河南邓州2016高考英语阅读理解选练题（5份打包）及答案

河南邓州2016高考英语阅读理解二轮选练题（二）及答案
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Generally speaking, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )single mothers by choice are older and well educated. They are usually financially secure and successful in their careers. So, they have the money. What they may not have is a partner.
This is the pl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ace in life where writer Kerry Reichs found herself several years ago. She says she did not plan to become a single mother. She says she just did not find the right partner.
“Well, I think I ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )had a set of standards for the partner I was looking for and I didn’t meet anyone that fit those standards. And, at 39 I found myself single, without children and I wanted them very much. So, I made the difficult decision that I could do this on my own.
1. According to the passage, what is a biological clock
A. It’s a clock ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )made of biological matters. B. It refers to a women’s certain life period.
C. It records whe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n women need to bear children. D. It refers to a woman in her 40s.
2. According to the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) passage, in the past, when a woman reached her 40s, ________.
A. she can’t get m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arried. B. she might not be able to have children.
C. her biologic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )al clock will need to be reset. D. her status of being a single mother is difficult.
3. What does “Single Mother by Choice” mean
A. It means single mothers have a choice.
B. It means single mothers are pregnant by chance.
C. It means si ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ngle women in their late 30s or early 40s decided to have children.
D. It means women want to make a choice.
4. What would be the best title for the passage
A. Choosing to be a single mother. B. A woman’s biological clock.
C. Getting married by ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) force. D. Single women wanting marriage.
参考答案1--4 BBCA
【2012浙江省宁波市八校联考】C
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For generations of st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )udents, writing term papers has been a major source of nerves and frustration. But for those with Internet access, relative resources are just a few links away. All one has to do is to go to the appropriate Web site, where online papers can either be purchased, ordered, or downloaded for free.
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Some sites, such as Term Paper Emporium and Absolutely Free: Online Essays offer course papers for free. Simply press the button and download — if you find the paper you want, that is.
Students are, of course, fully aware of these web site resources, and some people worry that the Internet, once regarded as a best learning tool, could become the best aid yet for cheating.
For teachers, the problem is figuring out whether a student’s authorship is authentic. But, as teaching assistant Jane Morrison explained, the task may not be too difficult for a careful teacher.
"Students who have gotten it off the Internet don’t look at me but look at their feet. And students who wrote every bit of it can talk about the paper very intelligently and look me in the eye," Morrison said.
Copying term papers is nothing new, but the appearance of the Internet raises the issue: Is this new technology making cheating more widespread
A senior official Gary Handman at Berkeley doubts it. "Students who tend to cheat are going to cheat regardless of the technology.
This view was backed by Berkeley graduate student Arianne Chernock, who says that, after all, students have to decide what’s best for themselves. "It’s a question of honesty. We’re here to learn, so we’ve got to make the most of it ourselves."
And inventive teachers can make their assignments almost cheat-proof.
"If you structure the assignment in a creative way, and if students, for instance, have to transform the information into a handout, or do a drama, or write an account in first person narrative, then you may stop cheating," said library media teacher Leslie Farmer.
That kind of strategy, some experts say, will basically force students to do more than simply download their education.
50. In the past students __________________.
A. were happy about writing term papers
B. were eager to write term papers
C. considered paper writing as a joy
D. considered paper writing as a source of stress
51. What do some people worry about according to Paragraph 4
A. They worry that students might become lazier
B. They worry that students might lose their interest in learning
C. They worry that t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he Internet could become the best tool for cheating
D. They worry that the Internet could become the best learning tool.
52. According ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to Paragraph 6, students feel _______ copying papers from the Internet.
A. guilty ab ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )out B. excited when C. anxious about D. uncertain about
53. What did Gary Handman argue in Paragraph 8
A. Students tend to cheat
B. The new technology made cheating more widespread
C. The new technology helped students in the way of cheating
D. He was do ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ubtful whether the new technology made cheating more widespread
54. Which of the foll ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )owing statements is NOT TRUE according to the report
A. A careful teacher ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )doesn’t have too much trouble finding out whether a student’s term paper is a copy or not
B. Copying term papers is a serious issue that makes teacher weak
C. It seems that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) copying term papers is unavoidable for some students who tend to cheat
D. Arranging assignme ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts in a creative way could be a solution to the problem of copying term papers.
【参考答案】50—54、DCADB
【2012浙江省宁波市八校联考】D
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Bill, looking far l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ess than his 79 years, looked outside at the heat. A light breeze was blowing from the north, making conditions perfect for the burn. But Bill felt uneasy about Royce doing the job alone. The farmer had a bad leg and walked with great difficulty.
The pair had been ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) best of friends for 30 years, ever since the days when they traveled together from farm to farm in search of work. Now, living alone 12 miles east of town, Bill managed a living hunting foxes and rabbits. Once a fortnight he went to town to buy supplies and meet with Royce, who helped run the Wedding family's farm. "I'll give you a hand," Bill said.
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Desperately h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e tried to back the car out of the sand bank. But the wheels only sunk deeper in the soft sand.
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Bill lay where he ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )fell, out of breath. The front of his shirt, shorts, bare arms and legs were soaked in burning gasoline. Then the sight of the car in flames brought him upright with a start. "Royce!" he cried, struggling to his feet and heading for the car.
Pulling open the doo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r, he seized Royce's arms through the smoke. "I'm stuck," Royce said. "Get yourself away!"
The fire bit at Bi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll's arms, face and legs, but he caught a tight hold on Royce. "I'm not leaving you here," he said.
Now Bill dug his h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eels into the sand and pulled as hard as he could. Suddenly he fell backward. Royce was free and out of the car. As soon as he had dragged him away he patted out the flames on Royce's body and on his own legs and arms with his bare hands.
Royce saw ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a second explosion rock the car, as it was eaten up by flames. “I’d be ashes now if Bill hadn't gotten me out,” he thought. Looking down, Royce was shocked by the extent of his injuries. His stomach and left hip were covered in deep burns. Worse still, his fingers were burned completely out of shape.
Lying on his back, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Bill was in equally bad shape. Pieces of blackened flesh and skin hung from his forearms, hands and legs.
Bill looked acr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oss at his friend. Reading the despair clouding Royce's face, Bill said, "I'll get help. You hang on." Royce nodded, but as he watched Bill set off slowly across the blackened field, he wondered how his friend was going to walk almost two miles and get over three fences.
