山东省青岛市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练（7）(1).doc

青岛市2015高考英语阅读理解选练（7）【福建省漳州市2014高考英语第三次联考试题】anyone who doubts if children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk. no matter how many times the little ones stumble in their first efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. it is only several years later, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed. for the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often tied to their childrens success, it can be a painful experience.figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. assuming that a kid doesnt suffer from a learning disability, or isnt involved in some family crisis(危机) at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or classmate pressure.“everything is within the kids control；their intelligence is changeable,”says lisa blackwell, a research scientist at columbia university. more than any teacher or workshop, blackwell says,“parents can play a key role in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort and progress rather than emphasizing their “smartness” or praising high performance alone. most of all, parents should let their kids know that mistakes are a part of learning.”some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and separation of students into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids.“these programs shut down the motivation of all kids who arent considered gifted and talented. they destroy their confidence,” says jeff howard, a social psychologist. howard and other educators say its important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurricular activities.“the problem of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambition,”says michael nakkual, a harvard education professor. the key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to free them of the idea that class work is irrelevant, and to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. they need to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run.72. according to the passage, the parents of kids with no ambition _. a. dont do a very good job on teaching them to walk b. are to blame if the kids do poorly in school c. feel pain because their own ambition is connected to their kids success d. should take part in extracurricular activities with kids73. the underlined part “the fire went out” probably means _. a. the motivation was suddenly lostb. the fear of failure was suddenly gone c. the learning disability was suddenly lostd. the fire was suddenly gone74. all the following can contribute to a sudden lack of ambition except _. a. learning disability b. classmate pressure c. emphasis on testing d. extracurricular activities75. what is the most important thing for parents in motivating their kids? a. punishing kids who dont display ambition. b. emphasizing smartness and high performance. c. telling kids that mistakes are a part of learning. d. praising the effort and progress they have made.【参考答案】7275、cadc较难题目特训：人物故事类at the age of ten i could not figure out what this elvis presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have. i mean, he had a head, two arms and two legs, just like the rest of us. about nine oclock on saturday morning i decided to ask eugene correthers, one of the older boys, what it was that made this elvis guy so special. he told me that it was elvis wavy hair and the way he moved his body.about half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage（孤儿院）were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown jacksonville, florida to get a new pair of buster brown shoes and a hair cut.that is when i got this big idea, which hit me like a ton of bricks.if the elvis hair cut was the big secret, then thats what i was going to get. all the way to town i told everybody, including the matron（女管家）from the orphanage who was taking us to town, that i was going to look just like elvis presley and that i would learn to move around just like he did and that i would be rich and famous one day, just like him. when i got my new buster brown shoes, i could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that i had my new buster brown shoes i would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like elvis. we finally arrived at the big barber shop, where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans（孤儿). i looked at the barber and said, “i want an elvis hair cut. can you make my hair like elvis?” i asked him, with a big smile on my face. “lets just see what we can do for you, little man,” he said. i was so happy when he started to cut my hair. just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing. she whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head, like he was telling her “no”. then he told me they were not allowed to give us elvis hair cuts. then i saw my hair falling onto the floor.51.in the authors eyes, elvis presley was _.a. disgustingb. admirablec. ambitious d. dynamic52. from the passage, we can know that _.a. buster brown was more appealing than elvis presleyb. an elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of moneyc. the author was fascinated with the stars buster and elvisd. the barber was unwilling to give the boy an elvis hair cut53. we can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was _.a. excited to have an elvis hair cutb. worried to think about the secretc. anxious to remove the ton of bricksd. careful to seize the chance54. how would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?a. delighted. b. guilty. c. self-satisfied.d. depressed.