高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解选练（一）31.doc

济南历城区2017高考英语阅读理解（一轮）选练（一）【由山东省2014模拟改编】 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。Our body clock，or natural body rhythm，influences our energy and alertnessPaying attention to it can help us choose the suitable time of day when we best perform specific tasksThe reality，however，is that most of us organize their time around work demands，school deadlines，commuting or social eventsDoing whatever your body feels like doing is a luxury in todays fast-paced modem societyBut that doesnt mean it isnt worth tryingObeying our body clock has significant health benefitsDisrupting our natural body rhythm，on the other hand，has been linked to problems such as depression，obesity，or headache，says Steve Key，a biology professorWhen the body clock can synchronize（使同步）the rhythms of its natural processes，it “gives us an advantage in daily life”，says KeyAccording to him，when it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most adults perform best in the late morningAs our body temperature starts to rise just before awakening in the morning and continues to increase until midday，our memory，alertness and concentration gradually improveHowever，he adds，our ability to concentrate typically starts to decrease soon thereafterMost of us are more easily distracted（分心）between noon and 4 pmAlertness also tends to fall after eating a meal and sleepiness tends to peak around 2 pm，making that a good time for a napSurprisingly, tiredness may increase our creative powersFor most adults，problems that require open ended thinking are often best dealt with in the evening when they are tired， according to a study in the journal Thinking & ReasoningWhen choosing a time of day to exercise，paying attention to your body clock can improve resultsPhysical performance is usually best from about 3 to 6 pm，says Michael Smolensky，a professor of biomedical engineeringOf course, not everyones body clock is the same，making it even harder to synchronize natural rhythms with daily plans1If we know our natural body rhythm well, we can Afind out the suitable time to do specific tasksBorganize our time around work demandsCdo whatever our body feels like doingDbe sure to be healthy2Which of the following is NOT true?AOur alertness is influenced by our natural body rhythmBDoing whatever your body feels like is very difficult in our modem societyCObeying our body clock is good for our healthDDisrupting our natural body rhythm can lead to obesity3According to Steve Key，which of the following is NOT true?AWhen our body clock synchronizes the rhythms of its natural processes，we can do betterBWhen it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most people perform best in the late morningCAs body temperature rises before awakening in the morning，our concentration gradually improvesDWe concentrate better in the late morning than between noon and 4 pm4Inspiration（灵感）to solve a difficult problem will most probably come to us Awhen we get up in the morningBwhen we are tired in the eveningCwhen we are full of energy in the late morningDwhen we are asleep at night5Which of the following can be the suitable title for the passage?AWhat is natural body rhythm?BNatural body rhythm is good for usCSomething about natural body rhythmDThe latest research about natural body rhythm【参考答案】1-5 ADBBC 2016高考英语*阅读理解。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。I want to talk about the economyNot the economy we hear about endlessly in the news each day and in politicians speechesI want to talk about the real economy, the one we live in day by dayMost people arent particularly interested in the economyShare prices are flying high; interest rates are soaring(令人伤心的）; the Dow Jones Index closed sixty-three points down on 847235 We hear this and subconsciously switch off Notice that the economy is not the same as the economy, The economy is what men in suits play with to make vast personal wealthThe economy is where the rest of us live on a daily basis, earning our living, paying our taxes, and purchasing the necessities of life We are supposed to be benefiting from all the advantages of a well-off societySo why do we feel tired and stressed? We have no time for anything other than work, which is ridiculous given the number of labor-saving devices in our livesOur towns become more and more crowdedWe poison our air and seas, and our food is full of chemicalsTheres something wrong hereIf times were truly good, then you may think wed all feel optimistic about the futureYet the majority of us are deeply worriedMore than 90 percent of us think we are too concerned about ourselves and not concerned enough about future generations The term economic expansion suggests something desirable, but expansion simply means spending more moneyMore spending doesnt mean that life is getting better. We all know it often means the opposite - greed, crime, poverty, pollution. More spending merely feeds our whole economic system, which is based on production and consumption. Unless money keeps circulating, the economy breaks down. If we dont keep consuming, the whole system goes into stalemate（僵局）How do we break the cycle and make some changes? We need to become far more aware of the results of our actions. We buy clothes that are made in sweat shops by virtual slaves in poor parts of the world. We create mountains of waste. We