2015届高考英语二轮专题复习提升：阅读理解20（含答案）

1、祝学子学业有成，取得好成绩2015届高考英语二轮专题复习提升：阅读理解广东省广州市执信中学2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题【题文】if youre a male and youre reading this, congratulations: youre a survivor。 according to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer as a woman, and nine times more likely to die of aids。 assuming you make it t

2、o the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in australia, youll die on average five years before a woman. there are many reasons for this typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke - but perhaps more importantly, men dont go to the doctor。 “men arent

3、seeing doctors as often as they should，” says dr. gullotta。 “this is particularly so for the over-40s， when diseases tend to strike.”gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two。 for those over 45， it should be at least once a year。 two months ago gullotta saw a 50year-old m

4、an who had delayed doing anything about his smokers cough for a year。“when i finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer, he says。 “earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged his life.” according to a recent survey, 95 of wome

5、n aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group。 “a lot of men think theyre undefeatable，” gullota says. “they only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, geez, if it could happen to him， ”then theres the ostrich app

6、roach。 “some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know, says dr。 ross cartmill.“most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies，” cartmill says. he believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive checkups. regular

7、checkups for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, cartmill says. “but prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases。 besides, the ultimate cost is far greater： it is called premature death.”41。 why does the author congratulate his male readers at the begin

8、ning of the passage? a. they are more likely to survive serious diseases today。b。 their average life span has been considerably extended。c。 they have lived long enough to read this article。 d。 they are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life。 42。 what does the author state is the most important reas

9、on men die five years earlier on average than women？ a. men drink and smoke much more than women. b. men dont seek medical care as often as women。 c. men arent as cautious as women in face of danger. d. men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases。43。 which of the following best completes the s

10、entence geez, if it could happen to him, （line 2, para.8)?a。 it could happen to me， toob. i should avoid playing golfc。 i should consider myself luckyd。 it would be a big misfortune44. what does dr. ross cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach” （line 1， para.9）?a。 a casual attitude towards ones healt

11、h conditions。b. a new therapy for certain psychological problems。c. refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved.d。 unwillingness to find out about ones disease because of fear。45. what does cartmill say about regular check-ups for men？ a. they may increase public expenses. b. they

12、 will save money in the long run。 c。 they may cause psychological strains on men。 d。 they will enable men to live as long as women. 【答案】cbadb【解析】【知识点】社会生活类【文章综述】文章的主要内容是男性寿命短于女性的成因，作者在文中提出了自己的新颖观点-男性看医生的次数少于女性，并对此进来了论述.41.c。解析:细节理解题 根据第一段第一句if youre a male and youre reading this congratulations: you

13、re a survivor。 恭喜的内容：youre a survivor，意思是你是一位幸存者。“幸存者”的潜台词就是本来“我”可能已经死了，但因为某些原因才幸运地活到现在。故选c。42.b。解析：细节理解题 根据第二段there are many reasons for this typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke - but perhaps more importantly, men dont go to the doctor。 原因有三点，一是危险(risks）

14、,一是抽烟喝酒，一是不看医生(dont go to doctor）。其中在引出第三点时，作者称之为more importantly,也就是比前几点重要。鉴于文中已找不出其他原因，则更为重要也就是最重要,答案应该是“不看医生”。b的说法与此一致。43。a。解析：判断推理题 问下列哪句话填入文中if it could happen to him之后最为合适。此段之前的几段内容的核心思想是男性看医生的次数大大少于女性。本段开头说到很多男性认为自己是不可战胜的（invincible）,这句话照应上文的内容，应该是男性不愿看医生的原因所在。下一句说到男性仅仅得知一个朋友死在高尔夫球场上才开始有所醒悟，这

15、样的话，他们此时所想的一定是对自身状况的担心，否则就不能体现出转折含义。四个选项中a最为合适。44.d.解析：细节理解题 题目问的是cartmill所说的the ostrich approach是什么意思。根据第九段第二句“some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know， says dr。 ross cartmill。 男人害怕疾病，所以不想了解疾病。关键词scared。(鸵鸟遇到危险时会把头插到沙子里，以不正视危险来逃避危险，这就是鸵鸟方式的来由.男性对待疾病的方式与此类似,所以被称为使用了鸵鸟的方法.

16、）45.b。解析：细节理解题 最后一段主要论述了男性定期体检的问题，提到了cartmill的三点看法。第一，定期体检毫无疑问会给公共支出带来压力(最后一段的第一句话)。选项a中用词体检可能会增加公共支出。排除a。第二，预防疾病比治疗疾病更加便宜。第三，最终的代价要远为昂贵，那就是英年早逝(最后一句话）。故选b。安徽省“江淮十校2015届高三11月联考英语试题【题文】 my left foot (1989) imagine being a prisoner of your own body， unable to make any movements except to move your lef

17、t foot. the main character in my left foot，based on the real story of cerebral palsy (大脑性麻痹） sufferer christy brown，can barely move his mouth to speak, but by controlling his left foot， hes able to express himself as an artist and poet。 for his moving performance of brown,daniel lewis won his first

