贵州省正安县高考英语一轮阅读理解选练二

山东省曲阜市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解校本选练二阅读下列短文，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】2014 TFK Poetry ContestCalling all poets! TIME For Kids has a challenge for you：Write funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poet’s work. Enter it in the TIME For Kids Poetry Contest. As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own, TIME For Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation.Contest Rules1. How to enter: This contest begins 12:01 am on March 6, 2014 and ends 11:59 pm on July 24, 2014. To enter, mail the following information to 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10020: (a) an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme(韵律); (b)Entrant’s first name only and a parent’s mail address. Limit one entry per person. By entering, Entrant promises that the entry (1) is original, (2) has not been published in any medium and (3) has not won an award.2. Judging: All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following criteria: creativity and originality (50％), use of language and rhyme (25％) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest (25％). The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.3. Prizes: Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手)from which one grand-prize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grand-prize winner will receive an online class visit from Children’s Poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetry, The Armpit of Doom：Funny Poems for Kids, approximately value: $275. The three finalists will each get a signed copy of Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry，The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids，and both their poems and that of the grand-prize winner will be published at .4. Eligibility(参赛资格)：Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at time of entry．5. W inner’s list：For names of the winner and finalists，visit (after August 1, 2014, available for a period of 10 days)．1. The purpose of the contest is to__________.A. encourage children to learn from other poetsB. help children realize the dream of poetry writingC. encourage children’s interest in poetry writingD. encourage children to read more original poems2. Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging?A. Being creative and original．B. Using a proper number of words．C. Using proper language and rhyme．D. Being appropriate to the contest theme．3. What can be known about the finalists of the contest?A. They will get a great deal of money.B. Their poems can be read at .C. They will receive an online class visit from Nesbitt．D. Their poems will appear in Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry.4. According to the contest rules,____________.A. poems can be sent to the organizers by e-mailB. all children have the right to take part in the contestC. the number of poems to enter the contest is not limitedD. the result of the contest will be unknown before August, 2014参考答案1--4、CABD2014高考英语阅读理解（社会生活、说理议论）[2014·湖北卷] EFor most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets, and even bicycles. Dr Christopher Wilk is a member of a small group of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as we know it would be impossible. In that sense, they argue, the elevator's role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk, the car and the elevator have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally(水平地), and elevators pushing them towards life in close groups of towering vertical(垂直的) columns.If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be because riding in them tends to be such a brief, boring, and even awkward experience—one that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we have nothing in common, and an unpleasant awareness of the fact that we're hanging from a cable in a long passage.In a new book, Lifted, German journalist and cultural studies professor Andreas Bernard directed all his attention to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its relationship to humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience. “After 150 years, we are still not used to it，” Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learnt to cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, sets the elevator ride apart from just about every other situation we find ourselves in as we go about our lives.Today, as the world's urban population explodes, and cities become more crowded, taller, and more crowded, America's total number of elevators—900，000 at last count, according to ElevatorWorld magazine's “2012 Vertical Transportation Industry”—are a force that's becoming more important than ever. And for the people who really, really love them, it seems like high time that we looked seriously at just what kind of force they are.67. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. The general view of elevators.B. The particular interests of experts.C. The desire for a remarkable machine.D. The enthusiasm for transport vehicles.68. The author's purpose in mentioning cars is ________．A. to contrast their functions with elevators'B. to emphasize the importance of elevatorsC. to reveal their secret war against elevatorsD. to explain people's preference for elevators69. According to Prof Bernard, what has made the elevator ride different from other life experiences?A. Vertical direction.B. Lack of excitement.C. Little physical space.D. Uncomfortable conditions.70. The author urges readers to consider ________．A. the exact number of elevator loversB. the serious future situation of elevatorsC. the role of elevators in city developmentD. the relationship between cars and elevators69. C 推理判断题。

