2017届高考英语第一轮复习强化训练题12

1、必修二Unit 4阅读理解 组块专练一一练速度（限时：35分钟）I 阅读理解A（2016 洛阳高三第一次月考）1 find it humorous sometimesthat even the most ordinary incidents can have an impact on our awareness.My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years agoand we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like it does tod

2、a y. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionallybuilt rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in

3、 a hurry to finish We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this areaour “rock garden ” Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some color to the area.Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a t

4、iny little plant that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn' t plant it and Denise claimed that she didn' t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was.Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a Sunflower

5、. It had a tall skinny stalk 茎）and only one head on it. I decided to baby_it_along and weed around it. As Ipulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual. The Sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under an

6、d around it to reach the sun That' s when I realized that if a tiny little Sunflower didn t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability to do the same thing We believe in ourselves like that little Sunflower, we can attain the same food and nutrition as well Stand tall

7、 like the Sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around your big obstacle 障碍）in order to reach your desires.语篇解读：本文为夹叙夹议文。主要讲述了作者和家人经营自己的花园，无意间发现具有顽强生命力的向日葵，从而引发了对生命的思考和认识。1. We can know from the second paragra

8、ph that.A. the author finished building his home hurriedlyB. it took the author nine years to make the yard beautifulC. the author' s home was made of rock wallsD. the author' s family have lived in this home for nine years解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段的 My wife, daughter, andI moved into our home nine y

9、ears ago ”可知 D 项正确。2. Why did the author and his wife decide to let the tiny little plant grow?A. Because they were interested in every little plant.B Because they wanted to discover what it was.C Because they wanted to use it to make the yard colorful.D Because they were touched by its strong will.

10、 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第四段的最后一句 “We decided tolet it continue growing until we could figure out what it was”可知 B项正确。3What does the underlined phrase “baby it along ” in Para. 5 mean?AMake shelter for it.BLeave it alone.CTake good care of it.DPut it elsewhere.解析：选 C 词义猜测题。根据第五段的第四句 “As I pulled rocksfrom th

11、e area to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual可 知C 项正确。4What can be inferred from this passage? AHuman beings are able to remove obstacles. BThe universal truth made the Sunflower survive.CA big rock blocked out the sunlight of the Sunflower. DWe can achieve success as long as we are sceoln

12、f-fident. 解析： 选 D 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知 D 项正（2016 东北三校二模）The National Air and Space Museum in Washington D. C has thousands of objects on display, including the 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh' s Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, and a lunar rock you can touch. In add

13、ition to our exhibition galleries, you may want to visit the Albert Einstein Planetarium, Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater, and the Public Observatory on the east end There are many things to do at the Museum in D. C. We offer daily tours and educational activities for both children and adults. We also

14、have scheduled lectures and events throughout the year.Hours & Admission Open every day except December 25. Admission is free.Regular Hours: 10: 00 am to 5: 30 pmExtended Hours: 10: 00 am to 7： 30 pmDecember 2630, 2014.March 30-April 20, 2015.Fridays and Saturdays, April 24-May 16, 2015.May 17-S

15、eptember 7, 2015.VISITING TIPS :Limit the Number of Bags: All visitors are screened through metal detectors upon entry. The fewer items you bring inside the Museum, the faster your entr y. Before you visit, please review the list of prohibited items, which include pocket knives and tripods 三 脚卩架）.Vi

16、sitors carrying prohibited items will not be allowed inside the Museum, so please leave them at home or in your car.No Food and Drink: Only bottled water is permitted inthe Museum You may only consumefood and other drinks in the Food Court, not in the Museum Groups who bring food are encouraged to p

17、icnic on the National Mall PleaseTake Photos: You are welcome to take photos forpersonal use However, tripods and monopods （单脚架）are not permitted without approval.First Aid: The Museum has a First Aid office and a nurse on dut y. Please contact the nearest security officer or the Welcome Center for

18、assistance Visit the Welcome Cente:At our Welcome Center in the South Lobby, staff and volunteers can answer any questions you have during your visit Open 10： 00 am to 5: 30 pmPhone： 202-633-2214E-mail: NASM VisitorSev ices si. edu语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。主要就华盛顿一家博物馆的参观事宜做了简要介绍。5. According to the passage, the

19、 National Air and Space Museum is a museumA. where only adults can take part in some educational activitiesB. everyone can pay a visit to without buying ticketsC. where one can touch anything he likesD. everyone can visit without time limits all the year round解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章中的 Hours & Admission

