2017高考英语三轮冲刺阅读强化训练32

　　、阅读理解（本大题共5小题，共0分）

　　A

　　Do you like to eat out? Do you like to eat quickly? Do you like inexpensive food? Some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. In the past, people usually went to

　　diners

　　A man named Walter Scott had the first "diner" in 1872. It wasn' t really a diner. It was only a food cart. People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food. These carts served late-night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late-night meal. The meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs. In 1887, Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside. However, they did not sit down. Later, people built diners with counters and stools, and people sat down while they ate.

　　Before long, many diners stayed open around the clock. In other words, people were able to eat in a diner at any time. Diners changed in other ways, too. The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger. It included soup, favorite dishes, and a breakfast menu. In addition, diners soon became permanent buildings. They were no longer carts on wheels.

　　Diners today look similar to the diners of the early 1900s. They are usually buildings with large windows. Inside, the diners have shining counters with stools, booths, and tables and chairs. People can eat all three meals in a modern diner.

　　Today, many people eat in fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's and Burger King. However, the diner remains an American tradition, and thousands of people still enjoy eating there. It was popular a century ago, and it is still popular today.

　　1. A man named Walter Scott had the first "diner" in 1872. Why is diner in quotation marks (引号)?

　　A. Because it is spelled differently from "dinner".

　　B. Because the first diner was not a real diner.

　　C. Because diner was a new word.

　　D. Because it is a special kind of restaurant.

　　2. What meals did the first diners serve?

　　A. Only breakfast.

　　B. Only lunch.

　　C. Only night-meals.

　　D. All of the above.

　　3. According to paragraph 3 , diners changed in ______.

　　?

　　A. two ways

　　B. three ways

　　C. four ways

　　D. five ways

　　4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A. diners existed before fast-food restaurants.

　　B. The menu included more food than sandwiches and coffee.

　　C. Burger King is a fast-food restaurant.

　　D. Sandwiches became bigger.

　　5. The main idea of the passage is______.

　　A. the diner is a traditional, popular place to eat in the United States

　　B. Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside

　　C. American diners serve many types of food 24 hours a day to their customers

　　D. diners are different from fast-food restaurants in many ways

　　【答案解析】

　　1.答:B最佳【分析】从文中的It wasn't really a diner. It was only a food cart.已作出回答。

　　2.答:C最佳【分析】从文中的These carts served late-night workers who wanted a late-night meal.可得出正确选项。

　　3.答:B最佳【分析】第一种方式to eat in a diner at any time。第二种方式The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger。第三种方式diners soon became permanent buildings。

　　4.答:D最佳【分析】文中有The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger.实际是原始的菜单变大，而不是三明治变大。

　　5.答:A最佳【分析】该题在考本文的大意。B项是第二自然段中的一句话，因此不能概括全文。在第四自然段中可读出与C项相似的意思。因此也不能概括全文。D项本文没提及快餐店与diners的区别。

　　B

　　[2017·浙江卷]

　　D

　　As a young boy, I sometimes traveled 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 the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers 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.

　　A dozen years ago, when I traveled 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. Mom 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.

　　“The letters？”

　　“I guess you never knew.”

　　“Knew what？”

　　“Remember, 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.

　　55. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as ________.

　　A. 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

　　56. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that ________.

　　A. Dad had a strong sense of duty

　　B. Dad was an honest and reliable man

　　C. Dad had a strong sense of honor

　　D. Dad was a kind and generous man

　　57. 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.

　　58. The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is ________.

　　A. offering analyses

　　B. providing explanations

　　C. giving examples

　　D. making comparisons

　　59. What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?

　　A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.

　　B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.

　　C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.

　　D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families.

　　60. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A. The Mail

　　B. Christmas Letters

　　C. Special Mailboxes

　　D. Memorable Travels

　　【答案解析】【要点综述】这是一篇感人的叙述亲情的文章，在这里，父亲是一个乡村送信人，这么多年来他都无私地为219个信箱服务，一直到他退休。但让作者没有料到的是，父亲还在每年圣诞节的时候扮演着圣诞老人的角色，默默地回复着孩子们写给圣诞老人的信。

　　55. C　推理判断题。从全文第一段提到的…always an adventure: There were animals to see…知，作者认为与父亲一起去乡下送信是一件惬意的事情，因为在路上碰到的事情令人激动不已，所以选C项。

　　56. B　推理判断题。从文章第四段…One businessman used to leave…the amount came to $32,000.知，商人认为父亲是一个诚实且值得信赖的人，所以他才会这么相信他，让他把数目很多的钱送往银行，由此知B项为最佳答案。

　　57. D　细节理解题。从文章最后几段可以看出，作者没有想到的是，父亲竟然还曾扮演过圣诞老人的角色，给孩子们回信，这大大出乎他的意料。这也可以从倒数第二段I just sat there with tears in my eyes.可以看出，我对父亲的这种行为感到非常吃惊和感动，由此选D项。

