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1、黑龙江省宁安市2017高考英语一轮复习九月阅读理解选练（五）黑龙江宁安市2017高考英语九月阅读理解选练（五）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。【2014山东省济南市高三巩固性训练】More men are finding their calling as nurses.A new study from the United States Census Bureau reports the number of male nurses has doubled since the 1970s.Back then，about 2.7 percent o
2、f registered nurses were men.The new study，which tracked data through 2011，finds that men now make up 9.6 percent of all employed nurses in the United Statesabout 330,000 men in total.Recent years of shortages have led to increased efforts，according to the report，which included recruiting men into t
3、he field.Men，in fact，had been largely kept out of nursing in past decades because nursing schools often refused to admit men.The Supreme Court ruled that practice unconstitutional in 1981 after a case involving a state nursing school.“The relatively high wages and expanding job opportunities make th
4、is field attractive，offering stability even during recessions (经济衰退)，” wrote the reports author，Liana Christin Landivar of the US Census Bureau.“And because of high demand，nursing has low unemployment rates compared to other fields.”Men were found to be more likely to become nurse anesthetists (麻醉师)
5、，which is the highest paid nursing occupation，and were found least likely to become licensed practical or licensed vocational nurses，the lowest paid types of nursing.Nurse anesthetists are required to get graduate education，and are certified to give anesthetists and monitor patients recovering from
6、anesthesia.Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses provide patients with care and may work under the supervision (监督) of a registered nurse.Registered nurses assess patients health problems and needs，develop and carry out nursing care plans，maintain medical records，and administer care.For
7、all types of nursing，men earned，on average，$60,700 per year，while women earned $51,100 per year.“Even among men and women in the same nursing occupations，men outearn women，” wrote Landivar.1Which of the following is true about nurses in the US in the 1970s?AThe number of male nurses doubled.BAbout 2
8、.7% of registered nurses were men.CThere were about 330,000 male nurses.DAbout 9.6% of employed nurses were men.2The underlined word “recruiting” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_”Ahelping people to get used toBordering people to learnCasking people to join inDinspiring people to devote3Why are more
9、men willing to become nurses in the US?AThe economy is in bad condition.BMore people are out of employment.CIt is promising to go to nursing schools.DIts easier to get employed and well paid.4According to the text，male nurses are more likely to_.Abecome licensed practical nursesBdevote themselves to
10、 workCgraduate from nursing schoolsDget the highest paid nursing occupation5What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?AMen are more likely to be better nurses.BAs nurses，men earn more than women.CMale nurses work harder than female ones.DMale and female nurses do different jobs.语篇解读本文为说明文，主要介绍了美国男
11、护士的就业情况。1解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句“Back then，about 2.7 percent of registered nurses were men.”可知B项正确。答案：B2解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词前面的“Recent years of shortages have led to increased efforts”和该词后面的“men into the field”可推知C项正确。答案：C3解析：细节理解题。由第四段第一句中的“The relatively high wages and expanding job opportunities make this f
12、ield attractive”可知答案为D。答案：D4解析：细节理解题。由第五段第一句中的“Men were found to be more likely to become nurse anesthetists (麻醉师)，which is the highest paid nursing occupation”可知答案为D。答案：D5解析：段落大意题。根据最后一段的信息“men earned，on average，$60,700 per year，while women earned $51,100 per year”和“men outearn women”可知B项正确。答案：B。【2
13、016南昌市第一次模拟测试卷】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。B The old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop. The room was filled with boxes and dusty photographs of people holding packages in their hands. Mr. Hopkins said, We have a very wide choice of items for sale. Whenever I serve a new customer, I take his
14、 picture. Mr. Hopkins pointed to an ancient camera on a table. I began to appreciate the lovely items on sale. I spent a very pleasant hour being shown the commodities in the shop. Finally, I bought an antique jewelry box, a pair of riding boots and a sewing machine. I was very excited that I had fo
15、und such a good little shop. I will tell all my friends about your lovely place. I told the shopkeeper. Please dont do that, sir. said Mr. Hopkins. This is a special place for special people. You must keep this shop a secret. Then he took my photograph and handed me the picture straight away. That was quick ! I exclaimed. In the picture I looked proud and excited holding the presents I had bought there. On Christmas Day, my friends and relatives were delighted with the presents I had bought for them. For weeks, my brother begged me to take him to the wonderful little
