1、四川省成都市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮基础训练80集连载（47）及（解析）答案【2016高考训练题】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。Darnay Duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich. The landlord looks at him and exclaims, But youre a duck! Your eyes work, replies the Darnay Duck. And you talk. utters the landlord. And y
2、our ears, continues Darnay Duck, Now can I have my beer and my sandwich please? Certainly, agrees the landlord, sorry about that. its just we dont get many ducks in this pub. What are you doing round this way? Im working on the building site across the road, explains the duck. The landlord watches,
3、astonished, as Darnay Duck drinks his beer, eats his sandwich and leaves. The duck visits regularly for two weeks. Then one day the circus comes to town. The owner of the circus comes into the pub and the landlord says to him, Youre with the circus, arent you? I know this duck that would be just bri
4、lliant in your circus - he talks, drinks beer and everything. Sounds incredible, says the owner, get him to give me a call. So the next day when Darnay Duck comes into the pub the landlord says, Hey Mr Duck, I believe I can line you up with a top job, paying really good money. Yeah? questions Darnay
5、, Sounds great, where is it? At the circus. Answers the landlord. The circus? Darnay Duck enquires, rather puzzled. Thats right, replies the landlord. What, the place with the big tent? Big canvas roof, hole in the middle, loads of animals? asks the duck. Thats right. smiles the landlord. Darnay Duc
6、k looks confused. Why would they want a plasterer(泥水匠)?1. What does the underlined sentence “Your eyes work.” mean in the passage?A Your eyes are good in function B I am a real duckC Youd better work with your eyes D You can see clearly with your eyes2. Why does the owner of the circus ask the lando
7、wner to get the duck to give him a call?A He wants to get in touch with the duckB He wants to employ the duckC He doesnt believe what the landowner says.D He gets some news for the duck 3. Why does the Duck look confused when the landowner find him a job in the circus?A He does not know what job a p
8、lasterer can do at the circus.B He does not know what performance he can give at the circus.C He does not know why a plasterer can be paid good money at the circus.D He does not know what is wrong with the circus.4. What job does the landowner try to recommend to the duck at the circus?A a plasterer
9、 B a talker C a drinker D a performer参考答案14、BCAD 【2016高考训练题】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。As any plane passenger will confirm, a crying baby is almost impossible to ignore, no matter how hard you try. Now scientists believe they may have worked out why. A babys cry pulls at the heartstrings(扣人心
10、弦) in a way while other cries dont, researchers found.Researchers found that a babys cry can trigger unique emotional responses in the brain, making it impossible for us to ignore them-whether we are parents or not. Other types of cries, including calls of animals in great pain, fail to get the same
11、 response-suggesting the brain is programmed to respond specifically to a babys cry.A team of Oxford University scientists scanned the brains of 28 men and women as they listened to a variety of calls and cries. After 100 milliseconds two parts of the brain that respond to emotion lit up. Their resp
12、onse to a babys cry was particularly strong. The response was seen in both men and womeneven if they had no children.Researcher Dr Christine Parsons said, “You might read that men should just notice a baby and step over it and not see it, but its not true. There is a special processing in men and wo
13、men, which makes sense from an evolutionary(演变的) view that both men and women would be responding to these cries.” The study was in people who were not parents, yet they are all responding at 100ms to these particular cries, so this might be a fundamental response present in all of us regardless of
14、parental status.Researcher Katie Young said it may take a bit longer for someone to recognize their own childs cries because they need to do more “fine-grained analysis”. The team had previously found that our reactions speed up when we hear a baby crying. Adults performed better on computer games w
15、hen they heard the sound of a baby crying than after they heard recordings of adults crying.1. A babys cry is difficult to ignore because it _. A. keeps on crying B. cries harder than adults C. causes people great pain D. makes people feel strong emotions2. The underlined word “trigger” in Paragraph
16、 2 probably means “_” A. remove B. avoid C. cause D. Cure3. What may Christine Parsons agree to? A. Almost everyone makes certain response to a babys cries. B. A crying baby makes no sense to people without children. C. Men pay less attention to a crying baby than women. D. Parents can hardly recogn
17、ize their own babies cry.4. Computer games are mentioned in the text to show _. A. players different reactions to a crying baby B. babys crying contributes to quicker reactions C. the influence of babys and adults crying on performance D. its hard to keep ones concentration with a crying baby nearby
18、参考答案、1-4 DCAB 【2016模拟题】 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。The idea of inventing an international language is not a new one. Over the past 180 years, linguists (语言学家) have created over ten different languages that are based on German, Spanish, and English. One of these was Basic English. By 1923 the
19、 First World War had been over for five years, but Europe was still recovering from its effects. Charles Kay Ogden, a linguist and writer, was running several bookshops in Cambridge. He published The Meaning of Meaning (1923), a book describing how we use language. The book received high praise, whi
20、ch drove Ogden to design an international language something that was much simpler than English. In 1930 Ogdens book Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar was published. Perhaps it takes about seven years for one to become a good English speaker. Ogden believed that Basic Engl
