四川省广安市前锋中学2016高考英语：阅读理解二轮选练（3）答案
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Educators are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )seriously concerned about the high rate of dropouts among the doctor of philosophy candidates and the consequent loss of talent to a nation in need of Ph. D. s. Some have placed the dropouts loss as high as 50 percent. The extent of the loss was, however, largely a matter of expert guessing. Last week a well-rounded study was published. It was published. It was based on 22,000 questionnaires sent to former graduate students who were enrolled in 24 universities and it seemed to show many past fears to be groundless.
The dropouts rate was found to be 31 per cent, and in most cases the dropouts, while not completing the Ph. D. requirement, went on to productive work. They are not only doing well financially, but, according to the report, are not far below the income levels of those who went on to complete their doctorates.
Discussing the study last week, Dr. Tucker said the project was initiated ‘because of the concern frequently expressed by graduate faculties and administrators that some of the individuals who dropped out of Ph. D. programs were capable of competing the requirement for the degree. Attrition at the Ph. D. level is also thought to be a waste of precious faculty time and a drain on university resources already being used to capacity. Some people expressed the opinion that the shortage of highly trained specialists and college teachers could be reduced by persuading the dropouts to return to graduate schools to complete the Ph. D.’
“The results of our research” Dr. Tucker concluded, “did not support these opinions.”
Lack of motivation was the principal reason for dropping out.
Most dropouts went as far in their doctoral program as was consistent with their levels of ability or their specialities.
Most dropouts are now engaged in work consistent with their education and motivation.
Nearly 75 per cent of the dropouts said there was no academic reason for their decision, but those who mentioned academic reason cited failure to pass the qualifying examination, uncompleted research and failure to pass language exams. Among the single most important personal reasons identified by dropouts for non-completion of their Ph. D. program, lack of finances was marked by 19 per cent.
As an indication of how well the dropouts were doing, a chart showed 2% in humanities were receiving $ 20,000 and more annually while none of the Ph. D. ‘s with that background reached this figure. The Ph. D. ‘s shone in the $ 7,500 to $ 15,000 bracket with 78% at that level against 50% for the dropouts. This may also be an indication of the fact that top salaries in the academic fields, where Ph. D. ‘s tend to rise to the highest salaries, are still lagging behind other fields.
As to the possibility of getting dropouts back on campus, the outlook was glum. The main condition which would have to prevail for at least 25 % of the dropouts who might consider returning to graduate school would be to guarantee that they would retain their present level of income and in some cases their present job.
1.The author states that many educators feel that
[A] steps should be taken to get the dropouts back to campus.
the fropouts should return to a lower quality school to continue their study.
[C] the Ph. D. holder is generally a better adjusted person than the dropout.
[D] The high dropouts rate is largely attributable to the lack of stimulation on the part of faculty members.
2.Research has shown that
[A] Dropouts are substantially below Ph. D. ‘s in financial attainment.
the incentive factor is a minor one in regard to pursuing Ph. D. studies.
[C] The Ph. D. candidate is likely to change his field of specialization if he drops out.
[D] about one-third of those who start Ph. D. work do not complete the work to earn the degree.
3.Meeting foreign language requirements for the Ph. D.
[A] is the most frequent reason for dropping out.
is more difficult for the science candidate than for the humanities candidate.
[C] is an essential part of many Ph. D. programs.
[D] does not vary in difficulty among universities.
4.After reading the article, one would refrain from concluding that
[A] optimism reigns in regard to getting Ph. D. dropouts to return to their pursuit of the degree.
a Ph. D. dropout, by and large, does not have what it takes to learn the degree.
[C] colleges and universities employ a substantial number of Ph. D. dropouts.
[D] Ph. D. ‘s are not earning what they deserve in nonacademic positions.
5.It can be inferred that the high rate of dropouts lies in
[A] salary for Ph. D. too low.
academic requirement too high.
[C] salary for dropouts too high.
[D] 1000 positions.
Vocabulary
dropout 辍学者，中途退学
well-rounded 全面的
attrition 缩/减员，磨损
drain 枯竭
bracket 一类人，（尤指按收入分类的）阶层
lagging behind other fields 落后于其它领域
glum 阴郁的
难句译注
Educators are seriously concerned about the high rate of dropouts among the doctor of philosophy candidates and the consequent loss of talent to a nation in need of Ph. D. s.
【参考译文】教育工作者严重关注博士生辍学的高比率；这对迫切需要博士生的国家是一个人才方面的严重损失。
It was base on 22,000questionnaires sent to former graduate students who were enrolled in 24 universities and it seemed to show many past fears to be groundless.
【结构分析】sent过去分词，修饰questionnaires。Who定语从句修饰students。
【参考译文】这份全面调查报告是以22000份调查表分送给以前在24所大学就读的博士生为基础的。这份全面调查报告似乎说明过去许多担心害怕是没有根据的。
Attrition at the Ph. D. lever is also thought to be a waste of precious faculty time and a drain on university resources already being used to capacity.
【结构分析】被动句。To capacity满额，全力。
【参考译文】博士水平的人员的缩减被认为是宝贵的教授时间的浪费和已经被使用到极限的大学资源的枯竭。
This may also be an indication of the fact that top salaries in the academic fields, where Ph. D. ‘s tend to rise to the highest salaries, are still lagging behind other fields.
