1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家揭阳市2016高考英语二轮：（寒假）阅读理解选练（1）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen I met him，I had a lot of anger inside of me. Ive lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem，but in my neighborhood，there are shootups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up .I have friends
2、 who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way，too，but Mr. Clark wouldnt let that happen.Mr. Clark worked long hours，making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact，the scores of our whole class rose. One day，he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera ，and it was the first time so
3、me kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show，he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.Mr. Clark was selected as Disneys 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat；those students would
4、 to with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names，Mr. Clark said，“Youre all going.”On graduation day，there were a lot of tears. We didnt want his class to end. In 2001，he moved to Atlanta，but we always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education，and wro
5、te a bestselling book based on his classroom rules，The Essential 55.In 2003，Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit the orphanages (孤儿院)It was the most amazing experience of my life. Its now my dream to one day start a group of womens clubs，helping pe
6、ople from all backgrounds.21Without Mr. Clark，the writer _.Amight have been put into prisonBmight not have won the prizeCmight have joined a womens clubDmight not have moved to Atlanta22The Essential 55 is _.Aa show Ba speech Ca classroom rule Da book23What can we learn from the passage?AIt was in H
7、arlem that we saw The Phantom of the Opera for the first time.BMr. Clark taught us not to talk with our mouths full，and we did.CMr. Clark was selected as Disneys 2000 Teacher of the Year in Los Angeles.DIn 2003，Mr. Clark moved to Atlanta，and he always kept in touch with us.24In the passage，the write
8、r intends to tell us that _.AMr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelingBMr. Clark helped to set up a group of womens clubsCa good teacher can help raise his or her students scoresDa good teacher has a good influence on his or her students 参考答案21-24ADBD BIts hard not to feel cheated an
9、d over-charged when you receive unexpected roaming (漫游) charges while traveling abroadwhether they come from making phone calls or checking e-mails.Jeff Gardner received an $ 11,000 bill from Verizon after spending four days in Jamaica. Before the trip, Mr. Gardner, who runs a fly-fishing business i
10、n Grayling, Michigan, said he called Verizon to find out what it would cost to use his cellphone for calls and his wireless card to check e-mails while in Jamaica. He said he was told that calls would be about $ 2 a minute and that there would be no extra charges for data as he was on an unlimited p
11、lan. The latter part turned out to be wrong.“I dont mind paying a fair amount for fair service, but $11,000 for four days is ridiculous,” said Mr. Gardner, who used his phone carefully and economically on the trip. He also tried to check and send e-mails using his wireless card, but quickly gave up
12、after the e-mails didnt go through. Still, his Verizon bill said more than 500,000 kilobytes (千字节) of data was delivered while he was in Jamaica, an amount Mr. Gardner said is 100 times what he normally uses in a month.As travelers increasingly use smart phones abroad in the same way they do at home
13、to check e-mails, update Facebook and Twitter and pull up online mapsmany are facing costly roaming fees, which providers charge when customers use their phones outside their service area. In fact, roaming charges have gotten so out of hand that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a p
14、lan that would require wireless companies to send their customers a voice or text message when they are approaching their plans limit, when they have reached that limit and when they are starting to result in roaming fees.25. Why did Jeff Gardner call Verizon before his trip to Jamaica?A. To hand ov
15、er his business. B. To check his cellphone billC. To find out information about Jamaica.D. To find out information about roaming charges.26. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Extra charges were made for Jeff Gardners data delivery.B. Jeff Gardners calls were charged over $2 pe
16、r minute.C. Jeff Gardners plan turned out to be limited.D. Jeff Gardner had difficulty delivering data abroad.27. During the trip, Jeff Gardner_.A. was careless with phone use B. delivered no more data than at homeC. received quite poor e-mail servicesD. frequently used his wireless card to send e-m
17、ails28. What should wireless companies do according to the Federal Communications Commission?A. Make customers know when theyre outside their service area.B. Get customers informed when theyre near the limit of their plan.C. Stop serving customers when theyve reached their plans limit.D. Limit some
18、services to reduce the amount of roaming charges abroad.参考答案25-28DACB CAnais Nin was a famous writer. Nin was born French-Cuban but lived in the United States in her later years of life till she died. Nins works had her relationships with authors, artists, and other figures as the main subject. Some
