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2014江苏省溧水县高考英语阅读理解巩固训练社会生活类阅读理解in the united states, there were some well-constructed houses for native indians, ranging from the simple brush shelter to the five-storied pueblo. in the eastern united states, one of the existing types was that commonly known under the algonkian name of wigwam in which the iroquois indians lived. the wigwams were of wagon-top shape with straight sides and ends, made by bending young trees to form the round shape. over this shape pieces of tree bark were laid to protect the indians from bad weather. over the bark dried grass was added. a small hole allowed smoke to escape from the top. doorways at each end served also as windows. the iroquois indians built trunk walls all around their villages. the wall had only one opening. they could quickly close this opening if their enemies came near. interestingly, the choctaw indians in mississippi also lived in a wigwam of a most primitive(原始的) construction, but different from those of the iroquois indians. the choctaw indians wigwams, made from mud, cane and straw, were in the form of a bee-hive. the covering was made of a long, tough grass. a post in the centre supported the roof. a hole in the top admitted the light, and allowed the smoke to pass out. the tipi tent-housing of the upper lake and plains area was put up with poles set lightly in the ground, tied together near the top, and covered with bark and grass in the lake country. it was easily portable, and two women could set it up or take it down within an hour. the pawnee, mandan and other indian tribes(部落)along the missouri built solid ring-shaped structures of trunk, covered with earth and dried grass, housing a dozen families. the wichita and other tribes of the texas border built large ring-shaped houses covered with dried grass.apart from the regular housing, almost every tribe had some style of housing. 1. which of the following pictures shows the house for the iroquois indians? 2. according to the passage, the pawnee indians built their houses.a. with openings in the trunk wallsb. large enough for several familiesc. in a ring shape with bark and mudd. by bending young trees to form the shape3. all the native indian houses described in the passage were.a. of the same shapeb. covered with grassc. built with a post in the centred. built with doorways at each end4. the passage suggests that.a. all the native indians built trunk walls all around their housesb. all the native indian houses were built with poles tied togetherc. the iroquois indians took safety into account while building their wigwamsd. the choctaw indians in mississippi built their wigwams with straight sides and ends【参考答案】63.1-4 abbc 故事型阅读理解- (一)war horse is a historical story by michael morpurgo. it is written for kids aged 8 to 12. now just sit and get through the introduction to the plot.in 1914, a young horse named joey is sold to a farmer. the farmers son, albert, is thrilled. he cares for joey. when the family begins to feel the financial impact of war, alberts father secretly sells joey to an army officer named captain nicholls. albert begs the captain to let him join the army. albert is too young, but nicholls promises to take good care of joey for him.nicholls treats joey well. though joey still remembers albert, he grows to like his new master. he develops a friendship with another horse, topthorn, who belongs to nicholls friend, captain stewart. the horses and men are shipped overseas for battle. they soon face their own battle in france, and captain nicholls is killed.a young soldier named warren becomes joeys new owner. joey and topthorn do well in battle, but the germans capture warren and stewart and their horses. the horses duty of pulling carts full of wounded german soldiers earns them praise. an old farmer and his granddaughter, emilie, dote_on the horses as well. when the german army moves out of the area, emilie and her grandfather keep the two horses. joey and topthorn are content to work on the farm until another band of soldiers takes them. they become workhorses under bad conditions. joey is very upset when topthorn dies of exhaustion.alone and frightened, joey wanders into “nomansland” between the german and english camps. an english soldier takes him back to camp.joey is reunited with albert. as the war ends, alberts officer announces the horses will be sold in france. an old frenchman buys joey. the man, emilies grandfather, tells albert how emilie lost the will to live after the horses were taken. however, he eventually sells joey to albert for one penny, as long as albert promises to share emilies story so her life will not be in vain. joey and albert return home.1why does alberts father secretly sell joey?abecause hes in need of money.bbecause captain nicholls is fond of joey.cbecause albert is too young to care for joey.dbecause he believes joey will contribute to the country.2which of the following is true about captain nicholls?ahes a rich man.bhes a frenchman.ches a man of his word.dhe doesnt win joeys trust.3the underlined phrase “dote on” in paragraph 4 probably means “_”atrain bride craise dlove4which of the following words can be used to describe emilies grandfather?abrave. bgenerous.chardworking. dhumorous.(一)【要点综述】本文叙述了一个英国农场少年阿尔伯特的父亲为了维持农场，无奈之下将马儿乔伊卖给军队，为前线运送军火物资。阿尔伯特和他心爱的马不得不分离。1a细节理解题。根据“when the family begins to feel the financial impact of war，alberts father secretly sells joey to an army officer named captain nicholls.”