A lifetime spent ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ound the tough people who make their home in the Australian bush had permanently fixed into Bill's soul two principles: never give up no matter how bad the odds and never let a friend down. Now, with every step sending pain piercing through every part of his body, he drew on those twin pillars of character. If I don't make it, Royce will die out there, he told himself over and over.
"What's the matter ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )with that dog " said Vicky Wedding, Royce's mom, looking out of her window. Frightened by a noise behind her, she turned to see Bill leaning against the door.
"Dear God, what ha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ppened " she exclaimed, as Bill slid down the doorframe.
"We got caught i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n the fire," he whispered, barely able to speak. "Get help." Vicky sat Bill down, covered him in wet towels to ease the pain of his burns, and then picked up the phone.
Throughout the h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )our-and-a-half ride to the hospital in Horsham, neither of the two injured men spoke of their pain. "We should've gone to the football match," Royce said, trying to keep their spirits up. Bill smiled weakly.
Not long aft ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er Bill found himself at Government House being presented with the Bravery Medal for his courageous rescue. But the real highlight for Bill came six months after the fire, when Royce, just out of hospital, walked into the Eureka Hotel and bought him a beer.
"We made it," s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aid Royce as they raised their glasses. "Here's to the best friend a man could have."
55. Bill and R ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oyce started to travel together looking for work when _________.
A. Bill was in his thirties B. Bill was in his sixties
C. Royce was a teenager D. Royce was in his twenties
56. Danger came when the wind turned from _______.
A. north to south B. south to north
C. east to west D. west to east
57. The explosion of the gasoline tank ______.
A. threw Royce from the car B. brought Bill to his senses
C. blew open the car doors D. left Royce trapped
58. Bill learned to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )never give up and to never let a friend down from _______.
A. religion B. Royce C. bushmen D. sports
59. Bill's best reward came when he _______.
A. received a medal B. bought his friend a drink
C. left hospital a well man D. was praised by his friend
60. What’s the best title of the passage
A. Two old friends survived in the fire
B. Never let a friend down
C. How Bill and Royce fought the fire
D. An unforgettable experience for Bill and Royce
【参考答案】55—60、DADCDB
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“Any fool can critic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ize, condemn, and complain (抱怨) but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”— Dale Carnegie
If we really want to be happy, why do we act like such babies
We can claim(声称) t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o be proactive（主动的）in our life by settings goals and going after what we want. But if we’re always whining and complaining all the time, are we really living effectively
71 Whether it be bei ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, not enough mustard on your sandwich, or whatever it is, there are endless instances where you can find a reason to complain.
But it’s not just out ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )side circumstances that we complain about. 72 We complain about about ourselves too. We complain that we don’t have enough time, we don’t have enough money (this one is huge because it’s often “true”), that we’re not smart enough, cool enough, or just enough.
73 I never re ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ally thought about it much until I found this website about “living in a complain free world.”
Imagine how muc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h happier you would be if you simply stopped complaining Much of what you complain about is outside of your control anyway. What’s the point of brooding about something you have no power to change 74
Simply becoming c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )onscious of how much you complain is the first step to stopping. When you recognize that you’re complaining, stop and take notice of it. Ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy.
75
A．We complain about ourselves too.
B．Not very intelligent, if you ask me.
C．Why can’t we complain about things around us
D．Are you ready to live a complaint – free, happier life
E．What you’re complaining about may make you quite unhappy.
F．If you don’t bel ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ieve me, count how many times you complain in one day.
G．I’ve experienced lo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts of unpleasantness for complaining about things I can’t control.
参考答案 71~75 FAGBD。
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Even before my fa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ther left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”
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One night, afte ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”
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6. Which of the follow ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom’s attitude when she made the child to peel potatoes
A. Cruel. B. Serious. C. Strict. D. Cold.
7. From the p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )assage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ______.
A. the skill to throw and catch things
B. the speed of one’s hand movement
C. the strength and skill to hang and sway
D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar
8. What does the sente ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nce “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply
A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.
B. The race acros ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.
C. Mom was determin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed to prove she herself was better than the teacher.
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9. When the child l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ooked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because ______.
A. they felt sorry for what they had done before
B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt
C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars
D. they were astonished to find the author’s progress
10. The most pr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )obable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ______.
A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep
B. the child’s experience reminded Mom of that of her own
C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph
D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child’s growth
文章讲的是一位母亲是如何帮助自己缺一只手的儿子解决成长中的问题。
6. C。推理判断题。从他妈 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )妈的话And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again可知他妈妈对他要求很严，即答案选C。
7. C。推理判断题。从had each ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next可知答案C正确。
8. A。推理判断题。第二天妈妈带我去学校帮助我练习monkey bars，可推知妈妈是个很有恒心的人，故答案选A。
9. D。推理判断题。从I’ll nev ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open可知同学们对我的表现都很吃惊，即答案选D。
10. D。推理判断题。从Th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )en I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears可知对于我的成长中的痛苦妈妈比我承受得还要多，即答案选D。河南邓州2016高考英语阅读理解二轮选练题（一）及答案
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参考答案BDA
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Limit the use o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f private cars, improve public transport and encourage the use of bicycles to control traffic congestion(拥挤) during the 2008 Olympics, experts from foreign countries advised Beijing on Friday.
Professor Nigel Wil ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )son, of the civil and environmental engineering department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he was "supportive to the limiting of private cars during the Olympic Games", saying that in foreign countries, the method is also adopted during big events, but he was unsure about the approach.
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Matthew Martimo, dir ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ector of Traffic Engineering with Citilabs, said the bicycle was China's advantage. "Limiting private cars is an idea worth trying but it is just a temporary solution," he said. "The real cause of congestion is high density of people in Beijing and many have cars."
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Professor Wilson s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aid the Olympic Games was a great opportunity for Beijing to think about traffic problems and develop transportation, adding that the city had already been making public transport more efficient. Beijing has promised to stretch its 114-kilometer city railway to 200 kilometers before the opening of the Olympic Games.
“We are looking for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ward to borrowing Beijing's experiences and drawing from its lessons in preparation for the 2012 Olympics,” said Wetzel.
