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1、高考二轮复习阅读提速练5阅读提速练(五)建议用时：40分钟阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。A(2018长春市质量监测一)Exhibitions in the British MuseumHokusai: beyond the Great WaveKatsushika Hokusai (1760 1849) is widely regarded as one of Japans most famous and influential artists. He produced works o

2、f astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of 90. This new exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusais life a time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces.25 May 13 August 2017Room 35Adults 12; Members/under 16s freePlaces of

3、the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850 1950Drawn from the British Museums rich collection, this is the first exhibition devoted to landscape drawings and watercolours by British artists in the Victorian and modern eras two halves of very different centuries.23 February 28 August 2017Room 90Fr

4、ee, just drop inScythians: warriors of ancient SiberiaThis major exhibition explores the story of the Scythians nomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare, who flourished between 900 and 200 BC. Their encounters with the Greeks, Assyrians and Persians were written into history but for centuries a

5、ll trace of their culture was lost buried beneath the ice.14 September 2017 14 January 2018Room 30Adults 16.50; Members/under 16s freePolitics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli GiftThis display is part of the Museums contribution to the IndiaUK Year of Culture 2017. It looks at

6、 the popular print culture of India from the 1880s until the 1950s.19 July 3 September 2017Room 90aFree, just drop in【解题导语】本文是一篇应用文，对大英博物馆的四个展览做了简要介绍，包括这些展览的内容、开放时间、地点等。【难句分析】This new exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusais life a time when he produced s

7、ome of his most memorable masterpieces.分析：本句中a time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces是the last 30 years of Hokusais life的同位语；when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces是定语从句，修饰a time，关系词when在定语从句中作时间状语。译文：这一新的展览将带领你踏上(感受)Hokusai人生最后30年的艺术之旅，(这是)一段他创作了一些(令人)最难忘的杰作的

8、时期。1If you are interested in drawings of natural scenery, you will probably go to _.ARoom 35BRoom 90CRoom 30 DRoom 90a答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据“Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850 1950”这一部分中的“this is the first exhibition devoted to landscape drawings and watercolours”可知，该展览是关于风景画的，且根据“Roo

9、m 90”可知，应选B项。2Which exhibition can you attend in October 2017?AHokusai: beyond the Great Wave.BScythians: warriors of ancient Siberia.CPlaces of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850 1950.DPolitics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli Gift.答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据“Scythians: warri

10、ors of ancient Siberia”这一部分中的“14 September 2017 14 January 2018”可知，在2017年十月份可以去参观Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia。故选B项。3Where can we most probably find the passage?AIn a health report.BIn a story book.CIn a parenting magazine.DIn a tour guide.答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据本文的标题“Exhibitions in the British Mu

11、seum”及全文内容可知，本文是对大英博物馆的四个展览的介绍，由此可知，这篇文章可能出现在游览指南中。D选项意为“在一本游览指南中”。故选D项。B(南昌市NCS 20180607项目一模) When I was five or six years old, I remember watching TV and seeing other children suffer in other parts of the world. I would say to myself, “When I grow up, when I can get rich, I will save kids all over

12、 the world.”At 17, I started my career here in America, and by the age of 18, I started my first charity organization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years, and met, helped, and even lost some of the most beautiful souls, from sixyearold Jasmina Anema who passed away

13、in 2010 from leukemia (白血病), and whose story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors, to my grandmother, who lost her battle with cancer in 2012, and her death is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF). Were all human. And we all just want a chance: a chance

14、 at life, a chance in education, a chance at a future, really. And at CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one.People make it seem too hard to do charity work. The truth is, you dont have to be rich to help others. You dont need to be famous. You dont even

15、 have to be collegeeducated. But it starts with your neighbor, the person right next to you, the person sitting next to you in class, the kid down the block in your neighborhood. You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can. And today, I want to challenge each of you to make a commit

16、ment to help one person, one organization, one situation that touches your heart. My grandmother always used to say, “If youve got a dollar, theres plenty to share.”【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。小时候在电视中看到世界的一些地方遭受困苦的孩子时，“我”便下定决心长大后要帮助他们；十八岁时“我”创立了自己的第一个慈善组织。慈善无关贫富，无关名誉，无关教育背景；从帮助身边的人做起，你将成就你的事业。【难句分析】And today, I

17、want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person, one organization, one situation that touches your heart.分析：该句为主从复合句。句中“that touches your heart”为that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词“one situation”，关系词指代先行词在从句中作主语。译文：并且今天，我想要要求你们每个人，做出一份承诺来帮助一个人，一个组织，一个感动你内心的场合。4What did the author want to do at a

18、 young age?AWatch TV.BGrow up quickly.CBecome wealthy.DHelp other children.答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据第一段中的第二句“I would say to myself, When I grow up, when I can get rich, I will save kids all over the world.”并结合第一段内容可知，小时候在电视中看到受苦的孩子，作者想要在长大后帮助他们。故D项正确。5What directly caused the author to create and develop the

