山东省淄博市2016高考英语阅读理解暑假选练(4)

山东省淄博市2016高考英语阅读理解暑假选练（4）

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。

Designed as a gift book or family souvenir, this beautiful hardcover has a traditional connection with Christmas virtues (美德). Each virtue is discussed in a short article and then followed by four to five all-new heart-touching stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Each section ends with a one-page suggestion for how to start your own holiday tradition, from baking cookies to charity ideas, which reflects the spirit of the virtue.

With the amusing description of life and heart-warming tales about cats, each touching story in Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers' Soul celebrates the special bond we share with our cats.

The Real Dear Friends explores the classic puzzles which every child aged 9-19 faces: friends -- making them, keeping them, fighting with them, losing them, helping them and competing with them. And there are no lectures here; this is the straight talk from teens that young readers love.

This is a book that covers problems for girls only! Chicken Soup for Girls' Soul is a book by girls, for girls, where readers can find encouragement, support and positive advice when facing the challenges of being a pre-teen girl.

The heart-warming stories and photographs in Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Grandmothers celebrate and catch the loving moments spent together with family: the joyful surprise of becoming a grandma, the amazing times when young children teach them lessons about life and living.

56. If you are a pet lover, which book might interest you most? ______. A. Chicken Soup for the Soul Soul

C. The Real Dear Friends D. Chicken Soup for Girls' Soul 57. The Real Dear Friends appeals to young readers because it ______. A. tells the real experience of teenagers

B. has a beautiful hardcover which teens like most

B. Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers'

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C. covers touching lectures by famous authors D. gives suggestions on how to defeat their friends

58. The feature of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Grandmothers lies in ______.

A. some useful suggestions on traditional cooking B. encouragement and support from family members C. some experiences of teens in different regions D. a perfect combination of warm stories and photos

56．【答案】 B

【解析】由第二段With the amusing description of life and heart-warming tales about cats, each touching story in Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers' Soul celebrates the special bond we share with our cats.可以得出。 【考点定位】考查细节理解题。 57．【答案】A

【解析】由第三段第二句And there are no lectures here; this is the straight talk from teens that young readers love.这是从青少年的角度来谈论的，可知A正确。 【考点定位】考查推理判断题。 58．【答案】D

【解析】由最后一段第一句The heart-warming stories and photographs in Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Grandmothers celebrate and catch the loving moments spent together with family可知，让人感到温馨的故事和图片是Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Grandmothers的特征，D温馨故事和图片的完美结合，符合题意。 【考点定位】考查推理判断题。

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【阅读理解】

Arthur Miller(1915-2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria-Hungary, drawn like so many others by the“Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.

Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.

When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.

Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury，Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.

本文讲述了亚瑟·米勒，美国著名的剧作家，以及他的著名的戏剧《男售货员之死》，当这部戏剧第一次搬上舞台时，赢得了巨大的成功，获得了三项大奖。 1. Why did Arthur Miller' s father move to the USA? A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. B. He was attracted by the “Great American Dream”． C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist. D. His family business failed.

答案：B。细节理解题。根据短文第一段第二句话“Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria-Hungary，drawn like so many others by the ‘Great American Dream’．”可知答案。

2．The play Death of a Salesman ________.

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A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller D. focuses on the skills in doing business

答案：A。细节理解题。根据短文第二段第三、四句话可知，Willy Loman已陷入美国社会制度的困境中，他已精疲力尽，在这残酷的商业世界中，他不知道应该怎样做，最后，他选择了自杀。由此可知A项正确。

3. What can we learn about Willy Loman?

A. He treats his employer badly. B. He runs the Wagner Company. C. He is a victim of the American system. D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues. 答案：C。推理判断题。由短文第二段可知，Willy Loman在这残酷的商业世界中，根本没有情感可言，但是他又不能对不起他的雇主和公司，他又不知道如何处理自己的失败，只有选择自杀，由此可知他是美国社会制度的牺牲品。

4. After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman________. A. achieved huge success

B. won the first Tony Award

C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen D. was severely attacked by dramatists 答案：A。细节理解题。由短文第三段可知，戏剧Death of a Salesman第一次搬上舞台，就赢得了三项大奖，故A项正确。 5. What is the text mainly about?

A. Arthur Miller and his family. B. The awards Arthur Miller won. C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced. D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play. 答案：D。主旨大意题。综观全文可知，本文主要讲述了亚瑟·米勒及他的名著Death of a Salesman，故D项正确。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 【广东省广州市2014综合测试】A

I once met a well-known botanist at a dinner party. I had never talked with a botanist before, and I found him fascinating. I sat there absorbed and listened while he spoke of unusual plants and his experiments (he even told me astonishing facts about the simple potato). I had a small indoor garden of my own ---and he was good enough to tell me how to solve some of my problems.

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As I said, we were at a dinner party. There must have been a dozen other guests, but I broke an important rule of politeness. I ignored everyone else and talked for hours to the botanist.