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从l〜l5各题所給的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，It happened to a very young pastor (牧师).His church was very old and what's worse, a storm knocked a hole in the wall of the church.One day the pastor1_____ an auction(拍卖）and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars. Hecarried the cloth back to the church and put it up on the wall. It completely hid the 2_____!Just before noon of Christmas Eve, the pastor noticed a woman standing in the cold at the bus stop. “The 3_____wo n’t be here for 40 minutes!” he called, and he invited her into the church to get 4_____ .She told him that she had come from the city to be interviewed for a job as governess to the children of one wealthy family in town but she had been turned down.The woman saw the tablecloth and rose suddenly. The pastor smiled and started to tell her about the storm5_____, but she didn’t seem to 6_____ “It is mine!” she said. “My husband had the cloth made 7_____ for m e !She explained that she and her husband decided to go separately in the War II. They planned that he would8_____ her. But she never saw him again. Later she heard that he had died. The pastor tried to 9_____ her, advisingOn Christmas Eve, after the service in church, one middle-aged man—the local clock-and-watch repairman—looked rather 11_____ .‘‘I t is strange，”he said in his soft accent.“ Many years ago, my wife and I owned such a cloth.The pastor suddenly became very 12_____ . He told him about the woman who had been in church 13_____ in the day .Together the two got in touch with the 14_____ who had interviewed her. And this man and his wife -who had been separated through so many saddened 15_____were reunited.1.A had B attended C held D took2.A wall B church C hole D table3.A boss B company C train D bus4.A warm B ready C cool D calm5.A damage B story C fact D truth6.A work B believe C listen D understand7.A carefully B attentively C finally D especially8.A join B write C bring D leave9.A amuse B comfort C please D help10.A cried B accepted C refused D continued11.A puzzled B delighted C determined D disappionted12.A sad B shocked C hopeful D excited13.A later B earlier C warmer D colder14.A woman B manager C husband D family15.A weeks B countries C Christmases D centuries文章大意：这是一个真实的圣诞节故事，风暴把教堂的墙上弄了一个洞，牧师拍得一块桌布，挡住那个洞。

贵州省正安县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解课外自练一阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

(2013·沈阳市二模，B)A recent research shows that the “short sleepers” had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens. But at the age of 15 or so, the men voluntarily began cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their nightly periods of unconsciousness as interruptions in their daily routines.In general, thes e “short sleepers” a ppeared ambitious, active, energetic, cheerful, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or worked fullor parttime while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear “normal” or “acceptable” to their family, friends and so on.When asked t o recall their dreams, the “short sleepers” did poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In similar situation, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope that the trouble would go away.The sleep patt erns of the “short sleepers” were similar to, but less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental patients.The “long sl eepers” were quite different indeed. The research shows that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were quite concerned when they were occasionally robbed of their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recal l their dreams much better than did the “short sleepers”．文章大意：本文是一篇研究报告。

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Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes，fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper，when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man，when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?Television has not killed reading, however. Today，newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment．Although some books with hard covers are expensive，many books are printed today as paperbacks(平装本)，which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories，for example，is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater，and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home．Every home should have a good dictionary．A good encyclopedia(百科全书)，though expensive，is useful，too，because you can find information on any subject．Besides，you can have such books as history books，science textbooks，cookbooks，and collections of stories and poems．Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.1. It can be inferred from the passage that＿＿＿.A．TV programs are a chief provider of knowledgeB．cinemas are the best choice in getting informationC．reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun D．newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself2．What does the sentence“Television has not killed reading，however.”underlinedin the second paragraph suggest?A．People only need reading，though. B．Reading is still necessary today.C．Reading is more fun than television. D．Watching television doesn’t help reading.3．Which of the following is mainly discussed in the last paragraph? A．Types of books. B．Kinds of dictionaries．C．Lists of history books． D．Collections of stories and poems.4．What can we learn from the passage?A．Fewer and fewer people will buy books．B．A good dictionary should be kept in every home．C．Books with hard covers sell better than paperbacks.D．More people like TV programs about famous men．