2017届四川省梓潼县高考英语一轮复习阅读理解训练：5（含解析）

　　四川梓潼县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解演练

　　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。

　　Leadership is the most significant word in today’s competitive business environment because it directs the manager of a business to focus inward on their personal abilities and style. Experts on leadership will quickly point out that “how things get done” influences the success of the outcomes and indicates a right way and a wrong way to do things. When a noted leader on the art of management, Peter Drucker, coined the phrase“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things”, he was seeking to clarify the distinctions he associates with the terms. When Stephen Covey, founder and director of the Leadership Institute, explored leadership styles in the past decade, he focused on the habits of a great number of highly effective individuals. His Seven Habits of Highly Effective People became a popular bestseller very quickly. His ideas forced a reexamination of the early leadership example, which centered on the feature that was found in the character ethic(道德准则) and the personality ethic. The former ethic suggested success was founded on modesty, loyalty, courage, patience and so on. The personality ethic suggested it was one’s attitude, not behavior, that inspired success, and this ethic was founded on a belief of positive mental attitude. In contrast to each of these ideas, Covey advocates that leaders need to understand universal principles of effectiveness, and he highlights how vital it is for leaders to first personally manage themselves if they are to enjoy any hope of outstanding success in their work environments. To achieve a desired vision for your business, it is essential that you have a personal vision of where you are headed and what you value. Business leadership means that managers need to “put first things first,” which implies that before leading others, you need to be clear on your own values, abilities, and strengths and be seen as trustworthy.

　　1. What does Peter Drucker’s phrase infer?

　　A. Leaders should be good at making right decisions.

　　B. Leaders should be good at doing things right.

　　C. Leaders should be good at ignoring the distinctions he associates with the terms.

　　D. Leaders should be skilled in predicting future.

　　2. Under what condition are people likely to succeed, in terms of what the personality ethic suggests ?

　　A. When people have little determination , they will be successful.

　　B. When people have good behaviour, they will gain success.

　　C. If people have positive mental attitude , they are likely to succeed.

　　D. If people have negative mental attitude , they are certain to succeed.

　　3. How can leaders enjoy outstanding success in their work environments, according to Stephen Covey?

　　A. Firstly they have to think highly of themselves.

　　B. They are supposed to benefit themselves.

　　C. They can not adjust themselves.

　　D. First personally they must manage themselves .

　　4. What is the meaning of the underlined word “vision”?

　　A. Bright future. B. Good beginning. C. Good scenery. D. Pretty background.

　　5. To be good leaders , what must managers pay close attention to ?

　　A. They must pay close attention to universal principles of effectiveness.

　　B. They must pay close attention to their own values, abilities and strengths.

　　C. They must pay close attention to modesty.

　　D. They must be concerned about courage and patience.

　　【参考答案】1—5、ACDAB

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Men have always believed that they are smarter than women. Now, a study has found that while this is certainly true, men also have to deal with the fact that they are also more stupid than the fairer sex.

　　In the study, scientists measured the IQ of 2500 brothers and sisters and they found an uneven number of men not only in the top two percent, but also in the bottom two percent.

　　The study's participants were tested on science, maths, English and mechanical abilities.

　　Though there were twice as many men as women in the smartest group, there were also twice as many men among the dolts.

　　The aggregate scores of men and women were similar.

　　One of the study's authors, psychology professor Timothy Bates, said that the phenomenon may be because men have always been expected to be high achievers and women have been restricted to spend more time taking care of their home.

　　"The female developmental program may be tilted more towards ensuring survival and the safety of the middle ground.," the Daily Mail quoted Professor Bates, of Edinburgh University, as saying.

　　The research tallies with past results that men were more likely than women to receive first class University degrees or thirds and women secured the seconds.

　　It has been said that men are more ready to take risk when it comes to academics. Women have always found to be steadier in their learning.

　　A past study has shown that women are securing more firsts and seconds, while men are continuing to receive more thirds.

　　The argument for the change is that the increase of coursework at the cost of exams favors women's steady approach.

　　16. The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.

　　A. man are smarter then women

　　B. man are more stupid the women

　　C. a new fact about the IQ of men and women has been found

　　D. men are more likely to receive first class university degrees

　　17

　　According to Timothy Bates, less women are in the smartest group because _________.

