2022高考英语二轮:(选练)阅读理解训练(14)及答案

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

体裁：记叙文 话题：逸闻趣事 时间：7分钟

There was once a tiny country that was suffering from a long had gone so long without rain that

the people there were starting to go hungry because of the bad harvests.

It just so happened that a group of musicians were traveling the country，trying to make a living from their

with so many problems in the land，no one felt like listening to music.“But music can help overcome

any problems，” said the musicians，without anyone paying them the slightest attention.

So the musicians tried to find out the reason it wouldn't was very strange，because the sky was

overcast，but no one could provide an answer.

“It's been cloudy like this for many months，but not a single drop of rain has fallen，” people told them.

“Don't worry，we'll bring rain to the country，” the musicians responded，and they began rehearsing for a

concert at the summit of the highest mountain.

Everyone who heard the music was seized by curiosity and went up the the conductor of this

strange orchestra gave the order，and the musicians began to play.

From their instruments came small，playful musical notes that rose and rose into the music was

so joyous，happy and fun，and the notes started playing with the clouds' soft，fluffy bellies，running here and

there，up and down，and the whole sky turned into one big game of tickle long，the giant clouds

were thundering with laughter.

The musicians continued playing joyfully and a few minutes later the clouds，crying with laughter，soaked

the little country below with their precious tears，bringing happiness to all.

And in memory of that musical rain，everyone in the country learned how to play an instrument and，taking

turns，would go up the mountain every day to bring joy to the clouds with their beautiful songs.

【语篇导读】 一个干旱已久的小国，却由于音乐家们的到来，转变了他们的命运——音乐家通过在山顶

上演奏音乐，从而为当地降下了甘霖。为了纪念那场音乐雨，人们开头学习音乐，并轮番到山上为云彩演

奏音乐。

．Why did the country have the bad harvests?

A．Because it's too hot. B．Because it's too cold.

C．Because it's too wet. D．Because it's too droughty.

解析 细节理解题。依据第一段可知那个国家歉收的缘由是由于长期干旱少雨，故选D项。

答案 D

2．What's the attitude of the people toward the musicians?

A．Active. B．Energetic.

C．Cold. D．Enthusiastic.

解析 推理推断题。依据其次段中的“But with so many problems in the land，no one felt like listening to

music.”和“without anyone paying them the slightest attention.”可以推出人们对音乐家们的态度是冷淡的。故

选C。

答案 C

3．What's the meaning of the underlined word in the third paragraph?

A．Cloudy B．Rainy

C．Sunny D．Windy

解析 词义猜想题。依据第四段中的“It's been cloudy ”可以推出overcast的意思与cloudy意思一

样。故选A项。

答案 A

4．Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Great musicians B．Music for the clouds

C．Laughing clouds D．Music rehearsing

解析 标题概括题。本文主要叙述了音乐家通过在山顶上为云彩演奏音乐，从而使云彩流淌起来，最终降

下了期盼已久的雨，为当地人们带来了欢快。由此可以推出文章的标题应选B项。

答案 B

5．From the last paragraph we can learn that the people in the small country ______.

A．hate music B．love music

C．teach music D．practice music

解析 推理推断题。最终一段中讲到为了纪念那场音乐雨，人们开头学习乐器，并轮番到山上为云彩演奏

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音乐。由此可以推出人们宠爱音乐。

答案 B

2022高考英语二轮：（精选）阅读理解训练（14）及答案

A

It's Graduation Day—a day that's getting quite familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky of , they'll

attend two graduation ceremonies, one for their daughter Shelly, 22, from Washington University in and

another for their daughter, Mary Grace, 18, from Kincaid High Grace will head to Boston

, 22, graduated last Sunday from Duke , 20, is a sophomore (二班级同学) at the

University of oldest, Maddy, 23, graduated from Berklee College of Music last year.

So what's the cost of putting five daughters through college？Beverly told ABC News $60，000 to $70，000 a

total, the family will spend about $1.5 million on college after taxes and that's not including graduate

daughter informed Marc that she now wants to seek her is the best-selling author of Get Rich Click, and a

multi-millionaire from Internet businesses.“We're fortunate that we can take care of it，” Beverly said.“We decided a

long time ago we didn't want the girls to take out college loans, so that was our commitment to them.”

