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浙江常山县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 rapidlysome of this growth has occurred in the developed world，but the most dramatic increase has been in the third worldalmost all the worlds population growth over the next 30 years will take place in the cities of developing countriesby the year 2030，for the first time in history，60 percent of the worlds people will be living in citiesthis 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“ theres the crazy notion that the way to deal with a citys 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 citiesthose cities will be bigger than everand yet，population numbers by themselves dont determine a citys prospects； after all，addis ababa，ethiopia，and hamburg，germany，have the same populationnor 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”1the passage mainly discusses _abig citiesbcity lifecpopulationdgross domestic product2according to the passage，in the year of 2030 _athere will be 21 cities having a population of more than 10 millionbrural area will be extinctcmost people will live in citiesdthe third world will keep abreast with the developed world3in the authors opinion，_abetter city，better lifebboth urban and rural areas have a larger populationcthe larger population，the faster a city developsdboth urban and rural areas have larger gross domestic products4which statement is not true according to the passage?athe developing countries develop faster than the developed countriesbcities contribute more to the gdp than the villagerscsome problems are more easily solved in cities than in countrydits impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities5the last paragraph implies that _apublic services are ineffective bcities are increasing too fastcpopulation is not linked with developmentdgovernment should be responsible for the problems in the cities【参考答案】1-5、a c a a d阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。like distance runners on measured course, all of us will move through time in a roughly predictable pattern. in the first stage of our lives, we develop and grow, reaching toward the top of physical vitality (energy). after we grow up, however, the body begins a process of gradually wearing out. a new awareness of physical fitness may help lengthen our years of health and vitality, yet nothing we do will work to stop the unavoidable force of aging. most of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body. the lungs become less able to take in oxygen. powerful muscles gradually lose their strength. the heart loses power and pumps less blood. bones grow easier to break. finally, we meet a stress, a stress that is greater than our physical resistance. often, it is only a minor accident or chance infection (a disease caused by virus), but this time, it brings life to an end. in 1932, a classic experiment nearly doubled the lifetime of rats, simply by cutting back the calories (unit for measuring the energy value of food)in their diet. the reason for the effect was then unknown. today, at the university of california at berkley, dr. paul seagle has also greatly lengthened the normal lifetime of rats. the result was achieved through a special protein (蛋白质)limited diet, which had a great effect on the chemistry of the brain. seagle showed that within the brain, specific chemicals control many of the signals that influence aging. by changing that chemical balance, the clock of aging can be reset. for the first time, the mystery (something that is difficult to understand or to explain)of why we age is being seriously challenged. scientists in many fields are now making striking and far-reaching discoveries. an average lifetime lasts 75 years, yet in each of us lies a potential for a longer life. if we could keep the vitality and resistance to disease that we have at twenty, we would live for 800 years. 1. what does the underlined word “it”refer to? a. physical vitality.b. stress.c. aging.d. physical resistance. 2. the author believes the following except that _.a. humans life pattern is predictableb. physical fitness cant stop the force of agingc. humans lifetime will last longer than 75 yearsd. all of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body3. how did dr paul seagle lengthen the lifetime of rats in his experiment? a. by limiting the protein in their diet. b. by cutting the calories in their diet. c. by resetting their clock of aging. d. by keeping their physical fitness. 4. what is probably the best title for the article? a. two great experiments. b. the mystery of human life. c. ways to lengthen human life. d. the breakthrough in the study of aging. 【参考答案】14、bdad 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高考英语二模试题】olympic medalist dara torres, the 41-year-old swimmer, is more than a feel-good story torres is as determined and driven in her daily life as she is in the pool she is dedicated to pursuing her passions and following her dreams-something she hopes to instill（灌输）in her 2-year-old daughter and women and girls everywhere after all, her dreams took her to beijingupon her return after the olympics, success writer don yaeger, caught up with torres, who shared her insightswhat insights can you offer others （ non-athletes, too） about setting and staying on track to reach goals? everyone has his highs and lows when doing things, but you have to remember what the end result is when youre having those tough times i think about the end and about my feelings of success, and that keeps me going i definitely set goals for myself and try not to get too distracted trying to reach them and always remember to have fun !any strategies or tips for overcoming mental obstacles to be your very best?mental obstacles are tough for my personally, if