1、河北省邯郸县高考英语阅读理解选练4河北省邯郸县2016高考英语阅读理解选练（4）阅读理解。 Photographs are everywhere. They decorate (装饰) the walls of homes and are used in stores for sales of different goods. The news is filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events. Photos record the beauties of nature. They can also bring things
2、 close that are far away. Through photos, people can see wild animals, cities in foreign lands, and even the stars in outer space. Photos also tell stories.Reporting the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists tell their stories through a single picture. At other tim
3、es, they use a group of pictures to tell a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more than record the facts. It can also be a strong force for social change.Jacob Riis was among the first photojournalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where the poor lived. Riis
4、believed that poverty(贫穷)caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his point. A few years later, the photos of small children working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hines pictures helped bring about laws to protect such children.Hundreds of pictures may have to be taken in o
5、rder to get one or two really good photos. It takes science to have the photo come out clearly and art to make a photo that has a good design and expresses feeling. Photojournalists make an actual record of what they see. A photo, however, can be both a work of art and an actual record. It can recor
6、d an important event as a beautiful or exciting picture.As historical and artistic documents(文献) ,photos can become more important over time. Today photojournalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. They also publish(发表) them in books and on the Internet.1. The underlined
7、 word “They” in the first paragraph refers to .A. beauties B. photos C. goods D. events2. The photos of the small children by Hine show us that photos .A. are also works of art B. are popular ways of reporting newsC. often shock the public D. can serve as a force for social change3. What can we lear
8、n from the passage?A. News with pictures is encouraging. B. Photos help people improve their life.C. News photos mean history in a sense. D. People prefer reading news with pictures.4. The text is mainly about .A. telling the story through pictures B. decorating the walls of homesC. publishing histo
9、rical papers D. expressing feeling through pictures【参考答案】14、B D C A阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Tykoon is an online website that allows you to teach your child financial principles through allowances, assignment of tasks and daily chores. As the parent, you can assign a cash value to the thing
10、s you want your child to do. Then, your child can go in, accept the task and add to their wish list of what they would like to purchase with the money that they earn.Lets start with the parent side of things. The parent must be the one to set up the account. You simply enter your information and you
11、r childs information to get started. You are then able to assign allowance amounts to your child.Then you can add tasks for your child to accept and link them to either their weekly allowance or a pre-determined amount. Your child is then able to accept or decline their tasks. They can see how much
12、each task earns, how often they need to do it and what they will get if they do! They can add items that they are working toward earning and can even earn nn-cash incentives such as extra TV time or staying up late!Tykoon is a great way to start teaching your child about responsibility and financial
13、 principles in fun and safe way. Through the creation of their own profile and the ability to accept or decline tasks, they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets! So, head over and sign up for a free account today and watch your child get ex
14、cited about doing their chores!And right now, as a special reward, if you share Tykoon with your friends and have five friends sign up and stay active for more than a month, youll earn a 25 A gift card! So get your child enrolled(注册), tell your friends and lets start teaching all our kids about the
15、important financial principles today!66.The purpose of the text is to_.A. make an advertisement B. share teaching experienceC. describe an online website D. present a way of making money【答案】A【解析】第一段介绍Tykoon，二，三，四段介绍怎样操作以及所带来的好处， 最后一段是奖励措施。因此， 本文的目的是做广告，吸引大家都来参与。67.The underlined word“incentives” in
16、Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_”.A. promises B. rewards C. gifts D. tasks【答案】B【解析】根据下文such as extra TV time or staying up late!，可见，“incentives”表示的是一种奖励。68.What can kids learn from Tykoon?A. The ability to manage their budgets. B. The responsibility to do daily chores.C. The skills to earn th
17、eir own living. D. The tricks to accept or refuse tasks.【答案】A【解析】根据第四段they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets!他们被教给在以后生活中他们自己管理自己财务时需要的技巧。69.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_.A. no parents will resist the special reward B.
18、Amazon is a very popular websiteC. Tykoon wants to attract more visitors D. friends should share information【答案】C【解析】如果你能分享给5个朋友，让他们也签约并且保持活跃至少一个月，你就会得到价值25美元的亚马逊礼品卡。70.What is the best title of the text?A. TykoonA Safe Way to Manage Your Financial IssuesB. How to Create Funny Tasks for Your Kids on
19、 the WebsiteC. Opening an Online Account with the Help of TykoonD. Teaching Your Kids Financial Principles with Tykoon【答案】D【解析】纵观全文可知。阅读理解。 It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patric
20、k next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning. Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets , they had sent him to the kitchen for string(
21、线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today. My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping, A gun she cast a look toward the window. “Come on, girls! Lets take string to the boys and watch them On the way we met Mrs. Patrick
22、, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. There never was such a day for flying kited! We played all our fresh string into the boys kites and they went up higher and higher .We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we sl
23、owly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down it the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again. Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Pa
24、rents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps its like this in the kingdom of heaven,” I thought confusedly. It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to house. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must
25、have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didnt mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed .Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the t
26、hings that cannot be and yet they are.” The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park ,see duck.” “I cant go!” I said. “I have this and this to do, and when
27、Im through Ill be too tired to walk that for.” My mother , who was visiting us , looked up from the peas she was shelling ,“Its a wonderful day,” she offered，“Really warm , yet theres a fine breezy . Do you remember that day we flew kites?” I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The looked doo
28、r flew open and with it a rush of memories. “Come on.” I told my little girl. “Youre right, its too good a day to miss.”Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波)of a great war. Allevening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisone
29、r of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of what dark and horrible things? “Say!” A smile slipped out from his lips. “Do you remember - no, of course you wouldnt. It probably didnt make the impression on you as it did on me.” I hardly dared spe
30、ak. “Remember what?” “I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp(战俘营), when things werent too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”( ) 1. Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought A. she was too old to fly kites B. her husband would make fun of herC. she should have been
31、doing her housework thenD. her girls werent supposed to play the boys game( ) 2. By” we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all . A. felt confused B. went wild with joy C. looked on D. forgot their fights ( ) 3. What did the writer think after the kite-flying?A. The boys must have
32、 had more fun than the girls.B. They should have finished their work before playing.C. Her parents should spend more time with them.D. All the others must have forgotten that day.( ) 4. Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.D. She thought it wa
