黑龙江省依安县2021高考英语二轮复习阅读理解练习5.doc

黑龙江依安县2016高考英语二轮阅读理解练习（5）
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
体裁：记叙文　话题：公共服务　时间：7分钟
The world of taxi drivers is dominated by men.But there is one small taxi company in Delhi，where all the drivers and passengers are female.Women's safety is a hot topic in India at the moment，so it's proving a very popular service.
“When I'm on the road driving our taxi I feel very proud，because this is the first taxi service only for women，”says 31­year­old Shanti Sharma，who is one of eight female drivers with a taxi service called Cabs for Women by Women.
The last couple of months，since the rape and murder in the city of a college student travelling on a bus，have been particularly busy for her and her colleagues.
“After this case，our workload has increased so much，” says Sharma.“Women who used other cab services are also turning to us now.”
Most women in Delhi say they routinely face harassment(骚扰)，and worse，especially on public transport.
Sharma，a single parent with three daughters，has been working as a taxi driver since 2011，when the service was first set up，and it has changed her life.This is the first time that she has earned enough—about 250 a month—to support her family.
Of course，she and the other female taxi drivers are completely outnumbered by male cabbies.“When I park somewhere there are always men there and inevitably five or six of them get together and hang out，” she says.“I'm usually the only woman in the parking lot，so I just stay inside the car.”
It's not much better when she is out on the road.Sharma says the male drivers give her a hard time.“As soon as they see a woman at the wheel they start honking(按喇叭) for no reason.They'll try to overtake you.I'm always worrying about how to avoid getting hit by someone.”
The company behind Cabs for Women by Women，Sakha Consulting Wings，had a number of goals when it set up the service.It wanted to give women from poor backgrounds an opportunity to earn money.By putting women in charge of technologies，it also wanted to change people's attitudes，and open up boundaries for women.
【语篇导读】　德里一家出租车公司专门推出了女性司机只为女性乘客提供服务的Cabs for Women by Women 出租车业务。生意异常火爆。
1．The taxi service Cabs for Women by Women ______.
A．is greatly needed at present in India
B．causes a hot debate in India
C．was set up in 2012
D．is free of charge for women
解析　细节理解题。根据第一段第三句中的“it's proving a very popular service”可知，这项女性出租车服务在现在有很大需求量。
答案　A
2．Why are women who used other cab services turning to Cabs for Women by Women?
A．Because it is cheap. B．Because it is safe.
C．Because it is famous. D．Because it is convenient.
解析　推理判断题。根据第三、四段内容可推知，那些以前乘坐其他出租车的女性现在选择Cabs for Women by Women，是因为这种由妇女驾驶的出租车能为女性乘客提供安全保障。
答案　B
3．What do we know about Sharma?
A．She is the first female taxi driver in Delhi.
B．She lives in harmony with her husband.
C．She has regretted becoming a taxi driver.
D．She has a better salary after becoming a taxi driver.
解析　细节理解题。根据第六段可知，从2011年Sharma成为出租车司机后，她才赚了足够多的钱来养家糊口。
答案　D
4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A．The opportunities Cabs for Women by Women provides for women.
B．The main purposes of Cabs for Women by Women.
C．People's attitudes towards Cabs for Women by Women.
D．The background information of Cabs for Women by Women.
解析　段落大意题。根据本段的主题句“The company behind Cabs for Women by Women，Sakha Consulting Wings，had a number of goals when it set up the service.”可知，本段主要讲开展Cabs for Women by Women 出租车服务的目的。
答案　B
【长难句解读】
原文　Sharma，a single parent with three daughters，has been working as a taxi driver since 2011，when the service was first set up，and it has changed her life.
译文　Sharma是一个独自抚养三个女儿的单亲母亲，自从2011年首次开展这项服务以来，她一直是一名出租车司机。这改变了她的生活。
分析　and前后为两个并列分句。在第一个分句中，a single parent with three daughters 是Sharma的同位语。when引导一个定语从句，修饰2011。

科普知识（阅读理解）由 (2012安徽“江南十校”高三仿真卷一)改编
Airtight plastic bags can help farmers protect their harvests without the use of harmful chemicals.These bags are designed to keep air out of crops in storage.They are a simple way to fight insects and keep food fresh.