【结构分析】the fact的同位语that从句中的where是定语从句，修饰academic fields。
【参考译文】这也可能表明这样一个事实：在博士能挣到最高工资的学术领域中，高工资仍然落后于其它领域。
写作方法与文章大意
这是一篇论及“博士生辍学”的文章。采用对比和因果手法。文章一开始就提出教育工作者严重关注博士生辍学达50％的问题。而调查报告证明，只有31％。辍学造成不良后果，有人建议中途退学者回炉再念博士学位学业。研究表明不行。列出理由并加以分析。
答案详解
1.A. 许多教育工作者感到应采取步骤让辍学者回校学习，特别是有些学科。这在第三段最后一句话：“有些人建议高级专家和大学教师短缺现象可以通过劝说辍学者返回校园完成博士学位来减少。”
B. 辍学者应回到稍第几的学校去完成学业。 C. 有博士学位的人一般比辍学者具有较好的适应性。 D. 高辍学率主要原因在于教师方面缺乏刺激鼓励。这三项文内没有提。
2.D.约三分之一开始就读博士学位的人没有完成学业取得学位。第二段第一句：“辍学率为31％。大多数情况下，辍学人不能完成博士学位学业，就去从事生产性工作”。
A. 辍学者的经济收入比博士生低许多。这是错的。见倒数第二段：“作为辍学者干得真不错的证明，统计图表说明2％人文学科的辍学者年收入为20000多没劲，没有一个同样背景的博士生达到这个数字。7000至15000美元年收入水平为博士生的78％，辍学者仅为50％。” B. 在博士学习中刺激因素较小。 C. 博士预备生如果中途退学很可能改变其专业领域。
3.C. 博士生应达到外语要求的水平是许多博士生课程的一个基本组成部分。这在第四段有所表示：“约75％的退学者说，他们决定退学并不是处于学术的原因，而处于学术原因的退学者提出：难以通过资格考试，难以完成研究，通不过外语考试”。这里看出外语是博士生课程的基本组成部分。
A. 它是退学最频繁的原因。 B. 它对理科博士生比文科博士应考生更难。 D. 它在大学中的难度并没有不同。
4.A. 读完这篇文章，人们不会有这种结论。这在第三段末和最后一段。第三段末：“我们研究的结果并不支持这些一件（包括返回校园之意见）：⑴缺乏动力是退学的主要原因。⑵大多数退学者在博士课程上已经达到和他们的能力水平和专业水平相一致的水平。⑶大多数退学者现在从事的工作和他们所受教育和动机相一致。”最后一段：“至于返回校园的可能性，前景不乐观。至少有25％的退学生可能考虑返回研究生院就读，条件是保证他们保留现有的收入水平，有些还要保留他们目前的工作。”
B. 博士生退学者，大体而论，并不具备得到学位所需要的一切。 C. 学院和大学雇佣了许多退学生。 D. 博士生在非学术岗位上没有挣到他们应得的钱。B.、C.两项文内没提。D.不对，参见难句译注4。
5.A. 博士生的工资太低。见第四题A.的译注和难句译注4。
B. 学术要求太高。这只是某些因学术原因辍学者之强调点。 C. 辍学者工资太高。不是太高而是有一部分高于博士生。见第二题D项注释。 D. 职位低。文内没有提。
故事类阅读理解。
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The phone ra ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it.From my bedroom I heard him say, “What He's all right？” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home！”
“Thank God！” I heard Mum cry.
From the upstai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
1What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958
A. He got a baby brother. B. He got a Christmas gift.
C. He became four years old. D. He received a doll.
2. What does the u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nderlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Impossible. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Fearful.
3. Which word can bes ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming
A. Excitement. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. Happiness. C. Sadness. D. Disappointment.
4. What is the passage mainly about
A. A sad Christmas day. B. Life with a lovely baby.
C. A special Christmas gift. D. Memories of a happy family.
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1. A 细节理解题。虽然表面上是有了一个娃娃，但事实上是有了亲弟弟。
2. D 词义猜测题。从该句前半 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )部分中的 “hopeless”， “pitiful”， and “dying”可知该词意思是“令人害怕的”。虽然其他三个词均表示消极含义，但只有fearful表示“我”害怕“弟弟”离“我”而去。
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4. C 主旨大意题。第一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段一开始便定义我的弟弟Richard是一件特殊的圣诞礼物。虽然弟弟Richard差点离我们而去，但后来还是得以平安回家，因此圣诞节并不悲惨。B和D选项外延过大，此段材料只是截取生活中的一个片段，并非整个和Richard一起生活的全部。
阅读理解。
Everyone knows about s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )traight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge(复仇) of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy when it comes to sports.
How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres
Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council(学生会) and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has maintained A's in every subject. Melendres, now a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A's in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A's in two college-level courses.
How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it Brains aren't the only answer. "Top grades don't always go to the brightest students," declares Herbert Walberg, professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies of super-achieving students. "Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天赋的) abilities counts for more. Much more."
In fact, Walberg says, students with high I.Q.s sometimes don't do as well as classmates with lower I.Q.s. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down.
Hard work isn't the whole story, either. "It's not how long you sit there with the books open," said one of the many A students we interviewed. "It's what you do while you're sitting." Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.
The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.
The “nerds” can probably be __________.
dull bookworms lacking sports and social skills
successful top students popular with their peers
students with certain learning difficulties
born leaders crazy about social activities
What can we conclude from the first paragraph
Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students.
People have unfavorable impression of straight-A students.
Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films.
Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society.
Some students become super-achievers mainly because ________.
they are born cleverer than others
they worker longer hours on study
they make full use of their abilities
they know the short cut to success
What will be talked about after the last paragraph
The interviews with more students.
The role I.Q. plays in learning well.
The techniques to be better learners.
The achievements top students make.
What can we infer from the passage
Students needn’t work hard on study any more.
The brightest students can never get top grades.
Top students certainly achieve all-around developments.
Students with average I.Q.s can become super-achievers.
【参考答案】1—5 A B C C D四川省广安市前锋中学2016高考英语：阅读理解二轮选练（4）答案
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Men have always belie ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ved that they are smarter than women. Now, a study has found that while this is certainly true, men also have to deal with the fact that they are also more stupid than the fairer sex.
In the study, scienti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sts measured the IQ of 2500 brothers and sisters and they found an uneven number of men not only in the top two percent, but also in the bottom two percent.
The study's partic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ipants were tested on science, maths, English and mechanical abilities.
Though there were ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )twice as many men as women in the smartest group, there were also twice as many men among the dolts.
The aggregate scores of men and women were similar.