【参考答案】1—4、.C B A B2016高考英语阅读理解--健康保健类Roughly half of college students will have some degree of depression at some point during their time in school. Even more startling, 6.2 percent of college students surveyed in 2012 considered suicide and 1.3 percent attempted it, according to an American College Health Association study released this spring. If you’re feeling depressed on campus, you may find the following tips helpful.Exercise: Physical activity releases endorphins – chemicals that produce an overall positive feeling within the body, which fight depression naturally. Mental health experts claim that exercise is a solution to those feeling mild or moderate depression. However, for those severely depressed, simply doing sports is not enough.Use school counseling services: Campuses don’t employ mental health experts simply to throw thousands of dollars down the drain. Their job is to help students, so experts recommend you use them. Most students, however, are hesitant to take a trip to their college’s counseling center, fearing being laughed at by peers. As a result, some schools like Texas Christian University, are testing students for mental health problems when they get sick and visit the campus health clinic. Take advantage of technology: Staying in touch with family members and friends from childhood and high school has become easier than ever with the coming of Facebook and video chat services like Skype. While mental health ex perts insist that it’s important to make friends in your new environment and be involved in the college community, it’s also significant to keep in touch with the people you knew before college. Go to sleep: Following a fairly regular sleep pattern can defend you against depression. In college, many students’ sleep patterns are irregular thanks to late-night studying and partying, which is harmful to their mental health. Research strongly suggests that sleep is the key to learning and memory formation.【小题1】According to the passage, physical activity __________ .A．is regarded as the best way to fight depressionB．contributes to the release of endorphinsC．can’t help the seriously depressed studentsD．improve people’s ability to learn and memorize【小题2】It can be inferred from the 3rd paragraph that __________ .A．employing mental health experts on campus is a waste of money B．students with mental health problems can’t get on well with others C．going to college’s counseling center for help requires a lot of courageD．sick students in Texas Christian University must take psychological tests【小题3】Taking advantage of technology is encouraged because it ____ A．enables students to get involved in college lifeB．helps students stay in contact with othersC．offers students a way to make new friendsD．provides a way to avoid getting bored【小题4】which of the following can NOT help one reduce depression?A．Taking exercise regularly every weekB．Chatting with old friends with SkypeC．Turning to mental health experts for adviceD．Holding parties deep into the night to relax【2014综合测试】CNo one knows why people dream, but some dreams might be connected to the mental processes that help us learn. In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap-time (午睡时间) dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.So perhaps one way to learn something new is to practice, practise, practise---and then sleep on it.“I was surprise d by this finding,” Robert Stickgold, a Harvard University scientist who led the study.In the study, 100 college students each spent an hour on a computer, trying to get through a virtual maze (虚拟迷宫). The maze was difficult, and the study participants had to start in a different place each time they tried---making it even more difficult.Then, for the first 90 minutes of a five-hour break, half of the participants were required to stay awake while half were told to sleep. Participants who stayed awake were asked to describe their thoughts. Participants who slept were asked to describe any dream they had. Stickgold and his colleagues wanted to know about NREM, or non-REM sleep. REM stands for “rapid eye movement”, which is what happens during REM sleep. This period of sleep often brings strange dreams to a sleeper, although dreams can happen in both kinds of sleep. Stickgold wanted to know what people were dreaming about when their eyes weren’t moving, during NREM sleep. Other studies have found a connection between NREM bring activity and learning ability.Four of the 50 people who slept said their dreams were about the maze. Later, when these four people tried the computer maze again, they were able to complete it faster.Stickgold believes the dream itself doesn;t help a person learn---it’s the other way around. He suspects that such dreams are caused by the brain processes associated with learning.All the maze-dreamers had done the task poorly the first time, which makes Stickgold wonder if the NREM dreams show up when a person findsa new task particularly difficult. People who had other dreams, or people didn't sleep, didn't show the same improvement.36. In the first stage of the study, the participants were asked toA. design a maze on computerB. find their way out of a mazeC. decide where to begin a mazeD. remember a location in a maze37. What happened to the participants during the break?A. Half of them were woken up when they started to dream.B. Half of them were asked to dram about the maze.C. All of them were asked to describe their thoughts.D. Half of them were asked to sleep for 90 minutes.38. What can we learn from the passage?A. Everyone will dream about a new skill after learning it.B. Stickgold was the first to study dreams and learning.C. During NREM sleep, people usually don’t dream.D. Unusual dreams often occur during REM sleep.39. In the first stage of the study, the participants were asked toA. design a maze on computerB. find their way out of a mazeC. decide where to begin a mazeD. remember a location in a maze 40. Which of the following statement best summarizes the study’s conclusion?A. Dreams have a role in learning.B. Dreams have no basis in reality.C. Dreams are important for health.D. Dreams are the best way to study.