岳阳市君山区 2017 高考英语暑假阅读理解技能编练

岳阳市君山区 2017 高考英语暑假阅读理解技能编练

只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 1 岳阳市君山区 2017 高考英语暑假阅读理解技能编练 【2015 高考复习】阅读理解 “I’ve changed my mind.I wanted to have a telescope，but now I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to his father for Christmas written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate，must have touched everyone’s heart.Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky.When those whom we love depart from us，we cannot see the stars for a while. But Lucien，the stars are still there，and one day，when you are older and your tears have gone， you will see them again.And，in a strange way，I expect that you will find your father there， too，in your mind and heart.I find that my parents，who died years ago，still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive.I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions.I remember that when I became a professor，I was so proud，or rather so pleased with myself that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents.The reply was a long time in coming，but when it did，all my mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children！” I haven’t forgotten.The values of my parents still live on. It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors，and to lay down my life for those in my care？How many people would want me back for Christmas？It’s a serious thought，one to give me pause. I pray silently，sometimes，in the dead of night，that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword，and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all， and sometimes comes suddenly.We must therefore plan to live forever，but live as if we will die tomorrow.We live on，I’m sure，in the lives of those we love，and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure.If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true，there might be fewer knives on our streets today. 【语篇解读】 一个孩子在圣诞节对已经去世的父亲撕心裂肺的呼唤让人情不能已，潸然泪下。孩子，虽 然亲人与我们两世相隔，可是他们永远活在我们心中，恍如昨天。虽然世人难免一死，但是如果大家互相 关怀，没有了暴力和谋杀，世界岂不更加美好？ 1．According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph________. A．puts forward the subject of the text B．shows the author’s pity on the kid C．relates a kid wrote a letter to his father D．makes a clear statement of the author’ views 解析 文章结构题。第一段从一个孩子的一封信谈起，下文则动之以情，晓之以理，娓娓道来，委婉地纠 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 2 正了孩子的观点，由此可知第一段在文中的作用是引出话题。 答案 A 2．In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us________. A．how much he misses his parents now B．why his parents often appear in his dreams C．when Lucien will get over all his sadness D．how proud he was when he succeeded in life 解析 段落大意题。作者在本段不惜笔墨，用自己的亲身体会倾诉了对父母的怀念之情以及父母对自己的 深刻影响，再结合本段最后一句的内容可知 B 项正确。 答案 B 3．What feelings did the author’s mother express in her reply? A．Proud. B．Happy. C．Disappointed. D．Worried. 解析 推理判断题。作者因成为教授而非常自豪，无比高兴，迫不及待地想要把这个好消息告诉父母，可 是母亲却委婉地提醒作者要多花点时间陪陪孩子，由此可推知，她很担心。 答案 D 4．In the author’s opinion，the value of a person’s life is________. A．to leave a precious memory to those he loves and cares for B．to have a high sense of duty to the whole society C．to care for what others will remember and treasure D．to share happiness and sadness with his family 解析 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句的内容以及最后一段后半部分的内容可推知，作者认为人生的价值 在于给自己爱和在乎的人留下珍贵的回忆。 答案 A 5．What does the writer mean by mentioning the sentence taken from an old poem? A．Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns. B．Advise parents to stay with their children safely at home. C．Spend every day meaningfully while alive. D．Try to keep violence and murder far away from society. 解析 推理判断题。诗歌的大意是“求你救我的灵魂脱离刀剑，救我的生命脱离犬类”，而且作者是在深 夜中祈祷，再结合本段后半部分的内容可推知，作者引用该诗句意在让社会远离暴力和谋杀。 答案 D 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A.B.C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 3 “Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?” The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was. “I will answer your question.” Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter. And what he said went like this: “When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place. I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine—in deep holes and crevices（裂缝）and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find. I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it. I am a fragment（碎片）of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world—into the black places in the hearts of men—and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.” 