2017年高考英语全国卷一-2017年高考英语第一轮复习阅读理解模拟题15

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出选项。

A

Roy wasn't the only one to receive his call-up(入伍)papers. Stephen Napier's call-up came at the beginning of February and he was pleased to find that he would be going into the Royal Air Force (RAF).

His father was not so pleased and made his feelings known as he and Stephen were on their daily walk. It was the first step in his plans for Stephen to take over the estate(地产)when the time came, and although Stephen was well aware of this, he could think of no reason not to accompany him.

“Thought you’d forgotten that nonsense. Still, I dare say I could pull a few strings to get you to the Army...”

“No, Father! I have told you I want to learn to fly. What chance would I have to do that in the Army? I'd be better off in the Navy——at least they've got the Fleet Air Arm. But I have been put in the RAF and that's where I want to be, so let’s leave it at that.” His face went red. Sent to his father's school and then to Cambridge, much to his satisfaction, he had never had to defend his own desires and his father was a hard man to oppose.

The father glared at Stephen, “No, I won't leave it at that. I want to know what other ridiculous ideas are in your head. For a start, what’s all this about America?”

“America?”

“Yes. All those books I saw in your room the other day. Brochures about emigration(移民).”

The big, silvered head lowered, like that of a bull about to charge.“Don’t trouble to deny it. ”

“I won’t, Father. Some men at Cambridge have been talking about it. They want people like us here, mathematicians and scientists, for all kinds of research——the sort of research I could do.It would be a worthwhile life for me.”

The father responded exactly as his son had known he would. You've got a worthwhile life here!You’ve got an estate to run!”

“No, Father. You’ve got an estate to run. I never asked for it. Why not ask Baden to do this stuff? He perhaps can make a good job of it, but I... ”

“If he were here, I might think about this silly idea of yours——only think about it, mind you but...”

1. If Father wanted Stephen to take over the estate, the first thing he did would_______.

A .take a walk with Stephen as usual B. wait till his son graduated from Cambridge

C. persuade Stephen not to go into RAF D. send Stephen to the Army instead of RAF

2. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Stephen preferred to go into the Navy rather than the Army.

B. Stephen also received his call-up papers as Roy.

C. The father didn't like Stephen's idea of going to America.

D. Stephen was eventually forced to stay to run the estate.

3. After reading this passage, we can infer that_______.

A. Stephen had never had to defend his desires before

B. Baden might be one of Stephen's family members

C. Stephen wanted to fly in RAF and become a pilot in America

D. if somebody took over the estate, Stephen could realize his dream

4. What do we learn from the underlined sentence?

A. It looked as if the father was angry when mentioning the brochures.

B. The father was very angry and wanted to beat his son Stephen.

C. Stephen was annoyed when his father referred to the brochures.

D. A big red bull was about to charge at Stephen.

5. Which would be the best title for this passage?

A. RAF——a better choice than the Army B. A talk between Father and Son

C. The dreams of a Cambridge student D. Conflict between Father and Son

B

Do you think it is ever a good idea for a teenager to have a credit card?

My kids watch closely as I swipe the card through the register. They’ve seen me do it hundreds, thousands of times. Cool. They are itching to swipe it through the machine themselves. When we walk out of the store with our groceries or pet food, or whatever, it’s almost as though money has not changed hands, painless, easy.

So it shouldn’t be shocking to discover that teenagers are becoming card carrying consumers in their own right. The question is, should they?

While some argue it’s best to teach kids how to use a credit card while still living under the family roof, not everyone agrees. Dave Ramsey, financial expert says getting a credit card for your teenager is actually, “an excellent way to teach him or her to be financially irresponsible. ”

Now parents are required to co-sign on credit cards for children under 21. “If their name is on the credit card, then the parent may say, ‘Hey, my name is on this. Don’t get me into trouble,” says Mary Beth Pinto, a marketing professor. “When parents were the co-obligors(共同借贷人)，the children caused less debt. If the parents are the co-obligors, the tendency is that the parents were explaining how to use the cards.” Still, Pinto believes parents should start the process much earlier. “Yes, there has to be teaching going on and it has to start when they’re younger. You’re not going to get rid of credit cards. They are here to stay. You have to have them. You can’t fight progress,” Pinto said.

