贵州凤冈县 2017 高考英语阅读理解一轮练习 9页

只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 1 贵州凤冈县 2017 高考英语阅读理解一轮练习 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的 A,B,C 或 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation.There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The telephone used to connect you to the absent.Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction.With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine. As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore.Directory assistance is almost always fully automated. I am not against modern technology.I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voicemail system, and an email account.Giving them up isn't wise, they're a great help to us.It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy. More and more, I find myself hiding behind email to do a job meant for conversation, or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn' t really have time to talk.The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier, or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts. So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cellphoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home. 1．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A.The Advance of Communications Technology B.The Consequences of Modern Technology C.The Story of the Communications Revolution D.The Automation of Modern Communications 2．The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent” means that _________. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 2 A．the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive phone call B．you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you C．modern technology makes it hard for people to have a facetoface talk D．people can now go to work without going to the office 3．The writer feels that the use of modern communications is _________. A．satisfying B．encouraging C．disappointing D．embarrassing 4．The passage implies that ________. A．modern technology is bridging people B．modern technology is separating people C．modern technology is developing too fast D．modern technology is interrupting our communication 5．What does the underlined word “facilitating” mean? A．加深 B．限制 C．帮助 D．装备 【要点综述】 本文主要论述现代技术的消极影响——现代技术的使用在疏远人与人之间的距 离。 1. B 主旨大意题。本文主要论述了现代技的影响。 2. C 句意理解题。第一段作者提出：通讯革命使我们不再面对面地交谈；第二段作者举自己 生活的一例来予以说明； 第三段作者感慨“Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent”，即其意应为：现在技术使人们很难有面对面的交谈。故选 C 项。 3. D 推理判断题。根据第五段可知，作者并不反对现代技术，也认为它极有帮助，只是某一 些结果让他感到不安，比如第二段中他所举的生活例子。由此判断他会认为使用现代技术有时 令人感到尴尬，故选 D 项。 4. B 推理判断题。根据第四段可推断现代技术正在疏远人们之间的关系，故选 B 项。 5. A 词义猜测题。画线词所在的这一段主要在讲述现代技术对他的消极影响，因此他才决定 限制自己对现代技术的使用。由此判断画线词应意为“加深”，即：加重他的不爱交际的天性。 故选 A 项。 【2014 高考英语广东省华侨中学四模】A 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和 D项中，选出最佳选项。 In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 3 aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic—and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo—a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit. But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree! I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams. 26. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________. A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor 27. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college? A. She wanted to study by herself. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 4 B. She fell in love and got married. C. She suffered from a serious illness. D. She decided to look after her grandma. 28. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5? A. She was busy yet happy with her family life. B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons. C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife. D. She was too confused to make a correct choice. 29. What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph? A. Failure is the mother of success. B. Little by little, one goes far. C. Every coin has two sides. D. Well begun, half done. 30. Which of the following can best describe the author? A. Caring and determined. B. Honest and responsible. C. Ambitious and sensitive. D. Innocent and single-minded. 【参考答案】26-30. CDABA 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和 D项中，选出最佳选项。 【2013 届广东省高三上期末华附、省实、广雅、深中四校联考】A Dear Rudyard Kipling, Father has consistently tried to instill(灌输) a sense of being a man in me ever since I was very young. When I reached the age of twelve he began taking me to his auto body shop. He told me this tough job would build me into a man of character. But this all changed a year ago when my mother passed away and stumbled upon your poem, If. My mother was the person who could understand me. If I ever got tired during my work 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 5 hours at the shop I could call her to come and pick me up. It was my mother who instilled the love of literature and languages in me. My mother spoke six languages fluently and had thousands of books, which still sit in the attic of our house. It was in this “library” of hers that I picked up a book of poetry from a cold metal shelf and found your poem, If. Because of the death of my mother I felt alone, as if I belonged to no family. The image of a man was completely shattered when I saw him break down and cry, which looked so pathetic（凄惨的）and “unmanly” compared to his usual stoic（禁欲主 义者）and emotionless countenance. Yet I remained silent remembering the golden words: “If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you… you’ll be a Man, my son!” If reminded me to remain calm and “keep my head” because I wanted to be a man and wanted to be the one supporting my family. I sacrificed my ability to compete in a winter sport so that I could stay home and cook for my family and clean the house. My father saw this and our relationship has grown much stronger. He finally respected me for who I was and told me he was proud to have a man for his son. Through this poem, I realize that to be a man is not about putting weights on a barbell（杠铃） but rather putting the weight of others on your back. Your poem was so much more than just a simple list of guidelines or morals that some see it as; it really changed my life and my relationship with my dad. 41. According to the passage, what kind of person does the author’s father expect him to be? A. A person who will shoulder responsibilities. B. A person who knows how to earn a lot of money. C. A person who knows how to do housework. D. A person who respects his parents. 