北京市海淀区高考英语阅读理解训练(8)(含解析

1、海淀区2015高考英语阅读理解训练（8）（答案）【2015高考复习】阅读理解After my dad died On Aug.30, 2001, my mother made SUre We marked each anniVerSary.At first,my brothers and SiSter and I would travel hours to get home, but eventuallyWe got to the Point Where just One or two of US would make it back to go to MaSS With her and SP

2、e nd the day together.The great love of her life, the man who broke UP With her right before her college graduati on,On Iy to return two years later CIaimi ng hed traveled the world and had ntfound anyone to COmPare With her, rema ined a daily PreSe nce in her life.She spoke about him so ofte n and

3、kepthis memory so alive that people Were SOmetimeS S UrPriSedto lear n that he WaS gone. She took over the garde n Where hed pla nted and made it On her own.When the 10th anniVerSary of his death approached, my mom began talking aboutit and planning for it WeekS in advance. The date On her kitchen c

4、alendar WaS CirCIed and marked R . I.P. （ReSt in Peace）. Of COUrSe She Wanted all of US there and SettIed the date for our Coming back.On Mon day the day before the anni VerSary She Went to MaSS and WaIked dow ntow n for IUnCh With friends, and later told my SiSter On the Phone that She felt Dad sti

5、ll so close that as She WaS walking back home, She heard someOne yell and th ought, “Oh, theres Dick. ”That evening She Went out to Water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before,had gone out to the garde n to PiCk VegetabIeS before he died. A n eighbor heard thetin Watering Can Strike the ground

6、 as She fell and hit her head. My mother died Within hours, On Aug. 30, 2011, the 10th anni VerSary. She n eeded to mark that anni VerSary,She Wanted US all home and my dad had Waited Iongenough.【语篇解读】十年间，作者的母亲时刻在缅怀亡夫，仿佛他依然活在人世。就在他去世的第十个周年纪念日那天，作者的母亲也突然离开了这个世界。36. The author and her brothers and SiS

7、ter wouldeach year during the firstfew years SinCe 2001.A. go home to See their fatherB. go home to See their motherC. SPend the SPeCiaI day With their motherD. SerVe their mother On Aug.30答案 C 细节理解题。第一段的第一句提到作者的父亲于2001年8月30日去世，作者的母亲要求孩子们每年的那一天都要进行周年纪念，根据第一段第二句的内容可知,作者和她的兄弟、姐姐此后每年都要和他们的母亲共同度过个特殊的日子。

8、 37 From the second paragraph we know that the authors father.A traveled around the world and left her motherB left her mother first but returned two years laterC had a quarrel with her mother before her mothers graduationD. was not the right man her mother wanted at that time答案 B 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句的内容可

9、知，作者的父亲先是在作者的母亲 大学毕业前离开了她，两年后又回到了她的身边。 38 We can infer from the passage that the authors mother.A knew her last day was coming on Aug.30B kept everything of her husbandsC missed her husband though he had passed awayD remained a daily presence in her husbands life答案 C 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，作者的母亲每年都为已经去世的丈夫

10、张 罗周年纪念，再结合第二段中的“ She spoke about him so often andkept his memoryso alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone.”可推知，她念念不忘已故的丈夫。 39 What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?A Mother wanted us to stay at home.B Mother missed us very much.C Mother

11、 expected us to get back.D That day was Mothers last day.答案 D 推理判断题。结合画线部分前后的内容可推知，那天是母亲一生中的最后一 天。 阅读理解Limit the use of private cars, improve public transport and encourage the use of bicycles to control traffic congestion（拥挤 ） during the 2008 Olympics, experts fromforeign countries advised Beijing

12、on Friday.Professor Nigel Wilson, of the civil and environmental engineering department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he was supportive to the limitingOf PriVate CarS during the OlymPiC Games, Saying that in foreignCoUntries,the methodis also adopted duri ng big even ts, but he WaS

13、Un SUre about the approach.The gover nment pla nned to keep an average of more tha n One millio n CarS off theroads to improve traffic flow during the Olympics, Said LiU XiaOming, deputy director of the Beiji ngTraffiCCOmmittee,at the Chi na PIanning NetWOrk FirSt Urba nTran SPOrtati OnCon gress.Sha

14、ring Wilsons view, Dr. YOShitSUgU Hayashi, dean of the GradUate School ofEnVironmen tal StUdieS of NagOya Uni VerSity,believed the reduct ionin Car USe shouldbe achieved not by banning, but through incentives.Drivers who dont USe their PriVate CarS could be given Points, he said, andthe PointS could

15、 be excha nged for goods from On Ii ne shopp in g.WetZeI StreSSed limit ing the USe of compa ny cars. Gover nmen tal OffiCiaIS shouldalso be enCOUraged to USe PUbIiC tranSPOrtation or ride bicycles, he said, addingthat he himself is a bicycle-rider in London.MattheW Martimo, director of TraffiC Engi