1. On hearing the author’s question, Dr. Papaderos __________ at first. A. laughed at his foolishness B. wasn’t sure of the answer C. doubted his seriousness D. wasn’t interested at all 2. How did Dr. Papaderos get the small round mirror when he was a child? A. He found it on the road and made it round. B. A dying German soldier gave him as a present. C. He chanced to find it in the street while playing. D. He put the broken pieces together and made it. 3. Why did Dr. Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child? A. Because he was too poor to afford other toys. B. Because it could shine the places where the sun couldn’t reach. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 4 C. Because he believed it would bring good luck to him. D. Because it told him a lot about what life really meant to him. 4. The underlined “metaphor” in the 7th paragraph most probably means _____ . A. symbol B. source C. light D. purpose 5. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. A Special Game in the Childhood B. A Broken Piece of Mirror C. Dr. Papaderos’ Experience D. The Meaning of Life 【参考答案】1—5、CABAD。 [科普知识型阅读理解(二)] Clothes can make phone calls, play music, dial your pal's number, keep you warm during cold weather and operate your computer? This is not a fantasy. A British company, called Electrotextiles, has created a wide range of clothes that have minds of their own! Scientists, working for the company, have invented a kind of fabric that can be blended(混合) with flexible electronic materials to create intelligent clothing. The result are electronic garments. If you think the wearer has to be wired to different devices, think again. These designer clothes are wirefree, soft to touch and washable! Like any electronic device, these hightech clothes have to be powered. Currently, a tiny ninevolt battery serves the purpose. But the researchers hope that in the near future the clothes will generate electricity by using body heat. “These clothes are 100 percent shock proof，” they say. The Electrotextiles team has also created the world's first cloth keyboard. This keyboard can be sewn into your trousers or skirt. To use this device, you will have to sit down and tap on your lap! These “laptap” gadgets(小器具) are all set to take over laptop computers! Another useful garment is the shirtcummobile phone. This_handy_invention enables drivers to chat comfortably with others at the wheel! Other popular electronic wear include the denim(牛仔布) jacket with flexible earphones sewn into the hood(风帽) and the electronic ski jacket with a builtin heater. The ski jacket is also programmed to send signals to a satellite. This technology is known as global positioning system and can be used to track lost skiers and wandering kids. Having completed the cloth keyboard, scientists have already started to work on a new project —a necktie that can be used as a computer mouse. What is the next? Do you have any idea? 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 5 1. The electronic garments are similar to other electronic devices in that ________． A. they feel smooth and soft B. they use electricity as power C. they can be washed in water D. they are made from flexible materials 2. How will researchers improve these hightech clothes? A. Body heat will be used as power. B. The wearer will not get shocked. C. A tiny ninevolt battery will work. D. They will get charged automatically. 3. What does the underlined phrase “This handy invention” in Paragraph 5 refer to? A. The laptop computer. B. The electronic ski jacket. C. The shirtcummobile phone. D. The world's first cloth keyboard. 4. If you are going on a ski adventure, which device do you need? A. The cloth keyboard. B. The electronic ski jacket. C. The necktie to be used as a mouse. D. The denim jacket with earphones. 5．The main purpose of the text is ________． A. to advertise for an English company B. to predict the future trend of science C. to show how rapidly science develops D. to introduce some intelligent clothing (三) 【要点综述】 衣服能用来打电话、听音乐、取暖和操作电脑吗？这已经不再是幻想了，英国公司 Electrotextiles 就已经开发出几款这样的高科技电子服饰呢！ 1．B 细节理解题。根据第三段“Like any electronic device, these hightech clothes have to be powered.”可知，电子服装与其他电子设备的相同点在于它们都使用电力作动力，故选 B 项。 2．A 细节理解题。根据第三段“But the researchers hope that in the near future the clothes will 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 6 generate electricity by using body heat.”