广东番禺县2020高考英语（二轮）阅读理解精练（7）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。When Peng Liyuan stepped off the plane in Moscow, the whole world wanted to know who dressed the elegant first lady. The reporter released the secretMa Ke.Peng Liyuan has been wearing Ma Kes designs for more than a decade, a fact that was only highlighted recently when she was on her first state visit, accompanying her husbandPresident . The elegant and attractive Peng, formerly a popular singer, has been compared with the US first lady Michelle Obama and Frances Carla Bruni-Sarkzy, since stepping off the airplane in Moscow on March 22. Suddenly, everyone was curious to know more about the first ladys wardrobe.Even so, Ma prefers a low-key approach. “If you eat a tasty egg why would you want to see the hen? ”she says of all the media attention.Mas relationship with Peng began 10 years ago after a concert in Guangzhou when a reporter told Peng she knew the designer behind the label Exception de Mixmind. Peng asked for an introduction because she was a fan of Mas designs and had been wearing them for years.The two naturally became friends. Ma says, “The painting reflects the painter, and clothes reflect both the designer and the wearer. Someone desires fame and wealth, or love and sympathy; what you have in your heart is reflected in the design. Those who dont share my philosophy wont buy my clothes. Peng is a caring person, devoted to charity and environmental protection, which is exactly what Im doing now. ”However, regardless of the brand, Pengs support of Chinese labels has surprised millions of Chinese who favor foreign fashion brands.“Instead she presented a vision of Chinese fashion, desiring to bring Chinese designers to the world stage, ”says a western designer.The first ladys double-breasted coat and her black leather handbag arent available at any of Exceptions shops, though Exceptions physical stores do have seen a rising number of visitors.【文章大意】第一夫人彭丽媛第一次陪同出国访问, 她一身高贵优雅的服装吸引了世人的目光, 服装设计师马可也从幕后走了出来。1. The passage mainly discusses.A. the designer of the first lady Peng Liyuans dress, Ma KeB. the friendship between Peng Liyuan and her designerC. Peng Liyuans clothes on her first state visitD. the reactions to Peng Liyuans first visit to Moscow【解析】选A。主旨大意题。本题的答案主要依据文章第一段, 因为此为新闻类题材, 其主旨或标题不在概括全文, 而是最吸引人的部分, 尤其是最后一句The reporter released the secretMa Ke. (记者揭开了主设计师马可的面纱), 此句由reporter亦可判断是一则新闻。2. In the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 Ma Ke mentioned“an egg and the hen”to show.A. it is hard to explain“which came first, the egg or the hen? ”B. paying such great attention to her was unnecessaryC. the outcome was more important than the processD. her dissatisfaction with the media attention on her dress【解析】选B。推理判断题。在第三段提到马可说的这句话, 再结合前一句中Ma prefers a low-key approach可以看出马可是一个低调的人, 即对应答案B。选项A说鸡和蛋谁先出现, 属于无关选项, 可排除; 选项C说结果比过程重要, 和马可的为人不符合, 也不能推出; D说表达不满, 不合文意。3. In the passage, Peng Liyuan.A. often reflects on what she has in her heart before choosing clothesB. is sympathetic and has a strong environmental consciousnessC. always desires the exceptional charm of the brandD. is knowledgeable in philosophy【解析】选B。推理判断题。第五段中Peng is a caring person, devoted to charity and environmental protection正好对应选项B中的有同情心的和强烈的环保意识。4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Peng wears the dress designed by a Chinese designer probably to support Chinese brands.B. Many citizens found Peng Liyuans choice quite unexpected.C. Black leather handbags like Pengs are widely sold in bag stores in big cities.D. After Peng Liyuans visit to Moscow Ma Kes clothes became more popular.【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段中The first ladys double-breasted coat and her black leather handbag arent available at any of Exceptions shops可知选项C是错的, 即应选C。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。(Religion and Rationality) Yet the difference in tome and language must strike us, so soon as it is philosophy that speaks: that change should remind us that even if the function of religion and that of reason coincide, this function is performed in the two cases by very different organs. Religions are many, reason one. Religion consists of conscious ideas, hopes, enthusiasms, and objects of worship; it operates by grace and flourishes by prayer. Reason, on the other hand, is a mere principle or potential order, on which indeed we may come to reflect but which exists in us ideally only, without variation or stress of any kind. We conform or do not conform to it; it does not urge or chide us, not call for any emotions on our part other than those naturally aroused by the various objects which it unfolds in their true nature and proportion. Religion brings some order into life by weighting it with new materials. Reason adds to the natural materials only the perfect order which it introduces into them. Rationality is nothing but a form, an ideal constitution whic