20、Open every day except December 25. Admission is fre可知，这家博 物馆是免费对公众开放的。故答案选 B。6If the Greens plan to visit the Museum at 6：00 pm, it is accessible on.ADecember 24, 2014 (Wednesday)BMarch 1, 2015 (Sunday)CJuly 6, 2015 (Monday)DSeptember 15, 2015 (Tuesday)解析：选C 细节理解题。根据文章中Extended Hours”的介绍， 并结合选项可知，Gr

21、een 一家只能在2015年7月6日的晚上六点去 这家博物馆参观。故答案选 C。7A visitor to the museum can.Aeat and drink in the Museum or in the Food CourtBtake photos with tripods for personal useCbring fewer bags to go through metal detectorsDget some medical treatment if he suddenly falls ill解析：选D 推理判断题。根据文章 First Aid”部分的内容可推知，如果来访者

22、突然病倒，可以得到紧急救助。故答案选 D。8The purpose of this passage is to.Amake an advertisement for the museumBattract people to explore the universeCencourage adults to bring their children thereD show what is on display in the museum解析：选 A 写作意图题。通过对文章的整体理解可知，本文是一篇有关博物馆参观事宜的介绍，由此可推知，本文是一篇广告，其 目的在于宣传这家博物馆，以吸引更多人来此参观

23、。故答案选A。C（2016 郑州市高三质量预测）Can you imagine a world without chocolate? It's not something 'Id like to do, so I was relieved to read that there's a university with a programme to safeguard the future of chocolate!The University of Reading, in England, has just opened a new clearing house for

24、all the world's new cocoa varieties. They must be quarantined （进行检疫 ） before they can be grown. Why? Cocoa production hit a record high of 4.4 million tons last year but about 30% of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseases. Now we don't want that, do we?Demand for chocolate

25、 has been increasing faster than the world supply of cocoa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problem.The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crop since 1985, after it took over the task from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London. And i

26、t has improved its facilities. The leader of the institution's cocoa project, Professor Paul Hadley, says,“Oneof the main issuesconcerning cocoaimprovement is the supply of reliably clean, healthy, interesting cocoa material.The cocoa centre has a collection of 400 plant varieties and their gree

27、nhouse uses a lot of energy to keep them in tropical conditions.After up to two years in quarantine, clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries, including several in West Africa. That' s where 75% of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes from The crop is extremely important for th

28、e local economy: it employs about two million people Professor Paul Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicianswho look after the collection. And more of us seem to count on them now.The scientistsays, “ Thereis some concern within the industry that demand is increasing constantly,

29、particularly in countries like China, where the standard of living is increasing and people are getting a taste for different chocolates ”语篇解读：本文主要介绍了英国一项保护可可种子的项目。9. What is the text mainly about?A. Safeguarding cocoa seedsB. Planting cocoa seeds worldwideC. Keeping cocoa seeds in the greenhouseD.

30、Finding the new market for cocoa解析：选A 主旨大意题。根据第一段的第二句 “ It ' s notsomething I' d like to do, so I was relieved to read that there ' s a university with a programme to safeguard the future of chocolate"及第五段中的clean and safe seeds可知，本文主要讲的是英国保护可可种子的项目，故A项正确。10. The institution" s

31、cocoa project is toA. have cocoa skin removedB offer more jobs to peopleC ensure the quality of cocoaD supply cocoa to two million people解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据第四段的最后一句 “The leader of . interesting cocoa material'. ” 可知，这个机构是要确保可可粉 的质量，故 C 项正确。11 What does the last paragraph tell us?A The taste of choco

32、lates is changing.B Demand for cocoa is increasing continually.C People are concerned about cocoa varieties.D Chinese have a long history of eating chocolates.解析： 选 B 段落大意题。根据最后一段的关键词“demand isincreasing constantly可知，本段主要讲可可的需求量不断增长，故 B 项正确。12What's the purpose of the text?ATo educate.BTo advert

33、ise.CTo warn.DTo inform.解析：选 D 写作意图题。文章第一段点题，结合全文的整体内 容可知，本文主要介绍了英国保护可可种子的项目， 属于向读者传递 信息的类型，故 D 项正确。D（2016 石家庄高三质检一 ）The poaching, or illegal killing, of rhinos （犀牛 ） in South Africa is growing worse each year. Thegovernment recently reported that a record number of rhinos were poached in 2014, a ye

34、ar which had more rhino killings in South Africa than ever before The World WildlifeFund, or WWF, says about 20,000 rhinos live in South Africa. That is more than 80 percent of the rhinos in the world Edna Molewa, South Africa' s Environment Minister, says, “ During2014, we are sad to say this, 1,215 rhinos were killed This is a rise of poached rhinos from 1,004 in 2013 and indeed very worrying The animals are hunted for their horns （角）.Many people in Asia believe the horn has curing power, which drives poachers, at all costs, mad for more horns But there is no