2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测10

　　2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测10

　　阅读理解

　　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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education. “Teaching means everything to us.” Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

　　Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton's foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire.” Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, “as a reminder”．

　　Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imaginationlibrary.com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

　　The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a looksee. “We didn't want to give the children rubbish.” says Linda. The books—reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists, and Dollywood board members—included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series.

　　Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative：“This program introduces us to books I've never heard of.”

　　The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children.“Some people sit there and wait to die.” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

　　56．What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

　　A．His health problem.

　　B．His love for teaching.

　　  C．The influence of his wife.

　　D． The news from the Web.

　　57．What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

　　A．Give out brochures.

　　B．Do something similar.  

　　C．Write books for children.

　　D．Retire from being a teacher.

　　58．According to the text, Dolly Parton is ________.

　　A. a wellknown surgeon

　　B. a mother of a fouryearold

　　C. a singer born in Tennessee

　　D. a computer programmer

　　59．Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

　　A. To avoid signing up online.

　　B. To meet Dollywood board members.

　　C. To make sure the books were the newest.

　　D. To see if the books were of good quality.

　　B　

　　Wanted, Someone for a Kiss

　　We're looking for producers to join us on the sound of London Kiss 100 FM. You'll work on the station's music programmes. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.

　　Father Christmas

　　We're looking for a very special person, preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.

　　Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December 17 to December 24 except Sundays, 10∶30－16∶00.

　　Excellent pay.

　　Please contact (联系) the Enterprise Shopping Centre, Station Parade, Eastbourne.

　　Accountants Assistant

　　When you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience.

　　Wealden District Council

　　Software Trainer

　　If you are aged 2445 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make your own decisions, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历) to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.

　　60. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?

　　A．Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.

　　B．Mrs Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.

　　C．The Enterprise Shopping Centre.

　　D．Wealden District Council.

　　61. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who________.

　　A．is aged between 24 and 40

　　B．may do some training work

　　C．should deal with general duties

　　D．can work for about a month

　　62. Which position is open to recent school graduates?

　　A．Producer, London Kiss.

　　B．Father Christmas.

　　C．Accountants Assistant.

　　D．Software Trainer.

　　63. What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited?

　　A．One with GCSE grade C level.

　　B．One with some office experience.

　　C．One having good computer knowledge. D．One trained in producing music programmes.

　　C

　　When milk arrived on the doorstep

　　When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5yearold boy, I couldn't take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.

　　Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note －“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”－and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.

　　All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn't freeze. And I remember Mr.Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.

　　There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.

　　Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch (门廊). Every so often my son's friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.

　　64. Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer

　　________.

　　A．to show his magical power

　　B．to pay for the delivery

　　C．to satisfy his curiosity

　　D．to please his mother

　　65. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy's house?

　　A．He wanted to have tea there.

　　B．He was treated as a family member.

　　C．He was a respectable person.

　　D．He was fully trusted by the family.

　　66. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

　　A．Nobody wants to be a milkman now.

　　B．It has been driven out of the market.

　　C．Its service is getting poor.

　　D．It is forbidden by law.

　　67. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?

　　A．He missed the good old days.

　　B．He wanted to tell interesting stories.

　　C．He needed it for his milk bottles.

　　D．He planted flowers in it.

　　D

　　The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world's supply of water. With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture. Although the idea of a water shortage(短缺)seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfall country, many of the world's agricultural industries experience constant water shortages.

　　Although dams can be built to store water for agricultural use in dry areas and dry seasons, the costs of water redistribution(重新分配)are very high. Not only is there the cost of the engineering itself, but there is also an environmental cost to be considered. Where valleys(山谷)are flooded to create dams, houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed. Besides, water may flow easily through pipes to fields, but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other. Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to supply its farming requirements.

　　This is particularly troubling for countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation (灌溉). In Texas, farmers' overuse of irrigation water has resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores. In the Central Valley area of southwestern USA, a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry valleys, but much of the water use has been poorly managed.

　　Saudi Arabia's attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have seen the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves.

　　Because there is no rainfall in these areas, such reserves can only decrease, and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry.

　　68. From the first two paragraphs we learn that________.

　　A. much of the world's water is available for use

　　B. people in high rainfall countries feel lucky

　　C. the costs of water redistribution should be considered

　　D. water can be easily carried through pipes across the world

　　69. Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A. The water stores in Texas have been reduced by 75%.

　　B. Most industries in the world suffer from water shortages.

　　C. The underground water in Saudi Arabia might run out in 50 years.

　　D. Good management of water use resulted from the project in the Central Valley.

　　70. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

　　A. Steps to improving water use management.

　　B. Ways to reduce the costs of building dams.

　　C. Measures to deal with worldwide water shortages.

　　D. Approaches to handling the pressure on water supply.

　　71. The text is mainly about________.

　　A. water supply and increasing population

　　B. water use management and agriculture

　　C. water redistribution and wildlife protection

　　D. water shortages and environmental protection

　　E

　　Feeling blue about the world? “Cheer up.” says science writer Matt Ridley. “The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.”

　　Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he's carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he's set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book, The Rational Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that, on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 years. He backs his findings with hard facts gathered through years of research.

　　Here's how he explains his views.

　　1 ) Shopping fuels invention

　　It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better cars, and, of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we'll be.

