(浙江专版)2017高考英语二轮复习专题7阅读理解类型2故事轶闻讲练
类型2| 故事轶闻
考查要点方法技巧
1.故事发生的背景、经过、结局。
2．情节、人物或事件之间的关系。
3．蕴含的哲理意义、风趣幽默。
1.理清叙事的顺序，是顺叙、倒叙还是插叙。
2．把握故事发生的主线，抓住情节、情感两
条主线索。
3．领会故事细节与主题的关系。
(2016·全国丙卷·B)
On one of her trips to New York several years ago，Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes，another customer was approaching their table.
“Hey，aren't you from Mississippi？” the elegant，white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger.“I'm from Mississippi too.”
Without a second thought，the woman joined the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up，she also pulled up a chair.
“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi，”Welty said.“I didn't know what my New York friends were thinking.”
Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine.By the time the group got up to leave，it was pouring outside.Welty's new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab.Heading back downtown toward her hotel，her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion(团聚)．
“My friend said：‘Now we believe your stories，’”Welty added.“And I said：‘Now you know.These are the people that make me write them．’”
Sitting on a sofa in her room，Welty，a slim figure in a simple gray dress，looked pleased with this explanation.
“I don't make them up，”she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years.“I don't have to.”
Beauticians，bartenders，piano players and people with purple hats，Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends，from walks through the streets of her native Jackson，Miss.，from conversations overheard on a bus.It annoys Welty that，at 78，her left ear has now given out.Sometimes，sitting on a bus or
a train，she hears only a fragment(片断) of a particularly interesting story.
25．What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?
A．Two strangers joined her.
B．Her childhood friends came in.
C．A heavy rain ruined the dinner.
D．Some people held a party there.
26．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty's ．
A．readers B．parties
C．friends D．stories
27．What can we learn about the characters in Welty's fiction?
A．They live in big cities.
B．They are mostly women.
C．They come from real life.
D．They are pleasure seekers.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。全文讲述了著名作家Eudora Welty在纽约的朋友聚会上，遇到了两位陌生人。大家的交流对她的写作影响很大。她经常收集人们的所见所闻，写成自己的一篇篇文章。
长难句解读：Heading back downtown toward her hotel，her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion.
分析：本句为复合句。逗号前为现在分词作时间状语，定语从句that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion修饰先行词the turn of events。
翻译：在返回市区宾馆的途中，她的大都市的朋友们惊诧于他们活动的转变，他们的聚会早已由纽约式的宴会变成了密西西比人的地方性团聚。
25．A[细节理解题。根据第三段“...the woman join ed the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up，she also pulled up a chair.”可知，除了那位陌生的女士，要跟她一起吃饭的人也加入到了Welty的饭局中，故选A项。]
26．D[代词指代题。联系本段“My friend said: ‘Now we believe your stories，’”Welty added.“And I said: ‘Now you know.These are the people that m ake me write them．’”可知，朋友们相信Eudora Welty的故事是真实的，正是在现实生活中从这些陌生的人口中得到的信息才让她写出这些故事，故选D项。]
27．C[推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句话可知她故事中的角色都取材于生活在社会各阶层的人们，都来源于真实的生活，故选C项。]
A
(2016·石家庄市调研检测)
During the two and a half years since I settled down in Germany，I've caught a cold several times and gotten to experience how different German cold remedies (疗法) are from the Chinese ones.
Back in Taiwan，whenever I had a streaming nose and a dry throat，I'd rush to the hospital to get prescribed medicine.For a fever，I would receive a red pill，which I now know is a type of antibiotic (抗生素)．
Another thing I know now is that the criminal behind my cold is a virus.The drugs I used only relieved the symptoms.When I went to a German hospital intending to get some medicine to treat my cold，I got nothing more than a pat on my shoulder and words from the doctor，saying that I should get some really good rest.The first time this happened，I was shocked.I wondered how I could put up with my sickness without the help of medicine.But the longer I stayed in Germany，the better I knew how to self-medicate as other Germans do.
