1、广东高明县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解精炼（一）及答案2016高考训练题。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。It must be something that many American companies hold a baby contest. Of course, babies are wonderful, and many parents would be the first to agree. Companies really bring in much money.Walgreens Baby contestIf you play th
2、e new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could win $1,000 in Walgreens & B Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant winner if you get a $25 Walgreens gift card, but you also have to write down your email address and receive all their sales and other informa
3、tion for the contest.Kids and BabiesKids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2014 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Galley with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check KidsandB for their Baby Photo Contest blogs latest update. The grand prize is $25,0
4、00. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them.PP has a website only for their members, but if you are into baby photos, it is well worth surfing. You could receive offers on free samples, money
5、-saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.AvonAvon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avons only collection for the photos of babies. Babies age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to TinyT and upload your rec
6、ent babys photos. The first place baby will be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybooks and win a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. Ten beautiful girls will win $300 worth of Tiny Tillia products.The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. You could be l
7、ucky and win enough to put your baby through college! Have fun! 1.What is the basic condition for you to play the instant winner in Walgreens & B?A. Getting a gift card. B. Getting a certificate.C. Winning 1,000 dollars.D. Receiving information for the contest2.If you want your baby to win the 2014
8、Free Photo Contest, you will _.A. have to spend $ 25,000 B. take your baby to the gallery in MayC. upload more photos of your baby D. have to help to advertise their site 3.What can we learn from this passage?A. Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2014B. Avon is a website that will hold a baby
9、 photo contestC. P accepts the photos of all kinds of people babiesD. Parents can upload their one-year-old babys photos to TinyTillia. com4.In the last paragraph, the author advises parents to _ .A. try their best to take good care of their babyB. enter the contests as soon as possibleC. encourage
10、their kids to go to college when they grow upD. find more tips for winning the contests参考答案14、ADDB 2016高考英语阅读理解-政治经济文化类 What is funny? The short answer is: Who knows? The joke that causes a burst of laughter from one listener might be met with a puzzled look from another. In general, you should avoi
11、d jokes at any business or social gathering where there are more than two people in your conversational group. If there are only two people and they consist of you and your best friend go ahead and tell it. Admittedly, a few people possess a perfect sense of timing, appropriateness, and joke deliver
12、y. You are probably not one of them. You might be quite funny and have many great jokes. But theres a place for jokes over dinner with family, hiking with friends, but business or social affairs with colleagues and acquaintances (熟人) are not it. It takes a whole other level of joke-telling ability t
13、o put a joke into the more formal conversations. The best jokes come into the conversation so that by the time listeners realize a joke is in progress, the punchline that produces humour is being delivered to their surprise and delight. Jokes dont translate well when youre in a group with mixed back
14、grounds: those whose first language is not English, those who might not understand a special term or an “in” expression, young people who wouldnt catch a reference to some bit of culture familiar to older people and vice versa (反之亦然). Never joke about another person in the group about their name, ha
15、bits, hometown, profession, appearance, or past. Its not a question of whether the joke is cheery or appropriate. No one enjoys being singled out this way. When you are the subject of the joke, the laughter doesnt feel good no matter how hard you try to tell yourself theyre not laughing at you. Beca
16、use thats what it feels like. What do you say if you realize your joke upset someone? Apologize as briefly and as sincerely as you can, and hope that someone changes the subject. Try saying: “Im sorry. I should have known better” or “Im sorry. I wasnt thinking.” What do you do if people dont get you
17、r joke or dont appear to find it as funny as you do? First, do not retell it, only louder this time, hoping the point of the joke will be seen. Second, dont try to push people to get it. People do not like people whose jokes they dont understand. They feel stupid and need to blame someone. If you wa
