2016届湖南长沙市高考英语二轮阅读理解训练（9）（含答案）

　　湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（9）及答案

　　【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。

　　I was never tired of heating their story．As a little girl，I’d sit beside my mom with their

　　wedding album spread across my lap，slowly turning the pages of 8 x l 0 glossy black and white

　　photographs．I’d trace my fingers along their faces，along that white wedding dress．

　　“Tell me again，”I said . “Tell me again about you and dad．”

　　And she’d smile and her eyes would crinkle(眯起来)and she’d get that loving look and then she’d

　　repeat once more Their Love Story．

　　I’d smile too and stare at that photo of my non looking SO beautiful and my dad so tall and

　　handsome．

　　“Your dad was tall and really good—looking as he stood by his classroom door greeting his

　　students．Besides coaching，he taught history and social studies．I often stole a few looks since my

　　classes were nearby．That year I had many conversations with ‘ Mr．Kehoe’，sometimes when he

　　had lunch duty，sometimes when I had cheerleading practice．He was appointed cheerleader sponsor

　　and I’d been a cheerleader for four years．

　　We were married that November during the Thanksgiving holiday．1 went from a graduate one

　　year to a teacher’s wife the next!

　　But part of the story that I loved most，that all my life I thought was magical and wonderful and

　　amazing and exciting and oh—so romantic．

　　So，what do you think ?Did God speak to me?"

　　I’d catch and hold my breath，then exclaim，“Oh，yes !God told you that you’d marry Dad!”

　　Now can you see why I loved heating Their Love Story ?And SO their wedding．Then their

　　marriage．Then their family．Three babies in three years，then a fourth. Then，what else would you

　　expect after heating the Voice of God—years and years and years of Happy Moments!

　　Now it’s come to this：60 years of marriage !

　　1．The underlined

　　word “trace ”in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”

　　A．cover

　　B．cross

　　C．raise

　　D．move

　　2．According to the passage，we know the girl’S dad was a

　　A．coach

　　B．student

　　C．cheerleader

　　D．photographer

　　3．We can learn from the passage that _______.

　　A．the couple has three children in all

　　B．the album was all the photos of the girl

　　C．the girl heard her parents’love story many times

　　D．the girl’s mother got married in December after graduating

　　4．The author enjoyed listening to her parents ’love story because of

　　A．their happy marriage

　　B．God’s blessing for them

　　C．a romantic beginning

　　D．a girl’s curiosity

　　【参考答案】1—4、DACA

　　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。

　　F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

　　His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:　“My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could not share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary. “

　　This Side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned(1922), a collection of short stories Tales of the Jazz Age(1922), and a play The Vegetable(1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

　　However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

　　1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

　　A. 5.B. 6.C. 7.D. 8.

　　2. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

　　a. He became addicted to drinking.

　　b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

　　c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

　　d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

　　e. He failed to reorder his life.

　　f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

　　A. f-c-e-a-b-dB. b-e-a-f-c-dC. f-d-e-c-b-aD. b-f-c-d-e-a

　　3. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald　.　

　　A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama

　　B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

　　C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

　　D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

　　4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about　.　

　　A. Zelda’s personal life

　　B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

　　C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

　　D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

　　【参考答案】1--4 、ADCD

　　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。On countless mornings over the past year, I stood with my son, James, in our driveway, watching our neighbor hurry off to kindergarten．My wife and I wanted to give James the best

　　education, but that meant we'd have to change our jobs and spend less time with our kid．I asked myself, "Would this trade-off be worth it?" When I look at the research on child development, I think it might not．Where our kids go to school might matter less than most American parents think．

　　Social scientists have long tried to determine why some children grow up to be successful．In a 2001 study, Greg Duncan, a professor of education at the University of California, measured the influence that the people in a child's life have on how well the child does in school．Duncan and his team found almost no relationship between how students did on the test and whom they sat beside in class, whom they hung out with after school and who lived in their block．The only meaningful link they found was between siblings （兄弟姐妹） and twins in particular．

