重慶渝中區(qū)2016高考英語短文閱讀類暑假選練(5)及答案

1、【陜西省西安市長(zhǎng)安一中2014第二次模擬】 閱讀些列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出你最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。Scientists have long had it in their mind to make a robot lizard (蜥蜴). They began with finding out why a lizard can hang on a wall. They noticed the lizards toes were unique: They have suckers (吸盤), which enable it to hang on w

2、alls. They, therefore, made a robot with suckers on its hands and feet.The robot could hang on the wall but fell off when crawling. So, they went on researching. 6 years ago, scientists discovered that suckers only were not enough. It is the bristles (剛毛) on each foot that adds friction (摩擦) and sta

3、tic adsorption (靜電吸附力) that makes a lizard move on the smooth wall easily without falling down. Then scientists made great efforts to fix thick bristles to the robots hands and feet. However, the effect was not satisfactory. The robot still couldnt attach itself firmly to the wall. Scientists got pu

4、zzled: How on earth can the lizard crawl on an extremely smooth wall or even on a ceiling without dropping off? An accidental finding inspired them: One day a scientist happened to see an animal attack a lizard and bite off its tail. The lizard broke away from the animals teeth and threw itself on a

5、 wall to escape, only to fall off heavily on the ground. The scientist wondered: Is it the tail that plays an important role in its travelling on the wall? He caught some lizards for an experiment. The result proved his assumption: A tailless lizard has no trouble walking on an ordinary wall but can

6、t on a smooth one. A further study showed the lizards tail can prevent it falling over backward and, whats more, that the tail acts as an additional leg while one of the lizards legs leaves the wall, which is always the case while it is walking on the wall. Thus, Tailbot, a super tailed robot, is bo

7、rn. 49. What part(s) would be a must if scientists just wanted a robot which can hang on the wall? A. Suckers.B. Suckers and bristles.C. Suckers, bristles and a tail.D. Hands, feet, bristles and a tail. 50. The bristles function as something _. A. to protect the lizards toes from injury B. to produc

8、e friction and static adsorption C. to prevent a lizard falling over backward D. to help a lizard move about without falling51. The biggest importance of a lizards tail lies in _. A. helping support the bodyB. serving as another leg C. sticking to the wallD. stopping slipping 52. What does the under

9、lined part in the fifth paragraph refer to? A. A lizard often falls over backward while it travels on the wall.B. A lizard often has three legs on the wall while walking on the wall. C. A lizards tail will replace one of its legs while it moves on the wall. D. A lizards tail often stops it fall over

10、 backward while moving on the wall.【參考答案】4950、AB512、BC 【2015高考復(fù)習(xí)】閱讀理解 For many people，volunteering is a way of life.Holidays are the time of the year that more people are in a giving mood.Homeless shelters，childrens hospitals，and nursing homes are excellent places to give of ones time.Volunteering i

11、n Homeless SheltersThere is a homeless directory online that anyone can easily access to find the closest homeless shelter to their home.According to the homeless shelter directory，currently there are 3,233 shelters in the US，so it is not difficult to find a shelter.Helping to serve food，picking up

12、donations of food，preparing meals，and cleaning up are things that one can do to help at a homeless shelter.Volunteering in Childrens HospitalsEvery child needs comfort and joy，especially during the holiday seasons.By visiting sick children in hospitals，an individual provides helping hands by supplem

13、enting the services usually done by the hospital staff.Personalizing the hospital experience adds to the comfort and happiness of the children and their families.Volunteers provide help，and positive interactions (相互交流) which enhance the patients quality of care.Help is needed almost everywhere in a

14、hospital；from the lobby，parking lot，cafeteria，to admitting，helping with the gift cart，and even reading to children in the waiting rooms or their hospital rooms.Volunteering in Nursing HomesAccording to the National Center for Health Statistics，“Over 50% of those living in nursing homes do not have c

15、lose relatives and 46% have no living children.” Life in a nursing home is lonely，confusing，and frightening for many residents.Volunteering at a nursing home is a great opportunity to make a difference in someone elses life.Playing cards，sitting with and talking to a resident，taking a walk，or sharin

16、g a meal makes a huge difference，especially when they have no other sole on earth to visit them.The three examples above are only a small fraction of institutions in which volunteers are needed.Giving of oneself，especially during the holidays blesses and cheers others.【語篇解讀】本文介紹了人們?cè)诩倨谥锌梢赃x擇去做志愿活動(dòng)的三個(gè)地

