2019届重庆市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解选编精练：118(含解析)

1、重庆市 2019 高考英语阅读理解选编（ 118）（附解析）社会生活类阅读理解。Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by televisioncompanies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of thegeneral public, and then they have sold audiences to adverti

2、sers.An attraction of sport programs for the major U. S. media companies is that events are often heldon Saturday and Sunday afternoons the slowest time periodsof the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs,especially among male viewers who may not wat

3、ch much television at other times during the week. Thismeans the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normallywould be dead time for programming.Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take theiradvertising d

4、ollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in theadvertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realizethat most business travelers are menand that many menmake family decisions on the purchases ofcomputers, ca

5、rs and life insurance.Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers,and the ratings（ 收视率 ）are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certainadvertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the Unit

6、ed States, including manylawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored bycompanies selling high-priced cars, business and personal computers, and holiday trips. This is also whythe networks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings.

7、Advertisers are willing to pay highfees to reachhigh-income consumers and thosemanagers who make decisions to buy thousands of “ company cars ” and computers. With such viewers,these programs dont need high ratings to stay on the air.1. Television sport programs on weekend afternoons _ .A result in

8、more sport events B get more viewers to play sports C make more people interested intelevision D bring more money to the television networks2. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs?A Because there would be few viewers.B Because the advertisers would be off work.C Becau

9、se television programs would go slowly.D Because viewers would pay less for watching television.3. In many families, men make decisions on _.A holiday tripsB sports viewingC television shopping D expensive purchases4. The ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because _.A their adver

10、tisers are carmakersB their viewers are attracted by sportsC their advertisers target at rich peopleD their viewers can afford expensive cars5. What is the passage mainly about?A Television ratings are determined by male viewers.B Rich viewers contribute most to television companies.C Sports are gai

11、ning importance in advertising on television.D Commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events. 【要点综述】本文讲述的是通过在星期六和星期日的下午播放一些电视节目来吸引那些高收 入的人来看，给广告带来了极大的效益。说明体育在电视广告中起着很重要的作用。1. D 细节理解题。由文章的“ Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales ofcommercial time by television

12、 companies. ”看出在这个时段做体育广告会给电 视台赚很多的钱。故选D。2. A 细节理解题。从第二段看出在这个时段看电视人很少，所以是 dead time 。故选 A。3. D 纟田节理解题。从第三段 many men make family decisions on the purchases ofcomputers, cars and life insurance.看出在美国家庭男士在购买贵重物品上做决定。故选D。4. C 细节理解题。根据第四段的内容 However, the audie nee for these sports is attractive to certai

13、nadvertisers. It is made up of people from the highest incomegroups”可推知不是为了让他们看高尔夫这些运动的，而是为了吸引这些高收入的人。也 就是说“他们面对的都是一些富人”。故选C。5. C 主旨大意题。文章开篇点题，讲的是通过在星期六和星期日的下午播放一些电视节目 来吸引那些高收入的人来看，给广告带来了极大的效益。说明体育在电视广告中起着很重要 的作用。故选 C。阅读理解。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。In present-day China， we can find two types

14、 of fast food western food and Chinesefood.However ，not until the recent decade has western fast food become popular inChina.Beforethe first hamburger walked its way into the Chinese food market， we hadlittle idea about such terms as hot dogs， pizza ， potato chips ，let alone KFC andMcDonalds.Itis th

15、e reform and opening-up policy that has brought about the interflowof the food culture betwee n China and the wester n coun tries.Fast food， both Chinese food and western food， has several advantages.Inthe firstplace ，fast food ， as is characterized by its name ，is fast.The food is always ready and

16、fresh ，waitingfor its customers.This saves peoples precious time， andconsequently goes well with the tempo of life in modern society.Secondly，it is very convenient.As we know，fast food restaurants are much thesame as cafeterias.Customers may feel free to help themselves to any variety provided and e

17、at to theirhearts content.Thirdly ， fast food restaurants are environmentally comfortable.Clean dishes，shiny tables ， decent service and light music all stimulate peoples appetite to eat more.The above men ti oned adva ntages make fast food become rooted in almost all partsof the country and enjoy p

18、opularity among people.Thats also why no wadays Sin gaporefast food ， Turkish fast food andIndia-Pakistanfast food have found their homes inChi na.As every coin has two sides ，fast food also has its disadvantages such as lackof nutrition and dull taste.Nevertheless， these are minor points compared w

