吉林市2016高考英语阅读理解(二轮)高效精练(2)

2016年吉林省长春市某校高考英语二模试卷第二部分阅读理解第一节（满分30分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．1. My 17﹣year﹣old daughter went off to college and having her away from home brought back memories of watching Peter Pan when she was little． In the classic TV production, one scene in particular impressed me: when Mrs． Darling puts her children into bed． As she turns off the last of the night light, she takes one last look at the bedroom and says, "Dear night lights, protect my sleeping children．" As a mother, I know how much she loves her children．It has been several weeks since we took our daughter to college and she seems to be adjusting well after a short period of homesickness． For us, though, it's another story． Like most parents, I love checking in on my children at night． But now she's gone, and I find nighttimes the hardest． I miss her most at night．In my neighborhood, most of the parents whose kids are off to college are dealing with similar ________． My husband is filled with anxiety． One friend talked about getting this sick feeling in her stomach as she prepared for the college drop﹣off． We complained that many of us were too busy to truly enjoy being with our children while we had them．For us moms, seeing Toy Story 3 only made the sadness worse as we watched the character Andy, who is the same age as our kids, say goodbye to his childhood as he prepares to leave for college． And it's not just "first﹣time" parents like me． Two moms who have kids already well into college said the separation didn't get any easier． "You feel like something has been taken away from inside you, " said one of them．I imagine things will get easier with time, especially as I see my daughter adjust to college life． Meanwhile, as I keep my cell phone close to me in bed and text my daughter goodnight and sweet dreams every night, I like to think at messages serve as a night light that keeps her safe．（1）The writer was deeply impressed by the scene in Peter Pan because________．A she watched the scene with her daughterB the scene was very exciting and interestingC the scene taught her and her daughter a good lessonD the scene showed a mother's deep love for her children．（2）After her daughter went to college， the writer________．A didn't get used to the change for a long timeB often cried as she missed her daughter so muchC realized she hadn't done enough for her daughterD failed to have a good sleep every night．（3）What is the underlined word "melancholy" in Paragraph 3 similar in meaning to？________A Happiness．B Anger．C Sadness．D Excitement．．（4）According to the last paragraph， why did the writer keep her cell phone close to her in bed？________A To call her daughter any time．B To wait for her daughter's calls．C To say good night to her daughter．D To wait for her daughter's messages．2. Television has turned 88 years old on September 7, 2015, and it has never looked better．In its youth, television was a piece of furniture with a tiny, round screen showing unclear pictures of low budget programs．In spite of its shortcomings, it became well﹣received．Between 1950 and 1963, the number of American families with a television jumped from 9% to 92% of the population．As the audience got larger, the technology got better．Television sets became more reliable through the 1960s．Both of the reception and the picture improved．The major networks started broadcasting programs in color．Even greater improvements were coming according to Sanford Brown, who wrote an article for the Post in 1967．Surprisingly, just about every prediction he made in the article became a reality．For example: All sets in the not distant future will be color instruments．He also predicted that TV sets would become smaller, simpler, more reliable and less expensive and may forever put the TV repairman out of work．Smaller sets donot, of course, mean smaller screens．TV engineers expect screens to get much bigger．However, today's 3D TV is even farther away, if it's coming at all．There is some doubt whether the public would be eager to pay for it, in view of people's cold reception given to 3D movies．But the technology with the greatest potential, according to Brown, was cable television（有线电视）, which was still in its early stages then．As he predicted, the future of cable television was highly interactive．It wasn't cable television that gave Americans their electronic connection to the world, however．It was the Internet．He even foresaw the future office: using picture phones, big screen televisions for conferences, and computers providing information, at the touch of a button．Brown ever said, "The future of television is no longer a question of what we can invent．It's a question of what we want．"（1）What can we infer about television sets in the 1960s？________A They were very popular with Americans．B The reception showed no improvementC They showed black﹣and﹣white picturesD They were out of order now and then．（2）Which of the followings did Sanford Brown fail to predict？________A Television's good quality．B The invention of 3﹣D TV．C The future office's modelD The potential of cable TV．．（3）What is the text mainly about？________A The shortcomings of television．B The bright future of television．C The development of television．D The invention of television．3. You choose to be a winner!The Winners club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers． It has been made to help you better manage your money． The Winners Club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key﹣card so you can get to your money 24/7 ﹣ that's 24 hours a day, 7days a week!It's a club with impressive features for teenagers．• No account keeping fees!You're no millionaire so we don't expect you to pay large fees． In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees !• Excellent interest rates!You want your money to grow． The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make a least two deposits （储蓄）without taking them out in a month．• ConvenientTeenagers are busy﹣we get that． You may never need to come to a bank at all． With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet …You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account． This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part﹣time job!• Maga magazine includedAlong with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money． There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members．The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers． And it is so easy to join． Simply fill in an application form． You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian（so we can organize that cool key﹣card） but it is easy． We can't wait to hear from you． It's the best way to choose to be a winner!