高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解训练（五）（含解析）1.doc

广东台山县2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练【五】（2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。体裁：说明文话题：旅游指南词数：374时间：5Service Trips for High School StudentsAre you a high school student who loves to be outdoors and is eager to experience new challenges，learn new skills and meet new people？Learn all about the world of building and maintaining hiking trails，and experience it in a safe，teamworkoriented environment in various locations across the state.WTA offers firsttime participants country trips and returning students have the option to go on trips in the back country(边远地区)Front Country TripsOur front country trips provide opportunities for people to experience projects near the ocean，in the scenic Cascade Mountains and in northeast Washington.All our trips provide you with experienced crew leaders，a great project，some camping tents，sleeping bags and all your meals for the week.Advanced Back Country TripsOn these trips you will be backpacking to the work site and will have a chance to advance your trail and leadership skills under the supervision of a WTA crew leader.Approval from a previous crew leader is necessary.Trip DetailsIn 2014，trip fees for WTA members will be $195 for the first trip and $145 for each additional trip.Nonmembers will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip.There will be a $30 cancellation fee for cancellations more than 30 days prior to the trip，and no refund for cancellations less than 30 days prior to the trip.Due to the popularity of our trips，please submit your payment and application within two weeks of signing up for a trip.If a trip is full and you would like to be added to the waiting list，please call us at 206/6251367 or email .ScholarshipsWe believe no student should have to stay at home this summer because he or she cant afford to go outside.Thanks to donations from members and supporters，WTA is proud to announce that we are able to offer a limited number of scholarships.Application deadline：March 1，2014.2014Youth Volunteer VacationYou must be 14 to 18 years old to go on one of our Youth Volunteer Vacations.We always recommend that volunteers go on a oneday trip before attending a Youth Vacation to understand what the work will be like for a week.【语篇解读】 本文WTA提供适合高中学生的旅游线路，但也是有限制的。1If you are going on one of the trips for the first time，you cant go on trips_Anear the oceanBin the back countryCin the Cascade MountainsDin northeast Washington答案D细节理解题。根据第一段提到Learn all about the world of building and maintaining hiking trails，and experience it in a safe，teamworkoriented environment in various locations across the state.WTA offers firsttime participants country trips and returning students have the option to go on trips in the back country可知唯独没有提到D选项。2How much will you have to pay for your second trip if youre not a WTA member?A$145 B$185 C$195 D$235答案C细节推断题。根据第四段提到In 2014，trip fees for WTA members will be $195 for the first trip and $145 for each additional trip.Nonmembers will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip.非会员第一次要多加40美元，第二次跟会员一个价格，故选C项。3After choosing a trip，you_Awill naturally become a WTA memberBcan cancel your trip and get all your money backCwill be added to the waiting listDmust submit your payment and application within two weeks答案A细节理解题。根据第四段提到Nonmembers will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip第一次比会员多40美元，第二次跟会员一样了，故选A项。4You must be lucky enough to obtain a scholarship if you_Aapply before March 1，2014Bdonate a little money to WTACsupport WTA by advertisingDvolunteer in your high school答案B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段提到Thanks to donations from members and supporters，WTA is proud to announce that we are able to offer a limited number of scholarships.Application deadline：March 1，2014可知需要捐献一定的钱才能获得奖学金，故选B项。黑龙江省大庆市喇中2016高考英语阅读练习新闻报道类The International Painting Contest on Googles homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange, but it spotlightings a very serious issue: clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island. Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this years Doodle 4 Google contest, rising to the top of some 100, 000 entries on the theme of “draw one thing to make the world a better place.” Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine. Zhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate(使生动)her drawing. “To make the world a better place, I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,” Google quoted Zhang as saying. “It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes and even oceans, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.” She created a whole world around the deviceone populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons. Zhang, s piece is “so vivid and so rich and so full and so complete, Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post. “Every leaf seemed to have life in it.” Along with having her artwork featured on Googles homepage, Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship. In addition, her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant, and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Bangladesh. On Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net, Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win, but said she wouldnt be awake when her art first went online at midnight. “I have school-tomorrow, so I cant stay up late,” she told the paper.【小题1】 Whats the passage mainly about? AThe winner and her work in the painting contest.BThe team of artists at Google to animate drawings.CThe painting contest of Googles homepage in 2015.DThe water-cleaning machine in the painting contest.【小题2】According to the passage, we know that_. AAudrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplinedBa water-cleaning device was made in the contestC$50, 000 will be donated in Audrey Zhangs nameDZhangs piece was printed in all major newspapers【小题3】The underlined word in Paragraph l probably means “_”. Aput up withB1ook for ward toCbreakaway fromDfocus attention on 【2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。In the countries of South and Southeast Asia, the elephant has been an important part of the culture, economy and religion for centuriesAnd nowhere more so than in ThailandUnlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated（驯化）The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the power of royalty to its rulers，and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red backgroundTo the early Western visitors, the countrys romantic name was“ Land of the White ElephantToday, however, the story is very differentOut of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs itThe elephant has found itself more or less deserted by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a society in the western partAnd while the elephants problems began many years ago, now it has a very low national advantageHow does the national symbol turn into ignored animals? It is a story of worse environment and the changing lives of the Thais themselvesAccording to Richard Lair, Thailands expert on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the last century, there may well have been as many as 100,000 national elephants in the countryIn the north of Thailand alone, it was estimated（估计）that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,000 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen This was at a time when 90 percent of Thailand was still forest-a habitat that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and peopleNothing ploughs through thick forest better than lots of sure-footed elephantsBy 1950 the elephant population had dropped, but still to the number of 13, 397However, today there are probably no more than 3,800, with another l,350 wandering free in the national parksBut now, Thailands forest covers only 20 percent of the landThis deforestation（采伐森林）is the central point of the elephants difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of workThis century, as the road network grew, the elephants role as a beast of burden decreased50What can we know about African elephants from the passage?AIt is of little value to domesticate themBIt is hard to domesticate themCThey are living a better life than Asian elephantsDTheir fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants51Thailand was once called Land of the White Elephant because _Awhite elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s Bwhite elephant is rarely seen and thus very specialCwhite elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authorityDthis name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors52Why is the Thai elephant out of work, according to the author?ABecause there are too many elephants but too few jobsBBecause the elephants cant do labor work any longerCBecause the government pays little attention to the problemDBecause the elephants are no longer useful to their owners53Which of the following statements is TRUE about the elephant population at various times?AThere were 100,000 domesticated elephants at the turn of the last centuryB20,000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the centuryCBy 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite smallDToday the elephant population is estimated at 5,15054The passage is most probably from _Aa travel guide Ba history bookCa popular science magazine Dan official announcement50. B 从第一段第二行Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated可知51. A 从第一段第三行The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the power of royalty to its rulers，and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background可知。52. D 从第二段第二句Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it可知。53. D 从最后一段最二句However, today there are probably no more than 3,800, with another l,350 wandering free in the national parks可知。54. C 通读全文可知。黑龙江省大庆市喇中2016高考英语阅读练习新闻报道类A new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. The reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. A new pollen study by Tel Aviv University researchers finally solved this Bronze Age mystery. Prof. Israel Finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes, the entire world of the Bronze Age crumbled in a short period of time. The discovery was made on the basis of a high-resolution analysis of pollen grains taken from sediments (沉淀物) beneath the Sea of Galilee and the western shore of the Dead Sea. Prof. Finkelstein received support from the European Research Council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient Israel. Researchers of the part of the project that dealt with climate change extracted (提取) about 60 feet of samples of gray muddy sediment from the center of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. They had to drill through 1,000 feet of water and into 65 feet of the lake