One of the st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )udy's authors, psychology professor Timothy Bates, said that the phenomenon may be because men have always been expected to be high achievers and women have been restricted to spend more time taking care of their home.
"The female develop ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mental program may be tilted more towards ensuring survival and the safety of the middle ground.," the Daily Mail quoted Professor Bates, of Edinburgh University, as saying.
The research tallies ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )with past results that men were more likely than women to receive first class University degrees or thirds and women secured the seconds.
It has been said that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) men are more ready to take risk when it comes to academics. Women have always found to be steadier in their learning.
A past study has sh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )own that women are securing more firsts and seconds, while men are continuing to receive more thirds.
The argument for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the change is that the increase of coursework at the cost of exams favors women's steady approach.
16. The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.
A. man are smarter then women
B. man are more stupid the women
C. a new fact about the IQ of men and women has been found
D. men are more likely to receive first class university degrees
17 According to Tim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )othy Bates, less women are in the smartest group because _________.
A. they are born stupid
B. they have to spend more time to tale care of their home than men
C. they don’t like to take risk
D. they are not expected to be high achievers
18. The under ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lined word tallies with in the eighth paragraph means________.
A. agree with B. deal with C. go against D. go with
19. It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A. Women are steadier in their learning.
B. men are more ready to take risk in everything
C. women are securing more firsts and seconds
D. women are doing much better in academy
20. Which of th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e following questions has NOT been discussed in the passage
A. Why are men smarter than women
B. Why are men more stupid than women
C. How does the result go along with the past research
D. How can we help the men in the bottom
[全解全析] 男女在智力方面的差别。
C 主旨大意题。由文章第一段得知。
B 细节理解题。由文章第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )六段（women have been restricted to spend more time taking care of their home）得知。
A 词意猜测题。由文章第一段和第八段得知。
D 推理判断题。由倒数第二段得知。
D主旨大意题。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
In the past ten years, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.
When Michael ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters（花名册） will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.
The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.
“Our experience ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stern. The strategy（战略，策略） in China is television. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil.
“It doesn’t matt ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout（寻找，觅得） internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming — number one draft pick in 2002 — and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two overall in this year’s draft — are icons（偶像）in-waiting. It is the ultimate（最后的，根本的） revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.
1. According to the report, .
A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA
B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great
C. Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA
D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games
2. The underlined ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of _______ ___.
A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”
B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China
C. there’ll be a bi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings
D. the NBA’s live ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China
3. What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA
A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league.
B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.
C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan.
D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.
4 When the wri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ter talked of “home soil”, he was referring to _ _.
A. farms in the States
B. native Americans
C. the NBA training center
D. the USA
5. Which of th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e following can be used as the best title for the passage
A. The Non-American Basketball Players
B. NBA Is Coming to China
C. The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA
D. NBA Is Making Big Progress
[全解全析] BAADC
NBA的球员组成将发生重大改变，外国球员将占相当的比例，NBA需借助外籍球员的
力量来维持其地位。
B 推理判断题。根据第二段20 perc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ent of NBA rosters will be filled by non-Americans，以
及文章后半部分Terry说的话it has increased the level of competition here可判断出外国球员
将在NBA起到举足轻重的作用。
A 词义猜测题。根据文章中间Stern所说的话，及下一自然段The success of Chinese
centre Yao Ming has p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China可判断出NBA将把中
国看作是一个重要的市场。
A 推理判断题。通读全文，可得出这个结论：NBA的球员组成将发生重大改变，外国
球员将占相当的比例。
D 词义猜测题。从文章后半部The N ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )BA knows that it needs a global market及It doesn’t
matter where the players come from可判断出home soil指的是美国本土。
C 主旨大意题。tie在这儿被用来比喻外籍球员，意思是说NBA需借助外籍球员的力量
来维持其地位。
阅读理解。
Blind imitatio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n (模仿)is self-destruction.To those who do not recognize their unique worth. Imitation appears attractive: to those who know their strenghth. Imitation is unacceptable.
In the early ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) stages of skill or character development, imitation is helpful. When I first learned to cook, I used recipes (菜谱) and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.
In daily lif ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously (下意识地) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.
In the field of enter ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tainment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.
Blessed is the person ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) willing to act on their sundden desire to create somrthing unique.Think of the movies,books,teachers,and friends that have affected you most deeply.They touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration,not desperation.The world is changed not by those who do what has been done brfore them,but by those who do what has been done inside them.Creative people have an endless resource of ideas.The problem a creator faces is not running out of material;it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.
Syudy your role ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )models,accept the gifts they have given,and leave behind what does not server.Then you can say,”I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors”tragedies and tory ,and know that they are cheering on.
1.Imitation proves useful when you .
A.know you are unique B.lose the bslance of life
C.begin to learn something new D.get tired of routine practice
2. To avoid the bad result of imitation, we should________.
A. forget daily fear and pain B. choose the right example
C. ask others for decisions D. stay away from stars
3.Acording to the aut ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hor. The world moves on because of those who are .
A. desperate to intruence others with their knowledge
B. ready to turn their original ideas into reality
C. eager to discover what their ancestors did
D. willing to accept others’ideas
4.The trouble a creator faces is .
A. the lack of stron ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g motivation B. the absence of practical ideas
C. how to search fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r more materials D. how to use imagination creatively
5. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage
A. To highlight the importance of creatively.
B. To criticize the characters of role models.
C. To compare imitation with creation.
D. To explain the meaning of success.
【参考答案】1—5、CBBDA
阅读理解。
Friends play an important part in our lives，and although
we may take the friendship for granted，we often don’t clearly
understand how we make friends.While we get on well with a
number of people，we are usually friends with only a few.For
example，the average a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mong students is about 6 per person.In all the cases of friendly relationships，two people like one another and enjoy being together，but beyond that，the degree of intimacy between them and the reasons for their shared interests vary greatly.As we get to know people，we take into account things like age，race，economic conditions，social position，and intelligence.Although these factors are not of great importance，it is more difficult to get on with people when there is a marked difference in age and background.
