2016届湖南长沙市高考英语二轮阅读理解训练（5）（含答案）

　　湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（5）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。Janelle was running late for work, so she just had time for a quick look at herself in the mirror as she was going out. What she saw there made her stop dead in her tracks.

　　Being a busy college student just one year removed from her teenage years, she wasn’t exactly obsessive-compulsive(有强迫观念和行为的) about the neatness of her clothes. But her boss at the restaurant where she works saw things a little differently. He had recently lectured the entire staff on the importance of appearance, and had specifically mentioned the need for servers to wear clean, unwrinkled blouses. As an assistant manager, Janelle felt it was important to set an example for the other employees. But if she stopped to iron the blouse normally, she would be late —and work without delay was an area of even greater concern to her boss.

　　So she grabbed her iron and plugged it in and set it for low heat. Carefully holding her blouse away from her body, she continued to iron it while she was wearing it. It seemed like a logical answer to an urgent problem.

　　And it seemed to be working until Janelle tried to iron the collar and accidentally ironed her neck by mistake. Then it suddenly seemed like a really stupid idea and a really painful one as well. It took more time to treat her burn than it would have taken to iron her shirt properly. And she spent a miserable shift dealing with the pain of the burn.

　　We’ve all been there, haven’t we? For me it was cutting my own hair. For a former roommate it was trying to pull his own wisdom teeth. For another college acquaintance, it was trying to change the oil in his car while the motor was still running.

　　“There’s a right way and a wrong way of doing things,” Dad used to tell me whenever I’d spoil the look of our yard by trying out a faster, easier and more creative way of pulling weeds or edging the lawn. “If a thing is worth doing,” he said, “it’s worth doing it right.” There’s a reason why certain things are done in certain ways. Those old, boring, predictable ways work.

　　1．Jenelle found in the mirror that __________.

　　A．there were stains on her blouse

　　B．her blouse was wrinkled

　　C．she wore heavy makeup

　　D．she put on a wrong blouse

　　．It’s learned from Paragraph 2 that______________.

　　A．Jenelle had no sense of responsibility at work

　　B．Jenelle failed to set an example for employees in daily work

　　C．Jenelle didn’t care about the neatness of her clothes at all

　　D．Jenelle’s boss put doing something on time above appearance

　　3．What can we infer from the fifth paragraph?

　　A．We all have done loads of things like Janelle.

　　B．We are careful enough in daily life.

　　C．We all have done something creative.

　　D．We all have tried to iron clothes while we are wearing them.

　　4．What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph ?

　　A．Be creative.

　　B．A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

　　C．Stick to old ways.

　　D．Do things right.

　　—4、BDAD

　　【阅读理解】人物故事类

　　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。

　　Eddie Mckay,a once-forgotten pilot,is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in Canada.

　　It all started when Graham Broad,a professor at the University of Western Ontario,found McKay’s name in a footnote in a book about university history. McKay was included in a list of university alumni (校友)who had served during the First World War,but his name was unfamiliar to Broad,a specialist in military history. Out of curiosity,Broad spent hours at the local archives (档案馆)in a fruitless search for information on McKay. Tired and discouraged,he finally gave up. On his way out,Broad’s glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. As he read the words beside the picture,he experienced a thrilling realization. “After looking for him all day,there he was,staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,” said Broad. Excited by the find,Broad asked his students to continue his search. They combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually,a picture came into view.

　　Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He downed ten enemy planes,outlived his entire squadron(中队)as a WWI flyer,spent some time as a flying instructor in England,then returned to the front,where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in December 1917. But there’s more to his story. “For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in the world,” says Broad. “He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke,the most famous German pilot at the time.” Yet,in a letter home,McKay refused to take credit,saying that Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.

　　McKay’s war records were destroyed during a World War Ⅱ air bombing on London—an explanation for why he was all but forgotten.

　　But now,thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students,a marker in McKay’s memory was placed on the university grounds in November 2007. “I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the word‘deceased’ (阵亡)next to his name,” said Corey Everrett,a student who found a picture of Mckay in his uniform. “This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us,but instead of finishing his time at Western,he chose to fight and die for his country.”

　　1. What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay?

　　A. A uniform of McKay.B. A footnote about McKay.

　　C. A book on McKay.

　　D. A picture of McKay.

　　2. What did the students find out about McKay?

　　A. He trained pilots for some time.

　　B. He lived longer than other pilots.

　　C. He died in the Second World War.

　　D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke.

　　3. McKay’s flying documents were destroyed in.　

　　A. BelgiumB. GermanyC. CanadaD. England

　　4. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay.　

