1、四川安岳县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解练习题及答案阅读理解主旨大意题、标题概括题。 (2015年河北唐山模拟)My 16-year-old son, Anton, had gone to the local swimming hole. Most of the kids swim there, and there are plenty of rocks for them to use as safe harbors, so I had no fears for his safety.Still, the firefighters first words” You need to come
2、up here to the Still water River” made me catch my breath, and his follow-up words gave me relief: “You son is OK.”When I got to the river, I immediately saw the fire truck, ambulance and Anton, wrapped with a towel about his shoulders, sitting quietly on a low platform of the fire engine.I hurried
3、over to him. “You OK?” I asked.“Yeah,” was all he said. But my eyes begged for an explanation, I didnt get it from my son, however, who tends to play his cards close to his vest.The story was this; a woman was being swept under water. Hearing the cries, Anton and his friend Tyler, without hesitation
4、, swam out to her, and brought her safely to shore.In an age in which the wore “hero” is broadcast with abandon and seemingly applied to anyone who make it through the day, I realized the real thing in my son. The teens are stubborn and self-centred, but that didnt mean they have no desire to do goo
5、d.Still shocked by my sons daring, I drove him home. Along the way, I tried to dig out some more information from himbut he had precious little to say. The only words he said were, “Whats for supper?”I spent some time alone that evening, thinking about the tragedy that might have been. The next morn
6、ing, when Anton got up, I half expected him to tell me the story. But all he did was toast some bread, pull himself together, and head for the door to start a new day. Watching from the window. I was reminded that still water often runs deep.1. Why did the mother allow her son to swim there?A. He wa
7、s an excellent swimmer.B. The water of the river is shallow.C. He was old enough to swimD. The rocks can be of help of theres danger2. The underlined part “who tends to play his cards close to his vest” probably means .A. Anton is a boy fond of swimming with other kidsB. Anton is unwilling to tell o
8、thers what he thinksC. Anton always has a desire to help othersD. Anton seldom changes his mind3. In the mothers eyes, what her son did was A. Dangerous but interesting B. meaningful but difficultC. unexpected and courageous D. awful and absurd4. What might be the best title for the passage?A, My So
9、n, My Hero B. Anton, A Silent Boy C. A Good Deed D. A proud Mother语篇解读 本文主要讲述的是作者的儿子去游泳时救人的故事。在母亲的眼里，她的儿子做的事情意想不到的，并且他很勇敢。1. D 细节理解题。根据Most of the kids swim there, and there, and there are plenty of rocks for them to use ad safe harbors, so I had no fears for his safety. 可知选D。2. B 细节理解题。根据But my eye
10、s begged for an explanation, I didnt get it from my son, however, who tends to play his cards close to his vest.可知，划线部分的意思是Anton不愿意告诉别人他在想什么。3. C 推理判断题。根据Still shocked by my sons daring, I drove him home. 可知，在母亲的眼里，她的儿子做的事情是意想不到的，并且很勇敢。4. A 主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲述的是作者的儿子救人的故事。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。(K
11、illing in the Name of God Ugandan Deaths Spotlight Rise of Cults) How could faith beget such evil? After hundreds of members of a Ugandan cult, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, died in what first appeared to be a suicidal fire in the village of Kanungu two weeks age,
12、police found 153 bodies buried in a compound used by the cult in Buhunga, 25 miles away. When investigators searched the house of a cult leader in yet another village, they discovered 155 bodies, many buried under the concrete floor of the house. Then scores more were dug up at a cult members home.
