2019屆高考英語二輪復(fù)習(xí)必刷題型：(1)閱讀理解(一)含答案解析

1、閱讀理解（一）1、Eight years before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was surprised to read an obituary（ 訃告 ） in the local newspaper. This was a strange obituary, for it told Alfred Nobel, the man who was reading it, that he was dead. The newspaper had confused Alfred with his brother, Ludwig, who had recentl

2、y died.Nobel was shocked to read that he had passed away,and he was even more annoyed by the title of the obituary : The Merchant of Death Is Dead. Alfred was a very rich and successful armaments manufacturer（ 武器制造商 ）.This incident got him thinking about his reputation. What would people think of hi

3、m after his real death? Wouldthey really say “ That was a man who profited from killing ” ? It was this thought that led him一 to ale ave his mon huge amount of it for the founding of the famous Nobel Prizes. His aim was for his money to be used to support the ongoing quest（ 追求 ） for excellence in th

4、e sciences and literature, and the ideal of peace. Thousands of men and women have been honored since the first awards were given out in 1901. The awards let the world know about the developments that may have a huge effect on our lives.However, the prizes are controversial sometimes. There is often

5、 protest（ 抗議 ） at the award of the peace prize when not everyone thinks that the award-winners deserve the award. Even the award for literature has sometimes been criticized because the award committee often neglects important writers. The highly influential novelists James Joyce and Marcel Proust,f

6、or example,were never honored by the Swedish Academy.Still, for the most part of the awards don t cause mAlafrneyd cNoombpella fionutsn. ded the prizes to recognizethose who have had“ the greatest benefit to mankind and few would disagree that most of the prizewinners among them. Albert Einstein and

7、 Martin Luther King have made contributions that deserved to be honored and remembered.How did Alfred Nobel feel when he read the obituary in the newspaper?Sad and worried.Shocked and upset.Surprised and confused.Amused and puzzled.What did Alfred Nobel decide to do after reading the obituary?Seek e

8、xcellence in the sciences,Donate all his money to the charity.Stop producing any killing weapons.Set up the Nobel Prizes with his money.Why does the author mention James Joyce and Marcel Proust?To show the controversy of some Nobel Prizes.To give examples of influential Nobel Prizes.To explain the s

9、tandard of giving out the Nobel Prizes.To prove the influence of the Nobel Prizes on literature.What does the author think of the Nobel Prizes?There should be more female winners.There are too many controversial winners.They have honored many worthy winners.The committee should be more selective.2、I

10、n the mid-2000s, Waze Mobile co-founder Ehud Shabtai received a cutting-edge （ 尖端的 ） gift from girlfriend: a GPS. The expensive gift was supposed to be helpful. But straight out of the box, it was already out of date.Shabtai, a coding enthusiast, had an immediate reaction to reinvent. Shabtai s solu

11、tion? To build amillion monthly active users globally and nearly 400,000 superusers who function much like Wikipedia volunteer editors （editing maps rather than words）, Waze Mobile caught the eye of Google as a revolutionary approach to navigation （ 導(dǎo)航 ）.Acquired by Google in 2013, Waze s value main

12、ly lies in itast eh iogfh u rser involvement. Unlike traditionalnavigation apps that simply show directions, Waze asks its users to report accidents and other road conditions in real time, so other users can avoid the traffic by using an alternative route.The goal behind Waze s approach is an ambiti

13、ous one: not just avoid traffic, but end it altogether. Waze is finding new ways to put its loyal and active user base to use to make that vision a reality, including a plan to make carpooling （ 拼車 ） cool.To be sure, traffic jams are troubling people all over the world. Waze has been quietly ahead o

14、f the game for some time. In 2013, when Waze was just a small digital-mapping business with limited resources it had something Google Maps and other competitors didn t: griuchidearn GceP Sth anks to its stream of live traffic reports fromusers.These users were the basis of Shabtai s plan to solve fo

15、r his GPS device s “ silent ” hardwarapp in software that could be perpetually updated by users, anywhere and anytime.Waze Carpool is going straight to the heart of traffic jams, trying to get more drivers off the road and into carpools. The app has already connected tens of thousands of rideseekers

16、 with drivers willing to ferry them along a shared route, and that trend could be the answer to a traffic-free future.What did Shabtai do when he found his girlfriend s gift out of date?He improved it.He took it apart.He put it away.He used it anyway.What sets Waze Mobile apart from traditional navi

17、gation apps?It has the most users.It can indicate directions.It reports road conditions in real time.Most users help edit its words.What does the underlined word“ perpetually ” in paragraph 6 probably mean?Difficultly.Carefully.Greatly.Constantly.What is mainly talked about in the text?The rise of c

18、arpooling.An advanced navigation app.The development of Google.Traffic problems in the world.3、Semi-retired advertising agency owner Stephen Thomas, 58 , has been investing on and off for the past 30 years. He made money in the.dotcom boom but got his fingers burned when the bubble burst in March 20

19、00. When he got access to his pension he decided to start investing again, this time with the help of his son Sam.Now the two meet up most afternoons at Stephen s home in Sandbach , Cheshire to talk about investments. Theday starts at 7 am when Sam looks at company announcements online. These regula

20、tory announcements can include a firm s accounts , general updates or ns eowf mergers（ 合并 ） or acquisitions. Sam flags up companies that he thinks look interesting to his dad who then does some more research.Each has an ISA (Individual Savings Account) with AJ Bell , which they use to buy individual

21、 stocks and shares.It is a risky way to invest but the two like doing their own research on companies and Stephen makes an effort to go to investor presentations and try to meet the CEO and directors of the firms they invest in and to speak to other investors in the companies.They have invested in o

