安徽太和县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解演练（一）及答案
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“I’ve chang ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed my mind.I wanted to have a telescope，but now I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to his father for Christmas written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate，must have touched everyone’s heart.Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky.When those whom we love depart from us，we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien，t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he stars are still there，and one day，when you are older and your tears have gone，you will see them again.And，in a strange way，I expect that you will find your father there，too，in your mind and heart.I find that my parents，who died years ago，still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive.I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions.I remember that when I became a professor，I was so proud，or rather so pleased with myself that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents.The reply was a long time in coming，but when it did，all my mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children！” I haven’t forgotten.The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors，and to lay down my life for those in my care？How many people would want me back for Christmas？It’s a serious thought，one to give me pause.
I pray silently，som ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )etimes，in the dead of night，that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword，and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all，and sometimes comes suddenly.We must therefore plan to live forever，but live as if we will die tomorrow.We live on，I’m sure，in the lives of those we love，and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure.If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true，there might be fewer knives on our streets today.
【语篇解读】 一个孩子在圣诞节对已经去世 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )的父亲撕心裂肺的呼唤让人情不能已，潸然泪下。孩子，虽然亲人与我们两世相隔，可是他们永远活在我们心中，恍如昨天。虽然世人难免一死，但是如果大家互相关怀，没有了暴力和谋杀，世界岂不更加美好？
1．According to the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )whole text we can see that the first paragraph________.
A．puts forward the subject of the text
B．shows the author’s pity on the kid
C．relates a kid wrote a letter to his father
D．makes a clear statement of the author’ views
解析 文章结构题。第一段从一个孩子的一封信谈 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )起，下文则动之以情，晓之以理，娓娓道来，委婉地纠正了孩子的观点，由此可知第一段在文中的作用是引出话题。
答案 A
2．In the second ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us________.
A．how much he misses his parents now
B．why his parents often appear in his dreams
C．when Lucien will get over all his sadness
D．how proud he was when he succeeded in life
解析 段落大意题。作者在本段不惜笔 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )墨，用自己的亲身体会倾诉了对父母的怀念之情以及父母对自己的深刻影响，再结合本段最后一句的内容可知B项正确。
答案 B
3．What feelings did the author’s mother express in her reply
A．Proud. B．Happy.
C．Disappointed. D．Worried.
解析 推理判断题。作者因成为 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )教授而非常自豪，无比高兴，迫不及待地想要把这个好消息告诉父母，可是母亲却委婉地提醒作者要多花点时间陪陪孩子，由此可推知，她很担心。
答案 D
4．In the author’s opinion，the value of a person’s life is________.
A．to leave a precious memory to those he loves and cares for
B．to have a high sense of duty to the whole society
C．to care for what others will remember and treasure
D．to share happiness and sadness with his family
解析 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句的内容以及最后一段后半部分的内容可推知，作者认为人生的价值在于给自己爱和在乎的人留下珍贵的回忆。
答案 A
5．What does the writer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) mean by mentioning the sentence taken from an old poem
A．Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.
B．Advise parents to stay with their children safely at home.
C．Spend every day meaningfully while alive.
D．Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.
解析 推理判断题。诗歌的大意是“求你救我的 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )灵魂脱离刀剑，救我的生命脱离犬类”，而且作者是在深夜中祈祷，再结合本段后半部分的内容可推知，作者引用该诗句意在让社会远离暴力和谋杀。
答案 D
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Up to 90% of school le ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )avers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia ——short-sightedness, a study suggests. Researchers say the “extraordinary rise” in the problem is being caused by students working very hard in school and missing out on outdoor light.
Eye experts say ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) that you are short-sighted if your vision is blurred(模糊的) beyond 2m. It is often caused by an elongation (拉抻)of the eyeball that happens when people are young. According to the research, the problem is being caused by a combination of factors——a commitment to education and lack of outdoor light.
Professor Morgan who l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed this study argues that many children in South East Asia spend long hours studying at school and doing their homework. This in itself puts pressure on the eyes, but exposure to between two and three hours of daylight helps maintain healthy eyes.
Cultural fact ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ors also seem to play a part. Across many parts of South East Asian children often have a lunchtime nap. According to Professor Morgan they are missing out on natural light to prevent short-sightedness.
A big concern ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is the numbers of the students suffering from “high” myopia. One in five of these students could experience severe visual impairment(障碍)and even blindness. These people are at considerable risk—sometimes people are not told about it and are just given more powerful glasses-they need to be warned about the risk and given some self-testing measures so they can get to an ophthalmologist and get some help.
For decades, resea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rchers believed there was a strong genetic component to the condition. But this study strongly suggests an alternative view. “Any type of simple genetic explanation just doesn’t fit with that speed of change; gene pools just don’t change in two generations. Whether it’s a purely environmental effect or an environmental effect playing a sensitive genome, it really doesn’t matter, the thing that’s changed is not the gene pool-it’s the environment.”
13.As is mentioned a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bove ,which factor mainly results in students’ myopia in South East Asia ( )
A.Genetic faults of the people.
B.Elongation of the eyeball.
C.The shortage of outdoor light.
D.Lack of research into the problem.
14.Which of the f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ollowing statements do you think agrees with Professor Morgan ( )
A.A lunchtime nap is helpful in reducing myopia.
B.Glasses keep myopia from getting even worse.
C.It’s necessary to treat myopia with an operation.
D.It’s of vital importance to reduce educational pressure.
15.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph ( )
A.Gene remains the main cause of the long-standing problem.
B.The environment is to blame for the extraordinary rise in myopia.
C.Short-sightedness has nothing to do with changes in gene pools.
D.An environmental effect playing a sensitive genome counts.
16.What’s the bes ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t way to take care of your eyes according to the passage ( )
A.Equip the classroom with better lights.
B.Look at the sun from time to time.
C.Do eyes exercise regularly.
D.Spend more time in the open air.
语篇解读:调查显示,亚洲主要 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )城市中90%的毕业生都是近视眼,造成这一情况的原因有遗传因素,但主要是外在环境,如学生花费在学习上的时间太多和严重缺乏户外的自然光导致的。
答案及剖析:13.C 细节理解题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。由第三段可知,东南亚的很多孩子在学校花费在学习上的时间太多,这本身就给眼睛造成很大的压力,但是白天接触2-3个小时的自然光会保持眼睛的健康,由此可知这些近视眼的孩子严重缺乏户外的自然光,故选C项。
14.D 推理判断题。由第三段和第四 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段的内容可知,孩子们得不到可以防止近视的自然光,这是因为他们有太多的作业要做,学习任务太重,故减少教育压力至关重要。
15.B 主旨大意题。由该段的内容可 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )知,几十年来,人们认为导致近视眼的主要因素是基因,但最新的研究表明导致孩子们近视眼的关键因素是环境,故选B项。
16.D 推理判断题。由第三段的“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )exposure to between two and three hours of daylight helps maintain healthy eyes”可知,让眼睛沐浴户外的自然光可以保持眼睛的健康,那么保护眼睛的最好方法就是多在户外活动,故选D项。
【疑难词汇解读】
1.environmental adj.环境的
We must take action to reduce environmental pollution.
