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黑龙江同江市2017高考英语阅读理解暑假练习【2】阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项。

Some novels simply entertain and others contain a powerful message in the story line and characters. In his first novel, A Wind In Montana, Mitch Davies tells a story about young adults and how they accept responsibility for their lives.A Wind In Montana is a marvelous tale of two teenagers, Rory Coleman and Victoria Beach, high school students at the same school, who struggle to make the right decision for themselves. As each of them nears adulthood, they become more concerned with the future and setting goals that will bring them happiness and fulfillment.Without any advice from his parents, Rory chooses to pursue a profession in chemistry, applies for a chemistry scholarship, and determines to do everything he can to achieve it. Along the path, Rory finds that even though he has a plan, there are obstacles that could prevent him from realizing his goals. Victoria’s struggles are different from Rory’s. Although her father has decided that she should become a professional musician, Victoria has other plans for her life. Together, Rory and Victoria attempt to follow their dreams, despite the obstacles in their paths. A Wind In Montana contains a lesson for all teens about to enter adulthood － that disappointment and setbacks (挫折) are going to occur no matter how determined they are and that they need to develop skills along the way that will help them deal with them effectively.There are so many major decisions facing teens today －social, parents, other influencing adults and school work －and there’s no guarantee that their plans will succeed, even if they make the so-called “right” decisions. A Wind In Montana explores how two teenagers struggle with their own unique decisions and how the choices they make affect their lives.Mitch Davies’ book stands out among today’s teen books that deal with imaginary situations.A Wind In Montana is a real story about real people facing real-life situations. It’s entertaining and also helps readers think about their own lives and offers various ways to handle situations that may arise.56. According to the passage, both Rory and Victoria _____.A. work hard at their coursesB. have a strong sense of selfC. go against their parentsD. get along well with others57. The third paragraph is mainly about _____.A. the value of A Wind In MontanaB. Mitch Davies’ achievementsC. Mitch Davies’ writing styleD. the content of A Wind In Montana58. Unlike other teen books, A Wind In Montana ______.A. involves some imaginary situationsB. focuses on responsibilities teens should takeC. is based on real-life experiencesD. discusses the future of young adults59. What’s the purpose of the passage?A. To review a book.B. To report a piece of news.C.To speak highly of an author. D. To collect materials for a book.2016高考训练题。

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（湖北襄阳四中、龙泉中学、荆州中学联考）Are you an optimist? Do you look at your glass and see it as half full? Do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining and that things generally turn out for the best? Do you believe that if something is meant to be, it will be? If you reply “yes” to all of these questions, then you are an optimist. You probably are enthusiastic, cheerful and outgoing. You may be successful at work and in love.But you may be misguided because things don't turn out for the best. You may believe that when on door closes another one opens(for example, you may fail to obtain a new job; another chance will come around soon). Wrong. When one door closes, another door slams(砰然关上)in your face. That's bitter reality.Now a book has been published which confirms what pessimists(悲观者)have suspected all along. it's called The Positive Power of Defensive Pessimism. Its author argues that defensive pessimism can lead to positive results. Defensive pessimism is a strategy used to manage fear, anxiety and worry. Defensive pessimists prepare for the tings by setting low outcomes for themselves. They carefully consider everything that may go wrong and plan for ways to handle these problems. And this gives them a sense of control. Lawrence Sanno, a psychology professor, says, “What's interesting about defensive pessimists is that they tend to be very successful people, so their low opinion of the situation's outcomes is not realistic. They use it to motivate themselves to perform better.”So far，so good. This is not rocket science. Defensive pessimists prepare carefully and consider what might go wrong, whether at work, on date or even in a sports game. It makes sense to have a back-up plan. There are many sayings in English urging caution. For example, “Don't put all your eggs in o ne basket.”And “Don't count your chickens until they hatch.” To have a confident and optimistic approach to life's problems is good. But listen to what Woody Alien, the American comedian says ,”Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”There are pros and cons to being an optimist and a pessimist. Don't feel bad if you see the glass half empty. You are a realist But lighten up and hook up with someone who sees the same glass half full.1.What's the passage mainly about?A. A book that has recently been published.B.How to become successful in lifeC.The dangers of being too optimistic.D.The benefits of defensive pessimism.2.The underlined sentence “ This is not rocketscience”(Para.4)means .A.it's not a dangerous thing to doB.it is quite simple to understandC.the cost is not so highD.there is no real proof3.which of the following English expressions would a defensive pessimist believe?A.Don't put all your eggs in one basket.B.The glass is half full not half empty.C.Whatever will be, will be.D.Every cloud has a silver lining.4.The writer would probably describe himself as .A.An optimistB. a defeatistC. a realistD. a scientist语篇解读本文是一篇说明文，主要说明的是防御非观主义的积极力量。

