2017届高考英语一轮复习阅读理解解析版汇编：28（含解析）

　　2017高考英语阅读理解解析版汇编（28）

　　（2017高考训练）阅读理解。

　　Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.

　　At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too many people in society are using smartphones while driving and as a result, they get into car crashes. 34 percent of teenagers admit to texting while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. People's attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.

　　Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face­to­face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.

　　As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their messages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is preventing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face­to­face, but it is also lowering society's ability to communicate.

　　1.The purpose of this text is to ________.

　　A.call for an end to use the smartphone while driving

　　B.appeal to us to pay attention to communication skills

　　C.express a concern about the overuse of the smartphone

　　D.advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone

　　2.The second paragraph is developed by ________.

　　A.giving examples

　　B.listing figures

　　C.comparing facts

　　D.analyzing the effects

　　3.The author advocates us to make new friends ________.

　　A.by using smartphones

　　B.in a face­to­face way

　　C.in different ways

　　D.under a free circumstance

　　4.Over­dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that ________.

　　A.parties and gatherings limit their social circle

　　B.people are more and more narrow­minded

　　C.people's communication skills are weakened

　　D.face­to­face communication becomes less important

　　语篇解读：人们在参加聚会开车的时候也在用智能手机发短信这极大地影响了人与人之间的交流甚至导致事故的发生解析：选C　主旨大意题全文通过描述人们在社交或开车的时候埋头玩智能手机的现象指出了这一现象背后值得思考的话题：智能手机的过度使用已影响到了人们的日常生活和交流作者对此表示担忧因此选C解析：选A　写作手法题第二段介绍了人们使用智能手机的情况比如聚会上开车时并提到了开车时使用智能手机发短信的青少年的比例因此该段是通过举例子来阐述其观点的解析：选B　细节理解题根据第三段的最后两句 “In addition, relying on our

　　smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world.Face­to­face conversations

　　will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run”可知作者提倡面对面交朋友而不是通过智能手机因此选B解析：选C　细节理解题由最后一段中的“The quality of this technology is preventing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication”可知对智能手机过于依赖会削弱交流的价值因此选C阅读理解

　　There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip (说闲话) as much as the British.If prying into other’s lives were an Olympic sport，then Team GB would surely take the gold medal.

　　And when the British can’t watch the lives of real people with glee，they have another source of entertainment to fall back on—the soap opera.British soap operas are very different to US TV dramas.For one，they are normally longer running.The two most popular，Coronation Street and Eastenders，have been running for 48 and 24 years respectively.Both are broadcast several times a week，so remarkably there have been more than 7,000 episodes of Coronation Street.

　　The most obvious difference is that，unlike US dramas，the British soap operas focus on the real world.There is little glamour，the stars are rarely rich，and they normally have boring jobs.Perhaps the appeal is that the lives of the characters often mirror the lives of the audience—but with some drama added.This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.

　　Because these soap operas last for decades，the cast is ever changing.The shows rarely focus on one or two main characters.Like the real world，people come and go all the time.However，there are exceptions.Coronation Street’s William Roach,76，has played the role of Ken Barlow since the very first episode of the show in 1960，and he is still a regular.

　　The choice of which soap opera you follow is often cultural：People from the north of British tend to watch Coronation Street as it is set in Manchester.People from the south generally prefer East­enders，which is set in the east of London.The show is generally considered grittier and is aimed at a younger audience.

　　语篇解读　本文主要介绍了什么是英国的肥皂剧、英国肥皂剧与美国电视剧的区别、英国肥皂剧的主要特点以及英国人喜欢看英国肥皂剧的主要原因。

　　1．What does this passage mainly talk about?

　　A．British people like to know things about other people.

　　B．British team can get Olympic gold medals.

　　C．What is British soap opera.

　　D．People in the north like different things from the people in the south.

　　解析　主旨大意题。文章的第二段的第一句话是全文的中心句，全文都是围绕英国的“soap opera”展开叙述的，告诉读者什么是英国的肥皂剧。C项符合文章大意，故答案选C。

　　答案　C

　　2．What is the main difference between American dramas and British soap operas?

　　A．American dramas are longer.

　　B．British soap operas are longer.

　　C．American dramas deal with dangerous things.

　　D．British soap operas deal with real people.

