2019-2020年高考英語(yǔ)二輪復(fù)習(xí) 閱讀理解（3）.doc

2019-2020年高考英語(yǔ)二輪復(fù)習(xí) 閱讀理解（3）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A.B.C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, its amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Dont the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungey lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-fighting, that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of the sporting spirit is sheer hypocrisy. People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen. They feel disappointment because they have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask. The answer is simple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped up in cages, or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were mon in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly. These changes have e about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is the biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recognize that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.1.It can be inferred from the passage that the authors opinion of nowadays human beings is A. not very high. B. high.C. contemptuous. D. critical.2.The main idea of this passage is A. vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law.B. people are willing to pay vast sums money to see violence.C. to pare two different attitudes towards dangerous sports.D. people are bloodthirsty in sports.3.That the author mentions the old Romans isA. To pare the old Romans with todays people.B. to give an example.C. to show human beings in the past know nothing better.D. to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.4.How many dangerous sports does the author mention in this passage?A. Three. B. Five.C. Six. D. Seven.5.The purpose of the author in writing this passage isA. that, by banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve our selves.B. that, by banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law.C. that we must take positive steps to improve social welfare system.D. to show law is the main instrument of social change.Vocabularyrelish 從獲得樂(lè)處，享受orgy 狂歡，放縱arena 競(jìng)技場(chǎng)，活動(dòng)或斗爭(zhēng)的場(chǎng)所blood-thirsty 殘忍的，嗜血的 bear-baiting 逗熊游戲bull-fight 斗牛batter 猛擊，連續(xù)地猛打/捶，亂打pulp 成紙漿，成軟塊burst into flames 突然燃燒起來(lái)/著火grim 令人窒息的，簡(jiǎn)陋的coop up 把關(guān)起來(lái)難句譯注bear-baiting 逗熊游戲。這是一種十六、十七世紀(jì)流行于英國(guó)的游戲驅(qū)狗去咬綁著的熊，很殘忍，后被禁止。two men batter each other to pulp in the boxing ring.【結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)析】batter one to pulp = beat one to a pulp 狠揍某人，打癱某人【參考譯文】?jī)蓚€(gè)人在拳擊場(chǎng)內(nèi)彼此狠揍，知道一個(gè)人被打倒在地，爬不起來(lái)。unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames.【參考譯文】眼見(jiàn)一輛或多輛賽車(chē)相互撞擊，突然燒起來(lái)而無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。A world heavy weight championship match is front page news.【參考譯文】世界重量級(jí)冠軍賽總是頭版頭條新聞。寫(xiě)作方法與文章大意 作者采取先對(duì)比、后分析的寫(xiě)作手法。先是今人和古羅馬人對(duì)暴虐體育上對(duì)此兩者都欣賞。后者坦率成人“欣賞暴力體育”，前者施以各種接口、實(shí)際都是嗜血成性者。第二段進(jìn)一步剖析今人欣賞暴虐體育的種種實(shí)例，最后指出改善“暴虐”的根本嗜為改善法律采取積極的步驟，法律才能施以巨大的文明影響，否則人類(lèi)很難改變。答案詳解1.A. 不太高。文章一開(kāi)始就點(diǎn)出科技巨大進(jìn)步，而其他方面進(jìn)展很少。人們以輕蔑的口氣談及可憐的古羅馬人，因?yàn)樗麄冃蕾p競(jìng)技場(chǎng)上的屠殺。我們輕視他們，因?yàn)樗麄儼堰@些屠殺視為娛樂(lè)。我們可以降階/屈尊地諒解他們，因?yàn)樗麄兩钤?000年前，顯然，對(duì)好的東西不知道。在這里作者反問(wèn)，我們的優(yōu)越感是否正確呢？我們的嗜血性是不是少一些？為什么拳擊比賽吸引那么許多人？在場(chǎng)的觀賞者（觀眾）是不是也希望看到一些暴力呢？