2017高考英语（一轮）阅读理解编选（三）【由北京市丰台区2014高考模拟改编】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Have you ever looked toward the sky on a fall day and witnes sed a group of migrating birds? If so, you probably noted the V-shaped formation of the birds or the birds flying in a ball-like formation. Why do birds fly this way? Many theories have been developed to explain the formation patterns of different t ypes of birds.One theory is that birds fly in certain formations to take advan tage of the laws of nature. The birds know that flying in a V-shaped pattern will save energy. Like the lead cyclist in a race who decreases wind force for the cyclists who follow, the lea d bird cuts wind force for the birds that follow. This decrease i n wind force means that the birds use up to 70 percent less e nergy during their flight. When the lead bird becomes tired, a more rested bird takes over that position.But saving energy is important for more than one reason. So metimes food is short during migration flights. Keeping energy enables the birds to fly longer distances between meals.When food is sighted, the birds guide one another in a differ ent way. When a bird identifies a familiar feeding area, it migh t turn around in order to signal the group to change direction. Then, this bird becomes the new leader. It helps guarantee th at other birds will know exactly where it is going. Then the wh ole group makes a change in direction, gently streaming from the sky down to the ground. This formation is like an arrow poi nting to the location of food.Scientists have also studied the birds that sometimes fly in a ball-like formation. Researchers believe that the birds come togeth er if a predator（天敌） is spotted. The predator may then become impatient wait ing for a single bird to fly away from the group. The birds will o ften dip and dive as a group, frustrating even the most persist ent enemy. Scientists report that this is a very effective metho d of defense against an attack.The birds care for their fellow fliers through teamwork. As tra nsportation expert Henry Ford once said, “If everyone is movi ng forward together, then success takes care of itself.” When i t comes to teamwork, these feathered fliers are a soaring suc cess!1. According to the passage, we can learn that birds ________ ___.A. move faster than cyclistsB. prefer to fly in a V formationC. are smarter than other animalsD. play different roles in a formation2. When food is sighted, ____________.A. the group follows the discovererB. the lead bird decides what to doC. the discoverer leaves the groupD. the whole group forms a stream3. To protect themselves from attack, birds will _____________ .A. break into groupsB. come close togetherC. change directionsD. fly up and down4. Which is the best title for the passage?A. A Bird’s-Eye View of Teamwork.B. Success Takes Care of Itself.C. The Strongest Will Survive.D. A Science Behind Flying.【参考答案】1—4、DA B A2016高考英语****阅读理解。

落堕市安心阳光实验学校南宁市2014高考英语一轮（暑假）阅读理解训练（3）及答案（201*·湖北卷）AHonesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. Of course, this didin’t include her when she told me that if I didn’t eat all my vegetables Father Christmas would find out and wouldn’t give me any presents.But when it comes to medicine, I had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients. After all, the doctor patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential, Or so I thought.I had just started working in geriatrics(老年病科). Mr. McMahon was brought in when his baby was faound very swollen. I took a medical history from his daughter would accompanied him in the ambulance. She’d been his main carer for years. I stood looking at him as she gave a detailed history. “Has he lost any weight recently?” I asked, “Well, it’s funny you should mention that, but yes.” She said slowly. There was silence for a few moments. “Why? What are you worried about?”she asked, I hesitated. She was obviously very involved in his care and it was only fair that I told her the truth. “Well, we need to prove it’s not cancer.” I said and talked briefly about some of the tests I was going to order.Half an hour later, a nurse called me: “Mr. McMahon’s daughter broke down－she said you told her he had cancer.” My heart sank. By the time I arrived at the ward, my consultant was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed that he had cancer. I stood silently at the end of the bed. My consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left Mr. McMahon, she turned to me. “Why on carch did you do that?” she asked to disbelief. I looked at her andbit my hp. “She asked me what I was worried about and I told her.” I said, hanging my head. “And give her more to worry about?”replied my consultant. “You don’t say the word ‘cancer’until it’s confirmed. Even if you suspect it, think very carefully before you tell people.”As it turned out, it wasn’t cancer. But I did learn that when somecone is stressed and worried about their loved one they’re sometimes selective in what they hear－and as a doctor it’s important to be mindful of this. In being truthful, I’d made the situation worse.51.The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to show that the author .A. misunderstood the doctor-patient relationshipB. was anxious to receive Christmas giftsC. regarded honesty as the best policyD. had an unhealthy eating habit52.The author’s consultant was angry with him because .A. he told the daughter what he suspected.B. he delayed running the necessary tests.C. he failed to confirm the parent’s disease.D. he forgot what the consultant had advised.53．The author hung his head (the underlined part in Para.4) because he was feeling .A. guiltyB. hurtC. disappointedD. helpless54.What lesson has the author learnt from his experience?A. Learning form parents is necessary.B. Jumping to a conclusion is dangerous.C. Telling the truth may not always be the best solution.D. Selecting pleasant words may not be the perfect policy.【答案】CAAC*********************************************************结束阅读理解猜测词义1Passage ****************Bond had walked for only a few minutes when it suddenlyoccurred to him that he was being followed. There was no evidence for it except a slight headache and a little knowing the people near him but believed in his sixth sense and he at once stopped in front of the shop window he was passing and looked occasionally back along 46th street. Nothing but a lot of miscellaneous people moving slowly on the sidewalks, mostly on the same side as himself, the side that was back from the sun. There was no sudden movement into a doorway, nobody wiping his face with a handkerchief to avoid recognition, nobody bending down to tie a shoelace.He went on and turned into the Avenue of the Americans, stopping in the-first doorway, the entrance to a woman's un-derwear store where a man in a blue hat with his back to him was examining the black face paints on a particularly realistic dummy (模型)And then something grasped his arm and a voice came, "All right, Limey. Take it easy unless you want lead for lunch. "and he felt something press into his back just above the kidney. There was a tap as his fist was caught in the other man's left hand, and at the same time as the contact telegraphed to Bond's mind that there could have been no gun,there came the well remembered laughter and the lazy voice saying, "No good, James. The angles have got you. 'Bond straightened himself slowly and for a moment he could only gaze into the smiling face of Felix Leiter with bland disbelief, his built-up tension (紧张) slowly relaxing."So you were doing a front tail, you bastard? ' he finally said.1. What did the man mean by saying "Take it easy unless you want leadfor lunch"?A. Put up your hands.B. Don't move or I'll shoot you.C. If you want to have lunch, you must listen to me.D. You go first slowly and we'll have lunch together.答案: B 指导：从上下文知，Bond当时以为是枪顶着他的后背，故推知本句决非本义。

