湖北省黄石市高考英语 阅读理解训练题（3）.doc

湖北省黄石市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题（3）及答案my housemy mother moved a lot when she was growing up on account of grandpa being in the army. she hated having to adjust to new schools and make new friends. thats why i thought she was joking when she put forward the idea of moving. but she was completely serious. “for just the two of us,” my mother said, “an apartment in the city will suit our needs much better.” personally, i think shes lost her mind. i guess i can understand why she would want to move, but what about me and what this house means to me?i suppose if you looked at my house, you might think it was just another country house. but to me it is anything but standard. i moved into this house with my parents ten years ago. i can still remember that first day like it was yesterday. the first thing i noticed was the big front yard. to me it seemed like an ocean of grassi couldnt wait to dive in. the backyard was full of gnarled (扭曲的, 粗糙的) and scary trees that talk on windy nights. but i grew to like them and the shadows they cast in my room. my father and i even built a small tree house, where i often go to remember all the wonderful times we had before fathers death. this house is specialmaybe only to mebut special nevertheless. its the little seemingly insignificant things that make this house so special to me: the ice-cold tile floors that make me tremble on midnight snack runs; the smell of my fathers pipe that still exists; the towering bookcases of my mother; the view outside my bedroom window.this house holds too many memories, memories which would be lost if we gave it up. 9. why did the authors mother decide to move?a. because she hated the countryside.b. because grandpa was on constant move.c. because dads death made her lose her mind.d. because she thought a city flat more fit for them.10. what impressed the author when she first moved into the house?a. the tree house. b. the big trees. c. the cold floors.d. the green grass.11. how did the author let us feel that the house was special to her? a. by arguing whether the house was standard.b. by explaining why the house suited their needs. k.&s5*uc. by describing the small things related to her house.d. by comparing the differences between country and city life. 12. my mother moved a lot when she was growing up because of _. a. grandpa being in the army. b.their familys liking moving c. the lifes need d. mothers work912 ddca *结束 some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. others say that the opposite is true that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. there is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the olympic games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the games were also destroyed by incidents caused mainly by minor national competition. one country received its secondplace medals with visible anger after the hockey final. there had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers objected to the final decisions. they were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents victory was unfair .their manager was quite angry when he said: “this wasnt hockey. hockey and the international hockey federation are finished.” the president of the federation said later that such behavior could result in the disorder of the team for at least three years. the american basketball team announced that they would not give up first place to russia, after a disputable end to their contest. the game had ended in disturbance. it was thought at first that the united states had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. a russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. it was the first time the u.s.a. had ever lost an olympic basketball match. experts discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. the american players then voted not to receive the silver medals.incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. the suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national terms, might be too much to hope for. but in the present organization of the olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism.9. according to the author, recent olympic games have _.a. created goodwill between the nationsb. caused only false national pridec. hardly showed any international friendshipd.led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred10. what did the manager mean by saying,“.hockey and the international hockey federation are finished”?a. his team would no longer take part in international games.b. hockey and the federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.c. there should be no more hockey matches organized by the federation.d. the federation should not exist.11. the basketball example implied that _.a. too much patriotism was shown in the incidentb. the announcement to make the match long was wrongc. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decisiond. the american team was right in receiving the silver medals12. what conclusion can be drawn from the passage?a. the organization of the olympic games must be improved.b. athletes should compete as individuals in the olympic games.c. sport should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game. d. international contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations.912、 cb aa*结束（1）the plot against america is a novel by philip roth published in 2004. instead of reconstructing real historical events, philip roth offers something bolder: a reconstruction of imagined events, a what if.? that reads like a what really happened. just suppose.that the air hero charles lindbergh, the man who made the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927, who earned huge sympathy when his baby son was kidnapped and murdered five years later, who called hitler a