河北省邯郸市丛台区高考英语 阅读理解练习（6） (2).doc

河北省邯郸市丛台区2016高考英语 阅读理解练习（6）阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (a、b、c和d) 中, 选出最佳选项。体裁：记叙文话题：热点关注时间：7分钟does style really sell? how can the appearance of a product be more important than what it does? the battle between form and function rose again when james dyson，british inventor of the dyson vacuum(真空) cleaner that has sold in millions around the world，resigned as chairman of londons design museum.it is widely believed that mr.dyson felt that the museum put too much stress on style at the expense of serious industrial design.mr.dyson accused the museum of not keeping true to itself.he may be right，but these days，museums everywhere can no longer afford to be unique centers of scholarship and learning.among competition for sponsorship，they must use exhibitions of populist culture，nice cafes and shops or，best of all，a new building by frank gehry to increase visitor numbers.on the one hand，some producers can be too oldfashioned and too concerned with the importance of product engineering and the functionality of their goods.on the other hand，there are those who believe that how a product looks is more important.design is indeed a broad term，involving both function and form.typically，in any given product area，it changes from the former to the latter.clothing is a good example.but surely you would have to be a very shallow person to think somethings appearance is more important than what it does.today nearly all goods at any given price point do much the same job.so almost the only way producers can differentiate their products from those of their competitors is to create some sort of emotional connection with the consumer，which could be through the visual appeal of the product or its packaging，or the imagery(意象) created by advertising.and what of the dyson vacuum cleaner? mr.dyson may believe that people buy these machines because of the graphs showing their superior suction，but most vacuum cleaners do a good job；the main reason people pay extra for a dyson is that it is a vacuum cleaner with a trendy brand.with its inside workings exposed，it is a bit like a richard rogers building with all its pipes shown in bright colors on the outside instead of being hidden inside.functional it may be，but it is a bit of a trick，too.【语篇导读】英国吸尘器发明家dyson因强烈反对设计博物馆太过注重外在的风格样式而辞职，他认为这里应该是研究学问的地方。1mr.dyson left the design museum because he thought the museum _.adidnt increase the number of visitorsbcouldnt provide scholarships for learnerscwasnt loyal to its original purpose of learningddidnt have great appeal for serious industrial design解析推理判断题。由第一段的最后一句话和第二段的第一句可知，他辞职是因为设计博物馆太注重风格样式。他认为这里应该是研究学问的地方，他们的做法违背了这个初衷。答案c2speaking of clothing，the underlined word“latter” refers to “_ ”aaffording protectionbindicating ones identitycproviding warmthdmaking someone beautiful解析词义猜测题。根据文章内容可知，这里的latter指的是前面一句话中的form，即外形。因此d项正确。答案d3what can we learn from paragraph 4?aa product with convenient packaging sells well.bthe majority of consumers prefer to buy branded goods.cmost similarly priced products are of a comparable standard.demotion contributes much to the development of advertising industry.解析细节理解题。由第四段的第一句可知，大多数指定价格的产品都做着同样的工作，即大多数相似价格的产品都有可比的标准。所以c项正确。答案c4what is the authors attitude towards the form of a product?aoptimistic. bsceptical.cdisapproving. dobjective.解析态度推断题。由最后两段的内容可知，作者认为产品的外形还是很重要的，但也是个小花招，因此作者对产品外形持客观的态度。选d。答案d阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (a、b、c和d) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013天津，c)poet william stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours(绕行路)in life than by the narrow road toward goals. i like this image. but it was quite by accident that i discovered the deep meaning of his words.for years we made the long drive from our home in seattle to my parents home in boise in nine hours. we traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when i was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hates confinement(限制)and have strong opinions about everything.road trips felt risky, so i would drive fast, stopping only when i had to. we would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.but then banner, our lamb was born. he was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to boise. i had two choices: leave banner with my husband, or take him with me. my husband made the decision for me.that is how i found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. we took the country roads out of necessity. we had to stop every hour, let banner shake out his legs and feed him. the kids chased him and one another. theyd get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.we explored side roads, catching grasshoppers in waisthigh grass. even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway. here was life. and new horizons(见识)we eventually arrived at my parents doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.i grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique. on an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling. i stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead. i parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.some road trips are by necessity fast and straight. but that trip with banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a journeyand the best part of yourself.文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，因为旅途中要照料刚出生的小羊羔，所以作者不得不选择绕行路，作者发现绕行路增添了生活的快乐。16why did the author use to take freeways to her parents home?ait was less tiring. bit would be faster and safer. cher kids would feel less confined. dshe felt better with other drivers nearby.答案：b细节理解题。由第二段第二句话，“我们走大部分人会走的路：最快、最短、最安全”，故选b项。17the author stopped regularly on the country roads to _.arelax in the fresh air btake a deep breath ctake care of the lamb dlet the kids play with banner答案：c细节理解题。由第五段第三句话，“我们不得不每个小时停下来，让班纳舒展一下腿，喂喂它”，即照料一下小羊羔。18what does the author discover from the trip according to paragraph 6?afreeways are where beauty hides. bgetting close to nature adds to the joy of life. cenjoying the beauty of nature benefits ones health. done should follow side roads to watch wild animals.答案：b细节理解题。由here was life. and new horizons.可知这次旅行作者的发现：这才是生活，以及新见识。通过旅行中亲近大自然作者体验到了生活的乐趣。故选b项。19why did the author ask the kids to get out of the car on their way back home?ato give herself some time to read. bto order some food for them. cto play a game with them. dto let them cool down.答案：d推理判断题。由第八段第二三句话，“每个人开始争吵，我停下车命令他们下车到前面等我”，可以推断出：我让孩子们下车是为了让孩子们停止争吵冷静下来。故选d项。20what could be the best title for the passage?acharm of the detour. bthe road to bravery. ccreativity out of necessity. droad trip and country life. 答案：a主旨大意题。文章开头点题与结尾的结论都提到了绕行路会揭示旅行的快乐，所以标题应是a项，绕行路的魅力。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (a、b、c和d) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013湖北，a)some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. i would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. i did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but i gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. after all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?when i was thirteen years old, i went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, wellequipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. during the trip, i was busy recording every incident, name and place i came across. i felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. on my last night there, i wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. the sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. i automatically took out my pen.at that point, i understood that nothing i wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds i allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. all i remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations i had set down in my diary.now, i only write in my diary when i need to write down a special thought or feeling. i still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. i take pictures, but not very oftenonly of objects i find really beautiful. im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when i grow old. i realize that life will simply pass me by if i stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.i dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. maybe i wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. i dont live to make memoriesi just live, and the memories form themselves.文章大意：本文介绍的是作者的一个成长历程，日记和相机起到穿针引线的作用，随着时间的变迁，作者的感受也在变化。1before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _.aobserving her school routine bexpressing her satisfactioncimpressing her classmates dpreserving her history答案：d细节理解题，根据第一段的a way of preserving the past可知d正确。2what caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?aa dull night on the journey. bthe beauty of the great valley.ca striking quotation from a book. dher concerns for future generations.答案：b推理判断题，由下文的at that point, i understood that nothing i wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds i allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley可知b正确。3what does the author put in her diary now?anotes and beautiful pictures. bspecial thoughts and feelings.cdetailed accounts of daily activities. ddescriptions of unforgettable events.答案：b细节理解题，由now, i only write in my diary when i need to write down a special thought or feeling可知b正确。4the author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is _.ato experience it bto live the present in the futurecto make memories dto give accurate representations of it答案：a细节理解题，由but at least the experiences will always remain inside me可知a项正确。【深圳市2014高考英语综合能力测试题（1）】基础写作（共1小题，满分15分） 你接受了一项写作任务，要为英语校报写一篇中国载人宇宙飞船“神舟号”的简介。【写作内容】 请根据以下信息，写一篇关于“中国载人宇宙飞船辉煌10年”的简讯。时间成功发射航天员标志性成就与突破2003年10月1 5日神州五号杨利伟世界第三个载人进太空的国 家中国第一艘载人飞船2003-2013年三艘载人飞船7男1女中国航天科技迅速发展各自圆满完成任务2013年6月11日神州十号聂海胜、张晓光、王亚平（中国第二位女航天员）王亚平完成多项科学实验，进行了中国首次太空授课目 的为将来探索月球、火星做好准备【写作要求】1只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；2作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。【评分标准】 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。【参考范文】基础写作 (one possible version)the last decade has witnessed the rapid development and splendid achievements in chinas manned spacecrafts to prepare for the exploration of the moon and mars in the future. on october 15, 2003, shenzhou v, chinas first manned spacecraft was launched into space with chinas first astronaut yang liwei, which made china the third country to send man to space independently. since then, another three manned spacecrafts have sent 7 men and 1 woman astronauts into space, accomplishing their own tasks successfully with rapid development in science and technology. most proudly, shenzhou x took off carrying a crew of three astronauts: nie haisheng, zhang xiaoguang and wang yaping on 11 june, 2013. during this voyage, wang yaping, chinas second female astronaut, successfully conducted some scientific experiments and delivered chinas first space lecture to chinese students by live television broadcasts. 【深圳市2014高考英语综合能力测试题（1）】读写任务（共l小题，满分25分）阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。benefits of honestysarah darling met a homeless man called billy ray harris and gave him her purse, with all her change in it. it was not until the next morning she realized that she had left her diamond ring in the purse. to her surprise, when she and her husband bill krejci found billy, billy immediately returned the ring. the grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets. however, bill krejci, a web designer, felt that he needed to do something more for this honest man. he set up a special page for him on money- raising site give forward with a goal of raising $1,000 in 90 days. in just four days, the donations rose to over $85,000. that was not all. because of all the media coverage, billy reunited with his elder brother, edwin harris who he had not met for 27 years. the two talked for 45 minutes on the phone and edwin was planning to take billy to his home in lubboc