2016届湖南长沙市高考英语二轮阅读理解训练（15）（含答案）

　　湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（15）及答案

　　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 British Museum

　　Description:

　　The British Museum is a museum in London, which is one of the world’s greatest museums of human history and culture. Its collections, which number more than 13 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.

　　The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building. Its expansion over the following two and a half centuries was largely a result of an expanding British colonial footprint and has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions. Until 1997, when the British Library （previously centered on the Round Reading Room）moved to a new site, the British

　　Museum housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored（赞助）by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Since 2002 the director of the museum has been Neil MacGregor.

　　Admission and opening hours:

　　The museum is open every day from 10am to 6pm （Fridays 10am to 5:30pm）and it charges no admission fee, except for loan exhibitions.

　　How to get there:

　　By train: 7:00-18:30 every day.By Underground: 8:00-18:30 every day.

　　By bus: 7:30-18:30 every day.

　　By coach: 7:00--19:30 every day.

　　Nearest underground stations:

　　Tottenham Court Road （500m）Holborn （500m）Russell Square （800m）

　　. When was the British Museum opened to the public for the first time?

　　A. In 1753.

　　B. In 1759.

　　C. In 1997.

　　D. In 2002.

　　2. You are at the Museum at seven in the evening and you want to go back to Oxford. Which means of transportation will you choose?

　　A. By coach.

　　B. By bus.

　　C. By train.

　　D. By underground.

　　3. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?

　　A. The British Museum has collected more than 13 million objects.

　　B. The British Museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm every day.

　　C. The British Museum is a great museum of human history and culture.

　　D. The British Museum’s expansion in the past was mainly because of an expanding British colonial footprint.

　　参考答案1—3、BAB

　　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。

　　My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship,which was sunk in World War Ⅱ. The bookNight of the U-boats told the story.

　　Memories

　　In September,1940,my mother,sister and I went to Swansea,where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.

　　Then I remember my mother lying face down,sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo (鱼雷).

　　I can remember the arrival of the telegram (电报),which in those days always brought bad news. My grandmother opened it. It read,“Safe. Love Ted. “

　　My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee,his arm in a bandage.

　　He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember,he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He saidit was because of the cigarettes. Whichever,he died suddenly in his early 50s.

　　Ten years later I readNight of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.

　　Torpedo

　　One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room,where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.

　　By the time he got on deck (甲板)he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free,it swung against the ship,injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.

　　Three days later,he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.

　　A Toast

　　In my room is the book and the photograph. Often,glass in hand,I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion,a sinking ship,a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue?Lest(以免)we forget,I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.

　　1. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea　.　

　　A. to meet a friend　B. to see the father off

　　C. to take a family photo　D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship

　　2. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?

　　A. He was still alive.　 B. His knee was broken.

　　C. His ship had been sunk.　 D. He had arrived in Glasgow.

　　3. The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father’s　.　

　　A. weak heart　B. taking a shore job

　　C. failure to return to sea D. injury caused by a torpedo

　　4. What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?

　　A. He lost his arm.

　　B. He repaired the engines.

　　C. He managed to take a lifeboat.

　　D. He was the last to leave the ship.

　　5. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. A group of forgotten heroes.

　　B. A book describing a terrifying battle.

　　C. A ship engineer’s wartime experience.

　　D. A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue.

　　【参考答案】1--5 、BAADC

　　【由福建省三明市2016高考模拟题改编】

　　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。

　　Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple died on

　　Monday at home in Woodside，California，from natural

　　causes． “she was surrounded by her family and carers ,” a

　　statement said．

　　With her charm and blonde curls(金色的卷发)，she

　　was one of the most popular stars of the 1930s．in hit

　　movies like Bright Eyes and Stand Up and Cheer．Her

　　singing，dancing and acting won over fans worldwide．She

　　was given a special Oscar for child in 1935， when she

　　was just six years old．To this day，she is still the youngest child to receive an Academy Award．

　　After retiring from films in 1950 at the age of 21，Temple returned to the spotlight as a politician

　　and diplomat(外交家)．

　　Shirley Temple started her film career at three．Between 1934 and 1938 she appeared in more

　　than 20 feature films and was the top US movie star．She wore a grass skirt and played a ukulele

　　(四弦小吉它)to promote the musical Captain January，directed by David Butler，in 1936．She

　　attended her first big public performance for her film Wee Willie Winkie in Hollywood on 26 June，

　　1937．

　　As well as being the youngest receiver of an Oscar(at the age of 6 years and 3 1 0 days)，Temple

　　was also the youngest child to present one of the statuettes(小金人)．She stood on a chair to give

　　Claudette Colbert the best actress prize for it Happened One night in 1935．At the age of

　　12

　　Temple’s star burnt out——her parents bought out the remaining time of her contract and sent her to

　　an expensive girl’s schoo1．Her final film，A Kiss for Corliss，is available to watch online for free．

　　This is the star’s final ever moment on the big screen．The actress retired from Hollywood in 1950，

　　but she still appeared occasionally on TV．In 1958 she wore a fairy godmother costume to promote

　　her series of dramatised fairy tales，Shirley Temple’s Storybook．

　　In 2006，she accepted the Life Achievement Award at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild

　　Awards．

　　1．Shirley Temple was popular with the world mainly because of_______．

　　A．her charm and blonde cuffs

　　B．her singing，dancing and acting

　　C．her young age as an actress

　　D．her career being a diplomat

　　2．According to the passage，Shirley Temple was born in______.

　　A．1929

　　B．1932

　　C．1934

　　D．1935

　　3．From the passage we can infer that_____.

　　A．Temple involved herself actively in political work after she was twenty—one

　　B．the Life Achievement Award was given to Temple when she was young

　　C．her parents sent her to an expensive girl’s school by contract

　　D．the film of her first public performance was Captain January

　　4．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Shirley Temple ?．

　　A．She ever received the Oscar award for the best actress．

　　B．She was the best child movie star in the world．

　　C．She was once a presenter at an Oscar Awarding ceremony．

　　D．She stopped appearing on any kind of media after 1950．

　　【参考答案】1—4、BAAC

　　较难题目特训：介绍说明类

　　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。

　　The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produceeco-friendly tentsmade of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.

　　Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.

　　Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs.

　　The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.

　　To raise money for the idea, he toured the City’s private companies which fund new businesses and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint’s directors and won their support. Mint has committed around￡500,000 to MyHab and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr Dunlop’s business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year.

　　Mr Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics. For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhab team before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior(外部的) advertising space.

　　The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.

　　1. “Eco-friendly tents” in paragraph 1 refer to tents　.　

　　A. economically desirable

　　B. favorable to the environment

　　C. for holding music performances

　　D. designed for disaster relief

　　2. Mr Dunlop established his business　.　

　　A. independently with an interest-free loan from Mint

　　B. with the approval of the City’s administration

　　C. in partnership with a finance group

　　D. with the help of a Japanese architect

　　3. It is implied in the passage that　.　

　　A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer

　　B. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air

　　C. the cardboard tents produced by Mr Dunlop can be user-tailored

　　D. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users

　　4. The passage is mainly concerned with　.　

　　A. an attempt at developing recyclable tents

　　B. some efforts at making full use of cardboards

　　C. an unusual success of a graduation project

　　D. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals

　　【参考答案】1-4 BCCA