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湖北武汉市2016高考英语阅读理解基础训练（17）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。 there are various reasons why cancers appear to be on the increase. for one thing, though their sufferers are to be found in all age groups, cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years. naturally, since people live longer these years, there are more cancer sufferers than before. again, with better methods of diagnosis (诊断), doctors can more easily recognize cancerous growths that would formerly have passed unnoticed or that would have been wrongly diagnosed. it is also believed that certain habits and conditions of modem living, including heavy smoking and the pollution of the air, may leave people living in more cancer-causing conditions than before.we all look forward to the day when a simple medical test can find cancer while it is still small. researchers around the world are working on such a test. most of their work deals with the examination of the blood.researchers in boston have found something in the blood of cancer patients that does not appear in healthy persons. the test showed which persons had cancer and which did not. it was correct more than 90 percent of the time.the researchers believe the test may be able to show cancer very clearly in its development. cancers discovered early usually can be treated successfully.the test examines very small bits of fat in the blood called lipids (脂质). cancers seem to change lipids although doctors do not know why. the test showed differences between the lipids of the persons with cancer and the lipids of those without cancer.the researchers say the new test could be a step to develop a simple way to check patients for cancer before the disease shows on an x-ray.1. who will fail cancer from the study of the researchers?a. the young. b. the middle age and the older.c. the man. d. the woman.2. the underlined words such a test refer to_.a. the test that shows which persons have cancer and which dont .b. the test that may be able to show cancer very early in its development,.c. a simple medical test that cannot find cancer when it is -smalld. a new test that could be a step to develop a difficult way3. which of the following statements is true according to the passage?a. cancers have much to do with something in patients blood.b. people living in better conditions are most likely to be attacked by cancer.c.x-raying is the best way to determined whether a person has cancer or not.d. cancers have nothing to do with a persons habits and living conditions.4. what would be the best title for the passage?a. a simple way to cancer b. cancers can be curedc. how to find cancer d. early discovery of cancer1. b 细节题。从第一段中的cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years可以知道癌症尤其容易在中年人和老年人的身体上发生。2. b 词义题。第二段中的a simple medical test can find cancer while it is still small；test与后面的such a test指的是同样的一种方法，所以这里的test指的是上句的“用最简单的方法诊断早期的癌症”。3. a 细节题。第三段中提到了cancer病人血液中的有些东西在健康人中没有，并且百分之九十以上的情况是这样的。b项与d项的意思与文章第一段中的certain habits and conditions of modern living including heavy smoking and pollution of the air may leave people living in more cancer-causing conditions不符；c项内容与文章最后一段的意思不符。4. d 主旨题。文章在开头就交代了写作的目的，有各种不同的理由说明了为什么癌症似乎在上升，而从后面的几段我们知道科学家们正在研究一种新的早期诊断cancer的方法。2016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。 as a college student, i have planned my future career goals. i would like to work as a sales assistant in a computer company, then a sales manager and finally boss of my own company. at the very beginning, i plan to find a job in a famous company producing computers, in which all the staff are fully happy at work and i can experience job satisfaction most of the time. only such kind of company can provide me with good working atmosphere and eagerness to learn more so as to get well prepared for my future profession. at first i want to be a sales assistant and always keep myself busy working in and out of the company, such as answering telephones, doing repair work, even cleaning the rooms. although the salary may be low, i will seize every chance to learn from other staff. in my spare time, i will take some courses so as to get more qualifications and experience in this field. in three or five years, i am determined to become a sales manager who is responsible for the selling of the computers. i will interview as many customers as possible and do market research and improve our products. meanwhile i will take care of my staff so as to make them eager to work to the best of their abilities. as is known to us, it is hard to manage a company, but i will make every effort to achieve my goal step by step, and i am sure “there is nothing difficult in the world if you put your heart into it.”1. if the writer has a company, his company will provide his staff with _. a. high wages b. dormitories c. some computers made in his company d. good working atmosphere and eagerness2. which of the following is not true according to the passage? a. the writer would like to be a sales assistant first. b. the writer wants to set up a business of his own. c. the writer makes his mind to be the president of a famous company producing computers. d. the writer will take courses to get an mba3. a sales assistant should do the following except _ in the opinion of the writer. a. answering telephones b. interviewing customers c. cleaning the rooms d. doing repair work4. the text is mainly about _. a. how to improve the writers abilities b. how to achieve the writers future career goal c. how to become a managerd. how to become a sales manager参考答案14、dcbb 阅读理解。 which is safer - staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working at the office? surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. however, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! in fact the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of human activity, and almost as safe as staying at home. the trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby. it is this that chemical accidents so newsworthy. fortunately, they are extremely rare. the most famous ones happened at texas city (1947), flixborough (1974), seveso (1976), pemex (1984) and bhopal (1984). some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. no one died at seveso, and only 28 workers at flixborough. the worst accident of all was bhopal, where up to 3,000 were killed. the texas city explosion of fertilizer killed 552. the pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of mexico city took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at bhopal. some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger. thus the texas city was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate, which is safe unless stored in a great quantity. the flixborough fireball was the fault of management, which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs. the seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. when the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. the pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. the fire set off a chain reaction of exploding storage tanks. yet, by a miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode. had these caught fire, then 3,000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all have died. 1. according to the passage, the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened at _. a. texas city b. flixborough c. seveso d. mexico city2. which of the following statements is true?a. working at the office is safer than staying at home. b. travelling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office. c. staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry. d. working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air. 3. from the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of _. a. natural gas, which can easily catch fire b. fertilizer, which cant be stored in a great quantity c. poisonous substance, which cant be used in overcrowded areas d. fuel, which is stored in large tanks 4. from the discussion among some experts we may conclude that _. a. to avoid any accident we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry b. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of thechemical industry c. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measureshad been taken d. natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe【参考答案】14、bdbc【2016高考模拟题】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。 tony morrison has won this years nobel prize for literature. tony morrison is sixty-two years old. she was born in lorain, ohio. she is the daughter of farmers who moved to ohio from the southern state of alabama. she studied at harvard university in washington d.c. and cornell university in ithaca, new york.her first success came in 1970 with the book called the bluest eye. it tells the story of a young black girl in a society where golden hair and blue eyes are considered beautiful. her next book was called sulla. it tells the story of two black girls and pain in their lives as they grow up in a small town in ohio. her book the song of solomon is about a black man who tries to forget his past as a slave and begin a new life. and tar baby explores the relationship of a black man and a black woman. in the story the writer argues that black men and women can not get along with each other until they join together to fight racial hatred(种族仇视).miss morrison won americas highest prize for literature, the pulitzer prize in 1988 for her book beloved .it is a powerful story of a slave woman who kills her baby daughter so she will not grow up to be a slave, too. her latest book jazz was published last year. it tells about the sad stories in the lives of a black man and woman who moved from a small town in the south to new york city. it took place in the 1920s,a time when jazz music became popular in america.tony morrison is a professor in literature at princeton university in new jersey. she says the most wonderful thing about winning the nobel prize is that it has finally been awarded to an african ame