I learned to take vitamin C to build up my resistance.But what I like the most is drinking “Erk?ltungstee”．For German people，Erk?ltungstee is what their grandmother gives them when they catch a cold.It's a tea bag mainly made of lime flower and orange rind.Another popular cold remedy in Germany is chicken soup.During my first winter in Germany，I got a really bad cold.My neighbor brought me a bowl of chicken soup to make me feel better.It contained a lot of ginger，onion，garlic，carrots and celery.Germans believe these ingredients are perfect for helping your body recover.
本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者在德国如何应对感冒的故事。
1．How did the author feel after seeing the German doctor?
A．Relieved. B．Surprised.
C．Satisfied. D．Stressed.
B[细节理解题。根据第三段的“The first time this happened，I was shocked.”可知，作者第一次在德国看医生时，医生的应对方式让他很震惊。]
2．According to the author，what effect do antibiotics have on his cold?
A．They cure his cold.
B．They prevent the disease.
C．They kill the virus in him.
D．They make him feel better.
D[推理判断题。根据第三段的第二句“The drugs I used only relieved the symptoms.”可推知，作者之前生病时所吃的抗生素只是缓解了感冒的症状，让他自己感觉好一些而已。]
3．What can we infer from the text?
A．Germans tend not to use antibiotics to treat a cold.
B．The author often catches a cold in Taiwan.
C．The author seldom drinks chicken soup.
D．German doctors are cold to patients.
A[推理判断题。根据第三段和最后一段的整体内容可知，德国人一感冒后医生是不给开药的，而且德国人有自我疗法。由此可推知，德国人不会一感冒了就去吃抗生素。]
B
(2016·河南省八市重点高中质量检测)
A California man who was feeling sick almost died recently from a shocking cause.
26-year-old Luis Ortiz went to a hospital because of a headache and nausea (恶心)．When doctors examined him，they were shocked to find a tapeworm larva (绦虫幼虫) in his brain.The story got stranger.The larva was still alive.
The creature had caused a cyst(囊肿) inside his head.The cyst was restricting the flow of liquids to different areas of his brain.The situation was so serious that doctors said they had to perform an emergency operation to remove the larva.
A doctor who operated on Ortiz told him he had only 30 minutes to live.When the doctor pulled the worm out of his head，it was still moving.
Luis Ortiz was a student at California Stage University in Sacramento.He began experiencing headaches in late August.But Ortiz said he did not think the headaches were serious.
In September，he visited a friend and his parents in another city.That is when the pain got worse.His mother saw Ortiz throwing up and took him to a hospital emergency room.
The doctors saved Ortiz's life.However，the surgery also affected him.Ortiz had to drop out of school and move back home.For now，he is not permitted to work or drive a vehicle.
The U．S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U．S.has about 1，000 reported cases of tapeworms each year.The CDC adds that tapeworms are more common
in developing countries with poor public health systems.
The best way to avoid a tapeworm infection (感染) is to wash fruits and vegetables.Also，make sure meat is cooked thoroughly.The CDC suggests cooking all meat to an internal temperature of at least 63 degrees Celsius.
本文介绍了一位叫Luis Ortiz的美国青年，因头痛难忍和恶心而去医院就诊，医生惊奇地发现他的脑子里有一条绦虫幼虫。后来，医生的及时救治挽救了他的性命。
4．What caused Luis Ortiz to feel sick and headaches?
A．Dirty food eaten in August.
B．Travelling for a long way.
C．A living creature in his brain.
D．Uncooked meat eaten by him.
C[细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“they were shocked to find a tapeworm larva(绦虫幼虫)in his brain”可知，有一条活的绦虫幼虫在Luis Qrtiz脑袋里，使他恶心头痛。故选C。]
5．How should people avoid infecting tapeworms?
A．By washing fruits and vegetables.
B．By boiling plates and bowls before meals.
C．By cooking meat to at least 63 ℃ outside.
D．By improving the development of economy.
A[细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的第一句“The best way to avoid a tapeworm infection(感染)is to wash fruits and vegetables.”可知，选A。]
6．What did the writer think of the cause of Luis Ortiz's disease?
A．Quite frightening. B．Very dangerous.
C．Rather puzzling. D．Extremely surprising.
