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广东省2014届高三英语二轮专题精品卷：阅读理解（8）iii 阅读理解（共两节, 满分50分）第一节 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）ai wasnt surprised when i read that actress helen hunt recently stated that she would never allow her young daughter to become a child star. ms hunt is the daughter of a hollywood technical director, and grew up in hollywood. now in her late 40s, she started acting and modeling when she was eight and has probably seen a lot over those years in show business. she has had a successful career. she earned four golden globes and four emmys. she also attained the top honor of her profession when she won the best actress academy award for her role in the 1992 movie, as good as it gets. given those accolades, ms hunt is successful. there is no doubt that her early experiences as a child star prepared her for what has been an outstanding adult career. given those achievements, why would this star declare shell never allow her daughter, now at the age of six, to follow in her footsteps? everyone familiar with the entertainment scene is aware of the reasons for her attitude. recent tabloid (小报) news headlines featuring the troubles of former child stars, among them lindsay lohan, britney spears and the late gary coleman, may answer the question. although ms hunt managed to become a successful grown-up star, she apparently believes shes an exception. what ms hunt may be suggesting is that many very young stars go through unnatural childhoods on movie and tv sets. while theyre earning big incomes, theyre so pampered (纵容) by directors and praised by fans; they may get false impressions that their lives will always be that way. then, within a few years, when faced with reality, theyre hurt and confused. after all the overwhelming affection, they find they cant deal with the problems. thats often when drugs and alcohol take over their lives.helen hunt has some other reasons why she doesnt want her daughter to be in the entertainment business. many child stars can never make a successful transition to meaningful adulthood. however, as with many hollywood movies, i believe there are both good and bad scenes about how it can be played out in real life.【文章大意】本文叙述了尽管著名女演员helen hunt是童星出身，但她不同意六岁的女儿演电影，因为它认为，许多童星的未来都是悲剧。26. according to the passage, ms hunt _.a. started acting and modeling when she was a little girlb. has been acting for about 30 yearsc. is the daughter of a famous actor d. started singing when she was eight【答案】a 【 解析】细节理解题。根据now in her late 40s, she started acting and modeling when she was eight可知她在很小的时候就开始表演了，故选a。27. the underlined word “accolades” in paragraph 2 probably means “_”.a. difficultiesb. awardsc. salariesd. opinions【答案】b【 解析】词义猜测题。根据she earned four golden globes and four emmys.和when she won the best actress academy award可知它是奖项，故选b。28. the author thinks helen hunts success is mainly due to _.a. her hard work b. the help of a technical directorc. her experiences as a child star d. her talent and good luck【答案】c【 解析】细节理解题。根据there is no doubt that her early experiences as a child star prepared her for what has been an outstanding adult career.作者认为helen hunt的成功在于她童年开始的经历，故选c。29. helen hunt wouldnt allow her daughter to become a child star because she thinks _.a. child stars often take drugs and alcohol b. being a child star may ruin her futurec. child stars arent able to solve their problems d. it is difficult to succeed as a child actor【答案】b【 解析】细节理解题。根据what ms hunt may be suggesting is that many very young stars go through unnatural childhoods on movie and tv sets. while theyre earning big incomes, theyre so pampered (纵容) by directors and praised by fans; they may get false impressions that their lives will always be that way. then, within a few years, when faced with reality, theyre hurt and confused.童星可能对未来的发展不好，故选b。30. from the passage we can conclude that _.a. few child stars will succeed in the future b. there is no way to save the entertainment businessc. the author has a different opinion about child stars d. meaningful adulthood only belongs to non-child stars【答案】c【 解析】推理判断题。根据i believe there are both good and bad scenes about how it can be played out in real life.可推出作者对于童星有不同的意见，故选c。b until a few months ago, he was a butler(管家) in one of the more expensive residential buildings in manhattan. but now, nepal-born indra tamang is the owner of two multi-million dollar apartments in the same building. the former owner - his former employer, ruth ford - died last year and left the apartments to mr tamang in her will. mr tamang is happy but quickly points out that his good fortune did not come easily. i am happy and have been touched by the generosity of the ford family, he says. i never expected that i will be given the ownership of these apartments. but i have been working for the family for the last 36 years, devotedly, with honesty and dedication(奉献). so my hard work has been rewarded. mr tamang was 21 when he was brought from nepal by charles ford, a writer and a photographer. mr ford died in 2002; his sister, actress ruth ford, then took charge and told mr tamang that he was like a brother to her after charless death. mrs ford died aged 98. during the last five years of her life, she lost her eyesight and also developed speech problems. mr tamang looked after her most of the time and took care of her medicines and food. he also worked with charles ford on various photography projects, which he now wants to keep as the photographers legacy(遗产). he hopes to organize exhibitions of mr fords photographs and edit a book of his works.mr tamang plans to sell the bigger, three-bedroom apartment to pay the taxes he owes to the government on his legacy. he says: the rules of the building might be a problem, as they require a minimum monthly income to qualify to live as owner of apartments. i have my small house here but i am happy with it, mr tamang has learnt his lesson from the life of his employers and plans to use his money with great caution. i think one should save money for old age. thats when you need it the most to get care, he says. 【文章大意】本文叙述了mr tamang本来是一个管家，由于细心地照顾主人，最后主人把数百万的房产留给了他，他卖了一个公寓还上了税收，他从主人那里学到花钱要小心谨慎。31. mr tamang treated the legacy as _. a. a reward b. a punishment c. business d. a gift【答案】a 【 解析】细节理解题。根据so my hard work has been rewarded.可知他把遗产看成是他的奖励，故选a。