我们必须采取行动减少环境污染。
2.miss out on错过,遗漏
She married young and felt that she was missing out on life.
她结婚早,因此觉得自己错过了享受生活的机会。
【长难句子分析】
眼睛专家说,如果超过两米你就视线模糊的话,你就近视了。
社会生活类。
The world economy ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a potential hunger crisis in poor countries and an energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis. Wheat, corn and rice prices have more than doubled in the past two years. And oil prices have increased more than three times since the start of 2004. These food-price increases, combined with increasing energy costs, will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even affect political stability. Practical solutions to these problems do exist, but we’ll have to start thinking ahead and acting globally.
Here are three st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eps to ease the current food crisis and avoid the potential for a global crisis. The first is to promote the dramatic success of Malawi, a country in southern Africa, which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and seeds with high productivity. Malawi’s harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion altogether.
Second, the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )U. S. and Europe should abandon their policies of paying partly for the change of food into biofuels. The U. S. government gives farmers a taxpayer-financed payment of 51 cents per gallon of ethanol(乙醇) changed from corn. There may be a case for biofuels produced on lands that do not produce foods—tree crops, grasses and wood products—but there’s no case for the government to pay to put the world’s dinner into the gas tank.
Third, we urg ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ently need to weather-proof the world’s crops as soon and as effectively as possible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond—which collects rainwater to be used in dry weather—can make the difference between a good harvest and a bad one. The world has already committed to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-proof vital economic activities such as food production and health care but has not yet acted upon the promise.
1. An international fund based on the Malawi model would .
A. cost each of the developed countries $10 billion per year
B. aim to double the harvest in southern African countries in a year
C. decrease the food prices as well as the energy prices
D. give poor farmers access to fertilizer and highly productive seeds
2. With the second step, the author expresses the idea that .
A. it is not wise to change food crops into gas
B. it is misleading to put tree crops into the gas tank
C. we should get alternative forms of fuel in any way
D. biofuels should be developed on a large scale
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. A rain-collecting pond is a simple safeguard against by weather.
B. A Climate Ada ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ptation Fund has been established to help poor regions.
C. The world has made a serious promise to build farm ponds.
D. It makes a gre ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )at difference whether we develop wood products or not.
4. In the passage, the author calls on us to .
A. slow down but not to stop economic growth
B. develop tree crops, grasses and wood products
C. achieve economic growth and political stability
D. act now so as to relieve the global food shortage
【参考答案】47.1-4 DAAD
阅读理解-------A
Walk through the A ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if you had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted（反应）to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer.
Rainforests like ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tones of CO2 each year; equal to the total amount of CO2 giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to future climate change If it gets drier ,will it still survive and continue to draw down CO2 Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past.
Unfortunately, gett ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake muds. Going back to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments （沉淀物）, which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery . There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest ,but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled（未取样）. So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.
1. The underline ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph means ________.
A. cleaning up B. taking in
C. wiping out D. giving out
答案解析：答案为B。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )本题为词义推断题。结合上下文，与mopping up并列的是 “helping to slow global warming”，由此可以推断，mop up 就是去除CO2；并且后面的 “Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tones of CO2 each year…”中的 “take in” 也对此进行了呼应，故答案为B。“clean up”意为 “清洁”； “wipe out” 意为 “消灭，彻底摧毁”； “give out”意为“分发，散发”。
2. How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change
A. It’ll get drier and continue to remove C O 2.
B. It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick
C. It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.
D. There is no exact answer up to present.
答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。第二段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )提出问题，第三段进行探索问题。结合第三段首句 “Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult.” 和最后一句 “So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.” 可知，收集信息非常困难，即使目前收集到的一点信息也没有哪一点可以作出证明。故答案为D。
3. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph
A. It’s importan ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.
B. It’s impossib ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )le to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.
C. It’s hard ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon rainforest.
D. It’s necessa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ry to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past climate.
答案解析：答案为C。从第三 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段的最后一句话 “So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.” 可知，答案为C。B选项显得绝对。
4. The best title for this passage may probably be_________.
A. Studies of the Amazon B. Climates of the Amazon
C. Secrets of the Rainforests D. Changes of the Rainforests
答案解析：答案为C。 本文第一段前 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )两句提出问题，第三句话引入文本的讨论点：热带雨林的变化。下文以亚马逊热带雨林为例进行研究，最终发现很难收集资料去证明热带雨林的变化，热带雨林的秘密有待人们去探索。故答案为C。本文的重心是在讨论如何收集到足够的证据来证明热带雨林的变化，而不是揭示热带雨林有何变化。故排除干扰性最强的D选项。安徽太和县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解演练（四）及答案
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Men can be beautiful too，right
China is goin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g to host the 18th World University Student Beauty Contest in Guangzhou this December.This year for the first time the contest will include a male section.Students from over 130 countries will compete for Mr and Miss Beauty.The contest is one of the most respected beauty contests in the world.It was copied by the United Nations University (an international university belonging to the United Nations) in 1986.
Stick to studying
Li Yining，an econ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )omics professor at Peking University，said that he would not encourage students to try their luck in the stock market (股市)．“They should stress study，” Li said in his speech at Beijing Foreign Studies University.When asked，the professor said he expected house prices in Beijing to continue to rise.Li thinks the government should provide more affordable houses for low level income people.
Campus cinema
Students at over 100 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )universities will have a digital cinema on campus after the National Day holiday.The 21st Century Digital Film on Campus Project was launched at the end of September.The ticket will cost 3－8 yuan，rather than 30－40 yuan at cinemas in town.Students often download movies online or watch DVDs.Now they can enjoy original films in the digital cinema.The digital cinema will show a variety of films besides Hollywood blockbusters (好莱坞大片)．
Getting practical
All 12,000 gradu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ates from vocational school in Shanxi Province have landed a job，according to the provincial government.In the past five years，it is estimated that over 95 percent of the professional school graduates have found jobs.However，the number for university graduates is 70 percent.Some employers said that they prefer professional school graduates who learned something more practical in school and expected lower salaries than university students.
【语篇解读】 文章介绍了四则新闻：一、男 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )士参加选美比赛；二、学生应以学业为重；三、校园数字电影项目启动；四、职业学校毕业生更符合市场的实际需要。
6．In the third part，the underlined word “launched” may mean________.