【参考答案】36-40 BDDAA【2014综合测试】DThe recent publication of autobiographies by two of Britain’s great scientists, biologist Richard Dawkins and physicist Stephen Hawking, is a wonderful opportunity to compare and contrast these two remarkable men. Surprisingly, they have rather more in common than we think. Most striking is the similarity in their backgrounds. They were born in the early 1940s to middle class families---not wealthy but comfortably off, with a strong commitment to academic excellence and public service. Both families were keen to send their boys to Oxford University---and both succeeded, Dawkins studying zoology and Hawking physics.Neither author has a very positive view of his early university life. Hawking describes the attitude at Oxford in the 1950s and 1960s as very anti-work, “You were s upposed to either be brilliant without effort or fail. Hard work was looked down upon by students and we all pretendedthat nothing was worth making an effort for.” He estimates that he studied for no more than an hour a day as an undergraduate student （本科生）.Undergraduate life was somewhat more rewarding for Dawkins. Like Hawking, he wasn’t particularly hard-working and never attended his lectures. But he found Oxford’s system of weekly essay-based lessons with an academic tutor useful, “It was really only the tutorial system that educated me.”For both men, scientific life really got going as postgraduates after 1962. Dawkins, who remained at Oxford, describes brilliantly the academic competition among the postgraduate students, which he believed helped push him to develop the ideas that formed the basis of his most famous book, The Selfish Gene. This volume transformed scientific thinking about Darwinism evolution.Hawking, on the other hand, moved to Cambridge University after graduation, where his research into the universe would eventually make him the most famous physicists since Albert Einstein. He writes movingly about the disease which progressively crippled his entire body, leaving him unable to move and only able to communicate using a computer controlled by his eyes. Although communication is slow---he can write only 3 words a minute using the machine---his illness has not affected his mind or his research on space-time and origins of the universe.Each book is recommended individually as a personal introduction to animportant scientific thinker. Read together, they provide a superbbackground to the academic and social climate of postwar Britishresearch.41. Which of the following describes a similarity in Hawking’s andDawkins’ backgrounds?A. They were both from wealthy families.B. They studied the same subject in university.C. They graduated from the same secondary school.D. They both came from families that valued good education.42. Why did Hawking study very little as an undergraduate student?A. He preferred doing his own research and experiments.B. Students considered it inappropriate to study too much.C. The materials discussed in lectures were very easy for him.D. He was more interested in making friends with his classmates.43. According to Dawkins, what helped him develop his most importantideas?A. His hard work as an undergraduate.B. The support he received from his family.C. The excellent tutors at Oxford University.D. The competition from other postgraduate students.44. What can we reasonably infer about the two scientists from thepassage?A. Dawkins worked much harder than Hawking as an undergraduate.B. Hawking is more respected by the scientific community.C. They knew each other during their studies a t Oxford.D. Hawing has experienced more physical difficulties.45. What is the function of the last paragraph?A. To state which book the writer prefers.B. To recommend the reviewed books to readers.C. To summarize the achievements of the two scientists.D. To suggest the order in which the books should be read.【参考答案】41-45 DBDDB2016高考英语阅读理解--健康保健类Lights Out at BedtimeThere are plenty of good reasons to power up a personal desktop or laptop computer in the evening — writing e-mails，chatting on social networks or making purchases over the Internet，for instance．But various studies indicate that people who stare at a PC’s bright monitor shortly before going to bed probably sleep less soundly than they would otherwise because the light seriously affects their natural wake-sleep cycle．"They haven't proved it though，" says Dieter Kunz，the team's director at Charite's Psychiatric Clinic in St．Hedwig's Hospital in Berlin． Similarly，exposure to just 10 minutes of normal bathroom lighting is enough to free the sleep hormone melatonin，which regulates people's natural wake-sleep cycle and makes them sleepy at nightfall．Ten years ago，a team of British and American researchers detected a photo-pigment（光敏色素） in the human eye that signals to the body whether it is day or night，summer or winter．The photo-pigment is especially sensitive to blue light．"The blue light more or less tells the body，'It's daytime，be awake，'" Kunz says．Monitors have a mostly cold white light content and scientists suspect the photo-pigment may react similarly to it．So the longer people look into the bright light，the more awake they become - and then sleep poorly．A lot of people have difficulty "switching off" in the evening．About half of the women in Germany and a quarter of the men sleep poorly． Environmental factors are only one of the possible causes．Job stress as well as personal and health concerns are also the main reasons for their sleep problems．In addition，electronic objects' standby lights and indicator lamps can be annoying in the dark and affect sleep．"Sound scientific evidence is still lacking on this matter，" Kunz notes．According to Kunz，those who cannot go without their computer in the evening should turn down the blue content if possible and lower thebrightness somewhat．"But nobody does that because，after all，you want to concentrate while working at the computer and the light helps the brain．"【小题1】The passage is mainly about ____________．A．natural wake-up cyclesB．the effect of light on sleepC．personal and health concernsD．functions of computer monitors【小题2】The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 2 refers to_____．A．normal bathroom lightingB．10-minute exposure to lightingC．the release process of a chemicalD．a chemical affecting one’s sleep cycle【小题3】We can learn from the passage that ______．A．the blue light has a calming effect．B．the photo-pigment tells people day or nightC．women in Germany use computers more often than menD．it has been proved that standby lights affect people’s sleep。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校江苏2017高考英语一轮阅读理解选习题（二）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。