　　2) Brilliant advances

　　One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longerlived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown

　　a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing

　　one hour's light cost six hours' work.

　　In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes' work to pay for.

　　In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today it's half second.

　　3 ) Let's not kill ourselves for climate change

　　Mitigating (减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself.

　　A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossilfuel (化石燃料) electricity is forbidden by wellmeaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nosebleed by putting a tourniquet (止血带) around our necks.

　　72. What is the theme of Ridley's most recent book?

　　A. Weakness of human nature.

　　B. Concern about climate change.

　　C. Importance of practical thinking.

　　D. Optimism about human progress.

　　73. How does Ridley look at shopping?

　　A. It encourages the creation of things.

　　B. It results in shortage of goods.

　　C. It demands more fossil fuels.

　　D. It causes a poverty problem.

　　74. The candle and lamp example is used to show that ________.

　　A. oil lamps give off more light than candles

　　B. shortening working time brings about a happier life

　　C. advanced technology helps to produce better candles

　　D. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods

　　75. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

　　A. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost.

　　B. Overreaction to climate change may be dangerous.

　　C. People's health is closely related to climate change. D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.

　　阅读理解

　　56．A　细节理解题。从第一段最后两句“...he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.”可知需要做心脏手术这个消息引发他深思生活的真谛。因此A项正确。

　　57.B　细节理解题。从第二段可知Tim从一个小册子上得知Imagination Library每月向儿童赠送书籍，从出生到年满5岁。他深有启发，认为退休后可以做点类似(something like)的事情。故B项正确。

　　58．C　推理判断题。由第二段“... a program started by Dolly Parton's foundation that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier，Tennessee.”可判断出the singer 就是Dolly Parton，出生于田纳西州的Sevier。故C项正确。

　　59.D　推理判断题。由文章第四段第三句“We didn't want to give the children rubbish.”可知，他们不想让孩子们读一些垃圾书，故此行目的旨在检验书籍质量。故D项正确。

　　60.A　细节理解题。第一则广告招聘的是电台音乐制作人，如果你希望在电台工作，当然应与Producer Vacancies，Kiss 100联系。

　　61.D　细节理解题。根据第二则广告可知，the Enterprise Shopping Centre招聘的是圣诞老人，工作的时间是从11月24日开始，持续到12月24日，在这大约一个月的时间内，他都要在周六或者除了周日以外的其他时间工作。

　　62.C　细节理解题。根据第三则广告最后“This position is equally suitable for a school leaver”可知答案为C项。

　　63.C　细节理解题。根据最后一则广告第二句中的“You should be good at the computer”可知答案为C项。

　　64.C　推理判断题。根据第一段最后可以看出，当时作者只是一个5岁的孩子，对送奶人腰带上的投币器很好奇，善良的送奶人把一枚硬币送给作者，是为了满足其好奇心，所以应选C项。

　　65.D　推理判断题。根据第三段第二句可知，家里人与送奶人之间关系很密切，送奶人甚至有家里的钥匙，由此推断送奶人得到了充分的信任，故选D项。

　　66.B　细节理解题。根据第四段可知，激烈的竞争和购买的便利使得送奶上门退出了市场，无法存在下去，故选B项。

　　67.A　推理判断题。由最后一段可以看出，作者有一种怀旧的心理，想念儿时的时光，感觉送奶人送来牛奶的同时，也带来了友谊，故选A项。

　　68．C　细节理解题，由文中第一段第二句“With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture...”可知A选项错误；由第一段第三句“...strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfall country...”可知B选项不合文意；第二段前两句指出水资源的重新分配的费用极高，一方面是水利过程本身的造价，另一方面也会对生态造成极大的破坏，所以选项C正确，根据第二段第四句“...it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other.”可知D项不正确。

　　69．C　细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“...has resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores.”可判断A选项不正确；由第一段最后一句可判断B选项错误；由文章最后一句“...fifty years of pumping will see them run dry.”可知C项正确。根据文章第三段最后一句可知D项不正确。

　　70．A　判断推理题。文章前面一部分主要是讲述农业在利用水资源过程中存在的问题，接下来应该是介绍加强水资源管理的方法和措施，所以A选项正确。

　　71．B　主旨大意题。由第一段第二句可知。

　　72．D　细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he's carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress...” Ridley 自称是一个理性的乐观主义者，所谓理性是因为他仔细权衡证据；所谓乐观是因为这些证据表明人类进步是不可避免的，而且也是十分美好的。这就是他在近期的一本书当中以全新的视角向人们证明的主题。故此处D项正确。

　　73．A　推理判断题。根据第一个小标题题目“Shopping fuels invention”以及其内容最后一句“The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we'll be.”可知，购物刺激发明创造，刺激消费，促进生产，这种情况越多，我们将会越富有。故此处A项正确。

　　74．D　细节理解题。从第二个标题内容可知，我们生活远比以前富裕，健康，长寿，人也长得高了，也比以前聪明了，其中一个原因是我们人类的四种基本需求——衣，食，住，行比以前便宜了很多。因此以油灯和蜡烛为例进一步阐述，故此处D项正确。

　　75.B　推理判断题。由文章最后一句可知，如果气候变化证明是轻微的，然而降低二氧化碳会引起麻烦，那么很可能会发现我们用止血带缠绕脖子以此止住鼻血。此处暗指对气候变化的过度反应存在危险。故B项正确。