16. The underlined word incentives in paragraph 4 means_______.
A. something that encourages people to try B. online shopping
C. points could be exchanged for goods D. award
17. It can be seen from the passage that ______.
A. the government ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )planned to forbid over 1 million cars to run on the roads during the Olympics.
B. banning priv ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ate cars is the best way to solve traffic congestion in Beijing
C. Beijing now has 200 kilometers of city railway
D. the use of company cars will not be limited
18. Why did Wetzel stress “ he himself is a bicycle-rider in London”
A. To limit the use of company cars.
B. To encourage ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )governmental officials to use public transportation or ride bicycles.
C. To show that riding bicycles is good for health.
D. To show that he loves riding bicycles.
19. Which of the fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )llowing may be the reason for the traffic congestion in Beijing
A. The 2008 Beijing Olympic games.
B. The number of cars in Beijing is rising by 1,000 a day.
C. The large population in Beijing and the large number of cars.
D. Public transport in Beijing is not efficient.
20. The purpose of the passage is ________.
A. to limit the use of private cars, improve public transport
B. to encoura ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge the use of bicycles to control traffic congestion during the 2008 Olympics
C. to borrow ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Beijing's experiences and draw from its lessons in preparation for the 2012 Olympics
D. to tell the advic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e given by foreign experts on traffic congestion during 2008 Beijing Olympics
[全解全析] 本文报道了外国专家对解决2008北京奥运会交通拥挤问题所提出的一些建议。
A 词义猜测题。由下面两行可知答案。
A 细节理解题。由第三段第一句可知答案。
B 推理判断题。他以自己为例子就是鼓励政府官员多用公共交通工具或多骑自行车。
C 推理判断题。由文章倒数第三段可知答案。
D 推理判断题。文章第一段就是文章的主旨。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
The British National H ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ealth Service (NHS) was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basic health care, free of charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals.
Nowadays central gover ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nment is directly responsible for the NHS although it is administered by local health authorities. About 83 percent of the cost of the health service is paid for by general taxation and the rest is met from the National Insurance contributions paid by those in work. There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people, such as children, pregnant women, pensioners, and those on Income Support, are exempt from payment.
Most people ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e registered with a local doctor (a GP, or General Practitioner) who is increasingly likely to be part of a health centre which serves the community.
As the populatio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n of Britain gets older, the hospital service now treats more patients than before, although patients spend less time in hospital. NHS hospitals — many of which were built in the nineteenth century — provide nearly half a million beds and have over 480, 000 medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe although Britain actually spends less per person on health care than most of her European neighbours.
During the 1980s ther ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e was considerable restructuring of the Health Service with an increased emphasis on managerial efficiency and the privatization of some services (for example, cleaning). At the end of the 1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals to be self-governing, and encouraging GPs to compete for patients. Patients would be able to choose and change their family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility. The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from.
1 We can know from the first paragraph that ______________.
A. the original aim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of the NHS was to provide equal basic health care for everybody
B. people didn’t have to pay for health care since the NHS was set up
C. patients were charged for receiving health care before 1948
D. the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villagers
2 What do we know about the NHS
A. It’s managed by the central government.
B. Its cost is ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )inly paid for by the National Insurance contributions.
C. It hires more people than any other unit in Europe.
D. Fewer patient ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s go to its hospitals than before because they spend less on health care.
3. All the followin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g statements about GPs are true except that they ____________.
A. take care of the local people’s health
B. often take part in competitions to see who is the best
C. work under hig ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h pressure nowadays D. have more responsibilities than before
4 What does the underlined word “exempt” probably mean
A. suffering B. different C. prevented D. free
5. The biggest problem for the NHS is ______________.
A. many hospitals are too old to be used
B. some services are in the charge of individuals
C. more and more patients go to GPs for treatment
D. there is not enough money for further reform
[全解全析] CCBDD
国家保健中心由中央政府直接负责，但由地方当局管理。建立国家保健中心的最初目的
是为农村居民提供免费的基本健康护理，尤其儿童、孕妇等可享受免费治疗。
C。细节理解题。根据最后一自然段最后 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )一句可知，建立国家保健中心的最初目的是为农村居民提供免费的基本健康护理，而不是针对所有的人，所以前两项错误。
C。细节理解题。根据第4自然段“The ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) NHS is the biggest employer in Europe…”可知。从第二自然段第一句可以看出国家保健中心由中央政府直接负责，但由地方当局管理，所以A项错误。
B。细节理解题。根据最后 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )一自然段话“and encouraging GPs to compete for patients”可知政府鼓励全科医生之间相互竞争，而不是让他们进行竞赛，看谁的医术高明。
D。猜测词义题。前面提到医生开药方及给病人治疗牙病需要收费，再结合but一词可推断儿童、孕妇等可享受免费治疗。
D。细节理解题。根据最后一自然段最后一句可知。
阅读理解
The Western has b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )een the favorite type for American adventure story since the nineteenth centu ry. While the American West was being settled, newspapers and "dime novels" could depend on stories of the frontier settlements and tell tales about living in the untamed wilderness to sell. The public back East was eager to read about the West, even if the stories were more fiction than fact.
In 1902, Owe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n Wister published his novel The Virginian, which was one of the first novels to treat the Western as a serious literary form; the novel still sold well and had inspired several movies and a television series. In 1905, Bertha H. Bower and Zane Grey published their first novels, and the popular Western novels had continued to flourish from that day on, with current novels by Luke Short, Max Brand, and Louis L’ Amour carrying on the tradition.
The first Western ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) movie appeared even earlier than these serious Western novels. Before the turn of the century, an associate of Edison’s had filmed Cripple Creek Barroom Scene, a few seconds of film showing the inside of a saloon, to help publicize the invention of the movie camera. In 1903 the Edison’ company filmed the first "full-length" Western — The Great Train Robbery. The film lasts less than fifteen minutes, but a story is told its entirety. In the movie, bandits (强盗) rob a train and its passengers, killing the engineer, and find themselves tracked down by a posse. Audiences loved the movie. Some theaters were actually opened for the single purpose of showing The Great Train Rob bery and only later realized that they could do equally well showing other movies. The film was so suc cessful that other companies, and finally even the Edison company itself, began producing copies and other versions of The Great Train Robbery. Ironically, in" an era when the West was still very real —-Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma were all territories rather than states in 1903 — The Great Train Robbery was filmed in New Jersey.
