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湖南宁乡县中学2017高考英语一轮阅读理解训练（五）阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。体裁题材词数难度建议用时应用文阅读书籍2866分钟Are you looking for a summer reading list for your child or teen？Keep your child reading all summer with this selection of 2012 summer reading lists.Books for primary school studentsKenneth Cadow：Alfie Runs AwayWhen his mother wants to give away his favorite shoes just because theyre too small，Alfie decides hes had enough.Kate Feiffer：My Side of the CarIt might be raining on Dads side of the car，but imaginative Sadie argues that it is not raining on her side，so their trip to the zoo doesnt need to be put off.Books for junior school studentsFlinn：BeastlyA modern retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” from the point of view of the Beast，a proud Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return.Lord：A Night to RememberA description of the sinking of the “Titanic”A reputedly unsinkable ship that went down in the Atlantic on April 10，1912 after hitting an iceberg，resulting in the deaths of over 1，500 people.Books for senior school studentsMark Twain：Huckleberry FinnIts Mark Twains classic story about a young man and his slave Jim.They travel upriver to escape slavery and in the process Huck discovers what it means to be a man.It teaches us about the value of friendship and sacrifice.Charles Dickens：Great ExpectationsIt is about a young man named Pip who inherits (继承) a great deal of wealth from an unknown source.The money quickly moves him up the scale in London.However，at the same time，it also teaches him about the dangers of ambition.【解题导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要给家长介绍供学生们夏季阅读的三类书籍。1Who will probably be interested in this passage?AParents. BStudents.CWriters. DTeachers.答案A细节题。从第1段可知，这篇文章针对的是家长，因此父母会对此感兴趣。2These lists of recommended books are generally organized by _Abook names Bgrade levelsCtheir popularity Dwriters names答案B细节题。从推荐的三类书可知，这些书是根据学生的阶段水平来分类的。3Which of the following books is about a terrible disaster?AMy Side of the Car. BHuckleberry Finn.CGreat Expectations. DA Night to Remember.答案D细节题。第2类中第2本书讲述了泰坦尼克号的沉没事故。因此D项正确。黑龙江省大庆市喇中2016高考英语阅读练习新闻报道类The International Painting Contest on Googles homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange, but it spotlightings a very serious issue: clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island. Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this years Doodle 4 Google contest, rising to the top of some 100, 000 entries on the theme of “draw one thing to make the world a better place.” Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine. Zhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate(使生动)her drawing. “To make the world a better place, I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,” Google quoted Zhang as saying. “It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes and even oceans, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.” She created a whole world around the deviceone populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons. Zhang, s piece is “so vivid and so rich and so full and so complete, Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post. “Every leaf seemed to have life in it.” Along with having her artwork featured on Googles homepage, Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship. In addition, her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant, and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Bangladesh. On Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net, Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win, but said she wouldnt be awake when her art first went online at midnight. “I have school-tomorrow, so I cant stay up late,” she told the paper.【小题1】 Whats the passage mainly about? AThe winner and her work in the painting contest.BThe team of artists at Google to animate drawings.CThe painting contest of Googles homepage in 2015.DThe water-cleaning machine in the painting contest.【小题2】According to the passage, we know that_. AAudrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplinedBa water-cleaning device was made in the contestC$50, 000 will be donated in Audrey Zhangs nameDZhangs piece was printed in all major newspapers【小题3】The underlined word in Paragraph l probably means “_”. Aput up withB1ook for ward toCbreakaway fromDfocus attention on 【陕西省2014五校联考】D阅读下列四篇短文, 从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to the findings of research carried out at Aston Universitys School of Life and Health Sciences. The findings suggest there may be some scientific basis to the “5 second rule” the belief about it being fine to eat food that has only had contact with the floor for five seconds or less. Although people have long followed the 5 second rule, until now it was unclear whether it actually helped. The study, undertaken by final year Biology students and led by Anthony Hilton, Professor of Microbiology at Aston University, monitored the transfer of the common bacteria from a variety of indoor flooring types (carpet, cement floor etc.) to toast, pasta, a biscuit and a sticky sweet