1、2015四川省广安市高考英语阅读理解一轮练习（6）及答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Eddie Mckay,a once-forgotten pilot,is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in Canada.It all started when Graham Broad,a professor at the University of Western Ontario,found McKays name in a footnote in a book abou
2、t university history. McKay was included in a list of university alumni (校友)who had served during the First World War,but his name was unfamiliar to Broad,a specialist in military history. Out of curiosity,Broad spent hours at the local archives (档案馆)in a fruitless search for information on McKay. T
3、ired and discouraged,he finally gave up. On his way out,Broads glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. As he read the words beside the picture,he experienced a thrilling realization. “After look
4、ing for him all day,there he was,staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,” said Broad. Excited by the find,Broad asked his students to continue his search. They combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually,a picture came into view.Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British R
5、oyal Flying Corps in 1916. He downed ten enemy planes,outlived his entire squadron(中队)as a WWI flyer,spent some time as a flying instructor in England,then returned to the front,where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in December 1917. But theres more to his story. “For a brief tim
6、e in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in the world,” says Broad. “He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke,the most famous German pilot at the time.” Yet,in a letter home,McKay refused to take credit,saying that Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.McKays war records w
7、ere destroyed during a World War air bombing on Londonan explanation for why he was all but forgotten.But now,thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students,a marker in McKays memory was placed on the university grounds in November 2007. “I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the worddecease
8、d (阵亡)next to his name,” said Corey Everrett,a student who found a picture of Mckay in his uniform. “This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us,but instead of finishing his time at Western,he chose to fight and die for his country.”1. What made Professor Broad
9、 continue his search for more information on McKay?A. A uniform of McKay.B. A footnote about McKay.C. A book on McKay. D. A picture of McKay.2. What did the students find out about McKay?A. He trained pilots for some time. B. He lived longer than other pilots.C. He died in the Second World War. D. H
10、e was downed by the pilot Boelcke.3. McKays flying documents were destroyed in.A. BelgiumB. GermanyC. CanadaD. England4. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay.A. preferred fight to his study B. went to war before graduationC. left a picture for Corey Everrett D. set an example for his fell
11、ow students5. What is the text mainly about?A. The research into war history. B. The finding of a forgotten hero.C. The pilots of the two world wars. D. The importance of military studies.【参考答案】1-5 、DADBB【2014高考英语河南省开封市一模】C On a clear night, the sky is a wonderful thing. Is there life out there some
12、where? Is there another place like Earth where life might exist? If so, where is it? And how far away is it? Recently, the American Kepler spacecraft found 22b , a planet about six hundred light years away. It is the first planet in a habitable zone outside the solar system. That means the planet or
13、bits a star like our Sun, but it is not too close to it, nor too far away. Because of this position, scientists say Kepler22b might have water, one of the main things needed for life. The newly-discovered planet is about two and a half times larger than the Earth. It is closer to its star than we ar
14、e to the Sun, but 22bs sun is smaller than ours, and doesnt produce as much heat. Scientific instruments show the new planet could be made of gases, rocks or some kinds of liquids. The Kepler spacecraft was named in honor of Johannes Kepler, the seventeenth century German astronomer. It was designed
15、 to examine a small part of the Milky Way galaxy and search for places like the Earth. It was made to inspect over 150,000 stars and measure how bright they are. It looks to see if a stars brightness gets less over a short time. If a planet passes between Kepler and the star, it blocks out part of t
16、he light. That is what suggested to scientists that there is at least one planet orbiting the star. The instruments on Kepler show the new planet as a small, black dot moving across its sun. An important part of the Kepler experiment is on the Earth. After the spacecraft gathers information, scienti
17、sts use the space telescopes on the ground. Scientists have found over 2,300 new planets since Kepler was launched. About 200 of these are about the size of the Earth. Most are much larger, but it is the new planets distance from its star that is important. For life to possibly exist there, the plan
18、ets temperature must not be too hot or too cold.63. What can we learn about Kepler-22b? A. Water must have been existed on it. B. It takes humans about 600 years to get there. C. It is made of gases, rocks and many kinds of liquids. D. It is the first planet in outer space where life may survive.64.
19、 The Kepler spacecraft was sent into space to _. A. show honor to Johannes Kepler B. look for Earth-like planets in the sky C. observe the changes of a stars brightness D. measure the brightest star among 150,000 stars65. In Paragraph 5 the author mainly tells us_. A. how the Kepler system works B.
