2017届四川省苍溪县高考英语一轮复习阅读理解选练：3（含答案）

　　四川苍溪县2017高考英语（一轮）阅读理解编练

　　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。

　　Only three local students won Chinese Blog (博客) Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.

　　170 students’ task:　to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many postings based on a theme of choice—all written in Chinese.

　　Themes ranged from local opinions—such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre—to food blogs.

　　The entries were judged on language proficiency (熟练程度) and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.

　　Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University, IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.

　　In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list—the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.

　　"No surprise,” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teacher-in-charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language.”

　　One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao, 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts (播客).

　　Her advice for bloggers is:　Be responsible.

　　"Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers,” said Miss Gao, “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”

　　1. The competition was organized by　.　

　　A. the National University of Singapore

　　B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao

　　C. Innova Junior College

　　D. the Saint Andrew’s Junior College

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Chinese students won most of the awards.

　　B. Not all the themes were about local subjects.

　　C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.

　　D. The judges were from universities in Singapore and China.

　　3. What Miss Gao said suggests that　.　

　　A. she likes to blame the authorities

　　B. she has a sense of responsibility

　　C. she thinks highly of the others’ blogs

　　D. she loves to read valuable posts

　　4. The passage is mainly about　.　

　　A. how Chinese students won the awards in the competition

　　B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs

　　C. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition

　　D. what the result of the competition was

　　【参考答案】1--4 、CABD

　　写人记事（阅读理解）

　　In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh.The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

　　It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness,Richard Burton,Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团).It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.

　　At the same time,the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house disused for years.

　　Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University,and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

　　Today the “Fringe”,once less recognized,has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts.And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big.

　　A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971,and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself.In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries.More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.

　　1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?()

　　A.To bring Europe together again.

　　B.To honor heroes of World War Ⅱ.

　　C.To introduce young theatre groups.

　　D.To attract great artists from Europe.

　　2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?()

　　A.They owned a public house there.

　　B.They came to take up a challenge.

　　C.They thought they were also famous.

　　D.They wanted to take part in the festival.

　　3.Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?()

　　A.Popular writers

　　B.University students.

　　C.Artists from around the world.

　　D.Performers of music and dance.

　　4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival 　. 

　　A.has become a non-official event

　　B.has gone beyond an art festival

　　C.gives shows all year round

　　D.keeps growing rapidly

　　语篇解读:本文为记叙文。主要介绍了爱丁堡艺术节的成立及发展过程。

　　答案及剖析:1.A　事实细节题。由第一段最后一句可知,举办爱丁堡艺术节的目的是让欧洲人民在二战后团结起来。

　　2.D　事实细节题。由第三段第二句可知,8个剧组于1947年在未受到邀请的情况下参加了这次音乐节,他们是带着每个人都有权表演的信念来的,故选D项。

　　3.B　事实细节题。由第四段可知,先是爱丁堡大学的学生,后来便是牛津、剑桥、达勒姆和伯明翰的大学的学生,他们纷纷来到苏格兰首府表演。故选B项。

　　4.D　推理判断题。由文章最后两段提供的数据可知答案为D项。

　　【长难句子分析】

　　不久,一群群学生,首先是来自爱丁堡大学的学生,接着是牛津、剑桥、达勒姆和伯明翰的大学的学生,每年夏天来到苏格兰首府,在小教堂的大厅里为爱丁堡人表演一些不太为人所知的作家的戏剧。

　　阅读

　　The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I. Q. , a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or, shared the same birthday.

　　This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary know-ledge of her field. She’d be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.

　　Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems—how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.

　　The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. The latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.

　　1. The passage mainly deals with　.　

　　A. the function of I. Q. in cultivating a writer

　　B. the relationship between genius and success

　　C. the decisive factor in making a genius

　　D. the way of gaining some sense of distinction

　　2. By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girl could　.　

　　A. come to understand the inner structure of writing

　　B. join a fascinating circle of writers someday

　　C. share with a novelist her likes and dislikes

　　D. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security

　　3. In the girl’s long painstaking training process, 　.　

　　A. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her success

　　B. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performance

　　C. she acquires the magic of some great achievements

　　D. she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write

　　4. What can be concluded from the passage?

　　A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success.

　　B. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.

　　C. As to the growth of a genius, I. Q. doesn’t matter, but just his/her efforts.

　　D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.

　　【参考答案】1-4 CABD

　　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。

　　【2017嘉定区As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease—especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behavior, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts(血细胞计数), but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.

　　The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs. Both types have simply been called “well.” In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and “wellness” only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body’s condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be “well,” in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. “Wellness” may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.

　　72. Today medical care is placing more stress on ______.

　　A. keeping people in a healthy physical condition

　　B. monitoring patients’ body functions

　　C. removing people’s bad living habits

　　D. ensuring people’s psychological well-being

　　73. In the first paragraph, people are reminded that ______.

　　A. good health is more than not being ill

　　B. drinking, even if not to excess, could be harmful

　　C. regular health checks are essential to keeping fit

　　D. prevention is more difficult than cure

　　74. Traditionally, a person is considered “well” if he ______.

　　A. does not have any unhealthy living habits

　　B. does not have any physical handicaps

　　C. is able to handle his daily routines

　　D. is free from any kind of disease

　　75. According to the author, the true meaning of “wellness” is for people ______.

　　A. to best satisfy their body’s special needs

　　B. to strive to maintain the best possible health

　　C. to meet the strictest standards of bodily health

　　D. to keep a proper balance between work and leisure

　　【参考答案】72----75

　　CADB