Ramsey, however, disagrees. “Throwing teens into a pool of (credit)sharks is a sure way to guarantee a life-time of heartache,” he said. “You can make online purchases and rent a car with a credit card. Of course, you must have money in your bank account before you can make a purchase with a credit card. But paying for things with money is what you are supposed to do. ”

6. The author mentioned her experience in Para 2 mainly to_______.

A. prove the convenience of using credit cards

B. tell what impression credit cards leave on kids

C. give advice on using credit cards wisely

D. explain the pleasure credit cards bring to customers

7. The underlined word in Para 2 can be replaced by _______.

A. eager B. afraid C. embarrassed D. thankful

8. What’s Ramsey’s attitude towards teens’ using credit cards?

A. He feels it is worth a try B. He is very supportive

C. He is strongly against it D. He considers it as a pleasant experience

9. Pinto will most likely agree that _______.

A. parents should let teens own their credit cards earlier

B. you shouldn’t be in control of credit cards

C. it is never good for anyone to get a credit card

D. learning to use credit cards is practical

C

Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move houses quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.

On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long–term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.

To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.

Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.

Some societies have “universalist” cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way. “Particularist” societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.

This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check–in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check–in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem.

10. Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians _______.

A. like traveling better　 B. easy to communicate with

C. difficult to make real friends D. have a long–term relationship with their neighbors

11. People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those _______.

A. who will tell them everything of their own B. who want to do business with them

C. they know quite well D. who are good at talking

12. A person from a less mobile society will feel it _______ when a stranger keeps talking to him or her.

A. boring B. friendly C. normal D. rough

13. Which of the following is true about “particularist societies”?

A. There is no rule for people to obey.

B. People obey the society’s rules completely.

C. No one obeys the society’s rules though they have.

D. The society’s rules can be changed with different persons or situations.

14. The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of different _______.

A. interests B. habits and customs C. cultures D. ways of life

D

Today, there’s hardly an aspect of our life that isn’t being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail. “If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology,” says Microsoft, “a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas. And you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza.”

Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers. Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. “We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says Merrill Lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity.”

You would be hard pressed to name something that isn’t available on the Internet. Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets. And even after you’ve moved on to your final resting place, there’s no reason those you love can’t keep in touch. A company called FinalThoughts.com offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to Heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”.

Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable(能预测的) future. Nearly all children in families with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the Internet. Most kids use computers to play games (some for 30 hours or more a week), and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left.

What’s clear is that, whether we like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back. “The Internet is just 20% invented,” says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum. “The last 80% is happening now.”

15. What can we learn from the Microsoft’s remark?

A. Today’s cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced.

B. Information technology is developing at an amazing speed.

C. Information technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult.

D. There’s more competition in information technology industry than in car industry.

16. According to the author, the biggest benefit of the Internet is that_______.

A. it saves companies huge amounts of money

B. it speeds up profit making

C. it brings people incredible convenience

D. it provides easy access to information

17. The author gives the example of FinalThoughts.com to make the point that_______.

A. there are some genius ideas on the Internet

B. almost anything is available on the Internet

C. people can find good bargains on the Internet

D. some websites provide novel services to increase hits

18. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?

A. There is a link between income and computer ownership.

B. Many American children don’t put computers to good use.

C. Studies show that boys are more computer literate than girls.

D. The U.S. will stay ahead in the information technology in years.

19. Which sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fourth paragraph?

A. Some can tell you that he has changed their lives, while others think nothing of him.

B. Think nothing of it. It was my pleasure.

C. He thinks nothing of staying up all night in the Café bar.

D. He thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment.

20. What is the message the author intends to convey?

A. The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day.

B. The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly.

C. We should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings.

D. Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age.

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