安徽省芜湖市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础演练（4）.doc

安徽芜湖市2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）基础演练（4）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。my newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of london and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally i spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by london transport for a job on the underground. they were looking for guards, not drivers. this suited me. i couldnt drive a car but thought that i could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. the writers keats and chekhov had been doctors. t.s. eliot had worked in a bank and wallace stevens for an insurance company. id be a subway guard. i could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis（艰难危险时期）. obviously id be overqualified but i was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.the next day i sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. i must have done all right because after about half an hours wait i was sent into another room for a psychological test. this time there were only about fifty candidates. the interviewer sat at a desk. candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.i can remember the questions now: “why did you leave your last job?” “why did you leave your job before that?” “and the one before that?” i cant recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. his closing statement, i thought, revealed a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “youve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”failing to get that job was my low point. or so i thought, believing that the work was easy. actually, such jobs being a postman is another one i still desire demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. but i was still far short of full self-understanding. i was also short of cash.1the writer applied for the job chiefly because _.ahe wanted to work in the centre of london bhe could no longer afford to live without oneche was not interested in any other available job dhe had received some suitable training2the writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _.ahe often traveled undergroundbhe had written many poemsche could deal with difficult situations dhe had worked in a company3the length of his interview meant that _.ahe was not going to be offered the job bhe had not done well in the intelligence testche did not like the interviewer at all dhe had little work experience to talk about4what does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?ahow unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. bhow difficult it is to be a poet.chow unsuitable he was for the job.dhow badly he did in the interview.5whats the writers opinion of the psychologist?a. he was very aggressive（有进取心的）. b. he was unhappy with his job.c. he was quite inefficient. d. he was rather unsympathetic.【参考答案】15、bcacd 阅读理解。engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality (理性)，but when it comes to my college education i am an idealist and a fool. in high school i wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. but thats not what i did.i chose to study engineering in a small liberal-arts (文科）university that doesnt even offer a major in electrical engineering. obviously, this was not a practical choice; i came here for more noble reasons. i wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my job. i wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people who werent studying science or engineering. my parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. they told me i was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and i believed them.i headed off to the college and sure i was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering factories where they didnt care if you had values or were flexible. i was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.now im not so sure. somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. after three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, i have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.the reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont mix as easily as i supposed in high school. individually they shape a person in very different ways. the struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.文章大意：本文作者以自身的经历说明很难做到文理兼顾，共同发展。因而自己当初想要成为通晓人文科学的杰出工程师，是不切实际的。36. at present, the writer is studying _.a. engineering at a college with a large engineering department.b. engineering in a small liberal-arts university.c. literature in a liberal-arts university.d. communicating and technology.【答案】b 【解析】细节理解题。根据i chose to study engineering in a small liberal-arts (文科）university作者选择了小的文科学院上学的工程专业，故选b。 37. why did the writer choose his major in a different way from ordinary students?a. because he wanted to be an electrical engineer in high school.b. because he didnt like studying in labs.c. because he intended to turn out a technical expert.d. because he expected to get improved more iii humanities.【答案】d【解析】细节理解题。根据i was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist (人文学者) all in one.”，因为他希望提高人文学科这就是作者选择在一所很小的文科院校学习的根本原因。38. what can be inferred from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?a. no noble idea can be out of touch with reality eventually.b. the writers noble ideas are practical.c. noble ideas have nothing to do with reality.d. the writer considered his noble ideas as valuable as others.【答案】a【解析】推理判断题。根据这句话我们不难推断出作者原先的想法是不切实际的，故选a。39. what problem has the writer found in his study at college? a. he cant get used to the engineer factory.b.math, physics and engineering courses are too difficult to learn.c.its hard to combine engineering with the literal arts.d.he has made no progress in the literal arts.【答案】c【解析】细节理解题。根据the struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.把工程学与人文科学联系起来很难。故选c。