江苏省南京市高考英语最后冲刺 阅读理解巩固自练5(1).doc

2014江苏省南京市高考英语阅读理解巩固自练 (2013沈阳市二模，a)the owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “my baby has been missing for over a month now, and i want him back so badly，” said mrs. brown, a 56yearold woman. mrs. brown lives by herself in a park near clovis. she said that clyde, her 7yearold cat, didnt come home for dinner more than a month ago. the next morning he didnt appear for breakfast, either. after clyde missed an extraspecial lunch, she called the police. when the policeman asked her to describe clyde, she told him that clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white.“is clyde your child or your pet？” the officer asked. “well, hes my cat.” mrs. brown replied. “lady, you should report missing persons, not missing cats！” said the annoyed policeman. “you can ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers.” mrs. brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 811 piece of paper on a telephone pole. there was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the highway, with a phone number on it. she called that number, and they told her they could put up a picture of clyde on the billboard for all to see. they told her it would cost only ￥3 000 a month. so she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month. the month has passed, but clyde has not appeared.because she has almost no money in savings, mrs. brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. she is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.文章大意：本文是一篇新闻报道。一个老太太的宠物猫丢失一个多月了，她就此请求大家给予帮助。1the underlined word “flyers” in the second paragraph probably means _.aposters bpilots cbillboards dnewspapers答案：a词义猜测题。警察建议mrs. brown “put up flyers”，再根据文章第二段倒数第二句“mrs. brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 811 piece of paper on a telephone pole.”可推知，flyer指的是“an 811 piece of paper on a telephone pole”，故答案a海报，符合文义。2which of the following statements is true according to the passage?athe police officer thought that clyde was mrs. browns child.bmrs. brown put up an 811 piece of paper on a telephone pole.cclyde had kept mrs. brown company for seven years in total.dsomeone rented the billboard for mrs. brown for one month.答案：a细节理解题。根据文章第二段第三句“lady, you should report missing persons, not missing cats！ said the annoyed policeman”可知，答案a符合文义。should此处表示惊讶。3it can be inferred from the passage that _.athe billboard off the highway costs $ 3 000 a monthbthe neighbors helped mrs. brown to put up flyerscmrs. brown doesnt give up the hope of finding clydedclyde only had half of his left ear but had all his teeth答案：c推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句“the owner of a missing cat is asking for help.”和对文章最后两段的整体理解可以推断出，mrs. brown并没有放弃寻找宠物猫，故答案c符合文义。4what is probably the best title for the passage?aa nearby billboard bclyde and mrs. brownca missing cat dpersons or cats答案：c标题概括题。根据文章第一段第一句“the owner of a missing cat is asking for help.”的开篇点题和对全文的整体理解可知，本文主要讲的是一个老太太寻找一只丢失的猫的相关信息，故答案c符合文义。阅读理解解读while waiting to pick up a friend at an airport in portland, oregon, i had one of those lifechanging experiences that you hear other people talk aboutthe kind that happens to you unexpectedly. to me, this happened and was only two feet away from me.locating my friend among the passengers, i noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. he stopped right next to me to greet his family.first he walked to his youngest son (maybe 6 years old) as he laid down his bags. they gave each other a long, loving hug. as they separated enough to look in each others face, i heard the father say，“its so good to see you, son. i missed you so much！” his son smiled somewhat shyly, and replied softly，“me, too, dad！”then the man stood up, gazed into the eyes of his oldest son (maybe 9 or 10) and while cupping his sons face in his hands said, “youre already quite a young man. i love you very much, zach！” they too hugged a most loving, tender hug.while this was happening, a baby girl (perhaps one or oneandahalfyear old) was squirming (扭动) excitedly in her mothers arms, never once taking her little eyes off the wonderful sight of her returning father. the man said，“hi, baby girl！” as he gently took the child from her mother. he quickly kissed her face all over and then held her close to his chest while rocking her from side to side. the little girl instantly relaxed and simply laid her head on his shoulder, motionless in pure contentment.after several moments, he handed his daughter to his oldest son and declared，“ive saved the best for last！” and went to give his wife the longest, most passionate kiss i ever remember seeing. he gazed into her eyes for several seconds and then silently mouthed, “i love you so much！” they stared into each others eyes, beaming big smiles at one another, while holding both hands.for an instant they reminded me of newlyweds, but i knew by the age of their kids that they couldnt possibly be. i puzzled about it for a moment then realized how totally attentive i was in the wonderful display of unconditional love not more than an arms length away from me. i suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if i was invading something sacred, but was amazed to hear my own voice nervously ask，“wow! how long have you two been married？”“been together fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” he replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wifes face. “well then, how long have you been away？” i asked. the man finally turned and looked at me, still beaming his joyous smile. “two whole days！”two days? i was stunned. i had assumed hed been gone for at least several weeksif not months. i know my expression betrayed me. “i hope my marriage is still that passionate after twelve years！”the man suddenly stopped smiling.he looked me straight in the eye, and with forcefulness that burned right into my soul, he told me something that left me a different person, “dont hope, friend. decide！” then he flashed me his wonderful smile again, shook my hand and said，“god bless！”