1、陕西延安中学2016高考英语阅读理解二轮系列（2）答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。A mother from Colorado who doctors said had died while giving birth to her son, has said it is a Christmas miracle that both she and the boy are alive.Tracey Hermanstorfers heart stopped beating and her son Coltyn appeared lifeless after the C
2、aesarean(剖腹产术)section on Christmas Eve. However a few minutes after he was born, both began breathing again. Dr Stephanie Martin told Good Morning America she could not explain how the pair survived. Mrs Hermanstorfer and her husband Mike told the American television show that their baby was now hea
3、lthy and that they were doing “good” following the drama at Colorado Springs Memorial Hospital.The couple, who already had two children, had to go into the hospital seven weeks earlier than planned. Her husband, 37, said his wife was tired after receiving an epidural(硬脑膜外麻醉)during the labour(分娩)but
4、after closing her eyes, she “wasnt waking up”She stopped breathing and she is believed to have suffered a heart attack before her heart stopped beating entirely.Dr Martin said she was called in and that the outlook was grim since in most situations like this，“despite the best efforts of the team”， t
5、he mother was often unable to be revived. In that case doctors then tried to focus on delivering the baby but when he was born he was “completely lifeless”Mr Hermanstorfer told the Associated Press news agency，“I had everything in the world taken from me, and in an hour and a half I had everything g
6、iven to me.”Dr Martin said she did not have a “great explanation” for why Mrs Hermanstorfers heartbeat returned. “Somewhere between four and five minutes she had been without heart rate and had stopped breathing a minute or two prior to her heart stopping，” she said. The doctors were then able to br
7、ing the baby back to life, and the mother was alive after that.Despite tests, she said doctors were still not sure about what had happened. However Mrs Hermanstorfer and her husband Mike have said they believed it was down to a miracle. She said：“I got a second chance in life.”16The story happened o
8、n_.ADecember, 24 BDecember, 25CDecember, 31 DJanuary, 117What might have happened to Tracey Hermanstorfer just before her heart stopped beating?AShe became unconscious. BShe took a nap.CShe had a bad headache.DShe suffered a heart attack.18Which of the following is the correct order of what happened
9、 to Tracey Hermanstorfer?asuffering a heart attackbstopping heart beating entirelycstopping breathingdcoming back to lifeereceiving an epiduralfproducing a babyAacfdbe BfcadbeCeacbfd Deabcfd19What feelings did Mr Hermanstorfer experience during the incident?ASad and delighted.BDisappointed and depre
10、ssed.CSad and angry.DTouched and regrettable.20Which of the following words best expresses Dr Martins attitude towards Tracey Hermanstorfers coming back to life?AShocked. BPuzzled.CNormal. DCurious.全解全析本文为记叙文。美国的一位产妇在分娩时可能突发心脏病，心脏停止了跳动。但在产下一个无生命迹象的男婴后，母子却奇迹般地死而复生。答案：A细节理解题。根据“Tracey Hermanstorfers h
11、eart stopped beating and her son Coltyn appeared lifeless after the Caesarean(剖腹产术)section on Christmas Eve.”可知，故事发生在圣诞节前夕，即12月24日。答案：D细节理解题。根据“She stopped breathing and she is believed to have suffered a heart attack before her heart stopped beating entirely.”可知，在她的心脏停止跳动之前Tracey Hermanstorfer可能心脏病
12、突发。答案：C细节理解题。要求对事件排序，可采用首尾定位法。第一个事件是receiving an epidural，最后一个事件是coming back to life。故排除A项和B项。根据had stopped breathing a minute or two prior to her heart stopping可知stopping breathing发生在前，故答案为C。答案：A推断题。根据“I had everything in the world taken from me, and in an hour and a half I had everything given to
13、me.”可以判断Mr Hermanstorfer 经历了“先悲后喜”的情感体验。答案：B根据第二段相关内容“.she could not explain how the pair survived.”以及第六段第一句话“Dr Martin said she did not have a great explanation for why Mrs Hermanstorfers heartbeat returned.”等信息可知，Martin医生对这位产妇的“死而复生”感到“困惑”。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。Kids will often ignore your
14、requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores(杂事),or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, youve started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than sayi
15、ng “Do your chores now.” youll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed. So instead of arguing about starting chores, just say, “If chores arent done by 4 pm, here are the consequences.” Then its up to your child to complete the chores. Put the ball back in
16、 their court. Dont argue or fight with them, just say, “Thats the way its going to be.” It shouldnt be punitive(惩罚性的)as much as it should be persuasive. “If your chores arent done by 4 pm, then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, thats goi
17、ng to be your loss.” On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your kids say they have no homework, then they should use that time
18、to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.When a kid wears his iPod or headphones when youre trying to talk to him, make no bones about it；he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should stop until he takes the
19、earplugs out of his ears. Dont try to communicate with him when hes wearing headphones even if he tells you he can hear you. Wearing them while youre talking to him is a sign of disrespect. Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing. Remember, mutual respect becomes more important as chil
20、dren mature.1According to the passage, it seldom happens that _.Akids turn a deaf ear to their parents requestsBparents directions sound like a broken recordCchildren are ready to follow their parents directionsDparents are unaware of what they are repeating to their kids2Parents will be able to dea
21、l with their children more effectively if they _.Aavoid direct ways of punishment Bmake them do things at their requestCargue and fight with their children Dallow their children to behave in their own way3When the kid is doing his homework, parents _.Ashould provide him with a good learning environm
