（湖北专用）高考英语二轮复习 专题限时检测（十四）阅读理解之文化类.doc

专题限时检测(十四)阅读理解之文化类(共3篇，限时24分钟)a(2014华师一附中适应性测试)english songs have been very popular for people around the world for many decades.singers, from elvis presley to ricky martin, from the beatles to eminen and from natalie cole to britney spears, have all been sitting in everyones heart, even for people who dont speak english. but will you have better english skills if you listen to english songs for a long time?from my experiences, some people listen to english songs for 2030 years but still havent accomplished any good english skills. some people choose english songs to be the “main learning approach”， but most of them have failed.listening to english songs does not help you to speak english fluently. it does help you gain some vocabularies. most of them are unusual ones that you dont use in your everyday life. you wont learn the sentence “it is a complicate project. we really need to meet the deadline.” in any english songs.people like using english songs to practice english skills because its easy and enjoyable.they think that sitting in the car listening to english songs day by day can improve their english skills. it is not that actually.you will not improve your listening skills because normal people dont speak with melody (乐调). people dont talk like eminens songs (well, actually, some teenagers do). you cant get yourself familiar with english pronunciation or accent just from listening to english songs. the words that they pronounce in the songs are not the words that you will hear in your everyday life.it often even confuses you more how english is pronounced.i would fully encourage you to watch english movies, listen to radio news or other normal talks, but not music. of course, you can consume it for fun but not the aim to improve your english skills.1whats the text mainly about?ahow english songs help people practice english skills.bwho has made english songs popular all over the world.cwhy people wont improve their english by listening to english songs.dwhere people can find good english songs to practise their english skills.2english songs are helpful for english learners if they want to _.aspeak english fluentlybenlarge their vocabulariescimprove their listening skillsdlearn to express themselves in daily life3which of the following wont probably appear in english songs?acountry road, take me home.bevery night i see you, i feel you.cits not a big big thing if you leave me.dwe need to meet the deadline though its tough.4we can learn from the text that _.aworldfamous singers have done a lot to help people learn englishbwatching english movies or listening to radio news can be a great helpcenglish songs get people familiar with english pronunciation or accentdmost people who enjoy english songs in their car speak english very wellb(2014湖北八校联考)many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good. this may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity. however, that is not always the case. did you know that the same one color may mean differently in different places of the world?in the englishspeaking world, black is the color of mourning. people wear black clothes at the funeral. red is concerned with danger or bloodshed (流血)yellow is the word for fear. if you are afraid, you are yellow. yet none of these sayings is true outside the englishspeaking world. in china and korea white is the color of mourning. in russia, china and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence. in italy and germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear.even within the englishspeaking area it is not difficult to find color contradictions (矛盾). a red cap in the united states is a porter in a railway station. in britain, however, a red cap is a military policeman. both names are logical because both men wear red caps. similarly, the british term for an american white collar worker is sometimes called a blackcoated worker. one does not have to cross an area to find color differences. would you rather be redblooded or a blueblooded? if we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest. the expression “blue blood” comes from spain, where some noble families proudly said that they had “blue blood”. actually they meant that they had no moorish or jewish blood. but then why “blue” blood? because they were fairskinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels (血管) stood out appearing blue.5yellow is concerned with anger in _.arussiabbritaincgermany dchina6the two meanings of the term “red cap” form a difference in _.apronunciation bclimateclogical relationship dcustom7both britain and america would probably agree that _.ablack is the color of mourningba blackcoated worker is employed in an officecred stands for beauty and excellenceda red cap is a porter in a station8the best title for this passage is “_”athe origin of blue bloodbthe development of the symbolic use of colorsccolors that carry bad meaningsdthe meaning concerned with certain colorsc(2014黄石调研)an australian film company has halted the preproduction of its upcoming film deep water because of eerie similarities the plot has to the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight mh370.mh370 disappeared from radar screens less than an hour after takeoff from kuala lumpur for beijing with 239 people on board on march 8.no confirmed sighting of the plane has been made since.the action horror film, from arclight films, tells the story of a flight bound for china that mysteriously crashes in a remote stretch of ocean.the survivors then have to fight against hungry sharks as the plane is starting to sink.“out of sensitivity to the malaysia flight situation，weve decided to put it on pause for now，”arclight films managing director gary hamilton told the hollywood reporter monday.the news comes as malaysian prime minister najib razak stated at a press conference that new analysis suggested the flight ended in the southern indian ocean，and that all those on board are now dead.the eerily similar film plot had been promoted with the tagline (宣传词)：“survivors of a plane crash face terror beyond imagination as the plane is starting to sink and soon discover they are surrounded by the deadliest natural born killers on earth.”its not the first time alister grierson, the films director, has had a preference for film subjects of reallife disasters.two weeks before the 2011 release of his best known film sanctum, about an underwater cave diving expedition, australia was hit by disastrous floods.grierson began preproduction on deep water at village roadshow studios in queensland weeks before the reallife incident of mh370.the queenslandbased filmmaker said he couldnt deny the strange timing between his project and mh370.despite saying it was “mysterious” , he insists that his film is vastly different.“in simple terms, deep water is about an accident that happens on an airplane which goes down in the ocean, and the survivors trying to stay alive afterwards.”“its more complicated as there are villains (反面角色) and sharks, but its a fun adventure with thrills and scares. ”it is unclear when the preproduction will restart, but it will be at least two years before the film makes it to cinemas.9why has the preproduction of deep water been stopped?abecause mh370 mysteriously disappeared after takeoff on march 8.bbecause the plot of the film is similar to the reallife incident of mh370.cbecause malaysian prime minister was very sensitive at a press conference.dbecause the film wont make it to cinemas until two years later.10which of the following statements about alister grierson is true?ahe is a film director on the missing flight mh370.bhe is interested in film subjects of reallife disasters.che is wellknown for his best film deep water.dhe worked with arclight films to make sanctum.11the underlined word “eerie” in the first paragraph means “_”astrange bfunnycdeadly dsensitive12where will you most probably read this article?ain a popular science magazine.bin queensland financial daily.cin an entertainment special column.din a disaster report of mh370.答 案语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。作者认为“通过听英语歌曲来提高英语技能”这一做法是不可行的。文中阐述了具体原因，并给出了建议看电影或听新闻广播会帮助提高英语技能。1选c主旨大意题。通过对全文的理解可知，作者认为“通过听英语歌曲来提高英语技能”的做法是不可行的，文中具体论述了这个做法不可行的原因。故选c。2选b细节理解题。根据第三段第一、二句可知，听英语歌曲不会帮助你流利地说英语，但是它确实可以帮助你增加词汇量。故选b。3选d细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，你不会在任何英语歌曲中学习到类似“这是一个复杂的项目。我们真的需要在最后期限之前完成”这样的句子。故选d。