1、2016高考英语二轮：（精选）阅读理解训练（10）及答案AOne hometown owner in Detroit is intending to exchange his villa for the latest iPhone 6.The owner has dropped the asking price from $ 5,000 to a new iPhone 6 as the owner is desperate to sell before the tax auction (拍卖) season where “thousands” of homes near foreclosure
2、 (房屋止赎权) will flood into the market, a real estate broker (房地产经纪人) called Larry Else told ABC News.“This house is really not worth much at all,” Else said. The windows are broken and there is no front door. The broker himself has not been inside the home because his company has a policy of not going
3、 in unsecured houses alone. Detroits declining fortunes have left its population about a third of what it used to be in its peak, according to the U.S. Census Bureau（人口普查办公室）.Now, the property has accrued (拖欠) more than $6,000 in back taxes (退税款) and will enter foreclosure next year if that debt is
4、not settled. So while the owner is asking for an iPhone 6, the true cost of the sale comes from the buyer including the cost of the back taxes.That attracted great interest in the property, as Else said that he received four offers today alone. One woman said she was interested in the house for the
5、wood. Another said that they would be willing to hand over an iPhone 5, and another offered $ 850. But Else hinted that the most likely buyer is someone who already lives on the block and put in a $ 700 bid（出价）, and their familiarity with the area appeared to put them at the head of the pack. He sai
6、d he expects one of the four offers to work out, and may even confirm the sale tonight.This is not the end of his bartering (物物交换) business, however, as Else said that hes already gotten another call from a homeowner who has had trouble selling their property. 21. Why did the owner drop his price fo
7、r the house?A. Because the house was too old.B. Because there is a boom in economy. C. Because he wanted to sell the house quickly.D. Because the population in Detroit is small.22. Larry Else hasnt come into the house because _.A. it is dangerous to enter itB. the owner doesnt permit itC. he is not
8、familiar with the areaD. it will break the companys rule23. The house will most possibly be sold at the price of _.A. $ 5,000 B. $ 850 C. $ 700 D. an iPhone 624. The passage is most probably taken from _.A. a story book B. a news report C. an economy report D. a tourist brochure参考答案2124 CDCB BRegard
9、less of the fact that getting dressed in baseball caps and T-shirts are classic American style choices; the preppy(学院风格) look is what sophisticated(高雅时髦的) British youths wear. But when it comes to the best-dressed nation, neither the US nor the UK tops CNNs list. So which country has the best fashio
10、n sense? Take a look.ItalyItaly is a country which lays a strong emphasis on outward appearance. Elegance is in Italian blood and most Italians would give up comfort in order to look graceful. They dress well even for simple trips to the grocery store. Both males and females have a good understandin
11、g of style, dressing themselves up with well-groomed(讲究的) hair and a smart pair of shoes. It is no wonder that so many of the best fashion designers are Italian!SwedenRetail(零售) giant H & M continues to spread affordable Swedish style around the world. What has been called the “Swedish fashion mirac
12、le” actually comes from the “less is more” philosophy. The Swedes tend to adopt a practical approach to what they wear, but they dont lack creativity.FranceThe French have a chic(别致的) air about them. They appear casual and elegant without being over-dressed or under-dressed, and always seem to give
13、off confidence in their style choices. “The laissez-faire(自由放任的) approach to fashion is something many people love and the looks they wear are something we all want to emulate on a daily basis,” said The Huffington Post.25. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. Getting d
14、ressed sophisticatedly is American style. B. Wearing T-shirts is British style.C. British young people like the preppy style. D. The UK is the best-dressed country in the world.26. What can we learn from Swedish dressing style?A. It is practical and creative. B. It is unaffordable.C. It lacks confid
15、ence. D. It lacks creativity.27. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “emulate” in the last paragraph? A. Imitate. B. Thrill. C. Like. D. Hate.参考答案2527CAA CBabies dont learn to talk just from hearing sounds. They are lip-readers too. It happens during the stage when a babys babbling (咿呀声) gradua
16、lly changes from unclear voices into that first “mama” or “dada” . The baby in order to do like you has to figure out how to shape their lips to make that particular sound they are hearing, according to developmental psychologist David Lewkowicz of Florida Atlantic University, who led the study.Appa
