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河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（7）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。historians usually just study great things that happened in the past time, but drew faust has made history! on february 11, 2007, faust was named president of harvard university. she is the first woman to hold the position in the schools 371-year history.“i am a historian,” she said. “ive spent a lot of time thinking about the past, and about how it shapes the future. no university in the country, perhaps the world, has as remarkable a past as harvards.”“and our common enterprise is to make harvards future even more remarkable than its past. that will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well. it will also mean recognizing what we dont do as well as we should, and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better.”it is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas that have given drew success in a world controlled by men. “this is a mans world, my girl, and the sooner you learn that, the better off youll be.” drew faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young, but she didnt buy it. faust grew up in a well-off family in virginias shenandoah valley in the 1950s. even then, she was a trailblazer(先驱). a conversation with her familys black handyman (零工) and driver inspired her to write a letter, on school notebook paper, to president dwight eisenhower.she asked that he help bring us citizens together in the south, a much divided part of the country at the time. “drew faust is a historian with her eyes on the future,” said susan graham, a professor of harvard. many of the universitys schools said that they believe harvard will have a brighter future under the leadership of drew faust.1. why does the writer say drew faust has made history?a. because she is a historian.b. because she was president of harvard university.c. because she was the first woman to be president of harvard university.d. because harvard has a remarkable past2. what do we know about historians?a. they usually study great things that happened in the past.b. they are usually presidents of universities.c. they are usually born in well-off families.d. they are usually women.3. what does the underlined word “buy” in the fourth paragraph mean?a. accept b. expect c. purchase d. afford4. what did her mother mean by saying “this is a mans world, my girl.”?a. to encourage her to do mans work.b. to tell her to do things as a girl should do.c. to ask her to be well-off.d. to expect her to be a historian.5. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. faust was born in the north of the us.b. she wrote a letter to president eisenhower when she became president of harvard.c. fausts desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success.d. historians just care about great things that happened in the past.【参考答案】15、caabc 【2014高考英语河南省内黄一中一模】a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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 my horse，treasure，is my hero because she helped me discover how to relate to herin the process，she “ fixed ” my relationship with my husband and my children when i got her，she was 2 years old, with no handling. she was not going to accept any kind of instructions from me. in the interest of not getting myself killed，i started to read and educate myself on ways to manage a high-spirited horsei discovered natural horsemanship（马术）,a method of training that focuses on communicationin order to communicate with another person，you must be understoodthe very definition（定义）of understanding is two or more persons share the same idea. this simple definition had a big influence on mei realized that communication is a two-way street!when i started to adopt horsemanship in my life，i noticed a change in the way other people related to memy husband，when i stopped ordering him around，became happier and more helpfulmy children，when i practiced being fair，firm and most of all，considerate，were motivated（激发）to act sooner，at a polite request instead of the orders from me i think the most valuable life skill i learned from my horse is that pressure motivates. as soon as i applied these basic skills to my daily activities, i started to notice positive changes. my children were more considerate of each otherand started to ask first，without tellingi became aware of my position as a role modeltoday，five years later，i have the perfect horsei also have very polite kids and a very happy husbandtheres nothing in the world that can compare to being loved by ones you love most-even if it all started with the attitude of a very special horse56what does the underlined phrase “with no handling” in paragraph2 mean? a. nobody cared about the horse except the author.b. the horse could do whatever she wanted.c. nobody had trained the horse before.d. the horse didnt like anyone except the author.57. what can we infer from the passage?a. treasure was worth a lot of money.b. when the author got treasure, she was a perfect horse.c. before the author got treasure, she didnt love her husband.d. treasures coming helped the authors family to get along better.58. why were the authors children slow to respond to her in the past?a. she was unfair and used to order them to do things.b. she didnt know how to manage the female horse.c. her children were too naughty to listen to her.d. she would be unhappy if they responded quickly to her.59. which is the best title for the passage?a. a true treasureb. my familyc. the importance of understandingd. an unforgettable experience【参考答案】5659、cdaa 【2014高考英语河南省内黄一中一模】bif it really is whats on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.some doctors now think that the internal(内部的) fat surrounding important organs like the heart or liver could be as dangerous as the external fat which can be noticed more easily.