19、 CLF?AA sixyearold kids request.BHer grandmothers death of cancer.CMany volunteers inspiration.DOther organizations encouragement.答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第二段第二句中的“to my grandmother, who lost her battle with cancer in 2012, and her death is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Founda

20、tion (CLF)”可知，在2012年，祖母不敌癌症病魔而去世，这促使作者成立了克拉拉莱昂内尔基金会(CLF)。据此可知，是作者的祖母患癌症去世这件事促使了作者成立并发展了克拉拉莱昂内尔基金会(CLF)。故B项正确。6What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 2 refer to?AA chance. BA task.CA life. DAn organization.答案与解析：C考查代词指代。根据第二段的最后一句“And at CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possib

21、le, but it starts with just one”可知，在克拉拉莱昂内尔基金会中，我们的任务是尽可能影响更多的生命，但这个任务从影响一个人的生命开始。根据该句中的“as many lives as possible”，结合“but. just one”可知，画线词one指代“a life”。故C项正确。干扰项分析：A项意为“一个机会”，B项意为“一项任务”，D项意为“一个组织”，都与语境不符。7What does the author suggest people do in the last paragraph?ADo little things to help those a

22、round them.BWork hard to get a college education.CChallenge their friends to offer help.DDo charity work whoever you are.答案与解析：A考查推理判断。根据第三段中的第五句“But it starts with your neighbor, the person right next to you, the person sitting next to you in class, the kid down the block in your neighborhood”可知，慈善

23、帮助可以从帮助你的邻居开始，帮助现在在你身边的人开始，帮助上课时坐在你旁边的人开始，帮助你家附近街区上的小孩开始。据此可以判断，作者建议慈善从帮助身边的人做起。故A项正确。C(2018广州市综合检测(二)Scientists have solved the mystery of why the overwhelming majority of mammoth fossils (化石) are male.Much like wild elephants today, young male Ice Age mammoths probably travelled around alone and m

24、ore often got themselves into risky situations where they were swept into rivers, or fell through ice or into mud, lakes or sinkholes that preserved their bones for thousands of years, scientists say.Females, on the other hand, travelled in groups led by an older matriarch who knew the landscape and

25、 directed her group away from danger. “Without the benefit of living in a herd led by an experienced female, male mammoths had a much higher risk of dying in natural traps such as mud holes, rock cracks and lakes，” said coauthor Love Daln of the Swedish Museum of Natural History in a report publishe

26、d on Thursday in the journal Current Biology.The study used genetic data to determine the sex of 98 woolly mammoth fossils in Siberia. Researchers found that 69% of the samples were male, a heavily unbalanced sex ratio, assuming that the sexes were fairly even at birth.“We were very surprised becaus

27、e there was no reason to expect a sex bias in the fossil record，” said first author Patricia Pecnerova, also of the Swedish Museum of Natural History.Therefore, researchers believe that something about the way they lived influenced the way they died.“Most bones, tusks, and teeth from mammoths and ot

28、her Ice Age animals havent survived，” explained Daln.“It is highly likely that the remains that are found in Siberia these days have been preserved because they have been buried, and thus protected from weathering.”These giant, tusked plant eaters disappeared about 4,000 years ago. While there is no

29、 scientific agreement on the causes of their disappearance from the planet, most believe that climate change, excessive hunting by humans and the spread of other animals into mammoth feeding grounds were influential factors.【解题导语】本篇文章主要介绍了猛犸象化石大多是雄性以及这种生物从地球上最终消失的原因。【难句分析】It is highly likely that th

30、e remains that are found in Siberia these days have been preserved because they have been buried, and thus protected from weathering.分析：本句是一个复合句。第一个that引导主语从句，在从句中不作成分，It作形式主语；第二个that引导定语从句，修饰先行词the remains, that在从句中作主语；because引导原因状语从句。译文：现在在西伯利亚地区发现的猛犸象的残骸很有可能是因为其被埋了起来，避免了风化，由此被保留了下来。8The underline

31、d word “matriarch” in Paragraph 3 means _.AfigureheadBfemale leaderCexperienced animalDmature mammoth答案与解析：B考查词义猜测。根据第四段中的“Without the benefit of living in a herd led by an experienced female, male mammoths had a much higher risk of dying in natural traps”可推知，matriarch是指有经验的雌性领导。故选B。9Why do the majo

32、rity of mammoth fossils come from male animals?AScientists find it easier to study male fossilised bones.BThere were more male mammoths in comparison to females.CMale mammoths were better able to adapt to the changing circumstances.DMale mammoths more frequently died in places where fossils could form.答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据第二段的内容可推知，雄性猛犸