　　58. C　文章结构题。从第四段知，作者在这里举到了几个事例，如帮人送鸡蛋，帮小姑娘支付邮票，甚至帮一个商人去存钱等等，这些都是例子，所以该段举了很多事例来说明父亲平凡中的“伟大”，故选C项。

　　59. D　推理判断题。从倒数第二段…and they told me how amazed they were that…推断知，当时小朋友们对于圣诞老人居然这么了解他们的家庭生活感到非常吃惊，所以答案选D项。

　　60. A　主旨大意题。从全文知，本文作者主要讲述了自己的父亲，一个平凡中显现伟大的送信人的故事，所以用A项能较好地概括全文中心，这里用The Mail来突出父亲的工作和他的敬业，故A项最佳。

　　C

　　In 1993, researchers at the University of California at Irvine discovered the so – called “Mozart Effect” – that college students who listened to ten minutes of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (D大调) before taking an IQ test scored nine points higher than when they had sat in silence or listened to relaxation tapes. Other studies also have indicated that people gain information better if they hear classical or baroque (a style of art) music while studying.

　　It is said that Albert Einstein was an average student until he began playing the violin. "Before that, he had a hard time expressing what he knew," says Hazel Cheilek, orchestra director at Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School. “Einstein said he got some of his greatest inspirations while playing the violin. It liberated his brain so that he could imagine." In the early 1700s, England's King George I also felt he would make better decisions if he listened to good music. Reportedly, Handel responded by composing his Water Music suites to be played while the king floated the Thames on his royal boat. Even Plato in ancient Greece believed studying music created a sense of order and harmony necessary for intelligent thought.

　　The deepest effects take place in young children, while their brains are growing. This year, the same researchers at Irvine’s Center for Neurobiology of Leaming and Memory found that preschoolers who had received eight months of music lessons scored 80 percent higher on certain tasks than other youngsters who received no musical training.

　　Music students continue to beat their non – arts peers (同龄人) on the SAT, according to the 1999 “Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers” from The College Board. Students with coursework in music appreciation scored 42 points higher on the math section of the test than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.

　　All of this to say "you are the judge" but listening to Mozart certainly won't hurt you. My point always is that making music is preferable to passive listening and that listening to live music is always preferable to listening to recorded music. Mozart WILL NOT raise your IQ, but it might help you organize your thoughts better before taking a standardized test.

　　63．When people mention Albert Einstein, King George I and Plato, they believe that the effect of music is_______.

　　A．positive B．negative C．suspicious D．sensitive

　　64．So far researchers at the University of California at Irvine have done studies about_______.

　　A．college students who listen to rock music every day

　　B．people who hear classical music while studying

　　C．preschoolers with music lessons

　　D．music students in SAT

　　65．Which of the following is an opinion rather than a fact?

　　A．Handel composed Water Music to be played while the kind floated the Thames on his boat.

　　B．Mozart might help you organize your thought better before taking a standardized test.

　　C．Preschoolers with music training scored higher on object – assembly tasks.

　　D．Music students continue to beat their non – arts peers on the SAT.

　　66．What is the author’s opinion about music?

　　A．He thinks that listening to music is better than making music.

　　B．He has a doubt whether listening to Mozart will hurt the listeners.

　　C．He is sure that listening to the music of Mozart will raise people’s IQ.

　　D．He thinks that live concert is better worth listening to than recorded music.

　　【答案解析】

　　63—66 ACBD

　　D

　　One day an ordinary dog appeared in the ticket office at Campiglia, a busy railroad station on Italy's main line. A ticket agent named Elvio greeted the strange dog in a friendly way, so the dog decided to stay. From that day on, the dog became Elvio's shadow and was named Lampo.

　　Lampo

　　kept Elvio company (陪伴) inside the ticket office. When the weather was warm, he would enjoy himself in the sun on the train platform. When it came time for Elvio to return home on the train at night, Lampo ran after the train for a long way and then sadly gave up and went back to the station.

　　One night as Elvio was riding home on the train, he noticed that Lampo was lying at his feet. Afraid that the conductor would see the dog on the train and shout at him, Elvio pushed Lampo under a seat. Luckily, the conductor did not notice the dog. Lampo came home with Elvio and met his family. Then, after a short visit, Lampo boarded the last train and went back to the station. Lampo quickly learned all of the train

　　schedules (时刻表). He would ride home from work with Elvio every night and then ride back to the station alone. Every morning Lampo arrived at Elvio's house in time to walk his young daughter, Mivna, to school. The faithful dog would then take another train to Campiglia to spend time with his master, then travel again to accompany Mivna home from school at 11:30.

　　Soon, Lampo began to take the trains all over Italy. Lampo became famous among the men who worked on the railroad, as his journeys became more frequent, complicated and mysterious. No one could explain why he traveled or how he always found the right train back to Campiglia. People decided that Lampo was a unique dog.

　　Some of the railroad officials were against Lampo's illegal travels. They were afraid he would bite a passenger or cause some other problems. Finally, the stationmaster threatened to call the dog-catcher if Elvio didn't get rid of the dog.

