广西平乐县 2017 高考英语阅读理解暑假编练 8页

只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 1 广西平乐县 2017 高考英语阅读理解暑假编练 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。 Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe. Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露) to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problems, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风) within as little as a few hours after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物) were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好) quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure. The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainlymodest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health. 1. The text mainly discusses the relationship between . A. heart problems and air quality B. heart problems and exercising C. heart problems and smoking D. heart problems and fatty food 2. The underlined word“modest”in Paragraph 3 most probably means . A. relatively high B. extremely low C. relatively low D. extremely high 3. What can we learn from the text? 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 2 A. Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart. B. The EPA conducted many studies on air quality. C. Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking. D. Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made. 4. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to . A. inform B. persuade C. describe D. entertain 【参考答案】1—4、ACDA 黑龙江省大庆市喇中 2016 高考英语阅读练习——新闻报道类 The International Painting Contest on Google’s homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange, but it spotlightings a very serious issue: clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island. Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest, rising to the top of some 100, 000 entries on the theme of “draw one thing to make the world a better place.” Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine. Zhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate(使……生动)her drawing. “To make the world a better place, I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,” Google quoted Zhang as saying. “It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes and even oceans, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.” She created a whole world around the device—one populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons. Zhang, s piece is “so vivid and so rich and so full and so complete,’’ Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post. “Every leaf seemed to have life in it.” 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 3 Along with having her artwork featured on Google’s homepage, Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship. In addition, her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant, and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Bangladesh. On Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net, Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win, but said she wouldn’t be awake when her art first went online at midnight. “I have school-tomorrow, so I can’t stay up late,” she told the paper. 【小题 1】 What’s the passage mainly about? A．The winner and her work in the painting contest. B．The team of artists at Google to animate drawings. C．The painting contest of Google’s homepage in 2015. D．The water-cleaning machine in the painting contest. 【小题 2】According to the passage, we know that______. A．Audrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplined B．a water-cleaning device was made in the contest C．$50, 000 will be donated in Audrey Zhang’s name D．Zhang’s piece was printed in all major newspapers 【小题 3】The underlined word in Paragraph l probably means “_____”. A．put up with B．1ook for ward to C．breakaway from D．focus attention on 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 4 【2015 高考复习】阅读理解 Are you the type of person who always says “yes”？I’ve come to learn that it is very important to learn to say “no”．It’s okay.People are still going to like you.They may even respect you more because they know you are honest. I’m not saying to say “no” to someone who really needs your help.I’m talking about turning down that meeting that you really do not want to attend or that birthday party that you don’t want to be a guest at. Think for a moment how you feel when you say “yes” to something that you really don’t want to do.If you’re like I once was，you can’t sleep at night and you think about it too much.It weighs on your mind.You try to find ways out.Whatever you’re saying to yourself，if you really wanted to go，you wouldn’t have all of these thoughts. So，why not just say “no” from the beginning？Maybe you feel like if you don’t show up at the meeting (by the way，it is not one you must attend)，your boss isn’t going to like you or your coworkers won’t respect you.Maybe you feel as if your mom，dad or sisters won’t love you as much if you don’t do everything for them what they ask every occasion. If these people are your true friends，family members，or a good boss，they will like or love you the same no matter what.People treat you the way you teach them to，and if you’re someone who always says “yes”，then that’s what they’re expecting. You need to do what is right for you.Of course we do have real obligations in life to fulfill， but we do not have to do everything others want us to do. 【语篇解读】 生活中，我们有义务完成应该做的事情，但是不必出于太多的顾虑，凡事惟命是从，要学 会拒绝，学会说“不”。 1．Which of the following statements would the writer agree with? A．We should try to do what our friends ask us to do. B．We should help others in need. C．Always saying “yes” means you are dishonest. D．Always saying “no” means you are brave. 解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句的内容可知，作者认为我们应该帮助需要帮助的人，故 B 项正确。 答案 B 2．Generally speaking，we agree to do what we hate to do because we________. A．have a bad habit B．have a kind heart C．have much concern D．have obligations 解析 推理判断题。结合第三段第二句中的“you think about it too much”以及本段后半部分的内容可 推知，我们之所以同意做我们讨厌做的事情是因为我们有很多顾虑。 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 5 答案 C 3．