高考英语二轮阅读理解训练08 .doc

2013高考英语二轮阅读理解训练08：（答案）热身训练right is right. right? of course. but is left wrong? well, the romans used to think so. they thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. latin, the language of the romans, had many words that expressed this view. some words we use today still have this meaning. the latin word “dexter” means “right”. the english word “dexterous” comes from this word. it means “handy” (clever with hands). so, right is handy. but the latin word for left is “sinister”. the english word “sinister” comes from this word. sinister means “evil” (very bad). is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil? well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. in old english, the word for left means “weak”. that isnt much of an improvement over “evil”. not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. you should use the hand you were born to use.people who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. but why they get all these bad names in the first place? one reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. there is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. people who are different are often thought to be wrong. but attitudes do seem to be changing. fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.72. what does the passage lead us to believe when one writes?a. he can only use his right hand.b. he can only use his left hand.c. he can use either his left hand or his right hand.d. he can use both his left hand and his right hand.73. the last sentence of this article means _.a. fair-minded right-handed people want to change the habit of the left-handed peopleb. fair-minded right-handed people are starting to help the left-handed peoplec. fair-minded right-handed people are starting to use left hand to write and so ond. fair-minded right-handed people are starting to give up using their left hands74. after we read the article we can certainly know that _.a. left-handed people have been treated poorlyb. the number of the left-handed people is larger than that of right-handed peoplec. right-handed people are much cleverer than left-handed peopled. left-handed people are less smart but hardworking75. which of the following is not right, according to the article?a. at one time, left-handed people were forced to use their right hands.b. left-handed people today are being treated better than those in the past.c. there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people today.d. “dexterous” comes from latin, means “evil” and english “sinister” means “handy”.72、cbad*结束*结束along bus rides are like television shows. they have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials （商业广告） thrown in every three or four minutes. the commercials are unavoidable. they happen whether you want them or not. every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. buy super clean toothpaste. drink good wet root beer. fill up with pacific gas. only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of you need it! buy it now!the beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if youve traveled that way before. usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. the bus driver has a style of driving and its fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. if the driver is particularly reckless （鲁莽的） or daring, the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense（悬疑的） story. will the driver pass the truck in time? will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? after a while, of course, the excitement dies down. sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. food always makes bus rides more interesting. but youve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. you know it will soon be over and theres a kind of expectation and excitement in that. the seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. by now youve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrest, with your hands crossed behind your head. the end comes just at no more ways to sit.46. according to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?a. buses on the road. b. films on television.c. advertisements on the billboards. d. gas stations.47. what is the purpose of this passage?a. to give the writers opinion about long bus trips.b. to persuade you to take a long bus trip.c. to explain how bus trips and television shows differ.d. to describe the billboards along the road.48. the writer of this passage would probably favor .a. bus drivers who arent reckless b. driving alonec. a television set on the bus d. no billboards along the road49. the writer feels long bus rides are like tv shows because .a. the commercials both on tv shows and on billboards along the road are funb. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in betweenc. the drivers are always reckless on tv shows just as they are on busesd. both traveling and watching tv are not exciting.50. the writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .a. exciting b. comfortable c. tiring d. boring参考答案 46-50 cadba *结束 bsome fifty years ago , i was studying in a middle school in new york . one day , mrs. oneil gave a maths test to our class . when the papers were marked , she found that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes in the test .there is nothing new about cheating in exams . perhaps that was why mrs. oneil didnt even say one word about it . she only asked the twelve boys to stay after class . i was one of the twelve .mrs. oneil asked no questions , and she didnt scold us , either . instead , she wrote the following words on the blackboard : on your way home you find some money and youre completely sure that you will never be found out . later someone comes to ask you if you have found some money he lost . what will you do ?she then ordered us to write down the question , and asked us to take our whole lives to try to find out our own answer to it .i dont know about the other eleven children . speaking for myself i can say : it was the most important single thing of my life. from then on , i have been asking this question to myself when i have to make a decision .because of this , mrs. oneil has become the most unforgettable teacher for me in my whole life . i often think of this : if mrs. oneil had scolded us as many other teachers often did , would i go on cheating every day ?51who wrote this story ? aa student in new york who is not interested in maths . bmrs. oneil from new york who found some money on her way home .can old maths teacher in a middle school . dan old person who once lived in new york when he was young .52when did the story happen? aover sixty years ago . b over fifty years ago . cover seventy years ago . dover eighty years ago .53in the sentence “she didnt scold us either” , what does “scold” maybe mean ? a表扬 b批评 c教育 d原谅54when mrs. oneil found twelve boys made exactly the same mistakes in the test , she _ . abecame very , very angry and shouted at the children for an hour bthought maybe she made some mistakes in her teaching ctried to find out who made the mistakes first dwanted to teach the twelve boys to stop cheating 55. why did the writer think mrs. oneil unforgettable ? abecause mrs. oneil often gave her student maths tests . bbecause mrs. oneil taught maths very well .cbecause mrs. oneil loved her students as she loved her own children . dbecause mrs. oneil taught a very important lesson to the writer .参考答案 51-55 dbbdd *结束cthe peales were a famous family of american artists. charles willson peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the american revolution. he painted portraits of franklin and jefferson and over a dozen of george washington. his life-size portrait of his sons raphaelle and titian was so realistic that george washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture. charles willson peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the peale museum, which he founded in philadelphia. the worlds first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. the museums most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which peale unearthed on a new york farm in 1801. three of peales seventeen children were also famous artists. paphaelle peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. his brother rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of george washington. another brother, rubens peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits. james peale, the brother of charles willson peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). his daughter sarah miriam peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in america.56. what is the main topic of the passage? a. the life of charles willson peale.b. portraits in the 18th century. c. the peale museum.d. a family of artists.57. the author mentions in paragraph 1 that washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that _. a. charles willson peales painting was very lifelike b. washington respected charles willson peales work c. washington was friendly with raphaelle and titian peale d. the painting of the two brothers was very large58. the underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ _”. a. showed b. dug up c. invented d. looked over59. which of the following is not the child of charles willson peale? a. titian peale. b. rubens peale. c. raphaelle peale. d. sarah miriam peale.60. the authors attitude toward the peales is in general _.a. puzzled b. excited c. admiring d. disappointed参考答案 56-60 dabdc*结束dlanguage learning begins with listening. children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners .most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child .before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. it is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. but since these cant be said to show the babys intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. it is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. this self-imitation（模仿）leads on to deliberate（有意的）imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. the problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.it is a problem we need to get out teeth into. the meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world .thus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself, i doubt, however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.61. before children start speaking_.a. they need equal a