【配套K12】2016届高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解分层训练

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（74）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。

【2016高考训练】Thirteen can be a challenging age. Not only did I have to adapt to my changing body, I also had to deal with my parents’ bitter divorce, a new family and the upsetting move from my country home to a crowded town.When we moved, my beloved companion, a small brown pony had to be sold. I was heartbroken and terribly lonely. I couldn’t eat or sleep and cried all the time. Finally, realizing how much I missed my pony, my father bought me another horse, Cowboy.Cowboy was without doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didn’t care. I loved him beyond all reasons.I joined a riding club. When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse was judged by appearance, we were quickly ”shown the gate”. I knew nothing could turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the timed speed events. I chose the jumping race.For the whole next month we practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home, totally exhausted.All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came. One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons. I sat at the gate and sweated all out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the court and finish in first place.My turn finally came. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped over it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.No cheers filled the air. The end of our run was met with surprised silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds.I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough towork for it. I can be the owner of my fate.1. Why did the author like Cowboy so much in spite of its ugliness?A. Because she loved horses more than anything else.B. Because Cowboy was a strong and smart young horse.C. Because Cowboy had a lot in common with her pony.D. Because she was sad and lonely and needed a companion.2. The audience fell into silence at the end of the run probably because_________.A. they didn’t expect Cowboy would win the eventB. they were unhappy that Becky was beaten in the eventC. they didn’t like cowboy, for it was too uglyD. they never saw a horse running as fast as Cowboy3. After the competition, the author came to realize that _______.A. she ought to gather the courage to solve all the problemsB. it was time to forget her pony and treat Cowboy betterC. she needed to work harder to win more blue ribbonsD. she could be the god of her own fate if she tried hard enough4. It can be inferred from the story that _________.A. all of their hard training was totally in vainB. a blue ribbon must be the second highest prizeC. Cowboy lost in the event of being judged by appearanceD. both Becky and the author won in the jumping event参考答案1—4、DADC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。

黑龙江鸡西市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练选编（3）2016高考英语阅读理解集训。

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As more people use smart phones to pay bills and store personal information, strict password security has become more important than ever. A new study shows that free - form gestures –sweeping fingers in shapes across the screen of a smart phone—can be used to unlock phones. These gestures are less likely to be observed and reproduced by others than traditional typed passwords.“All that it takes to steal a password is a quick eye,” said one of the researchers of the study. “With all the personal infor mation we have on our phones today, improving their security is becoming increasingly necessary.” In developing a secure solution to this problem, the researchers studied the practicality of using free - form gestures. With the ability to create any shape in any size and location on the screen, the gestures were popular as passwords. Since users create them without following a template, the researchers predicted these gestures would allow for greater complexity.The researchers carried out a create - test - retest experiment where 63 people were asked to create a gesture, recall it, and recall it again 10 days later. The gestures were captured on a recognizer system designed by the team. Using this data, they tested the complexity and accuracy of each gesture using information theory. The result of their analysis is that people are favorable to use free - form gestures as passwords. To put their analysis into practice, the researchers then had seven students in computer science and engineering, each with considerable experience with touchscreens （触摸屏）, attempt to steal a free - form gesture password by observing a phone user secretly. None of them were able to copy the gestures with enough accuracy. The gestures appear to be extremely powerful against attacks.Though the testing is in its early stage and widespread adaptation of this technology is not yet clear, the research team plans to continue to analyze the security and management of free – form passwords in the future. They believe this is the firststudy to explore free - form gestures as passwords. They will soon publish their findings.32. What can we learn about free - form gestures?A. They are improving mobile security in a way.B. Users will have to make use of simple gestures.C. They will never be copied by others.D. Users must move their fingers in fixed shapes.33. The experiment in paragraph 4 is to test _________ of free - form gestures.A. templateB. applicationC. accuracyD. security34. According to the text, the researchers think that ________.A. it is easy to steal any password with a quick eyeB. better ways of setting passwords should be developedC. people had better not use smart phones to pay billsD. personal information should not be stored in a phone35. The main purpose of the text is to ________.A. advise people to use free - form gesturesB. discuss whether smart phones are safeC. talk about the practicality of passwordsD. introduce the study of a new password参考答案32---35 ADBD【2014高考英语二诊考试】请阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（36）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。

