浙江杭州市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮训练(2)及答案

浙江杭州市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮训练（2）及答案

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。 【2014第一次联考】

The Future Stars

General introduction

The Future Stars was set up in 1988 as a non-profit service center for child development devoted to providing quality childcare in a loving and educational environment for children 6 weeks to 6 years of age. Our funds mainly come from public donations.

A healthy curiosity about learning is the most important quality for early childhood development. We aim at offering high quality developmentally age-appropriate activities for early childhood, the most Important time of child development, so that they can do better after they start formal schooling. Hours of operation

Childcare will be provided for the child from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday except for holidays. Children may not arrive before 7:00 am or remain after 6:00 pm. Should an emergency arise, the parent should immediately make us know in consideration of our work arrangements. A late charge of $ 1.00 per minute will be assessed if the child is not picked up by 6:05 pm. Charges for these services are to be paid directly to the staff person that has been looking after your child until your arrival, not to the center. Failure to pay late charges may affect continued services with the center.

Tuition (学费)

When it has been confirmed that a position is available for your child, you must pay a registration (注册) fee of $200 per child.

The weekly tuition fee is $ 98.00. You can make payments either by credit card or in cash on Monday every week. If your payment is not made by Tuesday at 9:00 am, you will be charged a $ 25.00 late fee.

For more information, please call 434-293-6110 or visit www.childdevelopmentcenter.com. 56. The Future Stars is intended for______. A. would-be parents

B. teenagers

C. child experts

D. pre-school children

57. What can we know about late pickups from the passage? A. They may affect continued services with the center. B. Parents have to pay late charges for them to the center. C. Parents have to inform the center of them right away. D. They greatly disturb the work arrangements of the center.

58. If you want your child to receive childcare services from the Future Stars» you must ___. A. pay extra for delayed payment C pay $ 98 for registration

B. pay every Tuesday

D. pay in cash

59. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To attract public donations. C. To tell the benefits of childcare. 【参考答案】56-59 DCAD

【2014第一次联考】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。

It’s hard not to feel cheated and over-charged when you receive unexpected roaming (漫游) charges while traveling abroad—whether they come from making phone calls or checking e-mails.

Jeff Gardner received an $ 11,000 bill from Verizon after spending four days in Jamaica. Before the trip, Mr. Gardner, who runs a fly-fishing business in Grayling, Michigan, said he called Verizon to find out what it would cost to use his cellphone for calls and his wireless card to check e-mails while in Jamaica. He said he was told that calls would be about $ 2 a minute and that there would be no extra charges for data as he was on an unlimited plan. The latter part turned out to be wrong. “I don’t mind paying a fair amount for fair service, but $11,000 for four days is ridiculous,” said Mr. Gardner, who used his phone carefully and economically on the trip. He also tried to check and send e-mails using his wireless card, but quickly gave up after the e-mails didn’t go through. Still, his Verizon bill said more than 500,000 kilobytes (千字节) of data was delivered while he was in Jamaica, an amount Mr. Gardner said is 100 times what he normally uses in a month.

As travelers increasingly use smart phones abroad in the same way they do at home—to check e-mails, update Facebook and Twitter and pull up online maps—many are facing costly roaming

B. To promote early education.

D. To introduce a child development center.

fees, which providers charge when customers use their phones outside their service area. In fact, roaming charges have gotten so out of hand that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a plan that would require wireless companies to send their customers a voice or text message when they are approaching their plan’s limit, when they have reached that limit and when they are starting to result in roaming fees.

60. Why did Jeff Gardner call Verizon before his trip to Jamaica? A. To hand over his business.

B. To check his cellphone bill

C. To find out information about Jamaica. D. To find out information about roaming charges. 61. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Extra charges were made for Jeff Gardner’s data delivery. B. Jeff Gardner’s calls were charged over $2 per minute. C. Jeff Gardner’s plan turned out to be limited. D. Jeff Gardner had difficulty delivering data abroad. 62. During the trip, Jeff Gardner______. A. was careless with phone use

B. delivered no more data than at home

C. received quite poor e-mail services

D. frequently used his wireless card to send e-mails

63. What should wireless companies do according to the Federal Communications Commission? A. Make customers know when they’re outside their service area. B. Get customers informed when they’re near the limit of their plan. C. Stop serving customers when they’ve reached their plan’s limit. D. Limit some services to reduce the amount of roaming charges abroad. 【参考答案】60-63 DACB

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。

The internet will open up new vistas (前景),creat the global village- -you can make new friends all around the world. That,at least, is what it promised us. The difficulty is that

It did not take the human mind into account. The reality is that we cannot keep relationship than a limited number of people. No matter how hard the internet tries to put You in communication, its best efforts will be defeated by your mind.

