2017高考英语三轮冲刺阅读强化训练35

　　、阅读理解（本大题共5小题，共0分）

　　A

　　e announced and shook his head sadly.

　　Prozorov's disappointment was shared by sereral grand masters who were present, some of whom were so upet that they shouted at the machine. Many chess players said that this meant the end of chess championships(锦标赛) around the world, since the fun had been taken out of the game.

　　The computer walked or rather, rolled-away with 5,000 dollars in prize money and limited its remarks to a set of noises and lights.

　　1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this newspaper article?

　　A. 5,000 dollars goes to a computer!

　　B. New invention:a laughing computer!

　　C. World's best chess player beaten!

　　D. Computer defeats man in chess!

　　2. How did some of the grand masters feel about chess game between Prozorov and the computer?

　　A. They thought that the game was no fun.

　　B. They thought that the game was no fun.

　　C. They agreed that Prozorov didn't play well

　　D They were unhappy that the computer had won.

　　3. What was it that Prozorov felt most bitter(懊恼) about?

　　A. That he didn't win the $5,000.

　　B. That he hadn't tried his best.

　　C. That he had lost to a machine.

　　D. That this was the end of the chess game.

　　4. After winning the game, the computer______.

　　A. laughed

　　B. walked away

　　C. made some remarks

　　D. gave out some lights and sounds

　　5. Many chess players felt that playing with a computer would______.

　　A. make the game tougher

　　B. make the game less interesting

　　C. make man appear foolish

　　D. make man lose lots of money

　　【答案解析】

　　1.【分析】该题要求根据报道内容选择一个最能恰当表达的话题，即general idea（中心思想），故D为最佳答案，只要考生具有归纳和概括能力，便能得出答案。因为本文主要讲述的是计算机与象棋大师的对奕。

　　2.【分析】该题属细节题。只要考生抓住文中的key words（信息词汇）外：upset，shouted at the machine；和 since the fun had been taken out of the game.就能选出D为最佳答案。并且足以可看出象棋大师们对败北于计算机的心情。此题通过率为43％，区分度为0.493。

　　3.【分析】C为本题正确答案。此题属推理判断题，从文章的第一自然段象棋大师Prozorov输给计算机后的一番话中，能推断出，最使他懊恼的事是自己输给了计算机。

　　4.【分析】这是一道细节题。从文章的最后一段可以推断出D为最佳答案。同时考生必须了解Limit…to…的含义，“限定”“限制”，“把……作为界限”。此题通过率为42％，区分度为0.486。

　　5.【分析】这也是一道细节题，只要抓住第二自然段中“since the fun had been taken out of the game”一句，便可以得出B为此题的最佳答案。

　　B

　　D（2017福建卷）

　　Pride and Prejudice for the Modern Woman

　　Let us imagine how Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's most famous work, might be updated, 200 years on.

　　Austen's popularity is rooted in her intelligence. But today she would certainly have had a very different life, as would her characters. Here's my own suggestion. . .

　　It is a truth finally and universally acknowledged that a single woman with brains deserves to have equal opportunities to men, however disadvantaged she may feel by sexism.

　　" My dear husband," said his hopeful wife one day, " have you heard that the local store, standing empty for so long, is taken over by a bright young businesswoman?"

　　Her dull and indifferent (漠不关心的) husband replied that he had not. "But it is, it is," she replied excitedly. Mr Dull-Husband made no reply.

　　"Don't you want to know her plans?" she cried with some impatience.

　　"Well, clearly you think it matters to your silly little head. .. so I'd better listen. "

　　"Well, my dear, the rumour (传言) is that she has already set up a string of successful businesses in northern England, though how a woman can know anything about that is beyond me. She will move in herself next month. " "What is her name?" "Bingley. "

　　"Is she married or single?"

　　"What a question! And none of your business. But her coming will be a fine thing for our five boys. " "How so? How can it possibly affect them? "

　　"My dear love; those lazy boys need something to wake them up. There are bound to be jobs going. "

　　" Is that her point in settling here? Surely as a woman she has simply taken a fancy to the place. "

　　" Nonsense, my love, how little you've noticed the world has changed. She's got a first-rate degree and some sort of business qualification, I'm told. She surely needs one of our boys! Perhaps you might give her a call. "

　　" Me? No. Perhaps you can take an interest. You still have your looks, after all. She may even offer you a job. " "Oh, that's not likely. These new chances belong to the younger generation. But now you mention it, I think I'll go along all the same. "

　　And Mrs Bennet went along. That was 10 years ago. She is now managing director of a FTSE-listed company.

　　... It would remain the case, of course, that Mrs Bennet would be one of very few women on the company board, that her salary would be lower than her male colleagues, her bonus of a more "female" dimension and her lifespan (年限) among the city's business leaders shorter than theirs. Still, she'd no doubt have enjoyed Davos—and might even have hobnobbed (攀谈) with influential figures.

　　67. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Austen was born 200 years ago.

