1、1阅读理解阅读理解真题检测(一) 2018 年 6月浙江高考AIn 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels for a century most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719 but nobody wanted to do it professionally.The steampowered printing press wa
2、s still in its early stages; the literacy (识字) rate in England was under 50%.Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like “By a lady.” Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral or just plain bad.In 1870, when Dickens died, the world m
3、ourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim were held up as moral touchstones.Today Dickens greatness is unchallenged.Removing him fro
4、m the pantheon (名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.How did Dickens get to the top？For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers game, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass.Some 60,000 novels were p
5、ublished during the Victorian age, from 1837 to 1901；today a casual reader might be able to name a halfdozen of them.Its partly true that Dickens style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life.Its partly that his writings rode a wave of social, political and scientific progress.But its
6、also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center.No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches, it is possible and important for our own culture to understa
7、nd how he made himself a lasting one.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了英国著名作家查尔斯狄更斯及其作品是如何奠定他在英国文学中的地位的。21Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th 2century?AThey were difficult to understand.BThey were popular among the rich.CThey were seen as nearly worthless.DThey were written mostly by w
8、omen.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第一段内容尤其是最后一句“Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral or just plain bad.”可知，那时印刷技术落后，人们识字率低，很多作品上没有作者名字，小说被认为是愚蠢的、有悖道德的或糟糕透顶的。故选 C项。22Dickens is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to stress_.Ahis reputation in FranceBhis interest in modern artChis succes
9、s in publicationDhis importance in literature解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“Removing him from the pantheon (名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.”可知，把他从英国文学的名人堂移除就跟卢浮宫廉价出售蒙娜丽莎的感觉一样，可见狄更斯在英国文学史上的重要性，由此可推知 D项正确。23What is the authors purpose in writi
10、ng the text?ATo remember a great writer.BTo introduce an English novel.CTo encourage studies on culture.DTo promote values of the Victorian age.解析：选 A 写作意图题。根据文中对查尔斯狄更斯及其作品在英国小说史上重要性的介绍，和文章最后一句可知，本文写于查尔斯狄更斯诞辰 200周年前夕，由此可知作者写本文是为了纪念查尔斯狄更斯这位伟大的作家。BSteven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks.His strang
11、e habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road.What is even more interesting is that one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bag.Amer
12、icans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year.So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities 3do not allow them at checkouts (收银台)The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California，including Los Angeles.Eyeing these headwinds,_plasticbag ma
13、kers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers arguments：many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport.
14、And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at，they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement：reusable shopping bags.The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plasticbag us
15、e it cancels out.However, longerlasting reusable bags often require more energy to make.One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalists dont dispute(质疑)these points.They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want s
16、hoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章分析了几种购物袋的使用情况，塑料袋造成了环境问题，尽管纸袋容易回收，但生产和运输需要更多的能源；环保专家认为塑料袋和纸袋都不要用，希望消费者使用耐用可重复使用的袋子。24What has Steven Stein been hired to do?AHelp increase grocery sales.BRecycle the waste material.CStop things falling off trucks.DArgue for the use of p
17、lastic bags.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“plasticbag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume”可知，塑料购物袋制造商雇用像 Steven Stein这样的科学家来说明他们的产品并不像大多数人认为的那样对地球有坏处，故选 D项。25What does the word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to?AB
18、ans on plastic bags.BEffects of city development.CHeadaches caused by garbage.DPlastic bags hung in trees.解析：选 A 词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“these”可知，此处指代上一句内容4“The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in .”即在大约 90个城市都禁止使用塑料袋，由此可知，A 项“禁止使用塑料袋”为正确选项。26What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plasticba
19、g makers?AThey are quite expensive.BReplacing them can be difficult.CThey are less strong than plastic bags.DProducing them requires more energy.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第四段倒数第二句“However, longerlasting reusable bags often require more energy to make.”可知，生产这种耐用且能重复使用的购物袋需要更多的能源，故选 D项。27What is the best title f
