1、吉林长岭县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练题及答案阅读理解。 Science cant explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血压) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer. Any owner will tall you how much jo
2、y a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress (紧张) levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in
3、 ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets didIt best .Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned Most quickly to baseline heart rates .With pets in the room ,people also made fewer
4、 math mistakes Than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more released (放松)aroundPets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets dont judge.A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating h
5、abits. Researchers at Northwesterm Memorial Hospital spent aYear studying 36 fat people and were put on a diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of56 fat people without pets were put on a diet program. On average，people lost about 11 pounds，Or 5% of their body weight .Their dogs did even bette
6、r，losing an average of 12 pounds，more then15%of their body weight .Dog owners didnt lose any more weight than those without dogs but ,sayResearchers，got more exercise overall mostly with their dogs and found it worth doing.( ) 1. What does the text mainly discuss?AWhat pets bring to their ownersBHow
7、 pets help people calm downCpeoples opinions of keeping petsDPets value in medical research( ) 2. We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if _Ahe has a pet companionBhe has less stress of workChe often dose mental arithmeticDhe is taken care of by
8、his family( ) 3. According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks? AThey have lower blood pressure. BThey become more patient. CThey are less nervous. DThey are in higher spirits.( ) 4. The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that Apeople wit
9、h dogs did more exercise Bdogs lost the same weight as people did Cdogs liked exercise much more than people did Dpeople without dogs found the program unhelpful1.选A。考查主题大意。根据首段，很多研究表明，宠物可以降低血压，提高、心脏病恢复的几率，减少孤独感和传播快乐。2.选A。根据第一段，参见上题解析。3.选C。第二段最后一句话，和宠物在一起人们感到更加的放松。4.选A。最后一段最后一句话，虽然狗主的体重没有多大变化，但是却比没有
10、养狗的人得到更多的锻炼，因为是和他们的狗在一起，他们认为很值得。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。【2014高考训练】A Roger Colmer is a modem-day Horatio Alger heroRoger started out as an unpaid worker in a small flower shopHe has become the owner of a florist company whose sales are well over $l00，000 a year One day when Roger was only twe
11、lve，he stopped at a local flower shopHe asked the owner if he could work fur him，without pay, in order to learn the businessRoger started working every day after school and on weekendsAfter two years on the job，he finally asked for a small salaryThe owners told him he wasnt good enough to be paid”So
12、 he quit ,and found a paying job at another local flower shop。He worked hard there，but after six months they laid him offbecause business was slow Not discouraged, Roger decided to do it alone and started his own flower store in a basementHe started his business with only sixty-five dollarsHe bought
13、 old refrigerators at garage sales and knocked the shelves out This turnedthem into coolers fur his fresh-cut flowersHis business grew rapidly as he built up a reputation for top quality and fine service In l977，Roger bought out the flower store where he had worked without pay for over two yearsThe
14、people who said he wasnt good enough” were astonished to find that they were being taken over by a teenager He had plans to renovate the whole store One of the reasons the owners sold out to Roger was that the store wasnt doing wellBut after Roger took over ownership and redid the store，businessstar
15、ted boomingIn fact, business was so good that after one year, he celebrated by buying out the other store where he had workedRoger then combined both Stores and moved to a location in the center of his town The new store has 2，000 square feet and seven employeesAnd he did it all before he reached th
16、e age of twenty 36.The author is most eager to show that people who want to get ahead in business should A Work without payB own a flower shopC work hard and be persistentD work as teenagers37. Which of the following does NOT describe Roger Comers history in business?A He worked for two years withou
17、t payB He needed luck to be successfulC He opened his first flower business in a basementD He opened a store in the middle of his town38. The style of the passage is mostly like a A newspaper articleB humorous storyC television playD magazine interview39. Which of the following statements about Roge
18、r Conner is NOT true?A He gave customers better service than the other shops he had worked forB He was a very brave and heroic young manC He worked hard without pay in a flower shop in order to get to know the businessD He was free to make decisions on the location of his shop40.From what you know a
19、bout Roger Conner, you can conclude that a “Horatio Alger hero is the kind of person who A works hard in the flower businessB is born into a rich familyC starts out poor and becomes richD becomes famous【参考答案】36-40CBABC 【2014高考训练】Because of the financial crisis in the US and UK, college students are
20、beginning to struggle to find ways to pay their tuition fees and accommodations.Recently, two major US student loan lendersCitibank and JPMorgan Chaseannounced they were leaving the student loan industry altogether. Because banks currently have a lack of credit(存款额), they are reluctant to offer stud
