参考高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练16.docx

1、参考高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练16（参考）2019年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练16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。Mr. Goodney encouraged me but I just couldnt seem to please Mr. Goodney, no matter how hard I worked.I continued to see the dreaded Bs, sometimes even a C, so frequently that I said goodbye to my hopes of being a m

2、iddle student. I was a really diligent nerd(令人厌烦的人). Yet at the end of the semester when report cards came out, I had an “A” next to my English class, and I realized that the letter he had written on my report card was just a way to make me work harder than I ever had.He made me push myself to think

3、 deeper, write better, and analyze more thoroughly. He didnt hate me as I initially thought, and I looked back embarrassed about all those times when I showed frustration and dissatisfaction with a returned grade. From my experience I believe a good teacher is very important. Mr. Goodney inspires me

4、 to this day, and I wish I could travel back to the 9th grade for just one day in the old classroom, so I can fully thank him, which I didnt do at that time. 1. According to the passage, Mr. Goodney graded the author_. Ain order to encourage himBaccording to his real marks Das most teachers usually

5、do 2. What do we know about the author from the passage? A. He only did well in English and often got praises. BHe didnt study his lessons hard enough. CHe got good marks on one of his report cards. 3. The underlined words “invigorate me” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by_. Atake pity on meBencourag

6、e meCplay tricks on meDoffer me help Atried to do better next time Bthought his teacher liked him best Cthanked his teacher immediatelyDfelt proud of him too much解题导语一个好的老师可以改变一个人的命运。作者永远不会忘记自己在九年级时的英语老师。在他的鼓励和帮助下，作者终于成为了有用之才。1. 解析：选A。细节理解题。从文章第一段中的. he graded us on a personal grading scale和第二段中的Mr.

7、 Goodney encouraged me. 可知，这位老师在教育孩子方面的不同， 他是按学生的个人情况给打分，借此来鼓励孩子。2解析：选C。细节理解题。由文章第三段中的Yet at the end of the semester when report cards came out, I had an “A” next to my English class. 可知，作者在他的其中一张成绩单上得到了好的成绩。4. 解析：选A。细节理解题。从文章第四段中的These sporadic(零星的) good words would motivate me to do whatever it to

8、ok to.push me to try and top my last assignment. 可知，老师的这些鼓励激励了作者，使他更加努力地去争取在下一次做得更好，更完美。阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。According to the US government, wind farms off the Pacific coast could produce 900 gigawatts of electricity every year. Unfortunately, the water there is far too deep for even

9、 the tallest windmills (see picture) to touch bottom. An experiment under way off the coast of Norway, however, could help put them anywhere. 1. The Hywind project uses totally new technology to ensure the stability of.A. the cables which tie the spar to the ocean floorB. the spar which is floating

10、in deep-sea waterC. the blades driven by strong and steady sea windD. the stones filled in the spar below the sea surface2. To balance a bigger turbine high on a floating spar, a new type of turbine is to be designed with its gearbox sitting.A. on the sea floorB. on the spar topC. at sea level D. be

11、hind the blades3. Wide applications of deepwater wind power technology can.A. solve the technical problems of deepwater windmillsB. make financial profits by producing more turbinesC. settle the arguments about environmental problemsD. explore low-carbon power resources available at sea【参考答案】1-3 BCD

12、A“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy theyre given after all. Choices can be hard.” Jeff BezosI got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew th

13、at fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and Id been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups d

14、ont, and I wasnt sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, Id been a garage inventor. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and Im proud of that choice. For

15、 all of us, in the end, we are our choices.1. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore? A. His dream of being an inventor. B. The support of his wife. C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet. D. Millions of exciting titles.2. Which of the following is closest in

16、 meaning to the underlined sentence?.B. He would be very excited if he tried it out. C. He would be always having a doubt if he didnt try. D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.3. We can know from the passage that _. A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the autho

17、rB. the author wanted someone else to try the ideaC. the author might not regret if he failed the ideaD. the author might go back to his boss if he failed4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Cleverness and Kindness B. The Starting of AmazonC. Following My Passion D.

18、We Are What We Choose参考答案14 CACD BTwo new studies suggest that modern running shoes could increase the risk of injuries to runners. One study involved sixty-eight healthy young women and men who ran at least twenty-four kilometers a week. The runners were observed on a treadmill machine (跑步机). Somet

19、imes they wore running shoes. Other times they ran barefoot (赤脚). They found that running shoes create more stress that could damage knees, hips and ankle joints than running barefoot. They observed that the effect was even greater than the effect reported earlier for walking in high heels.The study

20、 appeared in the official scientific journal of The American Academy of Physical Medicine. They divided the runners into three groups. One group had always run shoeless. Another group had always run with shoes. And the third group had changed to shoeless running.But the researchers do not suggest th

21、at runners immediately start running barefoot. They say it takes some training. And there can be risks, like running when your feet are too cold to feel if you get injured.The study was partly supported by Vibram, which makes a kind of footwear that it says is like running barefoot. The findings hav

22、e gotten a lot of attention. But the researchers say there are many problems in the way the press has reported in their paper. So they have tried to explain their findings on a Harvard Website. 5. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Walking in high heels could cause less serious effects than runni

23、ng barefoot.B. Two new discoveries encourage people to run in high heels.C. Running in shoes is partly good to runners.D. Two new studies prove running without shoes is beneficial to runners in most cases.6. Which part of our body could be injured if we run in running shoes?A. Toes. B. Hips. C. Feet

24、. D. Legs.7. What can we learn from the passage? A. The way that we run by landing on the front or middle of our foot could avoid damaging our heel. B. We should start running barefoot in no time. C. Running in modern running shoes could cause more serious effects than running in high heels. D. We w

25、ont be injured if we run barefoot.8. What is the writers attitude towards the use of the modern running shoes? A. Persuasive. B. Negative. C. Objective. D. Supportive.参考答案58 DBAC CChristmas, Easter and birthday parties can be difficult times for grandmothers and parents as they rush around trying to

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