安徽省淮北市杜集区高考英语一轮阅读理解选编四

安徽省淮北市杜集区2017高考英语一轮阅读理解选编四阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

【2016高考训练】Most of us have quite good memories, but our memories are limited. For example, we cannot remember everyone we have ever met or what we did on every single day of our lives. However, there are some people who do have prodigious memories. These people have a rare condition known as savant syndrome (学者症候群). Savants suffer from a developmental disorder, but they also exhibit great talents that contrast(显出差异) sharply with their physical and mental disabilities.Kim Peek (1951-2009) was a savant who lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. He was born with damage to parts of his brain, but it seemed that other parts of his brain, particularly those relating to memory, became over-developed.Peek’s unique abilities appeared at a very early age. When he was just 20 months old, he could already remember every book that was read to him. Peek could read two pages of a book at the same time---one page with the right eye and one with the left---in less than 10 seconds and remember everything he read. By the time he died, Peek had memorized more than 9,000 books. He could remember all the names and numbers in a variety of telephone books. He could remember thousands of facts about history, literature, geography and sports.Dr. David Treffert, an expert on savant syndrome, once described Peek as “a living Google” because of his astonishing ability to memorize and connect facts. However, at the same time, Peek was unable to carry out simple tasks, such as brushing his hair or getting dressed, and he needed others to help him. In 1989, the movie Rain Man won the Oscar for best Picture. The main character in the movie, played by Dustin Hoffman, was based on Kim Peek’s life. He started to appear on television, where he would amaze audiences by correctly answering difficult questions on different topics. Peek became world famous, and he and his father began touring widely to talk about overcoming disabilities. He inspired a great many people with his words. “Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone in the way you want them to treat you, will make our world a better place for everyone. Everyone is different.”1. The underlined word “prodigious” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.A. happyB. vividC. amazingD. short2. According to the text, Peek ________.A. could take care of himselfB. was born with a good memoryC. was the student of Dr. David TreffertD. became brain-damaged at 20 months old3. How is Paragraph 3 mainly developed?A. By proving facts.B. By following time order.C. By analyzing causes.D. By making comparisons.4. Peek’s words suggest that we should ________.A. respect different culturesB. listen to different opinionsC. treat different people differentlyD. be respectful of others’differences参考答案1—4、CBAD阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling.Recycling in the home is very important of course.However,being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need.We are dealing with the resultsof that over-consumption in the greenest way possible,but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging has increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005.It now makes up a third of a typical household's waste in the UK.In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment.The UK,for example,is running out of it for burying this unnecessary waste.If such packaging is burnt,it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect.Recycling helps,but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place.Food waste is a serious problem,too.Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However,few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags,for example.But this is not just about supermarkets.It is about all of us.We have learned to associate packaging with quality.We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality.This is especially true of food.But it is also applied to a wide range of consumer products,which often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope.As more of us recycle,we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collected.We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture,but we have a mountain to climb.71.What does the underlined phrase“that over-consumption”refer to?ing too much packaging.B.Recycling too many wastes.C.Making more products than necessary.D.Having more material than is needed.72.The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show .A.the tendency of cutting household wasteB.the increase of packaging recyclingC.the rapid growth of supermarketsD.the fact of packaging overuse73.According to the text,recycling .A.helps control the greenhouse effectB.means burning packaging for energyC.is the solution to gas shortageD.leads to a waste of land74.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A.Unpackaged products are of bad quality.B.Supermarkets care more about packaging.C.It is improper to judge quality by packaging.D.Other products are better packaged than food.75.What can we learn from the last paragraph?A.Fighting wastefulness is difficult.B.Needless material is mostly recycled.C.People like collecting recyclable wastes.D.The author is proud of their consumer culture.【答案】71-75 DDACA阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。