2016届湖南长沙市高考英语二轮阅读理解训练（8）（含答案）

　　湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（8）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。Something that makes sense is happening in Washington, D.C! Public school kids surrounded by museums and monuments are putting the ready-made learning tools to use — and actually learning.

　　A trip to see painter Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series is one of almost 200 trips that Wheelock will organize this year through the nonprofit group Live It Learn It. “For many kids, school is disconnected,” says one of four full-time workers and tour leaders. “With the program, they see how what they are learning is connected to their communities.”

　　Seven years ago, Wheelock changed a job as a lawyer for one as a four-grade teacher. When he learned that D.C.’s public schools ranked behind those of other cities in many ways, he knew he had to do something different. He took his class to Capitol Hill for a lesson on the three branches of government — and saw his students’ interest develop quickly.

　　With seed money from a local couple, Wheelock developed detailed lesson plans for trips to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Lincoln Memorial. The group also has classes for trips to the Anacostia River, boat rides to historical forts. Word spread, and now fourth, fifth, sixth graders from the neediest public schools in the District participate.

　　?I’m not brave enough to take my class to a museum for over an hour!” says teacher Cathy McCoy, gesturing toward her students. “But look: With Live It Learn It, what the kids learn today they’ll remember for a lifetime.”

　　1. Matthew Wheelock once had an occupation as a _______.

　　A. teacher

　　B. printer

　　C. leader

　　D. lawyer

　　2. According to the first two paragraphs, public school kids in Washington D.C. _______.

　　A. like to have school disconnected

　　B. are warmly welcomed by museums and monuments

　　C. are making the resources at hand available

　　D. are learning by going to different communities

　　3. Matthew Wheelock started the new change for the reason that _______.

　　A. he saw his students’ interest develop quickly

　　B. more graders from the neediest public schools wanted to participate

　　C. D.C.’s public schools ranked behind in many ways

　　D. a local couple sponsored him a sum of seed money

　　4. What will the lessons be like with Live It Learn It in Cathy McCoy’s opinion?

　　A. Eye-catching. B. Challenging.

　　C. Forgettable.

　　D. Impressive.

　　参考答案1—4、DCCD

　　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 suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water, and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

　　There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

　　Just at this moment, she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.

　　While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring(吼叫) all the time, but to her calf it was music.

　　1. The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw　.　

　　A. the calf was about to fall into the river

　　B. Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

　　C. the calf was washed away by the rising water

　　D. Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

　　2. How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

　　A. By putting it on a safe spot.

　　B. By pressing it against her body.

　　C. By taking it away with her.

　　D. By carrying it on her back.

　　3. How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

　　A. It was a great comfort. B. It was a sign of danger.

　　C. It was a call for help.　 D. It was a musical note.

　　4. What can be the best title for the text?

　　A. A Mother’s LoveB. A Brave Act

　　C. A Deadly RiverD. A Matter of Life and Death

　　【参考答案】1--4 、DAAA

　　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。

　　How is it that siblings (兄弟姐妹) can turn out so differently? One answer is that in fact each sibling grows upin a different family. The firstborn is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later. The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the situation is changed by a new arrival. The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too. One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family crisis, with a disappointed mother or an angry father.

　　Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918. But more recently, researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others’lives. Dr. Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings. The reason for this might be that the later children aren’t getting the same one- on- one time with parents. But that doesn’t mean that the younger children have problems with language development. Later- borns don’t enjoy that much talking time with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters, learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”.

　　A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially. Love- hate relationships were common among the children. Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs.

　　One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings, particularly if they are close in age. Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third. Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being morefeminine than girls with sisters. A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years, finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents.

　　1. The underlined part “in a different family” (in Para. 1) means" ______".　

　　A. in a different family environment

　　B. in a different family tradition

　　C. in different family crises

　　D. in different families

　　2. In terms of language development, later- borns_______ .　

　　A. get their parents’individual guidance

　　B. learn a lot from their elder siblings

　　C. experience a lot of difficulties

　　D. pick up words more quickly

　　3. What was found about fights among siblings?

　　A. Siblings hated fighting and loved playing.

　　B. Siblings in some families fought frequently.

　　C. Sibling fights led to bad sibling relationships.

　　D. Siblings learned to get on together from fights.

　　4. The word“feminine” (in Para. 4) means "______".　

　　A. having qualities of parents

　　B. having qualities of women

　　C. having defensive qualities

　　D. having extraordinary qualities

　　【参考答案】1—4、ABDB　

　　【由北京市丰台区2016高考模拟改编】

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　A Myth

　　It is true that world population is growing, but this is not the cause of our current and future global problems. Believing this will cause us to ignore the real problem and risk long-term damage to our planet.

