2024屆河南省南樂縣高考英語一輪復習閱讀理解訓練：11（含解析）

　　河南南樂縣2024高考英語一輪閱讀理解基礎訓練11

　　2024高考訓練題。閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (點滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. But the third grader’s cheery dressing didn’t mask her pain and weary eyes.

　　Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.

　　Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone“Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鳴,唱) birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.

　　That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.

　　The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷縮) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.

　　“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”

　　Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.

　　1．Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ______.

　　A. most of her hair had fallen out

　　B. she was receiving treatment for cancer

　　C. she felt depressed and quit from school

　　D. she was suffering from a pain in her back

　　2．What do we know about Anita Kruse’s project?

　　A. It helps young patients record songs.

　　B. It is supported by singers and patients.

　　C. It aims to replace the medical treatment.

　　D. It offers patients chances to realize their dreams.

　　3．What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?

　　A. Most children are naturally fond of music.

　　B. He was brave enough to put up performance.

　　C. The project has positive effect on young patients.

　　D. Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.

　　4．What is probably the best title for the passage?

　　A. Purple Songs Can Fly

　　B. Singing Can Improve Health

　　C. A Shining Moment in Life

　　D. A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse

　　試題分析：文章主要介紹了49歲的Anita Kruse進行的一項名為Purple Songs Can Fly的幫助患病的病人的計劃，文章中還列舉了一些事例來證明這一計劃的有效性。

　　1．B 細節題。根據文章第一段第一句In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (點滴) above her to fight her bone cancer.可知她患有骨癌，正在接受治療。故B正確。

　　2．A 細節題。根據文章第四段第一句That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs.可知Anita Kruse這個計劃就是讓那些年輕的病人寫詩和錄制歌曲。故A正確。

　　3．C 推理題。根據文章第五段第一句The effect on the kids has been great.這一計劃對孩子的影響是巨大的，接下來就列舉了2例子，說明作者正是想用這個例子來證明這個計劃的有效性。故C正確。

　　4．A 主旨大意題。文章主要介紹了49歲的Anita Kruse進行的一項名為Purple Songs Can Fly的幫助患病的病人的計劃，文章中還列舉了一些事例來證明這一計劃的有效性。故A正確。

　　【2024】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。

　　We already know the fastest, least expensive way to slow climate change: Use less energy. With a little effort, and not much money, most of us could reduce our energy diets by 25 percent or more — doing the Earth a favor while also helping our wallets.

　　Not long ago, my wife, PJ, and I tried a new diet — not to lose a little weight but to answer an annoying question about climate change. Scientists have reported recently that the world is heating up even faster than predicted only a few years ago, and that the consequences could be severe if we don't keep reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases that are trapping heat in our atmosphere.

　　We decided to try an experiment. For one month we recorded our personal emissions of CO2. We wanted to see how much we could cut back, so we went on a strict diet. The average US household produces about 150 pounds of CO2 a day by doing common-place things like turning on air-conditioning or driving cars. That's more than twice the European average and almost five times the global average, mostly because Americans drive more and have bigger houses. But how much should we try to reduce?

　　For an answer, I checked with Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In his book, he had challenged readers to make deep cuts in personal emissions to keep the world from reaching extremely important tipping points, such as the melting of the ice sheets in Greenland or West Antarctica. "To stay below that point, we need to reduce CO2 emissions by 80 percent." he said.

　　Good advice, I thought. I'd opened our bedroom windows to let in the wind. We'd gotten so used to keeping our air-conditioning going around the clock. I'd almost forgotten the windows even opened. We should not let this happen again. It's time for us to change our habits if necessary.

　　68. Why did the author and his wife try a new diet?

　　A. To take special kinds of food

　　B. To improve their health

　　C. To lose weight

　　D. To respond to climate change. 69. The underlined words "tipping points" most probably refer to ________.

　　melting points

　　B. burning points

　　C. freezing points

　　D. boiling points 70. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　A. it is necessary to keep the air-conditioning on all the time

　　B. the average European household produces about 1,000 pounds of CO2 a month

　　C. the average US household produces about 3,000 pounds of CO2 a month

　　D. it seems possible for every household to cut emissions of CO2 71. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

　　Changing Climate Sounds Reasonable

　　B. Changing Our Habits Begins at Work

　　C. Saving Energy Starts at Home

　　D. Reducing Emissions of CO2 Proves Difficult

　　【參考答案】 68---71

　　D A DC

　　[故事型閱讀理解]------(一)

　　I still remember—my hands and my fingers still remember—what used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. The trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.