結(jié)論是：人類(lèi)和過(guò)去一樣殘忍。唯一的不同點(diǎn)在于古羅馬人很誠(chéng)實(shí)，他們承認(rèn)他們欣賞觀看饑餓的獅子把人撕碎，活生生吃掉，而我們會(huì)找出各種精辟的理由來(lái)保衛(wèi)早該制止的運(yùn)動(dòng)。第二段舉出具體例子，如斗牛、拳擊中把人打癱在地、車(chē)賽中，車(chē)子碰撞起火，人們就坐在那里觀看欣賞，參賽者是為了高報(bào)酬，觀眾付出大筆錢(qián)財(cái)是為了看到暴力。作者指出任何體育精神的說(shuō)法純粹是虛偽。如果一場(chǎng)打比賽（世界重量級(jí)冠軍賽），兩輪而不是十五輪就告結(jié)束，成千上百萬(wàn)人們會(huì)感到失望這些都證明人的卑下，不文明。這兩段似乎也證明作者的觀點(diǎn)應(yīng)該是C項(xiàng)蔑視的。但在第三段談及，好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)，人們一直試圖在精神上和情感上改善自己，又得承認(rèn)不怎么成功。可至少我們不再容忍瘋?cè)私d于籠中，當(dāng)眾鞭撻，以及其他許多過(guò)去普遍存在的野蠻行徑。監(jiān)獄也不再是過(guò)去那種令人窒息的禁錮之地，社會(huì)福利制度在全世界許多地方推行。在財(cái)富公平分配上也作了很大的努力。這些變化的出現(xiàn)不是因?yàn)槿送蝗桓纳?，而是在改變法律上采取?積極的步驟。如果我們禁止危險(xiǎn)的暴力體育項(xiàng)目，那么我們?cè)诟纳迫祟?lèi)方面又前進(jìn)了一步。我們會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)暴力是人類(lèi)的墮落和卑下（人類(lèi)不應(yīng)有的）。從這段來(lái)看，作者對(duì)人類(lèi)還抱有希望，不是很蔑視。所以選A項(xiàng)。2.A. 法律應(yīng)禁止墮落而又危險(xiǎn)的體育項(xiàng)目。見(jiàn)第一題注釋。作者從古羅馬人欣賞殘忍的體育項(xiàng)目說(shuō)起，點(diǎn)出現(xiàn)代人也是嗜血成性，喜歡暴力體育項(xiàng)目。這是不文明，是墮落。必須制止，而法律是我們社會(huì)改革最強(qiáng)大的工具，它可應(yīng)用，發(fā)揮強(qiáng)大的文明影響（第三段倒數(shù)第三句）B. 人們?cè)敢庵Ц毒薮罂铐?xiàng)來(lái)觀看暴力。這是作者說(shuō)明“嗜血成性”的具體內(nèi)容之一。C. 對(duì)比對(duì)危險(xiǎn)體育項(xiàng)目不同的態(tài)度。這里沒(méi)有對(duì)比。D.人類(lèi)嗜血成性。這是作者認(rèn)為人們?yōu)槭裁葱蕾p危險(xiǎn)殘忍體育項(xiàng)目的根源。3.D. 人們?cè)隗w育上習(xí)慣于“嗜血成性”，過(guò)去是，現(xiàn)在仍然是，不同點(diǎn)只是前者坦直承認(rèn)，后者婉轉(zhuǎn)掩飾。見(jiàn)第一題注釋。A. 把古羅馬人和現(xiàn)代人對(duì)比。這項(xiàng)沒(méi)有說(shuō)明對(duì)比什么。B. 給出一個(gè)例子。太抽象。C. 說(shuō)明過(guò)去人類(lèi)不太知道更美好的東西，這兩項(xiàng)都沒(méi)有到位。4.B. 5個(gè)。作者提到逗熊游戲；斗牛；車(chē)賽；拳擊；人獅斗。至于當(dāng)眾鞭撻和絞刑不能稱(chēng)作體育活動(dòng)。5.A. 通過(guò)制止野蠻體育項(xiàng)目，我們能改善人類(lèi)自身。這在第三段講的最透徹，見(jiàn)第一題和第二題注釋。B. 通過(guò)制止野蠻體育活動(dòng)，我們能改善法律，不完全對(duì)。作者明確指出要用法律來(lái)禁止野蠻體育項(xiàng)目。C. 我們必須采取積極步驟來(lái)改善社會(huì)福利體制。D. 去表明法律是社會(huì)變革的主要工具。閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文, 從給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、B、C和D) 中, 選出最佳選項(xiàng)。A little brown mouse lived in a small house in the country.His cottage was very warm and fortable，with lots of flowers in front of it and a few apple trees behind.In his living room the brown country mouse ate good fresh food.One day his cousin from town came to visit him. “It is so nice to see you，” the country mouse said. “e in.Sit down.Lets have supper.” Soon he brought in some bread，bacon and corn for supper and they drank fresh clean water.After supper they sat and talked.The town mouse said，“ How can you live here？The country is so quiet.I dont like the food eithere and stay with me！”So the next morning the mice went to town.The town mouses house was beautiful.But they got into the house by going under the back door.They were very hungry，so the town mouse took his cousin to the dining room.There was a lot of food on the table. “Look at that！” said the town mouse.The mice jumped onto the table.They began to eat some fine French cheese，some very tasty cakes and biscuits.They drank lemonade and milk. Suddenly the door opened and a man walked in.He came to the table to get some fruit. “Be quiet！” whispered the town mouse.The man took an apple and went out of the room.The town mouse began to eat again，but the country mouse could not eat a thing，because he felt so afraid.Suddenly he saw a big cat near the sofa in the corner of the room.The cat was sleeping，but then it heard something.It opened its eyes and saw the mice.The country mouse began to cry：“Help！” The cat tried to catch the mice.The mice ran into a hole in the floor.The cat couldnt get in.