2016屆高考英語閱讀題提升 藝術殿堂
明天就要高考了，今天小編準備了一些比較有代表性的高考英語閱讀理解題給大家考前練練手，希望可以幫助同學們在高考前盡快找到自己的做題狀態。
藝術殿堂
(2012·新課標全國卷)Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to?Try some of these places：
·Visit art museums.They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest.Many offer workshops for making handmade pieces，traveling exhibits，book signings (簽名) by children's favorite writers，and even musical performances and other arts.
·Head to a natural history museum.This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky.Also，ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.
·Go to a Youtheater.Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors.Preshow play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts.Puppet (木偶) making and stage makeup are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.
·Try handson_science.Visit one of the many handson science museums around the country.These science playlands are great fun for kids and grownups alike.They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons，experimenting，and building.When everyone is tired，enjoy a fun family science show，commonly found in these museums.
【語篇解讀】 想要為孩子尋找新鮮而又刺激地方嗎?形形色色的寓教于樂的博物館是非常理想的選擇。
1.If a child is interested in the universe，he probably will visit ________.
A.a Youtheater
B.an art museum
C.a natural history museum
D.a handson science museum
答案 C [考查細節理解。根據Head to a natural history museum一段中的第二句話可知，孩子們在這里可以了解大自然發展的歷史，故C項正確。]
2.What can kids do at a Youtheater?
A.Look at rock collections.
B.See dinosaur models.
C.Watch puppet making.
D.Give performances.
答案 C [考查細節理解。根據Go to a Youtheater一段的內容可知，在這里孩子們可以看到木偶的制作，了解舞臺化妝等內容。]
3.What does “handson science” mean in the last paragraph?
A.Science games designed by kids.
B.Learning science by doing things.
C.A show of kids' science work.
D.Reading science books.
答案 B [考查推理判斷。根據Try handson science一段的內容可知，“handson science”的意思是孩子們通過自己動手來學習和體驗科學知識。]
4.Where does this text probably come from?
A.A science textbook. B.A tourist map.
C.A museum guide. D.A news report.
答案 C [考查推理判斷。綜合文章的內容，可判斷本文出自一份博物館宣傳冊。]
維B 完形填空(每題1.5分，滿分30分)
選材網站：www.henry.thefreelibray.com
高考曾用材料：2010山東卷完形填空
選材相似度：★★★★
設題相似度：★★★
難度系數：★★★★
Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music.Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her __1__ concert.She had been waiting for this __2__ for years and years.“Now it is here at last，” she thought.“How beautiful her __3__ is!”
The song made her __4__ to the days when she was Lauren's __5__.As a young __6__，Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer.She studied __7__ in France，Italy and in the United States.“You can become a fine __8__ in the future，”her teachers told her.“But you must be __9__ to study hard and work for many years.There will be __10__ time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was __11__ at that time and she was __12__ that music was all she wanted or needed to __13__ her life.For almost a year Dorothy __14__ of nothing else.Then she __15__ David，a young engineer travelling Europe.They soon fell in __16__.David asked her to be his __17__.Dorothy also wanted to marry David.But she loved __18__，too.She didn't know what to do.David was against her being a singer.He said，“If you want to be a singer，you must forget about getting married.You can't __19__ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her，which was her __20__.
