2016届高考英语二轮复习综合练：考点考向考法20

　　考点·考向·考法 综合练(二十)

　　限时：30分钟　阅读＋任务型阅读＋语法填空

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　(2015·河北保定八校联考)

　　As we grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we've yet to get around to. Yet re-readers are everywhere around us. For certain fans, re-reading The Lord of the Rings is a conventional practice annually. One friend told me that Jane Austen's Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times.

　　New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading. Journalist Rebacca Mead, a long-time Englishwoman in New York, first came across George Eliot's Middlemarch at 17. Since then, she has read it again every five years. With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated

　　(引起共鸣)

　　differently. Mead evidenced the large number of ways in which really good books not only stand the test of repeat reads, but also offer fresh gifts each time we crack__their__spines. These kinds of books grow with us.

　　Scientists have also recognized the mental health benefits of re-reading. Research conducted with readers in the US found that on our first reading, we are concerned with the “what” and the “why”. Second time round, we're able to better appreciate the emotions that the plot continues to express. As researcher Cristel Russell of the American University explained, returning to a book “brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great book and its readers”．

　　It's true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books

　　(if we're fond of making notes on the pages). These texts can carry us back to a time and place, and remind us of the kind of person that we were then. We're changed not only by lived experience but also by read experience —

　　by the books that we've discovered since last reading the one in our hand.

　　More so than the movie director or the musician, the writer calls upon our imaginations, using words to lead us to picture this declaration of love or that unfaithfulness in life. A book is a joint project between writers and readers, and we must pour so much of ourselves into reading that our own life story can become connected with the story in the book.

　　Perhaps what's really strange is that we don't re-read more often. After all, we watch our favourite films again and we wouldn't think of listening to an album only once. We treasure messy old paintings as objects, yet of all art forms, literature alone is a largely one-time delight. A book, of course, takes up more time, but as Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile.

　　1．The two books are mentioned in Paragraph 1 mainly to ________．

　　A．attract the attention of readers

　　B．introduce the topic of the passage

　　C．provide some background information

　　D．show the similarity between re-readers

　　2．The underlined expression “crack their spines” in Paragraph 2 refers to “________”．

　　A．recite themB.re-read them

　　C．recall them

　　D.retell them

　　3．It can be learned from the passage that ________．

　　A．reading benefits people both mentally and physically

　　B．readers mainly focus on feelings on their first reading

　　C．we know ourselves better through re-reading experience

　　D．writers inspire the same imaginations as film directors do

　　4．The purpose of the passage is to ________．

　　A．call on different understandings of old books

　　B．focus on the mental health benefits of reading

　　C．bring awareness to the significance of re-reading

　　D．introduce the effective ways of re-reading old books

　　Ⅱ.任务型阅读

　　(2015·河北保定市高三调研试题)

　　Different Cultures

　　The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot.

　　1.________

　　The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are developed by rivers — the Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India. 2.________

　　When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain (美索不达米亚平原)

　　— the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

　　3.________ Like the Chinese culture, the European culture also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America,

　　their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean.

　　So the American culture doesn't distinguish from the European culture a lot.

　　4．________

　　Take the language system

　　for example. In the East, most languages

　　belong to the pictographic (象形文字的)

　　language while the Western

　　languages are mostly based on the Latin system.

　　Other causes like human race difference counts as well.

　　But what's more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries.

　　So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.

　　The differences are everywhere.

　　5.________ But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful.

　　The cultural gap should not be the obstacle (障碍)

　　to the civilization of human being.

　　It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.

　　A．Let us work together to keep a variety of culture.

　　B．One important thing is to learn about other cultures.

　　C．And these two are well-known as the base of the European culture.

　　D．At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences.

　　E．This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.

　　F．They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.

　　G．They are obvious and affect people's ways of thinking and their views of the world.

　　Ⅲ.语法填空

　　One day, Nick invited his friends for supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 1.________ (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 2.________ too little.”

　　His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father. But if I can pay less, 3.________ not save a bit of money？”

　　“That would be a very 4.________ (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours，” Nick said.

　　Nick's guests, 5.________ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 6.________ a lower price would be that he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 7.________ the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

　　“But such a small thing couldn't 8.________ (possible) destroy a village.”

　　“In the beginning, there was only 9.________ very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 10.________ (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

　　考点·考向·考法练(二十)

　　Ⅰ.语篇解读：随着我们渐渐变老，我们意识到读书的时间那么少，有很多好书，我们没有去读。再读的时候会得到一些新鲜东西。科学家们还认识到重读会给心理健康带来好处。

　　1．解析：选B　推理判断题。作者在一开始指出“As we grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we've yet to get around to.(随着我们渐渐变老，我们意识到我们读书的时间那么少，有很多好书，我们没有去读。)”紧接着作者提到再读The Lord of the Rings和Emma这两本书对人的影响，故作者提到这两本书的目的是进一步引出本文主题。故选B。

　　2．解析：选B　词义猜测题。根据第二段倒数第二句“but also offer fresh gifts each time (而且每一次提供新鲜‘礼物’)”可知，指的是“再读”的时候会得到一些新鲜东西，选B。

　　3．解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第三段的“brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great work and its readers”可知选C。

　　4．解析：选C　主旨大意题。根据最后一段最后一句“A book, of course, takes up more time, but as Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile.(一本书，当然，重读会占用更多的时间，但是米德确认，重读使它得到充分的价值。)”可知，本文主要说明了重读的重要性，故选C。

　　Ⅱ.1～5　EFCDG

　　Ⅲ.1.found　2.nor　3.why　4.reasonable

　　5．who　6.at　7.for　8.possibly　9.a　10.thinking