1、2016高考英语二轮（四川）阅读理解专练（4）及答案（九月）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。More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last Tuesday. The survey，published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.It found that “surp
2、risingly few of those surveyed have welldeveloped plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”The majority of the 457 people surveyed are selfmade，firstgeneration rich.Fiftytwo percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have gi
3、ven away nothing about the family wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it. They are worried that their children would become lazy，spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able
4、 to handle any inheritance(遗产)they plan to leave them.“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，”said Sallie Krawcheck，president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of the Bank of America.“Our resea
5、rch，however，uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”The trend is led by the worlds richest man Bill Gates，who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife，the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(基金会)，and not to his child
6、ren.“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，”he said.Of his plans for his children，Gates said：“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage.they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”【语篇解读】 调查表明，大部分美国富人不愿向孩
7、子炫富，甚至不打算将丰厚的资产传给后代。1We can learn from the passage that _.Arich parents may not know how to manage their inheritanceBrich parents dont equal rich kids，at least in the USCAmerican children dont get to inherit their parents wealthDpoor children dont expect themselves to be as rich as their parents解析推理
8、判断题。第二段的后半部分提到在被调查的美国富人中，几乎没有人计划为他们的孩子保留资产或者将资产传给孩子，由此可推断在美国，父母富有并不意味着孩子富有。答案B2According to the survey，most rich Americans _.Athink they owe their children nothingBthink it best to give their money back to societyCdoubt their childrens ability to handle wealthD. are confident of their childrens abil
9、ity to handle wealth解析推理判断题。根据第四段内容可推知，大部分美国富人怀疑他们的孩子处理财富的能力。答案C3The underlined word“they”in Paragraph 6 refers to _.Aresponsible childrenBBill Gates and his wifeCfirstgeneration richDrich parents解析词义猜测题。富裕的父母们希望把他们的财富传给 下一代，此处they指代的是画线词前面的“the wealthy parents”，即“rich parents”。答案D4From the last par
10、agraph，we can see that Bill Gates wants to show _.Athe trend of leaving no inheritance to childrenBthe positive impact of charity on societyCthe way of giving back to societyDthe importance of independence for children解析推理判断题。根据本段中比尔盖茨所说的话可推知，他更强调孩子的个人奋斗，认为培养孩子的自立很重要。答案D。 AIts Graduation Daya day th
11、ats getting quite familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky of Houston.Today, theyll attend two graduation ceremonies, one for their daughter Shelly, 22, from Washington University in St.Louis and another for their daughter, Mary Grace, 18, from Kincaid High School.Mary Grace will head to Boston Univer
12、sity.Kelly, 22, graduated last Sunday from Duke University.Tracy, 20, is a sophomore (二年级学生) at the University of Denver.The oldest, Maddy, 23, graduated from Berklee College of Music last year.So whats the cost of putting five daughters through college？Beverly told ABC News $60，000 to $70，000 a yea
13、r.In total, the family will spend about $1.5 million on college after taxes and thats not including graduate school.One daughter informed Marc that she now wants to seek her PhD.Marc is the bestselling author of Get Rich Click, and a multimillionaire from Internet businesses.“Were fortunate that we
14、can take care of it，” Beverly said.“We decided a long time ago we didnt want the girls to take out college loans, so that was our commitment to them.”Marc and Beverly married five years ago, blending (融合) their own daughters into one big family of collegeready girls.Beverly said they wanted their da
15、ughters to have a choice of where they wanted to go to college, but having their children spread throughout the US created another expenseflying all of them home for holidays and visits.Just this week, Marc flew to North Carolina for Kellys graduation, then to St.Louis for Shellys graduation and hop
16、es to make it back just in time to Houston for Mary Grace s graduation tonight.With the last child leaving home for college, Marc says he and Beverly are going to take a breather“Its like wiping the sweat off the forehead now.Its time to think about what we can do.Perhaps well take a vacation abroad
17、，” he said.The Ostrofsky family said their advice to parents who have many children is to start planning and saving from the day the children are born.1Graduation Day is familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky because_Athey like going to school on Graduation DayBthey need to attend their daughters gr