19、 of her writings were made into films. Nin was also a visiting lecturer in several colleges and promoted Womens Movement with her strong writings.Anais Nin was born in France in 1903. Her father was a Spanish artist and a composer living in Cuba (古巴) where he met her mother, a French singer working
20、in Cuba. As a child Nin was brought up in Spain. When her parents separated, Nin and her two brothers moved to New York with their mother. At the age of 16, Nin decided to give up studying and started to work as a dancer and model to reduce the financial burden on her mother so that her brothers cou
21、ld go on with their studies.In 1923, Nin got married to her husband, Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba. In 1924, Nin and Hugh moved to Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing. Nin wrote her first book in print, D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study in 16 days. In 1939,
22、Nin left Paris as it was a French governments request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war. Nin returned to New York with Hugh and sent her written books to Frances Steioff of the Gotham Book Mart in New York for safekeeping.In 1931, Nin wrote her book Henry and Jun: From the Un
23、expurgated Diary of Anais Nin. In 1936, Nin published House of Incest which was a 72-page fiction novelNin also appeared and was a part of various films. In 1973, Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate (荣誉博士学位) by the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1974, Nin was elected to the United States Na
24、tional Institute of Arts and Letters.In 1977, Nin died in her Los Angeles home after battling with cancer for three years.29. What can we know about Anais Nin from the first paragraph?A. She was a native American. B. She started Womens MovementC. She gave lectures in several colleges.D. She wrote ma
25、inly about her family life.30. Why did Anais Nin give up studying at the age of 16?A. Because she wanted to help support her family.B. Because her parents divorced.C. Because she wanted to realize her dream of becoming an artistD. Because she moved from country to country.31 In 1939 Nin and her husb
26、and moved back to New York to_ .A. enter the film industry B. stay away from warC. have her books published D. promote her new books32. What is the passage mainly about?A. The awards Anais Nin won. B. Anais Nin and her incomplete family.C. The hardship Anais Nin experienced. D. Anais Nin and her gre
27、at achievements,参考答案29-32CABD DFor thousands of years, mankind has produced plants and animals to create more desired and useful plants and animals. For example, modern com has been produced to such a large size that it is no longer able to reproduce without mans assistance. Modern dairy cows produc
28、e too much milk and if they are not often emptied of milk, they could leak, burst, become infected, and possibly die. Besides, most dogs raised by people can not survive in the wild even with special training.Since natural evolution is extremely slow and mankinds selective production programs only t
29、ake a few generations to produce a completely new species, natural evolution has already taken a back seat to mankinds production programs. In addition, mankind has successfully killed off several species all together. For example, there are no more European wolves in existence and mammoths (猛犸象) pr
30、obably died out because of mankind. Even certain diseases have been permanently got rid of from the planet, and dozens of other diseases will soon be too. Again, natural evolution did it cause most of the destruction during mans rule of the world.Currently, scientists are creating new species with d
31、esired characteristics in the lab significantly faster than natural evolution creates new species. In a single generation, new species can be created and destroyed by mankind, while natural evolution could take thousands of years to do the same but only accidentally. Scientists are even able to repl
32、ace defective (有缺陷的) or damaged genes with different genes to attempt to cure genetic defects. This is something that natural evolution could possibly never correct.Eventually scientists will even be able to improve the quality of people. For example, imagine not only correcting your eyesight with g
33、ene treatment, but also ensuring that all of your children do not receive your old genes of poor eyesight too. Scientists will one day be able to improve the memory and intelligence of your children, so that they will do better in school and achieve more in life. Doctors and scientists will be able
34、to customize (订制) babies before they are born just like picking options at a car store.33.According to the first paragraph,_ .A. man-made evolution has improved all speciesB. man-made evolution has weakened some speciesC man-made evolution can make up for all natural lossesD. natural evolution wont
35、happen without mans assistance34. What does the underlined part “taken a back seat to” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Become powerful assistance to. B. Become a huge barrier to.C Speeded up the process of. D. Played a less important role than.35 What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?A. Why natural evolution happens so slowly.B. The way scientists adopt to have genetic defects repaired.C. The advantages of man-made evolution over natural evolution.D. How scientists make use of man-made evolution to create new species.参考答案33-35BDC- 6 - 版权所有高考资源网
