1、2016高考英语二轮阅读理解八十集之连载训练(48)及(解析)答案阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。体裁:记叙文话题:人物介绍时间:6分钟Peter Byford was born in a stone house in Honley,and when he was tiny his dad,a former miner,got a job in the textile trade and the Byfords moved to Skelmanthorpe.Life was tough but fun,and young Peter spent his
2、days in the rolling countryside,rafting on the river,making tree camps or playing on his own with his model railway and soldiers.His world was rocked by tragedy when his mother died,which destroyed young Peter,a shy child who suddenly had to grow up fast.Though grieving,he went up the road to live w
3、ith his aunt and uncle,and returned home much too young to face the next challenge,that of looking after his dad,who had lost an arm in an accident in a factory.By then he had taken the nickname as Biff.The younger Biff struggled at school because of his shyness,but loved the music lessons and becam
4、e friends with a classmate whose brother had a guitar.At the same time a young man who had a banjo(班卓琴)moved into the house opposite where he lived and he taught young Biff how to play it.The seeds had been sown and music began to influence his life.But even so,his working career began,in typical fa
5、shion for 1960s West Yorkshire.After a short time as an apprentice(学徒)carpenter,he went to work in the local weaving factory.And this was where Biff Byford,soon to become a legend in the world of rock,first learned to sing.The machines would run all day,clicketyclack,clicketyclack.The noise was incr
6、edible,and the workers would spend their time trying to lip read each other.It was just so noisy in there.It was really heavy metal.The only thing to do was sing to yourself.So sing to himself he did,the melodies(旋律)locking in place in his head,not to be forgotten.His dream first exploded into a roc
7、king reality.【语篇导读】Peter Byfords的演唱生涯起源于他周围的人和他的工作环境的影响。1When Peter Byford was born _.Ahis family moved to SkelmanthorpeBhis father worked in the textile tradeChis father probably took a job in HonleyDhis family lived a very poor life解析推理判断题。依据文章第一段可知,Peter Byford出生在Honley,他是个孩子时,因为父亲的工作一家人迁移到Skelma
8、nthorpe,因此很可能父亲以前就在Honley拥有一份工作。故选C项。答案C2Peter Byford had to leave his aunt and uncle _.Abecause his mother passed awayBbecause of his fathers poor health Cbecause he wanted not to stay with his father Dbecause of his fully being grownup解析细节理解题。依据文章第二段的who had lost an arm in an accident in a factory
9、可知, 父亲的身体状况不好,需要Peter Byford的照顾。故选B项。答案B3What does the third paragraph imply?APeter got influenced a lot by his classmate and the young man.Bthe classmate taught Peter how to play the guitar.CPeter shared a house with the young man.DThe young Biff had an eye for good friends.解析细节理解题。文章第三段谈到了Peter遇到的
10、两个音乐爱好者,文中的The seeds had been sown and music began to influence his life.说明,Peter的音乐之路受他们的影响。故选A项。答案A4While working in the local weaving factory _.APeter started as an apprentice carpenterBPeter treated his life in a positive wayCPeter was very tired of the noisy workplaceDPeter learned how to lip r
11、ead by himself 解析推理判断题。依据文章第四段可知,虽然纺织厂车间内声音嘈杂,但是Peter在嘈杂中开始唱歌,他的歌唱生涯也是在那个时候开始的。故选B项。答案B5What would happen to Peter later?AHe would remain working in the factory forever.BHe would put forward suggestions to the boss.CHe would tell the workers to keep silent.DHe would find ways to realize his dream.解析
12、推理判断题。依据文章尾段的His dream first exploded into a rocking reality.可知,他会把自己的梦想变成现实。故选D项。答案D。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。Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel.And he surely deserves additional praise:the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.I say clever
13、because antislavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War.H.B.Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin is only the most famous example.These early stories dealt directly with slavery.With minor exceptions,Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales
14、that were on the surface about something else entirely.He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.Again and again,in the postwar years,Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race.Consider the most controversial,at least today,of Twains novels,Adventures of Huckle
15、berry Finn.Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn,Twains most widely read tale.Once upon a time,people hated the book because it struck them as rude.Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums(
16、贫民窟)”More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim,the escaped slave,and many occurences of the word nigger.(The term Nigger Jim,for which the novel is often severely criticized,never appears in it.)But the attacks were and are sillyand miss the point.The novel is strongly an
17、tislavery.Jims search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic.As JChadwick has pointed out,the character of Jim was a first in American fictiona recognition that the slave had two personalities,“the voice of survival within a white slave culture and th
18、e voice of the individual:Jim,the father and the man.”There is much more.Twains mystery novel Puddnhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day.Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior(低等的)to whites,especially in intelli
19、gence,Twains tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth.A slave gave birth to her masters baby and,for fear that the child should be sold South,switched him for the masters baby by his wife.The slaves lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the
20、 education of the slaveholding class.The masters wifes baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.The point was difficult to miss:nurture(养育),not nature,was the key to social status.The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudicemanner of