Some friendly r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )elationships can be kept on argument and discussion，but it is usual for close friends to have similar ideas and beliefs，the same opinions and interests.They often talk about “being_on_the_same_wavelength”.It generally takes time to reach this point.And the more intimately involved people become，the more they depend on one another.People who want to be friends have to learn to put up with annoying habits and to stand differences.
In contrast with ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) marriage，there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen it between two people.But the supporting and understanding of each other that results from shared experiences and feelings does seem to create a powerful bond，which can overcome differences in background，and break down barriers of age，class or race.
1.According to the passage，________.
A.friends are those who must share their interests
B.friends are closer than people who just get on well with each other
C.all the people know how to make friends
D.every student has six friends
2.We can learn from the passage that________.
A.there are no special ceremonies to strengthen friendship
B.friendship can overcome all differences between two people
C.difference in opinion can lead to friendship
D.friendship can be strengthened by smiles and soft voices
3.The underlined words ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) “being on the same wavelength” in Paragraph 2 mean that people________.
A.watch the same TV programs
B.are the same in all ways
C.have the same background
D.share the same way of thinking and the same interests
4.Which of the following is NOT implied in the passage
A.Even friends may have different opinions.
B.Friends never argue with each other.
C.It generally takes time for people to become close friends.
D.Someone’s habits may annoy his friends.
1.Mr.Fogg and his ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) servant travelled in many different ways，even on an elephant at one time.(完形填空最后一段倒数第四句)
福格先生和他的仆人以许多不同方式进行旅行，他们甚至曾骑过大象。
(1)At one time I used to skiing every winter.
我曾一度每到冬季就去滑雪。
(2)Don’t try to do everything at once；take it a bit at a time.
不要什么事情都一块儿干，要一次做一点儿。
(3)I agreed at the time but later changed my mind.
我当时同意了，但后来又改变了主意。
(4)I’m at your service at all times.
我随时为您效劳。
2.Friends play an impo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rtant part in our lives，and although we may take the friendship for granted...(阅读理解第一段第一句)
尽管我们可能把友谊看成理所当然，但朋友在我们的生活中起着十分重要的作用……
(1)He never praises his wife；he just takes her for granted.
他从不夸妻子，只是觉得她的一切理当如此。
(2)Don’t take it for granted that what you did is all right.
别想当然地认为你做的都是对的。
(3)I take it for granted that you have read this book.
我认为你一定读过这本书。
3.But the supporting a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd understanding of each other that results from shared experiences and feelings does seem to create a powerful bond，which can overcome differences in background，and break down barriers of age，class or race.(阅读理解最后一段最后一句)
基于相同经历和感情的相互支持和理解能够创造一种有力的联系，这一联系能克服背景的不同，打破年龄、阶层、种族之间的障碍。
(1)The telephone system has broken down.
电话系统失灵了。
(2)If law and order breaks down，anarchy will result.
法治一垮，就会出现无政府状态。
(3)How can we break ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )down the barriers of fear and hostility which divide the two countries
怎样才能消除这两个国家人民之间的恐惧和仇恨呢？
【参考答案】----1.B 2.A 3.D 4.B 四川省广安市前锋中学2016高考英语：阅读理解二轮选练（5）答案
【2014高考英语广东省华侨中学四模】A
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
In the fall of 1985, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, an am ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )azing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got marri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic—and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can ima ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )gine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo—a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )art was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit. But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduate ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!
I am not special, just ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.
26. When the auth ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )or went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________.
A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor
27. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college
A. She wanted to study by herself.
B. She fell in love and got married.
C. She suffered from a serious illness.
D. She decided to look after her grandma.
28. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5
She was busy yet happy with her family life.
She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.
She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.
She was too confused to make a correct choice.
What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph
Failure is the mother of success.
Little by little, one goes far.
Every coin has two sides.
Well begun, half done.
30. Which of the following can best describe the author
Caring and determined.
Honest and responsible.
Ambitious and sensitive.
Innocent and single-minded.
【参考答案】26-30. CDABA
阅读理解。
It is hardly su ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rprising that clothing manufacturers(生产商) follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征) of clothes. What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes button. Men's clothes tend to button from the right, and women's from the left. Considering most of the world's population----men and women----are right-handed, the men's standard would appear to make more sense for women. So why do women's clothes button from the left History really seems to matter here. Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-handed servants, having women's shirts button from the left would be easier. On the other hand, having men's shirts button from the right made sense, too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt. Today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them. Is it interesting Actually, a standard, once set, resists change. At a time when all women's shirts buttoned from the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer women's shirts that buttoned from the right. After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides, some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men's shirts.
( ) 1. What i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s surprising about the standard of the clothing industry
A. It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.
B. It is different for men's clothing and women's.
C. It woks better with men than with women.
D. It fails to consider right-handed people.
( ) 2. What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century
A. They tended to wear clothes without buttons.
B. They were interested in the historical matters.
C. They were mostly dressed by servants.
D. They drew their swords from the left.
( ) 3. Women's clothes still button from the left today because.
A. adopting men's style is improper for women
B. manufacturers should follow standards
C. modern women dress themselves
D. customs are hard to change
( ) 4. The passage is mainly developed by.
A. analyzing causes B. making comparisons
C. examining differences D. following the time order
【语篇解读 语篇解读】本文由男女衣服的不同,分析产生这种不同的原因,并且告诉我们这种不同为 语篇解读 什么延续到现在.
1. 答案 B 【解析】 细节理解题. "W ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hat seems strange , however, is that the standard adopted for women 由 is the opposite of the one for men."可知男女衣服的标准不一样令人惊奇.所以答案选 B 项.
2. 答案 D 【解析】 细节理解题. 根 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )据文中 "Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hang would be less likely to get caught in the shirt."可判断选 D 项.
3. 答案 D 【解析】细节理 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )解题.根据"Actually, a standard , once set, resists change."可知,习惯一旦 养成,就很难改变是女式衣服的纽扣仍然在左边的原因.由此判断选 D 项.
