1、高考英语阅读理解一轮选练91高考英语阅读理解一轮选练（9）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.“You could win prizes, “ our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first
2、 prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. “ We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while weconjured up our des
3、igns. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. Im going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich. Everyone
4、in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewers attention to it
5、. Some of us would wander past the good students desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then alwaysalwaysrewarding the same old wi
6、nners. I believe I drew a sailboat, but I cant say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in. Minutes passed.No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I proba
7、bly never would have thought about that poster again. I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me. 1. What was the teachers requirement for the poster? A. It must appear in time.B.
8、 It must be done in class.C. It must be done on a construction sheet.D. It must include the words on the blackboard.2. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means.A. formed an idea for B. made an outline forC. made some space for D. chose some colors for3. After the teachers words, all
9、the students in the class.A. looked very serious B. thought they would be richC. began to think about their designs D. began to play games4. After seeing the good students designs, some students.A. loved their own designs more B. thought they had a fair chanceC. put their own designs in a corner D.
10、thought they would not win the prize5. We can infer from the passage that the author.A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much B. loved poster competitions very muchC. felt surprised to win the competition D. became wise and rich after the competition【参考答案】1-5、 DACDC【2015高考复习】阅读理解Former Irish President M
11、ary Robinson was just making a polite conversation with an Ethiopian (埃塞俄比亚的) teenager about her wedding day.The 16yearold had already been married for a year.“She looked at me with the saddest eyes and said，I had to drop out of school， ” Robinson said in a telephone interview.“That conveyed to me t
12、he reality，” said Robinson，the first woman to serve as Irelands president and former UN.High Commissioner for Human Rights.“Her life，as far as she is concerned，had more or less ended.”Robinson said keeping girls in school was one of the most important things policymakers could do to address the comi
13、ng challenges of an everincreasing population，predicted by the United Nations to reach 7 billion soon.“European countries are concerned about aging populations，but this is much less of an issue than the huge number of people which we are going to see over the next 40 years when the population goes f
14、rom 7 billion to 9 billion，”she said.“Almost all of that increase will be in poor developing countries，so that we have a very big challenge.”Family planning experts worry in particular about the future population explosion in SubSaharan Africa.In May，the United Nations projected the world population
15、 would reach 9.3 billion in 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100.Much of that growth will come from Africa，where the population is growing at 2.3 percent a yearmore than double Asias 1 percent growth rate.If that rate stays consistent，which is not certain，Africas population will reach 3.6 billion by 2100 f
16、rom the present 1 billion.Joel Cohen，a professor of population studies at Rockefeller University and Columbia University in New York，said universal secondary education offered a way to reduce population in high birth rate regions.In addition to providing information about birth control，a secondary e
17、ducation teaches women to reduce their own fertility，improve the health of their children and allows them to move from a mindset of having many children in the hope that some will survive to improve the quality of each childs life，Cohen wrote in the journal Nature.【语篇解读】人口的快速增长困扰着世界。有关人士指出，控制人口快速增长的
18、一种方式就是提高女性的受教育水平，进而改变人们头脑中固有的传统生育观念。1In the first paragraph，the author introduces his topic by_.Agiving an exampleBexplaining the authors opinionsCdescribing the poor education systemDcoming straight to the topic解析篇章结构题。在本段中，作者以爱尔兰前总统Mary Robinson与埃塞俄比亚的一位已婚少女的交谈为例引入话题，所以A项正确。答案A2What can we learn f
19、rom the passage?ARobinson is happy after talking to the Ethiopian girl.BRobinson is a successful expert in population studies.CRobinson is worried about the population growth.DRobinson encourages female education.解析推理判断题。第二段引号中的内容提到“欧洲国家担心出现人口老龄化问题，但与人口快速增长相比，这算不了什么。几乎所有的人口增长都发生在发展中国家，这将是一个巨大的挑战。”由此
20、可推断她担心的是人口增长问题。答案C3What is Joel Cohens view about secondary education?AIt provides basic knowledge of heahh.BIt reduces aging population.CIt makes people pay more attention to education.DIt can change peoples parenting ideas.解析推理判断题。由最后一段的最后一句可知，Joel Cohen在自然杂志中写到中学教育可以改变人们的育儿理念。答案D4According to the
21、 passage，the most important way to control high population growth is_.Alet girls go away from AfricaBkeep girls in schoolClet young girls remain singleDkeep girls in families解析细节理解题。根据第二段第一句前半部分中的内容可知，控制人口快速增长的最重要的方式之一是让女孩儿上学。答案B阅读理解。The Secret to the Success of MySWannier, who had started two succe
22、ssful technology companies, rushed home to begin work on the idea. Two years later, in October 2006, she launched . Customers go online to enter their measurements (there are 11, from arm length to hip width) and are assigned one of seven body types based on their proportions. Software identifies se
23、lections for each shape by price (as low as $14.49 for a top, up to $605 for a coat), profile (modern classic, romantic glam, and artistic trendy), designer (from August Silk to Tadashi), and lifestyle (work attire to dress-up). Wannier had a degree in textile design and an MBA, but she had a lot to
24、 learn about the garment industry. And while she had money from the sale of one of her businesses to kick-start MyShape, she needed investors. Most of those prospects were men, and they simply didnt get the concept-until they saw models of various shapes and sizes in leotards, complete with lumps, b
25、umps, and bulges. They were impressed with Wanniers vision and hopped on board, putting up $32 million and helping her develop a business plan while she designed and patented the technology.Once Wannier had a prototype, she set up an online survey for potential customers. Within 24 hours, she got ov
26、er 700 responses; a third of them signed up. We were astonished, recalls Wannier, who double-checked the results just to be sure. It convinced us there really was a demand.Wannier had an e-commerce site, but she still needed something to sell on it.She moved out of her kitchen and into an office and
27、 brought in retail specialists who could persuade skeptical designers to entrust their clothes to a start-up without an established reputation. She refers to that period as a bit of madness.Today, with 700,000 customers and 300 designers, the site has proved its usefulness. Some weeks, says Wannier,
28、 we get 100 percent customer satisfaction. And designers are delighted: They get a new distribution channel, absolute customer loyalty, and returns that are 10 percent lower than on other sites.While MyShape continues to sign up customers and designers, the company is not yet profitable. We get a pe
29、rcentage of the price of the clothes, says Wannier. In this economy, women are spending less. In order to make money, then, we have to attract more customers who will come back again and again.Asked what the future holds for MyShape, she says, Next year, well start providing the technology to other
30、online stores, so my dream is that our way of shopping becomes the way everyone does it. ( Readers Digest )5. Which of the following statements is Not true?A.Wannier sold one of her businesses to start Myshape.B.Wannier succeeded in getting investment for My shapeC.It still remains to be seen whethe
31、r the website is useful or not.D.Wannier has great confidence in making money from Myshape6. Which is the most important factor leading to the success of MyShape?A.Wannier had a degree in textile design and an MBAB.Theres a demand for such technology used to run MyShapeC.Wannier is a businesswoman w
32、ith experience, plans, dedication and visionD.People are concerned about their shapes and clothes they wear 7.What does “prospects” mean in the sentence “ Most of those prospects were men, and they simply didnt get the concept ” in Paragraph 2?A.chances of success in a job B.possibilities that sth. will happenC. ideas of what will happen in the future D. possible or likely customers 5