　　“Get that all swept up！” the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up, at once！” There was enough work there, to last over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, and our nails. “Now see that it's done properly, and be quick about it，” the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or you'll have to answer for it！”

　　So at an order from the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to find it simpler to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. In order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe(賄賂) the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meals.

　　And if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. If we did not do this, if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. They hit us so violently and with such evil enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being whipped not so much to make us work harder, but rather to beat us into a state of obedience(服從) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.

　　Occasionally one of us, worn out by such calculated cruelty, would have the courage to complain to the headmaster. He would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always very small—nothing compared to what they had done to us. And the fact is that however much we complained, our situation did not improve in the slightest. Perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; I don't know whether it was loyalty or pride that kept us silent, but I can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beatings were completely foreign to our nature.

　　1．The statement “my hands and my fingers still remember” (Para.1) means that________．

　　A．the author's hands were severely injured in the cleaning up

　　B．the author seldom did such hard work as the cleaning up

　　C．the author was bullied by the big boys in the cleaning up

　　D．the author's hands were his only tool for the cleaning up

　　2．The headmaster would tell the students to clean up the school yard at the beginning of the term because________．

　　A．he was too lazy

　　B．there were many fallen leaves on the ground

　　C．the school yard was covered with mud

　　D．the students didn't finish their homework

　　3．The headmaster asked the older boys to________．

　　A．beat those who worked slowly

　　B．treat the small boys as peanuts

　　C．take charge of the process of the cleaning up

　　D．do the cleaning up all by themselves

　　4．According to Para. 3, if the author had any money on him, he most probably________．

　　A．gave it to the big boys so as to please them

　　B．gave it as a bribe to the headmaster

　　C．spent it all on his midday meal

　　D．spent it buying midday meals for the big boys

　　5．When receiving complaints, the headmaster would deal with the big boys by means of ________．

　　A．slight punishment

　　B．harsh criticism

　　C．complete indifference

　　D．good beatings

　　(一)

　　【要點綜述】 本文為記敘文。文中作者回憶了早年讀書期間，暑假返校清除落葉的一段經歷。

　　1．D　細節理解題。作者一開始用了兩個remember表明他對暑假返校要清除落葉一事記憶深刻。第二段提到在為學校清除落葉時沒有別的工具，唯一的工具就是手，由此可推斷“手和指尖都記得”是因為在大掃除中，作者的手作為唯一的清潔工具受了不少的罪。

　　2．B　細節理解題。第一段最后一句提到假期過后學校會堆滿落葉，第二段校長發布學生大掃除的命令，兩者之間的因果關系顯而易見，因此本題應選B項。

　　3．C　細節理解題。第二段最后一句，特別是其中的see，表明校長讓大孩子們做大掃除的“監工”，負責帶領其他孩子把學校打掃干凈。這也可以從該段最后一句的“or you'll have to answer for it(否則你們就要為此負責)”看出答案。

　　4．A　推理判斷題。根據第三段第四句中的“…the coins changed hands at once.”可知“錢馬上就會易主”，即到了大孩子們的口袋里。

　　5．A　細節理解題。根據題干中的complaints可定位到最后一段開頭兩句。該段第二句表明校長對大孩子的懲罰很輕微，因此本題應選A項。

　　【2024】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。

　　Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.

　　An attraction of sport programs for the major U.S. media companies is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons—the slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming.

　　Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.

　　Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings(收視率)are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling high-priced cars. business and personal computer, and holiday trips .This is also why the networks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings.

　　Advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach high-income consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computer, with such viewers, these programs don’t need high ratings to stay on the air.

　　72. Television sport programs on weekend afternoons__________. A. result in more sport events B. get more viewers to play sports C. bring more money to the television networks D. make more people interested in television

　　73. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs?

　　A. Because there would be few viewers B. Because the advertisers would be off work C. Because television programs would go slowly D. Because viewers would pay less for watching television

　　74. The ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because ______.

　　A. their advertisers are car makers B. their advertisers target at rich people

　　C. their viewers are attracted by sports D. their viewers can afford expensive cars

　　75. What is the passage mainly about? A. Television ratings are determined by male viewers B. Rich viewers contribute most to television companies C. Commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events

　　D. Sports are gaining importance in advertising on television

　　【參考答案】72—75 C A B D