湖南省邵阳市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础练习（8）.doc

湖南邵阳市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解基础练习（8）高考英语冲刺阅读理解。 robinson diaz lives in a small cottage high in the andes mountains of south america. diaz is a “cable racer”, and every morning he faces the difficult task of taking the local teacher to her school. to do this, he first walks for an hour up to a place the locals call los pinos, right at the edge of the 400-foot deep gorge(峡谷) of the negro valley. here, one end of a thick metal cable has been fixed to a wooden post. the cable stretches right across the deep valley to the other side, a kilometer away. a metal hook is fixed to the cable, with leather straps hanging from it. diaz fastens the straps around his shoulders and waist, does a quick safety check and then, without hesitating, throws himself off the edge of the mountain. attached to the cable by only the metal hook, he rapidly picks up speed and soon he is racing through the air. crossing the valley by wire takes him 30 seconds, instead of the two hours it would take him to walk down through the rain forest and climb up the steep muddy slopes on the other side. as diaz begins his trip, diana rios, a 23-year-old elementary teacher, is waiting on. the other side of the gorge for the moment when he will come racing through the mist towards her at 100 mph. she will then return with him, hanging on to him as he goes back along the cable. diana had no idea when she took the teaching job that just getting to work in the village school would be dangerous. at first i wanted to cry, she says, clutching her hook as the metal cable starts to rattle(喀哒作响) violently at diazs approach. “but i soon got used to it.” she still prefers to go with diaz, though, rather than making the frightening and hazardous(危险) crossing on her own. for the inhabitants(居民) of los pinos, the wire cable is a lifeline. for more than 50 years, it has served the community as a form of transport to and from the rest of the world. everything that comes arrives via the cable-bricks and wood for building, sacks of rice and corn. pregnant mothers, who must get to the nearest clinic, cross the wire during the darkness of the night, returning with their newborn babies. it is dangerous, but they have no choice. this time robinson diaz makes a perfect landing on dianas side of the gorge. for him, the dangers of this daily journey are insignificant. “what im really scared of is snakes,” he says. “this is nothing in comparison.” then dianna straps herself into her harness and hooks herself up to the wire behind diaz, holding on to him tightly. he turns, flashes her a smile, releases the brake and kicks away. within seconds, teacher and cable-racer have disappeared back into the mist.1. robinson diaz has a difficult task every morning because he has to_.a. climb a long way up a mountainb. get to the edge of a valleyc. help someone get to workd. walk through a dangerous area答案解析：答案为c。本题为细节题。由第一段 “ and every morning he faces the difficult task of taking the local teacher to her school.”可知，答案为c。2. in the second paragraph, the writer suggests that diaz is_.a. confident about what he is doingb. unaware of the danger he facesc. careless about his own safetyd. uncertain of what he is doing答案解析：答案为a。本题为推理题。由第二段对diaz的动作描写“a quick safety check” 、“without hesitating”、 “he rapidly picks up speed and soon he is racing through the air” 和“crossing the valley by wire takes him 30 seconds”等表现出他的动作迅速、敏捷、熟练，体现出他非常自信。故答案为a。3. diana rios found out how she would travel to work_.a. when she was a student b. when she saw the cablec. after she had met diaz d. after she took the job答案解析：答案为c。本题为细节题。由第三段 “diana had no idea when she took the teaching job that just getting to work in the village school would be dangerous. she still prefers to go with diaz, though, rather than making the frightening and hazardous crossing on her own.”可知，答案为c。4. what is dianas opinion about the journey now?a. she enjoys it.b. she no longer finds it a problem.c. it makes her feel very frightened.d. it would be impossible without diaz.答案解析：答案为b。本题为细节推理题。由第三段 “ at first i wanted to cry, she says, but i soon got used to it. she still prefers to go with diaz, though, rather than making the frightening and hazardous crossing on her own.”可知，diana刚开始工作的时候对于上班时艰难的旅途想哭，后来在diaz的协助下，她习惯了走缆绳去上班，因此她觉得上班的旅途对于她来说已经不是个问题。故答案为b。