with that, he and his family turned and walked away together. i was still watching that exceptional man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “whatcha looking at？” without hesitating, and with a curious sense of certainty, i replied，“my future！”文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过讲述自己在机场看到一家人在分别两天重逢后的亲密场景及男主人对作者所说的话，表达了这次事件对自己的震撼，并下定决心拿出更多的爱给自己的家人。16which word could best describe the baby girl?aquiet. binnocent. cnaughty. dsweet.17the writer suddenly felt uncomfortable because _.ahe felt it impolite to stare at the familybhe felt he withdrew from societycthe family found him curious about themdhe didnt love his wife as much答案：a推理判断题。根据第七段最后一句中的“i suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if i was invading something sacred”和文化常识可知，作者由于被这亲密的幸福情景所吸引，一直盯着他们看，距离很近(only two feet)，而这在西方是很不礼貌的行为，侵犯了他人的隐私。故答案选a。18what can we learn from the story?athe family became the writers friends.bthe writer decided to look for a wife.cthe writers family will get more love from him.dthe writer will tell his friend the story immediately they meet.19which paragraph in this story best shows the love of the couple?aparagraph 4. bparagraph 5. cparagraph 6. dparagraph 7.20why does the writer think his airport experience is lifechanging?abecause he came across a most loving family.bbecause he realized the difference between “hope” and “decide”cbecause he thought it was really a unique experience.dbecause the family he met with had a strange power over him.阅读理解(2013福建省毕业班质检，b)the “give it up for earth day” encourages people to commit to giving up actions that are harmful to the environment, such as using poisonous cleaners.throughout the month of april, canadians are being asked to “give it up for earth day！” earth day has been celebrated every year on april 22 since 1970. earth day canada president jed goldberg says that as people become more environmentally aware, they want to find ways to reduce their environmental influence, not just celebrate one special event.“earth day is a great launching_pad for thinking about environmental action every day，” said goldberg. “choosing healthier options, even for the short term, can lead to thinking about the influence of our decisions for a lifetime.”thats the reason behind the “give it up for earth day” campaign. its designed to encourage healthy habits that benefit people and the planet. it challenges everyone to help create a healthier world by making changes in their daily routine.“we wanted to plan an actiontargeted campaign that will give people a chance to act on their concern for the environment in a positive way，” said goldberg.the campaign has identified four daily actions that can add up to huge environmental savings. they include pledging (保证) to turn off the tv, give up the use of poisonous cleaners, reduce consumption of consumer products and cut out meat.at the end of april, all of the pledges will be recorded and converted (转化) into the number of tv hours not watched, dollars not spent on unnecessary items, electricity saved, greenhouse gas emissions (排放) avoided by cutting out meat, and poisonous chemicals produced from homes and landfills.“what were trying to achieve this year for earth day is to give people a chance to do something that is meaningful and measurable，” said goldberg.文章大意：4月22日是世界地球日，活动“give it up for earth day”倡导人们在地球日这一天为保护环境做一些有意义、行之有效的事情。5the aim of the campaign mentioned in the passage is to _.aenable people to save more money for future usebhelp people develop environmentally friendly habitscprevent people from making changes in their daily routinedwarn people against reducing consumption of consumer products答案：b细节理解题。根据文章第四段第二句“its designed to encourage healthy habits that benefit people and the planet.”可知，答案b符合文义。6the underlined word “launching pad” (in paragraph 3) probably means “_”astarting point bfinishing line cexchanging stage dreforming stage答案：a词义猜测题。画线词所在句意为：地球日是一个引发人们开始对人类日常活动对环境所造成的影响进行思考的起点，由此结合上文“. they want to find ways to reduce their environmental influence, not just celebrate one special event.”和下文中“can lead to thinking about.”可推知，答案a符合文义。finishing line终点线；exchanging stage交流平台；reforming stage改革舞台，均不符合文义，故排除。7we can conclude from the passage that _.aearth day was first celebrated over half a century agobshort term decisions will by no means influence our livescearth day canada is actually an everyday environmental actionddaily actions must be measured to benefit the environment答案：d推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二、三段的整体理解并结合文章最后一句中的“meaningful and measurable”可以推知，我们应该以对环境的影响好坏为标准来判断日常行为是否可行。由此可知，答案d符合文义。8which disagrees with the spirit of “give it up for earth day”？aswitching off tv. briding bikes.cusing poisonous cleaners. dsaving electricity.答案：c细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段的第二句“they include pledging (保证) to turn off the tv, give up the use of poisonous cleaners.”可知，答案c符合文义。阅读理解解读make a difference day is the largest national day of community service in the usa, which takes place on the fourth saturday of october.who takes part in make a difference day?anyone! young and old, individuals and groups, anyone can carry out a volunteer project that helps others. it might be as ambitious as collecting truckloads of clothing for the homeless, or as personal as spending an afternoon helping an elderly neighbor or relative. usa weekend covers volunteers and their projects in articles and photos.how do i get started?look around your community. are people hungry, homeless or ill? are parks or schools dirty or neglected? no matter where you live, theres a need nearby. and on make a difference day, millions of americans are expected to roll up their sleeves to help others. you can act alone or enlist your friends, family and coworkers.you can also call the make a difference day hot line, for information. or use the ideas on this website for inspiration.what do i do after ive selected a project?tell others what youre doing and enlist help. several weeks before the day, tell us about your plans in the make a difference daytabank, a national listing of local projects that will be viewed by interested volunteers, other people looking for good project i