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重庆市
2017
高考英语阅读理解选编（
17
）
（附解析）
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。
(2013·
合肥市二模，
B)
Walking in a farmers' market often
brings one to explore new food options, and now
more
locallyfarmed protein choices are
available to help bridge the gap between our meals
and the
farms on which they originated.
More and more local small farms are popping_up in
opposition to
factory farms.
Today's commercial farms do not fit the
image that comes to mind while happily singing
along to “Old McDonald”. Instead, most
of the natio
n's food comes from CAFOs,
Confined
Animal Feeding Operations,
where animals are kept in tightly enclosed
conditions as they are
fattened up and
readied to be killed for food.
Fortunately, knowing exactly where
one's food comes from has led to an increase in
the
availability of what is known as
“
grassfed
”
beef. Technically, all cattle are
grassfed for at least a
limited amount
of time, but what makes the meat significant is
that it is grassfinished, not forcefed
corn, soy or grains. This change in
diet makes all the difference since corn is not
part of the cow's
traditional diet, and
therefore causes major health issues for it. To
deal with the health issues,
antibiotics (
抗生素
)
are used and some of the antibiotics used to treat
the cattle are similar to
those given
to humans, so they can decrease the effectiveness
of medicine when a consumer is
sick.
A healthier diet for the cattle leads
the meat to lower in both fat and calories. And
when
cooking grassfed beef, you'd
better use a slightly lower temperature to make it
more delicious.
文章大意：
本文是一篇议论
文。
为了应对机械化农业的弊端，
越来越多的小农业开始兴
盛起来了，它们生产的农畜牧产品不仅丰富了人们的一日三餐，同时也更绿色、更健康。
1
．
The
underlined words “popping up” (in the 1st
paragraph) probab
ly means ________.
A
．
improving
C
．
profiting
B
．
fading
D
．
appearing
答案：
D
词义猜测题。根据文章第一句中“
and now more
locallyfarmed protein choices
are avail
able
”可知，现在有更多的当地小农场喂养的动物可满足人们对蛋白质的需求，即<
/p>
当地出现了越来越多小农场，由此可知，
appear
与
pop up
意思最为接近，故答案
D
符合文
义。
2
．
The song “Old
McDonald” describes ________.
A
．
animals raised
freely on local farms
B
．
animals kept in
tightly enclosed conditions
C
．
commercial
farms providing fast food
D
．
commercial
farms providing unpopular foods
答案：
A
推理判断题。根据文章第二段第一句
“Today's
commer
cial farms do not fit the
image...”
的提示和下文对商业农场喂养动物的方法的描述可知，
the song “Old McDonald”
所
描述的喂养方式正好和商业农场相反，由此可推知，答案
A
< br>符合文义。
3
．
Some medicines
are less effective for beef consumers probably
because ________.
A
．
some cattle
feed on grains
B
．
all cattle diet
on grass
C
．
some
medicines are used to treat sick cattle
D
．
some
antibiotics are used by both cattle and people
答案：
D
细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句中
“and some
of the antibiotics used to
treat the
cattle are similar to those given to humans...”
可推知，答案
D
符合文义。
< br>
4
．
We can
infer from the text that ________.
A
．
food from local
farms can help add to the variety in our daily
meals
B
．
soy or
grains are on the list of traditional diets of the
cattle
C
．
corn for
the cattle leads the meat to lower in both fat and
calories
D
．
lower
temperature makes grassfed beef more delicious
答案：
A
推
理判断题。
根据文章第一段第一句
“
W
alking in a farmers' market often brings
one to explore new food options, and
now more locallyfarmed protein choices are
available to
help bridge the gap
between our meals and the farms on which they orig
inated.
”可推知，选项
A
“当
地小农场的食物可以丰富我们的一日三餐”符合文义。
B
、
C
两项与原文不符；
D
项不
是经过推理得出的，不符合题意，故排除。
阅读理解。阅读下列短文
,
从给的四个选项
(A
、
B
、
C
和
< br>D)
中
,
选出最佳选项。
(2014·
威海高考模拟
)
A dentist’s office may not be
everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday a growing
number of Europeans are travelling
abroad for medical treatment to save
money
，
or maybe to
combine a visit to the doctor with some
sightseeing
，
creating a
potential but fast-
growing market
for traditional tour operators.
