湖南省衡南县高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练(2)

湖南衡南县2016高考英语【二轮】阅读理解选练（2）
阅读下列5篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

【2014高考训练】
Ashok Gadgil has spent the past three decades helping people in need—and he has no plans to stop .On May 2, Gadgil won the$100．000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation. Each year，the honor is given to an inventor who has improved the lives of people in developing countries. Gadgil‘s inventions have helped more than 100 million people around the world.
Gadgil is a professor and physicist at the University of California. When he’s not teaching，he works to find solutions to global problems such as energy efficiency and water safety. “I chose to focus on problems where my knowledge of science could help，”he said
In the 1980s he came up with a program to make energy-efficient light bulbs more affordable for people in developing countries. Then in the 1990s，Gadgil designed his first life—saving invention，UV Waterworks .The device kills deadly disease —carrying germs(病菌)from drinking water. It costs just one cent to clean five liters of water .Gadgil was inspired to find an inexpensive solution to the clean water crisis after more than 10，000 people in his home country of India died from an outbreak of Bengal cholera，in 1993 The disease is spread through contaminated food and drinking water .So far，the invention has provided safe drinking water to more than five million people in poor areas.
As a professor，Gadgil encourages his students to stay positive about finding solutions to hard problems.“Be optimistic when you try a hard problem．”he says. “It’s when you solve a large problem that you can have a big impact on the world”
41. Gadgil was given Lemelson-MIT Award for___________.
A. his teaching experience
B. his new physical research
C. his vast knowledge
D. his helpful inventions
42. What call we learn about UV Waterworks?
A. It's Gadgil’s first invention
B. It’s used to clean water．
C. it was designed for his home country
D. It saved 10，000 people in total
43 The underlined word “cont a mninated”in Paragraph 3 means__________.
A. wasted
B. consumed
C. polluted
D. canned
44. According to the last paragraph，Gadgil encourages his students__________.
A. to learn lessons from failures
B. to find problems in peaceful life
C. to make inventions to help poor people
D. to be confident when facing diffculties
45.Which of the following can best describe Gadgil?
A. Caring and optimistic.
B. Independent and positive.
C. Powerful and strict.
D. Responsible and sensitive.
【参考答案】41—45、DBCDA
【2014高考训练】
Global warming happens when greenhouse gases trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This is like when heat is trapped in a car. On a hot day, the car gets hotter when it is out in the parking lot. This is because the heat and light from the sun can get into the car, by going through the windows，but it can’t get back out. This is what the greenhouse effect does to the earth .The heat and light can get through the atmosphere, but it can’t get out As a result，the temperature rises.
Sometimes the temperature can change in a way that helps us. The greenhouse effect makes the earth appropriate for people to live on Without it，the earth would be freezing，or it would be burning hot. It would be freezing at night because we would not get the sun’s heat and light .During the day, especially during the summer,it would be burning because the sun would be up with no atmosphere to filter(过滤)it，so people，plants，and animals would be exposed to all the light and heat.
Although the greenhouse effect makes the earth able to have people living on it，
if there gets to be too many gases，the each can get unusually warmer, and many plants，animals．and people will die. Plants would die because they would not be able to take the heat .This would cause us to have less food to eat,and it would also limit the food that animals have. With less food for the animals that we need to survive we would even have less food. Gradually,people，plants，and animals would all die of hunger．
People are doing many things to try to stop global warming .One thing is carpooling—driving with someone to a place that you are both going to. Another thing is being more careful about leaving electrical devices turned on. Now,more people are even riding buses or bikes to lower the amount of greenhouse gases in the
air .Although adults do many things to help stop global warming,kids call do just as much.
46. By the example given in Paragraph l, the author wants to__________.
A. explain how global warming happens
B. show his feeling in a car in hot summer
C. tell us cars are causes of greenhouse gases
D. say that I there are greenhouse gases in every car
47. The underlined word‘it” in Paragraph 2 refers to__________.
A. light
B. greenhouse effect
C. temperature
D. heat
48. What is the effect of at mosphere?
A. IT only traps the heat of the sun.
B. It does great harm to humans.
C. It makes the earth neither to hot nor too cold.
D. It prevents all the light from the sun shining on the earth.
49. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. lf there is greenhouse effect．all the plants will die
B. Human beings are likely to disappear from the earth
C. Crops can ′t take in the heat lf there is greenhouse effect
D. Although greenhouse effect is necessary．Too much of it will cause us to die.
50. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?
A. What kids can do to help stop global warming.
B. Who should be responsible for the environmental problems.
C. What global warming is doing to the environment.
D. Why cars and buses pollute the air a lot
【参考答案】46—50、ABCDA
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，
并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

