2017高考英语三轮冲刺阅读强化训练31

　　、阅读理解（本大题共5小题，共0分）

　　A

　　Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high? and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is asleep.

　　What is ld and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano.

　　Large quantities of stone and lave (岩浆) broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes (灰烬) were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paracution went to sleep.

　　1. Paracutin was once the mane of _______

　　.

　　A. a peasnat

　　B. a village

　　C. an old mountain

　　D. a Mexican

　　2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

　　A. Paracutin is not active any more.

　　B. Paracutin is the first volcano in the world.

　　C. Paracutin did not exist until the early 1940s.

　　D. It took Paracutin 10 years to grow to its present size.

　　3. What was destroyed in the growing up of the volcano?

　　A.The little bill of stone.

　　B. The villagers living close by.

　　C. The forests and fields round Raracutin.

　　D. The Mexican peasant and his wife.

　　4. In this passage the writer is trying to______.

　　A. tell us an interesting happening

　　?

　　B. explain a scientific theory

　　C. make usbelieve something

　　D. make up an interesting story

　　5. What can we learn about volcanoes from this passage?

　　A. New volcanoes may appear in place where people do not expect them to be.

　　B. Volcanoes are always growing.

　　C. Volcanoes are active from time to time.

　　D. New volcanoes are active for only ten years.

　　【答案解析】

　　2.【分析】这是一道细节题。本题很有可能同学选C。因为没有注意到C中的exist是一个延续性动词，意思是“到20世纪40年代早期才有了这座火山”而B的选项时态告诉读者，这座火山是从出生到一直成长为目前这般高度的第一座火山，故B为本题的最佳选项。

　　3.【分析】这是一道细节题。文章倒数第二句告诉我们，火山在成长的过程中，大片的土地及森林被毁坏了。故该题C为最佳答案。

　　4.【分析】本题是一道综合分析、判断题。意即本文讲述的是火山发生这一有趣的事实。故A为本题正确答案。本题通过率为50％。

　　5.【分析】本题仍是综合分析题。如果考生能够纵观全局，则能得出此判断“火山可能会出现在人没想到的地方发生，另外，从常识中我们也应具备这方面的认识，故A为本题的最佳答案。

　　B

　　Nothing was going right for Dr. Turner at the hospital. He made a mistake while operating on a patient. He felt sure he was no longer trusted and decided to change his job. One day he learned from the paper that a doctor was looking for a partner(合作者). The doctor, whose name was Johnson, lived in Thorby, a small town in the north of England.

　　A few days later Dr. Turner went to Thorby, and arrived at Dr. Johnson's home early in the afternoon. Though old and a little deaf, Dr. Johnson still had a good brain. He kept talking to the visitor about the town and its people. When they turned to the question of partnership, it was already seven in the evening. Dr. Johnson invited Dr. Turner to have dinner with him in a restaurant before catching the train back to London. Dr. Turner noticed that Dr. Johnson was fond of good food and expensive wines. They had an excellent meal. When the bill was brought, Dr Johnson felt in his pocket. "Oh ,dear," he said. "I've forgotten my money." "That's all right," Dr. Turner said. "I'll pay the bill." As he

　　did so, he began to wonder whether Dr. Johnson was worthy of trust.

　　1. Dr. Turner decided to leave his present job because______.

　　A. he had never been trusted

　　B. it demanded too great skills

　　C. he believed it offered little hope for his future

　　D. he thought the hospital would like him to leave

　　2. The two doctors spent most of the afternoon talking about______.

　　A. things of no interest to Dr. Johnson

　　B. things of no importance to Dr. Turner

　　C. health matters

　　D. food and drink

　　3. The story suggests that______.

　　A. Dr. Johnson did not like Dr. Turner

　　B. the two doctors would become friends

　　C. the two doctors would not work togther

　　D. Dr. Turner decided to stay at his present job

　　4. The words did so in the last sentence mean______.

　　A. caught the train back to London

　　B. felt in his pocket

　　C. paid the bill

　　D said those words

　　【答案解析】

　　2.【分析】这仍是一道细节题。在文中的第二自然段的三、四句话可以断定两个人整个下午谈论的都是与Turner所关心的事无关，刚入话题，已开始吃晚饭了。故最佳答案是B。

　　3.【分析】本题的最佳答案是C。文章已告诉我们Johnson邀请Turner进餐而最后又让对方付帐，从而使Turner开始怀疑Johnson的诚实，说明此二人不可能在一起合作。

　　4.【分析】这是一道所指题，根据上下文所提供的信息猜测did so是付帐的意思。故该题的最佳答案为C。

　　C

　　E

　　A new study has found no evidence that sunscreen, commonly used to reduce the risk of skin caner, actually increases the risk.

　　Researchers from the University of lows based their firdings on a review of 18 earlier studies that looked at the associstion between sunscreen use and melanoms(黑素瘤). They said that they found flaws in studies that had reported associations between sunscreen use and higher risk of melanoma.

　　Most health experts believe that by protecting the skin from the harmful effects of the sun, sunscreen helpsprevent skin cancer, which is increasing in incidence (发生率) faster than any other cancer in the United States.