“It was simply cheaper for me to go to
a dentist in Hungary
，
” said
a 4
2-
year-
old
physical
therapist from chose the
clinic near Budapest from an Internet
advertisement
，
attracted
by hundreds of euros in savings
compared with the same treatment in was happy to
find when he got there that the clinic
was clean
，
the staff
qualified and the work thorough.
People
travel abroad for medical treatment for various
reasons
：
it’s
cheaper
，
they face a long
wait at home
，
or
the treatment they want is not available in their
own British-
based
Medical
Tourist Company refers about 100 patients a year
to hospitals in India for
Chief
Executive Premhar Shah reports rapid growth in
demand from customers in
Africa
，
where it
can be harder to find
well-
equipped medical facilities for
complex surgeries.
Some patients who
have immigrated may prefer to return to be close
to their families when
they undergo
surgery.“People will want to take the opportunity
to seek treatment in places where
they
have relatives who might be able to look after
them.I’m seeing that espe
cially with
younger
people from eastern
Europe
，
” said a professor at
the University of Oxford.
For some
，
there is
the attraction of free treatment h
law-
makers have called for
tighter checks on patients arriving for
treatment
，
out of concerns
that foreign citizens are travelling
to
Britain to take advantage of the free service.
The global medical tourism market is
believed to be worth $$40 billion to $$60 billion
and
growing at about 20 percent per
year.
1
．
The
42-
year-
old physical
therapist was satisfied with________in Hungary.
A
．
the price
instead of the service
B
．
the service
instead of the price
C
．
both the price
and the service
D
．
neither the
price nor the service
2
．
How many
reasons are mentioned to explain why people go
abroad for medical treatment?
A
< br>．
Four.
C
．
Six.
B
．
Five.
D
．
Seven.
3
．
According to
the article
，
________for
medical treatment.
A
．
more Africans
want to travel abroad
B
．
more Europeans
want to travel to Africa
C
．
more Britons
want to travel to India
D
．
no one would
come to Great Britain
4
．
Young people
from eastern Europe return to their mother
countries for surgery in order
to________.
A
．
get cheaper
medical service
B
．
be looked after
by relatives
C
．
have better
medical treatment
D
．
enjoy free
medical treatment
5
．
What does the
article mainly talk about?
A
．
Overseas
sightseeing.
C
．
Medical
tourism.
语篇解读
本文是一篇说明文。
文章对发展潜力巨大的
“
医疗旅游业
(medical
tourism)”
进行了
简要介绍。
1
．
解析：
细节理解题。
根据第二段内容特别是第二段第一句
“It was simply cheaper for
me...in
Hungary”
和最后一句
“He was
happy...the clinic was
clean
，
the staff qualified
and the
work through.”
可知，他对匈
牙利医院的收费和服务都相当满意。
答案：
C
2
．解析：
细节理解题。根据第二至五段内容可知，吸引人们去国外就医涉及以下五
方面的原因：收
费低，甚至免费、医疗设施健全、医生资质高、等候时间短、环境干净。
答案：
B
3
．解析：
推理判断题。
根据第三段最后一句
“...in
Africa
，
where it can be
harder to find
well-
equipped
medical facilities for complex surgeri
e
s.”
可知，在非洲很难找到做复杂手术的精
良设备。因此推知
，将会有更多的人去国外就医。
答案：
A
4
．
解析：
细节理解题。
根据第四段第一、
二句<
/p>
“Some patients...prefer to return to be
close
to their families...be able to
look after them.”
可知，答案选
B
。
答案：
B
5
．解析：
主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文就
“
医疗旅游
”
进行了介绍说明。
答案：
C
（
2016
高考阅读理解）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。
We offer several distinct options for
you to choose the ticket that suits you best.
B
．
Hospital
treatment.
D
．
Travelers’
health problems.