贵州省遵义市高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练（8）.doc

遵义市2014高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练（8） 及答案或解析in ancient egypt ，the pharaoh(法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. however, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.shades of that spirit spread over today s conversations.once a friend and i packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. as we walked lightheartedly out the door，picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “oh boy, bad day for a picnic. the weatherman says it s going to rain.” i wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.several months ago i was racing to catch a bus.as i breathlessly put my handful of cash across the greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “oh that bus left five minutes ago.” dreams of headcutting!it s not the news that makes someone angry. it s the unsympathetic attitude with which it s delivered. everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. a doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. a boss informing an employee he didn t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone.big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. when you are tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn t ready yet? when you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? it makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, i would have appreciated his warning.had the greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, i probably would have said, “oh, that s all right. ill catch the next one. ”big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded (被轰炸的) person is sure to have.语篇解读当我们告诉别人不好的消息时，我们应该以同情的表情和语气来表达。1in paragraph 1 ，the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to_.a. make a comparisonb. introduce a topicc. describe a scene d. offer an argument解析逻辑推理题。从第一段可知，作者用“法老的故事”来引出文章的话题，所以答案选b。答案b2in the writer s opinion, his neighbor was_.a. friendly b. warmheartedc. not considerate d. not helpful解析事实细节题。文章中第二段，作者的邻居高兴地向作者传达一个坏消息，他没有考虑作者的感受，由此可知作者的邻居很不会体贴人，考虑事情不周全。答案c3from “dreams of headcutting！” ( paragraph 3 ), we learn that the writer_.a. was mad at the sales agentb. was reminded of the cruel pharaohc. wished that the sales agent would have bad dreamsd. dreamed of cutting the sales agent s head that night解析逻辑推理题。从文章第三段推断可知，作者对售票员的这种行为非常愤怒，所以答案选a。答案a4what is the main idea of the text?a. delivering bad news properly is important in communication.b. helping others sincerely is the key to business success.c. receiving bad news requires great courage.d. learning ancient traditions can be useful.解析主旨大意题。本文告诉我们“在日常交流中，当向别人传达坏消息时应该委婉地表达出来，以照顾到对方的感受，这在日常交流中是非常重要的”。由此可知答案为a项。答案a*结束passage *many years ago,i owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between melbourne and adelaide.one very cold,wet night at about 3:30 a.m.,there was a 41 on the front door of our house.a young man,wet from 42 to toe,explained that he had 43 out of petrol about 30 km up the road.he had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children 44 at the car and siad that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.once i had 45 a can with petrol,i took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both 46 ,saying that they were cold.once the car had started,i suggested that he 47 me back.before leaving,i had turned the heater 48 in the roadhouse,so that when we went in,it was nice and 49 .while the little ones played and ran 50 ,i prepared bread and butter for the children,and hot chocolate for the 51 .it was about 5 a.m. before they 52 .the young fellow asked me how much he 53 me and i told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had 54 $15.he offered to pay “call-out fee”,but i wouldnt accept it.about a month later,i received a 55 from interstate,a large bus company that we had been trying to 56 to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time.it 57 out that the young fellow i had helped was its general manager,the most 58 person in the company.in his letter,he thanked me again and 59 me that,from then on,all their buses would stop at my service station.in this 60 ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.41.a.kickb.hitc.beatd.knock42.a.fingerb.shoulderc.headd.hand43.a.drivenb.usedc.comed.run44.a.awayb.behindc.overd.out45.a.suppliedb.pouredc.equippedd.filled46.a.sleepingb.cryingc.quarrellingd.fighting47.a.allowb.ringc.leadd.follow48.a.onb.offc.ind.over49.a.neatb.hotc.warmd.attractive50.a.aroundb.insidec.nearbyd.along51.a.driversb.guestsc.customersd.adults52.a.leftb.arrivedc.ated.disappeared53.a.gaveb.paidc.owedd.offered54.a.appearedb.exhibitedc.calculatedd.shown55.a.callb.letterc.checkd.notice56.a.getb.forcec.requited.hope57.a.pointedb.turnedc.workedd.found58.a.generousb.successfulc.seriousd.powerful59.a.praisedb.persuadedc.informedd.convinced60.a.lessonb.businessc.aspectd.case参考答案 41.d 42.c 43.d 44.b 45.d 46.b 47.d 48.a 49.c 50.a 51.d 52.a 53.c 54.d 55.b 56.a 57.b 58.d 59.c 60.d *结束passage *i moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. in the house with a large 36 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. at the end of the day, he would 37 his taxi on the road. i 38 why he did not park it in the garage. then one day i learnt that he had another car in his garage. in the afternoon he would come home from 39 , leave his taxi and go out for his 40 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. i felt it was 41 . i was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until i 42 to be outside one evening two weeks 43 , when the garage door was 44 and he drove out in his “own” car: a rolls-royce （劳斯莱斯）! it shook me completely 45 i realized what that meant. you see, he was a taxi driver. but 46 inside, he saw himself as something else: a rolls-royce owner and a （an） 47 . he drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his rolls-royce. the world looked at his taxi and 48 him a taxi driver. but for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. rolls-royce was something he drove or a （an） 49 . we go to bed every night and wake up every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, ceos or professors. we go for a 50 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 51 . we love life as it is. yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 52 the social ladderhow much bigger and better a 53 we have. and we 54 our rolls-royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. we should focus more on 55 we are than what we do! 36. a. window b. garage c. door d. yard 37. a. park b. stop c. check d. repair 38. a. knew b. understood c. asked d. wondered 39. a. park b. factory c. road d. work 40. a. business b. national c. personal d. public 41. a. wasteful b. meaningful c. wonderful d. plentiful 42. a. appeared b. intended c. expected d. happened 43. a. later b. more c. ago d. before 44. a. broken b. fine c. shut d. open 45. a. once b. before c. when d. until 46. a. far b. deep c. long d. little 47. a. driver b. engineer c. father d. son 48. a. called b. made c. elected d. turned 49. a. experience b. earning c. life d. position 50. a. competition b. performance c. debate d. party 51. a. family b. company c. team d. whole 52. a. build b. climb c. stand d. lay 53. a. house b. garage c. car d. taxi 54. a. reject b. boycottc. ignored. value 55. a. who b. what c. which d. where 参考答案 36.b 37.a 38.d 39.d 40.c 41.a 42.d 43.a 44.d 45.c 46.b 47.c 48.a 49.c 50.d 51.a 52.b 53.d 54.c 55.a *结束aeven plants can run a fever, especially when theyre under attack by insects or disease. but unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet awaystraight up. a decade ago, adapting the infrared (红外线) scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist stephen paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. the goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide (杀虫剂) spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest problems.even better, paleys remote scanning services company could detect crop problems be- fore they became visible to the eye. mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. the data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running “fevers”. farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.the bad news is that paleys company closed down in l984, after only three years. farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. but with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, paley hopes to get back into operation. agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. this technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the united states, says george oerther of texas a & m. ray jackson, who recently retired from the department of agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. but only if paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.41. plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are _.a. sprayed with pest