浙江省苍南县高考英语阅读理解专题选练(10)

浙江省苍南县2016高考英语阅读理解专题选练（10）
阅读理解。

When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate(照亮) me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious”about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changed into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair（失望） and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other. For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in t he other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments.
I often think:“Yes, I must tell…”We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist(心理学家), who will only fill up the healing(愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which
I would rather be my own best friend.
1. In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior
was to ______.
A. become serious about her study
B. go to her friend’s house regularly
C. learn from her classmates at school
D. share poems and stories with her friend
2.In Paragraph 3,“We game London to each other”probably means__________.
A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us
B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London
C. our unpleasant feelings about London disappeared
D. we parted with each other in London
3. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend_______.
A. call each other regularly
B. have similar personalities
C. enjoy writing to each other
D. dream of meeting each other
4. In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to_____.
A. seek professional help
B. be left alone
C. stay with her best friend
D. break the silence
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Unforgettable Experiences
B. Remarkable Imagination
C. Lifelong Friendship
D. Noble Companions
【参考答案】1---5、DACBD
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。

Ray Travers sat back at the large desk, and looked around his plush（豪华的）office. He was tired
Ray's eyes stopped at a painting on the wall. It was a gift given by an old friend，Bull，as a farewell gift when he left his hometown He recalled the life spent in that small town; pleasant times. The many hours he spent talking to his good friend, and the tales he was told about hunting in the Africa of old.
Memories flowed back more than ten years; he remembered how he enjoyed hearing
about the wonderful hunting，and how he wished he could have shared those times. Ray opened his desk drawer and brought out a wooden box. He opened the lid and exposed a work of art，a hand-made hunting knife. This was a gift from Bull，given to Ray more than 20 years ago. It was one of the first knives Bull had made, and Ray had called it "Zambezi"，the river where Bull had been so many times.
He closed the box and sat upright at his desk；he was driving himself hard, and deserved a break. Things were going well with the business，everything running smoothly. He could afford a week off！
He went back home. A week in the hometown would be like going back in history. "Man, it's going to be good,”Ray said aloud，as he turned onto the highway and watched the city lights fast disappearing，as he looked in the rearview mirror. The powerful car going its way through the night, headlights piercing（穿透）the darkness. Memories danced through the man's mind. Memories of good times，when he knew what it was to relax, to talk，and to really visit.
Slowly entering town he looked around. Ray sat in his car, looking at the old building，smiling. Inside it was almost as though it was the same people as 15 years ago.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。

文章讲述了Ray成为成功商人之后对以前的好朋友Bull及家乡生活的回忆。

56. We learn from the text that __________.
A. Ray's old friend, Bull, is a painting artist
B. Ray visited Africa together with Bull many times
C. Ray and Bull often went hunting together
D. Ray left his hometown more than ten years ago
57. Which of the following words can best describe Ray's feeling about going back home?
A. Worried
B. Excited
C. Calm
D. Nervous
【答案】B
【解析】根据文章最后一段中的“Slowly entering town h e looked around. Ray sat in his car, looking at the old building，smiling.”可知，作者微笑着看着旧建筑，所以推知作者高兴、兴奋。

