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重庆市万州市2016高考英语一轮阅读理解选练（2）【2015高考复习】.阅读理解actually we have known a lot of examples and meaningful words to support the fact that we should try our best to ease the bad impression of others. just like the old saying goes, we should give a better assumption to the one than we think he was. but many of us always fail to do this.take the situation of my class for example. right at the beginning of the first semester when we were freshmen we all showed great favor to each other. and when there was an activity that needed some people to join, we would be willing to attend whether it was interesting or not. and we were really like brothers and sisters, and our class was just like a family, a warm family. but now, i feel tired of those meaningless activities not only because of the boring activities themselves but also the cool response of our classmates.i think the reasons why the passion of most classmates is so low may be as follows：to start with, many of us take part in more than one organization, which will certainly make us tired. also, in the study fields, many of us may find that our courses are sometimes difficult to understand or comprehend, especially the specialized subjects.moreover，“history” teaches us that if one does not study hard, it is possible to fail in the exams. so it is a big and good excuse to say that “i do really want to attend, but i have a lot of homework to do, so.” last but not least, some people believe that some of our leaders should not be regarded as a leader, maybe i should say we, as leaders, lost the reputation, support and trust of yours. at least i am the warmhearted one, although i cannot promise you that your advice will be adopted surely, at least i will spare no effort to “give” you the right to be heard, and to serve you.be active to show your talents and abilities and to create a better image of our class. most important of all, work pains takingly for a better condition that we should have reached.【语篇解读】 昔日热衷于参加各类活动的雀跃而又温馨的场面已成为美好的回忆，如今取而代之的是冷漠。创建优秀的班集体需要全体学生的共同努力，班干部要起好带头作用。1at the beginning of the first semester the students were_each other.aquite curious about bactive and kind tocfull of sympathy to dspecially tired of解析细节理解题。结合第二段第二、三、四句的内容可知，学生在第一学期开始的时候非常活跃，并且彼此之间非常友好。答案b2now the students are unwilling to get involved in the activities because they are_.anot easy to organize bcosting too much timecdifficult to comprehend dmeaningless and boring解析细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句的内容可知，现在学生不愿参加各种活动的原因是这些活动既没有意义又枯燥乏味。答案d3which of the following statements is true?astudents passion for activities was high at first but weakened gradually.bstudents passion for activities grew gradually because they were interesting.cstudents were too busy to take part in activities after their classes.dstudents were unwilling to participate in activities because of their leaders.解析推理判断题。第二段提到新生在第一学期开始的时候热衷于各种各样的活动，而现在已对这些活动毫无兴趣，由此可推断学生对活动的热情度起初很高，但是后来逐渐减弱了。答案a4we can infer from the passage that the writer must be_.aa supporter of activities ba responsible teacherca top student in class da devoted class leader解析推理判断题。结合倒数第二段前半部分中的“.maybe i should say we，as leaders.”以及本段后半部分的内容可推知，作者是一位忠诚的班干部。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。the government of norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the arctic ocean. the place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. the goal is to represent all crops known to scientists. the british magazine new scientist published details of the plan last month. the structure will be designed to protect the worlds food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. it will be built in a mountain on the norwegian island of spitsbergen. the mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the north pole, the northernmost position on earth.an international group called the global crop diversity trust is working on the project. the director of the group, cary fowler, spoke to new scientist. he said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture if in his words “the worst came to the worst”. norway is expected to start work next year. the project is expected to cost three million dollars. workers will drill deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. temperatures in the area never rise above zero degrees celsius. the seeds will be protected behind concrete walls a meter thick and high-security doors.the magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in africa, asia and latin america. to last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. workers will not be present all the time. but they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below zero celsius. the cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.mr. fowler says the proposed structure will be the worlds most secure gene bank. he says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason.norway first proposed the idea in the 1980s. but security concerns delayed the plan. at that time, the soviet union was permitted use of spitsbergen. new scientist says the plan won united nations approval in october at a meeting in rome of the food and agriculture organization.1. the project is meant to_. a. increase the worlds food production in the futureb. carry out some scientific experiments on plant genesc. protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disastersd. build an exhibition centre of the worlds plant seeds2. which of the following statements is true according to the above passage?a. the government of norway will perform the project alone.b. seeds to be collected there were produced ten thousand years ago.c. spitsbergen is chosen because it is away from the threat of unclear war forever.d. temperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place.3. we can infer from the text that_.a. people will get newly-developed seeds from the center every yearb. the storage center will greatly promote the development of world agriculturec. norway meant to have built the storage centre more than 20 years agod. there havent been any seed storage centers in the world before4. what is probably the best title of the passage?a. noahs ark of plant seeds in plan b. the best place to store seedsc. concerns of world food supply d. a new way to feed the world【参考答案】14、cdca阅读理解。recently there was a major discovery in the scientific researchthe mapping of all dna in a human gene（基因）is complete. couple of years ago, this seems an impossible task for scientist to accomplish. all this progress in science leads us to believe that the day, when the human being will be cloned, is not far away. human cloning has always been a topic of argument，in terms of morality or religion.taking a look at why cloning might be beneficial, among many cases, it is arguable that parents who are known to be at risk of passing a genetic limitation to a child could make use of cloning. if the clone was free of genetic limitations. then the other clone would be as well. the latter could foe inserted in the woman and allowed to ripen to term. moreover，cloning would enable women, who cant get pregnant, to have children of their own.cloning humans would also mean that organs could be cloned, so it would be a source of perfect transfer organs. this, surely would be greatly beneficial to millions of unfortunate people around the world that are expected to lose their lives due to failure of single(or more) organ(s）.it is also arguable that a ban on cloning may be unlawful and would rob people of the right to reproduce and limit the freedom of scientists.arguments against cloning are also on a perfectly practical side. primarily, i believe that cloning would step in the normal “cycle”of life. there would be a large number of same genes., which reduce the chances of improvement，and, in turn, development-the fundamental reason how living things naturally adapt to the ever-changing environment. life processes failing to do so might result in untimely disappearance. furthermore, cloning would make the uniqueness that each one of us possesses disappea. thus, leading to creation of genetically engineered groups of people for specific purposes and, chances are, that those individuals would be regarded as “objects” rather than people in the society.scientists havent 100 percent. guaranteed that the first cloned will be normal. thus this could result in introduction of additional limitations in the human “gene-pool”.regarding such arguable topics in “black or white” approach seems very innocent to me personally. we should rather try to look at all “shades: of it. i believe that cloning is only legal if its purpose is for cloning organs, not humans. then we could regard this as for “saving life” instead of “creating life”. i believe cloning humans is morally and socially unacceptable.9.which of the following is true according to the passage？ a. genetic limitation will be beneficial for some women b. a large number of genes will prevent us from developing c. prohibition of cloning might limit the freedom of scientists d. first cloned humans might be normal according to scientists10.whats the authors opinion on cloning? a. cloning should be entirely banned b. cloning should be used in creating life c. cloning will take away the right to reproduce d. cloning is acceptable if it is used for cloning organs11.where can you read this article? a. in a story book.b. in a magazine. c. in a science fiction d. in a brochure12.which of the following shows the structure of the passage【参考答案】912、cdba d“luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” said the american talk show host oprah winfrey. ive never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice its probably worth listening to.her point is that blind luck is very rare. you may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. if youre a chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.a book by the uk psychologist richard wiseman, called the luck factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. its not about going to a temple to burn some incense(香) hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; its practical advice you can follow each day.wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. first he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. he gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. on average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. why? on the second page of the newspaper, a command, “stop counting. there are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. the unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.its easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. they might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. people who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and dont go through the same routine every day.i first came to china in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. like many foreigners, my plan was to teach english for one year. seven years later, and still here, ive had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. i did not dream these would have been possible. ive also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. coincidence? after reading about professor wisemans studies i think not.as wiseman advises, i usually trust my own judgment. your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but its important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem.finally, try to turn bad luck into good. even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study english.13. which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writers point? a. make the best of a bad job.b. rome was not built in a day.c. all is not gold that glitters.d. a good heart conquers ill fortune.14. what do you know about oprah winfrey? a. she became famous through her family background.b. she is a british talk show host.c. she became successful by her own effort.d. she was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life.15. the writer quoted the chinese tale of a farmer in order to show _. a. man can conquer natureb. luck is in your own hand c. bad luck can turn into goodd. you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you 【参考答案】1315、acd【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】whats your earliest childhood memory? can you remember the first time you heard thunder or watched a television program? adults seldom recall events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four rarely retain any memory of specific, personal experiences.a variety of explanations have been proposed by psychologists for this childhood amnesia( 记忆缺失,健忘).one argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, does not mature（成熟）until about the age of two. but the most popular theory maintains (主张）that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot access childhood memories. adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories. but when they search through their mental files for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they dont find any that fit the pattern. its like trying to find a chinese word in an english dictionary.now psychologist annette simms offers a new explanation for childhood amnesia. she argues that there simply arent any early childhood memories to recall. according to dr. simms, children need to learn to use someone elses spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly forgotten impressions of these experiences into long-term memories. in other words, children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about them - mother talking about the afternoon spent looking for crabs(蟹) at the beach or dad asking them about their day at ocean park. without this verbal reinforcement, says dr. simms, children cannot form permanent memories of their personal experiences.69. according to the passage, it is widely believed that_.a. it is impossible for an adult to recall his(or her) childhood experiencesb. adults virtually have no access to their childhood memoriesc. adults think in words while children think in imagesd. adults and children have different brain structures70. trying to find a chinese word in an english dictionary is stated in the passage to show that_.a. chinese and english are totally different languagesb. it is unlikely to find a chinese word in an english dictionaryc. adults and children have different memory patternsd. memories are in some way connected with languages71. according to annette simms,_.a. verbal reinforcement is necessary for children to have permanent memoriesb. there does not exist such things as childhood memoriesc. childrens brains are mature enough to form permanent memoriesd. children are generally inexperienced and unable to remember things they dont understand【参考答案】6971、bca 【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】a century ago in the united states, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that company. but perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads. nearly half of all negligence cases decided through 1896 involved railroads. and the railroads usually won.most of the cases were decided in sate courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides. government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them.court decisions always went against railroad workers. a mr. farwell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchmans negligence ran his engine off the track. the court reasoned that since farwell had taken the job of an engineer voluntarily at good pay, he had accepted