A．started B．ended
C．told D．mentioned
解析 词义猜测题。根据画线词的上下文可知，此处表示21世纪校园数字电影项目是在9月底开始的，故A项正确。
答案 A
7．Where can the material be chosen from
A．A novel. B．A newspaper.
C．An advertisement. D．A fashion magazine.
解析 推理判断题。通读全文可知，这是四则新闻，故有可能从报纸上选取，即B项正确。
答案 B
8．Which of the fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )llowing statements is NOT true according to the passage
A．More than 130 c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ountries will take part in the 18th World University Student Beauty Contest.
B．The ticket for a digital film on campus will cost 3 8 yuan.
C．In the past five yea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rs，over 95 percent of the university graduates have found jobs in Shanxi Province.
D．Over 100 univer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sities will take part in the 21st Century Digital Film on Campus Project.
解析 正误判断题。根据最后一段第二、 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )三两句“In the past five years，it is estimated that over 95 percent of the professional school graduates have found jobs.However，the number for university graduates is 70 percent.”可知，C项表述错误，故选C。
答案 C
9．Professor Li thinks that________.
A. the house prices in Beijing will keep going up
B．the students should try their luck in the stock market
C．the government can do nothing about the housing problem
D．the students should not only pay attention to study
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第三句“When asked，the professor said he expected house prices in Beijing to continue to rise.”可知，李教授认为北京的房价将会持续上涨。
答案 A
10．What can we infer from the passage
A．In Shanxi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Province，the professional school graduates are less popular with employers than university graduates recently.
B．The digital cinema will only show Hollywood blockbusters.
C．The graduates from ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) universities can put what they learned into practice more easily.
D．No men competed ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )in the World University Students Beauty Contest before this year.
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第二句“This year for the first time the contest will include a male section.”可知，今年是第一次将会有男士参加世界大学生选美比赛，故D项正确。
答案 D
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A team of artists, sc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ientists, children and educators dreamed this place and then the community worked together to make Leonardo’s a reality. Hours of family fun and inspiration await you at Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse...
PHONE: (580) 233—2787
MUSEUM HOURS: Tues—Sat 10am—5pm Sunday 1pm—5pm
LOCATION: 200 E.Maple Enid,OK
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PHONE: (405) 602—6664
MUSEUM HOURS:
Mon-Fri 9am—5pm Saturday 9am—6pm
Sunday 11am—6pm
LOCATION:
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WEBSITE: http://www.sciencemuseumok.org/
Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum
Welcome to on ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e of the world’s largest children’s museums and one of North America’s favorite family destinations! We’ve created a special place where thousands of children aged 3 - 12 come each year to explore their world. As you explore our website, be sure to Take a Virtual Tour. You’ll discover our hands-on, award-winning museum is uniquely created as an imaginary town where children can actually BE the doctor, the judge, the firefighter, the waterworks engineer and so much more!
PHONE: (405) 382-0950
MUSEUM HOURS:
Tues-Fri 10am-5pm
Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 1pm-5pm
LOCATION:
1714 Highway 9 West Seminole, OK
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At the Museum of th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e Great Plains, the natural and cultural history of the Great Plains of north America is studied and shown in many exhibits and programs that will be enjoyed by all members of the family. Special events include a twice-yearly encampment of 1830s trappers and hunters, plus re-enactments of 19th and 20th century events and activities.
PHONE: (580) 581-3460
MUSEUM HOURS:
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 1pm-5pm
LOCATION:
601 NW Ferris Ave Lawton, OK
WEBSITE:
http://www.museumgreatplains.org/
Welcome to the Tulsa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Air and Space Museum &Planetarium where the past and future meet to inspire today’s visitors. Experience Tulsa’s rich history in the aerospace industry by exploring 19,000 square feet of exhibit space and educational displays in the museum,then sit back in the planetarium(天文馆)and enjoy a trip to the outer limits of the universe.
PHONE: (918) 834-9900
MUSEUM HOURS:
Tues-Fri 10am-5pm
Saturday 10am-5pm
LOCATION:
3624 N 74th E Ave Tulsa, OK
WEBSITE:
http:///
17. In what se ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ction of a newspaper will you probably read the advertisements ( )
A.Geography B.Education
C.History D.Environment
18.What do Science Mus ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eum Oklahoma and Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse have in common ( )
A.Aiming at science
B.Introducing animals
C.Offering imaginary roles
D.Enjoying a trip to the universe
19.Emma has a ti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ght schedule and has to work from 10am-5pm every day.If she wants to visit a museum,which website will she probably login to get more information ( )
A.http://www.jasminemoran.com/
B.http://www.museumgreatplains.org/
C.http:///
D.http://www.sciencemuseumok.org/
20.Which of the following can be learned from the advertisements ( )
A.Visitors can enj ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oy family fun in all the museums except the Museum of the Great Plains.
B.Visitors c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )an experience something related to culture in the Tulsa Air and Space Museum.
C.Visitors ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n phone (405) 382-0950 if their children want to enjoy role-playing programs.
D.Visitors can e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )xplore an adventure of outer space in 601 NW Ferris Ave Lawton,OK.
21.What may be the purpose of the writer writing the passage ( )
A.To show his knowledge of museums.
B.To provide some information on museums.
C.To attract attention from the readers.
D.To entertain readers.
语篇解读:本文给我们提供了几家博物馆的主题、开放时间、位置和联系方式等信息。
答案及剖析:17.B 推理判断题。由全文内容介绍的全是博物馆的信息可知,该广告应出现在报纸的教育栏目,故选B项。
18.A 细节理解题。由第一部分的Leo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nardo’s Discovery Warehouse is a hands-on arts and sciences museum...和第二部分的Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma’s only science museum...可知,这两个都是科技博物馆,故选A项。
19.D 细节理解题。由题干中的has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to work from 10am-5pm every day和每个博物馆的开放时间可知,Emma只能去Science Museum Oklahoma参观,故选D项。
20.C 推理判断题。由Ja ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )smine Moran Children’s Museum部分的...created as an imaginary town where children can actually BE the doctor...和该博物馆的电话联系方式可知C项正确。由第四部分的...that will be enjoyed by all members of the family...可排除A项;人们在 the Tulsa Air and Space Museum体验的是history in the aerospace industry...educational displays,故排除B;the Museum of the Great Plains 坐落在601 NW Ferris Ave Lawton, OK,而它的主题是 the natural and cultural history of the Great Plains of north America,故排除D项。
21.B 推理判断题。由全文对几家博物馆的位置、联系方式和主题活动的介绍可知,作者提供了关于它们的信息,故选B项。
【长难句子分析】
我们营造了一个特别的地方,在那儿数以千计的年龄在3到12岁的孩子每年都来探索他们的世界。
社会生活类。
A study involvin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g 8, 500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series of reports from NatWest that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.