17、方。1According to the passage，what can a volunteer do in nursing homes?AVisiting the sick children. BPicking up the donated food. CHelping with the gift cart. DPlaying cards with a lonely old man.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Volunteering in Nursing Homes部分的描述可知D項(xiàng)正確。A、C項(xiàng)是在childrens hospitals可以做的事，B項(xiàng)是在homeless shelters可

18、以做的事。答案D2What can we learn about the volunteering?AYou can only volunteer during the holidays. BYou can help prepare meals in a nursing home. CIt is easy to find a homeless shelter to volunteer. DHelp is needed everywhere in a homeless shelter.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的“There is a homeless directory online that

19、anyone can easily access to find the closest homeless shelter to their home.”可知，人們很容易找到一個(gè)能在里面做志愿活動(dòng)的流浪者之家。其他三項(xiàng)都是與文章內(nèi)容不符。答案C3In a childrens hospital，which of the following is true?AOver 50% of those living there do not have relatives.BA personal visit brings happiness to a sick boy.CChildren live a lo

20、nely and frightening life.DChildren love listening to volunteers reading.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Volunteering in Childrens Hospitals部分的描述可知B項(xiàng)正確，A、C兩項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，D項(xiàng)文中未提及。答案B4The best title for the passage would be_.AGiving of oneself cheers others BVolunteering is a way of lifeCVolunteering during the holidays DGiving is

21、 better than taking解析主旨大意題。全文主要介紹了假期中人們可以選擇去做志愿活動(dòng)的三個(gè)地方。故C項(xiàng)作為本文的標(biāo)題最佳。答案C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)。 Money is all surrounding usEvery day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongueDid you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from?Mak

22、ing new money is a very unique job and no easy taskIt has up to 65 steps. When the money in circulation（流通）gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money. The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed. Usually, the old money is burned. The burned money is repl

23、aced by new paper money.If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint（造幣廠）Large sheets of paper are printed with many pictures of some currency （流通貨幣）These large sheets are cut into individual billsThe individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then

24、 sent to banksSometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured）or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to ba

25、nks, First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. Then, they ask an artist to design the new billA different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a dieThe dies are made and put onto large printing machinesThen, very special paper is used, which n

26、o one but the mint can haveAlong with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special coloursAfter the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks1From the passage we know thatAbanks make new moneyBit takes 65 procedures to make n

27、ew moneyCmints decide what kind of bill is neededDold money that is not used is forever stored in a special place2We can infer from the passage that a die is _ Asomething for dead peopleBa special machine that prints the moneyCa special piece of paper that the money is made from Da piece of metal th

28、at puts the picture on the money3'Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money?New money is printed in a mintBills are cut from large sheets of special paperNew money is sent in large amounts to banks The government decides to make new moneyABCD4Which of the following i

29、s NOT mentioned in the passage?AThe reason for making new moneyBThe processes of making a new billCThe amount of new money neededDThings used to make new money or a new bill5. Where can you most probably find this kind of article?A. a daily newspaper B. a fashion magazine C. textbook D. an advertise

30、ment【參考答案】15、BDDCC完型填空。閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從以下題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Rosa liked making up stories. She was so _1_ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was _2_. Now, as she got up to _3_ before the class, She knew that make be

31、lieve stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.Rosas parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer _4_, she went to her fathers farm in Arizona.The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and _5_ with some farm

32、 work. Her father, however, was so _6_ that he couldnt find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would _7_ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the _8_ he would always buy her a present.When summer came to a close, Rosa _9_ to her m

33、other. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a _10_ to talk about.Not long after _11_ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting _12_, like England and Germany. When Rosas friend

34、s asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not _13_. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to _14_.When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could _15_ abou

35、t her trip to England!名師點(diǎn)評(píng)本文講述了父母已離異的羅莎喜歡編謊言騙人，從中獲得樂趣。暑假過后其他同學(xué)都在談假期中的家庭旅游時(shí)，羅莎只得自欺欺人，騙大家說她與爸爸去了英國(guó)。結(jié)果上課時(shí)，老師讓她談?dòng)?guó)的情況時(shí)，她無話可說了。(C)1. A. afraidB. worriedC. sureD. happy 【解析】C。羅莎的謊言經(jīng)常讓同學(xué)們信以為真，說明她騙人時(shí)自信心強(qiáng)，把握大。故選擇sure.。(B)2. A. joke B. funC. turn D. game【解析】B。與下文羅莎自欺欺人相對(duì)應(yīng)，一開始她認(rèn)為騙人是件快樂的事，故選擇fun。(A)3. A. talk B