黑龙江同江市2017高考英语阅读理解暑假练习【2】阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项。

Some novels simply entertain and others contain a powerful message in the story line and characters. In his first novel, A Wind In Montana, Mitch Davies tells a story about young adults and how they accept responsibility for their lives.A Wind In Montana is a marvelous tale of two teenagers, Rory Coleman and Victoria Beach, high school students at the same school, who struggle to make the right decision for themselves. As each of them nears adulthood, they become more concerned with the future and setting goals that will bring them happiness and fulfillment.Without any advice from his parents, Rory chooses to pursue a profession in chemistry, applies for a chemistry scholarship, and determines to do everything he can to achieve it. Along the path, Rory finds that even though he has a plan, there are obstacles that could prevent him from realizing his goals. Victoria’s struggles are different from Rory’s. Although her father has decided that she should become a professional musician, Victoria has other plans for her life. Together, Rory and Victoria attempt to follow their dreams, despite the obstacles in their paths. A Wind In Montana contains a lesson for all teens about to enter adulthood － that disappointment and setbacks (挫折) are going to occur no matter how determined they are and that they need to develop skills along the way that will help them deal with them effectively.There are so many major decisions facing teens today －social, parents, other influencing adults and school work －and there’s no guarantee that their plans will succeed, even if they make the so-called “right” decisions. A Wind In Montana explores how two teenagers struggle with their own unique decisions and how the choices they make affect their lives.Mitch Davies’ book stands out among today’s teen books that deal with imaginary situations.A Wind In Montana is a real story about real people facing real-life situations. It’s entertaining and also helps readers think about their own lives and offers various ways to handle situations that may arise.56. According to the passage, both Rory and Victoria _____.A. work hard at their coursesB. have a strong sense of selfC. go against their parentsD. get along well with others57. The third paragraph is mainly about _____.A. the value of A Wind In MontanaB. Mitch Davies’ achievementsC. Mitch Davies’ writing styleD. the content of A Wind In Montana58. Unlike other teen books, A Wind In Montana ______.A. involves some imaginary situationsB. focuses on responsibilities teens should takeC. is based on real-life experiencesD. discusses the future of young adults59. What’s the purpose of the passage?A. To review a book.B. To report a piece of news.C.To speak highly of an author. D. To collect materials for a book.2016高考训练题。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校江苏2017高考英语暑假阅读理解自练题（三）【2014模拟】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 simple way to create a new tradition is to take photos of your guests and use them the next year as place cards. The holidays are the perfect time to take a break. Take a few moments and think about what means the most to you and your family. You probably will find that the things that are the most meaningful are the memories you've shared through the years."What is so impressive about family traditions is that they can be whatever you want them to be," says Sandy Sandler, founder of Crafters 4 Kids. "Even if your family never had a special tradition, it's fun to start off with a new tradition that you will carry forward. "Here are a few ideas for creating great holiday traditions to become part of your own family's holiday celebrations.1. Create a written record" Have everyone write something down before dinner that they are thankful for and read it before starting dinner, " Sandler suggests. Giving everyone time to think about this and actually write it down makes it more meaningful and makes people feel more at ease than they would be if they had to think on the spur of the moment. Keep these notes and bring them out on different occasions. It's amazing to see how everyone's lives develop from year to year.2._________________When you create holiday traditions for the youngest members of your family, you will be gradually leaving memories in them for years to come.A favorite tradition could be started with close family friends who gather together all the neighborhood kids for a special party before Christmas. Each child could sign their name in "Santa's Big Book" and write down what they want Santa to bring that year.Then "magically" Santa can appear, take each child on his knee and read aloud what the child has written.3. Take picturesSandler also suggests taking pictures of everyone each year at the holiday dinner and then using that picture for the following year's place setting. Family pictures always are treasured as presents, too .56. The passage is mainly about ______.A. when to make written recordsB. where to hold holiday celebrationsC. what to do to celebrate holidaysD. how to create family holiday traditions57. The underlined part "on the spur of the moment" in the passage probably means "______".A. right awayB. every now and thenC. for a long period of timeD. on an improper occasion58. Which of the following can fill the blank in the passage?A. Do it for the kidsB. Write "Santa's Big Book"C. Create holiday traditionsD. Get friends to bring gifts59. The purpose of carrying out Sandler's suggestions is ____.A. to teach your kids some good lessonsB. to treasure family pictures as presentsC. to get along well with neighborsD. to share good memories of your family【参考答案】56—59、DAAD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。