University tuition fe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es(学费) are currently capped at ￡3, 000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.
In the research, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average ￡31, 000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just ￡17, 815. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than ￡10, 000. Average debts for graduates are ￡12, 363.
Stephen Moir, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest, said, “The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively. “
Ministers are de ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweather, aged 15, from St Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.
1. Which of the fol ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lowing can be found from the five-year research project
A. Students understand personal finances differently.
B. University tuition fees in England have been rising.
C. Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.
D. The students’ payback ability has become a major issue.
2. The phrase “to ra ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ise the ceiling” in paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.
A. to raise the student loans
B. to improve the school facilities
C. to increase the upper limit of the tuition
D. to lift the school building roofs
3. According to Stephen Moir, students .
A. are too young to be exposed to financial issues
B. should learn to manage their finances well
C. should maintain a positive attitude when facing loans
D. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance
4. What can we learn from the passage
A. Many British teenagers do not know money matters well.
B. Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.
C. Financial planning is a required course at college.
D. Young people should become responsible adults.
【参考答案】48.1-4 CCBA 安徽太和县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解演练（三）及答案
【2015高考复习】阅读理解
Finally，I entered the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )university.Because of my careful savings，I did not have to work during the school years.Then，summer came and it was time to work harder than ever.I continued working as a waitress at night，instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons.I even decided to take a class at a community (社区) college.This class at the community college saved me $650.It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.
During my secon ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d and third years of undergraduate schooling，I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus (校园)admissions office answering phones.This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out.The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer.I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks，but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel.About two weeks later my mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about！One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money；however，I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before.The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.
This experience has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )shaped me in many important ways.The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (道德准则)．Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar.It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.
【语篇解读】 作者非常勤奋地做着各种兼职工作，既锻炼了自己，又挣到了钱，为以后自我的发展奠定了良好的基础。
1．Where did the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )writer probably work part time before attending the university
A．In a restaurant.
B．In the tennis camps.
C．In a company.
D．In the campus admissions office.
解析 细节理解题。根据第一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段中的“I continued working as a waitress at night”可知，作者上大学前在饭店工作过。
答案 A
2．The writer took ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a class at a community college mainly because________.
A．she wanted to save money
B．life there was relatively easy
C．summer time was tiring
D．it was required by the university
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )中的“This class at the community college saved me $650.”可知，作者是为了省钱。
答案 A
3．The writer’s major ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )concern about the trip to Israel was that________.
A．her mother would not give her approval
B．she would fail to get credits in Israel
C．a well paid summer job would be lost
D．$1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time
解析 推理判断题。根据第二段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )中的“One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money”可知，作者主要担心没有时间赚钱了，一分高薪的暑假工作失去了。
答案 C
4．The passage is mainly about how the writer________.
A．made money on the college campus
B．managed to make full use of her vacation
C．was forced to support herself by her mother
D．was shaped by working part time through college
解析 主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了作者通过做各种兼职工作，学到了很多东西，塑造了自己的性格，懂得了金钱的价值。
答案 D
2016高考选练----阅读理解。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Rules for the University Entrance Examination
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You must have proo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f of your name and grade as well as official examination number．Show these when you come to the examination center．
Depending on whic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h examination you are taking you may bring certain items into the examination center．Mathematics examinations may allow you to use electronic calculators（计算器）．Other subjects may allow you to use dictionaries and other reference material．Please read the notes sent with your time table carefully．
You must bring your o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )wn pencils．None will be provided for you．The following items are not allowed in the examination center: walkmans and radios, head sets, any food or drink, school bags, electronic equipment （unless specifically permitted for various subjects）, and mobile phones．
Once in the cente ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r, you must sit at the desk with your examination number on it．When you sit down, place your examination number at the to corner of your desk．You must remain silent during the examination．You must not disturb other people who are taking the test．
If you need a drink ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) or toilet break, you should raise your hand and wait for the supervisor（监督者） to speak to you．You will be given water or the supervisor will take you to the bathroom．You are not allowed to talk with anyone during the break．
You must write y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )our answers in the official answer sheet．Your supervisor will provide extra paper if you wish to make notes．
You may leave the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )examination room at any time if you do not plan to return, If you finish early and want to leave well away from the examination center．
The superviso ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r will warn you fifteen minutes, five minutes and one minute before the end of the examination．When the supervisor says that the time is up you must put down your pencil and wait at your desk until your paper is collected．
29．What kind of examination are these rules probably for
A．A local exam． B．A ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )final exam． C．A college exam． D．A national exam．
30．What are you all ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )owed to have with you when you take mathematics examination
A．Related material． B．Proof of yourself．
C．A cell phone． D．A dictionary．
31．What should you do ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) if you finish the test early and want to get a better result
A. Take some notes carefully． B．Leave the room immediately．
C．Remain in your seat ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and check again． D．Raise your hand to inform your teacher．
参考答案29-31 DBC
2016高考选练----阅读理解。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
When I started a no ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )vel when I was younger, I wanted to finish it the next day. When I started a business, I wanted to sell it a day later. When I started graduate school, I was already planning how I was going to be the fastest PhD in history.
Around the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )time that I had planned on receiving that PhD, I ended up getting thrown out. “Lack of maturity (成熟),” the letter said.
I don’t believe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) that “life is short”. Sometimes it feels very long. I wish every day was already over just so I could get to the next. And the next. An imaginary tomorrow always seems to be better than today in my head. This makes me think of my hero, Gene Wolfe, a great inventor and writer. Gene Wolfe was given the task of taking a baked potato, pressing it down, and slicing it up so that it could fit into a tennis ball can. Well, he did it. He invented Pringles (品客薯片).
Many norma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l human beings, not as devoted to status and creativity as Gene was, might say: “OK, that’s my life’s achievement. I’ve created an easily storable food based on a vegetable that will please children and adults for decades, maybe centuries.”
If I wer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e Gene I would have rested on what I have achieved and played golf with friends. But Gene knew the magic secret: one page a day.
He write ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s a page a day. A page is about 300 words. A paragraph or two. Can you do that Gene ended up writing 50 published novels, including many bestsellers and award-winners.
He didn’t get ster ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eotyped and put in that Pringles can. He did what he loved to do. That’s what keeps you alive every day. Life is too long, but you shouldn’t reject the opportunities in front of you every day.
I was talking t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o James Manos, the creator of Dexter. He said: “My definition of success is not being able to tell the difference between work and pleasure.”
It’s OK if right n ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow the two are separate for you. Today is a new day. This is my page today.
25. When the author started graduate school, _____.
he made up his mind to finish a novel before graduation
he decided to follow his hero’s example and start a business
he didn’t expect to end up being thrown out
he realized that life is too short to be wasted
Which of the following about Gene Wolfe is NOT true
He is the person who invented Pringles.
