【2016高考训练题】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Wonderful places can he visited at a low price. You call visit the following places with hotel rates and services that are down the average.
SOUTH AFRICA
Nelson Mandela’s hotel rate is 8 percent down compared to the previous years. You can enjoy safari（狩猎旅行）or just hang out with the free-walking penguins on Boulders Beach, Cape Town. Let’s take the case of Kruger National Park. The entrance fee is 20 USD（14.51 EUR）. In the Park, you will discover wild animals of Africa such as buffalo, weaver, elephant shrew, leopard tortoise, ant lion, and rhino beetle. They are gathered in one place just to make visitor’s pleasures. And this is mostly the case in all sites and attractions in South Africa. In Johannesburg holiday makers are free to pay a visit at the Nelson Mandela Museum.
VENIC （favorite destination and yet low-cost）
Although Venice is known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, hotel rates and services are low-cost compared to other destinations. With Venetian atmosphere, you can buy commodities（商品）of world-famous brands easily. One night 3-Stars hotel only costs around 14 Euros or 19. 3 USD ill minimum
ATLANTIC CANADA
Seafood and a rich history await holidaymakers at affordable prices. Special deals and discounts can be seen in almost all hotels in Atlantic Canada. With 48.24 USD （35 Euros）, you can spend one night in Country Hearth Inn Atlantic City. Of course, with more than that, all attractions, services and commodities are available. You can also buy a ticket at 10 OUSD to enter the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic and its wharves（码头）.
1.Where can you see a variety of wild animals?
A. In the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.
B. In Kruger National Park.
C. In the Piazza San Marco.
D. At the Nelson Mandela Museum.
2.A young lady interested in fashion may visit _______.
A. Venice B. South Africa
C. Johannesburg D. the Atlantic Canada
3.What do these places of interest - have in common?
A. They can provide unique animals to visitors.
B. They are all places with a rich history and seafood.
C. Visitors can enjoy water sports of all kinds.
D. They are all interesting places with low hotel rates.
4.What type of writing is this text?
A. All announcement. B. A holiday review.
C. A travel advertisement. D. A science report
阅读理解。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。
A little brown mouse lived in a small house in the country.His cottage was very warm and comfortable，with lots of flowers in front of it and a few apple trees behind.In his living room the brown country mouse ate good fresh food.
One day his cousin from town came to visit him. “It is so nice to see you，” the country mouse said. “Come in.Sit down.Let’s have supper.” Soon he brought in some bread，bacon and corn for supper and they drank fresh clean water.After supper they sat and talked.
The town mouse said，“ How can you live here？The country is so quiet.I don’t like the food either.Come and stay with me！”
So the next morning the mice went to town.The town mouse’s house was beautiful.But they got into the house by going under the back door.They were very hungry，so the town mouse took his cousin to the dining room.There was a lot of food on the table. “Look at that！” said the town mouse.The mice jumped onto the table.They began to eat some fine French cheese，some very tasty cakes and biscuits.They drank lemonade and milk.
Suddenly the door opened and a man walked in.He came to the table to get some fruit. “Be quiet！” whispered the town mouse.
The man took an apple and went out of the room.The town mouse began to eat again，but the country mouse could not eat a thing，because he felt so afraid.Suddenly he saw a big cat near the sofa in the corner of the room.The cat was sleeping，but then it heard something.It opened its eyes and saw the mice.The country mouse began to cry：“Help！” The cat tried to catch the mice.The mice ran into a hole in the floor.The cat couldn’t get in.
“Oh，dear，” said the country mouse. “Your food is good，but your life is not.I feel afraid everywhere.Goodbye.I’m going back to the country.”
1.The town mouse considered the life of the country mouse to be________.
A．interesting B．boring
C．exciting D. terrifying
2.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refers to________.
A．the town mouse’s home B．the back door
C．a lot of food on the table D．the dining room
3.The cat didn’t catch the mice because________.
A．one cat couldn’t fight with two mice
B．the cat was still sleepy at that time
C．the mice were powerful after eating the magic cakes
D．the cat couldn’t get into the hole in the floor
4.The country mouse went back to the country because________.
A．life is quiet but safe in the country
B．the city cat was not friendly at all
C．nowhere is better than one’s own home
D．the city life was too busy for it to enioy
5.This passage is a________.
A．piece of news B．science novel
C．fairy tale D．drama
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature’s (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 metres (4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their crops often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.
1.How is bamboo like grass?
A. It grows quickly. B. It’s wood.
C. It is easy to cut D. It is very thin
2.Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn’t grow ______.
A. in China B. in Europe
C. on mountains D. in Africa
3.Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers?