省市高考英语阅读理解〔暑假〕训练〔3〕及答案How often do you travel by plane?How much electricity do you use? These days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprint．In order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smaller．But how much CO2 are we responsible for?A new book by Mike Berners Lee 〔a leading expert in carbon footprint〕 might be able to help．How Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of CO2all of the following created: the ingredients 〔=parts of a mixture〕, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting 〔交换〕 of the beer, and the packaging．It’s amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculation．And it’s frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces．But all of this can help us decide which beer to drink．From Berners-Lee’s calculations, it’s clear that a pint 〔568ml〕 of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beer．This is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packaging．The local beer only produces 300g of CO2, but the imported beer produces 900g! So, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager 〔淡啤酒〕 from the supermarket．Berners-Lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to work．Nothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? Well, it depends on what you’ve had to eat before．To ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need food．So if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of CO2．However, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, it’s 200g．In fact, bananas are good in general because they don’t n eed packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlight．So, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? Absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you don’t use your car, and the fewer cars on the road, thefewer traffic jams．And cars in traffic jams produce three times more CO2 than cars traveling at speed．Cycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospital．And hospitals have very big carbon footprints!So maybe it’s time for us all to start making some changes．Pass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please．5．According to Berners-Lee, which of the following produces the most carbon dioxide？A．A pint of local beer we drink．B．A pint of imported beer we drink．C．A banana we eat before a bike ride．D．The bacon we eat before a bike ride．6．Why are bananas good in general?A．They grow naturally．B．They produces less CO2．C．They don’t need packaging．D．They provide energy for cycling．7．The underlined word “brewery〞 in Paragraph 3 most probably mean s “___________〞．A．a factory where beer is madeB．a machine which makes beerC．a container where beer is storedD．one of the things from which beer is made8．To make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often ___________．A．cycle to workB．drink more local beerC．calculate the amount of CO2D．buy cheap things from the supermarkets9．What’s the most suitable title for the passage?A．Bikes, Beer and BananasB．Starting to Make ChangesC．How Big Is Your Carbon Footprint?D．The Carbon Footprint of Everything参考答案〔B〕 BBAAC******************************************************结束阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项〔A、B、C、D〕中，选出最正确选项。

