2017届北京市朝阳区高考英语阅读理解暑假训练（3）

　　北京市朝阳区2017高考英语阅读理解暑假训练（3）及答案

　　阅读下面五篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly

　　popular "design museums" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. Unlike

　　most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public

　　These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of

　　the hall

　　Pe叩le have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new

　　industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales-it is the honoring of

　　excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the

　　showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells

　　you the success of a sale.

　　One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the

　　exhihits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or

　　puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products

　　work and look as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives. Art museum

　　exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something

　　between their understanding.

　　In recent years, several new design museums have opened their door. Each of these museums

　　has tried to satisfy the public’s growing interest in the field with new ideas. London's Design

　　Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric

　　typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less strict

　　than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while

　　walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday

　　life.

　　47. Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they＿．

　　A. show more technologically advanced products B. help increase the sales of products

　　C. show why the products have sold well D. attract more people than store windows do

　　48. The author believes that most design museum visitors＿．

　　A. do not admire mass-produced products B. are puzzled with technological exhibits

　　C. dislike exhibits in art museums D. know the exhibits very well

　　49. The choices open to design museums＿

　　A. are not as strict as those to art museums B, are not aimed to interest the public

　　C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors D. often contain precious exhibits

　　50. The best title for this passage is“＿”

　　A. The Forms of Design Museums B. The Exhibits of Design Museums

　　C. The Nature of Design Museums D. The Choices Open to Design Museums

　　【参考答案】47—50、CDAC

　　阅读理解

　　Tykoon is an online website that allows you to teach your child financial principles through allowances, assignment of tasks and daily chores. As the parent, you can assign a cash value to the things you want your child to do. Then, your child can go in, accept the task and add to their wish list of what they would like to purchase with the money that they earn.

　　Let’s start with the parent side of things. The parent must be the one to set up the account. You simply enter your information and your child’s information to get started. You are then able to assign allowance amounts to your child.

　　Then you can add tasks for your child to accept and link them to either their weekly allowance or a pre-determined amount. Your child is then able to accept or decline their tasks. They can see how much each task earns, how often they need to do it and what they will get if they do! They can add items that they are working toward earning and can even earn nn-cash incentives such as extra TV time or staying up late!

　　Tykoon is a great way to start teaching your child about responsibility and financial principles in fun and safe way. Through the creation of their own profile and the ability to accept or decline tasks, they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets! So, head over and sign up for a free account today and watch your child get excited about doing their chores!

　　And right now, as a special reward, if you share Tykoon with your friends and have five friends sign up and stay active for more than a month, you’ll earn a ＄25 Amazon.com gift card! So get your child enrolled(注册), tell your friends and let’s start teaching all our kids about the important financial principles today!

　　66.The purpose of the text is to___________.

　　A. make an advertisement

　　B. share teaching experience

　　C. describe an online website

　　D. present a way of making money

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】第一段介绍Tykoon，二，三，四段介绍怎样操作以及所带来的好处， 最后一段是奖励措施。因此， 本文的目的是做广告，吸引大家都来参与。

　　67.The underlined word“incentives” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_________”.

　　A. promises

　　B. rewards

　　C. gifts

　　D. tasks

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】根据下文such as extra TV time or staying up late!，可见，“incentives”表示的是一种奖励。

　　68.What can kids learn from Tykoon?

　　A. The ability to manage their budgets.

　　B. The responsibility to do daily chores.

　　C. The skills to earn their own living.

　　D. The tricks to accept or refuse tasks.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】根据第四段they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets!他们被教给在以后生活中他们自己管理自己财务时需要的技巧。

　　69.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_________.

　　A. no parents will resist the special reward

　　B. Amazon is a very popular website

　　C. Tykoon wants to attract more visitors

　　D. friends should share information

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】如果你能分享给5个朋友，让他们也签约并且保持活跃至少一个月，你就会得到价值25美元的亚马逊礼品卡。

　　70.What is the best title of the text?

　　A. Tykoon—A Safe Way to Manage Your Financial Issues

　　B. How to Create Funny Tasks for Your Kids on the Website

　　C. Opening an Online Account with the Help of Tykoon

　　D. Teaching Your Kids Financial Principles with Tykoon

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】纵观全文可知。

　　【浙江省金华十校2017高考英语模拟试题】D

　　For years I fought with the bird's nest that sat on top of my head-my Medusa（神话中的蛇发女妖） hair．No matter what I did and how hard I tried, in no way could I make my unruly （乱蓬蓬）hair to my satisfaction．

　　Growing up in a Russian-Jewish home with parents who thought North American styling products

　　were something illegal such as drugs, I was never allowed to put them in :my hair．¨ Why buy hair gel? Your hair is so beautiful naturally," my mother would say．The teens at school did not agree．From boys 'not wanting to kiss me when we played spin the bottle in Grade 7 to being called the mop, I suffered from my hair．

　　When I got to university, I believed my hair was a wall that stood between me and everything-finding a part-time job, getting a boyfriend, etc．

