安徽省来安县2017高考英语一轮复习阅读理解九月训练(二)
安徽来安县2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练（二）2016高考训练题。
阅读理解。
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。
In Los Angeles, drivers spend sixty-one hours every year stuck in traffic. These drivers know all too well how bad the traffic can be. “There're too many cars, and you can't move around a lot.”Professor Cyrus Shahabi also knows about traffic jams. He lives more than 65 kilometers from his office at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. He is always late even with the help of a navigation (导航) system.He decided to develop a program called ClearPath for that. He says his program uses historical data to predict traffic conditions even before the driver leaves the house. “What’s unique is that we use a lot of data that’s currently become available including traffic data, weather data, and we analyze that so that we can predict what's going to happen in front of you when you leave home.”Professor Shahabi says his system does more than just respond to current traffic conditions. With ClearPath, he says, a driver can decide what time he wants to leave, and ClearPath will give the fastest route. It looks at the entire road network, including surface streets as well as highways, before the driver hits the road. Professor Shahabi hopes to have ClearPath available nationwide and overseas once they can collect traffic data from other cities.“I always thought that Los Angeles had the worst traffic, but now I know that Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, believe it or not, Singapore, Hong Kong certainly are examples that can immedi ately use this. ”Professor Shahabi hopes to share this new technology with companies that already have navigation systems, such as Google and Apple.1.Drivers in Los Angeles were mentioned in order to__________.A. show care for themB. introduce their lifeC. solve traffic problemsD. raise the topic2.What is unique about ClearPath?A. It can use a lot of information all over the world.B. It can ensure that you will never be late for work.C. It helps drivers see clearly what happens on the road.D. It helps drivers know the road conditions ahead of time.3.The underli ned word “hits” in the fifth paragraph probably means __________.A. have an accidentB. get toC. turn left or rightD. collect traffic data4.What's Professor Shahabi’s attitude toward his invention?A. Disappointed.B. Proud.C. Optimistic.D. Worried.参考答案1—4、DDBC2016高考英语阅读理解--政治经济文化类13、With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps ( 处于沮丧中), as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker, neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy (礼貌) to speak to others that are around you.I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, lookingat me as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke? Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.【小题1】According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________. A．it makes people more confidentB．it can pick up people' s spiritsC．it can help rid the cruelty in the worldD．it can help people get on well with others【小题2】The phrase “busting a gut" in the third paragraph can be replaced by __________.A．explaining carefully B．speaking loudC．keeping silent D．laughing hard【小题3】In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________. A．talk about his own understanding of humorB．encourage people to be humorous in daily lifeC．introduce a practical way to get through daily lifeD．convince people of the power of being optimistic about life【小题4】What is the author' s attitude towards the present world? A．Positive. B．Critical.C．Satisfied. D．Indifferent.【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
安徽省来安县2017高考英语一轮复习阅读理解九月训练(三)
安徽来安县2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练（三）2016高考训练题。
阅读理解。
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。
After a terrible electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf, the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.One hot summer afternoon, he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet, but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree. He was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he could hardly believe what he saw: a plough and a wall. When Mrs. Edwards came running up to him, shouting to their neighbors to call for help, he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread, and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However, none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock, perhaps, the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.1.The reason for Rob ert’s attempts to kill himself was that _________.A. a terrible traffic accident happened to himB. he had to live in a dark and silent worldC. he was struck by the lightning once moreD. nobody in the world cared about him2.What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning?A. Sheltering from the rain