The problem is twofold（双重的）. First, there is a limit on the number of people we can hole in mind and have a meaningful relationship with. That number is about 150 and is set by the size of our brain. Second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time you invest （投入） in then. We invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribute what’s left among as many others as we can. The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that person will decline （减弱）until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”.

This is not, of course, to say that the internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable function. Of course it does. But the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to more to the other side of the world.

In one sense, that’s a good thing. But it also has a disadvantage. If you continue to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see then, then certainly you aren’t using your time to make new friends where you now live. And I suspect that probably isn’t the best use of your time. Meaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face. The internet will slow down the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t stop that happening eventually.

72. What is stressed in the first paragraph? A. The present situation of the internet.

B. The difficulty in communication on the internet. C. The socially valuable function of the internet.

D. The role of the human mind in the internet communication.

73. The underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “____”. A. appointment B. connection C. interview D. agreement 74. According to the passenger, the author holds the view that____.

A. the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promised B. the internet determines the quality of social relationships C. the internet greatly increases the size of social circles

D. the internet communication is no less effective than the face-to-face talk

75. What is the author’s attitude towards the use of the internet to strengthen relationships? A. He is uncertain about it. B. He is hopeful of it. C. He approves of it. D. He doubts it. 【答案】DBAD

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。 选材相似度：★★★★ 设题相似度：★★★ 难度系数：★★★★

Culture helps human societies survive in changing natural environments.For example，the end of the last Ice Age，beginning about 15,000 years ago，brought an enormous challenge to which humans had to adapt.Before this time，large parts of the northern hemisphere were covered in great sheets of ice that contained much of the earth's water.In North America，large animals that roamed the vast tundra provided people with food and materials for clothing and simple shelters.When the earth became warm，large Ice Age animals disappeared，and many land areas were submerged by rising sea levels from melting ice.But people survived.They developed new technologies and learned how to survive on new plant and animal species.Finally some people settled into permanent villages，durable houses and farms.

Cultural adaptation has made humans one of the most successful species on the planet.Through history，major developments in technology，medicine，and nutrition have allowed people to reproduce and survive in ever-increasing numbers.The global population has risen from 8 million during the Ice Age to about 6 billion today.

However，the successes of culture can also create problems in the long run.Over the last 200 years，people have begun to use large quantities of natural resources and energy and to produce a great amount of material and chemical wastes.The global population now consumes some crucial natural resources—such as petroleum，wood，and mineral ores—faster than nature can produce them.Many scientists believe that in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes，people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways.Thus，the adaptive success of the present-day global culture of production and commerce may be temporary. Notes： ①󰀀 ②󰀀

tundra n．冰原；苔原 ②submerge vt.淹没 ③crucial adj.关键的 ④ore n．矿

长短句分析：Many scientists believe that in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes，

people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways.

句法点睛：这是个主从复合句。Many scientists believe为主句部分，in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes为宾语从句的时间状语，people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways为宾语从句的主干部分。

句意：很多科学家认为，在燃料燃烧和产生垃圾的过程中，人们可能正以无法预测的，甚至是有害的方式改变着全球的气候。

【语篇解读】 本文为议论文。文章论述了人类在适应自然环境得到了飞速发展的同时，也带来了系列问题：人类的过度发展破环了自然，以至给人类自己带来了灾难。 1．What does the first paragraph mainly talk about? A．How the human being survived in the Ice Age. B．What the situation was during the Ice Age. C．What caused the Ice Age to come to an end. D．Why the Ice Age was very important.

答案 A [主旨大意题。虽然冰川融化，人类食物链遭到破坏，但由于人类具有认识和使用新技术的能力而得以存活，并发展状大。] 2．The passage doesn't tell the readers ________. A．what caused the earth to become warm B．when the ending of the Ice Age began C．the population of the Ice Age D．the problem of cultural adaptation

答案 A [细节理解题。短文没有论及地球变暖的原因。] 3．Which is the problem of cultural adaption? A．A very developed culture came into being. B．Too much species have been endangered. C．The world has become too crowded.

