届高考英语第二轮阅读理解复习检测53.docx

1、届高考英语第二轮阅读理解复习检测53讷河市（黑龙江）2018高考英语二轮阅读理解训练（5）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My son David, who was 3.5 years old, taught me a beautiful lesson today. After we finished playing with the beads (珠子) , David slowly picked up each bead, looking at it as if it were made of chocolate and

2、 then put it into the box they were stored in. With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting impatient. Why could he not pick up 10 in one go and put them in? My morning was going to be ruined today!But then it hit me like a brick. I noticed that he did this with as much interest as he had while we

3、 were playing. The boy was enjoying the whole process. For him the fun was in the game itself as well as in the process of properly packing up and cleaning up. It was not just about his turn or the fun part. Every bit was as fun as the other.I thought of myself as a kid when we would go out to play

4、cricket (板球). If I was not batting or bowling (击球或掷球), I was unhappy as I impatiently waited for my turn to do so. As a result, I was unhappy while waiting for my turn and only happy for the few moments I either batted or bowled. Only the process of doing something I combined with happiness made me

5、cheerful. The rest of the time I was waiting for my rum in the future or recalling great bowling from the past.Looking at how peacefully my son was putting beads into the box taught me that the process is the goal. The joy of journey is not in getting there but in every step of it.1. Why was the fat

6、her getting upset?A. He wasnt interested in the game. B. His son didnt do it as he was told to.C. Itd take long to put away the beads. D. David put away the beads casually.2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?A. I was hit by David with a brick. B. I felt very annoyed at what Davi

7、d did.C. I was at a loss what to do with David. D. I suddenly understood Davids behavior.3. We can learn from the text that the author _.A. felt satisfied with his teammates B. happily watched his teammates playC. was eager to join in the game D. thought it a pleasure to win a match4. What did the a

8、uthor learn from this experience?A. Happiness resulted from doing something pleasant.B. The process was more important than the result.C. It was important for children to develop good habits.D. What children thought was different from that of adults.【参考答案】14、CDCB 【2018高考英语综合能力测试题】 Virtual tourism ha

9、s already appeared in the Swiss town of Basilea. Its an interesting and original form of tourism which will no doubt revolutionize real travel, and even make actual life somewhat different. On the banks of the River Rin, in the city of St. Alban, you can now take a half virtual, half real tour on ho

10、rseback with the help of a piece of electronic equipment, earphones, and a science-fiction style visor (面罩) which contains a small camera. This modern equipment is called Life Clipper. It is the original idea of both Swiss inventor Jan Torpus, who studied in Barcelona, and German technology expert N

11、ikolas Neecke. According to the instructions for the Life Clipper, once a tourist is equipped, hell need a guide to assist him to get used to seeing the world8through the visor. Once on the Rin riverbank, the tourist starts his journey with the sounds of the water, which are created by sensors(传感器).

12、From here the tourist travels on foot to the St. Alban neighborhood, feeling and sensing the view with his hands, nose and mouth. What he sees are images between the year 1000 and the year 1500: carriages, princes, etc. This project sounds like something from science fiction and it looks funny when

13、people in a visor try to touch a horse which isnt there. So far, this tourism has been a success only in Basilea, and will be introduced anywhere else in the world in the near future. This is a fun and unusual way of travelling. Surely it wont be long before we see a new and improved form of Life Cl

14、ipper - one that isnt just for sightseeing, but also for other parts of our life. For example, instead of taking a bus to the office or university, we just sit at home and put on the visor, feeling as if we were m a different place, and virtual work becomes reality. 41. The underlined word revolutio

15、nize in Paragraph l is closest in meaning to _. A. create B. change C. copy D. cover42. Which is TRUE about the Life Clipper? A. It is a small camera. B. It was invented by Jan Torpus. C. The science-fiction style visor is a part of it. D. Tourists can have a totally virtual tour with it. 43. Paragr

16、aph 3 is mainly about _. A. the history of virtual tourism B. the advantages of virtual tourism C. the ways of attracting more tourists D. how to operate Life Clipper 44. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Tourists can get used to seeing the world on their own once equipped. B. Tourists can t

17、ouch what they see through the visor. C. Life Clipper can make tourists see images of ancient times. D. Life Clipper has been used in other areas of our lives. 45. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Virtual tourism is more popular B. Virtual tourism is more fantastic C. What the future

18、 of virtual tourism will be D. Virtual tourism is born【参考答案】41-45 BCDCD该篇为说明文。介绍瑞士小镇Basilea的“虚拟旅游”项目。41. B。词义猜测题。由第一段的Virtual tourism, original form和real travel, and even make actual life somewhat different以及第二段的take a half virtual, half real tour on horseback可知，虚拟旅游是一种独创的旅游形式，毫无疑问它将改变真实的旅游甚至使现实生活有点