under a tree.B. Driving a car.C. Taking a walk with a stick.D. Lying on the ground.3.We can infer from the text that ________.A. there was no accurate explanation for Robert’s recoveryB. many doctors came because Robert was badly injuredC. Robert’s wife sent for doctors immediately after the shockD. a sudden injury in the head led to Robert’s recovery4.What’s t he best title of the whole passage?A. A Terrible Electrical AccidentB. Robert Edwards and His WifeC. What a Sudden ShockD. An Unforgettable Experience参考答案1—4 BAAC2016高考英语阅读理解--政治经济文化类Americans get some of their news and entertainment from public television and radio. These public media receive money to operate from private citizens, organizations and government. Many of their programs are educational. But most of the American media are run by businesses for profit. These privately owned media have changed greatly in recent years. Newspapers, magazines and traditional broadcast television organizations have lost some of their popularity. At the same time, online, cable and satellite media have increased in numbers and strength. So have media that serve racial groups and those communicating in foreign languages. In general, more media than ever now provide Americans with news and entertainment. At the same time, fewer owners control them. Huge companies have many holdings(股份). In some areas, one company controls much of the media. One dramatic change in American media is the increased success of cable television. It comes into most homes over wires. It does not use the public airwaves to present programs, as broadcast television does. Like broadcast television, most cable television programs perform advertisements. This is true although people must pay to see cabletelevision in their homes. Thirty years ago, few people had cable. Today, about sixty-eight percent of American homes have cable television. Television by satellite also is gaining popularity.Over the years, traditional broadcast organizations have tried to appeal to as many watchers as possible. Many cable companies, however, present programs for one special group of viewers. For example, there are cable stations for people who like books, cooking, travel, golf or comedy.【小题1】Which of the following is true about American public media?A．They depend on the government.B．They are controlled by the governmentC．They are freeD．They can earn money.【小题2】Which of the following properly shows the change in these privately owned media?A．Newspapers are getting more popular.B．Satellite media is getting more popular.C．Traditional media also serve racial groups.D．Some media make their programs in foreign languages【小题3】From the second paragraph, we learn that . A．broadcast TV and cable TV programs include sales messagesB．more media are out of controlC．American media is dramaticD．cable TV is free【小题4】What would be the best title for the text?A．American news and entertainmentB．Public television and radio mediaC．media in the United StatesD．Cable programs in the United States2016高考英语阅读理解--政治经济文化类While working in Southeast Asia in the mid 1990’s, I became a branch manager in a factory. At the beginning, I used human relations principles, such as putting myself into the others place to help gain trust. After a few months, I was told that the factory team members liked and trusted me.Then the owner, seeing how everyone thought well of me, believed that I could become an instrument of change to carry out his several unpopular programs. The factory members resisted and eventually saw me as a puppet controlled by the owner. The more I insisted that they ‘follow orders’ the more they found ways to weaken the new changes.Finally, I was replaced by a manager who knew enough to please both masters. Even though the owner did not like the fact that his new changes were not immediately applied, the new manager gained his power by the support received from his team together with an intention to find a way. What I learned was that your team must always see you as supportive of their needs, even to the extent that the owner may not be pleased that you are unable to follow their wishes. At the end of the day, if your people do not follow you then you are no longer in charge and will be replaced. At first I blamed my boss for putting me in such a position. Then in honest reflection, I began to realize that he had probably hoped that I would have found some middle ground. What I could have done was to first obtain their advice about why they did not wish to follow the new policy changes, and then I should have used my influence with both the owner and team members to find a better way.Though, in fact it is a painful lesson for me, it has served me well along mycareer path!【小题1】What can we learn from the passage?A．Obeying is the best quality.B．Giving is always a pleasure.C．Appreciating others will benefit a lot.D．Dealing with relationship is important.【小题2】The underlined word “puppet” has the similar meaning to. A．