2016届湖南长沙市高考英语二轮阅读理解训练（42）（含答案）

　　湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（42）及答案

　　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。

　　You know how wonderful you are，and you know that others know how wonderful you are，but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy？For most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of your friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship.When this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do，but the good news is that there is.Don't let jealousy spoil your relationships.Tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.

　　It can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is，but if you want to save your friendship you'll have to do just that.Don't approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited)，just take some time alone with them and let them know that you've been feeling like there's been something coming between you.If they refuse to respond，then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling.Chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well.

　　When you figure out what is annoying your friend，ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better.If，for example，(s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesn't get to spend any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from the swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block off one day a week for just the two of you.Remember，though，that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise.Don't limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy.Try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out.

　　Even the best of friendships can be tinged by jealousy.This destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies.Before taking extreme action，chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise.If you can't，be prepared to know exactly how far you will go to keep your friend and how far you won't.

　　【语篇解读】 本文是关于人际关系的话题。尤其是青少年朋友之间会因为嫉妒而使相互间的友谊被破坏，本文着重讲述如何处理被朋友嫉妒及处理过程中可能遇到的困难。

　　1．According to the author，the jealousy emotion is ________.

　　A．normal

　　B．productive

　　C．destructive

　　D．extreme

　　解析　细节理解题。由第一段第二句．..that this jealousy is hurting your friendship.可知。

　　答案　C

　　．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to confront your friend when jealousy happens?

　　A．Walking up to him/her and asking him/her why he/she is jealous of you.

　　B．Walking up to him/her and asking him/her what the problem is.

　　C．Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know how you feel.

　　D．Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know you think there's something coming between you.

　　解析　细节理解题。由第二段第二句Don't approach them and ask why they are jealous of you可知。

　　答案　A

　　．What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

　　A．There's always a solution to solve the problem of jealousy.

　　B．Jealousy can turn best friends into worst enemies.

　　C．You may lose a friend to keep your own gifts，chances or selfdevelopment.

　　D．You should go a long way with your friend to work out a solution

　　解析　推理判断题。

　　答案　C

　　．The purpose of the passage is ________.

　　A．to explain what causes jealousy

　　B．to offer some advice on making friends

　　C．to introduce the way to cope with a jealous friend

　　D．to explain how destructive the jealous emotion is

　　解析　作者意图题。通读全文可知，本文的写作目的是介绍处理有嫉妒心朋友的方法。

　　答案　C

　　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。

　　Like distance runners on measured course, all of us will move through time in a roughly predictable pattern.

　　In the first stage of our lives, we develop and grow, reaching toward the top of physical vitality (energy).

　　After we grow up, however, the body begins a process of gradually wearing out.

　　A new awareness of physical fitness may help lengthen our years of health and vitality, yet nothing we do will work to stop the unavoidable force of aging.

　　Most of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body. The lungs become less able to take in oxygen. Powerful muscles gradually lose their strength. The heart loses power and pumps less blood. Bones grow easier to break.

　　Finally, we meet a stress, a stress that is greater than our physical resistance. Often, it is only a minor accident or chance infection (a disease caused by virus), but this time, it brings life to an end.

　　In 1932, a classic experiment nearly doubled the lifetime of rats, simply by cutting back the calories (unit for measuring the energy value of food)in their diet. The reason for the effect was then unknown.

　　Today, at the University of California at Berkley, Dr. Paul Seagle has also greatly lengthened the normal lifetime of rats. The result was achieved through a special protein (蛋白质)limited diet, which had a great effect on the chemistry of the brain. Seagle showed that within the brain, specific chemicals control many of the signals that influence aging. By changing that chemical balance, the clock of aging can be reset.

　　For the first time, the mystery (something that is difficult to understand or to explain)of why we age is being seriously challenged. Scientists in many fields are now making striking and far-reaching discoveries.

　　An average lifetime lasts 75 years, yet in each of us lies a potential for a longer life. If we could keep the vitality and resistance to disease that we have at twenty, we would live for 800 years.

