高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解能力精练高三全册英语试题

语鹅市安置阳光实验学校河南2016高考英语阅读理解二轮能力精练（1）
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。

When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities，reading probably isn’t what they have in mind.Yet a new study by fatness researchers at Duke University finds that the simple act of reading—depending on the choice of material—can cause weight loss in teenage girls.
The study’s experimental group included 31 fat girls aged 9 to 13，who took part in the Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke Children’s Hospital.The girls read a novel called Lake Rescue，whose protagonist (主人公) is an overweight teenager who struggles with low self­esteem，feelings of loneliness and teasing because of her size.A group of 33 girls read a different book called Charlotte in Paris，which did not have an overweight character，and another group of 17 girls read neither book. At the end of the six­month experiment，all the girls who read books had lost weight，but the girls who read Lake Rescue lost more.They lowered their body mass index (BMI) by 0.71，compared with 0.33 in the Charlotte group，an average 0.05 increase among the nonreaders.
The idea behind the study，says Dr Sarah Armstrong，director of Healthy Lifestyles，was to find a way to encourage the girls without adopting the restrictive and often authoritative voice of so many other nutrition and diet ke Rescue was the perfect instrument，says Armstrong；it presents a likable character to whom the girls could relate and whom they could learn from.As the book progresses，its protagonist learns to make healthier lifestyle choices and finds an advisor to help keep her on track.Armstrong says，“She learns that she can become healthier，and the ‘I can do it’feeling resonates (产生共鸣) with the teenage girls.”
26．What’s the main idea of the passa ge?
A．There are different ways to help overweight kids lose weight. B．Lifestyle is important for kids.
C．Lake Rescue is the perfect weight­losing instrument.
D．Reading can help kids lose weight.
27．How many girls took part in the experiment?
A．31. B．33. C．64. D．81.
28．What does the underlined word “She” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Armstrong.
B．The protagonist in Lake Rescue.
C．A character in Charlotte in Paris.
D．A girl in the first group.
29．According to the passage we can know that ________. A．overweight girls are living unhappily
B．reading is the best way to lose weight
C．different reading materials play different roles in losing weight D．people will become fat if they don’t read
30．In which part of a newspaper can we read the above passage? A．Education. B．Entertainment.
C．Health. D．Advertisement.
26．D [主旨大意题。

由本文的主题段，即第一段可知本文的主旨，即“阅读可以帮助儿童减肥”。

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27．D [细节理解题。

根据第二段计算可知，31＋33＋17＝81。

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28．B [词义猜测题。

根据“the ‘I can do it’feeling resonates with the teenage girls’”可知女孩们与之产生共鸣，故前句中的She指的是Lake Rescue中的主人公。

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29．C [推理判断题。

根据本文中的实验可知，不同的阅读材料对减肥产生了不同效果，故C项正确。

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30．C [推理判断题。

通过本文的主旨大意可以推断出本文属于健康方面的内容。

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阅读理解。

I don't think comic book "collector" really applies to me at all. I’m probably more of a comic book "appreciator". My interest has always been in what can be accomplished with the medium of "visual story-telling".
I'm not sure exactly where this interest of mine came from. I do know that as a child, comic books allowed me to improve my reading skills. “The Mighty Thor" helped me develop an interest in old legends, and “Challengers of the Unknown" got me crazy about science fiction. The combination of words and pictures was a perfect springboard for my childhood imagination.
How does one learn to appreciate comic book art? There is a classic example that sheds quite a bit of light on the subject. Writer Scott Macloud just explains what makes a comic book stand out in his best selling book Understanding Comics. The book, first published in 1994, has been translated into 13 languages and is practically a bible for students studying graphic illustration (图示说明) in novels.
On the internet there are some cool comic book sites to be found —hundreds and hundreds of them as a matter of fact. More than a few are dedicated to super heroes and the like. But there are some choice sites that I would visit, because they provide some great resources that discuss the comic book as an art form. Noteworthy among them is a great article and interview at www. rcharvey. corn, which discusses the impact of several artists and writers in the field.
I have a huge admiration for anyone who can produce comic stories that can make readers think, laugh and cry. Maybe make them dream.
Check it out. Spend two dollars on a comic book and read it with your children. Or better yet, search out some of the more “adult" tides and read it for yourself. You may find yourself enjoying what you see and
read. You may even find yourself wanting more.
1. What does the author mainly intend to talk about in Paragraph 2?
A. Influence of comic books on reading in childhood.
B. Ways to improve one's reading skills.
C. Subjects of comic books.
D. Popularity of two comic books.
答案解析：答案为A。

