贵州省贵阳市高考英语(四月)阅读理解、完形填空课外练(8)

贵阳市2015高考英语（四月）阅读理解、完形填空课外练（8）答案阅读理解【2014·山东烟台模拟】If you’re in Florence，Italy，and see a man on a ladder wiping the dust off statues and buildings，don’t worry.It’s just Alessandro Ricci gathering material for his famous smog paintings.Ricci is not a common artist，because he used smog as the main medium of his artworks.Unlike other painters seeking fast recognition of their talent，he doesn’t really care about “being this big artist”．Instead he is more concerned about bringing attention to how much smog there really is in his home town and how it’s destroying both its monuments and people.Although he did take a couple of art classes a few years back，he is mainly self-taught，doesn’t work in a studio，donates most of his work，and refuses to play by the rules of the Florentine Art Gallery，which he considers corrupt.Alessandro Ricci believes selling his smog paintings will not only compromise his principles，but also contradict the very thing he’s trying to do—raise awareness about smog pollution in this city.Alessandro lives with his parents nearby Florence，but almost every day he visits the streets of the city，and collects smog for his paintings.He gets it from several meters above ground，from clean surfaces like marble，plastic and stone，using damp pieces of cotton.Then he applies the smog directly onto a cloth and creates street scenes and reproductions of the very buildings from which he got the dangerous material.Finally，he seals his paintings with a natural resin (树脂)．His actions helped win a small victory for the people of Florence，as in October 25,2012 the Duomo area of the city was made pedestrian-only.But there is still a long way to go，the artist believes，and only cleaning the thick layer of smog that has accumulated throughout Florence would take several years.Still，he continues to paint his unique smog artworks and let the people know how polluted the environment they live in really is.1．What does the text mainly tell us?A．Florentine artist fights pollution by painting with smog.B．Ricci invents a unique way to paint buildings in Florence.C．People in Florence gather smog to create street scenes.D．Florence takes measures to improve the polluted city.2．In what way is Ricci quite different from other artists?A．He lacks talent in art work.B．He cares little about fame.C．He hates all the art Galleries.D．He likes to do things at will.3．Ricci paints his unique smog artworks aiming to________.A．fight government corruptionB．advertise the monumentsC．create more street scenesD．raise awareness about pollution4．What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A．The place where Ricci lives.B．The problem that Florence faces.C．The way Riccis paints with smog.D．The materials for his painting.5．We can learn from the last paragraph that________.A．Duomo area of Florence has become more crowded with trafficB．Ricci’s action has brought no change to the people of FlorenceC．Ricci will continue to raise Florentine people’s awareness about pollutionD．Smog pollution in Florence will be completely settled in several years语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了意大利弗罗伦萨市的一名艺术家通过用烟雾作画来抵制环境污染的故事。

1．解析：主旨大意题。

根据文章最后一段的总结和文章的整体理解可知，本文主要讲述了意大利弗罗伦萨市的一名艺术家通过用烟雾作画来抵制环境污染的故事，故答案A符合文意。

答案： A2．解析：细节理解题。

根据文章第二段的第二句“Unlike other painters seeking fast recognition of their talent，he doesn’t really care about‘being this big artist’．”可知，他并不在乎名气的大小。

答案： B3．解析：推理判断题。

根据文章最后一句“Still，he continues to paint his unique smog artworks and let the people know how polluted the environment they live in really is.”可知，答案D符合文意。

答案： D4．解析：段落大意题。

根据第四段的整体理解可知，本段主要讲的是这名艺术家是如何用烟雾作画的，答案C符合文意。

A、B、D三项均不是第四段的主要内容。

答案： C5．解析：推理判断题。

根据文章最后一段的第二句“But there is still a long way to go...”和最后一句“Still，he continues to paint his unique smog artworks and let the people know how polluted the environment they live in really is.”可推知，这名艺术家Ricci将继续从事这项活动以唤醒人们保护环境的意识。

答案：C。

阅读理解。

The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain.A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel while the team zapped(照射) a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings or the blank panel. Electrodes measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings.While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process."Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist. "Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering."Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. "These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.16. The underlined word “alleviate” in the fifth paragraph probably means “_____”.A. cureB. easeC. improveD. kill17. How many artists have been mentioned in the passage?A. 4.B. 5.C. 6.D. 7.18. Which of the following is TURE about the view of Prof de Tommaso’s?A. Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely.B. Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first.C. Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse.D. Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients.19. From the last paragraph, we know that _____.A. some artists’ paintings were beautiful, so they were masterpiecesB. only art experts could judge they were masterpieces or not, though uglyC. the artists mentioned above were not really art masters.D. some of them were art masters, while others were not.20. Which of the following is the suitable title for the passage?A. Beautiful surroundings can ease pain.B. Ugly paintings could be masterpieces.C. More research should be done in the field.D. Latest environmental research.【参考答案16--20】BCDBA完形填空I take a deep breath, cross my fingers and step forward. Am I about to take the leap before bungee-jumping? 1, I’m about to cross the road on my way to work.There have been a few2in the press over the last couple of months ab out“Chinese-style road crossing”. The definition of this3is“a large number of people jaywalking(乱穿马路)together because they feel4in a big group”.Crossing the road is a simple task but sometimes it can be time-consuming and dangerous. It can be 5to try and rush across the road while the red6is still lit; it’s only a short distance, what’s the 7that can happen?Many pedestrians don’t seem to understand the8they are taking. If the light’s on green, thenmost drivers won’t pay attention, 9that no one will be crossing the road. If the driver does notice, it’s possible that they may not have the10stopping distance to be able to stop11 hitting the person.Also, stepping out onto a road at the wrong12causes vehicles to slow down, meaning the cars behind them have to slow down, creating a13effect possibly even a long tailback(车辆长队). 14, it can be difficult to stick to the rules when there is15pedestrian-friendly crossings and it seems that drivers don’t follow the rules, either. Even if the green man is showing, cars are still allowed to turn right at many lights, often turning into large crowds of people16crossing the road. Many times these cars don’t slow down, meaning pedestrians have to quickly move out of the way. It also means that people17cross the road when they should be allowed to—maybe this is a motivating factor for so-called jaywalkers.Driving a car doesn’t mean you have more rights. It’s a privilege and with that privilege comes a lot of18. It doesn’t seem completely19to punish pedestrians for taking matters into their own hands on a road system that’s designed against them. A rethink of the way pedestrian crossing work and driver education may20 a stop to“Chinese-style road crossing”.【文章大意】本文主要讲述“中国式过马路”的现象、原因及其对交通产生的影响, 并提出了作者自己的看法。