可知选a。2c细节理解题。根据“albert is too young，but nicholls promises to take good care of joey for him.nicholls treats joey well.”可知captain nicholls是一个守信用的人。故选c。3d词义猜测题。根据“when the german army moves out of the area，emilie and her grandfather keep the two horses.”可知他们喜欢马。故选d。4b推理判断题。根据最后一段可知选b。人文地理类(2013重庆，d)not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the atlantic ocean，an sshaped body of water covering 33 million square miles.the atlantic has，in a sense，replaced the mediterranean as the inland sea of western civilization.unlike real inland seas，which seem strangely still，the atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.it is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.“storm at sea”，a short poem written around 700，is generally regarded as one of mankinds earliest artistic representations of the atlantic.when the wind is from the westall the waves that cannot rest to the east must thunder on where the bright tree of the sunis rooted in the oceans breast.as the poem suggests，the atlantic is never dead and dull.it is an ocean that moves，impressively and endlessly.it makes all kinds of noiseit is forever thundering，boiling，crashing，and whistling.it is easy to imagine the atlantic trying to draw breathperhaps not so noticeably out in midocean，but where it meets land，its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach.it mimics(模仿)nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature.it is filled with symbiotic existences，too：unimaginable quantities of creatures，little and large alike，mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony，giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat，a kind of subocean vitality.and it has a psychology.it has personalities：sometimes peaceful and pleasant，on rare occasions rough and wild；always it is strong and striking.9unlike real inland seas，the atlantic ocean is _.aalways energetic blacking in livelinesscshaped like a square dfavored by ancient poets解析细节理解题。从第一段中的“unlike real inland seas，which seem strangely still，the atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.”可知，liveliness(精力充沛，活跃)与energetic近义，故答案为a项。答案a10what is the purpose of using the poem “storm at sea” in the passage?ato describe the movement of the waves.bto show the strength of the storm.cto represent the power of the ocean.dto prove the vastness of the sea.解析推理判断题。从诗歌下面的一段“as the poem suggests，the atlantic is never dead and dull.it is an ocean that moves，impressively and endlessly.it makes all kinds of noiseit is forever thundering，boiling，crashing，and whistling.”可知，这首诗主要向我们描述了海洋的强大力量。答案c11what does the underlined word “symbiotic” mean?aliving together. bgrowing fast.cmoving harmoniously. dbreathing peacefully.解析词义猜测题。划线单词所在的句子后边用了冒号，后边的内容是对前边句子的解释，从下文“unimaginable quantities of creatures，little and large alike，mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony”中的mix within等字眼可知，划线单词意为“共生的”，故a项符合要求。答案a12in the last paragraph，the atlantic is compared to _.aa beautiful and poetic placeba flesh and blood personca wonderful worldda lovely animal解析推理判断题。从最后一句“it has personalities：sometimes peaceful and pleasant，on rare occasions rough and wild；always it is strong and striking.”中可以看出，大西洋有个性：有时安静，有时野蛮等，把这些用来描绘人的词汇用来描写大西洋，所以此处把大西洋比喻成了一个有血有肉的人。答案b故事型阅读理解- (二)i still remembermy hands and my fingers still rememberwhat used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. the trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.“get that all swept up！” the headmaster would tell us. “i want the whole place cleaned up, at once！” there was enough work there, to last over a week. especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, and our nails. “now see that its done properly, and be quick about it，” the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or youll have to answer for it！”so at an order from the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. if the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to find it simpler to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. in order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe(贿赂) the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meals. and if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. if we did not do this, if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. they hit us so violently and with such evil enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being whipped not so much to make us work harder, but rather to beat us into a state of obedience(服从) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.occasionally one of us, worn out by such calculated cruelty, would have the courage to complain to the headmaster. he would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always very smallnothing compared to what they had done to us. and the fact is that however much we complained, our situation did not improve in the slightest. perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; i dont know whether it was loyalty or pride that kept us silent, but i can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beatings were completely foreign to our nature.1the statement “my hands and my fingers still remember” (para.1) means that_athe authors hands were severely injured in the cleaning upbthe author seldom did such hard work as the cleaning upcthe author was bullied by the big boys in the cleaning updthe authors hands were his only tool for the cleaning up2the headmaster would tell the students to clean up the school yard