“being thin doesnt surely mean you are not fat,” said dr jimmy bell at imperial college. since 1994, bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with mri machines to create “fat maps” showing where people store fat.according to the result, people who keep their weight through diet rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they are slim.even people with normal body mass index scores can have surprising levels of fat deposits inside. of the women, as many as 45 percent of those with normal bmi scores (20 to 25) actually had too high levels of internal fat. among men, the percentage was nearly 60 percent.according to bell, people who are fat on the inside are actually on the edge of being fat. they eat too many fatty and sugary foods, but they are not eating enough to be fat. scientists believe we naturally store fat around the belly first, but at some point, the body may start storing it elsewhere.doctors are unsure about the exact dangers of internal fat, but some think it has something to do with heart disease and diabetes(糖尿病). they want to prove that internal fat damages the bodys communication systems.the good news is that internal fat can be easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your diet. “if you want to be healthy, there is no shortcut. exercise has to be an important part of your lifestyle.” bell said.60. what is the passage mainly about?a. thin people may be fat inside.b. internal fat is of no importance.c. internal fat leads to many diseases.d. thin people dont have diabetes.61. according to the passage, which of the following is wrong?aexercise can help to reduce the internal fat.bpeople can get rid of internal fat by improving diet. cmen are more likely to have too much internal fat. dpeople with heart disease all have internal fat.62. from the last paragraph, we can find that _.ainternal fat leading to disease has been proved bexercise plays an important role in peoples life for keeping healthy cthin people usually have internal fat even if they are slim dit is easier to burn off internal fat than external fat 63. the underlined part in the last paragraph means _.aa long road ba clear difference can easy way da short distance 【参考答案】6063、adbc 【山东省2014仿真模拟冲刺卷】 单项填空（共10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）1it looks heavycan i give you a hand?_ayes，my pleasure bno，thanks cno，never mind dyes，i do2lets go to _ cinemathatll take your mind off the problem for _ whileathe；the ba；the cthe；a da；a3on the double 11th day, my uncles online store has successfully sold _ shoes as last year, that is, it can hardly make _ progress aas many twice; worse bas many twice; badctwice as many; good dtwice as many; better4what do you mean，there are only ten tickets? there _ be twelveawould bshould cwill dshall5she brought with her three friends，none of _ i had ever met beforeathem bwho cthese dwhom6scientists also have no idea how long it will be before all wild animals in the cages _ashould be set free bwill be set free care set free dwould be set free 7the computer was used in teachingas a result，not only _，but students became more interested in the lessonsasaved was teachers energy bteachers energy was savedcwas teachers energy saved dwas saved teachers energy8one of the most important questions they had to consider was _ of public healthawhat bthis cwhich dthat9everybody was touched _ words after they heard her moving storyawithout bbeyond cof din10now that weve discussed our problem，are people happy with the decisions _?ataking btake cto take dtaken【参考答案】单项填空15bcdbd 610 ccdbd 【江西省九江市2014二模】单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. could you help me with the math problem? _ you must be barking up the wrong tree. a. my pleasure. b. take it easy. c. why not? d. are you kidding? 22. a person with a happy, easy-going _ is more likely to succeed in the future. a. nature. b. appearance. c. behavior d. attitude23. most of my new classmates are kind, but _ is so good to me as lucy. a. someone b. everyone c. no one d. none 24. during the spring festival travel rush, almost all the cities adopted _ measures to smooth the heavy traffic. a. compulsory b. temporary c. permanent d. traditional 25. so well _ that she has won her first australian open title in melbourne.a. was li na performed b. li na has performed c. did li na perform d. li na is performing 26. somehow this seems to koreans to be _. how could ahn hyun-soo suddenly become a sochi champion of russia? a. out of place b. out of shape c. out of control d. out of question27. john is strongly convinced that extra time spent studying now will _ in the future. a. show off b. set off c. pay off d. take off 28. there would be additio