湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（79）
2016高考英语阅读理解集训。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy---they’re given after all. Choice can be hard.
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. I’d never en or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me, I had just turned 30 years old , and I’d been married for a year, I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t , and I wasn’t sure what to expect, MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a youn g boy, I’d been a garage inventor, I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company lling b
ooks on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some n to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a sho t. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.
After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice, For all of us, in the end, we are our choice.
1. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?
A. His dream if being an inventor.
B. The support of his wife.
C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.
D. Millions of exciting
titles.
2. Which of the following is clost in meaning to the underlined ntence?
A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.
B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.
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C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.
D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.
3. We can know from the passage that ______.
A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author
B. the author wanted someone el to try the idea
C. the author might not regret if he failed the idea
D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed
4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Cleverness and Kindness
B. The Starting of Amzon
C. Following My Passion
D. We Are What We Choo
参考答案1—4、CDCD
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
【2016高考训练】
CHICAGO(Reuters)-Smoking not only can wrinkle(皱纹)the face and turn it yellow—it can do the same to the whole body, rearchers reported on Monday.
The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body-even skin protected from the sun.
“We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of pa
cks, of cigarette smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced, ”Dr. Yolanda, who led the study, said in a statement.
“In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmoke rs. Similar findings were en in participants aged 45 to 65 years. ”
Yolanda’s team added in their report.
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The rearchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged, in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. In dependent judges decided how wrinkled each person’s skin was.
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When skin is expod to sunlight, especially the face, it becomes coar(粗糙的). Wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Yolanda's team wrote.
Several previous studies have found that cigarette smoking led to premature(过早的)skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not expod to light.
The report did not discuss die mechanism involved but previous rearch has found that cigarette s
moke, among other things, caus blood vesls(血管)beneath the skin to constrict(紧缩), reducing blood supply to the skin.
Smoking can also damage the connective tissue(组织)that supports both die skin and the internal organs.
1. The best title for this passage would be ______________.
A. The danger of smoking
B. Smoking caus skin aging
C. Quit smoking for health
D. A survey of smokers
2. According to the passage, how wrinkled a person’s skin is doesn’t relate to ___________.
A. the number of cigarettes a person smokes
B. the kind and characteristics of skin
C. how long a person smokes
D. how long skin is under sunlight
3. From the passage smoking results in skin aging mainly becau ____________.
A. it will lower blood supply to skin
B. it can make you feel tired
胡不C. it can make skin come off
D. it can make blood run faster
4. The main purpo of the passage is to ____________.
A. inform people about the study of skin
B. advi people how to protect skin
C. warn people not to smoke again
D. introduce a new way of avoid
skin aging
参考答案1—4、BBAC
阅读理解。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。
Since we are social beings，the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships.One strength of the human conditions is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful (有压力的) conditions.Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people bad on their interpersonal ties.Tho of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems.People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than tho without such ties.Studies over types of illness，from depression to heart dia，show that the prence of social support helps people defend themlves against illness，and the abnce of such support makes poor health more likely.
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways.First，friends，relatives and coworkers may let us know that they value us.Our lfrespect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite
of our faults and difficulties.Second，other people often provide us with informational support.They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them.Third，we typically find social companionship supportive.Taking part in freetime activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移注意力) us from our worries and troubles.Finally，other people may give us instrumental support—money aid，material resources，and needed rvices—that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.
1．Interpersonal relationships are important becau they can________.
A．deal with life changes
B．smooth away daily problems
C．make people live more easily
D．cure types of illness
2．The rearches show that people’s physical and mental health________.
A．has much to do with the amount of support they get from others
B．lies in the social medical care systems which support them
C．depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles
D．is related to their courage for dealing with major life changes.
3．Which of the following is clost in meaning to the underlined word “cushions”？
A．takes place of B．makes up of
C．lesns the effect of D．gets rid of
4．Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work in spare time is an example of________.
A．instrumental support
B．informational support
C．social companionship
电梯礼仪D．the strengthening of lfrespect
5．What is the subject discusd in the text?西安美景
A．Effects of stressful conditions.
B．Kinds of social support.
C．Ways to deal with stress.
D．Interpersonal relationships.
语篇解读本文是一篇议论文。文章主要阐述了我们是社会性的动物，所以我们的生活质量很大程度上取决于人际关系。
篮球赛策划1．解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“to deal with major life changes and Studies over types of illness”可知，A、B、D三项的内容只是问题的一部分，都比较片面。
答案： C
2．解析：细节理解题。rearches和studies都是研究的意思，根据第一段的最后一句话中“Studies over types of illness，from depression to heart dia，show that the prence of social support
helps people defend themlves against illness，and the abnce of such support makes poor health more likely.”可知A项正确。B、C两项在文中没有提及，而D选项只提到了life changes，内容太片面。
medium什么意思答案： A
3．解析：词义猜测题。根据第一段最后一句“...the prence of social support helps people defend ”可知，画线词所在句子的句意为：社会支持以许多方式减轻压力。take place of代替；make up of构成，组成；lesn the effect of减少影响，免受影响；get rid of摆脱，除掉，去掉。