D．Human activities have made damage to the balance of nature.

答案 D [细节理解题。人类过量使用自然资源而破坏了生态平衡。] 4．In face of the greater challenge，human beings should ________. A．stop developing any longer

B．reduce using too much natural resources

C．find a way out to stop the warming up of the globe D．save more animals in case they all die out

答案 B [细节理解题。人类过量使用自然资源已经导致了环境的恶化，理智的办法就是减少使用自然资源。]

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。 选材相似度：★★★ 设题相似度：★★★ 难度系数：★★★ I Am a Pencil

Children's book author Sam Swope took a job teaching writing to third-graders in the New York City borough of Queens.His students were immigrants or the children of immigrants from 21 countries，speaking 11 languages，having many different beliefs.But there were a few things they had in common.Family troubles，for one.Money struggles.And poetry.Every single student，with the help of this creative，break-all-the-rules teacher，made great progress in writing.Swope leaves the reader with the encouraging conviction that deep within each of us lives a poet，a genius—a child. Cover Price: $59.88 Price: $19.95

You Save: $39.93 (67%) What It Takes to Help Me Out

An editor for U．S.News & World Report, David L．Marcus takes us inside a boarding school for troubled teens.The great stresses are put on these teens，which makes them lose their nature.This should cause us a truthful，thought-provoking thinking. Cover Price: $35.86 Price: $15.00

You Save: $20.86 (58%)

The Most Scenic Drives in America

Updated and translated into several languages for the first time since 1997，this travel book includes over 200 brand-new photographs of the wonderful places along 120 selected routes.The updated volume also provides maps，the latest information on state parks，and lodging (住所) suggestions. Cover Price: $47.88 Price: $23.88 You Save: $24 (50%) Our Brother's Keeper

Author Jedwin Smith spent 30 years trying to get out of all memories of his brother，Jeff，who was killed in Vietnam.But in Our Brother's Keeper he tells what happens when he met several of his brother's old Marine friends.Smith gets to know these men—all hurt by the past they share.Together the author and his new friends make a journey to Vietnam，to visit the place where Jeff died.Surprisingly，their Vietnamese guide was the former commander of the Viet Cong platoon

carrying out the attack that killed Jeff.A powerful story of brotherhood，bravery and understanding... Cover Price: $59.40 Price: $10.00

You Save: $49.40 (83%) Notes：

①conviction n．信念 ②thought-provoking adj.令人深思的

【语篇解读】 本文是四本书的广告。广告介绍了四本书的内容、价格及折扣。 1．Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut? A．I Am a Pencil.

B．What It Takes to Help Me Out. C．The Most Scenic Drives in America. D．Our Brother's Keeper.

答案 D [细节理解题。由各篇的“you save”可知，Our Brother's Keeper降价最多：$49.40 (83%)。]

2．If you are interested in taking photos，you would probably choose ________. A．Our Brother's Keeper B．What It Takes to Help Me Out C．The Most Scenic Drives in America D．I Am a Pencil

答案 C [细节理解题。从“The Most Scenic Drives in America”的“...this travel book includes over 200 brand-new photographs of the wonderful places along 120 selected routes.”可知答案为C。]

3．Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage? A．The book What It Takes to Help Me Out is about troubled teens. B．The book The Most Scenic Drives in America includes many pictures. C．The friends Jedwin Smith made had the same bad experiences.

D．The Vietnamese guide，the former commander who himself killed Jedwin Smith's brother. 答案 D [推理判断题。由Our Brother's Keeper中的“Surprisingly，their Vietnamese guide was the former commander(海军中校)of the Viet Cong platoon carrying out the attack that killed Jeff.”可知，Jedwin Smith的弟弟的去世并非是the former commander直接所为，而是执行命令，是官方意志，故答案为D。]

4．Which book has many foreign editions (版本) according to the passage? A．The Most Scenic Drives in America. B．What It Takes to Help Me Out.

C．I Am a Pencil. D．Our Brother's Keeper.

答案 A [细节理解题。从The Most Scenic Drives in America中“Updated(再版)and translated into several languages for the first time since 1997”可知A为正确答案。]