本题为段落大意题。

细读第二段可知“I'm not sure exactly where this interest of mine came from. I do know that as a child, comic books allowed me to improve my reading skills.”为本段的中心句，后面的内容都是对此进行了解释说明，故答案为A。

2. The underlined part "sheds quite a bit of light on" (Para．3) means "____".
A. does a basic research on
B. causes a fierce debate on
C. provides new information on
D. makes a quick survey on
答案解析：答案为C。

本题为语义推断题。

结合划线部分的后面两句话可知，Writer Scott Macloud写了一本书，被翻译成13种语言，帮助学生理解漫画。

划线部分的意思与C选项最接近。

故答案为C。

3. If you want to know a few good writers of comic books, you will probably ____.
A. read Understanding Comics
B. visit www．rcharvey．corn
C. buy some comic books
D. turn to comic story writers
答案解析：答案为B。

本题为细节题。

由第四段最后一句话“Noteworthy among them is a great article and interview at www. rcharvey. corn, which discusses the impact of several artists and writers in the field.”可知，答案为B。

4. What does the author encourage people to do?
A. Develop an interest in old legends and science fiction.
B. Share a comic book with children.
C. Produce some comic stories.
D. Spend money and time appreciating comic books.
答案解析：答案为D。

本题考查作者的态度观点。

由最后一段“Check it out. Spend two dollars on a comic book and read it with your children.”可知，答案为D。

阅读理解
Many people eventually get round to trading in their first car. But not Mike Harrison. He loves his 1931 black Bentley sports car so much that he’s still driving it – 54 years after be bought it.
Mr Harrison was 20 when he paid £150 (about £3,000 now) for the car after passing his test in 1956. It had already done 85,000 miles and he has since driven it a further 100,000, yet the car still runs like clockwork. It is now one of only three left in the country and is worth £250,000. Despite its value, Mr Harrison, 74, says he would never sell the car “which has been my best friend and part of my family all my life”.
Mr Harrison courted his wife Jenny in it during the early sixties and it was their family car when children Caroline, now 46, and Ben, 42, came along. Even when he took a job as an advertising executive which came with the company car of his choice, Mr Harrison kept the Bentley.
He said: 'How many people still have their first car these days when everything is so disposable? But it is a real eye-catcher. It has something that modern cars just don't have - style and character. 'I still drive it most days, even though it only does about 15 miles to the gallon!' Petrol was just six shillings (30p) a gallon when Mr Harrison bought the Bentley, which had a top speed of 120mph.
He has spent thousands of pounds on repairs over the years but has kept the bodywork in good condition himself, hand-painting the underneath and spraying the black panels of the bodywork.
For decades the Bentley was a regular sight on the roads near Mr Harrison's home in Hampton Court, Surrey. He now uses it as a runaround after retiring to Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
Mrs Harrison, 71, said: “It was a nuisance(累赘) keeping it in tip-top order with me helping out with the repairs by passing Mike the spanners the whole time. But I wouldn't have changed any of it --- I feel like
a Queen every time I'm in it.”
1. When Mike Harrison bought his black Bentley sports car, it was .
A. a hand – made car
B. a second – hand car
C. one of only three left
D. unique in style
答案解析：答案为B。

本题为细节推理题。

由文章第二段第二句话“It had already done 85,000 miles …”可知，Mike Harrison 买车的时候，车已经跑了85,000 miles，可以推断, Bentley sports car是二手车。

故答案为B。

2. Mike Harrison would never sell the car mainly because .
A. it has witnessed his life and his family
B. it is very eye –catching
C. it has save much oil
D. it runs very fast
答案解析：答案为A。

