黄石市2016高考英语一轮阅读理解和书面表达选练（8）及答案

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。All parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life，but any parent can tell you that it’s hard to let go of your children．That balance between keeping your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking．Years of experience means that parents often do know best，but on the other hand，the young，being less bound by tradition，are often more creative，more able to find new solutions to old problems．Revolutions are led by the young．

　　Good teachers make the growth of critical （批判性的 thinking easier in their students，only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs．Schools encourage parents to become involved，but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about some of the educational methods being used．Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process．And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government．The rebellions （叛逆的young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development．They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent or not realistic in their demands，but their voices must be heard．

　　Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities．Indeed，sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting，just because it is not accepted by authority．Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts，know as much as possible about he lives of their children，provide a good example，encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them．But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go．

　　1．By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”the author indicates that young people are more___________________．

　　A．conventional

　　B．creative

　　Crealistic

　　D．heartbreaking

　　2．From the second paragraph we know

　　A．the voice of the rebellious young should be heard by the government

　　B．schools encourage parents to question their education methods

　　C．movement is satisfied with the new leaders’ attack on the policies

　　D． teachers’ basic beliefs should be questioned by students

　　3．In order to educate children wellparents should_________________．

　　A．forbid particular behaviors in their daily life

　　B．know as much as possible as their children

　　C．educate them with facts and expect much of them

　　D． know them well and set a good example to them

　　4．From the passage we can learn that the author prefers

　　A．free parenting

　　B．traditional parenting

　　C．smart parenting

　　D． critical parenting

　　5．What is the best title of the passage?

　　A．Teaching Methods – for Teachers and Schools

　　B．Parents’ Tasks – in Children’s Development

　　C．Way of Growth – for the Young Groups

　　D．Letting Go – for Children’s Independent Life

　　BADCD

　　阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　(2017·合肥市二模，A)

　　Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of community service in the USA, which takes place on the fourth Saturday of October.

　　Who takes part in Make A Difference Day?

　　Anyone! Young and old, individuals and groups, anyone can carry out a volunteer project that helps others. It might be as ambitious as collecting truckloads of clothing for the homeless, or as personal as spending an afternoon helping an elderly neighbor or relative. USA WEEKEND covers volunteers and their projects in articles and photos.

　　How do I get started?

　　Look around your community. Are people hungry, homeless or ill? Are parks or schools dirty or neglected? No matter where you live, there's a need nearby. And on Make A Difference Day, millions of Americans are expected to roll up their sleeves to help others. You can act alone or enlist your friends, family and coworkers.

　　You can also call the Make A Difference Day Hot Line, 1－800－416－3824, for information. Or use the ideas on this website for inspiration.

　　What do I do after I've selected a project?

　　Tell others what you're doing and enlist help. Several weeks before the day, tell us about your plans in the Make A Difference DAYtaBANK, a national listing of local projects that will be viewed by interested volunteers, other people looking for good project ideas and news media looking for good stories to tell.

　　It will only take a few minutes to post your plans in the DAYtaBANK hosted by HandsOn Network.

　　Do it!

　　Carry out your plans to help others on Make A Difference Day. Be sure to take lots of pictures and share them on the Make A Difference Day Photo Album.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇应用文。介绍了美国最大的社区活动Make A Difference Day。希望大家积极参与这一活动，帮助他人。

　　1．Where does the text probably come from?

　　A．A magazine.

　　B．A website.

　　C．A newspaper.

　　D．A festival brochure.

　　答案：B　细节理解题。根据How do I get started部分第二段的最后一句“Or use the ideas on this website for inspiration.”可知，答案B符合文义。

　　2．Make A Difference Day ________.

　　A．is celebrated every year all over the world

　　B．is a service provided by the community

　　C．is a celebration of helpful neighbors

　　D．is a national day of doing good in America

　　答案：D　推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句“Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of community service in the USA”和Who takes part in Make A Difference Day部分第一句中“anyone can carry out a volunteer project that helps others”可知，答案D符合文义。

　　3．It can be inferred from the text that volunteers ________.

　　A．are chosen carefully by USA WEEKEND

　　B．need to dress up on Make A Difference Day

　　C．can get good project ideas from HandsOn Network

　　D．take pictures to send them to news media for money

　　答案：C　推理判断题。根据What do I do after I've selected a project部分第二句中“other people looking for good project ideas and news media looking for good stories to tell.”和最后一句“It will only take a few minutes to post your plans in the DAYtaBANK hosted by HandsOn Newwork.”可推知，答案C符合文义。

　　4．The main purpose of the text is to ________.

　　A．introduce the origin of Make A Difference Day

　　B．instruct people how to select a proper project idea

　　C．promote Make A Difference Day to other countries

　　D．encourage individuals to join in Make A Difference Day

　　答案：D　写作意图题。根据对文章的最后一部分Do it和全文的整体理解可知，本文主要的目的是鼓励大家积极参与Make A Difference Day这一活动，故答案D符合文义。

　　阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　(2017·合肥市二模，B)

　　Walking in a farmers' market often brings one to explore new food options, and now more locallyfarmed protein choices are available to help bridge the gap between our meals and the farms on which they originated. More and more local small farms are popping_up in opposition to factory farms.

