2016届湖北武汉高考英语阅读理解二轮基础训练（19）（含答案）

　　2016年湖北武汉高考英语阅读理解二轮基础训练（19）（含答案）

　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻).

　　Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

　　Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

　　Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

　　The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

　　“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”

　　1. The first paragraph is mainly to _________.

　　A. inform us of the importance to marry a prince

　　B. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

　　C. build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream

　　D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

　　2. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _________.

　　A. is badly treated by the stepmother

　　B. is brave in expressing her love

　　C. has a dream of meeting a prince

　　D. is embarrassed by the pop singer

　　3. What can we infer from the passage?

　　A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class.

　　B. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.

　　C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.

　　D. Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.

　　4. What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?

　　A. The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairytale.

　　B. The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.

　　C. The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.

　　D. The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it.

　　5. The passage is mainly about _________.

　　A. an introduction to Mary Santiago

　　B. a review about a film

　　C. an essay about dreams

　　D. an advertisement of Cinderella

　　【参考答案】1—5、CABDB

　　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。

　　People can write many things about this life. In this case, precious moments become the compositions of history. What about you? People should learn from each other, thus they need to read the latest news. It is really interesting to spend your spare time and start your day in the morning. How can you get the information? You will never run out of choices, since there are many different resources to read out there. You can say hello to the world by clicking the mouse on your computer and you can also read the daily newspaper in your patio (庭院).

　　However, Internet offers fast and effective solutions for the readers. Reading the news on the Internet is just a simple task to do. If you are a mobile person, it is impossible for you to bring the computer and mouse. So, several digital devices are accessible to meet your needs of latest information. You have iPad, smart phone and some other possible solutions. They are your best friends to gain the information about every single thing which has happened in certain part of the world.

　　Now, it’s time to find the most reliable source. You can easily find the amount of websites on the Internet. They offer news and information about many different things, but only few of them will answer your questions. The reliable and accurate sources will let you read and think further about certain news and information. Definitely, you should find the site with various popular categories of news. There should be some categories such as business, sports and technology. Where should you go now?

　　You will find the answer at News Daily Spot and get the complete information about other issues. For you who love to know more about celebrity and biography, feel free to read the biography (传记) of several celebrities, such as Kourtney Kardashian. Read the news and see the face of the world today.

　　1. What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A. Many ways exist for us to know about the world.

　　B. Newspaper plays an important part in our daily life.

　　C. The Internet shortens the distance between people.

　　D. The Internet helps people get more information about the world.

　　2. You are always on business, so　.

　　A. it is convenient for you to carry a desktop computer

　　B. you’d better carry several digital devices

　　C. an iPad will benefit you a lot

　　D. you only read newspapers every day

　　3. Why does the author say “it’s time to find the most reliable source”?

　　A. You must find the reliable and accurate information.

　　B. You can get all answers to any questions.

　　C. Various websites will offer the same things.

　　D. You should use your head to think over after reading.

　　4. The purpose of the author is　.

　　A. to get us to know more about the usage of Internet

　　B. to advertise for News Daily Spot

　　C. to draw attention to News Daily Spot

　　D. to introduce more famous people

　　5. Why does the author mention Kourtney Kardashian?

　　A. To stress he is the most famous in the world.

　　B. To introduce the all-sidedness of the website.

　　C. To give answers to the questions above.

　　D. To show off the celebrities of the world.

　　【参考答案】1—5、DCDCB

　　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。A beer bottle thrown from the stands landed near Usain Bolt in the moments before the 100-meter final Sunday night in London.

　　As Bolt and seven other competitors ducked into their starting crouches, a bottle sailed from the first row of the stands at Olympic Stadium.

　　It harmlessly bounced in the lane belonging to Yohan Blake and didn’t appear to cause a distraction(分心) to the runners, who started a moment later. The thrower’s lack of distance was a blessing. Had he gathered tips from the competitors of the hammer throw(链球) competition, which was taking place in the infield at the same time as the 100 final, the bottle could have hit one of the competitors. It ended up landing a few feet from Blake (lane5).

　　Edith Bosch, a female Dutch judoka who won a bronze medal earlier during the Olympics, claimed that the man who threw the bottle was sitting near her and that she “beat” him. Whether that’s true or the hyperbole (夸张的语句) of an aggravated athlete was unclear in the minutes after the incident. Pictures show a group of Dutch athletes sitting behind the starting area.

　　Police took the man into custody(监护). He will appear in court on Monday morning.

　　Neither Bolt nor Blake said they knew of the incident until they were informed by reporters. “I don’t know who would have done that,” Bolt said.

　　Gatlin was aware of it but implied it was only a slight distraction. “I didn’t know what it was,” he said, according to the BBC, “but when you’re in those blocks, the whole stadium is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop.”

　　1.How many exact athletes are mentioned in the text?