D[推理判断题。根据文章的第一段“A California man who was feeling sick almost died recently from a shocking cause.”可推知，作者对Luis Ortiz的病因感到极其震惊。故选D。]
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C
(2016·太原市模拟)
At 39 weeks pregnant most women would only be thinking of racing to hospital.But not Amber Miller，who set off to run the Chicago Marathon while expecting her second child any day.
As she neared the final stage of the race，she began to feel pain in the
stomach.But the determined athlete managed to cross the finish line in 6 hours and 25 minutes.
Unbelievably the Chicago race was not even baby June's first marathon—Miller ran the Wisconsin Marathon earlier this year，four months pregnant.She also ran another marathon when she was about four months pregnant with her son，Caleb.
Although there was extra weight，the seasoned runner's time was just 3 hours off her personal best.
Miller began to feel pain near the end of the race，but she was not sure if it was labor (分娩)，because she typically feels some pain when she runs while pregnant.After her race her husband drove her to Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield where she gave birth to the healthy 7 pounds，13 ounce baby.
Miller decided to run because she and her husband had already signed up for the race.The athletic mother said she experienced an enthusiastic welcome from crowds as she ran along.But the devoted runner，who had completed eight marathons，admitted that she did get a few strange looks along the course.
“I know what I can handle.This is something I've been doing for a long time，”the experienced marathon runner said.
June was born at 10：29 p．m.on Sunday night after seven hours' labor.“She's absolutely perfect，” Miller said.“We are extremely happy，but very tired.”
After her surprising double achievement，Miller says she is planning to take some time off to concentrate on being a fulltime mom.
本文讲述了在芝加哥马拉松比赛中，Amber Miller已怀孕39周，但她坚持用6个小时25分钟完成了马拉松比赛并在当晚产下了小女儿June。
7．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Miller failed to finish the race due to her labor.
B．Miller's husband was against her running the race.
C．Miller knew she was going to give birth at the end of the race.
D．It wasn't Miller's first time to run a marathon while pregnant.
D[细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，这并非Miller第一次以孕妇之身参加马拉松比赛。年初，已经怀孕4个月的她参加了威斯康星州马拉松比赛。此外，在怀着第一个孩子Caleb的时候，她也参加过马拉松比赛。故选D。]
8．What is the name of Miller's kid born right after the Chicago Marathon?
A．Caleb. B．June.
C．Amber. D．Wisconsin.
B[细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句及倒数第二段中的“June was born at 10：29 p．m.on Sunday night after seven hours' labor.”可知，芝加哥马拉松比赛结束后，Miller 的小女儿June诞生了。故选B。]
9．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．People have different attitudes to Miller's action.
B．Miller will soon return for her favorite marathons.
C．The baby was in danger at birth because of the race.
D．Miller's personal best in marathons was over 6 hours.
A[推理判断题。根据第六段中的“The athletic mother said she experienced an enthusiastic welcome from crowds as she ran along.But the devoted runner，who had completed eight marathons，admitted that she did get a few strange looks along the course.”可知，人们对Miller怀孕仍坚持跑马拉松比赛有着不同的态度。故选A。] 10．What is the best title of the passage?