4. 答案 A 【解析】组织结构题.通观整篇 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )文章可以看出,作在开始提到一个现象――男女衣服的标准 相反,然后分析这种现象产生的历史原因,最后告诉我们现在这是这样的原因.由此判断选 A 项.
阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从每题所给出的四个选项(A,B,C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。
Humans are naturally d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own. We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole societies beyond our everyday lives. This sense of wonder is universal. Look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars, and the popularity of fantasy(幻想) literature or movies like The Lord of the Rings. This sense of wonder draws us to each other, to the world around us, and to the world of make-believe. But have we gone so far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the pleasure of other worlds that already exist all around us Human beings, as biologists have suggested, possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms. However, people, especially in big cities, often lead rather isolated lives. In a study of British schoolchildren, it was found that children by age eight were much more familiar with characters from television shows and video games than with common wildlife. Without modern technology, a small pond could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals. When we lack meaningful interaction(交互) with the world around us, and sometimes even with our families and friends, we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screen. The world of make-believe is not necessarily bad. But when the world of fantasy becomes the only outlet(出路) for our sense of wonder, then we are really missing something. We are missing a connection with the living world. Other wonderful worlds exist all around us. But even more interesting is that if we look closely enough, we can see that these worlds, in a broad sense, are really part of our own.
( ) 1. The popularity of The Lord of the Rings proves___________
A. the close connection between man and the fantasy world
B. the wonderful achievements of fantasy literature
C. the fine taste of moviegoers around the world
D. the general existence of the sense of curiosity
( ) 2. What ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3
A. People are far less familiar with the world of fantasy.
B. The world around us could serve as a source of wonder.
C. The world of fantasy can be mirrored by a small and lively pond.
D. Modern technology p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )revents us from developing our sense of wonder.
( ) 3. If our se ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nse of wonder relies totally on the world of make-believe, we will__________
A. fail to appreciate the joy in our lives
B. be confused by the world of make-believe
C. miss the chance to recognize the fantasy world
D. be trapped by other worlds existing all around us
( ) 4. What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To show us the hidden beauty in our world.
B. To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy world.
C. To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder.
D. To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe.
【语篇解读 语篇解读】本文是一篇论说文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ),介绍了我们每一个人都有好奇心,总是幻想美好的世界, 语篇解读 但同时,告诫我们,不要沉迷在幻想之中,现实世界也是很美丽的,也是一切期间产生 的根源.
1. 答案 D 【解析】细节理解题.由第二段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )可知,举 The Lord of the Rings 这个例子是为了证明人们的 好奇心是普遍存在的.所以答案选 D 项.
2. 答案B 【解析】 推理判断题. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Without modem technology, a small pond could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals.这句话告诉我们,如果没有现代技 术, 即使一个小小的池塘也能成为一个令人惊异的世界. 从而我们可以推测出我们现实世界 也是很美丽的,也是一切期间产生的根源.
3. 答案 A 【解析】 细节 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )理解题. 根据 The world of make-believe is not necessarily bad. But when the world of fantasy becomes the only outlet for our sense of wonder, then we are really missing something. We are missing a connection with the living world.可知,如果幻想成为我们好奇感的唯一出路 的话,我们就会失去一些东西,就会失去与现实世界的联系,我们也就不能体会到我们现实 生活中的快乐.由此判断选 A 项.
4. 答案 B 【解析】作者意图题.由文章最后一段可知,作者写这篇文章的目的就是要告诉我们不要沉 迷在幻想之中.由此判断选 B 项.
阅读理解。
It is not ofte ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆). Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The dowry was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to with hold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, and more than just a right; the documents show that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.
The wife shared in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the wife knew how to win herself, with the context of the family, a powerful economic position.
51.Originally, the purpose of a dowry is to_________.
A give a woman the right to receive all her husband’s property
B help a woman to enjoy a higher position in the family
C protect a woman against the risk of desertion
D both A and C
52.According to th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e passage, the legal status of the wife in marriage was__________.
A higher than that of a single woman
B higher than that of her husband
C lower than that of her husband
D the same as that of her husband
53. Why does the author give us the example of Maria Vivas
A To show tha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t the wife shared in the management of her husband?s personal property.
B To show that the wife can defend her own inheritance.
C To prove that women have powerful position.
D To illustrate how women win her property.
54.The compensation Maria Vivas got for the field is____________.
