2017届湖北省黄冈市高考英语阅读理解二轮精练：36（含解析）

　　湖北黄冈市2017高考英语阅读理解二轮精练（36）及（解析）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。

　　“Mum，what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet(衣橱)？” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet？” her mother paused thoughtfully, “Well, it's something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad's

　　family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a skeleton in his family's closet’. He really wouldn't want any neighbor to konw about it.”

　　“Why pick on my family？” Jessica's father said with anger. “Your family history isn't so good, you know. Wasn't your great­great­grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes？” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now，” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.

　　After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica's parents were still quite angry with each other.

　　Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica's closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica's mother sank into a faint(晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.

　　“What happened? Where am I？” she asked. “You just destroyed the school's skeleton, Mum，” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They're both crazy，” she thought.

　　本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个幽默故事。杰西卡问妈妈“衣橱里放骨骼”是什么意思，妈妈解释说那是不为人知的秘密，并以杰西卡爸爸的祖先做例子，引起了杰西卡爸爸的恼火。饭后，杰西卡爸爸依然生气，杰西卡妈妈熨完衣服后把衣服放到衣橱里，结果发现了衣橱里的骨骼而吓昏过去。原来杰西卡为了完成学校的健康计划，把骨骼带回了家并放在了衣橱里。

　　1．According to Jessica's mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.

　　A．a family honor

　　B．a family secret

　　C．a family story

　　D．a family treasure

　　答案：B。细节理解题。由第一段的“it's something that you would rather not have anyone else know about”可知，B项正确。

　　2．What can we learn about some Australians' ancestors from Paragraph 2?

　　A．They were brought to Australia as prisoners.

　　B．They were the earliest people living in Australia.

　　C．They were involved in some crimes in Australia.

　　D．They were not regarded as criminals in their days.

　　答案：A。推理判断题。根据第二段的“but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners”可推断A项正确，即一些澳大利亚人的祖先是被作为犯人带到澳大利亚。

　　3．Jessica's mother fell down into a faint because she was ________.

　　A．knocked

　　B．frightened

　　C．injured

　　D．surprised

　　答案：B。推理判断题。杰西卡的妈妈是看到了衣橱里的骨骼而晕倒的，我们推断应该是吓倒的。

　　4．Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?

　　A．She was curious about it. B．She planned to keep it for fun.

　　C．She needed it for her school task.D．She intended to scare her parents.

　　答案：C。细节理解题。由最后一段的“You just destroyed the school's skeleton...I brought it home to help me with my health project”可知答案C正确。

　　5．Jessica's parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.

　　A．they were crazy

　　B．they were overexcited

　　C．they realized their misunderstanding

　　D．they both thought they had won the quarrel

　　答案：C。推理判断题。通读全文可知，杰西卡的父母误解了杰西卡的意思。

　　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。Modern smart phones are fast becoming the must-have item. But what’s in store for the next generation of smart phones?

　　Tired of carrying around that heavy wallet? Soon you won’t need to! The next generation of smart phones will have NFC technology, which lets you pay for things with your smart phones. All you do is enter your credit card information into your phone. Then, when you are in a shop that allows NFC payments, you just wave your phone over a special instrument at the checkout. The purchase is instantly charged to your credit card.

　　Ever seen someone wearing something and wished you knew where to get it? Soon it will be easy with PicCommerce, new technology that uses image-recognition software. Here’s how it works. If you see something you like, simply take a photo of it with your smart phone. Then, your phone will send the image to a special server, which will respond with information about where you can buy it and how much it will cost.

　　Sick of your smart phone battery going flat? With so many applications draining (消耗) the battery, the latest phones need to be charged every day. But next generation smart phones will come with built-in chips that can connect to an antenna (天线) in your home. And as long as your phone is within range of the antenna, you will be able to charge your smartphone wirelessly, even if it is in your pocket.

　　Worried about getting your smart phones wet in the rain? A company called Hz0 has invented WaterBlock, new technology that makes your phone completely waterproof. And it’s so effective that your phone will even work underwater.

　　Fed up with carrying a heavy phone around? Soon, you will be able to get a PaperPhone! “Flexible phones are the future,” said scientist Roel Vertegaal. So, what are the benefits of flexible phones? Well, it means that instead of carrying your phone in your pocket, you could wear it wrapped around your wrist, for example.

　　Of course, there is just the problem: with so much new smart phone technology around, you will soon need to buy a new phone!

　　1. To pay with your smart phone, you need to ________.

　　A. go to a bank

　　B. store money in the phone

　　C. have a credit card

　　D. buy a special instrument

　　2. We can learn from the 4th paragraph that the next generation of smart phones ________.

　　A. will have chips instead of batteries

　　B. may consume less power

　　C. needn’t be charged frequently

　　D. will be charged easily

　　3. Which feature of future smart phones does Paragraph 6 show?

　　A. They will be easier to carry.

　　B. They will be cheaper.

　　C. They will be smaller.

　　D. They will be easier to operate.

　　4. What can be the best title for the text?

　　A. Basic Functions of Smart phones

　　B. The Future of Smart phones

　　C. Advantages of Modern Smart phones

　　D. The Development of Phone Technology

　　参考答案1—4、CDAB

　　【2016高考训练】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 thought we had it all --- a beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars, a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment --- and we loved it. Then, the market turned and my husband’s job at a construction company was gone. The company was closing down for good.