　　For a long time, scholars thought that a family's income heavily affected how well kids did

　　in life．But that might not be the case．When Susan Mayer at the University of Chicago looked at the relationship between family income and lifetime achievement, she ran a series of experiments to measure it, finding such outcomes weren't caused by income．She argued that the things that make a difference are relatively inexpensive: the number of books a kid has or how often his family goes to museums．

　　Lareau, another scholar began one of the most in-depth observations of American parenting．He concluded that success is much more related to the amount of time parents spend with their children．He said "Many parents I interviewed are anxious about their children's futures．But they have exaggerated（夸大） the sense of the risks involved if they don't give their children 'the best' of everything．"

　　So at last, we decided to leave things as it were．More time with our kid is the best we can provide．

　　．The first paragraph is intended to _．

　　A．introduce the topic of the passage

　　B．confirm the result of a research

　　C．stress the importance of good education

　　D．support a research on child development

　　2．From the passage we know that most American parents _．

　　A．spend a lot of time with their children

　　B．like to buy a variety of books for their children

　　C．think children's achievement largely depends on schools

　　D．believe their income cannot afford children's education

　　．Who believes children's brothers and sisters may influence their academic performance?

　　A．Lareau．

　　B．Greg Duncan．

　　C．Susan Mayer．

　　D．James．

　　．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

　　A．Parents' time matters to children's future．

　　B．School education determines children's future．

　　C．Family income counts to children's achievements．

　　D．Less education means more risks for children's success．

　　—4、BCDA

　　【由山东省2016模拟改编】

　　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。

　　The world is filled with smart，talented and gifted people．We meet them every day．A few days ago，my car was not running well．I pulled it into a garage，and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes．He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is，great talent is not enough．

　　I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn．I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100，000 a year．A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially．It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase，“They are one skill away from great wealth．”

　　There is an old saying that goes，“Job means ‘just over broke（破产）’”．And unfortunately，I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence，most workers“ live within their means”．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend young people to seek work for what they will learn，more than what they will earn．

　　When I ask the classes I teach，“How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald’s?” almost all the students raise their hands．I then ask，“So if most of you can cook a better hamburger，how come McDonald’s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald’s is excellent at business systems．The reason why so many talented people are poor is that they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems．The world is filled with talented poor people ．They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．

　　1．The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph that

　　．

　　A．he is just one of the talented people

　　B．he is ready to help others

　　C．he has a sharp sense of hearing

　　D．he knows little about car repairing

　　2．The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by

　　．

　　A．spend more than they can afford

　　B．do in their own way

　　C．live in their own circle

　　D．live within what they earn

　　3．Why do talented people earn so 1ittle according to the author?

　　A．They don’t work hard enough

　　B．They lack financial intelligence

　　C．They don’t make full use of their talents

　　D．They have no specialized skills．

　　4．The success of McDonald's lies in its

　　．

　　A．skills at making hamburgers

　　B．good business systems

　　C．talented workers

　　D．excellent service

　　5．The main purpose of the author is to tell us

　　．

　　A．how young people can find a satisfactory job

　　B．what schools should teach students

　　C．why so many talented people are poor

　　D．how McDonald’s makes much money

　　【参考答案】1—5、ADBBC

　　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。

　　I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps(快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to? “ I replied. “There’s nothing wrong with it? “ This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no, But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others.”

　　I looked across at the others:　shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly R into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with:　first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.

　　But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers. . . and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.

　　Why do we think that new options (选择) still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the foot that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.

　　1. The shop assistant insisted that the writer should　.　

　　A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it

　　B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others

　　C. get more information about different companies

　　D. trust him and stop asking questions

　　2. What does the writer mean by“it would be worth half what I paid for it” (Paragraph 2)?

　　A. He should get a 50% discount.

　　B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.

　　C. The quality of the camera was not good.

　　D. The camera would soon fall in value.

　　3. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he　.　

　　A. knew very little about it

　　B. didn’t trust the shop assistant

　　C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best

　　D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers

　　4. It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, 　.　

　　A. people waste too much money on cameras

　　B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life

　　C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product

　　D. famous companies care more about profit than quality

　　【参考答案】1—4、 BDCC