　　Today's commercial farms do not fit the image that comes to mind while happily singing along to “Old McDonald”. Instead, most of the nation's food comes from CAFOs, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, where animals are kept in tightly enclosed conditions as they are fattened up and readied to be killed for food.

　　Fortunately, knowing exactly where one's food comes from has led to an increase in the availability of what is known as ?grassfed? beef. Technically, all cattle are grassfed for at least a limited amount of time, but what makes the meat significant is that it is grassfinished, not forcefed corn, soy or grains. This change in diet makes all the difference since corn is not part of the cow's traditional diet, and therefore causes major health issues for it. To deal with the health issues, antibiotics (抗生素) are used and some of the antibiotics used to treat the cattle are similar to those given to humans, so they can decrease the effectiveness of medicine when a consumer is sick.

　　A healthier diet for the cattle leads the meat to lower in both fat and calories. And when cooking grassfed beef, you'd better use a slightly lower temperature to make it more delicious.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。为了应对机械化农业的弊端，越来越多的小农业开始兴盛起来了，它们生产的农畜牧产品不仅丰富了人们的一日三餐，同时也更绿色、更健康。

　　5．The underlined words “popping up” (in the 1st paragraph) probably means ________.

　　A．improving

　　B．fading

　　C．profiting

　　D．appearing

　　答案：D　词义猜测题。根据文章第一句中“and now more locallyfarmed protein choices are available”可知，现在有更多的当地小农场喂养的动物可满足人们对蛋白质的需求，即当地出现了越来越多小农场，由此可知，appear与pop up意思最为接近，故答案D符合文义。

　　6．The song “Old McDonald” describes ________.

　　A．animals raised freely on local farms

　　B．animals kept in tightly enclosed conditions

　　C．commercial farms providing fast food

　　D．commercial farms providing unpopular foods

　　答案：A　推理判断题。根据文章第二段第一句“Today's commercial farms do not fit the image...”的提示和下文对商业农场喂养动物的方法的描述可知，the song “Old McDonald”所描述的喂养方式正好和商业农场相反，由此可推知，答案A符合文义。

　　7．Some medicines are less effective for beef consumers probably because ________.

　　A．some cattle feed on grains

　　B．all cattle diet on grass

　　C．some medicines are used to treat sick cattle

　　D．some antibiotics are used by both cattle and people

　　答案：D　细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句中“and some of the antibiotics used to treat the cattle are similar to those given to humans...”可推知，答案D符合文义。

　　8．We can infer from the text that ________.

　　A．food from local farms can help add to the variety in our daily meals

　　B．soy or grains are on the list of traditional diets of the cattle

　　C．corn for the cattle leads the meat to lower in both fat and calories

　　D．lower temperature makes grassfed beef more delicious

　　答案：A　推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句“Walking in a farmers' market often brings one to explore new food options, and now more locallyfarmed protein choices are available to help bridge the gap between our meals and the farms on which they originated.”可推知，选项A“当地小农场的食物可以丰富我们的一日三餐”符合文义。B、C两项与原文不符；D项不是经过推理得出的，不符合题意，故排除。

　　阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　(2017·西安市标准化考练，C)

　　On a visit to Japan, Wangari Maathai learned the story of the hummingbird (蜂鸟) and the

　　forest fire. While the other animals run in fear, the hummingbird flies above the fire time and

　　again, leaving a few drops of water from its beak.

　　“Why do you bother？” the other animals shout at the hummingbird. “I'm doing the best that

　　I can，” the hummingbird replies.

　　“It's such a beautiful story，” Ms. Maathai says, thinking of the world's environmental problems.

　　“There's always something we can do with our little beak like the little hummingbird.”

　　In 2004 Maathai was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work founding the Green Belt

　　Movement (GBM), which hires villagers, especially women, to improve the environment. Since

　　then, she's realized that people's values are what inspire them. If the values are good ones, good

　　actions will follow.

　　“If you don't have good values, you'll develop vices (恶劣行径)，” says Maathai. “And if we give

　　in to the vice, we destroy ourselves. We destroy the environment.” That's the message of her

　　new book.

　　In 1971, Maathai received a doctor's degree from the University of Nairobi, the largest

　　university in Kenya. She's now back in her homeland beginning work on the Wangari Maathai

　　Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI) at the University of Nairobi. “They want to

　　call it after me，” she says.

　　WMI will pay more attention to “learning by doing” and use knowledge to deal with real

　　problems. “What Africa needs is people who are willing to get their fingers dirty and work with

　　the people，” says Maathai.