　　We both started looking for jobs right away, but there weren’t any to be found. With each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through. The more we pulled together, the closer we got. I felt feelings of admiration for my husband that I hadn’t felt in years.

　　That’s why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our present situation. I continually asked him to stop, but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job.

　　Finally, one afternoon I pulled him aside and said, “We have four healthy children and each other. That’s what’s important. That makes you a rich man.”

　　“But what if we lose the house? They’ll hate me --- you’ll hate me,” he replied.

　　I smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye. “No matter where we live I will be happy --- as long as I have you,” I smiled again as I realized that I wasn’t just saying that. In all the struggling together I had found that deep love for him that I had on the day we said “I do”.

　　I could see his shoulders and neck relaxed. He held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadn’t for quite some time. It was a turning point for us as a couple and a family.

　　We are still struggling for our better life, but I consider us well-off because we have something that money can’t buy and no one can take away from us.

　　1、The underlined sentence in the second paragraph means that ______.

　　they became closer as they struggled together

　　they hoped to find jobs in the same company

　　neither of them had the courage to face the difficulty

　　they were trying to make their relationship closer

　　2、We can learn from the passage that ______.

　　they both found good jobs at last

　　both of them were worried about joblessness

　　her husband was to blame for the unemployment

　　they didn’t love each other when they got married

　　3、Which of the following can best describe their present life?

　　Bitter but easy.

　　B. Comfortable and happy.

　　C. Hard but warm.

　　D. Well-off and relaxing.

　　4、The best title of the passage might be ______.

　　We Have It All

　　B. We Find It Again.

　　C.A Perfect Couple

　　D. Hard Time

　　参考答案1—4、ABCA　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。There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip as much as the British. If prying into(打探) 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, 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 East-enders, 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 (魅力), 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 East-enders, which is set in the east of London. The show is generally considered grittier and is aimed at a younger audience.

　　1. 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.

　　2. 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.

　　3. The underlined world “episodes” in the 2nd paragraph probably means ______.

　　A. plays

　　B. pages

　　C. issues

　　D. parts

　　4. 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

　　参考答案1—4、DADB

　　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。

　　As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating (发电) and transmission (输送) system for the 21st century will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or worse. Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their direct physical effect on the scenery, but in the ways that they affect the surrounding community. The same is true of big solar plants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around.

　　The 19th century saw land grants (政府拨地) offered to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroads, leaving public land in between privately owned land. In much of the west, some of the railroad sections were developed while others remained undeveloped, and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management. With the completion of the interstate highway system, many of the small towns which sprang up as railway stops and developed well, have lost their lifeblood and died.

　　Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the West. This is not an argument against building them. We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now.

　　So trade­offs will have to be made. Some scenic sports will be sacrificed. Some species (物种) will be forced to move, or will be carefully moved to special accommodations. Deals will be struck to reduce the immediate effects.

　　The lasting effects of these trade­offs are another matter. The 21st century development of the American West as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money in the region. There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good. But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroads and the highways.

　　The money set aside in negotiated

　　trade­offs and the institution that control it will shape the West far beyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines. So let's remember the effects of the railroads and the highways as we construct these new power plants in the West.

　　本文是一篇说明文。19世纪，美国政府拨款修建铁路和公路，这既带来了好处，也带来了一些不利。现在21世纪，一种新型的电力系统会给美国带来好处还是坏处，这是值得考虑的一个问题。在建这种新型的电力系统时，我们要记住铁路和公路的影响。

　　1．What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways?

　　A. Small towns along the railways became abandoned.

　　B. Some railroad stops remained underused.

　　C. Land in the West was hard to manage.

　　D. Land grants went into private hands.

　　答案：C。细节理解题。根据第二段的“...and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management.”可知，建铁路导致的问题是“土地所有权给土地管理带来了挑战”。A项是修建公路的影响；B项说一些铁路站一直未被充分利用，是错误的；D项原文未说。

　　．What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs?

　　A. The transmission of power.

　　B. The use of money and power.

　　C. The conservation of solar energy.

　　D. The selection of an ideal place.

　　答案：B。推理判断题。细读最后两段可知，对于可替代能源的发展主要的担忧是钱和力，钱和力可能带来一些好处，有可能被浪费掉，并且带来一些其他的问题。

　　．What is the author's attitude towards building solar plants?

　　A. Cautious.

　　B. Approving.

　　C. Doubtful.

　　D. Disapproving.

　　答案：A。推理判断题。根据全文以及文章的最后一句话“So let's remember the effects of the railroads and the highroads as we construct these new power plants in the West.”可知，对正在建立新的电力系统是比较谨慎的。

　　．Which is the best title for the passage?

　　A. How the Railways Have Affected the West

　　B. How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West

　　C. How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced

　　D. How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled

　　答案：B。主旨大意题。文章借助于铁路和公路对美国的影响，要说明的是太阳能这种新的电力系统对美国西部地区会有什么的影响。