2016高考英語(yǔ)二輪復(fù)習(xí)閱讀理解寒假訓(xùn)練(12)

1、閱讀理解訓(xùn)練（12）AOnce there was a man who liked to eat man goes（芒果）.One day he decided to get thesweetest mango from the very top of the tree. Man goes which are exposed to the sun the most are the sweetest.So he climbed up to the top, where the bran ches were thi n. He man aged to pick up afew sweet redd

2、ish fruits, but, i n an attempt to climb dow n, he slipped and startedfalli ng towards the ground. Fortun ately, he caught the branch as he was falli ng andrema ined helplessly hanging on the tree.Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately camewith a ladder and sticks, but c

3、ould do little tohelp him. Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived - a well-known sage who lived in a simple hutnearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people s problemsin the area and sometimes very complicated on es. He was sil

4、e nt for a minute and the n picked up a stone and threwit at the hanging man.Everxbcdy was surprised. The hanging mango lov亡r started xo shout: Uliai ar亡you doingYAre ouDo you want me to break my neck?1Bie sage wassilent Then he took another stone and threv.- it at the man Tlie man v. as angiy: TFI

5、could just come1 wouldyou+JThat s what everybody wan ted - that he came dow n. But how? Noweverybody was ten se （緊 張） ,as to what wouldhappe n n ext! Some wan ted to punish the sage, but they did nt. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more forcefully.Now the man on the

6、 tree was en raged and developed a great determ in ati on to come dow n and take revenge（報(bào)仇）He the n used all his skill and stre ngth and somehow reached the bran ches which were safe to start going dow n.And he made it! Everybody was amazed.However, the rescued man found the sage gone. He stood the

7、re, realizing that the man really helped him because heinduced him to try his best and save himself. “ I should be tha nkful and not an gry.”1.What happe ned after he had picked a few sweet reddish man goes?A. He remained hanging helplessly on the tree.B. He slipped and fell to the ground suddenly.C

8、.He was climbing down quickly but carefully.D. He shouted loudly for help but no one helped.-2 -2.How did the man feel when the sage hit him with a stone?A. He was nervous. B . He kept silent. C . He was angry. D . He felt surprised.3.What do you think motivated the man to climb down?A . Courage.B.

9、Assista nee.C . Carefu In ess.D. Reven ge.4.From the story we know that the sweetest mango must be the oneA . on the tree for the Iongest time B. hidden in the middle of a treeC. on the very top of the a tree D. exposed to sun light less ofte n參考答案 1 4 ACDCBWe ofte n smile at times. However, the mea

10、ning of a smile in differe nt cultures maybe different.Depending on differentcultures, smiling can express joy and amusement,but it can also in dicate embarrassme nt. The follow ing examples show this point of view:In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot. Every

11、 one smiles at each other, this nonverbal com mun icati on shows being frie ndly in theUn ited States. However , in China, smili ng is not only an expressi on of happ in ess, but also a way to avoid beingembarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassme

12、 nt. Smili ng isa kind of good will but not sneer（嘲笑） .For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile,which is a kind of gen tle en courageme nt and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.When a person from the United States might blush（臉紅） with embarrassment or become o

13、ffensive, a Chinese mightblush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who en gage in in tercultural com muni catio n should beable to un dersta nd the mea ning of smiling appropriately. Related to the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultureshave differe ntmeanings about laugh. For

14、 example, America ns can enjoy a very heartfeltbelly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions. However, most Chinese seldom laugh that way becausethey are thought to be silly except among close frien ds.5. We can use smile to express all of the followi ng feeli ngs except_ ,-3 -A. joy and hap

15、p in ess B. amuseme nt C. embarrassme ntD. fear6. People ofte n smile at each other in the Un ited States because_ .A. they are very happyB. they want to show theyare frien dlyC. they want to hide their true feeli ngsD. they want to avoidembarrassme nt7. In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an

16、 adult willsmile in order to _.A. laugh at himB. avoid his own embarrassme ntC. avoid embarrassme nt and en courage the boy D. show his polite ness8. What is mainly talked about in the passage?A. People smile at times.B. Smili ng can express differe nt feeli ngsdepe nding on differe nt cultures.C. A