　　Let me start by explaining why overpopulation is a myth. For one thing, the UN Population Division regularly predicts population growth but provides a low variant

　　(变量), medium variant, and high variant to factor in various possibilities. In the 2010 revision, their high variant suggests that the world population will be almost 16 billion in 2100, but the low variant predicts it will peak at 8 billion and decrease to just over 6 billion by 2100. In most cases, it is the low variant that has come true in the past, suggesting the same will be true of their future population predictions. In addition to this, the size of families is actually decreasing.

　　For another, if the Earth is overpopulated, there needs to be insufficient (短缺) food, water, and space for humans to live. However, Indian economist Raj Krishna estimates that India alone is able to increase crop produce to the point of providing the entire world’s food supply. The World Food Programme confirms that there is sufficient food grown to feed the world and there is the same amount of fresh water on the planet now as there was 10,000 years ago. So how is it possible that the number of people in the world is affecting our planet?

　　Therefore, it is not an increase in population but an increase in consumption that is a severe threat. Materialism and overconsumption are facts of life for everybody in the western world, as possessions reflect a person’s status in society and people strive to obtain happiness through owning the latest fashionable goods. Not only that, but waste is a common occurrence which has a huge effect on our resources. It is a sad truth that 80% of the world’s resources are currently used by just 20% of the world’s population.

　　Our overconsumption must be addressed now to make our lives more sustainable (可持续的) and avoid continuing the terrible damage to the environment we are causing. The key is education. If we do not work towards this but instead focus on the wrong issue, we may find ourselves living on a planet that can no longer sustain human life.

　　1. According to the author, what causes our current and future global problems?

　　A. The increase in population.

　　B. Shortage of food and water.

　　C. The fast growth of material needs.

　　D. Failure to protect the environment.

　　2. The underlined word “myth” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.

　　A. fact

　　B. misconception

　　C. possibility

　　D. uncertainty

　　3. The author stresses that _____.

　　A. people should save food and water

　　B. economists are making wrong predictions

　　C. wrong judgment leads to serious consequences

　　D. measures should be taken to reduce population

　　4. What is mainly discussed in the passage?

　　A. The real cause of global problems.

　　B. The severe effect of overpopulation.

　　C. Reasonable use of natural resources.

　　D. Methods to reduce overconsumption.

　　【参考答案】C B C .A

　　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。LaMar Baylor, an American performer in the Broadway musical, spends most of his time in New York City．But since 2011, he has also spent weeks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda．There, he teaches dance to boys who live on the street．His teaching is part of an effort by the Rebecca

　　Davis Dance Company．The project helps young people learn more about dance and learn how to

　　behave in a classroom environment．

　　Rebecca Davis and LaMar Baylor teach ballet to street children in Kigali, Rwanda．The

　　children have lost all of their families．Some have been in prison; others have sold their bodies for sex．Dance classes provide the children with structured learning and self-expression that they've never had before．

　　Rebecca Davis is the founder and director of the dance company．She got the idea for the project after visiting Rwanda in 2008．There she met a large number of street children who were dancing, and she thought that dance could be used to get them off the street and into a safe place．She believes that learning to dance is a step toward education．She says children can take classes in information and technology after they have learned to attend classes and follow directions．

　　Boys who have done best in the classes win scholarships and are sent to the Sunrise Boarding School．About 30 boys have won this kind of financial aid．

　　As for LaMar Baylor, he knows from his own experience how dance can lead to a better life．He is from Camden, New Jersey．Camden has sometimes been called America's poorest and most dangerous city．He now thanks dancing for saving his life．

　　The Rwanda program is the largest one set up by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company, and Ms．Davis has also set up dance programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Guinea．About 2,000 children in the three countries have taken part in the project since it was begun in 2010．

　　1．The dance project aims to____．

　　A．give the street children parental care

　　B．provide scholarship for the street children

　　C．help the street children receive some education

　　D．keep the street children in good health

　　2．What do we learn about the street children from the passage?

　　A．All of them can be sent to the Sunrise Boarding School．

　　B．It may be hard for them to adapt to classroom rules at first．

　　C．They only take classes in dancing．

　　D．Many of them have been in prison．

　　3．What LaMar Baylor and the street children in the project have in common is that _．

　　A．they all benefit from dancing

　　B．they borrowed money from the project

　　C．they learn to express themselves in dance class

　　D．they were homeless at one time

　　4．We can infer from the last paragraph that

　　-．

　　A．the dance project was started in Guinea

　　B．the wanda program is the first program by Rebecca Davis

　　C．the Rwanda program has attracted about 2,000 children

　　D．the dance project gains popularity and grows quickly

　　参考答案1—4、AADA