【考点定位】考查推理判断。

58. It can be inferred from the text that________.
A. Ray was a successful businessman
B. Ray had a hard time in the hometown
C. Ray's hometown was a small remote mountain village
D. Ray was the first promising young man in the hometown
59. What may the author talk about in the paragraph that follows the text?
A. Ray's childhood spent in his hometown.
B. Why Ray left his hometown alone.
C. The situation in Ray's hometown.
D. How Ray went into business.
【江西省九江市2014二模】
Firefighters had largely tamed a tower of flame and smoke that covered the sun and drove thousands from their homes in the foothill suburbs northeast of Los Angeles, but a week of dangerously windy wildfire conditions and a year of historic dryness meant that this fire and predictable ones to come remained a major threat.
By nightfall Thursday, the wildfire that swept through about 2 1/2 square miles of brush in the San Gabriel Mountains and destroyed five homes early in the day had its progress stopped and was 30 percent contained. More than 700 firefighters were on the scene, along with 70 engines and a fleet of helicopters and air tankers dropping water and retardant(阻止物).
But the National Weather Service said a red-flag warning of extreme fire danger in effect much of the week would remain in place until Friday evening because of low humidity and the chance of the region’s infamous Santa Ana winds bursting to 30 mph in the foothills and valleys.
Some 3,700 people from Glendora and Azusa evacuated at the height of the fire. Glendora residents were allowed to return home Thursday evening, but homes in Azusa remained under evacuation orders. It wasn’t clear how many rema ined empty.
Fire engines would stay in all the endangered neighborhoods through the night and helicopters were available to fly after dark if it became necessary. Nighttime bursts brought a few flame-ups, but they remained within fire lines.
Two firefighters had minor injuries and a woman trying to fight the fire near her home suffered a minor burn. Seventeen structures were damaged, including homes, garages, barns and other buildings. At least 10 renters were left homeless when the fire destroyed rental units on the historic grounds of a retreat that once was the summer land of the Singer sewing machine family. Statues of Jesus and Mary stood unharmed near the blackened ruins. However, the main, 1920s house was spared.
Three men in their 20s, including a homeless man, were arrested on suspicion of irresponsibly starting the fire by tossing paper into a campfire in the Angeles National Forest, just north of Glendora. They said they were trying to keep warm and the wildfire appears to have been an accident. They could face state or federal charges.
61. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To introduce the topic.
B. To arouse readers’interest.
C. To summarize the main idea.
D. To share the writer’s opinion
62. What do we know about the fire?
A. It lasted a week.
B. It started on a Thursday.
C. It grew wilder at night.
D. It flamed up high at first
63. What led to the outbreak of the fire?
A. Low humidity.
B. Windy fire conditions.
C. No timely warning.
D. Careless campers.
64. The underlined word “evacuated” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A. swept
B. burst
C. fled
D. endangered
65. The three young men were arrested because _______.
A. they were homeless
B. they were to blame for the fire
C. they wanted to keep warm by the fire
D. they started the fire deliberately
【参考答案】61-65 C D D C B
阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Writer and teacher Yin Jianli's stories and thoughts about bringing up her daughter Yuanyuan have been a constant source of inspiration for parents over the past 16 years.
Her book, A Good Mother Exceeds Good Teachers, published by Writers Publishing House, has been a bestseller on Dangdang and Amazon's online platforms for the past three years. The book helped Yin make the Chinese Writers' Rich List, with 4. 48 million yuan（＄710，000).
Experts say Yin's book provides practical guidance, which makes it popular among parents.
"When the majority of books are either full of bragging about（自吹自擂）the authors' children or outlining big theories that have no foundation in practice, I write
books that are practical and easy to follow," Yin writes.
"For example, there was an occasion when Yuanyuan forgot to do her elementary school homework. In such a situation many Chinese parents show their anger and scold their kids,”says Yin, who made an agreement with her husband they would not overly criticize or push their daughter. Instead, Yin encouraged the daughter to make up
the homework, which meant staying up until midnight. As a result, she learned to arrange her time better and did not have a harmful reaction to doing homework. Yin's principle of "no parental interference（干涉），and "giving children the opportunity to learn from their mistakes" is described in a number of real-life examples.
Readers say Yin's books improve their children's performance at school, and encourage them to develop good personalities and habits. They believe her books are not only about being good parents but also about growing as parents and individuals. "When I'm reading books，I keep thinking about what a better personality I would have if my parents had adopted the methods Yin suggests when I was a kid，＂one reader comments in a review on Yin's online blog.
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。

文章介绍了《一个好妈妈胜过好老师》基本内容。

60. The book“A Good Mother Exceeds Good Teachers" has been so popular because______.
A. it covers many inspiring thoughts about bringing up children
B. it outlines big theories from home and abroad
C. it provides practical guidance for parents
D. it sells at a great discount
61. We can learn from the text that Yin Jianli_______．
A. advocates learning from mistakes
B. makes a good living only by writing books
C. holds the view that saving your stick spoils your kid
D. believes successful education calls for joint efforts from school and family
62. It can be implied from the text that________.
A. Yin's readers are mostly parents
B. The book is only available online
C. Yin has a great sense of business
D. Yuanyuan achieved success thanks to her mother
【答案】D
【解析】根据文章的第一段中的“Writer and teacher Yin Jianli's stories and thoughts about bringing up her daughter Yuanyuan have been a constant source of inspiration for pa rents over the past 16 years.”可知D正确。

【考点定位】考查推理判断。