四川省广安市高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解系列训练(64)

广安市2017高考英语阅读理解一轮系列训练（64）
【2016高考训练】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。

Digging a Hole in China's Black Gold.
China's love affair with coal is set to last, but for investors the romance has come out of the relationship.
For the last fe w year s, investors in China's coal section have been mining a rich seam(煤层). From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2011, the level Qinhuangdao coal price rose 81%, supporting strong growth in profitability (利润)and enviable degree at mining majors like China Shenhua Energy. But as any mine r will tell you, the longer you work a seam, the more difficult it is to get value. China's coal prices have fallen nearly 10% in the last three months. A seasonal fall from the winter peak, and a cyclical（周期性的）slowdown brought about by China's slowing construction and money tightening, is only part of the picture. Those effects will fade, but coal miners will still have to battle against structural pressure for lower prices.
In 2008, C hina's 60 biggest miners the efficient excellences from a section with 9,000-plus firms accounted for just over half of civil production. Since then, the big have gotten bigger and the small are disappearing. Michael Parker, coal mining analyst at Sanford Bernstein, estimates in 2012 the top 60 miners will account for 80% of output.
The assumption has al ways been that it's the very low-cost little mining operations that will go to the wall, pushing prices up. In fact, Mr. Parker argues that it's small industrial operations working difficult seams, and with poor access to convey that will be the first to go. The exit of these high-cost means that spot prices will increasingly be set by bigger more efficient producers and that means pressure for prices to stay low.
With structura l forc es against a return to rising coal prices, investors in China's black gold should dig a huge stone hit their foot into a hole.
1. Which is the general idea of this passage?
A.Why it is difficult for China’s coal price to increase.
B. China's 60 biggest miners the efficient excellences.
C. the romance has come out of the relationship.
D. the low-cost little operations that will fail.
2. What is the investors’ attitude to China’s coal?
A. angry.
B. dis appointed.
C. not excited.
D. very excited.
3.Which is a re ason f or the last few ye ars’ Chinese investors feeling glad?
A. poor access to transport that will be the first to go.
B. investors in China's black gold got much money.
C. spot prices will be set by bigger producers.
D. coal price rose 81%.
4.The cause that led to a cyclical slowdown of coal price was______.
A. strong growt h in profitability.
B. China's money tightening and slowing construction.
C. China's 60 biggest miners.
D. the small are disappearing.
5. The word “convey” in the fifth paragraph may mean ______.
A.transport.
B. change.
C. reduce.
D. increase.
本文为说明文，主要介绍中国的煤炭价格为何难以上涨，并具体分析其原因。

1.A。

主旨大意题。

因为本文主要讲中国的煤炭价格为何难以上涨，并具体分析其原因。

2.C。

推理判断题。

据第一段信息句China's love affair with coal is set to last, but for investors the romance has come out of the relationship. 中国与煤炭的“恋情”将继续下去，但对投资者来说，这段关系已经不能再让人怦然心动了。

以此得知其态度是不很兴奋。

3. D。

细节理解题。

从第二段信息句For the last few years, investors in China's coal section have been mining a rich seam(煤层). From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2011, the level Qinhuangdao coal price rose 81%理解得知煤价上升80%是投资者高兴的一个原因。

4. B。

细节理解题。

从第三段信息句A seasonal fall from the winter peak, and a cyclical（周期性的）slowdown brought about by China's slowing construction and money tightening, is only part of the picture.理解到电煤需求较冬季取暖高峰期出现季节性的下滑，是由中国不断放缓的建筑施工和货币紧缩措施造成的。

5. A。

词义猜测题。

联系前后文理解到本句意为：实际上，帕克说，行业内的小型企业（开采的煤层难度较大、交通不便）将是首先被淘汰出局的。

故这里是“运输”的意思。

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

When Frida Kahlo's paintings were on show in London，a poet described her paintings as“ a ribbon (丝带)around a bomb”．Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time.Sadly，she is actually a much_bigger_name today than she was during her time.
Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City ，Kahlo suffered from polio(小儿麻痹症)at the age of seven.Her spine (脊柱)became bent as she grew older.Then，in 1925，her back was broken in several places in a school­bus accident.Throughout the rest of her life，the artist had many operations，but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back.However，the accident had an unexpected side effect.While lying in her bed recovering，Kahlo taught herself to paint.
In 1929，she got married to Diego Rivera，another famous Mexican artist.Rivera's strong influences on Kahlo's style can be seen in her early works，but her later works from the 1940s，
known today as her best works，show less influence from her husband.
Unfortunately，her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s，even in her home country.Her first one­woman show in Mexico was not held unt il 1953.For more than a decade after her death in 1954，Kahlo's works remained largely unnoticed by the world，but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.
弗里达·卡洛是一位画家，她的作品还有艺术影响力，但是她的名气在现在比她当时的时代要大得多。