22、il companies and pet care businesses , to name just a few. But while the investments of the two men are similar, they do have different approaches. While Sam likes to hold shares for the long term as he is saving money for his future retirement , Stephen likes to buy with any profits he makes.Sam sa

23、ys, “ We do not argue because we have separate ISAs. It means finally we make our own decisions about which shares to invest in. The only time we might have a disagreement is when we both want to use the login for the news service at the same time.”What happened to Stephen in 2000?He had to retire f

24、rom the agency.He gave away all his pensions.He got injured in an accident.He suffered a loss in his investment.What does the underlined words“ flags up ” in Paragraph 2 mean?Marks.Abandons.Takes over.Sets up.How did Stephen usually conduct his own research?By meeting clients and other investors.By

25、predicting the trend of the market.By analyzing some research data.By doing ongoing interviews online.4.In what aspect do Sam and his father share in investment?The way to deal with the return.The percentage of the shares they hold.The enthusiasm for the investment.The approach to stock market resea

26、rch.4、A boy was fond of football, but being small, he got absolutely nowhere. Even so,his father was always in the stands cheering.When he went to college, he decided to try out for the football team. Everyone was sure he could never make it because of his size,but the coach kept him on the roster（

27、名單 ） because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice. He still never missed practice,but he never got to play in a game.One day as he ran onto the practice field, the coach met him an d said, “ Your father died this morning. Take the rest of the week off, son. Anddon t even plan to come

28、back to the game on Saturday. ”Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter, when the team was ten points behind,a silent young man ran onto the sidelines. The coach and his players were surprised to see their teammate back so soon. He begged the coach to let him play. The

29、 coach didn t want to take the chance in such an important gamhe pretended not to hear him. But the young man persisted,and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in.Before long, this little unknown was doing everything right and the score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game

30、, this kid intercepted（ 攔截 ） a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. The fans cheered loudly.Finally, after the stands had emptied, the coach noticed that this young man sitting quietly in the corner all alone.He went over and said,“ Kid, I cant believe it. Tell me what got into you?”T

31、he boy looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind? He came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”Why did the boy s father go to see every game?Because

32、his son played wonderfully.Because he could enjoy the players nice performance.Because he knew his son was always in the stand.Because he wanted to encourage his son.What surprised the coach and the other players was that .he came back earlier than expectedhe was late for the gamehe was standing at

33、the sidelinehe wanted to play in the gameThe coach pretended not to hear the boy because .he felt sorry for the boyhe knew the boy lost his fatherhe didn t want to give the boy a chancehe didn t think the boy could play very wellThe fans began to cheer when .the boy kicked the winning goalthey saw t

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50、ature.3.Which author tells readers various feelings or emotions of personal life in his/her book?Akwaeke Emezi.Rupi Kaur.Tara Westover.Jane Harper.7、LUKLA, Nepal Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, once negatively recognized as the“ world s highest junkyard ,is set to become cleaner as 3

51、搬0,0運(yùn)00工 p）o rhtaevrse（ been mobilized（ 動(dòng)員 ）for waste collection and dis posal from the mountain s southern side. The cleanup drive was launched recently near Lukla Airport, one of the world s most dangerous airports yet a vital gateway to the world s highest pe“ Our major task is to keep Everest, w

52、hich is the pride of the world, clean. This campaign aims to transport 100 tons of nonbumable garbage from the Everest region to Kathmandu in 2018, ” Ang Dorje Sherpa, chairman Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee said.The SPCC,an environmental conservation organization,has made it mandatory（ 強(qiáng)制性的

53、 ） since 2013 that every climber should carry down 8 kilograms of trash, but for trekkers there is no such regulation. Due to this, more than 100 tons of waste gets collected in the region annually.According to Nepalese government statistics, nearly 50,000 domestic and foreign trekkers visit the Qom

54、olangma region annually, while more than 400 mountaineers attempt to scale the peak. The collected waste mostly includes empty beer bottles and cans, oxygen bottles, tom tents and sleeping bags, food bins, and discarded mountaineering and trekking equipment. The trash was collected by local groups i

55、n more than a dozen villages while the waste was transported down the mountain in sacks （ 麻袋 ）by porters and animals. The cleanup covered settlements from up to 5,000 meters near the base camp,to Lukla Airport located at an altitude of 2,805 meters.On the first day of the campaign, several tons of w

56、aste was sent off to Kathmandu from Lukla on planes belonging to Tara Airlines, one of the leading private airlines in Nepal. The airlines have set an ambitious target of flying out 100 tons of waste from the region in 2018, as a part of its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals against cl

57、imate change. The companys CEO Umesh Cha ndra Rai said,“ We hope that this campaign will helpthe local people to maintain a pristine （ 未受損害的 ）, natural and unspoiled environment so that more trekkers will come from everywhere, making the trekking industry here more sustainable.Whats the first paragr

58、aph mainly about?The basic situation of Mount Everest.The introduction of the cleanup campaign.The unique way to prevent environmental pollution.The description of the most dangerous airport in the world.What does the underlined word“ this ” in Paragraph 3 refer to?The rule for visitors made by the

59、local travel agencies.The cleanup campaign launched by Ang Dorje Sherpa.The demand on the climbers made by the SPCC.The law for the local people made by the Nepalese government.How does the author indicate that the cleanup campaign is very tough?By listing figures.By making comparisons.By giving som

60、e examples.By analyzing some causes.What s Umesh Chandra Rai s attitude towards the cleanup campaign?Doubtful.Curious.Enthusiastic.Unfavorable.8、While famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings inChina such as the new CCTV tower and the National Center for the Pe