9. The purpose of this passage is to________.
A. discuss the making of the movie The Great Train Robbery
B. discuss the early Western novels
C. discuss the art of movie making
D. trace the dev ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )elopment of the Western as an American adventure story tradition
10. We can conclude from this passage that________.
A. people lost interest in the West after 1903
B. Owen Wister was an ex-cowboy
C. New Jersey was still "untamed wilderness" in 1903
D. films were fai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rly uncommon at the time The Great Train Robbery was made
11. The passage suggests that________.
A. Edison’s invention of the movie camera happened;by accident
B. movie houses didn’t make much-money in the early days
C. Easterners were fascinated by the " wild West"
D. The Great ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Train Robbery was poorly received by the public because it lacked a plot
12. As used in this passage, the word “literary” means________.
A. humorous B. financial C. appropriate to literature D. amateur
【答案解析】
9. D 推断题。从1902年出版的小说，1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )903年拍的一部电影，到1905年的第一批小说等，作者如此不吝惜笔墨，是为了追溯具有冒险故事传统的美国西部发展史。故D项是正确答案。
10. D 推断题。第三段，通过Th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e Great Train Robbery影片的成功放映，人们才开始认识到在影剧院也可以同样放映一些其它影片,于是其它制片公司甚至于the Edison公司本身便开始生产其副本及The Great Train Robbery的其它译本。通过以上信息，我们得出的结论应是D项所表达的内容，那一时期的电影并非相当普及。
11. C 推断题。第一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段最后一句的was eager to read about the West(渴望看一些有关西部的书)，与题中were fascinated by the wild West (对荒芜的西部着了迷)表达了同样的信息，故C项为正确答案。
12. C 词义题。根据 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )上下文关系以及关键词语novels和form可推知literary的词义。因为“小说”与“形式”应属于“文学”范围。
阅读理解
What does it mean ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to say that we live in a world of persuasion It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommate’s need to study for an exam may take priority (优先) over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic/inter est may have other choices.
In such a world, pe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rsuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view. When we persuade, we want to influence how others believe and behave. We may not always prevail — other points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situ ation, and the merit of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves.
Some people, however ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), object to the very idea of persuasion. They may regard it as an unwelcome interruption into their lives. Just the opposite, we believe that persuasion is unavoidable — to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical (合乎道义的) or unethical, selfless or selfish, inspiring or degrad ing. Persuaders may enlighten our mind or prey on our vulnerability. Ethical persuasion, however, calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, the most basic part of edu cation is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other.
Beyond its personal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) importance to us, persuasion is necessary to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the bedrock of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution (美国宪法).
10. According to the passage, persuasion means ________.
A. changing others’ points of view
B. exercising power over other people
C. getting other people to consider your point of view
D. getting people to agree with you and do what you want
11. The underlined wor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d in the second paragraph “prevail” means________.
A. win B. fail C. speak D. listen
12. The passage ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) states that some people object to persuasion because they think it is ________.
A. a danger to society B. difficult to do well
C. unwelcome behavior D. never successful
13. The passage mainly discusses ________.
A. how people persuade
B. why people persuade
C. that persuasion is both good and bad
D. that persuasion is important and it is all around us
【答案与解析】
10. C 细节题。将第二段中pe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rsuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view与各选项进行比较可知。
11. A 词义题。由破折号 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )后面的句子other points of view may be more persuasive可知，我们不一定占上风，故选A。
12. C 细节题。由第三段中第一二句Some people…into their lives可知。
13. D 主旨题。根据第一段对we liv ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e in a world of persuasion的理解，第三段中we believe that persuasion is unavoidable-to live is to persuade 及最后一段中persuasion is necessary to society与各选项进行比较可确定选D。河南邓州2016高考英语阅读理解选练题（一）及答案
【2016高考训练题】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。
The latest revela ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tions from the NSA files, supplied by Edward Snowden and reported on by Glen Greenwald’s The Intercept, have shown that US and UK spy agencies could have the ability to listen in on billions of mobile phone calls from around the world.
What’s happened
The biggest manufa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cturer of Sim cards in the world has reportedly been hacked into by the US NSA and UK GCHQ.
The security a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )gencies stole the encryption keys（密码） that are built into every one of the Sim cards made by the Dutch firm Gemalto.
What does this mean
With the enc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ryption keys for Sim cards, the US and UK security services can potentially listen in on any conversation across any network that uses the compromised(缺乏抵抗力的）Sim cards.
How could they listen in
The keys allow the s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ecurity services to decode voice communications sent between a mobile phone and a mobile mast（天线杆）, which carries the call to the receiver. To pick up the call they can use an aerial（天线）placed in the neighbourhood of the caller. They will have to be relatively close to the mobile phone user, but an aerial could be placed anywhere and would not have to be visible.
Who is affected
Gemalto supplies 2 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bn Sim cards annually to 450 mobile phone providers globally across 85 countries. Most mobile phone providers will have used Gemalto Sim cards at some point, meaning anyone with a Sim in their mobile phone could be affected.
What can be done
There is very ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )little that can be done . That means someone could be listening in on any conversation had via the mobile phone network.
Users can separately e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ncrypt their voice and text communications using messaging services such as Apple’s iMessage, Facebook’s WhatsApp or similar secure services.
29. What happened
A US and UK spy agenc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ies listened in on billions of mobile phone calls from around the world.
B Sim card datab ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ase hack gave US and UK spies access to billions of cell phones.
C the Dutch f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )irm Gemalto gave away the encryption keys that are built into every one of the Sim cards.
D Edward Snowden an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d Glen Greenwald’s The Intercept stole the encryption keys from Gemalto.
30. How could the US and UK spy agencies listen in
A They use a mast to receive and decode the call.
B They use an aerial to receive and decode the call.
C They use an aerial ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to receive the call and the encryption keys to decode the call
D They use a m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )obile mast to receive the call and encryption keys to decode the call.
31. Who is possibly affected
A One who doesn’t use a Sim card made by Gemalto.
B One who separately e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ncrypts his voice and text communications using messaging services
C One who stays far away from any aerial.
D One who is at conversation via the mobile phone network.
参考答案29---31 BCD
2016高考训练题。阅读理解。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
One of the m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ost popular American singers of the twentieth century was Elvis Presley. He made the rock’ n’ roll music popular all over the world. He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960s.
Elvis Presley was ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )born in a poor family in 1935. His parents were simple country people who often took him to church ,where he learned to sing, and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child.
