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2014河北省栾城县高考英语阅读理解训练（8）及答案阅读理解the drug store was closing for the night and alfred higgins was about to go home when his new boss approached him.“empty your pockets please, alfred,” sam carr demanded in a firm voice.alfred pretended to be shocked but he knew hed been caught. from his coat he withdrew a make-up kit, a lipstick and two tubes of toothpaste.“im disappointed in you, alfred!” said the little gray-haired man.“sorry, sir. please forgive me. its the first time ive ever done such a thing,” alfred lied, hoping to gain the old mans sympathy.mr carrs brow furrowed as he reached for the phone, “do you take me for a fool? lets see what the police have to say. but first ill call your mother and let her know her son is heading to jail.”“do whatever you want,” alfred shot back, trying to sound big. but deep down he felt like a child. he imagined his mother rushing in, eyes burning with anger, maybe in tears. yet he wanted her to come quickly before mr. carr called the police.mr. carr was surprised when mrs higgins finally arrived. she was very calm, quiet and friendly. “is alfred in trouble?” she asked.“hes been stealing from the store,” the old man coolly replied.mrs. higgins put out her hand and touched mr. carrs arm with great gentleness as if she knew just how he felt. she spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble. “what do you want to do, mr. carr?”the womans calm and gentle manner disarmed the once-angry store-owner. “i was going to get a cop. but i dont want to be cruel. tell your son not to come back here again, and ill let it go.” then he warmly shook mrs. higginss hand.mrs. higgins thanked the old man for his kindness, then mother and son left. they walked along the street in silence. when they arrived home his mother simply said, “go to bed, you fool.”in his bedroom, alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. he felt no shame, only pride in his mothers actions. “she was smooth!” he thought. he went to the kitchen to tell her how great she was, but was shocked by what he saw.his mothers face looked frightened, broken. not the cool, bright face he saw earlier. her lips moved nervously. she looked very old. there were tears in her eyes.this picture of his mother made him want to cry. he felt his youth ending. he saw all the troubles he brought her and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. it seemed to him that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother.6which of the following is true according to the passage? aalfred tried to sound big to hide his fear. bit was the first time alfred had stolen anything. cmr. carr set a trap to catch alfred stealing. dmr. carr had planned to forgive alfred from the beginning.7what does the underlined word “disarmed” probably mean? aannoyed bconvinced cgot over dmade less angry 8what impressed alfred most about his mother at the drugstore was _ahow angry she was bhow effectively she handled mrcarrcthat she didnt cry dthat she was able to save him9what was the mothers attitude toward alfred?ashe was very strict with him bshe was supportive of himcshe felt disappointed with him dshe was afraid of him10from the last paragraph, we know that alfred _awas no longer a youth bfelt proud of his mothercfelt guilty and regretful for his deed dwanted his mother to be happy【参考答案】610、adbcc 阅读理解professional mandarin chinese teacher for home / office lessons in shanghaiposted by christina wang 2009 - 5 - 271 expiration: 2009 - 6 - 24112 views in totaldetailswe provide a premier mandarin chinese language learning experience for students for all levels. it offers beginner, intermediate and advanced courses, individual or group classes, corporate training, professional and friendly teachers, affordable prices as well as modern, convenient facilities located in the heart of shanghai.the beginner intensive courses for 2009 are:may 1 to may 31, 8:00 am - 12:00 am, 13:00 pm - 17:00 pm, from monday - friday. our beginner intensive courses meet from mon - fri, 2 hours a day, in a small group （3 to 5 students）. it is a best way to learn chinese quickly and to meet friends from all around the world.features and services1. high quality professional mandarin teachers2. small class sizes3. charming facilities4. cultural activities5. warm, personal attention6. free broad and wireless internet accessa free trial lesson will be offered. contact me at the following address. hope to talk to you soon.course consultant: christinae - mail: shhmandarin yahoo, comcell phone:文章大意】本篇是篇应用文，是上海的一所学校上课的时间及培训的特点和服务方面的广告。63. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. the courses are mainly for beginners of mandarin. b. the courses are given on the internet. c. applicants can only contact the consultant via emaild. we dont know how much to pay for the courses.【答案】d【解析】从这则广告里面details的第二句话it offers beginner, intermediate and advanced courses, individual or group classes, corporate training, professional and friendly teachers, affordable prices as well as modern, convenient facilities located in the heart of shanghai.得知这所学校只说了无论是团体还是个人能够负担的起学费，但是没有具体说多少钱。