2016届高考英语二轮复习语篇阅读高分练（2）

　　语篇阅读高分练(二)

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　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　[2015·甘肃天水一中高三高考信息卷(二)]

　　Can you imagine a world without chocolate? It’s not something I’d like to do.So I was relieved to read that there’s a university with a programme to safeguard the future of chocolate!

　　The University of Reading，in England，has just opened a new clearing house for all the world’s new cocoa varieties.They must be quarantined(隔离检疫)before they can be grown.Why? Cocoa production hit a record high of 4.4 million tons last year but about 30%of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseases.Now we don’t want that，do we?

　　Demand for chocolate has been increasing faster than the world supply of cocoa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problem.

　　The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985，after it took over the task from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew，London.And it has improved its facilities.The leader of the institution’s cocoa project，Professor Paul Hadley，says，“One of the main issues concerning cocoa improvement is the supply of reliably clean，healthy，interesting cocoa material.”

　　The cocoa centre has a collection of 400 plant varieties and their greenhouse uses a lot of energy to keep them in tropical conditions.After up to two years in quarantine，clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries，including several in West Africa.That’s where 75%of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes from.The crop is extremely important for the local economy：it employs about two million people.

　　Professor Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after the collection.And more of us seem to count on them now.

　　The scientist says，“There is some concern within the industry that demand is increasing constantly，particularly in countries like China，where the standard of living is increasing and people are getting a taste for different chocolates.”

　　1．What is the text mainly about?

　　A．Safeguarding cocoa seeds.

　　B．Planting cocoa worldwide.

　　C．Keeping cocoa in greenhouse.

　　D．Finding the new market for cocoa.

　　2．The institution’s cocoa project is to

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　　A．have cocoa skin removed

　　B．offer more jobs to people

　　C．ensure the quality of cocoa

　　D．supply cocoa for two million people

　　3．What does the last paragraph tell us?

　　A．The taste of chocolates is changing.

　　B．Demand for cocoa is increasing fast.

　　C．People are concerned about cocoa varieties.

　　D．Chinese have a long history of eating chocolates.

　　4．What’s the purpose of the text?

　　A．To educate.

　　B．To advertise.

　　C．To warn.

　　D．To inform.

　　Ⅱ.阅读填空

　　(2015·黑龙江哈尔滨三中高三一模)

　　On Punctuality

　　A punctual man is in the habit of doing everything at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.

　　The unpunctual man，on the other hand，never does what he has to do at the proper time.

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　　There is a proverb that says，“Time flies never to be recalled.” This is very true.

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　　Time is more valuable than material things.In fact，time is life itself，and the unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his own valuable assets as well as others’．The unpunctual man is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters，or to return calls，or to keep appointments promptly.

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　　He knows that he can’t get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment promptly and deal with every piece of work when it has to be attended to.

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　　If a person is invited to a dinner and arrives later than expected，he keeps all the other guests and the host waiting him alone.This is great disrespect.

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　　Imagine how it would be if who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time.A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or his fellow men.And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.

　　A．Failure to be punctual is a sign of disrespect towards others.

　　B．A lost thing may be found again，but lost time can never be regained.

　　C．He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both his time and his good name.

　　D．Unpunctuality is very harmful when it comes to doing one’s duty.

　　E．Of these the former are the majority.

　　F．But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it.

　　G．Broadly speaking，humans can be divided into two classes.

　　Ⅲ.完形填空

　　Few other nations are so much interested in horseracing as the English.The famous races Ascot are held every year and followed by sports fans all over England.The king or the queen also attends

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　　and presents the winner with a gold cup.To

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　　this gold cup is the dream of every owner of a race horse.All newspapers，great and small，are full of detailed description of the

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　　，and the name of the

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　　winner of the Ascot cup is pronounced by everyone

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　　of a great hero.It happened once，however，some seventy years ago，that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race！The police

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　　for it all over the country but could not find it.

　　Just at the time，Mark Twain，the witty American writer，

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　　England.He was

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　　by an England Literary Society to be

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　　at a dinner given in his honor.After dinner the president of the society rose to

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　　a toast to Mark Twain’s health and praise

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　　the talent of the famous American.Mark Twain

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　　started his speech with the following words：

　　“Gentlemen，I thank you for the great honor you

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　　me，

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　　I very much doubt whether all your countrymen join you in your warm welcome.When I arrived at Dover yesterday，and

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　　my foot in ‘Merry Old England’，the first thing I saw was a newspaper poster and on it，

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　　my great surprise，I read two

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　　printed in big red letters：

　　MARK TWAIN ARRIVES!