19、ith itsadvantages.Since most people agree with fast food， it tends to grow more rapidly.1.Whats the best title for this passage?.A. The Road to the Western Fast FoodB. The Growth of Fast Food in ChinaC. Singapore Fast Food in ChinaD. Every Coin Has Two Sides答案：B 从第一段中国人一开始对快餐了解较少，后来西方的肯德基、麦当劳进入中国，直到

20、倒数第二段新加坡等国的快餐进入中国，看出该文是叙述快餐在中国的发展。2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A All the fast food is cooked hot.B Fast food is worth its name.C Fast food is ready for pupils.D Fast food is especially convenient for those going to offices.答案：AA 项所述太片面，并不是所有的快餐都是煮热，也有凉的。3The sentence “ Customers m

21、ayfeel free to help themselves to any variety provided and eat totheir hearts content ” means“ Customers may_ ”A only have fast food at the restaurants beside the schoolsB have to run to the fast food restaurantsC eat whatever they like in the restaurantD have meals according to the boss order答案： C

22、根据本段第二句，能够看出顾客能够自由地选择他们喜欢的食物。 variety “多 样化”，to their hearts content “符合他们心意的”。4 What do the words“environmentallycomfortable ”mean?A It will help keep the babies healthy.B It will help fight against disease.C It will help form good habits.D Its a pleasure for a customer to have fast food in the res

23、taurant.答案： D 从本段看出，快餐店是干净，明亮，服务周到，伴有轻音乐，在这里吃饭是一 种享受。（2019 高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。As for old people ， some of the applications are hard to use because they didnt growup with them.They dont have simple models of how they should work ，what to do when something doesntwork or where to go for help.W

24、e make it as easy as possible to be used for people who are not familiar withthe technology.I think there is huge potential（ 潜力 ） and we are designing it.The ability to connect to friends ， whoremember the same movies and news and music ， is really important ， especially as people get old.Theyend up

25、 in retirement homes and they arent always close to their friends.Allowing the network to help themconnect with friends and family is a really powerful thing.My mother is an enthusiastic user of the Internether to use e mail.She was born with normal hearingwas totally deaf for many years ， until age

26、 53 ， when she got ear aids.They work really well.That is a big， although it took me years to getchange for her.But before then， her friends couldnt call her onthe phone ，so they insisted （坚持） she use e mail to communicate with them.Young people dont even think of the Internet as technology.Its just

27、 there， and theyuse it.Theres been a very interesting change in communications styles between old people and youngpeople.There are some kids who are now in their teens and arent willing to make phone calls.And theythink of e-mail as old fashioned and slow.The reason why teens dont make phone calls s

28、eems to be that they don t know what to say.When they callthey often stop for a while.They dont know what to say，and theres this silence.On the other hand，textingis considered proper ， and its okay if you dont answer.You might have been distracted （ 心烦意乱的 ） Its not considered rude.But itis considere

29、d strange if youre in this kind of voice conversation and simply stop talking.【语篇解读】 文章主要讲的是网络和使用程序对老年人生活的影响，网络方便了他们，但同时 也为他们带来了难题。1 What is the trouble that old people meet when surfing the Internet?A They dont know how to use some applications.B They have to buy electronic productions at a high pr

30、ice.C There is no professional teacher to teach them how to use the Internet.D They have no friends to communicate with online. 答案 A2 We can infer from the passage that the author is a _ A company managerB program designerCcollege professor Dmobile phone designer 答案 B 3What do the young people think

31、 of the Internetaccording to the passage?A Interesting.B Amazing.C Common.D Boring.答案 C4 Which of the following statements is true?A Teens face challenges when taking phone calls with the old.B The authors mother is still using email to communicate with others after getting ear aids.C Most people co

32、nsider email as the most old fashioned tool to communicate withothers.D Teens like to send texts to communicate with others in order to avoid embarrassment. 答案 D阅读理解主旨大意题、标题概括题。（2019 年河南周口模拟 ）A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. Thats the findingof a study of Dutch men in w

33、hich deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower amongthose who consumed at least an ounce of salt-water fish per day compared to those who never ate fish.The Dutch research is one ofthree human studies that give strong scientificsupportto the long held belief that eating fish can prov

34、ide health benefits, particularly to the heart.Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But previous research has shown thatthe level of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans d

35、o. There are fewerheart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces offish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces.For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ateno fish. A

36、t the start of the study, average fish consumption was about two-thirdsof an ounce each day, with more men eating lean fish than fatty fish.During the next two decades, 78 of the men died from heart disease. The fewest deaths were among thegroup who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those ofthe Japanese or Eskimos. This relationshipwas true regardless of other factors suchas age, high blo