江苏省海安县2020高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础训练（3）

江苏海安县2020高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练（3）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。Steve Jobs made technology funThe co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six He had fought for years against cancerMourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the worldTim Bajarin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said If you actually look at a tech leader, theyre really happy if they have one hit in their lifeSteve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and PixarSteve Jobs was a college dropoutHe was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountantThey supported his early interest in electronicsHe and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computernow just called Applein nineteen seventy-sixThey stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-fiveThat year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute（分歧）with the chief executiveMrJobs then formed his own company, called NeXT ComputerHe rejoined Apple in nineteen ninety-seven after it bought NeXTHe helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world todaySteve Wozniak, speaking on CNN, remembered his longtime friend as a great visionary and leader and a marketing genius（天才）President Obama said in a statement: By building one of the planets most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuityBy making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and funDavid Carroll is a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York CityHe says Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American businessThe fact that he was able to redesign American commerce lop to bottom and across is really stunning （令人惊奇的）He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the greats of all time David Carroll saidSteve Jobs stepped down as Apples chief executive in August because of his healthHe died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitementApples new chief, Tim Cook, will also have to deal with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer from AmazoncomIt costs less than half as much as an iPad but also does less55Why did people all over the world mourn Steve Jobs?AHe was very courageous in the face of cancerBHe became very rich though dropping out collegeCHe released a new iPhone version before deathDHe revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable56Which of the following can easily prove that Jobs is a marketing genius?AAfter Apple, he founded NeXT ComputerBHe made Apple very valuable once again in the worldCHe developed a series of Apple productsDHe was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time57What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean?AJobs was a typical example of American spirit of creationBJobs enriched the American spirit of science and freedomCJobs eventually realized his American dreamDAmerican people are good at inventing things58Which of the following is true according to the text?AJobss parents discouraged him from working on electronicsBJobs stayed in Apple as chief executive for about 24 yearsCJobs started his career in his family garageDRun unsuccessfully, Apple was sold to NeXT Computer【参考答案】55 D 5658、: BAC【2020模拟题】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。BIRDS can fly- this is something that we take for granted. But have you ever thought about how they developed this amazing ability?It may be impossible for us to go back in time in person to witness how it happened，but scientists from Yale University，US，studied the fossils of ancient birds. These fossils are like recorded tapes of ancient times that took the scientists back 150 million years.Back then, there lived a kind of animal known as the Archaeopteryx. It is considered to be the earliest bird because it had feathers and wings-the key factors for a bird to fly. Meanwhile, it also had features of a reptile，such as teeth in its mouth, claws on its wings，and a long，bony tail，which means the ancestors of birds were probably reptiles.In order to escape from dangerous animals, reptiles leaped from tree to tree. They gradually grew feathers on their arms so they could leap a little farther, then a little farther still. However, they were far from becoming true fliers because their wings and feathers were quite different from those of birds today.Looking closely at the fossils, scientists found that ancient feathers contained many layers of long feathers, like a penguins. This made the wings rather heavy and difficult for birds to move up and down. “We dont think these things could take off from the ground, said Nicholas Longrich, of Yale University, lead author of the study. “They cant fly like a modern bird.”This is why scientists concluded that early feathers were only used by birds to glide (滑翔)from high trees, or keep warm, or maybe as camouflage (伪装),but not flying, according to National Geographic.Over the next millions of years, the evolution of feathers never stopped. Birds developed wings that included a layer of long feathers covered with short feathers on top. This structure allowed birds to separate their feathers more easily to create wider span (翼展）and to change directions in midair. They have also grown special wrist bones so that they can spread their wings when flying and fold them into their sides when walking.This new research is throwing light not just on how birds came to fly, but more specially on how feathers came to be the way they are today-one of the most amazing and highly specialized structures in nature, said Jakob Vinther, from the University of Bristol UK.32. According to the article, scientists conclude that early birds_。A. could already fly highB. only used feathers to keep warmC. could only leap and glideD. could easily open their wings wide33. Modern birds are different from their ancestors in that_。