湖北省红安县高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解选练（四）.doc

湖北红安县2017高考英语阅读理解一轮选练阅读理解。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。without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. for example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. if tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. they begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. they forget how much tourism can help the countrys economy. it is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. tourism should help a country, keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.too much tourism can be a problem. if tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. this means that other parts of the countrys economy can suffer.on the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. businesses can also lose money. it costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, firstclass roads, and other support facilities(配套设施)needed by tourist attractions. for example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. if this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.building a hotel is just a beginning. there must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. all of these support facilities cost money. if they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.1which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?ait is extremely important to develop tourism.bbuilding roads and hotels is essential.csupport facilities are highly necessary.dplanning is of great importance to tourism.答案：d本文一开始便讲如果没有适当的计划，旅游业会带来的各种问题，可见前文叙述适当计划的好处，以正反两方面来阐述。2the underlined word“inhabitants” (in paragraph 1 ) probably means_.atouristsbpassengerscpopulationdcitizens答案：d文中提到太多游客来该国inhabitants喜欢的地方，可见它指本国本土的居民。3too much tourism can cause all these problems except _.aa bad effect on other industriesba change of tourists customscovercrowd of places of interestdpressure on traffic答案：b本文提到旅游业过于兴旺会带来的各种后果中提到了a、c、d，但没有说会改变游客的风俗习惯。4it can be inferred from the text that_.athe author doesnt like tourism developing so fastblocal people will benefit from tourist attractioncother parts of a countrys economy wont benefit from tourism muchdwe cant build too many support facilities答案：b从文中的讲述可以推知，旅游业会使当地人获益。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。a study now lends support to the idea that meal-time distractions (分散注意) can mask the clues that we really have eaten quite enough. moreover, it finds, the caloric fallout of not paying attention to what were eating doesnt necessarily end when a meal is over. rose cooper from england, and her colleagues gathered 22 men and an equal number of women for an experiment. each person dined alone, continuously receiving nine small shares of food items. these ranged from cheese twists and potato chips to carrots, cherry tomatoes and sandwiches or sausage rolls. because the goal was to test the potential impacts of distraction on fullness, the researchers randomly assigned half of the participants to eat in front of a computerand to gain as many wins as possible at the “card” game. everyone else was told to focus on the sensory qualities of their meal. according to their instructions, the participants ate all of the food given to them. yet people who played a computer game during lunch found their meal less filling than the mindful eaters had. game players also swallow down twice as many cookies, almost an hour later, when they were allowed all the dessert they wanted (in the name of a taste test). the british scientists present their findings in the february american journal of clinical nutrition.the real question is why distracted eating should impact snacking. it appears, the scientists say, that memory plays some tricky role in how we register what we eat and the degree to which it satisfies. interestingly, eight years ago, britta barkeling of huddinge university in stockholm and her colleagues reported somewhat related findings. their 18 overweight subjects had no choice other than to get rid of everything but lunch, on one daybecause they were blindfolded. compared to a day when they could view what they were dining on, these people consumed only three quarters as many calories. yet even hours afterward, they reported being no less full than on the day they had been able to see their plates.of course dining in the dark isnt practical. and sometimes what we eat doesnt really invite our absolute attention. but there is certainly a growing mountain of data indicating that mindless eating is a waste of resources, a risk to our waistlinesand a costly threat to health. 8. rose cooper and her colleagues did the experiment in order to _. a. show that all the people enjoy snacks b. prove that playing computer games is harmful while diningc. find possible effects of distraction on fullnessd. test the impacts of eating snacks on different people9. which is the most effective way to concentrate on your food when dining? a. viewing your food. b. blindfolding your eyes. c. playing computer games. d. eating by oneself.10. the reason why distracted eating influences snacking may be that _.a. you eat less in that case b. you are cheated by your memoryc. you have consumed more calories d. you digest what youve eaten faster11. we can conclude from the passage that _.a. distracted eating may damage your healthb. eating snacks will make you feel fullc. britta became famous because of the experimentd. playing is more important than what we eat【参考答案】810、cbb 11、a 阅读理解。 boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. fox point is a very new47-unit living building in south bronx, one of the citys poorest areas. two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. the rest are low-income families. the boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. it reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs. fox point is operated by palladian, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy, people. palladian received support from enterprise community partners (ecp), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers. ecp has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the green communities standards. these standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.michael. bloomberg, new yorks mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for500,000 new yorkers. almost 80% of new york citys greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing. so he recently announced that the citys department of housing and preservation and development (dhpd) , whose duty is to develop and keep the citys supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ecps green standards. similar measures have been taken by other cities such as cleveland and denver, but new yorks dhpd is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.