A．A young American couple loving marathons
B．How to finish the latest Chicago Marathon
C．How to train a pregnant woman for marathons
D．A pregnant woman giving birth after a marathon
D[主旨大意题。本文讲述了在芝加哥马拉松比赛上，Amber Miller已怀孕39周，但她坚持用6个小时25分钟完成了马拉松比赛并在当晚产下了小女儿。故选D。]
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最新2017高考英语阅读(完整版)
最新2017高考英语阅读(完整版)
高考英语阅读 文体类型及阅读理解答题技巧 一、英语阅读文体类型简析 高考英语阅读常见的文体类型有：记叙文、议论文、说明文和应用文。 1、记叙文 英语记叙文以描写叙述为主，主要描写人物、事件、地点、或过程。特点是，其主题往往潜伏在字里行间，没有直接地表白出来；文章主旨要透过体察所揭示的人物、事件来进行提炼。描写手法大多按时间跨度、空间顺序、上下顺序来展开。阅读记叙文体应采取略读和扫读的方法，快速抓住文中描写的主要内容，从整体上去把握文章的连贯性，进而大体上揣测出作者的写作意图及情感主线。高考阅读就记叙文设题大多以细节理解为主。 2、议论文 英语议论文通常为三段式，即“论点、论据、结论”三部份组成。首先借助某一现象引出论点，然后通过一定论据从各个层面上加以推理论证，最后得出结论。议论文体主要考查学生对论点及论据的把握。因此，遇到议论文体时，应采取抓主题句的方法来把握文章主旨，弄清作者的观点。一般来说，作者的论点通常在文章首段被引出，接着是对这一论点的逻辑推理和论证，最后为结论。还应注意的是：在对论点论证的过程中，每一段的首句都是该段的主题句。把握全文论点、弄清论证各段的主题句、理解文章层次、找出中心论点的位置是理解议论文的关键。 就议论文而言，其论证的常见结构方式有： 1，总分式总---分；分----总；总----分---总； 2，并列式几个论据之间属于平等关系； 3，递进式几个论据之间属于递进关系； 4，对照式把两种事物加以对比，以彰显其中一种。 3、说明文 英语说明文的总体结构通常为三部份，说明对象、说明过程和归纳总结。常见的说明方法： 1，定义与诠释说明； 2，举例与引用说明； 3，分类与图表说明； 4，比较与比喻说明； 5，分析与综合说明； 就高考英语说明文的阅读而言，首先要抓住文章说明的要点，也就是要抓住被说明对象的实质性特征；弄清作者从哪个角度、哪个层面开始说明；并明白文章最后的说明结论。高考说明文阅读材料通常介绍最新科技、重大成就、生活时尚、流行现象等。了解说明文的写作手法、说明方法，理清短文结构及段落中心思想是答题关键。 4、应用文
2017届全国高考英语阅读理解汇编(1)英语试卷
2017届全国高考英语阅读理解汇编（1）英语试卷SYS201708100601 一、阅读理解 详细信息 1. 难度：中等 阅读理解。 Many of us still tend to think that emotions can affect reasonable thought，and sometimes land us in trouble. But in recent years psychologists have taken quite a different view. Keith Oatley，Professor of Psychology at Glasgow University，is involved in the research which shows the fundamental importance of emotions. He believes we are very ambivalent about them：we think of our emotions as being unreasonable，but we also consider them as essential to being human.For example，Mr Spock，a character in the television series Star Trek，is superintelligent and he has no emotions at all.However，he is never made captain of the spaceship.Maybe，this is because Mr Spock is not the kind of person you can share your feelings with—a person who shows his emotions. As Professor Oatley points out，our emotions have very important functions，for example，fear.If we cross the road and a car approaches，we usually stop moving or step back.We stop what we are doing，check what we have done and pay very careful attention to the environment.The emotion of fear makes us take this small series of actions which，on average，help preserve our safety. On the other hand，if things are going well and small problems come up，we find we can solve them with the resources we have to hand.As a consequence，we tend to feel happy and usually continue doing the job. Anger is an emotion that tends to occur when someone is preventing us from doing something.Then this small “kit” of reactions enables us to prepare ourselves to be quite aggressive to that person，or to try harder，and so on. Professor Oatley believes emotions generally occur at these important moments in actions.With fear and anger our emotions make us decide to start doing something else，while with happiness they “suggest” we continue what we are already doing. 1.What’s Keith Oatley’s opinion about emotions? A．They affect reasonable thought. B．They get us into trouble. C．They are helpful to us. D．They are reasonable. 2.What does the underlined part “we are very ambivalent about them”in Paragraph 2 mean? A．We have contradictory feelings towards emotions. B．We have similar ideas of emotions.
2017年高考英语生态环保类阅读理解.
2017年高考英语生态环保类阅读理解.
