人教新目标高中英语选修六课后阅读训练 八 Unit 2 Period 4 Word版含答案 8.docx

1、人教新目标高中英语选修六课后阅读训练 八 Unit 2 Period 4 Word版含答案 8温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。课后阅读训练 十Unit 3Period 2. 阅读理解AChina now has 380 million smokers, accounting for one-third of the world total. Chinese smokers now become addicted to nicotine at the age of 19, five years earli

2、er than the average starting age of 24 in 1997. Of the 1. 1 billion smokers all over the world, more than 800 million are in developing countries. And as the worlds largest developing country, China also has the largest number of smokers. Some frightening facts start to appear when we examine who Ch

3、inas smokers are. Of the 380 million addicts, more than 100 million are under the age of 18, while more than 50 percent of male teachers and doctors are smokers. Such a high rate of addicts among male teachers and doctors will certainly have a bad effect on the young generation. Teachers are usually

4、 expected to be role models for students who tend to consider whatever they do is right and follow their examples. It is very likely that the number of teenage smokers will increase in the near future unless measures are taken to forbid teachers from smoking in front of their students or designate s

5、chools as non-smoking zones. What is truly puzzling is why so many doctors smoke. They are aware of the results of the habit, such as high blood pressure and lung cancer. Their examples only help justify the addiction of so many others. If educated people set an example by stopping smoking at least

6、in public places, it would be much easier to drive home the notion that it is uncivilized to smoke in public places. In China, there also should be a national law to ban smoking in public places. These would make a massive contribution to cutting the number of people in China who are smoking themsel

7、ves into an early grave. 【语篇概述】全文探讨了中国烟民的现状, 并提出应该采取措施帮助人们改掉这个毛病。1. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage? A. Time to kick the bad habitB. China bans smoking in public placesC. Smokers in ChinaD. Make people aware of smoking【解析】选A。主旨大意题。全文探讨中国烟民的现状, 最后说应该采取措施帮助人们改掉这个毛病, 因

8、此本文的最佳标题是A项。2. In developing countries, China has the largest number of smokers, which covers_. A. one-third of its total B. one-eighth of its totalC. less than half its total D. more than half its total【解析】选C。推理判断题。第一段说中国有三亿八千万烟民; 第二段说发展中国家有八亿多烟民, 由此可知中国烟民几乎占其中的一半。3. In the writers opinion, who hav

9、e influenced young smokers, especially those under 18? A. Parents. B. Teachers only. C. Advertisements. D. Teachers and doctors. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第四段可知, 男教师和男医生中烟民比例如此之高, 这无疑会对年轻人有坏的影响。4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text? A. In China, those who get into the habit of s

10、moking seem to be younger and younger. B. More than half of teachers and doctors are smokers in China. C. The writer suggests schools should be designated as non-smoking zones. D. It is of great benefit to ban smoking in public places. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第三段可知, 在中国50%以上的男教师和男医生抽烟; 而B项的“在中国超过一半的教师和医生抽烟”显然

11、不对。B(2017浙江高考) Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids. According to a new survey(调查) by the National Sleep Foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early. Last year the Foundation reported that nearl

12、y 60% of 7-to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school. How much sleep you need depends a lot on your age. Babies need a lot of rest: most of them sleep about 18 hours a day! Adults need about eight hours. For most school-age children, ten hours

13、 is ideal(理想的). But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10-to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hours. And guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime? Watch TV. “More children are going to bed with TVs on, and there are more opportunities(机会) to

14、 stay awake, with more homework, the Internet and the phone, ” says Dr. Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical School. She says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleep. Other experts say part of the problem is chem

15、ical. Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm. Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers, some school districts have decided to start high school classes l

16、ater than they used to. Three years ago, schools in Edina, Minnesota, changed the start time from 7: 25 am to 8: 30 am. Students, parents and teachers are pleased with the results. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文。对大多数美国儿童来说，睡眠不足已经成为了一大坏习惯。造成这一现象的原因是多方面的。5. What is the new National Sleep Foundation survey on? A. Amer

17、ican kids sleeping habits. B. Teenagers sleep-related diseases. C. Activities to prevent sleeplessness. D. Learning problems and lack of sleep. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段中的Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids. According to a new survey by the National Sleep Foundation, 51% of kid

18、s aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights. 可知，这个调查是关于美国孩子的睡眠习惯。6. How many hours of sleep do 11-year-olds need every day? A. 7 hours. B. 8 hours. C. 10 hours. D. 18 hours. 【解析】选C。细节判断题。根据第二段中的For most school-age children, ten hours is ideal. 可知，对于大多数学龄儿童来说，10小时是理想的。11岁的孩子属于学龄儿童，故答

19、案为C。7. Why do teenagers go to sleep late according to Carskadon? A. They are affected by certain body chemicals. B. They tend to do things that excite them. C. They follow their parents examples. D. They dont need to go to school early. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第三段中的She says these activities at bedtime can ge

20、t kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleep. 可知，Carskadon认为青少年睡觉晚的原因是他们睡前会做一些让他们兴奋的事情。. 完形填空Several months ago I volunteered at a hospital. One day I was assigned to discharge(安排出院)a patient. She happened to be a physically and mentally1young woman who was limited to a wheelc

