1、江苏海门市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解选习附答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。When Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer，she rented a typewriter，put it on the kitchen table，and began typing each morning before the kids went to school.When the kids came home，she moved the typewriter and mad
2、e them dinner.When they went to bed，she moved it back and typed some more.For two years，Debbie followed this routine.Supermom had become a struggling writer and she was loving every minute of it.One night，however，her husband，said to her，“Honey，Im sorry，but youre not bringing in any income.We cant do
3、 this anymore.We cant survive on just what I make.”That night，her heart broken and her mind too busy to let her sleep.She stared at the ceiling in their darkened bedroom.Debbie knewwith all of the responsibilities of keeping up a house and looking after four kidsthat working 40 hours a week would le
4、ave her no time to write.Seeing her despair，her husband woke up and asked，“Whats wrong？”“I really think I could have made it as a writer，I really do.”Wayne was silent for a long time，and then said，“All right，honey，go for it.”So Debbie returned to her dream and her typewriter on the kitchen table，pou
5、nding out page after page for another two years.Her family went without vacations，pinched pennies，and wore handmedowns.But the sacrifice and the persistence finally paid off.After five years of struggling，Debbie sold her first book.Then another.And another.Until finally，today，Debbie has published mo
6、re than 100 books，three of which have been sold for movies.Over 60 million copies are in print，and she has millions of loyal fans.And Wayne？All that sacrifice in support of his wife paid off handsomely.He got to retire at age 50 and now spends his time building an airplane in the basement of their 7
7、,000 squarefoot mansion.Debbies kids got a gift far more important than a few summer camps.As adults，they realize what Debbie gave them was far more importantpermission and encouragement to pursue their own dreams.【语篇解读】 本文主要讲述了Debbie Macomber坚持不懈地追逐自己的梦想，最后取得成功的故事。1Her husband asked her to give up
8、writing because _.Ahe wanted her to do more housework rather than just writeBshe couldnt earn any money and it was hard for them to make ends meetChe wanted her to find a betterpaid job that interested herDhe thought keeping up a house was a wifes responsibility解析细节理解题。根据第二段可知她的丈夫感到自己一个人挣钱实在难以应付家庭的开
9、支，希望她能放弃写作，去挣钱分担家庭的负担，故B项符合题意。答案B。2Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?ADebbie spent 40 hours in writing a week before she succeeded as a writer.BDebbies family often went out on vacations without her.CDebbies husband gave up his own job to support her writing.DDebbies
10、 success has brought her lots of money.解析细节理解题。根据倒数第二、三段可知，Debbie作为一个职业作家获得了巨大的成功，改善了家人的生活条件，故D项符合文意。答案D。3We can infer from the last paragraph that _.AWayne doesnt benefit from her wifes successBDebbie has great influence on her childrens going after their dreamsCDebbies kids all realized their drea
11、ms as adultsDDebbie is a failure as a mother while she is a success as a writer解析推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，Debbie支持鼓励她的孩子追求梦想，给了孩子们比野营更重要的礼物，Debbie对她的孩子追求梦想有着极大的影响，故B项正确。答案B。4Whats probably the best title for the passage?AGo for it BA great motherCUnion is strength DWriting pays more解析主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了Debbie Mac
12、omber坚持不懈地追逐自己的梦想，并取得成功的故事，告诉我们要努力争取，坚持不懈。Go for it表示“努力争取”，形象地表达了文章的主旨。答案A.。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(四)】CMarie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 18671934.Together with her husband，Pierre，she discovered two new elements (radium and polonium，two radioactive elements that they extract
13、ed chemically from pitchblended ore) and studied the xrays they emitted.She found that the harmful properties of xrays were able to kill tumors.By the end of World War ，Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world.She had made a conscious decision，however，not to patent methods of proc
14、essing radium or its medical applications.Marie Curie was born on November 7,1867 in Poland and died on July 4,1934.Her codiscovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the bestknown stories in modern science for which they were recognized i
15、n 1901 with the Nobel Prize in Physics.In 1911，Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize，this time in Chemistry，to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radiums atomic weight.As a child，Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory.She learned to read when she wa
