湖北省黄石市高考英语 阅读理解训练题（15）.doc

湖北省黄石市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题（15）及答案martin was returning to work in his london office after spending two weeks with his brother in new york. he was coming back with a heavy heart. it was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday; it was not just that he invariably suffered badly from jet lag; it was that monday mornings always began with a team meeting and, over the months, he had grown to hate them. martin was aware that colleagues approached these meetings with hidden agendas; they indulged(纵容) gameplaying; and he knew that people were not being honest and open. the meetings themselves were bad enoughthere was all the moaning afterwards at the meeting like “i could have improved on that idea, but i wasnt going to say”. as this mornings meeting began, martin prepared himself for the usual dullness and boredom. but, as the meeting progressed, he became aware of a strange background noise. at first, he thought that he was still hearing the engine noise from the aircraft that had brought him back to london. but, as he concentrated on the noise, it became a little clearer.he realizedto his amazementthat he could actually hear what they were thinking at the same time as they were speaking. what surprised him, even more than the acquisition(获得) of this strange power, was that he discovered that what people were saying was not really what they were thinking. they were not making clear their reservations. they were not supporting views which they thought might be popular. they were not contributing their new insights. they were not volunteering their new ideas. martin found it impossible not to respond to his new knowledge. so he started to make gentle interventions, based more on what he could hear his colleagues thinking than on what he could hear them saying. “so, john are you really saying” “susan, do you really think that？” “tom, have you got an idea on how we could take this forward？” they looked at him, puzzled. in truth, he felt rather proud of his_newlyacquired_talent. as the meeting progressed, it was clear to him that each member of the meeting was learning how to hear the thoughts of the others. the gameplaying started to fall away; people started to speak more directly; views became better understood; the atmosphere became more open and trusting. the meeting ended. as people left the room, martin found that he could still hear what they were thinking. “that was the best meeting weve ever had.” “all meetings should be like that.” “in future, im going to say what i think”. ()11.it is known from the first paragraph that martin _. ajust came back from his business trip in new york bwas found to suffer from a serious heart disease during the trip chad a good time during his fortnights stay in new york ddidnt like his work in his london office()12.why did martin hate his companys team meeting? abecause it had to be held every monday morning. bbecause he was tired of hosting such a meeting. cbecause he couldnt control the meeting that was out of order.dbecause the meeting atmosphere wasnt open and trusting.()13.the underlined part “his newlyacquired talent” in paragraph 5 means that he could _.astill hear the engine noise of the plane though he was backbclearly hear what the members of the meeting were sayingcactually control the thoughts of the members of the meetingdexpress what the meeting members were thinking based on their words and their thoughts()14.what do we know about this monday mornings meeting from the passage?amartin made people say what they were thinking immediately the meeting began. bmartin was angry at the dullness of the meeting at the beginning of the meeting all the time.cmartin led people to express their real thoughts with the meeting progressing.dmany members of the meeting played games and told lies at the meeting all the time.()15.it is inferred from the last two paragraphs that towards the end of the meeting martin would hear such words as “ _” ai was thinking of making a suggestionbut i couldnt be bothered bi have got an idea on how we could take this forward. i think we should cthe usual people say the usual things, so i have no other new ideasdi could have improved on that idea, but i wasnt going to say(二) 度假归来，马丁又要组织会议了。他原本准备忍受会议的乏味，但随着会议的进行，他发现自己能根据别人所说的话知道他们心里的真实想法，因此他试着说出他们的真实想法，引导与会人员学着理解他人的想法，并坦诚地说出自己心里的想法。因此，会议成为了一场开诚布公而让人信任的会议。11c细节理解题。根据第一段it was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday中的a wonderful holiday可判断，他在纽约的两周过得很愉快，由此判断答案选c。12d细节理解题。根据第二段可判断，与会人员口是心非，表里不一，这种不公开、不诚实的会风使他厌烦，由此判断正确答案选d。13d词义猜测题。第四段提到马丁能根据与会人员所说的话而得知他们心里的真实想法，之后第五段接着说，他说出与会人员的真实想法，使别人都迷惑地看着他，由此判断，“他新获得的能力”即意为：他能根据别人的话说出他们心里的真实想法。14c细节理解题。会初，马丁准备着忍受会议的乏味，而后随着会议的进行，他发现自己能根据别人所说的话而得知他们心里的真实想法，对此他做出反应，即试着说出他们心里的真实想法，从而引导人们学会理解他人的想法，并坦诚地说出自己心里的想法。由此判断正确答案选c。*结束collections were the inspiration（灵感） for a project at thomas tallis school, which formed part of the imagine childrens literature festival last autumn. each child （aged 12-13） beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. the boxes were spread within the royal festival halls ballroom. some were left empty to encouragethe subject chosen by luren was an imaginative one. its a sort o f cinderella （灰姑娘） story, she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. laurens best friend charlotte is the stepmother. im in charlottes story too, says lauren, and i get run over. charlottes tale was inspired by the girls coin collection. weve collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to tenerife. she explains. that was before the euro, so we put pesetas in. lauren continues: i fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. im in hospital and then i die. charlotte adds: or she might not die. i havent decided yet. millie murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction（限制）. in the beginning i thought, will the children be able to do it? she says. but its been fruitful. some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. its made them think about something they wouldnt have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing.9. what were the children asked to do in the project?a. to meet friends at thomas tallis schoolb. to write stories on the subject of collections.c. to encourage visitors to write their own stories.d. to have their friends for characters in the stories.10. the underlined word pesetas in paragraph 2 is a kind of _.a. story b. collection c. inspiration d. foreign coin11. from the stories by lauren and charlotte, we know that _ .a. charlotte hurt herself when getting a coinb. both of them developed their imaginationc. both of tram will die in each others storiesd. latwens cousin posted her some love letters12. millie murray thinks _.a. collections could inspire writing creativityb. it was good for parents to have collectionsc. inspirations were very useful in writing storiesd. setting collection subjects restricted inspirations912 bdba *结束like most people, ive long understood that i will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a standard people use to see how smart or talented i am. recently, however, i was disappointed to see that it also decides how im treated as a person.last year i left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. as someone paid to serve food to people, i had customers say and do things to me i suspect theyd never say or do to their most casual acquaintances（泛泛之交）. one night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then asked me back with his finger minutes later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where id been.i had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon （勤杂工） by plenty of people. but at 19 years old, i believed i deserved inferior treatment from professional adults. besides, people responded to me differently after i told them i was in college. customers would joke that one day id be sitting at their table, waiting to be served.once i graduated, i took a job at a community newspaper. from my first day, i heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me. i assumed this was the way the professional world worked .i soon found out differently. i sat several feet away from an advertising sales representative with a similar name. our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for kristen would be transferred to christie. the mistake was immediately evident. perhaps it was because money was involved, but people used a tone with kristen that they never used with me. my job title made people treat me politely. so it was a shock to return to the restaurant industry.its no secret that theres a lot to put up with when waiting tables, and fortunately, much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the tips. the service industry, by definition, exists to satisfy others needs. still, it seemed that many of my customers didnt get the difference between server and servant.im now applying to graduate school, which means someday ill return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want. i think ill take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them.9. the author was disappointed to find that _.a. ones position is used as a standard to measure ones intelligenceb. talented people like her should fail to get a respectable jobc. ones occupation affects the way one is treated as a persond. professionals tend to look down upon manual waitresses10. what does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?a. some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them.b. people absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.c. waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.d. some customers like to complain because of the waitress poor service.11. how did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?a. she felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professional.b. she felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.c. she was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.d. she found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.12. the underlined sentence in paragraph 7 means “ ”.a. those who satisfy others needs are sure to be looked down upon.b. those working in the service industry shouldnt be treated as servants.c. those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.d. the majority of customers tend to look on a servant as server nowadays.912cadb *结束is losing weight as simple as doing a 15-minute writing exercise? in a new study, women who wrote about their most important values, like close relationships or religion, lost more weight over the next few months than women who didnt. we have this need to feel self-integrity (正直，诚实)，” says christine logel of the university of waterloo. when something threatens your sense that youre a good person, like failing a test, we can buffer (缓 冲）that self-integrity by reminding ourselves how much we love our children, for example.for this study, the researchers recruited (聘用）45 female undergraduates, of whom 58% were overweight. each woman was weighed, and was then given a list of important values, like creativity, music or relationships with friends and family members. each woman ranked the values in order of how important they were to her. then half the women were told to write for 15 minutes about the value that was most important to her. the other half, a control group, were told to write about why a value far down on their list might be important to someone else.the women came back months later to be weighed again. women who had written about an important value lost an average of 3.41 pounds, while women in the control group gained an average of 2.76 pounds.how we feel about ourselves can have a big effect, logel says. maybe when one of the women who wrote about an important value went home that night, she felt good about herself and didnt eat to make herself feel better. over a few months, that could make a real difference in her life.9. how can a 15-minute writing exercise of important values affect people?a. they will feel proud of themselves and gain weight gradually.b. they may feel good about themselves and then eat less than usual.c. they may continue writing and decide to become a professional writer.d. they will never have meals at night to make themselves lose weight.10. what were the females required to do in the study?a. the overweight women wrote about the value most important to them.b. only the control group was given a list of important values.c. both groups ranked the values in order of importance to them.d. each woman was weighed three times in the process of the study.11. which of the following persons may lose weight according to the new study?a. mary who wrote about her own adventure.b. catherine who described her illness in her writing.c. shirley who wrote how much she loved her children.d. alice who complained her boss in her diary.12. which of the following might be the best title for the passage?a. women values losing weightb. losing weight is very simplec. writing benefits women a lotd. writing contributes to losing weight9. b 10. c 11. c 12. d*结束do you know what really troubles me? for some reason, words with silent letters have always bothered me. for example, consider these words: know, design, island, school, wrist, naughty, and salmon. all of these words have at least one letter that is not typically pronounced, and these words are just a very small part of words with silent letters in them. some words are even worse, cons