I used to think of myself as a fairly open person, but my bookshelves told a different story. Apart from a few Indian novels and the Australian and South African book, my literature collection consisted of British and American titles. Worse still, I hardly ever read anything in translation. My reading was limited to stories by English-speaking authors.So, at the start of 2012, I set myself the challenge of trying to read a book from every country in a year to find out what I was missing. As I was unlikely to find publications from nearly 200 nations on the shelves of my local bookshop, I decided to ask the planet’s readers for help. I created a blog called A Year of Reading the World and put out an appeal for suggestions of titles that I could read in English.The response was amazing. Before I knew it, people all over the planet were getting in touch with ideas and offers of help. Some posted me books from their home countries. Others did hours of research on my behalf. In addition, several writers sent me unpublished translations of their novels, giving me a rare opportunity to read works otherwise unavailable to the 62% of the British who only speak English. Even so, selecting books was no easy task. With translations making up only around 4.5 percent of literary works published in the UK and Ireland, getting English versions (版本)of stories was difficult.But the effort was worth it. I found I was visiting the mental space of the storytellers. These stories not only opened my mind to the real life in other places, but opened my heart to the way people there might feel.And that in turn changed my thinking. Through reading the stories shared with me by bookish strangers around the globe, I realised I was not alone, but part of a network that spread all over the planet.1. Which of the following might be found on the blog A Year of Reading the World?A. Lists of English version books.B. Research on English literature.C. Unfinished novels by British writers.D. Comments on English literature.2. Why was it hard for the author to select the right books to read?A. The author had a busy schedule.B. The author was only interested in a few topics.C. The author could only read books written in English.D. Most books recommended are not available in local bookshops.3. The author is probably from_________.A. AmericaB. the UKC. AustraliaD. Canada4. Which of the following words can best describe the author’s experienc e?A. fast and effortlessB. challenging but rewardingC. hopeless but beneficialD. meaningful but fruitless参考答案1---4 ACBB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。

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（4）【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、DWhat is so amazing about giving blood?The National Blood Service, which covers all of England and North Wales, needs nearly two and a half million blood donations each y ear. When you give blood, you’ll be doing one of the most amazing things anybody could dream of — saving a life.___________________________All types of blood are needed —not just rare ones. In fact, the commoner the blood type, the more are needed. So even if your blood is one of the most common types —group O for example —you can be sure that by donating three times a year, you really are doing something amazing.What is the donation process?The donation will last about an hour in all. When you arrive, you will be asked a few questions about your health. Then a drop of blood will be taken and tested just to make sure you’re not anemic(贫血). If all is well, your donation will be taken. This only takes about ten minutes, during which time 470ml of blood will be collected. Most people hardly feel a thing. A fter a short rest, a drink and biscuits, you’ll be up and ready to go. All equipment used in the collection of your blood is new and is never reused, so you don’t have to worry about risks to your healt h in the collection of your blood.Who can become a blood donor?Becoming a blood donor really is very simple. A s long as you’re in good health and aged between 17 and 60, you can become a blood donor. If you would like more information or advice, or you want to become a blood donor, ring the donor helpline on 0845 7711. The donor helpline is open 24 hours a day — every day of the year.1. Which is the subtitle of Paragraph 2?A. Why should you donate blood?B. What types of blood are needed?C. What should you consider before donation?D. How many times a year can you donate blood?2. Before giving blood, you will ________.A. rest for a whileB. wait for one dayC. fill in a formD. take a blood test3. What does the passage tell us about the donation process?A. It takes many hours.B. It’s done on computer.C. It doesn’t need equipment.D. It won’t affect donors’ health.4. The purpose of the writing is to _______.A. introduce the National Blood ServiceB. show the importance of donationC. call on people to donate bloodD. remind people of the danger【参考答案】1.B 2.D 3.D 4.C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。