5. what does diaz say about using the cable?a. he does not think there is any risk.b. he is worried about the danger of snakes.c. he is happy that he can help the teacher.d. he does not find it as frightening as other things.答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节推理题。由最后一段 “for him, the dangers of this daily journey are insignificant. what im really scared of is snakes, he says. this is nothing in comparison.”可知，diaz真正害怕的是蛇，比较起来，用缆绳对于他来说不算什么，因此答案为d “他觉得使用缆绳没有其他的东西那么令人害怕”。高考英语冲刺阅读理解。bill melendez, 91, an emmy award-winning animator(动画片制作者)who transformed the two-dimensional drawings of the peanuts comic strip into some of the most beloved cartoon characters on television and film, died sept. 2 at st. johns health center in santa monica, calif. the cause of death was not reported. mr. melendez，who began his career at the hollywood animation studios of walt disney and warner bros., found his greatest fame as the animator of a charlie brown christmas, the great pumpkin and dozens of other peanuts presentations. with producer lee mendelson, mr. melendez formed a 43-year partnership that has generated more than 70 peanuts productions, including four feature films. he also animated more than 370 commercials using peanuts characters and remains the only animator charles m. schulz trusted to bring his famous comic strip figures to life. success was hardly assured when the first peanuts special, a charlie brown christmas, was broadcast by cbs in 1965. network executives feared it would be a colossal flop, with no laugh track, a jazz musical score by pianist vice guaraldi and religious message. much to everyones surprise, the show was a huge hit and got emmy and peabody awards.cartoonist robert smigel called it“the greatest half-hour american tv has ever produced.” in addition to animating every peanuts film and tv special, mr. melendez provided the wordless voice of snoopy. before his work on peanuts, mr. melendez drew many of the famous disney and warner bros. animated figures of the 1930s and 40s, including mickey mouse, donald duck, bugs bunny and porky pig. the peanuts characters, with their complicated personalities contained in round, childlike figure, proved unexpectedly challenging. mr. melendez won five emmy awards for his work on peanuts. he also won emmys for creating the first animated cartoons of jim davisgarfield and for animating cs lewisthe lion, the witch and the wardrobe. melendez was born in 1916 in hermosillo，mexico and moved to douglas, arizona in 1928, and later to los angeles. he began drawing as a child. he studied at what is now the california institute of the arts and joined the disney studio in 1938. 1. who drew the famous“peanuts”comic strip figures? a. bill melendez. b. lee mendelson.c. robert smigel. d. charles m. schulz.答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节理解题。由第三段 “mr. melendez formed. he also animated more than 370 commercials using peanuts characters and remains the only animator charles m. schulz trusted to bring his famous comic strip figures to life.” 可知，mr. melendez利用peanuts人物创作了370多个商业动画片，并且迄今为止，他是charles m. schulz唯一信任的将他的著名连环漫画形象搬上银幕的动画片制作者。其中，理解“remains the only animator charles m. schulz trusted”是关键，它包含有一个定语从句，可以改写为 “remains the only animator that charles m. schulz trusted”，因此，“peanuts”连环漫画形象是charles m. schulz所画，故答案为d。2. what does the underlined phrase “a colossal flop” mean? a. an immediate success. b. a great failure.c. a huge hit. d. of great popularity.答案解析：答案为b。本题为词义猜测题。第四段提到 “network executives feared it would be a colossal flop.”，接下来的第五段首句写到 “much to everyones surprise, the show was a huge hit and got emmy and peabody awards.”由此可知，令每个人大为吃惊的是，这部片子非常红火，可以推断，制片人最初担心它会失败，因此“a colossal flop“意思为 “失败”，故答案为b。3. why did the “peanuts”characters prove extremely difficult to mr. melendez? a. because the characters had complicated personalities.b. because the warner bros. did not like childlike figures in their animations.c. because the famous animated figures drew by mr. melendez in the 30s and 40s were already too successful.d. because the complicated personalities of the characters were contained in childlike figures. 答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节题。由倒数第三段最后一句话 “the peanuts characters, with their complicated personalities contained in round, childlike figure, proved unexpectedly challenging.”可知，答案为d。