1、江苏南通市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（含答案）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。 When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dads lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, wa
2、s certain “Love you!” she had written on the napkin. “ Meat loaf for supper!”Mom penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins, and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. Whe
3、n my kids were young, Id glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches(素描) of our dog, Max, along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers, Id copy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example, or Bruce Springsteen. Then, my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes
4、. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because hes all about being green.Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Mauras mom always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on
5、 her kids bananas.Were into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson, Clayton, spends the night, he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week, I drew a picture of me, waving widely and shouting his name. He took
6、one look at it and screamed, “ Wheres Grandpa?” I added a man in a clean shirt. “ You forgot his tie,” he said. I quickly drew a line of stripes(条纹) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa,” he whispered, running his fingers across the napkin. “Its you!”1. When the author first saw Dad
7、s lunch box notes, she felt _.A. moved B. surprised C. proud D. nervous2. What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?A. Words of love. B. Famous words of wisdom. C. Drawings of their favorite animals. D. Pictures of flowers.3. It can be inferred that _.A. the author
8、s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins. B. the authors children dislike making lunch box notes. C. the authors husband is an environmentalist. D. the authors friends all had their brand of lunch box notes.4. Whats the best title for the text? A. Lunches packed with love.B. Different brands of
9、lunch box notes. C. Old generations way of expressing love.D. Some interesting family traditions.参考答案14、BBCA 阅读理解。 Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the citys poorest areas. Two-thirds of the
10、 people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families. The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放
11、)while also cutting costs. Fox Point is operated by Palladian, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy, people. Palladian received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers. ECP has cr
12、eated national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. Meeting the standards increases housing constru
13、ction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.Michael. Bloomberg, New Yorks mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York Citys greenhouse-gas e
14、missions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing. So he recently announced that the citys Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the citys supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECPs gr
15、een standards. Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New Yorks DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.( ) 1. What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph? A. To explain the measures the city tak
16、es to care for poor people. B. To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.C. To show how the environment-friendly building works.D. To compare old and new boiler rooms.( ) 2. What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards? A. Lower running costs. B. Co
17、sting less in construction. C. Less air to be lost in hot days. D. Better prices for homeless people.( ) 3. It can be learned from the text that, A. New York City is seriously polluted B. peoples daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York CityC. a great number of people in New York City don
18、t have houses to live inD. some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City( ) 4. What is the main purpose of this text? A. To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.B. To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.C. To ask society to he
19、lp homeless people and low-income families.D. To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.语篇解读：本篇文章为科技说明文。作者以Fox Point居住群的boiler rooms为切入点，阐述此类房子的环保节能的优点，以及各城市特别是纽约队建造此类建筑的积极响应。1. 答案：C考点：作者的写作意图解析：从第一段最后两句，作者描述开水房仅是从一个侧面展示整个建筑群的节能，环保，可以得出答案。2. 答案：A考点：细节理解解析：依据文章第三段倒数第二句：Meeti
20、ng the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs.可得到答案。句意为“达到这一标准会将建筑成本提高2%，但很快会被它的低成本运行成本补回”3. 答案：B考点：细节理解解析：依据文章第四段第二句：Almost 80% of New York Citys greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing.可得
21、出答案4. 答案：D考点：作者的写作目的解析：本文主要让读者了解这类健康、环保、经济类住房。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 majority of Indian women wear a red dot (圆点) between their eyebrows. While it is generally taken as an indicator of their marital (婚姻的) status, the practice is primarily related to the Hindu religion.
22、 The dot goes by different names in different Hindi dialects(方言), and “bindi” is the one that is most commonly known. Traditionally, the dot carries no gender restriction: Men as well as women wear it. However, the tradition of men wearing it has faded in recent times, so nowadays we see a lot more
23、women than men wearing one.The position of the bindi is standard: center of the forehead, close to the eyebrows. It represents a third, or inner eye. Hindu tradition holds that all people have three eyes: The two outer ones are used for seeing the outside world, and the third one is there to focus i
24、nward toward God. As such, the dot serves as a constant reminder to keep God in the front of a believers thoughts.Red is the traditional color of the dot. It is said that in ancient times a man would place a drop of blood between his wifes eyes to seal their marriage. According to Hindu beliefs, the
25、 color red is believed to bring good fortune to the married couple. Today, people go with different colors depending upon their preferences. Women often wear dots that match the color of their clothes. Decorative or sticker bindis come in all sizes, colors and variations, and can be worn by young an
26、d old, married and unmarried people alike. Wearing a bindi has become more of a fashion statement than a religious custom.1. Why did people in India start wearing a red dot on their forehead?A. To show their religious belief.B. To show their financial status.C. To indicate their social rank.D. To hi
27、ghlight their family background.2. What is the importance of the third eye in Hindu tradition?A. To stay in harmony with nature.B. To pay respect to God.C. To see things with a subjective view.D. To observe the outside world more clearly. 3. Why was red chosen as the original color of the bindi?A. T
28、he red dot represented the blood of God.B. Red stood for a wifes love for her husband.C. The word “bindi” means “red” in some Hindi dialects.D. Red was supposed to bring good luck to a married couple.参考答案13、ABD 阅读理解- Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims b
29、efore it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young .They build their homes about 4.6m above the river ,an important feature(特征)for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin. In appearance，the birds of both sexes loo
30、k very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside .The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young. Baby hoatzins h
31、ave a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip .Using these four claws ,together with the beak(喙),they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.During
32、the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.( ) 1. What is the text mainly about? AHoatzins in dry and rai
33、ny seasons. BThe relatives and enemies of hoatzins. CPrimitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon. DThe appearance and living habits of hoatzins.( ) 2. Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that Athey look like young cuckoos Bthey have claws on the wings Cthey eat a lot like a cow Dthey l
34、ive on river banks( ) 3. What can we infer about primitive birds from the text? AThey had claws to help them climb. BThey could fly long distances. CThey had four wings like hoatzins. DThey had a head with long feathers on the top.( ) 4. Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the ra
35、iny season comes? ATo find more food. BTo protect themselves better. CTo keep themselves warm.DTo produce their young.A篇1.选D。考查文章主题大意。纵观全文，文章主要讲的是hoatzin麝雉，这种鸟类的外貌以及生活习性。2.选B。根据第一段has claws(爪)on its wings when young,和第三段可知，hoatzin在幼年期是有爪子的，而长大学会飞之后就没有了。3.选A。关键是primitive“原始的，早期的”的意思。第三段第二句话。4.选D。最后一段
36、最后一句话。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 joy a pet brings. For so
37、me, 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 ice water. Subjects c
38、ompleted 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 math mistakes Than wh
39、en 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 habits. Researchers at
40、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 better，losing an average of
41、 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 pets help people calm
42、 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 his family( ) 3. Accor
43、ding 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 with dogs did more exerci
44、se Bdogs lost the same weight as people did Cdogs liked exercise much more than people did Dpeople without dogs found the program unhelpfulB篇1.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。
