河北省曲阳县高考英语二轮复习语阅读理解精选(4)

河北曲阳县2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）精选（4）
[人物型阅读理解]
Greg Woodburn, a student at the University of Southern California, spends a lot of time cleaning sneakers he collected. But soon the shoes will be sent to poor children in the United States and 20 other countries, thanks to Woodburn's Share Our Shoes (S. O. S．) charity.
A high school track star in the town of Ventura, California, Woodburn was treated in hospital for months with knee and hip injuries.
“I started thinking about the health benefits, the friendship and the confidence I got from running, ” he says, “And I realized there are children who don't even have shoes. ”
Woodburn gathered up his old sneakers, then asked his friends to donate. His goal was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When he collected more than 500 pairs, he decided to turn the shoe drive into a year­round endeavour.
Back then, the sneakers came from donation boxes at the YMCA and the local sporting goods store and from door­to­door pickups. Woodburn has now set up collection boxes at two high schools, city gym and recreation centre. He has started accepting adult sizes and sandals(凉鞋). So far, S. O. S. has collected and donated more than 3, 000 pairs.
Woodburn has cleaned all the shoes. After sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the good s hoes for the washing machine and the worn­out ones for recycling.
To ship the footwear, Woodburn teamed with Sports Gift, a non­profit organization that provides soccer and baseball equipment to children around the world. Keven Baxter, founder and presiden t, says, “We'd send kids balls and shoes. I've heard that for many of these kids, these old sneakers are the only shoes they had. They wear them to school and to do sports. So Greg's running shoes were a nice addition for us.”
For many recipients(接受者), the shoes represent opportunity. Two young boys in Southern California attended school on alternate days because they shared a pair of shoes. They were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S. O.
S．， each brother received his own pair of shoes. The boys now attend school daily and enjoy their learning. When they graduate, they say, they will help a stranger, just as Woodburn helped them.
1. What caused Greg Woodburn to donate old shoes for poor children?
A．The benefits from playing sports.
B．News about some poor children.
C．His reflection on school life.
D．The medical treatment he received.
2. When collecting more sneakers than expected, Woodburn decided to________．
A．include adult sizes and sandals
B．set up branches in different cities
C．collect shoes throughout the year
D．expand his endeavour in the whole city
3. How did Woodburn manage to deliver the shoes collected?
A．By sending them by mail.
B．By working with Sports Gift.
C．By advertising for those in need.
D．By offering them from door to door.
4. What can we learn from Keven Baxter's remarks?
A．Sports Gift is popular around the world.
B．Many children need Greg's old sneakers.
C．Greg's running shoes are the best gifts for children.
D．Children need more soccer and baseball equipment than shoes.
5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．An organized activity
B．Greg Woodburn's life
C．How to collect sneakers
D．Recycled sneakers fit for sharing
C
【要点综述】本文主要讲述了一名大学生收集旧运动鞋，捐赠给贫困孩子的故事。

1．A 由文章的第二、三段可知，Greg Woodburn 是南加利福尼亚大学一个在校的田径明星。

因膝盖和臀部受伤住院后，他开始反思体育给他带来的好处，他意识到很多孩子没有鞋子穿，于是他决定捐出穿过的旧鞋给他们。

2．C 根据文章的第四段可知，Woodburn本打算在2006年圣诞节前搜集到100双旧运动鞋，可是他搜集到的旧鞋竟然超过了500双。

于是他决定把收集旧鞋变成一件全年都要做的事情。

3．B 根据文章的第七段可知，为了运输搜集来的旧鞋，Woodburn与一个名叫Sports Gift 的慈善机构合作。

Sports Gift把足球和棒球设备免费送给世界各地的儿童。

4．B 根据文章的第七段可知，Sports Gift的创始人Keven Baxter说，那些旧的运动鞋是一些贫困孩子仅有的鞋子。

他们穿着它们上学和运动。

可见，有很多穷孩子需要Greg Woodburn捐赠来的旧鞋。

5．D 本文讲述了一名大学生收集旧运动鞋，捐赠给贫困孩子的故事，所以选D项。

[阅读理解之推理判断和猜测词义]
一、推理判断
1．The earthquake may rightly be ranked as one of the most disastrous forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been estimated (估计) that earthquake­related deaths have numbered in the millions, and that earthquake­related loss has been beyond calculation…
The great majority of all earthquakes occurred in two particular areas in history…
It is doubtful that man will be ever able to control earthquakes and get rid of their damage altogether.But as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to deal with their possible damage before they occur.
The author's purpose in writing the passage probably is to________．
A．inform the reader
B．entertain the reader
C．support a theory
D．question a theory
2．Why isn't your newspaper reporting any good news? All I read about is murder, bribery and death. Frankly, I'm sick of all the bad news.
The author's attitude towards the newspaper reporting is to ________．
A．complain B．apologize
C．amuse D．inform
3．With the past in mind, preparations the 2013 season included sweeping changes on both the technical and personal sides. The management at Toyota Motorsport GmbH was restructed, with John Howett moving from Toyota Motor Marketing Europe to become President, thus enabling the company founder, Ove Anderson, more time to concentrate on the operation of the race team at the track. Anderson's value as an inspirational leader was one of the team's biggest asserts(财富) in 2012.
What will the next paragraph talk about if the passage goes on?
A．Preparations for the 2013 season.
B．The value of Ove Anderson.
C．How to improve the European market?
D．Changes on the technical side.
一、推理判断
(一)
1．A 推理判断题。