“Oh，dear，” said the country mouse. “Your food is good，but your life is not.I feel afraid everywhere.Goodbye.Im going back to the country.”【語(yǔ)篇解讀】鄉(xiāng)村的老鼠去城里的老鼠那里做客，它認(rèn)為城里雖然生活富裕，但是卻不安全，于是又回到了鄉(xiāng)下。1The town mouse considered the life of the country mouse to be_.Ainteresting Bboring Cexciting D. terrifying解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的How can you live here？The country is so quiet可推測(cè)，從城里來(lái)的老鼠認(rèn)為在鄉(xiāng)村的生活是無(wú)趣的，故選B項(xiàng)。答案：B2The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refers to_.Athe town mouses home Bthe back door Ca lot of food on the table Dthe dining room解析：指代題。結(jié)合第四段的There wa a lot of food on the table可知，這里的that就是指前面提到的food，故選C項(xiàng)。答案：C3The cat didnt catch the mice because_.Aone cat couldnt fight with two miceBthe cat was still sleepy at that timeCthe mice were powerful after eating the magic cakesDthe cat couldnt get into the hole in the floor解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段的The mice ran into a hole in the floor.The cat couldnt get in可知，貓無(wú)法鉆進(jìn)洞里，所以沒(méi)有逮住老鼠，故選D項(xiàng)。答案：D4The country mouse went back to the country because_.Alife is quiet but safe in the countryBthe city cat was not friendly at allCnowhere is better than ones own homeDthe city life was too busy for it to enioy解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的your food is good，but your life is not.I feel afraid everywhere可知鄉(xiāng)村的老鼠認(rèn)為雖然城里的食物精美，但是卻不安全，所以不如回到自己的鄉(xiāng)下去，故選A項(xiàng)。答案：A5This passage is a_. Apiece of news Bscience novel Cfairy tale Ddrama解析：文章體裁題。本文講述了鄉(xiāng)下老鼠與城市老鼠的故事，是一篇童話故事，故C為正確答案。答案：C.閱讀理解。There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to plete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved. I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics. It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johor Bauru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave hack. From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time. The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (擁抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car. I looked forward to the return journey.( ) 1. The author expected the train trip to be A. adventurous B. pleasant C. exciting D. dull( ) 2.What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip? A. The friendly country people.B. The mountains along the way.C. The crowds of people in the streets.D. The simple lunch served on the train.( ) 3.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph? A. choose B. enjoy C. prepare for D. carry on( ) 4.Where was the writer going? A. Johor Bauru. B. The Causeway. C. Butterworth. D. Singapore.( ) 5.What can we learn from the story? A. fort in traveling by train. B. Pleasure of living in the country. C. Reading gives people delight. D. Smiles brighten people up.1.選D。根據(jù)第二段，作者是第一次坐長(zhǎng)途火車(chē)，帶了很多雜志看，可以看出作者一開(kāi)始認(rèn)為坐火車(chē)是dull（乏味的）。2.選A。根據(jù)第一段，馬來(lái)西亞人很熱情，總會(huì)微笑著在站臺(tái)上對(duì)火車(chē)?yán)锏哪吧藫]手，歡迎乘客來(lái)到馬來(lái)西亞。作者很感動(dòng)。3.選B。參照第71題。作者開(kāi)始并不享受火車(chē)之旅。4.選C。倒數(shù)第二段，Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth.火車(chē)在Butterworth停下來(lái)。5.選D。文章主要講述作者從看到馬來(lái)西亞人總會(huì)在站臺(tái)上笑對(duì)火車(chē)?yán)锏哪吧藫]手后，心情由無(wú)聊、乏味變成高興?？梢钥闯觯⑿δ茏屓颂崞鹁?。