2016届广西崇左高考英语二轮复习阅读理解练习（5）

　　2016广西崇左县高考英语阅读理解（二轮）练习（5）

　　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。

　　【2016高考英语综合能力测试题】

　　If you like texting and are trying to lose weight, a new study found that using texting to track diet and exercise habits may help you lose weight.

　　Previous research has shown that keeping food and exercise diaries improves the likelihood of success when you are Using to lose weight. Using a computer or a pen and paper to record information, however, can be a burden and cause some people to give up.

　　Duke University researchers said using text messages to track eating and exercise habits can save time, and increase the chances that people will stick with their weight-loss rules.

　　The study included 26 0bese women with an average age of 38. The women used daily texting as part of their weight-loss program. The text messages focused on tracking personalized goals, such as avoiding sugary drinks or walking 10,000 steps a day. Messages also provided brief feedback (回复) and tips.

　　Every morning, the women received a text from an automated system that said, “Please text yesterday’s personal information of steps you walked and how many sugary drinks you had.” Based on the women's responses to the text message, the system sent another text with personalized feedback and tips.

　　After six months, the women who used daily texting lost an average of nearly 3 pounds, while another group of women who used traditional methods to keep food and exercise diaries gained an average of 2.5 pounds, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

　　“Text messaging has become popular and may be an effective method to simplify tracking of diet and exercise behavior,” Dori Steinberg, who was responsible for this research, said.

　　Steinberg said,

　　"Text messaging offers several advantages compared to other self-monitoring methods. Unlike web-based diet and exercise diaries, data in a text message can be entered quickly on nearly all cellphone platforms. This provides more portability and more accessibility for receiving feedback. Besides, because of the limited number of words used in text messages, it saves time.”

　　36. According to the study, traditional methods _________.

　　A. are easier for people to lose weight

　　B. provide brief feedback and tips

　　C. may cause people to give up losing weight

　　D. are easy to track diet and exercise behavior

　　37. The text messages used by the women in the research focused on ________.

　　A. providing tips

　　B. providing feedback

　　C. 9aving time and money

　　D. tracking personalized goals

　　38. Which is NOT true about text messaging according to Steinberg?

　　A. It saves time.

　　B. It saves money.

　　C. It can be entered quickly.

　　D. It is easy to receive feedback.

　　39. What’s the best title for the text?

　　A. Texting helps keep healthy

　　B. Texting saves time and money

　　C. Texting can help you lose weight

　　D. Texting provides brief feedback and tips

　　40. What’s Dori Steinberg’s attitude towards text messaging?

　　A. Unknown.

　　B. Negative.

　　C. Positive.

　　D. Unconcerned.

　　【参考答案】36-40 CDBCC

　　短信提醒有助于减肥。用户可以发送短信及跟踪各种食物或运动的热量，同时提供每日饮食记录、运动消耗记录以及体重记录，让用户清楚地知道自己每天的饮食摄入和运动消耗比例来让自己减肥。

　　36. C。细节理解题。根据第二段的a burden and cause some people to give up可知答案。

　　37. D。细节理解题。根据第四段的The text messages focused on tracking personalized goals, such as avoiding sugary drinks or walking 10,000 steps a day可知答案。

　　38. B。推理判断题。根据最后一段Steinberg所说的话可知，文中未提及money。

　　39. C。主旨大意题。文章第一段就是主题句using texting to track diet and exercise habits may help you lose weight可知答案。

　　40. C。推理判断题。根据最后一段的This provides more portability and more accessibility for receiving feedback. Besides, because of the limited number of words used in text messages, it saves time.可知Dori Steinberg的态度是肯定的。

　　阅读理解（一）

　　NASA’s Mars detector (探测器), Opportunity, succeeded in finding signs that water once existed on the planet. Opportunity landed on Mars in January. Scientists now believe that the planet could once have supported life.

　　This discovery was chosen by Science, one of the world’s leading magazines, as the most important scientific achievement of 2004 last Friday.

　　“This little, wheeled, one-armed box went around another planet and has done something no human has ever managed,” according to Science. “It has discovered another place in the universe where life could once have existed.”

　　“Although we still can’t say that life could have existed in this environment, it is now certain that there was water on Mars,” said Steve Squyres, one of the scientists working on the Mars mission. The evidence comes from pictures and chemical readings taken by Opportunity. It includes marks on rocks like those caused by flowing water on Earth and salty chemicals like those found in dried-out sea-beds. Scientists said the new evidence proved beyond doubt that water has been existed on Mars. But it is still unknown whether the water on Mars was like an ocean or just ice.