【江苏省苏锡常镇四市2014模拟调研】 A
Many of you should not own dogs. It’s that simple. The reason is that, if you own a dog,
you must train a dog, and many dog owners out there, it is safe to say, have little or no control
over their dogs, because they do not train them.
Strong words? Maybe．But they are simple, honest words, as untrained dogs living in
residential neighborhoods bark at will, run loose, and visit and damage neighboring properties
with their owners’blessings as they deliberately let them run.
Take note of the fact that you, the dog owner, cannot control your dog causing a continual nuisance（麻烦事）that damages the quality of life in your neighborhood. There’s nothing more annoying to most people than a dog that barks and nothing more confusing than trying to understand the deficient（有缺陷的）mentality of the dog owner who allows his dog to do so.
After all, the irresponsible dog owner hears the barking too, and so those who must put up with it are continually left wondering-what are they thinking, are they deaf? Many dog owners believe it is not possible for their dog to be trained, an indication that the owners themselves lack self discipline, and most likely have never
really tried to apply discipline to other issues in their lives, not with consistency, or that they are simply lazy and inattentive to their own adult responsibilities at the expense of others.
Irresponsible dog owners, though, do train their dogs. A dog is a reflection of its owner.
Whatever a dog does (run loose, bark at will, jump on guests entering the front door, soil
neighboring lawns) is a result of the decisions of the owner. The choice not to do something is
indeed a choice.
The good news is that with mere consistency, a dog can be trained rather quickly, in a
couple of weeks if the owner takes his responsibility seriously. Again, that process will be a
reflection of the owner's behavior, and the primary ingredient（要素）in that behavior is not
allowing the dog, not even once, to repeat the bad behavior without consequences when told and directed not to. You can stop your dog from barking with simple firm voice commands, direct eye contact, and force of will in a relatively short time, provided you are consistent and a reasonably mature person.
Dogs, what，s more, love this training because pleasing you, their owner, is what they arc all about. The upshot（结果，要点）will be that you have a more connected relationship with your dog, a better dog that is suited to its environment.
56. Which is NOT the reason for dog owners to have little or no control over their dogs?
A. They are lazy and unwilling to train their dogs.
B. They think their dogs can act well without training.
C，They lack self-control over many issues in daily life.
D. They don't give enough attention to their responsibilities.
57. What's the author's attitude towards owners of untrained dogs?
A. Prejudiced.
B. Unclear.
C. Disapproving.
D. Curious.
58. This article is mainly written to＿．
A. instruct dog owners how to train dogs
B ．call on dog owners to train their dogs
C. sing high praise for responsible dog owners
D. analyze the relationship between dog owners and their dogs
59. It can be concluded from the passage that＿．
A. responsible dog owners can put up with dogs’barking
B ．irresponsible dog owners deliberately train their dogs to do something wrong
C. we should not own dogs because they can damage the quality of our daily life
D ．whether a dog can be trained properly may depend on the dog owner's behavior 【参考答案】56--59 BCBD
【江苏省苏锡常镇四市2014模拟调研】
Taking place every spring in the world's leading publishing and cultural capital, it's a
unique opportunity to explore and understand the innovations shaping the publishing world of
the future.
When：08-10 April 2014
Where: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London, SW5 9TA
Who Attends?
The London Book Fair attracts a global audience of visitors and exhibitors from all areas of the publishing community.
25,000 Attendees（出席者），113 countries
Key visitor audiences include:
Literary Agents/Scouts
Publishers
Booksellers
Library and Information Professionals
Production, Distribution, Technical and Creative Professionals
1,500 Exhibiting Companies
The LBF floorplan allows exhibitors to showcase their products and titles by sector:
Academic｝Art, Architecture＆Design！Children’s＆Young Adult｝Digital＆Mobile｝General Publishing｝Publishing Solutions】STM＆ELT
Earls Court Information
The Earls Court Business Centre offers a comprehensive range of business services, including:
Incoming and outgoing fax and telephone calls
Photocopying and printing
Internet access
Telephone points for laptops
PC workstations with standard office software
Courier service
Visa Information
If you are not a British citizen or a citizen of one of the European Economic Area (EEA)
countries, you may need to acquire a visa-entry clearance certificate-before you travel to
Britain.
Visitors can access the visa letter service only once they have registered for the
London Book Fair online. On completion of your registration you will receive a confirmation
email which includes your badge number and a link to the visa letter service completion page.
Here you need to complete all your contact and company details, your badge number, your
passport number and your date of birth. Once you have successfully submitted this information,
it will produce,a printable letter that you can take to your nearest British consular. Exhibitors can access the visa letter service via the Exhibitor Portal online. Join us in April 2014 at Earls Court, London, registering as a visitor allows you access to
exhibitors, show features and over 250 Love Learning seminars and events.
The London Book Fair team is on hand to help you with any questions you may have about visiting or exhibiting at the show.
60. According to the passage, we can learn that the London Book Fair＿．
A. is held in different cities in the UK every year
B ．requires visitors from EEA countries to get a visa
C. attracts a global audience with no limit to exhibitors
D. gives attendees three-day access to seminars and events
61．The Earls Court Business Centre
A. allows companies to exhibit their art products
B ．enables customers to work on the Internet
C. informs people of the key visitor audiences
D. offers readers the service of visa application
62. Which of the following statements about the visa letter service is true?
A. You’11 get the visa if you complete the confirmation email.
B ．You can receive the confirmation email without registering online.
C. The London Book Fair offers this service to registered exhibitors and visitors online.
D. The visa letter service completion page saves you the trouble of going to the British
consular.
【参考答案】60、D 61—62、BC。