湖南省浏阳市2016高考英语阅读理解和书面表达一轮选练(4).pdf

1 - 湖南省浏阳市 2016 高考英语阅读理解和书面表达一轮选练（4）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C 或 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项George Gershwin ，born in 1898，was one of America's greatest composers.He published his first song when he was eighteen years old.During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs. Many of Gershwin's songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City.These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s.Many of his songs have remained popular as ever.Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country. In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music.Could jazz ，some people asked ，be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music.Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it.And in that short time，he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue.Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert.The audience were thrilled when they heard his music.It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular. In 1928，Gershwin went to Paris.He applied to study composition ( 作曲 )with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger，but she rejected him.She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style.While there ， Gershwin wrote An American in Paris.When it was first performed，critics (评论家 )were divided over the music.Some called it happy and full of life，to others it was stilly and boring.But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States.It still remains one of his most famous works. George Gershwin died in 1937， just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer.He was only thirty-nine years old.Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages.People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written. 【语篇解读】本文讲述了George Gershwin 一位伟大的音乐家的一生，对音乐界及世界的影响。

1．Many of Gershwin's musical works were________. A．written about New Yorkers - 2 - B．composed for Paul Whiteman C．played mainly in the countryside D．performed in various ways 解析细节理解题根据原文第二段末Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country.其中“ they ”指代Gershwin's musical works ，“in every possible way ”与 various ways属于同义替换，所以选D答案D 2．What do we know about the concert organized by Whiteman? A．It attracted more people to theatres. B．It proved jazz could be serious music. C．It made Gershwin leader of the orchestra. D．It caused a debate among jazz musicians. 解析细节理解题。

根据原文第三段中In 1924, jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music . 其中“ show that jazz was serious music”和B选项是表达的一个意思，所以选 B答案B. 3．What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris? A．He created one of his best works. B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger. C．He argued with French critics. D．He changed his music style. 解析细节理解题根据原文第四段中“It still remains one of his most famous works. ”其中it指的就是An American in Paris，“one of his most famous works.”即 A选项中的 one of his best works。

答案A. 4．What do we learn from the last paragraph? A．Many of Gershwin's works were lost. B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported. C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin. D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin's death. 解析推理判断题根据原文最后一段，“Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages.”即说明了B选项“ The death of Gershwin was widely reported. ”故B正确其它选项均没有涉及 3 - 答案B. 5．Which of the following best describes Gershwin? A．Talented and productive. B．Serious and boring. C．Popular and unhappy. D．Friendly and honest. 解析主旨大意题。

从全文看，这个人不可能用boring这样感情色彩负面的词来形容，故 B错误；文中提到他popular ，但没有说他unhappy，故 C错误； friendly和 honest在文中没有具体体现，没有根据，故D错误； A选项中 talented有天分的， productive多产的，准确地描述了Gershwin 作为一个作曲家所具备的素质答案A. 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C 或 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct (不同的 ) species. The discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard Universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephants —the Asian elephant, African forest elephant, and African savanna elephant. Once they obtained DNA sequences (序列 ) from two fossils (化石 ), mammoths and mastodons, the team compared them with DNA from modern elephants. They found to their amazement that modern forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian elephants and mammoths. The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant have been distinct species for several million years. The divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This re。