湖南省长沙市2016高考英语阅读理解一轮精选练习(7)

湖南省长沙市2016高考英语阅读理解一轮精选练习（7）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。

Money is all surrounding us．Every day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongue．Did you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from?Making new money is a very unique job and no easy task．It has up to 65 steps. When the money in circulation（流通）gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money. The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed. Usually, the old money is burned. The burned money is replaced by new paper money.If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint（造币厂）．Large sheets of paper are printed with many pictures of some currency （流通货币）．These large sheets are cut into individual bills．The individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banks．Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured）or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. Then, they ask an artist to design the new bill．A different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a die．The dies are made and put onto large printing machines．Then, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can have．Along with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours．After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks．1．From the passage we know thatA．banks make new moneyB．it takes 65 procedures to make new moneyC．mints decide what kind of bill is neededD．old money that is not used is forever stored in a special place2．We can infer from the passage that a die is ____A．something for dead peopleB．a special machine that prints the moneyC．a special piece of paper that the money is made fromD．a piece of metal that puts the picture on the money3．'Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money?①New money is printed in a mint．②Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper．③New money is sent in large amounts to banks．④The government decides to make new money．A．①②③④B．④③②①C．④①③②D．④①②③4．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A．The reason for making new money．B．The processes of making a new bill．C．The amount of new money needed．D．Things used to make new money or a new bill．5. Where can you most probably find this kind of article?A. a daily newspaperB. a fashion magazineC. textbookD. an advertisement【参考答案】1—5、BDDCC阅读理解。

It is often necessary to release a fish, that is , set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just don’t want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive (存活) to bite again another day.—When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.Don’t use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.—Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don’t wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce itschance of survival.—Remove your hook (鱼钩) quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.—Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water . Release the fish when it begins to struggle and is able to swim.—Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish, do so right away.With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can give the released fish a better chance of survival.1. People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they _________A. don’t want it to dieB. hope it will grow quicklyC. don’t want to have it as foodD. want to practice their fishing skills2. Which of the following will probably make a fish ill?A. Taking the hook off it.B. Removing its scales.C. Touching its evesD. Holding it in your hand.3. A proper way to release a fish is to _________.A .move it in water till it can swim B. take the hook out of its stomachC. keep it in a bucket for some timeD. let it struggle a little in your hand4. What is the purpose of the text?A. To show how to enjoy fishing.B. To persuade people to fish less often.C. To encourage people to set fish free.D. To give advice on how to release fish.【参考答案】1—4、C B A D【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】When a magazine for high school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate （旋转）so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would “give light” and “change color with the push of a button.” Food would be replaced by pills. School would be taught by electrical impulse（电脉冲）while we sleep. Cars would have radar（雷达）. Does this sound like the year 2000? Actually, this article was written in 1958 and the question was, “what will life be like in 1978?The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict accuately. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on Cities wrote: Cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in “airbuses”, large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers. When a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents “almost unheard of”. Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would, because he was writing in 1957. His subject was “The city of 1982”.If the professionals sometimes sound like high school students, it’s probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accuate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in the field, too. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error. In 1957, H.J. Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000, “Only one thing is certain,” he answered. “Children born today will havereached the age of 43.”36. How many examples does the author offer to describe the future life?A. ThreeB. FourC. FiveD. Six37. The high school students’ answers to “What would life be like in 1978?” sound __________.A. accurateB. imaginativeC. correctD. foolish38. In the second paragraph, the writer gives examples to show _________.A. predicting about the future can be done in a humorous wayB. no predictions are based on careful researchC. experts are always better than others in figuring out what the future will be likeD. forecasting the future is not an easy job even for experts in this field39. From the third paragraph we can learn that _________.A. economy forecasting is rather a new fieldB. experts began economy forecasting in 1929C. the predictions about economic situation caused the investors to lose lots of moneyD. good, accurate forecasting helped the stock market overcome the difficulties40. H.J.Rand’s prediction about the year 2000 shows that ________.A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happenB. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happenC. only professionals can figure out in advance what will happenD. very few professionals figure out in advance what will happen【参考答案】36—40 BBDCB【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】I remember my mother as a strong woman. She came to America when she was 12—old enough to remember her language, she achieved scores and grades high enough to be admitted to Duke University. With a degree in computer science, she finally became the managerof a company in New York. My mother could give fluent speeches, say “wolve s”correctly.It was my mother who always stressed the importance of language. From the time I was born, I was read to. I would fall asleep to the sounds of my parents’voices, whether it was my dad’s softly accented, or my mother’s clear English. The flow of language was unbroken, and whether in Chinese or English, the stream of communication flowed through our house.One October morning in sixth grade, after my mother had left to catch the train to the city, I left the house for the bus stop. I was surprised when I saw our car, the door hanging open. As I drew closer, I saw my mother lying on the ground.In the hospital, it was hard to believe that the lady who lay before me was my mom. My mother could not remember my name. As the leaves changed colors, it became clear that the stroke had created a wall between my mother’s mind and mouth: her mind was not any less clear, but the words she spoke were not what she meant.The battle my mother faced taught me the importance of language. Without it, identity does not exist; relationships cannot be formed; stories cannot be told; directions cannot be given, and knowing anything about anyone is impossible. Without language, communication cannot take place. Without language, one cannot express the beauty ofa sunset or the kindness of a stranger. The world would pass us by in silence.41. From where might the author’s mom come to America?A. ChinaB. EnglandC. RussiaD. Canada42. From the second paragraph, we can know ________.A. the author was taught to read since she was bornB. the author’s father spoke English poorlyC. the author couldn’t fall asleep without being read toD. the author’s parents taught her language by talking a lot43. According to the last two paragraphs, the author’s mom was unable to _______.A. think clearlyB. express herself wellC. speakD. open her mouth44. The underlined word “stroke”in the 4th paragraph most probably refers to ______.A. an accidentB. a hitC. an illnessD. a robbery45. This passage is mainly about _________.A. a strong motherB. the importance of languageC. a family disasterD. the significance of teaching language 【参考答案】41—45 ADBCB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。