【考点定位】考察的是推理判断题64. which of the following services will have to be charged? a. wireless internet access during the courses. b. beginner intensive courses of mandarin. c. consulting the information of the courses.d. a trial lesson of the mandarin courses.65. which of the following cannot be found in the advertisement?a. the time the advertisement was posted. b. teaching conditions provided, c. detailed address of the training center.d. ways for communication and consultation.66. where can you possibly find the above advertisement? a. in a chinese textbook. b. on the internet.c. in a shanghai tv program. d. in an english newspaper.阅读理解-dtwo recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior. one showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. researchers at harvard university in the united states did the study. they had about 200 college students play a game known as the prisoners dilemma. the game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group.the students played in groups of four. each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. but each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players, at a cost to the punisher.harvard researcher david rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. the groups that rewarded it the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded it the least.and the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings. the group with the most punishment earned 25% less than the group with the least punishment.the other study involved children. researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. more than 800 children were ages two to four the first time they were tested. more than 700 children were ages five to nine.the two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not.the study says the iqs - or intelligence quotients - of the younger children who were not spanked（掴）were five points higher than those who were. in the older group, the difference was almost three points.murray strauss from the university of new hampshire has written extensively about physical punishment of children. he says the more they are spanked, the slower their mental development. he also looked at average iqs in other nations and found them lower where spanking was more common.67. which of the following is true about the game mentioned in the first paragraph?a. prisoners are more interested in the first game than the university students. b. the game is very popular with the students in harvard university in the united states. c. the game is played to test whether people are more cooperative on the basis of rewards.d. the game is played in order to encourage the students to cooperate.68. the underlined part in the third paragraph means the punisher will have to _. a. lose some of his money b. lose some of the pointsc. lose all the points of the group d. gain the points of the punished69. what does the result of the first experiment imply? a. rewards encourage better cooperation than punishments. b. individual interests are always a challenge to the group. c. four members will work better in one group.d. the group that punished most gained nothing eventually.【答案】a70. what do we know about the second experiment in the passage? a. the whole experiment, including two tests, lasted four years.b. physical punishment was employed only in the younger group.c. children in both groups have acquired same iq development.d. no physical punishment was used in the younger group.阅读理解 the government-run command post in tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. on the wall are maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that painstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy. what kind of invader gives rise to such high-level monitoring? not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust(蝗虫). in recent months, billions of the 3-inch-long winged warriors have descended on algeria, libya, morocco and tunisia, blackening the sky and eating up crops and vegetation. the insect invasion, the worst in 30 years, is already creating great destruction in the middle east and is now treating southern europe. the current crisis began in late 1985 near the red sea. unusually rainy weather moistened the sands of the sudan, making them ideal seedbed for the locust, which lays its eggs in the earth. the insect onslaught threatens to create yet another african famine. each locust can eat its weight (not quite a tenth of an ounce) in vegetation every 24 hours. a good-size swarm of 50 billion insects eats up 100,000 tons of grass, trees and crops in a single night.all 150 million may be needed this year. the u.s. has provided two spraying planes and about 50,000 gal. of pesticide. the european community has donated 3.8 million in aid and the soviet union, canada, japan and china have provided chemical-spraying aircraft to help wipe out the pests. but relief efforts are hampered by the relative mildness of approved pesticides, which quickly lose their deadly punch and require frequent replications. the most effective locust killer dieldrin has been linked to cancer and is banned by many western countries and some of the affected african nations. more than 5 million acres have been dusted with locust-killing chemicals; another 5 million will be treated by the end of june.on may 30, representatives of tunisia, algeria, libya, morocco and mauritania will meet in algiers to discuss tactics to wipe out the ravenous swarms. the move is an important step, but whatever plan is devised, the locust plague promised to get worse before the insects can be brought under control.11. the main idea of the first sentence in the passage is that _. a. the command post is stationed with people all the time. b. the c