　　Elvio decided to put Lampo on a train going as far away as possible. Months went by and Lampo did not come back. Mivna missed him very much and prayed for his return. Finally one day, a sad, very thin, tired Lampo returned to Elvio's office. Everyone, even the stationmaster, was sorry about what had happened. From then on, Lampo was allowed to ride the trains whenever he wanted. After seven years, Lampo grew old, and he began to need Elvio's help to board the train.

　　One day Lampo was seen lying dead on the tracks. A year later, a life-sized statue of Lampo was set up at Campiglia station.

　　1. The first time Lampo took the train?Elvio was___.

　　A. delighted that he was lucky .

　　B. afraid the dog would bite someone

　　C. afraid the conductor would see him and be angry

　　D. excited that Lampo would soon meet his family

　　2. Lampo's traveling all over Italy caused people to believe that______.

　　A. he could read the train schedules

　　B. he was famous in the country

　　C. Elvio secretly helped him

　　D. he was a very special dog

　　3. The stationmaster threatened that if Elvio didn't get rid of the dog, ______.

　　A. Elvio would be fired

　　B. Lampo would be put on the train tracks

　　C. the stationmaster would send him away

　　D. a dogcatcher would be called

　　4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the story?

　　A. The dog was once sent away by Elvio.

　　B. The dog finally won the stationmaster's heart.

　　C. The dog was faithful to his master.

　　D. The dog died when he was seven years old.

　　5. The author suggests that a statue of Lampo was set up because______.

　　A. the stationmaster felt sorry about what had happened

　　B. he had been a friend to travelers

　　C. it would bring good luck to the town

　　D. Elvio offered money to set up the statue

　　【答案解析】

　　2.答:D最佳【分析】这也是一道细节题。从No one could explain why he traveled or how he always find the right train back to Campiglia．People decided that Lampo was a unique dog.可暗示考生。

　　3.答:D最佳【分析】从The stationmaster threatened to call the dogcatcher if Elvio didn't get rid of the dog.可获得信息。

　　4.答:D最佳【分析】从After seven years Lampo grew old, and he began to need Elvio's help to board the train可暗示考生。

　　5.答:B最佳【分析】这是一道综合判断题。全文都是在说这条dog在travel。

　　E

　　I Don’t Think I Wrote Wrong

　　Lao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were respected(尊敬) and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments (编辑部) but didn’t receive any answers.

　　Now he works in a factory. He’s busy at work. When he’s free, he always reads something. He always remembers he hoped to be a writer when he was young. One day, Xiao Ping, his ten-year-old daughter, came back. She looked worried and didn’t eat anything. She said Miss GAO, her Chinese teacher, told them to write a solicit article(征文) “My Father” that evening. But she did not know what to write.

　　“That’s easy,” said Lao Yang. “Let me help you.”

　　Then he sat down to write the solicit article at once. He easily finished it on time. He was sure Miss GAO would like it. But one afternoon he asked his daughter if the article had been chosen to post to the editorial department.

　　“My teacher said your article digressed from the subject(离题),” said the girl.

　　“I don’t think so,” Lao Yang shouted angrily. “I described(描写) just my father!”

　　1. Lao Yang wrote a lot of stories because _______.

　　A. he likes reading

　　B. he learned much at school

　　C. he wanted to be a writer

　　D. he wanted to help others

　　2. Lao Yang posted the stories to the editorial departments, _______.

　　A. and he got a lot of money B. and he became a famous man

　　C. and he was respected

　　D. but he failed

　　3. As _______, Lao Yang decided to help his daughter.

　　A. he was a writer

　　B. he was free

　　C. he wanted to realize his ideal(理想)

　　D. he wanted to make his daughter happy

　　4. Lao Yang hoped _______.

　　A. his article could surprise the teacher

　　B. his article could be chosen

　　C. the children could like his article

　　D. everyone could soon know him

　　5. Lao Yang’s solicit article digressed from the subject _______.

　　A. because he couldn’t write it at all

　　B. because he didn’t know his father well

　　C. because it was too bad to be chosen

　　D. just because he described his father

　　【答案解析】【答案与解析】Lao Yang 是个文学爱好者，但没能实现他的作家梦，他帮他的女儿写 my father，本来他应该描写他自己的，但他却写成了他的父亲。

　　1. C。细节题。根据 …he thought the writers were respected and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didn’t receive any answers 可知答案为 C。

　　2. D。细节题。根据 He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didn’t receive any answers 可知答案为D。

　　3. C。推断题。Lao Yang 很早就喜欢写作，多次投稿却没有回音，于是他认为帮他女儿写作文是个很好的实现理想的机会，因此选 C。

　　4. B。细节题。根据第4段最后一句 …he asked his daughter if the article had been chosen to post the editorial department 可知答案为 B。

　　5. D。细节题。文章中说 I described just my father，但根据老师的要求他应该描写他自己。因此应该选择 D。