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江苏省常州市2014高考英语阅读理解联合训练（8）及答案阅读理解-ayou dont need millions to be happyin fact, at the happiness institute in australia, a couple of hundred dollars may be enoughthe institute opened its doors last year, and since then, men and women of all ages have been paying $140 an hour for lessons on how to feel great“you can actually increase your happiness levelsthats what we teach,” said timothy sharp, founder of the instituteexperts say that only about 15 percent of happiness comes from income and other financial factorsas much as 85 percent comes from things such as attitudes, life control and relationshipsmost of us are significantly better off financially than our parents and grandparents, but happiness levels havent changed to reflect thatstudies show that once the basic needs of shelter and food are met, additional wealth adds very little to happinessmany years ago, the “sage of baltimore, maryland”, editor hl menchen, defined wealth as earning $100 more than your “wifes sisters husband”behavioral economists now say part of the reason we are richer but not happier is that we compare ourselves to people better off materially“the argument is that if you want to be happy theres a very simple thing you can do: compare yourself to people who are less well-off than you - poorer, smaller house, car,” said sharpthe happiness institute aims to show you how to overcome these unhappiness factors by focusing on “more than just your bank account”“if i compare my self to bill gates then im always going to be down,” said sharpa better thing to compare with, he said, might be kerry packer, australias richest person who has had a kidney transplant and heart surgery in recent years1which of the following statements in true according to the passage?ayou can increase your happiness levels by attending the classes at the happiness institutebmost of us are happier than our parents or grandparents since we earn morecearning $100 more than your “wifes sisters husband” if you want to be happydboth bill gates and kerry packer are examples of those who are extremely rich but obviously unhappy2the underlined phrase has the same meaning as the word “_”ahealthybunhealthy cfreedwealthy3the author wrote the passage to tell us _ahappiness is everythingbwealth is the foundation of happinesschave fun at the happiness institutedmoney doesnt always mean happiness【参考答案】13、add 第一节 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 athe writer margaret mitchell is best known for writing gone with the wind, first published in 1936. her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the american civil war. visitors to the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.our first stop at the margaret mitchell house is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. she was born in atlanta in 1900. she started writing stories when she was a child. she started working as a reporter for the atlanta journal newspaper in 1922. one photograph of ms. mitchell, called peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. she was only about one and a half meters tall. the young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. the tour guide explains: “now in this picture peggy is interviewing some boys from georgia tech, asking them such questions as would you really marry a woman who works? and today itd be would you marry one who doesnt? ”the margaret mitchell house is a building that once contained several apartments. now we enter the first floor apartment where ms. mitchell lived with her husband, john marsh. they made fun of the small apartment by calling it “the dump ” .around 1926, margaret mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. her husband brought her books to read from the library. she read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. our guide says gone with the wind became a huge success. margaret mitchell received the pulitzer prize for the book. in 1939 the film version was released. it won ten academy awards, including best picture.【文章大意】本文叙述的是去玛格丽特米切尔写小说时住的房子参观，可以更多了解她的生活。玛格丽特米切尔出生在亚特兰大，小时候就开始写小说，后来在亚特兰大日报社做记者。她和丈夫住在一说小公寓里。因为受伤，她不上班了，呆在家里读书写作。她写的小说飘获得了普利策奖，并被拍摄成电影。26. the book gone with the wind was _.a. first published on a newspaper b. awarded ten academy awards c. written in “the dump” d. adapted from a movie【答案】c【 解析】推理判断题。根据visitors to the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story和they made fun of the small apartment by calling it “the dump ” .可知玛格丽特米切尔在自己家写的飘，她和她的丈夫戏称他们的小公寓为垃圾站，故选c。27. the underlined phrase “tower over” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_.a. be very pleased with b. show great respect forc. be much taller than d. show little interest in【答案】c【 解析】词义猜测题。根据her talking to a group of young college boys. she was only about one and a half meters tall.可知她的身高只有1.5米，而那些大学男孩的身高应是比她高。故选c。28. why did ms. mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?a. because she was rich enough. b. because she was injured then.c. because her husband didnt like it. d. because she wanted to write books.【答案】b【 解析】细节理解题。根据around 1926, margaret mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury.可知玛格丽特米切尔因为受伤停止了作为记者的工作。故选b。29. we can know about margaret mitchell from the passage that _.a. her height made her marriage unhappy b. her interest in writing continued as an adultc. writing stopped her working as a reporter d. her life was full of hardship and sadness【答案】b【 解析】推理判断题。根据she started writing stories when she was a child.和she read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book.可知她小时候开始写小说，当她结婚后，她继续写小说。故选b。30. which is the best title for the passage?a. a trip to know margaret mitchell. b. gone with the wind: a huge success.c. an introduction of the margaret mitchell house.d. margaret mitchell: a great female writer. 【答案】a【 解析】标题归纳题。根据visitors to the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.可知本文叙述的是去玛格丽特米切尔写小说时住的房子参观，可以更多了解她的生活。故选a。 阅读理解seen from space the earth is covered with a blue mantle. it is a planet on which the continents(洲，大陆) are dwarfed (相形见绌) by the ocean surrounding them and the vastness of the marine (海洋的) area. an astonishing 80 percent of all life on earth is to be found hidden beneath the waves and this vast global ocean drives the natural forces which keep life on our planet. the ocean provides necessary sources of protein, energy, minerals and other products and the rolling of the sea across the planet creates over half our oxygen, drives weather systems and natural flows of energy and nutrients around the world, transports water masses many times greater than all the rivers on land combined and keeps the earth suitable for living things to survive. without the global ocean there would be no life on earth. it is seriously worrying, then, that we are damaging the ocean on a level that is unimaginable to most people. we now know that human activity can have a serious influence on the vital forces of our planet. we have fundamentally changed our global climate and are just beginning to understand the consequences of that. as yet largely unseen, but just as serious, are the influences we are having on the ocean. a healthy ocean has diverse ecosystems and strong and healthy habitats. the actual state of our ocean is a far cry from this natural state. a lot of pressure is being put directly and indirectly on ocean ecosystems by human activities.consequently ecosystems are breaking down as marine species are in danger of dying out and ocean habitats are being destroyed. with the decrease in their diversity, ocean ecosystems are losing their natural way of recovery. we need to defend the ocean now more than ever, because climate change is having a potentially disastrous impact on the marine world.1、. what can we learn from paragraph 2? a. what the ocean looks like. b. what the ocean is made up of. c. what live in the ocean. d. what functions the ocean has.2、. according to the text, the ocean directly provides people with _. a. water forming rivers b. comfortable habitats c. all the natural forces they need d. driving forces for energy and nutrients3、. it is not realized by many people that we have _. a. done great harm to the ocean b. benefited greatly from the ocean c. fundamentally changed our global climate d. begun to suffer the consequences of pollution4、. the best title for this text would be _. a. protecting our planet b. defending our ocean c. getting to know our planet d. make good use of our ocean （参考答案ddab） 阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 atime: april 8th, 2010 at 10 pm to april 9th, 2010 at 3 amlocation: babyface guangzhoustreet: no.83 changdi da ma road, guangzhoucity/town: guangzhouwebsite or map: phone: 020-8335 5771organized by: babyface china official grammy nominated (格莱美奖提名)artist and globally admired dj and producer paul van dyk continues to lead the electronic music charts and appears at the highpoint of every top dj list across the globe. pvd, as his fans have nicknamed him, is currently ranked the worlds no. 1 dj by dj magazines “top 100 djs poll” for the second successive year. pvd is well-known as one of the hardest working artists, with sold-out tours that cross each continent, headline spots at every major festival, and a hugely successful recording career.with over 3 million albums sold worldwide, van dyk travels around the world over 16 times each year to sold out performances internationally. born in eisenhuettenstadt, east germany, paul van dyk grew up in east berlin. because his community did not have a true club culture, paul van dyk listened to the radio where he discovered his passion for music that extended beyond techno musiche wanted to create a different, more unique sound.in the early 1990s paul van dyk was performing regularly at various clubs in berlin before releasing his first album 45 rpm in 1994.but it was the release of his second album seven ways that put him into top 100, followed by the release of his hit single “for an angel,” which began to earn him praise across the globe. by the time paul van dyk released out there & back in 2000, it became clear that the berlin-based musician had far more to offer than his signature club sets