江苏省南京市2016高考英语二轮阅读理解基础习题（5）及答案.doc

1、江苏省南京市2016高考英语二轮阅读理解基础习题（5）及答案阅读理解。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。This is an open letter to the three people who stole my handbag from the department store I am employed as a shop assistant.When you took my bag, I dont know what you thought you were going to get. With my wages, theres not much l

2、eft on a Tuesday. I hope the 5 was useful to you . I have informed the social security office so you wont be able to cash the child benefit next week. I hope that wont leave you too short. But if you really need a couple of pounds, I suppose you could always cash one of the two checks left in my che

3、ck book. Of course, I phoned the bank right away and the check-casing card is no longer valid, so it wont be much use to you. Actually I dont mind about the money too much. We single parents who work to support our families understand only too well what it means to be short of cash. However, I dont

4、suppose it went very far among the three of you. Sorry about that!I wish you had left the bag behind and just taken the wallet and check book. There were all kinds of papers in it, and notes and things that I really need. I really think that was very inconsiderate of you. I mean, how would you like

5、something like that to happen to you?Well, perhaps the bag will turn up. It wasnt even an expensive one, just a plain, old brown leather shoulder bag. You probably dumped it in the nearest rubbish bin or threw it into the bushes. Weve looked around, of course, but no one saw which way you went after

6、 you left the shop.Im not really angry with you. I know how the pressures of modern living can affect us, but I am sad at the loss of my personal things. I feel violated and helpless. The police were very icy, and they just shrugged their shoulders. “It happens all the time,” they told me. Some smal

7、l comfort, I suppose. But Ive lost just a little more faith in human natureAnd as my young son said when I told him what had happened, “Why? Mummy, why us?” I couldnt answer that question. I wonder if you can.1. In writing Paragraph 2, the writer wants to .A. describe the contents of the bag in deta

8、il.B. give some suggestions to the three thievesC. state the fact that she was careless with the moneyD. tell the thieves hardly any money was available 2. Which of the following is the most valuable to the writer?A. The cash in her bag.B. The handbag itself.C. The papers and notes in the bag.D. The

9、 check books in the bag.3. What can we conclude about the police?A. They think the case quite common.B. They show sympathy for the woman.C. They have doubts about human nature.D. They are unable to find the thieves.4. Why does the author write the letter?A. To give the thieves a serious warning.B. T

10、o express her affection for her valuable bag.C. To call peoples attention to their belongings. D. To complain about the fall of morality.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。Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good ,most would admit that their spoken Engl

11、ish is poor .Whenever I speak to a Chinese student they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” However, their spoken English does not have to remain “poor”! I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.First, they fail to find suitable words to expr

12、ess themselves due to a limited vocabulary. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if your attitude is positive .Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometim

13、es they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous .Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly .However, in speakin

14、g your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across ,to talk to someone in English ,as quickly and as well as you can ,even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense ,but it doesnt matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances（留出余地，体谅）for any m

15、istakes he hears.The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening .You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing was necessary for you to start speaking.Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners .Instead of actively seeking out opportuni

16、ties to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor .If you have this proactive outlook ,then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.If you do not use your English beyond the classroom you wi

17、ll forget what English you know .Remember: USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better by speaking English more.5. What is most probably the writers purpose in writing the passage? A. To improve your reading.B. To improve your spoken English. C. To improve your listening. D. To impr

18、ove your vocabulary.6. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that . A. dont be afraid of making mistakes .Just speak! B. dont be nervous ,dont be shy .Just write! C. dont be fluency .Just be accuracy D. dont be shy ,dont be fluency. Just listen and write!7. The text is most probably taken from

19、 a . A. teachers diary B. report on study C. sports newspaperD. movie magazine 社会生活类。A study involving 8, 500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series of reports from NatWest that has started a five-year re

20、search project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before. University tuition fees(学费) are currently capped at 3, 000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enor

21、mous pressure to raise the ceiling. In the research, the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average 31, 000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for th

22、ose aged 22 to 29 is just 17, 815. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than 10, 000. Average debts for graduates are 12, 363. Stephen Moir, head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotl

23、and Group which owns NatWest, said, “The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively. “ Ministers are deeply concerned about

24、 the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweather, aged 15, from St Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she stil

25、l had a lot to learn about money. 1. Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project? A. Students understand personal finances differently.B. University tuition fees in England have been rising.C. Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.D. The students payback ab

26、ility has become a major issue. 2. The phrase “to raise the ceiling” in paragraph 2 probably means “”.A. to raise the student loansB. to improve the school facilitiesC. to increase the upper limit of the tuitionD. to lift the school building roofs3. According to Stephen Moir, students.A. are too you

27、ng to be exposed to financial issuesB. should learn to manage their finances wellC. should maintain a positive attitude when facing loansD. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance4. What can we learn from the passage? A. Many British teenagers do not know money matters well.B. Teenagers in Br

28、itain are heavily burdened with debts.C. Financial planning is a required course at college.D. Young people should become responsible adults.【参考答案】48.1-4 CCBA 社会生活类。Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but

29、 now the public tends to base its consumption(消费) on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized the

30、ir unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others products to developing their own. Celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today theyre started by

31、first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the

32、products of daily life. However, for every success story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the products origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional market

33、ing. And once the initial(最初的) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels. Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep t

34、hreatens to reduce a celebritys shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the egos (自我的) potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many c

35、elebrities see fashion as the next frontier to the conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashionlike celebrityhas always been temporary. 1. Fashion magazines today.A. seldom put models on the coverB. no

36、 longer put models on the coverC. need not worry about celebrities market potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly2. A change in the consumer market can be found today that.A. price rather than brand name is more concernedB. producers prefer models to celebrities for adver

37、tisementsC. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisementsD. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly.A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB. da

38、mage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general publicC. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show businessD. influence the price of a celebritys products4. The passage is mainly about.A. celebrity and personal styleB. celebrity and market potentialC. celebrity and fashion designD. celebrity and clothing industry【参考答案】49.1-4 ADAB