【参考答案】5.bcad较难题目特训：人物故事类finally, ientered the university. because of my careful savings, i did not have to work during the school year. then,summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. i continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. i even decided to take a class at acommunity（社区）college. this class at the community college saved me $650. it was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.during mysecond and third years of undergraduate schooling, i decided to work about five hours per week in the campus（校园）admissions office answering phones. this provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out. the overall situation looked hopeful as i approached my senior year as long as i could make as much money as i had the previous summer. i wanted to go to israel to study for 3 weeks, but i hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in israel. about two weeks later my mom called to tell me that i had $1,600 in the bank that i had forgotten about! one of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, i made as much that summer in the ten weeks when i was at home as i had made during the fourteen weeks when i was at home the summer before. the way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.this experience has shaped me in many important ways. the first thing that ilearned was the importance of a strong work ethic (伦理). working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of adollar. it also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.56. where did the writer probably work part-time before attending the university?a. in a restaurant. b. in the tennis camps.c. in a company. d. in the admissions office.57. the writer took a class at a community college mainly because_. a. she wanted to save money b. life there was relatively easyc. summer time was tiring d. it was required by the university 58. the writers major concern about the trip to israel was that_. a. her mother would not give her approval b. she would fail to get credits in israel c. a well-paid summer job would be lostd. $1,600 couldnt be drawn out in time59. the passage is mainly about how the writer _. a. made money on the college campusb. managed to make full use of her vacationc. was forced to support herself by her motherd. was shaped by working part-time through college【参考答案】25.aacd阅读理解(一)-byou know how wonderful you are，and you know that others know how wonderful you are，but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy？for most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of your friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship.when this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do，but the good news is that there is.dont let jealousy spoil your relationships.tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.it can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is，but if you want to save your friendship youll have to do just that.dont approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited)，just take some time alone with them and let them know that youve been feeling like theres been something coming between you.if they refuse to respond，then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling.chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well.when you figure out what is annoying your friend，ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better.if，for example，(s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesnt get to spend any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from the swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block off one day a week for just the two of you.remember，though，that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise.dont limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy.try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out.even the best of friendships can be tinged by jealousy.this destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies.before taking extreme action，chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise.if you cant，be prepared to know exactly how far you will go to keep your friend and how far you wont.【语篇解读】 本文是关于人际关系的话题。尤其是青少年朋友之间会因为嫉妒而使相互间的友谊被破坏，本文着重讲述如何处理被朋友嫉妒及处理过程中可能遇到的困难。5according to the author，the jealousy emotion is _.anormal bproductivecdestructive dextreme解析细节理解题。由第一段第二句.that this jealousy is hurting your friendship.可知。答案c6which of the following is not mentioned as a way to confront your friend when jealousy happens?awalking up to him/her and asking him/her why he/she is jealous of you.bwalking up to him/her and asking him/her what the problem is.cspending some time with him/her and letting him/her know how you feel.dspending some time with him/her and letting him/her know you think theres something coming between you.解析细节理解题。由第二段第二句dont approach them and ask why they are jealous of you可知。答案a7what can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?atheres always a solution to solve the problem of jealousy.bjealousy can turn best friends into worst enemies.cyou may lose a friend to keep your own gifts，chances or selfdevelopment.dyou should go a long way with your friend to work out a solution解析推理判断题。答案c8the purpose of the passage is _.ato explain what causes jealousybto offer some advice on making friendscto introduce the way to cope with a jealous frienddto explain how destructive the jealous emotion is解析作者意图题。通读全文可知，本文的写作目的是介绍处理有嫉妒心朋友的方法。答案c【天津市蓟县邦均中学2014高考英语模拟试题】dthe reason for going to college has been accepted without question for more than a generation , all high school graduate ought to go , says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become ”better” people , and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who dont gobut college has never been able to work its magic for everyone, and now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who dont fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious, college graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis； college students interfere with each others experiments and writhed false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school, others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out-often encouraged by college administratorssome observers say the fault is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much but thats a criticize of the students as a whole, and doesnt explain all campus unhappiness, others blame the state of the world , and they are partly right, weve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cant absorb an army of untrained eighteen year-old eithersome adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school, we may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences, perhaps college doesnt make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things-maybe its just the other way around，its just the other way around and intelligent , ambitious happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place, and perhaps all those successful college graduates, would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not, this is heresy(异端邪说)to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better, but contrary evidence is beginning to gradually increase in amount.51what does the author believe according to the passage? a