　　While Opportunity has not found any signs of life, the presence of water means life is possible. “In everything we know about life on Earth, there is no example without liquid water,” Squyres said. “So water is important for the search for life on Mars.”

　　Researchers agree that a future mission (任务) should bring back physical samples (样品). But some scientists worry about the risk that this could introduce dangerous foreign creatures to Earth. “The problem here is how to get the samples back,” Squyres replied. “I think it is our responsibility to limit any risk.”

　　1. ________ prove that water existed on Mars.

　　A. The physical samples with salty chemicals

　　B. The marks on rocks and salty chemicals

　　C. Scientific achievements of 2004

　　D. Creatures from Mars

　　2. Which of the following is true according to the text?

　　A. It is now certain that there was water on Mars.

　　B. The water on Mars was like an ocean.

　　C. Evidence of life on Mars has been found.

　　D. Search for life on Mars is a great risk to humans.

　　3. How did scientists draw the conclusion that there was water on Mars?

　　A. The world’s leading magazine has announced the fact.

　　B. Scientists have taken many pictures and chemical readings on the Mars.

　　C. Astronauts have got some rocks from Mars.

　　D. Scientists have made a study of the pictures and readings sent back by Mars detector.

　　4. It can be inferred that, if the creatures from Mars came to Earth, ________.

　　A. they would be kind to humans

　　B. they would be cruel to humans

　　C. they would be a great danger to Earth

　　D. it would be hard to say whether it would be a good news or bad news

　　1. B 事实细节题。根据短文第五段“It includes marks on rocks like those caused by flowing water on Earth and salty chemicals like those found in dried-out sea-beds”一句可知：岩石上有类似地球上水流的痕迹和化学物。

　　2. A 事实细节题。根据第二段“succeeded in finding signs that water once existed on the planet”一句可判断，火星上有水。

　　3. D 事实归纳题。人们对火星的研究是通过探测器“机遇号”发回的图片和数据进行分析得出的，人类还没有登上火星，所以B、C两项不符文意。A项“杂志上报道的”更不能作为结论的根据

　　4. D 推测题。根据短文最后一段“some scientists worry about the risk that this could introduce dangerous foreign creatures to Earth”的意义，科学家有这种担心外星人是否会对人类造成危害。由此可推测：如果外星人来地球，是好是坏不得而知。

　　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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　How should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one,dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.

　　I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life." The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves."

　　Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.

　　However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hourglasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.

　　Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?

　　1. According to the passage, collecting antique clocks_________.

　　A. can hardly keep the value of your savings

　　B. will cost much of your savings

　　C. may increase your wealth

　　D. needs your bravery

　　2. By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to____.

　　A. suggest human beings are controlled by a clock

　　B. describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth

　　C. tell readers what clocks look like

　　D. compare chicks to human beings

　　3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time?

　　A. Counting the beating of one's own heart.

　　B. Making use of candles, sand and water.

　　C. Observing shadows cast by the sun.

　　D. Keeping slaves busy day and night.

　　4. The underlined phrase stately homes in paragraph 4 means

　　A. state-owned houses

　　B. houses in very good condition

　　C. grand houses open to the public

　　D. houses where statesmen meet regularly

　　5. The purpose of the passage is

　　A. to introduce the culture of antique clocks

　　B. to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks.

　　C. to compare different ways to make a future profit

　　D. to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time

　　【参考答案】CADCB

　　阅读理解-----B

　　Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.

　　Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.

　　Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.

　　Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?

　　In the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot lie trusted, since we advertise Our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased.

　　Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

　　There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.

　　6. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our

　　A. self-respect

　　B. financial rewards

　　C. advertising ability

　　D. friendly relationship

　　7. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to_________.

　　A. lying

　　B. stealing

　　C. cheating

　　D. advertising

　　8. The phrase "bringing the error to the clerk's attention" (in para.5) means_______.

　　A. telling the truth to the clerk

　　B. offering advice to the clerk

　　C. asking the clerk to be more attentive

　　D. reminding the clerk of the charged item

　　9. How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?

　　A. We'll be very excited.

　　B. We'll feel unfortunate.

　　C. We'll have a sense of honor.

　　D. We'll feel sorry for the clerk.

　　10. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage.*

　　A. How to Live Truthfully

　　B. Importance of Peacefulness

　　C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect

　　D. Happiness through Honorable Actions

　　【参考答案】ABACD