21、ish could be learned in seven weeks. There were only 850 words and the grammar was very simple. The language attracted the attention of educators all over the world, but its development was stopped by the Second World War. After the war, both the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Pres
22、ident of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt looked for ideas that might bring world peace. They both gave speeches that encouraged the use of Ogdens international language. In the past 60 years, the language has had some success. In some parts of East Asia, teachers are still using Ogdens word
23、lists. However, in the main, the language has disappeared. Because there are many more non-native than native speakers of English, recently some linguists have asked whether we should give careful consideration to Ogdens ideas again. And the Wikipedia website (www.wikipedia.org) has started a versio
24、n (版本) written in Basic English for non-native learners of the language. Search for it on the Internet now! 1. According to the text, Basic English _. A. was very easy to learn B. has a history of 180 years C. is mainly based on three languages D. developed fast over the last 60 years 2. What was Ch
25、urchill and Roosevelts attitude towards Basic English?A. They were worried about it. B. They were uncertain of it. C. They supported it. D. They didnt care about it. 3. The linguists mentioned in the last paragraph seem to _. A. write in Basic English on Wikipedia B. encourage people to use Basic En
26、glish C. believe Basic English will disappear soon D. think there will be fewer speakers of English 4. The main purpose of the text is to _.A. advertise a website B. review two books C. describe some linguists works D. introduce an international language(语言学习)本文是说明文。本文介绍了由英国语言学家奥格登创造的简单世界语基本英语。1. A。
27、推理判断题。根据第三段的Ogden believed . in seven weeks. There were . very simple可知，奥格登认为用七周时间就能掌握基本英语。因为基本英语只有850个单词，语法又非常简单，所以很容易学。2. C。推理判断题。根据第四段的They both gave speeches that encouraged the use of Ogdens international language可知，丘吉尔和罗斯福都发表过演讲，鼓励人们使用基本英语。故他们对基本英语持支持的态度。3. B。推理判断题。根据最后一段的recently some linguis
28、ts . Ogdens ideas again可知，这些语言学家提出是否应该重新认真考虑奥格登的理念，因为他们倡导使用基本英语。4. D。写作目的题。本文主要介绍了一种重要的世界语基本英语，简要描述了语言学家奥格登创造基本英语的过程以及它的发展情况。【由江苏省盐城市2014模拟改编】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Air pollution is a leading cause of cancer and classified among Group 1,or top, human carcinogens (致癌物质), said the Inter
29、national Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the World Health Organizations (WHO) cancer agency, on Oct 17,2013. The most widely used system for classifying carcinogens comes from the IARC, which places them into five groups. Group 1 carcinogens definitely cause cancer in humans. Group 2A
30、 is probably carcinogenic to humans, Group 2B is possibly carcinogenic, the carcinogenicity of Group 3 in humans is unclassifiable, and Group 4 is probably not carcinogenic to humans. Only a little more than 100 are classified as Group 1 cancer-causing substances, including ultraviolet radiation and
31、 tobacco smoke.“Our task was to evaluate the air everyone breathes rather than focus on specific air pollutants,” the lARCs Dana Loomis said in a statement. “The results from the reviewed studies point in the same direction: the risk of developing lung cancer is significantly increased in people exp
32、osed to air pollution.” In 2010, lung cancer resulting from air pollution killed 223,000 people worldwide, and there was also convincing evidence that it increases the risk of bladder (膀腕) cancer, according to the IARC.Air pollution is already known to raise risks for a wide range of illnesses, incl
33、uding respiratory and heart diseases. Air pollution is global, although the levels of it vary over space and time. Loomis said people in Asia, eastern North America, some places in Central America and Mexico, as well as North Africa have relatively high exposure. Developing countries with large popu
34、lations and booming manufacturing sectors, such as China, are particularly at risk. Many cities in China, such as Beijing, frequently see smog. This week, Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang province, became the first Chinese city to officially suspend classes due to serious smogMany developed
35、countries face similar problems, although to a lesser degree than most developing nations. In Europe, levels of many pollutants have fallen. But between 91 and 96 percent of Europeans living in cities are exposed to levels of PM2.5tiny particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometersthat are h
36、igher than the WHO safety limits, says a report published by the European Environment Agency on Oct 15. Although both the composition and levels of air pollution can vary dramatically from one location to the other, the 1ARC said its conclusions apply to all regions of the world.“Given the scale of
37、the exposure affecting people worldwide, this report should send a strong signal to the international community to take action without further delay,” said Christopher Wild, director of the IARC.1、What might be the best title of the passage?ASignals of air pollutionBSafety limits of air pollutionCAi
38、r pollution, cancer riskDAir pollution, smog risk2、Whats the main task of IARC?ATo focus on cancer-causing substances.BTo evaluate the air quality.CTo study the developing risk of cancer.DTo send signals to the international community.3、Why should the international community take action without furt
39、her delay?AThe composition and levels of air pollution vary from place to place.BMore and more people in developing countries are exposed to air pollution.CDeveloped countries face air pollution, the level of which is higher than the safety limits.DA large number of people worldwide are exposed to air pollution.【参考答案】13、C B D