【語篇解讀】 本文使用倒敘的形式述說了Dorothy學習音樂的故事。
1.A.sorry B.successful C.first D.wonderful
答案 C [由下文的“這一時刻她等了好多年了”來看，這里說的是女兒第一次演出。由于演唱會沒有開始，結果未知，因此可排除選項A、B和D。]
2.A.dance B.moment C.show D.party
答案 B [由下文可知，Dorothy Brown也曾學習過音樂，但由于認識David并結婚而影響了自己在音樂方面的發展，現在正好讓女兒來完成自己的心愿。由此可知，她“盼望這一時刻好多年了”。]
3.A.voice B.face C.dress D.life
答案 A [由“今天小女兒Lauren將舉辦演唱會”來看，此處說的是“她的聲音真美”。]
4.A.think of B.bring back
C.go back D.come back
答案 C [此處意為“女兒的演出使她想到了和女兒一般大的時候的事情”。下面是回憶自己以往學習音樂的情況。go back to the days...意為“回憶起……的日子”。]
5.A.age B.friend C.mother D.teacher
答案 A [表示“和Lauren年紀相仿時”，故選A。]
6.A.musician B.pop star C.lady D.girl
答案 D [由上文“she”可知選D。]
7.A.French B.music C.piano D.dance
答案 B [由上下文可知“她曾在法國、意大利和美國學習過音樂”。]
8.A.actress B.student C.singer D.dancer
答案 C [由上下文可知，此處是老師告訴她她以后有能力成為一名出色的歌唱家。]
9.A.prepared B.learning C.driven D.waiting
答案 A [前面說“你有能力成為一名出色的歌唱家”，現在話鋒一轉，“但是你必須準備好努力學習、刻苦勤奮很多年”。be prepared to do sth表示“準備做某事”。]
10.A.some B.any C.no D.enough
答案 C [這是老師繼續說的話：你要把全部時間用于音樂，不能用在其他方面。]
11.A.eight B.eighteen C.eighty D.eightyeight
答案 B [由Dorothy遇到了David并與他結婚來看，當時她的年齡不可能是8歲、80歲或88歲。當時Dorothy為18歲比較合理。]
12.A.lucky B.sure C.afraid D.fond
答案 B [此處指“她確信”。]
13.A.fill B.live C.lead D.take
答案 A [fill one's life意為“充實生活”。]
14.A.heard B.knew C.talked D.thought
答案 D [“有接近一年的時間，Dorothy什么也不想”，這里說的是她一心撲在學習音樂上。]
15.A.saw off B.learned fromC.heard of D.met with
答案 D [“她遇到了在歐洲旅游的David”。meet with意為“遇到，偶然碰到”。]
16.A.love B.feeling C.music D.touch
答案 A [從下文Dorothy也想嫁給他來看，這里說的是他們見面后不久就相愛了。fall in love(with sb/sth)意為“愛上某人或某物”。]
17.A.assistant B.teacher C.wife D.student
答案 C [從上文“他們相愛”可推測，此處說的是“David要她做他的妻子”。]
18.A.him B.engineering C.herself D.music
答案 D [Dorothy也想嫁給David，“但是她也愛音樂”，她不知道該怎么辦。]
19.A.certainly B.possibly C.only D.mainly
答案 B [由“forget about”可知此處指“你二者不可能兼得”。possibly可以與can't連用，表示“不可能”。]
20.A.thought B.hope C.purpose D.will
答案 B [從上下文特別是“Now Lauren became a singer instead of her”可推測，Dorothy 想成為歌唱家的愿望由女兒實現了，故此處用hope。will往往含有“遺囑，遺愿”的意思，在此不合情理。]
維C 閱讀理解(每題2分，滿分8分)
選材網站：http：//arthistory.
高考曾用材料：2012新課標全國卷C篇
選材相似度：★★★★
設題相似度：★★★
The visual arts are those creations we can look at，such as a drawing or a painting，sculpture，architecture and photography，etc.Any one of these disciplines is a type of visual art.This is the simple explanation.However，the history of “the arts” is not so simple.
“The arts”，as a term，has an interesting history.During the Middle Ages，the arts were only limited to seven in number and did not involve creating anything at which people looked.They were grammar，music，rhetoric，dialectic logic，arithmetic，geometry and astronomy.These seven arts were known as the fine arts，in order to distinguish them from the “useful arts”.Why? Only “fine” people—those who didn't do manual labor—studied them.
At some point in the following centuries，people realized there was a difference between a science and an art.The phrase “fine arts” came to mean anything that had been created to please the senses. After losing the sciences，the list now included music，dance，opera and literature，as well as what we normally think of as “art”： painting，sculpture，architecture and the decorative arts.
Within the world of the visual arts，people still make distinctions between “fine arts” and everything else—and it gets really confusing，at times.For instance，we'll talk about painting and sculpture，and automatically consider these as fine arts.The decorative arts，which are，sometimes，of a finer nature and craftsmanship than fine arts，are not called “fine”.
