高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解入学选编3.doc

江苏如皋市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解选编【2016高考练习】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。I may not be the wisest person on this planet,but I will tell you a little secret to happiness:Help others,and live life.It is that simple.Just help a friend study for a test,or volunteer at a nursing home.I learned this after a long,hard search.I was feeling really down because my longtime friend had died.Then I started a six-week volunteering at a nursing home all day every Saturday.My routine was to serve the meal and clean up.After that,I would wait for the head nurse to tell me what to do.One day I was told to go to Room 117 to make sure the patient was all right.In the room I found a boy of eight sitting in his bed watching a movie.I was shocked to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the old.He was so small and weak that you had to look closely to find him.He motioned for me to sit down.I grabbed his medical chart from which later I found out he had a terminal illness.We started to talk,and I found out that his family rarely visited,and all he did every day was watch TV.I wanted to cry for him,and for my lost friend.As we talked,he had a smile on his face,and I asked him why.“The entire two hours Ive been here youve never lost that smile.With this horrible disease,how do you still manage to stay happy?”He thought for a moment,and then said that too many people are dead even before they die.They walk around feeling that God has cursed(诅咒)them and that they have nothing to live for.The boy said that he would not be like that.He wakes every morning thankful to see another sunrise.He keeps his window open so that he can smell the flowers and feel the heat of the sun.He also said that he has hope.“Too many people havent seen much of that around here,” he said,“ Life is full of hope and we need to live life before it is gone.”I dont know what happened to him.I assume he passed away,but his lesson lives on.I now wake up and live each day to the fullest.The key to life is not money or fame,but the lessons we learn from it.【文章大意】本文是一篇故事类短文,通过讲述作者自己的一段经历来告诉人们快乐的秘密就是要去帮助别人,好好生活。作者在朋友去世后,心情悲痛,于是去养老院做义工。在那期间他遇到了一个身患重病的小男孩,是这个小男孩的快乐和感恩让作者学会了如何去对待生活。1.The nursing home in the passage is mainly for .A.the elderlyB.the homelessC.the disabledD.the abandoned解析:细节理解题。根据文章第三段的“I was shocked to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the old.”可知这家疗养院是为老年人开办的。答案:A2.The boy stayed happy mainly due to.A.wonderful TV programsB.his positive attitudeC.good medical conditionD.others encouragement解析:推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段和第三段内容可知这个男孩对生活充满了希望,而且充满了感恩之心,这是他快乐的根源。答案:B3.The writer participated in the volunteering job in order to .A.find out the secretB.search for helpC.enrich experiencesD.get out of sadness解析:推理判断题。从文章第二段“I was feeling really down because my longtime friend had died.Then I started a six-week volunteering at a nursing home all day every Saturday.”可知作者在朋友去世后来到疗养院是为了走出悲痛。答案:D4.What would be the best title for the passage?A.A Lesson in HopeB.The Life of a Sick BoyC.A Voluntary JobD.The Meaning of Life解析:主旨大意题。文章首段作者介绍给人们快乐的秘密就是要帮助别人,好好生活。提到自己学到这一点是通过自己的一段经历,而且在下文中介绍了这段经历,由此可知A选项内容可以概括中心。答案:A【2014高考训练】 Clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory Research suggests that balling up the right hand and squeezing it tightly actually makes it easier to memorize lists Later, when it is time to get back the information，it is the left hand that should be clenchedIt is thought the movements activate brain regions key to the storing and recall of memories The American researchers suggest those who are short of a pen and paper should try the trick when attempting to remember a shopping list or phone number In the study,volunteers were given a rubber ball and asked to squeeze it as hard as possible before trying to memorize a list of 72 words They squeezed the ball again a couple of minutes later,ahead of recollecting as many of the words as possible The first group of the volunteers used their right hand on both occasions，and the second group their leftThe third group clenched their right fist ahead of memorizing and their left ahead of recall and the fourth did the oppositeThe fifth group held the ball but did not squeeze it Those who squeezed with their right hand，followed by their left，remembered the most words The next best were the volunteers who made a fist with their right hand both times，while those who didnt squeeze at all did better than those who led with their left It is thought that the movement of clenching the right fist activates a brain region that is involved in storing memories，while squeezing the left hand awakens an area that is key to getting back information Lead researcher Dr Ruth Propper said：The findings suggest