优化方案(浙江、江苏)2016高考英语二轮复习题型重组第五组

第五组
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Whoever enters my home for the first time will always be impressed with a small and white envelope. It is stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no address. It has hung through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so.
It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it: overspending, the crazy running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma and the gifts given in desperation because you couldn’t think of anything else.
Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to ignore the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling(摔跤) at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non­league match against a team sponsored by an inner­city church, mostly black.
These youngsters, dressed in sports shoes so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their blue and gold uniforms and brand new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was surprised to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler’s ears. It was a luxury(奢侈) that the poor team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up beating them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat，he walked around in rags, holding his head high with a kind of street pride that couldn’t acknowledge defeat.
Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won.”he said，“They have a lot of potential, but losing_like_this_could_take_the_heart_right_out_of_them.”
Mike loved kids—all kids and he knew them, having coached little league football and baseball. That’s when the idea for his present came.
That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought a variety of wrestling headgears and shoes and sent them to the inner­city church without leaving my name.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years.
For each Christmas, I followed the tradition, one year sending a group of mentally disabled youngsters to a baseball game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and so on.
The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide­eyed expectation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents.
As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its attraction. The story doesn’t end there.
You see, we lost Mike. When Christmas rolled around，I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, three more joined it. Each of our children had secretly placed an envelope on the tree for their dad.
The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide­eyed expectation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.
1．According to the passage, Mike hated Christmas because ________．
A．he didn’t fully understand the true meaning of Christmas
B．he didn’t like people spending too much money on presents
C．he disliked receiving the same gifts like shirts or sweaters every year D．he hated rushing into a store crazily to purchase a tie for Uncle Harry 2．The writer uses the example of the two teams mainly to ________．
A．express he r sincere sympathy on lower­class teenagers
B．reflect the financial difficulty of the inner­city church
C．show she was proud that her son’s team won the game
D．explain how she got her inspiration of sending Mike a special gift
3．What did Mike mean by saying the sentence underlined in Paragraph 7?
A．They tried to pick themselves up even if they failed in the match.
B．They might lose heart after they were bitterly defeated in this way.
C．They wouldn’t acknowledge the defeat because of the unfairness.
D．They didn’t live up to their potential because they lost faith in themselves.
4．Which of the following best describes the writer?
A．Brave and earing.
B．Sensitive and patient.
C．Generous and careful.
D．Considerate and warm­hearted.
5．What can we infer from the passage?
A．The envelope became the highlight of their Christmas.
B．The children now prefer new toys to practical presents.
C．Mike’s spirit will have an everlasting influence on his children.
D．The writer sends various gifts to children every Christmas.
6．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．A Special Gift B．A White Envelope
C．A Christmas Note D．A Memorable Tradition
B
Child prodigies (神童) cause awe, wonder and sometimes jealousy: how can such young children display the kinds of musical or mathematical talents that most adults will never master, even with years of hard practice? It is widely acknowledged that prodigies are born, not made. Practice alone isn’t going to turn out the next 6­year­old Mozart.
So finds a recent study of eight famous young prodigies, which sought to make it easier to understand the causes of their talent. The study found a few key characteristics these youngsters had in common. For example, they all had exceptional working memories, far better than ordinary people. Surprisingly, however, the study found that not all of the prodigies had high IQs. Indeed, while they had higher­than­average intelligence, some didn’t have IQs that were as remarkable as their early achievements would suggest.
The authors also found that prodigies scored high in autistic (自闭症的) features, especially in their extreme attention to details. They scored even higher
on this feature than people diagnosed (诊断) with Asperger’s syndrome, a high­functioning form of autism (自闭症) that typically includes great enthusiasm about details.
Three of the eight prodigies had a diagnosed autism disorder. Four of the eight families included in the study reported autism diagnoses in first­or­second­degree relatives, and three of these families reported a total of 11 close relatives with autism. In the general population, in comparison, about 1 in 88 people have either autism or Asperger’s.
Other unusual similarities between prodigies and those with autism: they’re both more likely to be male and both are associated with difficult pregnancies, suggesting that what they had gone through before they were born may play a role in their development.
Yet, very little research has been done on the connection between autism and extreme talent. As a matter of fact, prodigies appear to benefit from certain autistic tendencies. In other words, these children may have some genetic feature or learned skill that allows them to maintain intense focus, without damaging their social skills or suffering from other disabilities that typically accompany autism disorders. Comparing these children with those who have autism could therefore potentially help explain what goes wrong in those who develop disabling forms of autism and what goes right in others with similar features who simply benefit from the condition and are able to improve their abilities.
7．According to Paragraph 1, what is the common idea towards child prodigies?
A．They are not created.
B．Practice can create child prodigies.
C．They must be created.
D．Musical child prodigies are created within several years.
8．Which of the following is TRUE according to the recent study?
A．All the child prodigies have limited working memories.
B．All the child prodigies don’t have high IQs.
C．All the child prodigies have autism at the same time.
D．Child prodigies come into being after a good education.
9．What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A．All these eight prodigies are diagnosed with autism.
B．Prodigies are more likely to suffer from autism than the ordinary people.
C．Children diagnosed with autism are likely to become a prodigy.
D．Child prodigies and those with autism have something in common.
10．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．What talent and autism have in common?
B．What are the characteristics of talent?
C．What are the findings about a mental disease called autism?
D．What is autism?
11．Such an article is most likely to be found in ________．
A．a business magazine
B．a newspaper
C．a sports program on TV
D．the Science Column of a magazine
阅读理解
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1．解析：选B。