40.how has the writer felt about his choice?a.he felt proud at the beginning but a bit doubtful at present.b.he has been feeling positive all the time.c.he has decided to give up.d.he shares the same opinion with his parents and teachers.【答案】a【解析】细节理解题。根据i am an idealist 及the struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.作者起初感觉很骄傲但是目前感觉有点怀疑，故选a。阅读理解-dwhen it comes to making a good career in the business world, being honest and getting along well with colleagues gives a person a solid competitive advantage, claims a new research.dr.jon bohlmann has found that project managers can expect better performance by far from the members of their team if treating them with honesty, kindness, and respect. according to another study , the gross-functional product development teams, can achieve a great quality and better cost benefits from socializing and interacting with individuals who work for their suppliers.the first, dr. bohlmanns study analyzed cross-functional product development teams, which combine together engineers, researchers and business personnel. the point to involve people with various backgrounds was to show that there was a focus on finance, marketing, and also on a design and functionality, right from the start of the product-development process. in addition to all this, this diversity also helped to make communication more effective in order to ensure that all members of the team were socializing and cooperating, and not just working at cross-purposes.as a result, it indicated that interactional fairness awareness indeed had an effect on a cross-functional communication. in other words, all the team members who thought that they had been treated well and respected, showed a great increase in their commitment to the success of the project they had been working on in cooperation with other team members, and, in particular, when they realized their project manager or supervisor to be a kind, nice and honest guy.according to dr. bohlmann, the increase in such commitment is very essential and important because it could improve performance that would result in the achievement of team goals. and if bohlmanns study comes to the conclusion that nice and honest guys are the first to finish, the second research by dr. rob handfleld shows us that cooperating and socializing well with others can give a team, and even a company an edge, when it comes to product development.41.according to the passage, being a successful project manager, you should havethe following qualities except _.a. honesty b. kindness c. desire for power d. respect【答案】c 【解析】细节理解题。根据dr.jon bohlmann has found that project managers can expect better performance by far from the members of their team if treating them with honesty, kindness, and respect.如果想做一个好的项目经理需要诚实、善良及尊敬，没有提到对权利的欲望，故选c。42. what does the underlined word they refer to in paragraph 4?a. managers b. team members c. colleagues d. researchers 【答案】b【解析】细节理解题。根据all the team members who thought that they根据上下文可知这里指的是队员，故选b。43 what effect can the commitment mentioned by dr. bohlmann have on our work?a.ensuring great quality of productb.giving a team, and even a company an edgec.making communication effectived.helping us perform better【答案】d【解析】细节理解题。根据according to dr. bohlmann, the increase in such commitment is very essential and important because it could improve performance that would result in the achievement of team goals.能够帮助我们办事效率的提高，故选d。44.what will the author most possibly write in the next paragraph?a.dr. rob handfielcts study.b.dr. jon bohlmanns new findings.c.the importance of cooperating and socializing.d.how to cooperate with others.【答案】a【解析】推理判断题。根据the second research by dr. rob handfleld shows us that cooperating and socializing well with others can give a team, and even a company an edge, when it comes to product development.这里下文要谈的是dr. rob handfleld的研究，故选a。45.the best title for the passage might be _.a.team work is essential and important.b.how to develop a successful business careerc.honest and kind people make better business careerd.socializing and cooperating【答案】c【解析】标题归纳题。根据短文的内容及文章的开头可知诚实和善良能够使生意做地更好，故选c。阅读理解。napoleon bonaparte died on may 5, 1821, on the island of st. helena off the coast of africa. he was 51 years old at the time. when doctors examined napoleons body, they said that the former emperor of france had died from cancer of the stomach. that was the cause of death recorded in the official report. however, other doctors disagreed. one doctor who was present during the examination of the body said that napoleon died of hepatitis（肝炎）. other historians and medical experts have suggested that napoleon died of syphilis（梅毒）, tuberculosis（肺结核）, or perhaps malaria. now, after careful research, a british chemist thinks that napoleon might have been poisoned - not by a person, but by his wallpaper. napoleon was sent to the island of st. helena in 1815 after he lost the battle of waterloo. he was a prisoner on the island. although he had servants to attend to him, he had to live in one small building. st. helena is a very wet island, so the walls of the building were always covered with mold. napoleon became ill from spending too much time inside his house. almost constantly he had a fever, chills, and felt sick to his stomach. he often felt pain in his shoulders and in his side. his skin turned yellow. he got frequent headaches, and he would become dizzy and vomit. none of the medicine that the doctors gave napoleon seemed to help. they were not sure what was the matter. finally, napoleon was too weak to leave the house. one night, while he was sleeping, he went into a coma （昏迷）and died.many doctors who later reviewed the reports of napoleons illness found that the symptoms did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. it seemed obvious that napoleon had died from some other cause. in 1961, a swedish doctor examined some of napoleons hair and found a high level of arsenic（砒霜）, a