36、. teach C. show D. travel【解析】A。根據(jù)文意，經(jīng)過這件事后她意識(shí)到騙人其實(shí)就是騙自己，這種意識(shí)在平時(shí)與大伙交談時(shí)更為強(qiáng)烈，故選talk。(B)4. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed【解析】B。夏天到時(shí)，羅莎就會(huì)到爸爸農(nóng)場(chǎng)去度假，故選arrive。(C)5. A. made B. played C. helped D. did【解析】C。help with sth. 意為“幫助干些事情”。(C)6. A. weak B. pleasedC. busy D. lonely【解析】C。爸爸沒時(shí)間陪她去其它地方游玩，說明爸爸很

37、忙，故選busy。(C)7. A. show B. visit C. meetD. send【解析】C。這里meet表示爸爸去機(jī)場(chǎng)接她。(B)8. A. farm B. cityC. family D. school【解析】B。在農(nóng)場(chǎng)度假結(jié)束后，羅莎應(yīng)返回城里，故選city.(D)9. A. wrote B. calledC. moved D. returned 【解析】D。根據(jù)文意暑假結(jié)束了，羅莎要返回到媽媽身邊。故選 returned.(A)10. A. family B. schoolC. teacher D. farm【解析】A。與上文相對(duì)應(yīng)，她的朋友都在談假期與家人的旅游，

38、羅莎因此希望擁有一個(gè)完整的家庭。(B)11. A. meeting B. schoolC. summer D. talk【解析】B。假期結(jié)束了，新學(xué)期又開始了，且下文講到了學(xué)校里的事情，故選school。(D)12. A. people B. cities C. languages D. places【解析】D。下文的例子既不是城市也不是人或語言而是兩個(gè)國(guó)家，只有選places。(B)13. A interesting B. true C. longD. same【解析】B。別人問起她夏天的旅游情況時(shí)，她只有編織一些不真實(shí)的事情騙大家，故選true。(A)14. A. England B. G

39、ermanyC. farm D. home【解析】A。下文老師讓她講在英國(guó)旅行的情況，說明她騙大家去了英國(guó)，故選England。(C)15. A. think B. see C. remember D. read【解析】C。老師讓羅莎對(duì)過去的事情進(jìn)行回憶并講述，故選remember。語法填空閱讀下面材料, 在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(不多于3個(gè)單詞)或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-devel

40、oped internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person1has not experienced online shopping? Definitely not. Online shopping2(welcome)by most people due to various reasons. From the perspective of consumers, it can save some time for people who dont have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they

41、can get3they want while staying at home. For the retailers, it can cut some costs for those who dont have much circulating funds. 4(compare)with the traditional trade mode, they dont have to spend money in renting a house. 5, there are still some disadvantages in online shopping. First, a face-to-fa

42、ce deal makes online shopping less6(rely)and trustworthy. Second, people will lose7fun of bargaining. 8is undeniable that shopping on the internet has become an irresistible trend in modern society. Its of great urgency that we need to make the relative laws in accordance9the rapid growth of online

43、shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and10(convenient)of online shopping without the concern of being cheated. 【文章大意】網(wǎng)購(gòu)作為一種時(shí)尚給大家的生活帶來了便利, 但是網(wǎng)購(gòu)仍然有自己的不足。1. 【解析】who / that。考查關(guān)系代詞。person后面跟的是定語從句, 從句中缺少主語, 且先行詞指人, 應(yīng)用who或者that引導(dǎo)。2. 【解析】is welcomed。考查語態(tài)。welcome和主語online shopping之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系, 應(yīng)用

44、被動(dòng)語態(tài)。3. 【解析】what / whatever?？疾殛P(guān)系代詞。get后面是賓語從句, 從句中缺少want的賓語, 應(yīng)用what或者whatever。4. 【解析】Compared?？疾檫^去分詞。compared with與相比。5. 【解析】However?？疾楦痹~。上下文之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系, 且空后面有逗號(hào), 應(yīng)用however。6. 【解析】reliable?？疾樾稳菰~。此處是“make +復(fù)合賓語”結(jié)構(gòu), 由句意“面對(duì)面的交易使網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物不那么可信。”可知, 應(yīng)用形容詞作賓語補(bǔ)足語。7. 【解析】the?？疾楣谠~。此處是特指“討價(jià)還價(jià)的樂趣”。特指加定冠詞the。8. 【解析】It。考查代詞。句中it是形式主語, 真正的主語是that引導(dǎo)的主語從句。9. 【解析】with。考查介詞。句中in accordance with是固定搭配, 意為“與一致”。10. 【解析】convenience?？疾槊~。convenience和pleasure是并列關(guān)系, 作enjoy的賓語, 應(yīng)用名詞。語法填空。閱讀下面材料, 在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(不多于3個(gè)單詞