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1、河南上蔡县2017高考英语阅读理解一轮选编（五）2016高考训练-阅读理解。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。 My father passed away in a nursing home on a September day. I never remembered him telling me he loved me. Upon hearing his death, I didnt feel the need to cry. I struggled with my lack of strong feelings over his passing, kno
2、wing it was not healthy for me to avoid sadness.On Christmas Day of the year, I was reflecting on as many good memories of my father as I could. I decided to work out my feelings, so I sat down and wrote my father a letter.Dear Daddy,I remember something today. I remember when I was 3 years old, mom
3、 carried me right before bedtime and you sang “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep” to me, and I remember your voice like it was just yesterday. I remember the warmth of you lying next to me and how special I felt at that moment. Then my mom carried me off to my own bed to tuck me in.I remember times when I
4、could sit out on the porch with you and watch an approaching thunderstorm, and you would tell me the scientific facts behind lightning and thunder. I thought you knew everything.I remember you taking my two brothers and me on trips to a stream out in the country on summer days. We would walk along t
5、he stream, picking wildflowers to take home to mother.I want to thank you for giving me an appreciation of nature and science and of Gods beautiful creation, Earth. I want to thank you for making us take part in “family worship” every evening after dinner. I remember that Bible stories and the Golde
6、n Rule on how to treat others, and I learnt how to appreciate music in my life from the hymns we sang. I also learnt to harmonize with my sisters.And most of all, I want to forgive you. I forgive you for not being able to tell me that I was a special girl and that you loved me. I longed for your spo
7、ken affection. But I realize something in your own upbringing would not allow you to express your feelings verbally（口头地）. I realize that you did the best that you could with what you knew.I signed the letter and put it into my wooden box to join many other cards and letters from my family and loved
8、ones that I cherished. But somehow, it had not brought any relief I desired.On New Years Eve, I remember the letter to my father. I took it outside to the yard. Then I built a fire and dropped it into the flame and watched it burn.As I thanked my father for giving me life, the tears came. I released
9、 all the grief and whispered, “you were my father and I love you.”1. Why did the writer struggle with the feelings upon hearing her fathers death?A. Because she couldnt accept her fathers death. B. Because she wanted to hold back her sadness.C. Because she knew she should have felt sad. D. Because s
10、he had a mixed feeling of love and hatred.2、The writer spent much happy time doing memorable things with father EXCEPT that _.A. father sang songs for her before bedtime B. father taught her nature, science, and historyC. father took her on trips in nature D. father read Bible stories for her3. It c
11、an be inferred from the text that _.A. the writer burned the letter directly after finishing writing it B. fathers growth influenced his way of expressing himselfC. the writer never expected father to express his true feelings D. the writer didnt forgive her father completely after his death4Which c
12、an be chosen as the best title for the story?A. Daddy, I miss you. B. A regretful letter to fatherC. Happy time with daddy D. The flames of forgiveness参考答案14、CBBD黑龙江省大庆市喇中2016高考英语阅读练习科普环保类Scientists from China, Sweden and the United Stated have developed a high-producing rice that can reduce methane
13、 emission(甲烷排放), a major greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, from rice fields, according to a paper published on the latest issue of Nature. By inserting a barley(大麦) gene into rice, Sun Chuanxin and his colleagues created SUSIBA2 Rice, which stores more starch(淀粉) in the section of the rice a
14、bove ground, according to a paper published on the latest issue of Nature.This means the grains will have more starch while the root will exude less nutrients that will later be turned into methane by microbes(微生物) in the soil, Sun, who works with Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, told Xi
15、nhua. It solves two major problems mankind faces at one time: environmental degradation and the need for increased grain output, Wang Feng, another scientist, said, adding that the rice can cut methane discharge by more than 90 percent during summer and more than half during autumn, as the rice disp
16、lays a greater emission reduction effect in high temperatures. Meanwhile, small-scale trials have also suggested an increased output: a single plant of the new breed has 300 more grains with a starch content 10 percent higher. Wang said the team is working on applications for the rice in different areas, seasons an
