1、广西柳州市2016高考英语阅读理解【二轮】选练（1）及答案2016高考训练题。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。The first visit to a foreign country that I can remember was when I was about seven years old. We lived about 5 miles away from the Canadian border(边界). My family and I went to Parc Safari, Quebec, a wonderful place that
2、has animals and rides. We drove down a nice long road. My sister and I sat in the back of the car, and it was a hatchback(有仓门式后背的汽车) so we opened it up. I remember feeding the animals snacks we had bought for ourselves.When we arrived, there were not monkeys because they had escaped and had not been
3、 found. I remember thinking to myself, how cool it would be to see a monkey in our backyard.Even though the monkeys were not there it was still so much fun. When we reached the area that had camels, giraffes and other animals, I remember one of the camels reached into the car to get our snacks. Howe
4、ver, we were a little gross out because the camels seemed to froth(吐白沫) at the mouth and we had camel slobber(口水) all over the car and us.It was one of the best family vacations that I can remember. It was not too far from home, it was in a different country and it was with my family. I cannot remem
5、ber if we went on the rides or not but seeing many animals was a great time. Now I am grown up and have a son, and I am planning to go there again. He is 7 years old and I think he is at a great age to enjoy a trip like this. I am sure it has changed a lot over the years but it will still be a great
6、 family trip.1. Where did the author live when he was 7 years old?A. In Canada B. In the central USC. Near the Canadian border D. In Parc Safari2. During the trip, the author _.A. saw a monkey B. fed some monkeysC. was angry with the giraffes D. had been in close contact with the camels3. What does
7、the underlined part “gross out” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. uncomfortable B. excited C. tired D. surprised4. What does the author intend to do?A. To have a holiday abroad with his parents.B. To take his 7-year-old son to a zoo.C. To revisit the place he went to at seven.D. To have a family trip
8、in his own country.参考答案14、CDAC 2016高考训练题。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。The most important day Helen Keller remembered in all her life was the one on which her teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to her. It was three months before she was seven years old. On the afternoon of that day, Helen knew t
9、hat something was happening. She went outside and waited at the door of the house. She could feel the sun on her face and she could touch the leaves of the plants. Then she felt someone walking towards her. She thought it was her mother and she went to her and held her close. This was the teacher wh
10、o had come to teach all things to her and, above all, to love her. The next morning, the teacher took her into her room and gave her a doll. When Helen was playing with it, Miss. Sullivan slowly spelled the word “doll” onto her hand. Helen learnt a lot of words like this. After the teacher had been
11、with her for several weeks, Helen understood that everything had a name. One day Helen didnt understand the difference between “mug” and “water”. She became angry and threw the doll on the floor. In her quiet, dark world she didnt feel sorry for doing it. Then her teacher took her out into the warm
12、sunshine. They walked down to the well where someone was drawing water. Her teacher put her hand under the water and spelled the word “water” at the same time in her other hand. Suddenly, Helen felt an understanding. She knew then that “water” was the wonderful cool something flowing over her hand.
13、That living word awakened her spirit, gave it light, hope, fun and set it free! 1. How was the girl different from other children？ A. She didnt know how to play games. B. She was angry all the time. C. She couldnt speak. D. She was deaf and blind. 2. Helen learnt new words when _. A. she went to the
14、 well B. Miss. Sullivan spelled them on her hand C. the teacher gave her a doll D. she knew the difference between two words 3. What can the reader learn from the passage？ A. How to spell different words and understand their meanings. B. The way to feel sorry for doing something wrong. C. The idea o
15、f how to describe things and make them feel real. D. When someone is drawing water, we should go to feel it. 参考答案13、DBC阅读理解-B“Benjamin Franklin,” Walter Isaacson tells us at the beginning of his long (but never boring) new biography, “is the founding father who winks at us.” By that, Isaacson explai
16、ns, he means Franklin is the most humanand most modernof the men who shaped the American republic. We admire Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but they remain creatures of the 18th century. The man we encounter in “Benjamin Franklin”funny, pragmatic and selfaware seems like one of us, or at least som
17、eone wed like to be.Unlike Washingtons cherry tree, Franklins kite was real. His experiments with electricity made him one of the great scientists of his day. He was a middleclass businessman whose success as a printer and a journalist allowed him to retire at 42and he devoted the rest of his life t
18、o his country. He was diplomat who persuaded the French to back the American Revolution and the author of the first great American autobiography. He was an excellent swimmer. There was almost nothing he couldnt do well, except write poetry. But what truly distinguished Franklin was his talent of bei
19、ng great and human at the same time. He owned slaves as a younger man, but in his last years became an abolitionist(废奴主义者).When he fathered an illegitimate(私生的) son, he acknowledged his fatherhood and took the responsibility of raising the boy.He seems strange today in the joy he took in compiling a
20、nd creating all those self- improvement maxims he published in Poor Richards Almanac(年鉴) “early to bed, early to rise” and so on. Generations of lazy boys could have been happier without that. But he was no hypocrite(伪君子). Isaacson tells us Franklin practiced what he preached, and often laughed at h
21、imself while he did so.By a happy accident, this is the second excellent biography of Franklin to appear in two years, after Edmund S.Morgans inspiring “Benjamin Franklin.” 6. What type of literature does this passage belong to?A.Research paper.B.Book review.C. Biography. D.Short story.7. The underl
22、ined word “maxims” in Paragraph 3 probably means_.A.proverbs B.standardsC.requests D.orders8. With the fact that Franklin shouldered the responsibilities of raising his illegitimate son, the author wants to prove that_.A.Franklin had made a big fortune in his business before he got devoted to politi
23、esB.Franklin might be the only parent to support the child at that timeC.Franklin was a great man who seems human to usD.Franklin was improving his character when he got on in ages9. The underlined word “himself” in Paragraph 3 refers to_.A.Richards Almanac B.Walter isaacsonC.anyone of the readers.
24、D.Benjamin Franklin10. In which part of a magazine can we most probably find this article?A.Society and the Arts. B.Current Affairs.C.Business Report. D.Advertisement.【参考答案】610、BACDA 阅读理解-CMany private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not all will be saved, and perh
25、aps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there are low-quality businesses. We have no duty to save them simply because they exist.But many promising institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they are caught in a f
26、inancial squeeze, with no way to reduce rising cost or increase income significantly. Raising tuition doesnt bring in more income, for each time tuition goes up, the enrollment goes down, or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or priv
27、ate, not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.It is such colleges, promising but threatened, that I
28、worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollment, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are inherently (固有地) better than public schools. There are man
29、y examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant, and therefore diversity is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a
30、 healthy diversity in the forms of education. In an imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous, In an imperfect society, diversity is a positive good. Supporters of public higher education know the importance of sustaining private higher educatio
31、n.11.According to the authors opinion schools are bad businesses because of _.A. mismanagementB. too few studentsC. too many studentsD. the nature of schools12. The author used the phrase “go under” (Sentence 3, Para. 3) to mean _.A. get into difficultiesB. have low enrollmentC. have low tuitionD. b
32、ring in more money13. We can reasonably conclude from this passage that the author made an appeal to the public in order to support _A. public institutionsB. private schoolsC. uniformity of educationD. high quality of education14. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. High-quality private
33、 schools deserve to be saved.B. If the tuition is raised, the enrollment goes down.C. There are many cases to show that public schools are better that private schools.D. Private schools have more money than public schools.15. Which of the following ways could possibly save private schools?A. Raising tuition.B. Full enrollment.C. National awareness and support.D. Reduction of rising cost.【参考答案】1115、DABDC