　　解析　细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第一句话可知，英国肥皂剧与美国电视剧最大的不同在于英国肥皂剧关注的是现实世界。D项最符合文意，故答案选D。

　　答案　D

　　3．Why do British people like to watch such operas?

　　A．They can find their own life from the operas.

　　B．They can enjoy the operas in their free time.

　　C．They can watch the operas for many years.

　　D．They care about the fate of the characters in the operas.

　　解析　 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第三、四句话可知，英国人喜欢看这种肥皂剧主要是因为剧中角色的生活反映了他们自己的生活，他们可以从剧中感受到痛苦和幸福。A项最符合文意，故答案选A。

　　答案　A

　　4．The underlined word “episodes” in the 2nd paragraph probably means________.

　　A．plays B．pages　

　　C．issues D．parts

　　解析　词义猜测题。根据上下文可知，“episode”应该意为“(电视连续剧的)一集”。故D项与画线词的意思最接近。

　　答案　D

　　5．One characteristic of British operas is that________.

　　A．the characters play the same role for a long time

　　B．the characters in the play often change

　　C．people don’t know what will happen next

　　D．there is only one or two characters in them

　　解析　细节理解题。根据文章第四段的第一句话可知，因为英国的这些肥皂剧要持续好几十年，所以剧中的演员阵容(the cast)经常发生变化。可见，英国肥皂剧的一个特点就是剧中的角色经常改变。

　　答案　B

　　(选自2016·江西省上饶市模拟)Cotton farmers in some Indian villages are busily buying Coca Cola and Pepsi, believing that the sugar in the fizzy

　　(有泡沫的)

　　drinks kills pests.

　　Farmers say scientists advised them to mix pesticides with a sugary juice to control pests, and they found the mixture cheaper and more effective than pure chemicals —

　　although soft drink makers and scientists dismissed the remarks. N. Hamunayya, who has become a famous person in his village in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, said his crop survived an attack of pests which had resisted other pesticides. “We found that all the colas had uniform effect on pests. The pests became dead and fell to the ground，” he said. He said the drinks had all the elements they needed: they were cheaper, sticky, fizzy, and attracted ants, which ate the young of the pests. But Thinupathi Reddy, assistant director of the Regional Agri Research Station, Guntur, says tests had proved such results wrong. “We conducted some field trials on cotton crop at our research station. There was no obvious productivity or destruction of pests，” he says.

　　Statements from Pepsi and Coca Cola said there was

　　“no scientific basis” for this_practice. But their dealers are enjoying increasing sales. Mantan Wall, who sells soft drinks in 17 villages in the region, said sales rose up, thanks to the farmers. “For the 10 days between August and September I had successful business. Instead of just 30 cases

　　(each containing a dozen one litre bottles) of cola, I started selling almost 200 cases，” he said. “We expected the sales to drop after the news over pesticide residues (残留) in the cola drinks. Now I have to keep extra supply for the cotton farmers，” he said.

　　In February, an Indian environment group made a report saying drinks made by Coca Cola and Pepsi contained pesticides and called for tougher safety standards. The US firms strongly rejected the findings of the New Delhi­based Centre for Science and Environment and said their products were safe.

　　1.Some Indian farmers think the

　　drinks can kill pests because

　　________.

　　A.there is some pesticide left in them

　　B.they are sticky and fizzy

　　C.they have elements that kill pests

　　D.they made the pesticide more effective

　　2.The underlined part

　　“this practice”

　　in Para. 3

　　probably refers to “________”.

　　A.testing the mixture

　　B.selling more drinks in India

　　C.mixing the drinks with the pesticide

　　D.attracting ants to eat the young pests

　　3.The drink makers would not accept the fact that their drinks could kill pests because

　　they

　　________.

　　A.thought it went against science

　　B.believed that the farmers didn't tell the truth

　　C.might fear that it could bring harm to their business

　　D.insisted that no poison was left in their products

　　4.The writer's purpose of writing this passage is to

　　________.

　　A.tell an interesting incident

　　B.warn people that some drinks might be dangerous to health

　　C.suggest using Coca Cola to kill pests

　　D.announce a new discovery of Coca Cola

　　1．解析：选D　推理判断题根据文章第二段的“He said the drinks had all the elements they needed: they were cheaper, sticky, fizzy, and attracted ants, which ate the young of the pests.”可推断出可乐可帮助杀虫剂更有效故选D2．解析：选C　词义猜测题根据文章第二段“mix pesticides with a sugary juice to control pests”可知this practice所叙述的是这件事第三段正是因为这件事才带来了该地区经销商的销量大增故选C3．解析：选C　推理判断题根据文章最后一段的“The US firms strongly rejected the findings of the New Delhi­based Centre for Science and Environment and said their products were safe.”推断他们担心这件事会给他们的生意带来危害故选C4．解析：选A　写作目的题通读全文并根据作者写这段短文的语气推断作者在讲述一件有趣的小事可乐中竟然有杀虫剂故选A阅读理解

