1、陕西渭南市2016高考英语二轮阅读理解基础练习（1）及答案阅读理解 In the kitchen of my mothers houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil. Im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of
2、 the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it cant be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one. “Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil
3、after all these years.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Cant you afford a pen?” My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. Ive always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to not
4、e down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.” Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and
5、I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.” This storywhich happened before I w
6、as bornreminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the sma
7、llest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.( ) 1. Why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?A. To
8、leave messages. B. To list her everyday tasks.C. To note down maths problems. D. To write down a flash of inspiration. ( ) 2. What is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand? A. It has great value for the family. B. It needs to be replaced by a better one. C. It brings her back to her lo
9、nely childhood. D .It should be passed on to the next generation. ( ) 3. The author feels embarrassed for _ A. blaming her mother wrongly. B. giving her mother a lot of trouble. C. not making good use of time as her mother did. D. not making any breakthrough in her field.( ) 4. What can be inferred
10、from the last paragraph?A .The mother is successful in her career. B. The family members like traveling. C. The author had little time to play when young. D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. ( ) 5. In the authors mind ,her mother is_A. strange in behavior. B. keen on her research. C. fo
11、nd of collecting old things. D. careless about her appearance.本篇文章为记叙文。主要讲述“我”的母亲总是习惯实用厨房里的记事本和铅笔。50年过去了，换了 5 所房子，可母亲的习惯没有改变，却更热衷于此。我突然意识到母亲是位天才的数学家。46. D细节理解题。 根据第四段第三句 never knew when I might want to note down an idea, “and I was always in the kitchen in those days”可知作者母亲随时在存放的记事本上记录自己的想法，故选 D 项。4
12、7. B 推理判断题。根据第三段作者说的“Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.”“Cant you afford a pen”可知作者态度，是在反问母亲，想让母亲用更好的笔和记事本，故选B48. C 细节理解题，根据第五段第二句“I fell embarrassed that T complain about not having enough child-free time to work”可判断选C项49. A 推理判断题。根据最后
13、一段内容，可知我意识到母亲的成功，她是天才数学家，母亲充分利用了厨房里的记事本写下数学，以及她对我的影响，由此判断选A50. B细节理解题。根据第五段第二句母亲的话“One day I was cooking and watching baby It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”可知，作者的母亲很热衷于自己的发现，由此判断选B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。Read the following revi
14、ews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.Happiness（Romance）Happiness tells the story of two people （Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy）who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and dont like each other. But then they correspond by email
15、and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.Scream I（Thriller）In Scream I, Paul（Colin Jacks）is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house
16、for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesnt make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.Pauls Heroes（Comedy）This is a very funny war movie set
17、 in World War Two. Six soldiers（including Sammy Turblow）have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but its great fun getting there._（Drama）This is a very good drama with J
18、ack Ross, a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd（Phil Driver）who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This
19、is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.1. The underlined word “correspond” can be replaced by _.A. date B. communicate C. exchange D. write 2. A thriller is most probably a film which tells something _.A. frightening B. instructive C. humorous D. interesting3. Which of the following is the be
20、st title for the fourth film?A. A Hard-working Truck Driver B. MedicineC. A Strange Illness D. Twelve Hours4. Where can we probably read the passage?A. On the sports page. B. A travel brochure. C. On the entertainment page. D. In the test book.【参考答案】14、BADC 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。Conside
21、rYOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You are better than anyone in a million.You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity（无穷
22、，无限）!You are amazing! Youre awesome! Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don t become beautiful just by virtue of the aging process. Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life.
23、 You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today. Paint a Masterpiece. God gives every bird its fo
24、od, but he doesnt throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, its truly up to you!1Which would be the best title for the passage?AYouBA masterpieceCEnjoy your lifeDReal beauty2By writing this passage, what message does the writer mean to provide us?ABeing confident is m
25、ore important than anything else.BYou are of course better than anyone else.CReal beauty comes from learning, growing and loving in the ways of life.DGod will help you once you have made up your mind.3What does the underlined word“accelerate”mean?Aslow downBincrease the speed ofCdevelopDhelp4What is
26、 the main idea of the last three paragraphs?AGod will help those are the most diligent.BActions are more important than goals.CGod will help you if necessary.DYou are the master of your goals and actions【参考答案】14、 A A B D 。阅读理解。Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when h
27、e noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that werent bad enough, he had no health insurance. After a
28、 month of feeling upset, Thomas decided hed better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rock star, and created , a free online community for diabetics and their loved onesa place where over 1,100 people share person
29、al stories, information, and resources. Jason Swenckis son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online childrens forums(论坛) together most evenings. Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over, says Swencki, one of the sites volunteers. They know what hes g
30、oing through, so he doesnt feel alone. Kody is anything but alone. Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages. These days, Thomass main focus is his charity（慈善机构）, Fight It, which provi
31、des medicines and supplies to people225 to datewho cant afford a diabetics huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rocks tar Festival in the Caribbean. Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up
32、to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure, says Bentley Gubar, one of Rock stars original members. But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now. ( ) 1.
33、Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas? A. He needs to go to the doctor every day. B. He studies the leading cause of diabetes C. He has a positive attitude to this disease. D. He encourages diabetics by writing articles.( ) 2. D was created for _. A. diabetics to communicate B. volunt
34、eers to find jobs C. children to amuse themselves D. rock stars to share resources.( ) 3. According to the text, Kody _. A. feel lonely because of his illness B. benefits from C. helps create the online kids forums D. writes childrens stories online( ) 4. What can we learn about Fight It? A. It help
35、s the diabetics in financial difficulties. B. It organizes parties for volunteer once a year. C. It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.D. It owns a well-known medical website.( ) 5. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas _. A. works full-time in a diabetes charity B. employs 22 people for
36、his website C. helps diabetics in his own way D. ties to find a cure for diabetes56. C 细节理解题。通读全文可知，Christopher Thomas 对于自己的疾病采取了积极的态度， 所以 C 项正确。A 项与 Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life 不符； 项与文中的 Thomas 开办网站， B 与病人及其家属分享有关的 信息和资源不符；D 项提到的写
37、作是 Thomas 的专职工作，而他的志愿工作才是运作 Fight It 这个慈善机构。57. A 细节理解题。根据 a free online community for diabetics and their loved onesa place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources 可知 A 项正确。58.B细节理解题。根据 Father and son visit the online childrens forums(论坛) together most evenings. K
38、ody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over, says Swencki, one of the sites volunteers. They know what hes going through, so he doesnt feel alone. 可知 B 项正确。59.A 细节理解题。根据 Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people225 to datewho cant afford a diabetics huge expenses. Fight-it.org
39、 has raised about $23,000in products and in cash.可知 A 项正确。60. C 推理判断题。根据 But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now. 可知 Thomas 在用自己的方式帮助糖尿病人， 所以 C 项正确。 项与 Thomas often devotes up A to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables 不符；B 项与 Even with a staff of 22 volunteers；D 项与Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure, says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstars original members. But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now.不符。