32. what didnt mr tamang do in the ford family? a. show mr fords works in the exhibition. b. look after ruth ford when she was ill. c. work on kinds of photography projects d. experience deaths of charles ford and ruth ford【答案】a【 解析】细节理解题。根据he hopes to organize exhibitions of mr fords photographs and edit a book of his works.他希望办一次影展，说明他还没有去做，故选a。33. mr tamang wants to sell one apartment to _. a. buy the small house b. pay the government the tax of the apartments c. edit a book of charles fords photographs d. move into the expensive apartments as soon as possible【答案】b【 解析】细节理解题。根据mr tamang plans to sell the bigger, three-bedroom apartment to pay the taxes he owes to the government on his legacy.他要卖一套公寓来缴税，故选b。34. what lesson does mr tamang learn from the ford family? a. to find a good butler. b. to spend money thoughtfully. c. to save money for children. d. to get good care when people get old. 【答案】b【 解析】细节理解题。根据mr tamang has learnt his lesson from the life of his employers and plans to use his money with great caution. mr tamang从主人那里学到花钱要小心谨慎，故选b。35. what can we know from the passage? a. charles ford gave the apartments to mr tamang. b. charles ford couldnt see or speak before his death. c. mr tamang treated ruth ford much better than her brother. d. mr tamang will still live in his small house in the near future. 【答案】d【 解析】推理判断题。根据i have my small house here but i am happy with it, 可推知他可能要住进小的房子，故选d。cyou may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. but lee gray, phd, of the university of north carolina, us, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. he is known as the “elevator guy”. “the lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” gray told the bbc. “they elevators are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.” we walk in and usually turn around to face the door. if someone else comes in, we may have to move. and here, according to gray, liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. he told the bbc what he had observed. he explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want its your own little box. if there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance. when a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. and when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. a fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle. new entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. once in, for most people the rule is simple look down, or look at your phone. why are we so awkward in lifts? “you dont have enough space,” professor babette renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the free university of berlin, told the bbc. “usually when we meet other people we have about an arms length of distance between us. and thats not possible in most elevators.” in such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “the easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.【文章大意】本文告诉我们一些不成文的电梯礼仪。 36.the main purpose of the article is to _. a. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator b. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette c. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride d. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator【答案】b【 解析】写作意图题。根据短文的内容可知这里叙述了电梯里的一些不成文的规定，故选b。37. according to gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _. a. turn around and greet one another b. look around or examine their phone c. make eye contact with those in the elevator d. try to keep a distance from other people【答案】d【 解析】细节理解题。根据“from each other to create distance”可知，人们进电梯后要跟别人保持距离。故选d。38. which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator? 【答案】c【 解析】细节理解题。根据a两个人应站在对角线。b三个人要站成三角形。d五个人要站在四个角和中间。只有c四个人站在四个角是正确的。故选c。39. the underlined phrase “size up” in paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _. a. judge b. ignore c. put up with d. make the best of【答案】a【 解析】词义猜测题。size up出现在“when the doors slide open”电梯门开时，“act decisively果断行动”之前，所以应该是判断门内情况的意思，只有judge审度最接近。b“ignore”无视；c“put up with”容忍；d “make the best of” 充分利用。故选a。40. according to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _. a. someones odd behaviors b. the lack of space c. their unfamiliarity with one another d. their eye contact with one another【答案】b【 解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“you dont have enough space”可知只有电梯里缺少空间的时候感到尴尬，故选b。 dshes not afraid of anything. snakes? no problem. walking alone in the dark? easy. were not talking about a superhero here - sm is a 44-year-old mother. and shes fearless because she happens to be missing part of her brain: the amygdala(扁桃腺). shaped like a pair of almonds sitting in the middle of your brain, the amygdala helps control fear and anxiety. a rare condition called urbach-wiethe disease left sm without her amygdala, and seems to have completely erased her sense of fear. to try to understand how the amygdala works, a team of researchers made their efforts to scare sm. they showed her horror movies and took her to the waverly hills sanatorium haunted house in kentucky. she pushed out one of the monsters(巨物) and laughed. sm said she didnt like snakes, but at a pet store full of poisonous creatures, she kept asking to touch them. when asked to rate her feelings, sm reported feeling surprised or disgusted, but never fearful. “she tends to approach everything she should be avoiding,” says justin feinstein of the university of iowa. this means the amygdala could control deeper urges to approach or avoid danger. other scientists have a different opinion, though. “i dont believe you can make a general statement about what the amygdala does by a single case study,” elizabeth phelps said. in 2002, phelps published a study on a similar patient with amygdala damage who still showed fear.it may sound like fun to be totally fearless, but we get scared for a good reason. “the nature of fear is survival and the amygdala helps us stay alive by avoiding situations, people, or objects that put our life in danger,” feinstein said. sm was once followed in a park after dark by a man with a knife, and she simply walked away. “it is quite remarkable that she is still alive,” said feinstein. 【文章大意】本文叙述了研究人员通过在失去扁桃腺人的身上实验扁桃腺的作用，结果发现它能控制人的恐惧，但是也有的科研人员对此产生了怀疑。 41. sm dares to walk alone in the dark mainly because _. a. she is a superhero b. she has experien