Marc and Beverly married five years ago, blending (融合) their own daughters into one big family of college-ready

y said they wanted their daughters to have a choice of where they wanted to go to college, but having their

children spread throughout the US created another expense—flying all of them home for holidays and this

week, Marc flew to North Carolina for Kelly's graduation, then to for Shelly's graduation and hopes to make

it back just in time to Houston for Mary Grace' s graduation tonight.

With the last child leaving home for college, Marc says he and Beverly are going to take a breather．“It's like wiping

the sweat off the forehead 's time to think about what we can s we'll take a vacation abroad，” he said.

The Ostrofsky family said their advice to parents who have many children is to start planning and saving from the day

the children are born.

1．Graduation Day is familiar to Marc and Beverly Ostrofsky because________．

A．they like going to school on Graduation Day

B．they need to attend their daughters' graduation ceremony several times

C．they have experienced it on their own Graduation Day

D．they are often invited to school to have a speech on Graduation Day

2．What do we know about Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky from Paragraph 2?

A．They would rather their daughters had applied for college loans.

B．They now work hard in order to pay for the college expenses.

C．They don't want their daughters to go to graduate school.

D．They can afford their daughters' college expenses.

3．What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?

A．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky like visiting their daughters by plane.

B．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky' s daughters often come back home for holidays.

C．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky spend a lot of money on their daughters' traveling.

D．Mr and Mrs Ostrofsky are tired because their five daughters are in different colleges.

4．The underlined word “breather” in Paragraph 4 probably means________．

A．check B．break C．adventure D．attempt

参考答案1-4 BDCB

B

The 10th annual International “Go Skateboarding Day” will be held on June 21，oarding Day is all about

fun! Here is your guide to some of the events around the world.

Los Angeles, California

Over 10，000 skateboarders from around the world will gather in the streets of L． have partnered with Boards

for Bros, a non-profit organization that collects and restores (修复) skateboards for children who cannot afford their

own, and have asked skateboarders across the US to donate their used skateboard celebration will last

most of the daytime.

Manila, Philippines

The Skateboarding Day to be held in the Philippines will be in the Manila for the second is hoping to

promote health and skateboarding event begins at 2：00 pm and ends at 6：00 skateboarders start

from Liwasang Bonifacio where they can skate in the streets of P．Burgos, Roxas Boulevard and up to Malate fountain

in Rajah Soliman Park where the event ends with a Product Toss and Best Trick contest.

Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada

If you happen to be in Alberta, Canada and the weather isn't great for outdoor skating, Incline Skate & BMX Park is

the place to go e is a great place to skate, and a day pass there is only $ 8 for an adult, half for

those below Go Skateboarding Day, they will hold a competition with the first prize winner taking home $ 600.

New York City, New York

Steve Rodriguez, owner and founder of SBoro Skateboards holds the biggest chapter of the Skateboarding Day in the

of thousands of people will participate, and June 21st is now an official New York City event

starts at 10 am and ends at 6 will be a free clinic at 10 am, tons of prizes, food and details of the

full day please check out http：//.

5．It can be learned that the Boards for Bros aims to________．

A．provide skateboards for poor children

B．donate used skateboard products to the festival

C．search for competitors for the festival every year

D．restore skateboards only for the competitors

6．How much will they pay if a couple with their 14-year-old child skate in Incline?

A．Eight dollars. B．Twelve dollars. C．Sixteen dollars. D．Twenty dollars.

7．Where will the event or celebration last the shortest?

A．In Manila, Philippines. B．In Los Angeles, California.

C．In Sylvan Lake, Alberta Canada. D．In New York City, New York.

8．We can infer from the text that________．

A．the winner of the first prize will gain $ 600 in Manila

B．the festival in Los Angeles is an official holiday now

C．Incline in Canada is probably an indoor park

D．the clinic in New York City charges money from parents

参考答案5-8 ADAC

C

Regarded as one of the English language's most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery,

human nature, and gh Keats didn't receive much formal literary education, his own studies and

passion brought him much onally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.

Growing up as a young boy in London in a lower, middle-class family, the young John didn't attend a private school,

but went to a public teachers and his family's friends regarded him as an optimistic boy who favored playing

and fighting much more than minding his his father's death in the early 1800s, followed by his mother's

passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核), he began viewing life wanted to escape the world and did so by

reading anything he could get his hands on.