Additionally，visual artists sometimes refer to themselves as fine artists，as opposed to commercial artists.But some commercial art is really wonderful—“fine” I would say.It would really simplify matters if we could all just stick with visual，auditory，performance or literary—when we speak of the arts—and remove “fine” altogether.
Notes：
craftsmanship n.技藝 ②auditory adj.聽覺的
長短句分析：It would really simplify matters if we could all just stick with visual，auditory，performance or literary—when we speak of the arts—and remove “fine” altogether.
句法點睛：這是個主從復合句，It would really simplify matters為主句，if引導的是條件狀語從句，其中含有一個時間狀語從句when we speak of the arts。
句意：藝術將真得讓事情簡單化，如果我們只局限于視覺、聽覺、表演或文學——當我們談到藝術的時候——并且徹底將“精細”劃分從我們的觀念中清除。
【語篇解讀】 本文為說明文。全文主要介紹了何謂“視覺藝術”，其包括哪些藝術形式等。
1.The concept of the visual arts contains the following EXCEPT ________.
A.painting B.sculpture
C.geometry D.architecture
答案 C [細節理解題。從文章開頭“The visual arts are those creations we can look at，such as a drawing or a painting，sculpture，architecture and photography，etc.”一句可知C為正確答案。]
2.During the Middle Ages，the arts ________.
A.were more than seven in number
B.only referred to the fine arts
C.contained the fine arts and the useful arts
D.were studied by common people
答案 B [細節理解題。從第二段可知，在中世紀時，藝術僅局限于被稱為fine arts的七種藝術形式。]
3.Why do the visual artists call themselves fine artists?
A.They think visual artists are more respectable.
B.They think their arts are more impressive than other arts.
C.They want to emphasize they differ from commercial artists. D.They think arts should be commercialized.
答案 C [細節理解題。從最后一段第一句可知，視覺藝術家自稱為fine artists是為了和所謂的commercial artists區分開來。]
4.According to the author，the fine arts ________.
A.are better than other art forms
B.is a proper concept to refer to arts
C.is not an accurate term to classify arts
D.are often admired by visual artists
答案 C [細節理解題。從倒數第二段最后一句和最后一段可知，作者認為fine arts的定義并不準確，且給藝術的分類帶來不便。]
維D 根據短文內容，從下框的A～F選項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項。選項中有一項為多余項。(每題2分，滿分10分)
Smoking's bad for your health，but exactly how does quitting make life better?
1.
Stopping smoking has been found to slow facial ageing and delay the appearance of wrinkles.The skin of a nonsmoker gets more nutrients，including oxygen，and can reverse the sallow，lined complexion that smokers often have.
2.
People breathe more easily and cough less when they give up smoking because their lung capacity improves by up to 10% within nine months.In your 20s and 30s，the effect of smoking on your lung capacity may not be noticeable until you go for a run，but lung capacity naturally diminishes with age.In later years，having maximum lung capacity can mean the difference between having an active，healthy old age and wheezing when going for a walk or climbing the stairs.
3.
Half of all longterm smokers die early from smokingrelated diseases，including heart disease，lung cancer and chronic bronchitis.Men who quit smoking by 30 add 10 years to their life.People who kick the habit at 60 add three years to their life.In other words，it's never too late to benefit from stopping.Quitting not only adds years to your life，but it also greatly improves the chance of a diseasefree，mobile，happier old age.
4.
Scientific studies show that people's stress levels are lower after they stop smoking.Nicotine addiction makes smokers stressed from the “withdrawal” between cigarettes.The pleasant feeling of satisfying that craving is only temporary and is not a real cure for stress.Also，the improved levels of oxygen in the body mean that exsmokers can concentrate better and have increased mental wellbeing.
5.
Within 2 to 12 weeks of stopping smoking，the circulation improves.This makes all physical activity，including walking and running，much easier.Quitting boosts the immune system，making it easier to fight off colds and flu.The increase in oxygen in the body makes exsmokers less tired and less likely to have headaches.So people will become more energetic.
答案 1.F 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B
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