辽宁省庄河市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解摸底精练（5）.doc

辽宁庄河市2016高考英语阅读理解【二轮】摸底精练（5）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。paddling (涉水；划水）out to catch the next wave at a competition in christchurch, new zealand, james tuhikarama had a heart attack, which knocked him off his surfboard (冲浪板).he almost choked to death in the water, lost consciousness, and was soon floating facedown in the ocean.for a few moments, no one noticed as he drifted away from the main competition area. about that time, hira edmonds, 25, a lifeguard and a senior instructor for a surf-safety company, was teaching 14 other lifeguards the finer points of emergency rescue on the second floor of a building overlooking new brighton beach. edmonds had watched dozens of surfers ride the waves that day. as he glanced out of the window, he saw someone in a wet suit facedown in the water. it doesnt take much to realize someones in trouble, says edmonds. lifeguards are never really off duty. edmonds called the team, grabbed first aid equipment, and rushed down to the water. the lifeguards dragged tuhikarama, 47 and a father of two, to the beach. more than a dozen rescuers took turns pumping oxygen and pressing his chest to start his breathing again. for nearly an hourfar longer than a single lifeguard would have been able to continue the lifesaving techniquethe team continued all these. an ambulance finally arrived and took tuhikarama to the hospital, where he spent a week unconscious in intensive care unit (icu) while his brain and heart healed.a month after he recovered, tuhikarama reunited with six of the teenage lifeguards who saved him. being spotted by a group of lifeguards was the only thing that saved me, he says. ive been given a second chance.56. what was james tuhikarama doing when he had a heart attack?a. surfing the internet.b. taking part in a competition.c. paddling a boat in the ocean.d. swimming in the swimming pool.57. what can we learn from the text?a. james called for help before he drifted away.b. james had two sons watching him on the beach then.c. no one was willing to help james except the lifeguards.d. james met the lifeguards after he came out of hospital. 58. which of the following is true according to the text?a. lifeguards are always off duty.b. james didnt know who saved his life.c. it took james several days to come back to life.d. hira was learning to rescue lives when he spotted james. 59. where will you probably read this text?a. in a newspaper.b. in a textbook.c. in a fashion magazine.d. in a science fiction.a篇：【语篇解读】 这是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个参加冲浪比赛的人落水被救的故事。56.b【命题立意】 细节理解题。【试题解析】 由文章第一段第一句可知，james在参加冲浪比赛。57.d【命题立意】 推理判断题。 【试题解析】 从文章最后一段的 “a month after he recovered, tuhikarama reunited with six of the teenage lifeguards who saved him.”可知。58.c【命题立意】 细节理解题。【试题解析】 由第二段最后一句话中“he spent a week unconscious in intensive care unit (icu) while his brain and heart healed.”可知。59.a【命题立意】 推理判断题。【试题解析】 根据文章可以判断该文章应该出现在报纸上，是一个新闻报道。阅读理解。a lot of us lose lifes tough battles by starting a frontal attack-when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. consider the case of a young friend of mine, who was on his trapped way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒) about the job. although there was a good reason for sams being late-serious illness at home-he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldnt work any longer. his supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech. yes, the boss was, sam entered the office at 9:35. the place was as quiet as a locker room; everyone was hard at work. sams supervisor came up to him. suddenly, sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. how do you do! he said. im sam maynard. im applying for a job, which, i understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. does the early bird get the worm? the room exploded in laughter, except that the supervisor had to clamp off a smile and walked back to his office. sam maynard had saved his job-with the only tool that could win, a laugh. humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. it can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying no, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. for some jobs, its the only tool that can succeed. it is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. for example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum.1. why was sam late for his job? a. because he was seriously ill at home. b. because he received an ultimatum. c. because he was busy applying for a new job. d. because he was caught in a traffic jam.答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节推理题。由第一段第二句话 “, who was on his trapped way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum about the job.”可知，sam迟到是因为交通堵塞，故答案为d。2. what is the main idea of this passage? a. sam maynard saved his job with humor. b. humor is important in our lives. c. early bird can get the worm. d. humor can solve racial discriminations.答案解析：答案为b。本题为主旨大意题。 结合文章第一段首句 “a lot of us lose lifes tough battles by starting a frontal attack-when a touch of humor might well enable us to win.”和最后一段首句 “humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives.”可知，本文是阐述幽默在生活中的重要性。故答案为b。3. the phrase clamp off in paragraph 3 means_. a. try to hold back b. pretend to set c. send off d. give out 答案解析：答案为a。本题为词义推断题。结合划线部分的前后文，sam屡次迟到，最后一次要被主管炒鱿鱼的时候，他进办公室却用幽默的方式和主管讲了个冷笑话“您好！