四川省成都市2016高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练(3)

阅读理解选练（3）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。

What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommate’s need to study for an exam may take priority (优先) over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic/interest may have other choices.In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view. When we persuade, we want to influence how others believe and behave. We may not always prevail — other points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situation, and the merit of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves.Some people, however, object to the very idea of persuasion. They may regard it as an unwelcome interruption into their lives. Just the opposite, we believe that persuasion is unavoidable — to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical (合乎道义的) or unethical, selfless or selfish, inspiring or degrading. Persuaders may enlighten our mind or prey on our vulnerability. Ethical persuasion, however, calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, the most basic part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other.Beyond its personal importance to us, persuasion is necessary to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the bedrock of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution (美国宪法).1. According to the passage, persuasion means ________.A. changing others’ points of viewB. exercising power over other peopleC. getting other people to consider your point of viewD. getting people to agree with you and do what you want2. The u nderlined word in the second paragraph “prevail” means________.A. winB. failC. speakD. listen3. The passage states that some people object to persuasion because they think it is ________.A. a danger to societyB. difficult to do wellC. unwelcome behaviorD. never successful4. The passage mainly discusses ________.A. how people persuadeB. why people persuadeC. that persuasion is both good and badD. that persuasion is important and it is all around us【答案与解析】1. C 细节题。

将第二段中persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view与各选项进行比较可知。

2. A 词义题。

由破折号后面的句子other points of view may be more persuasive可知，我们不一定占上风，故选A。

3. C 细节题。

由第三段中第一二句Some people…into their l ives可知。

4. D 主旨题。

根据第一段对we live in a world of persuasion的理解，第三段中we believe that persuasion is unavoidable-to live is to persuade 及最后一段中persuasion is necessary to society与各选项进行比较可确定选D。