17、merica ns are more ope n and frie ndly tha n Chin ese people.D. The Chin ese people ofte n hide their true feeli ngs.參考答案 5 8DBCBCChinese media and Internet users on Alouda.Tcondemn: a. lack of morals in society after a 2(1出亡鞏學(xué)步的力*孩嚴(yán)匚；15 sxruck twice by two diifereiit vans and left bleeding on the r

18、oad as more than a dozenbystanders did nothing to help the seriously injured girl. The incident, captured by a surveill aiice cam era andaired by Southern Televi si on Guangdong (TVS), showed the two-year-old girl was knocked down and ftmbv a.vail on a. narrow market streetDUtlie anemoon of Oct. 13.

19、 in* r*Foshan Ciw of Guaiidons Prodiice The driver fled the scene of the accident,leaving the girl to bleed on the sidewalk.Over the next six minu tes, more tha n a doze n people walked by the girl, yet not one in dividual did anything to helpher. The girl was the n hit a sec ond time by ano ther va

20、n before an elderly trash collector came to her aid and broughtthe attention of the girl s mother, according to the video and eyewitnesses.Doctorssaid that the girl, who was put on life support after beinghospitalized, remai ns in a deep coma. The girl s parents, who are migrants living in the city,

21、 are now with her. Police-4 -said the drivers of both vehicles have bee n arrested. However, the indiffereneeof the bystanders shown in thevideo has shockedthe public, as Internet forums have boiled with an ger, and people are questi oning the morality of society.High moral standards were once trium

22、phed as national pride in China wherein dividuals known for selflessly help ing others were adored by the public. But i n recent years, the perception of adecline of morals has become a hot topic as profit and materialism are recognized to be affecting society svalues.On Sept. 2. an 88-year-old man

23、in central China collapsed, his face striking thepaveme nt. Yet, no one came to his aid, and he en ded up chok ing to death on the blood from his nose. Somehavelinked the absenee of good models to a previous case in which a man trying to help an elderly woman who fell wasaccused of harming her.A str

24、o ng chorus of op in io n on the Internet says laws should exempt （免除） models from responsibility, yet lawsthemselves cannot solve society s morality dilemma.Cao Lin, a Chi na Youth Daily comme ntator, said in a sig ned article published on Mon day that the worry of resp onsibility should not be an

25、excuse for not help ing, and this case exposes the decli ne of huma nity in Chin ese society.9. What happe ned to the two-year-old girl?A. Nobody helped her after she was struck by two differe nt vans.B. She died immediately after she was hit a sec ond time.C. An old trash collector saved her and at

26、tracted her mother s attention.D. Journ alists from TVS captured her story by using a camera.10. From the passage, what would happe n if some one helped others selflessly in the past?A. The public would feel proud of him/ her and showed love and respect for him/ her.B. He/she would be awarded by the

27、 gover nment.C. He/she would be condemned by the public.D. He/she would have to worry about legal resp on sibility.11 In recent years, society s values are believed to be affected by_.A. people s awarenessB. the indifferenee of bystandersC. profit and materialismD. the morals of society12. Where is

28、the article probably take n from?-5 -A. A news report. B. A fashion magazine. C. A scienee fiction.D. An education column.參考答案 9 12CACADMost people are right-handed.This also seems to be true in history. In 1799,scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s.Mos

29、t of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessedthat right-ha nded ness has always bee n com mon through history. Today, only about 10%to 15% of the world s population is left-handed.Why are there more right-ha nded people tha n left-ha nded on es? Scien tists now kno

30、wthat a person s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand isused to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. Thisis because of the differe nt work of the two sides of the brain. The right side ofthe brain, which makes a person s hands and eyes work

31、 together, controls the lefthand. The left-side of the brain, which con trols the right han d, is the centre forthinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artistsshould beleft-ha nded, and studies have found that left-ha nded ness is twice as com mon among artists as among people ino

32、ther jobs.No one really knows what makes a pers on become right-ha nded in stead of left-ha nded.Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged whe nthey are born. However, this does n t happe n to every one, so scie ntists guess there must be ano ther reas on whypeople become left-ha nded. One idea is that people usually get right-ha nded from their pare nts. If a pers on doesnot receive the gene（基因）for right-han