广东省韶关市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解练习（2）.doc

2016广东韶关市高考英语二轮阅读理解练习（2）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。【2014高考英语一模】“cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. gifts are easy theyre given after all. choices can be hard.” jeff bezosi got the idea to start amazon 16 years ago. i came across the fact that the internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. i had just turned 30 years old, and id been married for a year. i told my wife mackenzie that i wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont, and i wasnt sure what to expect. mackenzie told me i should go for it. as a young boy, id been a garage inventor. id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.i was working at a financial firm in new york city with a bunch of very smart people, and i had a brilliant boss that i much admired. i went to my boss and told him i wanted to start a company selling books on the internet. he took me on a long walk in central park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “that sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good job.” that logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), i decided i had to give it a shot. i didnt think id regret trying and failing. and i suspected i would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.after much consideration, i took the less safe path to follow my passion, and im proud of that choice. for all of us, in the end, we are our choices.21. what inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore? a. his dream of being an inventor.b. the support of his wife. c. the greatly increasing usage of the internet.d. millions of exciting titles.22. which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?. a. the idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.b. he would be very excited if he tried it out.c. he would be always having a doubt if he didnt try.d. the decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.23. we can know from the passage that _. a. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the authorb. the author wanted someone else to try the ideac. the author might not regret if he failed the idead. the author might go back to his boss if he failed24. which of the following would be the best title for the passage? a. cleverness and kindnessb. the starting of amazonc. following my passiond. we are what we choose【参考答案】2124 cacd 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。in our old neighborhood, neighbors chatted over fences. newcomers were welcomed with chocolate and bread. it had been easy to find friends there. our new community was difference. it seemed that family roots grew deep. deep as the mississippi river that flowed past the tiny river town. wed moved to decrease my husbands commute to work. only thirty miles. after living there for six months, i was ready to move back home. i was lonely for a friend. my three boys were lonely. my husband, lonny, fared okay, but he spent his days at work. lonny noticed my sinking disposition. “shawnelle, you look unapproachable,” he said. he and i were sitting in lawn chairs. samuel, our three-year-old sat in his own little chair. “what do you mean?” “body language. you placed our chairs fifteen yards away from everyone else.” “it doesnt matter. im not going to have friends hers.” just then samuel looked up. “moms right, dad. and we just want to go home.” thats when i knew that i needed an adjustment. i didnt want my boys to learn that the way to work through a tough time was to use a wounded and bitter attitude. over the next few months i smiled when i didnt feel like it. we signed up for reading programs at the library and frequented parks and the bike path along the river. one afternoon samuel and i clambered up the stairs to the library activity room. a woman who i hadnt seen before sat at an oblong table with a tiny boy. “hi,” she said. “im tammy. do you need a seat? theres one right here.” i sat down next to tammy. soon class was over, and we still had a lot to say. “why dont you come over later?” tammy asked. “i live on a farm. theres plenty of room for the kids to run.” we went. and since that day, weve been back a million times. when i look back, im grateful for that tough time. i learned to persevere. im glad i didnt give up. and as for my boys, they learned a lesson too. “keep moving forward,” is what i tell them. “your heart will follow.”1. why did the writer move to a new neighborhood?a. to find a part-time job in the library.b. to make new friends with the local people.c. to enjoy the beauty of the mississippi river.d. to make her husband go to work conveniently.2. shawnelle decided to keep going when _.a. tammy encouraged her to join conversationsb. samuel expressed his wish to go back homec. lonny pointed out the mistakes of her body languaged. tammy invited her to go to her farm3. shawnelle mentioned her friendship with tammy to prove_a. women seemed to have endless words to sayb. tammy was rich to have room for kidsc. her family had finally fitted in the new placed. tammys farm was suitable for kids to play on4. what lesson did shawnelle teach her kids?a. have a dream in difficult times.b. never break up with old friends.c. be careful in making friends.d. keep up in a tough time.【参考答案】1-4 dbcd 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。