18、nt to leave with the goodwill of your listeners, say something to make them feel less foolish. You could say: “I dont know why I tell jokes when Im so poor at it.” The world needs laughter, and good humour is a success wherever it goes, so this caveat (告诫) about joke-telling is not meant to dampen h
19、igh spirits or to advocate dull conversation. If youre a gifted story-teller and you know people love your jokes, go for it. We need your kind. The rest of us will save our jokes for family and close friends.【小题1】According to the passage, it might be appropriate for you to tell a joke at a business
20、or social gathering if _. Athe joke is well chosenByou have complete confidence in your listeners sense of humorConly you and your best friend are involved in the conversationDthe audience consists of your colleagues and acquaintances【小题2】Why do some jokes fail to work? ABecause the punchline is too
21、 long to catch.BBecause the joke-teller uses wrong words and expressions.CBecause the joke-teller and listeners dont share the same background knowledge.DBecause the jokes are not properly translated into the listeners native language.【小题3】How will people feel when they are joked about? AThey will f
22、eel happy if the joke is a pleasant one.BThey will be upset no matter what kind of joke it is.CThey will enjoy the joke when realizing that people are not laughing at them.DThey will panic because it makes them the center of attention.【小题4】When people do not understand a joke they hear, they tend to
23、 _. Abelieve its the joke-tellers faultBget someone to retell the jokeCask for explanationDsay something foolish【小题5】Which of the following best describes the writers opinion on joke-telling? ANobody knows what makes a joke funny.BWe should not tell jokes unless we are asked to do so.CJoke-telling i
24、s a very complex thing.DJokes should be told only to friends and family members. 2016高考英语阅读理解-政治经济文化类Bookies, the campus bookstore is located at the Campus Activity Centre, main floor. Bookies is the only place in Kamloops to buy your course textbooks. There is a booklist in the bookstore listing th
25、e books required for each course. If you need help in finding your course textbooks, ask any of the staff in the bookstore. There are more than just textbooks at bookies. They carry a wide variety of stationary, art supplies and gift items. You can also buy telephone cards, postage stamps and bus pa
26、sses. You must show your student card to get a discount for the bus passes. TEXTBOOK RETURNS 1) Do I need my receipt to return books? Yes. 2) How long do I have to return books? Books purchased must be returned within ten working days of the date of the purchase. 3) What if I wrote my name in the bo
27、ok? Unfortunately, we can not give you a full refund for books not in mint condition as publishers will not accept this for credit. 4) What happens if I miss the last day for return? We may purchase the text book as “used” in accordance with our Buyback program. 5) hat if I discover that my book has
28、 missing pages half way through the semester? We will replace the defective books, new or used, for a like copy of that title. Cash refunds are not given for defective books returned outside the normal return dates. BUYBACKS 1) What books do you buy back? We buy back all current edition textbooks. I
29、f we do not use them at UCC, we buy them back according to the value established in the North American marketplace. 2) How much do I get for my books? If bookies is buying the book for use at UCC, you will receive 50% of the current new retail price. In order to receive optimum buyback price, discs
30、and supplements must accompany the book. 3) What happens to the books that I sell? Books for bookies are processed by our staff and sold to students at 75% of the new retail price. 4) What condition do my books need to be in? Books should be in good condition, meaning that the cover is still attache
31、d and all pages intact. Notes and markings on the pages of the books are perfectly fine. Workbooks and study guides are generally not purchased back unless they are free of all markings. No sales receipt is required for these books. BOOKSTORE HOURS MondayThursday 9:00am6:00pm Friday 9:00am5:00pm Sat
32、urday and Sunday Closed【小题1】The intended readers of this passage are _. Abook dealersBuniversity studentsCpublishers Dcampus staff【小题2】The underlined word “defective” can best be replaced by _. AlatestBperfectCbrand-newDincomplete【小题3】Bookies will not buy back your used textbook if _. Athe cover of
33、the book is missingBthere are markings and notes on the pagesCyou have lost the sales receiptDyou miss the last day for return【小题4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? ABookies is a place for students to buy their course textbooks.BStudent cards are needed to get a discount f