At around the age of 16, the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a

r, his literary appetite had taken too much of his fancy, especially with his addiction to the poetry of

Edmund was able to have his first full poem published in the Examiner in 1816, entitled O Solitude！If I

Must with Thee two months in 1817, Keats had written an entire volume of poetry, but was sharply

criticized by a r, the negative response didn't stop his pursuit of rhythm (韵律)．

John Keats' next work was Endymion, which was published in May story involves a shepherd who falls in

love with the moon goddess and leads him on an adventure of one boy's hope to overcome the limitations of being

ing Endymion, however, he tried something more narrative-based and wrote this time,

John Keats began seeing his limitations in poetry due to his own limit in life would have to have the

“knowledge” associated with his next work was Hyperion that would attempt to combine all that he

r, a bout (发作) with tuberculosis while visiting Italy would keep him from his work and eventually

take his life in 1821.

9．What is the common thing between John Keats and his mother?

A．They read many books. B．They had a bad childhood.

C．They died of the same disease. D．They showed strong interest in poetry.

10．What do we know from the passage?

A．Keats received little education at school.

B．Keats once had a chance of becoming a doctor.

C．In 1816 Keats spent two months writing a poem.

D．Endymion was about a real love story.

11．While pursuing his dream of becoming a poet at first，John Keats was________．

A．determined B．experienced C．knowledgeable D．impatient

参考答案9-11 CBA

D

Using tablet computers like Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Note just before bed can lead to a poor night’s sleep,

according to research.

More and more people are taking their tablets to bed with them to surf the web, check Facebook or email before

switching off the light. But researchers are warning that the blueish light their screens emit can stop users getting a

good night’s sleep. That is because this type of light mimics daylight, convincing the brain that it is still daytime. Blue

light suppresses production of a brain chemical called melatonin, which helps us fall sleep. This is because our brains

have evolved to be wakeful during daylight hours. By contrast, light which is more orange or red in tone does not

reduce melatonin production, perhaps because our brains recognize it as a cue that the day is ending.

Neurologists (神经病学家) have known for years that staring at screens late in the evening can disrupt sleep.

Researchers at the Lighting Research Centre, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, are warning that

looking at tablet displays for more than two hours “leads to a suppression of our natural melatonin levels as the

devices emit optical radiation (光辐射) at short wavelengths” - in other words, they emit bluer light.

They say: “Although turning off devices at night is the ultimate solution, it is recommended that if these devices are

used at night displays are dimmed as much as possible and that the time spent on them before bed should be limited.”

They drew their conclusions after measuring melatonin levels in 13 volunteers, after they had spent time viewing

iPads at full brightness at a distance of 10 inches, for two hours. Melatonin levels were significantly lower after they

had done this, than they were after the volunteers had viewed their iPads for the same time, but while wearing orange

glass goggles, which cut out the blue light.

They wrote in the journal Applied Ergonomics that tablet makers could “tune the spectral power distribution of

self-luminous devices (自发光设备的频谱功率分布)” so that they disrupted the sleep patterns of users less.

It is not just a good night’s sleep that could be jeopardized (危害) by too much late night screen time. Researchers

know that persistent disruption to sleep patterns can lead to an increased risk of obesity, and even breast cancer.

However, these studies tend to be comparisons of those with chronic (慢性的) sleep disruption, such as long term shift

workers, with those who have normal sleep patterns.

12. What is it that stops users getting a good night’s sleep?

A. Screens B. blueish light C. Melatonin D. Orange or red light

13. Based on their findings, researchers have made the following suggestions except that ________.

A. Devices like iPads should be turned off at night.

B. Tablet makers should make improvements in devices.

C. Users should view iPads at full brightness instead of wearing orange glass goggles.

D. The time spent on screen before bed should be controlled.

14. We can infer from the passage that _________.

A. Orange and red light does no good to a good night’s sleep.

B. Our brains recognize orange or red light in tone as a cue that the day is ending.

C. The less melatonin our body produces, the easier we fall asleep.

D. Too much late night screen time leads to more than sleep problem.

15. The writer’s purpose for writing this article is to ________.

A. inform readers of a recent research.

B. complain about problems caused by using iPads before bed.

C. offer some suggestions on late night screen viewing.

D. advocate late night screen viewing.

参考答案12-15 BCDA