A. they have layers of long feathersB. they have special wrist bones so that they can change directions in midairC. they have a layer of long feathers topped with a layer of short feathersD. they have teeth in the mouth and long bony tails34. What is critical in finding out how feathers came to be the way they are?A. Fossils of ancient birds.B. Tapes of old times.C. Comparing features of reptiles and birds.D. Studying bones and structures of modern birds.35. The passage mainly aims to_。A. explore how birds looked 150 million years ago.B. explore how modern birds developed from ancient reptiles.C. list all the fossils of ancient birds recently discovered.D. look at the evolution of feathers that enabled birds to fly.参考答案32-35CCAD人物型阅读理解Bobby Moresco grew up in New Yorks Hells Kitchen, a tough workingclass neighbourhood on Manhattans West Side.But Hells Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen.Being stagestruck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners.Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17.If you were a kid from the neighbourhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal.Not an actor.Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east.He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle callsand during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2，000.“I wasnt a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life，” he says.He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender.“My father said, Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and a daughter.” But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a moblinked killing.Moresco moved back to his old neighbourhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony(遗产) of Hells Kitchen.HalfDeserted Streets, based on his brothers killing, opened at a small offBroadway theatre in 1988.A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood.By 2020, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him.Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11.The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down.They kept pitching (竭力推销) it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money and sold his house.He and Haggis kept pushing.At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little.Moresco delayed his salary.Crash slipped into the theatres in May 2020, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success.It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won threeBest Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hells Kitchen.At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success.“If you have something you want to do in life, dont think about the problems，” he says, “think about other ways to get it done.”1Rearrange the following statements in terms of time order：a. His work HalfDeserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small offBroadway theatre.b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.d. He started to learn acting with the belief of doing something different.e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.Ad；c；e；a；b Bd；e；c；b；aCc；d；e；a；b Dc；e；d；b；a2Why did Bobby Moresco not tell anyone that he started taking lessons at age 17?AHe wanted to give his girlfriend a surprise.BHis girlfriend did not allow him to do this.CHe was afraid of being laughed at.DHe had no talent for acting.3Which of the following sentences is NOT true?AHis father did not support his work as a bartender.BBefore he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs.CHis brothers death inspired his writing HalfDeserted Streets.DMoresco grew up in New Yorks Hells Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway.4The studio executives turned down the script Crash because _Athey thought the script would not be popularBthe script was not well writtenCthey had no money to make the film based on the scriptDthey thought Moresco was not famous(三)【要点综述】他出生于一个普通的家庭，却有着表演的梦想，不懈的努力终于让他在好莱坞出人头地，这就是博比莫里斯科奥斯卡最佳原创剧本得奖者。他成功的秘诀就是“如果你有一个梦想，那你就应想方设法去实现它，不要有太多的顾虑。”1A细节理解题。文章按照事件发生的时间顺序介绍Bobby Moresco的奋斗历程，从开始学习表演到好莱坞开车到弟弟遇害，再到他的作品引起关注直至一夜成名。故A项正确。2C细节理解题。从第一段“Being stagestruck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners.Fearing their ridicule，he told no one，not even his girlfriend，when he started taking acting lessons at age 17.”可知，Moresco害怕别人的嘲笑而不敢将自己学表演的事情告诉他人。因此C项正确。3D细节理解题。由第一段“But Hells Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway”可知Moresco住的街区就在Broadway隔壁，因此D项错误。4A细节理解题。由第五段“Studio executives，however，thought no one wanted to see a severe，honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.”可知，制片商并不看好他的作品，担心没人愿意去影院观看。故A项正确。故事型阅读理解- (三)Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were not willing to work on farms along the Atlantic because they worried about the terrible storms that destroyed buildings and crops. The farmer received a steady stream of refusals at the interview for a farmhand.Finally, a short, thin man approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand？” the farmer asked him.“Well, I can sleep when the wind blows, ” answered the little man.Although puzzled by this answer，the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm，busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the mans work.Then one night the wind howled loudly from offshore. Jumping out of bed，the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hands sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled, “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they are blown away！”The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, “No, sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.”Enraged (激怒)by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement，he discovered that all of the hay had been covered. The cows were in the barn，the chickens were in the coops，and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could be blown away.The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he also returned to his bed to sleep while the wind was still blowing.1Why did the farmer constantly advertise for hired hands?ABecause he needed hired hands all the year round.BBecause there was too much work to do on the farm.CBecause he could hardly hire a farmhand.DBecause he offered p