1、北京石景山区县2016高考英语阅读理解精练题及答案【阅读理解】 Below is a selection about some Guinness(吉尼斯) World Records.Top 6 Unusual Guinness World RecordsFastest 100 m running on all foursThe 2008 Guinness World Records Day was, according to GWR，their biggest day of recordbreaking ever, with more than 290,000 people taking p
2、art in record attempts in 15 different countries. Kenichi Itos record attempt was part of this special day. He is just another example of Japanese with “super powers”. His “super power” is to run with great speed on all fours. Kenichi Ito ran 100 m on all fours in 18.58 seconds. The Japanese set thi
3、s record at Setagaya Kuritsu Sogo Undojyo, Tokyo, in 2008.Most people inside a soap bubbleLongest ears on a dogMost living generationsDid you ever wonder what is the Guinness World Record for most living generations in one family? Seven is the answer.The ultimate authority on recordbreaking mentions
4、 on the website that the youngest greatgreatgreatgreat grandparent of this family was Augusta Bung “aged 109 years 97 days, followed by her daughter aged 89, her granddaughter aged 70, her great granddaughter aged 52, her greatgreat granddaughter aged 33 and her greatgreatgreat granddaughter aged 15
5、 on the birth of her greatgreatgreatgreat grandson on January 21, 1989”Most Tshirts worn at onceHeaviest pumpkin1Why is Kenichi Ito described as a man with a “super power”？AHe set a good example to all Japanese.BHe made record attempts in 15 different countries.CHe set a new record for “Fastest 100
6、m running on all fours”DHe participated in the 2008 Guinness World Records Day activities.2Jeffries is the name of _.Athe owner of the dog with the longest earsBthe grandfather of the dog with the longest earsCthe present holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”Dthe former holder of the reco
7、rd for “Longest ears on a dog”3How many Tshirts had Krunoslav Budiseli put on before he felt it difficult to go on?A68. B120. C238. D245.4According to the given information, which Guinness World Record was most recently set?AThe record for “Most people inside a soap bubble”BThe record for “Most livi
8、ng generations”CThe record for “Most Tshirts worn at once”DThe record for “Heaviest pumpkin”【要点综述】本文是一篇应用文，主要向读者介绍6个不同寻常的吉尼斯世界纪录的情况。1. C细节理解题。从第一则纪录中提到的He is just anothersuper powersKenichi Ito ran 100 m on all fours知，Kenichi Ito创造了最新的最快的100米“四肢爬”纪录，所以选C项。2. D细节理解题。从文章第三则纪录中Mr. Jeffries is the previ
9、ous record holder of this title可以知道，Mr. Jeffries是前纪录保持者，所以选D项。3. B细节理解题。从第五则纪录中The Tshirts weighed 68 kg and Budiseli said he began struggling around Tshirt No. 120可以知道Budiseli在穿了120件T恤后感觉有点困难再穿上T恤了，所以选B项。4. A推理判断题。从文章的纪录中可以知道，A项是2011年4月4日创造的；B项是1989年1月21日创造的；C项是2010年5月22日创造的；D项是2010年10月9日创造的，由此知A项是
10、最近时间创造的，所以选A项。【2014高考训练】 Shirley Femple Black，who was one of the most famous child stars of the 20th century，died of natural causes on February 10，2014 The dimpled(酒涡)actress found fame at the height of the Great Depression (1929-1933)in movies including “Heidi，”“Curly Top”and“Bright Eyes”。 Born in
11、Santa Monica，Calif，on April 27，1928，Temple Black was admitted into a dance school at the age of threeAfter a number of bit parts she got all the attention with her performance of “Baby Take a Bow” in her first feature film“Stand Up and Cheer”Audiences around the world poured to see her in films such
12、 as“Curly Top”“The Little Colonel”and“The Littlest Rebel”Licensed merchandise(商品)including dolls，dishes，and clothing also capitalized on her wholesome image Femple Black was the top box-office draw for four years in a row between 1935 and 1938She won a special Academy Award in early 1935 for her“out
13、standing contribution to screen entertainment”in the previous year At the height of her fame，Temple Black earned praise from President Franklin DRoosevelt who called her“Little Miss Miracle” for raising the publics spirit during times of economic hardship,even going so far as to say that，“as long as
14、 our country has Shirley Temple，we will be all right” However,the stars popularity waned in her late teensShe married Charles Black in 1950，a marriage that lasted until his death in 2005 at age 86 In 1988，Temple Black became the first person to achieve the rank of honorary Foreign Service officer of
15、 the United States and a year later she took up tile post of ambassador to Czechoslovakia，where she served until 1992 In 1 999，the American Film Institute ranking of tile top 50 screen legends ranked Temple at No18 among the 25 actresses “I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to recei
16、ve the lifetime achievement awardStart early，”she remarked humorously in 2006 as she was honored by the Screen Actors Guild51From the passage we know that Shirley Temple_Aowned different licensed merchandiseBwas born during the Great DepressionCdied peacefully without any serious diseaseDgained fame
17、 for many bit parts52Shirley Temple attracted peoples attention in the film_ABright Eyes BCurly TopCThe Little Colonel DStand Up and Cheer53We can infer from the passage that_AShirley inspired the American people during the Great DepressionBShirleys popularity decreased after she became an ambassado
18、rCShirley began her acting career from the age of threeDShirleys marriage didnt last long54Which of the following is true according to the passage?APresident Roosevelt praised Temple for her contributions to the worldBTemple once served as US ambassadolto CzechoslovakiaCTemple was ranked at No25 amo
19、ng the most famous actressesDThe marriage of Charles Black and Temple lasted 50 years55According to the passage，we can see Shirley Temple was_Aunusual and cautious Bdaring and humorousCcareful and confident Dtalented and outstanding【参考答案】51-55 CDABD 【语篇导读】20世纪最著名的童星秀兰邓波儿布莱克与世长辞。她是美国历史上第一位女礼宾司司长；邓波儿以
20、其童星时期的成就，被美国电影学会誉为排名第18位的百年来最伟大的女演员。51. C 考查对短文具体信息的理解。由文中第一段可知：秀兰邓波儿布莱克溘然辞世，属自然死亡。因此，最佳答案为C。52. D 考查对短文细节的理解。从文章第三段“After she got all the attention first feature film, Stand Up and Cheer.”可得出正确答案。53. A 根据细节信息进行推断。根据第五段“At the height raising the publics spirit during ”可知：邓波儿受到了罗斯福总统的表彰，因为她在经济大萧条时期振奋