1．What does t he phrase“a much bigger name”in Paragraph 1 most nearly mean?
A．a far better artist
B．a far more gifted artist
C．a much stronger person
D．a much more famous person
答案：D 词义理解题。

说句话说道卡洛对她那时期的世界艺术有很大的影响，故此处的“a much bigger name”是指她的影响力或者名声。

2．The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by ________.
A．polio
B．her bent spine
C．back injuries
D．the operations she had
答案： C 细节理解题。

根据第二段的第二句“Then，in 1925，her back was broken in several places in a school­bus accident.”以及第三句的“but noting was able to cure the terrible pain in her back”可知答案。

3．Kahlo's style had become increasingly independent since the ________.
A．1930s B．1940s
C．1950s D．1970s
答案：B 细节理解题。

由第三段的最后一句“h er later works from the 1940s，known today as her best works，show less influence from her husband”可知，从1940s她的作品才渐渐独立。

4. What is author's attitude toward Kahlo?
A．Devotion. B．Sympathy.
C．Worry. D．Encouragement.
答案：B 推理判断题。

根据第一段的“sadly”和最后一段的“unfortunately”可知作者对卡洛持同情的态度。

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention. And especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking，there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don’t value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying “I’m so sorry”，when someone is in pain.
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them. Her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talking to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand，we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen，they know we care.
I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs，until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down，to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry，they find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.
1．What does the author value most in the communication with each other?
A．Deep understanding.
B．Saying “I’m sorry”．
C．Attention from heart.
D．Doing nothing.
2．The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because________.
A．she didn’t get enough respect from others
B．she was discouraged by being often interrupted
C．people often told her their own opinions
D．people couldn’t under stand her sad situation
3．If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying，you may________.
A．hurt his feelings
B．make him embarrassed
C．encourage him to continue to cry
D．stop him from letting out his sorrow
4．It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating，________.
A．listening is a perfect way to respond to others
B．people keep silent because they don’t know the answer
C．keeping silent means being too shy to speak
D．it is easy to form the habit of listening silently
[解题导语] 全身心地聆听别人倾诉是帮助别人排解忧伤的最好方式。

1．解析：选C。

细节理解题。

从第一段第三、四句可知答案为C。

2．解析：选B。

细节理解题。

从第二段前三句的内容可知这位女病人之所以不再向别人倾诉是因为她
总是被打断，故选B项。

3．解析：选D。

细节理解题。

从第三段第二句中的until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down，to take them out of their experience of sadness可知选D。

