广东省番禺县高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练（4）.doc

广东番禺县2016高考英语阅读理解二轮选练（4）【2014模拟】阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。this year i decided to stop drinking coffee, my only source of caffeine. anyone who knows me, especially my wife, will recognize this as a tough and extreme step. ive been drinking coffee since age 10, and id developed quite an addiction to the perfect cup.in the past, ive experimented with quitting a few times by simply going cold turkey. each time, the physical withdrawal, basically headaches, was over within 10 days, but after a month or two i would become convinced that coffee was good for my concentration and start drinking it again.my reason to quit this time was the growing suspicion that coffee was causing mood swings and crashes that are bad for my overall sense of well-being. for this experiment i decided to stop very gradually. i thought that if i allowed the psychological withdrawal to occur gradually alongside the physiological(生理的), i would be able to observe my “coffee-desire” without acting on it, and learn the skill i would need to avoid touching the cup again in future.i made the same amount of coffee each day. although i didnt measure caffeine content, i did control many factors including age of beans, water temperature and water/coffee contact time. from this controlled pot of coffee, i used measuring cups to throw away an additional 20ml per week. i used notebook software to keep some records of my progress and i started with a 3 cup pot in mid-april.towards the end of july i wrote “i am increasingly wanting to abandon this project altogether”,but i continued and in august i was down to a half glass per day, and decided i was done.over the past few days, i noticed myself increasingly thinking“i am having trouble concentrating and coffee might help”. these thoughts came to an end on wednesday. this time, i was armed with data. i created a graph of my hours of concentration per day. one thing is very clear: based on my records, the amount of time i spend concentrating has not decreased since i quit coffee, so i can easily reject the wrong belief “i need coffee to help me concentrate.”i see this as a success for self-quantifying. whether or not it provides a general understanding of the effects of caffeine, it proves the use of self-tracking for making individualized personal decisions.63. how will the authors wife view his decision?a. it is harmful. b. it is admirable.c. it is unreasonable. d. it is challenging.64. by “going cold turkey” (in para. 2), the writer means “_”.a. developing a new interest b. breaking the habit suddenlyc. dining at a turkey restaurant d. drinking a cup of cold tea65. which factor resulted in the authors previous failure to kick the habit?a. a lack of strong will. b.a state of low spirits.c. a series of physical symptoms. d.a false concept about coffee.66. what could be the best title for the passage?a. effects of coffee. b. success through statistics.c. an unforgettable experiment. d. significance of determination.【参考答案】6366 、ccab【2014模拟】阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。until now, little research has been conducted on the association between parentsfriendships and the emotional well-being of their adolescent children. a new study from researchers at the university of missouri suggests that mothersfriendships with other adults can impact their adolescent childrens relationships with their own friends, particularly the negative aspects of these relationships such as conflict and opposition.gary c. glick, a doctoral candidate at mu, and amanda rose, professor in the department of psychological sciences, studied the development of friendships and other peer (同龄人)relationships during adolescence and their impact on psychological adjustment. they found that adolescents may mimic the negative characteristics of their mothersrelationships in their own peer-to-peer friendships suggesting that mothers can serve as role models for their adolescents during formative years.“ mothers who display high levels of conflict with friends may signal to their children that such behavior is acceptable, or even standard in friendships,” glick said. “additional findings suggest that adolescents take for granted their reactions to their mothersconflict with adult friends which may lead to anxiety and depression. ”previous research of this type focused on primary-aged children, but mu researchers wanted to expand their study to focus on the formative adolescent years. youth ranging in age from 10 to 17 and their mothers were surveyed separately to measure regarded positive and negative friendship qualities in both groups. results showed that positive friendship qualities were not always imitated by adolescents; however, negative and unfriendly relationship characteristics exhibited by mothers were much more likely to be copied by the youth studied. “we know that conflict is a normal part of any relationship whether it a relationship between a parent and a child, or a mother and her friends and were not talking physical fights but oral conflicts,” glick said. “ but being exposed to high levels of such conflict generally isnt going to be good for children. parents should consider whether they are good role models for their children especially where their friends are concerned. when things go wrong, parents should talk with their children about how to act with their friends, but more specifically, how not to act. ”67. the word “mimic”(in para. 2) means “_” .a. inherit b. imitate c. possess d. discover68. in comparison with the previous study, the new study expanded _.a. research subjects b. research themesc. research goals d. research approaches69. according to glick, parents should instruct their children _.a. how to avoid any conflict with friendsb. how to establish a sincere friendshipc. how to deal with a troubled friendshipd. how to put an end to a wrong friendship70. what does die new study reveal? a. aggressive mothers ruin their childrens friendship.b. conflicts and opposition form childrens characters.c. parent-child relationship affects childrens growth.d. teens mirror negative features of moms friendships.【参考答案】6770 、dcba阅读理解。 a new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages.they surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat reoms. they spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. they cannot stop, and it affects their lives. ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsivebehavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. this obsessive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. they are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites. they become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life isaffected by this situation. they spend all free time surfing and dont concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades, and success at schools. because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. moreover, this addiction to websites influences their soeial life. they spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. the relation with their friends changes. the virtual life becomes more important than their real life. they have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society, because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. they share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life.although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real life friends they have known all their fife. lt is a problem for the future. this addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.16. the passage is about a. the cause of weboholism b. the advantage of weboholism c. the popularity of weboholism d. the influence of weboholism17. the underlined wordobsessive in the second paragraph most probably means a. attractive b. addictive c. professional d. potential18. we can learn from the passage that . a. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers b. teeangers can hardly balance real and virtual life c. people are addicted to games on the lnternet d. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway19. which of the following is not true of weboholism? a. it contributes to the development of the web. b. the chat room language may change social culture. c. the problem will have a negative influence on our future. d. people addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.20. the authors attitude towards weboholism is that of being a. objective b. positive c. opposed d. acceptable【参考答案】1620、dbbac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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 during the summer holidays there will be a revised schedule(时刻表) of services for the students. changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged will be posted each wednesday outside of the student club. in the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. the dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on weekends. the library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on saturdays and sundays. the weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm. all students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card. this announcement will also appear in the next weeks student newspaper.1.the main purpose of this announcement is to _.tell students of important schedule changes b. show the excellent services for studentstell students of new bus and library services d. ask students to renew their library cards2. at which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?a. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 b.8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30c. 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00 d. 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:303. times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because _.they are not to be announced b. the full list is not readyc. they are hard to arrange d. the full list is too long4. in the summer holidays, the library will have _. no special hours b. special hours on weekdays c. special hours on weekends d. special hours both on weekdays and weekends5. we may infer that during the summer holidays _.the library will continue its usual hours on weekdays b. students will stay in the universitythere will be a concert or film once a week d. no breakfast will be served on weekends【参考答案】15、abbcd 阅读理解-bmr. peter johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. mr. johnson took the only escape routethrough the boot(行李箱). mr. johnsons car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at romney marsin, kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” mr. johnson said. “i couldnt force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because i knew water would come flooding in.” mr. johnson, a sweet salesman of sitting home, kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn (喇叭) and hammering on the roof and boot. then he began his struggle to escape. later he said, “it was really a half penny that saved my life. it was the only coin i had in my pocket and i used it to unscrew (扭下) the back seat to get into the boot. i hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.” it took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. then mr. johnson found a wrench (扳钳) and began to work on the boot lock. fifteen minutes passed by. “it was the only chance i had. finally it gave, but as soon as i moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. i forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled(爬行) clear as the car filled up.” his hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), mr. johnson got to beckett farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmers wife, mrs. lucy bates. hu