He is the author’s role model.
Some of his novels are very popular.
He usually finishes his books in just a few days.
With the article, the author mainly wants to tell us that _____.
work and pleasure are equally important in life
opportunities play a big part in success
we should make the most of every day
we should always be hopeful about tomorrow
参考答案25—27、CDC
社会生活类
Life and work are filled with problems to be solved, or as we say these days, challenges to be overcome. There are a number of approaches to help us with problem-solving in business and in other walks of life. Using one or more of these techniques can help us do so efficiently. But some problem- ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )solving techniques are complex and require a lot of learning before we can use them well. Here is one of the simplest approaches, a five-stage process that often leads to success.
The first sta ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge is to define the problem in detail. Part of the definition ought to be the reason the problem arose in the first place. Once we are satisfied that the problem is well defined we are ready to look for a solution.
The second st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )age is the search for alternative courses of action that will solve the problem. Here we try to find multiple potential solutions to the problem. This step may involve doing some researches or asking others what they think. Look for analogies or how similar problems have been solved in the past. The important thing is to come up with alternative solutions—at least two or three.
The third stage is to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )study each alternative solution and to identify the relative advantages and disadvantages of each course of action. One alternative might be quicker but cost more than the other solutions. Another might be less expensive but require a lot more time and energy. Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative is critical to choosing the best solution.
The fourth stage of t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )his process is to select and carry out the best solution. Criteria (标准) for choosing may include a rough cost-benefit analysis or simply your comfort level after carefully considering your alternatives.
The fifth and final s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tage is monitoring the outcome of your chosen solution. Did it work Did you achieve success If yes, that is great! If not, it’s back to the first stage.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. How to Solve Problems Efficiently
B. What to Do With Your Problems
C. Five Steps for Your Problems
D. Problems Filling Work and Life
2. If the problem-solving technique is very complicated, .
A. you should use it for your problem
B. you’d better consult with experts
C. you should make a study about it first
D. you must give it up at the beginning
3. The underlined word “analogies” in the text means .
A. resemblances B. defences C. differences D. changes
4. The main idea of the third stage is .
A. to use an alternative solution efficiently
B. to find a cheaper problem-solving technique
C. to weigh the pros and cons
D. to choose the quickest solution
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text
A. You should note the outcome of your chosen solution.
B. You may put the method into use at last.
C. The less expensive solution is the first choice.
D. The reason for the problem is the key.
【参考答案】25.
社会生活类
Cities need to put efforts to deal with pollution and clear the air.
Chinese cities will n ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eed to put efforts to clear up the sky when a new department to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015, according to the latest plan released by the State Council.
Besides the existi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng pollution control program for SO2, regional emission caps (区域排放上限) for other certain chemicals will be established in the three key air polluting areas— the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Coal-consumption caps will also be tried out in some areas, according to the plan.
“The plan is aimed ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) at dealing with regional air pollution—such as acid rain and smog—which have become increasingly obvious in China in recent years and caused a severe threat to people’s health,” Zhang Lijun, vice-minister of environmental protection, said in an interview on Monday.
“The air qual ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ity in a city affects the regions nearby because pollutants (污染物) Can travel through the atmosphere,” said Chai Fahe, vice-director of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.
“So efforts to redu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ce air pollution in a single city, targeting a certain pollutant will not be enough,” Chai said.
Zhang said, “The coun ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )try’s major industrial districts—the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region—have recorded more than 100 misty days annually in recent years.”
These three regions, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )home to at least 200 million people, occupy only 6. 3 percent of the country’s area but consume 40 percent of the country’s coal and produce half of its steel, according to official figures.
Studies also show t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hat the visibility (能见度) in eastern regions of China has dropped by 7 to 15 km compared to that in the early 1960s, as a result of air pollution.
Liaoning province ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), the Shandong Peninsula, Wuhan in Hubei province and its surrounding area, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan region in Hunan province, the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and the western coast of the Taiwan Straits are also listed as areas to carry out such regional air pollution control programs, according to the plan.
The new plan also re ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )quires an improved air quality system, which will measure the pollution levels. “The current system, which only measures some major pollutants, cannot reflect the true picture.” said Chai.
9. It will no ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t be enough to reduce air pollution in a single city because .
A. air pollutio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n has been becoming more and more serious in recent years
B. air pollu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tion like acid rain and smog is threatening people’s health
C. air pollutants in a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) city can travel in the sky and affect nearby areas
D. air pollutants stay in fixed places over the cities
10. Suppose the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )visibility in eastern regions of China was 130 km in the early 1960s, the visibility there nowadays is .
A. 123 to 115 km B. 137 to 145 km
C. 123 to 145 km D. 115 to 137 km
11. The main purpose of the passage is .
A. to inform readers of the damage caused by air pollution
B. to introduce the new plan to control air pollution
C. to provide official figures of air pollution levels
D. to point out the regions affected by air pollution
12. What does the u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nderlined phrase“the true picture”in the last paragraph mean
A. The major pollutants.
B. The key polluted areas.
C. The major polluted cities.
D. The pollution levels.
【参考答案】26.CABD 安徽太和县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解演练（二）及答案
【2015高考复习】阅读理解
“One City One Book” ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is a generic name (通称) for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book.Popular book picks have been Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird，Ernest Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying，and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.
“One City One Book” ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) programs take the idea of a localized book discussion club and expand it to cover a whole city.The first such program was “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” in 1998，started by Nancy Pearl at Seattle Public Library’s Washington Center for the Book.The book chosen for the program was The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks，written in 1991.Other cities copied the idea，and the Library of Congress listed 404 programs occurring in 2007.
Each city’s program h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as its own goals；these typically include building a sense of community and promoting literacy.Nancy Pearl warns against expecting too much from a program：“Keep in mind that this is a library program，it’s not an exercise in civics，and that it’s not intended to have literature cure the racial divide.This is about a work of literature.”
Programs typica ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lly involve more than having everyone read the same book.Some other activities that have been included are：book discussion sessions，scholarly lectures on the book or related topics，a visit by the author，exhibits，related arts programming (especially showing a movie of the book if there is one)，and integration into school curricula.In Boston the “One City One Story” program used shorter stories and distributed tens of thousands of free copies of the story over the course of a month.
American Library ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Association puts out a detailed step by step guide on how to organize a local program，including the critical step of picking the one book.The Center for the Book at the Library of Congress tracks all known programs and the books they have used.
【语篇解读】 本文是说明文，介绍了美国开展的“一个城市，一本书”的读书活动。
4．“One City One Book” programs________.