　　ASCOT CUP STOLEN!

　　These two announcements stood so closely together that it

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　　seemed，gentlemen，as if some people in this country

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　　sure that my arrival had something to do with the disappearance of the gold cup！” This witty speech of the famous American author

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　　a shout of

　　laughter.

　　10．A.them

　　B．it

　　C．that

　　D．this

　　11．A.hold

　　B．win

　　C．catch

　　D．keep

　　12．A.problem

　　B．winner

　　C．race

　　D．nations

　　13．A.brave

　　B．good

　　C．great

　　D．lucky

　　14．A.as this

　　B．like that

　　C．like those

　　D．as it

　　15．A.searched

　　B．asked

　　C．waited

　　D．cared

　　16．A.reached in

　　B．went into

　　C．arrived in

　　D．got in

　　17．A.asked

　　B．visited

　　C．seen

　　D．invited

　　18．A.present

　　B．joined

　　C．attended

　　D．given

　　19．A.raise

　　B．life

　　C．propose

　　D．hold

　　20．A.in this way

　　B．in every way

　　C．in many methods

　　D．in bad manner

　　21．A.in reply

　　B．in his question

　　C．in his suggestion

　　D．in his heart

　　22．A.had done

　　B．did

　　C．do

　　D．have done

　　23．A.as if

　　B．as though

　　C．if

　　D．even if

　　24．A.set

　　B．got

　　C．went

　　D．started

　　25．A.for

　　B．to

　　C．with

　　D．by

　　26．A.articles

　　B．passages

　　C．paragraphs

　　D．headings

　　27．A.really B．hardly

　　C．mainly

　　D．foolishly

　　28．A.may be

　　B．must be

　　C．are

　　D．were

　　29．A.was meeting

　　B．meeting with

　　C．was met

　　D．met with

　　练答案精析

　　语篇阅读高分练(二)

　　Ⅰ.1.A　[主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“to safeguard the future of chocolate”可知，本文主要是关于保护巧克力的未来，即可可种子的问题，故最佳答案为A项。]

　　2．C　[细节理解题。根据第四段中的第一句“The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985...”可知，这个项目的目的是确保可可的质量，故最佳答案为C项。]

　　3．B　[段落大意题。根据最后一段中的“...within the industry demand is increasing constantly...”可知，本段的主要意思是世界上对可可的需求量不断上涨，故最佳答案为B项。]

　　4．D　[写作意图题。本文主要介绍了雷丁大学的一个保护可可品种和质量的项目，其目的就是告诉读者一些事情，故最佳答案为D项。]

　　Ⅱ.5.C　6.B　7.F　8.A　9.D

　　Ⅲ.10.A　[them代指前面提到的the famous races Ascot。]

　　11．B　[赢得金杯是每一个赛马选手的梦想。]

　　12．C　[大小报纸都对比赛进行了详细报道。]

　　13．D　[获得金杯当然是幸运的。]

　　14．B　[这个金杯获得者像大英雄一样被人们所谈论。]

　　15．A　[警察在全国搜寻这个被盗的金杯。]

　　16．C　[恰巧在这个时候马克·吐温到了英国。]

　　17．D　[他受英国文学协会之邀，出席了一个为他举办的宴会。]

　　18．A　[见上题解析。present在此意为“出席”。]

　　19．C　[propose a toast提出为某人的……而干杯。]

　　20．B　[这个文学协会主席在各个方面对马克·吐温大加赞扬。]

　　21．A　[马克·吐温用下面的话致了答辞。]

　　22．D　[此处用完成时，强调动作的完成。]

　　23．D　[even if即使，纵然，尽管。马克·吐温用幽默调侃的语调说，尽管他对是否所有的英国国民都欢迎他持怀疑态度，但他还是非常感谢文学协会的盛情款待]。

　　24．A　[他讲出了说这一番话的原委。他一踏上英国的国土，第一眼看到的就是报纸上的两行标题。]

　　25．B　[to one’s surprise令某人惊讶的是，为固定搭配。]

　　26．D　[从下文可知他看到的是两行标题：马克·吐温到了！ASCOT杯被盗了！]

　　27．A　[好像真的是这么一回事。]

　　28．A　[好像确信马克·吐温偷了这个金杯似的。may be表对现在事情的推测。]

　　29．D　[马克·吐温机智诙谐的答辞赢得了满堂喝彩。meet with遇到了……。]