广东省台山县高考英语一轮复习阅读理解训练(二)(含解析)

广东台山县2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练【二】

（2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。

体裁：记叙文话题：名人传记词数：660 时间：8′

This was spring.One day in spring four men were riding on horseback along a country road.These men were lawyers, and they were going to the next town to attend court.

There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft.Water was dripping__from the trees, and the grass was wet.

The four lawyers rode along, one behind another; for the pathway was narrow, and the mud on each side of it was deep.They rode slowly, and talked and laughed and was very happy.

As they were passing through a row of small trees, they heard a great flutter(拍动)over their heads and a weak cry in the grass by the roadside.

Some voice came from the green branches above them.

Some voice came from the wet grass.

The ground was wet.It's obvious that there had been a heavy wind and rain.And soon，one of the men，Speed, recognized that the sounds were from the robins(知更鸟)．They came to the grass, and found there were two robins were in the grass.It was probable that the birds had been blown out of their nest by the storm.The birds were hurt and their mother was very worried about it.The birds were in danger!

Lincoln believed that something should be done to help the birds.But his companions did not think it important.They went away, but Lincoln stayed.

The three men, as they passed, looked down and saw the little birds fluttering in the cold, wet grass.They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her mate.

Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before.In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.

But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped.He got down from

his horse and very gently took the little ones up in his big warm hands.

They did not seem frightened, but shouted softly, as if they knew they were safe.Mr.Lincoln wanted to put the little birds into their nest.Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen.It was high, much higher than he could reach.

But Mr.Lincoln could climb.He had climbed many a tree when he was a boy.He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm little home.Two other baby birds that had not fallen out were there.All joined together and were very happy.

Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their horses water.And soon they found Mr.Lincoln lost.

They were surprised to find that Abraham Lincoln was not with them.They waited by the spring.

In a few minutes Mr.Lincoln joined them.His shoes were covered with mud; he had torn his coat on the tree.When they saw Mr.Lincoln come, they asked him where he had been.After Mr.Lincoln told them he had helped the birds in need, the three lawyers were in surprise.

“Well，we always thought you were a hero，”said Mr.Speed.“Now we know it.”Then all three of them laughed heartily.They thought it so foolish that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.

“ Gentlemen，” sa id Mr.Lincoln, “I could not sleep tonight, if I had left those helpless little robins to die in the wet grass.”

Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman.He was elected president.Next to Washington he was the greatest American.

【语篇解读】本文是名人传记，讲的是林肯帮助小鸟回巢的事情。这个小善举表明了林肯的仁爱之心。

1．What were the four men going to do?

A．Go to the forest. B．Go to have dinner.

C．Go home. D．Go to work.

答案 D [考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“they were going to the next town to attend court”可知，他们是去工作。]

2．What does the underlined phrase “dripping from” mean?

A．Dropping from. B．Running away.

C．Washing away. D．Coming from.

答案 A [考查词义猜测。前面说下过雨，按照常识可知，雨水应是从树上滴下来，故选A 项。]

3．What made the little birds fall out of their nest?

A．Other birds. B．Storm.

C．Hunters. D．Speed.

答案 B [考查细节理解。从文章第七段中的“It was probable that the birds had been blown out of their nest by the storm”可以看出答案。]

4．The other three men stopped at a spring because ________．

A．they were tired

B．they were waiting for Lincoln

C．they wanted to drink some water

D．they wanted to give their horses water

答案 D [考查细节理解。从文章第十四段中的“Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their horses water”可以看出答案。]

5．The reason why Lincoln's coat got torn was that ________．

A．he climbed up the tree to help the birds

B．he was poor

C．he thought it necessary to help the birds

D．the coat was not of good quality

答案 A [考查细节理解。由倒数第五段中的“His shoes were covered with mud；he had torn his coat on the tree”可知，答案选A项。]

6．What kind of man was Lincoln from the text?

A．Kind. B．Cruel.

C．Unfriendly. D．Indifferent.

答案 A [考查推理判断。文章讲述了林肯帮助两只小鸟回巢的故事，由此可以看出林肯是一个好心肠的人。]

【2012浙江省宁波市八校联考】C

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。

For generations of students, 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.

Collegiate Care Research Assistance, for instance, may do the job. Do you want to "write" a paper on "Hamlet’s irreconcilable moral dilemmas"? Simply hand over $29.75, and the essay is yours. 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.

F or 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 the Internet could become the best tool for cheating

D. They worry that the Internet could become the best learning tool.

52. According to Paragraph 6, students feel _______ copying papers from the Internet.

A. guilty about

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 doubtful whether the new technology made cheating more widespread

54. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the report?

A. A careful teacher 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 copying term papers is unavoidable for some students who tend

to cheat

D. Arranging assignments in a creative way could be a solution to the problem

of copying term papers.

【参考答案】50—54、DCADB

【2014三诊考试】

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C 和D)中, 选出最佳选项。

Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the

public tends to base its consumption(消费) on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.

Celebrity clothi ng lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.

However, for every su ccess story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities,

it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial(最初的) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels.

Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Sti ll, the ego’s(自我的) potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success

as designers might last only a short time, but fashion—like celebrity—has always been temporary.

43. Fashion magazines today .

A. seldom put models on the cover

B. no longer put models on the cover

C. need not worry about celebrities’ market potential

D. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly

44. A change in the consumer market can be found today that .

A. price rather than brand name is more concerned

B. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements

C. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements

D. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned

45. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will

possibly .

A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products

B. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public

C. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business

D. influence the price of a celebrity’s products

46. The passage is mainly about .

A. celebrity and personal style

B. celebrity and market potential

C. celebrity and fashion design

D. celebrity and clothing industry

【参考答案】43-46ADAB

【2012浙江省宁波市八校联考】D

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。

"Coming to the football match this afternoon?" Bill McIntosh asked 59-year-

old Royce Wedding as they drank beer at the Eureka Hotel in the Australian town

of Rainbow. Royce shook his head. "I promised Mom I'd burn off the weeds on one

of our fields."

Bill, looking far less 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 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.

The pair set off in Royce's car. Soon they came to the weed-choked 120-acre field. "Fire's the only way to get rid of this stuff," said Bill as they tied

an old tire to the tow bar(牵引杆)with a 50-foot chain. Soaking the tire with gasoline, Bill put a match to it and jumped in the car.

Driving slowly from the southern edge of the field, they worked their way against the wind, leaving a line of burning weeds in their wake. Half way up

the field, and without warning, the car was stuck into a hidden bank of sand. The breeze suddenly swung around to their backs and began to gather

strength. The fire line suddenly burst into a wall of flame, heading directly toward them. "Let's get out of here!" Royce said.

Desperately he tried to back the car out of the sand bank. But the wheels only sunk deeper in the soft sand.

Suddenly the fire was on them. Bill pushed open his door only to find himself thrown up into the air as, with a roar, the gasoline tank exploded and the car leapt three feet off the ground. When it crashed back down Royce found himself pinned against the steering wheel, unable to move. The car's seats and roof were now on fire.

Bill lay where he 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 door, he seized Royce's arms through the smoke. "I'm stuck," Royce said. "Get yourself away!"

The fire bit at Bill'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 heels 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 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, Bill was in equally bad shape. Pieces of blackened flesh and skin hung from his forearms, hands and legs.

Bill looked across 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 around 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 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 happened?" she exclaimed, as Bill slid down the doorframe.

"We got caught in 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 hour-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 after 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," said Royce as they raised their glasses. "Here's to the best friend a man could have."

55. Bill and Royce 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 _______.