体裁：记叙文话题：助人为乐时间：15分钟On a cold winter day，a group of strangers band together to save three children.The 30 miles of switchbacks(急转弯) that snake through the pine­covered mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat.But Roger Andersen，a 46­year­old father of four，wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve，when he set off for an unexpected ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nin e­year­old daughter Mia，four­year­old son Baylor，and nine­year­old neighbor KenyaWildman.Andersen had driven through the canyon hundreds of times over the years.“We ski in that area at least 20 times a year，” says Andersen.“I know the spots that ice up a lot in the winter.”The weather was glorious for hitting the slopes—30 degrees and sunny—but the higher they drove，the slicker(滑溜溜的) the roads became.Rounding a sharp turn at mile maker 473，Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and tapped his brakes(刹车) suddenly.In an instant，the Honda Accord was sliding at 25 miles per hour toward the shoulder of the highway，then slipping down a steep ten­foot embankment(路堤) toward the cold Logan River.As it hit the water，the car tipped toward the passenger side，hesitated，and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river. There was no time to tell the kids what to do.The crash had broken a few windows，and within seconds，the cab of the upside­down car was filled with water.“It was frightening how fast we we re completely underwater，” remembers Andersen，a soft­spoken product development manager.“You're thinking，‘Is this how it's all going to end？'”Then，Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids.Mia had been right next to him in the front seat；now，in the blackness，he couldn't find her.“I thought，if I don't get out，maybe none of us is going to get out.” Andersen untied his seat belt，swam through a broken window，and gasped for air at the surface.That's when he saw a group of men，about ten in all，appear at the top of the embankment.One after another，they jumped into the water，shouting,“Who else is in the car？”Andersen says respectfully,“It was like the sight of angels.”【语篇导读】Andersen的车不幸落入冰冷的河水中，一群素昧平生的人对车里的人展开了一场生死营救……1．Which word can best describe the feelings of most drivers when driving on this slope?A．Nervous. B．Curious.C．Excited. D．Puzzled.解析推理判断题。

一轮复习高考英语二模试卷分类汇编阅读理解(附答案)一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解City trees grow faster and die younger than trees in rural forestry, a new study finds. Over their lifetimes, then, urban trees will likely absorb less CO2 from the air than forest trees.As we all know, the earth would be freezing or burning hot without CO2. However, CO2is a greenhouse gas, meaning it traps energy from the sun as/heat. That makes temperatures near the ground rise. Human activities, especially the widespread burning-of fossil(化石)fuels, have been sending extra greenhouse gases into the air. This has led to a rise in average temperatures across the globe.Studies had shown forests readily absorb CO2, but there hadn't been much data on whether city trees grow, die and absorb CO2at the same rate as forest trees do. So some researchers decided to find out.To figure out how quickly trees were growing, researchers tracked their diameters (the width of their trunks) between 2005 and 2014. A tree's diameter increases as it grows, just as a person's waist size increases as they gain weight. About half the weight of a tree is carbon, research has shown. Most of the rest is water. Over the nine years' tracking, the researchers found city trees absorbed four times as much carbon from the air as forest trees. However, they were twice as likely to die. So over the lifetime of each type of tree, forest trees actually absorbed more CO2.City trees grew faster because they had less competition for light from their neighbors. In a forest，trees tend to grow close together，shading their neighbors. Street trees also benefit from higher levels of nitrogen (氮)in rainwater. Nitrogen helps plants grow. Waste gases from gas-burning cars also contain nitrogen, thus enriching city air with nitrogen. Later, rainwater may wash much of it to the ground. Some street trees may also have better access to water than trees in the country because the underground water pipes can leak.（1）What can he known about CO2 from paragraph 2?A. It is one of the side effects of greenhouses.B. It greatly accelerates the process of global warming.C. It results from the widespread burning of fossil fuels.D. It prevents the earth from becoming unsuitable to live on.（2）Why did researchers track the diameters of trees?A. To know about their growth rates.B. To find out how much they weigh.C. To check whether they were healthy.D. To assess the carbon amounts in them.（3）What advantage do city trees have over forest trees?A. They are more likely to access growth promoters.B. They can enjoy more water coming from the air.C. They can enjoy more shade from neighbors.D. They are better at competing for light.（4）What will probably be talked about if the passage is continued?A. How urban trees can live longer.B. Why city living makes trees die young.C. How trees respond to dry soil conditions.D. Why faster-growing trees absorb more C02.【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）A（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校贵州天柱县2017高考英语（一轮）阅读理解学生自练题阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel.And he surely deserves additional praise：the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.I say clever because anti­slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War.H.B.Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is only the most famous example.These early stories dealt directly with slavery.With minor exceptions，Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely.He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.Again and again，in the postwar years，Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race.Consider the most controversial，at least today，of Twain's novels，Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn，Twain's most widely read tale.Once upon a time，people hated the book because it struck them as rude.Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums(贫民窟)．”More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim，the escaped slave，and many occurences of the word nigger.(The term Nigger Jim，for which the novel is often severely criticized，never appears in it.)But the attacks were and are silly—and miss the point.The novel is strongly anti­slavery.Jim's search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic.As J．Chadwick has pointed out，the character of Jim was a first in American fiction—a recognition that the slave had two personalities，“the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual：Jim，the father and the man.”There is much more.Twain's mystery novel Pudd'nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day.Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior(低等的)to whites，especially in intelligence，Twain's tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth.A slave gave birth to her master's baby and，for fear that the child should be sold South，switched him for the master's baby by his wife.The slave's lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and theeducation of the slave­holding class.The master's wife's baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave. The point was difficult to miss：nurture(养育)，not nature，was the key to social status.The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice—manner of speech，for example—were，to Twain，indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims. Twain's racial tone was not perfect.One is left uneasy，for example，by the lengthy passage in his autobiography(自传)about how much he loved what were called“nigger shows”in his youth—mostly with white men performing in black­face—and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them.Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality.His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.Was Twain a racist？Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln.If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the“wisdom”of the considered moral judgments of the present，we will find nothing but error.Lincoln，who believed the black man the inferior of the white，fought and won a war to free him.And Twain，raised in a slave state，briefly a soldier，and inventor of Jim，may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.【语篇解读】通过研究马克·吐温的作品，来判定他是否是一名种族主义者。

高考题型·组合规范练12选择性必修第二册UNIT2阅读理解题组——练速度(35mins)Ⅰ.阅读理解AThere are many scholarships rewarding particular talents,so just find the right one that works for you.■SpiritofGivingScholarshipDeadline:July 31,Award Amount:$1,000Overview:It is available to high school seniors and current college students.You must submit an essay of between 500 and 750 words on one of the following three topics:How have you advanced the spirit of giving?How has the spirit of giving affected you personally?How will your present education allow you to be of service to others?■OceanAwarenessContestDeadline:June 15,Award Amount:Up to $1,500Overview:It is open to students between the ages of 11 and 18.Students are invited to learn about the climate crisis and its impact on oceans,discover solutions and create work that eissions are accepted in visual art,film,music,or poetry.■AtlasShruggedEssayContestDeadline:September 19,Award Amount:$25,000Overview:Essay contest on Ayn Rand’snovel,AtlasShrugged.There are 59 prizes,and the first prize is $25,000!To enter,submit an 800-to 1,600-word essay on one of the specific topics about the novel,which can be viewed on the scholarship provider’s website.■Coca-ColaScholarsProgramScholarshipDeadline:October 31,Award Amount:$20,000Overview:It is a scholarship awarded to graduating high school seniors,who are recognized for their capacity to lead and serve,as well as their commitment to making a significant impact on their schools and communities.Applicants must be epletion of a high school diploma at the time of application and planning to pursuea degree at a post-secondary institution.1.What is required to win Spirit of Giving Scholarship?A.Students aged from 11 to 18.B.The capacity to lead and serve.C.Submitting an essay.D.Applying for it before October 31,.2.Which scholarship is suitable for Jackson who likes reading and writing?A.Spirit of Giving Scholarship.B.Ocean Awareness Contest.C.AtlasShrugged Essay Contest.D.Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship.3.Who is Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship designed for?A.Those studying in college.B.Those to graduate from high school.C.Those with a high school diploma.D.Those in post-secondary institutions.BAll Olympic medalists work incredibly hard to reach their goals,but Maria Andrejczyk went through some serious struggles before reaching the podium(领奖台).The Polish javelin thrower missed her chance at the Olympic Games by just 2centimeters.Sidelined(退出) by a shoulder injury in ,she then learned she had bone cancer.Showing true fighting spirit,Maria powered through her recovery in time to qualify for the Games.All of her effort was worth it when she earned her first Olympic medal ever,a silver!Back at home,she heard about an 8-month-old baby named Miloszek Malysa,who desperately needs to go to the U.S.for a surgery thatcould save his