黑龙江同江市2017高考英语阅读理解暑假训练【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。

Some say college is wasted on the young. So many of us look back at our own college years and realize what we could have done differently to make the most of them. While we can't go back, we certainly can offer our sons and daughters our best advice to help them make the right choices in college. Hopefully, they will have fewer regrets than we do. Following are five guidelines parents can share with their college-bound kids to put the whole experience in perspective. EDUCATION IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITYAs soon as you arrive on campus, there will be competing interests. Feel free to check them out but always remember that you are there first and foremost for your education. Go to class prepared and on time. Be engaged during class. Make sure your professor knows you and realizes that you care.BE RESPONSIBLEThere are many layers of responsibility. Do what you say you will do and, if you can't, own up to it early and communicate clearly. But being responsible isn't just about meeting your commitments; it is also about taking care of you, your body, and your friends. For example, more than 1800 college students die annually from alcohol-related injuries. Look out for yourself and other people. Make moderate(适度的), sensible decisions so you aren't affected by the consequences later.TAKE THE OPPORTUNITYIncredible opportunities will present themselves: studying abroad, interning at a unique place, trying new things. Don't let fear prevent you from taking advantage of them. There may never be so much time or as many resources devoted to your betterment again in your life. Say yes to opportunities that will help you grow.FIND AND BE A MENTOR（良师益友）Some of the best lessons available to us can come outside of the classroom in the form of a mentor. One of the most powerful growth opportunities is being a mentor. Early on, find someone on campus who you feel can help you grow and develop a relationship with him or her. Also find someone for you to mentor. You will reinforce and enrich your own learning experience by teaching someone else.GET THE JOB DONEIt is natural to occasionally feel you want to quit, when it makes more sense to you to go find a full-time job. Resist that urge. As Jocelyn Negron-Rios, a mother of two, who is currently completing her degree, advises, "No matter how difficult it seems, keep at it because however insurmountable（难以对付的）it feels now multiply that by 10,000 and that is how it feels when you are in your thirties with a full-time job and a family and are trying to pursue a degree."1. According to the passage, the most important thing for college students is ______.A. taking part in different activitiesB. working hard to get a degreeC. seizing every chance to try new thingsD. improving themselves by learning from the others2. Which of the following about college life is true?A. Passing on what you've learned in college can help you enrich your learning experience.B. Make sure that you are responsible for yourself rather than others.C. Professors will not assess your performances in class but the grades you get in exams.D. You can make full use of the opportunity whenever you want.3. What can we infer from the words said by Jocelyn in the last paragraph?A. Persistence is the key to success when you meet with difficulties in your learning process.B. It is better if you gain more working experience before you finish your education.C. As long as you work hard, you can gain a degree even when you are in your thirties.D. Youth is the best time to learn since you have less burden.4. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To give some rules for the college students.B. To call on the students to make full use of college years.C. To summarize some tips for parents to share with their children.D. To analyze the benefits and difficulties of college life.参考答案、BADC阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校山东2017高考英语阅读理解暑假系列练习（3）2016高考训练--阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: "No pain, no gain". He hardly watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water. So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention. Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty five years ago. They were all tall and strong.I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity(逆境) seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could.Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to meet with hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be torn apart.1. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often __________.A. kept watering them every morningB. paid little attention to themC. talked to them to get their attentionD. beat them to make them grow deep roots2. What does the author think of the way Doctor Gibbs planted trees?A. strange and harmfulB. interesting and funnyC. original and reasonableD. cruel and unacceptable3. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about.B. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life.D. Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Prayers for my sonsB. Doctor Gibbs and his treesC. Growing rootsD. Watering trees参考答案1--4 BCDC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.”Along with h aving 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 thepaper.【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-disciplinedB．a water-cleaning device was made in the contestC．$50, 000 will be donated in Audrey Zhang’s nameD．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 toC．breakaway from D．focus attention on社会生活类Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the perfect portable bike would be“like a magic carpet. . . You could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag”. Then he paused:“But you’ll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel. “It was a rare—indeed unique—occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19th-century inventor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding wheel. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable, had a frame that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted into Grout’s Wonderful Bag, a leather case.Grout’s aim:to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now doesn’t that sound familiar? Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importantly, the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage: in Grout’s day, tyres were solid, which made the business of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You co uldn’t do the same with a wheel fitted with a one-piece inflated (充气的) tyre. So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse (椭圆). Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.Will the young Fitzsimons’s folding wheel make it into production? Ihaven’t the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It’s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: there’s plenty still to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than ￡1, 000 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a plane—minus wheels, of course—as hand baggage.Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew Ritchie’s imagination? No. But it’s progress.1. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the Brompton foldingbike .A. was portableB. had a folding wheelC. could be put in a pocketD. looked like a magic carpet2. We can learn from the text that the wheels of the GroutPortable . A. were difficult to separate B. could be split into 6 piecesC. were fitted with solid tyresD. were hard to carry ona train3. We can learn from the text that Fitzsi mons’s invention .A. kept the tyre as a whole pieceB. was made into production soonC. left little room for improvementD. changed our views on bag design4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Three folding bike inventorsB. The making of a folding bikeC. Progress in folding bike designD. Ways of separating a bike wheel【参考答案】55.1-4 ACAC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．changedC．established D．disappeared【小题2】Prof. Finkelstein conducted the new pollen study to _____.A．earn some moneyB．recreate ancient IsraelC．learn more about local plantsD．discover the ancient civilizations【小题3】By conducting the study, scientists found _____.A．Mediterranean trees were rare in the Early Bronze AgeB．climate change was to blame for the lost civilizationC．people in the Late Bronze Age starved to deathD．droughts were rare during the Bronze Age【小题4】The text is most probably taken from _____.A．a travel magazine B．a history textbookC．a newspaper report D．an agricultural book社会生活类It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more. But in order to work up the desire to rewrite,it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage.I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers’ opinions. One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that we’re often disappoi nted that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down. Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work.Different from popular belief,we do not usually think in the words and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas (known as ‘mentalese’),and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language. But while mentalese contains our thoughts in the form of a complex tapestry(织锦),writing can only be composed one thread at a time. Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple. It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produce new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds.When people write as if some strict critics(批评家) are looking over their shoulder,they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start. Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem. When writing we should have two different minds. At the first stage,we should see every idea,as well as the words we use to express it,as wonderful and worth putting down. It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses.1. What do we learn from the text about those famous writers?A. They often regret writing poor works.B. Some of them write surprisingly much.C. Many of them hate reading their own works.D. They are happy to review the publishers’ opinions.2. What do people generally believe about the way human minds work?A. People think in words and sentences.B. Human ideas are translated into symbols.C. People think by connecting threads of ideas.D. Human thoughts are expressed through pictures.3. What can we conclude from the text?A. Most people believe we think in symbols.B. Loving our own writing is scientifically reasonable.C. The writers and critics can never reach an agreement.D. Thinking and writing are different stages of mind at work.【参考答案】56.1-3 CAD。

