湖北省宣恩县高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解选练（二）.doc

湖北宣恩县2017高考英语阅读理解一轮选练（二）阅读理解-社会文化类more than half of rich americans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last tuesday. the survey，published by the bank of america, studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.it found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have welldeveloped plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”the majority of the 457 people surveyed are selfmade，firstgeneration rich.fiftytwo percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth.one in three parents said they had never thought to do it. they are worried that their children would become lazy，spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance(遗产)they plan to leave them.“there is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，”said sallie krawcheck，president of the global wealth and investment management of the bank of america.“our research，however，uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”the trend is led by the worlds richest man bill gates，who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife，the bill and melinda gates foundation(基金会)，and not to his children.“we want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，”he said.of his plans for his children，gates said：“i will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage.they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”【语篇解读】 调查表明，大部分美国富人不愿向孩子炫富，甚至不打算将丰厚的资产传给后代。9we can learn from the passage that _.arich parents may not know how to manage their inheritancebrich parents dont equal rich kids，at least in the uscamerican children dont get to inherit their parents wealthdpoor children dont expect themselves to be as rich as their parents解析推理判断题。第二段的后半部分提到在被调查的美国富人中，几乎没有人计划为他们的孩子保留资产或者将资产传给孩子，由此可推断在美国，父母富有并不意味着孩子富有。答案b10according to the survey，most rich americans _.athink they owe their children nothingbthink it best to give their money back to societycdoubt their childrens ability to handle wealthd. are confident of their childrens ability to handle wealth解析推理判断题。根据第四段内容可推知，大部分美国富人怀疑他们的孩子处理财富的能力。答案c11the underlined word“they”in paragraph 6 refers to _.aresponsible childrenbbill gates and his wifecfirstgeneration richdrich parents解析词义猜测题。富裕的父母们希望把他们的财富传给 下一代，此处they指代的是画线词前面的“the wealthy parents”，即“rich parents”。答案d12from the last paragraph，we can see that bill gates wants to show _.athe trend of leaving no inheritance to childrenbthe positive impact of charity on societycthe way of giving back to societydthe importance of independence for children解析推理判断题。根据本段中比尔盖茨所说的话可推知，他更强调孩子的个人奋斗，认为培养孩子的自立很重要。答案d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。it was the first snow of winteran exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. up until now, i had been able to dress myself for recess(课间休息), but today i would need some help. miss finlayson, my kindergarten teacher at princess elizabeth school near hamilton, ontario, had been through first snow days many times in her long career, but i think she may still remember this one. i managed to get into my wool snow pants. but i struggled with my jacket because it didnt fit well. it was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it made me wonder why i had to wear his ugly clothes. at least my hat and matching scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. finally it was time to have miss finlayson help me with my boots. in her calm, motherly voice she said, “by the end of winter, you will be able to put on your own boots.” i didnt realize at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence. i handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. like most children, i expected the adult to do all the work. after much wiggling and pushing, she managed to get the first one into place and then, with a sigh, worked the second one on too. i announced, “theyre on the wrong feet.” with the grace that only experience can bring, she struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again. then i said, “these arent my boots, you know.” as she pulled the offending boots from my feet, she still managed to look both helpful and interested. once they were off, i said, “they are my brothers boots. my mother makes me wear them, and i hate them!” somehow, from long years of practice, she managed to act as though i wasnt an annoying little girl. she pushed and shoved, less gently this time, and the boots were returned to their proper place on my feet. with a great sigh of relief, seeing the end of her struggle with me, she asked, “now, where are your gloves?”i looked into her eyes and said, “i didnt want to lose them, so i put them into the toes of my boots.” 1. according to the passage, the little girl gotfrom her brother.a. the wool snow pants and the jacket b. the jacket and the bootsc. the jacket and the hat d. the boots and the gloves2. what made it so hard for the teacher to help the little girl put her boots on? a. the gloves in the toes of the boots. b. the slowness of the teacher.c. the wrong size of the boots. d. the unwillingness of the girl.3. it can be inferred that before the little girl finally went out to enjoy the first snow of winter, the teacher had to help her put on her boots. a. onceb. twicec. three timesd. four times4. which of the following sentences from the text best indicates that the teacher is very considerate? a. in her calm, motherly voice she said, “by the end of winter, . . .” (paragraph 2)b. with the grace that only experience can bring, she struggled to. . . (paragraph 4)c. . . . , she still managed to look both helpful and interested. (paragraph 4)d. . . . , she managed to act as though i wasnt an annoying little girl. (paragraph 4)【参考答案】1-4 、badd阅读理解。along the river banks of the amazon and the orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young .they build their homes about 4.6m above the river ,an important feature(特征)for the safety of the young. it is called the hoatzin. in appearance，the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside .the head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young. baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip .using these four claws ,together with the beak(喙),they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. when the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.during the drier months between december and march hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in april, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.