instrument B．assistantC．wretch D．winner【小题3】Which is the right order according to the passage?a. He was removed from his position.b. He got on poorly with the coworkers.c. He carried out the orders of the owner.d. He became a branch manager.f. He was believed in not only by coworkers but leaders.A．a, b, d, c, f B．f, d, c, b, aC．d, f, c, b, a D．d, c, f, b, a【小题4】From the third paragraph we can infer that .A．the new manager carried out the programs at onceB．the new manager got on badly with workersC．workers need to be recognized and supportedD．you should make full use of your power【云南省昆明市2014一模试卷】CWindbreaks are barriers ( 屏障) formed by trees and other plants. Farmers plant these barriers around their fields, which help prevent the loss of soil, stop the wind from blowing soil away. They also keep the wind from damaging or destroying crops. Besides, extra trees and plants can be cut down and used or sold for wood. Windbreaks can be highly valuable for protecting grain crops. For example, in parts of West Africa grain harvests were as much as twenty percent higher in fields protected by windbreaks compared to fields without them.But here is something interesting about windbreaks. They seem to work best when they allow some wind to pass through the barrier of trees or plants around a field. If not, then the movement of air close to the ground will lift the soil. Then the soil will be blown away. For this reason, a windbreak works best if it contains only 60 to 80 percent of the trees and plants that would be needed to make a solid line. An easy rule to remember is that windbreaks can protect areas up to 10 times the height of the tallest trees in the windbreak.There should be at least two lines in each windbreak. One line should be large trees. The second line, right next to it, can be shorter trees or other plants with leaves. Locally grown trees and plants are considered the best choices for windbreaks. Trees reduce the damaging effects of wind and rain. Their roots help protect soil from being washed away. And trees can provide animals outdoors with shade from the sun.9. The advantages of building a windbreak are as follows except _____.A. keeping the wind from destroying grain cropsB. increasing the production of grain harvestsC. providing humans with shade from the sunD. reducing the damaging effects of wind and rain10. The author thinks windbreaks are interesting because ______.A. the movement of air lifts the soilB. windbreaks allow some wind to pass throughC. large trees are lined with short onesD. windbreaks can stop the wind getting through11. If the trees grow to a height of 30 feet, the areas the windbreak can protect are ______.A. 100 square feetB. 150 square feetC. 240 square feetD. 300 square feet12. What can be inferred from the text?A. Extra trees and plants can be cut down for wood.B. The environment is going from bad to worse.C. Trees and plants from abroad are the best for windbreaks.D. Windbreaks can contribute to agriculture harvests.【参考答案】9—12、CBDD【云南省昆明市2014一模试卷】DOf the several films Hirokazu has made about childhood and children, this one is the most modest, but no less pleasing for its delicate style and small setting. I Wish was originally called Miracle, and the change is for the better. The two-word title makes you want to know who's wishing for what, while the single word sounds plain and self-praising. This wise and funny film works small miracles in describing such a moment when kids turn from the wishfulness of childhood into shaping the world for themselves.The sweetly reflective hero, a sixth-grader named Koichi, starts out by wishing for a volcano to erupt. Not just any volcano, but the one that towers above his town, smoking heavily and giving off ash. An eruption would lead to a withdrawing, which would lead, at least in his mind, to a reunion with his father and kid brother, who've been living in Hakata while Koichi lives with his mother and retired grandparentsin Kagoshima. The volcano, knowing nothing of this, refuses to erupt, but Koichi hears of another approach to realizing the desired miracle.One of the pleasures of I Wish is watching how kids behave — how Koichi attacks his dinner, for example. Another pleasure is rediscovering how kids think. These kids can be logical and ever so tricky. But children's thought processes can also be fancy. A boy wishes he could play baseball like one of baseball stars, who eats curry for breakfast; so he, too, starts eating curry for breakfast, instead of practicing on the field. Another boy tries to wish his dead dog, Marble, back to life. And what does Koichi finally wish for? I wish you'd see this delightful film to find out.13. Why has the name of the film been changed from Miracle to I Wish?A. The former is ambiguous and self-praising.B. The latter is easier to arouse audience's interest.C. The latter is easy for audience to remember.D. The former isn't related to the content of the film.14 Koichi wishes the volcano to erupt so that he can _______ .A. enjoy the wonderful scene of a volcanoB. help those who suffer from the eruptionC. get together with his family membersD. work miracles during the disaster15. What does the writer intend to do in this text?A. To share pleasures of watching a film.B. To make a review on a film.C. To discuss kids' behavior and thoughts.D. To recommend a film.【参考答案】13—15、BCD。
