1、高考英语阅读理解巩固精品题练习16及答案2014高考英语阅读理解巩固精品题练习（16）及答案阅读理解Malaria, the worlds most widespread parasitic (寄生虫引起的)disease, kills as many as three million people every year - almost all of whom are under five, very poor, and African. In most years, more than five hundred million cases of illness result from th
2、e disease, although exact numbers are difficult to assess because many people dont (or cant) seek care. It is not unusual for a family earning less than two hundred dollars a year to spend a quarter of its income on malaria treatment, and what they often get no longer works. In countries like Tanzan
3、ia, Mozambique, and the Gambia, no family, village, hospital, or workplace can remain unaffected for long. Malaria starts suddenly, with violent chills, which are soon followed by an intense fever and, often, headaches. As the parasites multiply, they take over the entire body. Malaria parasites liv
4、e by eating the red blood cells they infect (感染) .They can also attach themselves to blood vessels in the brain. If it doesnt kill you, malaria can happen again and again for years. The disease is passed on to humans by female mosquitoes infected with one of four species of a parasite. Together, the
5、 mosquito and the parasite are the most deadly couple in the history of the earth and one of the most successful. Malaria has five thousand genes, and its ability to change rapidly to defend itself and resist new drugs has made it nearly impossible to control. Studies show that mosquitoes are passin
6、g on the virus more frequently, and there are more outbreaks in cities with large populations. Some of the diseases spread is due to global warming.For decades, the first-choice treatment for malaria parasites in Africa has been chloroquine, a chemical which is very cheap and easy to make. Unfortuna
7、tely, in most parts of the world, malaria parasites have become resistant to it. Successful alternatives that help prevent resistance are already available, but they have been in short supply and are very expensive. If these drugs should fail, nobody knows what would come next.56. According to parag
8、raph 1, many people dont seek care because _.A. they are too poor B. it is unusual to seek careC. they can remain unaffected for longD. there are too many people suffering from the disease57. People suffering from malaria _.A. have to kill female mosquitoes B. have ability to defend parasitesC. have
9、 their red blood cells infected D. have sudden fever, followed by chills58. Which of the following may be the reason for the wide spread of the disease?A. Its resistance to global warming. B. Its ability to pass on the virus frequently.C. Its outbreaks in cities with large populations.D. Its ability
10、 to defend itself and resist new drugs.59. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. no drugs have been found to treat the diseaseB. the alternative treatment is not easily available to most peopleC. malaria has developed its ability to resist parasitesD. nobody knows what will be the drug to tr
11、eat the disease60. Which of the following questions has NOT been discussed in the passage?A. How can we know one is suffering from malaria?B. How many people are killed by malaria each year?C. Why are there so many people suffering from malaria?D. What has been done to keep people unaffected for lon
12、g?参考答案56-60ACDBD阅读理解-AFor centuries, the bodys blood has been linked closely with the emotionsPeople who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killerFor example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killerHe seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking s
13、omeones life as nothing Cold can affect other parts of the bodyThe expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feetThe expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to doFor example, you agree to be president of an organizationBut then you learn that all the other
14、 officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibilityYou are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation. The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone,
15、instead of speaking to him face to faceYou may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to youOr, to someone who has lied about you to others A cold fish is not a fishIt is a personBut it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmthA cold fish doe
16、s not offer much of himself to anyoneSomeone who is a cold fish could be cold-heartedNow a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathySeveral popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers Out in the cold
17、 means not getting something that everybody else gotA person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise-he was left out in the coldAnd it is not a pleasant place to be41When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_” AI give him the cold shoulder BI thi
18、nk he is a cold-blooded man CI think he is a cold fish DIm likely to get cold feet42If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _ Ashe is a cold-blooded killer Bshe gets cold feet Cshe is a cold fish Dshe is out in the cold43We can use the
19、 expression “_” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy Acold-blooded Bcold shoulder Ccold feet Dcold-hearted44The topic of this passage is about _ Athe relationship between cold and our body Bsome expressions about friendship Csome expressions connected with cold Dhow cold w
20、eather comes into being参考答案4144 ACDC C8 2013江西卷 CMany people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most peo
21、ple do not listen well. Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known asbracketing. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone el
22、ses world from the inside, stepping_into_his_or_her_shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True
23、communication is under way. The energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, w
24、hat we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talki
25、ng than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we dont want to hear.It wasnt until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的). In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was
26、 shown during the first few months of the psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patients sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first t
27、ime in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.66. The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in Paragraph 2 probably means _A. preparing a topic list first B. focusing on ones own mindC. directing the talk to the desired results D. experiencing the speakers inside world67What is mainl
28、y discussed in Paragraph 2?A. How to listen well. B. What to listen to.C. Benefits of listening. D. Problems in listening.68According to the author, in communication people tend to _A. listen actively B. listen purposefully C. set aside their prejudices D. open up their inner mind69According to the
29、author, the patients improved mainly because _A. they were taken good care of B. they knew they were truly listened toC. they had partners to talk to D. they knew the roots of problems70What type of writing is the article likely to be?A. Science fiction. B. A news report. C. A medical report. D. Pop
30、ular science.【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了倾听的好处，并通过自己作为医生的亲身体验说明倾听对于病人来说是最好的疗法。66. D考查词意猜测。由画线短语所在句前部分“to experience as far as possible someone elses world from the inside”可推出画线短语应该是“走进说话者的内心世界”的意思。67. A考查段落大意。由第二段的内容以及第二段第一、二句“Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part o
31、f listening well is”可知此段主要讲述了如何才能听得好。68. B考查细节理解。由第三段第二句“what we are usually doing is listening selectively.”可知在交流中我们倾向于有选择地也就是有目的地听。69. B考查细节理解。根据最后一段第一句“one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的)”可知真正被倾听是最有疗效的医治方法。70. D考查推理判断。综观全文，本文主要说明了倾听的好处，故此篇文章应该属于通俗(大众)科普类文章。阅读理解 “Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, youd win a gold medal!”Annabel, my close friend, stunned me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting.（代课） “I should never have let him go to the b
