《高考英语一轮阅读理解学生自选题四》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《高考英语一轮阅读理解学生自选题四（10页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、山东省曲阜市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解学生自选题四【2016高考英语阅读理解训练】阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案。Anais Nin was a famous writer. Nin was born French-Cuban but lived in the United States in her later years of life till she died. Nins works had her relationships with authors, artists, and other figures as the main subject. Some of her writing
2、s were made into films. Nin was also a visiting lecturer in several colleges and promoted Womens Movement with her strong writings.Anais Nin was born in France in 1903. Her father was a Spanish artist and a composer living in Cuba (古巴) where he met her mother, a French singer working in Cuba. As a c
3、hild Nin was brought up in Spain. When her parents separated, Nin and her two brothers moved to New York with their mother. At the age of 16, Nin decided to give up studying and started to work as a dancer and model to reduce the financial burden on her mother so that her brothers could go on with t
4、heir studies.In 1923, Nin got married to her husband, Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba. In 1924, Nin and Hugh moved to Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing. Nin wrote her first book in print, D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study in 16 days. In 1939, Nin left Paris
5、as it was a French governments request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war. Nin returned to New York with Hugh and sent her written books to Frances Steioff of the Gotham Book Mart in New York for safekeeping.In 1931, Nin wrote her book Henry and Jun: From the Unexpurgated Diar
6、y of Anais Nin. In 1936, Nin published House of Incest which was a 72-page fiction novelNin also appeared and was a part of various films. In 1973, Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate (荣誉博士学位) by the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1974, Nin was elected to the United States National Institut
7、e of Arts and Letters.In 1977, Nin died in her Los Angeles home after battling with cancer for three years.1. What can we know about Anais Nin from the first paragraph?A. She was a native American. B. She started Womens MovementC. She gave lectures in several colleges.D. She wrote mainly about her f
8、amily life.2. Why did Anais Nin give up studying at the age of 16?A. Because she wanted to help support her family.B. Because her parents divorced.C. Because she wanted to realize her dream of becoming an artistD. Because she moved from country to country.3. In 1939 Nin and her husband moved back to
9、 New York to_ .A. enter the film industry B. stay away from warC. have her books published D. promote her new books4. What is the passage mainly about?A. The awards Anais Nin won. B. Anais Nin and her incomplete family.C. The hardship Anais Nin experienced. D. Anais Nin and her great achievements,参考
10、答案1-4CABD 【2016高考英语阅读理解训练】阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案。For thousands of years, mankind has produced plants and animals to create more desired and useful plants and animals. For example, modern com has been produced to such a large size that it is no longer able to reproduce without mans assistance. Modern dairy co
11、ws produce too much milk and if they are not often emptied of milk, they could leak, burst, become infected, and possibly die. Besides, most dogs raised by people can not survive in the wild even with special training.Since natural evolution is extremely slow and mankinds selective production progra
12、ms only take a few generations to produce a completely new species, natural evolution has already taken a back seat to mankinds production programs. In addition, mankind has successfully killed off several species all together. For example, there are no more European wolves in existence and mammoths
13、 (猛犸象) probably died out because of mankind. Even certain diseases have been permanently got rid of from the planet, and dozens of other diseases will soon be too. Again, natural evolution did it cause most of the destruction during mans rule of the world.Currently, scientists are creating new speci
14、es with desired characteristics in the lab significantly faster than natural evolution creates new species. In a single generation, new species can be created and destroyed by mankind, while natural evolution could take thousands of years to do the same but only accidentally. Scientists are even abl
15、e to replace defective (有缺陷的) or damaged genes with different genes to attempt to cure genetic defects. This is something that natural evolution could possibly never correct.Eventually scientists will even be able to improve the quality of people. For example, imagine not only correcting your eyesig
16、ht with gene treatment, but also ensuring that all of your children do not receive your old genes of poor eyesight too. Scientists will one day be able to improve the memory and intelligence of your children, so that they will do better in school and achieve more in life. Doctors and scientists will be able to customize (订制) babies before they are born just like picking option
