2017届湖北省黄冈市高考英语阅读理解二轮精练：20（含解析）

　　湖北黄冈市2017高考英语阅读理解二轮精练（20）及（解析）答案

　　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。I used to think of myself as a fairly open person, but my bookshelves told a different story. Apart from a few Indian novels and the Australian and South African book, my literature collection consisted of British and American titles. Worse still, I hardly ever read anything in translation. My reading was limited to stories by English-speaking authors.

　　So, at the start of 2017, I set myself the challenge of trying to read a book from every country in a year to find out what I was missing. As I was unlikely to find publications from nearly 200 nations on the shelves of my local bookshop, I decided to ask the planet’s readers for help. I created a blog called A Year of Reading the World and put out an appeal for suggestions of titles that I could read in English.

　　The response was amazing. Before I knew it, people all over the planet were getting in touch with ideas and offers of help. Some posted me books from their home countries. Others did hours of research on my behalf. In addition, several writers sent me unpublished translations of their novels, giving me a rare opportunity to read works otherwise unavailable to the 62% of the British who only speak English. Even so, selecting books was no easy task. With translations making up only around 4.5 percent of literary works published in the UK and Ireland, getting English versions (版本)of stories was difficult.

　　But the effort was worth it. I found I was visiting the mental space of the storytellers. These stories not only opened my mind to the real life in other places, but opened my heart to the way people there might feel.

　　And that in turn changed my thinking. Through reading the stories shared with me by bookish strangers around the globe, I realised I was not alone, but part of a network that spread all over the planet.

　　1. Which of the following might be found on the blog A Year of Reading the World?

　　A. Lists of English version books.

　　B. Research on English literature.

　　C. Unfinished novels by British writers.

　　D. Comments on English literature.

　　2. Why was it hard for the author to select the right books to read?

　　A. The author had a busy schedule.

　　B. The author was only interested in a few topics.

　　C. The author could only read books written in English.

　　D. Most books recommended are not available in local bookshops.

　　3. The author is probably from_________.

　　A. America

　　B. the UK

　　C. Australia

　　D. Canada

　　4. Which of the following words can best describe the author’s experience?

　　A. fast and effortless

　　B. challenging but rewarding

　　C. hopeless but beneficial

　　D. meaningful but fruitless

　　参考答案1---4 ACBB

　　【阅读理解】科普知识类

　　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。

　　Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.

　　Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露) to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problems, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风) within as little as a few hours after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物) were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好) quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.

　　The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainlymodest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.

　　1. The text mainly discusses the relationship between　.　

　　A. heart problems and air qualityB. heart problems and exercising

　　C. heart problems and smoking　D. heart problems and fatty food

　　2. The underlined word“modest”in Paragraph 3 most probably means　.　

　　A. relatively highB. extremely low

　　C. relatively lowD. extremely high

　　3. What can we learn from the text?

　　A. Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.

　　B. The EPA conducted many studies on air quality.

　　C. Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking.

　　D. Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.

　　4. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to　.　

　　A. informB. persuade　 C. describe　D. entertain

　　【参考答案】1—4、ACDA　

　　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。My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last period of college. These days, friends and family have begun flooding me with one question: What is she going to do after graduation?

　　The job market is, after all, awfully tough. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank published a study showing that “recent graduates are increasingly working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The bright spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — areas in which recent graduates “have tended to do relatively well”.

　　But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a focus on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit worried she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her interest. — and I know those things will serve her well over the course of her life.”

　　Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being measured by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, encouraging your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with earning a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.

　　From the beginning, we never urged Emma to pick a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, as more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really matters will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s contribution to the world and how happy she is in it.

　　1. The author’s friends and family_________.

　　A. are worried about Emma’s safety

　　B. have been worrying about the flood

　　C. are concerned about Emma’s future

　　D. are worried about the job market

　　2. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

　　A. The number of the graduates is increasing.

　　B. STEM graduates can be better employees.

　　C. STEM graduates are in relatively greater demand.

　　D. More and more graduates like to do a part-time job.

　　3. Why did Emma choose a major in the humanities?

　　A. Because she is interested in it.

　　B. Because her mother told her to.

　　C. Because it is increasingly popular.

　　D. Because she wants further education.

　　4. According to the author, what matters most in choosing a major is that_________.

　　A. it should be among the STEM

　　B. it should be fashionable and interesting

　　C. it should allow a good job and a high salary

　　D. it should bring achievements and happiness

　　参考答案1—4、 CCAD

　　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。

　　(2017·福州质检)Let's face it.No one drinks diet sodas for the taste.People drink diet sodas in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it.Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect，according to a new study.

　　Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didn't drink diet sodas.“What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank，the more weight they were likely to gain，”said Sharon Fowler.

　　The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large，ongoing research project，where the participants were followed for nearly 10 years.

　　While the findings are surprising，they also offer some explanations.

　　Nutrition expert，Melanie Rogers，who works with overweight patients in New York，has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet sodas，they don't lose weight at all.“We weren't seeing weight loss necessarily，and that was confusing to us，”said Rogers.

　　So why would diet soda cause weight gain？No one knows for sure yet，but it could be that people think they can eat more if they drink diet sodas，and so over－compensate for the missing calories.

　　A related study found some sweeteners(甜味剂)raised blood sugar levels in some mice.“Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky.”said Helen P．Hazuda，professor at the University of Texas's school of medicine.“They may be free of calories，but not of consequences.”

　　【语篇解读】 一项新的研究表明，喝低糖汽水非但不能减轻体重，反而会使体重增加。

　　1．People drink diet sodas to ________.　A．enjoy its taste

　　B．stay in fashion

　　C．achieve weight loss

　　D．gain more energy

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“People drink diet sodas in the hope that it will help them lose weight...”可知。

　　答案　C

　　2．The new study suggests that drinking diet sodas ________.

　　A．causes people to become heavier

　　B．helps people to be healthier

　　C．makes people much thinner

　　D．offers people more calories

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句可知，新的研究表明喝低糖汽水非但不能减轻体重，反而会让体重增加。

　　答案　A

　　3．We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A．regular sodas make people lose more weight

　　B．diet soda drinkers tend to eat more food

　　C．diet sodas do help reduce calories

　　D．most blood diseases come from diet sodas

　　解析　推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“...they can eat more if they drink diet sodas...”可知，喝低糖汽水的人趋向于吃更多的食物。

　　答案　B

　　4．The underlined word“They”in the last paragraph probably refers to “________”．

　　A．sweeteners

　　B．diet sodas and artificial sweeteners

　　C．sodas

　　D．diet soda drinkers and sweetener takers

　　解析　词义猜测题。此处是承接上一句中的内容，故“They”指的是“低糖汽水和人造甜味剂”。

　　答案　B