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据 Father has consistently tried to instill(灌输) a sense of being a man in me ever since I was very young.作者的父亲想要他成为一个真正的能肩 负起责任的男人，故选 A。 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 6 42. Who does the underlined word “him” in paragraph 3 refer to? A. the character in the poem B. the author’s father C. the author D. an unknown person 【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据 The image of a man was completely shattered when I saw him break down and cry,可知这里指的是作者自己，是作者痛苦，因为自己的母亲去世，故选 C。 43. According to the passage, a man in the author’s mind would have the following qualities EXCEPT _________. A. responsible B. calm C. caring D. enthusiastic 【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。responsible 有责任心的； calm 镇静的； caring 爱心，有同情心 的； enthusiastic 热情的。根据 because I wanted to be a man and wanted to be the one supporting my family. 作者认为人要有责任心；If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you… you’ll be a Man, my son 这 里作者引用母亲的话来说明人在遇到事情时要镇静；要 If I ever got tired during my work hours at the shop I could call her to come and pick me up.作者认为要有爱心；只有 选项 D的热情没有提到，故选 D。 44. We can learn from the passage that ___________. A. the poem has helped to improve the relationship between the author and his father B. the author would not know how to help his family without the poem C. the author’s father must have read the poem as well D. the author’s mother had told him about this poem before 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据 Your poem was so much more than just a simple list of guidelines or morals that some see it as; it really changed my life and my relationship with my dad.那首诗帮助改善了作者和父亲的关系，故选 A。 45. The author has written this letter to ___________. A. share with Rudyard Kipling his sadness resulting from the death of his mother B. show his appreciation for the positive influence the poem has brought to him 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 7 C. share his opinion on the poem D. tell Rudyard Kipling how he got the poem 【答案】B 【解析】作者意图题。根据短文的内容可知作者想让我们知道那首诗带给他的积极的影响。 Passage 1 It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆). Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The dowry was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to with hold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, and more than just a right; the documents show that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife. The wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the wife knew how to win herself, with the context of the family, a powerful economic position. 51.Originally, the purpose of a dowry is to_________. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 8 A give a woman the right to receive all her husband’s property B help a woman to enjoy a higher position in the family C protect a woman against the risk of desertion D both A and C 52.According to the passage, the legal status of the wife in marriage was__________. A higher than that of a single woman B higher than that of her husband C lower than that of her husband D the same as that of her husband 53. Why does the author give us the example of Maria Vivas? A To show that the wife shared in the management of her husband s personal property. B To show that the wife can defend her own inheritance. C To prove that women have powerful position. D To illustrate how women win her property. 54.The compensation Maria Vivas got for the field is____________. A some of the land Miro had inherited B a tenth of Miro’s land C money for household expenses D money form Miro’s inheritance 55. The author’s attitude towards Maria Vivas is_____________. A sympathetic B disapproval C indifferent D objective 【参考答案】Passage1 欧洲南部的妇女在 10 和 11 世纪时享有较高的社会地位，这并未获得广泛认识。作为一个妻 子，女性的地位受到其嫁妆的保护。诚然，嫁妆最初的目的是防止女性被抛弃;但是，它在 当时家庭和社会现实生活中起着更重要的作用。妻子的嫁妆使她有权获得其丈夫十分之一的 财物。妻子有权利拒绝丈夫所做的任何交易，但这不仅仅只是一项权利而已;文件表明她与 丈夫一样平等地享有真正的决定权。文件没有表明丈夫和妻子在法律地位上有任何差别。 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 9 妻子享有管理丈夫私人财产的权利，但是反之则不然。如果丈夫要越权侵犯她们的利益， 女性们会时刻准备着捍卫自己的利益，有时她们还会表现出一种坚强的斗争精神。Maria Vivas 就是一个典型的例子。为了家庭的需要，她同意其丈夫 Miro 出售一块属于她的土地， 但是她坚持要求获得补偿。但是丈夫没有给她提供补偿，于是她把丈夫拖到一个文书处，起 草了一份合同，成功地把他丈夫的一块私人土地划归自己。正如合同所写的，“为了和平”， 这个不幸的丈夫不得不同意。要么借助嫁妆，要么通过发脾气，妻子知道如何在家庭中为自 己赢得强大的经济地位。 51. 【解析】[C 推断题。本文介绍了欧洲南部 10 和 11 世纪嫁妆对女性在婚姻中地位的 重要性。虽然嫁妆最初的目的是防止女性被抛弃，但实际上它的作用远远不止于此。它使妻 子在婚姻中的地位与丈夫平等，并保障了妻子的经济利益。女性在维护自己的利益上，是很 坚定果敢的，Maria Vivas 就是一个例子。见第一段第三句，“Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion...”，虽然在实际生活中嫁妆 有更重要的作用，但最初它的作用只是为了防范女性被丈夫抛弃，所以 C 为正确答案。 52.【解析】[D 细节题。根据本文，妻子在婚姻中的法律地位和丈夫是平等的。见第一段 最后一句，“In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife”文件中并没有表明丈夫和妻子在法律地位上有任何的差别， 也就是说他们的地位是平等的，所以 D为正确答案。 53.【解析】[B 推断题。作者举 Maria Vivas 的事例，是为了说明妻子是能够捍卫自己的 利益的。见第二段第二句，“Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance...they showed a fine fighting spirit.”如果丈夫要侵占自己的利益，女 性们就时刻准备着捍卫自己的利益，有时她们还表现出很强的斗争精神。接下来作者就举了 Maria Vivas 的例子，说明女性是有能力捍卫自己的利益的。所以 B 为正确答案。 54.【解析】[A 细节题。Maria Vivas 得到的一份作为补偿的土地，本来是属于 Miro 的 个人财产。见第二段第五句，“None being offered, she succeeded in... assigning her a piece of land from Miro s personal inheritance”由此知 A 为正确答案。 55.【解析】[D 推断题。作者对 Maria Vivas 所持的态度是客观的。作者客观地介绍了 Maria Vivas 的事例，并没有表示出同情、不满或者是漠不关心，所以 A、B、C 都是错误答 案。