（1）The Winners Club is a bank account intended for________．A parentsB teenagersC winnersD adults．（2）The Winners Club provides magazines which________．A encourage spendingB are free to all teenagersC are full of adventurestories D help to make more of your money．（3）If you want to be a member of the Club， you must________．A be an Internet userB be permitted by your parentC have a big sum ofmoney D be in your twenties．（4）What is the purpose of this text？________A To set up a club．B To provide part﹣time jobs．C To organize key﹣cards．D To introduce a new banking service．4. An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sales of bottled water from Japan． The water, it angrily argues in public, has traveled 10, 000 "food miles" before it reached Western customers． Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK． It is also worrying that we were wasting our fuel by buying prawns from Indonesia （7, 000 food miles ） and carrots from South Africa （5, 900 food miles）．Counting the number of miles traveled done by a product is a strange way of trying to tell the true situation of the environmental damage due to industry． Most food is transportedaround the world on container ships that are extremely energy efficient． It should be noticed that a ton of butter transported 25 miles in a truck to a farmers' market doesn't necessarily use less fuel on its journey than a similar product transported hundreds of miles by sea． Besides, the idea of "food miles" ignores the amount of fuel used in the production． It is possible to cut down your food miles by buying tomatoes grown in Britain rather than those grown in Ghana． The difference is that the British ones will have been raised in heated greenhouse and the Ghanaian ones in the open sun．What is the idea of "food miles" does provide, however, is the chance to cut out Third World countries from First World food markets． The number of miles traveled by our food should, as I see it, be regarded as a sign of the success of the global trade system, not a sign of damage to the environment．（1）The Food Commission is angry because it thinks that________．A UK wastes a lot of money importing food productsB some imported goods causes environmental damageC growing certain vegetables causes environmentaldamage D people wasted energy buying food from other countries．（2）The phrase "food miles" in the passage refers to the distance________．A that a food product travels to a marketB that a food product travels from one market to anotherC between UK and other food producing countriesD between a Third World country and a First World food market．（3）By comparing tomatoes raised in Britain and in Ghana， the author tries to explain that________．A British tomatoes are healthier than Ghanaian onesB Ghanaian tomatoes taste better than tomatoes onesC cutting down food miles may not necessarily savefuel D protecting the environment may cost a lot of money．（4）From the passage we know that the author is most probably________．A a supporter of free global tradeB a member of a Food CommissionC a supporter of First World food marketsD a member of an energy development group．第二节（共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．选项中有两项为多余选项．5. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试-2英语第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWhat's On ?Electric Un dergro und7.30pm-1.00 am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDO you know who ' playing in your area? We ' re bringing you an exciting evening of live ro dkld pop music from the best local ban ds. Are you in terested in beco ming a musicia n and gett ing a record ing con tract（合同）? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He's going to talk about how you can find the right pers on to produce your music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30 pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. He's the funni est sta nd-up comedia n on the comedy sce ne. his joyful show will please every one, from the youn gest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is ope n from 7.00pm for drinks and sn acks快餐）.Sim on' s Workshop5.00pm-7.30 pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good cha nee for anyone who wants to lear n how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every ki nd of comedy, and practices many differe nt ways of mak ing people laugh. Sim on is a comedia n and actor who has 10 yeafsexperie nee of reachi ng comedy. His workshops are excit ing and fun. An eve ning with Sim on will give you the confdence to be funny.Charlotte Stone5.00pm-7.30pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italiarvyith excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and past面食）.Book early to get a table. Our baris ope n all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.21. Who can help you if you want to your music produced?A. Jules Skye.B. Gee WhizzC. Charlotte Stone.D. James Pickeri ng.22. At which place can people of differe nt ages enjoy a good laugh?A. The Cyclops Theatre.B. Kaleidoscope.C. Victoria Stage.D. Pizza World.23. What do we kn ow about Sim on's Workshop?A. It requires membership.B. It lasts three hours each time.C. It is run by a comedy club.D. It is held every Wedn esday.24. Whe n will Charlotte Stone perform her son gs?A.5.00pm-7.30pmB.7.30pm-1.00amC.8.00pm-11.00pmD.8.30pm-10.30pmBFive years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said: “ Makseomething out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today—and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week ”A few students hesitated to start ,They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant thatI had an un expected teach ing assista nt in class whose creativity would infe（感染）other stude nts. Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside, the ask of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare, “But I 'm just not creative. ”“Do you dream at night when you '？re”asleep“Ohs,ure. ”“Sotell me one of your most interesting dreams. ”Thsetudent would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time ma chine or growing three heads. “That's pretty creative Who does that for you？”“NobodyI. do it. ”“Really a—tnight, when you 're asle？ep”“Sure. ”“Try doing it in the daytime ,in classo,kay？”25. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to .A. know more about the studentsB. make the lessons more excitingC. raise the students ' interest in artD. teach the students about toy design26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph3?A. He liked to help his teacher.B. He preferred to study alone.C. He was active in class.D. He was imaginative.27. What does the underlined word"downside ”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake.B. Drawback.C. Difficulty.D. Burden28. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?A. To help them to see their creativity.B. To find out about their sleeping habits.C. To help them to improve their memory.D. To find out About their ways of thinking.CReading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing, com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book groups.Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, "The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both"Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops.Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it.E-mails are then can to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about their books have been found.Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the "real" and not the virtual（虚拟）.Thesite now has more tha n one millio n members in more tha n one hun dred thirty-five coun tries.29. Why does the author men ti on book groups in the first paragraph?A. To explain what they are.C. To stress the importa nee of read ing. B. To in troduce BookCross ing.D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.30. What does the un derl ined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The book.B. An adve nture.C.A public place.D. The ide ntificati on nu mber.31. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?A. Meet other readers to discuss it.C. Pass it on to another reader. B. keep it safe in his bookcase.D. Mail it back to its owner.32. What is the best title for the text?A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour.C.A book Group Brings Traditi on Back. B. Electro nic Books: A New Trend.DA Website Li nks People through Books. DA new collecti on of photos brings an un successful An tarctic voyage back to life.Frank Hurley's pictures would be outstanding - undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism if they had bee n made last week. In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916,most of them after a disastrous shipwreck 海难）,by a camerama n who had no reas on able expectati on of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, un der freez ing water, i n the damaged woode n ship.The ship was the En dura nee, a small, tight, Norwegia n-built three-master that was in ten ded to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists,27 men in all, to the souther nm ost shore of An tarctica's Weddell Sea. From that point Shacklet on wan ted to force a passage by dog sled （雪橇）across the continent. The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four compa nions on the march back.As writer Caroli ne Alexa nder makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story. The En dura nee, adve nturi ng was eve n the n a thoroughly commercial effort. Scott's last journ ey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds. Shacklet on, a on etime British mercha nt-n avy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a bus in ess before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a con fide nt and gifted Australia n photographer who knew the An tarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have n ever before bee n published.33. What do we know about the photos take n by Hurley?A. They were made last week.B. They showed un dersea sce neries.C. They were found by a camerama n.D. They recorded a disastrous adve nture.34. Who reached the South Pole first accordi ng to the text?A. Frank Hurley.B. Ernest Shacklet onC. Robert Falc on Scott.D. Caroli ne Alexa nder.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）精练（3）说理议论（阅读理解）由 (2013南充高三第一次适应性考试)改编Nowadays more and more people are trapped in too busy wor k to relax themselves. We have no time to tell a bed-time story to our children, or enjoy a nice dinner with our famil y, or take a break to think about how we live the precious life, or even meet friends. All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us—between Sunday and Monday, public and private, here and th ere—are gone. We have more ways to communicate, but less and l ess to say, partly because we’re so busy communicating. Maybe that’s why more and more people I know,even if they h ave no religious commitment, seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. Some friends of mine try to go on long w alks every Sunday, or to “forget” their cellphones at home. A s eries of tests in recent years has shown that after spending ti me in quiet rural settings, subjects exhibit greater attentivenes s, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their b rains become both calmer and sharper. More than that, sympathy, as well as deep thought, depends on neural processes t hat are “inherently slow, ” the very ones our high-speed lives have little time for.In my own case, I turn to unusual and often extreme measure s to try to keep my good sense and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all. I’ve not yet used a cellphone and I’ve never t weeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural . None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism (苦行主义):it’s just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better, ca lmer, clearer and happier than being in one place, absorbed i n a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually somet hing deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk Da vid Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens. ” That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for The Joy of Quiet.1.The writer sometimes doesn’t do anything because .A.he is out of workB.whatever he does makes no senseC.he is worried about his writingD.he can enjoy himself in his leisure time2.When the writer uses the word “forget”,his real meaning is t hat .A.somebody really forgets his cellphone at homeB.somebody leaves his cellphone at home on purposeC.somebody hates modern techniques such as the cellphoneD.somebody thinks cellphone is not a suitable means of com munication3.The underlined word “distinctions” means .A.outcomeB.similarityC.differenceplication4.What is the main idea of the article?( )A.It is important to spend time in quiet circumstances.B.We can do some sports such as yoga to relax.C.Principle or asceticism is important in one’s life.D.The more we communicate, the more we will be closer.语篇解读:快节奏的生活,繁忙的工作使人们没有时间去考虑如何珍惜宝贵的生命和朋友的友谊,所以,越来越多的人们正在努力去找回那份安静带来的快乐。