18、academy award for best actor。 shine (1996） do you have a talent youre afraid to share with the world? david helfgott seemed meant from childhood to be “one of the truly great pianists,” but the pressures of performing (and pleasing his father） resulted in a complete breakdown。 ten years in a mental

19、institution didnt weaken helfgotts musical gift: when he was rediscovered， he was playing concertos in a bar。shinereceived sevenoscar nominations （提名）， and geoffrey rushwon best actor for his performance of helfgott. life is beautiful （1997) nothings more powerful than the love between a parent and

20、a child。 in this heartbreaking italian film， a father （roberto benigni) makes an unbelievable sacrifice for his 4-yearold son: trapped in a nazi concentration camp in 1945， the jewish man convinces his boy that they are playing a complicated game。 he manages to spare him the horror of the terrible w

21、ar， and even in his final moments of life, keeps his son smiling and hopeful. benigni won the best actor oscar. stand and deliver （1988） few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. jaime escalante （edward james olmos got oscar nomination for best actor） is a great one。 employed at a high sch

22、ool where kids are expected to fail, escalante challenges his math students to struggle for better things， like getting good grades in the ap exam. despite the obstacles in their lives, the classmates accomplish their goals， thanks to mr。 escalantes support。 the real jaime escalanteis， the best teac

23、her in america， says thatstand and deliveris“90% truth, 10 drama。”64. the underlined part in the passage means _. a. the main character in my left foot is a prisonerb. the main character in my left foot is trapped by othersc. the main character in my left foot is a disabled persond。 the main charact

24、er in my left foot cant control his whole body65. if you want to watch a movie about wars, which may be one of your choices?a. my left foot. b. shine。 c。 life is beautiful. d。 stand and deliver.66。jaime escalante has a talent for _. a。 teaching b。 drawing and writing c。 making stories d. playing the

25、 piano67. what do the four movies have in common？ a. they are all based on real stories。b。 they are all inspiring stories that make a difference.c. the main characters all won academy award for best actor。d。 the main characters are all sick to some degree but succeed.【答案】ccab【解析】【知识点】广告应用类 【文章综述】本文主

26、要介绍四部影片，介绍了它们主要内容和倡导的主题以及它们的积极意义还在于能够唤醒人们对爱、成功等的渴望.64. c。解析：细节题，根据文中my left foot (1989）中的the main character in my left foot，based on the real story of cerebral palsy （大脑性麻痹) sufferer可知选c。65。 c。解析:细节题，根据life is beautiful部分的he manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war， and even in his final

27、moments of life， keeps his son smiling and hopeful可知选c。66. a。解析：细节题。根据farmland museum and denny abbey部分的few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. jaime escalante （edward james olmos got oscar nomination for best actor） is a great one可知可知他有教学的天赋,故选a.67. b。解析：总结题。通读全文可知这部电影都是励志成功的影片,故选b。 湖北省

28、孝感高中2015届高三上学期十月阶段性考试试题 【题文】marjorie baer used to joke about her retirement plans。 she wasnt married and had no kids， but she didnt intend to be alone-she and all her single friends would move into a fictional home she called casa de biddies. instead, baer developed terminal brain cancer when she wa

29、s 52。 but just as shed hoped， her friends and family provided her with love and care to the end. ballance was only the first of baers friends who became her unofficial caregivers. with her brother phil baer from los angeles, they worked out a system to watch over their friend and allow her to keep s

30、ome of the privacy and independence she cherished。baers good friend ruth henrich took baer to doctors appointments and helped her deal with all the aspects of life answering machines, tv controls， and even phone numbers。 after henrich sent out an e-mail request， a group of volunteers signed up to fe

31、rry baer back and forth to radiation therapy(放疗）. others in baers circle offered up particular talents: a nurse friend helped baer figure out how to get what she was due from social security and her disability insurance; a lawyer pal helped baer with her will； a partner who was an accountant took ov

32、er her bills when she could no longer manage them. ”there was this odd sense that the right person always showed up， says ballance。 their arrangement worked remarkably well。 unmarried women are one of the fastestgrowing groups in america; experts are concerned about how care-giving will be managed f

33、or them as they age. if the experience of baers friends is a guide， the internet will play a role。 its already making it possible to create communities of caregivers who may have only one thing in common： the person who needs their help。 on personal care pages set up through services such as lotsa h

34、elping hands， friends and family members can post a list of tasks that need to be done, volunteer to do them， and keep updated on the persons condition. as baers cancer progressed, for example, her friends set up a page on yahoo! where people could sign up to deliver meals or do errands（差事）。catherin

35、e fox, one of the friends who were present when baer died, was deeply affected。 it was so comforting to know that if youre willing to ask for help， the generosity of family and friends can be phenomenal（显著的)。 it makes me feel secure and hopeful to know that help is there when you need it. 63the most

36、 appropriate title of this passage should be _。 aon her own, but not aloneba friend in need is a friend indeedca new practice of american governmentda phenomenal advantage of the internet64who helped marjorie baer get her disability insurance?aruth henrich。bher brother.ca nurse friend.dballance。65th