oszek was born with a serious heart defect,which wasn’t detected in time to correct in the first weeks of his life.Miloszek’s condition was too dire(严重的) to be treated in his home country,but doctors at Stanford University Medical Center in California were able to take his case.Unfortunately,they required 80 percent of the payment up front,a sum the Malysa family simply could not afford.That’s when Maria stepped in to help!Just a week after returning from Japan,the athlete shared a message on Meta announcing that she would be auctioning off her silver medal to raise money fo r Miloszek’s surgery.Days later,a Polish convenience store called Zabka purchased the medal for $125,000,which was more than Maria had hoped to get.Not only that,but when her story broke,more people began donating to the fundraiser.In the end,they pulled in more than enough cash to cover Miloszek’s trip to America!And the goodwill doesn’t end there.Zabka announced that they would let Maria keep her medal after all!“We were very touched by the extremely beautiful and noble gesture of our Olympian,so we decided to support the fundraiser for Miloszek,” the company wrote.“We decided that the second-place medal from Tokyo will stay with Maria!We admire and we are glad that we were able to contribute.”4.What do we know about Maria Andrejczyk from the first paragraph?A.She was generous.B.She was warm-hearted.C.She was unlucky.D.She was hard-working.5.What does the underlined word “detected” most probably mean?A.Discovered.B.Treated.C.Operated.D.Known.6.What did Maria do to help Malysa?A.She asked Zabka to buy her medal.B.She called on others to donate money.C.She sold her medal for Malysa’s operation.D.She got in touch with doctors in America.7.Why did the company let Maria keep the medal?A.Because it was a second-place medal.B.Because they were ready to help others.C.Because more people began to donate money.D.Because they were moved by what she had done.CA century ago,people needed help to understand science.Much as they do today.Then as now,it wasn’t always easy to sort the accurate from the erroneous.Media regarded science as secondary to other missions.When science made the news,it was often confusing,or misleading.E.W.Scripps,a newspaper publisher,and William Emerson Ritter,a biologist,sensed a need for reliable news about science,devoted to truth and precision.So Science Service was born—soon to give birth to the magazine now known as ScienceNews.In its first year,Science Service delivered its weekly news reports to newspapers.By 1922 they became available to the public,giving birth to ScienceNews-Letter,the ancestor ofScienceNews.Then as now,the magazine included all flavors of science—from the atom(原子)to outer space,from agriculture to oceanography,from transportation to nutrition.In those early days,much of Science Service focused on space and new technologies,filled with various guessing and arguments.Much of the century’s scientific future was predicted,though not all predictions aged well.In the century since,real science has progressed to an advanced degree of wisdom,to an eost unimaginable to the scientists and journalists of the 1920s.When Science Service launched its mission,astronomers were unaware of the extent of the universe.No biologist knew what DNA did.Geologists saw that Earth’s continents looked like separated puzzle pieces,but declared that to be a coincidence.Modern scientists know better.Yet somehow scientists still pursue the same questions.It turns out that the past century’s groundbreaking experimental discoveries,revolutionary theoretical revelations and prescient guessing have not removedscience’s familiarity with false starts,unfortunate missteps and shortsighted prejudices.Researchers today have expanded the range of the reality they can eaining uncharted jungles of nature’s facts and laws,seeking further clues to how the world works.Science is more like it is today than it ever has been.It remains as challenging as ever to human inquiry.And the need to communicate its progress,sensed by Scripps and Ritter a century ago,remains as essential now as then.8.What led to the birth of Science Service?A.Media’s attitude to science.B.Difficulty in defining science.C.People’s love for their mission.D.Need for true and precise science.9.What do Paragraphs 4-5 mainly discuss?A.The content of Science Service.B.The future of Science Service.C.The limits to the then scientists.D.The problems facing modern scientists.10.What’s the author’s attitude towards the past science?A.Uncaring.B.Unfavorable.C.Supportive.D.Passionate.11.What does the author mean in the last paragraph?A.Science in the past was not real science at all.B.People have fully grasped the nature of science.C.Today is the best time for science development.D.Dependable news about science should be accessible anytime.DWhy did the little boy throw butter out of the window?He wanted to see the butterfly!That’s an old joke you’ve probably heard many times.Butterflies always carry away children.Most insects do not migrate(迁徙),because their life is not long enough.Except for one particular butterfly species—the monarch butterfly.Each November,monarch butterflies land on an unbelievable cross-country migration from the United States and Canada until they reach Mexico,where they overwinter until it’stime to begin their migration back home in March.The butterflies spend their time in concentrated areas of forest where they stick to the branches of trees,forming beautiful vast crowds.Monarchs are a truly important species—and they’re in danger.Just like living things,plants,insects or animals on the planet,monarchs play a vital role in the survival of our ecosystems.Butterflies—just like bees,also in great danger—help pollinate(授粉) plants,making them a significant contributor to crop growth and food production.They also serve as a food source to birds and other animals.The population of monarch butterflies has dropped a lot