　　A. Two

　　B. Four

　　C. Seven

　　D. Eleven

　　2.What is the text mainly about?

　　A. Usain Bolt along with seven other competitors

　　B. A female Dutch judoka sitting behind the starting area.

　　C. The lane belonging to Yohan Blake before 100 final.

　　D. A beer bottle thrown at Usain Bolt before 100 final.

　　3.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the athletes for the 100-meter final?

　　A. Critical

　　B. Doubtful

　　C. Disapproving

　　D. Positive

　　参考答案1-3、BDD

　　【由江西省吉安一中2016模拟改编】

　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Historians usually just study great things that happened in the past time, but Drew Faust has made history! On February 11, 2007, Faust was named president of Harvard University. She is the first woman to hold the position in the school’s 371-year history.

　　“I am a historian,” she said. “I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the past, and about how it shapes the future. No university in the country, perhaps the world, has as remarkable a past as Harvard’s.”

　　“And our common enterprise is to make Harvard’s future even more remarkable than its past. That will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well. It will also mean recognizing what we don’t do as well as we should, and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better.”

　　It is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas that have given Drew success in a world controlled by men. “This is a man’s world, my girl, and the sooner you learn that, the better off you’ll be.” Drew Faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young, but she didn’t buy it.

　　Faust grew up in a well-off family in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in the 1950s. Even then, she was a trailblazer(先驱). A conversation with her family’s black handyman (零工) and driver inspired her to write a letter, on school notebook paper, to President Dwight Eisenhower.

　　She asked that he help bring US citizens together in the south, a much divided part of the country at the time.

　　“Drew Faust is a historian with her eyes on the future,” said Susan Graham, a professor of Harvard. Many of the university’s schools said that they believe Harvard will have a brighter future under the leadership of Drew Faust.

　　1. Why does the writer say Drew Faust has made history?

　　A. Because she is a historian.

　　B. Because she was president of Harvard University.

　　C. Because she was the first woman to be president of Harvard University.

　　D. Because Harvard has a remarkable past

　　2. What do we know about historians?

　　A. They usually study great things that happened in the past.

　　B. They are usually presidents of universities.

　　C. They are usually born in well-off families.

　　D. They are usually women.

　　3. What does the underlined word “buy” in the fourth paragraph mean?

　　A. accept

　　B. expect

　　C. purchase

　　D. afford

　　4. What did her mother mean by saying “This is a man’s world, my girl...”?

　　A. To encourage her to do man’s work.

　　B. To tell her to do things as a girl should do.

　　C. To ask her to be well-off.

　　D. To expect her to be a historian.

　　5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　A. Faust was born in the north of the US.

　　B. She wrote a letter to President Eisenhower when she became president of Harvard.

　　C. Faust’s desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success.

　　D. Historians just care about great things that happened in the past.

　　【参考答案】1—5、CAABC

　　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。

　　A Train Floating On Air

　　A train that floats on air? It’s not magic — it’s magnets (磁). And it’s close to reality.

　　In Virginia USA the fall of 2002, a train with no wheels traveled on air and carried college students across their campus. In Japan, a whisper-quiet railway engine hovered and raced at 350 miles per hour using magnets and electricity as the power. And in China, a magnet train line linked Shanghai with nearby Pudong Airport.

　　These trains use magnetic levitation (悬浮) technology, “maglev” for short. They use the same rules as the magnets you pick up at home or school: opposite poles of magnets attract each other, and like poles repel each other.

　　How does it work?

　　Powerful magnets on the bottom of the train repel magnets on the track, which is actually just a magnet-filled guiding way. With a magnetic field of sufficient force, the train will go hovering on air, which seemed impossible to us in the past.

　　When an electrical current is sent through the track, the train moves. Turn the current backwards and the train slows down.

　　Maglev doesn’t rely on the friction (摩擦力) of wheels on track, so it can climb a much steeper hill than a traditional train. And it can travel easily in snow and ice, something that could bring normal trains to a screaming stop.

　　1. This passage is about　.

　　A. maglevB. magnetsC. levitationD. electricity

　　2. Which of the following is a repelling action?

　　A. ⇨⇦ B. ⇦⇨ C. ⇧⇧ D. ⇩⇩

　　3. What can we learn from the text?

　　A. A magnet-filled guiding way is formed inside a maglev train.

　　B. Instead of electricity, magnets are used as the power of a maglev.

　　C. Maglev trains can climb hills with the help of magnet wheels.

　　D. Electric currents decide the movements of a maglev train.

　　4. What is the difference between a maglev train and an ordinary train?

　　A. A maglev train can climb mountains without power while an ordinary one can’t.

　　B. A maglev train can travel in college campus while an ordinary train is not allowed.

　　C. Traveling without a track, a maglev train is safer and smoother than an ordinary one.

　　D. Floating on a track, a maglev train is faster, quieter than an ordinary railway train.

　　【参考答案】1—4、ABDD