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2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（56）【阅读理解】Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed (展现) herself as she did nowhere else.After the death of her second husband，Greek shipping magnate (巨头) Aristotle Onassis lacqueline's close friend and former White House social secretary Letitis Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career (职业) in publishing.After consideration，Jacqueline accepted it.Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life. She became not less but more interested in reading.For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher's editor, first at Viking，then at Doubleday, pursuing(追求)a late­life career longer than her two marriages combined.During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books.Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes.She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversation into a book ，The Power of Myth.The book went on to become an international best­seller.She dealt，too with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自传)，Moonwalk. Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations，but she soon proved her worth.Her choices，suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself.In the books she selected for publication，she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.Her books are the autobiogaphy she never wrote.Her_role_as_First_Lady，in_the_end，was_overshadowed_by_her_performance_as_an_editor.However，few knew that she had achieved so much.本文主要讲述Jacqueline在选择了编辑这一职业后所做出的成就。

在这一行业里她的光芒甚至压过了她作为第一夫人的头衔。

1．We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline______.A．became fond of reading after working as an editorB．was in charge of publishing 100 booksC．promoted her books through social relationsD．gained a lot from her career as an editor答案：D。

推理判断题。

由文章内容可知，在第二任丈夫去世后，朋友推荐Jacqueline考虑在出版业谋一职位，没有想到她在此行业取得了成功，即D项正确。

2．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that______. A．Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First LadyB．Jacqueline's life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor C．Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First LadyD．Jacqueline's role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor答案：C。

句意理解题。

解本题的关键在于正确理解overshadow一词。

通读全文可知，Jacqueline 作为编辑取得了巨大成功，光芒超过了她第一夫人的头衔，故C项正确。

3．What can be inferred from the passage?A．Jacqueline's two marriages lasted more than 20 years.B．Jacqueline's own publishing firm was set up eventually.C．Jacqueline's views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited. D．Jacqueline's achievements were widely known.答案：C。

推理判断题。

由文章最后一段信息“In her books she selected for publication，she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.”可知她的一些个人观点在自己编辑的书中有所表露，故C项正确。

4．The passage is mainly______.A．an introduction of Jacqueline's life both as First Lady and as an editorB．a brief description of Jacqueline's lifelong experiencesC．a brief account of Jacqueline's career as an editor in her last 20 years D．an analysis of Jacqueline's social relations in publishing答案：C。

主旨大意题。

通读全文可知，本文主要讲述Jacqueline作为编辑所取得的成就，故C项正确。

【2016高考训练】阅读理解—推理判断题。

Expensive perfumes(香水) come in tiny bottles, but many hide a whale-sized secret. To perfect a particular smell, perfume-makers often use an ingredient that comes from sperm whales, called ambergris. But using ambergris, which helps a perfume last longer, is strongly opposed by many people who think it is wrong to kill whales justso we can sweet, Joerg Bohlmann is neither a perfumer nor a whale expert, He's a plant biologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. But his discovery of a new plant gene(基因) might push whales out of the perfume business.The gene comes from fir trees, found throughout North America and commonly used as Christmas trees. The trees produce a chemical that can be used in perfume in place of ambergris—but with a catch.“There's a problem that many people wouldn't consider. In the tree, the chemical is mixed with many others. That makes separation a challenge,” Bohlmann says.”It's like trying to isolate sugar from a biscuit.”This is where science becomes useful. When Bohlmann learned that fir trees produce the ambergris-like chemical, he decided to use his gene know-how to find the instructions for how to make the ambergris-substitute.Bohlmann found that gene and took it out of the tree cells. Then he did something that might sound strange to someone who doesn't work in genetics: Bohlmann put the gene from the tree into yeast(酵母) cells.Yeast may sound familiar because it's used to make things like bread, wine and beer. Biologists like to work tith yeast because it easily adopts new genes and changes its features and behavior. When Bohlmann put the fir tree into the yeast, the yeast started making the same chemical that had seen produced by the tree.Perfumers pay big money for ambergris because it is a fixative, which means it holds a smell in place on a person's body.“Cheap perfumes smell good in the first hour or so and then everything it gone.” explains Bohlmann. “But expensive perfumes are much more stable. Their smell lasts much longer, for hours or even a day after you apply them.”The new chemical, made from the tree genes, can be used as a fixative, too. And using yeast to make it is far cheaper than acquiring ambergris.Bohlmann admits he never thought he'd get into the perfume business. But now, he says, producers have been calling to find out how to use his technology in mew perfumes.1.It can be inferred from the passage that if a perfume contains ambergris, .A.Its user probably supports whale huntingB.Its smell will last for about an hourC.There will be a whale symbol on hourD.It is probably very expensive2.The unde rlined expression “with a catch” in Paragrph 3 means .A.Being difficult to holdB. having a hidden problemC. needing further testingD. being too similar3. According to the passage, why are yeast cells often used in genetic research?A. They can take on the characteristics of other genesB. They can reproduce much faster than other cells.C. They share some of the qualities of plant genes.D. They're much cheaper to use than ambergris.4. What can we learn about Joerg Bohlmann from the passage?A. He is opposed to whale hunting.B. He made his discovery during Christmas.C. He has worked in the perfume industry for many years.D. He has previously done genetic esearch.语篇解读本文是一篇科普说明文。