广东省韶关市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选编（5）.doc

广东韶关市2016高考英语阅读理解选编（5）阅读理解 even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between george and richard. “ill be the first millionaire in coleford!” richard used to boast. “and youll be sorry you knew me,” george would reply “because ill be the best lawyer in town!”george never did become a lawyer and richard never made any money. instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of coleford high street. it was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for george. but sometimes he sat in his narrow , old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window , thinking about his former rival （竞争对手）。perhaps he missed him?george was very interested in old dictionaries, hed recently found a collector in australia who was selling a rare first edition. when the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and george was delighted. but while he was having lunch, george glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. he was astonishedthe smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! trembling, george started reading. “bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals dylans. the company, owned by multi-millionaire richard pike, is now the largest bookseller in australia. ”( ) 1. george and richard were at school.a. roommates b. good friends c. competitors d. booksellers( ) 2. how did george feel about richard after his disappearance?a. he envied richards marriage. b. he thought of richard from time to time.c. he felt lucky with no rival in town. d. he was guilty of richards death.( ) 3. george got information about richard from .a. a dictionary collector in australia b. the latters rivals dylansc. a rare first edition of a dictionary d. the wrapping paper of a book65.c 细节理解题。由第一段“even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between george and richard.”可知从上学开始，乔治和理查德就是竞争对手。a、b、d三项没有根据，可排除。66.b细节理解题。由第五段“but sometimes he sat in his narrow , old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window , thinking about his former rival （竞争对手）, perhaps he missed him?”可知理查德消失后乔治常常想起他来，故b项正确。a、d两项文中没有交代，属于主观臆测。c项也无从推断出乔治在没有了竞争对手后感到很幸运。67.d 细节把握题。由第六段“but while he was having lunch, george glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in.”一句可知乔治是从包书的一张报纸上得知理查德的消息的，故答案为d。第3组阅读理解-（a）sports shoes that out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the uk. the shoesnamed square eyescontain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. a wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the days efforts. the design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among british teenagers, says gillian swan, who developed square eyes as a final year design project at brunel university to london, uk. “we looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “and i wanted to tackle that with my design.” once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. and further time in front of the tv can only be earned through more steps. swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. so, every 100 steps recorded by the square eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of tv time. existing pedometers （计步器） normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. but her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “it is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “that was one of my main design considerations.” ( ) 1. according to swan, the purpose of her design project is to _. a. keep a record of the steps of the wearer b. deal with overweight among teenagers c. enable children to resist the temptation of tv d. prevent children from being tricked by tv programs( ) 2. which of the following is true of square eyes shoes? a. they regulate a childs evening tv viewing time. b. they determine a childs daily pocket money. c. they have raised the hot issue of overweight. d. they contain information of the receiver. ( ) 3. what is stressed by health experts in their suggestion? a. the exact number of steps to be taken. b. the precise number of hours spent on tv. c. the proper amount of daily exercise and tv time. d. the way of changing steps into tv watching time. ( ) 4. compared with other similar products, the new design _. a. makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat b. counts the wearers steps through shaking c. records the sudden movement of the wearer d. sends teenagers health data to the receiver ( ) 5. which of the following would be the best title for the text? a. smart shoes decide on television time b. smart shoes guarantee more exercise c. smart shoes measure time of exercise d. smart shoes stop childhood overweight71. b 这是一道推断题。根据第三段“we looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,she says,and i want to tackle that with my design .”可以推断出这个设计是为了解决孩子超重的问题。72. a 这是一道推断题。根据第四段“once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. and further time in front of the tv can only be earned through more steps.”可知这种鞋利用走路的步数来控制孩子看电视的时间。73. c 这是一道推断题。根据第五段“health experts suggest that a child take 12 000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television.”可以推断出健康专家给出了每天合适的运动量和看电视时间。74. a 这是一道推断题。根据最后一段“swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. but her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat.”可以推断出类似产品可以用晃动来作弊,但是她设计的鞋使得懒惰的青少年很难作弊。75. a 这是一道主旨题。本文主要介绍了一款智能运动鞋,利用孩子们每天的走步数来决定看电视的时间,起到控制体重的作用。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。 presidents of the united stateshere are some astonishing facts about the national chief executives: when electing us presidents, americans havent been partial to one type of man. commanders in chief of all kinds, tall and short, handsome and homely, well-educated and barely schooled, scoundrel and saint were sent to washington to serve. the following questions look behind the formal portraits of the nations presidents to reveal their unique characters, oddities and ironies. the answers may challenge your perceptions of he men and the highest office in land they held.which president is credited with saving 77 lives? ronald reagan, as lifeguard in his hometown. but some of the rescues may have been young women faking it simply to get the handsome reagans attention.which president was also a king? the 38th president gerald ford. giving birth to him in 1913 by the name of leslie l. king, jr., his mother divorced and remarried. his stepfather informally adopted him, renaming him gerald r. ford.which presidents son was personally affected by three presidential assassinations? abram lincolns oldest son, robert todd, was at is fathers side after the 16th president was assassinated at fords theatre in 1865. sixteen years later he was at the washington rail depot where the 20th president, james garfield was shot in 1881. in 1901 lincoln was in buffalo at the pan-american exposition, where the 25th president william mckinley was assassinated. thereafter robert todd avoided functions where a president was present.who were the largest, smallest and tallest presidents? elected in 1909, the six-foot william howard taft weighed 335 pounds. once, chauncey depew, a renowned turn-of-the-century orator, pointed to tafts massive stomach and asked, what are you going to name the baby? taft replied: if its a boy, he will be a junior. if its a girl, ill name her helen. but if, as i expect, it is only gas, ill name it chauncey depew. james madison was the smallest leader: 5 feet 4 inches, 100 pounds. abraham lincoln, 6 feet 4 inches, was the tallest.which two presidents died on the fourth of july, 1826? thomas jefferson and john adams, 50 years the day after the declaration of independence.which president was taught by his wife to read and write? in 1827, in greeneville, tenn eliza mccardle, 16, married andrew johnson, 18. he was a tailor who could barely read or write. yet he was extremely ambitious. in the evening his wife taught him to read and write. and from there his political career took off, from mayor of his town to governor to vice president and finally president.who was the first president to play little league baseball? george w. bush, for the midland, texas cubs from 1954 to 1958. his coach, frank ittner, now 94 years old, recalls bush as a fine defensive catcher who needed work on his hitting.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。my greatest olympic prizeit was the summer of 1936. the olympic games were being held in berlin. because hitler insisted childishly that his performers were members of a master race, nationalistic feelings were at all-time high.i had trained, sweated and disciplined myself for 6 years. i had my eyes especially on the running broad jump, determined to earn one gold medal for america. a year before, as a sophomore at the ohio state, id set the worlds record of 26 feet 8 1/4 inches. nearly everyone expected me to win this event.i was in for a surprise. when the time came for the broad-jump trials, i was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps. he turned out to be a german named luz long. he had easily qualified for the finals on his first attempt. i guessed that if long won, it would add new support to the nazis master race theory. after all, im a negro. angry about hitlers ways, i was determined do show hitler who was superior and who wasnt.an angry athlete is an athlete who will make mistakes. i fouled twice on my qualifying jumps. walking a few yards from the pit, i kicked at the dirt disgustedly. suddenly i felt a hand on my shoulder. i turned to look into the friendly blue eyes of luz long. hi, im luz long. i dont think weve met. he spoke english well, though with a german twist. glad to meet you, i said. then, trying to hide my nervousness, i added, how are you? im fine. something must be eating you. you should be able to qualify with your eyes closed. he said.he seemed to understand my anger, and took pains to reassure me. although hed