1、广东韶关市2016高考英语阅读理解选编（3）及答案（二轮）阅读理解The Coalition for the Homeless is an organization that seeks to address the needs of the homeless population in the United States. It is a network of offices, some of which provide food and houses for the homeless population, and some of which fight for the passing o
2、f laws that of over two hundred million people living in the United States, up to three million are homelessand the number is still growing. Since the late 1970s,fast rising house prices, large cuts in government supported housing programs, and economic recession(经济衰退)have made it impossible for man
3、y Americans to meet housing costs. Sadly, this has resulted in a number of persons being forced to leave their homes and/or unable to find new affordable homes. According to another research, families with children appear to be the fastest-growing part of the homeless population, making up 39% of it
4、. The old idea of a homeless person, that of the single man who gets drunk all the time, is no longer true. A much lager part of the population now finds itself homeless. Even worse, once a person becomes homeless, he often finds it impossible to find a job, since most employers require anyone who w
5、ants a job from them to provide a home address on a job application. ( ) 1. The word “address” in the first line probably means .A. talk about B. deal with C. fight for D. write to【答案】：B【解析】：猜测词义题。由后文It is a network of offices, some of which provide food and houses for the homeless population, and s
6、ome of which fight for the passing of laws that of over two hundred million people living in the United States,可得出选B。( ) 2. How many people are homeless in the U.S. according to the Coalition studies?A. 39% of the population. B. 200 million people.C. About 3 million people. D. About one-fifth of the
7、 population.【答案】：C【解析】：细节题，由up to three million are homeless可得出C。( ) 3. Homeless people often have difficulty finding a job because .A. they have no home addressesB. they mostly have a drinking problemC. they arent supported by government programsD. they often dont have enough work experience【答案】：A【
8、解析】：细节题，由he often finds it impossible to find a job, since most employers require anyone who wants a job from them to provide a home address on a job application.可知。( ) 4. What is the main cause of the rising number of the homeless in the U.S.?A. The passing of new housing laws. B. The fast growth o
9、f family size. C. The slow construction of houses. D. The ever-rising price of housing.【答案】：D【解析】：细节题，由fast rising house prices, large cuts in government supported housing programs, and economic recession(经济衰退)可知选D。第7组阅读理解-AAccording to the US government, wind farms off the Pacific coast could produ
10、ce 900 gig watts of electricity every year. Unfortunately, the water there is far too deep for even the tallest windmills (see picture) to touch bottom. An experiment under way off the coast of Norway, however, could help put them anywhere.The project, called Hywind, is the worlds first large-scale
11、deepwater wind turbine(涡轮发电机).Although it uses a fairly standard 152-ton,2.3-megawatt turbine, Hywind represents totally new technology. The turbine will be fixed 213 feet above the water on a floating spar(see picture),a technology Hywinds creator, the Norwegian company StatoilHydro, has developed
12、recently. The steel spar, which is filled with stones and goes 328 feet below the sea surface, will be tied to the ocean floor by three cable(缆索)；these will keep the spar stable and prevent the turbine from moving up and down in the waves. Hywinds stability(稳定性)in the cold and rough sea would prove
13、that even the deepest corners of the ocean are suitable for wind power. If all goes according to plan, the turbine will start producing electricity six miles off the coast of southwestern Norway as early as September.To produce electricity on a large scale, a commercial wind farm will have to use bi
14、gger turbines than Hywind does, but its difficult enough to balance such a large turbine so high on a floating spar in the middle of the ocean. To make that turbine heavier, the whole spars to design a new kind of wind turbine, one whose gearbox(变速箱) sits at sea level rather than behind the blades (
15、see picture )Hywind is a test run, but the benefits for perfecting floating wind-farm technology could be extremely large. Out at sea, the wind is often stronger and steadier than close to shore, where all existing offshore windmills are planted. Deep-sea farms are invisible from land, which helps o
16、vercome the windmill-as-eyesore objection. If the technology catches on, it will open up vast areas of the planets surface to one of the best low-carbon power sources available. ( ) 1. The Hywind project uses totally new technology to ensure the stability of _.A. the cables which tie the spar to the
17、 ocean floorB. the spar which is floating in deep-sea waterC. the blades driven by strong and steady sea windD. the stones filled in the spar below the sea surface( ) 2. To balance a bigger turbine high on a flatting spar, a new type of turbine is to be designed with its gearbox sitting _.A. on the
18、sea floor B. on the spar topC. at sea level D. behind the blades( ) 3. Wide applications of deepwater wind power technology can _.A. solve the technical problems of deepwater windmillsB. make financial profits by producing more turbinesC. settle the arguments about environmental problemsD. explore l
19、ow-carbon power resources available at seaA篇第三篇是一篇科普类说明文，介绍了风力涡轮发电，这基本切中了当下最受关注的话题新能源和可持续。体现了时代的潮流，跟B篇谋篇一致，话题新颖信息量足，题目并不难。63.细节题。 根据题干定位到原文第二段倒数第二句。从”Hywinds stability in the cold and rough sea would prove that even the deepest corners of the ocean are suitable for wind power”得出答案B为正确。64.细节题。 根据题干定位
20、到原文第三段最后，得出答案C是正确的。65.推断题。根据文章最后一句，可以推断出这种项目的成功运行将会促进低碳能源的发展，从而得出D选项是正确的。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。 Basics of HoroscopeAstrology is the study of how events on Earth are influenced by the Sun, Moon, stars and planets. Technically, horoscope is the term astrologers use for a chart showing the
