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1、山西襄垣县2017高考英语（一轮）阅读理解训练阅读理解。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。America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways edu
2、cation, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.A persons age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There
3、s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isnt as strong as it used to be. It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university
4、president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. Weve stopped looking with surprise at older people w
5、ho act in youthful ways.1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America _.A. has made people feel younger B. has changed peoples social positionC. has changed peoples understanding of age D. has slowed down the countrys social development2. The underlined word “one” re
6、fers to _.A. a society B. America C. a place D. population3. “Act your age” means people should _.A. be active when they are old B. do the right thing at the right ageC. show respect to their parents young or old D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age4. If a 25-year-old man becomes ge
7、neral manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _.A. normal B. wonderfulC. unbelievable D. unreasonable【参考答案及解析】1. C 主旨题。根据第一、二段的最后一句及第三段可判断。2. A 细节题。one是a society的同位语且后面跟了一个定语从句，可以通过分析句子结构得出正确答案。3. B 细节题。全文最后一句话给出了提示。4. A 推理题。可仔细阅读第二段中倒数第二句话。2016高考阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题
8、所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in order to cut the greenhouse gases they send out, which is thought to be responsible for global warming. Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence (肠胃气胀） contains
9、no methane(甲烷) and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who produce large quantities of the harmful gas. While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack, pushing out carbon dioxide, farm animals passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percenta
10、ge of total emissions (排放物）in some countries. “Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia are from enteric methane from cattle and sheep,”said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the greensland state government.“And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, whic
11、h has got a much higher agricultural base, they are actually up around 50 percent,” he said. Researchers say the bacteria also make the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers. But it will take researchers at least three years to
12、 isolate (分离) the bacteria before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep. Another group of scientists, meanwhile, have suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos. And about 20 percent of health-conscious Australians are b
13、elieved to eat the national symbol already. Its low in fat, it s got high protein levels and it is very clean in the sense that basically it is free-range(放养的) animal,” said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales institute of environmental studies.1. Scientists intend to put bacteria into c
14、attle and sheep_.A. to help Australian farmers to earn more moneyB. to prevent them from sending out harmful gases C. so that they can protect Australian ecosystemD. so that they can make full use of special bacteria2. Athol Klieve seems to believe that _.A. farm animals are to blame for greenhouse
15、gasesB. less cattle and sheep are raised in New ZealandC. cattle and sheep produce less carbon dioxideD. New Zealand has the most animals in the world3.The advantages Peter Ampt lists about kangaroos dont include _. A. it is rich in proteinB. it is low in fatC. it is cheaper than beefD. it is cleaner than sheep4.The main idea of the passage is to _.A. discuss a better way to protect the earthB. warn farmers of the danger of animal wasteC. explain the possible solutions to pollutionD. present a recent study on global warming参考答案