本题为推理题。

由第三段“Mr Harrison, 74, says he would never sell the car ‘which has been my best friend and part of my family all my life’”.和第四段的进一步解释可知，这辆车一直陪伴着他和他的家庭，故答案为A。

3. It can be concluded from the passage that the car .
A. has cost more for repairs than it is worth
B. has almost been retired
C. has caused much trouble to Mrs. Harrison.
D. is priceless to the family
答案解析：答案为D。

本题为文章主旨推理题。

通读全文可知，尽管Mike Harrison 的车现在已经速度减慢，需要经常修理，但是它见证了Mike Harrison 和他的家庭生活，所以这辆车在他们的心中是无价的。

故答案为D。

由第三段“It is now one of only three left in the country and is worth £250,000.”和第六段“He has spent thousands of pounds on repairs over
the yea rs …”可知，车的修理费是几千镑，但是价值是250,000镑，故A选项错误。

由最后一段最后一句话“But I wouldn't have changed any of it --- I feel like a Queen every time I'm in it.”可知，这辆车还是在使用，并没退休，故B选项错误。

C选项未提及。

4. What’s the main purpose of this writing?
A. To show that an old car is better than a new one.
B. To share Mike Harrison’s story of his first car.
C. To ask people to treasure old things.
D. To describe the quality of a black Bentley.
答案解析：答案为B。

本题考查文章的写作目的，结合前面的问题可知，全文都是在围绕Mike Harrison和他的车展开，故答案为B。

阅读理解
Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia (痴呆) in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones (荷尔蒙) ，U.S.researchers reported on Thursday.
Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no baby，and their brains show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimer’s (早老性痴呆症)．University of Richmond psychology professor Craig Kinsley believes his findings will translate into humans.
“O ur research shows that the hormones of pregnancy (怀孕) are protecting the brain，including estrogen (雌激素)，which we know has many
neuro­protective (保护神经的) effects，” Kinsley said.
“It’s rats’ data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals，” he added in a telephone interview.“They go through pregnancy and hormonal changes.”Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and researchers will look to see if having had children protects a woman from Alzheimer’s and other forms of age­related brain de cline.
“When people think about pregnancy，they think about what happens to babies and the mother from the neck down，” said Kinsley，who presented his findings to the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Orlando，Florida.
“They do not realize that hormones are washing on the brain.If you look at female animals that have never gone through pregnancy，they act differently toward young.But if she goes through pregnancy，she will sacrifice her life for her infant—that is a great change in her behavior th at shows in genetic alterations to the brain.”
31．How do scientists know “Motherhood may make women smarter”？A．Some researchers have told them.
B．Many women say so.
C．They know it by experimenting on rats.
D．They know it through their own experience.
32．What does the phrase “litters of pups” mean in the second paragraph?
A．Baby rats. B．Animals.
C．Old rats. D．Grown­up rats.
33．What can protect the brain of a woman according to the passage? A．Estrogen.
B．The hormones of pregnancy.
C．More exercise.
D．Taking care of children.
34．“It’s rats’ data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals.” What does the sentence suggest?
A．The experiments on the rats have nothing to do with humans. B．The experiments on the rats are very important for animals. C．The experiments on the rats are much the same on humans.
D．The experiments on the rats are much the same on other animals. 35．Which title is the best for this passage?
A．Do You Want to Be Smarter
B．Motherhood Makes Women Smarter
C．Mysterious Hormones
D．An Important Study
31．C [细节理解题。

根据“Tests on rats show...”可知科学家是通过做老鼠实验得出这个结论的。

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32．A [词义猜测题。

后面的对比who have no baby，实际上提供了一个相反的情况，所以我们可以推测“those who raise two or more litters of pups”中的“litters of pups”指的是“刚出生不久的小老鼠”。

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33．B [细节理解题。

根据文章第三段中的“...the hormones of pregnancy(怀孕) are protecting the brain...”可得出答案。

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34．C [句意理解题。

科学家通过用老鼠做实验来说明人的问题。

因为人和老鼠都属于哺乳动物，很多生理机能都相同。

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35．B [主旨大意题。

短文第一句“Motherhood may make women smarter...”是主题句，据此我们可以得出答案。

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