湖北省武汉市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础训练（57）.doc

湖北武汉市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮基础训练（57）阅读理解。it was a village in india. the people were poor. however, they were not unhappy. after all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries. then one day. some visitors from the city arrived. the told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs. however, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place. this seemed like money for nothing. there were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. all they had to do was catch them. agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. for the first time, the people were able to dream of a batter future. but the dream didnt last long. the change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. more worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately. the villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. they would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. soon there was no money left. then the people realized what was happening. it was the frog. they hadnt been useless. they had been doing an important job-eating insects. now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. they were damaging the crops and spreading diseases. now, the people are still poor. but in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. these sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. ( ) 1. from paragraph i we learn that the villagers _. a. worked very hard for centuries b. dreamed of having a better life c. were poor but somewhat content d. lived a different life from their forefathers ( ) 2. why did the villagers agree to sell frogs? a. the frogs were easy money b. they needs money to buy medicine c. they wanted to please the visitors d. the frogs made too much noise ( ) 3. what might be the cause of the childrens sickness? a. the crops didnt do well b. there were too many insects c. the visits brought in diseases d. the pesticides were overused ( ) 4. what can we infer from the last sentence of the text? a. happiness comes from peaceful life in the country b. health is more important than money c. the harmony between man and nature is important d. good old day will never be forgotten 1. c.细节理解题.第一段中有 the people were poor. however, they were not unhappy.和 c 项意思一致. 2. a.细节理解题.根据第三段和本段第一句 this seemed like money for nothing.句中 for nothing 是免费的意思,说明青蛙容易得到,并能赚到钱,村民才答应买. 3. b.推理判断题.根据倒数第二段中 they had been doing an important job-eating insects. now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. they were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.可以推断出庄稼收成不好, 孩子生病与青蛙减少, 害虫增多有关.4. c.推理判断题.最后一句 these sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. 现 在夜晚的这些声音具有更深刻的意义. 该句是一个中介句, 说明人们过度捕杀造成生态失衡, 由此也影响了人类,因此,可以推断人与自然的和谐是重要. 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。researchers have just offered evidence in a study that says obesity appears to spread through social ties, much like a virus. when one person gains weight, their close friends often follow. but the finding might also offer hope.if friends help make obesity acceptable, then might also be influential in losing the fat. the researchers note that support groups are already an effective tool in dealing with other socially influenced problems, like alcoholism.the findings appeared in the new england journal of medicine, the researchers used information collected from 12,000 people. it was collected between 1971 and 2003 as part of the framingham heart study.the information was highly detailed. there was even contact information for close friends of the people in the study.the researchers examined more than 40,000 social ties. they found that a persons chances of becoming severely overweight increased by 57% if a friend had become obese.a sister or brother of a person who became obese had a 40% increased chance of becoming obese. the risk for a wife or husband was a little less than that.nicholas christakis of harvard medical school was a lead investigator in the study. he says there is a direct causal relationship between a person getting fat and being followed in weight gain by a friend.the study found that the sex of the friends was also an influence. in same-sex friendships a person had a 70% increased risk of becoming obese.men had a 44% increased risk of becoming obese after weight gain in brother. in sisters, it was 67%.the researchers also considered the effect of where people lived in relation to each other. james fowler of the university of california, san diego, was the other lead investigator. he says a friend who lives a few hundred kilometers away has as much influence as one in the same neighborhood. he says the study demonstrates the need to consider that a major part of peoples health is tied to their social connections.both investigators say their research shows that obesity is not just a private medical issue, but a public health problem.1. what does the underlined sentence in para. 2 mean?a. obesity has a negative influence on a close friend.b. friends might also play a part in losing weight.c. one might have a positive influence on ones friend.d. friends usually dont follow each other to lose weight.2. who is mostly likely to gain weight?a. a man who has a fat brotherb. a husband who has a fat wifec. a wife who has a fat husbandd. a woman who has a fat female friend3. which of the following statements doesnt the passage agree with?a. you are sure to lose weight if you have a skinny friend.b. if one gains weight, ones friends are likely to get fat.c. a persons health is closely linked with his /her social relationship.d. even if the friend lives far away, the influence still remains.4. the reason why the study involves both family members and friends is that_.a. researchers fail to find a more different sampleb. researchers have different ideas for family members and friendsc. researchers can meet these people regularlyd. researchers can compare the results【参考答案】14、bdad2016高考训练题。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。 an estimated 80 percent of american adults think music lessons, though at times boring and challenging in the eyes of some kids, improve childrens ability to learn or their performance in school. they say that the satisfaction for learning to play a new song helps a child express creativity.researchers at harvard university , however, have found that theres one thing musical training does not do. samuel mehr, the leading researcher of the new study, said it is wrong to think that learning to play a musical instrument improves a childs intellectual development. the evidence comes from studies that measured the mental ability of two groups of 4-year-olds and their parents. one group attended music class; the comparison group went to a class that places importance on the optical arts-arts that can be seen.“we found no evidence for any advantage on any of these tests for the kids participating in these music classes,” said mehr.samuel mehr says researchers have carried out many studies in an effort to learn whether musical training can make children smarter. only one study seems to show a small percentage increase in iq, intellectual scores among students after one year of music lessons.he does not believe that iq is a good measure of a childs intelligence. therefore, the researchers in his study compared how well children in the musical training group did on mental processing tasks, then the results were compared to those of children who did not take lessons.music lessons may not offer children a fast easy way to gain entry to the best schools later of their life, but the training is still important.mr mehr notes that the works of writer william shakespeare are not taught , so the children will do better in physics. he says shakespeare is taught because it is important for cultural reasons.“and i dont think music needs to be any different than that.”1. what attitude do most american grown-ups have towards music lessons?a. approving b. uninterestedc. doubtfuld. uncertain2. the underlined word“optical”in paragraph 2 probably means .a. colorful b. visualc. traditionald. serious3. how did samuel mehr draw his conclusion in the new study?a. by studying previous research resultsb. by measuring the iq of the kids.c. by referring to some documentsd. by comparing two different groups4. the study shows that .a. early music training has negative effectsb. musical lessons should be stopped at schoolc. playing musical instrument makes kids more creative d. musical training doesnt improve kids intelligence参考答案14、abdd 阅读理解。too much tv-watching can harm childrens ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children. one of the studies looked at nearly 400 northern california third-graders. those with tvs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedroom tvs. a second study ,looking at nearly 1000 grown-ups in new zealand, found lower education levels among 26-year olds who had watched lots of tv during childhood. but the results dont prove that tv is the cause and dont ride out that already poorly motivated youngsters (年轻人)may watch lots of tv. their study measured the tv habits of 26-year-olds between ages5 and 15. these with college degrees had watch an average of less than two hours of tv per week night during childhood, compared with an average of more than 2 1/2 hours for those who had no education beyond high school. in the california study, children with tvs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest while those with no bedroom tv but who had home computers scored the highest. while this study does not prove that bedroom tv sets caused the lower scores, it adds to accumulating findings that children shouldnt have tvs in their bedrooms. ( ) 1. according to the california study, the low-scoring group might _. a. have watched a lot of tv b. not be interested ted in math c. be unable to go to college d. have had computers in their bedrooms ( ) 2. what is the researchers understanding of the new zealand study res