When he w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as young, Elvis moved from Toledo to Memphis in Tennessee, where he attended high school, but he was not a good student. His only real interest was singing. He began to sing in the style that is called “country and western”.
In 1955 he ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) recorded some songs for his mother’s birthday. The people at the recording studio liked his singing and his music. It was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the music which black people used to sing in the American South. It was called “blues”.
Shortly after th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )at, Elvis met Tom Parker, who became his manger and arranged concerts for him across the United States and new recording as well. Soon Elvis became famous around the country. Later Elvis went to Hollywood and began to appear in films such as Love Me Tender and King Creole.
But Elvis found i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t difficult to live with success, Like many other famous people, he began to take drugs and his health started to suffer. When he died at an early age of 42 in 1977, millions of his fans were shocked, ”The King Is Dead!” the newspaper said. But today his memory and his music live on and will always be remembered as the King of Rock’ n’ roll.
1. From the passage, we can see ____________.
A. the church songs didn’t help Elvis develop his own style.
B. the church songs helped Elvis develop his singing
C. Elvis didn’t get any help from his parents
D. Elvis forgot his church music at a later age.
2. Who was Tom Parker
A. A manager of a bank. B. A famous singer.
C. Elvis’ manage ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r. D. Elvis’ best friend since childhood.
3 What caused Elvis’ death
A. His taking the drugs. B. His singing too much.
C. His parents’ death. D. Tom Parker’s help.
4. What was Elvis’ music style like most
A. Only country and western.
B. Only country and blues.
C. Both western and church music.
D. Not only country and western but also a bit “blues”.
参考答案1—4、BCAD
【2016高考训练题】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。
Vacations are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )supposed to be welcome by children and parents both. But they seem to have become a source of tension for parents, as they are worried about their children spending hours on iPads and mobile phones, surfing the Internet or playing online games.
Their concern is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) not groundless, though, because addiction to electronic gadgets(装置) or the Internet could do harm to students' health. More importantly, spending hours on electronic gadgets is a waste of time not only because the same time could be spent more productively, but also because it stops face-to-face interaction with parents and peers.
The disadvantages of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )addiction to electronic gadgets cannot be overlooked. What therefore children need is proper guidance from parents on how to use electronic gadgets and on the Internet. Parents also need to negotiate with their children about how long they can play with electronic devices. This is important because it's almost impossible to stop them from using computers and mobile phones. Since children tend to copy their parents, their role models, actions, parents should not be glued to phones or tablets for long; they must also avoid watching TV for long hours. Instead, they should spend as much time as possible with their children, teaching them the valuable lessons of life and helping them with their homework.
Since children's ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) normal routines are to change during vacations, parents should ask them to set a different timetable which could include doing housework, getting physical exercise and playing sports, pursuing their hobbies and doing holiday homework. For children who have abundant free time and relatively little homework during vacations, their parents can, for example, take them on hiking trips or make them play more outdoor games. This will not only ensure children remain physically fit and focused on studies, but also leave them little time to play online games and chat on mobile phones.
32. Why do par ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents worry about their children spending time on electronic gadgets and the Internet
A Because it threats students’ health.
B Because children should spend more time on productive work.
C Because childr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )en may not have time to have face-to-face communications.
D All of the above
33. We can infer from the passage that____.
A children can play ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) on the electronic gadgets and the internet but should pay attention to the usage and the time limit.
B parents shouldn’t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )spend long time on TVs, but they are free to chat on phones or play online games.
C children shou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ld observe their normal routines even on vacations to focus on their study and keep healthy.
D going on hiki ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng trips or playing more outdoor games is a must for children on vacations.
34. How many ways are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )suggested for parents to deal with their children spending time on electronic gadgets and the Internet
A Two B Three C Four D Five
35. The passage aims to_____.
A tell parents not to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) worry about their children spending time on mobile phones, tablets and the internet
B tell paren ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts how to make their children’s vacations interesting and worthwhile.
C suggest a few ways ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) for children to stop being addicted to electronic gadgets and the internet
D advise parent ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s how to help their children keep away from electronic gadgets and the Internet and have a meaningful vacation.
参考答案32---35 DACD
阅读理解
When Andrea Pete ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers. For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year.
Principal Wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”
Kettler and others ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.
When students were rea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ding S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book. The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns even win national honors.
As national teache ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r of the year, Peterson will spend the more years outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that attracts them to come back to school day after day.
6. The underlined wo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rd” daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _________.
A．discouraging B．interesting
C．creative D．unbearable
7．When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________.
A．music was a focus of learning in most schools
B．the environment was favorable to music teaching
C．the school lacked teaching facilities for music
D．support for music programs was unavailable
8．What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award
A．She concerned herself with current social problems.
B．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.
C．She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.
D．She made great efforts to amuse students’ interest in literature.
9．Which of the follow ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music
A．She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.
B．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.
C．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.
D．She helped students compose songs by themselves.
10．In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.
A．art、 music and PE classes are all important
B．more subjects should be offered to students
C．students should be motivated to attend art classes
D．arts education is more important than other subjects
【参考答案】6—10、ACBBA
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Saturday, Oc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tober 7th, was a marathon of sad tasks for Anna Politkovskaya. Two weeks earlier, her father, a retired official in the department of foreign affairs, had died of a heart attack as he emerged from the Moscow Metro while on his way to visit Politkovskaya’s mother, Raisa Mazepa, in the hospital. She had just been diagnosed (诊断)with cancer and was too weak even to attend her husband’s funeral. “Your father will forgive me, because he knows that I have always loved him,” she told Anna and her sister, Elena Kudimova, the day he was buried. A week later, she had an operation and since then Anna and Elena had been taking turns helping her deal with her grief.
Politkovskay ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a was supposed to spend the day at the hospital, but her twenty-six-year-old daughter, who was pregnant, had just moved into Politkovskaya’s apartment, on Lesnaya Street, while her own place was being prepared for the baby. “Anna had so much on her mind,” Elena Kudimova told me when we met in London, before Christmas. “And she was trying to finish her article.” Politkovskaya was a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and, like most of her work, the piece focused on the terror that can be seen all over the southern republic of Chechnya. This time, she had been trying to report repeated cruel acts done by people faithful to the Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who are in favour of Russia. In the past seven years, Politkovskaya had written dozens of accounts of life during wartime; many had been collected in her book “A Small Corner of Hell: reports from Chechnya.” Politkovskaya was far more likely to spend time in a hospital than on a battlefield, and her writing bore frequent witness to robbery, and the uncontrolled cruelty of life in a place that few other Russians—and almost no other reporters—cared to think about.
16. Politkovskaya’s father died of ______.
A. tiredness B. a heart disease C. an attack D. an accident
17. From the text we know that Raisa Mazepa ______.
A. didn’t love her husband
B. didn’t attend her husband’s funeral
C. was having an operation the day her husband was buried
D. was too sad to attend her husband’s funeral
18. The underlined word “emerged” most likely means ______.
A. came out ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. went into C. disappeared D. left for
19. How many family members of Anna are mentioned in the passage
A. Three. B. Four C. Five D. Six
20. Which of the fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )llowing words can best describe Politkovskaya’s character
A. Curiou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s B. easy-going C. careless D. responsible
【参考答案】16—20、BBACD河南邓州2016高考英语阅读理解二轮选练题（三）及答案
【2014高考英语综合能力测试题】
People in Hong Ko ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng speak a rich mixture of languages. Hong Kong was a British colony for over 156 years before returning to China in 1997. English was the only official language until 1994.
Most peop ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )le in Hong Kong today speak Cantonese, but Mandarin and other dialects are also heard. British English is still widely spoken and taught here. Now however, many people are choosing to learn American English.
Victor Cha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n, for example, has children who attend a school called Nature EQ. They are learning to say words in the American way. Mr Chan says he wants his sons to learn American English, because he plans to send them to the United States for further study.
Nature EQ is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )one of a growing number of schools in Hong Kong that offer American English classes. Frankie Ng opened the school 17 years ago, at which time, he had only 40 students. Today, the school has 350 students.
Mr Ng says Ame ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rican English is clear and easy to teach and understand.
Student Sam Yu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )has another reason for studying American English, "I think American English is getting more and more important, and is maybe taking over the dominance of British English, so
I'm willing to learn."
Public schools ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) still teach mostly British English. But the number of private language schools teaching American English is growing.
In Hong Kong's T ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )seung Kwan O district, for example, the "Workshop School" had 20 students a week when it opened one year ago. Today, it has more than 180 students each week.
American Engl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ish is becoming the language of international business. Increasing contact with American culture, like movies, television programs, computer games and the Internet is spreading American expressions and accents in areas other
than business.
But for n ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow, what people hear in the streets of Hong Kong is mainly traditional British English.
"We can understan ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d both, but we speak with the British accent," said one local woman.
31. How long had ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) British English been the only official language in Hong Kong
A. More than 150 years.
B. Less than 150 years.
C. About 100 years.
D. Less than 100 years.
32. According to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the passage, which of the following is NOT the reason why so many people learn
American English
A. American English is easy and clear to understand.
B. Ameri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )can English may take over the dominance of British English.
C. American English is widely used in areas other than business.
D. British ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )English is a traditional and ancient language and is out of date.
33. What does the underlined word "dominance" in Paragraph 6 mean
A. Advantage. B. Strength.
C. Control. D. Influence.
34. What can be inferred from the passage
A. More and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) more students will give up English but learn Mandarin.
B. We never h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ear traditional British English spoken in the streets of Hong Kong.
C. There will be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) more and more schools like Nature EQ and the Workshop School.
D. People in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Hong Kong with the British accent can't understand American English.
35. What is the main idea of the passage
A. American Eng ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lish is becoming more and more popular in Hong Kong.
B. More and more ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) people in Hong Kong want to send their children to America.
C. More an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d more people in Hong Kong begin to speak more languages.
D. More ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )schools in Hong Kong are offering American English classes than in other areas.
【参考答案】31-35 ADCCA
随着美国英语在各个方面的深入，香港的英国英语的主导地位越来越受到影响，更多的人开始学习美国英语。
31. A. 推理判断题。根据第一段的. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )..a British colony for over 156 years before returning to China in 1997. English was the only official language until 1994.可以推测出英语作为香港唯一的官方语言大概为153年左右。
32. D。细节理解题。根据全文可知，A、B、C三项都是香港人学美国英语的原因，只有D项表述错误。
33. C。词义猜测题。根据全文意思，以及现在美国英语的深入，应该是美国英语将要取代英国英语的主导控制地位。
34. C。推理判断题。根据第四段中. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )..a growing number of schools...和第七段中But the number of private language schools teaching American English is growing.可知答案为C。
35. A。主旨大意题。根据全文内容，可见美国英语在香港越来越受到重视。
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Plants are flowerin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.
Global warming i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.
Increased car ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bon dioxide (CO2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.
“Predicting speci ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es’reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology, ” said the researchers of several U. S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
The study, pub ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lished on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1, 634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8. 5 times and leafing by 4 times.
“Across all species ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), the experiments under- predicted the speed of the advance—for both leafing and flowering—that results from temperature increases, ”the study said.
The design of future ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.
Plants are n ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ecessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
Scientists believe the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) world’s average temperature has risen by about 0. 8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0. 2 ℃ every ten years since 1979.
So far, efforts ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to cut emissions (排放) of planet- warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century—a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.
1. What is the key i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nformation the author wants to give in Paragraph 1
A. Plants’reacti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )on to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.
B. The increa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sing speed of flowering is beyond scientists’expectation.
C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.
D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.
2. We can learn fr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )om the study published on the Nature website that　　　.　
A. plants’flowering is 8. 5 times faster than leafing
B. there are 1, 634 plant species on the four continents
C. scientists should improve the design of the experiments
D. the experim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents failed to predict how plants react to climate change
3. Scientists pay spe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cial attention to the study of plants because　　　.　
A. they can prove the climate change clearly
B. they are very important in the food chains
C. they play a leading role in reducing global warming
D. they are growing and flowering much faster than before
4. What can be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature
A. It has risen nearly 0. 2℃ since 1979.
B. Its change will lead to weather extremes.
C. It is 0. 8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1900.
D. It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.
【参考答案】1—4、BCBD　　
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
On today’s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )show, we’ll focus on how e – business can help change people’s lives, as well as the career outlook of college graduates.
After that, we’ll ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )attend an interesting introductory session that was held earlier here in Beijing. It's an effort by a group of young Chinese who want to introduce Majiang, a traditional Chinese game, to foreigners.
