高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解增分基础训练6.docx

1、高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解增分基础训练62019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解增分基础训练（6）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that

2、good health was not to be taken forgranted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announced to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helple

3、ssly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing grandma. I suppose grandmas primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been

4、 a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpas quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and t

5、he challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two-hundred-pound figure, grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American petitor. Having taken weekly dance lesso

6、ns for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, grandma proudly invited me to watch her pete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusi

7、astic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she

8、was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.26. What did grandma learn from grandpas death? A. Good health was not there for everyone.B. She should take dance lessons.C. She had to struggle to live a better life. D. She should wear beautiful dresses.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据good health was not t

9、o be taken forgranted，对于大家来说好的健康已经不在了，故选A。27. How did the authors family feel when Grandma decided to take dance lessons? A. Hopeless. B. Helpless. C. Embarrassed. D. Proud.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据we rolled our eyes in embarrassment可知作者的家人都感到尴尬，故选C。28. Normal grandmas usually _ in the authors point of view

10、?A. took dance lessonsB. did some exercises at homeC. took care of grandchildren at homeD. did some housework at home【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did.在作者眼中祖母就是能在家做做家务，故选D。29. The author felt _ when he was invited to watch grandmas match.A. happy B

11、. proud C. excited D. uninterested【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point,作者对于祖母的邀请他去看比赛感到没有兴趣，故选D。30. The text is mainly about A. my grandmas confidence B. my dancing grandmaC. my grandmas dancing D. my grandmas gold cup【答案】B【解析】主旨大意题。根据全文的内容可知关于祖母的事情，故选B。社会生活类阅读理解。A Man

12、hattan CrossingNew Yorkers like to say they can walk faster than the crosstown bus. On 34th Street, buses average about four miles an hour. For those in a hurry, pretty much everyone here, its an icy pace for a crosstown trip. Janette Sadik-Khan, the citys transportation missioner, is proposing an i

13、nteresting fix for 34th Street. The city plan would close 34th Street to non-bus traffic in the block between the Empire State Building and Macys. On the rest of the street, cars would move one way only. It would take getting used to, but for bus passengers, the city says there are more than 40,000

14、a day on public, tour or muter (通勤) buses along 34th Street. The plan should cut the mute by up to 35 percent. People in other vehicles or about 10 percent of the human traffic would have to zig and zag (锯齿形) to get through this section of the city. It is probably fair to say that most are not parti

15、cularly pleased about the whole concept. So the city needs to answer important questions. Will this unrest mean more traffic on side streets that are already unbearably crowded? Will deliveries be limited to the daybreak hours? Will Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Ms. Sadik-Khan be willing to change or

16、drop the plan if it simply wont work? The Bloomberg administration has worked to improve bus traffic around the city. An experiment to speed up city buses along Fordham Road in the Bronx has already reduced travel time and increased passengers number. Urban planners have been studying the citys cros

17、stown problems since the first traffic jam. Robert Moses at one point proposed a major highway just south of 34th Street, part of which would go through an office building. The question is still whether it will really make it easier to operate in Manhattan. 1. Whats the first paragraph mainly talk a

18、bout? A. Traffic in Manhattan is much too bad. B. New Yorkers enjoy playing jokes about their buses. C. People are hard to cross 34th Street. D. An interesting fix for crowded street is being made. 2. How many measures would be taken in order to improve the traffic situation in Manhattan according t

19、o this plan? A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 63. Whats the purpose of the experiment by the Bloomberg administration? A. To improve traffic jam. B. To reduce travel time. C. To increase ridership. D. To relieve traffic pressure. 4. According to this passage, whose proposal might be difficult to becarried out? A. Jan

20、ette Sadik-Khan.B. Robert Moses.C. Michael Bloomberg.D. Ms. Sadik-Khan.【参考答案】7.ACDB 社会生活类阅读理解。Yao Yunchun, a 24-year-old author who frequently shops online in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has never been so impatient for her parcels as she is now. She has been counting every day while she waits for t

21、he products she ordered to arrive, as many deliveries have been delayed over the past month. “It took more than a week for one of my parcels to arrive from Beijing while, in the past, it took only four days,” said Yao. She is just one of the many who like shopping on Taobao. , the countrys largest o

22、nline shopping site, which has posted apologetic announcements to customers for the delays in deliveries. “Many parcels are still at the airport and cannot be delivered on time, but I think I will do my best.” Taobao clothes retailer (零售商) iM Shop said on its website. Meanwhile, major express delive

23、ry panies in China have put up notices saying they are ready to cope with the delay in recent days. “It was mainly caused by a big increase in online shopping orders because of discounts offered by e-merce panies,” said Chen Shousong, an analyst with domestic research pany Analysys International. Ta

24、obao Mall, the countrys largest business-to-customer shopping site by market share, for example, rolled out a large-scale discount on November 11 in which 150 brands sold their products at half price. The discount attracted the attention of many e-shopping enthusiasts who spent 936 million yuan ($14

25、2 million) in just one day. The recent shortage of diesel oil, which restricts delivery vehicles capacity, and bad weather conditions in North China, also added to an already overloaded express delivery market. Bottlenecks in delivery often appear before long holidays, such as the ing Christmas and

26、New Year holidays and the Chinese traditional Spring Festival holiday. Delivery employees often quit their jobs at that time when faced with lots of work and low pay. 1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Waiting for the postman impatiently. B. Shopping on Taobao convenient

27、ly. C. Arguing with retailers online heatedly. D. Suffering from large-scale discounts. 2. Why were many deliveries delayed last month? A. The airport didnt perform their duty properly. B. Some customers didnt pay enough money. C. Sales volume in online shopping goes up rapidly. D. Delivery panies a

28、re short of vehicles. 3. What do you think of the Taobao retailers? A. They lack good faith and service. B. They are proudhearted and irresponsible. C. They are warmhearted and apologetic. D. They should improve their work greatly. 4. The underlined word “enthusiasts” has the same meaning with . A.

29、retailers B. customers C. provider D. netbug5. What would be continued with the passage? A. To attract more new delivery employees. B. To call off the holiday for Spring Festival. C. To stop online shopping before holidays. D. To build E-merce panies own delivery teams. 【参考答案】8. ACCBD 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四

30、个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctor Id ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind. When Doctor Gibbs wasnt saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories a

31、bout planting trees. He believed in the principle: No pain, no gain. He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough fo

32、r the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water. So, instead of watering his trees every morning, hed beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees attention. Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left