13、Some had been poisoned; others, often-young children, strangled. By weeks end, Ugandan police had counted 924 victims including at least 530 who burned to death inside the sealed church exceeding the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide and killings by followers of American cult leader Jim Jones that claimed
14、 913 lives. Authorities believe two of the cults leaders, Joseph Kibwetere, a 68-year-old former Roman Catholic catechism teacher who started the cult in 1987, and his “prophetess, ” Credonia Mwerinde, by some accounts a former prostitute who claimed to speak for the Virgin Mary, may still be alive
15、and on the run. The pair had predicted the world would end on Dec. 31, 1999. When that didnt happen, followers who demanded the return of their possessions, which they had to surrender on joining the cult, may have been systematically killed. The Ugandan carnage focuses attention on the proliferatio
16、n of religious cults in East Africas impoverished rural areas and city slums. According to the institute for the study of American religion, which researches cults and sects, there are now more than 5,000 indigenous churches in Africa, some with apocalyptic or revolutionary leanings. One such group
17、is the Jerusalem Church of Christ in Nairobis Kawangwara slums, led by Mary Snaida-Akatsa, or “mommy” as she is known to her thousands of followers. She prophesies about the end of the world and accuses some members of being witches. One day the brought a “special visitor” to church, an Indian Sikh
18、man she claimed was Jesus, and told her followers to “repent or pay the consequences.” Most experts say Africas hardships push people to seek hope in religious cults. “These groups thrive because of poverty,” says Charles Onyango Obbo, editor of the Monitor, an independent newspaper in Uganda, and a
19、 close observer of cults. “People have no support, and theyre susceptible to anyone who is able to tap into their insecurity.” Additionally, they say, AIDS, which has ravaged East Africa, may also breed a fatalism that helps apocalyptic notions take root. Some Africans turn to cults after rejecting
20、mainstream Christian churches as “Western” or “non-African.” Agnes Masitsa, 30, who used to attend a Catholic church before she joined the Jerusalem Church of Christ, says of Catholicism: “Its dull.” Catholic icons. Yet, the Ugandan doomsday cult, like many of the sects, drew on features of Roman Ca
21、tholicism, a strong force in the region. Catholic icons were prominent in its buildings, and some of its leaders were defrocked priests, such as Dominic Kataribabo, 32, who reportedly studied theology in the Los Angeles area in the mid-1980s. He had told neighbors he was digging a pit in his house t
22、o install a refrigerator; police have now recovered 81 bodies from under the floor and 74 from a field nearby. Police are unsure whether Kataribabo died in the church fire. Still, there is the question: How could so many killings have been carried out without drawing attention? Villagers were aware
23、of Kibweteres sect, whose followers communicated mainly through sign language and apparently were apprehensive about violating any of the cults commandments. There were suspicions. Ugandan president Yoweri Mseveni told the BBC that intelligence reports about the dangerous nature of the group had bee
24、n suppressed by some government officials. On Thursday, police arrested an assistant district commissioner, the Rev. Amooti Mutazindwa, for allegedly holding back a report suggesting the cult posed a security threat. Now, there are calls for African governments to monitor cults more closely. Says Gi
25、lbert Ogutu, a professor of religious studies at the University of Nairobi: “When cult leaders lose support, they become dangerous.”1.Why did so may Ugandans die in faith?A Many of them were killed for asking for the return of their possessions.They found the cults leaders had cheated them.C They lo
26、st faith in cults.D They are willing to die.2.The main reason of peoples joining the cults isA poverty.insecurity.C AIDS.D fatalism.3.What does Mary Snaide Akatsa prophesy?A She prophesies the world will be flooded.She prophesies the world will be in fire.C She prophesies about the end of the world.
27、D She prophesies he followers should die in faith.4.Why do some Africans reject Christian Churches?A They feel Christianity is dull.They reject Christian Churches as Western or non-African.C They are susceptible.D They are dangerous persons.5.How could so many killing have been carried out without d