37、e underlined part in paragraph four suggests that the internet will _。aplay a role in american future pension systembprovide online medical care for aged unmarried womenchelp manage caregiving for unmarried women as they agedhelp those aged unmarried women to kill their spare time66the writer tells

38、us the story of marjorie baer for the purpose of _. areminding us to be kind and make as many friends as we canbinforming that there will be a new trend of caregiving for the single elderlycpersuading us that we can enjoy our retirement even if we dont have a childdintroducing the convenience that w

39、ill be brought by the internet after we retire【答案】accb辽宁省沈阳二中2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题【题文】here are the comments on cri (china radio international) given by people from different countries on the internet。 people commentsyingtian huguangzhou, chinathis is the first time that i participate in cri. and i like

40、 it very much. i hope its website will become the most excellent one with the foreign languages。 and i choose the important news which i think has a great influence on our society and our lives. in the end， i hope that more and more persons join in cri and make it perfect!sujanparajuli,select city，

41、nepali am both a regular listener of cri and visitor of its wonderful website。 first of all, i would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to cri for its great efforts to keep the listeners upto-date during the year 2008。 we, the listeners， are greatly grateful to cri for its praiseworthy efforts to qu

42、ench the thirst of its dear listeners. during the year 2008, i found all of your programs quite interesting， informative and educational。 once again， thanks a lot for offering lots of information, news， entertainment and many items which have indeed broaden the horizons of our knowledge and understa

43、nding as well。ibrahimrustamov， tajikistanwith cri， i was impressed by chinas rapid development in all spheres. but i felt so sorry to get to know about the snowstorms in china and wenchuan earthquake. cri and cctv play a great role in introducing china to the world！ kudos! my friends and i wish cri

44、all the best！mike thatcher, londonmy family and i are all keen on chinese culture， especially the beautiful chinese folk music. various interesting programs by cri just open a window for us foreigners, through which we can know more about china and have a better understanding of the chinese culture。

45、 best wishes to cri! best wishes to china!25. which of the following benefits of cri is not mentioned above?a. cri helps to keep its listeners uptodate.b。 cri helps its listeners to better understand china.c. cri helps its listeners to practice and improve foreign languages.d. cri helps its listener

46、s broaden their knowledge with its rich contents.26. the underlined phrase “quench the thirst” refers to _.a. satisfy ones need b. supply drinksc。 take care of d. keep in touch with27。 what can be concluded from the four comments?a。 cri has a great influence on our society and lives.b。 wonderful tho

47、ugh cri is， there are still many weaknesses.c. cri plays an important role in introducing the world to china。d. cri has made great efforts to make itself better and gained popularity。【答案】cad【解析】【知识点】新闻报道类 【文章综述】本文主要选取了不同国家的人们对中国国际广播电台节目的评论和喜爱。25. c.解析：推断题,根据sujanparajuli，select city， nepa部分的comments

48、l可知b、c、d都在该部分讲述了，故选c。26. a。解析：细节题，根据sujanparajuli,select city, nepa部分的commentsl中we, the listeners， are greatly grateful to cri for its praiseworthy efforts to quench the thirst of its dear listeners可知该节目满足了听者的需要，故选a。27。 d。解析：推断题。根据第三段sujanparajuli,select city, nepa部分的commentsl中thanks a lot for offer

49、ing lots of information, news, entertainment and many items which have indeed broaden the horizons of our knowledge and understanding as well.可知该节目让听者更好地理解它，并赢得大家的欢迎,故选d。北京市重点中学2015届高三上学期第一次月考英语试题 【题文】high school dropouts earn an average of $9，000 less per year than graduates。 now a new study denies

50、 a common belief why they quit。 its much more basic than flunking out(不及格）.society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just cant make it. they are lazy， and perhaps not too bright。 so researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.“th

51、e vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school。 john bridgeland， the executive researcher said. about 1 million teens leave school each year. only about half of african-american and hispanic（美籍西班牙的）students will receive a diploma，

52、and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. so, if failing grades dont explain why these kids quit， what does? again， john bridgeland: “the most dependable finding was that they were bored。” “they found classes uninteresting；they werent inspired or motivated. they didnt see any direct c

53、onnection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.”the study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. in the us, only one state, new mexico，

54、 has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. only four states： california, tennessee， texas and utah， plus the district of columbia， require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions。 jeffrey garin， another researcher， says raising the compulsory attendance age may

55、be one way to keep more kids in school.“as these dropouts look back, they realize theyve made a mistake. and anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and see it through to the end， is probably helpful measure。”new hampshire may be the next state to raise its school atte

56、ndance age to 18.but critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the pointthe need for reform. its been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant， and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a

57、diploma that actually means something.【小题1】most high school students drop out of school because_.a. they have failing grades b. they take no interest in classesc. they are mistreated d。 they are lazy and not intelligent【小题2】according to the passage, which state has a law requiring school attendance until they graduate？a. new hampshire b。 utahc。 new mexico d. the district of columbia【小题3】the underlined words “stick it out” probably means“_”.a。 complete schooling b. solve the problemc。 love having classes d. believe in themselves【小题4】in the last paragrap