重庆市渝中区高考英语短文阅读类暑假选练（2）.doc

1 重庆市渝中区重庆市渝中区 20162016 高考英语短文阅读类暑假选练 高考英语短文阅读类暑假选练 2 2 重庆市南开中学 2014 高考英语二诊考试 请阅读下列短文 从每篇短文后所给各题的 a b c d 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things from puns 双关语 to pratfalls why are some things funny to some people and not to others how is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure a sick one can cause serious harm over the centuries various scholars have attempted to produce a universally agreed upon theory of humor plato and aristotle introduced the superiority 优越 感 theory the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others their theory seems to explain teasing but it doesn t work well for knock knock jokes sigmund freud argued for his relief theory the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires his theory works well for dirty jokes less well for most puns the majority of humor expels today agree with the incongruity theory the idea that humor arises when there s a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens incongruity has a lot going for it jokes with unexpected funny lines for example fit well but scientists have found that in comedy unexpectedness is overvalued with the goal of developing a new more satisfactory explanation i produced the gentle violation 违背 theory the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening but is actually ok or safe a dirty joke for example trades on moral or social violations but it s only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject ok to talk about similarly puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense and while most humor theories have struggled to account for tickling 挠痒痒 or just avoided the phenomenon altogether my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter tickling involves violating someone s physical space in a gentle 2 way people can t tickle themselves because it isn t a violation 52 what is the author s attitude towards plato and aristotle s theory a critical b approvingc uncaringd unclear 53 according to sigmund freud s theory we can infer that a people will laugh when they see others suffer b telling dirty jokes is a relief of one s nervous feelings c unexpectedness can explain how humor works d tickling doesn t involve psychological tension 54 according to the author why are some things funny to some people but not to others a because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person b because people have different expectations for the same thing c because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart d because people s understanding of violation is different 55 what is the author s main purpose of writing this passage a to draw people s attention to the research of humor b to criticize people s misconceptions about humor c to explain what exactly causes people to laugh d to prove the sense of humor can be developed 参考答案 52 55 abdc 2015 高考复习 阅读理解 one city one book is a generic name 通称 for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book popular book picks have been harper lee s to kill a mockingbird ernest gaines s a lesson before dying and ray bradbury s fahrenheit 451 one city one book programs take the idea of a localized book discussion club and expand it to cover a whole city the first such program was if all of seattle read the same book in 1998 started by nancy pearl at seattle public library s washington center for the book the book chosen for the program was the 3 sweet hereafter by russell banks written in 1991 other cities copied the idea and the library of congress listed 404 programs occurring in 2007 each city s program has its own goals these typically include building a sense of community and promoting literacy nancy pearl warns against expecting too much from a program keep in mind that this is a library program it s not an exercise in civics and that it s not intended to have literature cure the racial divide this is about a work of literature programs typically involve more than having everyone read the same book some other activities that have been included are book discussion sessions scholarly lectures on the book or related topics a visit by the author exhibits related arts programming especially showing a movie of the book if there is one and integration into school curricula in boston the one city one story program used shorter stories and distributed tens of thousands of free copies of the story over the course of a month american library association puts out a detailed step by step guide on how to organize a local program including the critical step of picking the one book the center for the book at the library of congress tracks all known programs and the books they have used 语篇解读 