when contact was made from 3 to 30 seconds. The results showed that: Time is a significant factor in the transfer of bacteria from a floor surface to a piece of food; and the type of flooring the food has been dropped on has an effect, with bacteria least likely to transfer from carpeted surfaces and most likely to transfer from cement flooring surfaces to moist(湿的) foods making contact for more than 5 seconds. Professor Hilton said: “Consuming food dropped on the floor still carries an infection risk as it very much depends on which bacteria are present on the floor at the time.”The Aston team also carried out a survey of the number of people who employ the 5 second rule. The survey showed that: 87% of people surveyed said they would eat food dropped on the floor, or already have done so. 55% of those who would eat or have eaten food dropped on the floor are women. 81% of the women who would eat food from the floor would follow the 5 second rule. Professor Hilton added, “Our study showed that a surprisingly large majority of people are happy to consume dropped food, with women the most likely to do so. But they are also more likely to follow the 5 second rule.”57. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. A toast dropped on the carpet is easier to be polluted than that dropped on the cement floor.B. A sticky chocolate dropped on the carpet is easier to be polluted than that dropped on the cement floor within 5 seconds.C. The food dropped on the carpet shares the same potential of being polluted with the food dropped on the cement floor.D. The food dropped on the cement floor is not as safe as food dropped on the carpet within 30 seconds.58. Eating food dropped on the floor still carries an infection risk because it relies on _ at that time.A. the type of bacteria B. the carpet C. the cement floor D. the surface of table59. The passage is developed probably by _. A. time B. spaceC. contrastD. example60. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The food which is dropped on the floor can be eaten safely.B. The bacteria have no negative effect on the safety of food.C. A research on the safety of food dropped on the floor is undertaken.D. People surveyed in the research are willing to accept the idea.【参考答案】57-60 DAC【陕西省西安市长安一中2014第二次模拟】A 阅读些列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出你最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 46. What will be exhibited in Geneva? A. A watchB. A kind of shoes.C. A bracelet.D. A photo.47. A newly-developed car has been produced by _. A. Vans and HermesB. Christian Dior C. Champion Motorsport D. Panerai48. It can be inferred that _. A. Goose liver is the favorite food of the Japanese people. B. Some children have built up a toy-brick-liked building. C. Mixing up olive oil with ordinary oil makes high-quality oil. D. Badly behaved designers used not to get what they deserved. 【参考答案】阅读理解46-48、ACD 黑龙江省大庆市喇中2016高考英语阅读练习新闻报道类A new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. The reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. A new pollen study by Tel Aviv University researchers finally solved this Bronze Age mystery. Prof. Israel Finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes, the entire world of the Bronze Age crumbled in a short period of time. The discovery was made on the basis of a high-resolution analysis of pollen grains taken from sediments (沉淀物) beneath the Sea of Galilee and the western shore of the Dead Sea. Prof. Finkelstein received support from the European Research Council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient Israel. Researchers of the part of the project that dealt with climate change extracted (提取) about 60 feet of samples of gray muddy sediment from the center of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. They had to drill through 1,000 feet of water and into 65 feet of the lake bed and were able to recover evidence dating over the past 9,000 years. “Pollen is the most enduring organic material in nature,” explained Dr. Dafna Langgut, a pollen researcher who carried out the actual work of sampling. “These grains tell us about the plants that grew near the lake in the past and therefore prove the climatic conditions in the region.” Researchers noted a sharp decrease in Mediterranean trees like oaks and pines in the Late Bronze Age. According to study experts, this could be because of repeated periods of drought. The droughts may have resulted in long famines, forcing people to migrate from north to south.【小题1】The underlined word “crumbled” in Paragraph 3 means _. AsettledBchangedCestablishedDdisappeared【小题2】Prof. Finkelstein conducted the new pollen study to _. Aearn some moneyBrecreate ancient IsraelClearn more about local plantsDdiscover the ancient civilizations【小题3】By conducting the study, scientists found _. AMediterranean trees were rare in the Early Bronze AgeBclimate change was to blame for the lost civilizationCpeople in the Late Bronze Age starved to deathDdroughts were rare during the Bronze Age【小题4】The text is most probably taken from _. Aa travel magazineBa history textbookCa newspaper reportDan agricultural book