高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解选练221.doc

济南历城区2017高考英语阅读理解一轮选练阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。BLUE is the most attractive eye colour according to new research.Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a poll of 3,000 18 24 year olds by FreshLook One Day Colour.Angelina，her partner Brad Pitt and his exwife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and have all been named in a top twenty of the worlds most desirable eyes.The survey found that young folk with blue eyes are generally seen as being more sexy and kind.And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could，only one in ten blueeyed people wanted tosignificantly less than people with other colour eyes.One in three people who didnt have blue eyes wanted a change.One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses to change their eye colour tempor arily and blue is most wanted colour.Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look，with respondents saying greeneyed people were usually mysterious and creative.People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours.People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people，and they were also described as usually being shy.Blue was the most common eye colour among respondents，with 41 percent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 percent having brown or hazel eyes.The survey also found that 18 percent of people dont know what colour eyes their partner has!1According to the new research，when considering changing their eye colour，the number of the people who will choose_ranks the second.ABrown BGreenCGrey DHazel解析：考查细节理解题。根据文章中Green was the second most popular color for those wanting a new look可知。答案：B2According to the study result，if you were a manager and you wanted to find a most reliable person，youd better hire one who has_eyes.AGreen BBlueCBrown DGrey解析：考查细节理解题。根据文章中People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colors.可知。答案：C3According to the passage，which of the following is true?AAll people dont know what colour eyes their partner has!BAbout 30 percent people without blue eyes dont want a change.CBlue eyes are considered as the best eyes in the world.DYoud better change your eye colour into blue.解析：考查细节理解题。根据文章最后一句话可知在接受调查的人中有18%的人不知道父母的眼睛是什么颜色，因此A项并不是所有的人都知道父母眼睛的颜色正确。B意思刚好相反；C和D文章没有提到。答案：A4Which of the following is the best title of the passage?ADifferent eye colours in the world.BA survey result on eye colours.CWho have the most charming eyes in the world?DBluethe most attractive eye colour.解析：考查主旨大意题。本文的中心段是第一段，下面好几段都是围绕着第一段的意思详细论述的。因此答案为D。答案：D5The underlined word “peepers” in the passage could be replaced by_.Ababies BcoloursCeyes Drespondents解析：考查猜测词义题。根据前句话可知蓝色眼睛最流行，因此本句话的意思为被调查的人中有41%的人说自己有婴儿般的蓝色眼睛。答案：C。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高考英语一模试题】Helen Thomas, the pioneering White House reporter known for putting presidents on the hot seat, died at 92 To those who regularly watch presidential press conferences, Helen Thomas is a familiar figureUsually dressed in red and always seated in the front row, she is always the first or second reporter the president calls uponIt is an honor she has earnedBesides, it affords her the perfect opportunity to do what she does best - challenge the president and other public officials to tell the plain truthShe said, We reporters priority（首要事情） is the peoples right to know - without fear or favorWe are the peoples servantsHelen Thomas was born in Kentucky in 1920All the nine Thomas children were brought up to value education, and all were expected to make something of themselves through working hardShe made up her mind while still in high school to become a reporter after writing for the student newspaperAfter receiving her bachelors degree in 1942, Thomas headed straight for Washington, DCin search of a newspaper jobBefore long, she landed one at Washington Daily NewsHer duty included fetching coffee and doughnuts for the papers reporters and editorsThe eager young woman found the atmosphere exciting and was convinced she had made the right career choice Her big break came when she was sent to Florida to report on the vacation of President-elect John FKennedy and his familyOnce President Kennedy took office, Thomas changed her focus from the presidents family to his policiesShe began attending the daily press briefings at the White House as well as presidential press conferencesThomas has covered every president since KennedyOver the years, Thomas found her job thrilling and inspiring, but never boringAnd she took very seriously her duty to keep an eye on the president and keep American people informed28What can we learn about Helen Thomas from the passage? AHer career took off after covering the Kennedys BHer first job was to deliver doughnuts to a news agency CShe was born to a large family in Kentucky in 1942 DShe decided to be a reporter while in college29Paragraph 3 is written to show Helen Thomas Ais a good decision maker for her career Bappreciates education and hard workCwants to be famous by writing reports Dhas great support from her family30What does Helen Thomas think other work? AUnbearable BExcitingCChallenging DUnforgettable31What can be the best title for the text? AA reporter sticking to the factsBA reporter challenging President Kennedy CA reporter from an ordinary familyDA reporter for Washington Daily News【参考答案】28. A 29. B 30. B 31. A阅读理解。Homeownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was undoubtedly good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Franklin Roosevelt held that a country of homeowners was “unconquerable.” Homeownership could even save babies, save children, save families and save America. A house with a lawn and a fence wasnt just a nice place to live in or a risk-free investment; it was a way to transform a nation.No wonder leaders of all political types wanted to spend more than $100 billion a year on subsidies and tax breaks to encourage people to buy. But the dark side of homeownership is now all too apparent: Indeed, easy lending stimulated by the cult of homeownership may have triggered the financial crisis. Housing remains a drag on the economy. Existing-home sales in April dropped 27% from the prior month, worsening fears of a double-dip. And all that is just the obvious tale of a housing bubble and what happened when it popped.The real story is deeper and darker still.For the better part of a century, politics, industry and culture lined up to create a fetish of the idea of buying a house.Homeownership has done plenty of good over the decades; it has provided stability to tens of millions of families. Yet by idealizing the act of buying a home, we have ignored the downsides. In the bubble years, lending standards slipped dramatically, allowing many Americans to put far too much of their income into paying for their housing. And we ignored longer-term phenomena too.Homeownership contributed to the hollowing out of cities and kept renters out of the best neighborhoods. It fed Americasover use of energy and oil. It made it more difficult for those who had lost a job to find another. Perhaps worst of all, it helped us become casually self-deceiving: By telling ourselves that homeownership was a pathway to wealth and stable communities and better test scores, we avoided dealing with these frightening issues head-on. Now, as the U.S. recovers from the biggest housing bust（破产）since the Great Depression, it is time to rethink how realistic our expectations of homeownership areand how much money we want to spend chasing them. Many argue that homeownership should not be a goal pursued at all costs.1. Political leaders wanted to spend money encouraging people to buy houses because _.A. owning a home was undoubtedly goodB. homeownership was unconquerableC. houses could save families and AmericaD. homeownership could shape a country2.The underlined sentence in Para. 2 means _.A. homeownership has quite a lot of bad effects B. there might be another housing break down in the U.S.C. the existing-home sales will keep decreasing in the U.S.D. the result of homeownership is much worse than it appears3.It can be inferred from Para. 3 that _.A. it is hard for Americans to get a home loan B. it is the way to wealth to have ones own houseC. many Americans choose to live out of urbanareasD. homeownership has made many people out of work4.What is the authors attitude towards homeownership?A. Favorable. B. Ambiguous. C. Cautious. D. Optimistic.【参考答案】81.DDCC阅读理解-ABanks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to attract and keep new customers while helping to eliminate costly paper handling or teller（出纳员）interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment.Today, most large national banks, many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that havent yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully safe , fully functional（功能的）online banking for free or for a small cost. As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites, fully functional online banking will likely become as commonplace as automated teller machines (ATM).Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites never close; theyre at hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week and theyre a mouse click away. If youre out of state or even out of the country when a money problem appears, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally carry out and confirm （确认）deals at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offer fashionable tools to help you manage all of your valuable items more effectively.1. The word “eliminate” in the first paragraph probably means “ ”.A. keepB. remove C. reduce D. improve 答案解析：答案为B。本题为词义推断题。结合该词在第一段的前后文，银行认为网上银行是一种强大的增值工具, 可以用它来吸引和维护新的客户，同时也可以帮助 “to eliminate costly paper handling or ”，此处costly意为 “昂贵的，代价高的”, 由此可知，eliminate 意为 “去除” 。故选B。2. What is the challenge for the banking industry according to the text?A. To make online banking attractive.B. To open new services all over the world.C. To offer online banking for free.D. To take care of business 24 hours a day. 答案解析：答案为A。本题为段落主旨题。第三段的首句为本段的中心句，提到了“The challenge for the banking industrythat its customers will readily learn to use and trust it.” 即银行业面对的挑战是让客户学习使用和信任这种新的服务，第三段后面的内容都是对中心句进行解释和说明。故答案为A，让网上银行变得具有吸引力。解答此题同样要注意同义句的转换。3. From the text we can conclude that .A. “brick-to-click” banks are in fact another kind of physical banks B. the function of a “brick-to-click” bank is as common as that of an ATM C. a “brick-to-mortar” bank is no better than a virtual one D. customers can deal with their banking by a mouse click 答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节理解题。从第二段 “Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that havent yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.”可知，网上银行有时候被称作是“brick-to-click” 银行，不同于没有网上银行业务的 “brick-to-mortar” 银行; 网上银行也是虚拟银行，没有实体的分行，故A不对；C选项中no better than 意为 “和 . 一样不好”, 与文意不符。在第三段最后一句话 “ fully functional online banking will likely become as commonplace as automated teller machines (ATM).”中，注意 “will likely” , 故B选项不对。通过分析知，网上银行被称作是 “brick-to-click” 银行, 可知D选项的意思 “顾客凭借鼠标就可以进行网上银行操作”与文意符合。故答案为D。4. What would be the best title for this text?A. Banking of Various Forms B. Improvement of Banking Industry C. Development of Online Banking D. Functions of the “Brick-to-Click” Bank 答案解析：答案为C。本题考查文章的标题。本文都是在围绕网上银行展开，故答案为C。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高考英语质量检测】 Sitting for more than three hours a day can decrease a persons life expectancy（寿命）by two years, even if he or she is physically active and gets rid of dangerous habits like smoking, according to a studyWatching TV for more than two hours a day can worsen that problem, decreasing life expectancy by another l4 years The analysis comes just two years after Australian researchers found that people who said they watched TV for more than four hours a day were 46% more likely to die of any cause than people who said they spent less than two hours a day watching TVThose watching TV more than four hours a day were also 80% more likely to die of cardiovascular （心血管的） diseaseSedentary （久坐的） behavior is something we need to pay attention to, beyond telling people to get 30 minutes of activity a day ,”said Peter TKatzmaezyk one of the lead researchers But while the evidence of illnesses is increasing, it remains difficult for many people to find time