我是sam maynard，我想申请一个35分钟之前空出来的位置，请问早到的鸟儿有虫吃吗？” 这个笑话惹得办公室的人哄堂大笑，由 “except that the supervisor had to clamp off a smile and walked back to his office.” 可知，除了主管不得不强忍着微笑回到自己的办公室，以维护自己的尊严。故答案为a。4. which of the following statements can we infer from the passage? a. many lose lifes battles for they are always late. b. sam was supposed to come to his office at 8:30. c. it wasnt the first time that sam came late for his work.d. humor is the most effective way of solving problems. 答案解析：答案为c。本题为推理题。由第一段第二句话 “consider the case of a young friend of mine, who was on his trapped way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum about the job.”可知，sam刚接到了老板的最后通牒后，却又遇到了交通堵塞，可以推断他经常迟到。故c选项正确。由第二段 sam说的话“im sam maynard. im applying for a job, which, i understand, became available just 35 minutes ago.”可推断，35分钟前老板开除了他，因为没按时到岗，而他在9:35到达办公室，故可推断上班时间是9:00。故b选项错误。a选项未提及，d选项太绝对，均不选。阅读理解-alondon britain awoke on easter monday to a period of mourning for the queen mother, who died over the weekend after a life spanning a century of noisy and evident change. the 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last saturday with queen elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside. for a woman who was one of the best-known figures in britain for more than 80 years from the era of tinted portraits on tin biscuit boxes and cigarette cards to the age of the internet, the queen mother remained an enigmatic(不可思议的) and elusive(躲避的) figure. she achieved such a respect through aeons(永世, 亿万年) of, first, fawning and, later, intrusive media fascination, by remaining almost entirely silent. her private thoughts were never paraded(炫耀) in public. what the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favoured with a particular smile. chinas third unmanned spacecraft, shenzhou , landed safely in central inner mongolia autonomous region monday afternoon, after orbiting the earth 108 times in slightly less than a week. the craft, which lifted off from jiuquan in gansu province last monday night, landed after successfully conducting a chain of flight and scientific experiments over a period of 162 hours. a powerful earthquake jolted taiwan, killing five construction workers, authorities(官方) said. over 200 injuries ware reported across the island, mostly minor, as a result of sundays 7.5-magnitude quake. the quake was centred off hualien, 180 kilometres east of taipei. it struck at 2:53 pm and lasted for nearly a minute.1. which of the following statements is true according to the news? a. the queen mother died on easter monday alone. b. the queen mother was an attractive person in her political life. c. the british people felt sorry for the death of the queen mother. d. the queen mother was suffering a lot when she was dying.答案解析：答案为c。本题为推理题。由第二段首句 “she achieved such a respect through aeons of,”可推断，皇太后赢得了永世的尊重，人们对她的去世会感到遗憾。故c选项正确。由第一段第二句话 “the 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last saturday with queen elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside.” 可知，皇太后在安睡中去世，当时女儿伊丽莎白女王陪在她的床边，故a、d选项错误。由第二段后面的内容 “her private thoughts were never paraded in public. what the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favoured with a particular smile.”可知，她的个人思想从未在公众面前炫耀过，公众看到的总是面带微笑的她在媒体照片中出现，故可推断，她并未从政，故b选项错误。 2. it can be inferred that _.a. the craft landed in central inner mongolia unexpectedlyb. it took the craft at least 2 hours to orbit the earth oncec. the chinese scientists did a lot of experiments in spaced. china was successful in sending an unmanned spacecraft into space答案解析：答案为d。本题为推断题。由第三段的第一句话 “chinas third unmanned spacecraft, shenzhou , landed safely in central inner mongolia autonomous region monday afternoon, ” 可知，无人飞船已经安全着陆，故d选项正确，a选项错误。b选项未提及；由首句的关键词 “unmanned”可推断，无人宇宙飞船上面不会有科学家在太空中做实验，故c选项错误。3. the third news mainly talks about the _ in taiwan. a. political matters b. social problems c. unexpected damage d. construction workers答案解析：答案为c。第三则新闻报道台湾发生了地震，属于没有预料到的灾害，故c选项正确。【2014高考英语吉林省长春市调研试题】bjiang zhongjie, 19, a second-year student majoring in biology at xiamen university looks at job websites almost every day. as summer vacation approaches, he cant decide which internship (实习) position would benefit him.i think it is hard to know what would be a meaningful intern job,” he said. “most of the time, the positions on offer are low paid, boring jobs, such as sales promotion, said jiang.last month, during an education forum, huang guitian, assistant to the president of peking university, called for a halt to the internships of lower quality, regarding them as “dull and meaningless, affecting students academic performance.huang conducted a mini survey, showing “80 percent of students merely do odd (零散的) jobs on internship.but employers and students may have different attitudes. according to a survey of 116 beijing and shanghai-based companies by z，a leading human resource services site, nearly 60 percent said they still valued applicants hands-on experience most.zhang jianhong, hr director in huawei technologies co. ltd agreed with this idea and believes that internship even goes beyond gaining experience. an internship actually offers a great chance for students to get an inside glimpse of a company, an industry and a particular occupation, he said.he says it can help interns discover whether the career they are considering is suitable for them. and if students are aware of which industry they would like t