貴州省貴陽市2016高考英語一輪閱讀練習(xí)(8)

1、貴州省貴陽市2016高考英語一輪閱讀練習(xí)（8）閱讀理解。In the United States, there were some well-constructed houses for native Indians, ranging from the simple brush shelter to the five-storied pueblo.In the eastern United States, one of the existing types was that commonly know under the Algonkian name of wigwam in which th

2、e Iroquois Indians lived. The wigwams were of wagon-top shape with straight sides and ends, made by bending young trees to form the round shape. Over this shape pieces of tree bark were laid to protect the Indians from bad weather. Over the bark dried grass was added. A small hole allowed smoke to e

3、scape from the top. Doorways at each end served also as windows, The Iroquois Indians built trunk walls all around their villages. The wall had only one opening, They could quickly close this opening if their enemies came near. Interestingly, the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi also lived in a wigwam

4、 of a most primitive(原始的) construction, but different from those of the Iroquois Indians. The Choctaw Indians wigwams, made from mud, cane and straw, were in the form of a bee-hive. The covering was made of a long, tough grass. A post in the centre supported the roof. A hole in the top admitted the

5、light, and allowed the smoke to pass out.The tipi tent-housing of the upper lake and plains area was put up with poles set lightly in the ground, tied together near the top, and covered with bark and grass in the lake country. It was easily portable, and two women could set it up or take it down wit

6、hin an hour.The Pawnee, Mandan and other Indian tribes (部落) along the Missouri built solid ring-shaped structures of trunk, covered with earth and dried grass, housing a dozen families.The Wichita and other tribes of the Texas border built large ring-shaped houses covered with dried grass. KS*5U.CAp

7、art from the regular housing, almost every tribe had some style of housing.( ) 1.Which of the following pictures shows the house for the Iroquois Indians？( ) 2. According to the passage, the Pawnee Indians built their houses _.A. with openings in the trunk walls B. large enough for several families

8、C. in a ring shape with bark and mud D. by bending young trees to form the shape( ) 3. All the native Indian houses described in the passage were_. KS*5U.CA. of the same shape B. covered with grass C. built with a post in the centre D. built with doorways at each end ( ) 4. The passage suggests that

9、 _A. all the native Indians built trunk walls all around their houses B. all the native Indian houses were built with poles tied togetherC. the Iroquois Indians took safety into account while building their wigwams D. the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi built their wigwams with straight sides and end

10、s【語篇解讀】本篇文章為記敘文。主要講述了美國的土著居民印第安人的房屋結(jié)構(gòu)和建房特點(diǎn)，展示了美國當(dāng)?shù)厝说木幼∥幕?.答案A。【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二句“The wigwams were of wagon-top shape with straight sides and ends”可知，選項(xiàng)A符合題意。2.答案B。【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中“The Pawnee, Mandan and other Indian tribes housing a dozen families”可知，應(yīng)選B項(xiàng)。3.答案B?！窘馕觥考?xì)節(jié)理解題。文章中出現(xiàn)的grass是Indian tribes建造

11、房屋所必不可少的東西。由此可知，印第安人的屋子都用草蓋著。由此可知B項(xiàng)正確4.答案C。KS*5U.C【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“They could quickly close this opening if their enemies came near”可以推斷出the Iroquois Indians建造房屋的時(shí)候把自身的安全考慮在內(nèi)了。因此可推斷出C項(xiàng)閱讀理解 Feel tired lately?Has a doctor said he cant find anything wrong with you?Perhaps he sends you to a hospital,

12、but all the advanced equipment there shows there is nothing wrong with you. Then,consider this:you might be in a state of sub-health(亞健康). Sub-health,also called the third state or gray state,is explained as borderline state between health and disease. According to the investigation by the National

13、Organization,over 45 percent of sub-health people are middle-aged or elderly.The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam-week. Symptoms(征兆)include a lack of energy,depression,slow reactions,insomnia(失眠),agitation, and poor memory.Other

14、symptoms include shortness of breath,sweating and aching in the waist and legs. The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health,according to some medical experts,is to form good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly,and take part in open air activities. As for meals,people

15、are advised to eat less salt and sugar.They should also eat more fresh vegetables,fruits,fish because they are rich in nutritional elementsvitamins and trace elements(微量元素)that are important to the body. Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause

16、 unhealthy changes in the digestive tract(消化道).They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health.36.When you are in a state of sub-health,you should _.A.stay home and keep silentB.go to a doctor and buy some medicineC.not consider it very seriousD.find out the reasons and rel

17、ax yourself提示:從全文可以看出，亞健康是身體對(duì)壓力、疲勞的一種反應(yīng)，即使最先進(jìn)的儀器也查不出病因。所以不必去醫(yī)院，也不必吃藥，但是不能聽之任之，不認(rèn)真對(duì)待。正確的方法是找出原因、減輕壓力、消除疲勞、平衡膳食。答案:D37.Middle-aged people may be easy to get sub-health because _.A.they have used up their energyB.they have lost their living hopesC.they have more pressure in life and workD.they have cha

18、nged their way of life提示:亞健康的起因與疲勞有關(guān)系，但不是已將體力用完，排除A項(xiàng)。B、D兩項(xiàng)文章沒涉及。根據(jù)常識(shí)和第四段最后一句，我們也能判斷正確答案為C項(xiàng)。答案:C38.The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub-health is to _.A. keep on working regularly B. go to sleep a bit earlierC. form good living habits D. take medicine if necessary答案:C 文章倒數(shù)第三段第一句

