湖南省衡山县高考英语暑假阅读理解专练6.docx

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湖南省衡山县高考英语暑假阅读理解专练6

湖南省衡山县2016高考英语暑假阅读理解专练（6）

阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。

Manypeoplethinkatelephoneisessential.ButIthinkitisapestandatimewaster.Veryoftenyoufinditimpossibletoescapefromsomeidleorcuriouschatter-box,orfromsomebodywhowantssomethingfornothing.Ifyouhaveatelephoneinyourownhouse,youwilladmitthatittendstoringwhenyouareasleep,orinthemiddleofamealoraconversation,orwhenyouarejustgoingout,orwhenyouaretakingyourbath.Areyoustrongmindedenoughtoignoreit,tosaytoyourself,“Ah,well,itwillallbethesameinahundredyears’time”Youarenot.Youthinktheremaybesomeimportantnewsormessagesforyou.Icana

ssureyouthatifamessageisreallyimportantitwillreachyousoonerorlater.Haveyouneverrusheddrippingfromthebath,orchewing

fromthetable,ordazedfromthebed,onlytobetoldthatyouareawrongnumber?

Butyouwillsay,youneednothaveyournameprinted

inthetelephonedirectory,andyoucanhaveatelephonewhichisonlyusableforoutgoingcalls.Besides,youwillsay,isn’titimportanttohaveatelephoneincaseofemergency—illness,anaccident,orfire?

Ofcourse,youareright,buthereinathicklypopulatedcountrylikeEnglandoneisseldomfarfromatelephoneincaseofdreadfulnecessity.

IthinkperhapsIhadbettertrytojustifymyselfbytryingtoprovethatwh

atIlikeisgood.Iadmitthatindifferentcircumstances—ifIwereatycoon（businessVIP）,forinstance,orbedriddenImightfindatelephoneessential.ButthenifIwereataxi-driverIshouldfindacaressent

ial.

Letmeputitanotherway:

therearetwothingsforwhichtheEnglishseemtoshowparticulartalent;oneismechanicalinvention,theotherisliterature.MyownbusinesshappenstobewiththeuseofwordsbutIseeImustnowstopusingthem.ForIhavejustbeenhandedaslipofpapertosaythatsomebodyiswaitingtospeaktomeonthetelephone.IthinkIhadbetteranswerit.Afterall,oneneverknows,itmaybesomethingimportant.

1.Thepassageismainlydiscussing_______.

A.thatweshouldbestrongenoughtoignoreaphonecall

B.thatimportantmessagewillreachyousoonerorlater

C.whetherit’snecessarytoanswerallphonecalls

D.whetheritisnecessarytohaveatelephone

提示:

通读全文，尤其是文章的第一段和最后一段可以得出此结论。

答案:

D

2.Judgingfromthe

passage,whoisstrong-mindedenoughtoignoreaphonecall?

A.Theauthor.

B.Atycoon.

C.Ataxi-driver.D.Hardlyanyone.

答案:

D大意理解，文章的第二段第三段可以看出

3.Accordingtothepassage,theauthor________.

A.thinks

thetelephoneshouldgooutofourlife

B.likestobedifferentfromotherpeople

C.thinksthetelephoneisannoying

D.speaksfavourablyofatelephone

提示:

文章的第二句就说明了作者的观点，后面又作了进一步的补充说明。

答案:

C

4.Intheauthor’sopinion,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Nearlyeveryonehasbeentoldawrongnumber.

B.It’snecessaryforeveryonetohaveatelephone.

C.Hehimselfcannotdecidewhethertoansweracall.

D.Atelephonedirectorymaybringinunexpectedcalls.

提示:

从文章的第二段得出答案。

答案:

B

【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】

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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

TopFourWaystoBuildaWonderfulLife

1.LiveBelowYourMeans

Therewillalwaysbetemptationtogiveupthefutureforimmediatepleasure.Weallwanttobuythatnewpieceoftechnology,treatourselvestoanexpensivenightonthetown,ortakeoutaloanfortheflashycarwecan’tafford.Itmightfeelgreatatthetimebutunwisespendinghurtsalotlateron.Enjoylife’ssimplepleasuresandsaveasmuchasyoucan.Expensivethingsdon’tcreatelastinghappinessandsecurity.Carefulspendingwillbringyougreaterleisureandenjoymentinthelongrun.

2.PutYourMoneytoWork

Savingisgreat,buttomakethemostofyourmoneyyouneedtoputittowork.Goodinvestmentscanbethedifferencebetweenretiringinyour40’sorinyour60’s.AposttodayatTheSimpleDollarreallygotmethinking.AccordingtoTrent’sestimates,ifapersonintheirearly20’sinvests20%oftheirincomeinanS&Pindexfund,theinteresttheyearnwillequaltheircurrentsalarywhentheyreachtheirearly40’s.Theycouldretirewithoutadropinincome!

Wiseinvestingisthesurestpathtofinancialindependenceandit’ssomethingeveryonecanworkon.It’sdefinitelyanareaI’llbedevotingmoreattentiontoinmypersonallife.

3.EducateYourself

Tobehappyweneedcontinuousgrowth.Thebestwaytogrowislife-longeducation.Thisdoesn’tmeanyouneedtopursueadoctorateorspend2hoursreadingeveryday.Self-educationcanbeanythingthattakesyououtofyourcomfortzone.Theimportantpartiskeepinganopenmindandsearchingforfreshideasandperspectives.Educationbuildsovertime.Itmightfeellikethebitsofwisdomyouacquiredon’tmeanmuch,butovertheyearstheyadduptoformawiser,kinder,moreinterestingperson.

4.DevelopLastingPersonalRelationships

Supposeyouhadeverythingyouwanted.Wouldyoubehappywithoutanyonetoshareitwith?