20、if the Kepler system sees a new planet C. how the Kepler system uses the space telescopes D. why an important part of the Kepler system remains on the Earth66. What can we infer from the passage? A. Life may exist on the new planet in another form. B. It is colder on the new planet because its sun i
21、s smaller. C. Life cant exist on planets which are much larger than the Earth. D. The new planets distance from its star decides on the possibilitv of life existence.【参考答案】6366DBAD 【2014高考英语河南省开封市一模】D Personal Background Steve Jobs Apple Computer 3-year return: 26% Age: 42 CEO since: 1997 Heres a gu
22、y with enough knowledge, ability and brainpower to effectively hold down two CEO jobs at once-and do a pretty amazing job at both. Weve listed him for his post at Apple, but of course Steve Jobs also runs Pixar, the animation company. Coming in after a $ I billion loss in fiscal 1997 ,Jobs turned a
23、$ 106 million profit-38 percent above Wall Streets consensus target. A lot of credit goes to a very simple idea: Make computers in different colors. Jobs was the only one who thought to make it hap pen. The colorful mid-priced iMac has also succeeded by playing down the compatibility (蒹容性) problem.
24、Apple positioned it as the machine for the Internet, where compatibility questions are no big deal. Behind the scenes, Jobs streamlined the product line ,and also did a whole series of work for improving and selling the production. Mean-while, over at Pixar, A Bugs Life nabbed a total $ 159 million
25、in domestic box office ,the highest domestic animated take since Toy Story and third highest ever. after Toy Story and the leader, The Lion King. Business philosophy: The technology isnt the hard part. The hard part is: whos going to buy it. How are they going to buy it? How do you tell them about i
26、t? How he got the job: The Apple board begged him to return. Management Style: At Apple, Jobs is a micromanager-some say nanomanager who changes mood suddenly and unexpectedly. Virtually every decision goes by him. At any time, 10,000 employees are wondering. What would Steve say? not What is the ri
27、ght thing to do? said a former Apple executive. At Pixar, realizing that he isnt a film visionary, he leaves the experts to their knitting. Financial reward: His Apple rewards are minimal-a salary of one dollar a year so that his family is eligible for the health plan. But his 69 percent share of Pi
28、xar is worth about $ 1. 3 billion. selected from a newspaper67. According to the passage, the following adjectives can be used to describe Jobs EXCEPT_. A. creative B. easygoing C. demanding D. distinguished68. We can learn from the passage that_. A. Jobs can work well in every field B. the colorful
29、 iMac is accepted for its low price C. Jobs makes a big difference at Apple as a designer D. the technology is more important than business idea69. The underlined word nabbed in Paragraph 2 probably means _. A. pulled up B. brought in C. went through D. handed over70. What does the author mainly wan
30、t to tell us? A. Jobs is the richest man in the world. B. Jobs is a giant of electronic products. C. Jobs spends most of his time at Pixar. D. Jobs can get much money a year as his salary.【参考答案】6770BCBB阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AI grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on an
31、d with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part. in
32、. and live in.With this unshakable belief, I, at. fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering whi
33、ch parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other peoples writing can one discover what works, what doesnt and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what vo
34、ice he has. Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction (文学作品)As a. law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matterthe volume (量) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it al
35、l the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting
36、experiences that I wouldnt necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.( ) 1. What can be inferred about the author as a child? w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*mA. He never watched TV. w_w*w.k_s*5_u.c_o mB. He read what he had to.C. He found reading unbelievable.D. He considered reading part of his life. ( ) 2. Th
37、e underlined word voice in the second paragraph most probably means “ ”.A. an idea B. a sound qualityC. a way of writingD. a world to write about ( ) 3. What effect does reading have on the author? w_w*w.k_s*5_u.c_o mA. It helps him to realize his dream.B. It opens up a wider world for him.C. It mak
38、es his college life more interesting.D. It increases his interest in worldwide travel.( ) 4. Which of the following can be the best title of this text? w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*mA. Why do I read? B. How do I read? C. What do I read? D. When do I read?语篇解读：本篇文章是记叙文。作者通过自己的亲身体验，讲述读书使人形成自己的独立观点，读书使人开扩视野的重要作用。
39、1. 答案：D考点：细节理解题解析：根据首段第一二句， “I grew up in a house with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves.I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing”可知作者是在一个以书为伴的环境中长大的，读书像呼吸那样已经成为生活必需。2. 答案：C考点：词义推测题。解析：根据文中 “.but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own
40、”可以推断出voice所表达的意思是“写作方式”。3. 答案B考点：细节理解题解析：由文章的最后一句：“It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldnt necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.”可得出答案4. 答案：A考点：主旨大意题。解析：文章作者主要以自己的亲身体验讲述读书的重要性。因此Why do I read?“我为什么读书？”作题目最佳。w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m