16、n eeri ng With Citilabs, Said the bicycleWaS Chinas advantage. Limiting PriVate CarS is an idea worth trying but it is justa temporary solution,he said. The real CaUSe of CongestiOn is high denSity of peoplein Beiji ng and many have cars.Beijing, With a population of 15 million, is home to more than

17、 three millionautomobiles, and the nu mber is rising by 1,000 a day.PrOfeSSOr Wils On Said the OIymPiC GameS WaS a great opport Unity for Beiji ng tothink about traffic problems and develop tran SPOrtati on, add ing that the City hadalready been making PUbIiC transportmore efficient.Beijing has PrOm

18、iSed to StretChits 114-kiIometer City railway to 200 kilometers before the ope ning of the OIymPiCGames.“ We are look ing forward to borrowi ng Beiji ngs experie nces and drawi ng from itslessOnSin PreParatiOn for the 2012 Olympics,” Said WetZeI.16. The Un derli ned wordincen tives in ParagraPh 4 me

19、ans.D. awardA. SOmeth ing that en COUrageS people to tryB. On Ii ne shopp ingC. PointS could be excha nged for goods- 3 -17. It Can be See n from the PaSSage that.A. the gover nment pla nned to forbid over 1 milli On CarS to run On the roads duri ngthe OIymPics.B. banning PriVate CarS is the best Wa

20、y to solve traffic CongestiOn in BeijingC. Beiji ng now has 200 kilometers of City railwayD. the USe of compa ny CarS will not be Iimited18. Why did WetZeI StreSS “ he himself is a bicycle- rider in London ”？A. To limit the USe of compa nycars.B. To enCOUrage governmentalOffiCiaIS to USe PUbIiCtranS

21、POrtatiOnOrbicycles.C. To show that ridi ng bicycles is good for health.D. To show that he loves ridi ng bicycles.19. WhiCh of the following may be the reason for the traffic congestion in Beijing?A. The 2008 Beijing OIymPiC games.B. The number of CarS in Beijing is rising by 1,000 a day.C. The larg

22、e populatiOnin Beijing and the large number of cars.D. PUbIiC tran sport in Beiji ng is not efficie nt.20. The PUrPOSe of the PaSSage is.A. to limit the USe of PriVate cars, improve PUbIiC tran sportB. to enCOUrage the USe of bicycles to control traffic congestion during the 2008OIymPiCSC. to borrow

23、 Beiji ngsexperie nces and draw from its less OnS in PreParati Onfor2012 OIymPiCSD. to tell the advice given by foreign experts on traffic congestion during 2008Beiji ng OIymPiCS全解全析本文报道了外国专家对解决2008北京奥运会交通拥挤问题所提出的一些建议。A词义猜测题。由下面两行可知答案。A细节理解题。由第三段第一句可知答案。B推理判断题。他以自己为例子就是鼓励政府官员多用公共交通工具或多骑自行车。ridetheC推

24、理判断题。由文章倒数第三段可知答案。D推理判断题。文章第一段就是文章的主旨。高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项-AStarVi ng polar bears are eati ng Oneano ther in the Arctic. Flowers are bloo mingtoo Soonand die. The ice CaPS are melt ing so fast that rising Water levels willthreate n COaStaI tow ns along Florida Within SeVeraI decades. TheSe are just a fewexa

25、mples of the SeriOUS Con SeqUe nces of CIimate Cha nge SUPPOrted by a new an alysisin NatUr e.In the PaSt three decades, average global temperatures have risen about 1 degree Fahre nheit （0.6 degree CeISiUS） and are PrOjeCted to jump by about 3 degrees F （1.7 degrees C） by the end of the Cen tury, S

26、ayS StUdy lead author Cyn thia Rose nzweig,who heads the CIimate ImPaCtS Group at NASAs GOddard In StitUte for SPaCe StUdieSat Columbia Uni VerSity in NeW York City. Weve already See n that a relatively lowamount of Wannin g, She says, ca n result in a broad range of Cha nges.The Unn atural Warmi ng

27、 CaUSed by man-made gree nhouse gases, especially Carb Ondioxide PrOdUCed by CarS and coal-poweredplants,brings trouble for entireecosystems. In North AmeriCa alone, SCientistshave identified89 SPeCieS of plants,SUCh as the AmeriCan holly that have flowered earlier in the SPring. In Spain, apple tre

28、es bloom 35 days ahead of SChedUIe in resp OnSe to the higher temperatures. Other wildlife, like the in SeCtS that USe Certa in pla nts for food and the birds that feedOn the in sects, must the n move forward their SeaS Onal Stirri ngs （萌动）and mati ngPatter ns to survive.To try to follow this time s

29、hift, some birds SUCh as rob ins, the CIaSSiC symbolof Winters thaw（解冻时期 ）,are returning to Colorado from their migratiOnS （迁徙）some two WeekS earlier tha n in years past. All these Cha nges Can throw a foodChain in disorder. SOmebird SPeCieS that arrive before the inSeCtS reappear may StarVe to deat