4. which of the following statements is not true? a. bill melendez won five emmy awards all together.b. bill melendez moved to douglas when he was 12.c. bill melendez provided the voice of snoopy in peanuts.d. bill melendez died in 2007. 答案解析：答案为a。本题为细节题。由倒数第二段 “mr. melendez won five emmy awards for his work on peanuts. he also won emmys for creating the first animated cartoons of jim davisgarfield and for animating cs lewisthe lion, the witch and the wardrobe.”可知，mr. melendez凭借peanuts这部动画片赢得了五个奖项，另外还因为其他的动画片作品也赢得了奖项，故a选项不符合文意，因此答案为a。由倒数第三段首句 “in addition to animating every peanuts film and tv special, mr. melendez provided the wordless voice of snoopy.”可知，c选项符合文意。由最后一段首句 “melendez was born in 1916 in hermosillo，mexico and moved to douglas, arizona in 1928, and later to los angeles.”可知，b选项正确。第一段提到 “bill melendez, 91, died sept. 2”，故d选项符合文意，均不选。阅读理解。today, friday, november 12jazz with the mike thomas jazz band at the derby armsupper richmond road west, sheendisco satin sounds discofree at the lord napier, mort lake high st, from 8amto 8pmtel: 682158saturday, november 13jazz lysis at the bull s head, bamesadmission 60pmusical hall at the star and garter, lower richmond road, putney, provided by the aba daba music hall companygood food and entertainment fair pricetel: 789749family night out? join the sing-along at the black horsesheen road, richmondjazz the john bennett big band at the bull s head, barnesadmission 80pthe derby arms, upper richmond road west, give you joe on the electric accordion （手风琴）tel: 7894536sunday, november 14disco satin sounds disco, free at the lord napier, mort lake high street, from 8 amto 8 pmfolk music at the derby armsthe short stuff and residents the norman chop trionon -remembers 70ptel: 688626heavy music with tony simon at the bull, upper richmond road west, east sheenthe derby arms, upper richmond road west, give you joe on the electric accordion66where and when can you hear the norman chop trio?aat the bull s head on sunday bat the derby arms on sundaycat the bull on saturday dat the black horse on saturday67where and when can you hear the mike thomas jazz band?aat the derby arms on friday bat the black horse on fridaycat the star and garter on saturday dat the derby arms on sunday68which telephone number do you have to dial if you want to enjoy the electric accordion on saturday?a789749 b688626c682158 d789453669where should you go if you want to spend the saturday by joining the entertainment with your family?adisco at the lord napier bthe sing - along at the black horsecthe electric accordion at the derby arms djazz at the bulls head,70which of the following is your best choice if you want to spend the same day at two different places and dont want to cross any street?athe sing-along at the black horse and jazz at the bull s head bthe sing - along at the black horse and folk music at the derby armscfolk music at the derby arms and heavy music with tony simon at the bulldmusical hal lat the star &garter and disco at the lord napier【参考答案】badbc阅读理解。how often do you sit still and do absolutely nothing the usual answer these days is never, or hardly everas the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxationonce you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow downbut relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and bodystress is a natural part of everyday lifethere is no way to avoid it, since it takes many and varied formsdriving in traffic, problems with personal relationships are all different forms of stress stress, in fact, is not the baddy it is often reputed to be. a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to lifeit is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill healththe amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individualsome people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilitiesothers lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficultieswhen exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physicallyin fact we make a choice between fight or fright and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life and deaththe crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same responseall the energy is diverted to cope with the stressit is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangeredsuch serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stressstress in some people produces stomach disorders, while others succumb to tension headachessince we cannot remove stress from our jives, we need to find ways to c