细节理解题。

根据第二段第二句“He didn’t hate the true meaning of Christmas，but the commercial aspects of it：overspending...”可知，作者的丈夫Mike并不憎恨圣诞节本身的意义，但他讨厌圣诞节被商业化了。

故答案选B。

2．解析：选D。

推理判断题。

纵览第三至八段可知，第三段最后一句作者说自己的这种灵感是有来历的，中间几段具体陈述了来历的具体内容，第八段点明了来历的原因。

由此可推知，作者讲述这个例子就是为了说明她的灵感是如何而来的。

故答案选D。

3．解析：选B。

句意理解题。

根据画线句的上文内容可知，作者的丈夫觉得这些孩子很有潜质，但由于物质条件太差，却输掉了比赛。

他不禁叹息，这样输掉了比赛就等于输掉了他们的信心。

故答案选B。

4．解析：选D。

推理判断题。

根据文章第八、九段内容并结合全文可知，作者在听到丈夫对贫穷队的孩子发出叹息后，心生灵感，匿名给他们捐赠了礼物。

由此可看出，作者不仅善解人意、体贴入微，而且还充满爱心。

故答案选D。

5．解析：选C。

推理判断题。

根据文章最后一段最后一句“Mike’s spirit，like the Christmas spirit，will always be with us.”可推知，Mike的精神与大家同在，并会一直影响着他的孩子们。

故答案选C。

6．解析：选B。

标题概括题。

纵览全文可知，本文始终围绕“白色的信封”这一主题展开故事的讲述。

因此，它最适宜作为文章标题使用。

故答案选B。

B
7．解析：选A。

细节理解题。

根据第一段“It is widely acknowledged that prodigies are born, not made.”可知选A。

8．解析：选B。

细节理解题。

根据第二段“Surprisingly，however，the study found that not all of the prodigies had high IQs.”可知令人惊奇的是，这项研究发现并非所有的神童都有高智商，故选B。

9．解析：选B。

推理判断题。

根据第四段“Three of the eight prodigies had a diagnosed autism disorder.”可知选B。

10．解析：选A。

主旨大意题。

根据全文内容可知主要说明的是有天赋的人往往和自闭症有关，故选A。

11．解析：选D。

文章出处题。

根据全文内容可知本文是关于科普性的文章，故选D。