20、or the text?APlastic, Paper or NeitherBIndustry, Pollution and EnvironmentCRecycle or Throw AwayDGarbage Collection and Waste Control解析：选 A 标题归纳题。本文主要叙述了三方面的内容：塑料购物袋产生“白色垃圾” ；塑料购物袋制造商想出了对策用可重复使用的购物袋；环保专家希望塑料袋和纸袋都不用。故 A项“塑料袋、纸袋或者两者都不用”可作为文章的最佳标题。CAs cultural symbols go, the American car is quite youn
21、g.The Model T Ford was built at the Piquette Plant in Michigan a century ago, with the first rolling off the assembly line(装配线)on September 27,1908.Only eleven cars were produced the next month. But eventually Henry Ford would build fifteen million of them.Modern America was born on the road，behind
22、a wheel.The car shaped some of the most lasting aspects of American culture: the roadside diner, the billboard, the motel, even the hamburger.For most of the last century, the car represented what it meant to be American going forward at high speed to find new worlds.The road novel, the road movie,
23、these are the most typical American ideas, born of abundant petrol, cheap cars and a neverending interstate highway system, the largest public works project in history.In 1928 Herbert Hoover imagined an America with “a chicken in every pot 5and a car in every garage.” Since then, this society has mo
24、ved onward, never looking back, as the car transformed America from a farmbased society into an industrial power.The cars that drove the American Dream have helped to create a global ecological disaster.In America the demand for oil has grown by 22 percent since 1990.The problems of excessive (过度的)
25、energy consumption, climate change and population growth have been described in a book by the American writer Thomas LFriedman.He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.Friedman points out that the green economy (经济) is a chance to keep American strength.“The ability to design，build and export gree
26、n technologies for producing clean water, clean air and healthy and abundant food is going to be the currency of power in the new century.” 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国经典的“汽车文化” ，它对美国各方面的影响是巨大而深远的。汽车给美国人民带来了便利，把美国从一个以农业为主的国家变成一个工业大国，汽车成为美国社会的一个文化符号。但与此同时，汽车也带来了很多问题，例如能源的过度消耗、气候变化以及污染等。28Why is hamburger me
27、ntioned in paragraph 2?ATo explain Americans love for travelling by car.BTo show the influence of cars on American culture.CTo stress the popularity of fast food with Americans.DTo praise the effectiveness of Americas road system.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第二段第二句“The car shaped some of the most lasting aspects
28、of American culture .even the hamburger.”可知，汽车塑造了某些最持久的美国文化，其中就包括汉堡。由此可知，汽车对于汉堡文化的形成，影响是非常大的。所以，在第二段中提及汉堡，就是为了展现汽车对于美国文化有相当大的影响。故选 B项。29What has the use of cars in America led to?ADecline of economy.BEnvironmental problems.CA shortage of oil supply.DA farmbased society.解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“The cars
29、 that drove the American Dream have helped to create a global ecological disaster.”可知，驱动美国梦的汽6车导致了全球性的生态灾难，即汽车的使用引起了环境问题。故选 B项。30What is Friedmans attitude towards Americas future?AAmbiguous. BDoubtful.CHopeful. DTolerant.解析：选 C 观点态度题。根据最后一段第一句“Friedman points out that the green economy (经济) is a ch
30、ance to keep American strength.”可知，Friedman 认为绿色经济是使美国保持实力的一个机遇。由此可知，他对美国的未来充满了希望。故选C项。阅读理解真题检测(二) 2017 年 11月浙江高考AWhen I was in fourth grade, I worked parttime as a paperboy. Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers. Shed watch me coming down her street, and by the time Id biked up to her doorstep, ther
31、ed be a cold drink waiting. Id sit and drink while she talked.Mrs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, “Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning， ” shed say. The first time she said that, soda (汽水) went up my nose.I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still al
32、ive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe shed work_it_out_of_her_system. So thats what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery (墓地)I finally quit deliverin
33、g newspapers and didnt see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fundraiser (募捐活动). She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, shed had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but l
34、ife went on.I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how Im doing. When I dont say “fine， ” she sticks around to hear my problems. Shes lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isnt so much a place as it is a state
35、of mind. You find it whenever people ask how youre doing because they care, and not because theyre getting paid to do so. Sometimes its good to just smile, nod your head and listen.7语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者小时候作为报童倾听别人的诉说，而现在作者也会向送报纸的人诉说自己的经历，并感慨在我们的社会中，人与人之间需要互相关爱。21Why did soda go up the authors nose on
36、e time?AHe was talking fast. BHe was shocked.CHe was in a hurry. DHe was absentminded.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“her dead husband”可知，Stanley 先生已经去世了，可是 Stanley太太却说：“Stanley 先生和我今天早上去购物了。 ”由此可推断出，Stanley 太太的话使“我”很震惊。再结合第三段父亲向“我”解释原因的内容也可以推知当时“我”是很震惊并迷惑不解的，所以选 B项。22Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs.