great man, just suppose that hed run for president in november 1940, and took advantage of the feelings that undoubtedly existed then (no more war! never again will young americans die on foreign soil!), and that instead of roosevelt being elected for a third term and taking america into europe to fight the nazis, lindbergh won a landslide victory. and then he signed non-aggression treaties with germany and japan, and introduced a set of anti-semitic(反犹太人的) measures which were a betrayal of the rights and liberties in the constitution(宪法) and yet they were accepted by the mass of ordinary citizens and even by some jews. the narrator is philip roth, aged seven, and the family at the books centre are his family - father herman, mother bess and brother sandy. the roths understand the threat posed by lindbergh, but each member of the family responds differently. early on, theres a trip to see the sights of washington, where the roths find their pre-booked hotel room has become mysteriously unavailable. an obvious case of anti-semitism, herman shouts, and a violation of the principle that all men are created equal. but his loudmouth protests embarrass bess. already theres a pressure to pretend not to see whats going on. further disagreements arise when sandy disappears for the summer for an apprenticeship(学徒期) with a kentucky tobacco farmer. worse, after he successfully encourages other jewish city boys to follow his example, hes invited to a reception at the white house through his aunt, besss sister evelyn. while herman refuses sandy permission to attend, evelyn defends lindbergh as a freely elected democrat.1. which of the following is true in history according to the passage?a. lindberghs son was kidnapped and killed in 1933.b. lindbergh was elected president of america in 1940.c. there were antiwar feelings in america during the 1940s.d. america didnt fight the nazis during the world war two.2. lindbergh could be elected president mainly because _. a. americans felt sympathy for his son b. his antiwar policy was welcome c. hitler supported his measures against jews d. he was a great air hero in america3. what can we infer from the passage?a. the roths at the books centre are jewish.b. herman is a strong supporter to lindbergh.c. sandy dislikes his experience in kentucky.d. jewish boys are encouraged to go to the war.4. what can we learn from the roths experience in washington? a. we shouldnt protest loudly when faced with problems. b. all men were equally treated in america at that time. c. the roths had a happy time when touring washington. d. jews suffered from unfair treatment due to anti-semitism.5. in which column of the newspaper do you probably find the article? a. book review b. travel journal c. national news d. family life参考答案1-5 c b a d a*结束new york city?a hurricane warning has been given for new york cityforecasters say hurricane irene could cause widespread flooding, power failure and billions of dollars in damageabout 65 million americans live in hurricane irenes projected path many of whom have been evacuatedin new york city, mayor michael bloomberg has ordered the citys first-ever evacuation roughly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes in low-lying areas, including the wall street financial districtwashington dcon aug24, 2011, apple announced that mrsteve jobs, who has battled cancer for several years, was stepping down as the ceo but would serve as chairmanin january, he had announced that he was taking a medical leave of absence from applein announcing his leave, he turned daily oversight of the company over to the chief operating officer, timothy dcook, and it was mrcook whom apple named to succeed him as the next ceo of the companytripoliopposition forces in libya say they control more than 90 percent of the countryit is still not clear where moammar gadhafi isthe opposition has offered more than 1,600,000 dollars for his capture （逮捕）the head of the opposition forces said his group supports a decision by local businessmen to provide the money in an effort to speed up the captureearlier wednesday, government forces fired onto the former headquarters （总部） of mr. gadhafi, which is now controlled by opposition forcesheavy fighting also continued near tripolis airport and in a town of zuara13the underlined word evacuated probably means _asent away to safer places bgathered around to higher positionscflooded off to lower reaches dleft behind to dangerous situations14who has been appointed as the new ceo of apple?asteve jobs bmichael bloombergcmoammar gadhafi dtimothy dcook15from the news above, we know that in libya _athe local businessmen have offered money to catch hold of gadhafibthe opposition forces suffered a thorough defeat near tripolis airportcthe government forces are defending the headquarters of mrgadhafidthe town ofzuara is the place where moammar gadhafi probably hides 13. a 14. d 15. a *结束 mr. peter johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. mr. johnson took the only escape routethrough the boot(行李箱). mr. johnsons car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at romney marsin, kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” mr. johnson said. “i couldnt force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because i knew water would come flooding in.” mr. johnson, a sweet salesman of sitting home, kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. then he began his struggle to escape. later he said, “it was really a half penny that saved my life. it was the only coin i had in my pocket and i used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. i hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.” it took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. then mr. johnson found a wrench(扳子) and began to work on the boot lock. fifteen minutes passed by.