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（47）阅读理解。

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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 middle­aged 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 to suffer 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. “Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions(预防措施)，”the authors wrote. Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline.Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to theirconclusions.Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.However, the researchers said a pattern was clear.“We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction fromoptimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic，” the authors concluded.1．According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?A．Optimistic adults. B．Middle­aged adults.C．Adults in poor health. D．Adults of lower income.解析细节理解题。

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（26）2016高考模拟题。

阅读理解。

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Most people are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should beleft-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become eitherright-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.1. What is the hand for most people used to do?A. It’s us ed to find or hold things.B. It’s used to work with things.C. It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.D. It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.3. The best title for this passage is _______.A. Scientists’ New InventionsB. Left-handed PeopleC. Which HandD. Different Brains, Different Hands参考答案1—3、ABC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。

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（40）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。

Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers’ desire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. 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 companies, with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company’s environmental 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 now. But f rom environmental considerations, the clock is ticking—we don’t have much time. In addition, cutting carbon has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions (排放). Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are granted (授予) the standard, they can use a logo (标识) in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are working towardscutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.1. What’s the main idea of the passa ge?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 goods at home.D. Firms are urged to cut carbon emis sions by shoppers’ environmental awareness.2. The underlined word “inform” in Paragraph 2 probably means“”.A. affectB. changeC. disturbD. reject3. 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 elsewhere4. 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【参考答案】1-4 DAAC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。

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（73）阅读理解。

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You've probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists(精神病医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life.But there's a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a “ life coach ”. People who are at crossroads in their lives, and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost, are turning to them for help.The idea that one person’s success story can change other people’s lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegie’s famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and Influence People” came along soon t hereafter. But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法)to help others make critical life decisions.They often give the ir approach a slogan, such as “energy coaching” or “fearless living” or “working yourself happy”.Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road map”. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one’s career and life outside work.Lakhani’s Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful---including battered women and struggling single mothers.But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick(华而不实的) promoters who mess with people’s lives can do more harm than good.1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Working Yourself Happy.B. Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions.C. How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches.D. The Life-Coaching Movement.2. The underlined phrase “life coach” in Paragraph 2 means“_______”.A. The career counselor who teaches skillsB. The psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily lifeC. The fitness coach who teaches us lessonsD. The specialist who helps us make important life decisions3.The last paragraph is mainly about__________.A. the introductions of life coachB. the disagreements of life coachC. the effects of life coachD. the experiences of life coach4.What is the author’s attitude towards life coaches?A. Cautious．B. Approving．C. Casual．D. Disapproving．参考答案1—4、BDBA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。

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（6）2016高考模拟题。

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。

A man, who sometimes takes my bus, is in rags. His life seems different from that of the others. He looks exhausted and carries nothing. He appears along a downtown street, seemingly out of nowhere. We sometimes want to know where he sleeps at night.A few weeks ago he boarded the bus. A few stops later, a young woman boarded. She swiped (刷) her bus-card, only to find the machine would not accept it. The driver told her to pay the $2.25 fare. “I just bought this card,” she said. “I paid the money...”The driver said she could take the card back to the sales office and explain the problem. In the meantime she would have to pay the fare for that day. The woman became confused and distressed. The rest of us just watched, wondering how the problem would be solved. Suddenly the man rose from his seat, dropped a few coins into the fare box.“You’re lucky,” the bus driver said quietly. “He paid for you.” Silence fell ov er the bus. The rest of us had watched the woman’s discomfort, but he felt it. We lawyers, journalists and business people headed downtown to help fix the world. He fixed her world.I haven’t seen him since that day. Some people believe angels occasion ally drop down and move among us. All I know is that I have a new respect for the simple act of kindness. It speeds us along on our way.1. According to the first paragraph, the author _______.A. thinks highly of the manB. often gives the man some helpC. knows the man very wellD. considers the man strange2. What does the underlined word “distressed” probably mean?A. exitedB. generousC. boredD. anxious3. What did the writer learn from the man?A. to show concern for other people.B. to lead a happy life like theman.C. to share what he has with us.D. to believe that people are born kind.参考答案1—3、DDA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。