For all these stories and more, stay tuned to Life in China.
Approach Chinese Majiang
Majiang is one of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) China's most famous games and is popular throughout the world. Dominic Swire takes us to an introductory session organized by the Leadership Club, a Beijing-based group of young Chinese dedicated to introducing their culture to foreigners.
More Chinese Starting up E-Business
With about 30 percent ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of the Chinese population now online, more and more ordinary Chinese people have realized the potential for e-businesses. With no technological background or experience in running a business, they are eager to venture into the world of online businesses.
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What worries colleg ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e graduates the most To find the perfect job! Many college students started to prepare early to excel in the fierce job market. Some students in Henan province have the opportunity to practice real business through a new online business practice base the school has provided.
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56．From the passage we know that .
A．it’s possible for e – business to be further developed
B．today’s show is mainly about doing business
C．more and more people are making a fortune online
D．people can make comments on life @ . cn
57．The underlined ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )word “excel” in the last but one paragraph probably means “ ”.
A．come out B．have experience
C．create an e – form D．do better than others
58．The Leadership Club is set up for the purpose of .
A．bringing up new leaders for China
B．helping college graduates find ideal jobs
C．making Chinese culture known abroad
D．providing information on running business
59．Which of t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he following statements is NOT true according to the passage
A．Plenty of students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) as college are preparing for their jobs before graduation.
B．Without experien ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ce, common people can’t afford the risk of practicing online business.
C．In Henan province, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) some school has online business practice base to train the students.
D．You are welcome to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )send your questions about the show via the Internet.
【参考答案】56~59 ADCB
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One day while Fathe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r was in his office downtown, Auntie Gussie and Cousin Flossie arrived. Mother immediately began planning to take them to dine at the Waldorf, a much – talked – of new hotel at Fifth Avenue and Thirty – third Street, which she very much wanted so see. She knew Father mightn’t like the idea, but he would enjoy himself after he got there, and she thought she could manage him. When he came in, she went to his bedroom to break the good news to him. Whenever she was planning to manage him, the very tone of her voice put him on guard; it had an impatient note, as though really the only plan she could think of was to wish he was manageable. So on this occasion, when she tried to get him in a good mood, he instantly got in a bad one. He looked suspiciously (怀疑地) at Mother and said, “I don’t feel well.”
But Mother w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as fully prepared to see that he would take it hard at the start. She said brightly that the Waldorf was lovely and that it would do him good to go out. There was no dinner at home for him anyway, so what else was there to do
When Father took in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the situation, he undressed and put on his nightshirt. He shouted angrily at Mother that he had a sick headache. It made no difference to him whether there was any dinner or not. What he needed was rest. After walking around, he put his clothes away and darkened his room. He climbed into bed. Pulling up the sheets, he let out his breath in deep groans (呻吟).
Mother had got ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) tired of scolding Father and trying to make him get out of bed, and had made up her mind to dine at the Waldorf without him. She and Auntie Gussie and Flossie marched off by themselves. But they had to come back almost immediately because Mother didn’t have enough money, and when she rushed into Father’s sickroom and lit the gas again and made him get up and give her ten dollars, his roars (咆哮) of pain were terrific.
60．Mother wants to dine at the Waldorf probably because .
A．she has not prepared dinner
B．she feels Father needs a change
C．she’s curious to know what the new hotel is like
D．Auntie Gussie and Gousin Flossie have come to visit
61．From the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )underlined sentence “he would take it hard”, we learn that Father would .
A．talk with Mother seriously B．face Mother with difficulty
C．feel very upset about the idea D．accept the idea unwillingly
62．We can infer from the passage that .
A．Father has a poor appetite
B．Father pretends to be sick
C．Father has the final say in the family
D．Father thinks dining out a waste of time
63．What is the author’s attitude
A．He stands by Mother. B．He takes Father’s side.
C．He is ashamed of his parents. D．He is just reporting the story.
【参考答案】60、C 61~63 CBD河南邓州2016高考英语阅读理解选练题（二）及答案
【2016高考训练题】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。
Your kids lea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rn a lot from their friends—things you can’t teach them, no matter how much you
want to.
Probably t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he most important thing kids learn is how to have peer relationships. As a parent, you can’t do this, because you and your child aren’t equals.
For exampl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e, when you’re sitting on your family room floor and your very young child asks you to pass him the blocks, you probably hand them right over. If your child is sitting with a peer and asks the same thing, though, he might not get what he wants.
To succeed, your chi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ld will need to learn strategies for getting what he wants. For example, he might simply yank (猛拉) the toy out of his friend’s hand. If he does that, he may learn that it’s not the best way of getting what he wants because it leads to fighting and time-outs. The successful child
will learn tha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t he needs to negotiate a trade, to wait patiently, or to find something else equally fun to play with.
Friends al ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )so provide emotional support, something that is part of the foundation of healthy adulthood. You can’t be with your child on the elementary school playground or at the high school dance. Your child’s friends will be the ones to stick up for her, to include her in games, and later, to tell her she looks great even if her lousy prom (糟糕的舞会) date wanders off instead of dancing with her.
Friends also ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) help your children learn. Friends solve problems together, imitate each other, and
pass on knowledge .
Some experts belie ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve that the single biggest predictor of your child’s success later in life is her ability to make friends. In fact, they claim it’s even more important than IQ and grades.
This doesn’t mean t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hat the kids who are most popular in school do the best later on in life. What matters is not the number of friends a child has but rather the quality of the relationships.
This is good news fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r those of us who hate to think that popularity really is the Holy Grail of childhood and adolescence. While it’s true that popularity has many advantages, and that many popular kids really are nice people—and not just the best dressed or best looking—it’s better to have a few good friends than to have the admiration of the masses.
5．By giving ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the example in Paragraph 3, the author wants to show that .
A．kids can learn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )how to deal with the relationships when they stay with their peers
B．parents should spend more spare time playing with their kids
C．kids should ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) learn how to be polite when they ask their parents for help
D．parents can ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )teach their kids how to be good members in the modern society in their daily life
6．What does th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e underlined phrase“stick up for” in the fifth paragraph mean
A．envy B．oppose C．support D．ignore
7．In the author ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )’s opinion, is more important than being popular for kids.