A some of the land Miro had inherited
B a tenth of Miro’s land
C money for household expenses
D money form Miro’s inheritance
55. The author’s attitude towards Maria Vivas is_____________.
A sympathetic B disapproval C indifferent D objective
【参考答案】Passage1
欧洲南部的妇女在10和11世纪时享有较高的 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )社会地位，这并未获得广泛认识。作为一个妻子，女性的地位受到其嫁妆的保护。诚然，嫁妆最初的目的是防止女性被抛弃;但是，它在当时家庭和社会现实生活中起着更重要的作用。妻子的嫁妆使她有权获得其丈夫十分之一的财物。妻子有权利拒绝丈夫所做的任何交易，但这不仅仅只是一项权利而已;文件表明她与丈夫一样平等地享有真正的决定权。文件没有表明丈夫和妻子在法律地位上有任何差别。
妻子享有管理丈夫私人财 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )产的权利，但是反之则不然。如果丈夫要越权侵犯她们的利益，女性们会时刻准备着捍卫自己的利益，有时她们还会表现出一种坚强的斗争精神。Maria Vivas就是一个典型的例子。为了家庭的需要，她同意其丈夫Miro出售一块属于她的土地，但是她坚持要求获得补偿。但是丈夫没有给她提供补偿，于是她把丈夫拖到一个文书处，起草了一份合同，成功地把他丈夫的一块私人土地划归自己。正如合同所写的，“为了和平”，这个不幸的丈夫不得不同意。要么借助嫁妆，要么通过发脾气，妻子知道如何在家庭中为自己赢得强大的经济地位。
51. 【解析】[C 推断题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )本文介绍了欧洲南部10和11世纪嫁妆对女性在婚姻中地位的重要性。虽然嫁妆最初的目的是防止女性被抛弃，但实际上它的作用远远不止于此。它使妻子在婚姻中的地位与丈夫平等，并保障了妻子的经济利益。女性在维护自己的利益上，是很坚定果敢的，Maria Vivas就是一个例子。见第一段第三句，“Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion...”，虽然在实际生活中嫁妆有更重要的作用，但最初它的作用只是为了防范女性被丈夫抛弃，所以C为正确答案。
52.【解析】[D 细节题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。根据本文，妻子在婚姻中的法律地位和丈夫是平等的。见第一段最后一句，“In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife”文件中并没有表明丈夫和妻子在法律地位上有任何的差别，也就是说他们的地位是平等的，所以D为正确答案。
53.【解析】[B 推断题。作 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )者举Maria Vivas的事例，是为了说明妻子是能够捍卫自己的利益的。见第二段第二句，“Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance...they showed a fine fighting spirit.”如果丈夫要侵占自己的利益，女性们就时刻准备着捍卫自己的利益，有时她们还表现出很强的斗争精神。接下来作者就举了Maria Vivas的例子，说明女性是有能力捍卫自己的利益的。所以B为正确答案。
54.【解析】[A 细节题。Maria ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Vivas得到的一份作为补偿的土地，本来是属于Miro的个人财产。见第二段第五句，“None being offered, she succeeded in... assigning her a piece of land from Miro?s personal inheritance”由此知A为正确答案。
55.【解析】[D 推 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )断题。作者对Maria Vivas所持的态度是客观的。作者客观地介绍了Maria Vivas的事例，并没有表示出同情、不满或者是漠不关心，所以A、B、C都是错误答案。四川省广安市前锋中学2016高考英语：阅读理解二轮选练（2）答案
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
When you thin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified Are we any less blood-thirsty Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest Don’t the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungey lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.
It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-fighting, that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of ‘the sporting spirit’ is sheer hypocrisy. People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen. They feel disappointment because they have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.
Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much You may well ask. The answer is simple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally – admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped up in cages, or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly. These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is the biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recognize that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s opinion of nowadays’ human beings is
A. not very high. B. high.
C. contemptuous. D. critical.
2.The main idea of this passage is
A. vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law.
B. people are willing to pay vast sums money to see violence.
C. to compare two different attitudes towards dangerous sports.
D. people are bloodthirsty in sports.
3.That the author mentions the old Romans is
A. To compare the old Romans with today’s people.
B. to give an example.
C. to show human beings in the past know nothing better.
D. to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.
4.How many dangerous sports does the author mention in this passage
A. Three. B. Five.
C. Six. D. Seven.
5.The purpose of the author in writing this passage is
A. that, by banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve our selves.
B. that, by banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law.
C. that we must take positive steps to improve social welfare system.
D. to show law is the main instrument of social change.
Vocabulary
relish 从……获得乐处，享受
orgy 狂欢，放纵
arena 竞技场，活动或斗争的场所
blood-thirsty 残忍的，嗜血的
bear-baiting 逗熊游戏
bull-fight 斗牛
batter 猛击，连续地猛打/捶，乱打
pulp 成纸浆，成软块
burst into flames 突然燃烧起来/着火
grim 令人窒息的，简陋的
coop up 把……关起来
难句译注
bear-baiting 逗熊游戏。这是一种十六、十七世纪流行于英国的游戏――驱狗去咬绑着的熊，很残忍，后被禁止。
…two men batter each other to pulp in the boxing ring.
【结构简析】batter one to pulp = beat one to a pulp 狠揍某人，打瘫某人
【参考译文】两个人在拳击场内彼此狠揍，知道一个人被打倒在地，爬不起来。
…unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames.
【参考译文】眼见一辆或多辆赛车相互撞击，突然烧起来而无动于衷。
A world heavy weight championship match is front page news.
【参考译文】世界重量级冠军赛总是头版头条新闻。
写作方法与文章大意
作者采取先对比、后分析的写作手法。先是今人和古罗马人对暴虐体育上对此两者都欣赏。后者坦率成人“欣赏暴力体育”，前者施以各种接口、实际都是嗜血成性者。第二段进一步剖析今人欣赏暴虐体育的种种实例，最后指出改善“暴虐”的根本嗜为改善法律采取积极的步骤，法律才能施以巨大的文明影响，否则人类很难改变。
答案详解
1.A. 不太高。文章一开始就点出科技巨大进步，而其他方面进展很少。人们以轻蔑的口气谈及可怜的古罗马人，因为他们欣赏竞技场上的屠杀。我们轻视他们，因为他们把这些屠杀视为娱乐。我们可以降阶/屈尊地谅解他们，因为他们生活在2000年前，显然，对好的东西不知道。在这里作者反问，我们的优越感是否正确呢？我们的嗜血性是不是少一些？为什么拳击比赛吸引那么许多人？在场的观赏者（观众）是不是也希望看到一些暴力呢？结论是：人类和过去一样残忍。唯一的不同点在于古罗马人很诚实，他们承认他们欣赏观看饥饿的狮子把人撕碎，活生生吃掉，而我们会找出各种精辟的理由来保卫早该制止的运动。第二段举出具体例子，如斗牛、拳击中把人打瘫在地、车赛中，车子碰撞起火，人们就坐在那里观看欣赏，参赛者是为了高报酬，观众付出大笔钱财是为了看到暴力。作者指出任何体育精神的说法纯粹是虚伪。如果一场打比赛（世界重量级冠军赛），两轮而不是十五轮就告结束，成千上百万人们会感到失望――这些都证明人的卑下，不文明。这两段似乎也证明作者的观点应该是C项――蔑视的。但在第三段谈及，好几个世纪以来，人们一直试图在精神上和情感上改善自己，又得承认不怎么成功。可至少我们不再容忍疯人禁锢于笼中，当众鞭挞，以及其他许多过去普遍存在的野蛮行径。监狱也不再是过去那种令人窒息的禁锢之地，社会福利制度在全世界许多地方推行。在财富公平分配上也作了很大的努力。这些变化的出现不是因为人突然改善，而是在改变法律上采取了 积极的步骤。如果我们禁止危险的暴力体育项目，那么我们在改善人类方面又前进了一步。我们会认识暴力是人类的堕落和卑下（人类不应有的）。从这段来看，作者对人类还抱有希望，不是很蔑视。所以选A项。
2.A. 法律应禁止堕落而又危险的体育项目。见第一题注释。作者从古罗马人欣赏残忍的体育项目说起，点出现代人也是嗜血成性，喜欢暴力体育项目。这是不文明，是堕落。必须制止，而法律是我们社会改革最强大的工具，它可应用，发挥强大的文明影响（第三段倒数第三句）