高中英语真题：2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练_2
2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练【2016模拟题】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。
No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a s urgeon (外科医生) and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is fini shed. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have an operation felt all its pa in.Long ago, an operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and h is fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who wat ched.Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is n ow called “laughing gas”. Laughing gas became known in Am erica. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing. But one man at a party, Horace Wells noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on hi mself. He asked a friend to help him. Wells took some of theg as, and his friend pulled out one of Wells' teeth. Wells felt no pain at all.As he didn't know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain w hen his tooth was being pulled out.Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, a nd the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event.1. Long ago,when the sick man was operated on ,he ______ ___.A. could feel nothingB. could not want anythingC. Could feel all the painD. Could do anything2. Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to _______ _.A. be afraid of anythingB. feel painC. want to go to the partiesD. be ill3. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he ________.A. felt nothingB. felt very comfortableC. still felt painD. would die4.One who took too much of the laughing gas ________.A. would laugh all the timeB. would dieC. would never feel painD. would be very calm参考答案1—4 CBCB【2014高考英语马鞍山市质量检测】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。
安徽来安县2017高考英语阅读理解一轮编选及答案 含解析
安徽来安县2017高考英语阅读理解一轮编选及答案阅读理解。
Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle。
Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed ，for many of the poorest regions（地区）of the world，it remains the next big thing——finally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, because the TV revolution is changing lives for the better。
Across the developing world, around 45％of families had a TV in 1995；by 2005 the number had climbed above 60％。
That is some way behind the U。
S. ，where are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years。
In 2005 ，after the fall of the Taliban(塔利班)，which had outlawed TV，1 in 5 Afghans had one。
The global total is another 150 million by 2013——pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families。
高中英语真题：2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练【二】
2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练【二】（2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。
体裁：记叙文话题：名人传记词数：660 时间：8′This was spring.One day in spring four men were riding on ho rseback along a country road.These men were lawyers, and t hey were going to the next town to attend court.There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft.Water w as dripping__from the trees, and the grass was wet.The four lawyers rode along, one behind another; for the path way was narrow, and the mud on each side of it was deep.Th ey rode slowly, and talked and laughed and was very happy. As they were passing through a row of small trees, they heard a great flutter(拍动)over their heads and a weak cry in the grass by the roadsi de.Some voice came from the green branches above them. Some voice came from the wet grass.The ground was wet.It's obvious that there had been a heavy wind and rain.And soon，one of the men，Speed, recognized that the sounds were from the robins(知更鸟)．They came to the grass, and found there were two robin s were in the grass.It was probable that the birds had been bl own out of their nest by the storm.The birds were hurt and the ir mother was very worried about it.The birds were in danger! Lincoln believed that something should be done to help the bir ds.But his companions did not think it important.They went aw ay, but Lincoln stayed.The three men, as they passed, looked down and saw the littl e birds fluttering in the cold, wet grass.They saw the mother r obin flying about, and crying to her mate.Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before.In a few mi nutes they had forgotten about the birds.But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, sto pped.He got down from his horse and very gently took the littl e ones up in his big warm hands.They did not seem frightened, but shouted softly, as if they kn ew they were safe.Mr.Lincoln wanted to put the little birds into their nest.Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen.It was high, much higher than he could reach.But Mr.Lincoln could climb.He had climbed many a tree when he was a boy.He put the birds softly, one by one, into their wa rm little home.Two other baby birds that had not fallen out were there.All joined together and were very happy.Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a s pring to give their horses water.And soon they found Mr.Lincol n lost.They were surprised to find that Abraham Lincoln was not wit h them.They waited by the spring.In a few minutes Mr.Lincoln joined them.His shoes were cover ed with mud; he had torn his coat on the tree.When they saw Mr.Lincoln come, they asked him where he had been.After Mr .Lincoln told them he had helped the birds in need, the three l awyers were in surprise.“Well，we always thought you were a hero，”said Mr.Speed.“Now w e know it.”Then all three of them laughed heartily.They thought it so fooli sh that a strong man should take so much trouble just for som e worthless young birds.“ Gentlemen，” said Mr.Lincoln, “I could not sleep tonight, if I had left those helpless little robins to die in the wet grass.”Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman.He was elected president.Next to Washington he was the greatest American.【语篇解读】本文是名人传记，讲的是林肯帮助小鸟回巢的事情。
高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解九月训练题(二)高三全册英语试题
入舵市安恙阳光实验学校浙江松2017高考英语一轮阅读理解（九月）训练题（二）【2016高考训练】Egypt may be walking towards a much-needed IMF loan, but that hasn’t put off some foreign partners. GB Auto, the Cairo-listed auto assembler(汽车组装公司), will begin putting together and selling cars from China’s Geely in the second quarter of 2012.GB will assemble the cars from kits(配件) supplied by Geely (the Hangzhou-based carmaker that bought Volvo in a $1.5bn deal in 2010), and will sell the finished product in markets across North Africa, beginning with Egypt. The deal is “one of several partnerships we will announce this year,” said GB’s chairman, Raouf Ghabbour, in a statement.GB controls 32 per cent of the Egyptian selling car market, where it rose to success as the largest local assembler, importer and seller of cars from South Korea’s Hyundai. It is now the the Middle East’s largest car assembler. High tax on fully-assembled imported cars have encouraged a number of international auto brands, including BMW and China’s Geely, to have their vehicles put together in Egypt.For Geely, the Egyptian deal is another step in efforts to push its products out across the world, after announcing last year that it would set up a production hub（轮轴）in Indonesia to target the fast-growing Southeast Asian market. The company plans on selling at least one model in the UK by the end of 2012.While 2011 was a tough year for car sales (and pretty much everything else) in Egypt, the vehicle market is still a good prospect as a large and increasingly young population fuel long-term economic growth. GB says there are about 30 cars per 1,000 people in Egypt, compared to 128 in China and 109 in Morocco.GB says the tuk-tuk’s popularity in Egypt’s rural inland and informal urban slums（贫民窟）made it less influenced by a slowdown in the passenger car industry.And if long-discussed reforms of Egypt lead to higher fuel prices, expect tuk-tuks, powered by something barely larger than a lawnmower (割草机)engine, to become increasingly attractive for urban transport.1.What is the general idea of the pasasage?A. China’s Geely is entering Egypt.B. For Geely, the Egyptian deal is another step.C. GB covers much of Egyptian car selling.D. GB will assemble the cars from kits.2.Which country’s seller of cars is GB?A. China.B. Korea.C. Japan.D. Egypt3. Why do China’s Geely put their kits of cars together in a foreign country?A.A number of international auto brands.B. Several partners’ help.C. Egypt ‘s need of IMF loan.D. Too much tax.4.The re ason why they mention the figure about China and Morocco’s cars is______.A. To learn from them easily.B. To show China and Morocco’s strength.C. To show GB has a good future.D. To beat China and Morocco in selling.5. The tuk-tuk’s ad vantage is______.A. That its kits came from China.B. That its engine is smaller than others.C. GB assemble them carefully.D. It is sold in Egypt’s rural inland.本文大意是中国吉利汽车正走向埃及市场。
高中英语真题：2017高考英语九月阅读理解校练题
2017高考英语九月阅读理解校练题阅读理解。