over the past few decades—a destructive 96.5 percent.This has placed monarchs in danger of moving toward dying out.Several causes have contributed to the monarch’sdecline.Climate change,loss of reproductive homes,and deforestation in Meonarchs overwinter have all affected the butterfly’s migration pattern and home.But the most significant danger is the decline in milkweed,the plant where monarchs lay their eggs,and that serves as the only food source for caterpillars(幼虫).Much of the milkweed decline is due to agricultural practices that either remove this vital plant or destroy it through pesticides(农药).12.Why do monarch butterflies move to Mexico?A.To survive the cold weather.B.To escape from being hunted.C.To take advantage of the flowers there.D.To cooperate with the bees there.13.How do monarch butterflies affect ecosystems?A.They help birds to catch their food.B.They produce seeds for wild plants.C.They contribute to crop production.D.They bring food to other animals.14.What’s the best title for the passage?A.Monarch Butterflies MigrateB.Butterflies Attract ChildrenC.Fight to Save Monarch ButterfliesD.Monarch Butterflies Are in Danger15.What may be talked about following this passage?A.Why monarch butterflies decline.B.How monarch butterflies can be saved.C.How monarch butterflies reproduce.D.Why monarch butterflies migrate.Ⅱ.阅读七选五Writing a news article is different from writing other articles or informational pieces. 1 Knowing how to write a news article can help you exercise your writing skills and convey information clearly and briefly.Gather all your facts.Before you write a news article,make a list or outline of all the connected facts and information that need to be included in the article. 2 It will also help you write a clean,succinct article.Start with the lead. 3 This is one of the most important parts of the piece,so start with the leading statement when you write a news article.Your lead should be one sentence which states the topic of the article.Give all the important details.The next important step in writing news articles is including all the relevant facts and details that relate to your leading statement. 4 These details are important,because they are the key point of the article that fully informs the reader.5 Be sure to double check all the facts in your news article before you contribute it,including names,dates,and contact information or addresses.Writing accurately is the best way to make yourself a suitable news article writer.Conclude your article.Make sure your news article is complete and finished by giving it a good concluding sentence.A.Check facts before concluding.B.Follow up main facts with additional information.C.Include the basics of what,where,when,who and why.D.A leading sentence is to grab a reader’s attention and interest them.E.Unlike other articles,news articles present information in a specific way.F.Avoid any statements or description that could be construed as support or criticism.G.This list helps prevent you leaving out any relevant information about the topic or story.高考题型·组合规范练12选择性必修第二册UNIT2阅读理解题组——练速度Ⅰ.【语篇导读】这是一篇应用文。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校广西浦北县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解选练（2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。

体裁：说明文话题：人与科技词数：365 时间：5′You don't need to get in a time­traveling machine to see how technology will reshape our lives, such as the way we shop. Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already exist.Let's see what's in store for your future shopping.Try it on, virtually (虚拟地). Want to shop online for a new pair of eyeglasses? You don't need to guess which pair looks best on you—use the eBay Fashion iPhone app(程序) to try a pair of eyewear you're checking out on a picture of your face. But what if you want to buy something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinect's motion tracking camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body. You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to enrich your shopping experience.Get a perfect, custom fit. Everyone's body is shaped differently. To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed. But by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly.Some companies scan your body using High­tech to get the most accurate measurements, so they can make special clothes just for you.High­tech shopping carts and checkout counters. Hightech shopping carts could, in time, be a common sight in malls and supermarkets. Microsoft Kinect­enabled carts are currently under test. The cart can follow you along the aisles (通道), controlled merely by your movement and your voice. In China, a supermarket chain introduced tablet­equipped c arts that guide shoppers around the stores' aisles.In the United States, several supermarkets use a device called Scan It that gives buyers the freedom to scan purchases on their own while they shop. While it's great not having to line up at a checkout counter, we wouldn't mind it if the store used Toshiba's new Object Recognition Scanner. The machine identifies a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了几种未来的购物方式。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校河南2017高考英语阅读理解九月学生选练（二）【阅读理解】The multi­million pound new Library of Birmingham(LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(数字化)of everyday life.Set to open in 2013, the ￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea,_the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital, providing 24­hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的)LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens. Two other small Birmingham­based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development. And The People's Archice is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library's content and services open to citizens as never before.”数百万英镑的伯明翰新建图书馆将会是目前很有代表性的数字化图书馆，在这样的图书馆，人们将会体验新的阅览工具，并且能够真正做图书馆的主人，即：能够参与图书内容的增补与建议。