江苏省徐州市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解 基础选练（6）.doc

江苏徐州市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮基础选练（6）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项。【2014统一模拟】car talk when i got the driving license last summer, mom and i took our first trip around an empty parking lot. then i found that my mother was not the best teacher for me. it wasnt that she shouted, or told me that i was doing poorly. as you can imagine, my mothers helpful instructions only managed to make me more nervous. since i could no longer practice with her, the job was placed in the hands of my father. the idea of learning from dad was not one that thrilled me. i loved him dearly, but i just did not see dad as someone i could be comfortable learning from. he almost never talked. we shared a typical father-daughter relationship. hed ask how school was, and id say it was fine. unfortunately, that was the most of our conversations. spending hours alone with someone who might as well have been a stranger really scared me. as we got into the car that first time, i was not surprised at what happened. dad and i drove around, saying almost nothing, aside from a few instructions on how to turn. as my lessons went on, however, things began to change. dad would turn the radio up so i could fully appreciate his favorite stones music. and he actually began talking. i was soon hearing about past failed dates, basic body gym class, and other tales from his past, including some of his first meeting withmom. dad s sudden chattiness was shocking until i thought about why he was telling me so much in the car. in all the years that i had wondered why my father never spoke that much, i had never stopped to consider that it was because i had never bothered to listen. homework, friends, and even tv had all called me away from him, and, consequently, i never thought my quiet father had anything to say. since i began driving with him, my driving skill has greatly increased. more important, though, is that my knowledge of who my father is has also increased. just living with him wasnt enoughit took driving with him for me to get to know someone who was a mystery.59. the author couldnt practice driving with her mother because . a. she couldnt talk with her mother b. her father wanted to teach her c. her mother made her nervous d. she didnt trust her mother60. at first, the idea of learning driving from her father made her . a. happy b. uneasy c. satisfied d. disappointed61. what surprised the author when the driving lessons went on? a. her dad liked modern music. b. her dad was the best teacher. c. her dad was a chatty person. d. her dad told her his sad stories.62. with her story car talk, the author indicates that . a. fathers love their daughters dearly b. mothers are less patient than fathers c. family members need real communication d. it takes time to improve the father-daughter relationship【参考答案】59. c 60. b 61. c 62. c 2016高考英语阅读理解-人生百味类 have you ever complained why life is so tiring? does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? are your studies sometimes not successful? well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. if you see the world with your warm heart, youll find that the whole world smiles to you. while in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teachers face when you did a good job?one day it is fine. just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. but dear friends, why dont you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? and with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest. although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure cant be avoided. i think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. when we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. as a popular saying goes, “failure is the mother of success”. attitude decides everything. with an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. lets smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.【小题1】people sometimes complain _. athe sky is always darkbtheir studies are successfulcthey see the world with their heartdlife is tiring【小题2】when we face failure, we _. amust be confident in ourselvesbshouldnt be afraid of itcshouldnt give up hopedall of the above【小题3】the best title for the passage is_. asmile and the world smiles to you bcomplaining about lifecfailure is the mother of successdit is very hard to succeed 2016高考英语阅读理解-人生百味类summer rainthe worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. we spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. all of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. and then, summer comes, and it rains. as a child, i would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. it wasnt fair. we suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom and pleasant weather. on those rainy summer days, i had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. i was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. my father worked from home, so i was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. it was those days that i would watch whatever was on television or read any books that i could find lying around. id drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day. as an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. when you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. everything seems dull. such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. i spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. when summer comes, i hate how hot it is. and then i look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful and considerably cooler weather tomorrow.【小题1】when the author was a child, he _. ahated rainy daysbliked staying indoorscpreferred cooler weatherddreamed on summer days【小题2】we can learn from the passage that the author _. awas often left alone at homebhad no brothers or sisterscpreferred reading to playing outsidedcould enjoy the brilliant sun in winter【小题3】as an adult, the author views summer rain differently because _. ahe knows it wont last longbhis summer holiday is very shortcrain makes the weather coolerdhe can better deal with his holiday 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项。【2014质量检测】five years ago, david smith wore an expensive suit to work every day. “i was a clothes addict.” he jokes. “i used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so i could change if my clothes got wrinkled.” today david wears casual clotheskhaki pants and a sports shirtto the office. he hardly ever wears a necktie. “i am working harder than ever.” david says, “and i need to feel comfortable.”more and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work. in the united states, the change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual. in the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on friday（but only on friday）. this became known as “dress-down friday” or “casual friday”. “what started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing.” said business consultant maisly jones.why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? one reason is that its easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code.” “a lot of young people dont want to dress up for work,” says the owner of a software company, “so its hard to hire people if you have a conservative（保守的）dress code.” another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes. in a study conducted by levi strauss and company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale（心境，士气）. only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative influence on productivity. supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money. “suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day,” one person said. “for the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes.”21. david smith refers to himself as having been “a clothes addict,” because _.a. he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirtb. he couldnt stand a clean appearancec. he wanted his clothes to look neat all the timed. he didnt want to spend much money on clothes22. david smith wears casual clothes now, because_.a. they make him feel at ease when working b. he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes c. he looks handsome in casual clothes d. he no longer works for any company 23. in this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned except _. a. saving employees moneyb. making employees more attractivec. improving employees motivationd. making employees happier21. c. 细节理解题。由第一段第二行可知。22. a. 细节理解题。从第一段最后一行david所说的话中可知。23. b. 细节理解题。其它三个选项在最后一段都有提及。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项。【2014质量检测】in los angeles, drivers spend sixty-one hours every year stuck in traffic. these drivers know all too well how bad the traffic can be. “therere too many cars, and you cant move around a lot.”professor cyrus shahabi also knows about traffic jams. he lives more than 65 kilometers from his office at the university of southern california, in los angeles. he is always late even with the help of a navigation (导航) system.he decided to develop a program called clearpath for that. he says his program uses historical data to predict traffic conditions even before the driver leaves the house.“whats unique is that we use a lot of data thats currently become available including traffic data, weather data, and we analyze that so that we can predict whats going to happen in front of you when you leave home.”professor shahabi says his system does more than just respond to current traffic conditions. with clearpath, he says, a driver can decide what time he wants to leave, and clearpath will give the fastest route. it looks at the entire road network, including surface streets as well as highways, before the driver hits the road. professor shahabi hopes to have clearpath available nationwide and overseas once they can collect traffi