2016届江苏宿迁宿豫中学高考英语专题复习精练：阅读理解（15）

　　阅读理解（15）

　　A

　　A degree can be a valuable virtue for increasing your income. However, the job market for the highest paying jobs is also extremely competitive. If you are a new member into those job markets, without job experience to match your education, a degree will not help you get a job. Fortunately, the majority of job openings in 2017 do not require a degree. This includes many of the most reliable employment opportunities in the fastest growing fields.

　　Degrees are not required to work as a personal care assistant or home health assistant, both among the fastest growing occupations in the US today. As the US baby boomer generation grows steadily older, this trend is certain to continue.

　　For the same reason, many other non­degree health care careers in various health care specialties are also promising in the future. Physical and occupational therapist assistants are in constant demand, as audiologists and dental hygienists(牙科保健员). Medical technology experts, such as diagnostic medical sonographers, can often find work with only minimal, specialized college training. As a result, the need for medical secretaries has never been higher. A skilled and experienced medical secretary can expect to make an average of $ 30,530 annually.

　　The collapse of the US housing market hit the construction industry very hard. However, the need for skilled trade workers is as high as ever. Glaziers(装玻璃的工人)，brick and stonemasons can all expect to enter secure, high­paying jobs after passing all industry exams. In fact, an apprenticeship in nearly any of the skilled trades is likely to pay off.

　　Thus, delegating(委托) most of this basic work to bricklaying helpers saves builders money. At the same time, some fully qualified bricklayers can be replaced by 2 or more helpers. As long as this trend continues, the demand for bricklayer assistants will keep growing.

　　1. From Paragraph 1, we know some of the jobs________.

　　A. don't require work experience

　　B. don't need a college degree

　　C. emphasize diplomas

　　D. need highly educated talents

　　2. What is the service target of a personal care assistant or home health assistant?

　　A. Babies and children.

　　B. The elder and patients.

　　C. Household duties.

　　D. Private security.

　　3. The author intends to tell you________.

　　A. why a degree may not help you get a job in 2017

　　B. the importance of getting a degree in 2017

　　C. some suggestions about how to find a good job

　　D. diplomas will be less important in the future

　　[文章大意]　本文主要论述了2017年大多数职位不需要学历的原因。

　　1. B。细节理解题。由第一段中的“Fortunately, the majority of job openings in 2017 do not require a degree.”可知，2017年大多数的职位并不需要学位证书。

　　2. B。推理判断题。由第二段的最后一句“As the US baby boomer generation grows steadily older, this trend is certain to continue.”可知，由于美国的婴儿潮一代正在老去，个人医疗助手和家庭健康助理的需求增长趋势将继续，由此可推知，这类岗位主要是为病人和老年人服务的。

　　3. A。主旨大意题。由文章内容可知，2017年大多数职位空缺并不需要学历。作者告诉读者学历不能帮你找到工作的原因。

　　B

　　Low­Cost Gifts for Mother's Day

　　Gift No. 1

　　Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and

　　all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check­up. Most mothers always say “no

　　need”， but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part? This one is free.

　　Gift No. 2

　　Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. “Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life，” Dr. Marie Savard said.

　　Gift No. 3

　　Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. “Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep，” Savard said. “We know that good sleep is very important to our health.”

　　Gift No. 4

　　Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things－many of which are “green”－and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.

　　4．What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

　　A. Take notes. B. Be with her.

　　C. Buy medicine.

　　D. Give her gifts.

　　5. Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother's sleep?

　　A. In Gift No. 1.

　　B. In Gift No. 2.

　　C. In Gift No. 3.

　　D. In Gift No. 4.

　　6. Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to ________.

　　A. enjoy good sleep

　　B. be well­organized

　　C. get extra support

　　D. give others help

　　[文章大意]　本文向读者推荐了四种母亲节礼物。

　　4. B。考查细节理解。由Gift No. 1中的第二句话“Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check­up”可知，此处建议读者在医生来访时要陪伴母亲。故本题选B。

　　5. C。考查细节理解。由Gift No. 3中的内容可知本题选C。

　　6. D。考查细节理解。由Gift No. 4中的最后一句可知本题选D。

　　C

　　The World Bank says there are about 650 million mobile phone users in Africa. That is greater than the number of users in the United States and European Union.

　　Samia Melhem works for the World Bank to increase information technologies in Africa. She says mobile phones are the fastest growing technology on the continent. “More people communicate by phone. More people have Internet access today in Africa than they have access to clean water, or even sanitation(卫生系统). So we can say this has been the most significant revolution in terms of changing how people live their daily life.”

　　CNN television says many ways of life have been changed because of mobile phones. They include political activism, education, entertainment, disaster management, agriculture and health.

　　Another area is banking. Reports say half or more of the adults use mobile money. Rene Mendy sells goods in the streets. But he never had enough money to open a bank account. Now he uses a mobile phone banking service called Orange Money. With his telephone, he can add or take out as little as one dollar. He can make payments and send money to family members who live far away.

　　Orange Money says it serves four million customers in ten countries. The World Bank's Samia Melham says, “The mobile banking is a huge trend. And people in the West don't understand it, because most people have bank accounts and credit cards. It provides cash at a much lower cost. The cost is the cost of sending an SMS, which is almost nothing compared to what traditional transfer(转账) agents, like Western Union, would charge 10 dollars or more for a particular money transfer.”