　　A. they are born stupid

　　B. they have to spend more time to tale care of their home than men

　　C. they don’t like to take risk

　　D. they are not expected to be high achievers

　　18. The underlined word tallies with in the eighth paragraph means________.

　　A. agree with

　　B. deal with

　　C. go against

　　D. go with

　　19. It can be inferred from the passage that______.

　　A. Women are steadier in their learning.

　　B. men are more ready to take risk in everything

　　C. women are securing more firsts and seconds

　　D. women are doing much better in academy

　　20. Which of the following questions has NOT been discussed in the passage?

　　A. Why are men smarter than women?

　　B. Why are men more stupid than women?

　　C. How does the result go along with the past research?

　　D. How can we help the men in the bottom?

　　[全解全析] 男女在智力方面的差别。

　　C 主旨大意题。由文章第一段得知。

　　B 细节理解题。由文章第六段（women have been restricted to spend more time taking care of their home）得知。

　　A 词意猜测题。由文章第一段和第八段得知。

　　D 推理判断题。由倒数第二段得知。

　　D主旨大意题。

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　In the past ten years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.

　　When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters（花名册） will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.

　　The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.

　　“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stern. The strategy（战略，策略） in China is television. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil.

　　“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout（寻找，觅得） internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming — number one draft pick in 2002 — and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two overall in this year’s draft — are icons（偶像）in-waiting. It is the ultimate（最后的，根本的） revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.

　　1. According to the report,

　　.

　　A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA

　　B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great

　　C. Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA

　　D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games

　　2. The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of

　　_______ ___.

　　A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”

　　B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China

　　C. there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings

　　D. the NBA’s live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China

　　3. What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?

　　A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league.

　　B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.

　　C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan.

　　D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.

　　4

　　When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to

　　_

　　_.

　　A. farms in the States

　　B. native Americans

　　C. the NBA training center

　　D. the USA

　　5. Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

　　A. The Non-American Basketball Players

　　B. NBA Is Coming to China

　　C. The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA

　　D. NBA Is Making Big Progress

　　[全解全析] BAADC

　　NBA的球员组成将发生重大改变，外国球员将占相当的比例，NBA需借助外籍球员的

　　力量来维持其地位。

　　B

　　推理判断题。根据第二段20 percent of NBA rosters will be filled by non-Americans，以

　　及文章后半部分Terry说的话it has increased the level of competition here可判断出外国球员

　　将在NBA起到举足轻重的作用。

　　A

　　词义猜测题。根据文章中间Stern所说的话，及下一自然段The success of Chinese

　　centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China可判断出NBA将把中

　　国看作是一个重要的市场。

　　A

　　推理判断题。通读全文，可得出这个结论：NBA的球员组成将发生重大改变，外国

　　球员将占相当的比例。

　　D

　　词义猜测题。从文章后半部The NBA knows that it needs a global market及It doesn’t

　　matter where the players come from可判断出home soil指的是美国本土。

　　C

　　主旨大意题。tie在这儿被用来比喻外籍球员，意思是说NBA需借助外籍球员的力量

　　来维持其地位。

　　【2017高考英语四川省绵阳市二模试题】A

　　根据内容，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.

　　Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.

　　Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.

　　Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.

　　In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good, we try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.

　　I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.

　　31. As a photographer, the author used to ______.

　　A. leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves

　　B. express his love for his family in a special way

　　C. miss a great many important historical moments

　　D. devote much more to his career than his family

　　32. Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?

　　A. To cure his own disease.

　　B. To spend more time with his wife.

　　C. To seek a better position.

　　D. To leave the wilderness alone.

　　33. What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?

　　A. He treasured every bit of time with his family.

　　B. He has become a stranger to his children.

　　C. He takes his work more seriously.

　　D. He focuses more on medical care.

　　34. The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.

　　A. the snowflakes taste very good

　　B. snowflakes are what they feed on

　　C. they regard that as a way to enjoy life

　　D. there is beautiful light in the snowflakes

　　【参考答案】31—34、 DBAC