　　Planting trees is one way people connect with the natural world. She continues to inspire

　　others. “There is no lasting peace until we have peace with the earth itself，” she says.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇报道。保护环境人人有责，文章主要讲述了诺贝尔和平奖获得者Maathai保护环境的一些具体活动以及她关于保护环境的一些看法。

　　9．Why does Wangari Maathai think highly of the hummingbird?

　　A．It can create water from its beak.

　　B．It helps the other animals run away.

　　C．It tries its best to put out the fire.

　　D．It finds out a way to save the forest.

　　答案：C　细节理解题。根据第二段中“I'm doing the best that I can”和第三段“... thinking of the world's environmental problems. ‘There's always something we can do with our little beak like the little hummingbird.’”可知，Maathai对蜂鸟评价很高的原因是蜂鸟会尽自己的全力去扑灭大火。故C项正确。

　　10．Those who work for GBM are mainly ________.

　　A．environmental experts

　　B．women villagers

　　C．people who had good values

　　D．people who love birds

　　答案：B　细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“... which hires villagers, especially women, to improve the environment.”可知，B项正确。

　　11．Which of the following is TRUE about Wangari Maathai?

　　A．She is from Japan.

　　B．She received a Nobel Prize.

　　C．She is a university teacher.

　　D．She has always raised the hummingbird.

　　答案：B　细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中“In 2004 Maathai was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work founding the Green Belt Movement (GBM)”可知，B项正确。

　　12．According to Wangari Maathai, ________.

　　A．good actions lead to good values

　　B．people's values influence their actions

　　C．everybody has a possibility to develop vices

　　D．people who have bad values may have good actions

　　答案：B　细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句和第五段内容可知，Maathai认为，如果你没有好的价值观，就会有不良行为；如果我们屈从于错误的价值观的话，就会伤害自己，破坏环境。故B项正确。

　　【2017高考复习】书面表达

　　有人认为高三的学习就是做试卷、对答案，对学生各方面能力的培养几乎不起作用。请用具体事例谈谈你对此观点的看法。词数100左右。你的文章必须包括以下内容：

　　1．你的观点；

　　2．具体事例。

　　With the College Entrance Examinations coming，more and more students in Senior Three________________________________________________

　　【参考范文】

　　With_the_College_Entrance_Examinations_coming，more_and_more_

　　students_in_Senior_Three are occupied in doing test papers and checking answers，which is hardly good for students to develop their abilities of all aspects，some students say.

　　However，as far as I'm concerned，I do believe that it will still be of value to do many test papers and check answers for the Senior Three students.The reasons are as follows：

　　First，doing more test papers can help students to find where they are weak and where they are strong.By doing so，students can consolidate the knowledge that they should know for the examination.Second，checking answers with other students is a good method to help students to learn to be more careful.What's more，by checking answers with other students，they can share answers with each other，which will surely develop and increase the cooperative spirit among students.

　　All in all，doing test papers and checking answers will do benefit students.

　　【2017高考复习】书面表达

　　目前，我国高中学生英语学习困难的现象很严重，因此，一位即将进入高中学习的女生写信向外籍教师(Bruce)请教。请你根据信的内容和写作要点代替Bruce写封回信。

　　Dear Bruce，

　　I'm writing to ask you for advice on how to avoid becoming a poor English learner in high school.It's said that some students who were not so bad at English in the junior grow poor in it in high school.How I want to remain a good English learner in future！What should I do to achieve my aim？Thank you!

　　Looking forward to your reply!

　　Best wishes!

　　Li Hong

　　写作要点：

　　1．告诉Li Hong她所听说的英语学习困难的情况确实存在，但大多数的高中英语学习困难生都是初中英语成绩太差的学生；

　　2．就如何防止高中英语学习困难现象的产生给Li Hong提出建议。

　　`树立高中能学好英语的信心； 根据高中英语学习的特点，结合身边学习有困难的学生的不足，另提两条建议。

　　利用高中开学前的时间复习初中所学内容；

　　注意：1.词数100左右；

　　2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

　　3．开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

　　Dear Li Hong，

　　Your letter reached me this morning.Now I'd like to share my opinion with you.

　　___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

　　Sincerely hoping you can benefit from the above and will be a successful high school English learner.

　　Best wishes!

　　Yours，

　　Bruce

　　【参考范文】

　　Dear_Li_Hong，

　　Your_letter_reached_me_this_morning.Now_I'd_like_to_share_my_opinion_with_you.

　　Yes，some high school poor English learners really got good English scores in the junior，but most are those who were too bad at English at that time.So don't

　　be afraid of falling behind in future.Here are some tips for you.

　　First of all，be confident that you can learn English well in the senior.Also，review the knowledge learned in the junior before the new school life begins.Besides，make necessary mental preparations for the hard learning in the senior.With more difficult English textbooks，you should preview the text and review in time what has been learned，especially the new words.

　　Sincerely_hoping_you_can_benefit_from_the_above_and_will_be_a_successful_high_school_English_learner.

　　Best_wishes!

　　Yours，

　　Bruce