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our clea nest and richest power sources (来源), as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmil ls (风车) began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh cent ury BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s , when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.For many centuries, people used windmills to grind (磨碎) wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground wh en electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living i n remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by th e 1940s when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used. During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about t he pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movem ent to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.风能早在公元前七世纪就开始被人们用风车所利用，当人们发明了电以后，风能被用来发电，但随着电的广泛使用，风车逐渐不被人们使用了。
高考英语一轮复习阅读理解九月选练2
安徽五河县2017高考英语阅读理解九月选练阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
PLAYA GRANDE, COSTA RICA? This resort town was long known for Leatherback Sea Turtle (棱皮龟) national Park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum. However, on a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year.With leatherbacks threatened with extinction (灭绝), Playa Grande’s turtle museum was abandoned three years ago and now sits among a sea of weeds. And the beachside ticket office for turtle tours was washed away by a high tide in September. “We do not promote that as a turtle tourism destination any more because we realize there are far too few turtles to please,” said Alvaro Fonseca, a park ranger (管理员).Even before scientists found temperatures going up over the past decade, sea turtles were threatened by beach development, drift net fishing and Costa Ricans interest in eating turtle eggs. But climate change may cause the most serious harm to an animal that has lived in the Pacific for 150 million years.Sea turtles are sensitive to numerous effects of warming. They feed on reefs, which are dying in hotter seas. They lay eggs on beaches that are being covered by rising seas and more violent waves.More uniquely their gender (性别) is determined, not by genes but by the egg’s temperature during development. Small rises in beach temperatures can result in ail-female populations, obviously problematic for survival. If the sand around the eggs hits 30 degrees Celsius, the gender balance shits to females: at about 32 degrees they are all female. Above 34, you get boiled eggs.On some nesting beaches, scientists are artificially cooling nests with shade or irrigation and trying to protect broader areas of coastal property from developmentto ensure that turtles have a place to nest as the seas rise.1. Why does the resort town stop promoting it’s turtle tourism?A. It decides not to disturb the turtles’ normal life.B. Tourists have lost interest in watching turtles.C. There are only very few turtles now.D. The turtle museum was destroyed by a high tide.2. Which of the following is the major factor in the turtles endangerment?A. The locals eating habit.B. Drift net fishing.C. Beach development.D. Global warming.3. We learn from the last paragraph that scientists .A. are doing research on the sea riseB. are moving turtles to new homesC. are prote cting turtles’ nestsD. are getting rid of sea weeds4. The passage intends to .A. introduce a special kind of sea turtleB. explain the mystery of turtles’ eggsC. show the dangers a certain kind of turtle is facingD. attract more visitors to a sea turtle museum【参考答案】1—4、CDCC2016高考英语****阅读理解。
高中英语真题：2017高考英语阅读理解一轮(九月)精编(三)
2017高考英语阅读理解一轮（九月）精编（三）阅读理解。
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。
The "Earth Hour" initiative(自发行动) started in Australia' s biggest city Sydney last year when a n estimated 2. 2 million people flicked the switch --- leaving the Sydney Opera House bathed in moonlight and th e Harbor Bridge blacked out.Organizer Andy Ridley said Sydney ' s 60 minutes of darknes s generated huge interest around the world and 23 other citie s from the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and the Middle East had now signed up to be part of the 2008 event.The eight latest cities to join "Earth Hour" are Atlanta, San Fra ncisco and Phoenix in the US; Thailand's capital Bangkok; Ott awa, Vancouver and Montreal in Canada and Dublin in Irelan d. They joined Australian cities Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Ca nberra, Brisbane, Adelaide; Denmark's Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense; the Philippine capital Manila, Fiji ' s bigg est city Suva. Christchurch in New Zealand; Chicago; Tel Aviv and Toronto.Ridley said he expected the "Earth Hour" concept, which is m anaged by the conservation group WWF, to extend beyond the borders of these countries on the scheduled start time of 8:00 p. m. local time on Saturday March 29.“ I think it already has become much bigger," he said. "The id ea was that anyone could do it, whether they were in a small village in France or a city like Sydney. "Ridley said the Sydney event, in which residents were asked t o switch off lights and appliances for one hour, had raised aw areness about the problem of global warming while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by conserving energy."I know that on the night we thought we might be able to cut e nergy use in the city by five percent but it ended up being 10.1 percent," he said.He said he hoped Earth Hour provided a "very big visual mes sage" to politicians that climate change must be addressed qu ickly.