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广西柳江县2016高考英语(二轮)阅读理解摸底练习（5）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。【2014高考英语综合能力测试题】although both american and british people can generally .understand what each other is saying, sometimes it is necessary to explain some things. some words or phrases could be taken in a wrong way. one of the most noticeable differences is in the spelling of some words. for example, the word color in american english becomes colour in british english. another example is the american word theater - in british english it becomes theatre. other words also have various spelling differences. although some words are spelled the same in the two forms of english, they may have different pronunciations. the accent is .put on a different syllable in a word. british people pronounce their numbers differently from american people, especially the big numbers. they tend to add the word and between the numbers. american english-speaking people usually say 107 one hundred seven , while british english-speaking people say one hundred and seven. sometimes when using the past tense of a verb, ed may be used in american english, while t is common in british english. an example is dreamed and dreamt. vocabulary, of course, is a major difference at times. because of the widespread use of american english, many british people are starting to use some american nouns to replace their british ones. so lorry becomes truck. there are many other words that are being replaced as well. as is often the case, the same words have completely different meanings in the two forms of english. in british english biscuit is similar to cookie, but in american english it is more like a dinner roll. there are also many other minor differences between the two forms of english. it is interesting to note that many british english-speaking people adore american accents. likewise, many american english-speaking people love british accents.26. how many differences between american and british english are mentioned in this passage? a. four. b. five. c. six. d. seven.27. how do american english-speaking people pronounce the number 309? a. three hundred and nine. b. three hundred and ninth. c. three hundred nine. d. thirty and nine.28. which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a. american and british people dont like each others accents. b. biscuit refers to the same food in the two forms of english. c. lorry in american english becomes truck in british english. d. the difference of spelling in the two forms of english is noticeable.29. according to the passage, the past tense of the verb spill in american english could be _ a spilled b. spiled c. spillt d. spilt 30. what is the best title of this passage? a. the differences between spoken and written english b. the differences between american and british english c. spelling is a noticeable difference d. vocabulary is a major difference【参考答案】26-30 acdab 美国英语在拼写、发音和语法等方面与英国英语都有一些小的差异，通常是美国英语把英国英语中的不规则的拼写法规则化了。26. a。细节理解题。从第二段至第五段中关键词spelling，pronunciations，past tense of a verb及vocabulary可知。27. c。推理判断题。从第三段后三句可推出答案。28. d。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知答案。29. a。推理判断题。从第四段可推出答案。30. b。主旨大意题。通读全文可知本文从多个方面说明美国英语和英国英语的区别。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。vans, keds, dolliesthey sound like the names of rock bands, but if you have teenagers, youll know theyre actually the latest in teenage footwear. but experts are now warning that the current shoe fashions will be causing teenagers discomfort in the short term and storing up years of foot, knee and back pain in the future. here, the experts identify the problems caused by teenagers shoe choice. keds/vansslip-on shoes with elastic (弹性的）sides are particularly popular among teenage boys - with keds and vans the most sought-after brands. the main problem is that they are just too flatso flat that the heel, which strikes the ground first, also becomes damaged and painful.ballet pumpsthe worst shoes of all are such light and thin dolly shoes. the problem is partly their flatness, as with keds and vans. however ballet pumps, which have no string or heel, have other specific problems. “as the shoe has no fastening device, it relies on the toes to keep the shoe on, causing an awkward gait（步法）, this leads to short- and long-term problems such as calluses（茧子）, heel and knee pain.” wedges and stilettosthese shoes can also cause problems with gait. they may look good, but the heels on these are so high they can force the wearers body weight forward, making them very unstable.teens who wear these shoes regularly are also in danger of joining those millions of women with constant back pain. school shoesso what do podiatrists（足科医生）have on their wish list, especially for everyday wear? something in a natural, breathable fabric, with a string to hold it on, with a small heel and a deep toe-box that does not press the toes, such as clarks, marks & spencer or rhino. if your teen insists on wearing bad shoes, get them some simple foot orthotics(矫形器) in the shoes. these support and correct the movement of the foot and, properly fitted by a podiatrist, can often transform their walk and halt the damage. 1. of all the shoes mentioned in the passage, which can cause the worst problems? a. marks & spencer. b. wedges & stilettos. c. keds and vans. d. ballet pumps.2. which pair of shoes may not be found on the podiatrists wish list? a. b. c. d.3. the underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph probably means _.a. increase b. worsen c. stop d. cure4. from this passage we can infer _. a. trendy shoes may ruin teenagers healthb. fashionable shoes all have orthotics in them c. experts are strongly against wearing popular shoes d. podiatrists are expert at producing branded shoes5. in which column of mail online can you find this passage? a. sports. b. science. c. health. d. shopping.【参考答案】 1-5、dbcac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。beldon and canfield are two seashore towns, not far apartboth towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other touristslast august there was a fire at the seabreeze hotel in beldonthe next day, this news appeared on page two of the towns newspaperthe beldon post:fire at seabreezelate last night firemen hurried to the seabreeze hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroomthe hotel manager said that a cigarette started the firewe say again to all our visitors： “please dont smoke cigarettes in bed” this was beldons first hotel fire for five yearsthe canfield times gave the news in these words on page one：another beldon hotel catches firelast night beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the seabreeze hotelan angry holiday-maker said, “an electric lamp probably started the firethe bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotelswhen i put my bed side light on, i heard a funny noise from the lamp” we are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in canfieldwhat are the facts, then? it is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accidentthere was a fire at the seabreeze hotel last august: that is one factdo we know anything else? yes, we know that firemen went to the hotelnow what do you think of the rest of the “news”?1which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?abeldon and canfield are both good places for tourists in summer ba fire broke out at night in seabreeze hotel last summercit was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapersdtwo newspapers gave reports on the same matter2which of the following are probably facts?athe fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotelba cigarette started the firecan old lamp started the firedthe fire broke out at nightethere has never been a fire in canfieldab and cba and dcc and eda and c3the canfield times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _ ahotels in beldon often catch firebhotels in beldon dont often catch firecthis was the second fire at the seabreeze hote dbeldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe4the canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the beldon post by saying that _athe bedroom lamps were very old at the seabreeze hotelbthe bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took placecthe firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other thingsdsuch accidents never happened in canfield for the past 5 years【参考答案】14、cbac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。read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. and then answer questions.happiness（romance）happiness tells the story of two people （lisa turbot and danny roy）who work for different advertising companies. they talk on the phone all the time and dont like each other. but then they correspond by email and fall in love. this movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. it also has beautiful music.scream i（thriller）in scream i, paul（colin jacks）is a young man who joins a thriller club. each of the members tries to frighten the others. paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. this movie is very frightening but also quite silly. it doesnt make sense for paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. only for people who like thrillers.pauls heroes（comedy）this is a very funny war movie set in world war two. six soldiers（including sammy turblow）have to get to italy to take secret messages to the america