黑龙江同江市2021高考英语阅读理解暑假练习【3】2021高考训练题。

阅读理解。

阅读以下短文，从每题所给四个选项〔A、B、C与D〕中，选出最正确选项。

My last days of my month-Song trip to Guatemala found meself-reflective and grateful. I had rejoined the living after spending two days in bed, thanks to a terrible period of food poisoning that had me running from both ends.I spent 36-plus hours locked up in my hotel room in a cold sweat and grasping my stomach in pain. There may have been a bit of crying. There also may have been a few out-loud prayers to God begging him to make it stop and asking why I had been chosen to go through this. I should mention that I am not religious.I didn’t h ave a mobile phone and my hotel room was not equipped with a fixed line, so I had no way to get in contact with my mommy or my loving boyfriend so that I could share my suffering.Days later, I had recovered fully. While the bug 〔虫子〕ran its course, I had to give some thanks to the staff at my hotel in Guatemala for being so sweet. They came to check on me on a couple of occasions once they realized I wouldn't/couldn't leave the room. They offered me tea and to call a doctor. I declined both offers but was moved by their kindness.I may get sick often when on the road, but I had to say that the worstthing ever is to get sick while traveling alone. If I am sick, only when people I know and care about are around does it make me feel better. It’s not even about them playing Florence Nightingale -sometimes, just having them there and being able to feel their presence is enough to make you feel stronger.1.What is the best title for the textA. Being ill while travellingB. The worst part of travelingaloneC. Recovering from the illnessD. Travelling alone while ill2.Why did the author get sickA. Because she had wrong medicine.B. Because she travelledtoo much.C. Because she got a stomachache.D. Because she hadpoisonous food.3.What happened during my illnessA. I had no food.B. No one helped me.C. I suffered a lot.D. I was bitten by a bug.4.What lesson did I get from the experienceA. Don't get sick while travelling or you can't travel with pleasure.B. Remember to have a mobile phone while travelling or you can'tcontact relatives.C. Don't travel alone or you will get sick and feel lonely.D. Be grateful for the presence of the people you know and care about.参考答案1—4、BDCD阅读以下短文，从每题所给四个选项〔A、B、、C、D〕中，选出最正确选项。

黑龙江同江市2017高考英语阅读理解暑假训练【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。

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. These two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their respective houses.One evening, Bro wnie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success and by the next week he was still missing.Curiously, Spotty s howed up at Brownie’s house alone. Barking, whining (哀叫) and generally pestering (纠缠) Brownie’s human family. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.Continuously,T ed, Brownie’s owner, was disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”Eventually, Ted followed Spotty to a deserted spot half a mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.Spotty had don e more than simply led Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found an array of dog food and table scraps which were later identified as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week!Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort. Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.Browni e’s le g was treated by a veterinarian (兽医) and he recovered. For many years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses.1．Why did Ted pay little attention to Spotty at the very beginning?A．Because Ted was tired of listening to Spotty barking.B．Because Ted only cared about Brownie’s safety.C．Because Ted was not free at that moment.D．Because Ted knew where Brownie was.2．When Ted was led by Spotty to Brownie, he .A．was curious to find out what had happenedB．highly appreciated Spotty’s helpC．was worried about Brownie’s healthD．regretted not following Spotty earlier3．Not only did Spotty help Ted find Brownie but also .A．he went to see his friend and played with him secretlyB．he sent messages to some other persons in his community to save his friendC．he managed to lead a veterinarian to treat his friendD．he sent food to his friend, accompanied him and inspired him to cheer up4．What can we learn from the story?A．Barking dogs seldom bite.B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.C．Love me, love my dog.D．Every dog has its day.参考答案1—4 CDDB阅读下列短文, 从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

2017高考英语一轮阅读理解练习（三）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。

Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn pr oduced influence on consumers’ desire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns. Two thirds of customers say that environmental consideration s inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a yea r ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even b etter aware of the environmental effect on what they buy. This may help to influence how shops store goods on their sh elves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible compani es, with about one in seven saying that they had even decide d to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company’s envir onmental reputation was not good enough.Harry Morrison, chief executive（主管）of the Carbon Trust, sympathizes：“I understand this situation where survival is very important no w. But from environmental considerations, the clock is ticking—we don’t have much time. In addition, cutting carbon has an i mmediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducin g their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require bu sinesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissi ons（排放）. Those that have taken early action will have a head star t. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about whic h companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests t hat firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the pu blic will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing custo mers about the good work companies are doing. “When comp anies are granted（授予）the standard, they can use a logo （标识）in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are workin g towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.( ) 1. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Businesses are finding ways to send their message to the shoppers.B. Companies will soon get information about cutting carbon emissions.C. Firms are making efforts to encourage customers to keep g oods at home.D. Firms are urged to cut carbon emissions by shoppers’ envi ronmental awareness.( ) 2. The underlined word “inform” in Paragraph 2 probably means“”.A. affectB. changeC. disturbD. reject( ) 3. According to Harry Morrison, businesses .A. will benefit from cutting carbon emissionsB. should buy carbon allowances for shoppersC. are required to make up for their carbon emissionsD. have encouraged shoppers to take their custom elsewhere ( ) 4. We can learn from the passage that businesses will .A. have a strong desire to reduce costsB. use the same logo in their marketingC. gain advantages by taking early actionD. attract more shoppers by storing goods【语篇解读】本篇文章为说明文。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校黑龙江2017高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（2016高考阅读理解）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。

