1、2016广东宝安县高考英语阅读理解（二轮）能力练习（1）含答案2016高考英语阅读理解集训。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。Parents whose children show a special interest in a sport feel very difficult to make a decision about their childrens careers. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and sportswomen? For many
2、 children it means starting schoolwork very young. And going out with friends and other interests have to take a second place. Its very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train five hours a day, even at the weekend, when most of his or her friends are playing. Another problem
3、 is of course money, In many countries money for training is available from government for the very best young sportsmen and sportswomen. If this help can not be given, it means that it is the parents who have to find the time and the money to support their childs development and sports clothes, tra
4、nsport to competitions, special equipment, etc. All can be expensive. Many parents are worried that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young muscles may be damaged by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers, howeve
5、r, believe that it is only by training when young that you can reach the top as successful sports person. It is clear that very few people do reach the top, and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.33. Where can we most probably find this passage
6、?A. An advertisement. B. A diary. C. A newspaper. D.A notice board.34. What does the underlined phrase “to take a second place ”in the first paragraph mean?A. to become less important B. To put it at another placeC. To happen again D. They are the most important of all the things35. Which of the fol
7、lowing statements is true according to the passage?A. Its easy to make a decision when your children want to take up sports.B. Most of the students may become top sports men after a long period of training. C. Early training may damage young muscles.D. Its not very expensive for parents to support t
8、heir childrens development in sports.参考答案33-35 CAC2016高考英语阅读理解集训。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。 When I began planning to move to Auckland to study，my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India，where we lived. She worried particularly
9、about the lack of jobs，the cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism. Despite these worries，I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived，I realized the importance of getting a job to supply my living expenses.
10、 Determined to do this on my own ，I spent a whole day going from door to door asking for a job. However，I received little or no response. This became my routine every day after college for a few weeks. One afternoon，I walked into a building to ask if therewere any job opportunities. The people there
11、 were very surprised，and advised me not to continue my job search in that manner. As I was about to leave，a clerk in the building，who had been listening to what the others had said, approached me and asked if I would wait outside. Fifteen minutes later，he returned. He asked me what my plans were and
12、 encouraged me to stay confident. He then offered to take me to the Royal Oak area to search for a job. I was a little surprised，but had a good feeling about him，so I went along. Along the way， I realized that I had run out of copies of my resume（简历）The man stopped at his business partners office to
13、 make me 15 extra copies. He also gave me tips on dressing and speaking，and added that I should give him, a call if I ever needed anything. I handed out my resumes and went home feeling very satisfied. The following day，I received：call from。store in Royal Oak offering me a job. It seems that the wor
14、ld always gives back to you when you need it. And this time，it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.24. What wasnt the authors mother worried about? A. People might look down on the author. B. The author couldnt speak the local language. C. The author wasnt familiar with loca
15、l customs. D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.25After staying in New Zealand for a short time, the author A. decided to go back to his own country B. felt the local people were not very friendly C. had to find a job to cover his living expenses D. wanted to get a job that needed p
16、ractical skills26. When the author went into a building to look for a job， A. a clerk gave him encouragement and advice B. he was confident that he would find a good one C. he found many college students like him already there D. a clerk recommended him to the company he worked for27 What is the sto
17、ry mainly about? A. How a stranger offered the author a job. B. How a stranger turned out to be a real blessing. C. How the author adapted himself to a new situation.D. How the author was helped to get a job by a stranger.参考答案24.B 25.C 26.A 27.D 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。It is pretty much a one-
18、way street. While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction. Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a univer
19、sity job. For some industrial scientists, however, the attractions of academia (学术界) outweigh any financial considerations.Helen Lee took a 70% cut in salary when she moved from a senior post in Abbott Laboratories to a medical department at the University of Cambridge. Her main reason for returning
20、 to academia mid-career was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions. Some areas of inquiry have few prospects of a commercial return, and Lees is one of them.The impact of a salary cut is probably less severe for a scientist in the early stages of a career. Guy Grant, n
21、ow a research associate at the Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics at the University of Cambridge, spent two years working for a pharmaceutical (制药的) company before returning to university as a post-doctoral researcher. He took a 30% salary cut but felt it worthwhile for the greater intellectu
22、al opportunities.Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more significant, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the transition (转换) to academia more attractive, according to Lee. Industrial scientists tend to receive training that
23、 academics do not, such as how to build a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets and negotiate contracts. They are also well placed to bring something extra to the teaching side of an academic role that will help students get a job when they graduate, says Lee, perhaps experience in manufacturing pr
24、actice or product development. “Only a small number of undergraduates will continue in an academic career. So someone leaving university who already has the skills needed to work in an industrial lab has far more potential in the job market than someone who has spent all their time on a narrow resea
25、rch project.”6. By “a one-way street” in Paragraph One, the author means _. A. university researchers know little about the commercial world B. there is little exchange between industry and academia C. few industrial scientists would quit to work in a university D. few university professors are will
