1、广州市2015高考英语二轮阅读训练（1）及答案短文语法填空【1】Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes Voyages of people from England play an important part in spreading 1 English language. At present, English is frequently spoken 2 an official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malays
2、ia and some African countries. All 3 (base) on British English, the English spoken in these countries can 4 (understand) well by native English speakers. But actually, these Englishes 5 （change） gradually in accents, spellings, expressions and the 6 (use) of vocabulary.Because of this fact, you can
3、make use of the differences to tell 7 country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss fluently commands 8 driver, “Come up straight to my apartment by elevator 9 take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol f
4、or my lorries and taxis”, you can recognize his American identity, 10 the latter suggests that he is British.【参考答案】Keys: 1. the 2. as 3. based 4. be understood 5. have been changing 6. usage 7. which 8. his 9. and 10. while短文语法填空【2】A Hard Trip My sister was fond of traveling. Ever since graduating,
5、she 1 (determine) to organize a trip to an old temple. Since transporting fare was expensive, she decided to use a bicycle to cycle there not 2 (care) about the disadvantages. 3 stubborn attitude was always her shortcoming. Once she made up her mind to do something, no one could persuade her to chan
6、ge her mind. Finally, we gave in 4 usual though we preferred to take a train. 5 we prepared everything, including the schedule, 6 (rely) weather forecast and the insurance, we began our trip.Our journey was along a river 7 (flow) from a high altitude. Our pace was slow because the river frequently h
7、ad many sharp bends through deep valleys, 8 the water seemed to boil. Just as I recorded in my journal, it was really 9 hard journey. But we also enjoyed great views. One night, I put my head on my pillow-a parcel of wool coats, 10 lay beneath the stars. When the flame in front of our cave went out
8、at midnight, I found the sky so beautiful!【参考答案】Keys: 1. had been determined 2. caring 3. Her 4. as 5. After 6. reliable 7. flowing 8. where 9. a 10. and完形填空完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。In 1971, readers around the world were astonished by some photographs which appeared in newspapers.
9、 Hidden deep in the rainforests of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) _1_ called the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any _2_ of these people. They didnt have an agricultural economy; they hunted animals and _3_ fruit from the plants in the rainforest. They carried tools
10、 made of stone, lived in _4_ and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 5 became world famous. After that, there were TV 6 and books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could be good and kind if they were not 7 by modern life. Then after 1974 the region
11、 was closed by the government and the world 8 about them.In 1986, a Swiss journalist, Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey _9_ thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 10 killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the wood f
12、rom the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 11 and found the caves of the Tasaday 12 . The people were living in nearby huts and they were all 13 jeans and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic minority 14 .When he 15 to Switzerland, Mr. Iten wrote about the Tasaday people
13、in the newspapers. He said he thought that they were just ordinary farmers, poor, but not 16 from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 17 they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists-and money-would start _18 into the region.One group o
14、f experts said that they really were people who had no 19 with modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 20 the part. So who are these people, really? Perhaps well never really be sure.1. A. manB. groupC. chiefD. tradition2. A. knowledgeB. impressionC. doubtD. fear3. A. grewB. enjoy
15、edC. collectedD. stored4. A. hutsB. housesC. apartmentsD. caves5. A. certainlyB. suddenlyC. absolutelyD. privately6. A. advertisementsB. servicesC. stationsD. programs7. A. refusedB. separatedC. spoiltD. conquered8. A. forgotB. knewC. talkedD. thought9. A. aroundB. throughC. overD. along10. A. onceB
16、. almostC. oftenD. even11. A. arrivedB. leftC. hidD. began 12. A. dirtyB. valuelessC. accessibleD. empty13. A. makingB. sellingC. wearingD. designing14. A. in allB. at allC. after allD. above all15. A. returnedB. wentC. traveledD. drove16. A. absentB. secureC. differentD. free17. A. agreeB. pretendC
17、. admitD. consider18. A. lookingB. fallingC. turningD. pouring19. A. contactB. competitionC. agreementD. patience20. A. learningB. formingC. actingD. missing 【参考答案】BACDB DCABB ADCBA CBDAC阅读理解【1】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。Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and
18、they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better
19、if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical households waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.Too much
20、packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of areas for burying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The soluti
21、on is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for exampl
22、e.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have fa
23、r more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.1. What does the underlined phrase “that over-co
24、nsumption” refer to?A. Using too much packaging. B. Recycling too many wastes.C. Making more products than necessary. D. Having more material than is needed.2. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show.A. the tendency of cutting household wasteB. the increase of packaging recyclingC. the rapid
25、growth of supermarketsD. the fact of packaging overuse3. According to the text, recycling.A. helps control the greenhouse effectB. means burning packaging for energyC. is the solution to gas shortageD. leads to a waste of land4. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A. Unpackaged products are of bad
26、 quality.B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.D. Other products are better packaged than food.5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.B. Needless material is mostly recycled.C. People like collecting recy
27、clable wastes.D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.【参考答案】1-5 DDACA阅读理解【2】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。Psychologists have discovered that even the most independent-minded of us will conform to social pressure when we are with a group of people. In one classic experiment, people we
28、re shown a vertical（垂直的） line and asked to find a line of identical length from a selection of three.You might think that this is an absurdly easy task, and when people perform it by themselves they do it very well. However, psychologists have discovered that we are very easily swayed by the opinion
29、s of other people when we do this task in a group. In one study, a group of three people was set up, where two of the people were confederates（同伙） of the experimenter. When the confederates deliberately gave wrong answers, people were often swayed to give the wrong answer also. In fact, 75% of peopl
30、e gave at least one wrong answer, with some people conforming to peer pressure on every occasion.But why do people conform in this way? In an easy task like this, it seems that people do not want to step out of line with the prevailing opinion of the group. On more difficult tasks, people also confo
31、rm because they lose confidence in their own ability to make decisions and prefer to trust the majority opinion instead.A typical example of this kind of conformity arises when we come across people in distress. Would you help a woman who has been attacked in the street? It turns out that you are mu
32、ch more likely to go to her assistance if you are alone. When other people are also around, a diffusion of responsibility occurs. People are paralysed into inaction, because everyone assumes that someone else will go to the womans assistance.1. In Paragraph 1, the underlined word “conform” probably
33、means “ ”.A. seek independence B. disobey ordersC. follow what others doD. seek pleasure2. What is the purpose of the experiment described in Paragraph 2?A. To explain why people would be influenced by the opinions of others.B. To prove that people are easily influenced by the opinions of others.C.
34、To train the confederates of the experimenter as independent-minded.D. To describe how people would be influenced by the opinions of others.3. In the last paragraph, according to the author, why wouldnt one help the woman?A. He thinks he has no responsibilities to give a hand.B. He thinks he has nothing to do with it.C. He is too shy to give his helping hand.D. He thinks someone else will offer assistance.4. What method does the author mainly use to develop the text?A. Giving examples.B. Cause-effect analysis. C. Comparative analysis.D. Process analysis.【参考答案】1-4、CBDA