21、 relative positions of stars and planets at a specific time. It is like a snapshot of a particular place in Time and Space. But for most people, a horoscope is the forecast astrologers make based on that chart. The future forecasts on the Web or in newspapers are often referred to as a horoscope.If
22、you are interested in (or intrigued by) astrology, the first thing you need to know is your sun sign (also known as the zodiac sign). Sign - as in Whats my sign? - is a word the average reader of horoscope columns in newspapers thinks of as a label for a stereotype applied to him simply because he w
23、as born in a certain one-month time period. This is NOT exactly true. Sign is a term used by astrologers to define a sector of the sky (like the segments of a peeled orange). Each of the twelve signs of the zodiac is a 30-degree arc in a 360-degree imaginary belt around the Earth (360/12=30). It is
24、one of the twelve sections of Space in which we observe the Sun (by day) and Moon and the other planets which are visible to the naked eye. Most people know their zodiac sign already. Its based on your birthday. Once you know your zodiac sign, you can start reading your horoscopes: Daily, Weekly, Mo
25、nthly, Yearly.Those daily horoscope columns for the 12 zodiac signs are only based on an assumed month and day of birth which falls within a range of dates when the Sun is in a particular sign. They are generalized Sun Sign horoscopes, but they do not take into account the year (or hour and minute)
26、you were born, or the town and country you were born in. Since your Time and Space are not really known, these so-called horoscopes are only based on an estimate of where the Sun was located on your date of birth, and thus are far less detailed and accurate than a Personal Horoscope Reading based on
27、 your full birth data - which will include the positions of the Moon and ALL the Planets, and what that means about you as a unique individual. Not even identical twins can be born in the same Space at the same Time.Sooner or later you start noticing that the zodiac horoscope cant be very accurate b
28、ecause everybody is different. Life would be boring if everybody with the same zodiac or sun sign would be equal. The sun sign just tells you something about your general personality and spirit. When you combine your sun sign horoscope with your moon sign (the inner you and emotions) and your ascend
29、ant (your outer image) youll get a lot more information. To know your moon sign and rising sign (ascendant), you need to get your birth chart done. Many web sites on the Internet provide this service for free.A birth chart, also called natal chart, shows the positions of the stars at your time of bi
30、rth in the place you were born in. For best accuracy, you need to enter the date o birth (DOB), time of birth (TOB) and place of birth (POB), to find your moon sign and rising sign (ascendant). The birth chart provides a lot of information. Once you know your sun sign, moon sign and ascendant sign,
31、you can also read the in-depth descriptions of all 3 signs. 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。Evaluation by StudentsIt used to be that if what students had to say about their professors was unprintable, it remained that way. No longer. Formal evaluations of teachers by students, something that woul
32、d have been viewed as the height of disrespect a generation ago, have become accepted procedure on most campuses. The evaluations are used to improve teaching, to help students choose courses and assist faculty and administrators in promotion and tenure decisions.People tend to think of teaching as
33、just involving content. But teaching is about getting the knowledge into students heads and it is harder to find anyone who is a better judge of whether they are learning something than the students themselves. At most universities, students get evaluation forms in the final 15 minutes of the last d
34、ay of a course and are asked to fill them out anonymously.In addition to the institutionalized procedures for faculty evaluations, informal course guides are also published and sold by students at some universities. One of the oldest of these guides is the Confidential Guide to Courses, or the Confi
35、 Guide, put out by the editors the Harvard Crimson. The first purpose is to be humorous; the second purpose, if one cant be humorous, is to be interesting, and last, were trying to be informative, said Jonathan Moses, managing editor of The Crimson. Were not like the CUE Guide, he said, referring to
36、 the official university course guide, They are looking for substance, not style - a terrible thing.Here is what the Confi Guide had to say about a course taught by a world-famous Harvard professor. You will be going to the most expensive theater sow of your life - a couple of hundred bucks to watch
37、 a famous guy stroke his ego in front of 300 students. About another course, the guide says, They shouldnt have bothered, and adds that in the class, taught by another eminent professor, Teachers ability and faculty rank are inversely proportional.At Stanford University, the official guide has been
38、computerized. Students is able to use a terminal to find out all the courses taught on a certain day or the names of the course taught by a certain professor or what requirements a given course fulfills. At the end of each course description is a student evaluation section, which asks questions like
39、, What are the best things about the class? How would you rate the course? What would you say to a student taking this course? Besides, individual faculty members are encouraged to devise their own questionnaires for their students. These are used to help faculty members to improve their teaching and to make decisions about tenure. The reality of the situation is that the range of comments you get on the evaluation forms is so extreme that you wonder is all the students were taking the same curse.
