- 1 -湖北省武汉市 2016 高考英语 阅读理解和完形填空自选训练（5）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。One day the employees of a large company in St Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: “Yesterday the person who has been hindering (阻碍) your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral (葬礼) in the room that has been prepared in the gym.”At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be.The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered: “Who is this person that was hindering my progress? Well, at least hes no longer here.”One by one the employees got closer to the coffin (棺材) and when they looked inside it they became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin. Everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is only one person who can set limits to your growth: it is YOU.”You are the only person who can revolutionize (彻底改变) your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself.Your life does not change when your family changes, when your friends change, when your boss changes, and when your company changes.Your life changes when you change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.1. The writers purpose in writing the article is to tell us that _.A. the harder we work, the more successful we will becomeB. our work and life are closely connected with othersC. changing our lives is down to ourselves- 2 -D. we will have a better future if people do not hinder our development2. People were speechless when they looked inside the coffin because _.A. there was nothing but a mirror inside B. they could see their own souls insideC. their closest colleague lay inside D. what was inside told a great truth3. Who probably wrote the sign on the front door?A. The company boss. B. A worker who liked to make fun of others.C. The director in charge of production. D. A worker who wanted to teach others a lesson.4. What can we conclude from the article?A. The employees went to the gym to join the funeral.B. The lesson the employees learned would influence them greatly.C. The employees lives depended on the attitude of their boss.D. The employees got angry after the funeral.【参考答案】14、C D A B 社会生活类-阅读理解。This question comes up naturally in the first few weeks at home if a baby is crying a lot between feedings instead of sleeping peacefully. You pick him up and - 3 -walk him around and he stops crying, at least for the time being. Lay him down, and he starts all over again. I dont think you need to worry much about spoiling in the first month or even the first 6 months. The chances are great that such a young baby is feeling miserable. If he stops crying when picked up, its probably because the warm pressure on his abdomen from being held make him forget his pain or tension. The answer to this question really depends on what lessons you think babies are learning in the first months of life. It is unlikely that they are capable of learning to expect their every wish to be attended to 24 hours a day. What infants are learning during this period is a sense of basic trust in the world. If their needs are met lovingly, they come to feel that the world is a place where good things generally happen and bad experiences are soon corrected. Psychologists use the term “secure attachment (依赖)” to talk about basic trust. A child who has a secure attachment to a parent or caregiver believes that parent will keep him safe and will provide for his pressing needs. Some parents worry that picking up babies right away will make them overly dependent. I like to tell these parents about a very important study on the effects picking up crying babies. Babies whose parents try to respond immediately to their crying actually cry less, and are more independent as preschoolers, compared to babies who were left to “cry it out”. 1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Can an Infant Be Spoiled? B. Why Does an Infant Cry? C. How Do You Deal with an Infant? D. Shall an Infant Be Picked up? - 4 -2. The reason why an infant cries is that . A. he/she expects to be picked up B. he/she doesnt feel comfortableC. he/she plays a trick on purpose D. he/she is in great need of sleep3. What does the underlined word “abdomen” in the second paragraph mean? A. face B. arm C. stomach D. head4. If an infant is picked up when crying, . A. he/she will think the world is magic B. he/she will form a habit of d