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江苏洪泽县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解新编（二）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。体裁：记叙文话题：人物介绍时间：7分钟The son of a piano producer，Elwyn Brooks White was born in Mount Vernon in a wealthy family.And he was raised with the mix of sophistication(高水平) and common sense that would mark his writing.After graduation，Elwyn Brooks White spent a year as a newspaper reporter in New York City，and then decided to drive across the country with a friend.The trip gave Elwyn Brooks White a lifetime of anecdotes.“When they ran out of money，” Elwyn Brooks Whites friend，James Thurber，noted,“they played for their supper and their gasoline on an interesting musical instrument that Elwyn Brooks White had made out of some pieces of wire and an old shoe.”When Elwyn Brooks White returned to New York City in the mid1920s，he spent a few years bouncing between advertising jobs and unemployment before trying his hand again at writing.Not very seriously，he sent some essays to a new magazine called The New Yorker.Since its founding in 1925，the magazine had struggled to find its_niche，and Elwyn Brooks Whites work helped put The New Yorker on the map.His essays were funny and sophisticated；they spoke equally to socialites(社会名流) and cab drivers，professors and repairmen.Through his essays，which he wrote for nearly 50 years，Elwyn Brooks White helped give The New Yorker its voice and identity.In 1945，already a leading literary figure，Elwyn Brooks White switched to his second occupation on writing childrens books.He moved from New York to a farm in Maine，where he raised chickens and geese.Seeking a way to amuse his nieces and nephews，Elwyn Brooks White started to write stories for them.“Children were always after me to tell them a story and I found I couldnt do it，” he said.“So I had to get it down on paper.”By the time he died from Alzheimers disease in 1985，Elwyn Brooks Whites essays had appeared in more literary collections in colleges than those of any other writer.Many said his essays matched his personality: sophisticated without being simple，critical without being mean.【语篇导读】本文介绍了Elwyn Brooks White的生平。1What can we learn from Paragraph 2?AElwyn Brooks White took the trip to realize his lifelong dream.BThe trip had a lasting effect on Elwyn Brooks Whites personality.CThe travelling companion found Elwyn Brooks Whites music talent.DElwyn Brooks White had many experiences to talk about after the trip.解析细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句话“The trip gave Elwyn Brooks White a lifetime of anecdotes.”可知D项正确。答案D2The underlined part“its niche” in Paragraph 3 means something that _.Asuits its sponsors tastesBprotects its social identityChelps build its own style Dvoices its authors concern解析词义猜测题。根据画线部分后面的“Elwyn Brooks Whites work helped put The New Yorker on the map”以及该段最后一句话中的“Elwyn Brooks White helped give The New Yorker its voice and identity”可知C项正确。答案C3What do we know about Elwyn Brooks Whites works?AThey originally came from the stories told by his nieces.BThey were intended for people of different social status.CThey helped The New Yorker find its position on the map.DThey were chosen by college textbooks when they came out.解析细节理解题。由第三段的倒数第二句话“His essays were funny and sophisticated；they spoke equally to socialites(社会名流) and cab drivers，professors and repairmen.”可知，他的作品适合不同社会地位的人。答案B【2014高考英语综合能力测试卷】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。Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could.One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I dont understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “Youll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead.The grandpa said, “I dont want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. Youre just not trying hard enough.” The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, its useless !”“So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.” The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean.“Grandson, thats what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, youll be changed, inside and out.”60. What puzzled the grandson most was _.A. whether it was useful to read books B. why he forgot what he read soon C. what kind of book he could understandD. how he could read books like his grandpa61. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water? A. To train him to run faster. B. To clean the dirty basket in the river. C. To punish him for not reading carefully.D. To get him to realize the use of reading books.62. What lesson can we learn from the story? A. The old are always wiser than the young. B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket. C. Reading books can change a person gradually.A. You cant expect to remember whatever you read.63. What can be the best title for the text?A. Grandpa and grandsonB. Carrying water in a basketC. Reading for total changingD. Baskets and books 【参考答案】60 -63 ADCC .If you have kids, you probably struggle over whether you should focus on working hard to make money and provide them with the best possible life, or if its more valuable to spend every moment that you can with them. But no matter which side of the fence you fall on, herere some good news if youre a parent: todays parents are spending far more time with their children than generations past. A new study from economists at University of California, San Diego analyzes available data from the last 35 years to measure how much time parents are spending actively with their children, participating in activities such as taking them to school, helping with homework, bathing them, playing catch with them in the back yard. According to the study, todays college-educated mothers spend an average of 21. 2 hours a week actively caring for their children, while women with less education spend an average of 15. 9 hours. It has risen since 1995, when the average was just 12 hours. Dads are spending more time tossing the ball around, too: pre-1995 fathers with college educations only spent about 4. 