Ten countries in West and Central Africa are involved in a project to improve the storage of cowpeas,also known as black-eyed peas.Farmers can lose much of the harvest to insects called bruchids.These grow from egg to adult in a few weeks and then lay forty to sixty more eggs.They can destroy the whole harvest within months.
Farmers can sell their crop immediately.But selling at harvest time means more competition and lower prices.Or they can use pesticides (杀虫剂) to kill the bugs.But crop scientist Dieudonne Baributsa says,“They end up misusing or overusing the pesticide.In Nigeria,they have reported a lot of cases of death.They usually call it in Nigeria ‘killer bean’.”
Mr.Baributsa is a researcher at Purdue University in the American state of Indiana.The project is called PICS,for Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage.He says the storage bags are thick enough that any insects already in the cowpeas will die from lack of oxygen.The lack of air will also help prevent the growth of bacteria that can ruin the harvest.The bags cost about two dollars each.Mr.Baributsa says that is not much,especially if it means farmers can wait long enough to get a better price for their crop.The bags are produced locally.Donors currently support the project,but the groups involved are working to build a lasting market for the bags because donor support for the project will not last forever.
A company based in the United States called GrainPro makes another kind of airtight bag.These are called SuperGrainbags.Phil Villers,the company’s president,says safely storing a harvest not only earns more money for farmers,it also reduces the amount of food lost to insects,spoilage and mishandling.“What does not get wasted and eaten means it is available to feed a hungry world,”said Phil Villers.
1.What’s the best title for this passage?(　　)
A.Simple Bags Save the Harvest
B.Plastic Bags: the Enemy of Insects
C.Good News for Hungry World
D.Pesticides Threaten Food Safety
2.It can be inferred that bruchids 　　　. 
A.steal the stored crop for the future
B.breed slowly in the stored harvest
C.survive in airtight plastic bags
D.multiply while the crop is in storage
3.How does “killer bean” come out? (　　)
A.The pesticide causes many deaths of bugs.
B.People eat beans that are infected by bugs.
C.Farmers use chemicals to kill bugs improperly.
D.Bugs ruin beans within a short time.
4.Which statement of the following is NOT true? (　　)
A.Insects in the bags will soon use up the air and then die.
B.The airtight plastic bags currently sold at the market do not last long.
C.The project provides the farmers with the bags for free at present.
D.What farmers can earn from the use of the bag is far more than they have to pay.
语篇解读:虫害一直是农民的心头大患,这不仅危害农作物的生长,还浪费了许多粮食。最新的农业科技给人们带来了福音,那就是用密封袋来保护农作物以远离虫害。
答案及剖析:1.A　主旨大意题。由第一段(主题段)及全文内容可知,一种密封塑料袋在不使用任何化学药品的前提下,能够保护农民的收成不受虫害影响。故Simple Bags Save the Harvest最能概括全文的中心。
2.D　推理判断题。由第二段的第二、三、四句内容可知,bruchids是一种在粮食储藏过程中繁殖很快的昆虫,它们能够在几个星期内长成成虫,产下40到60个甚至更多的虫卵。D项中multiply有“增加;繁殖”之意。
3.C　细节理解题。由第三段的内容可知,农民们使用杀虫剂来杀虫,由于他们错用或过量使用,使粮食遭到污染,从而造成食用者死亡,故“杀手豆”来源于农民不正当地使用杀虫剂。
4.B　细节理解题。由倒数第二段的最后一句话...donor support for the project will not last forever可知,持续不长的是赞助商的支持,而不是塑料袋,故选B项。由倒数第二段...insects already in the cowpeas will die from lack of oxygen...可排除A项; 由倒数第二段的Donors currently support the project...可知,目前密封塑料袋是免费由赞助商提供,故排除C项;由倒数第二段的The bags cost about two dollars each....get a better price for their crop可排除D项。
【疑难词汇解读】
1.storage n.储存;仓库
The collection has been in storage for decades.