4．解析：选A。

推理判断题。

通读全文可推知A项正确。

【2016年沈阳市高中三年级教学质量监测（一）】阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。

C
In 2013 alone at least 20,000 African elephants were killed for their teeth. In South Africa
over the last two years more than 2,200 rhinos were killed for their horns. These numbers are alarming, because current rates of illegal hunting are faster than birth rates,which could lead
to extinction for these ecologically important creatures in their environment. Indeed, some elephant and rhino populations are on track to be locally extinct within the next decade.
If you are reading this, you may already be aware of these facts. But you might not know that wildlife trafficking(走私) not only threatens the existence of elephants and rhinos but is also leading to extinction of other species, such as tigers, tortoises, sea turtles —and the world’s most trafficked mammal(哺乳动物)—pangolins.
Pangolins are the only mammals that are entirely covered in tough scales(鳞), which makes
them look very strong. But actually they are endangered mammals. There are eight different species
of pangolins, four in Asia and four in Africa, and all are threatened with extinction. Although
pangolins are protected throughout most of the countries where they live, high demand in East Asia, where the delicious pangolin meat is considered a delicacy and where their scales are used in traditional medicines, is driving an illegal trade in both live animals and pangolin parts. The number of pangolin trafficking is shocking. Experts believe that over the last 10 years more than 1 million pangolins were taken from the wild. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 81,250 pangolins were killed for the illegal trade in 2013 alone.
In February, the United States released a plan to deal with wildlife trafficking, which lays out the steps we will take to fight the illegal trade in wildlife, including pangolins. We are strengthening the carrying out of the plan; building international cooperation and contribution to protect wildlife; raising awareness to drive down the demand that is fuelling the illegal trade.
Get involved and remember World Wildlife Day (March 3) by spreading the plan. Use social media and tell everyone that now is the time to get serious about wildlife crime and end the demand that threatens species, big and small, from the huge elephant to the shy pangolin.
1. How many endangered creatures are mentioned in the passage?
A. 4.
B. 5.
C. 6.
D. 7.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A. Eight species of pangolins live on the same continent.
B. Pangolins are not protected in most of their natural habitats.
C. The scales of pangolins can be used as an ingredient for cooking.
D. High demand contributes to the illegal trade of pangolins in East Asia.
3. What can we know about the plan released by the US?
A. Social media will be used to spread World Wildlife Day.
B. Whether the plan will be worked out remains to be seen.
C. The US will work together with other countries to protect wildlife.
D. More and more people are advised to increase their needs of pangolins.
4. What is the author’s intention of writing the passage?
A. To inform us something about World Wildlife Day.
B. To raise awareness of protecting endangered wildlife.
C. To explain why pangolins are illegally traded in East Asia.
D. To show how the United States is to fight the illegal trade in wildlife.
参考答案1—4、CDCB
【2016年沈阳市高中三年级教学质量监测（一）】阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。

D When going through major life changes, like changing careers, I would change the people with whom I spent the most time. We’ve all gone through periods when the people in our lives have changed—graduation, moving to a new city, getting a new job, joining a new club, etc. I don’t think I need to convince you just how much influence other people can have over your identity. If you’ve ever experienced a major switch in your people environment, then you know that you change as well.
Most people don’t make these choices consciously (意识到地) though. You might consciously decide to spend more time with a certain friend, or you may ask someone out on a date to begin a new relationship. But few people choose their existing friendships deliberately.
There’s no “gett ing ri d of people”.People are always dropping into and out of each other’s lives. Assoc iations grow into friendships, and friendships fade into associations. You don’t get rid of anyone. The truth is that in order to make room for new people and new experiences, you may need to loosen up some of your existing connections.
What about loyalty (忠诚)? Shouldn’t you always be loyal to your friends? Once you have a close friend, even if their influence on you is slightly harmful, shouldn’t you stick by them?
Loyalty to a friend sometimes means having to let go. It means being loyal to their highest and best self as well. If someone is destroying his health by smoking, for example, you aren’t showing loyalty by smoking right along with him. True loyalty sometimes requires that you break damaging connections, get yourself back on solid ground, and then decide what you can really do to help your friend.
It can take a lot of courage to tell someone, “I’m sorry, but I can’t have you in my life anymore.” But even though this might seem like a selfish act at times, it’s often the best thing for the othe r person too. If a relationship is holding you back in some way, understand that it’s also hurting the other person. For example, if you work for a violent boss, your acceptance of that situation is considered to be silent approval, encouraging your boss to continue to behave violently.
1、When experiencing major life changes, people may _______.
A. join a new social community
B. influence their friends around
C. choose their friendships purposely
D. have their people environment changed
2、. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Everyone has at least one friend.
B. It is unnecessary to make new friends.
C. Friendship still exists though there’s less connection.
D. You ought to treat your old and new friends equally.
3. What is the author’s opinion on the loyalty to friends?
A. Never betray your close friends whatever happens.
B. Correct their mistakes while you guard their goodness.
C. Stick by your friends even though they do harm to you.
D. Break up with your friends immediately if they smoke.
4. How should we behave when employed by a violent boss?
A. We should accept what we are told to do.
B. We should stay silent and be in favor of it.
C. We should bravely disobey him if he is wrong.
D. We should give our boss courage to continue.
参考答案1—4、DCBC。