30、h.AroUnd the world, plants and animals are Waking UP to an earlier alarm clock than they USed to, SayS Terry Root, a biologist from Stanford Uni VerSity.1. What does the first ParagraPh mainly PreSe nt to the readers?A. The SUrViVaI of polar bears in the Arctic.B. The terrible SitUation for the COaS

31、taI town along Florida.C. A brief description of What a Warming world will look like.D. A new an alysis of CIimate Cha nge in Nature.答案解析：答案为C。本题为段落大意题。细读第一段，先描述气候变化的几个严重后果的例子，最后进行概括总结，故答案为CO A，B选项都是后果之一，D选项不是第一段的重点。注意把握最后一句“TheSe are just a few exa mples of the SeriOUS ConSeqUences Of ”,答案就不难选择。2.

32、ACCOrding to the passage, What has happened to plants as a result of Warming climate?A. Many SPeCieS of pla nts have died out.B. Some flowers have appeared ahead of time.C. Apple trees have PrOdUCed less fruit.D. PlantS have PrOVided no food to birds.答案解析：答案为Bo本题为细节推理题。由第三段 “In North AmeriCa alone,

33、SCientistshave identified 89 SPeCieS of plants, SUCh as the AmeriCan holly that have flowered earlier in the SPring.In Spain, apple trees bloom 35 days ahead of schedule. ”可知，花卉提前开放。故答案为Bo3. What Can be lear nt about rob ins from the passage?A. They are good at tel Iing the direct ion.B. They Can Pr

34、ediCt the Cha nge of weather.C. They usually come back Whe n SPri ng comes.D. They have to move away for cool weather.答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节推理题。由倒数第二段“To try to follow this tim e shift,some birds SUCh as rob ins, the CIaSSiC symbol of Win ters thaw, are retur ning toColorado from their migrati OnS some two

35、 WeekS earlier tha n in years past.” 可知，robin鸟是冬天解冻时期的象征，比往年要早两周回到Colorado ,故可以推断，这些鸟在春天天气暖和后才回来，由于全球气温升高，他们可以早点回到Colorado。故答案为CO4. What does the PaSSage mainly tell us?A. Man- made Warming Changes nature S clock.B. Global Warmi ng is Un avoidable.C. Both pla nts and ani mals will Cha nge.D. People

36、n eed to adapt to CIimate Cha nge.答案解析：答案为 A。本题为文章主旨大意题。结合全文内容，人类活动导致全球气温升高，造成了生态系统中动植物生物钟的紊乱，最后一段“ AroUnd the world, pla nts and ani malsare Wak ing UP to an earlier alarm clock tha n they USed to,”再次点题。故答案为A=阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe BritiSh Natio nal HeaIth SerViCe (NHS) WaS

37、Set UP in 1948 and WaS desig nedto PrOVide equal basic health care, free of charge, for everybody in the CoUn try.BefOre this time health Care had to be Paid for by in dividuals.NOWadayS Cen tral gover nment is directly resp On sible for the NHS although it isadm ini Steredby local health authoritie

38、s. About 83 PerCe nt of the cost of the healthSerViCe is Paid for by general taxatiOn and the rest is met from the NatiOnal InSUranceCon tributi OnS P aid by those in work. There are ChargeS for PreSCriPti On and den talCare but manypeople, SUCh as ChiIdren, Pregnant women, PenSioners, and thos e On

39、 Income Support, are exempt from Payme nt.Most people are registered With a local doctor (a GP, or Gen eral PraCtiti Oner)who is in CreaS in gly likely to be Part of a health Centre WhiCh SerVeS the com muni ty.AS the populati On Of Brita in gets older, the hospital SerViCe now treats morePatients t

40、han before, although Patients SPend less time in hospital. NHS hospitalsmany Of WhiCh Were built in the nineteenthCentury PrOVide nearly half a milliOnbeds and have over 480, OOO medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer in EUrOPealthough Brita in actually SPe nds less Per PerS On On health Car

41、e tha n most of herEUrOPea n n eighbours.DUring the 1980s there WaS ConSiderablerestructuringOf the HeaIth SerViCe Withan in CreaSed emphasis On man agerial efficie ncyand the PriVatiZati OnOf some SerViCeS(for example, cleaning).At the end of the 1980s the government introducedproposalsfor further

42、reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals to be self-governing, and en COUragi ng GPS to COmPete for Patie nts. Patie nts would be able to choose andChange their family doctor more easily and GPS would have more financial respOnSibility.The political questiOnS ContinUe of how much money should be PrOVidedto SUPPOrt the NHS and Where it should come from.1 We CanknoW from the first ParagraPh that.A. the original aim of the NHSWaS to PrOVide equal basic health Care for everybodyB. people didn t have to Pay for health Care SinCe the NHS WaS Set UPC. Patie n