21、ents lowinterest loans(贷款) that need a severalyear wait for any return of interest.In the US, many undergraduates top up their financial needs with a private loan, although the majority can get governmentfunded loans. In the 20052006 academic year, $17 billion in private student loans was used to fi
22、nance higher education. The shortfall in private funding has yet to be covered and will hit many US students hard.Across the Atlantic, UK students have been less troubled by the crisis. Most undergraduates in the UK cover their university expenses with governmentfunded loans and grants(助学金). Their b
23、iggest concern is a sudden steep increase in student rent.Most young professionals now rent houses, since 80 percent of UK mortgage schemes(住房抵押贷款计划) have disappeareda direct result of the credit crisis. This has boosted the house rent market.In large cities, UK students are paying almost 6.5 percen
24、t more in rent than the previous year. Figures from the UK organization Accommodation for Student show students in big cities such as London paying an average weekly rent of $103.Yet, despite students suffering, the number of this years university applications is expected to grow. During economic sl
25、umps, people regard further education as a way to survive tough job markets.60. According to the passage, banks are unwilling to offer students loans because _. A. the students are poor and sometimes they cant pay off the debt B. banks prefer lending the money to the young professionals C. banks don
26、t have enough money left at the present time D. they think college students are not studying hard61. The underlined phrase “top up” in Paragraph 3 probably means _. A. put up B. make upC. fill up D. pick up62. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. UK college students have t
27、o pay more if they want to rent houses. B. More UK students want to further their study in college. C. It is not so easy for US students to loan money now. D. College students tuition fees have risen greatly.63. It can be inferred that _. A. there are no private student loan lenders in the UK B. loa
28、ns for US college students will be increased next year C. private funding falls a little because of higherinterest loans in the US D. private loans play a very important role in financing US students education64. The passage mainly tells us _. A. college students in the US and UK are faced with thei
29、r financial crisis B. it is the duty of the governments to solve college students financial crisis C. private student loan is a good way for college students to overcome the difficulties D. further education is a good way for college students to survive tough job markets【参考答案】6064、CCDDA 社会生活类 .As a
30、professor of business and government policy, Ive long been interested in the pursuit of happiness as a national concept. According to surveys of thousands of people across the land, happy people are keys to making our nation healthy and strong. Happiness, in other words, is important for America. So
31、 when I came across data a couple of years ago saying that certain Americans were living in a manner that contributed to happinesswhile others were notI jumped on it. I wanted to know which personal lifestyles and public policies would make us the happiest nation possible. I also wanted to know whic
32、h of my own values, learned during my childhood and practiced during my career as a university professor, were the most concerned with happiness. First, just what is happiness? Most researchers agree that it involves an assessment of the good and bad in our lives. Its the emotional balance sheet we
33、keep that allows us to say honestly whether were living a happy life, in spite of bad things now and then. You might guess that Americans are getting happier all the time. After all, many are getting richer, and this should make them better able and equipped to follow their dreams. On the other hand
34、, theres a lot of talk about the good old days, when kids could play outside without any worry about being kidnapped. And theres a great deal of stress in this country right now, due to financial concerns, negative workplace environments, and health problems, among other pressing issues. But average
35、 happiness levels in America have stayed largely constant for many years. In 1972, 30 percent of the population said they were very happy with their lives. In 1982, 31 percent said so, and in 2006, 31 percent said so as well. The percentage saying they were not too happy was generally stopping over
36、at around 13 percent. The factors that add up to a happy life for most people are not what we typically hear about. However, the key to happiness, and the difference between happy and unhappy Americans, is a life that reflects values and practices like faith, hard work, marriage, charity, and freedo
37、m. 1. The author intends to tell readers. A. why we need to be happyB. what we should do for the countryC. how the people are getting happierD. where the Americans like to stay for happiness2. According to the text, what is happiness? A. Our values being accepted by society. B. The balance of our fe
38、elings in any situation. C. The great material wealth we possess. D. The contributions we have made for society. 3. From the text we can learn that. A. the American people are far happier than beforeB. all the American people can realize their dreams in lifeC. American public security used to be bet
39、ter than nowD. people felt more stressed in the past4. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph means. A. growingB. decliningC. unchangedD. terrible5. What will be talked about in the next part of the passage? A. Winning the lottery can make a person happier. B. Being offered a good job is the reason for happiness. C. All kinds of reasons for not being happy. D. Detailing values and practices like faith, hard work. 【参考答案】23.ABCCD