湖南省长沙市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练（11）.doc

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（11）2016高考模拟题。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。they already guide blind and disabled people; now dogs are to be trained to help people with dementia（痴呆） or alzheimersalzheimers can make people confuse night and day or forget basic things such as washing or drinking enough waterthe dogs will be trained to respond to sound triggers（触发器） in the home that cause them to perform tasksthe duties will include reminding their owners to take medicine, as well as encouraging them to eat, drink and sleep regularlythe idea was developed by design students at the glasgow school of art and will now be put into practice by alzheimers scotland and dogs for the disabledthe first dogs will be distributed to four scottish couples, where one of the partners is in the early stages of dementiasome 670,000 people in britain have dementia and one in three over 65s will develop the conditionby 2021 this is expected to rise to one millionjoyce gray of alzheimers scotland said, people in the early stages of dementia are still able to live a relatively normal life, and dogs help to maintain routine another advantage of using the pets as companions is that dogs can give them a sense of silent support and companionshipms gray said, the evidence is that people may forget familiar faces but not petsits such a strong bond that people often remember them longestpeople dont need to communicate verbally （言语地） but they can still interactyou can have a speechless bondhelen mccain, director of dogs for the disabled, said, people with dementia often forget to take the medicineif a dog presents them with a bag with pills in it theres a greater chance of them taking itthe dog would also encourage the owner to take them out for walks, ensuring they keep exercising and interacting with other people1in britain people with dementia _ _aare likely to increase in number bare mostly over 65 years oldcwill be trained to respond to sound triggers dwill be able to live a relatively normal life2the dogs are taught to perform tasks by -amaking some sound signals bcommunicating with the patientscreminding the patients by barking dreacting to some sound triggers3what does the underlined word them in paragraph 4 refer to? afaces btriggers cpets dcompanions4what is mainly talked about in the passage?athe idea of dementia dogs was developed by studentsbdogs are trained to assist alzheimers patientscbritish people with alzheimers are in poor conditiondthe dementia dogs perform most duties of a doctor参考答案14、bcbd 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。the teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happens, my aunt. she was myrtle c. manigault, the wife of my mothers brother bill. she taught me in second grade at all-black sumner school in camden, new jersey. during my childhood and youth, aunt myrtle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. i liked to sing; she listened to my voice and pronounced it good. i couldnt dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. she took me to the theatrenot just childrens theatre but adult comedies and dramasand her faith that i could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed. my aunt also took down books from her extensive library and shared them with me. i had books at home, but they were all serious classics. even as a child i had a strong liking for humour, all ill never forget the joy of discovering don marquiss archy & mehitabel through her. most important, perhaps, aunt myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. a writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a “youth columnist”. my column, begun when i was fourteen, was supposed to cover teenage social activitiesand it didbut it also gave me the freedom to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting deadlines, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that carried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs. today aunt myrtle is still an enthusiastic supporter of her “favourite niece”. like a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted (多面的) image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path. 1. which of the following did aunt myrtle do to the author during her childhood and youth? a. she lent her some serious classics. b. she cultivated her taste for music.c. she discovered her talent for dancing. d. she introduced her to adult plays.2. what does archy & mehitabel in paragraph 3 probably refer to? a. a book of great fun. b. a writer of high fame.c. a serious masterpiece. d. a heartbreaking play.3. aunt myrtle recommended the author to a newspaper editor mainly to.a. develop her capabilities for writing b. give her a chance to collect materialc. involve her in teenage social activities d. offer her a series of writing jobs4. we can conclude from the passage that aunt myrtle was a teacher who.a. trained pupils to be diligent and well-disciplinedb. gave pupils confidence in exploiting their potentialc. emphasized what was practical or possible for pupilsd. helped pupils overcome difficulties in learning【参考答案】1-4 、daab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。in a recent announcement, harvard and the massachusetts institute of technology(mit) said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide. beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edx. “anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses, ” harvard president drew faust said during a meeting to announce the plan. mit has offered a program called opencourseware for ten years that makes materials from more than 2, 000 classes free online. it has been used by more than 100 million people. in december, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as mitx, for people who complete certain online courses. harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program. the mitx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform. mit president susan hockfield said more than 120, 000 people signed up for the first mitx course. she said harvard and mit hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open- source edx platform. “fasten your seatbelts, ” hockfield said. other universities, including stanford, yale and carnegie- mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online. the harvard- mit program will be monitored by a not- for- profit (非盈利的) organization based in cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. both mit and harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. they also plan to use the edx platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful. 1. according to this text, edx is.a. a part of the free mit opencoursewareb. a free computer program by mit and harvardc. a harvard- mit platform of free online coursesd. a free program online for universities worldwide2. what is said about online education in the text? a. universities have been trying online courses. b. about 2, 000 online courses have been offered. c. over 100 million people have finished courses online. d. stanford and yale together have courses similar to edx. 3. the underlined part in the text probably means “”.a. get ready for the difficultiesb. get ready for this educational changec. get prepared to complete the online coursesd. get prepared to make materials for the edx courses4. what can be said about mitx according to the text? a. it is first offered as part of the edx learning program. b. it is another free mit- harvard online learning program. c. it is a standard to recognize online learnersachievement. d. it is a new kind of free online course of harvard and mit. 【参考答案】14、cabc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。 (2014课标)passenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much of the united states in unbelievable numbers.written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.it was calculated that when its population reached its highest point，there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the united states，making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller，a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near cincinnati.sadly，the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.where the birds were most abundant，people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them by the thousands.commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain，waited until pigeons had settled to feed，then threw large nets over them，taking hundreds at a time.the birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.by the closing decades of the 19th century，the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by americans need for wood，which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.soon the great flocks were gone，never to be seen again.in 1897，the state of michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons，but by then，no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.the last confirmed wild pigeon in the united states was shot by a boy in pike county，ohio，in 1900.for a time，a few birds survived under huma