21、了大众的精神。54. B 考查对短文多个信息的理解。由倒数第三段“ she took up the post until 1992.”可以得出结论。55. D 根据细节信息作综合判断。综合全文的细节信息可知：秀兰邓波儿具有非凡的表演天赋，她一生取得了非凡的成就，对电影娱乐事业做出了突出的贡献。因此，最佳答案为D。阅读理解。Banks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to attract and keep new customers while helping to eliminate costly paper handl
22、ing or teller（出纳员）interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment.Today, most large national banks, many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes re
23、ferred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that havent yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in su
24、ch a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully safe , fully functional（功能的）online banking for free or for a small cost. As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites, fully functional online banking will likely become
25、 as commonplace as automated teller machines (ATM).Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites never close; theyre at hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week and theyre a mouse click away. If youre out of state or even out of the country when a money problem
26、appears, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally carry out and confirm （确认）deals at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offer fashionable tools to help you manage all of your valuable items more effectively.
27、1. The word “eliminate” in the first paragraph probably means “ ”.A. keepB. remove C. reduce D. improve 答案解析：答案为B。本题为词义推断题。结合该词在第一段的前后文，银行认为网上银行是一种强大的增值工具, 可以用它来吸引和维护新的客户，同时也可以帮助 “to eliminate costly paper handling or ”，此处costly意为 “昂贵的，代价高的”, 由此可知，eliminate 意为 “去除” 。故选B。2. What is the challenge for
28、the banking industry according to the text?A. To make online banking attractive.B. To open new services all over the world.C. To offer online banking for free.D. To take care of business 24 hours a day. 答案解析：答案为A。本题为段落主旨题。第三段的首句为本段的中心句，提到了“The challenge for the banking industrythat its customers wil
29、l readily learn to use and trust it.” 即银行业面对的挑战是让客户学习使用和信任这种新的服务，第三段后面的内容都是对中心句进行解释和说明。故答案为A，让网上银行变得具有吸引力。解答此题同样要注意同义句的转换。3. From the text we can conclude that .A. “brick-to-click” banks are in fact another kind of physical banks B. the function of a “brick-to-click” bank is as common as that of an
30、ATM C. a “brick-to-mortar” bank is no better than a virtual one D. customers can deal with their banking by a mouse click 答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节理解题。从第二段 “Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that havent yet offered online banking,
31、as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.”可知，网上银行有时候被称作是“brick-to-click” 银行，不同于没有网上银行业务的 “brick-to-mortar” 银行; 网上银行也是虚拟银行，没有实体的分行，故A不对；C选项中no better than 意为 “和 . 一样不好”, 与文意不符。在第三段最后一句话 “ fully functional online banking will likely become as commonplace
32、as automated teller machines (ATM).”中，注意 “will likely” , 故B选项不对。通过分析知，网上银行被称作是 “brick-to-click” 银行, 可知D选项的意思 “顾客凭借鼠标就可以进行网上银行操作”与文意符合。故答案为D。4. What would be the best title for this text?A. Banking of Various Forms B. Improvement of Banking Industry C. Development of Online Banking D. Functions of th
33、e “Brick-to-Click” Bank 答案解析：答案为C。本题考查文章的标题。本文都是在围绕网上银行展开，故答案为C。社会生活类 To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians (基督教徒) have ever cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil (邪恶的) . So when Columbus brought the tomato back from South America, a la
34、nd mistakenly considered to be Eden, everyone jumped to the obvious conclusion. Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut out of the door of Europeans. What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was thought to have come from Hell(地狱) . What ea
35、rned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a dried- up human body occupied by evil spirits. Though the tomato and the mandrake were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population considered them one and the same, too terrible to touch
36、. Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700smost of the Western people continued to drag their feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well- known plant expert wrote that the most interesting part of an afternoon tea at her fathers house had been the “introduction of this wo
37、nderful new fruitor is it a vegetable? ”As late as the twentieth century some writers still classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an“evil fruit”. But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American named Robert Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 182
38、0, people journeyed for hundreds of miles to watch him drop dead. “What are you afraid of? ”he shouted. “Ill show you fools that these things are good to eat!”Then he bit into the tomato. Some people fainted. But he survived and, according to a local story, set up a tomato- canning factory. 1. The t
39、omato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because .A. it made Christians evilB. it was the apple of EdenC. it came from a forbidden landD. it was religiously unacceptable2. What can we infer from the underlined part in Paragraph 3? A. The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down. B.
40、 There was little progress in the study of the tomato. C. The tomato was still refused in most western countries. D. Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato. 3. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato publicly? A. To make himself a hero. B. To remove peoples fear
41、of the tomato. C. To speed up the popularity of the tomato. D. To persuade people to buy products from his factory. 4. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To challenge peoples fixed concepts of the tomato. B. To give an explanation to peoples dislike of the tomato. C. To present the change of peoples attitudes to the tomato. D. To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence. 【参考答案】42.DCBC