A．ask everyone in a city to donate one book
B．can rid a city of racial divide through reading
C．choose short stories for people to read
D．encourage everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book
解析 细节理解题。从文章第一段第一句可知，这个活动旨在让同一个城市的人们读同一本书并共同评论这本书。
答案 D
5．We know from the sec ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ond paragraph that “One City One Book” programs________.
A．became popular very quickly
B．have been held more than 400 times in Seattle
C．were sponsored by the Library of Congress
D．reached its peak in 2007
解析 推理判断题。从文章第二段可知 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )，当西雅图在1998年首先推出这个活动以后，其他城市也纷纷效仿，到2007年这个活动已经在400多个城市推出，可见这个活动流行得非常迅速。
答案 A
6．We can infer from the third paragraph that Nancy Pearl________.
A．expects much from the programs
B．didn’t expect that the programs would run so well
C．has a practical attitude towards the programs
D．believes the programs will push forward community building
解析 推理判断题。从文章第三段中Nancy Pearl的话可知，她警告人们不要对这个活动期望太多，说明她对这个活动持有十分务实的态度。
答案 C
7．What kind of role do ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es American Library Association play in the programs
A．It picks out the city which runs the programs well.
B．It gives free books to the host city.
C．It gives a practical guide to the programs.
D．It keeps a record of all known programs.
解析 细节理解题。从文章最后一段可知，美国图书馆协会负责具体指导活动的开展。
答案 C
2016高考选练----阅读理解。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
No one else knew about ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the extra club in Zach Nash’s golf bag. It belonged to a friend, and Zach forgot it was there as he played his way to victory in a junior tournament（锦标赛）this summer in Wisconsin, US.
The 14-year-old acce ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pted his medal, celebrated with grandparents who had come from a long way to watch. But when he stopped by his country club to share the news, a professional player noticed something wrong. “Count your clubs,” he told the teenager.
Fifteen—one more than allowed. Zach’s eyes filled with tears.
If Zach had just won a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) basketball championship or a soccer game and someone had discovered a violation after the win, it would not have mattered. It is nothing unusual for a soccer player to dive to the turf to draw fouls（假摔以使对方犯规）.
Golf is different. In ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a win-at-all-costs world, the game holds itself to a higher standard. Golf isn’t a game where referees watch closely. In golf tournaments, dozens of competitors are spread across acres of land, so officials cannot hope to see each petitors call penalties（处罚）on themselves.
“It was a sp ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ort for gentlemen, and gentlemen did not care about winning. They care about doing the right thing,” said Robert Simon, a golf coach at Hamilton College in New York.
Honesty became a medal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of honor. When one of the game’s early stars, Bobby Jones, was praised for calling a penalty on himself at the 1925 US Open, he replied: “You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.”
So even the error ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )had no effect on Zach’s final score—he has never used the extra club. The teenager packed up his medal and dropped it in the mail. “But this was golf, and rules are rules. I just knew what I had to do,” he said.
Then came another t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ournament. Before teeing off(开球), Zach counted his clubs—four times.
25. What can we infer from the text
A. A friend put an extra club in Zach’s bag secretly.
B. Breaking the rules has become acceptable in some sports.
C. Zach’s grandparents discouraged him from calling a penalty.
D. Zach regretted sharing the news with the professional player.
26. According to Rober ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t, golf is different from other sports in that ______.
A. honor comes before ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) victory B. players are superior to coaches
C. referees have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to watch each shot D. players usually do whatever it takes to win
27. What can be learned from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7
A. One should be praised for not robbing a bank.
B. Bobby looked down upon those criminals.
C. Little did Bobby care about the penalty.
D. Observing rules demands no praise.
28. Why did Zach ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) count his clubs four times before the following tournament
A. He felt stressful. B. He was forgetful.
C. He remembered the lesson. D. He lacked self-confidence.
参考答案25--28BADC
2016高考选练----阅读理解。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Some years ago, t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hree brothers left the farm to work in the city. They were all hired by the same company and on the same pay. Three years later, Jim was being paid $500 a month, Frank was receiving $1000, but George was making $1500.
Their father was ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) confused and decided to visit the employer. After listening to the father, the employer said, “I will let the boys explain for themselves.”
Jim was ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lled to the office and was told, “Jim, I learn the Far East Importers has just brought in a large transport plane loaded with Japanese import goods. Will you please go over to the airport and get a cargo inventory(运货清单) ”
Three minutes la ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ter, Jim returned to the office. “The cargo was one thousand bolts(卷) of Japanese silk,” Jim reported. “I got the information over the telephone from a member of the crew.”
When Jim left, Frank, the $1000 a month brother, was called in.
An hour later, F ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rank was back in the office with a list showing that the plane carried 1000 bolts of Japanese silk, 500 transistor radios(晶体管收音机), and 1000 hand painted bamboo plates.
George, the $1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )500 a month brother, was given the same instructions. Working hours were over when he finally returned. “The transport plane carried one thousand bolts of Japanese silk,” he began. “It was on sale at sixty dollars a bolt, so I took a two-day choice on the whole lot. I have telegrammed a designer in New York offering the silk at seventy-five dollars a bolt. I expect to have the order tomorrow. I also found five hundred transistor radios, which I sold over the telephone at a profit of $2.30 each. There were a thousand bamboo plates, but they were of poor quality, so I didn’t try to do anything with them.”
When George left ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the office, the employer smiled. “You see,” he said, “the future is full of promise for one who shows initiative.”
29. The best title of this passage is ______.
A. The story of three ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) brothers B. The importance of doing market research
C. A business deal D. A clever employer
30. According to Geo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rge, how much money did he expect to get for his company
A. $1,150 B. $61,150 C. $16,150 D. $76,150
31. According t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o the passage, which of the following best explains the meaning of the underlined word “initiative”
A. Doing a lot of extra work without complaining
B. Having patience in difficult situations without giving in
C. Having the sense of marketing and economics
D. Making decisions and take action actively without being told to
参考答案29—31 ACD
社会生活类-
Tens of thousands ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of theatre tickets will be given away to young people next year as part of a government campaign to inspire a lifelong love for theatre.
The plan to offer f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ree seats to people aged between 18 to 26—funded with ￡2. 5 million of taxpayers’ money—was announced yesterday by Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary. It received a cautious welcome from some in the arts world, who expressed concern that the tickets may not reach the most underprivileged.
The plan comes as West ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) End theatres are enjoying record audiences, thanks largely to musicals teaming up with television talent shows. Attendances reached 13. 6 million in 2007, up 10 percent on 2006, itself a record year. Total sales were up 18 percent on 2006 to almost ￡470 million.
One theatre sourc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e criticised the Government’s priorities (优先考虑的事) in funding free tickets when pensioners were struggling to buy food and fuel, saying: “I don’t know why the Government’s wasting money on this. The Young Vic, as The times reported today, offers excellent performances at cheap prices.”