　　A. preferred fight to his study

　　B. went to war before graduation

　　C. left a picture for Corey Everrett

　　D. set an example for his fellow students

　　5. What is the text mainly about?

　　A. The research into war history.

　　B. The finding of a forgotten hero.

　　C. The pilots of the two world wars.

　　D. The importance of military studies.

　　【参考答案】1--5 、DADBB

　　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。

　　In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a professor 25 years ago. College has always been demanding both academically and socially. But students now are less mature and often not ready for the responsibility of being in college.

　　Many of today’s students lack resilience (适应力)and at the first sign of difficulty are unable to think out strategies. The hardship can be a failing grade on a test, a cut from the team, or a romantic breakup.

　　It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacles. Parents, who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children from writing admission essays to picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies. But we can look even more broadly to the social trends of today.

　　How many people do you know who are on medications (治疗) to prevent anxiety or depression? The number of students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. We, as a society, don’t want to“feel” anything unpleasant and we certainly don’t want our children to“suffer”. The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions, one does not learn the necessary skills to tolerate and solve problems.

　　Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities, but I don’t believe that the college experience itself is more intense today than the past 10 years. What I do think is that many students are often not prepared to be young “adults”with all the responsibilities of life.

　　As parents, we should expect young people to meet challenges. To encourage them in this direction, we have to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move forward. This approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to independent adulthood.

　　1. The best title of the text probably is_____　

　　A. Have College Freshmen Changed?

　　B. What Should College Faculty and Staff Do Today?

　　C. What Difficulty Are Freshmen Facing?

　　D. How to Get Used to College Life for Freshmen?

　　2. According to the text, today’s freshmen_____.　

　　A. are not good at dealing with problems

　　B. often fail in the exams

　　C. can’t get along well with classmates

　　D. have to experience more intense college life

　　3. If freshmen become more mature to face and solve problems, they should______.　

　　A. experience negative emotions themselves

　　B. ask parents, teachers and coaches for more help

　　C. receive medications to prevent anxiety or depression

　　D. put their hearts and soul into the study

　　4. The text is mainly written for_____.　

　　A. teachersB. parents　C. studentsD. psychologists

　　【参考答案】1—4、AAAB

　　【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 Mountain of Green Beans

　　Another envelope in the mail. There’s my name, Alexander Spencer, typed on the front. I throw it under the bed. The piles of envelopes are growing.

　　The envelopes were applications to all the colleges I was supposed to attend. I did open the first envelope. Then I saw the application, all those blank spaces I was supposed to fill with my own writing, spaces for my name and birth date and grade average and … statement of purpose. I looked at them for a long time. I could write for hours and not fill all those spaces. So I put the application back in the envelope. I would fill it out the next day, when I had time. But another envelope arrived. And then the pile began.

　　The pile scares me — it is really like a monster. All the while, I feel the weight of a million envelopes raining down on my head until my grandmother calls me and wants to know how I am.

　　“I am overcome by too many tasks,” I say.

　　“Honey, you just take it bit by bit,” she says, and she reminds me about the green beans.

　　When I was a little kid I hated green beans. But my mom said I couldn’t leave the table until I ate ten green beans. All alone at the table, I stared at the green beans for what seemed like hours. It was a mountain of green beans. I couldn’t do it.

　　My grandma came to me and asked if I could eat one green bean.

　　“But Grandma, I have to eat ten!”

　　She said all I had to do was to eat one green bean. One tiny little green bean. So I ate one. It was bad, but not as bad as I’d thought it would be. Then she asked me again if I could eat one. So I ate one green bean nine more times.

　　My grandma doesn’t know about the envelopes, but she tells me anyone can do one thing every day.

　　Back in my room, I lay down on the bed. Just like I used to do when I was a little kid, I hang my head down to look at the pile of envelopes. There it is. But instead of a monster, I see a pile of green beans. Who’s afraid of green beans?

　　1. Envelopes are piling up because the author _______.

　　doesn’t know how to reply

　　feels bored of the paper work

　　doesn’t want to attend college

　　has been too busy to open them

　　2. What does the author learn from the story of the green beans?

　　A. A good start is half done.

　　B. Actions speak louder than words.

　　C. A long journey begins with a single step.

　　D. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　3. What do you think the author will do next?

　　A. He will fill out the applications one after another.

　　B. He will go to the college that he dreams of.

　　C. He will throw away all the envelopes.

　　D. He will eat up the green beans.

　　【参考答案】1—3、B C A