16、s only four years old.Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie.She dreamed of becoming a scientist，but that would not be easy.Her family became very poor，and at the age of 18，Marie became a governess.She helped pay for her sister to stud
17、y in Paris.Later，her sister helped Marie with her education.In 1891，Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie，a wellknown physicist.Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of xrays.She received two Nobel Prize
18、s for her brilliant work，but died of leukaemia，caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive materials.36What is the main idea of the passage?ATo give us a general introduction to Madame Curie. BTo show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.CTo tell us how Madame Curie developed as a scientist.DTo
19、tell us how Madame Curie received two Nobel Prizes.37Madame Curie was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry because _.Ashe discovered radiumBshe separated pure radium and calculated its atomic weightCshe discovered poloniumDshe didnt patent methods of processing radium38Which of the following statement
20、s about Madame Curie is NOT true?AMadame Curie made great contributions to medical science.BMadame Curie was very smart and ambitious when she was a child.CMadame Curie received two Nobel Prizes in Physics.DMadame Curies husband helped her a lot in her research.39We can infer from the third paragrap
21、h that _.Madame Curie got married when she was at college.Madame Curie had a great ambition when she was young.Madame Curie loved teaching more than anything else.Madame Curie must have met a lot of difficulties to get high education.Her father had a great influence on Madame Curies future career.Ma
22、dame Curie was very smart when she was a child.A BC D40Which is the right order about Madame Curie according to the passage?amarried Pierrebattended universitycdiscovered radiumddetermined radiums atomic weightewon the Nobel Prize in PhysicsAb，c，a，d，e Bb，a，c，d，eCb，a，c，e，d Db，c，a，e，d36A主旨大意题。通读全文可知。3
23、7B细节理解题。根据文中第二段最后一句话可知答案。38C根据第二段内容可知居里夫人两次获得诺贝尔奖，第二次是诺贝尔化学奖。39B推理判断题。根据第一、二句话可知居里夫人非常聪明；第三句可知居里夫人的父亲对她有很大影响；第四句可知她有很大的抱负；根据第五句话可知她所遇到的困难。她当家庭教师只是由于家庭贫穷；根据最后一句话可知她在上大学期间遇到了其丈夫，但结婚不一定是在求学期间。40C细节理解题。根据全文可知答案为C项。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。【2013界广东珠海市高三上期末质量监测】Anger is good for you as long as y
24、ou control it properly，according to new psychology researchA new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows anger may help people reduce the negative impacts of stress and help you become healthier“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger，”said Jennifer Lerner of C
25、arnegie Mellon“The more people display anger，the lower their stress responsesLerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6，200They must say out loud every thirteenth numberResearchers disturbed them by asking them to count faster or ask them other questionsIf they made any mist
26、akes，they had to restart from the very beginningMany students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry because the researchers were interrupting them.Lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions during the testThe researchers describe their reactions a
27、s fear，anger and disgustOther researchers recorded the students blood pressure，pulse and production of a highstress hormone（荷尔蒙）called cortis01People whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormoneBoth can have lasting effects such as dia
28、betes（糖尿病），heart disease，depression and extra weight gainWhen people feel fear，negative impacts increase, but when they get angry，those negatives go down，according to the study “Having that sense of anger leads people to actually feel some power in what otherwise is a maddening situation，”Lerner sai
29、dLerner previously studied Americans emotional response to the 911 terrorist attacks two months after the incidentShe found people who reacted with anger were more optimisticThese people are healthier compared with those who were frightened during the eventSo in maddening situations，anger is not a b
30、ad thing to haveIts a healthier response than fear36Which statement will Jennifer Lerner agree with?AIts better to be angry than to be frightened in maddening situationsBDifferent reactions reflect different outlooks on lifeCDont control your anger and it makes you powerfulDPessimistic people are ge
31、nerally healthier than optimistic people【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据She found people who reacted with anger were more optimisticThese people are healthier compared with those who were frightened during the event生气比害怕对于健康来说要好的多，故选A。37What does the underlined word “both” in the fifth paragraph refer to accordin