“Drink your milk.It’s good for you！”You’ve probably heard that many times，and it’s k contains calcium，which is a necessary nutrient for keeping bones and teeth healthy and strong.The U．ernment even requires milk as part of the National School Lunch Program，saying that students should drink one cup of fat­free or low­fat milk at each meal. Last Thursday，however，a group of doctors asked the government to remove milk from the lunch program.The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) says，“Milk is high in sugar，high in fat and high in animal protein，all of which have negative effects on health.”“One of the only reasons people talk about dairy，or promote it，is that it is going to help build strong bones，” says Dr.Neal Barnard，president of the PCRM.There are better and healthier ways to get calcium such as eating beans，broccoli，cereals and tofu.Orange juice and soymilk that have calcium added to them also supply the nutrient.Of course，calcium is important for healthy bones and teeth，but your genes，how much vitamin D you take in and getting an hour’s worth of exercise every day all play a part.Some nutritionists disagree with the idea that milk isn’t important.Keri Gans，a dietitian，says，“I think it’s irresponsible to take away this beverage that children enjoy，especially among those who are unable to meet their nutrient needs for the day，and remove it from the lunch line.”The U．ernment is studying the request of the PCRM，but a decision may be a long way off.Meanwhile，Marion Nestle，a professor at New York University，puts it best：“Milk has nutrients.Other foods have the same nutrients.It’s just a food.Like other foods，too much might be a problem.”1．Why does the US government ask students to drink one cup of milk at lunch time?A．They have been told many times.B．They have taken the PCRM’s advice.C．Fat­free or low­fat milk is less expensive.D．Milk helps build students’ strong bones.2．The underlined word “beverage” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “”．A．gene B．ideaC．milk D．lunch3．What can we learn from Marion Nestle’s words?A．Milk has more nutrients than other foods.B．Milk is just a kind of common food.C．Other foods also contain much calcium.D．Too much nutrient lies in other foods.4．What does the above text mainly talk about?A．The best way to get the most calcium.B．The connection between milk and health.C．Different opinions about the importance of milk.D．Whether to take milk off the school­lunch menu.1．D [细节理解题。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校山东2017高考英语阅读理解暑假系列练习【高中毕业班质量检测（二）试题】阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。

AI grew up in a family that ate dinner together every evening. Although my parents enjoyed wine, they rarely drank during the week and always in moderation (节制). As for myself, I wasn’t interested in alcoholic drinks and neither were my high school friends.So when I arrived on campus for my first year of university life, I was a bit shocked. Many different events had been organized for the freshmen, but they all had one thing in common ― alcohol, and plenty of it. Not wanting to be left out, I joined a few of the events. But I always returned home early, feeling disappointed. Your personality, interests and experiences didn’t matter at all, only how many alcoholic drinks you could absorb before passing out (喝醉). It seemed shallow to me. I wanted to get to know my new coursemates, not how fast they could down a pint of beer.Gradually, however, I realized that r eal friends don’t judge you by how much you can drink and there were other ways of making friends.I joined a photography society, took a first aid course, and every weekend I went cycling with a coursemate. I found that by engaging in these activities and sharing the fun of learning new skills together in a group, I formed much stronger bonds with my new friends than even the strongest alcoholic drinks could encourage.Another valuable lesson I learned is that it’s perfectly okay to say “No” if you don’t want to drink. However, in many Western societies, especially the UK, binge drinking (狂喝) has become the norm. Many people who drink don’t necessarily want to, but they give in to the peer pressure (同伴压力)―they’re afraid to say “No”.1. What shocked the author when he entered university?A. The strange campus.B. The popularity of alcohol.C. The drunken coursemates.D. The limited activities.2. Why did the author return home early from the events at first?A. He wasn’t good at drinking.B. He had no familiar coursemates.C. He hated the way people got along.D. He was left out by the organizers.3. How did the author finally make real friends at university?A. By saying “No” to alcoholic drinks.B. By staying away from group activities.C. By giving in to the peer pressure.D. By joining people with common interests.参考答案BCD【2013】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。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校四川郫县2017高考英语阅读理解暑假系列选练（三）【2016模拟题】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

(2015·二模)I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled(摸索) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had no matches; they had taken those. I looked through the bars at the guard. He did not make eye contact with me. I called out to him “Have you got a light？” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. As he came close and lit the match, his eyes unconsciously locked with mine. At that moment, I smiled. I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was nervousness; perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very hard not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was as though a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and caused a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.I kept smiling at him, now thinking of him as a person and not just a guard. “Do you have kids？” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the pictures of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. Suddenly, without another word, he unlocked my cell and silently led me out. Out of the prison, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.文章大意：《微笑》是法国作家安东尼·圣艾修伯里的作品，圣艾修伯里是名飞行员，二次对抗纳粹时被击落身亡，之前他也曾参加西班牙内战打击法西斯分子。

2024高考英语阅读理解一轮复习暑期提前训练导学案(3) Topic：(说明文)【答案&解析】1．细节理解题。

依据文章其次段“It may seem very different, but babies are certainly not lying around randomly. Babies don’t explore the world by chance, with their eyes falling on it. Babies have a strategy if they want to understand the world.(这可能看起来特别不同，但婴儿确定不是随便躺着的。

