2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习：63（含解析）

　　广西来宾市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解专练（63）含答案

　　阅读理解(2017·吉林省长春市高中毕业班第一次调研测试)

　　When was the last time you did something really fun with one of your parents—just the two of you?

　　Parents who take their young children to music，swimming and art classes often stop arranging such activities once their kids are older and in school all day.But it doesn’t have to be that way.Doing something enjoyable with your kids just might make you look at each other in a whole new way，especially if you do it through a class or an event.When parent and child become students together，it puts them on the same level，at least for a while.

　　“I really like parents to come to class with their kids—they start sharing things and talking about what they’re doing and what they like，” said art teacher Pyper Dixon.

　　However，finding something new in common is a big

　　choice for them，especially when kids get involved in sports and other after­school activities.But it’s possible to learn a new skill or hobby together.

　　That’s certainly true of Lauren,11，from Silver Spring，who is in Dixon’s class with her father，Dennis.“I was just going to drop her off，” Dennis said，“but Dixon persuaded me to stay.”

　　Now Lauren gets to nag her father about doing his art homework.“He always leaves it to the last minute，” she said.“But then he’ll turn around to do amazing drawings，”

　　she added.“We have different styles of drawing，so it’s interesting

　　to talk it over with him.”

　　Without the Saturday morning art class，Dennis said，he

　　would be reading the paper，and Lauren would be on her own in her room or on the computer.But they talk more now.“I can’t think of an experience where you communicate with your kid so closely，” he said.

　　1．The author raises the question at the beginning to________.

　　A．expect an answer

　　B．criticize some parents

　　C．introduce the topicD．support his argument

　　2．What does Dixon think is the benefit of parent and child studying art together?

　　A．They will become equal.

　　B．They will communicate more.

　　C．The child will learn art much better.

　　D．The parent will learn something new.

　　3．The underlined word “nag” in the text probably means________.

　　A．urgeB．help

　　C．ignore D．teach

　　4．We can learn from the text that________.

　　A．Lauren used to talk a lot with her father

　　B．Dennis enjoys studying art with Lauren

　　C．Lauren dislikes her father’s drawings

　　D．Dennis likes playing computer games

　　【参考答案】阅读理解

　　语篇解读　父母应与孩子一起参与有意义的活动，通过和孩子一起学习、运动等，可以增加与孩子交流的机会，从而增进感情。

　　1．解析：　篇章结构题。作者在第一段提出问题后，紧接着在第二段提出自己的观点，因此第一段提出问题是为了引出要讨论的话题，故选C。

　　答案：　C

　　2．解析：　细节理解题。根据第三段中Pyper Dixon所说的“they start sharing things and talking about what they’re doing and what they like”可知，Dixon认为父母同孩子一起上美术课的好处是可以增进交流。

　　答案：　B

　　3．解析：　词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的“He always leaves it to the last minute”可知，Lauren的父亲总是拖着不做作业，此处表示Lauren敦促父亲完成作业。

　　答案：　A

　　4．解析：　推理判断题。根据最后一段的最后两句话可知，Dennis喜欢与Lauren一起上美术课。

　　答案：　B

　　Now scientists believe that global warming affects hibernating animals, causing them to wake up earlier. While this may seem a little concern, it is in fact a significant environmental problem. The shortened hibernation period could actually lead to significant declines in the population of several species.

　　Some of the first concrete evidence of the phenomenon came from Colorado, where researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological lab have been observing marmot(旱獭)hibernation behavior since the 1970s. In the early days of their studies, marmots generally hibernated several weeks into the month of May. Nowadays, however, temperatures in the area have risen by 2. 5 degrees Fahrenheit, and the marmots wake up about a month earlier.

　　At least the marmots are still hibernating. Several other animals have not been hibernating at all recently. Brown bears in the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains did not hibernate last year. In parts of the United States, chipmunks(花鼠)also skipped the hibernation period. The bears seem to have survived without losing many individuals. The chipmunks, however, were not so lucky. Many of the animals died of starvation during the winter.

　　The problem with animals waking up early, or skipping hibernation altogether, lies with the creatures’ metabolism(新陈代谢). When the animals hibernate, their metabolism drops significantly. The animals’ heart rate slows, and they require very little energy to live. When the animals awake from their winter slumber, their metabolism returns to normal.

　　But while their metabolism may be as active as it was before hibernation, food sources aren’t as available as they were before. A marmot may wake up when temperatures get warmer, thinking it’s spring, but plants will not have got the amount of sun they need to signal their spring period of growth. So until the plants grow, the marmots have no reliable food source.

　　Many scientists believe the problem will continue to get worse. In addition to changes in hibernation patterns, some believe that other animals will also begin to change their migration patterns or begin to give birth earlier. For many biologists, that’s a scary prospect. Terry Root, an animal expert at Stanford University, said, “I do think what we will be facing is the extinction of many species. ”

　　【文章大意】全球变暖带来的连锁反应是多方面的, 其中之一就是导致一些冬眠动物的冬眠期缩短, 这会给这些动物带来巨大的影响。

　　1. What is the viewpoint of the writer?

　　A. Global warming will continue to get worse as time goes on.

　　B. Global warming will lead to shortened hibernation of some animals.

　　C. Shortened hibernation will result in declines in the population of animals.

　　D. Some animals will skip hibernation altogether.

　　【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第一段最后一句话可知答案为C。

　　2. The writer sets the example of the marmot so as to　.

　　A. explain that global warming influences animals’ hibernation

　　B. indicate that the weather gets warmer and warmer now

　　C. show that the weather in the United States is quite different

　　D. say some animals do not hibernate now due to warm weather

　　【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话可知作者是想借这个例子来说明全球变暖使得动物的冬眠期缩短了。

　　. The underlined word“slumber”in the fourth paragraph means“　”.

