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浙江省湖州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）精炼（14）含答案阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）第一节：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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。ahe almost didnt see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. so he pulled up in front her mercedes and got out.even with the smile on his face, she was worried. no one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. was he going to hurt her? he didnt look safe; he looked poor and hungry. he could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. he knew how she felt.he said, “i am here to help you, maam. why dont you wait in the car where its warm? by the way, my name is bryan anderson.”well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. soon he was able to change the tire. but he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.as he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. she told him that she was from st. louis and was just passing through. she couldnt thank him enough for coming to her aid.bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. the lady asked how much she owed him. any amount would have been all right with her. she already imagined all the awful things that could have happened, had he not stopped. bryan never thought twice about being paid. this was not a job to him. this was helping someone in need, and god knows there were many people who had given him a hand in the past. he had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.he told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and bryan added, “and think of me.”he waited until she started her car and drove off. it had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.1. this story most probably took place_.a. in a garage b. on a highway c. in a busy street d. near a gas station2. when the man approached the old lady, the first thing he did was to_.a. ask what was wrong with her car b. get the old lady out of her carc. change her tire as soon as possible d. make her know he wanted to help her3. the underlined part in paragraph 6 suggests that_.a. the old lady had got ready to pay the manb. the old lady was grateful to the manc. the man had a lot of difficulty changing the tired. the man didnt stop changing the tire4. which of the following words can best describe the man?a. warm-hearted and sensitive. b. careful and serious.c. thoughtful and helpful. d. generous and open-minded.5. it can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.a. the man was happy after helping the old ladyb. the man received a lot of money from the old ladyc. the man made the old lady feel cold and depressed d. the man felt extremely frustrated all the way homebdbca *结束bthe following are four books that will help you change your mind and change your life.1) you can heal your life, louise hay: a groundbreaking book when it was released in 1982. it is still the book that i turn to when i have physical unrest that requires deeper understanding. louise hay is the pioneer in looking at the connection between the physical unrest that we have in our body and the emotional connection. at the time that she wrote the book many people scoffed at this idea, but it is now widely accepted and millions of people refer to it on a daily basis.2) the four agreements, don miguel ruiz: maintaining a sense of reliability and faith is developed through understanding to the four agreements by don miguel ruiz written in 1997. we are faced with rules and regulations; dont do this, dont do that, watch what you are doing, be kind, loyal, faithful etc. the four agreements represent a simple system of maintaining your own inner authority while practicing being a true person with other people.3) slowing down to the speed of life, richard carlson and joseph bailey: this is a new one in my “bedside collection” and one that has made the biggest impact on me lately. written in 1997, it is even more relevant today than it was when it was written. the idea of “slowing down” to get there faster was extremely hard for me to understand. as a human species we seem to enjoy moving fast and expecting quick results, especially from ourselves. i should be successful now, i should be slim now, get me to my destination nowin contrast to “in the fullness of time” when i am ready.4) the game of life and how to play it, florence scovel-shinn: a classic book that was first published in 1925 and remains one of my favorite books of all time. scovel-shinn understood the power of our words to express either our deepest desires or our most horrible nightmares.so where does this leave you? the way i see it is if you want to heal your life” then you had better learn how to play “the game of life” by learning how to “slow down to the speed of life” and keep the “four agreements”. the solution may not be easy to do but it is simple. in fact, most solutions are pretty simple, and it is us humans that want to complicate it.6. according to the author, people who are lacking in personal freedom should read_.a. you can heal your life b. the four agreementsc. slowing down to the speed of lifed. the game of life and how to play it7. which of the following books did the author read most recently?a. slowing down to the speed of life b. the four agreementsc. you can heal your lifed. the game of life and how to play it8. in which part of a magazine would you probably find this passage?a. arts & entertainment b. reference & educationc. book reviews d. self improvement9. in