1. Bill Javis became a news-agent when ________.

　　A. he need the money.

　　B. he decided to take things easy

　　C. he was quite an old man

　　D. he gave up clock-repairing

　　2. Bill opened the shop so early in the day because ________.

　　A. he liked to do as much as possible before he went to work

　　B. the shop had to be open when the morning papers came

　　C. he was never sure of time

　　D. it was then that he did a lot of business

　　3. On that sunny afternoon, the writer was surprised when he saw Bill because ________.

　　A. he thought it was late for Bill to be still fishing

　　B. he thought Bill was ill, since he was not moving at all

　　C. Bill had not caught anything, and that seemed strange

　　D. Bill stayed in his flat

　　4. From the information given in the passage, who or what do you think was wrong?

　　A. The bell was; it must have gone off at the wrong time.

　　B. Bill was; he had dropped off to sleep.

　　C. The writer’s watch was fast.

　　D. Bill’s clock was wrong; it was old.

　　【参考答案及解析】

　　1. C 推断题。at a time of life when most of us only wanted to relax和He had been a long-serving sailor这两点说明他已上了年纪。

　　2. D 推断题。第二段开头说他6点开门，报纸在这之前已送到，而且还可以catch the early trade。

　　3. A 推断题。Bill通常4点会重新开店，而那天作者的表已过4点，Bill还没有离开的意思，所以他非常惊讶。

　　4. C 细节题。A项中go off是爆发，产生很大声音；B项中drop off to sleep是不知不觉入睡；文章中倒数第二段最后一句话this is dead right 中dead是“非常，完全”的意思，可见，Bill的clock没错。

　　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。Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.

　　“Shoes convey a thin but useful piece of information about their wearers,” the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal(非语言的) indications with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”

　　Medical Daily notes that the details detected in the study include a person’s general age, sex, income, political affiliation(派别), and other personality characteristics, including someone’s emotional stability.

　　Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color, and condition of someone’s shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.

　　So, some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts(外向者).

　　However, some of the more specific results are interesting. For example, “practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots went more closely with “aggressive” personalities.

　　The strangers of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities.

　　And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety”, spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.

　　There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes.

　　The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality characteristics, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were showing deep awareness into their personalities.

　　1. According to Omri Gillath, a stranger’s personality can be judged by ___.

　　the age and sex of the person

　　the personality questionnaire by the person

　　the emotional stability of the person

　　the shoes the person wears

　　2.

　　We can infer from Paragraph 2 that ___.

　　a practical purpose is to wear shoes

　　people want to buy new shoes they pay attention to

　　shoes are vital to their wearers

　　the Journal of Research in Personality is a magazine

　　3. The underlined word “agreeable” is closest in meaning to __.

　　A. gentle

　　B. weak

　　C. generous

　　D. considerate

　　4.Which might be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Good Shoes, Good Character

　　B. Bad Shoes, Bad Personality

　　C. Shoes and Their Wearers’ Personality

　　D. Shoes Shape A Person’s Character

　　参考答案1—4、DDAC

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Are you tired of looking for love in all the usual places? Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are going online instead. The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker. With so many singles online, dozens of dating sites like Yahoo Personals and Match. com are helping singles find that special someone. Around the world, from America to China, love is now very much online.

　　Singles are flocking to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant partner. Using dating sites is quick and convenient. They can “meet” a lot more people online than they could by hanging out at a club. Besides , many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else. They also appreciate the first distance of online dating, which allows them to hide themselves until they are ready to meet someone face to face. Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in. In the real world, however, ignoring someone you don’t like can be awkward.

　　Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always who they claim to be in their online profiles. For instance, someone who tells you he is “handsome, successful and single”might turn out to be homely, unemployed and married. Safety is another concern. You are just as likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr or Miss Right.

　　Even so, supporters of online dating see things in a positive way. In their opinion, singles can safely play the online dating game with a little common sense. Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:

　　Guard your personal information. Never give out your personal information online. This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work.

　　Watch for red flags. Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments? Do they try to control you? Do they give false information about themselves? If so, forget them!

　　Meet in a safe place. When meeting someone in person, choose a public location with other people around.

　　Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams.

　　1. According to the passage, many lonely singles don’t appreciate the regular dating scene because it is ______.　

　　A. unpopularB. troublesomeC. convenientD. forgettable

　　2. This passage is mainly about______.　

　　A. getting tired of falling in love in a usual way

　　B. people with false information on the Internet

　　C. new technology to find love through the Internet

　　D. web sites such as Yahoo Personals and Match. com

　　3. Which of the following is NOT a suitable place for meeting someone you get to know through the Internet for the first time according to the text?

　　A. At his/her house.B. At a museum.

　　C. At McDonald’s.D. At a bookstore.

　　4. From this passage, we can infer that______.　

　　A. there are mostly homely and unemployed people online

　　B. the police had better find criminals online

　　C. we can find love only through the dating sites

　　D. following safety tips can ensure a safe online dating experience

　　【参考答案】1—4、BCAD

　　【由安徽省合肥市2016高考模拟题改编】

　　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。

　　When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.

　　My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger.

　　Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010，and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging-not my photography-did take me around the world successfully. At first，I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.

　　Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.

　　51 After the author quit her job, she decided to ______.

　　A. divorce her husband

　　B. be a wedding photographer

　　C. pay off all her debt

　　D. go travelling abroad

　　2. What can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph?

　　A. She paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip.

　　B. She realised his dream of becoming a travel photographer.

　　C. She got a job as an editor in a publishing house.

　　D. She finally became a professional blogger unintentionally.

　　3. The author believed her success mainly resulted from ______.

　　A. her personal reasons

　　B. her photographing skills

　　C. free marketing for blogging

　　D. booming of travel industry

　　4. What did the author think of her two years' work?

　　A. Inspiring.

　　B. Appealing.

　　C. Interesting.

　　D. Challenging.

　　【参考答案】1—4、DDCA