22、entBcan do whatever they likeCcan stay aside watching TVDmust switch off the power4It can be inferred from the passage that _.Aparents should take off his headphones when trying to have a talk with their childBit will make no difference that a kid is wearing his earplugs while talking to his parents
23、Cparents shouldnt give in to their kid when he shows no sign of respectDkids purposely talking to their parents with iPod gives them a sense of power and control5The main idea of the passage is _.Athat respecting each other is more important than anything elseBhow kids behave to ignore and disrespec
24、t their parentsCthat children should make choices and decisions on their ownDhow parents can deal with their kids behavior effectively 全解全析1答案C解析细节理解题。注意题干中seldom表否定。从文章开头两句可知孩子们通常不理会父母的要求。2答案A解析细节理解题。从第一段中间部分可知,作者认为“不与孩子发生正面冲突会取得更好的教育效果”。3答案A解析细节理解题。从第一段可知“在孩子做作业时,家长要关掉所有的电器给孩子创造一个良好的学习环境”。D项“关掉电源”
25、与文章不符。4答案C解析推理判断题。从第二段前两句可判断选项C正确。5答案D解析主旨大意题。本文旨在帮助父母有效应对孩子不听话的问题。阅读理解。“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at St
26、anford University and a pioneer in the field of organization decision making. For years March( possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we h
27、ave been sticking to the idea of experiential learning :“Experience is respected；experience is sought；experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves（涉及）serious complications（复杂化），ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the b
28、ody of this book.In one interesting part of book，for example，he turns a double eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. He says “The more accurately（精确的）reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more understandable the story, the less rea
29、listic it is.”Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher. March is also a poet, and his gift shines though in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding；Dont pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deepl
30、y about learning from experience in work and life.( ) 1. According to the text, James March is _. A. a poet who uses experience in his writingB. a teacher who teachers story writing in universityC. a researcher who studies the way humans think and actD. a professor who helps organizations make impor
31、tant decisions( ) 2. According to James March, experience _. A. is overvalued B. is easy to explainC. should be actively sought D. should be inactively sought( ) 3. What can we learn from Paragraph 3? A. Experience makes stories more accurate.B. Stories made interesting fail to fully present the tru
32、th.C. The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.D. Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.( ) 4.Whats the purpose of this text? A. To introduce a book. B. To describe a researcher.C. To explain experiential learning. D. To discuss organizational
33、decision making.【答案与解析】【要点综述】文章介绍了James March所著的一本名为The Ambiguities of Experience书。本书针对人们生活中过分依赖经验这一现象作了分析实际上是告诫人们不可高估经验的作用。1C 细节理解题。根据首段“For years March ( possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act,”可知。2A 推理判断题。根据首段第一句及第2段“The problem is that learning from ex
34、perience involves（涉及）serious complications（复杂化），.”可得知March认为人们高估了经验的作用。3B细节理解题。根据第3段“The more accurately（精确的）reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”可判断正确答案为B。4A 推理判断题。此题判断作者的写作意图。从首段最末一句“he continues to do so in his new
35、 book The Ambiguities of Experience.”及末段“Though the book is short, it is demanding；Don t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons.”可推断出本文是介绍March所著的这本书。 阅读理解。 Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new47-unit living building in South Bronx, one
36、 of the citys poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families. The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be
37、lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs. Fox Point is operated by Palladian, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy, people. Palladian received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by provi
38、ding support to housing developers. ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. M
39、eeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.Michael. Bloomberg, New Yorks mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for500,000 New Yorkers.
40、 Almost 80% of New York Citys greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing. So he recently announced that the citys Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the citys supply of affordable housing, will
41、require all its new projects to follow ECPs green standards. Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New Yorks DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.( ) 1. What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first para
42、graph? A. To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people. B. To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.C. To show how the environment-friendly building works.D. To compare old and new boiler rooms.( ) 2. What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Commun
43、ities Standards? A. Lower running costs. B. Costing less in construction. C. Less air to be lost in hot days. D. Better prices for homeless people.( ) 3. It can be learned from the text that, A. New York City is seriously polluted B. peoples daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York CityC.
44、 a great number of people in New York City dont have houses to live inD. some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City( ) 4. What is the main purpose of this text? A. To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.B. To prove that some standards are needed
45、for affordable housing.C. To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.D. To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.语篇解读：本篇文章为科技说明文。作者以Fox Point居住群的boiler rooms为切入点，阐述此类房子的环保节能的优点，以及各城市特别是纽约队建造此类建筑的积极响应。1. 答案：C考点：作者的写作意图解析：从第一段最后两句，作者描述开水房仅是从一个侧面展示整个建筑群的节能
46、，环保，可以得出答案。2. 答案：A考点：细节理解解析：依据文章第三段倒数第二句：Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs.可得到答案。句意为“达到这一标准会将建筑成本提高2%，但很快会被它的低成本运行成本补回”3. 答案：B考点：细节理解解析：依据文章第四段第二句：Almost 80% of New York Citys greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing.可得出答案4. 答案：D考点：作者的写作目的解析：本文主要让读者了解这类健康、环保、经济类住房。