18、aduation ceremony several timesCthey have experienced it on their own Graduation DayDthey are often invited to school to have a speech on Graduation Day2What do we know about Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky from Paragraph 2?AThey would rather their daughters had applied for college loans.BThey now work hard in
19、 order to pay for the college expenses.CThey dont want their daughters to go to graduate school.DThey can afford their daughters college expenses.3What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?AMr and Mrs Ostrofsky like visiting their daughters by plane.BMr and Mrs Ostrofsky s daughters often come back home
20、for holidays.CMr and Mrs Ostrofsky spend a lot of money on their daughters traveling.DMr and Mrs Ostrofsky are tired because their five daughters are in different colleges.4The underlined word “breather” in Paragraph 4 probably means_Acheck Bbreak Cadventure Dattempt参考答案1-4 BDCB BThe 10th annual Int
21、ernational “Go Skateboarding Day” will be held on June 21，2012.Skateboarding Day is all about fun! Here is your guide to some of the events around the world.Los Angeles, CaliforniaOver 10，000 skateboarders from around the world will gather in the streets of LA.They have partnered with Boards for Bro
22、s, a nonprofit organization that collects and restores (修复) skateboards for children who cannot afford their own, and have asked skateboarders across the US to donate their used skateboard products.The celebration will last most of the daytime.Manila, PhilippinesThe Skateboarding Day to be held in t
23、he Philippines will be in the Manila for the second time.Manila is hoping to promote health and skateboarding sports.The event begins at 2：00 pm and ends at 6：00 pm.The skateboarders start from Liwasang Bonifacio where they can skate in the streets of PBurgos, Roxas Boulevard and up to Malate founta
24、in in Rajah Soliman Park where the event ends with a Product Toss and Best Trick contest.Sylvan Lake, Alberta, CanadaIf you happen to be in Alberta, Canada and the weather isnt great for outdoor skating, Incline Skate & BMX Park is the place to go skateboarding.Incline is a great place to skate, and
25、 a day pass there is only $ 8 for an adult, half for those below 16.On Go Skateboarding Day, they will hold a competition with the first prize winner taking home $ 600.New York City, New YorkSteve Rodriguez, owner and founder of SBoro Skateboards holds the biggest chapter of the Skateboarding Day in
26、 the world.Tens of thousands of people will participate, and June 21st is now an official New York City holiday.The event starts at 10 am and ends at 6 pm.There will be a free clinic at 10 am, tons of prizes, food and drinks.For details of the full day please check out http：/www.S.5It can be learned
27、 that the Boards for Bros aims to_Aprovide skateboards for poor childrenBdonate used skateboard products to the festivalCsearch for competitors for the festival every yearDrestore skateboards only for the competitors6How much will they pay if a couple with their 14yearold child skate in Incline?AEig
28、ht dollars. BTwelve dollars. CSixteen dollars. DTwenty dollars.7Where will the event or celebration last the shortest?AIn Manila, Philippines. BIn Los Angeles, California.CIn Sylvan Lake, Alberta Canada. DIn New York City, New York.8We can infer from the text that_Athe winner of the first prize will
29、 gain $ 600 in ManilaBthe festival in Los Angeles is an official holiday nowCIncline in Canada is probably an indoor parkDthe clinic in New York City charges money from parents参考答案5-8 ADAC CRegarded as one of the English languages most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on image
30、ry, human nature, and philosophy.Although Keats didnt receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success.Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.Growing up as a young boy in London in a lower, middleclass family, the young John did
31、nt attend a private school, but went to a public one.His teachers and his familys friends regarded him as an optimistic boy who favored playing and fighting much more than minding his studies.After his fathers death in the early 1800s, followed by his mothers passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核), he be
32、gan viewing life differently.He wanted to escape the world and did so by reading anything he could get his hands on.At around the age of 16, the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a doctor.However, his literary appetite had taken too much of his fancy, espe
33、cially with his addiction to the poetry of Edmund Spenser.He was able to have his first full poem published in the Examiner in 1816, entitled O Solitude！If I Must with Thee Dwell.Within two months in 1817, Keats had written an entire volume of poetry, but was sharply criticized by a magazine.However