34、or the textbooks.CBooks bought in bookies should be returned within ten working days.DBooks bought back are processed by the staff and sold to students.【小题5】The items which can be bought back dont include _. Atextbooks with markingsBworkbooks with markingsCtextbooks with covers and all pagesDstudy g
35、uides free of markings 【浙江省金华十校2014高考英语模拟试题】C Most parents of kids under age 8 dont worry about how much time they spend watching TV or using other media, from computers to smart phones to tablets PCs, according to a new survey that found a childs use of media often reflects how much time parents sp
36、end in the similar way We generally found that media use is not a source of conflict in the home for families with young children, Ellen Wartella, a researcher from Northwestem University, told USA Today She led a survey of 2,326 parents who have children 8 and youngerIt found that in 80 percent of
37、families, childrens media use was not a problem, with 55 percent “not too or“ not at all concerned about it It also showed parents have more positive than negative feelings about how media consumption affects a childs learning and the development of creativityThe exception is video games, which are
38、viewed more negatively than TV, computers or mobile devices“Parents rated video games as more likely to have a negative effect on childrens school performance, attention time, creativity, social skills, behavior and sleep than any other medium, the researchers said in a news conference about the sur
39、vey The findings exposes a generational shift （转移） in parental attitudes about technologys role in young childrens lives, said Wartella“Todays parents grew up with technology as a central pact of their lives, so they think about it differently than earlier generations of parents, instead of a battle
40、 with kids on one side and parents on the other, the use of media and technology has become a family affair The researchers identified three media environments created by parents: media-centric （39 percent of families） , media-moderate （45%）and media-light （16%） Children in media-centric families sp
41、end at least three hours more each day watching TV or using computers, video games and tablet PCs dont make parenting easierAnd 88 percent of parents say they are most likely to turn to toys or activities to keep their children occupiedSlightly fewer turn to books （79%） and TV（78%） The survey didnt
42、look at how media affects children Thats a topic that the American Academy of Pediatrics has handled a number of times The AAP says studies have found too much media use can lead to attention- problems, school difficulties, sleep and eating disorders and being fat In addition, the Internet and cell
43、phones can provide platforms for illegal and risky behaviorsBy limiting screen time and offering educational media and non-electronic formats （格式）such as books, newspapers and board games, and watching television with their children, parents can help guide their childrens media experience Putting qu
44、estionable content into context and teaching kids a700ut advertising contributes to their media literacy （素养） , it says The pediatricians group says parents should have “screen-free zones and TV should be turned off during dinner At most, it recommends children and teens engage with entertainment me
45、dia for no more than two hours a day and that should be high-quality content It is important for kids to spend time on outdoor play, reading, hobbies and using their imaginations in free play“ Kids under 2 should not use television and other entertainment media because their brains are developing qu
46、ickly and they learn best from direct human interaction, the group says An article on screen time by the Mayo Clinic also notes problems linked to over screen time, including being fat, irregular sleep , behavioral problems , weak school performance , violence and less time for active and creative p
47、lay50Parents have more negative than positive feelings about media consumption like Acomputers Bsmart phones Cvideo games Dtablets PCs51Most parents dont worry about kids media use because Athey can limit the screen time Bthey want their children happy Cthey also grew up with technologyDthey can tea
48、ch their children themselves52From the data of the survey, we learn Achildren in media-centric families are smarter than othersBchildren in media-light families spend one hour watching TVCmore than half of the parents think childrens media use was a problemDmedia-centric children spend more than thr
49、ee hours each day on media use53To make parenting easier, most parents probably Atry to persuade their children to read books Bask their children questions while watching TV Callow their children watching TV or using computers Dturn to toys or activities to keep their children occupied54Which of the
50、 following is a suggestion by the researchers? AMedia use time for babies under 2 should be limited BEntertainment media use should be high-quality content CSchools should provide more time for active and creative play DHome media use should provide platforms for illegal and risky behaviors【参考答案】50、C 5154、CDDB