　　B. Austen rewrote Pride and Prejudice.

　　C. Austen's success lies in her wisdom.

　　D. Austen's updated work gains popularity.

　　68. The underlined part in the passage suggests that Mrs Bennet ____.

　　A. had mixed feelings of admiration and surprise about Bingley

　　B. felt kind of worried and doubtful about Bingley

　　C. was extremely anxious to meet Bingley

　　D. had a great curiosity about Bingley

　　69. In the eyes of Mrs Bennet, Bingley surely needed one of their boys to ____.

　　A. get married to B. work for her

　　C. help her move in D. take over her store

　　70. What does the writer intend to tell us?

　　A. Women with brains can also be as successful as men.

　　B. Women have to pay a high price for success.

　　C. A judgment must be made free from prejudice.

　　D. Sex discrimination still exists nowadays.

　　【答案解析】’s popularity is rooted in her intelligence可知奥斯丁的成功在于她的智慧，故选C。

　　68.【答案】A

　　【解析】细节理解题。理解此句的关键在于beyond me的理解，“超乎了我的理解”说明Mrs. Bennet对于Bingley既敬佩又惊讶，故选A。

　　69.【答案】B

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据There are bound to be jobs going可以推断Mrs. Bennet认为Bingley会需要她的儿子工作，故选B。

　　70.【答案】D

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据文章末段，可知，公司委员会的女性还是很少，Mrs. Bennet的奖金还是比男性同事要少，故，性别歧视还是存在的，选D。

　　C

　　七选五

　　(2017·河南省南阳市部分示范高中期中考试)

　　A major source of teen stress is school exams，and test anxiety is not uncommon.When you recognize your teen is under stress，how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?

　　Be involved.Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work.__1__What they look for is your presence—to talk，to cry，or simply to sit with them quietly.Communicate openly with your teen.Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears，but don’ t let them focus on those fears.

　　Help them get organized.__2__Together，you and your teen can work out a schedule in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test.Provide a calm environment.Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy (隐私)．Give them a nutritious diet.It is important for your teen to eat a healthy，balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best.__3__If this happens，encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches.A healthy diet，rather than junk food，is best for reducing stress.

　　__4__Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and/or do something active when she needs a real break from studying.Making time for relaxation，fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress.Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.

　　Show a positive attitude.__5__Your panic，anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’s pressure.Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts.Most importantly，reassure (安慰) your teen that things will be all right, no matter what the results are.

　　A．A parent’s attitude will influence their teen’s emotions.

　　B．Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite (a desire for food)．

　　C．They will only make the situation worse.

　　D．Encourage your teen to relax.

　　E．The best thing is simply to listen.

　　F．Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly.

　　G．Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.

　　【答案解析】1．E　2.F　3.B　4.D　5.A

　　D

　　Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young .They build their homes about 4.6m above the river ,an important feature(特征)for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.

　　In appearance，the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside .The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature , though, is only found in the young.

　　Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip .Using these four claws ,together with the beak(喙),they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly , they lose their claws.

　　During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.

　　48．What is the text mainly about?

　　A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.

　　C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.

　　．Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that

　　A．they look like young cuckoosB．they have claws on the wings

　　C．they eat a lot like a cowD． they live on river banks

　　．What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?

　　A．They had claws to help them climb.B．They could fly long distances.

　　C．They had four wings like hoatzins.D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.

　　．Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?

　　A．To find more food.B．To protect themselves better.

　　C．To keep themselves warm.D．To produce their young.

　　【答案解析】

　　E

　　(珠海市2017年高三摸底考试) (D)

　　NEW YORK— Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes, or a couple of hours if they head for the woods. Dave Murbach needs 11 months.

　　Almost every day of every year, Murbach’s thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.

　　Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that makes more attractive Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.

　　“I'm always looking for a tree,” the center's chief gardener says. “I look for it even when I go to the beach in the summer. It' s like a homework assignment hanging over your head.”

　　And if he gets it wrong, there's nothing hiding it.

　　“Every day it's up, 400,000 people go by, and 2.5 million people watch the lighting celebration on television,”he says.

　　This year’s tree, a 74-foot Nomy spruce (云杉) from Richfield, Ohio, flown to New York on the world's largest cargo plane, was lighted on December 2.

　　The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York — a tradition dating back to 1931, when the workers building Rockefeller Center put up a small tree with ornaments (装饰品).

　　The search for the next year's tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs.

　　Murbach has three standards: The tree must be at least 65 feet high, at least 35 feet across and leaves dense (密集的) enough not to see through.

　　That's not as simple as it sounds. Though forests are full of evergreens, few get enough sunlight or space to fill out. And branches in snow regions often break under the weight, making trees unbalanced.

　　Back at the office, he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees, many addressed simply to “Mr. Christmas Tree Man.”

　　Though there was occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night, Murbach knows the effect the tree has on people: “It's for bringing people together, attempting to bring together people you love. That's what I hope it sets off.”

　　But Murbach says he's always too worn out to celebrate Christmas.

　　41. Which is the correct order of the events in the passage?

　　a. Murbach’s thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree.

　　b. 2.5 million people watch the Christmas tree.

　　c. The tree is flown to New York.

　　d. It was lighted on December 2.

　　e. The tree is chopped up.

　　f. Murbach searches for the tree.

　　A. a, b, c, d, e, f

　　B. c, d, b, f, e, a

　　C. c, d, e, b, a, f

　　D. a, f, c, d, b, e

　　42. Murbach spends a lot of time

　　that are exhibited in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.

　　A. taking care of Christmas trees

　　B. deciding on the perfect evergreens

　　C. sorting the letters from people

　　D. deciding the TV programs

　　43. Why does Murbach take his job seriously?

　　A. Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice.

　　B. Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe.

　　C. Because he enjoys showing off.

　　D. Because he wishes to attract people's attention to himself.

　　44. According to Murbach' s standard of trees, the best tree must_______ .

　　A. be evergreen

　　B. have lots of space between their branches

　　C. be tall enough not to see through

　　D. be equally balanced

　　45. What kind of person do you think Murbach is?

　　A. A person always ignoring his family.

　　B. A person full of love.

　　C. A person devoted to his work.

　　D. A person with great anxiety.

　　【答案解析】