the authors opinion, the four books _.a. offer four ways to change our life and mind b. represent four stages of lifec. represent four attitudes d. tell us four interesting storiesbaca *结束i am not really much of a diet fan, my weight has never been an issue. i eat whatever i want, when i want. but as pamela mcdonald explains diet is not merely a method for controlling weight, but has a significant influence on health and quality of life.i can hardly imagine that living on fried bacon would be a good way to lose weight and promote good overall health. likewise a steady diet of cabbage soup would likely become somewhat monotonous(单调乏味的) after a couple of days.pamela mcdonald takes a different approach, there is no one-size-fits-all diet, different people need different things. although all humans are intrinsically(本质地) composed of the same material, the building blocks, our genes, are subtlety different.the author maintains that one particular part of a persons dna, something called the apo e gene, has much to do with how our body tolerates foods of different types. this gene comes in 8 varieties and depending on the variety the food requirements are different. this has little to do with weight loss, and has more to do with overall good health. weight gain is not a problem but rather a symptom. a diet alone will not resolve the entire problem, it is merely one part of the larger picture.i have to admit that parts of the apo e gene diet were a little heavy going, i appreciate that the author felt the requirement to back up her claims with some scientific data, but for the lay(外行的) man it makes for some rather difficult reading.the second half of the book, is recipes, now this is something i do understand! she has created some very innovative dishes, and certainly more than one that had me feeling hungry just reading them. my favorite of them is a very traditional english dish the cornish pasty. an interesting book and one that people should read, you can get your copy from amazon.1. whats the writing purpose of the passage?a. to help readers realize the importance of diets.b. to share her reviews of a book about diets.c. to advertise for the amazon online bookstore.d. to introduce a new way of losing weight.2. what can we learn from pamela mcdonalds book? a. different people need different foods to keep fit.b. humans are completely made up of the same genes. c. different apo e gene decides if you are healthy. d. diets alone can successfully help fat people lose weight.3. whats the shortage of pamela mcdonalds book?a. it advises people to eat some repeated diets every day to keep slim.b. it supports its arguments with convincing scientific explanation. c. parts of it are difficult for common readers to understand well.d. it is a heavy book that is too long for many readers to finish.4. what cannot we infer from the passage?a. what food we need is decided by the environment were brought up.b. gaining weight indicates there may be something wrong with your health.c. the writer is deeply attracted by the dishes introduced in the book.d. you can learn how to make the cornish pasty from the book.5. we can use the following words to describe pamela mcdonalds book except_? a. interesting b. innovative c. persuasive d. humourous参考答案 1-5 b a c a d*结束cnasas twin mars rovers, spirit and opportunity, have been exploring the red planet since 2004. but a little more than a year ago, nasa lost contact with spirit. the space agency has tried several ways to make contact with the rover, but spirit has not sent back any signals. spirit landed on mars on january 4, 2004. three weeks later, opportunity arrived. soon after, the rovers went to the opposite side of mars. spirits original mission was only designed to last for three months, but spirit has worked for more than five years doing additional missions. both rovers have made important discoveries about ancient mars. they have taken thousands of images and found evidence in the rocks of a water, warmer past in mars history.spirit is solar-powered. it got stuck in a sand trap in april 2009, trapped deep into the soil and with its wheels turning around and around but not able to move forwards or backwards. spirit had to agree that there is nothing that can be done to change the situationits never going to move again. however, even if it is a not moving station, it can still study the planets atmosphere and deep interior. nasa has been concentrating on trying to position its solar panels to get as much energy from the sun as possible, or to get the rover leaning in a manner that will allow the most amount of sunlight falling on its solar panels, in order to keep it alive during the coming winter months. engineers have planned to rock the vehicle back and forth to acquire a more favorable position. however, no matter how many efforts have been made, spirit still could not get out of the soft soil and could not lean itself toward the sun as the martian winter approached. without enough energy reaching its solar panels and with so little energy in its batteries, it went into hibernation, just like a polar bear, and has not communicated with earth since march 22, 2010.whatever the future holds for spirit, its mission has been an outstanding success. when it landed on the red planet in january 2004, no one was really sure how long it would continue working in the cold and dusty environment. as a matter of fact, three months was its original goal.after so many fruitless efforts, nasa scientists are losing hope of ever reconnecting with spirit, but they will give it