　　If only I could find a way to manage the curls and put it behind bars, I told myself, I would feel secure and sexy．I tried everything: rollers, hairspray, gels and, at one point, an iron．Then, in my second year, a miracle happened．I was asked to be a hair model for Japanese hair straightening, a process by which the molecules（分子）of my curls would be broken and reset in a bone-straight position．I was the perfect candidate, the hairdresser told me． Although they said how hair relaxing could damage the :scalp （头皮）,for the next five years I didn't find them to be true． All of the hairdresser's promises were fulfilled:

　　With my hair straight and smooth, I was no longer the¨ mop"．

　　However, there was extreme damage done to my wallet． To keep up the straightening cost

　　$ 700 every six months, and that was considered cheap．While some people thought I was crazy, I was willing to do anything to never again feel like that anxious, curly-headed girl in Grade 7．But when I moved out． of my parents" house 'at age 26 and rented an apartment, the upkeep of my new image became too costly．

　　I couldn't hide from my inner Medusa any longer．It was time to hug her and let her fly．Seeking a choice, I turned to the Internet, Google．After hours of searching, I hit upon a“ curly haired"

　　salon, a place designed for girls like me．I doubted these so-called “Curl Ambassadors" could do anything

　　without using machine of some sort, and though I bought the service called the “Curly-Doo,"

　　I suspected I'd have the same unruly mop at the end of the appointment．

　　I dragged my feet so hard getting there that I arrived 45 minutes late． I secretly hoped they would turn me away．Instead, my stylist simply said :‘‘You are very late． Let me see your hair" At． that moment, my world and beliefs about myself were turned upside down along with my hair． As my head was in a basin full of freezing-cold water, then covered with a jelly-like jam, I wondered what I had got myself into．

　　¨ Do you really think this will work?"

　　I asked the stylist, Jones．“ My curls are a disaster．"“No curly hair is hopeless," she replied．“They just haven't found a way to work with it, that's all． "

　　After the hour was over, Jones had completed her work． She had styled my hair using only her hands, water and a mixture of organic jam． I couldn't believe what I was seeing in the mirror: a naturally curly, Medusa-free me．You could argue that hair is just hair． Yet, it is just such physical features that have such a large influence on how we view ourselves．

　　According to Jones,75 percent of the population have a wave or curl in their hair and don't know what to do with it． Men cut theirs short． Women flat-iron theirs to death． When I read through a beauty magazine or take the subway to work, it makes me sad to see so many people repressing their natural beauty．

　　Since then, my world has changed． I have always been outgoing, but these days I seem to be more outspoken and confident than ever． On top of that, friends and co-workers tell me I am looking better than ever, but they don't know the source of the change．

　　I don't need to tell them* My Medusa hair speaks for herself．

　　55．What can we learn about the writer's hair in the first place?

　　A． Her parents considered it was bird's nest．

　　B． Teens at school laughed at it as Medusa hair．

　　C． She hated it because it couldn't be straightened．

　　D． North American styling products harmed her hair．

　　56．Japanese hair straightening caused a problem for the writer that

　　．

　　A． her wish to feel secure and sexy didn't come true

　　B． her hair was seriously damaged after the straightening

　　C． the cost to keep her hair straight was too high for her

　　D． she was called ¨the mop" with her hair straight and smooth

　　57．The writer was

　　when she went to the “curly haired" salon．

　　A． hesitated B． excited C． disappointed

　　D． determined

　　58．What was the reaction of the stylist in the salon when she saw the writer?

　　A． She was very angry because the writer was late．

　　B． She thought totally the writer's hair was a disaster．

　　C． She was calm and sure of her work．

　　D． She thought there was no way to fix the writer's hair．

　　59．The writer's world has changed because she

　　．

　　A． has removed her inner Medusa

　　B． has removed her curls on her head

　　C． has found a way to straighten her hair in the stylish salon

　　D． has found the admiration for her from her friends and co-workers

　　60．The best title of the passage can be

　　．

　　A． A Successful Stylist

　　C． Road to Beauty

　　B． My Medusa Hair

　　D． Accept the Way We Are

　　【参考答案】55、C

　　56—60、CACAB

　　阅读理解

　　How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.

　　There are now more than a thousand genetic（基因的）tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’（老年痴呆症）.

　　“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.

　　“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.”“That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”

　　Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was“no significant difference”between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.

　　71.The first paragraph is meant to__________.

　　A. ask some questions

　　B. introduce the topic

　　C. satisfy readers’ curiosity

　　D. describe an academic fact

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】通过两个问题引出话题。

　　72.Which of the following is true of James Watson？

　　A. He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

　　B. He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

　　C. He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

　　D. He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】根据第二段Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’。“James Watson要求如果他的基因表明他有很高的老年痴呆症的可能不要告诉他。”

　　73.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.

　　A. advisable not to let him know

　　B. impossible to hide his disease

　　C. better to inform him immediately D. necessary to remove his anxiety

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】根据这两个自然段可知，如果你提前被告知你将来可能患某种可怕的疾病会mess you up。

　　74.The underlined part“freak out”in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.

　　A. break down

　　B. drop out

　　C. leave off

　　D. turn away

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】根据下文But的转折，以及no significant difference可知，freak out的意思是A（精神垮掉）。

　　75.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.

　　A. prefer to hear good news

　　B. tend to find out the truth

　　C. can accept some bad news

　　D. have the right to be informed

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】根据第五段内容 In fact, most people think they can handle it可知答案选C.