i was having mental obstacles, i would talk to my coach, who was the most important person to me during this comeback its so important to have that person in your life, a trusted advisor communication is very important, and ive learned its ok to turn to others if youre having a tough time when i was younger, i would internalize（使内化） things not any more its a great relief to be able to share61when saying“ more than a feel-good story ,the writer means that a torres is good at telling storiesc torres is a 41-year-old swimmerb torres is feeling goodd torres is not only a feel-good story62in daras opinion, when one is having his tough times, he a must turn to his coaches for helpb had better communicate with friends through the internetc should think about the successful en d ought to adjust his goal63according to the passage, communication is very important in aovercoming mental obstaclesc winning others support and aidb building good relations with othersd preventing ones imagination running away64which of the following words can best describe torres?anegativebsubjectivecobjectived positive65the writer mainly wants to tell us a don yaegers most successful interview b dara torres pursues her passions in the pool and in life c how athletes overcome mental obstacles in competitions d everyone has his highs and lows when doing things【参考答案】61-65 dcadb 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高考英语二模试题】 people who do not get enough vitamin a in their diet may develop night blindnessbut in the developing world a lack of vitamin a causes much more serious harm to childrenthe world health organization links the lack of vitamin a to as many as 250000 child deaths every year one excellent source of vitamin a is found in sweet potatoes with orange fleshorange sweet potatoes contain high levels of beta-carotene（胡萝卜素） ,which our body can change into vitamin a experts say orange sweet potatoes specially bred （育种,培植） for growing conditions in africacould help solve the lack of vitamin a there but, first, more people will need to be persuaded to eat them jan low with the international potato center, a research organization says the sweet potato needs a better image in africa jan low says, we do have an image problem with sweet potato in general in sub-saharan africa it is seen as a crop of the poor ms low explains that sweet potatoes are mainly grown by poor women to feed their families in case another crop fails the sweet potatoes commonly grown if africa have white or yellow flesh but, more importantly, they are low in vitamin a jan low took part in a project to study how best to market orange sweet potatoes to africansshe worked on an information campaign in mozambique and ugandathe campaign included radio messages about the nutritional benefits of the orange sweet potatothey advertised its ability to” fight diseases, make you strong, clear your skin and make you look healthy in areas without radio, the campaigners spread the message through community theaterthe performances included singing, dancing and storytellingand everywhere they went, the campaigners wore orange t-shirts and hatsthey even drove orange vehiclesjan low says the color made it easier to gain public attention dan gustafson heads the washington office of the united nations food and agriculture organization he points to efforts in the past to increase the popularity of other nutritious crops he says most of these efforts failed because organizers of the campaigns did not consider what people wanted to eatbut mrgustafson sees a better chance for the efforts to increase the popularity of the orange sweet potato in africa for one thing, except for the color, the vegetable is similar to what people already use66what does the writer want to tell us in para 1? a vitamin a in food may cause night blindness b people should get enough vitamin a in their diet c the developing countries are in lack of vitamin a d vitamin a causes too many child deaths every year67according to the passage, which of the following statements is not true? a orange sweet potato contains high levels of vitamin a b jan low tries to persuade more people to eat orange sweet potato c the campaign aims to advertise the benefit of orange sweet potato d fighting diseases, making you strong, clearing your skin and making you look healthy are the ability of the orange sweet potato68jan low works for a the world health organization b the international potato center c the government of mozambique and uganda d the united nations food and agriculture organization69the underlined phrase“ points to of para 5 is closest in meaning to a lets b brings c takesd mentions70the passage mainly talks about _ a an image problem with orange sweet potato b an information campaign in sub-saharan area c the popularity of vitamin a d the function of vitamin a in peoples diet【参考答案】66-70 babda2016高考训练题。阅读理解。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。 one of the most popular american singers of the twentieth century was elvis presley. he made the rock n roll music popular all over the world. he sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960s.elvis presley was born in a poor family in 1935. his parents were simple country people who often took him to church ,where he learned to sing, and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child. when he was young, elvis moved from toledo to memphis in tennessee, where he attended high school, but he was not a good student. his only real interest was singing. he began to sing in the style that is called “country and western”. in 1955 he recorded some songs for his mothers birthday. the people at the recording studio liked his singing and his music. it was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the music which black people used to sin