重庆市合川二中2020高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解统练16

重庆市合川二中2020高考英语二轮阅读理解统练（16）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。While some dictionaries define the word “right” as “a privilege” when used in the context of “human rights”, we are talking about something more basic. Originally, people had rights only because of their membership in a group, such as a family. Then, in 539 BC, Cyrus the Great, after conquering the city of Babylon, did something totally unexpectedhe set all slaves free and let them return home. Moreover, he declared people should choose their own religion. Cyrus statements are about the first “human rights” declaration in history.Every person has certain basic rights, simply by the fact of being human. These are called “human rights” rather than a privilege, which can be taken away at someones sudden desire. They are “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be, to do or to have. These rights are there for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you. They are also there to help us get along with each other and live in peace.Yet many people, when asked to name their rights, will list only freedom of speech and belief and perhaps one or two others. There is no question that these are important rights, but the full scope of human rights is very broad. They mean choice and opportunity. They mean the freedom to get a job, adopt a career, select a partner of ones choice and raise children. They include the right to travel widely and the right to work without trouble, abuse and threat of arbitrary (霸道) dismissal. They even embrace the right to leisure.In ages past, there were no human rights. Then the idea turned up that people should have certain freedoms. And that idea, in the wake of World War II, resulted finally in the document called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the thirty rights to which all people are entitled.1. Which of the following is the best title for the text?A. What Are Human Rights? B. Why Do We Have Human Rights?C. How Do Human Rights Come Into Being? D. What To Do With Human Rights?2. How did the first human rights come into being?A. By Cyrus conquering the city of Babylon.B. By Cyrus setting the slaves free.C. By Cyrus making his statement about human rights.D. By choosing ones own beliefs.3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. Human rights can be taken away for some reason.B. Human rights have the same meaning as privileges.C. Human rights can help you live a peaceful life.D. Human rights can be used to hurt others.4. The underlined word “embrace” in the third paragraph means.A. to seekB. to includeC. to enjoyD. to share5. From the last paragraph we can infer that.A. people would have freedom rather than human rightsB. at the beginning of 20th the more complete rights appearedC. thirty human rights have existed for about 70 yearsD. World War II decided human rights【参考答案】15、ACCBCAA young man returns to his hometwon of Aractataca, Colombia. He visits the house where he lived as a child. Here, he remembers the most important memories of his childhood. Standing in front of his old house, the young man makes an important decision. He says to himself, “I will start my life over again. I will become a writer.”This man is the world famous writer. Gabriel Garica Marquez.Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on March 6,1928. During his early life, Garcia Marquezs grandmother and grandfather told him many stories. His grandmother would tell him legends as if they were real. Garcia Marquez says that his grandmothers way of storytelling later influenced his own methods.When Garcia Marquez was about 20 years old, he left Aracataca and attended university in Bogota. He began studying law because this was what his father wanted him to study. However, Garcia Marquez was not happy.During this time Garcia Marquez returned to Aracataca. It was on this visit that he realized he must stop studying law. And he recognized that he must return to the dream of his childhood-writing. For the next few years, Garcia Marquez wrote for many different newspapers. And in 1955, he published his first book called “Leaf Storm”.For many years, Garcia Marquez knew he wanted to write about his grandfathers house in Aracataca. To write this book, Garcia Marquez and his wife had to sell almost all of their possessions to survive. But their act was worth it. The book, “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was immediately successful. And this book created a path for Garcia Marquezs future success.In 1982, Gabriel Garcia Marquez was given the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, making him the first Colombian and the fourth Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.21. Who influenced Garcia Marquezs writing style?A. His grandfather. B. His grandmother. C. His father. D. His wife.22. Garcia decided to take up writing .A. when he worked for a newspaper B. under the influence of his familyC. when he graduated from college D. after a visit to his hometown23. Garcias book “One Hundred Years of Solitude” .A. was written in the 1950s B. enjoyed a quick successC. helped Garcia lead a better life D. was about Garcias grandfather24. What do we know from the text about Garcia Marquez?A. He is the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.B. His book “Leaf Storm” marked his great success in literature.C. He wrote for newspapers before publishing his own books.D. He followed his fathers wish to become a writer.