阅读理解练习阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

“Mom, I have cancer.”These f our words catapulted my son and me on a journey that lasted two years. On that dat I felt a wave of paralyzing fear.Scott was the oldest of my four children. He was 33 years old and a successful assistant principal at SamRayburn Hifht School in Pasadena, Texas. He and his wife Carolyn were busy raising four active children. Scott was 6’2’’, weighed 200 pounds and had neverbeen sick a day in his life.A few month earlier a mole（痣）on his neck had changed color. “Dr.Warner called,” Scott said that spring morning. “It’s melanoma.（黑素瘤）” I tried to comfort him, naming all the people I knew who had survived skin cancer. Yet, I felt small tentacles of fear begin to wrap around my chest.Our next stop was MDAnderson, the famous cancer hospital in Houston. Scott had surgery at the end of May and was scheduled for radiation treatments over the summmer recess. “There is an 80 percent chance it won’t reoccur,” the doctors sa id. At the end of summer, all his tests came back negative and Scott was back at school in the fall. However, in December, Scott discovered a lump on his neck. It was examined and the result came back “malignant.（恶性的）” We now relized that Scott fell into t he 20 percent category. I could feel the tentacles tightening around my chest. He entered the hospital for an aggressive treatment, a combination of interferon and interleukin. After five months of treatment, he had radical surgery on his neck. The test results were encourging, only three of the 33 lymph nodes（淋巴结） removed were malignant. We were very hopefull.For the next six months, Scott’s follow-up visits went well. Then in October, X-ray revealed a spot on his lung. The spot was removed during surgery and the doctors tried to be optimistic. It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.In January, he was diagnosed as having had a “disease explosion.” The cancer had spread to his lungs, spine and liver and he was given three to six months to live. There were times during this period when I felt like I was having a heart attack. The bands constricting my chest made breathing diffi cult.When you watch your child battle cancer, you experience a roller coaster of emotions. There are moments of hope and optimism but a bad test result or even an unusual pain can bring on dread and panic.Scott was readmitted to the hospital for one last try with chemotherapy. He died, quite suddenly, just six weeks after his last diagnosis. I was completely destroyed. I hadcounted on those last few months.The next morning I was busy notifying people and making funeral arrangements. I remember having this nagging feeling that something was physically wrong with me. It took a moment to realize that the crushing sensation in my chest was gone. The thing every parent fears the most had happened. My son was gone. Of course, the fear had been replaced by unbearable sorr ow.After you lose a child, it is so difficult to go on. The most minimal tasks, combing your hair or taking a shower, becoming monumental. For months I just sat and stared into space. That spring, the trees began to bloom; flowers began to pop up in my garden. Friendswood was coming back to life but I was dead inside.During those last weeks, Scott and I often spoke about life and death. Fragments of those conversations kept playing over and over in my mind.“Don’t let this ruin your life, Mom.”“Make sure Dad re models his workshop.”“Please, take care of my family.”I remember wishing I could have just one more conversation with him. I knew what I would say, but what would Scott say? “I know how much you love me, Mom. So just sit on the couch and cry.” No, I knew him better than that. Scott loved life and knew how precious it is. I could almost hear his voice saying, “Get up Mom, Get on with your life. It’s too valuable to waste.”That was the day I began to move forward. I signed up for a cake decorating class. Soon I was making cakes for holidays and birthdays. My daughter-in-law told me about a writing class in Houston. I hadn’t written in years, but since I was retired I decided it be time to start again. The local college advertised a Life Story Writing class that I joined. There I met women who had also lost their children. The Poet Laureate of Texas was scheduled to speak at our local Barnes and Noble. I attended and joined our local poetry society. I never dreamed that writing essays and poems about Scott could be so therapeutic. Several of those poems have ever been published. In addition, each group brought more and more people into my life..I don’t believe you ever recover from the loss of a child. Scott is in my heart and mind every day. However, I do believe you can survive.Scott fought so bravery to live and he never gave up. He taught me that life is a gift that should be cherished, not wasted. It has taken years to become the person I am today. The journey has been a difficult , painful process but certainly worth the effort and I know that my son would be proud.55．What might be the best title of the passage ?A．Life is valuable B．Grieving and RecoveryC．Love and sorrow D．Alive or dead56．How old was Scott probably when he died?A．33 B．35 C．37 D．4057．What does the underlined sentence “ The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult” probably imply?A．It implies that Scott’s mother was likely to have a heart attack.B．It implies that there was something wrong with Scott’s mother’s chest.C．It implies that Scott’s mother was very upset and panic because of Scott’s severe illness.D．It implies that the cancer had spread to her chest just like her son. 58．Which of the following statements best shows the author’s feeling about Scott’s dath?A．It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought. B．She felt a wave of fear.C．She felt a feeling of fear begin to wrap around her chest.D．The fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.59．From Scott and his mother’s con versation, we can know that Scott is ________. A．considerable B．humorous C．determined D．sensitive60．The author intends to tell us that___________.A．it takes a long time to make a person recover from the shock of losing a child B．Scott is proud of his motherC．life is full of happiness and sorrow.D．We’d better make our life count instead of counting your days.【答案】阅读理解练习【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(六)】By analyzing the DNA of the world’s oldest people，Boston University scientists said they have discovered a genetic signature(特征)of longevity.They expect soon to offer a test that could let people learn whether they can live to a very old age.The researchers said they had no plans to patent the technique or profit from it.Instead，they expect to make a free test available on the Internet later this month to promote longevity research.The test might show something that people wouldn’t like to know，the BU scientists warned.Genetic testing often reveals attractive but incomplete information，and it is sometimes difficult to know how to respond.People with genes for extreme longevity could face a series of difficult decisions about their careers，retirement savings，insurance coverage，medical treatments and marriages in old age.Scientists have long sought to crack the genetic code of healthy aging.On average，people in developed countries can expect to live between 80 and 85 years，largely as a result of improvements in diet and public health.But the oldest of the old—the “wellderly”—live two to three decades longer，often free of mental and physical diseases.The free test will be available through a public website maintained by the New EnglandCentenarian Study.But to take the test，people will have to provide their own complete genome—which currently can cost thousands of dollars from gene­sequencing companies. 36．What’s the best title of the text?A．New Discovery of Long LifeB．New Functions of DNA on Long LifeC．Scientists Invented Genes For LongevityD．The Discovery of the Genetic Code of Healthy Aging37．The scientists started the program to ________.A．make more money from itB．do research on long lifeC．become known all over the worldD．find out the function of genes38．People who live longer in developed countries ________.A．do not work very hardB．do much exercise every dayC．have a balanced dietD．never need to take any medicine39．If you hope to take the test，you ________.A．must be healthy enoughB．will spend a lot of moneyC．will be charged by the websiteD．have to take a series of examinations40．According to the text people living extremely long________.A．will meet with many social problemsB．must save enough money for future useC．will usually suffer from hungerD．will have to face many natural disasters36．D [主旨大意题。