A．getting high grades
B．having some real friends
C．developing a good habit
D．knowing how to dress themselves up
8．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage
A．How to Bridge the Generation Gap
B．What It Takes to Be a Good Friend
C．Why Friends Are Important
D．How to Be Popular in School
参考答案5—8 ACBC
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项 。
In a few years, y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ou might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English—and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at US’s Carnegie Mellon University(CMU)and Germany’s University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be a reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.
One application, cal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )led Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.
Another prototype (雏 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )形机)can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak. “It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,”Waibel said.
Prefer to read So-cal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )led Translation Glasses transcribe (转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal (液晶) display(LCD)screen.
Then there’s t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person’s face, according to researchers.
During a dem ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )onstration held last Thursday in CMU’s Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Sang Jun had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed—without speaking aloud—a few words in Mandarin (普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”
This particular gadge ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t (器具), when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the university’s prototypes is to create‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,”Waibel said.
With spontane ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ous (自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.
1. Which of the following statements is not true
A. A lecture ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.
B. Muscle Tr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )anslators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.
C. There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.
D. The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.
2. What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage
A. Lecture Translation.　　　　　　　 B. Multiple Translator.
C. Muscle Translator.　　　　　　　　 D. Translation Prototype.
3. What’s th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e final destination of inventing the language translators
A. To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.
B. To help students learn foreign languages more easily.
C. To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.
D. To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.
4. What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph
A. The translator is s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o good that it can translate any language into the very language you need.
B. The translator ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge.
C. With the help o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f the translator, you only need to open your mouth when you want to say something without saying the exact words at all.
D. The translator needs to be improved before being put into market.
5. Where can this passage probably be excerpted from
A. A newspaper.　　　　　　 B. A magazine on science.
C. A fairy tale.　　　　　　　D. A scientific fantasy book.
【参考答案】1—5、CBADB 　　
【2016高考训练题】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。
Three-dimensi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )onal printers are fast becoming everyday devices in the United States. Three-D printers are used to make everything from automobile parts to bone replacements for human patients. American research scientists are now working on creating replacements for living tissue.
Researchers a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t the Medical University of South Carolina have been working on creating and manufacturing living tissue since 2003．This process is called biofabrication (生物制造) . It requires special printing equipment and a special kind of ink.
Traditional pri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nters require ink to produce an image or design on a piece of paper. For their three-D printer, the South Carolina researchers prepare complex nutritious solutions they call bio-inks. Bio-inks are made of proteins and glucose (葡萄糖) , which normally provides energy for most cells of the body. The researchers also add living cells taken from the animal that will receive the new, printed tissue. The bio-inks are then added to a device that researchers call the Palmetto bio-printer.
Sarah Grace Dennis ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is one of the researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina. She says new technology, like the Palmetto bio-printer, is a great help to the biofabrication process.
The bio-inks ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) are placed in three dispensers (分配器) , containers, inside the printer. Lasers control both the position of the printing surface and the places where the bio-ink is released.
Michael Yost is a l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eader of the research team. He says the printing process is fully automated— machine-operated. He says that the Palmetto bio-printer makes it possible to create complex tissue types.
The researchers say b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )io-printing is still experimental. But they hope in a few years they may be able to print tissue to replace damaged human organs.
But there are still ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )some problems which need to be solved. Some scientists worry about how to get blood to the replacement tissue. The flow of blood is important to keep the printed tissue alive.
Michael Yost hopes t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hat more people will believe in the benefits of biofabrication.
“Tissue biofabrica ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tion is a reality, and it is a reality now, and if you come here and you get to see it. You will get to see it. You can’t touch it, but you will see it and think this is real. And this is really human.”
9．What can we know about the bio-inks
A．They are the necessities of bio-printing.
B．They only contain proteins and glucose.
C．They can be placed in the traditional printers.
D．They are available in our local drugstores.
10．Which of the following is one of the concerns with biofabrication
A．Researchers ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n’t find enough living cells of animals to make the bio-inks.
B．The price o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f the bio-printer is too high and most people can’t afford it.
C．Scientists have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) some difficulty in getting the blood to the replacement tissue.
D．People are worried about the safety of the biofabrication process.
11．According to Michael Yost, we can infer that .
A．the Palmetto bio-printer can work without power
B．the Palmetto bio-printer has been used to treat the patients
C．the Palmetto bio-printer can only be found in the United States
D．the Palmetto bio-printer will have a bright future in medical use
12．The passage mainly tells us about .
A．the three-D printer and its working principles
B．the bio-inks and their use in bio-printing
C．the spread use of the bio-printer in the USA
D．the growing demand for biofabrication
参考答案9—12 ACDB
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“This little, wheele ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d, one-armed box went around another planet and has done something no human has ever managed,” according to Science. “It has discovered another place in the universe where life could once have existed.”
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1. ________ prove that water existed on Mars.
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C. Scientific achi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )evements of 2004 D. Creatures from Mars
2. Which of the following is true according to the text
A. It is now certain that there was water on Mars.
B. The water on Mars was like an ocean.
C. Evidence of life on Mars has been found.
D. Search for life on Mars is a great risk to humans.
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A. The world’s leading magazine has announced the fact.
B. Scientists ha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve taken many pictures and chemical readings on the Mars.
C. Astronauts have got some rocks from Mars.
D. Scientists have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )made a study of the pictures and readings sent back by Mars detector.
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A. they would be kind to humans B. they would be cruel to humans
C. they would be a great danger to Earth
D. it would be h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ard to say whether it would be a good news or bad news
1. B 事实细节题。根据短 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )文第五段“It includes marks on rocks like those caused by flowing water on Earth and salty chemicals like those found in dried-out sea-beds”一句可知：岩石上有类似地球上水流的痕迹和化学物。
2. A 事实细节题。根据第二段“suc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ceeded in finding signs that water once existed on the planet”一句可判断，火星上有水。
3. D 事实归纳题。人们对火星的研究是 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )通过探测器“机遇号”发回的图片和数据进行分析得出的，人类还没有登上火星，所以B、C两项不符文意。A项“杂志上报道的”更不能作为结论的根据
4. D 推测题。根据短文最后一段“so ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )me scientists worry about the risk that this could introduce dangerous foreign creatures to Earth”的意义，科学家有这种担心外星人是否会对人类造成危害。由此可推测：如果外星人来地球，是好是坏不得而知。