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湖南祁东县2017高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（五）2016高考训练题。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。in a room at texas children cancer center in houston, eight-year-old simran jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. over her bald head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. but the third graders cheery dressing didnt mask her pain and weary eyes.then a visitor showed up. “do you want to write a song?” asked anita kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. simran stared. “have you ever written a poem?” anita kruse continued. “well, yes,” simran said.within minutes, simran was reading her poem into the microphone“some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “imagination in its head” anita kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣,唱) birds, and finally the girls voice. thirty minutes later, she presented simran with a cd of her first recorded song.that was the beginning of anita kruses project, purple songs can fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. as a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.the effect on the kids has been great. one teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. a 12-year-old boy with hodgkins disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called i can make it.“my time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says anita kruse. “but they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their cd with their families.”simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. from time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, always remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.1simran jatar lay in bed in hospital because _.a. most of her hair had fallen outb. she was receiving treatment for cancerc. she felt depressed and quit from schoold. she was suffering from a pain in her back2what do we know about anita kruses project?a. it helps young patients record songs.b. it is supported by singers and patients.c. it aims to replace the medical treatment.d. it offers patients chances to realize their dreams.3what does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?a. most children are naturally fond of music.b. he was brave enough to put up performance.c. the project has positive effect on young patients.d. singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.4what is probably the best title for the passage?a. purple songs can fly b. singing can improve healthc. a shining moment in life d. a kind womananita kruse试题分析：文章主要介绍了49岁的anita kruse进行的一项名为purple songs can fly的帮助患病的病人的计划，文章中还列举了一些事例来证明这一计划的有效性。1b 细节题。根据文章第一段第一句in a room at texas children cancer center in houston, eight-year-old simran jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer.可知她患有骨癌，正在接受治疗。故b正确。2a 细节题。根据文章第四段第一句that was the beginning of anita kruses project, purple songs can fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs.可知anita kruse这个计划就是让那些年轻的病人写诗和录制歌曲。故a正确。3c 推理题。根据文章第五段第一句the effect on the kids has been great.这一计划对孩子的影响是巨大的，接下来就列举了2例子，说明作者正是想用这个例子来证明这个计划的有效性。故c正确。4a 主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了49岁的anita kruse进行的一项名为purple songs can fly的帮助患病的病人的计划，文章中还列举了一些事例来证明这一计划的有效性。故a正确。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。the 2010 eustace tilley contestthis marks our third annual contest soliciting(征求) readers opinions on eustace tilley, the magazines iconic dandy(花花公子), who appeared on the cover of the first issue of the new yorker and on almost every anniversary issue since. in celebration of our upcoming 85th anniversary, we invite you to create your own version of the new yorkers dandy.entries to our third annual eustace tilley contest will be accepted from december 17th through january 18th. winners will be featured on n.visit /go/tilley2010 to enter and for complete contest rules.open to legal u.s. and canada residents (except quebec) age 18 and over.video conversations with james surowiecki watch the author of the financial page column in discussion with policymakers, business leaders, and economists. this month, james surowiecki speaks with dan vasella, the chairman and c.e.o. of novartis, about drug prices, health-care, reform, and the appearance of china in the pharmaceutical(制药的) industry. visit /go/vasella today.the big apple circus clown care program the big apple circus clown care program brings joy and laughter to young patients in seven new york city pediatric(儿科的) facilities, and 11 more across the country. 90 specially trained professional “clown doctors” visit nearly 250,000 bedsides a year, interacting with the children, family members and staff. the clown care program is a part of the healing process for children who come to new york presbyterian. the clown unit provides a unique way to reduce the stress associated with being in a hospital. being able to bring a smile to the face of a sick child clearly complements(辅助) the excellent care provided by our doctors and nurses. we are thrilled to include the clown care program as part of our team. please help continue this important work by making a financial contribution today at .9. whose entry will be accepted by the new yorker?a. richard, a post-graduate from quebec, canada, who sent his design on dec.20.b. amy, a 28-year-old asian-american teacher, who sent her design on jan. 20.c. jessie, a 16-year-old student from new york, who sent her design on dec. 29.d. john, a 68-year-old retired engineer from san francisco, who sent his design on jan. 10.10. which of the following is not true about james surowiecki?a. james surowiecki is the author of the financial page column.b. james surowiecki usually has discussions with people from different fields.c. james surowiecki speaks with a chairman about issues of medicine this month.d. visiting /go/vasella, you can watch the conversation of this month between james and an economist.11. _ can be provided by the big apple circus care program for sick children.a. excellent treatment and careb. trained professional doctors and nursesc. unique methods to relieve stressd. special pediatric facilities12. which of the following can be used by the big apple circus clown care program to promote itself?a. we help all children live happy lives.b. our doctors jump through rings to cure the blues.c. every life deserves world class care.d. work together for a healthier world.【参考答案】912、ddcb 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。