21、speech,for examplewere,to Twain,indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.Twains racial tone was not perfect.One is left uneasy,for example,by the lengthy passage in his autobiography(自传)about how much he loved what were called“nigger shows”in his youthmost
22、ly with white men performing in blackfaceand his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them.Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality.His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.Was Twain a racist?Asking the questio
23、n in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln.If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the“wisdom”of the considered moral judgments of the present,we will find nothing but error.Lincoln,who believed the black man the inferior of the white,fought and won a war to free h
24、im.And Twain,raised in a slave state,briefly a soldier,and inventor of Jim,may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.【语篇解读】 通过研究马克吐温的作品,来判定他是否是一名种族主义者。作者列举了大量事实,说明了马克吐温是名反对种族主义的斗士,反驳了别人那些错误的观点。1How do
25、 Twains novels on slavery differ from Stowes?ATwain was more willng to deal with racism.BTwains attack on racism was much less open.CTwains themes seemed to agree with plots.DTwain was openly concerned with racism.解析推理判断题。由第二段With minor exceptions,Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice i
26、nto tales that were on the surface about something else directly可知。答案B。2Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its_.Atarget readers at the bottomBantislavery attitudeCrather impolite languageDfrequent use of “nigger”解析细节理解题。由第三段More recently the book has been attacked b
27、ecause of the character Jim,the escaped slave,and many occurences of the word nigger.(The term Nigger Jim,for which the novel is often severely criticized,never appears in it.)可知。答案D.3What best proves Twains antislavery stand according to the author?AJims search for his family was described in detai
28、l.BThe slaves voice was first heard in American novels.CJim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture.DTwain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent.解析推理判断题。由第五段中的后三句话可推出。答案C.4The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that_.Aslaves were forced to give up their babies to th
29、eir mastersBslaves babies could pick up slaveholders way of speakingCblacks social position was shaped by how they were brought upDblacks were born with certain features of prejudice解析推理判断题。由第六段第一句The point was difficult to miss:nurture(养育),not nature,was the key to social status,可推知。答案C.5What does
30、the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to?AThe attacks. BSlavery and prejudice.CWhite men. DThe shows.解析词义辨析题。由第七段Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality.His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.可知。答案D.6Wh
31、at does the author mainly argue for?ATwain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism.BTwain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln.CTwains works had been banned on unreasonable grounds.DTwains works should be read from a historical point of view.解析主旨大意题。该篇从马克吐温的人生经历
32、,他的作品及其它作者的作品进行比对后,作者得出了:马克吐温比与他同时代的作家更反对种族主义。答案A. 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。 Guide to Stockholm University LibraryOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.ZonesThe library is divided into different zones.The upper floor is a quiet zon
33、e with over a thousand places for silent reading,and places where you can sit and work with your own computer.The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs.The ground floor is the zone where you can talk.Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.ComputersYou can use your own comp
34、uter to connect to the WiFi specially prepared for notebook computers;you can also use library computers,which contain the most commonly used applications,such as Microsoft Office.They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.Groupstudy PlacesIf you want to discus
35、s freely without disturbing others,you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor.Some study rooms are for 23 people and others can hold up to 68 people.All rooms are marked on the library maps.There are 40 groupstudy rooms that must be booked via the website.To book,you need an act
36、ive University account and a valid University card.You can use a room three hours per day,nine hours at most per week.Storage of Study MaterialThe library has lockers for students to store course literature.When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分),you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a ye
37、ars rental period.Rules to be FollowedMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library.Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library,but you are allowed to have
38、drinks and sweets with you.1The librarys upper floor is mainly for students to_.Aread in a quiet placeBhave group discussionsCtake comfortable seatsDget their computers fixed解析细节理解题。根据Zones中第二句话The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading可知选A。答案A。2What condition sho
39、uld be met to book a groupstudy room?AA group must consist of 8 people.BThreehour use per day is the minimum.COne should first register at the university.DApplicants must mark the room on the map.解析细节理解题。根据Groupstudy Places中第二段可知选C。答案C。3A student can rent a locker in the library if he_.Acan afford t
40、he rental feeBattends certain coursesChas nowhere to put his booksDhas earned the required credits解析细节理解题。根据Storage of Study Material中第二句可知选D。答案D。4What should NOT be brought into the library?AMobile phones. BOrange juice. CCandy. DSandwiches.解析推理判断题。根据Rules to be Followed中mobile phones,drinks and sweets可带入图书馆,排除A、B和C,选D。答案D。