湖北省红安县2017高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解训练(三)

湖北红安县2017高考英语阅读理解一轮训练

【由山东省2014高考仿真冲刺卷（6）改编】

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。

However urban life strikes you，cities worldwide have been growing even more rapidly．Some of

this growth has occurred in the developed world，but the most dramatic increase has been in the

Third World．Almost all the world’s population growth over the next 30 years will take place

in the cities of developing countries

By the year 2030，for the first time in history，60 percent of the world’s people will be living

in cities．

This is actually good news in some ways．“Cities are the fundamental building blocks of

prosperity,” says Marc Weiss，chairman of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development，“ both for the nation and for families．” Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas

account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product （GDP） in most countries

of the world“ there’s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city’s problems is to keep

people out of them,” Weiss continued．“But the problems of the rural life are even more serious

than those of the city．” For better or worse，urban-watchers are clear on one point: The quality

of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities．Those cities

will be bigger than ever．And yet，population numbers by themselves don’t determine a city’s

prospects； after all，Addis Ababa，Ethiopia，and Hamburg，Germany，have the same population．Nor

is explosive growth necessarily the determining factor．“City problems,” one authority points

out，“mostly have to do with weak，ineffective，and usually unrepresentative city governments．”

1．The passage mainly discusses ______________．

A．Big cities． B．City life．

C．Population． D．Gross Domestic Product．

2．According to the passage，in the year of 2030 _______．

A．there will be 21 cities having a population of more than 10 million．

B．rural area will be extinct．

C．most people will live in cities．

D．the third world will keep abreast with the developed world．

3．In the author’s opinion，_________．

A．better city，better life

B．both urban and rural areas have a larger population

C．the larger population，the faster a city develops

D．both urban and rural areas have larger gross domestic products

4．Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? A．The developing countries develop faster than the developed countries．

B．Cities contribute more to the GDP than the villagers．

C．Some problems are more easily solved in cities than in country．

D．It’s impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities．

5．The last paragraph implies that ____________．

A．public services are ineffective．

B．cities are increasing too fast．

C．population is not linked with development．

D．government should be responsible for the problems in the cities．

【参考答案】1---5、A C A A D

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。

【2014调研考试】

I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car．I had just come from the car wash and was

waiting for my wife to get out of work．

Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a

bum．From the looks

of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money．There are times when you feel generous

but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered．This was one of those “don't

want to be bothered times”．

“ I hope he doesn't ask me for any money,” I thought．

He didn't．He came and sat on the edge of the pavement in front of the bus stop but he didn't

look like he could have enough money to even ride the bus．After a few minutes he spoke．

“That's a very pretty car,” he said．

He was in rags but he had an air of dignity around him．His badly-grown blond beard kept more

than his face warm．

I said, “thanks,” and continued wiping off my car．He sat there quietly as I worked．The expected

plea（乞求） for money never came．As the silence between us widened, something inside said, “ask

him if he needs any help．” I was sure that he would say “yes” but I held true to the inner voice．

“Do you need any help?” I asked．

He answered in three simple words that I shall never forget．We often look for wisdom in great

men and women．We expect it from those of higher learning and achievements．I expected nothing but an outstretched dirty hand．He spoke the three words that shook me．

“Don't we all?” he said．

56. Why did the writer parked his car before the mall?

A. Because he wanted to pick up his wife．

B. Because he wanted to show off his car．

C. Because he wanted to wipe off his car．

D. Because he wanted to do some shopping．

57. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word "bum" in Paragraph 2?