are you nervous about climbing because you think its too dangerous? do you feel youre not fit enough to climb? do you know how to start climbing?lets consider the idea that climbing is dangerousbeing afraid is natural, but if you use suitable ropes and other climbing equipments you will feel completely safeclimbers are usually very careful because they know what they are doing is dangerousaccidents happen, but when they do, they tend to attract a lot of publicityas a result, people think there are many more accidents than there are in realityyou cannot expect to start climbing straight awayclimbing is a challenge and challenges take timeit is necessary first of all that you achieve a good level of fitnessbegin as soon as you become interested in climbing ?go to the gym, go swimming, take up jogging and continue to do so throughout your training perioddiscover as much as you can about climbingvisit the library and find book, especially for beginners or buy climbing magazines and look for articles which describe your situationlook up information on the internetfind out about equipment, methods and places to gonext, take a course on a climbing wallthere are plenty of climbing walls all over the country which have trained and qualified people as instructorscall your local leisure center to find out if there is one in your area. these training sessions are a quick way to get experience and you are likely to meet other beginners. after this, you can do an outside course of join a club where you can meet climbers of all abilities and eventually join in group-climbing events.at first you may not understand the importance of a good training period, but after you have completed your first climb and you are standing safely at the top of a rock feeling thrilled, then you will know it was the right thing to do.1the article is written by .aa doctorban experienced climberca beginnerda fitness instructor2the writer thinks a new climber should .abegin by becoming fitbhave the courage to meet the challengescbe aware of the causes of the accidentsddo enough sports to get interested in climbing3by climbing walls you can .ajoin a club you like bgain controlled experiencecbecome qualified instructorsdtake part in group-climbing events4the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph probably means .athe climbbthe trainingcthe equipmentdthe achievement【参考答案】babb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。is early childhood education really necessary? early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the childs physical, sensory, communicational and social developmentearly childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergartenthere are good reasons for the government to push early childhood educationstudies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in lifefurther studies show that poor children who take part in head start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in special education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to prisonthere are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too earlytime magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work” i have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to head start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high schoolyet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlieractually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school yearsit seems that environment is a bigger factor on lifes success than early educationhead start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school childrenperhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap1. the purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is _ato develop the childrens communicationbto give orphaned children good care and educationcto get the children prepared for the kindergartendto train the children formally and regularly2. according to the studies, which of the following is true?achildren with good early education may have a rich lifebthe orphaned children are usually unhappy in their lifecchildren without early education can do well at schooldhead start programs are helpful to the poor children3. “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work” suggests that _athe early childhood education is helpless to the childs gradebit is good for the young children to receive early educationcthe early education can help the children follow the gradedthe younger the children are, the cleverer they will be 4. the authors attitude toward the early childhood education is _apuzzling bnegative cindifferent dapproving【参考答案】1-4 cdab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。【2014高考英语一模】two new studies suggest that modern running shoes could increase the risk of injuries to runners. one study involved sixty-eight healthy young women and men who ran at least twenty-four kilometers a week. the runners were observed on a treadmill machine (跑步机). sometimes they wore running shoes. other times they ran barefoot (赤脚). researchers from the jkm technologies company in virginia, the university of virginia and the university of colorado did the study.they found that running shoes create more stress that could damage knees, hips and ankle joints than running barefoot. they observed that the effect was even greater than the effect reported earlier for walking in high heels.the study appeared in the official scientific journal of the american academy of physical medicine. the other study appeared in the journal nature. it compared runners in the united states and kenya. the researchers were from harvard university in massachusetts, moi university in kenya and the university of glasgow in scotland.they divided the runners into three groups. one group had always run shoeless. another group had always run with shoes. and the third group had changed to shoeless running.runners who wear shoes usually come down heel first. that puts great force on the back of the foot. but the study found that barefoot runners generally land on the front or middle of their foot. that way they ease into their landing and avoid striking their heel.harvards daniel lieberman led the study. he says the way most running shoes are designed may explain why those who wear them land on their heels. the heel of the shoe is bigger and heavier than other parts of the shoe, so it would seem more likely to come down first. also, the heel generally has thick material under it to soften landings. but the res