5 hours a week playing with their children. Today, the average has more than doubled. For fathers with a high school education, the total has still gone up, from 3. 7 hours to 6. 8. Todays parents are doing a great job balancing life and work and even though you may want even more time at home with your children. A Families and Work Institute study shows that your kids dont care so much about that. They just want you to enjoy the time you do spend with them. “Kids were more likely to wish that their parents were less tired and less stressed,” Galinsky said. So when youre at your sons soccer game, put the Blackberry away, and cheer him on instead.1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Spend More Time with Your Kids B. Make More Money and Raise KidsC. Changes between Parents and KidsD. Cultural Shock from West to East 2. According to the new study, what can we learn? A. Parents would like to have more kids. B. College-educated mothers enjoy playing with kids. C. Women with less education dont take their kids seriously. D. The less education a parent has, the less time he spends with kids. 3. What about the college-educated father with their kids nowadays? A. They usually play with kids about 4. 5 hours. B. They often devote 9 hours to playing with kids. C. They spend over 6. 8 hours a week with kids. D. They think it is best to share 3. 7 hours with kids. 4. When staying with kids, kids expect parents to. A. play football with them for a longer timeB. earn more money for their futureC. enjoy themselves on the playgroundD. be relaxed as much as possible5. The word “Blackberry” underlined in the passage means . A. a kind of fruitB. the name of a gameC. the brand of cell phoneD. the habit of kids【参考答案】15.ADBDC Life can present us with many surprises, disappointments, obstacles and even tragedies. Its important to learn how to be more positive in spite of difficulties, because a positive attitude helps us achieve more in life. Think more positive thoughts in life. Focus on exchanging your negative thoughts for positive ones. Make it a habit every day to get out of bed thinking more positive thoughts and engage your mind in preparing positive plans for a good dayat home, in school or at work. Feel more positive emotions. Choose to have positive feelings whenever a challenge or an opportunity awakens your emotions. You can be more positive at home, in school or at work by developing good thoughts that cause more positive feelings to surface, instead of negative ones. Use your positive thoughts and feelings to handle difficult tasks with a positive attitude. Harvest more positive benefits. Enjoy the rewards of your more positive thoughts, feelings and behavior in lifethrough success in school, accomplishments at work and happiness at home. You will have earned them!Help others be more positive in life. Help others to share your new, more constructive frame of mind. Point out the advantages of being more positive in thought, word and deed which include greater success and personal satisfaction at home, in school and at work. The evidence in life supports the superior outcomes of a positive attitude. Its not easy for many of us, so try to help others see the light as often as you can. Above all things, one way to be able to be more positive and constructive in life is through continuing education. Keep learning throughout your life to help yourself and others continually improve. Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area. 1. The passage mainly talks about. A. being more positive in lifeB. life full of tragedies and difficultiesC. adopting a correcting attitude in lifeD. the importance of giving a hand2. If you meet with obstacles at work, you should. A. exchange your negative thoughts for positive onesB. prepare positive plans for a good dayC. keep good thoughts in mindD. give up the negative thoughts3. Which of the following is the best fit for the blank? A. Take a positive attitude in life. B. Be careful of your behavior in life. C. Develop positive thoughts in life. D. Take more positive actions in life. 4. How can you help others on being positive? A. To tell them your future project in detail. B. To show them the cases of your success. C. To give them practical advice. D. To encourage them to be independent thinkers. 5. In the eyes of the author, the most important for being positive is. A. to take further study regularlyB. to feel more positive emotionsC. to think more positive thoughts in lifeD. to help others be more positive in life【参考答案】16.ACDBA 【2014高考英语综合能力测试卷】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。Last week, we explained that the planet Mars has passed “opposition”. It passed a point opposite the Sun. This week, we tell about the planets surprising motion(运动)among the stars. For thousands of years, people have recognized that planets travel among the stars. The planets generally follow the path taken by the Sun through the sky. The Suns path is called the ecliptic. The groups of stars along the ecliptic are called the Zodiac. The motion of the planets can be confusing at times. Everyone knows the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. But this is caused by the turning motion of the Earth. Planets generally move from west to east. However, Mars will appear to move backward for about two months this year. This happens because the Earth is overtaking Mars on its way around the Sun. Mars began its backward, or westward, motion on May 11th, It will start moving eastward again on July 19th. Mars apparent motion has been a mystery to astronomers for hundreds of years. Most early theories of the solar system argued that the Sun and planets turned around the Earth. But the sudden westward motion of Mars presented a problem. Why would Mars move west for two months when it nears “opposition”?In 1543, a Polish church worker named Nicolas Copernicus published a different theory. His theory said the Earth and planets moved around the Sun in perfectly circular orbits. Copernicus theory was simpler. But his Sun cent