吉林双辽市2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）训练题（2）含答案阅读理解——-—-社会现象类（2013·湖北，D)A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.The paper，published this March in Psychology and Aging，examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96。

The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.Survey respondents （受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10，among other questions。

The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39）routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle。

aged adults （age 40 to 64）more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future。

Adults of 65 and older，however，were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction.Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed tosuffer a lower ratio （比率）of disability and death for the study period.“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade，” wrote Frieder R．Lang， a professor at the University of Erlangen­Nuremberg.Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future。

2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

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第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。

从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?A. £ 19. 15B. £ 9. 18C. £ 9. 15答案是C。

1. What will Lucy do at 11:30 tomorrow?A. Go out for lunch.B. See her dentist.C. Visit a friend.2. What is the weather like now?A. It’s sunny.B. It’s rainy.C. It’s cloudy.3. Why does the man talk to Dr. Simpson?A. To make an apology.B. To ask for help.C. To discuss his studies.4. How will the woman get back from the railway station?A. By train.B. By car.C. By bus.5. What does Jenny decide to do first?A. Look for a job.B. Go on a trip.C. Get an assistant.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

吉林省长春市2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）训练（1）及答案写人记事（阅读理解）Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg,a distance of about eighty miles.It was late.Several times I got stuck behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left,and I became increasingly impatient.At one point along an open road,I came to a crossing with a traffic light.I was alone on the road by now,but as I drove near the light,it turned red and I made a stop.I looked left,right and behind me.Nothing.Not a car,no suggestion of car lamps,but there I sat,waiting for the light to change,the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.I started wondering why I refused to run the light.I was not afraid of being caught,because there was clearly no policeman around,and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.Much later that night,the question of why I’d stopped for that light came back to me.I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract (契约)we all have with each other.It’s not only the law,bu t it’s an agreement we have,and we trust each other to honor it: we don’t go through red lights.Trust is our first inclination (倾向).Doubting others does not seem to be natural to us.The whole construction of our society depends on mutual (相互)trust,not distrust.We do what we say we’ll do; we show up when we say we’ll show up; and we pay when we say we’ll pay.We trust each other in these matters,and we’re angry or disappointed with the person or organization that breaks the trust we have in them.I was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night.1.Why did the author get impatient while driving?()A.He was lonely on the road.B.He was slowed down by a truck.C.He got tired of driving too long.D.He came across too many traffic lights.2.What was the author’s immediate action when the traffic light turned red?()A.Stopping still.B.Driving through it.C.Looking around for other cars.D.Checking out for traffic police.3.The event made the author strongly believe that .A.traffic rules may be unnecessaryB.doubting others is human natureC.patience is important to driversD.a society needs mutual trust4.Why was the author proud of himself?()A He kept his promise.B.He held back his anger.C.He followed his inclination.D.He made a right decision.语篇解读:本文为记叙文,题材属于人物故事类。

