2017届高考英语一轮复习阅读理解训练（2）及答案

　　2017高考英语一轮阅读理解训练（2）及答案阅读理解 Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. There were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’. Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care for the remaining three girls and a boy. Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes. As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor, Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher, but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847. Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849. Charlotte published Shirley in 1849 and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had. 11. What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte? A. Help him write stories. B. Help him get trained in art. C. Teach him how to draw well. D. Teach him how to educate himself. 12. We know from the text that____. A. Jane Eyre was published in 1847 B. Cgarlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all C. the Bronte sisters received good education D. Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writing 13. Which of the following was published after the death of its writer? A. Shirley. B. Villette. C. Agnes Grey. D. The professor. 14. The underlined words “the other two” in the 5th paragraph refer to______. A. Shirley and Villette B. The Professor and Agnes Grey C. Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights D. The Professor and Wuthering Heights 15. What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text? A. Their novels interested few publishers. B. None of them had more than two books published. C. Emily was the least successful of the three. D. None of them lived longer than 40 years old. 【参考答案】11—15、B A D C D 阅读理解------D To switch or not to switch, that is the question．Google’s announcement of its Nexus One smartphone（智能手机） happened over a week ago and I’m still receiving lots of e-mails from readers asking the same question: Should they give up their iPhone for the Nexus One? Some people with iPhones, disappointed by American Telephone & Telegraph’s inadequate service and the high monthly cost, are wondering if they have really got something to replace it．Does the Nexus One offer the functions that Apple has led them to expect? I’m on the fence myself, even though I never thought I’d be interested in anything but the iPhone．From my experience using the Nexus One, and from talking to people who have made the change, it’s not necessarily about the differences between the iPhone and the Nexus One．The phones are extremely similar in design and general feel．Instead, the decision can be made based on the software services you use on your desktop． My friend Chad Dickerson received a pre-lauch Nexus One from Google three weeks ago．He said Google’s phone feels connected to certain services on the Web in a way the iPhone doesn’t．“Compared to the iPhone, the Google phone feels like it’s part of the Internet to me,” he said．“If you live in a Google world, you have that world in your pocket in a way that’s cleaner and more connected than the iPhone.” Personally, the phones work perfectly with their own software, but both of them don’t make an effort to play well with other services．．Why are some iPhone users expecting a new type of phone? A．Because their old ones are out of date． B．Because they accept Google’s announcement． C．Because of the limited service and high cost． D．Because of the terrible software they can use．．．What’s the author’s attitude towards the new phones in the third paragraph? A．Negative B．Neutral C．Indifferent D．Positive .The underlined word “pre-launch” in Paragraph 4 means that “______”. A. 新推出的 B. 下水前的 C. 发射前的 D. 新设计的．In Chad Dickerson’s opinion, the Nexus One is ________ the iPhone． A．better than B．worse than C．as good as D．as bad as ．The best title of the passage might be ________． A．Apple’s New Smartphone B．Google’s New Smartphone C．Good Services Matter D．Torn Between Two Phones —20、C B A A D As a young boy, I sometimes travelled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: there were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did. In spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy, it was such fun to stick your finger through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers. On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. “Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one. ” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills. Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs. ” Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $ 32，000.when I travelled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad's death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case. As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes. I made a turn at the corner and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mum and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories. At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. “What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas？” he asked.？”？”when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.” I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn't hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families. For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime. 1. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as________．great chances to help other people B．happy occasions to play with baby chickens C．exciting experiences with a lot of fun D．good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies 2. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that________．Dad had a strong sense of duty B．Dad was an honest and reliable man C．Dad had a strong sense of honour D．Dad was a kind and generous man 3．According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most? A．Dad read letters for a blind lady for years. B．Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl. C．Dad delivered some eggs to Marian. D．Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year. 4．The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is________． A．offering analyses B．providing explanations C．giving examples D．making comparisons 【要点综述】 本文主要讲述了邮递员爸爸的简单、丰富而又充实、有趣的邮递员生活，尤其回复孩子们给圣诞老人的信更是感人至深。　推理判断题。根据文章的前两段，作者和父亲一起经历的所见、所闻、所感，可知那些是愉快的经历，故C符合文意。　推理判断题。商人把那么多钱放在邮箱里托付给爸爸存入银行，可见爸爸是一个诚实的、可以信赖的人，故B符合文意。　推理判断题。文章最后几段详细介绍D符合文意。　推理判断题。根据对第四段的整体理解，可知本段主要用了举例的写作手法，故C符合文意。 Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had. Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out. “Surgery(外科手术)”, one replied. I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job. One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows, you can get at least 5cm taller!” At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall! It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality. No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost. In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career. 60. We can know from the passage that the author works as ______. A. a doctor B. a model C. a teacher D. a reporter 61. Many graduates today turn to cosmetic surgery to______. A. marry a better manwoman B. become a model C. get an advantage over others in job-hunt D. attract more admirers 62. According to the passage, the author believes that ______. A. everyone should purchase perfection, whatever the cost B. it’s right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs C. media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery D. it is one’s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one’s career 63. What does the author think of his height? A. He hates to be called a short man. B. He tries to increase his height through surgery. C. He always wears shoes with thick soles to hide the fact. D. He just accepts it as it is 【参考答案】60、C 61-63、 CCD 阅读理解 From the first use of the rocket to carry satellites into space to the setting up of space stations, human beings have been putting great effort into space research. And so far, we have achieved many successes. But there are still numerous tasks in front of us and we should not stop trying to progress. The international space station (ISS) is an important step we should take in space exploration. It is not only helpful but also essential. It provides a proper space environment for many experiments that we have wanted to do for a long time. It is also a base for the observations of the earth and the universe. It could also be an important base for later travel to the moon and Mars. In a word, if we want to explore space more, the first thing we should do is to set up a space station. As the space station costs a lot of money, it is hard for one country alone to establish one. The USA seems to be the only country that has the ability to build a space station alone，and it has tried to do so, but not very successful. So it aggregated many other countries to work on it together. Though it is still extremely expensive, it is much cheaper than doing it alone. It is really a job that needs everyone’s effort and will benefit everyone. Led by the U.S. and Russia, the ISS is a joint project between six space agencies involving 16 countries. Called the greatest achievement in human cooperation, the ISS has come to the end of a ten-year’s hard work in construction. China has applied for participation in (taking part in) the project many times. Unfortunately all the applications were rejected, which drove China onto the path of independent development. As the Long March Ⅱ-F/T1 carrier rocket blasted off (leave the ground) and successfully carried the Tiangong-1 into space on September 29, 2011, China takes a big step toward its Space Station Era. Some West media suggested that the successful launch of Tiangong-1 would disturb the balance of global space power, raising concerns (关注) about “China threat”. China’s space project is not designed for military (军事的) purpose but for developing space technology to explore space resources and make use of them for mankind’s well-being. 45. From Paragraph 2 we learn that ________. A. the necessity of building the international space station is not realized now B. many experiments have been done in the international space station C. the international space station is necessary for people to explore space more D. people have traveled to Mars from the international space station 46. Which of the following is NOT a reason for countries’ cooperation in building the international space station? A. That it requires a lot of money. B. That it needs everyone’s effort. C. That it will benefit every participating country. D. That it is too far away from the earth. 47.The underlined word “aggregated” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “________”． A. united B. scolded C. allowed D. forbade 48. China wants to build its space station in order to __________. A. break the balance of global space power B. show that China can build space station alone C. raise international concerns about “China threat” D. make use of space peacefully for mankind’s well-being 【参考答案】45、C 46—48. DAD