参考答案2124、 BDBCBAs is known, it is a respectful job to be a teacher serving students heart and soul. And most people also compare a teacher to a gardener who takes great care of various plants. Ever since my high school days, my heart has been set on becoming a teacher. I am now studying at a teachers college, and I am making great efforts to study, because there are so many things to learn about education. But I thoroughly enjoy my studies, and every day I am amazed at the great influence education has on the human soul.I think it is only natural that I have always aspired to become a teacher because my father and his father were also teachers. My father is now retired, following a brilliant career, and it has always been his dream to have me, his only son, follow in his footsteps. Although it sounds like my fathers dream that I will become a teacher, it is also my dream and I am quite willing to realize the dream. I still have one more year to go at university, and after I graduate, I will go to the western part of China to become a teacher at a village school.I understand a teachers job will not make me a millionaire, but it is not the prospect of making a lot of money that has propelled my ambition to become a teacher. Rather, it is my sincere desire to assume a responsible role in society, and make as many people welleducated as possible through my hard endeavors. Education plays an essential and important role in our society. If everyone can receive a good education, it will not only do good to our country but also benefit individuals lives.Ten years from now, therefore, I hope to be established as an excellent teacher with hundreds of thousands of students who have benefited from me and carry on the family tradition with efficiency and honour.25. Whats the author now?A. A doctor. B. An actor. C. A student. D. A researcher.26. Which is not the reason why the author wants to be a teacher?A. To be a teacher is his own dream. B. His father hopes that he can become a teacher.C. He would like to be a responsible man.D. His teacher encourages him to be an excellent teacher.27. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “aspired”?A. Inspired. B. Desired. C. Required. D. Complained.28. Whats the best title of the passage?A. How can I be an excellent teacher? B. Where do I see myself ten years from now?C. Why do I follow in my fathers footsteps? D. How can I make my dream come true?参考答案25C 26-3-28、DBBCTayka Hotel De salWhere: Tahua, BoliviaHow much: About $ 95 a nightWhy its cool: Youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? Thats something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of saltincluding the beds (though youll sleep on regular mattresses(床垫) and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric driedup lake thats the worlds biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633一squaremile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vythiri, IndiaHow much: About $ 240 a nightWhy its cool: Ridding a Pulley(滑轮)operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open windowthere is no glass!一you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You dont even have to come down for breakfastthe hotel will send it up on the pulleydrawn “elevator”.Dog Bark Park Inn B & BWhere: Cottonwood, IdahoHow much: $ 92 a nightWhy its cool: This doghouse isnt just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. Yon can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft in Willys head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.Gamirasu Cave HotelWhere: A yvali, TurkeyHow much: Between $ 130 and $ 475 a nightWhy its cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65 in summer. (Dont worrythere is heat in winter.)29. What is the similarity of the four hotels?A. Being expensive. B. Being unique. C. Being beautiful. D. Being natural.30. What does the underlined part “Sweet Willy” refer to?A. The name of a guest. B. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.C. The name of the hotel owner. D. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B & B.31. Which of the hotel makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?A. Gamirasu Cave Hotel B. Green Magic Nature ResortC. Dog Bark Park Inn B & B D. Tayka Hotel De Sal32. What may be the purpose of the writer writing the passage?A. To show his wide knowledge. B. To attract attention from the readers.C. To develop business in tourism. D. To introduce some interesting hotels.参考答案2932、BDADDLast year, I was on a plane with my friend, waiting for it to take off. The pilots voice was heard throughout the plane: “Sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen. Our engines dont work. We are going to jump-start them. Once we get them going, well get up in the air and see what happens.”That was all he said. “See what happens?” Shouldnt we have had a better plan than that? At that point. I could only laugh nervously. One woman started crying, “Oh no! We are going to crash! There were sighs of hopelessness and anxiety, and we hadnt even taken off yet.The pilot even seemed unhappy. He told us our one engine was working double time, and his plan was to get up in the air and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air, and what happened? Nothing. We arrived in Norfolk, and no sooner had the wheels touched down than applause burst out as everyone on the airplane breathed a sigh of relief.All too often, people stop trying to achieve their goals just because they dont have a guara