吉林市2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）高效精练（7)含答案2016高考英语阅读练习-—新闻报道类The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2 ，1666。

In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city，where most of the houses were made of wood and close together。

Over one hundred people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives。

The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker （面包师）in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family，was able to get out through a window into the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street。

That was the beginning.By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day。

The fire destroyed many well—known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them.Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire, "People threw their things into the river。

吉林九台市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解选练（2）及参考答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

We’re so well educated –but we’re useless students who have lost the ability to do anything practical. The only thing we’ve mastered is consumption.Large numbers of students have entered higher education in the past 10 years, but despite being the most educated generation in history, it seems that we’ve grown increasingly ignorant when it comes to basic life skills.Looking back on my first couple of weeks of living in student halls, I consider myself lucky to still be alive. Unfamiliar to fresher’s, there are many hidden dangers in the dirty corners of students accommodation.I have survived a couple of serious boiling egg incidents and lots of cases of food –poisoning, probably from dirty kitchen counters. Although some of my clothes have fallen victim to ironing experimentation, I think I have now finally acquired all the domestic (居家的) skills I missed out in my modem education.In 2006 and 2010, the charming educationist Sir Ken Robinson gave two very amusing talks in which he discussed the importance of creativity in education. Robinson’s main viewpoint is that our current education system dislocates people from their natural talents. I would like to go a step further and propose that besides our talents, the system takes away what used to be passed from generation to generation – a working knowledge of basic life skills.Today’s graduates may have earned themselves honor in history, law or economies, but when it comes to simple things like putting up a shelf to hold all their academic books, or fixing a hole in their on – trend clothes, they have to call for help from a professional handyman or tailor.Since the invention of the internet, it has never been easier for people to access information, but our highly specialized education has made us more one – sided than ever.I suggest that we start with the immediate reintroduction of some of the most vital aspects of “domestic science” education, before the current lack leads to serious a ccidents in student halls. 36．People call us useless students for the reason that .A．what we’ve learned is beyond consumptionB．we are educated generationC．we’ve entered higher educationD．our living skills are so poor【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。

通化县(吉林）2016高考英语二轮阅读理解精练（2）及答案阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中，选出最佳选项。

【2014·湛江市普通高考测试一】When you make a mistake,big or small，cherish it as it’s the most precious thing in the world。

Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes，beat ourselves up about it，feel like failures，and get mad at ourselves。

And that’s only natural：Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad，and we should try to avoid mistakes。

We’ve been scolded when we make mistakes—at home，school and work。

Maybe not always，but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.Yet without mistakes,we could not learn or grow。

If you think about it that way,mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world：They make learning possible；they make growth and improvement possible.By trial and error—trying things，making mistakes，and learning from those mistakes-we have figured out how to make electric lights，to paintthe ceiling of the Sistine Chapel，and to fly。

吉林长岭县2016高考英语(二轮）阅读理解选练题及答案阅读理解Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safetytraining she received during her apprenticeship （学徒期) asa union painter and dry waller.On Friday morning，she wasthanking God she had it。

On Thursday night,while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter,nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment，she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire。

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old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying，“We're going to die，”she knew she had to act。

Pina，39，first sealed the door，and then told all four children to get on the floor.After calling 911，she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety。

“I said，‘OK,we’re going to lie down and we're all goin g to play a game，’”Pina said。

“We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun。