湖南省隆回县高考英语一轮复习 阅读选练3.doc

湖南隆回县2017高考英语（一轮）阅读选练完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。one night, i was driving down a two-lane highway, not very fast. another car approached from the 1 direction at about my speed. as we passed each other, i caught the other drivers eye for only a second, wondering whether he might be thinking, as i was, how 2 we were on each other at that moment. i was relying on him not to fall asleep, not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring 3 to a sudden end. though we had 4 spoken a word to each other, he relied on me in just the same way.that is the way 5 works. we all depend upon 6 , sometimes required simply not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line, and sometimes required to act 7 , with friends or even with strangers.as technology 8 our world, the need for international cooperation increases. in 2003, doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the sars virus, which 9 thousands of lives. the threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a 10 problem, requiring coordinated police action and intelligence forces across the world. we must recognize that our fates are not ours 11 to control.in my own life, ive put great belief in personal responsibility. 12 , as the years have passed, ive also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of 13 . so, while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a 14 road, what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat, but a shared moment of 15 .1. a. wrong b. correct c. same d. opposite2. a. trustworthy b. dependent c. conscious d. curious3. a. his conversation b. my phone call c. my life d. his life4. a. exactly b. hardly c. never d. ever5. a. the car b. the traffic c. our friendship d. the world6. a. one another b. the whole society c. communication d. traffic rules7. a. independentlyb. respectively c. individually d. cooperatively8. a. develops b. enlarges c. shrinks d. improves9. a. killed b. threatened c. destroyed d. saved10. a. similar b. different c. serious d. widespread11. a. alike b. alone c. alive d. along12. a. therefore b. though c. but d. thus13. a. friends b. authorities c. oneself d. others 14. a. dark b. two-lane c. double-yellow-lined. narrow15. a. dependence b. trust c. safety d. encouragement2016高考模拟题。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 young chinese increasingly forget how to write characters because they dont have to, using keyboards and touch screen technology on mobile phones is changing the trend. for yin liang, a 26-year-old purchasing agent at a company, his embarrassment over forgetting how to write characters has gradually disappeared since he started to use the handwriting input method on his iphone 4 a month ago. “when you write on the touch screen, you use your finger, instead of a mouse or keyboard,” yin says. “actually, your finger is like a pen, writing the complicated characters that have long been spelled by pinyin, an alphabet-based input system. whether typing on computers or texting on phones, most users in china type by phonetically （按照发音地）spelling out the sounds of the characters and the software then gives a menu of characters that fit the pronunciation, so users only need to recognize the character.handwriting technology on a mobile phone touch screen has been around for years and became popular with the iphone, which recognizes the input and offers a wide selection of characters.“its efficient and accurate,” yin says. chinese characters are the oldest continuously used system of writing in the world, but as pinyin-based typing has become more widespread, youths have started forgetting how to write out characters. this was one of the main topics for debate at the first cross-straits chinese character art festival, held recently in beijing, which attracted experts from taiwan and the mainland. according to zhang zikang, president of the culture and art publishing house, writing with a pen on the touch screen brings handwriting into the digital age. it is even better when you write with your finger, feeling the flow of the cursive script（草写体）and the grace and art of chinese characters, he says.“smart gadgets（小装置）dont take life from the square-shaped characters, instead they offer a new and advanced platform to show the charm of chinese characters, which are always evolving,” zhang says.1. which way is not mentioned in the passage to input characters on the phone? a. taking pictures. b. using a kind of alphabet-based input system. c. spelling out the sounds of the characters. d. using their fingers as pens to write.2. the passage probably can be seen in a _. a. novel b. science fiction c. magazine d. fairy tale3. what does “one of the main topics for debate” in paragraph 7 refer to? a. chinese character b. chinese traditional art c. iphone used by youths d. youths forgetting how to write out characters.4. what will happen to characters as smart gadgets appear? a. the writing of characters will be not important. b. characters will disappear sooner or later. c. characters can be only written with your finger. d. characters will be still attractive by evolving.参考答案14、acdd 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。being the head of a high school for many years, i grew tired of budget meetings, funding cuts, and many other administrative chores (杂务). i started to dream of retirement. sitting in traffic on a weekday morning, i would find my mind wandering, i would imagine spending time with my grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books. i told myself that i wouldnt sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anything requiring a schedule. my first day of retirement came at last!i cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me, leisurely read the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friends. on the second day, i cooked breakfast, read the paper . . . on the third day, . . . this is retirement? i tried to tell myself that it was just the transition(过渡), that those golden moments were right round the corner, and that i would enjoy them soon enough. but something was missing. a former colleague asked a favor. a group of students were going to jamaica to work with children in the poorest neighborhoods. would i interrupt my new found “happiness” and return to the students, just this once? one trip. thats all. my bags were packed. the trip was very inspiring. i was moved not only by the poverty i saw but also by the sense of responsibility of the young people on the trip. when i returned home, i offered to work one day a week with a local youth organization. the experience was so positive that i was soon volunteering nearly full-time, working with students across north america to assist them in their voluntary work. now, it seems the tables have turned. some days i am the teacher, other days i am the student. these young people have reawakened my commitment (责任感) to social justice issues by challenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poor and suffer because of greed, corruption and war. most importantly, they have given me the opportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions. in return, i help them do their charitable projects overseas. ive gone from running one school to helping oversee the construction of schools in twenty-one countries! 1. what did the writer expect to do after he retired? a. to stay away from busy schedules. b. to write some great books. c. to do some voluntary work. d. to plan for his future. 2. why did the writer decide to go to jamaica? a. he missed his students in that country. b. he couldnt refuse his colleagues favor. c. he was concerned about the people there. d. he was not satisfied with his retired life. 3. which of the following could be the best title for the passage? a. my retired life. b. being the head of a high school. c. my attitudes towards life. d. an experience of being a volunteer. 4. what does the writer think of his retired life now? a. disappointing. b. troublesome. c. promising. d. meaningful.【参考答案】33.adad 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。if, for some reason, you had 2, 010 empty plastic bottles, what would you do? youd probably sell them cheaply, right? but xia yu collected 2, 010 bottles and built a boat with them. as you read this, xia is, in fact, on a river somewhere in anhui, slowly going towards his destination: the expo garden in shanghai. 2, 010 plastic bottles was to celebrate expo (世博会)2010 shanghai. on the opening day of the expo, xia, together with five friends, went on a 1, 500 kilometres journey from xiangtan to the expo garden, in spite of the doubt whether theyll make it. after all, the boat they are on can hardly be called a boat. it cost only 2, 000 yuan to build in a month. whats keeping xia going is a major cause behind the trip. “we are examining water pollution through our journey and trying to promote a low-carbon (低碳)lifestyle. before we started, no one believed we could sail the boat to the dongting lake. but we made it.”but as they expected, the journey has not always been smooth. of the six from xiangtan, four gave up. as of the press time (到发稿时), only xia and his friend huang ying were on the boat. huang suffered from a disease when they reached jiujiang, jiangxi province. xia said, “there are so many things that can stop up from making it to shanghai, like the weather, health, and sometimes swift river water.”“the boat was produced in a factory according to our design, and perhaps its not in a very good condition. but,”xia said, “we are wearing life jackets”. “some boats passing by offered help.”what is more of a reward for xia and huang is that the yangtze river turned out muc