　　The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Then，suddenly，the interviewer asks an unexpected question，“Which is more important，law or Dove？”

　　Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

　　Employers want people skilled，enthusiastic and devoted.So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In response，employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality.

　　The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Keirsey Personality Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.This is often called an aptitude test (能力倾向测验)．

　　According to Mark Baldwin many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.

　　This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma.Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest.But they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.

　　【语篇解读　本文讲述了现代企业招聘面试中的能力倾向测试并为求职者提供了回答此类问题的技巧。

　　1．The writer wrote the passage to________.

　　A．give you a piece of advice on a job interview

　　B．tell you how to meet a job interviewer

　　C．describe the aptitude test

　　D．advice you how to find a job

　　解析　写作目的题。通读全文可知，本文意在为面试者提供建议。

　　答案　A

　　2．Why do the interviewers ask such questions?

　　A．They want to discover what the interviewees know.

　　B．They are curious about the answers.

　　C．They try to discover the ability of the interviewees solving problems.

　　D．They just ask questions without thinking much.

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第四段中的“It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.”可知答案为C项。

　　答案　C

　　3．According to the writer，in an aptitude test，Chinese job applicants should________.

　　A．not tell the truth

　　B．learn to tell what they really think

　　C．be more enthusiastic

　　D．try to find out what the examiner really want to know

　　解析　细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句“Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.”可知，在能力倾向测验中，求职者应该给出一个诚实的答案。

　　答案　B

　　4．From the passage we know that________.

　　A．job applicants are always asked such questions

　　B．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

　　C．applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner

　　D．the aptitude test is becoming popular worldwide

　　解析　推理判断题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，西方的求职者们不断发现他们被问到类似这样的奇怪问题，而且有迹象表明这种情况在中国也开始出现。由此可推知D项正确。

　　答案　D

　　“Have a nice day！” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless expression. When my friend Maxie says “Have a nice day” with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.

　　“Have_a_nice_day. Next！” This version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door. The words come out in the same tone (腔调) with a fixed procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else's is the management's attempt to increase business.

　　The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes the expression saves us when we don't know what to say. “Oh, you just had a tooth out? I'm terribly sorry, but have a nice day.”

　　The expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says “Have a nice day” to you, you may find it heart­warming because someone you don't know has tried to be nice to you.

　　Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it's nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don't care all that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.

　　1.How does the author understand Maxie's words?

　　A.Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.

　　B.Maxie really wishes the author a good day.

　　C.Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.

　　D.Maxie really worries about the author's security.

　　2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

　　A.The salesgirl is rude.

　　B.The salesgirl is bored.

　　C.The salesgirl cares about me.

　　D.The salesgirl says the words as a routine.

　　3.By saying “Have a nice day”， a stranger may________.

　　A.try to be polite to you

　　B.express respect to you

　　C.give his blessing to you

　　D.share his pleasure with you

　　4.What is the best title of the passage?

　　A.Have a Nice Day — a Social Custom

　　B.Have a Nice Day — a Pleasant Gesture

　　C.Have a Nice Day — a Heart­warming Greeting

　　D.Have a Nice Day — a Polite Ending of a Conversation

　　1．解析：选B　细节理解题。由文章第一段的第二句可知Maxie在祝愿作者一天开心。2．解析：选D　细节理解题。由第二段中“The words come out in the same tone (腔调)

　　with a fixed procedure.”一句可知女销售员说“Have a nice day”是一种形式。

　　3．解析：选A　推理判断题。由第四段中“someone you don't know has tried to be nice to you”可知陌生人是在尽量礼貌地对待你。

　　4．解析：选A　标题归纳题。通览全文及结合文章最后一段的第一句中“Although the use of the expression is an insincere，meaningless social custom at times”，可知简单的一句“Have a nice day”已经成为一种交际习惯。