32、g to the passage?AFear and angerBBlood pressure and pulseCBlood pressure and cortisoneDHigher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据People whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone可知这里指的是高血压和高的荷尔蒙的，故选D。 38T
33、he researchers made the experimented students angry by _Arecording their performance secretlyBasking them to count to 6,200 again and againCdisturbing them and making them start ail over againDcriticizing them when they made mistakes【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据Many students felt depressed about making so many
34、mistakes or got angry because the researchers were interrupting them.通过打扰他们使他们生气，故选C。39In what ways can anger be beneficial to people?ABy showing their optimistic sideBBy reducing their stressCBy reducing high blood pressureDBy taking the place of fear【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据A new study from Carnegie Mello
35、n University shows anger may help people reduce the negative impacts of stress and help you become healthier可以减少压力，故选B。40 What is this passage Mainly about?AThe findings of new psychology researchBWhat you can do with anger in certain casesCDifferent effects produced by anger and fearDHealthier resp
36、onses in maddening situations【答案】A 【解析】主旨大意题。根据A new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows anger可知这是一下短文主要叙述的是新的研究发现生气能够减轻人们的压力而使身体更加健康，故选A。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(四)】DLiving in the wild can be hard.Finding food and staying safe arent easy.Each day，animals struggle to survive in their habitats.Not al
37、l animals get by on their own.Some animals form a close partnership with other kinds of animals.These pairings are called symbiotic (共生的) relationships.In a symbiotic relationship，the animals depend on each other.One animal helps the other meet its needs.Sounds good，right? Not always.Some animals ar
38、e not very kind to their partners.In some cases，one animal meets its needs but hurts its partner.Take ticks，for example.These insects suck blood to live.To get blood，they attach themselves to other kinds of animals.Ticks can pass germs that cause disease instead of helping their hosts.In other relat
39、ionships，animals dont treat their partners so poorly.Both animals benefit from living with the other animals.Small animals called cleaner shrimps have found a way of helping fish at coral reefs.As their name suggests，the shrimps clean the fish.They hang out at what scientists call a cleaning station
40、.A fish stops by.Then a shrimp climbs onto the fish and even steps into the fishs mouth.The shrimp uses its tiny claws to pick stuff off the fishs body.That can include dead skin，tiny pieces of food，and wee creatures that can hurt the fish.The fish gets a nice cleaning.The shrimp enjoys a tasty meal
41、 of fish trash.Small birds called plovers are also in the cleaning business.They have big customerscrocodiles.Crocs have long snouts (鼻子) filled with sharp teeth.Cleaning them is tricky.When a croc opens its mouth，the plover hops right in.The croc does not snap its snout shut.Instead，it lets the plo
42、ver eat small，harmful animals attached to the crocodiles teeth.The plover gets an easy meal while the croc gets clean teeth.41The text is mainly about _.Athe hard life in the wildBsome dangerous animalsCanimals living togetherDanimals in a symbiotic relationship42According to the text，in a symbiotic
43、 relationship，_.Aanimals depend on each otherBbirds depend on animals for foodCboth sides can get helpDnot all animals treat their partners well43Why do the cleaner shrimps clean the fish?ATo get fish trash for food.BTo eat wee creatures.CTo help fish go out of coral reefs.DTo get food for fish.44Wh
44、en plovers hop into crocodiles mouths，they _.Aare really to clean crocodiles teethBare to make crocodiles happyCarent afraid of being eatenDarent happy to clean the crocodiles teeth45According to the text，it can be inferred that _.Aliving in the wild can be hardBdifferent animals have different livi
45、ng waysCcrocodiles mainly live on ploversDticks are useful to some animals41D主旨大意题。本文主要是介绍了生物界的一种共生现象，也就是说生物之间相互依存，相互帮助。故答案选D项。选项C表达语意不准确，表达范围太广。42D深层理解题。由文章第二、三、四段可知，有共生现象的动物中，有的是相互得到帮助，而有的是单方面的。故答案为D项。43A细节理解题。由文章第四段可知，cleaner shrimps之所以要帮助鱼清理垃圾，主要是因为想得到它们想吃的食物fish trash。故答案为A项。44C细节理解题。由文章最后一段可知，plovers是不担心被鳄鱼咬伤的，因为鳄鱼是希望plovers这样做的，而对于plovers而言，其真正的目的是为了得到自己的食物。故答案为C项。45B推理判断题。文章第一段就提到有些动物是靠自己去捕捉食物，而文章又举例讲了一些动物是靠共生来获取食物的，也就是说不同的动物有不同的方式来生存，所以答案为B项。选项A是文章直接叙述的；选项C表达与原文不一致；选项D是无法推断出的。