( ) 1. what is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph? a. to explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people. b. to suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.c. to show how the environment-friendly building works.d. to compare old and new boiler rooms.( ) 2. what is an advantage of the buildings meeting the green communities standards? a. lower running costs. b. costing less in construction. c. less air to be lost in hot days.d. better prices for homeless people.( ) 3. it can be learned from the text that, a. new york city is seriously polluted b. peoples daily life causes many carbon emissions in new york cityc. a great number of people in new york city dont have houses to live ind. some other cities have developed more affordable housing than new york city( ) 4. what is the main purpose of this text? a. to call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.b. to prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.c. to ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.d. to introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.语篇解读：本篇文章为科技说明文。作者以fox point居住群的boiler rooms为切入点，阐述此类房子的环保节能的优点，以及各城市特别是纽约队建造此类建筑的积极响应。1. 答案：c考点：作者的写作意图解析：从第一段最后两句，作者描述开水房仅是从一个侧面展示整个建筑群的节能，环保，可以得出答案。2. 答案：a考点：细节理解解析：依据文章第三段倒数第二句：meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs.可得到答案。句意为“达到这一标准会将建筑成本提高2%，但很快会被它的低成本运行成本补回”3. 答案：b考点：细节理解解析：依据文章第四段第二句：almost 80% of new york citys greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing.可得出答案4. 答案：d考点：作者的写作目的解析：本文主要让读者了解这类健康、环保、经济类住房。阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳答案。a many people think a telephone is essential. but i think it is a pest and a time waster. very often you find it impossible to escape from some idle or curious chatter-box, or from somebody who wants something for nothing. if you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are taking your bath. are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself,“ah, well, it will all be the same in a hundred years time” you are not. you think there may be some important news or messages for you. i can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. have you never rushed dripping from the bath, or chewing from the table, or dazed from the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? but you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. besides, you will say, isnt it important to have a telephone in case of emergencyillness, an accident, or fire? of course, you are right, but here in a thickly populated country like england one is seldom far from a telephone in case of dreadful necessity. i think perhaps i had better try to justify myself by trying to prove that what i like is good. i admit that in different circumstancesif i were a tycoon(business vip),for instance, or bed ridden i might find a telephone essential. but then if i were a taxi-driver i should find a car essential. let me put it another way: there are two things for which the english seem to show particular talent; one is mechanical invention, the other is literature. my own business happens to be with the use of words but i see i must now stop using them. for i have just been handed a slip of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. i think i had better answer it. after all, one never knows, it may be something important.36.the passage is mainly discussing _.a. that we should be strong enough to ignore a phone callb. that important message will reach you sooner or laterc. whether its necessary to answer all phone callsd. whether it is necessary to have a telephone提示:通读全文，尤其是文章的第一段和最后一段可以得出此结论。答案:d37.judging from the passage, who is strong-minded enough to ignore a phone call?a. the author. b.a tycoon.c.a taxi-driver. d. hardly anyone.答案:d 大意理解，文章的第二段第三段可以看出38.according to the passage, the author_.a. thinks the telephone should go out of our lifeb. likes to be different from other peoplec. thinks the telephone is annoyingd. speaks favourably of a telephone提示:文章的第二句就说明了作者的观点，后面又作了进一步的补充说明。答案:c39.in the authors opinion, which of the following is not true?a. nearly everyone has been told a wrong number.b. its necessary for everyone to have a telephone.c. he himself can not decide whether to answer a call.d.a telephone directory may bring in unexpected calls.提示:从文章的第二段得出答案。答案:b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。 bobby qualls was shopping when he received a text message: fire on beechmont, one-story house, child trapped inside. “i was picking out gifts for the family our engine house adopted for christmas,” remembers qualls, who has been fighting fires in memphis for 24 years. “i had this sinking feeling as i got in my car and headed over.” the last time qualls had been on beechmont street was to install smoke detectors (感应器) at the bateman-tubbs home. hed been on a secret task to see if they needed extra help during the holidays. there he discovered that the four bateman-tubbs children were sleeping on bare mattresses (床垫), and he found two of the boys playing outside in 30-degree weather with no shoes or coats. qualls learned that leonard tubbs was doing his best to make ends meet laying floors while kimberly bateman stayed home with the kids. “when bobby told me his team wanted to be secret santas and buy my kids toys, at first i thought we didnt need any help,” bateman recalls. “it really touched me. i told him what the kids really needed was warm clothes.” thats exactly what qualls was shopping for on december 9, 2010: winter jackets for christopher, seven; jojo, four; madison, one; and two-month-old charles. while driving over to beechmont street, he dialed batemans cell phone. she answered on the first ring, screaming, “the house is on firejojos trapped inside!” by the time qualls reached the house, the family had gotten out, but their home was severely damaged. his coworkers had found jojo hiding under a pile of clothes in a back bedroom. he had stopped breathing and had been given cpr and rushed to the hospital. qualls learned that jojo was now on life support and might not make it through the night. he rushed to the hospital with lt. mark eskew, who placed a stuffed teddy bear in a firefighters suit on jojos bed. “i just kept praying my little boy would open his eyes,” bateman recalls. “there was nothing else i could do. they were pumping black and thick liquid out of his lungs and stomach for days.” after a few days, thou