37、Stanley according to Paragraph 3?AHe enjoyed the drink.BHe wanted to be helpful.CHe took the chance to rest.DHe tried to please his dad.解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知， “我”不理解为什么 Stanley太太谈论 Stanley先生时仿佛他还在世。 “我”向父亲说了这件事并听从父亲的建议，静静地坐着倾听 Stanley太太的诉说， “我”希望这对她有帮助。23Which of the following can replace the under
38、lined phrase “work it out of her system”？Arecover from her sadnessBmove out of the neighborhoodCturn to her old friendsDspeak out about her past解析：选 A 词义猜测题。根据第二至三段内容可知，Stanley 太太刚开始无法接受丈夫去世的事实，常常向“我”倾诉她去世的丈夫的事，后来“我”接受了父亲的建议，静静地倾听她的诉说。结合第三段最后一句“After a while she seemed content to leave her husband o
39、ver at the cemetery (墓地) ”可知，不久之后，她慢慢地接受了丈夫去世的事实，从悲伤中恢复过来。24What does the author think people in a community should do?AOpen up to others.8BDepend on each other.CPay for others help.DCare about one another.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容尤其是“You find it whenever people ask how youre doing because they care, an
40、d not because theyre getting paid to do so.Sometimes its good to just smile, nod your head and listen.”可推知，在我们的社会中，人与人之间需要互相关爱，哪怕有时候仅仅是微笑、点头和倾听，都能够给别人以关心，由此选 D项。BIts surprising how much simple movements of the body can affect the way we think. Using expansive gestures with open arms makes us feel mo
41、re powerful, crossing your arms makes you more determined and lying down can bring more insights (领悟)So if moving the body can have these effects, what about the clothes we wear? Were all well aware of how dressing up in different ways can make us feel more attractive, sporty or professional, depend
42、ing on the clothes we wear, but can the clothes actually change cognitive (认知的) performance or is it just a feeling?Adam and Galinsky tested the effect of simply wearing a white lab coat on peoples powers of attention. The idea is that white coats are associated with scientists, who are in turn thou
43、ght to have close attention to detail.What they found was that people wearing white coats performed better than those who werent. Indeed, they made only half as many errors as those wearing their own clothes on the Stroop Test (one way of measuring attention). The researchers call the effect “enclot
44、hed cognition”， suggesting that all manner of different clothes probably affect our cognition in many different ways.This opens the way for all sorts of clothesbased experiments. Is the writer who wears a fedora more creative? Is the psychologist wearing little round glasses and smoking a cigar more
45、 insightful? Does a chefs hat make the resultant food taste better?From now on I will only be editing articles for PsyBlog while wearing a white coat to help keep the typing error count low. Hopefully you will be doing your part by reading PsyBlog in a cap and gown (学位服)9语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了“具衣认知”理论，
46、该理论认为人们的衣着会影响人们的认知表现。25What is the main idea of the text?ABody movements change the way people think.BHow people dress has an influence on their feelings.CWhat people wear can affect their cognitive performance.DPeople doing different jobs should wear different clothes.解析：选 C 主旨大意题。根据文章第四段中的“The res
47、earchers call the effect enclothed cognition，suggesting that all manner of different clothes probably affect our cognition in many different ways.”并结合全文可知，本文主要讲述了人们的衣着能够影响人们的认知表现，故 C项能概括全文主旨。26Adam and Galinskys experiment tested the effect of clothes on their wearers _.Ainsights BmovementsCattentio
48、n Dappearance解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Adam and Galinsky tested the effect of simply wearing a white lab coat on peoples powers of attention.”可知，该实验主要测试的是穿着白色的实验室衣服对人们的注意力的影响，由此可知选 C项。27How does the author sound in the last paragraph?AAcademic. BHumorous.CFormal. DHopeful.解析：选 B 推理判断题。作者最后一段提到从现在开始他要穿着白外
49、套来编辑文章，以此来保持低的打字出错率，并希望读者穿着学位服阅读文章。因此，作者是在用幽默风趣的语言来表达自己和读者在现实生活中如何运用“具衣认知”理论，故选 B项。CThere are energy savings to be made from all recyclable materials, sometimes huge savings. Recycling plastics and aluminum, for instance, uses only 5% to 10% as much energy as producing new plastic or smelting (提炼) aluminum.Long before most of us even noticed what we now call “the environment， ” Buckminster Fuller said, “Poll