The writer believes that if you say “no” to your family members，you’ll________. A．have the same relationship with them as before B．have a loose relationship with them C．disappoint them D．upset them 解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第一句的内容可知，作者认为如果你对你的家人说“不”，他们与你 之间的关系仍然会和以前一样。 答案 A 4．What would be the best title for the text? A．Learn to Make a Right Choice B．To Be Yourself C．Do What You Want to Do D．Learn to Say “No” 解析 主旨大意题。文章第一段就开门见山地点明了本文的中心话题，即要学会说“不”，所以 D 项作为 本文的标题最合适。 答案 D 【2015 高考复习】阅读理解 One of the founding fathers of the Internet has predicted the end of traditional television.Vint Cerf，who helped to build the Internet while working as a researcher in America，said that the television was approaching its “iPod moment”． In the same way that people now download their favorite music onto their iPod，he said that viewers would soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers.“85% of all videos we watch are prerecorded，so you can set your system to download them all the time，” said Mr Cerf， who is now the vice president of Google，the world’s largest search engine.“You’re still going to need live television for certain things—like news，sporting events and emergencies—but increasingly it is going to be almost like the iPod.” Although television on demand has not yet become a mainstream activity in the UK，the BBC，ITV and Channel 4 have all spent vast sums of money on technology which enables viewers to watch their favorite shows on their computers. But some critics (批评人士)，including some Internet service providers，have warned that the Internet will collapse with millions of people downloading programs at the same time.Over the 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 6 next four years，it is thought that the number of videos watched over the Internet will be four times as big as that.Broadband companies claim that the service will cause “traffic jams”， which will cost millions of pounds to get it to normal. But Mr Cerf dismissed the warnings as “scare thoughts”，saying that critics had predicted 20 years ago that the Net would collapse when people all around the world started to use it all together.“In the past 30 years it’s increased a million times...We’re far from reaching the capacity，” he said，“It’s an understandable worry when they see huge amounts of information being moved around online.” 【语篇解读】 随着网络技术的发展，传统的电视将有可能退出历史的舞台。 1．What would happen to television according to Vint Cerf? A．Television would come to an end. B．Television would be replaced by the computer. C．Viewers would prefer watching TV programs downloaded on their computers. D．Most people would prefer the Internet to television. 解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“viewers would soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers.”可知，人们喜欢将最喜欢的节目下载到电脑上进行观看，因此选 C。 答案 C 2．“iPod moment” refers to the time when________. A．people can enjoy the live broadcast of television B．people can download content to look at later C．all programs are recorded with careful plan D．the computer and television are closely combined 解析 推理判断题。根据第二段叙述可知，像把音乐下载到 iPod 一样，人们能将最喜欢的电视节目下载到 电脑上，稍后观看，故 B 项正确。 答案 B 3．According to the last paragraph，Mr Cerf held the idea that______. A．the Internet will collapse with many people downloading programs at the same time B．the Net will collapse when people all around the world start to use it all together C．the Internet service will break down with many videos watched over the Internet D．people’s downloading TV programs on their computers won’t cause the collapse of the Internet 解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容尤其是第一句可知，Mr Cerf 认为即使人们把电视节目下载到电脑中， 也不会导致网络瘫痪。 答案 D 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 7 黑龙江省大庆市喇中 2016 高考英语阅读练习——新闻报道类 A new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. The reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. A new pollen study by Tel Aviv University researchers finally solved this Bronze Age mystery. Prof. Israel Finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes, the entire world of the Bronze Age crumbled in a short period of time. The discovery was made on the basis of a high-resolution analysis of pollen grains taken from sediments (沉淀物) beneath the Sea of Galilee and the western shore of the Dead Sea. Prof. Finkelstein received support from the European Research Council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient Israel. Researchers of the part of the project that dealt with climate change extracted (提取) about 60 feet of samples of gray muddy sediment from the center of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. They had to drill through 1,000 feet of water and into 65 feet of the lake bed and were able to recover evidence dating over the past 9,000 years. “Pollen is the most enduring organic material in nature,” explained Dr. Dafna Langgut, a pollen researcher who carried out the actual work of sampling. “These grains tell us about the plants that grew near the lake in the past and therefore prove the climatic conditions in the region.” Researchers noted a sharp decrease in Mediterranean trees like oaks and pines in the Late Bronze Age. According to study experts, this could be because of repeated periods of drought. The droughts may have resulted in long famines, forcing people to migrate from north to south. 【小题 1】The underlined word “crumbled” in Paragraph 3 means _____. A．settled B．changed C．established D．disappeared 【小题 2】Prof. Finkelstein conducted the new pollen study to _____. A．earn some money B．recreate ancient Israel C．learn more about local plants D．discover the ancient civilizations 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 8 【小题 3】By conducting the study, scientists found _____. A．Mediterranean trees were rare in the Early Bronze Age B．climate change was to blame for the lost civilization C．people in the Late Bronze Age starved to death D．droughts were rare during the Bronze Age 【小题 4】The text is most probably taken from _____. A．a travel magazine B．a history textbook C．a newspaper report D．an agricultural book