话题七:生态环保类 (一 The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world's supply of water. With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture. Although the idea of a water shortage(短缺 seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfall country, many of the world's agricultural industries experience constant water shortages. Although dams can be built to store water for agricultural use in dry areas and dry seasons, the costs of water redistribution(重新分配 are very high. Not only is there the cost of the engineering itself, but there is also an environmental cost to be considered. Where valleys(山谷 are flooded to create dams, houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed. Besides, water may flow easily through pipes to fields, but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other. Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to supply its farming requirements. This is particularly troubling for countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation (灌溉 . In Texas, farmers' overuse of irrigation water has resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores. In the Central Valley area of southwestern USA, a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry valleys, but much of the water use has been poorly managed. Saudi Arabia's attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have seen the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves. Because there is no rainfall in these areas, such reserves can only decrease, and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry. 1. From the first two paragraphs we learn that________.
2017年高考英语浙江卷含答案
绝密★启用前 2017年6月普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 英语（浙江卷） 选择题部分 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 【C】1. What does the woman think of the movie? A. It’s amusing. B. It’s exciting. C. It’s disappointing. 【A】2. How will Susan spend most of her time in France? A. Traveling around B. Studying at a school. C. Looking after her aunt. 【C】3. What are the speakers talking about? A. Going out. B. Ordering drinks. C. Preparing for a party. 【B】4. Where are the speakers? A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore. 【A】5. What is the man going to do? A. Go on the Internet. B. Make a phone call. C. Take a train trip. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 【C】6. What is the woman looking for? A. An information office. B. A police station. C. A shoe repair shop. 【A】7. What is the Town Guide according to the man? A. A brochure. B. A newspaper. C. A map. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 【B】8. What does the man say about the restaurant?
1.主旨题(3)——2017高考英语阅读题
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2017年高考英语阅读理解练习题2
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。 A 1. The word “homework” in the first paragraph refers to ______. A. work that is given by teachers for students to do at home B. Websites such as https://www.360docs.net/doc/e04150296.html, and https://www.360docs.net/doc/e04150296.html, C. tools and suggestions offered by websites D. market research and informal research
2. The underlined sentence in the passage means that you’d better ask for a raise ______. A. when the employer has a normal pulse rate B. when the employer is in a good mood C. when the company has a good financial situation D. when the company’s practices are more flexible 3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. The employer will give you a raise because of your personal reasons. B. You should show them that you’re worthy of a salary increase. C. You can tell your boss the exact number of salary increase you want D. Schedule a meeting with your boss but don’t push too hard. 4. It can be inferred in the last paragraph that ______. A. If your boss won’t give you a raise, you’d better take fewer responsibilities. B. It is a wise way to get a raise by letting your boss know you are doing more. C. Only if you find a proper time to talk with your boss will you get a raise. D. You should schedule a meeting within a few months to discuss the matter again. B Here’s one number to keep in mind during your next cell phone conversation: 50. A new experiment shows that spending 50 minutes with an active phone pressed up to the ear increases activity in the brain. This brain activity probably doesn't make you smarter. When cell phones are on, they emit (发出) energy in the form of radiation that could be harmful, especially after years of cell phone usage. Scientists don't know yet whether cell phones are bad for the brain. Studies like this one are attempting to find it out. The 47 participants in the experiment may have looked a little strange. Each one had two Samsung cell phones attached to his or her head — one on each ear. The phone on the left ear was off. The phone on the right ear played a message for 50 minutes, but the participants couldn't hear it because the sound was off. With this set-up, the scientists could be sure they were studying brain activity from the phone itself, and not brain activity due to listening and talking during a conversation. After 50 minutes with two phones strapped to their heads, the participants were given PET scans. The PET scan showed that the left side (the side with the phone turned off) of each participant's brain hadn't changed during the experiment. The right side of the brain, however, had used more glucose, which is a type of sugar that provides fuel to brain cells. These right-side brain cells were using almost as much glucose as the brain uses when a person is talking. This suggests th at the brain cells there were active ― even without the person hearing anything. That activity, the scientists say, was probably caused by radiation from the phone. Henry Lai, who works at the University of Washington in Seattle, is uncomfortable with the data related to cell phones. Holding a cell phone to your ear during a conversation is “not really safe,” Lai told Science News. Lai is a bioengineer at the University of Washington in Seattle. He wrote an article about the new study for a journal, but he did not work on the study. Bioengineers bring together ideas from engineering and biology. For those who don't want to wait to find out for sure whether cell phones are bad for the brain, there are ways to talk more safely. You can have short and sweet conversations, use a