“The problem is massive but we do make a difference when we all take action," he said.1. The purpose of the "Earth Hour" activity is _____ .A. to conserve energyB. to change the climateC. to reduce the greenhouse gas emissionsD. to draw people' s attention to the global warming2. The underlined word "flick" in paragraph 1 means ______.A. switch onB. switch offC. move quicklyD. hit quickly3. Which city doesn’t join the black-out organization?A. Bangkok.B. Manchester.C. Montreal.D. Brisbane.4. From the passage we can learn that_____ .A. the black-out activity will have a great effect on climate changeB. the " Earth Hour" initiative first began in the capital of Austr aliaC. all the countries in the world become interested in the blac k-out activityD. the black-out activity has already caught politician' s attention to the cli mate change1、答案解析：答案为C。
高考英语一轮复习 九月阅读理解校练题(二)高三全册英语试题
入舵市安恙阳光实验学校山西2017高考英语九月阅读理解校练题（二）阅读理解。
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In business, there's a speed difference：It's the difference between how important a firm's leaders say speed is to their competitive (竞争的) strategy(策略)and how fast the company actually moves.The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain_an_edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. What's more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up ”improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a threeyear period.How did they disobey the_laws_of_business_physics,_taking more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower ” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operational speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ). Simply increasing the speed of production, for example, may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference. But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lowerquality products and services.In our study, higherperforming companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast (相比而言), performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, Stuck to tested methods, didn't develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals. That kind of strategy must come from the top.提速，似乎是历来公司老总们所追求的，增加效益更是他们的最终目标。
高考英语一轮复习 九月阅读类训练(二)高三全册英语试题
入舵市安恙阳光实验学校黑龙江2017高考英语九月阅读类训练（二）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors . When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese 1 at my face , but I pushed them 2 . My mom believed I would learn 3 I was ready. But the 4 never came.On a Chinese New Year’s Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , butall I could do was 5 at him , confused , scratching my head . “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He 6 me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”“Hey,this is America, not China. I’ll get some 7 with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 8 .“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said,handing overa $20 bill. I 9 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.I found the fish 10 surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d liketo buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fishman. But he 11 my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased 12 their impatience. With every 13 , the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— 14me to cry out . “Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned 15 and I ran back home 16 , except for the $20 bill I held tightlyin my pocket.Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at17 . Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language. Sometimes, I laugh at my fish 18 , but , in the end, the joke ison 19 . Every laugh is a culture 20 ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.( ) 1. A. custom B. games C .characters D. language( ) 2. A. ahead B. around C. along D. aside( ) 3. A. when B. before C. unless D. until( ) 4 A. success B. study C. time D. attempt( ) 5. A. aim B. joke C. nod D. stare( ) 6. A. cared about B. laughed at C. argued with D. asked after( ) 7. A. right now B. from now C. at times D. in time( ) 8A. decision B. permission C. information D. preparation( ) 9 A. repeated B. reviewed C. spelled D. kept( ) 10. A. farm B. stand C. pond D. market( ) 11. A. guessed B. forgot C. doubted D. ignored( ) 12. A. by B. as C. with D. from( ) 13. A. second B. effort C. desire D. movement( ) 14. A. forcing B. allowing C. persuading D. leading ( ) 15. A. bright B. blank C. pale D. red( ) 16. A. open-mouthed B. tongue-tied C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted( ) 17. A. service B. home C. risk D. root( ) 18. A. trade B. deed C. challenge D. incident( ) 19. A. it B. us C. me D. them( ) 20. A. thrown B. lost C. divided D. reflected 【语篇解读】本篇文章为记叙文。