that simple body movementsby temporarily changing the way the brain functionsCall improve memory46Whats the writers purpose to write the passage?ATo make known the result of the experimentBTo tell people memory depends mostly on their handsCTo show the function of bodymovements in memoryDTo state that good memory benefils from labor47If you want to recall something in your memory，you should clench_Ayour fight hand Byour left handCboth of your hands Dyour left hand first，and then right48The underlined word“trick”in the fourth paragraph is the closest in meaning to“_”Amethod Bgame Ccheat Dexperiment49Which group in the experiment remembered the fewest words?ATIle first group BThe second groupCThe fourth group DThe fifth group50Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?AMemory experiments on body movementsBWhat is a good memory?CGood memory lies in actionsDClenching hands improves the memory【参考答案】46-50 CBACD 【语篇导读】如何有效地培养自己的记忆能力？请看作者对握拳与记忆力的关系。46. C 该文属于新闻体裁，主要还是说明身体的运动对于记忆的作用。文章结尾提到这一点。47. B 单纯为了记起某事，就文中所述，应该先攥紧左手。48. A trick的原意有“诡计、恶作剧”等义，在这里应该是作为一种“方法、技巧”来采用的。这一点提示我 们记忆词汇一定不可过于机械和短视。49. C 记忆效果最差的反而不是一点动作也没有的第五组，而是第四组，因为他们做反了（opposite），导致效果最差。50. D 文章的核心内容就是握手对记忆的作用，因此D项是最直接的表述。【2014高考训练】 Microsoft has a problem：It desperately wants the remaining Windows XP users to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a good many of them still havent startedThe latest numbers from NetMarket show that Windows XP still accounts for around 295of all desktops in use even though Microsoft is due to end support for the l3-Year-old platform on April 8thZDNet reports that Microsoft plans to force remaining XP users to start next week by sending them notices reminding them again that it will end XP support within a month However, as Computerworld reports，Microsoft may have a tough time convincing some Windows XP users to upgrade because its trying to sell them on Windows 8，the newest operating system that has angered many longtime PC users by removing the traditional Start menu and by adding the interface(界面)a special featureComputerworld writes that many Windows users expressed anger last month when Microsoft asked them to help switch as many people as they could from Windows XP to Windows 8 partly because Microsoft hasnt offered any sort of discount for Windows XP users making the switch This is particularly tiresome, these users said，because switching from XP to Windows 8 wont just require a software upgrade but will instead likely force them to buy new machines capable(能够)of running Microsofts new operating systemSome users were also annoyed that Microsoft only mentioned Windows 8 and not Windows 7 as upgrade possibilities In the end，it looks like when Microsoft ends support for Windows XP next month there will still be a large part of the desktop PC world using the platformHackers who have been saving up all their best new malware(恶意软件)for the day when Windows XP support ends are about to have a field day61What problem does Microsoft have now?AWindows XP is out of date and needs improvementBWindows 8 runs worse than Windows XPCNo people like to upgrade their operating systemDLots of users refuse to switch from XP to Windows 862How will Microsoft remind users ofthe stop of XP support?ABy sending them noticesBBy sending them daily emailsCBy adding the interface a special featureDBy removing the traditional Start menu63Which is probably one of the reasons why users dislike Window 8? AMicrosoft hasnt offered any discount for it BThey like Window 7 more than Window 8 CMicrosoft refuses to offer them a new machine DIts impossible for them to use the new operating system64What does the underlined phrase “have a field day” probably mean in the last paragraph?AShow up without warningBMake rapid progressCMake full use of the opportunityDCome to an end completely65What can be inferred from the text? AWindows XP will completely be out of use in a month BWindows XP will still be in use for a period of time CWindows 8 will have a longer history than Windows XP DWindows 7 will easily be attacked by Hackers【参考答案】6165 DAACB2014高考英语阅读理解（人物传记、故事类）【2014浙江卷】AWealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy(策略). There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container. Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. I f you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax, you will have your trip money. When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Years Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to putsomethingin it. Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工) made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay(黏土) called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars.The Middle English wordfor pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born. Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and