　　1. What does the underlined word “it”refer to?

　　A. Physical vitality.B. Stress.C. Aging.D. Physical resistance.

　　2. The author believes the following EXCEPT that ______.　

　　A. human’s life pattern is predictable

　　B. physical fitness can’t stop the force of aging

　　C. human’s lifetime will last longer than 75 years

　　D. all of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body

　　3. How did Dr Paul Seagle lengthen the lifetime of rats in his experiment?

　　A. By limiting the protein in their diet.

　　B. By cutting the calories in their diet.

　　C. By resetting their clock of aging.

　　D. By keeping their physical fitness.

　　4. What is probably the best title for the article?

　　A. Two Great Experiments.

　　B. The Mystery of Human Life.

　　C. Ways to Lengthen Human Life.

　　D. The Breakthrough in the Study of Aging.

　　【参考答案】1—4、BDAD

　　2016高考训练题。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。

　　One of the most popular American singers of the twentieth century was Elvis Presley. He made the rock’ n’ roll music popular all over the world. He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960s.

　　Elvis Presley was born in a poor family in 1935. His parents were simple country people who often took him to church ,where he learned to sing, and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child.

　　When he was young, Elvis moved from Toledo to Memphis in Tennessee, where he attended high school, but he was not a good student. His only real interest was singing. He began to sing in the style that is called “country and western”.

　　In 1955 he recorded some songs for his mother’s birthday. The people at the recording studio liked his singing and his music. It was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the music which black people used to sing in the American South. It was called “blues”.

　　Shortly after that, Elvis met Tom Parker, who became his manger and arranged concerts for him across the United States and new recording as well. Soon Elvis became famous around the country. Later Elvis went to Hollywood and began to appear in films such as Love Me Tender and King Creole.

　　But Elvis found it difficult to live with success, Like many other famous people, he began to take drugs and his health started to suffer. When he died at an early age of 42 in 1977, millions of his fans were shocked, ”The King Is Dead!” the newspaper said. But today his memory and his music live on and will always be remembered as the King of Rock’ n’ roll.

　　1.

　　From the passage, we can see ____________.

　　A. the church songs didn’t help Elvis develop his own style.

　　B. the church songs helped Elvis develop his singing

　　C. Elvis didn’t get any help from his parents

　　D. Elvis forgot his church music at a later age.

　　2.

　　Who was Tom Parker?

　　A. A manager of a bank.

　　B. A famous singer.

　　C. Elvis’ manager.

　　D. Elvis’ best friend since childhood.

　　3

　　What caused Elvis’ death?

　　A. His taking the drugs.

　　B. His singing too much.

　　C. His parents’ death.

　　D. Tom Parker’s help.

　　4.

　　What was Elvis’ music style like most?

　　A. Only country and western.

　　B. Only country and blues.

　　C. Both western and church music.

　　D. Not only country and western but also a bit “blues”.

　　参考答案1—4、BCAD

　　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。

　　Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day's events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

　　When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well－equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera.During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across.I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand.The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows.I automatically took out my pen...

　　At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

　　Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful.I'm no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old.I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.

　　I don't want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes.Maybe I won't have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I'll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.I don't live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.

　　1．Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of________.

　　A．observing her school routine

　　B．expressing her satisfaction

　　C．impressing her classmates

　　D．preserving her history

　　解析　细节理解题。由文章第一段的最后一句话“After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past？”可知，我认为通过看过去经历的记录是保存过去的一种方式，故选D项。

　　答案　D

　　．What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary?

　　A．A dull night on the journey.

　　B．The beauty of the great valley.

　　C．A striking quotation from a book.

　　D．Her concerns for future generations.

　　解析　细节理解题。由第三段的第一句话“At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.”可知，山谷的美让我意识到没有什么能比得上让自己去体验美。故选B项。

　　答案　B

　　．What does the author put in her diary now?

　　A．Notes and beautiful pictures.

　　B．Special thoughts and feelings.

　　C．Detailed accounts of daily activities.

　　D．Descriptions of unforgettable events.

　　解析　细节理解题。由第四段第一句话“Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.”可知现在“我”只把一些特殊想法和感受写在日记里，故正确答案为B项。

　　答案　B

　　．The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is________.

　　A．to experience it

　　B．to live the present in the future

　　C．to make memories

　　D．to give accurate representations of it

　　解析　细节理解题。由最后一段的最后一句“I don't live to make memories...I just live，and the memories form themselves”可知A项正确，C项不正确；由第四段最后一句“I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera，busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.”可知B项错误。由最后一段第二句话“Maybe I won't have as many exact representations of people and places；maybe I'll forget certain facts，but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.”可知D项错误。

　　答案　A