文章第一段介绍地震给人类造成的危害，第二段分析地震频发的地方，第三段分析地震预防方面的前景。

因此可以推断写作的目的不是娱乐，也不是就某一理论提出质疑，而是给读者提供一些信息，教育读者。

答案是A。

2．A 推理判断题。

作者一是向读者说明这份报纸上只刊登不好的新闻，如凶杀、行贿、死亡等，二是在字里行间流露出自己的抱怨情绪，故最佳答案是A 。

3．D 推理判断题。

本段第一句介绍球队备战2013赛季经历了技术和人事安排上的巨大变化，紧接着陈述具体的人事安排，因此，下文应介绍技术层面的变化，所以，正确答案是D。

4．As a young boy, I sometimes travelled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: there were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
In spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy, it was such fun to stick your finger through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. “Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one. ” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs. ” Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $ 32，000.
A dozen years ago, when I travelled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad's death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the corner and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mum and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tear s in his eyes. “What are we going to
do about the letters this Christmas？” he asked.
“The letters？”
“I guess you never knew. ”
“Knew what？”
“Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.”
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn't hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one.
I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as________．
A．great chances to help other people
B．happy occasions to play with baby chickens
C．exciting experiences with a lot of fun
D．good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies
2. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that________．
A．Dad had a strong sense of duty
B．Dad was an honest and reliable man
C．Dad had a strong sense of honour
D．Dad was a kind and generous man
3．According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?
A．Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.
B．Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.
C．Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.
D．Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.
4．The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is________．
A．offering analyses
B．providing explanations
C．giving examples
D．making comparisons
【要点综述】本文主要讲述了邮递员爸爸的简单、丰富而又充实、有趣的邮递员生活，尤其回复孩子们给圣诞老人的信更是感人至深。

1．C 推理判断题。

根据文章的前两段，作者和父亲一起经历的所见、所闻、所感，可知那些是愉快的经历，故C符合文意。

2．B 推理判断题。

商人把那么多钱放在邮箱里托付给爸爸存入银行，可见爸爸是一个诚实的、可以信赖的人，故B符合文意。

3．D 推理判断题。

文章最后几段详细介绍了父亲回复孩子们给圣诞老人的信的这件事，由此可以推断出D符合文意。

4．C 推理判断题。

根据对第四段的整体理解，可知本段主要用了举例的写作手法，故C 符合文意。

[故事型阅读理解]
The 30 miles of steep(陡峭的)roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46yearold father of four, wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nineyearold daughter Mia, four-yearold son Baylor, and nineyearold neighbour Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.
The weather was fine—but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp Uturn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep ten-foot dam towards the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped towards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into
the river.
There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upsidedown car was filled with water. “It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater，” remembers Andersen, a softspoken product development manager. “You're thinking, is this how it's all going to end？”Having lost the sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldn't find her. “I thought, if I don't get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “Who else is in the car？” Andersen says respectfully,
“It_was_like_the_sight_of_angels_(天使). ”
1. What might be the main reason for the car accident?
A. The sharp Uturn.
B. The steep dam.
C. The sudden brake.
D. A truck hitting the car.
2. Andersen didn't expect any trouble on the road because ________.
A. he was familiar with the road
B. he was good at driving
C. his hands didn't have sweat
D. the weather was fine
3. What can be learned from the last paragraph?
A. Andersen lost conciousness in the water.
B. Strangers helped Andersen out of the car.
C. Andersen liked Mia most among the children.
D. Strangers teamed together to save the three children.
4. The underlined sentence is to express Andersen's feeling of being________.
A. tired
B. excited
C. doubtful
D. grateful
5. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A. Stay Calm When in Trouble
B. Drive Rounding a Uturn
C. Miracle Rescue from an Icy River
D. Mystery of the Bear River Mountains
(二)
【要点综述】本文主要介绍了Andersen开车带三个孩子上盘山公路时遭遇车祸而死里逃生的故事。

1．C 细节理解题。

由第二段第二句“Rounding a sharp Uturn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes.”可知是急刹车导致了这一次事故。

2．A 细节理解题。

由第一段最后一句“Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.”可知，Andersen在Canyon山路上开了成百上千次车，由此可知，他应该是对这条路非常熟悉。

3．D 推理判断题。

由最后一段最后几句“That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children…”可知，一些陌生人一起努力协作救了三个孩子。