demand cheap food, mindless of the fact that it totally lacks taste and is produced using chemicals that poison the land The consumption（消费） culture makes us unaware of the effect of our own behavior. Our main problem is not that we dont know what to do about it. It is gathering the desire to do it12According to the author, which one belongs to the real economy? AThe Dow Jones Index BIncreases in interest rates CShopping in a supermarketDSkyrocketing share prices13It can be concluded from Paragraph 4 that Apeople are benefiting from a well-off society Bthe future generation is a big concern for most people Cthe majority of people are optimistic about the future Dpeople still feel much pressure despite labor-saving devices14What is true about economic expansion? AIt may lead to some social problems BIt guarantees a better life for us CIt will stop the circulation of money DIt has only brought desirable effects15.The author writes the passage mainly to Asuggest a solution for over-consumption Bcall on us to change our behavior Cmake a distinction between two economies Dinform us of the effects of economic expansion参考答案12-15 CDAB社会生活类 When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously(同时地) about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and whats happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screenthey cant do bothand they dont understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationshipsnot just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen. During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose:to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts. Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours. There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls mothers talked to them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author of Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to, and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents respond to the brain bias of their children. Since a girls brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually disappointed to receive only short grunts in reply. 1. While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they.A. are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friendsB. can both talk and watch the screen at the same timeC. think they can have a good time and develop relationshipsD. have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands2. After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to.A. experience the happy time againB. keep a close tie with herC. recommend her a new scenic spotD. remind her of something forgotten3. What does the author want to tell us most? A. Womens brains are better organized for language and communication. B. Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.C. Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.D. Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Women Are Socially Trained to TalkB. Talking Maintains RelationshipsC. Women Love to TalkD. Men Talk Differently from Women【参考答案】59.1-4 CBAC 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。【2014模拟】阅读理解 Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities is set in the years before and during the French Revolution (1789 - 1799). During its course, French revolutionaries brought down the empire and established a republic of free and equal citizens. In reading the work, one sees that Dickens distorted some details of the French Revolution. At the beginning, Dickens notes that, in 1775, France was busy spending money. This mention of Frances spending touches briefly on what is perhaps the major cause of the French Revolution. Before the revolution, the government often borrowed money because it spent more than it raised in taxes. The increased spending and borrowing made many peoples blood boil, yet Dickens focused instead on the nobilitys oppression and exploitation of the working class, including peasants, as the causes of the revolution.The Marquis, one of the books characters, ill-treats and kills many people. Thus, he represents the nobles who mistreat the lower classes. One reviewer criticized this picture as an unfair representation of French society in the mid-1700s. The reviewer pointed out that the government would have punished nobles who mistreated or murdered. Nobles may have been guilty of other evils, however, such as not feeding the starving masses after bad weather ruined crops in 1789. Dickens account of the storming of the Bastille fails to mention that the gang that stormed the prison was looking for bullets and bombs to use in defense against a possible attack by the kings troops. Dickens does include some accurate details, however, such as the crowds finding only seven prisoners and freeing them and the packs executing (处决) the prison administrator and sticking his head on a post. The scene that the women knit (编织) as they watch the executions may seem to be an odd detail, but actually many women did knit stockings for the war effort as they watched the killing machine at work. Dickens descriptions of the steady stream of sentenced people into prison and the carts taking them to their deaths give readers some idea of the frequency with which officials jailed and executed people during the Rule of Terror, which lasted about a year. During the Terror, the government jailed about 250 thousand people, tried (审判) and kill