Thepersonalrelationshipswedevelopwithfriendsandfamilymembersarethegreatestsourceofhappinessinourlives.Don’tforgetaboutthem.Takingthetimetocultivateandenjoypersonalrelationshipsisessentialtolong-termhappiness.Withoutthepeopleyoucareaboutyou’llprobablybemiserable,nomatterhowsuccessfulyoubecome.

46.Accordingtothepassage,inordertoachievefinancialindependenceafterretirement,we’dbetter________.

A.getalongwellwithourfamilyandfriends

B.bringourselvesleisureaswellasenjoyment

C.investourmoneywiselywhenweareyoung

D.learnsomenewskillsandtrytofindanewjob

47.Fromthepassagewecaninferthatsomepeopletryto________.

A.gainhappinessbybuyingthemselvesexpensivethings

B.saveeverythingtheycantohelpthoseinneed

C.devotemoreattentiontotheirpersonallife

D.takeoutaloantopromotetechnology

48.Theauthorofthepassagemayagreethatthekeytoself-educationis________.

A.gainingasmanydegreesaspossible

B.beingopentonewideasandviews

C.onlyfocusingonverybigevents

D.creatinglong-termhappiness

49.Theabovepassageiswritteninorderto________.

A.explainwhattruehappinessisabout

B.offerwaystoachieveahappyandsuccessfullife

C.introducedifferentdefinitionsabouthappiness

D.persuadereaderstofindoutthemeaningoflife

46.C根据文章第二段Trent的估计内容，以及后面两个句子的内容可以知道。

47.A根据文章的第一段倒数第二句话（昂贵的物品并不能带来持久的幸福和安全）可知。

48.B根据文章第三段Theimportantpartiskeepinganopenmindandsearchingforfreshideasandperspectives可知。

49.B本题考查对文章写作意图的把握，文章的四个段落都是用来向读者介绍一些创造美好生活的技巧和方法的，所以应该选B。

阅读理解。

IntheUnitedStates,thereweresomewell-constructedhousesfornativeIndians,rangingfromthesimplebrushsheltertothefive-storiedpueblo.

IntheeasternUnitedStates,oneoftheexistingtypeswasthatcommonlyknowundertheAlgonkiannameofwigwaminwhichtheIroquoisIndianslived.Thewigwamswereofwagon-topshapewithstraightsidesandends,madebybendingyoungtreestoformtheroundshape.OverthisshapepiecesoftreebarkwerelaidtoprotecttheIndiansfrombadweather.Overthebarkdriedgrasswasadded.Asmallholeallowedsmoketoescapefromthetop.Doorwaysateachendservedalsoaswindows,TheIroquoisIndiansbuilttrunkwallsallaroundtheirvillages.Thewallhadonlyoneopening,Theycouldquicklyclosethisopeningiftheirenemiescamenear.

Interestingly,theChoctawIndiansinMississippialsolivedinawi

gwamofamostprimitive（原始的）construction,butdifferentfromthoseoftheIroquoisIndians.TheChoctawIndians’wigwams,madefrommud,caneandstraw,wereintheformofabee-hive.Thecoveringwasmadeofalong,toughgrass.Apostinthecentresupportedtheroof.Aholeinthetopadmittedthelight,andallowedthesmoketopas

sout.

Thetipitent-housingoftheupperlakeandplainsareawasputupwithpolessetlightlyintheground,tiedtogethernearthetop,andcoveredwithbarkandgrassinthelakecountry.Itwaseasilyportable,andtwowomencouldsetituportakeitdownwithinanhour.

ThePawnee,MandanandotherIndiantribes（部落）alongtheMissouribuiltsolidring-shapedstructuresoftrunk,coveredwithearthanddriedgrass,housingadozenfamilies.

TheWichitaandothertribesoftheTexasborderbuiltlargering-shapedhousescoveredwithdried

grass.K^S*5U.C

Apartfromtheregular

housing,almosteverytribehadsomestyleofhousing.

（）1.WhichofthefollowingpicturesshowsthehousefortheIroquoisIndians？

（）2.Accordingtothepassage,thePawneeIndiansbuilttheirhouses_____.

A.withopeningsinthetrunkwallsB.largeenoughforseveralfamilies

C.inaringsha

pewithbarkandmudD.bybendingyoungtreestoformtheshape

（）3.AllthenativeIndianhousesdescribedinthepassagewere_____.K^S*5U.C

A.ofthesameshapeB.coveredwithgrass

C.builtwithapostinthecentr

eD.builtwithdoorwaysateachend

（）4.Thepassagesuggeststhat________

A.allthenativeIndiansbuilttrunkwallsallaroundtheirhouses

B.allthenativeIndianhouseswerebuiltwithpolestiedtogether

C.theIroquoisIndianstooksafetyintoaccountwhilebuildingthe

irwigwams

D.t

heChoctawIndiansinMississippibuilttheirwigwamswithstraightsidesandends

【语篇解读】本篇文章为记叙文。

主要讲述了美国的土著居民印第安人的房屋结构和建房特点，展示了美国当地人的居住文化。

1.答案A。

【解析】细节理解题。

根据第二段第二句“Thewigwamswereofwagon-topshapewithstraightsidesandends……”可知，选项A符合题意。

2.答案B。

【解析】细节理解题。

根据第五段中“ThePawnee,Mand

anand

otherIndiantribes……housingadozenfamilies”可知，应选B项。

3.答案B。

【解析】细节理解题。

文章中出现的grass是Indiantribes建造房屋所必不可少的东西。

由此可知，印第安人的屋子都用草盖着。

由此可知B项正确

4.答案C。

K^S*5U.C

【解析】推理判断题。

根据第二段最后一