高考英语 考前50天（阅读理解）训练秘笈（3）.doc

2013高考英语考前50天（阅读理解）训练秘笈（3）及答案阅读理解(a)are some people born clever and others born stupid? or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. to some degree our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. on the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and different surroundings. thus the limits of persons intelligence are fixed at birth, and whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. this idea, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways. it is easy to show that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with. the closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. if, on the other hand, we take two twins, they are very likely to be as intelligent as each other. relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. we might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. we would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays a part. this conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in touch with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence. 16. if a child is born with low intelligence, he can _. a. become a geniusb. not reach his intelligence in his lifec. reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundingsd. still become a genius if he should be given special education17. in paragraph 2, the underlined sentence “if we take two unrelated people at random from population” means “_. ”a. if we pick any two personsb. if we take out two different personsc. if we choose two persons who have relationsd. if we choose two persons with different intelligence18. the example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows _. a. the part that birth playsb. the importance of their relations c. the importance of their intelligenced. the role of environment on intelligence19. the best title of the passage can be “_”. a. surroundingsb. intelligencec. dependence on environmentd. effect of education(b)when russell lyons volunteered for the first time, he read goodnight moon to a class of san diego preschoolers. and it wasnt readinghed memorized the book and was reciting it out loud. he was 4. still, he said it felt good up there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. he wanted more of that feeling. thirteen years later, hes getting a lot of it. hes on a five-month road trip across americanot sightseeing, but volunteering. the university city resident has spent time at an animal reserve in utah, a womens shelter in st. louis, a soup kitchen in new york, a retirement home in tucson. this week hes in los angeles, at a program that supports disabled youth. “i just like helping people and feeling that something i do is making a difference, ” he said. he resists the idea that his “do good adventure” is all that unusual. it bothers him that the media often describes young people as lazy, self-centered and materialistic. so he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement, too. “about 55 percent of teens do volunteer work, higher than the rate of adults, ” he said, according to a 2002 study. “not everybody knows that. ”of course, some teens do volunteer work because it looks impressive on their college applications. lyons said he mentioned his trip on his submissions. but charity work is a habit with him. even before the cross country trip, he was volunteering about 200 hours a year at various places. hes made sandwiches for homeless families in washington d. c. . hes taught math to fifth-graders in cuernavaca, mexico. he gets some of that drive from his mother, leslye lyons, who has been involved in nonprofits for much of her life. she was there when her son “read” to the preschoolersa memory of hers “that will never go away. ”20. what did russell lyons think of his first volunteering? a. creative. b. impressive. c. persuasive. d. imaginative. 21. the third paragraph is meant to _. a. indicate russell lyons is working as a volunteerb. introduce some tourist attractions across americac. appeal for volunteers to offer help to those in needd. show volunteers are needed in all parts of america22. according to paragraph 4, russell lyons is against the idea that _. a. what he has done is commonb. most teens do volunteer workc. young people dont work hardd. adults prefer to be volunteers23. russell lyons has been doing volunteer work because _. a. it is necessary for college applicationsb. he ought to keep his promise to momc. he likes the feeling of being praisedd. it has become a natural part of his life24. what does the last paragraph suggest? a. leslye lyons is too busy to look after her son. b. russell lyons is greatly influenced by his mother. c. leslye lyons almost earns no money all her life. d. children are always important to their parents. 答案解析【文章大意】研究发现，人的智力水平从某种程度上来说一出生就已经确定了，但同时它也会受一个人所处的环境和生活经历的影响。16.【解析】选c。细节理解题。从文章第一段中的thus the limits of persons intelligence are fixed at birth, and whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. 可知，一个天生智力水平不高的孩子如果能处于一个丰富多彩的环境中，他就可以达到他的智力极限。17.【解析】选a。语句理解题。从画线句子中的两个关键词unrelated及at random可知，本句意指在所有的人中随机任意挑选两个人，故选a。18.【解析】选d。细节理解题。第三段第一句说的是把一对同卵双胞胎置于不同的环境，而文章接着说把他们一个送进大学，而另一个送进工厂，这显然是在讨论不同环境对人的智力的影响，故选d。19.【解析】选b。主旨大意题。本文从学术角度对一个人智力的形成和发展进行了说明，指出人的智力水平由人一出生决定，但其开发和培养受环境影响，因此“智力”是这篇文章所要说明的主要问题，故选b。20.【解析】选b。推理判断题。从第一段中的he was 4. still, he said it felt good up there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. he wanted more of that feeling. 可知，russell lyons四岁时作为志愿者为学前儿童读书, 这给他留下了极深的印象。creative 有创造性的；persuasive 有说服力的；imaginative 有创造力的，与短文语境不符，故选b。21.【解析】选a。主旨大意题。文章第三段中提到了russell lyons曾经所从事过的各种志愿者工作，而在这一段的后半部分则提到他现在正在洛杉矶，从事一个支持残疾青年的项目，由此可知，本段意在表达russell lyons正在从事志愿者工作。22.【解析】选c。细节理解题。由文章第四段it bothers him that the media often describes young people as lazy, self-centered and materialistic. so he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement, too. “about 55 percent of teens do volunteer work, higher than the rate of adults, ”. . . 可知，russell lyons是反对所谓的年轻人都懒惰，以自我为中心和追求物质利益这种观点的。23.【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的but charity work is a habit with him. 可知，russell lyons已经把从事志愿者工作当成了自己生活中的必不可少的一部分。24.【解析】选b。细节理解题。从文章最后一段中的he gets some of that drive from his mother, leslye lyons, who has been involved in nonprofits for much of her life. 可知，russell lyons从事志愿者工作是受到了其母亲的影响。*结束 第*套阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。arobert todd duncan was born in 1903 in the southern city of danville, kentucky. his mother was his first music teacher. as a young man, he continued his music study in indianapolis, indiana.in 1930，he completed more musical education at columbia university in new york city. then he moved to washington. for fifteen years, he taught music at howard university in washington. at that time, not many black musicians were known for writing or performing classical music. teaching at howard gave duncan the chance to share his knowledge of classical european music with a mainly black student population. he taught special ways to present the music. these special ways became known as the duncan technique.besides teaching，duncan sang in several operas with performers who were all black. but it seemed that he always would be known mainly as a concert artist. however，his life took a different turn in the middle 1930s. at that time, the famous american music writer george gershwin was looking for someone to play a leading part in his new work porgy and bess. the music critic (评论家) of the new york times newspaper suggested todd duncan. duncan had almost decided not to try for the part as he knew it would not be easy to get it. but he changed his mind. he sang a piece from an italian opera for gershwin. he had sung only a few minutes when gershwin offered him the part. he became famous because of the part in porgy and bess.todd duncan gained fame as an opera singer and concert artist. but his greatest love in music was teaching. when he stopped teaching at howard，he continued giving singing lessons in his washington home until the week before his death.56what is this passage mainly about?awhat robert todd duncan loved most.bhow robert todd duncan became famous.crobert todd duncan and his works of music.da brief introduction to robert todd duncan.57according to paragraph 2，while teaching at howard university，duncan_.adiscovered special new ways to write musicbopened doors for other black classical singerschad the chance to know many famous black musiciansdbecame known for writing and performing classical music58what happ