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浙江温州市2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）选练（7）【2014高考英语四川省凉山州一模试题】 there are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. peoplehave generally viewed personal growth as an external(外部的）result or product that can easily beidentified and measured. the worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, theforeigner who learns a new language-all these are examples of people who have measurableresults to show for their efforts by contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since bydefinition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. the process isnot the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, asthey go through new experiences and unexpected obstacles. in this process, the journey neverreally ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challengesto accept. in order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to befaced with the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may fail at fist. how we seeourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. these feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are tochange and grow. if we do not face and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protectourselves too much, then we cease to grow. we become trapped inside a shell of our own making43. a person is generally believed to achieve personal growth when he_a. has been admitted into a key university b. has made great efforts in his workc. is interested in making anything new d. has tried to determine where he is on his journey44. in the authors eyes, one who views personal growth as a process would a. judge his ability to grow from his own achievements b. succeed in climbing up the social ladder c. face difficulties and take up challenges d. aim high and reach his goal each time45. whats the meaning of the underlined word cease in paragraph 4? a. continue b. stop c. promote d. adapt46. for personal growth, the author may not support_ a. curiosity and more chances b. being quick in self-adaptation c. open-minded to new experiences d. avoidance of internal fears and doubts【参考答案】4345、acb 【2014高考英语四川省凉山州一模试题】e when i was a boy, my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. dad said thathe wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city, and so he did. when i was 16, dad looked closely at the violin i played and announced that he wanted tomake one. he read about violin making, and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43. hebought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set mom up as the shopkeeper, while heworked at a local company. he retired from the company 17 years later and continued to makeviolins and other instruments dad often guessed why the stradivarius violins sound so beautiful. some experts claimed thatit was the unique varnish（油漆）that gave those instruments their beautiful sound. dad娜ed thatchemists could analyze the varnish-if that were the answer. one of dads friends asked him oncewhich kind of wood was used to make violins. when dad explained that the top was made ofspruce（云杉），his friend said that he had an old piece of spruce dad might be interested in. he worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had givenhim. it proved to be a superior violin and it would become dads masterpiece. he was convincedthat the secret of the stradivarius sound was in the wood itself. later, the instrument was stolendads spirit was broken by the robbery, and he stopped making instruments. but he kept themusic shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins. my father has been gone for 14 years now. the violin has been missing for more than 25years. somewhere a musician is playing a late 20th century violin with an excellent tone. theowner today may never understand why this ordinary -looking violin sounds so much like astradivarius47. the author mentions his fathers developing color prints to a. show that his fathers real interest was not in making violins b. prove that his father could do anything he wanted to c. give an example proving that his father was an inventor d. describe the real thing that made the author believe his father48. what did the authors father think about stradivarius violins? a. the varnish was different from the others. b. the way of making them was special. c. the wood of the violins was special. d. they could only be analyzed by chemists49. how long did the authors father live after the violin was stolen? about years a. 11 b. 14 c. 25 d. 8050. after the robbery, his fathers reflection shows he a. liked the violin very much b. lost interest in instruments c. didnt want to become famous d. didnt trust people any more after that【参考答案】46、d 4750、bcaa【2014高考英语四川省凉山州一模试题】c gone with the wind author; margaret mitchell 25 (in bookstores) 18 (online) gone with the wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the americancivil war. scarlett ohara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. she is strong andsaves her family but is very selfish at the same time. a little princess author：frances hodgson burnett 18.3 (online) motherless sara crewe was sent home from india to school at miss minchins. herfather was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. then her father died andsara lost everything. she had to learn to do with her changed life. her strong charactermade her able to fight successfully against her poverty and the scorn（嘲笑）of her fellows.its an excellent book with 4 tapes for children. peterpan author; j. m. barrie 15 (in bookstores) 12 (online) it is a children，story full of imagination and adventures,which is about wendy，john,and michael darlings adventures in never-never land with peter pan,the boy who wouldnot grow up. the children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes) uncle toms cabin author; harriet beecher stowe 20 (in bookstores) the most famous novel in american history, uncle toms cabin talked about thestruggle between free states and slave states during the american civil war and is aspowerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago. the secret garden author; frances hodgson bumett 35 (in bookstores) 30 (online) mary lennox, a sickly orphan（孤儿），finds herself in her uncles dark house. why are somany moms locked? why is one of the gardens locked? and what is that crying she hears atnight? thmugh the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings thehouse and a long-lost garden back to life39. all of the following books have children as their main characters except a. peter p、n b. gone with the wind c. alrrrle princess d. the secret g、rde40. we can know from the text that a. there are three books about american civil war b. we can buy any of the above books either in bookstores or online c. two of the above books were written by frances hodgson bumett d. the secret garden is 5 cheaper in bookstores than online41mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of一一一一一 . the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. natures magic a. a, b, c b. a, c, d c. b, c, d d. a, b, d42. which of the following about the books is mentioned in this text? a. what caused his fathers death. b. why peter pan wouldnt grow up c. what kind of woman scarlett is. d. how marry lennox came into her uncles house.【参考答案】3940、bc 4142、dc 说理议论（阅读理解）由 (2013北京,c)改编does fame drive you crazy?although being famous might sound like a dream come true,todays stars,feeling like zoo animals,face pressures that few of us can imagine.they are at the center of much of the worlds attention.paparazzi(狗仔队) camp outside their homes,cameras ready.tabloids(小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives.just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.according to psychologist christina villarreal,celebritiesfamous peopleworry constantly about their public appearance.eventually,they start to lose track of who they really are,seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them,not as the people they were before everyone knew their names.“over time,”villarreal says,“they feel separated and alone.”the phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages.in the 4th century b.c.,painters followed alexander the great into battle,hoping to picture his victories for his admirers.when charles dickens visited america in the 19th century,his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans,leading him to complain(抱怨) about his lack of privacy.tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.being a public figure today,however,is a lot more difficult than it used to be.superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras.when they say something silly or do something ridiculous,there is always the internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.if fame is so troublesome,why arent all celebrities running away from it? the answer is there are still ways to deal with it.some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities.they focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice.still,even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are.they are tired of being famous already.1.it can be learned from the passage that stars today .a.are often misunderstood by the publicb.can no longer have their privacy protectedc.spend too much on their public appearanced.care little about how they have come into fame2.what is the main idea of paragraph 3?()a.great heroes of the past were gen