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-1-新闻类阅读理解选练（4）2016高考英语阅读练习——新闻报道类TheInternationalPaintingContestonGoogle’shomepagein2015maylookprettystrange,butitspotlightingsaveryseriousissue:cleanwater,whichisunusualforan11-year-oldfromLongIsland.AudreyZhang,afifth-graderfromLevittown,N.Y,isthewinnerofthisyear’sDoodle4Googlecontest,risingtothetopofsome100,000entriesonthethemeof“drawonethingtomaketheworldabetterplace.”Herpiece,titled“BacktoMotherNature,”describesadetailedwater-cleaningmachine.ZhangworkedwithateamofartistsatGoogletoanimate(使……生动)herdrawing.“Tomaketheworldabetterplace,Icameupwithatransformativewaterpurifier,amachineusedtoremovedirtyorharmfulsubstances,”GooglequotedZhangassaying.“Ittakesindirtyandpollutedwaterfromrivers,lakesandevenoceans,thenmassivelytransformsthewaterintoclean,safeandpurewater.Whenhumansandanimalsdrinkthiswater,theywillliveahealthierlife.”Shecreatedawholeworldaroundthedevice—onepopulatedbyhumans,awhaleinatophatanddragons.Zhang,spieceis“sovividandsorichandsofullandsocomplete,’’GoogleDoodleteamleaderRyanGermicktoldtheWashingtonPost.“Everyleafseemedtohavelifeinit.”AlongwithhavingherartworkfeaturedonGoogle’shomepage,Zhangwinsa$30,000collegescholarship.Inaddition,herschoolwillreceivea$50,000GoogleforEducationtechnologygrant,andthecompanyisdonating$20,000inhernametoacharitydevotedtobringingcleanwatertoschoolsinBangladesh.OnSunday,thenightbeforeherworkwasrevealedonnet,ZhangtoldNewsdayshewasexcitedbythebigwin,butsaidshewouldn’tbeawakewhenherartfirstwentonlineatmidnight.“Ihaveschool-tomorrow,soIcan’tstayuplate,”shetoldthe-2-paper.【小题1】What’sthepassagemainlyabout?A．Thewinnerandherworkinthepaintingcontest.B．TheteamofartistsatGoogletoanimatedrawings.C．ThepaintingcontestofGoogle’shomepagein2015.D．Thewater-cleaningmachineinthepaintingcontest.【小题2】Accordingtothepassage,weknowthat______.A．AudreyZhangiscreativeandself-disciplinedB．awater-cleaningdevicewasmadeinthecontestC．$50,000willbedonatedinAudreyZhang’snameD．Zhang’spiecewasprintedinallmajornewspapers【小题3】TheunderlinedwordinParagraphlprobablymeans“_____”.A．putupwithB．1ookforwardtoC．breakawayfromD．focusattentionon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。I’vewritten14movies．Mycharacterssmokeinmanyofthem,andtheylookcoolandglamorous（有魅力的）doingit．Smokingwasanintegral（必需的）partofmanyofmyscreenplaysbecauseIwasaheavysmoker．Itwaspartofabad-boyimageI’d-3-cultivatedforalongtime—smoking,drinking,partying,rock’n’roll．Smoking,Ioncebelieved,waseveryperson’sright．Thesecond-handsmokewasnon-existentprobleminventedbyprofessionaldo-gooders．Iputalltheseviewsintomyplays．Rememberingallthis,Ifindithardtoforgivemyself．Ihavebeenanaccomplice(帮凶)tothemurdersofuntoldnumbersofhumanbeings．IamadmittingthisonlybecauseIhavemadeadealwithGod．Spareme,Isaid,andIwilltrytostopothersfromcommittingthesamecrimesIdid．EighteenmonthsagoIwasdiagnosedwiththroatcancer,theresultofalifetimeofsmoking．Iamalivebutdisabled．Muchofmylarynx(喉)isgone．Ihavesomedifficultyspeaking;othershavesomedifficultyunderstandingme．Ihaven’tsmokedordrunkfor18monthsnow,thoughIstilltakeitdaybydayandprayforhelp．Ibelieveinprayerandexercise．Ihavewalkedfivemilesadayforayear,withoutmissingevenoneday．QuittingsmokinganddrinkinghastaughtmethehardestlessonI’veeverlearnedaboutmyownweakness;ithasalsogivenmethegreatestaffectionandempathy(同感)forthosestilladdicted．Idon’tthinksmokingiseveryperson’srightanymore．Ithinksmokingshouldbeasillegalasheroin（海洛因）．I’mnolongersuchabadboy．IgotochurchonSunday．I’mdesperatetoseemyfourboysgrowup．IwanttodoeverythingIcantoundothedamageIhavedonewithmyownbig-screenwordsandimages．Screenwritersknow,too,thatsomemoviestarsaremorelikelytoplayapartiftheycansmoke—becausetheyaresoaddictedtosmokingthattheyhavedifficultystoppingevenduringtheshootingofascene．Myhandsarebloody;soareHollywood’s．Mycancerhascausedmetoattempttocleanse（彻底清洁）me．Idon’twishmyfateuponanyoneinHollywood,butIbegthatHollywoodshouldstopputtingituponmillionsofothers．1.Themainideaofthispassageprobablyis_________．A.thewriterisashamedofthebadeffectshisscreenplayshavehadonhumanbeingsB.thewriter’ssmokingexperiencenearlykilledhimself-4-C.thebadeffectsthatHollywoodscreenplayhavebroughttochildrenD.thedeterminationofthewritertoovercomehisillness答案解析：答案为A。本题为文章大意题。第一段作者引入话题，在他创作的电影中，很多人物吸烟，吸烟是他的作品中必需的，这些吸烟的场景影响了人们，后面的段落介绍作者因为吸烟而患上了喉癌，深受其苦，也表达了他深深的忏悔之意，最后一段表达作者的希望，希望好莱坞电影不再有吸烟的场景，让厄运降临到别人身上。故本文的大意为作者对他的荧幕剧对人们产生的坏影响感到惭愧。故答案为A。B、D是文中的细节，C选项在文中未提及，均不选。2.Howdoyouthinkthewriterhasrealizedhismistake?A.Somanypeoplehavefoundthehabitofsmokingduetohisplays．B.Hisplayshavebroughtgreatharmtoteenagers．C.Hehimselfsufferedgreatlyfromsmoking．D.Hisscreenplayshavebeendoingmoreandmoreharmtohumanbeings．答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由第三段的首句提到的“…Ifindithardtoforgivemyself”和该段最后一句提到的“…andIwilltrytostopothersfromcommittingthesamecrimesIdid.”,以及第四段首句“EighteenmonthsagoIwasdiagnosedwiththroatcancer,theresultofalifetimeofsmoking．”可知，作者难以原谅自己，将会努力阻止别人和他一样犯相同的罪，因为他诊断有吸烟导致的喉癌，故答案为C，作者自己深受吸烟之害。A选项与题干无关；B选项未提及；D选项夸大了他的作品的危害，均不选。3.Accordingtothepassage,whatdoestheunderlinedsentencemean?A.Hehasmadeuphismindtogiveupsmokingforever．B.Hewilltryhisbesttoprevento