本文是说明文 介绍了美国开展的 一个城市 一本书 的读书活动 4 one city one book programs a ask everyone in a city to donate one book b can rid a city of racial divide through reading c choose short stories for people to read d encourage everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book 解析 细节理解题 从文章第一段第一句可知 这个活动旨在让同一个城市的人们读同一本 书并共同评论这本书 答案 d 5 we know from the second paragraph that one city one book programs a became popular very quickly b have been held more than 400 times in seattle c were sponsored by the library of congress d reached its peak in 2007 解析 推理判断题 从文章第二段可知 当西雅图在 1998 年首先推出这个活动以后 其他城 市也纷纷效仿 到 2007 年这个活动已经在 400 多个城市推出 可见这个活动流行得非常迅速 4 答案 a 6 we can infer from the third paragraph that nancy pearl a expects much from the programs b didn t expect that the programs would run so well c has a practical attitude towards the programs d believes the programs will push forward community building 解析 推理判断题 从文章第三段中 nancy pearl 的话可知 她警告人们不要对这个活动期 望太多 说明她对这个活动持有十分务实的态度 答案 c 7 what kind of role does american library association play in the programs a it picks out the city which runs the programs well b it gives free books to the host city c it gives a practical guide to the programs d it keeps a record of all known programs 解析 细节理解题 从文章最后一段可知 美国图书馆协会负责具体指导活动的开展 答案 c 四川省四川省 2014 2014 联测促改联测促改 活动模拟试题活动模拟试题 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 a b c d 中 选出最佳选项 并在答落卡上将该 项涂黑 an angler 垂钓者 got the shock of his life when his prize catch turned out to be a crocodile alan prangncl 64 was reportedly fishing in the 22 acre lake near ringwood when he felt a sharp tugand started to reel the heavy but unknown fish in but according to the southern daily echo when the end of the line appeared the angler claimed it was actually a two foot long crocodile alan who has been fishing since lie was six years old told the paper when it appeared i saw it was acrocodile about two feet long it was underneath where i was sitting on my box on the water and just lay by the side of my fact for about eight seconds then it shot back into the lake it opened its mouth and let out the fish or what was left of it it had cut it in half and there was just its head and pan of the body i was in disbelief i had o justify in my mind what i had just seen the nhs worker reportelly thirks the crocodile was dropped in after its owner found it too big to deal with he added 1 vc been fishing in that lake for six years and for the club since 1963 so i know everything 5 about the lake i m the person who saw it and i ve nothing to gain by lying abut it fishing club officials and mr prangnell have refused to disclose the exact location of the hampshire lake for fear of large groups pouring in 36 what does the underlined it in paragraph 6 refer to a the crocodile b the fish c the lake d the box 37 what is alan prangrell a a worker b a man living on fishing c a fishing club official d a reporter of the southern daily echo 38 what can be infix red from the underlined sentence a some people didn t believe prangmcll s story b some other people also saw the crocodile c prangnell was believed to have got a prize for the crocodile d pranenell was very disappointed as he had not got the crocodile 参考答案 35 d baa 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 a b c 和 d 项中 选出最佳选项 last july my 12 year old car died on california s santa ana freeway it was an hour before sunset and i was 25 miles from home i couldn t reach anyone to pick me up so i decided to take a bus not knowing the routes i figured i d just head east a bus pulled up and i asked the driver how far she was going four more lights she said there was another bus i could take from there this clearly was going to be a long night she dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for after waiting 30 minutes i began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home then a bus pulled up there was no lighted number above its windshield 挡风玻璃 it was out of service but the door opened and i was surprised to find that it was the same driver i just can t leave you here she said this isn t the nicest place i ll give you a ride home you ll drive me home in the bus i asked perplexed 困惑 no i ll take you in my car she said 6 it s a long way i protested come on she said i have nothing else to do as we drove from the station in her car she began telling me a story a few days earlier her brother had run out of gas a good samaritan picked him up took him to a service station and then back to his car i m just passing the favor along she said when i offered her money as a thank you she wouldn t hear of it that wouldn t make it a favor she said just do something nice for somebody pass it along 1 why did the writer say that he would