19、“is to form good living habits”39.The underlined word “alternate” in this passage is closest in meaning to _.A. arrange by turns B. cause to take placeC. make up for D. keep away from答案:A 從文中可看出：形成好的生活習(xí)慣，要?jiǎng)谝萁Y(jié)合，即輪流工作與休息閱讀理解。The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the

20、way the city is accepting the digitalization（數(shù)字化）of everyday life.Set to open in 2013, the £188 m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providi

21、ng chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, “The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many

22、different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete, the public has bee

23、n able to go online to visit the Virtual（虛擬的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.Tw

24、o other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “enlarge reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development is an

25、online library of figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material. Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the librarys content and services open to citizens as sever before.”( ) 1. The underlin

26、e part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of_. A. the equipment B. the projectC. the digital media D. the physical library( ) 2. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_. A. get a general idea of the LoBB. meet many world-famous expertsC. learn how to put up a library buildingD. und

27、erstand how the specialists work on the project( ) 3. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens? a. It offers better learning toolsb. It reaches users in different waysc. It provides users with smart phoned. It allows users to enrich its materiale. It gives non-stop physical and digita

28、l servicesA. a, b, d B. a, c, e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e( ) 4. This text is most probably taken from .A. a put book B. a library guideC. a handbook D. a newspaper report【答案與解析】【要點(diǎn)綜述】本篇文章為新聞報(bào)道類文體。文章報(bào)道了Library of Birmingham（伯明翰圖書館）將會(huì)投巨資改建成一個(gè)全新的數(shù)字化圖書館的事情。1B詞義推斷題。通過分析單詞所在的這個(gè)句子，可知its（它的）指代的是主句中的主語“這個(gè)工程的”，it

29、s idea便是指the idea of the project。2A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第6段第2句“Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.”可知答案為A。B、C、D說法均有誤。3A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第4段“it is about giving people the r

30、ight tools for learning”， “which can be used through many different ways”及第7段“in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material”可知。4D推理判斷題。文章首段便簡明地概括了文章主題，全文體現(xiàn)較明顯的及時(shí)性，這是新聞?lì)愇捏w的典型特征，據(jù)此可判斷文章應(yīng)來源于一篇新聞報(bào)道。完形填空Did you hear the sports story that came out of Greece a few years ago? No, i

31、t wasnt from the country that started the Olympics, 1it has an Olympic quality. The story came out of Greece, New York, and it was about Jason McElwain, a 17-year-old autistic(自閉的)kid, and Jim Johnson, a high school basketball2. Jason, who didnt speak until he was five and always3with learning chall

32、enges, was4for a basketball player, only five foot six. In fact, he never5the team. He was the team manager, who kept statistics and handed out water bottles. But Coach Johnson6Jasons enthusiasm for the game and his unselfish dedication to the team. So he decided if the score7, he might let him8a fe

33、w minutes. Word got around and a group of students came to the game with signs9his nickname, “J-Mac”, and cut-outs of his face placed on popsicle(冰棒)sticks. When Jason was put into the game with four minutes left, they10wildly hoping that he might even11a basket. In Hollywood, he would have done jus

34、t that, and his teammates would have12him off on their shoulders. But in the13world of Greece, New York, Jason took a14and missed by about six feet. His supporters15and the coach worried that he may have set this young man up for16. But J-Mac17another shot, and another, and another. 18he took 10 sho

35、ts, and scored 20 points in his four minutes of19. And, yes, he was carried off on the shoulders of his teammates. And it was the career high point in the life of a coach who just gave a good kid a(n)20. 【文章大意】一位教練給了一個(gè)孩子一次機(jī)會(huì), 從而創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)奇跡。1. A. ifB. thoughC. sinceD. for【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。這個(gè)故事并非來自奧運(yùn)會(huì)誕生的那個(gè)國家,

36、雖然它具有奧林匹克的特征。這個(gè)故事來自紐約的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)Greece。2. A. starB. gameC. coachD. play【解析】選C。詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)題。由下文可知, 本文講述的是一個(gè)男孩和一位中學(xué)籃球教練的故事。3. A. beganB. wentC. listenedD. struggled【解析】選D。固定搭配題。由上文的autistic以及“他五歲才說話”的事實(shí), 我們可以推斷出Jason學(xué)習(xí)有障礙。struggle with“斗爭, 抗?fàn)帯? 符合語境。4. A. shortB. bigC. goodD. ready【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。根據(jù)后面的only five foot

37、six可知他太矮了, 所以不適合打籃球。5. A. gatheredB. organizedC. supportedD. made【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。由下文的He was the team manager, who kept statistics and handed out water bottles. 可知Jason實(shí)際上并沒有成為真正的球員, 而只是做一些計(jì)分、分發(fā)水壺之類的事情。make the team加入團(tuán)隊(duì)。6. A. showedB. likedC. developedD. lost【解析】選B。詞語辨析題。雖然Jason并不是真正的球員, 但教練很欣賞他對(duì)籃球的熱情以及他對(duì)球隊(duì)無私的奉獻(xiàn)。7. A. decreasedB. changedC. matteredD. permitted【解析】選D。詞語辨析題。所以他想如果賽場上比分允許的話, 他會(huì)讓J