　　A. weatherB. activityC. nestD. sleep

　　【解析】选D。词义猜测题。联系本句中的awake from可知答案为D项。

　　. Why can’t marmots find enough food when they wake up?

　　A. Because there are too many marmots in the wild now.

　　B. Because plants haven’t received enough sunlight for spring growth.

　　C. Because winter days end much earlier than before.

　　D. Because more and more animal species skip hibernation now.

　　【解析】选B。细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的but plants will not have got the amount of sun they need to signal their spring period of growth可知答案为B项。

　　9. Terry Root holds a(n)　attitude towards the future of animals.

　　A. optimistic

　　B. doubtful

　　C. pessimistic

　　D. sensitive

　　【解析】选C。观点态度题。根据文章最后一句话I do think what we will be facing is the extinction of many species. 可以看出他是持悲观态度。

　　阅读理解 (2017·合肥模拟)

　　In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging and prolong life: their friends.

　　Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship and social networks in overall health. A 10-year Australian study found that older people with a large circle of friends were 22 percent less likely to die during the study period than those with fewer friends. A large 2007 study showed an increase of nearly 60 percent in the risk for obesity among people whose friends gained weight. And last year, Harvard researchers reported that strong social ties could promote brain health as we age.

　　“In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t well appreciated, ”said Rebecca G. Adams, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. “There are a lot of things on families and marriage, but very little on friendship. It baffles me. Friendship has a bigger impact on our psychological well-being than family relationships. ”

　　Bella DePaulo, a visiting psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, whose work focuses on single people and friendships, notes that in many studies, friendship has an even greater effect on health than a spouse or a family member.

　　It isn’t entirely clear why friendship has such a big effect. It may be because people with strong social ties also have better access to health services and care. Beyond that, however, friendship clearly has a profound psychological effect. People with strong friendships are less likely than others to get colds, perhaps because they have lower stress levels.

　　Last year, researchers studied 34 students at the University of Virginia, taking them to the base of a steep hill and fitting them with a weighted backpack. They were then asked to estimate the steepness of the hill. Some participants stood next to friends during the exercise, while others were alone.

　　The students who stood with friends gave lower estimates of the steepness of the hill. And the longer the friends had known each other, the less steep the hill appeared.

　　“People with stronger friendship networks feel like there is someone they can turn to, ”said Karen A. Roberto, director of the center for gerontology(老年医学)at Virginia Tech. “Friendship is an undervalued resource. The consistent message of these studies is that friends make your life better. ”

　　【文章大意】如何保持身心健康? 相信每个人对此都很感兴趣并能给出自己的答案。本文作者向我们介绍了一个有利于身心健康的, 很重要又长期被人们忽视的因素——友谊。

　　1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

　　A. People should make friends as many as possible.

　　B. Friendships do great good to human health.

　　C. People with friends have an optimistic attitude.

　　D. Several studies have been done on friendships.

　　【解析】选B。主旨大意题。文章通过几个研究结果说明友谊在促进人类身心健康方面作用巨大。

　　2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. People haven’t attached importance to friendships.

　　B. A friend can replace doctors and self-help books.

　　C. People with many friends may have higher stress levels.

　　D. People who have friends tend to be fat.

　　【解析】选A。细节理解题。从文章第三段可知, 人们尚未认识到友谊对人们身心健康的重要性。其他选项均与原文信息不符。

　　3. The author mentioned the study in the last three paragraphs to indicate that　.

　　A. students should climb the steep hill with friends

　　B. it takes a long time to make friends

　　C. a friend in need is a friend indeed

　　D. people accompanied by friends remain optimistic in the face of difficulty

　　【解析】选D。推理判断题。倒数第二段中“The students who stood with friends gave lower estimates of the steepness of the hill. ”表明与朋友在一起的学生估计出来的坡度更小, 这意味着他们面对困难能保持相对乐观的心态。

　　4. In Paragraph 2 the author aims to tell us　.

　　A. friendship has a strong physical effect on people’s health

　　B. we cannot be too careful when making friends

　　C. older people are likely to have fewer friends

　　D. 60 percent of the people without friends will become fat when they get old

　　【解析】选A。段落大意题。根据本段开头(主题句)可知答案。而且主题句后的三个研究结论都与“友谊影响身体健康”有关。

　　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。We often smile at times. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view:

　　In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other, this nonverbal communication shows being friendly in the United States. However，in China, smiling is not only an expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid being embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer（嘲笑）. For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

　　When a person from the United States might blush（脸红）with embarrassment or become offensive, a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling appropriately. Related to the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different meanings about laugh. For example, Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions. However, most Chinese seldom laugh that way because they are thought to be silly except among close friends.

　　1. We can use smile to express all of the following feelings except_________,

　　A. joy and happiness

　　B. amusement

　　C. embarrassment

　　D. fear

　　2. People often smile at each other in the United States because_________.

　　A. they are very happy

　　B. they want to show they are friendly

　　C. they want to hide their true feelings

　　D. they want to avoid embarrassment

　　3. In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an adult will smile in order to ________.

　　A. laugh at him

　　B. avoid his own embarrassment

　　C. avoid embarrassment and encourage the boy

　　D. show his politeness

　　4. What is mainly talked about in the passage?

　　A. People smile at times.

　　B. Smiling can express different feelings depending on different cultures.

　　C. Americans are more open and friendly than Chinese people.

　　D. The Chinese people often hide their true feelings.

　　参考答案1—4、DBCB