2017届高考英语一轮限时训练：阅读理解（11）

　　2017高考英语阅读理解一轮限时训练题（11） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【广东省揭阳市一模】A Like many men at some point, I dream about opening a bar. I plan to call it Work Out. It will cater to married women in need of a little fun. On Friday nights, they will be able to come here and enjoy themselves. See, I have a gift for business. I am, as my wife Zsa Zsa likes to note, “A man with a million ideas, none of them very good.” Speaking of Zsa Zsa, she is fed up with this plain little life I’ve made for us——too many kids, too many chores, mind – numbing debt. The other day, she said she thought we needed a new family car. “Sure. How about an 87 Lincoln?” I said, and saw my dear Zsa Zsa age about 20 years, and become her mother right before my eyes. Yes, money is our madness. Last year, we thought we had found a little cushion when I published a book about the life here in suburban America. It sold 12 copies——six of them to my mother. Four other copies went to various aunts and uncles, who used them for martini coasters (杯垫), then sold them at yard sales. The two remaining copies went to perfect strangers. (I think I owe you dinner, whoever you are. Call me, OK? We’ll arrange something.) When the book didn’t take off, I wrote a TV show. Then I penned a short novel based on the earlier TV idea that didn’t sell. Currently, I am at work on a set of encyclopedias(百科全书). In a month, I plan to sell them door – to – door. Such is the life of a writer, sending off the most personal thoughts possible to his hard drive. I am a writer, but also the breadwinner in my family. I’m at the keyboard at 6 almost every morning, hoping to tap out one idea——just one——that will take us up the hill, to the mountain, to the top. 26. According to the passage, the author is leading a/an life. A. enjoyable B. wealthy C. hard D. comfortable 【答案】【解析】she is fed up with this plain little life I’ve made for us——too many kids, too many chores, mind – numbing debt.”可知作者过着艰难的生活。故选C。 27. By saying “Sure. How about an 87 Lincoln?”, the author . A. promised it to his wife B. was showing off their fortune C. thought his wife would like it D. was just joking 【答案】【解析】she is fed up with this plain little life I’ve made for us——too many kids, too many chores, mind – numbing debt.”可知他们有太多的孩子，杂物以及让人头脑麻木的债务。他们根本没钱买车，所以作者说买林肯车只是开个玩笑。 28. What was the result of the book the author mentioned in the 3rd paragraph? A. It didn’t sell well at all. B. He sold it door – to – door. C. He made a lot of money from it. D. It was really a cushion for his family. 【答案】【解析】It sold 12 copies——six of them to my mother. Four other copies went to various aunts and uncles, who used them for martini coasters (杯垫), then sold them at yard sales. The two remaining copies went to perfect strangers.29. What does the underlined word “cushion” mean ? A. Comfortable seat. B. Financial help. C. Unexpected success. D. Best-selling book. 【答案】【解析】money is our madness.”可知他们以为他们找到了财富。故选B。 30. From the account above, which of the following statements is true? A. He has a real gift for business. B. He isn’t serious enough about life. C. He is a hard – working writer. D. His wife is satisfied with their plain life. 【答案】【解析】Such is the life of a writer, sending off the most personal thoughts possible to his hard drive.”可知他是个努力工作的作家。 【广东省茂名市 Sunny countries are often poor. A shame, then, that solar power is still quite expensive. Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to get round this. In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity, a battery that can deliver a three amp（安培） current to store this electricity, and a lamp whose bulb is a light-emitting diode（二极管）. The firm thinks that this system, once the battery is fully charged, is enough to light two small rooms and to power a mobile-phone charger for seven hours. Then, next day, it can be put outside and charged back up again. The trick is that, to be able to use the electricity, the system's keeper must buy a scratch card—for as little as a dollar—on which is printed a reference number. The keeper sends this reference, plus the serial number of the household solar unit, by SMS to Eight19. The company's server will respond automatically with an access code to the unit. Users may consider that they are paying an hourly rate for their electricity. In fact, they are paying off the cost of the unit. After buying around $80 worth of scratch cards—which Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 months—the user will own it. He will then have the option of continuing to use it for nothing, or of trading it in for a bigger one, perhaps driven by a 10-watt solar cell. In that case, he would go then through the same process again, paying off the additional cost of the upgraded kit at a slightly higher rate. Users would therefore increase their electricity supply steadily and affordably. According to Eight19's figures, this looks like a good deal for customers. The firm believes the average energy-starved Kenyan spends around $10 a month on oil—enough to fuel a couple of smoky lamps—plus $2 on charging his mobile phone in the market-place. Regular users of one of Eight19's basic solar units will spend around half that, before owning it completely. Meanwhile, as the cost of solar technology falls, it should get even cheaper. 41. The underlined word “get round” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _______ . A. make use of B. come up with C. look into D. deal with 【答案】D 【解析】词义猜测题。make use of利用； come up with想出； look into调查； deal with处理。根据solar power is still quite expensive及Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to因为太阳能仍然很贵，所以Eight19发明了一个新的方法来解决这个问题，故选D。 42. What should the user do when the electricity in the battery is used up? A. Buy a scratch card. B. Recharge it outside. C. Buy another solar cell. D. Return it to the company. 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Then, next day, it can be put outside and charged back up again.可知没有电了，你可以把它放在外面重新充电，故选A。 43. How much would users pay for the cell and scratch cards before they own a 2.5-watt solar cell? A. Around $10. B. Around $80. C. Around $90. D. Around $180. 【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章1,3段After buying around $80 worth of scratch cards—which Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 months—the user will own it. 和In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity可知在你拥有这些之前，你要花费90元。故选C。 44. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____________. A. Kenyan families would find it difficult to afford the solar cell B. using the solar cell would help Kenyan families save money C. few Kenyan families use mobile phones for lack of electricity D. the company will make a great profit from selling solar cells 【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段The firm believes the average energy-starved Kenyan spends around $10 a month on oil—enough to fuel a couple of smoky lamps—plus $2 on charging his mobile phone in the market-place. Regular users of one of Eight19's basic solar units will spend around half that, before owning it completely. Meanwhile, as the cost of solar technology falls, it should get even cheaper.可知这样做会让太阳能的成本降低，会给肯尼亚的人来到好处。故选B。 45. What might be the most suitable title for the passage? A. Solar Energy: Starting from Scratch. B. Eight19: a creative British Company. C. Kenyan Families: Using Solar Energy for Free. D. Poor Countries: Beginning to Use Solar Energy. 【答案】A 【解析】标题归纳题。根据文章主题段第一段内容可知本文讲述的是Eight19,这家英国的公司所采用的使用太阳能的一种新的方法，故选A。 阅读理解---------C UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Board of Graduate Studies Admissions Office) 2708 Fltrp Wai Yan She Da Sha 19# Xi Shan Huan Bei Lu Beijing 100089 China Dear Li Hua, Conditional Offer of Admission I am very pleased to make you a conditional offer of admission as a Graduate Student at the University of Cambridge. This offer replaces any previous offer we may have made for this course and term of admission. Please read this letter and the explanation given in the accompanying booklet “An Explanation of Your Offer and Its Conditions” carefully. This letter and the booklet form a single document. Your offer details are in two parts: the course we are offering you, and the conditions you must satisfy before we will admit you. The booklet tells you what each means and what you need to do to respond to the offer. Your Course Qualification：Master of Philosophy (Only) Subject： Modern Society + Global Trans Admission date：1 October, 2010 Supervisor：To be appointed. Fee status：Overseas student. Your Conditions Finance： The YEARLY cost of your course is £18,002. College：A condition of your admission is that one of the Cambridge Colleges offers your membership. The University is now seeking College membership for you, and will notify you when a College makes you an offer of membership. Academic：You must graduate from your Bachelor’s degree with a final overall average of at least 90%. …con’td Use our online self-service to check the progress and much more about your application： Http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/admissions/selfservice/ 、What is not clear in the letter? A、The subject to be studied. B、The exact admission date. C、The College Li Hua will be in. D、The application number. 、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A、The student will study in Cambridge for 40 hours a week. B、The cost of the course spent every year will be ＄18,002. C、Michaelmas Term in Cambridge often begins in March. D、The student will major in Modern Society or Global Trans. 11、What may “cont’d” at the end of the letter refer to? A、The booklet attached to the letter. B、The conditions that must be satisfied. C、Something about the student’s academic. D、An encouraging response to the student.CA 11、A 阅读理解--------D He felt faint again now but he held on the great fish all the strain that he could. I moved him, he thought. Maybe this time I can get him over. Pull, hands, he thought. Hold up, legs. Last for me, head. Last for me. You never went. This time I’ll pull him over. But when he put all of his effort on, starting it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his strength, the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away. “Fish,” the old man said. “Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?” That way nothing is accomplished, he thought. His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now. I must get him alongside this time, he thought. I am not good for many more turns. Yes, you are, he told himself. You’re good for ever. On the next turn, he nearly had him. But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who. Now you are getting confused in the head, he thought. You must keep your head clear. Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought. “Clear up, head,” he said in a voice he could hardly hear. “Clear up.” Twice more it was the same on the turns. I do not know, the old man thought. He had been on the point of feeling himself go each time. I do not know. But I will try it once more. He tried it once more and he felt himself going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail weaving in the air. I’ll try it again, the old man promised, although his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes. He tried it again and it was the same. So he thought, and he felt himself going before he started; I will try it once again. He took all his pain and what was left of his strength and his long gone pride and he put it against the fish’s agony and the fish came over onto his side and swam gently on his side, his bill almost touching the planking of the skiff and started to pass the boat, long, deep, wide, silver and barred with purple and interminable in the water. The old man dropped the line and put his foot on it and lifted the harpoon as high as he could and drove it down with all his strength, and more strength he had just summoned, into the fish’s side just behind the great chest fin that rose high in the air to the altitude of the man’s chest. He felt the iron go in and he leaned on it and drove it further and then pushed all his weight after it. Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff. Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all of the skiff. 12. In what way did the old man make it? A. By keeping his head clear up. B. By pulling the fish to his boat. C. By stopping the fish making turns. D. By getting the fish over and hitting it with his harpoon. 13. Which of the following statements is true about the fisherman? A. The fisherman seemed to be playing a cat-and-mouse game. B. The fisherman showed respect for his rival in this fierce battle. C. The fisherman was dramatically exhausted and on the point of giving up. D. The fisherman, experienced as he was in fishing, nearly got killed on several occasions. 14. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage? A. Risk at sea B. Fighting a fish C. Fish’s enemy D. Fishing, a dangerous job 15. The theme of this story might be linked with ____________. A. environmental protection B. human spirit C. man and nature D. moral 【参考答案】12—15、DBBC

　　Course：MPhil in Modern Society and Global Transformations Type：Only Study Mode：Full-time(40 hours per week) Admission：Michaelmas Term 2010 Application No：10073140 8 March, 2010