贵州省遵义市高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练（12）.doc

遵义市2014高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练（12） 及答案或解析even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between george and richard.“i ll be the first millionaire in coleford！” richard used to boast.“and youll be sorry you knew me，” george would reply “because ill be the best lawyer in town！”george never did become a lawyer and richard never made any money. instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of coleford high street. it was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.then richard married a mysterious girl. the couple spent their honeymoon on the coast but richard never came back.the police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. he must have drowned.now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for george. but sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival(竞争对手). perhaps he missed him?george was very interested in old dictionaries. he d recently found a collector in australia who was selling a rare first edition. when the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and george was delighted. but while he was having lunch, george glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. he was astonished the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! trembling, george started reading.“bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals dylans. the company, owned by multimillionaire richard pike, is now the largest bookseller in australia.”语篇解读本文讲述了richard和george竞争的故事。他们上学时就扬言要分别成为百万富翁和最好的律师，结果richard实现了自己的梦想，george却没有。1george and richard were _at school.a. roommatesb. good friendsc. competitors d. booksellers解析细节理解题。根据文章第一段“even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between george and richard”可知两人是竞争对手。答案c2how did george feel about richard after his disappearance?a. he envied richards marriage.b. he thought of richard from time to time.c. he felt lucky with no rival in town.d. he was guilty of richard s death.解析细节理解题。根据第六段中的“but sometimes he sat in his narrow，old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window，thinking about his former rival.”可知george有时会想起richard，故答案为b。答案b3george got information about richard from _.a. a dictionary collector in australiab. the latters rivals dylansc. a rare first edition of a dictionaryd. the wrapping paper of a book解析细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“george glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in.”可知george是在包书的报纸上得到了richard的消息。故答案为d。答案d4what happened to george and richard in the end?a. both george and richard became millionaires.b. both of them realized their original ambitions.c. george established a successful business while richard was missing.d. richard became a millionaire while george had no great success.解析根据文章最后一段可知richard最后成功了，而george依然开着书店，没有成为百万富翁，也没有成为有名的律师，a、b、c三项的表述都错误，所以答案为d。答案d*结束when i was a boy，my father told me that he could do anything that he wanted to do . dad said that he 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 to make onehe read about violin making，and then became a violin-maker at the age of 43he bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local companyhe retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments. dad often guessed why the stradivarius violins sounded so beautifulsome experts claimed that it was the unique varnish（油漆）that gave those instruments their beautiful sounddad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish-if that were the answer one of dads friends asked him once which kind of wood was used to make violinswhen dad explained that the top was made of spruce，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 given him. it proved to be a superior violin and it would become dads masterpiecehe was convinced that 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 the music shop until he was 80 years old，selling guitars and violins my father has been gone for 14 years nowthe violin has been missing for more than25 yearssomewhere a musician is playing a late-20tb-centruy violin with an excellent tonethe owner today may never understand why this ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like a stradivarius. 1. the author mentions his fathers developing color prints_ ato show that his fathers real interest was not in making violins bto prove that his father could do anything he wanted to do cto give an example proving that his father was an inventor dto describe the real thing that made the author believe his father 2. what did the authors father think about stradivarius violins? athe varnish was different from the others bthe way of making them was special cthe wood of the violins was special dthey could only be analyzed by chemists 3. how long did the authors father live after the violin was stolen ? a. about 11 years b. about 14 years c. about 25 years d. about 80 years 参考答案 ( 答案、b c a b )*结束任务型阅读 阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(a、b、c、d、e、f)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。