have a long night a he wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus b no driver would give him a ride c he didn t know the routes d he perhaps would have to take a taxi 2 judging from its context the place where the writer waited for the second bus was a very quiet and peaceful b dark without street lights c neither clean nor beautiful d a little unsafe 3 why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route a no bus would come at the time b a taxi ride would be more comfortable c he became impatient and a bit worried d he knew the driver would never return 4 the bus driver drove the writer home later because a she happened to go in the same direction b she wanted to do something good for other people c her brother told her to do so d she wanted to earn more money 5 the bus driver hoped that the writer 7 a would do as she did b would keep her in memory c would give the money to others d would do her a favor 1 a 推理判断题 根据 four more lights she said there was another bus i could take from there this clearly was going to be a long night 可知答案为 a 2 d 推理判断题 根据 i just can t leave you here this isn t the nicest place i ll give you a ride home 晚上这里不安全 我将送你回家 可知答案为 d 3 c 推理判断题 根据 after waiting 30 minutes i began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home 作者在这里等了很久都不见有车来 因此他应该是着急了 所以 有搭的士车回家的想法 即答案选 c 4 b 推理判断题 从司机的回答 just do something nice for somebody pass it along 可知他只是想帮助别人 即答案选 b 5 a 事实细节题 从司机和作者的对话中可知她只是想为他人做些好事 比较四个选项可 知此题最佳答案为 a 完型填空 阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从以下题所给的 a b c d 四个选项中 选 出最佳选项 mr green was ill and went to the hospital a doctor 1 and said well mr green you are going to 2 some injections and you ll feel much better a nurse will come 3 give you the first one this evening and then you ll 4 get another one tomorrow evening 5 a young nurse came to mr green s bed and said to him i am going to give you your 6 injection now mr green where do you want it the old man was 7 he looked at the nurse for a 8 then he said 9 has ever let me choose that before are you really going to let me choose now yes mr green the nurse answered she was in a hurry where do you want it 8 well then the old man answered 10 i want it in your left arm please 名师点评 这是一篇笑话 格林先生在医院看病时需要打点滴 当护士让他选择身体的一个部位时 他却借题发挥 选了护士的左臂 b 1 a looked for him b looked him over c looked after himd looked him up 解析 b look for sb sth 意为 寻找 look after sb 意为 照料 look up sb 意为 看望 而 look over sb 意为 检查某人 最贴近文意 为正确选项 a 2 a get b give c make d hold 解析 a 医生要对格林先生进行注射 格林先生是动作的接受者 故应选 get d 3 a so b but c or d and 解析 d 空白部分前面 i come 和后面的 give 形成承接关系 所以应用 and 连接 d 4 a must b canc had better d have to 解析 d must 不可以用于将来时 根据文章意思 应选 have to d 5 a in the morning b in the afternoon c in the end d in the evening 解析 d 与上文 this evening 相对应 in the evening 应为正确选项 a 6 a first b one c two d second 解析 a one 填入空白部分显得画蛇添足 根据上下文这是第一次注射 应用 first b 7 a confident b surprised c full d hungry 解析 b 老人对护士的提问应感到 surprised 因为下文提到从来没人问过他这样的问题 d 8 a hour b minutes c yeard moment 解析 d 对护士的提问 老人思考了一会儿 故应选 moment c 9 a somebody b anybody c nobody d people 解析 c 老人感到奇怪 是因为没有人问过这样的问题 故应选 nobody a 10 a with a smile b in time c in surprised with tears in his eyes 9 解析 a 老人想捉弄一下这个小护士 按常理 应是带着微笑取笑她 故应选 with a smile 语法填空 语法填空 阅读下面材料 在空白处填入适当的内容 不多于 3 个单词 或括号内单词的正确形式 mr travers well recently i have been getting complaints about your work ms robertson uh what do you mean mr travers well your supervisor told me you re turning your reports in 2 to 3 days late and you re often absent 1 meetings ms robertson mr travers i can explain mr travers i know you have been with us for a while now but this business 2 change fast we need people who can keep up and work as a team ms robertson my mother got cancer i ve been spending all my free time at the hospital with her and i even had to leave work 3 early because she went into emergency surgery and i 4 sign some papers i ve been so 5 tire and then morrison from accounting made 6 joke the other day about cancer victims 7 lose their hair and mr travers oh i had no idea ms robertson ms robertson i know my work has suffered these past few weeks but i promise i will make up for 8 mr travers listen why don t you take a couple of days off it s much more important that you be with your mother 9 she is recovering ms robertson really sir thank you so much mr travers my pleasure and i ll have a 10 with morrison that kind of talk has no place in this office 1 解析 from 考查介词搭配 句意 你经常缺席会议 be absent from 缺席 2 解析 is changing 考查时态 从 fast 可知 这个公司变化很快 表示随时的变化 用现在进行时 10 3 解析 earlier 考查比较级 句意 我甚至不得不早点下班 4 解析 must had to 考查情态动词 句意 我必须去签字 must 必须 have to 不得 不 5 解析 tired 考查非谓语动词 表示 人 疲劳 用动词 ed 形式 6 解析 a 考查冠词 make a joke 开玩笑 是固定搭配 7 解析 losing 考查非谓语动词 victims 和 l