28、rawing attention?A The cult acted secretly.The government officials did not see through its dangerous nature.C There were no preventive measures.D People were frightened.Vocabulary1.beget 产生，引起，招致2.cult 祭礼，狂烈的崇拜（者），迷信，邪教pound 院子，场地4.strangle 扼死，闷死5.carnage 残杀，大屠杀，成堆的尸体6.catechism 教理问答7.prophet 预言者，先
29、知8.on the run 在逃9.proliferation 扩散，繁殖10.indigenous 本土的，土生土张的11.apocalypse （基督教）启事（录）圣经新约12.be susceptible 易受人影响13.ravage 蹂躏，劫掠14.fatalism 宿命论15.apocalyptic 预警16.icon （东正教）圣像17.doomsday 世界末日18.Jerusalem 耶路撒冷，喻：天堂19.Kenya 肯尼亚20.Nairobi 内罗毕，肯尼亚首都21.mommy 嬷嬷mother22.repent 忏悔23.Sikh 锡克教（信徒）24.defrock 免去
30、圣职的。这里指：免去圣职的牧师25.sect 宗教小组26.pose 提问难句译注1. the Movement for the restoration of the Ten Commandments of God【结构简析】Ten commandments 十戒，是圣经中上帝再西奈山上给予摩西（犹太人的古代领袖）十大行为的神圣准则：a) have no other god.b) Do not make or warship idols.c) Do not take the word of the lord in vain.d) Keep the Sabbath holy.e) Honor o
31、nes father and mother.f) Do not kill.g) Do not commit adultery.h) Do not steal.i) Do not give false evidence.j) Do not covet anothers property or wife.这十戒为犹太教、基督教的教条。 【参考译文】这是乌干达回复上帝十戒运动头目以上帝的名义在2000年屠杀了924名信徒。2. the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide and killings by followers of American cult leader Jim J
32、ones that claimed 913 lives.这是指美国的一个邪教组织人民圣殿教。1978年11月19日教徒在教主Jim Jones的蒙骗或胁迫下在圭亚那集体自杀或扼杀（或强制和下Kool-Aid）或遭袭击而死。人数高达913。此后Jones一词意为残忍的人。杀人的地点就成为Jonestown。3. they are susceptible to any one who is able to tap into their insecurity.【参考译文】他们易受任何人的影响，这些人能利用他们不安的情绪。4. drew on features of Roman Catholicism
33、.【参考译文】利用罗马天主教义等特点。写作方法与文章大意 文章以因果写作方法，先提出各种邪教残害的人数，然后一一点出邪教兴起的原因：人民贫穷、艾滋病之猖獗，为宿命论提供了温床。加上邪教头目种种欺骗手段：如世界末日来临利用一些正教教义或以基督、圣母玛利亚的身份出现控制、麻木信徒，一旦欺骗手段暴露信徒就惨遭杀害。答案详解1. A 许多人由于要归还他们的财产而遭到杀害。答案见第二段倒数第二句，这一对邪教领袖曾预言世界将于1999年12月31日借宿世界末日来临。结果并没有发生，追随者就要求归还他们在入教时献上的一切，而遭到有计划有步骤地杀害。B. 他们发现邪教头目欺骗他们。这只是起因之一，如果发现后不
34、吭声也许不会遭劫。C.他们对邪教失去了信任。D. 他们愿意去死。2. A 贫穷。主要原因就是穷。答案见第四段。许多专家认为非洲之艰苦生活促使人民在邪教中寻找希望。这些邪教群体之兴起就是因为贫穷。人民没有支柱、保障，很容易受影响。任何人都可利用他们不安的情绪。其次艾滋病在东非之猖獗，培育出宿命论观点，从而帮助预示可怕事情即将来临的思想扎根于心灵。B.不安全。C.艾滋病。D.宿命论。3. C 她预言世界末日。A.她预言世界将遭水淹。B.她预言世界将烧光。D.她预言她的追随者将死于信仰。4. B 他们把基督教会视为西方的或非非洲的而拒之门外。见第五段：有些非洲人在把基督教会视作西方的或非非洲的而拒之
35、门外后皈依邪教。A.认为基督教非常沉闷单调。C.他们易受影响。D.他们是一伙危险人物。5. A 邪教行动神秘。例：第一段中描述的好几百乌干达邪教组织成员死于初看好像是自杀性的火焰之中（自焚），在一个场院诱发现了153具尸体，在搜查邪教头目的房子中又发现了156具尸体，许多埋于房子的混凝土地板下面，还有好几十具从邪教成员家中挖出，其中有些人被毒死。其他，特别是孩子都是扼杀（窒息而死）。共计924人，至少有530人烧死在封闭的教堂里。倒数第三段，乌干达世界末日邪教一个头目免去圣职的牧师，据说80年代中他研究神学，他告诉邻居他在家挖一个地窖放冰箱。现在警察发现地板下81具尸体，附近一场地74具尸体。
36、上述两例都是神秘杀害，至于要归还财产之人更遭神秘杀害了。B.政府官员没有看出邪教的危险性（原因之一）。C.没有防范措施。D.人民害怕。社会生活类 In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”, John Keynes, a famous economist, wrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs, which are independent of what others have, and relative needs, whi
37、ch make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought that although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的) , this is not true of absolute needs.Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. He was greatly mistaken, however, in seei
38、ng this desire as the only source of insatiable demands. Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demand for almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to
39、 others probably never comes to them. Their goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demands for quality. For example, Porsche, a famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the market. P
40、riced at over $120,000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2004, the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling and acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To get them, however, the
41、y must pay almost four times the price.By placing the desire to be superior to other at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.64. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3?A. They w
42、ant to show their superiority.B. They find specialty important to meals.C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied.D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.65. What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Understanding.B. Increase. C. Difference.D. Study.66. The author of the passage argues that _.A. absolute needs have no limitsB. demands for quality are not insatiableC. human desires influence ideas of qualityD. relative needs decide most of our spending【参考答案】3.64-66 DBA