这些收藏品已保管了几十年。
2.mishandle v.处理不当;错误地处理
Mishandling the problem has caused great trouble.
对这个问题处理不当已经引起了很大的麻烦。
【长难句子分析】

他说这种密封袋非常厚,任何已经进入牛豆中的虫子都会因缺少氧气而死亡。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
(2013·福建，C)
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文章大意：我们推出了高质量的值得收藏的银币，价格不贵，时间有限，快来买吧！
13．What is stressed in the ad?
A．The coin is of high quality and worth collecting.
B．The coin can be circulated as a currency.
C．Limited supplies guarantee a stable price of the coin.
D．Demand for the coin is bound to break records.
答案：A　由全文尤其是You can't afford to lose段落可知答案为A。
14．If you buy six 2012 U. S. Mint Silver Eagles by post, you should pay at least ________.
A．$230.7 B．$233.7
C．$240.7 D．$243.7
答案：C　细节计算题，购买59枚价格为$38.45/枚，六枚需要$230.7，另加$10邮费，可以得出答案。
15．The ad strongly encourages people to purchase the silver coins by ________.
A．shopping online
B．making a phone call
C．lining up in front of the stores
D．writing to the company
答案：B　细节题，由Time is everything 段落最后一句以及所提供的最快服务的联系方式可知答案为B。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
(2013·天津，C)
Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours(绕行路)in life than by the narrow road toward goals. I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.
For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents' home in Boise in nine hours. We traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hates confinement(限制)and have strong opinions about everything.
Road trips felt risky, so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to. We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.
But then Banner, our lamb was born. He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise. I had two choices: leave Banner with my husband, or take him with me. My husband made the decision for me.
That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour, let Banner shake out his legs and feed him. The kids chased him and one another. They'd get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.
We explored side roads, catching grasshoppers in waisthigh grass. Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway. Here was life. And new horizons(见识)．
We eventually arrived at my parents' doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.
I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique. On an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling. I stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead. I parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.
Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight. But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a journey—and the best part of yourself.
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，因为旅途中要照料刚出生的小羊羔，所以作者不得不选择绕行路，作者发现绕行路增添了生活的快乐。
16．Why did the author use to take freeways to her parents' home?
A．It was less tiring.
B．It would be faster and safer.
C．Her kids would feel less confined.
D．She felt better with other drivers nearby.
答案：B　细节理解题。由第二段第二句话，“我们走大部分人会走的路：最快、最短、最安全”，故选B项。
17．The author stopped regularly on the country roads to ______.
A．relax in the fresh air
B．take a deep breath
C．take care of the lamb
D．let the kids play with Banner
答案：C　细节理解题。由第五段第三句话，“我们不得不每个小时停下来，让班纳舒展一下腿，喂喂它”，即照料一下小羊羔。
18．What does the author discover from the trip according to Paragraph 6?
A．Freeways are where beauty hides.
B．Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life.
C．Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits one's health.
D．One should follow side roads to watch wild animals.
答案：B　细节理解题。由Here was life. And new horizons.可知这次旅行作者的发现：这才是生活，以及新见识。通过旅行中亲近大自然作者体验到了生活的乐趣。故选B项。
19．Why did the author ask the kids to get out of the car on their way back home?
A．To give herself some time to read.
B．To order some food for them.
C．To play a game with them.
D．To let them cool down.
答案：D　推理判断题。由第八段第二三句话，“每个人开始争吵，我停下车命令他们下车到前面等我”，可以推断出：我让孩子们下车是为了让孩子们停止争吵冷静下来。故选D项。
20．What could be the best title for the passage?
A．Charm of the Detour.
B．The Road to Bravery.
C．Creativity out of Necessity.
D．Road Trip and Country Life.
答案：A　主旨大意题。文章开头点题与结尾的结论都提到了绕行路会揭示旅行的快乐，所以标题应是A项，绕行路的魅力。