19、不同。42. C。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句with the help of a piece of electronic equipment, earphones, and a science-fiction style visor which contains a small camera可知，面罩只是这个设备的一个部件。故选C。43. D。主旨大意题。第三段主要介绍怎样操作Life Clipper这种电子设备。故选D。44. C。推理判断题。由第三段最后一句What he sees are images between the year 1000 and the year 1500:

20、 carriages, princes, etc可知，他能看到公元1000到1500年间的一些运输工具，王子等。故选C。45. D。主旨大意题。由第一段首句Virtual tourism has already appeared in the Swiss town of Basilea和全文内容可知，虚拟旅游开始进入人们的生活。故选D。科普知识型阅读理解(一)Scientists at Harvard University and Bates College find female chimpanzees(黑猩猩) appear to treat sticks as dolls, carryi

21、ng them around until they have children of their own.Young males engage in such behavior much less frequently.The new work by Sonya MKahlenberg and Richard WWrangham, described this week in the journal Current Biology, provides the first evidence of a wild nonhuman species playing with dolls, as wel

22、l as the first known sex difference in a wild animals choice of playthings.The two researchers say their work adds to a growing body of evidence that human children are probably born with their own ideas of how they want to behave, rather than simply mirroring other girls who play with dolls and boy

23、s who play with trucks.Doll play among humans could have its origins in objectcarrying by earlier apes(猿类), they say, suggesting that toy selection is probably not due entirely to socialization.“In humans, there are obvious sex differences in childrens toy play, and these are remarkably similar acro

24、ss cultures，” says Kahlenberg.“While socialization by elders and peers has been the primary explanation, our work suggests that biology may also have an important role to play in activity preferences.”In 14 years of data on chimpanzee behavior at the Kibale National Park in Uganda, Kahlenberg and Wr

25、angham counted more than 100 examples of stickcarrying.Some young chimpanzees carried sticks into the nest to sleep with them and on one occasion built a separate nest for the stick.“We have seen juveniles occasionally carrying sticks for many years, and because they sometimes treated them rather li

26、ke dolls, we wanted to know if in general this behavior tended to represent something like playing with dolls，” says Wrangham, a Professor at Harvard.“If the doll hypothesis (假设) was right, we thought that females should carry sticks more than males do, and that the chimpanzees should stop carrying

27、stickswhen they had their first child.We have now watched enough young chimpanzees to prove both points.” ()1.What does a female chimpanzee do with sticks?AShe gives them to her child to play with.BShe treats them as dolls.CShe makes useful tools from them.DShe treats them as weapons.()2.What causes

28、 the different toy selection of chimpanzees, according to the passage?ASex difference.BSocialization.CEnvironment.DCultural difference.()3.We can infer from the fourth paragraph that _.Asocialization has nothing to do with humans choice of playthingsBsex difference is the only factor in humans choic

29、e of playthingsCthe biology factor may also influence toy choiceDpeople choose different toys in different cultures()4.Wrangham probably believes that _.Aobserving so many chimpanzees has been enough for them to make a conclusionBthe study proves human beings have evolved (进化) from chimpanzeesCall c

30、himpanzees treat the sticks as dollsDchildren playing with sticks are abnormal()5.It can be concluded from the passage that _.Aboth humans and chimpanzees choose their playthings due to sex differenceBdifferent factors cause humans and chimpanzees to choose different playthingsConly female chimpanze

31、es have playthingsDchimpanzees usually choose playthings for their children【解析】 本文是科普文。研究发现，雌性黑猩猩喜欢把棍子当作自己的玩具娃娃。1B细节理解题。从文章第一段可知，雌性黑猩猩把棍子当作自己的玩具娃娃。2A细节理解题。综合分析文章可知，性别差异是导致黑猩猩玩具选择差异的主要原因。3C推理判断题。从第四段可知，这两位科学家的研究表明生物学因素也可能影响对玩具的偏好。4A推理判断题。从第五段最后一句可知答案。5A推理判断题。综合文章信息可知，无论是人类还是黑猩猩，性别是导致玩具选择差异的重要原因。【2018

32、一模试卷】Spring peepers are found in wooded areas and grassy lowlands near pools in the central and eastern parts of Canada and the United States. These loud animals are rarely seen, but as temperatures begin to rise in March and April, the males certainly are heard. Their peep.peep. peep creates an other-worldly whistling sound that, to many, is the first