山東省濟(jì)南市2016高考英語二輪復(fù)習(xí) 閱讀理解增分基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練(6)

1、閱讀理解增分基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練（6）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 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 good health was not to be taken forgran

2、ted, 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 helplessly wished she would just stay home an

3、d 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 grandma's primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and

4、heavy, and had married into grandpa's 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 the challenge of learning. Alt

5、hough 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 competitor. Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma l

6、earned 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 compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, bu

7、t 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 was awarded a gold cup

8、for her outstanding performance.26. What did grandma learn from grandpa's 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】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)good health was not to be taken forgran

9、ted，對于大家來說好的健康已經(jīng)不在了，故選A。27. How did the author's family feel when Grandma decided to take dance lessons? A. Hopeless. B. Helpless. C. Embarrassed. D. Proud.【答案】C【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)we rolled our eyes in embarrassment可知作者的家人都感到尷尬，故選C。28. Normal grandmas usually _ in the author's point of view?A. took

10、 dance lessonsB. did some exercises at homeC. took care of grandchildren at homeD. did some housework at home【答案】D【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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務(wù)，故選D。29. The author felt _ when he was invited to watch grandma's match.A. happy B. p

11、roud C. excited D. uninterested【答案】D【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point,作者對于祖母的邀請他去看比賽感到?jīng)]有興趣，故選D。30. The text is mainly about A. my grandma's confidence B. my dancing grandmaC. my grandma's dancing D. my grandma's gold cup【答案】B【解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容可知關(guān)于祖母的事情，故選B。社會生

12、活類閱讀理解。A Manhattan 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 commissioner, is

13、 proposing an interesting 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 mo

14、re than 40,000 a day on public, tour or commuter (通勤) buses along 34th Street. The plan should cut the commute by up to 35 percent. People in other vehicles or about 10 percent of the human traffic would have to zig and zag (鋸齒形) to get through this section of the city. It is probably fair to say th

15、at most are not particularly 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

16、willing to change or 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 st

17、udying the citys crosstown 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 pa

18、ragraph mainly talk about? 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

19、Manhattan according to 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

20、becarried out? A. Janette Sadik-Khan.B. Robert Moses.C. Michael Bloomberg.D. Ms. Sadik-Khan.【參考答案】7.ACDB 社會生活類閱讀理解。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

21、while she waits for the 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. com

22、, the countrys largest online 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. Meanwhi

23、le, major express delivery companies 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-commerce companies,” said Chen Shousong, an analyst with domestic researc

24、h company Analysys International. Taobao 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 enthusi

25、asts who spent 936 million yuan ($142 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 holi

26、days, such as the coming Christmas and 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 impati

27、ently. B. Shopping on T conveniently. 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 goe

28、s up rapidly. D. Delivery companies are 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 “enthusi

29、asts” has the same meaning with . A. 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-commerce companies own de

30、livery teams. 【參考答案】8. ACCBD 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind. When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives,

31、 he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about 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 bec

32、ause it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for 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 hi

33、s trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention. Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him pla

34、nt some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong. I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never coul

35、d. Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is

36、 to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be torn apart.31. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often_.A. paid little attention to themB. talked to them to get their attentionC. kept watering them every morningD. beat them to make them grow deep roots【答案】A 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He hardly watered his new trees,他沒有給樹澆過水，也就是他沒有關(guān)注過它們。故選A。32. What does the author think of the way Docto