one more try. ground controllers are contacting spirit over a range of frequencies and at different times during the day in case its internal clock stopped working and it lost track of time. they also are commanding the rover to turn on its backup radio transmitter in case the main one is dead.if this final effort to connect isnt successful, nasa will shift the focus to its twin robot, opportunity, which is in a different part of mars. opportunity is still on the move and continues to travel freely to this day. it has traveled 16.6 miles so far, and is currently rolling towards another crater it has yet to explore.nasa has spent more than $900 million on the project but shows no sign of giving up on these determined and hard-working robots. the rovers are, though, experiencing gradual wear and tear, the expected damage to something caused by using it repeatedly over a period of time. even before spirit got trapped, one of its wheels had failed. and nasa says its just a matter of time before both robots break down completely.10. according to the passage, what can we know about spirit?a. it had explored mars several times.b. its original mission was to work for five years.c. it landed on mars three weeks later than opportunity.d. it discovered that mars was once a warm and wetter place.11. according to the passage, which of the following is not what nasa did?a. try to lean spirit to make it get as much sunlight as possible.b. rock spirit back and forth to make it acquire a more favorable position.c. make efforts to help spirit get out of the soft soil where it is stuck.d. contact and order spirit to turn on its backup radio transmitter.12. the reason why spirit failed to communicate with the earth is that _.a. it didnt have enough energy b. it had finished its taskc. something was wrong with its wheels d. it met an unidentified creature13. by saying “nasa will shift the focus” in paragraph 7, the author means that _.a. nasa will move the center of spirit out of the sandb. nasa will depend on opportunity to do the explorationc. nasa will do nothing but wait for some opportunityd. nasa will make opportunity help spirit14. the last paragraph mainly informs us that _. a. nasa has planned to spend more money on spiritb. spirit will be brought back to earthc. spirit will stop operating totally in the futured. spirit will cause damage to mars15. whats the text mainly about?a. nasa makes the last effort to contact spirit.b. spirit has made many important discoveries on mars.c. how spirit got stuck and couldnt move on mars.d. why nasa tried many ways to contact spirit.dbabca *结束d “what is the most important thing youve done in your life?” the question was put to me during a presentation i gave to a group of lawyers.the answer came to me in an instant. its not the one i gave, because the situation was not right. as a lawyer in the entertainment industry, i knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well-known people. but heres the true answer:the most important thing ive ever done occurred on october 8, 1990. i began the day playing tennis with an old friend i hadnt seen for a while. between points we talked about what had been happening in each others lives. he and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.while we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. it was my friends father, who shouted to my friend that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. in a flash my friend wasin the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust.for a moment i just stood there, paralyzed(呆若木鸡). then i tried to figure out what i should do. follow my friend to the hospital? there was nothing i could accomplish there, i convinced myself. my friends son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing i could do or say would affect the outcome. be there for moral support? well, maybe. but my friend and his wife both had large families, and i knew theyd be surrounded by relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. all i could do at the hospital, i decided, was to get in the way. also, i had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. so i decided to head back to my house and check in my friend later.as i started my car, i realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. i now faced another problem. i couldnt leave the keys in the truck. so i decided to go to the hospital and give him the keys.when i arrived, i was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. as i had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. i went in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. soon a doctor appeared. he approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died.for a long time the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained silence. after they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they spend a few moments with their son.my friend and his wife stood up and walked past their families. when they reached the door, my friend saw me standing in the corner. he came over and hugged me and started to cry. my friends wife hugged me, too, and said, “thanks for being here.”for the rest of that morning, i sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say goodbye.its the most important thing i have ever done.the experience taught me two lessons.first: the most important thing ive ever done happened when i was completely helpless. none of the things i had learned in university, in three years of law school or in six years of legal practice were of any use in that situation. something terrible w