21、hair. She was2in her late twenties or early thirties, but it was difficult to3. As I was4her off the floor, down the elevator, and out of the front hall, I couldnt5thinking, “Oh, my God, her parents must be so6. She is in really bad shape. What a7! She must need constant8, and will likely require it

22、 for the rest of her life. ”If I were her father, I would be terribly frustrated. Then, as I came to the area where family and friends9discharged patients, I saw a man who noticed us and began walking quickly towards us. As he got closer, his eyes became bright and he10, saying, “Patricia, you look

23、so lovely today! You are11coming home. We cant12to have you back home! We miss you so much! ”He carefully placed his daughter in his car, said thank you, and drove off. I was13. My eyes began to fill with tears and I just stood there for a few minutes, trying to process what had just14. Then I began

24、 to think, “What had I15there? How could I have been so16about the father? Why did he and I have such different17about his daughter? ”It took me days to comprehend what Id failed to understand when I was18the young woman and her father. Now I know the true19of unconditional love, and whenever I deal

25、 with other childrens20, I will think of Patricia and her dad. 【语篇概述】一个人的缺点, 也许在别人眼里是缺点, 但是在父亲的眼中, 即使有缺点, 孩子也是值得爱的, 父亲对孩子的爱是无条件的。作者懂得了这个道理。1. A. healthy B. talented C. disabled D. tired【解析】选C。根据下文“was limited to a wheelchair”可知, 我要安排出院的这个病人在身体和心理上都有残疾。disabled残疾的。2. A. obviously B. probablyC. extrem

26、ely D. absolutely【解析】选B。下文未提到这个病人的真实年龄, 故作者在此只能是猜测。故用probably“可能, 大概”。3. A. accept B. expressC. overcome D. tell【解析】选D。结合上文可知, 作者想说这个病人的年龄很难识别。tell讲出, 说出, 识别出。4. A. leaving B. stoppingC. wheeling D. running【解析】选C。根据上文, 这个病人是坐在轮椅上的, 故作者是推着她下了楼。5. A. help B. admit C. allow D. mind【解析】选A。couldnt help d

27、oing禁不住做。作者在推病人下楼并走出大厅时, 看到外面有人来接, 故作者情不自禁地去想他们的感受。6. A. happy B. boredC. disappointed D. proud【解析】选C。根据下文“She is in really bad shape. ”可知作者想: 看到女儿这么糟糕的样子, 她的父母一定很失望。7. A. surprise B. shameC. coincidence D. mess【解析】选B。此处是指作者也对这个病人的样子感到遗憾。因为她可能需要有人照顾她的后半生。8. A. discussion B. hopeC. direction D. care【

28、解析】选D。根据上文“wheelchair与a bad shape”可知, 这个病人一定是需要持续的照顾。9. A. look after B. deal withC. see off D. pick up【解析】选D。根据上文“作者被分派安排病人出院的工作”可知, 作者把病人推出来, 来到病人家属接病人出院的地方。pick up用(车)接。10. A. cried B. smiledC. shouted D. jumped【解析】选B。根据“bright”与“so lovely”可知父亲来接女儿出院, 自然, 父亲会感到高兴, 所以他就笑了。11. A. finally B. suddenl

29、yC. hurriedly D. slowly【解析】选A。你终于要回家了。病人家属是盼望着病人早日康复出院回家的。12. A. prepare B. affordC. wait D. expect【解析】选C。根据下文“我们非常想念你”, 可知这里是“迫不及待”的意思。13. A. satisfied B. astonishedC. pleased D. frightened【解析】选B。根据上文作者所看到和听到的, 可知作者对“父亲那么爱女儿”感到“吃惊”。14. A. arrived B. requiredC. disappeared D. happened【解析】选D。作者被“父亲来接

30、女儿出院”感动得流泪, 看着父女俩的离开, 作者站在那里, 试着去想刚才发生的事。15. A. wasted B. got C. missed D. done【解析】选C。根据上文作者对病人的看法与父亲对他女儿的看法完全不同可知, 作者在此想的是“我错过了什么呢? ”16. A. wrong B. worriedC. curious D. serious【解析】选A。根据上文可知作者对前来接女儿出院的父亲有误解。be wrong about对有误解。17. A. opinions B. attitudesC. forms D. impressions【解析】选B。根据文章第一、二段的描述, 可

31、知作者与“父亲”对他女儿的态度是不同的。18. A. evaluating B. comfortingC. helping D. serving【解析】选A。作者花了几天时间来理解自己评价父女俩时所不能理解的东西。evaluate评价。19. A. importance B. strategyC. meaning D. ability【解析】选C。我现在明白了“无条件的爱”的意义。20. A. adventures B. achievementsC. processes D. shortcomings【解析】选D。文章是围绕“如何看待一个人的缺点”来展开的, 故此处作者说当自己在处理其他孩子的缺点时, 就会想起那对父女。【拓展训练】(阅读理解A)从文中找出下列短语并写出其意思1. account for 2. become addicted to 3. have a bad effect on 4. be aware of 5. make a contribution to 6. the number of 答案：1.(在数量方面)占; 说明2. 对有瘾