可知，研究者将用体热给电子服装发电，故选 A 项。 3．C 词义猜测题。根据第五段“Another useful garment is the shirtcummobile phone. This handy invention enables drivers to chat comfortably with others at the wheel！”两句之间的关系可判断 选 C 项。 4．B 推理判断题。根据第五段“The ski jacket is also programmed to send signals to a satellite. This technology is known as global positioning system and can be used to track lost skiers and wandering kids.”可推断这种滑雪衫适合滑雪探险时用，故选 B 项。 5．D 推理判断题。根据第二段可知，本文旨在介绍英国公司 Electrotextiles 所开发出来的高科技电子 服饰，故选 D 项。 [史地自然型阅读理解]-----(一) The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place.Now it is an ecological disaster area.Nauru's heartbreaking story could have one good consequence—other countries might learn from its mistakes. For thousands of years，Polynesian people lived in the remote island of Nauru，far from western civilization.The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798.He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship.He called the island Pleasant Island. However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first.The whaling ships and other traders began to visit，bringing guns and alcohol.These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island.A tenyear civil war started，which reduced the population from 1，400 to 900. Nauru's real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate(磷酸盐)on the island.In fact，it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate，which was a very important fertilizer for farming.The company began mining the phosphate. A phosphate mine was not a hole in the ground；it was a strip mine.When a company stripmined， it removed the top layer of soil.Then it took away the material it wanted.Strip mining totally destroyed the land.Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon. In 1968，Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world.Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 7 Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars.In addition， they used millions more dollars for personal expenses.Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem—their phosphate was running out.Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing.By 2000，Nauru was financially ruined.Experts say that it would take approximately$433， 600，000 and more than 20 years to repair the island.This will probably never happen. 1．What might be the author's purpose in writing the text? A．To seek help for Nauru's problems. B．To give a warning to other countries. C．To show the importance of money. D．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war. 2．What was Nauru like before the Europeans came? A．Rich and powerful. B．Modern and open. C．Peaceful and attractive. D．Greedy and aggressive. 3．The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from________． A．soil pollution B．phosphate overmining C．farming activity D．whale hunting 4．Which of the following was a cause of Nauru's financial problem? A．Its leaders misused the money. B．It spent too much repairing the island. C．Its phosphate mining cost much money. D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. 5．What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph? A．The ecological damage is difficult to repair. B．The leaders will take the experts' words seriously. C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans. D．The phosphate mines were destroyed. (一) 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 8 【要点综述】 文章主要讲述了太平洋岛国瑙鲁如何从一个环境优美的天堂岛变成一个生态失衡、满目疮痍 的小岛。 1．B 写作意图题。由文章第一段的“Now it is an ecological disaster area.Nauru's heartbreaking story could have one good consequence—other countries might learn from its mistakes.”可以看 出，作者的目的是给当前很多只注重发展经济而忽略环境保护的国家一个警告。故选 B 项。 2. C 细节理解题。从第一段提到的“太平洋上的国家瑙鲁岛曾经是一个美丽的地方”看出，瑙鲁岛是 attractive；由第二段第一句以及第三段第一句可知，上千年来，瑙鲁岛的人们生活在偏远的小岛上，过 着平静的生活。故选 C 项。 3．B 细节理解题。由最后一段的“Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem—their phosphate was running out.Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing.” 可以得知“磷酸盐逐渐减少，开采殆尽”。由此可以看出，“磷酸盐的过量开采”导致了生态灾难。故选 B 项。 4．A 细节理解题。由最后一段的“Unfortunately，the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars.In addition，they used millions more dollars for personal expenses.”看出， 是领导人不正确使用资金导致了财政问题。故选 A 项。 5．A 推理判断题。文章最后告诉我们：Experts say that it would take approximately $433，600， 000 and more than 20 years to repair the island.也就是说，瑙鲁岛上的生态损失弥补起来需要大量 的资金和时间，即选项所说的“修复起来很难”。故选 A 项。