B. 人们愿意支付巨大款项来观看暴力。这是作者说明“嗜血成性”的具体内容之一。C. 对比对危险体育项目不同的态度。这里没有对比。D.人类嗜血成性。这是作者认为人们为什么欣赏危险残忍体育项目的根源。
3.D. 人们在体育上习惯于“嗜血成性”，过去是，现在仍然是，不同点只是前者坦直承认，后者婉转掩饰。见第一题注释。
A. 把古罗马人和现代人对比。这项没有说明对比什么。B. 给出一个例子。太抽象。C. 说明过去人类不太知道更美好的东西，这两项都没有到位。
4.B. 5个。作者提到⑴逗熊游戏；⑵斗牛；⑶车赛；⑷拳击；⑸人狮斗。至于当众鞭挞和绞刑不能称作体育活动。
5.A. 通过制止野蛮体育项目，我们能改善人类自身。这在第三段讲的最透彻，见第一题和第二题注释。
B. 通过制止野蛮体育活动，我们能改善法律，不完全对。作者明确指出要用法律来禁止野蛮体育项目。C. 我们必须采取积极步骤来改善社会福利体制。D. 去表明法律是社会变革的主要工具。
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( ) 1. Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought
A. she was too old to fly kites
B. her husband would make fun of her
C. she should have been doing her housework then
D. her girls weren’t supposed to play the boy’s game
( ) 2. By” we wer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all .
A. felt confused B. went wild with joy
C. looked on D. forgot their fights
( ) 3. What did the writer think after the kite-flying
A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.
B. They should have finished their work before playing.
C. Her parents should spend more time with them.
D. All the others must have forgotten that day.
( ) 4. Why did t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing
A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.
B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.
C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.
D. She thought it was a great day to play outside.
( ) 5. The youngest Patrick Boy is mentioned to show that _____ .
A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories
B. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life
C. childhood friendship means so much to the writer
D. people like him really changed a lot after the war
【参考答案】1---5、CBDBA
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In the more and mor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e competitive service industry, it is no longer enough to promise customer satisfaction. Today, customer “delight” is what companies are trying to achieve in or order to keep and increase market share.
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( ) 1. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that .
A. complaining customers are hard to satisfy
B. unsatisfied customers receive better service
C. Satisfied customers catch more attention
D. well-treated customers promote business
( ) 2. The writer m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )entions “phone rage”(Paragraph 3) to show that .
A. customers often use phones to express their anger
B. people still prefer to buy goods online
C. customer care becomes more attention
D. customers rely on their phones to obtain services
( ) 3. What does the writer recommend to create delight
A. Calling customers regularly B. Giving a “thank you” note.
C. Delivering a quicker service D. Promising more gifts.
( ) 4. If a man ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ager should show his empathy (Paragraph6), what would he probably say
A. “I know how upse ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t you must be.” B. “I appreciate your understanding.”
C. “I’m sorry for the delay.” D. “I know it’s our fault.”
( ) 5. Customer delight is important for airlines because .
A. their telephone style remains unchanged
B. they are more likely to meet with complaints
C. the services cost them a lot of money
D. the policies can be applied to their staff
( ) 6. Which of the following is conveyed in this article
A. Face-to-face service creates comfortable feelings among customers.
B. Companies that promise more will naturally attract more customers.
C. A company should promise less but do more in a competitive market.
D. Customer delight is more important for airlines than for banks.
【参考答案】1—6、DCCABC四川省广安市前锋中学2016高考英语：阅读理解二轮选练（1）答案
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Even plant can run ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a fever, especially when they’re under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3, 000 feet away straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared （红外线）scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide （杀虫剂）spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don’t have pest （害虫）problems.
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The bad news is tha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t Paley’s company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long - term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, ” says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson , who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only ff Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.
16．Plants wil ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l emit an increased amount of heat when they are______________.
A. sprayed with pesticides
B. facing an infrared scanner
C. in poor physical condition
D. exposed to excessive sun rays
17．In order to appl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to____________.
A. estimate the damage to the crops
B. measure the size of the affected area
C. draw a color-coded map
D. locate the problem area
18．Farmers can sa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve a considerable amount of pesticide by______________.
A. resorting to spot-spraying
B. consulting infrared scanning experts
C. transforming poisoned rain
D. detecting crop problems at an early stage
19．The applicatio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties
_______________.
A. the lack of official support
B. its high cost
C. the lack of financial support
D. its failure to help increase production
20．Infrared scanning t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )echnology may be brought back into operation because of_____________.
A. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
B. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops
C. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
D. full support from agricultural experts
[全解全析] 41—45 CDACB
本篇是一篇说明文，主要介绍了将原用于军事和卫星的红外线扫描技术运用于农业的前景，人们为此所做出的努力及遇到的困难。
16．C。细节理解题。依据 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )文章第二自然段第2行“．．．an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops．The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running‘fevers’”，说明植物在发“高烧”，也就是说，“身体状况”不佳时才会散发热，所以选项C符合题意。
17．D。推理判断题。本 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )题要求判断使用红外线扫描技术的目的。依据文章第二自然段第4行“．．．showing where plants were running ‘fevers’．Farmers could then spot spray，．．．”说明目的是确定有问题的区域，以使农民有针对性地喷杀虫剂。显然，选项D（确定有问题的地域）为最佳选项。
18．A。细节理解题。依据文章第二自然 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段最后一句“Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would”（采取点喷，农民们可以节省平时用量的50％至70％的杀虫剂），选项A符合题意。
19．C。推理判断题。依据文章第三自然 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段的第1句“The bad news is that Palely’s company closed down in 1984， after only three years．Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find”，从中可以看出红外线扫描技术应用于农业遇到了一些问题，原因有两个：一是农民对新技术的抵制，二是难以找到长期赞助商。文章中还有一处明显的提示出现在最后一句：“But only if Palely finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago”．从该句提供的信息同样可以反推出10年前的情形，所以选项C正确。
20．B。细节理解题。依据文章第三 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )自然段第2行“But with the renewed concern about pesticide on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning，Palely hopes to get back into operation”，可知B项（出于对杀虫剂过度使用的担心）符合题意。
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( ) 1. When the au ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )thor went to Howard University, her dream was tobe
A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor
( ) 2. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college
A. She wanted to study by herself.
B. She fell in love and got married.
C. She suffered from a serious illness.
D. She decided to look after her grandma.
( ) 3. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5
She was busy yet happy with her family life.
She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.
She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.
She was too confused to make a correct choice.
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C. Every coin has two sides. D、Well begun, half done.
( ) 5.Which of the following can best describe the author
Caring and determine. B、Honest and responsible.
C、Ambitious and sensitive. D、Innocent and single-minded.
【文章大意】记叙文。文章介绍了作者取得本科学位的过程中做的事情。
1.C细节理解题。根据文章第一段的aimin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.，可知答案为C。
2.D细节理解题。根据文章I mad ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.可知答案。
3.A 推理判断题，由You can ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. 作者需要养育4个儿女，同时还要坚持学习的梦想， joyous可见作者在感到家庭是忙碌而幸福的。
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5.A推理判断题。通过全文作者照顾 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )祖母和照顾家庭，可以看出作者Caring；通过作者坚持不懈的学习，最终拿到学位，可以看出作者的决心determine，选A。
阅读理解。
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( ) 1.Imitation proves useful when you .
A. know you are unique B. lose the balance of life
C. begin to learn something new D. get tired of routine practice
( ) 2. To avoid the bad result of imitation, we should________.
A. forget daily fear and pain B. choose the right example
C. ask others for decisions D. stay away from stars
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A. desperate to intruence others with their knowledge
B. ready to turn their original ideas into reality
C. eager to discover what their ancestors did
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( ) 5. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage
A. To highlight the importance of creatively.
B. To criticize the characters of role models.
C. To compare imitation with creation.
D. To explain the meaning of success.
【文章大意】议论文文章讨论了要创新，不要盲目模仿。
1.C细节理解题。根据文章第二段In th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e early stages of skill or character development, imitation is helpful.以及例子说明模仿在开始学习新东西是有用的。
2.B推理判断题。根据文章第三段可知人们选择不好的榜样时，就会使模仿的结果变坏。所以，要想避免模仿结果变坏，要选择好的榜样。
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4.D细节理解题。根据文章Crea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tive people have an endless resource of ideas. The problem a creator faces is not running out of material; it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.可以得出答案。
5.A主旨大意题。文章主要了要创新，不要盲目模仿。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
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A couple of year ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s ago, before a trip to China, Nicole Davis and her US women’s volleyball teammates were warned about the prominence (显著、突出) of coach “Jenny” Lang Ping in her native country.
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Lang’s victory.”
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Davis said she a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd her teammates could not have imagined the passion for volleyball among Chinese because the sport was lack of popularity in the US. The reception from Chinese fans has touched the US players, said US volleyball player Lindsey Berg.
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1．What’s the passage mainly about
A．Staying professional. B．Cheering for the Iron Hammer.
C．A match between China and the US. D．Lang Ping’s career as a coach.
2．Lang Ping a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )voided meeting the reporters and fans probably because she ________.
A．was afraid to be questioned about her strategy
B．didn’t want to be paid much attention to
C．disliked to be with her fans
D．didn’t want to disturb public order
3．What does the underlined word “unfurled” exactly mean
A．destroyed completely B．tore into pieces
C．spread out to the wind D．rolled up
4．What does Lan ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g Ping mean by saying “It doesn’t matter if we play China or any other team.”？
A．American Volleyball Team will beat any team.
B．Chinese Volleyball Team is the same as other teams.
C．She just tried to stay professional.
D．The results of each match will be the same.
5．What impressed the US team players most
A．The tolerance of Chinese people.
B．The popularity of volleyball in China.
C．Lang Ping’s coaching skills.
D．The loyalty for volleyball of the Chinese.
[全解全析]
1．答案 B解析 本篇文章无明显的主题句,但 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )字里行间都在讲述我国著名排球运动员,现美国女排主教练郎平带队到中国参加奥运会并受到了人们的热烈欢迎,故应选B；而D项意为“郎平的教练生涯”,显然不合题意。但多数学生误选此项,是由于只注意到了局部信息,犯了以偏赅全的错误,而没有真正理解文章主旨。
2．答案 B解析 推理判断题。从文章 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第四段的内容可以推断出朗平希望不要太被关注。3．答案 C解析 词义猜测题。由文章第五段和第六段可以知道,这里的中国球迷应该是“打开、展开”了一面美国国旗,所以选C项。
4．答案 C解析 推理判断题。从文章内容可以知道,朗平认为不论是对阵中国队还是其他队,对她来说,这仅仅是一场比赛而已。由此推断选C项。
5．答案 B解析 细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段的内容可以知道,排球在中国非常受欢迎,所以选B项。