34、, the negative response didnt stop his pursuit of rhythm (韵律)John Keats next work was Endymion, which was published in May 1818.The story involves a shepherd who falls in love with the moon goddess and leads him on an adventure of one boys hope to overcome the limitations of being human.Following En
35、dymion, however, he tried something more narrativebased and wrote Isabella.During this time, John Keats began seeing his limitations in poetry due to his own limit in life experiences.He would have to have the “knowledge” associated with his poems.His next work was Hyperion that would attempt to com
36、bine all that he learned.However, a bout (发作) with tuberculosis while visiting Italy would keep him from his work and eventually take his life in 1821.9What is the common thing between John Keats and his mother?AThey read many books. BThey had a bad childhood.CThey died of the same disease. DThey sh
37、owed strong interest in poetry.10What do we know from the passage?AKeats received little education at school.BKeats once had a chance of becoming a doctor.CIn 1816 Keats spent two months writing a poem.DEndymion was about a real love story.11While pursuing his dream of becoming a poet at first，John
38、Keats was_Adetermined Bexperienced Cknowledgeable Dimpatient参考答案9-11 CBA DUsing tablet computers like Apples iPad and Samsungs Galaxy Note just before bed can lead to a poor nights sleep, according to research. More and more people are taking their tablets to bed with them to surf the web, check Fac
39、ebook or email before switching off the light. But researchers are warning that the blueish light their screens emit can stop users getting a good nights sleep. That is because this type of light mimics daylight, convincing the brain that it is still daytime. Blue light suppresses production of a br
40、ain chemical called melatonin, which helps us fall sleep. This is because our brains have evolved to be wakeful during daylight hours. By contrast, light which is more orange or red in tone does not reduce melatonin production, perhaps because our brains recognize it as a cue that the day is ending.
41、Neurologists (神经病学家) have known for years that staring at screens late in the evening can disrupt sleep. Researchers at the Lighting Research Centre, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, are warning that looking at tablet displays for more than two hours “leads to a suppression of ou
42、r natural melatonin levels as the devices emit optical radiation (光辐射) at short wavelengths” - in other words, they emit bluer light.They say: “Although turning off devices at night is the ultimate solution, it is recommended that if these devices are used at night displays are dimmed as much as pos
43、sible and that the time spent on them before bed should be limited.”They drew their conclusions after measuring melatonin levels in 13 volunteers, after they had spent time viewing iPads at full brightness at a distance of 10 inches, for two hours. Melatonin levels were significantly lower after the
44、y had done this, than they were after the volunteers had viewed their iPads for the same time, but while wearing orange glass goggles, which cut out the blue light.They wrote in the journal Applied Ergonomics that tablet makers could “tune the spectral power distribution of self-luminous devices (自发
45、光设备的频谱功率分布)” so that they disrupted the sleep patterns of users less.It is not just a good nights sleep that could be jeopardized (危害) by too much late night screen time. Researchers know that persistent disruption to sleep patterns can lead to an increased risk of obesity, and even breast cancer. H
46、owever, these studies tend to be comparisons of those with chronic (慢性的) sleep disruption, such as long term shift workers, with those who have normal sleep patterns.12. What is it that stops users getting a good nights sleep?A. Screens B. blueish lightC. MelatoninD. Orange or red light13. Based on
47、their findings, researchers have made the following suggestions except that _.A. Devices like iPads should be turned off at night. B. Tablet makers should make improvements in devices.C. Users should view iPads at full brightness instead of wearing orange glass goggles.D. The time spent on screen be
48、fore bed should be controlled.14. We can infer from the passage that _.A. Orange and red light does no good to a good nights sleep.B. Our brains recognize orange or red light in tone as a cue that the day is ending.C. The less melatonin our body produces, the easier we fall asleep.D. Too much late n
49、ight screen time leads to more than sleep problem.15. The writers purpose for writing this article is to _.A. inform readers of a recent research.B. complain about problems caused by using iPads before bed.C. offer some suggestions on late night screen viewing.D. advocate late night screen viewing.参考答案12-15 BCDA