_ 1. bree is a middle-aged lady. she doesnt like the contemporary styles but prefers clothes of older fashion._ 2. margaret is an office clerk and doesnt earn a high salary. she wants to buy some ordinary but up-to-date clothes at an acceptable price._ 3. alice, a young housewife, is now planning a family party. she would like to buy something in preparation for the dinner._ 4. peter is a sales manager in an international company. he is a fan of fashion and favors french designs._ 5. richard is a young engineer working at a hi-tech company. he would like to visit some places specializing in mens clothes.a. abraham & strauss, more familiarly known as a & s, is a busy store which carries reasonably priced（价格合理的） ready to make adults and children wear fashions. it is the centerpiece of the largest mall in manhattan.b. barneys new york is a favorite among the young professional new yorkers. it specializes in excellent, but expensive mens clothes. a branch for men is located in the glittering world financial center.c. berdorf goodman is luxurious, very elegant. it carries top-quality contemporary fashions at high prices, specializing in french designers.d. lord & taylor is famous for its classic and much more conservative（保守的） fashions for men and women. the store places an emphasis on us designers. you need a strong pair of legs, comfortable shoes and lots of spare time to wander around.e. john lewis has a gorgeous selection of fabrics. its china, glass and household items make john lewis, and its well-known partner, peter johns, equally popular with londoners.f. the king of london department stores, by tradition, is harrods. the spectacular food hall has splendid displays of fish, cheese, fruit and vegetables; other specialties include fashions for all ages, china and glass, and household items.参考答案（参考答案dafcb）*结束完形填空（共20小题；每小题l 分，满分20分） it was raining. i went into a caf and asked for a coffee. 16 i was waiting for my drink, i realized that there were other people in the place, but i sensed 17 . i saw their bodies, but i couldnt feel their souls 18 their souls belonged to the 19 .i stood up and walked between the tables. when i came to the biggest computer, i saw a thin, small man 20 in front of it. im steve, he finally answered after i asked him a couple of times what his name was. i cant talk with you. im 21 , he said. he was chatting online with somebody-probably someone he didnt know - and, 22 , he was playing a computer gamea war game. i was 23 .why didnt steve want to talk with me? i tried 24 to speak to that computer geek (怪人), 25 not a word came out of his mouth. i touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反应）. i was 26 . i put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, 27 ! i took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the caf were looking at me. i _28 , and saw nobody showed any interest. 29 , i realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. they were more 30 having a relationship with the 31 , particularly steve. i wouldnt want to 32 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 33 with people.i was worried and i sank in my thoughts. i didnt even 34 that the coffee was bad, _35 steve didnt notice there was a person next to him.16abeforebsince calthough dwhile 17apain bloneliness csadness dfear 18abecausebwhen cuntil dunless 19ahome bworld cnetdcafe 20asleeping blaughing csitting dlearning 21abusy bthirsty ctired dsick 22afirst of all bjust thencat the same time dby that time 23asurprised bdelighted cmoved dfrightened 24aonce bagain cfirst deven 25abut bsocif dor 26aexcited brespectedcafraid dunhappy 27ashut upbenjoy yourself cleave me alone dhelp me out28awalked about bwalked out craised my hand draised my head 29afrom then on bat that moment cin all dabove all 30ainterested in btired of ccareful about dtroubled by31acomputer bsoul cshopdgeek 32atell bplan cimagineddesign 33aother than binstead ofcexcept for das well as 34apretendbunderstandcinsist drealize35aas if bjust ascjust after deven though 参考答案16-20 dbacc 21-25 acaba 26-30 dcdba 31-35 acbdb*结束阅读理解推断题解题指导 例1（2012全国卷1） last night i was driving from harrisburg to lewisburg，distance of about eighty miles. it was late. several times i got stuck behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left, and i became increasingly impatient. at one point along an open road, i came to a crossing with a traffic light. i was alone on the road by now, but as i drove near the light, it turned red and i made a stop. i looked left, right and behind me. nothing. not a car, no suggestion of car lamps, but there i sat, waiting for the light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction. i started wondering why 1 refused to run the light i was not afraid of being caught, because there was clearly no policeman wound, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it. much later that night, the question of why id stopped for that light came back to me. i think istopped because its part of a contract(契约)we all have with each other. its not only the law, but it is an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we dont go through red lights. trust is our first inclination(倾向).doubting others does not seem to be natural to us. the whole construction of our society depends on mutual(相互)trust, not distrust we do what we say well do; we show up when we say well show up; and we pay when we say well pay. we trust each other in these matters, and were angry or disappointed with the person or organization that breaks the trust we have in them.i was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night. 65. the event made the author strongly believe that .a. traffic rules may be unnecessaryb. doubting others is human naturec. patience is important to driversd. a society needs mutual trust点拨 d 根据短文第5段，不难判断作者相信一个社会需要互相信任。因此，正确答案为d选项。66. why was the author proud of himself?a he kept his promise. b. he held back his anger.c. he followed his inclination. d. he made a right decision.点拨 d 根据短文容易判断作者引以为豪的是对未闯红灯一事所做的决定。因此，正确答案为d选项。apeople people is americas no.1 magazine about fascinating people.its a guide to who and whats hot in the arts，science，business，politics，television，movies，books，music and sports.it is published weekly.publisher：the time inc.magazine company cover price：$211.47 our price：$117.00 issues：53 issues/12 months luckylucky is the shopping magazine with the best buys，and the fashion tips youll need before you hit the stores.what makes lucky really special is that it gets you the information you need before anyone else has it.publisher：conde nast publications inc.cover price：$35.40 our price：$15.00 issues：12 issues/12 months parents the most trusted magazi