17、rently it doesnt take them too long to absorb the movements that match basic sounds. By their first birthdays, babies start changing back to look you in the eye again. It offers more evidence that quality face-time with babies is very important for speech development more than, say, turning on the l
18、atest baby DVD.But Lewkowicz went a step further. He and his student Amy Hansen-Tift tested nearly 180 babies, groups of them at ages 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 months. How? They showed videos of a woman speaking in English or Spanish to babies of English speakers. They found that when the speaker used Engl
19、ish, the 4-month-olds gazed mostly into her eyes. The 6-months-olds spent equal amounts of time looking at the eyes and the mouth. The 8-and 10-month-olds studied mostly the mouth. At 12 months, attention started changing back toward the speakers eyes.But what happened when these babies accustomed t
20、o English heard Spanish? The 12-month-olds studied the mouth longer, just like younger babies. They needed the extra information to recognize the unfamiliar sounds. That fits with research into bilingualism (双语)that shows babies brains adjust themselves to distinguishing the sounds of their native l
21、anguage over other languages in the first year of life.The continued lip-reading shows the 1-year-olds clearly still are fit for learning. Babies are so hard to study that this is “a fairly heroic data set”, says Duke University cognitive neuroscientist Greg Appelbaum, who found the research so fasc
22、inating that he wants to know more.28.Accordingtothefirstparagraph,babies_.A.mightgetitsvoice “mama” bylip-readingB.learntotalkjustfromhearingthesoundsC. liketofigureouthowtoshapetheirlipsD.communicatewithparentsthroughgestures29.Whatisnecessaryindevelopingbabies speechaccordingtoLewkowicz? A.Playin
23、gbabyDVDnearby. B.TeachingbabiestoreadEnglish. C.Speakingwithbabiesfacetoface. D.Speakingdifferentlanguagesinfrontofbabies. 30. Which of the following shows the right change of babies eye gaze according to the text? Eye gaze 4 8 12 Month A.Eye gaze4 8 12 Month C.Eye gaze 4 8 12 MonthB.Eye gaze4 8 12
24、 Month D. 31. What would be the best title of the text?A. Babies Have Different Methods to Talk B. Babies Try Lip-reading in Learning to Talk C. Babies Are Suitable to Learn Two Languages D. Babies Can Easily Accept Foreign Language 参考答案2831ACAB DIts a popular belief that a fishs memory lasts for on
25、ly seven seconds. It may seem sad to think that they dont remember what theyve eaten or where theyve been, and they dont recognize you or any of their friends - every moment in their life would be like seeing the world for the first time.But dont be so quick to feel sorry for them. A new study has f
26、ound that fish have a much better memory than we used to think. In fact, certain species of fish can even remember events from as long as 12 days ago.In the study, researchers from MacEwan University in Canada trained a kind of fish called African cichlids to go to a certain area of their tank to ge
27、t food. They then waited for 12 days before putting them back in the tank again.Researchers used computer software to monitor the fishs movements. They found that after such a long break the fish still went to the same place where they first got food. This suggested that they could remember their pa
28、st experiences.In fact, scientists had been thinking for a long time that African cichlids might have a good memory. An earlier study showed that they behaved aggressively in front of certain fish, perhaps because they remembered their past “fights”. But until the latest findings, there was no clear
29、 evidence.Just as a good memory can make our lives easier, it also plays an important part when a fish is trying to survive in the wild.“If fish are able to remember that a certain area contains safe food, they will be able to go back to that area without putting their lives at risks,” lead research
30、er Trevor Hamilton told Live Science.For a long time, fish were placed far below chimpanzees, dolphins and mice on the list of smart animals. But this study has given scientists a new understanding of their intelligence.32. What is the article mainly about?A. Fish having very bad memories.B. Fish be
31、ing smarter than we thought.C. How fish improve their memory.D. What we can learn from fish.33. According to the article, people used to believe that _.A. fish could only remember part of their past experiencesB. fish could remember things that happened 12 days agoC. a fishs memory lasted for only s
32、even minutesD. fish didnt recognize any of their friends34. How can fish benefit most from a good memory? They can remember _.A. where to get food and surviveB. their enemies and fightC. where to escape to when in dangerD. their friends and help each other35. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Fish behave aggressively in a fight.B. Fish can remember more.C. Fish dont belong to the list of smart animals.D. Only African cichlids have a good memory.参考答案3235 BDAB
