高考英语二轮阅读理解统练及答案_7

重庆市合川二中2016高考英语二轮阅读理解统练（2）及答案

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。

Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.I would return from school

and spend the expected half hour recording the day's events, feelings, and impressions in my

little blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a

certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.After all, isn't

accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well－equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera.During the trip, I was busy recording every incident,

name and place I came across.I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully

preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.On my last night there, I

wandered out of my tent, diary in hand.The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and

the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows.I automatically took

out my pen...

At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds

I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.All I remembered of the

previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.I still

love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly

meaningful.I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful.I'm no

longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old.I realize that life

will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in

the future.

I don't want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes.Maybe I

won't have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I'll forget certain facts,

but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.I don't live to make memories—I just

live, and the memories form themselves.

1．Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of________.

A．observing her school routine

B．expressing her satisfaction

C．impressing her classmates

D．preserving her history

解析 细节理解题。由文章第一段的最后一句话“After all, isn't accumulating memories a

way of preserving the past？”可知，我认为通过看过去经历的记录是保存过去的一种方式，故选D项。 答案 D

2．What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary?

A．A dull night on the journey.

B．The beauty of the great valley.

C．A striking quotation from a book.

D．Her concerns for future generations.

解析 细节理解题。由第三段的第一句话“At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote

could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty

of the valley.”可知，山谷的美让我意识到没有什么能比得上让自己去体验美。故选B项。

答案 B

3．What does the author put in her diary now?

A．Notes and beautiful pictures.

B．Special thoughts and feelings.

C．Detailed accounts of daily activities.

D．Descriptions of unforgettable events.

解析 细节理解题。由第四段第一句话“Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write

down a special thought or feeling.”可知现在“我”只把一些特殊想法和感受写在日记里，故正确答案为B项。

答案 B

4．The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is________.

A．to experience it

B．to live the present in the future

C．to make memories

D．to give accurate representations of it

解析 细节理解题。由最后一段的最后一句“I don't live to make memories...I just live，and

the memories form themselves”可知A项正确，C项不正确；由第四段最后一句“I realize that

life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera，busy preserving the present so as to live

it in the future.”可知B项错误。由最后一段第二句话“Maybe I won't have as many exact

representations of people and places；maybe I'll forget certain facts，but at least the experiences

will always remain inside me.”可知D项错误。

答案 A。

A As any plane passenger will confirm, a crying baby is almost impossible to ignore, no matter how

hard you try. Now scientists believe they may have worked out why. A baby’s cry pulls at the

heartstrings(扣人心弦) in a way while other cries don’t, researchers found.

Researchers found that a baby’s cry can trigger unique emotional responses in the brain, making it

impossible for us to ignore them---whether we are parents or not. Other types of cries, including

calls of animals in great pain, fail to get the same response---suggesting the brain is programmed to

respond specifically to a baby’s cry.

A team of Oxford University scientists scanned the brains of 28 men and women as they listened to a

variety of calls and cries. After 100 milliseconds two parts of the brain that respond to emotion lit up.