　　But questions have been raised about sunscreen and whether it may have the opposite effect, perhaps by allowing people to remain exposed to the sun longer without burning.

　　The researchers said that among the problems with some earlier studies is that they often failed to take into account that those people most at risk for skin concer—people with fair skin and freckles （雀斑）,for example—are more likely to use sunscreen. As a result, it may appear that sunscreen users get cancer more often.

　　The studies, which generally relied on volunteers to recall their sunscreen use, were also unable to prove how well the products had been applied, said the new study.

　　72. The underlined word “flaws” in the 2nd paragraph most probably means

　　.

　　A.evidences

　　B.facts

　　C.faults

　　D.failures

　　73. People with fair skin and freckles

　　.

　　A.seldom use sunscreen

　　B. are more in danger of skin concer

　　C. can be free from the harm of the sun

　　D. often expose themselves to the sun

　　74. We can learn from the passage that

　　.

　　A. sunscreen users get skin cancer more often

　　B. the volunteers have proved the effect of sunscreen

　　C. the new study was based on the experiences of volunteers

　　D. the number of skin cancer patients is increasing in America

　　75. Which of the following can be the beat title for this passage?

　　A. Sunscreen to Prevent Skin Cancer

　　B. Sunscreen to Increase Skin Cancer

　　C. Skin Cancer Caused by Sunscreen

　　D. Skin Cancer Caused by Freckles

　　【答案解析】D

　　I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪癖的)farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.

　　It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. "She meant more to me than anyone?even my ownI wife !" he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn (厩). "I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!" he said.

　　Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. "She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!" he said, and burst into tears again.

　　1. The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means______.

　　A. expect

　　B. understand

　　C. see clearly

　　D. hear clearly

　　2. Before he arrived at the farmer's house, the writer expected to see Milly lying ______.

　　A. on the ground of a barn

　　B. on the floor of a room

　　C. in bed in a room

　　D. in bed in a barn

　　3. What do we know about Milly from the story?

　　A. She had met with an accident.

　　B. She had caused a scandal.

　　C. She was seriously ill.

　　D. She was hidden somewhere.

　　4. The farmer wished that the writer might_______.

　　A. look into the matter

　　B. bring Milly back to life

　　C. free him from a scandal

　　D. keep the whole thing a secret

　　5. The person who told the story is probably a______.

　　A. farmer

　　B. policeman

　　C. country doctor

　　D. newspaper reporter

　　【答案解析】

　　1.【分析】这是一道词意辨析题。根据上下文猜测，在此句话中是“明白”“弄清楚”的意思，故B为最佳答案。

　　2.【分析】这是一道推理判断题。文章很大篇幅描写的Milly，在作者的眼里，他／她都是农夫的亲人，至于此人是谁，作者根本不知，但他决定必须亲自去看看。故C为本题的最佳答案。此题通过率为49％。

　　3.【分析】这是一道判断题。根据全文得知Milly是一头牛而不是农夫的情人，再根据第一自然段中农夫那喋喋不朽的电话内容，作者了解到Milly是遇到了事故。故A为本题的正确答案。

　　4.【分析】这是一道综合判断题，通过全文阅读，了解到这位农民失去这头牛时心情，通过他对作者的那段话可以看出农夫非常希望作者能使Milly起死复生。B为最佳答案。

　　5.【分析】这是一道细节推断题。从文章的后一部分“I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her！”可以推断出作者是位医生，故C为该题最佳答案。此题区分度为0.628。

　　E

　　C（2017湖北卷）

　　We’ve reached a strange—some would say unusual—point. While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. It’s the good life that’s more likely to kill us these days.

　　Worse, nearly l8 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. What’s going on?

　　We really don’t have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through—up to a point.

　　In the 1970s, Finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.

　　Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the world’s most body-conscious country.

　　We know what we should be doing to lose weight—but actually doing it is another matter. By far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower.

　　Others blame good food. They say: it’s just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much American-style fast food.

　　Some also blame their parents—their genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because they’re normal in shape, or rather slim.

　　It’s a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parents are eager to see their kids shape up. Do as I say—not as I do.

　　59. What is the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?

　　A. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.

　　B. Starvation is taking more people’s lives in the world.

　　C. WHO report shows people’s unawareness of food safety.

　　D. Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHO’s efforts.

　　60. Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?

　　A. A lot of effective diet pills are available.

　　B. Body image has nothing to do with good food.

　　C. They have been made fully aware of its dangers.

　　D. There are too many overweight people in the world.

　　61. The example of Finland is used to illustrate ______.

　　A. the cause of heart disease

　　B. the fashion of body shaping

　　C. the effectiveness of a campaign

　　D. the history of a body-conscious country

　　62. Which would be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Actions or Excuses?

　　B. Overweight or Underweight?

　　C. WHO in a Dilemma

　　D. No Longer Dying of Hunger

　　【答案解析】C【文章大意】词义推断题。【解析】由第“…more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. It’s the good life that’s more likely to kill us these days.” 可【命题立意】事实细节题。【解析】由第段“We really don’t have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001” 可得出答案【命题立意】事实细节题。【解析】由第段“A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.” 可得出答案【命题立意】题。【解析】。