There was prais ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e for the Government’s plan from Dominic Cooke of the Royal Court Theatre, who said: “I support any move to get young people into theatre, and especially one that aims to do it all over England, not just in London.”
Ninety-five pu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )blicly funded theatres could apply for funding under the two-year plan. In return, they will offer free tickets on at least one day each week to 18 to 26-year-olds, first-come, first-served. It is likely to be on Mondays, traditionally a quiet night for the theatre.
Mr. Burnham said: “A y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oung person attending the theatre can find it an exciting experience, and be inspired to explore a new world. But sometimes people miss out on it because they fear it’s ‘not for them’. It’s time to change this perception.”
Jeremy Hunt, the Shad ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow Culture Secretary, said: “The real issue is not getting enthusiastic children into the theatre, but improving arts education so that more young people want to go in the first place. For too many children theatres are a no-go area.”
1. Critics of the plan argued that .
A. the theatres would be overcrowded
B. it would be a waste of money
C. pensioners wouldn’t get free tickets
D. the government wouldn’t be able to afford it
2. According to the supporters, the plan should .
A. benefit the television industry
B. focus on producing better plays
C. help increase the sales of tickets
D. involve all the young people in England
3. Which of the following is TRUE about the plan
A. Ninety-five theatres have received funding.
B. Everyone will get at least one free ticket.
C. It may not benefit all the young people.
D. Free tickets are offered once every day.
4. We can infer from the passage that in England .
A. many plays are not for young people
B. many young people don’t like theatre
C. people know little about the plan
D. children used to receive good arts education
5. According to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the passage, the issue to offer free tickets to young people seems .
A. controversial B. inspiring C. exciting D. unreasonable
【参考答案】57.1-5 BDCBA
社会生活类
I am a writer. I spend ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese fa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mily that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than“broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )or a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fict ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ion in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken” ; and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
1. By saying “Lan ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )guage is the tool of my trade”, the author means that .
A. she uses English in foreign trade
B. she is fascinated by languages
C. she works as a translator
D. she is a writer by profession
2. The author used to think of her mother’s English as .
A. impolite B. amusing C. imperfect D. practical
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3
A. Americans do not understand broken English.
B. The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.
C. The author’s mother had positive influence on her.
D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
4. The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is .
A. well structured B. in the old style
C. easy to translate D. rich in meaning
5. What is the passage mainly about
A. The change of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.
B. The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.
C. The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.
D. The author’s experiences of using broken English.
【参考答案】58.1-5 DCBDA 安徽太和县2016高考英语阅读理解演练及答案
阅读理解。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。
The first Europeans ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )came to America in 1492 with Christopher Columbus. Since that time people have come to America from all over the world, from Europe, Africa, and Asia, and they have brought their music with them. This mixing of people and music has created American music.
Music is a very impor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tant part of our lives. Music is for dancing, drinking, eating, loving, and thinking. Some songs remind us of our childhood or youth.
Others remind of the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )people they love. Many important occasions, like weddings and funerals have special music. Every nation has a national song like the American “The Star Spangled Banner”. In the US high schools and colleges have school songs too.
Music is a pa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rt of the history of America. It expresses the problems and feelings of its people. As the years pass, the music grows and changes.
Modern science has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )also changed music. Inventions like records, radios, movies, electric instruments, tape recorders, and videos have changed the way we play and listen to music. They have helped to make music an important form of international communication.
American music, f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rom the earliest folk songs to modern “pop”， is known around the world. Music is one of America's most important exports. It brings the people of the world together. Even when people cannot understand the same language, they can share the same music. Many people learn and practise English by singing song. Understanding American music can help you understand American people, their history and culture.
So, as the song s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ays, “put a dime (10 cents)in the juke box (自动点唱机), baby. Let's listen to the music！”
1．The article mainly tells us about ________.
A．how American music developed
B．when American music developed
C．what American music is
D．why American music is so popular
答案：A 全文主要讲述了美国音乐的发展历程及现状，故A项最佳。
2．From the text we know that ________.
A．American music has spread all over the world
B．American music began in the 1550s
C．American music is special
D．American music has changed modern science in the US
答案：A 文章倒数第二段第一句“Americ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )an music...most important exports.”可知美国音乐已被全世界的人知晓。音乐是美国最重要的出口产品。
3．The sixth paragraph probably means that ________.
A．American music is very popular
B．American music is known to people all over the world
C．American mu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sic can help us understand American people, history and culture
D．American music is important in our lives
答案：C 文章倒数第二段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )最后一句话“Many people learn and... help you understand American people, their history and culture.”可知美国音乐帮助我们了解美国人、美国历史和美国文化。
4．American music is ________.
A．for dancing, drinking, eating, loving and thinking
B．a mixture of people and music from all over the world
C．an important form of international communication
D．a part of the history of the world
答案：B 由文章第一段可知世界各地的人们移民到美国并带去了他们的音乐。这些音乐混合起来构成了美国音乐。
5．Which of the following statements is true
A．Only modern American music is world famous.
B．If people don't u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nderstand the same language, they don't understand the same music.
C．Many people learn English by enjoying American songs.
D．If you want to un ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )derstand American history and culture you must understand American music.
答案：C 由文章第六段可知人们可以通过欣赏美国歌曲来学习英语，故C项最佳。同样由此段可判断B，D项是错误的。
由 (2013四川新津中学高三下月考)改编
Last week,my gran ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ddaughter started kindergarten,and I wished her every success.But part of me didn’t.
I actually wanted he ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process.Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do,or doing something correctly the first time—which can often be a problematic victory.
First-time success ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is often a fluke (侥幸).First-time failure,by contrast,is expected,it is the natural order of things.Failure is how we learn.
In Africa they desc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ribe a good cook as “she who has broken many pots”.If you’ve spent enough time in the kitchen to break a lot of pots,you probably know a lot about cooking.I once had dinner with a group of cooks,and they spent time comparing knife wounds and burn scars.They knew how much credibility (可靠性)their failures gave them.
I earn my livin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g by writing a daily newspaper column.Each week I am aware that one column I write will be my worst.I don’t set out to write it.I try my best every day.I have learned to cherish (珍惜)that column.A good column usually means that I am discussing a familiar topic,writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as any one else but in a fancy way.
My younger daughter ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is a trapeze artist (杂技荡秋千演员).She spent three years putting together a show,and she did it successfully for years.There was no reason for her to change it—but she did anyway.She said she was no longer learning anything new and that she was bored.And if she was bored,there was no point in subjecting her body to all that stress.She risked failure and public embarrassment in order to feed her soul.
My granddaughter is a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) perfectionist.She will feel her failures,and I will want to comfort her.But I will also,I hope,remind her of what she learned,and how she can do better next time.