A. Because it is cheap.
B. Because it has different colors.
C. Because it is strong.
D. Because it has been used by Asians.
4.Bamboo pipes can ______.
A. make money B. be trees
C. grow quickly D. carry water
阅读理解。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。
A man was working on his motorcycle in his yard.Suddenly it started to move.The man，still holding the hand lebars，was dragged through the glass doors，along with the motorcycle，and was thrown onto the floor inside the house.The wife ran in and found her husband lying on the floor，cut and bleeding.She ran to call an ambulance (救护车)．
The ambulance arrived and they took the man to the hospital.The wife picked up the motorcycle and pushed it outside.There was gas all over the floor，so the wife got some paper towels，cleaned the gas with them，and threw them in the toilet.After he was treated，the man returned home.Not long after that he went to the bathroom，sat down on the toilet and smoked a cigarette.Sitting there，he finished the cigarette and threw it into the toilet.The wife，who was in the kitchen，heard the loud explosion (爆炸声) and her husband screaming.
She ran into the bathroom，and there she found her husband lying on the floor！His trousers had been blown away and his buttocks and other parts of his body were covered with burns！The wife again ran to the phone to call an ambulance.The same people came！While they were carrying the husband down the stairs to the street，one of the men asked the wife how the husband had burned himself.She told them and they started laughing very hard.One of them fell and the husband fell，too.The poor husband fell down the remaining stairs and broke his arm.
1.What most probably made the motorcycle start moving?
A．The man himself started it to see if it was working.
B．His wife did it for him to check if there was something working.
C．The motorcycle started by itself.
D．The man started the motorcycle without knowing it.
2.What did the wife do after the first accident?
A．She did nothing except calling the policemen.
B．She cleaned the gas with paper towels and threw them into the toilet.
C．She took the motorcycle and pushed it into the room.
D．She took her hushand to the hospital.
3.What do we know about the gas that caused the explosion?
A．The gas was from the motorcycle and could easily cause an explosion.
B．The gas was of poor quality.
C．The gas made the hushand suffer 4 accidents in a day.
D．The gas should have burned the wife.
4.The passage is most likely to be found in________
A．a survey B．a textbook
C．a report D．a book of funny stories
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A．What a Bad Day for the Husband and Wife
B．A Man’s Worst Day
C．A Man Had Three Accidents in One Day
D．A Wife Burned Her Husband and Broke His Arms
阅读理解。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。
For many years，artists have flocked to Paris，France，to paint or to learn to paint.Perhaps artists first went there because of the city’s beauty.They went to paint pictures of the broad，treelined streets，the great churches，and the graceful river bridges.
The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people of the city had always enjoyed art.Paris had great art museums，filled with famous paintings and statues from many countries.And the people of Paris had always welcomed new ideas.In this city，artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting.
As soon as famous artists painted in Paris，students came to learn from them.People came to buy paintings.People called art dealers set up galleries where paintings were bought and sold.Others kept shops that sold artists’paints and supplies.
Students and artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money.They learned by studying great art in the museums，and they learned from one another.They held art fairs，hanging their paintings outdoors along the streets.
Today，New York City and Florence，Italy，are also famous art centers.But the world’s principal art exhibits are still held in Paris.Important judges of art live there.Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris.So artists and art dealers still go to Paris because it is the world’s leading art center.
1.Art students learned by studying great art in Paris’________．
A．streets B．churches
C．museums D．schools
2.The story does not say so，but it makes you think that________.
A．Paris is famous for its artists’paints and supplies
B．there is more than one way to paint
C．art fairs are held in galleries
D．Florence is the center of world art exhibits
3.Important judges of art________.
A．live in Paris B．feel free to experiment
C．work in New York D．have no new ways of painting
4.Students can learn from________.
A．their parents B．one another
C．the streets D．the trees
5.On the whole，this story is about________.
A．the world’s most famous art center
B．how to buy a painting in Paris，France
C．the famous art centers of New York and Florence
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. But the third grader’s cheery dressing didn’t mask her pain and weary eyes.
Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.
Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone“Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣,唱) birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.
That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.
The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.
“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”
Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.
1.Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ______.
A. most of her hair had fallen out
B. she was receiving treatment for cancer
C. she felt depressed and quit from school
D. she was suffering from a pain in her back
2.What do we know about Anita Kruse’s project?
A. It helps young patients record songs.
B. It is supported by singers and patients.
C. It aims to replace the medical treatment.
D. It offers patients chances to realize their dreams.
3.What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?
A. Most children are naturally fond of music.
B. He was brave enough to put up performance.
C. The project has positive effect on young patients.
D. Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.
4.What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Purple Songs Can Fly B. Singing Can Improve Health
C. A Shining Moment in Life D. A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse
