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江苏省苏州市2014高考英语阅读理解寓乐于练阅读理解(2013全国，a)some people will do just about anything to save money. and i am one of them. take my familys last vacation. it was my sixyearold sons winter break from school, and we were heading home from fort lauderdale after a weeklong trip. the flight was overbooked, and delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. i had meetings in new york, so i had to get back. but that didnt mean my husband and my son couldnt stay. i took my ninemonthold and took off for home.the next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. yes, i encouragedokay, orderedthem to wait it out at the airport to “earn” more delta dollars. our total take: $1,600. not bad, huh?now some people may think im a bad mother and not such a great wife either. but as a bigtime bargain hunter, i know the value of a dollar. and these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.ive made a living looking for the best deals and exposing (揭露) the worst tricks. i have been the consumer reporter of nbcs today show for over a decade. i have written a couple of books including one titled tricks of the trade: a consumer survival guide. and i really do what i believe in.i tell you this because there is no shame in getting your moneys worth. im also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. but i wouldnt hesitate to spend on a good haircut. it keeps its shape longer, and its the first thing people notice. and i will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. quality lasts.文章大意：本文记叙了作者想尽一切办法省钱。1why did delta give the authors family credits?athey took a later flight.bthey had early bookings.ctheir flight had been delayed.dtheir flight had been cancelled.答案：a推理判断题。根据短文第一段第五句话可知，因为飞机订票多了，航空公司有人给我们400美元要我们放弃座位，这样我们就得再等一天走。根据短文第二段第一句话可知，他们甚至乘坐更晚的航班。2what can we learn about the author?ashe rarely misses a good deal.bshe seldom makes a compromise.cshe is very strict with her children.dshe is interested in cheap products.答案：a推理判断题。根据短文一二段可知，作者很会省钱和赚钱。根据第三段可知她很会讨价还价，任何好的交易都不会错过，故a项正确。3what does the author do?ashes a teacher.bshes a housewife.cshes a media person.dshes a businesswoman.答案：c细节理解题。根据短文第四段第二句话可知，作者是一名记者，故c项正确。4what does the author want to tell us?ahow to expose bad tricks.bhow to reserve airline seats.chow to spend money wisely.dhow to make a business deal.答案：c主旨大意题。整篇文章作者再讲什么地方该花钱，什么地方不该花钱，所以也就是说怎样更明智的花钱。阅读理解-awhen i was younger, bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. wearing soft pajamas and with ian, my stuffed monkey, in my arms, i felt no pressure at all.i named ian after my uncle when i compared ians long arms and legs to his. one night i ran up to uncle ian at a family party and told him i had named my monkey after him. his eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, then a chuckle（哈哈笑）escaped his lips. i guess he didnt understand how important it was to me.even if uncle ian didnt think my monkey was special, i certainly did. i dressed him in a white baby nightgown. my mother thought that ian was the best-dressed stuffed animal in the world. yes, he was certainly a fashionable creature. the strong cologne（科隆香水）i used on him years ago makes him still smell “pretty”.for a long time, ian went everywhere with me. he was my best friend, and i told him everything. but when i turned twelve, i realized i was too old for stuffed animals. i thought people would think i was babyish, so i put him in the cupboard with the rest of my teddy bears and dolls. i begged him to understand why i was doing this, but at the same time i longed to talk to him again.it took me several years to realize that it was ok to miss ian. i know now that maturity（成熟）doesnt only mean growing up and taking on more responsibility. it also means holding on to your childhood and acting young sometimes.ian has been with me since i was six years old holding him in my arms connects me to my past and my present as i continue to grow and understand myself.1. which of the following is not true according to the text?abedtime used to be the writers favourite part of the day because of the stuffed monkey.b. uncle ian liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer.c. the writer used to carry the monkey with her wherever she went.d. years later the writer realized that it was not wrong to miss monkey ian.答案解析：答案为b。本题为细节推理题。由第一段 “bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. .my stuffed monkey, in my arms, i felt no pressure at all.”可知，a选项正确。由第四段首句 “for a long time, ian went everywhere with me.” 可知，c选项正确。由倒数第二段首句 “it took me several years to realize that it was ok to miss ian.” 可知，d选项正确。 结合第二段和该段的 “his eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, then a chuckle escaped his lips. i guess he didnt understand how important it was to me.” 可知，uncle ian 对于我用他的名字为我的玩具猴命名感到迷惑，但是他并不知道玩具猴对我有多重要，因此可推断，uncle ian并不是和作者一样喜欢玩具猴。b选项不符合文意，故选择b。2. the writer loved monkey ian deeply because _.a. he could understand her b. he was a fashionable monkeyc. he could talk with her d. he was her most honest listener 答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节推理题。由第四段 “he was my best friend, and i told him everything.” 可以推断，玩具猴是作者最忠实的听众。故答案为d。3. we can learn from the text that the writer believes _.a. keeping stuffed animals is babyishb. maturity doesnt mean growing up and taking on more responsibilityc. one should keep to his childhood and act young sometimes even when he has grown upd. human beings should be kind to animals 答案解析：答案为c。本题为推理题。由倒数第二段可知，作者几年后才意识到想念玩具ian 是没有错的。他懂得了成熟不仅仅意味着长大和承担责任，成熟也意味着怀念童年并有时候表现得稚气也无妨。故可推断，c选项符合文意。a选项与文意相反；b选项没有了 “only” ，意思就与原文相反；d选项未提及。4. we can infer from the text that _.a. the writer is still a teenager b. the writer is now a middle-aged womanc. monkey ian got angry for being left alone duncle ian has a monkey-like face答案解析：答案为a。本题为推理题，要求推断作者的年龄。结合文章第一段首句 “when i was younger” 和最后一段 “and my present as i continue to grow and understand myself.” 可以推断，作者继续在成长并开始懂得自己，现在应该是个青少年。故答案为a。(2013湖北，a)some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. i would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. i did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but i gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. after all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?when i was thirteen years old, i went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, wellequipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. during the trip, i was busy recording every incident, name and place i came across. i felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. on my last night there, i wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. the sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. i automatically took out my pen.at that point, i understood that nothing i wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds i allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. all i remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations i had set down in my diary.now, i only write in my diary when i need to write down a special thought or feeling. i still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. i take pictures, but not very oftenonly of objects i find really beautiful. im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when i grow old. i realize that life will simply pass me by if i stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.i dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. maybe i wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. i dont live to make memoriesi just live, and the memories form themselves.文章大意：本文介绍的是作者的一个成长历程，日记和相机起到穿针引线的作用，随着时间的变迁，作者的感受也在变化。1before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _.aobserving her school routine bexpressing her satisfactioncimpressing her classmates dpreserving her history答案：d细节理解题，根据第一段的a way of preserving the past可知d正确。2what caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?aa dull night on the journey. bthe beauty of the great valley.ca striking quotation from a book. dher concerns for future generations.答案：b推理判断题，由下文的at that point, i understood that nothing i wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds i allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley可知b正确。3what does the author put in her diary now?anotes and beautiful pictures. bspecial thoughts and feelings.cdetailed accounts of daily activities. ddescriptions of unforgettable events.答案：b细节理解题，由now, i only write in my diary when i need to write down a special thought or feeling可知b正确。4the author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is _.ato experience it bto live the present in the futurecto make memories dto give accurate representations of it答案：a细节理解题，由but at least the experiences will always remain inside me可知a项正确。阅读理解-b“the lord of the rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts“the fellowship of the ring”, “two towers”, and “the return of the king”. millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative materwork.john ronald reuel tolkien was born in south africa in 1892. his parents died when he was a child. living in england with his aunt, tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to tolkiens becoming skilled in welsh, greek, gothic, old norse and anglo-saxon.after graduating from oxford, tolkien served in world war i. in 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for the rings. as a professor of anglo-saxon in 1930s at oxford, tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the inklings, which included several writers. the group was soon listening to chapters of tolkiens imaginative work “the hobbit”.hobbit was a name tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the english rural（乡村的）class. hobbits live in hillside holes. one of them, bilbo baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒）. on the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.one of tolkiens students persuaded her employer, publisher allen & unwin, to look at a draft（草稿）. the chairman of the firm, stanley unwin, thought that the best judge for a childrens book would be his ten-year-old son. the boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “the hobbit” was published in 1937.it sold so well that unwin asked for a continuation. over a dozen years later, in 1954, tolkien produced “the lord of the rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readersnew and old after their publication.1. what can we learn from the text?a. “the lord of the rings” didnt sell well in the last millennium.b. people know better about tolkien himself than about his works.c. tolkien was quite familiar with old english.d. tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in africa. 答案解析：答案为c。本题为推理题。由第一段首句 “the lord of the rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium.”可知，a选项错误。由第一段后面的 “millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative materwork.” 可知，b选项错误。由第二段内容可知，tolkien 出生于南非，幼时丧父母，与aunt 住在英格兰，和表兄妹们一起玩耍的经历养成了对welsh, greek, gothic, old norse and anglo-saxon.的热爱，也使得tolkien能够熟练掌握它们。故可推断，tolkien在英格兰长大，熟悉的不会是非洲本土语言，应该是英语，文章提到那些语言自然就是古英语了。故答案c正确。2. what can we learn about “hobbit” that tolkien created in his works?a. hobbit was a race living in english downtown areas.b. hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.c. hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.d. hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves. 答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节推理题。由文章第四段 “hobbit was a name tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of