I hope I can t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ell her,though,that it’s not the end of the world.Indeed,with luck,it is just the beginning.
1.Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail ( )
A.Success is boring though beneficial.
B.It is impossible to do everything successfully.
C.She would learn more from failure.
D.He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships.
2.What’s the author ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )’s attitude toward his daughter changing her show ( )
A.Positive. B.Worried
C.Negative. D.Excited.
3.The author develops the article mainly by .
A.following the time order
B.giving examples
C.comparing different opinions
D.presenting a cause and analyzing its effects
4.The writer talked about his own experience to show that .
A.we cannot depend on luck to live a good life
B.past failures made him dare not take risks in writing
C.we should try every possible way to avoid failure
D.the thought of failure will make you work even harder
语篇解读:作者通过自己、孙女以及女儿的经历说明了人在经历过失败后,才会学到更多的东西,人应该愈挫愈勇。
答案及剖析:1.C 细节理解题。由第二 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段的I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process和第三段的最后一句话Failure is how we learn可知,作者认为失败有利于孙女的学习,故选C项。
2.A 推理判断题。由倒数第三段的And ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) if she was bored,there was no point in subjecting her body to all that stress可知,作者认为既然女儿不能再从以前成功的动作中学到东西,那么,再让她的身体遭受那些压力是没有任何意义的,故选A项。
3.B 推理判断题。由全文内容可知,作者通过列举孙女,女儿和自己的经历,说明了人可以从自己的失败中学到更多的东西,故选B项。
4.D 推理判断题。由第五段的内容可知,作者 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )每一周都有一个自己认为写得最糟糕的栏目,但他不但没有放弃,反而更加努力,并且学会了珍惜那个栏目并用一种奇特的方式写出了很多人都写的同一个话题,故选D项。
【疑难词汇解读】
1.perfectionist n.完美主义者
Like many women,I’m a perfectionist.
和许多女性一样,我也是一位完美主义者。
2.subject ...to ...使服从,使遭受
He always subjects my will to his.
他总是让我的意志服从于他的意志。
【长难句子分析】
or
—
成功就是证明你能做你已经知道你能做的事情,或第一次做成功的一件事,这可能会成为有疑问的胜利。
阅读理解-
A school is showin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g badly-behaved pupils the error of their ways by sending them to an arts centre where actors mimic their behavior.
The Windsor boys’ secondary school used its school founding to save its local arts centre and establish a learning support unit there.
Now expelled(被开除的) pupils and students who are likely to be expelled are studying a course at the unit in Windsor arts centre while also working with artists. One pupil was asked to show Naomi Jackson, the drama teacher at the unit, how he had acted in a fierce argument with a teacher on the rugby filed, which led to his expulsion（开除）. Then he showed her how to imitate(模仿) his attitude.
Ms. Jackson said, “He saw that the teacher had to get him out. Until then, he didn’t really understand because he didn’t have that self-awareness.”
“It gave him the chance to look at himself from the outside.”
Students also work in groups, acting as the aggressor, the victim and an observer to help them develop more awareness and understanding.
A professional theatre group, Everyday Theatre, which consists of former pupils, is at the school and works in the learning support unit.
An arts therapist(治疗专家) also helps students in the unit to express their problems and a street dancer builds up their discipline, concentration and capacity for hard work.
Jane Turner is the teacher in charge of the Starts Project, which stands for Supportive Training and Arts. She said, “It’s about using the arts to develop social skills as well as anger management, rather than just trying to make them good at drama or arts.”
53. What is the passage mainly about
A. How a school keeps students good at drama and arts.
B. Why students are interested in learning drama and arts.
C. A new attempt making students change their bad behavior.
D. An unusual idea to turn badly-behaved students into excellent ones.
答案解析：答案为C。本题为主旨大意 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )题。本文第一段介绍了改变行为表现差的学生的方式，后文围绕此方式展开，最后一段 “It’s about using the arts to develop social skills as well as anger management, rather than just trying to make them good at drama or arts.”也对这一方式进行了进一步的解释说明，它是用来培养学生的社会技能和控制愤怒的能力，而不是仅仅让他们擅长戏剧或者艺术。故答案为C。
54. The underlined w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ord “mimic”(in Paragraph 1) probably means ____.
A. correct B. watch C. improve D. imitate
答案解析：答案为D。本题为词义 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )推断题。结合下文的第二、三段，被开除的学生在Windsor arts centre学习，并同时和艺术家一起工作，戏剧老师让某一学生表演他曾经和橄榄球场上的老师之间发生的激烈争执，再由第三段的最后一句话 “Then he showed her how to imitate(模仿) his attitude.”可以推断，mimic就是imitate。故答案为D。
55. The artists at the Windsor boys’ secondary school are working towards their goal by ____.
A. getting rid of students’ dissatisfaction
B. developing students’ awareness of their error
C. reducing the courses and making them easier
D. encouraging students’ imagination in subjects.
答案解析：答案为B。本题为推断题。如 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )何改变那些在学校表现极差的学生？从第四、五段 “… he didn’t really understand because he didn’t have that self-awareness. It gave him the chance to look at himself from the outside.” 可知，学生被老师开除是因为他们没有好坏意识，不明白为什么被开除，这种模仿坏行为的方式可以让学生从外界的目光来看待自己。故答案为B，Windsor boys’ secondary school的工作目标是培养学生的错误意识。
56. All of the foll ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )owing people work at the arts centre EXCEPT ____.
A. an arts therapist B. actors
C. former teac ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hers D. a street dancer
答案解析：答案为C。第一段提到了actors；倒数第二段提到了an arts therapist 和a street dancer。故答案为C。
社会生活类
One evening i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path. That’s when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.
Ceely’s near miss mad ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e the news because she blamed it on her GPS device (导航仪). She had never driven the route before. It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing. “I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train, “ she told the BBC.
Who is to blame here ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely’s story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.
The problem with his a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rgument in the book is that it’s not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signalling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say.
It’s a problem ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors.
The game between ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology.
If there is such a wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.
1. What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident
A. She was not familiar with the road.
B. It was dark and raining heavily then.
C. The railway workers failed to give the signal.
D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing.
2. The phrase “near miss” (Paragraph 2)can best be replaced by .
A. close hit B. heavy loss C. narrow escape D. big mistake
3. Which of the fol ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lowing would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with
A. Modern technology is what we can’t live without.
B. Digital technology often falls short of our expectation.
C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.
D. GPS error is not the only cause for Ceely’s accident.
4. In the writer’s opinion, Stevenson’s argument is .
A. one-sided B. reasonable C. puzzling D. well-based
5. What is the real concern of the writer of this article
A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.
B. The relationship between humans and technology.
C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.
D. The human unawareness of technical problems.
【参考答案】74.1-5 DCBAB
