2016湖南邵东县高考英语单项选择和阅读理解精炼(1)及答案

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

Isaac Stern was more than a great violin player.He was one of the most honored musicians in the world.He was an international cultural ambassador.He was a major supporter of the arts in America and in other countries.He was a teacher and activist.Isaac Stern was born in 1920 in what is now Ukraine.His parents moved to San Francisco，California the following year.His mother began teaching Isaac the piano when he was six. He began taking violin lessons after hearing a friend play the ter，he began studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory(音乐学院)．He progressed quickly.When he was 16，he played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.The next year，he performed in New York City and was praised by music critics.During World War II ，Mr.Stern played for thousands of American soldiers.It was the first time many of them had heard classical music.After the war，he was the first American violinist to perform in a concert in the Soviet union.He also supported young musicians and cultural organizations in Israel.In 1979，Isaac Stern visited China.He met with Chinese musicians and students.He taught them about classical Western music.His visit was made into a film，which is called From Mao to Mozart：Isaac Stern in China.It won an Academy Award for best documentary film.In 1984，Isaac Stern received the Kennedy Center Honors Award for his gifts to American culture through music.He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life.He said he believed that music makes life better for everyone，especially children.Mr.Stern supported and guided younger classical musicians.They include violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman，cellist Yo-Yo Ma，and pianist Yefim Bronfman.Isaac Stern died in 2001 at the age of 81.He was a major influence on music in the 20th century.He leaves the world richer with his many recordings.【文章大意】本文详细介绍了小提琴家艾萨克·施特恩的生平以及他在音乐方面和国际文化方面的贡献。

1．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Isaac Stern?A．He was born in California in the 1920s.B．He had visited many countries to advertise his recordings.C．He played less than one hundred concerts in all.D．His excellent music life lasted over 60 years.答案：D细节理解题。

根据上下文可知，他从16岁的时候就开始表演，81岁的时候去世，所以他的音乐人生经历了60多年，所以D项是正确的。

2．The underlined word“cellist”in Paragraph 6 may refer to________.A．someone who supports young musiciansB．someone who wants to be a musicianC．someone who has a gift for musicD．someone who plays a certain kind of instrument答案：D词义猜测题。

根据前文的violinists“小提琴家”和下文的pianist“钢琴家”可以猜测是演奏某种乐器的人。

3．From the passage，we can infer that________.A．Isaac Stern influenced the culture in the 20th century a lotB．Isaac Stern was one of the most active musicians of his dayC．Isaac Stern was so busy that he couldn't spare time to educate the youthD．Isaac Stern led a rich life in his later life答案：B推理判断题。

根据文章中他的音乐经历可以推知他是他所在的年代里最活跃的音乐家之一，因此B项符合文意。

4．What will be the best title for the passage?A．Isaac Stern and the Awards He GotB．Isaac Stern's Life of Pursuing MusicC．Isaac Stern：One of the Most Honored MusiciansD．Isaac Stern's Visit to China答案：C主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段第二句He was one of the most honored musicians in the world.(即主题句)以及全文所述可知C项最适合当标题。

A、B、D三项所表达的都是片面的。

【由山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题改编】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。

It' s never a real problem for us when the weather gets cold．We have many different ways ofcoping with the cold．We can put on more clothes, stay next to a fireplace, turn on the air conditioner or simply travel to a warmer city to spend the winter．But things are not as easy for plants Unlike humans, plants can’t move to escape the cold or generate heat to keep themselves warm．So how do they manage to survive the freezing winter?The cold is a big challenge for plants．Their living tissues can be damaged when they freeze．It's like a plant's equivalent(相等物）to frostbite（冻疮）．Also，the process of freezing and thawing （解冻）can cause air bubbles to form in the plant's water transport system．If enough of these air bubbles come together as water thaws they can block the flow of water from the roots to the leaves and kill the plant．To live through cold weather，plants have developed three strategies，Some plants，such as oak trees, avoid freezing damage by dropping their leaves, before the winter chill sets in-effectively shutting off the flow of water between roots and leaves—and growing new leaves and water transport cells when the warm spring returns. Other plants, pine trees for example, protectthem-selves by narrowing their water transport cells, which makes it easier for cells to travel among air bubbles．The third stratef;yi8 also the most extreme．Some plants; die on the ground in winter and start growing as new plants from seeds when conditions get warmer．However, these smart strategies were developed \nmry8lowl y－over millions of years of evolution．This leads scientists to worry that plants may not be able to deal with human-caused climate change, which has only started occurring over the past few decades．Scientists are hoping to find possible ways to save plants from the threat of climate change．1．What is the text mainly about?A．Different ways for people to keep warm．B．How plants live through the freezing winter．C．How plants develop the 8tratef;ies to keep warm*D．The ways to save plants from the cold,2．If the water transport from roots to leaves 18 blocked, ．A．the plant will suffer from f'rostbiteB．air bubbles will be formedC．the plant's living tissues will be damagedD．the plant will be killed3．Oak trees protect themselves by ．A．stopping the water transport from roots to leavesB．dropping their leaves to grow seedsC．slowing the flow of water from roots to leavesD．storing enough water in the roots4．What does the underlined phrase “sets i n” mean in Paragraph3?A．stops B．begins C．leaves D．returns5．What is the main idea of the last paragraphA．Plants can, easily adapt to climate change．B．Scientists are making efforts to save plants．C．Climates change is a great threat to plants．D．Plants are developing new strategies to survive．【参考答案】1—5、BDADC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。