Midnight came, I said good night to everyone and departed. The botanist then turned to our host and said many nice things about me, including that I was a “most interesting conversationalist.”

An interesting conversationalist? I had said hardly anything at all. I couldn’t have said anything if I had wanted to without changing the subject, for I didn’t know any more about plants than I knew about sharks. But I had done this one thing: I had listened carefully. I listened because I was really interested. And he felt it. Naturally that pleased him. That kind of listening is one of the the best ways to show respect to others, and it makes them feel great too. “Few human beings ,” wrote Jack Woodford in Strangers in Love,“can resist the sweet effect of rapt attention.” I went even further than that. I was “sincere in my admiration and generous in my praise.” I told him that I had been hugely entertained and instructed. I had. I told him I wished I had his knowledge.I told him that I should love to wander the fields with him. What’s more, it was all true.

And so I had him thinking of me as a good conversationalist when, in reality, I had been merely a good listener and had encouraged him to talk. 26. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that the writer________. A. was deeply moved by the botanist’s talk B. was amazed by what he was hearing C. was not in a comfortable situation D. behaved politely and properly

27. Which of the following does the writer describe as a rule of politeness at dinner parties?

A. Avoiding discussions about politics and religion. B. Listening carefully to what another guest says. C. Arriving and leaving at the appropriate time. D. Giving attention to all those in attendance.

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28. The underlined expression “rapt attention” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to_______.

A. full understanding B. strong interest C. great uncertainty D. little curiosity

29. According to the writer, which of the following is an important characteristic of a good conversationalist?

A. Listening attentively and encouraging the other side to continue. B. Encouraging he other side by sharing his/her own opinions. C. Promising a future meeting for more communication. D. Expressing respect by nodding his/her head. 30. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To prove the writer is an interesting conversationalist. B. To share an interesting experience at a dinner party. C. To explain what makes a good conversationalist. D. To show that botanists can be really talkative. 【参考答案】26-30 BDBAC

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。

For my grandmother's 70th birthday, my family and I visited South Korea. While there, I was attentive to Korean high schools and students.

I was surprised by how different Korea's public high schools are from America's. Korean high schools can be all-girls, all-boys or co-ed (男女同校的）unlike our standard co-ed high schools. There are three grades: “go 1（10th) ”， “go 2” (1l th) and “go 3” (12th). “Go”is the first syllable of the word “go-deung –hakkyo”, which, simply translated, is “high school”.

In America, unless you want to go to a private school, you don't have to take an entrance exam. In Korea, however, students must take a test to get in because of the many choices of schools.

Another difference I couldn't help but notice was the students' appearance. With

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very few exceptions, all wear uniforms. A name tag (标牌)with the student's name, grade and homeroom number must also be worn. Girl's skirts can't be above the upper part of the knee, and it is forbidden to dye (染)your hair or wear accessories (装饰品)except small earrings. There are strict regulations for appearance to achieve neatness, and it seems the only freedom students have is with their choices of hair style, socks and shoes.

The final difference was the setup of the classes. There may be 40 students in a classroom, but the number can be less or even more, depending on the population of the town or city. Although there are many students per classroom, they are very close, which I think is a result of not changing classrooms for different subjects. There are no levels in the subjects and the teachers are the ones who switch classrooms. They just have ten-minute breaks between subjects. In each class, students are ranked by their grades. This causes strict competition, and Korean students do a lot of studying. To help them, all schools have extra study classes after school. One other fact that helped me appreciate living in America is that Koreans have school on Saturdays. Although it's only a half day, I think I speak for most Americans when I say we could never imagine ourselves in school on a Saturday.

Korea's public high schools are clearly different from America's. I had imagined them to be just like our schools, but now I have a clear picture of how different they are.

59. How many main differences are mentioned between Korea's public high school and America’s? A. 3.

B. 4.

C. 5.

D. 6.

60. It seems that the writer _______ .

A. is familiar with the education system of high schools in Korea B. is fond of Korean students' appearance

C. prefers the high school life of America to the one of Korea D. feels it common to have lessons on weekends

61. What does the underlined word \A. Arrangement. B. Size.

C. Number. D. Outline.

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62. According to the rules, the students of Korea can _______ .

A. go to different high schools without exams B. wear any clothes except uniforms at school

C. attend different classes as they like

D. have different hair styles

【文章大意】议论文。本文作者通过在韩国旅游的经历，描写了韩国的高中学校与本国学校的不同点。并且表示自己还是倾向于喜欢本国的高中生活。

59．【答案】B

【解析】文章第二、三、四、五段各说明了一个韩国高中的学校与美国学校的不同点，共有四个。考生在阅读时要抓住关键词，才能又快又准的答题。 【考点定位】考查细节理解题。 60．【答案】C

【解析】依据第五段最后一句Although it's only a half day, I think I speak for most Americans when I say we could never imagine ourselves in school on a Saturday.可知，作者还是喜欢本国的高中生活，C正确。 【考点定位】考查推理判断题。

of schools. 可知，韩国的学生进入高中必须要考试，A错误；依据第四段第二

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