4．D 推理判断题。

由最后一句话中Andersen把他们比喻成天使可知，他是心存感激的。

5．C 主旨大意题。

综观全文可知，本文主要讲述了在一个结冰的日子，陌生人结队拯救车祸中的三个孩子的故事，故C项为最佳选项。

高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项----A
I’ve written 14 movies．My characters smoke in many of them, and they look cool and glamorous（有魅力的） doing it．Smoking was an integral（必需的） part of many of my screenplays because I was a heavy smoker．It was part of a bad-boy image I’d cultivated for a long time—smoking, drinking, partying, rock ’n’ roll．Smoking, I once believed, was every person’s right．The second-hand smoke was
non-existent problem invented by professional do-gooders．I put all these views into my plays．
Remembering all this, I find it hard to forgive myself．I have been an accomplice (帮凶) to the murders of untold numbers of human beings．I am admitting this only because I have made a deal with God．Spare me, I said, and I will try to stop others from committing the same crimes I did．
Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with throat cancer, the result of a lifetime of smoking．I am alive but disabled．Much of my larynx (喉) is gone．I have some difficulty speaking; others have some difficulty understanding me．
I haven’t smoked or drunk for 18 months now, though I still take it day by day and pray for help．I believe in prayer and exercise．I have walked five miles a day for a year, without missing even one day．Quitting smoking and drinking has taught me the hardest lesson I’ve ever learned about my own weakness; it has also given me the greatest affection and empathy(同感) for those still addicted．
I don’t think smoking is every person’s rig ht anymore．I think smoking should be as illegal as heroin（海洛因）．I’m no longer such a bad boy．I go to church on Sunday．I’m desperate to see my four boys grow up．I want to do everything I can to undo the damage I have done with my own big-screen words and images．
Screen writers know, too, that some movie stars are more likely to play a part if they can smoke —because they are so addicted to smoking that they have difficulty stopping even during the shooting of a scene．
My hands are bloody; so are Hollywood’s．My cancer has caused me to attempt to cleanse （彻底清洁） me．I don’t wish my fate upon anyone in Hollywood, but I beg that Hollywood should stop putting it upon millions of others．
1. The main idea of this passage probably is _________．
A. the writer is ashamed of the bad effects his screenplays have had on human beings
B. the writer’s smoking experience nearly killed himself
C. the bad effects that Hollywood screenplay have brought to children
D. the determination of the writer to overcome his illness
答案解析：答案为A。

本题为文章大意题。

第一段作者引入话题，在他创作的电影中，很多人物吸烟，吸烟是他的作品中必需的，这些吸烟的场景影响了人们，
后面的段落介绍作者因为吸烟而患上了喉癌，深受其苦，也表达了他深深的忏悔之意，最后一段表达作者的希望，希望好莱坞电影不再有吸烟的场景，让厄运降临到别人身上。

故本文的大意为作者对他的荧幕剧对人们产生的坏影响感到惭愧。

故答案为A。

B、D是文中的细节，C选项在文中未提及，均不选。

2. How do you think the writer has realized his mistake?
A. So many people have found the habit of smoking due to his plays．
B. His plays have brought great harm to teenagers．
C. He himself suffered greatly from smoking．
D. His screenplays have been doing more and more harm to human beings．
答案解析：答案为C。

本题为推理题。

由第三段的首句提到的“…I find it hard to forgive myself”和该段最后一句提到的“…and I will try to stop others from committing the same crimes I did.”, 以及第四段首句“Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with throat cancer, the result of a lifetime of smoking．”可知，作者难以原谅自己，将会努力阻止别人和他一样犯相同的罪，因为他诊断有吸烟导致的喉癌，故答案为C，作者自己深受吸烟之害。

A选项与题干无关；B选项未提及；D选项夸大了他的作品的危害，均不选。

3. According to the passage, what does the underlined sentence mean?
A. He has made up his mind to give up smoking forever．
B. He will try his best to prevent others from writing screen plays encouraging smoking．
C. He will try his best to bring up his four children．
D. He has decided to write his screenplays without smoking scenes．
答案解析：答案为D。

本题为语义理解题。

划线部分所在的句意为“我会尽我一切所能来消除我在荧幕上创作的文字和形象给人们带来的伤害”。

这种伤害来自第一段提到的作者的作品中吸烟是必需的场景，由此可以推断，划线部分意为作者决定在自己的作品中不再有吸烟场景。

故答案为D。

4. It can be inferred from the passage that _______．
A. the writer will soon be recovered from his illness thanks to his exercise
B. the writer will soon die because of his deadly disease
C. smoking will be got rid of in all Hollywood films
D. smoking in Hollywood films is still doing great harm to human beings
答案解析：答案为D。

本题为推理题。

由第四段第二句话“I am alive but disabled．”可知，作者虽然活着但是残疾了，故A、B选项错误。

由最后一段最后一句话“I don’t wish my fate upon anyone in Hollywood, but I beg that Hollywood should stop putting it upon millions of others．”可知，作者不希望自己的命运降临到好莱坞的任何人身上，但是乞求好莱坞应该阻止吸烟导致的危害降临到成千上万人的身上，可以推断，好莱坞电影上出现的吸烟场景仍然在对人们造成伤害，故C选项错误，D选项正确。