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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（二）黑龙江宁安市2017高考英语九月阅读理解选练（二）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山东烟台模拟】If youre in Florence，Italy，and see a man on a ladder wiping the dust off statues and buildings，dont worry.Its just Alessandro Ricci gathering material for his famous smog paintings.Ricci is no
2、t a common artist，because he used smog as the main medium of his artworks.Unlike other painters seeking fast recognition of their talent，he doesnt really care about “being this big artist”Instead he is more concerned about bringing attention to how much smog there really is in his home town and how
3、its destroying both its monuments and people.Although he did take a couple of art classes a few years back，he is mainly selftaught，doesnt work in a studio，donates most of his work，and refuses to play by the rules of the Florentine Art Gallery，which he considers corrupt.Alessandro Ricci believes sell
4、ing his smog paintings will not only compromise his principles，but also contradict the very thing hes trying to doraise awareness about smog pollution in this city.Alessandro lives with his parents nearby Florence，but almost every day he visits the streets of the city，and collects smog for his paint
5、ings.He gets it from several meters above ground，from clean surfaces like marble，plastic and stone，using damp pieces of cotton.Then he applies the smog directly onto a cloth and creates street scenes and reproductions of the very buildings from which he got the dangerous material.Finally，he seals hi
6、s paintings with a natural resin (树脂)His actions helped win a small victory for the people of Florence，as in October 25,2012 the Duomo area of the city was made pedestrianonly.But there is still a long way to go，the artist believes，and only cleaning the thick layer of smog that has accumulated throu
7、ghout Florence would take several years.Still，he continues to paint his unique smog artworks and let the people know how polluted the environment they live in really is.1What does the text mainly tell us?AFlorentine artist fights pollution by painting with smog.BRicci invents a unique way to paint b
8、uildings in Florence.CPeople in Florence gather smog to create street scenes.DFlorence takes measures to improve the polluted city.2In what way is Ricci quite different from other artists?AHe lacks talent in art work.BHe cares little about fame.CHe hates all the art Galleries.DHe likes to do things
9、at will.3Ricci paints his unique smog artworks aiming to_.Afight government corruption Badvertise the monumentsCcreate more street scenes Draise awareness about pollution4What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?AThe place where Ricci lives.BThe problem that Florence faces.CThe way Riccis paints with smog.D
10、The materials for his painting.5We can learn from the last paragraph that_.ADuomo area of Florence has become more crowded with trafficBRiccis action has brought no change to the people of FlorenceCRicci will continue to raise Florentine peoples awareness about pollutionDSmog pollution in Florence w
11、ill be completely settled in several years语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了意大利弗罗伦萨市的一名艺术家通过用烟雾作画来抵制环境污染的故事。1解析：主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段的总结和文章的整体理解可知，本文主要讲述了意大利弗罗伦萨市的一名艺术家通过用烟雾作画来抵制环境污染的故事，故答案A符合文意。答案：A2解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段的第二句“Unlike other painters seeking fast recognition of their talent，he doesnt really care about being this
12、big artist”可知，他并不在乎名气的大小。答案：B3解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“Still，he continues to paint his unique smog artworks and let the people know how polluted the environment they live in really is.”可知，答案D符合文意。答案：D4解析：段落大意题。根据第四段的整体理解可知，本段主要讲的是这名艺术家是如何用烟雾作画的，答案C符合文意。A、B、D三项均不是第四段的主要内容。答案：C5解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的第二句“But ther
13、e is still a long way to go.”和最后一句“Still，he continues to paint his unique smog artworks and let the people know how polluted the environment they live in really is.”可推知，这名艺术家Ricci将继续从事这项活动以唤醒人们保护环境的意识。答案：C。（2016高考英语阅读理解精练）阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案。I like this job, in which I stay with small children and from wh
14、ich I get the challenges and awards. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career.I wasnt an excellent student because I didnt do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didnt have much to offer. I
15、just accepted that I wasnt the type to have a career.I then found myself a job. Looking after two little girls, it wasnt too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work e
16、xtra hours one week, shed give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didnt often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me, I