婴儿探究世界不是偶然的，他们的眼睛落在上面。

假如婴儿想要了解这个世界，他们会有自己的策略。

〞)〞可知婴儿在理解世界的时候会使用策略，他们会观看物体查找有用的信息，拒确定他们无用的东西。

由此可知，婴儿是有目的地探究世界这个发觉让人惊异。

应选A项。

2．词句猜想题。

依据文章其次段“Babies have a strategy if they want to understand the world. First, they look for those pieces of information that allow them tounderstand other information faster and more efficiently. On the contrary, if they see an object or event from which they can learn nothing further, they simply reject it. Only the information useful to them, they select, says Dr Francesco Poli. (假如婴儿想要了解这个世界，他们会有自己的策略。

2017高考英语暑假（一轮）阅读理解训练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。

“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are eas y –they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.”–– Jeff BezosI got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across th e fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent pe r year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titl es was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I w anted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probabl y wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. MacKenzie told m e I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage invento r. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to f ollow my passion.I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a com pany selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “Tha t sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That l ogic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think a bout it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in tha t light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret tryi ng and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow m y passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the en d, we are our choices.1. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?A. His dream of being an inventor.B. The support of his wife.C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.D. Millions of exciting titles.2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlin ed sentence?.A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind an d disturb him.B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify hi m.3. We can know from the passage that _______.A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the authorB. the author wanted someone else to try the ideaC. the author might not regret if he failed the ideaD. the author might go back to his boss if he failed4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passag e?A. Cleverness and KindnessB. The Starting of AmazonC. Following My PassionD. We Are What We Choose参考答案1—4 CACD2016高考英语----阅读理解训练。

高考英语阅读理解：暑假练习题〔3〕及答案解析(第A 篇)Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.“I’ ll be the first millionaire in Coleford！〞 Richard used to boast.“And you’ll be sorry you knew me，〞George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in town！〞George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast —but Richard never came back.The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. He must have drowned.Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival(竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him?George was very interested in old dictionaries. He’ d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished — the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.〞[语篇解读] 本文讲述了Richard和George竞争的故事。

黑龙江同江市2017高考英语阅读理解暑假练习【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。

It's Graduation Day—a day that's getting quite familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky of Houston.Today, they'll attend two graduation ceremonies, one for their daughter Shelly, 22, from Washington University in St.Louis and another for their daughter, Mary Grace, 18, from Kincaid High School.Mary Grace will head to Boston University.Kelly, 22, graduated last Sunday from Duke University.Tracy, 20, is a sophomore (二年级学生) at the University of Denver.The oldest, Maddy, 23, graduated from Berklee College of Music last year.So what's the cost of putting five daughters through college？Beverly told ABC News $60，000 to $70，000 a year.In total, the family will spend about $1.5 million on college after taxes and that's not including graduate school.One daughter informed Marc that she now wants to seek her PhD.Marc is the best­selling author of Get Rich Click, and a multi­millionaire from Internet businesses.“We're fortunate that we can take care of it，” Beverly said.“We decided a long time ago we didn't want the girls to take out college loans, so that was our commitment to them.”Marc and Beverly married five years ago, blending (融合) their own daughters into one big family of college­ready girls.Be verly said they wanted their daughters to have a choice of where they wanted to go to college, but having their children spread throughout the US created another expense—flying all of them home for holidays and visits.Just this week, Marc flew to North Carolina for Kelly's graduation, then to St.Louis for Shelly's graduation and hopes to make it back just in time to Houston for Mary Grace' s graduation tonight.With the last child leaving home for college, Marc says he and Beverly are going to take a breather．“It's like wiping the sweat off the forehead now.It's time to think about what we can do.Perhaps we'll take a vacation abroad，” he said.The Ostrofsky family said their advice to parents who have many children is to start planning and saving from the day the children are born.1．Graduation Day is familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky because________．A．they like going to school on Graduation DayB．they need to attend their daughters' graduation ceremony several timesC．they have experienced it on their own Graduation DayD．they are often invited to school to have a speech on Graduation Day2．What do we know about Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky from Paragraph 2?A．They would rather their daughters had applied for college loans.B．They now work hard in order to pay for the college expenses.C．They don't want their daughters to go to graduate school.D．They can afford their daughters' college expenses.3．What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?A．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky like visiting their daughters by plane.B．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky' s daughters often come back home for holidays.C．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky spend a lot of money on their daughters' traveling.D．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky are tired because their five daughters are in different colleges. 4．The underlined word “breather” in Paragraph 4 probably means________．A．check B．break C．adventure D．attempt参考答案1-4 BDCB阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校黑龙江2017高考英语一轮阅读理解编选（三）（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。

With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dump, makes me feel good and warms my heart.How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker, neighbor, close friends, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy(礼貌)to speak to others that are around you.I know of a few people that don't have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say.Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face.They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting__a__gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space.How can people not get a really funny joke?Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to ignore the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.【语篇解读】面对生活中的不如意，保持一种幽默精神可以让人觉得心情更好。