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广东韶关市2016高考英语阅读理解选编（2）阅读理解 brian arrived at the san francisco airport two hours before the flight to paris. he was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. he was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didnt have any other luggage. brian needed to meet a man named tony before he checked in for his flight. he found tony near the air france counter. tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package. “give this package to jean-paul at the airport in paris. he will have a sign with your name on it. i think you can find him easily, “tony said.” you dont have any luggage, right?” “only this backpack,” brian answered. “you said i could bring one carry-on bag.” “thats right, one carry-on bag is fine. have a good trip.” “thanks.”is brian a criminal（犯罪）? not at all. he is an air courier. and he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to paris. air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. it is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick. every year about 80, 000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. the number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. however, air-courier travel isnt for everyone, but if you have very little money, can be flexible（灵活的）about your travel plans, and dont mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!( ) 1. why was brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?a. because they were the uniform for air couriers, b. because that made him easier to be recognized. c. because his backpack had no room for his clothes. d. because he did not have any luggage with him. ( ) 2. an air courier is a person who a. manages a business company in foreign countriesb. organizes international flights for touristsc. travels around the world with cheap ticketsd. delivers papers and packages to foreign countries( ) 3. businesses choose the air-courier service because a. it costs less b. it is flexible c. it saves time d. it grows fast( ) 4. one of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that hea. cannot decide when and where to travelb. cannot take any luggage with himc. has to wear two pairs of jeansd. saves little money from the travel( ) 5. the author of the text mainlya. describes the activities of a law-breakerb. suggests an ideal way to travelc. argues against the air-courier travel d. tells us about a developing business文章大意是说明一个新型的职业航空投送员。航空投送员可以享受相当便宜机票优惠，因为他们的的主要职责是及时的给跨国公司投送重要的包裹或文件。52.c 推理判断题。由第一自然段中的he was carrying one small backpack, which was very full.一句可知本题选c。53.d 细节理解题。由第六自然段中的air courier get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries.一句可知本题选d。54.c 细节理解题。由倒数第二自然段的最后一句可知本题选c。55.a 推理判断题。根据文章最后一句可以推断出本题选a。56.d 主旨大意题。本文大意是介绍一个新型的职业航空投送员，故本题选d。第2组阅读理解-（a）how room designs affect our work and feelingsarchitects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. but now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical（经验的，实证的） basis. they are discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity, keep people focused and lead to relaxation.researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. in 2007, joan meyers-levy at the university of minnesota, reported that the height of a rooms ceiling affects how people think. her research indicates that higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook.in additions to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupants ability to concentrate. nancy wells and her colleagues at cornell university found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention.using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically, and it seems to, according to a study led by c. kenneth tanner, head of the school design & planning laboratory at the university of georgia. tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.recent study on room lighting design suggests than dim（暗淡的） light helps people to loosen up. if that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. researchers of harvard medical school also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.so far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. we have a very limited number of studies, so were almost looking at the problem through a straw（吸管）, architect david allison says. how do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? thats what were all struggling with.( ) 1. what does joan meyers-levy focus on in her research?a. light. b. ceilings. c. windows. d. furniture.( ) 2. the passage tells us that _.a. the shape of furniture may affect peoples feelingsb. lower ceilings may help improve students creativityc. children in a dim classroom may improve their gradesd. students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed( ) 3. the underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that _.a. the problem is not approached step by stepb. the researches so far have faults in themselvesc. the problem is too difficult for researchers to detectd. research in this area is not enough to make generalized patterns( ) 4. which of the following shows the organization of the passage?cp: central point p: point sp: sub-point（次要点） c: conclusion64.b。细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知joan meyers-levy focus on ceilings.65.a。细节判断题。根据文中内容可知b,c和d均是错误的。66.d。句意猜测题。根据划线句子后面的一句话可以知道该题的正确答案为:d。67.c。考查文章结构。注意解题技巧。第一段为总要点，最后一段为结论，要点123共同服务于结论，重要的是要点二又包含了两个次要点。综上分析可知答案为:c。 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。president reagans witty remarksnicknamed the great communicator, ronald reagan (feb. 6, 1911 - june 5, 2004) was one of the best political orators of the 20th century. following is a collection of some classic reaganisms.its true hard work never killed anybody, but i figure, why take the chance?to wife nancy after hinckleys 1981 assassination attempt: honey, i forgot to duck.i hope youre all republicans, he told doctors who were about to operate on his bullet wounds.during a 1984 debate with walter mondale: im not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponents youth and inexperience.in testing the microphone for his weekly radio address, regan declared, my fello americans, im pleased to tell you today ive just signed legislation which outlaws russia forever. the bombing begins in five minutes.america is too great for small dreams.abortion is advocated only by persons who themselves have not been born. we will always remember. we will always be proud. we will always be prepared, so we can always be free.you can tell a lot about a fellows character by his way of eating jellybeans.politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. i have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.politics is a very rewarding profession if you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. mr. president, tv reporter sam donaldson yelled out at reagan after a 1982 press conference, in talking about the continuing recession tonight, you have blamed the mistakes of the past and youve blamed congress. does any of the blame belong to you? reagan responded, yes, because for many years i was a democrat.but with these considerations firmly in mind, i call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace, to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.now, so there will be no misunderstanding, its not my intention to do away with government. it is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.well, this administrations objective will be a healthy, vigorous, growing economy that provides equal opportunity for all americans, with no barriers born of discrimination.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。the voices of timetime talks. it speaks more plainly than words. time communicates in many ways.consider the different parts of the day, for example. the time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. managers in the us fully realize the importance of an announcement made during the middle of the morning or afternoon that takes everyone away from his work.in the us, it is not customary to call someone very early in the morning. if you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is urgent and requires immediate attention. the same meaning is attached to phone calls made after 11:00 pm. if someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it is a matter of life and death. the time chosen for the call communicates its importance.imagine the excitement and fear caused by a crowd of people arriving at the door at 2:00 am. on an island in the south pacific, a plant manager from the us had just such an experience. the natives of the island met one night to discuss a problem, when they arrived at a solution, they went to see the manager and woke him up to tell him what had been decided. unfortunately, it was after 2 oclock in the morning. they did not know that it is a very serious matter to wake up americans at this hour. the manager, who did not understand the local culture, thought there was a fight and called out the military troops. it never occurred to him or to the natives that parts of a day have different meanings in different cultures.i