高考英语阅读理解一轮选练62.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解一轮选练62高考英语一轮阅读理解选练（6）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。My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship,which was sunk in World War . The bookNight of the U-boats told the story.Memories In September,1940,my mother,sister and I went to Swansea,where my fathers ship was getting ready to sai

2、l. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.Then I remember my mother lying face down,sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo (鱼雷).I can remember the arrival of the telegram (电报),which in those days always brought bad

3、 news. My grandmother opened it. It read,“Safe. Love Ted. “My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my fathers knee,his arm in a bandage.He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember,he had a weak hea

4、rt. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He saidit was because of the cigarettes. Whichever,he died suddenly in his early 50s.Ten years later I readNight of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.TorpedoOne torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room,where the third enginee

5、r was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.By the time he got on deck (甲板)he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free,it swung against the ship,injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but

6、 to jumpstill with the photograph in his pocket.Three days later,he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.A ToastIn my room is the book and the photograph. Often,glass in hand,I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion,a sinking shi

7、p,a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue?Lest(以免)we forget,I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.1. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea.A. to meet a friendB. to see the father offC. to take a family photoD. to enjoy the sailing of the ship2. What did t

8、he author learn about the father from the telegram?A. He was still alive. B. His knee was broken.C. His ship had been sunk. D. He had arrived in Glasgow.3. The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the fathers.A. weak heartB. taking a shore jobC. failure to return to sea D. injury caused by a

9、 torpedo4. What can we know about the authors father after his ship was attacked?A. He lost his arm. B. He repaired the engines.C. He managed to take a lifeboat. D. He was the last to leave the ship.5. What is the passage mainly about?A. A group of forgotten heroes. B. A book describing a terrifying

10、 battle.C. A ship engineers wartime experience. D. A merchants memories of a sea rescue.【参考答案】1-5 、BAADC【2015高考复习】阅读理解 Areas of Tokyo which had usually been packed with office workers like sushi(寿司) restaurants and noodle shops were unusually quiet. Many schools were closed. Companies allowed worker

11、s to stay home. Long queues formed at airports.As Japanese authorities struggled to avoid disaster at an earthquakebattered nuclear plant 240 km to the north, parts of Tokyo resembled a ghost town. Many people stocked up on food and stayed indoors or simply left, transforming one of the worlds bigge

12、st and most populated cities into a shell of its usual self.“Look, its like Sunday no cars in town，” said Kazushi Arisawa, a 62yearold taxi driver, as he waited for more than an hour outside an office tower where he usually finds customers within minutes. “I cant make money today. ”Radiation in Toky

13、o has been negligible,_ briefly touching three times the normal rate on Tuesday, smaller than a dental Xray. On Wednesday, winds over the Fukushima (福岛) nuclearpower plant blew out to sea, keeping levels close to normal. But that does little to relieve public anxiety about a 40yearold nuclear plant

14、with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毁)and a fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere after last Fridays earthquake and tsunami.“Radiation moves faster than we do，” said Steven Swanson, a 43yearold American who moved to Tokyo in December with his Japanese wife to help with her fa

15、mily business.He is staying indoor but is tempted to leave.“Its scary.Its a triple threat with the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear radiation leaks.It makes you wonder whats next. ”【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了日本的核辐射泄露对人们造成的影响。1The text is mainly about_.Athe earthquake that happened in MarchBthe governments eff

16、ort to avoid disasterCthe effects of the nuclear radiation leaksDthe earthquakebattered nuclearpower plant解析主旨大意题。整篇文章介绍了日本的核辐射泄露对人们造成的影响。故选C项。答案C2What did Kazushi Arisawa mean?ATherere usually more cars on Sundays.BHe didnt care much about nuclear radiation.CHe preferred to stay at home on Sundays.

17、DHe couldnt find many customers.解析细节理解题。从文章第三段的“as he waited for more than an hour outside an office tower where he usually finds customers within minutes.I cant make money today.”看出答案。答案D3The underlined word “negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means_.Aserious Bslight Cnormal D. average解析词义猜测题。

18、从下文的“smaller than a dental Xray”看出答案。答案B4What can we learn about the Fukushima nuclearpower plant from the text?AIt lies to the south of Tokyo.BIt started to operate about fifty years ago.CIt was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami.DAll its four reactors are now well under control.解析推理题。从文章第四段的“a

19、40yearold nuclear plant with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毁)and a fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere after last Fridays earthquake and tsunami”看出答案。答案C阅读理解。The idea that high heels are bad for your health isnt new - scientists have warned women for years that they contri

20、bute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes, tendonitis, knee pain, sprained (扭伤) ankles and back problems. But in 1998, Kerdgan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage (软骨) surrounding the kn

21、ee. The first study looked only at stiletto heels, and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing. “This study confirms what we all intuitively (直觉地) know that high-heeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health,” said Dr. Glenn Pfeifer, a San

22、 Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.5. We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because _.A. they want to walk comfortably B. chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairsC. chunky heels do less h

23、arm to knees D. chunky heels are not painful at all6. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. people got to know the high heels are bad for health recentlyB. people have known the high heels are bad for health for yearsC. people havent known the high heels are bad for health yetD. people will

24、be warned that the high heels are bad for health soon7. The best title for the passage may be _.A. Taking Healthy Knees into Consideration B. High-heels Do Harm to KneesC. Chunky Heels and Stiletto Heels D. When Wearing High-heels57、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。 Education isnt all about clas

25、srooms. Homework plays a huge role in student learning. Given how much time we spend studying in a lifetime, and how hard it is to find time to study, techniques that make studying more efficient that is, techniques that allow you to learn more in the same amount of time can be incredibly valuable.

26、One of the most important study techniques that you dont know about is this: Space your studying. What does that mean? If you are going to study something twice (or more), try to let as much time pass as possible between the first and second time you study. For example, dont read your textbook chapt

27、er and then review it on the same day. Study it and then review it on a different day, and allow as much time to pass between the two study sessions as possible. Better yet, spread your studying across numerous days. You dont necessarily have to study more, you just have to distribute your study tim

28、e differently. When you sit down to study, mix up your topics instead of studying one topic per day, study every topic a little bit every day. My research team had a combined 50 years experience studying the spacing effect. We should have known better, because our prediction couldnt have been more w

29、rong. Spacing helped enormously. Spacing gives you time to forget. This forgetting is a good thing; forgetting is the friend of learning. But forgetting can make you feel like you are not learning. On the other hand, re-studying something right away makes it seem easy to remember. Unfortunately, thi

30、s makes people feel that spacing hinders learning. Your intuition (直觉) will tell you that spacing is a terrible idea. And your intuition will be wrong. Dont trust it. Trust the scientific evidence. 1. The first paragraph mainly wants to tell us. A. education isnt all about classroomsB. homework play

31、s a huge role in student learningC. its hard to find time to studyD. learning techniques can be of great value2. The technique “Space your studying” means. A. trying to studying something as many times as possible B. allowing as much time to pass between the twice (or more) as you canC. not doing th

32、e same thing on the same dayD. studying more and distributing your study time differently3. The underlined word “enormously” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by. A. greatlyB. differentlyC. hopefully D. unforgettably4. Why will your intuition tell you that spacing is a terrible idea? A. Because spacing give