　　1. What does the passage mainly talk about?

　　A. Mobile phones users are increasing in Africa.

　　B. Mobile phones are changing lives in Africa.

　　C. A mobile phone banking service appears recently.

　　D. The mobile banking is a huge trend in the world.

　　2. According to the passage, we know Orange Money________.

　　A. charges less than traditional transfer agents

　　B. can't send money to those living far away

　　C. has four million customers in African countries

　　D. could afford money to consumers in advance

　　3. What can we learn from the passage?

　　A. There are six areas affected by mobile phones in Africa.

　　B. People in the West are against the use of the mobile banking.

　　C. The number of phone users in the US is larger than that in Africa.

　　D. Traditional banks face great challenges from mobile banking.

　　[文章大意]　本文主要介绍了手机在非洲的大量使用改变了非洲人的生活方式。

　　1. B。主旨大意题。由本文的内容以及第三段第一句“CNN television says many ways of life have been changed because of mobile phones.”可知本文的主题为“手机改变非洲人的生活方式”。

　　2. A。细节理解题。由最后一段最后一句“The cost is the cost of sending an SMS, which is almost nothing compared to what traditional transfer(转账) agents...”可知Orange Money的收费比传统的转账机构低。

　　3. D。推理判断题。由最后一段可推出“传统的银行面对着来自手机银行的巨大挑战”。

　　D

　　One might expect that the ever­growing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for the countries that receive the holiday­makers. Indeed，a rosy picture is painted for the long­term future of the holiday industry. Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere. And every month another rock­bound Pacific island is advertised

　　as the ‘last paradise (天堂) on

　　earth’．

　　However, the scale and speed of this growth seem set to destroy the very things tourists want to enjoy. In those countries where there was a rush to make quick money out of sea­side holidays，over­crowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.

　　Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years,

　　Nepal set out to attract foreign visitors to fund developments in health and education. Its forests, full of wildlife and rare flowers, were offered to tourists as one more untouched paradise. In fact, the nature all too soon felt the effects of thousands of holidaymakers traveling through the forest land. Ancient tracks became major routes for the walkers, with the consequent exploitation of precious trees and plants.

　　Not only can the environment of a country suffer from the sudden growth of tourism. The people as well rapidly feel its effects. Farmland makes way for hotels,

　　roads and airports; the old way of life goes. The one­time farmer is now the servant of some multi­national organization；he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he wasn't happier in his village working his own land.

　　Thankfully,

　　the tourist industry is waking up to the responsibilities it has towards those countries that receive its customers. The protection of wildlife and the creation of national parks go hand in hand with tourist

　　development and

　　in fact obtain financial

　　support from tourist companies. At the same time，tourists are being encouraged to respect not only the countryside they visit but also its people.

　　The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit. Their needs and problems are more important than those of the tourist companies. Increased understanding in planning world­wide tourism can preserve the market for these companies. If not, in a few years' time the very things that attract tourists now may well have been destroyed.

　　4. What does the author indicate in the last sentence of Paragraph 1?

　　A. The Pacific island is a paradise.

　　B. The Pacific island is worth visiting.

　　C. The advertisement is not convincing.

　　D. The advertisement is not impressive.

　　5. The example of Nepal is used to suggest________.

　　A. its natural resources are untouched

　　B. its forests are exploited for farmland

　　C. it develops well in health and education

　　D. it suffers from the heavy flow of tourists

　　6. What can we learn about the farmers from Paragraph 4?

　　A. They are happy to work their own lands.

　　B. They have to please the tourists for a living.

　　C. They have to struggle for their independence.

　　D. They are proud of working in multi­national organizations.

　　7. Which of the following determines the future of tourism?

　　A. The number of tourists.

　　B. The improvement of services.

　　C. The promotion of new products.

　　D. The management of tourism.

　　8. The author's attitude towards the development of the tourist industry is________.

　　A. optimistic　

　　B. doubtful

　　C. objective

　　D. negative

　　[文章大意]　本文为议论文，题材是世界和环境类。众所周知旅游业可以给当地经济发展带来无限商机，尤其是一些欠发达国家和地区。但是盲目无序地发展旅游业也会给当地环境带来危害，甚至是致命危害。那我们该怎么平衡旅游业和环保之间的关系呢？

　　4．C。推理判断题。第一段中作者描述：每个月都会看到某个地方在建一座新宾馆，每个月都会看到太平洋中的某个小岛打出广告：这儿是世上最后的一处天堂。由作者的语气我们可以推断出这样的广告已经没有什么说服力了，故选C项。

　　5．D。推理判断题。第三段作者引用了尼泊尔发展旅游业为例，其初衷是为当地的教育和卫生事业提供资金，但是很快这儿的人们自然环境就受到了旅游业的影响。现在这个国家正经受着旅游业带来的痛苦，故选D项。

　　6．B。推理判断题。根据第四段中的Once it was his back that bore the pain；now it is his smile that is exploited.”过去是他的脊背在承受痛苦，现在是人们开发利用他的微笑”推断出现在他们为了谋生不得不用自己的微笑来取悦游客，故选B项。

　　7．D。推理判断题。倒数第二段第二句说，野生生物的保护，国家公园的创建要和旅游业的发展同时进行，又根据倒数第一段第一句，未来十年，如何管理旅游业将决定旅游业和我们要去参观的国家的命运。由此可推断出D项符合题意。

　　8．C。观点态度题。综观全文可知作者的态度是客观的。A：乐观的；B：怀疑的；C：客观的；D：消极的。故选C项。