throughout the 1990s and 2000s until today, domingo continued performing, singing many of the same roles but adding new roles as well, among them the title roles in wagners parsifal and mozarts idomeneo, rossinis il barbiere di siviglia as figaro, wagners die walkre as siegmund, lehrs the merry widow as danilo and alfanos cyrano de bergerac as cyrano. from the middle 1990s to early in 2008 alone, he added 38 new roles, covering opera in six different languages (english, italian, french, german, russian and spanish). the latest was the italian opera by george frideric handel, tamerlano.giving him even greater international recognition outside of the world of opera, he participated in the three tenors（男高音）concert at the eve of the 1990 fifa world cup final in rome with jos carreras and luciano pavarotti. the event was originally planned to raise money for the jos carreras international leukemia（白血病）foundation and was later repeated a number of times, including at the three later world cup finals (1994 in los angeles, 1998 in paris, and 2002 in yokohama). alone, domingo again made an appearance at the final of the 2006 world cup in berlin, along with rising stars anna netrebko and rolando villazn. on 24 august 2008, domingo performed a duet with song zuying, singing i de huyn (the flame of love) at the 2008 summer olympics closing ceremony in beijing. the beijing olympics were the second olympics he performed at; he sang the olympic hymn at the closing ceremonies of the barcelona olympics. at the olympic games that followed, he would meet sissel kyrkjeb, who performed the olympic hymn at both the opening and closing ceremonies at those games.in what has been called his final career move, plcido domingo announced on 25 january 2007 that in 2009 he would take on one of verdis most demanding baritone（男中音）roles, singing the title role in simon boccanegra. the first performance was at berlin state opera on october 24, followed by 29 other performances during 2009/2010 at major opera houses around the world. he would, however, continue to sing tenor roles beforehand and afterwards.on 1617 april 2008 he sang during the visit of pope benedict xvi at nationals park and at the italian embassy in washington d.c. since 1990 plcido domingo has received many awards and honors for his achievement in the field of music and in recognition of his many benefit concerts and contributions to various charities.on 15 march 2009, the metropolitan opera celebrated domingos 40th anniversary with the company with an on-stage gala dinner at the mets 125th anniversary, in honour of his first performance in adriana lecouvreur as maurizio opposite renata tebaldi on 28 september 1968.on 29 august 2009 he sang panis angelicus at the funeral mass of senator ted kennedy in the basilica of our lady of perpetual help in boston, massachusetts.on september 20, 2010, domingo announced that he would renew his contract as general director of the los angeles opera through 2013. on september 27, 2010, domingo announced that he will not renew his contract as general director of the washington national opera beyond its june 2011 expiration date.ever a sympathetic colleague, in march 2011 he refused to sing in buenos aires until the city settled a bitter musicians strike at the teatro colon.13. what can we conclude from the passage? a. domingo can only sing in six different languages. b. domingo won many awards because he sang a lot. c. jos carreras was later diagnosed with leukemia. d. domingo enjoyed world-wide popularity as a tenor.14. domingo does the following except _. a. charity workb. promoting world sportsc. organizing anniversary celebrationsd. forming a peaceful society15. singing at different events of world sports shows that domingo _. a. prefers to try singing in different languages including chinese b. enjoys watching sports events despite his busy performances c. would be more than happy to do some benefit work for the world d. knows clearly that singing for sports events helps him to be famous【参考答案】1315、dcc 文学赏析类(2013江西，d)mark twain has been called the inventor of the american novel.and he surely deserves additional praise：the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.i say clever because antislavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the civil war.h.b.stowes uncle toms cabin is only the most famous example.these early stories dealt directly with slavery.with minor exceptions，twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely.he drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.again and again，in the postwar years，twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race.consider the most controversial，at least today，of twains novels，adventures of huckleberry finn.only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as huckleberry finn，twains most widely read tale.once upon a time，people hated the book because it struck them as rude.twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums(贫民窟)”more recently the book has been attacked because of the character jim，the escaped slave，and many occurences of the word nigger.(the term nigger jim，for which the novel is often severely criticized，never appears in it.)but the attacks were and are sillyand miss the point.the novel is strongly antislavery.jims search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic.as jchadwick has pointed out，the character of jim was a first in american fictiona recognition that the slave had two personalities，“the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual：jim，the father and the man.”there is much more.twains mystery novel puddnhead wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day.written at a time when the accepted wisdom held negroes to be inferior(低等的)to whites，especially in intelligence，twains tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth.a slave gave birth to her masters baby and，for fear that the child should be sold south，switched him for the masters baby by his wife.the slaves lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slaveholding class.the masters wifes baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.the point was difficult to miss：nurture(养育)，not nature，was the key to social status.the features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudicemanner of speech，for examplewere，to twain，indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.twains racial tone was not perfect.one is left uneasy，for example，by the lengthy passage in his autobiography(自传)about how much he loved what were called“nigger shows”in his youthmostly with white men performing in blackfaceand his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them.yet there is no reason to think twain saw the shows as representing reality.his frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.was twain a racist？asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of lincoln.if we read the words and attitudes of the past through the“wisdom”of the considered moral judgments of the present，we will find nothing but error.lincoln，who believed the black man the inferior of the white，fought and won a war to free him.and twain，raised in a slave state，briefly a soldier，and inventor of jim，may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.【语篇解读】 通过研究马克吐温的作品，来判定他是否是一名种族主义者。作者列举了大量事实，说明了马克吐温是名反对种族主义的斗士，反驳了别人那些错误的观点。18how do twains novels on slavery differ from stowes?atwain was more willng to deal with racism.btwains attack on racism was much less open.ctwains themes seemed to agree with plots.dtwain was openly concerned with racism.解析推理判断题。由第二段with minor exceptions，twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else directly可知。答案b19recent criticism of adventures of huckleberry finn arose partly from its_.atarget readers at the bottombantis