( ) 1. what is the text mainly about? ahoatzins in dry and rainy seasons. bthe relatives and enemies of hoatzins. cprimitive birds and hoatzins of the amazon. dthe appearance and living habits of hoatzins.( ) 2. young hoatzins are different from their parents in that athey look like young cuckoos bthey have claws on the wings cthey eat a lot like a cow dthey live on river banks( ) 3. what can we infer about primitive birds from the text? athey had claws to help them climb. bthey could fly long distances. cthey had four wings like hoatzins. dthey had a head with long feathers on the top.( ) 4. why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes? ato find more food. bto protect themselves better. cto keep themselves warm.dto produce their young.a篇1.选d。考查文章主题大意。纵观全文，文章主要讲的是hoatzin麝雉，这种鸟类的外貌以及生活习性。2.选b。根据第一段has claws(爪)on its wings when young,和第三段可知，hoatzin在幼年期是有爪子的，而长大学会飞之后就没有了。3.选a。关键是primitive“原始的，早期的”的意思。第三段第二句话。4.选d。最后一段最后一句话。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。below is from a book of facts.vital statisticsmotor vehicle accidents; causes of deathabout 45,800people in the us were killed in the motor vehicle accidents in 2005, according to preliminary figures from the national safety council, up 1% from the revised total for 2004. as the number of drivers (201.5 million) and vehicle miles driven (3 trillion) increased in 2005, the death rate per 100 million vehicle miles increased 1% to 1.54%.us motor vehicle accidents, 2004, 2005sources: national safety council; natl. highway traffic safety admin.deaths 2005 % change from 2004 rate 2005all motor vehicle accidents. 45,800 +1 15.5 collision between motor vehicles 19,200 1 6.5collision with fixed objects. 13,700 +1 4.6pedestrian accidents. 6,200 +3 2.1collision with pedal cycles. 1,000 +11 0.3(1) deaths per 100,00 population. improper driving reported in accidents 2000, 2002, 2005source: national safety councilpercentage of percentage of percentage of fatal accidents injury accidents all accidentstype 2005 2002 2000 2005 2002 2000 2005 2002 2000improper driving 62.7 59.5 61.6 62.7 54.7 60.3 58.5 50.3 57.8 speed too fast or unsafe 18.1 21.9 18.6 15.0 12.6 16.3 12.7 10.1 13.5right of way 12.2 17.4 10.1 17.5 18.9 19.9 14.3 16.4 20.1failed to yield. 8.0 10.1 4.6 12.5 14.3 15.0 10.8 11.4 12.7disregarded signal 1.4 4.0 8.2 2.5 3.3 1.3 1.7 3.4 2.2passed stop sign. 2.8 3.3 3.8 2.5 1.3 3.6 1.8 1.6 5.6drove left of center. 8.0 5.7 0.7 2.2 0.9 1.1 1.6 0.7 1.0improper overtaking. 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.5 2.0 0.8 0.8 2.4made improper turn. 4.5 0.5 0.7 4.2 1.2 0.6 4.5 1.7 0.9followed too closely. 1.0 0.4 0.9 6.8 2.8 4.3 8.7 3.8 5.7no improper driving stated.37.3 40.5 38.4 37.3 45.3 39.7 41.5 49.7 42.2note: based on reports from state traffic authorities, when a driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the accident was considered a result of the drivers physical conditionnot a driving error. for this reason, accidents in which the driver was reported to be under the influence are included under “no improper driving stated”. the leading causes of death in the us, 2004source: national center for health statistics, us dept. of health servicesnumber death rate % of deaths all causese . 2,397,615 826.5 100.01. heart disease. 652,486 222.2 27.2 2. cancer. 553,888 188,6 23.13. stroke. 150,074 51.1 6.34. chronic lower respiratory diseases121,987 41.55.15. accidents. 112,012 38.1 4.76. diabetes mellitus. 73,138 24.93.17. alzheimers disease. 65,965 22.52.88. influenza and pneumonia 59,664 20.3 2.59. kidney disease 42,480 14.5 1.810. blood poisoning 33,373 11.41.411. intentional self-harm. 32,439 11.0 1.412. chronic liver disease and cirrhosis27,013 9.21.113. hypertension and hypertensive renal disease23,076 7.91.014. parkinsons disease.17,9896.10.815. assault homicide 17,3575.90.7 all other causes.414,674 141.217.3(1) per 100,0000 population. 5. in the us, people killed in all motor vechile accidents in 2005 was more than the total deaths in 2004. a. 3% b. 11%c. 4% d. 1%6. among the leading causes of deaths in the us in 2004, “accidents” took up . a. 27.2% b. 2.5% c. 9.2% d. 4.7%7. when a driver was under the influnce of acohol or drugs, the accident was included under . a. other improper drivingb. driving errors c. no improper driving statedd. improper driving 【参考答案】57、ddc 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。 if youre someone who is eager to do something beyond the ordinary, you must have figured out by now that there will always be those who are jealous or resentful(怨恨) of your success. it doesnt matter that youve worked long and hard to get where you are, nor that youve made great sacrifices in achieving your goals. the haters will always find a reason to speak ill of you and even condemn you. theyre spiteful (恨的) people who envy you the pride you have in yourself and the recognition youre receiving from others. they cant stand it that youre happy, fulfilled and achieving your goals. these hateful individuals are unwilling to do the work that youve done. they hate your success but are too lazy to invest real time or energy in achieving their own goals. the thing you need to know about these haters is that the only reason they behave this way is that you have something they want, but they arent willing to work for it. the haters are convinced that youve been lucky or that youve had some unfair advantage, but the truth is that your success is born of your untiring efforts, and its these efforts that have brought about your luck. the best way to deal with haters is what i call the one-two punch. first, dont let them hurt you. be happy about your success and proud of your accomplishments. company with those who approve you, recognize you and support you, and never doubt that you deserve all the success. the haters are angry, jealous people. what they think or say is meaningless. next, the more the haters annoy you, the more you should be motivated to succeed. they want to ruin you, but your response should be to work that much harder in order to increase your level of success. when your reaction to their bad behavior has inspired you to a