26、ing to do industrial research7.The underlined word “deterrent” most probably refers to something that _. A. keeps someone from taking action B. helps to move the traffic C. attracts peoples attention D. brings someone a financial burden8. What was Helen Lees major consideration when she changed her
27、job in the middle of her career?A. Flexible work hours. B. Her research interests. C. Her preference for the lifestyle on campus.D. Prospects of academic accomplishments.9. Guy Grant chose to work as a researcher at Cambridge in order to _. A. do financially more rewarding work B. raise his status i
28、n the academic world C. enrich his experience in medical research D. exploit better intellectual opportunities10. What contribution can industrial scientists make when they come to teach in a university? A. Increase its graduates competitiveness in the job market. B. Develop its students potential i
29、n research. C. Help it to obtain financial support from industry.D. Gear its research towards practical applications.【参考答案】610、CABDA 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。The government-run command post in Tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. On the wall are
30、 maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that painstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy. What kind of invader gives rise to such high-level monitoring? Not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust(蝗虫). In recent months, billions of the 3-inch-long winged warriors have descended on
31、 Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, blackening the sky and eating up crops and vegetation. The insect invasion, the worst in 30 years, is already creating great destruction in the Middle East and is now treating southern Europe. The current crisis began in late 1985 near the Red Sea. Unusually rai
32、ny weather moistened the sands of the Sudan, making them ideal seedbed for the locust, which lays its eggs in the earth. The insect onslaught threatens to create yet another African famine. Each locust can eat its weight (not quite a tenth of an ounce) in vegetation every 24 hours. A good-size swarm
33、 of 50 billion insects eats up 100,000 tons of grass, trees and crops in a single night.All 150 million may be needed this year. The U.S. has provided two spraying planes and about 50,000 gal. of pesticide. The European Community has donated 3.8 million in aid and the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan and
34、 China have provided chemical-spraying aircraft to help wipe out the pests. But relief efforts are hampered by the relative mildness of approved pesticides, which quickly lose their deadly punch and require frequent replications. The most effective locust killer dieldrin has been linked to cancer an
35、d is banned by many Western countries and some of the affected African nations. More than 5 million acres have been dusted with locust-killing chemicals; another 5 million will be treated by the end of June.On May 30, representatives of Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania will meet in Al
36、giers to discuss tactics to wipe out the ravenous swarms. The move is an important step, but whatever plan is devised, the locust plague promised to get worse before the insects can be brought under control.11. The main idea of the first sentence in the passage is that _. A. the command post is stat
37、ioned with people all the time. B. the command post is crowded with people all the time. C. there are clocks around the command post. D. the clock in the command post is taken care of by the staff.12. The favorable breeding ground for the locust is _. A. rich soil. B. wet land C. paces covered crops
38、 and vegetationD. the Red Sea13. People are alert at the threat of the locust because _. A. the insects are likely to create another African famine. B. the insects may blacken the sky. C. the number of the insects increases drastically. D. the insects are gathering and moving in great speed.14. Whic
39、h of the following is true? A. Once the pesticides are used, locust will die immediately. B. Relief efforts are proved most fruitful due to the effectiveness of certain pesticides. C. Dieldrin, the most effective locust killer, has been widely accepted in many countries. D. Over 10 million acres of
40、affected area will have been treated with locust-killing chemicals by the end of June.15. The purpose for affected nations to meet in Algiers on May 30 is _. A. to devise anti-locust plans. B. to wipe out the swarms in two years. C. to call out for additional financial aid from other nations.D. to b
41、ring the insects under control before the plague gets worse. 【参考答案】1115、BBADA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。There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional sys
42、tem. In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to them. In a market, transactions may take place via barter or money exchange. In a barter economy, real goods
43、such as automobiles, shoes, and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously, finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence, the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably. In the modern market ec
44、onomy, goods and services are bought or sold for money.An alternative to the market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue commands as to how much of each good and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economic unit. Centra
45、l planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan, drawn up by the government, shows the amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and allocated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planning of production, consumption, and e
46、xchange for the whole economy.In a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition; every persons place within the economic system is fixed by parentage, religion, and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too. People belonging to a certain gro
47、up or caste（阶级） may have an obligation to care for other persons, provide them with food and shelter, care for their health, and provide for their education. Clearly, in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone, progress may be difficult to achieve. An inactive society m
48、ay result.16. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To outline contrasting types of economic systems. B. To explain the science of economics. C. To argue for the superiority of one economic system. D. To compare barter and money-exchange markets.17. In the second paragraph, the underlined word
49、 “real” could best be replaced by _. A. valuable B. concrete C. absolute D. reliable18. According to the passage, a barter economy can generate _. A. rapid speed of transactions B. misunderstandings C. inflation D. difficulties for the traders19. According to the passage, who has the greatest degree
50、 of control in the administered system? A. Individual households. B. Small businesses. C. Major corporations. D. The government.20. Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as a criterion（标准）for determining a persons position in a traditional society? A. Family background B. Age C. Religious beliefs. D. Custom【参考答案】1620、ABDDB
