高三英语二轮复习专题突破精品训练阅读理解28.doc

2014届高三英语二轮复习专题突破精品训练：阅读理解a the sun shone in through the dining room window, lighting up the hardwood floor. we had been talking there for nearly two hours. the phone of the“nightline”rang yet again and morrie asked his helperconnie，to get it. she had been taking down the callersnames in morries small black appointment book. it was clear i was not the only one interested in visiting my old professorthe“nightline”appearance had made him something of a big figurebut i was impressed with, perhaps even a bit envious of, all the friends that morrie seemed to have. “you know, mitch, now that im dying, ive become much more interesting to peopleim on the last great journey hereand people want me to tell them what to pack” the phone rang again “morrie，can you talk?”connie asked. “im visiting with my old friend now，”he announced“let them call back” i cannot tell you why he received me so warmly. i was hardly the promising student who had left him sixteen years earlierhad it not been for“nightline，”morrie might have died without ever seeing me again what happened to me? the eighties happened. the nineties happeneddeath and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened. i traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and i never even realized i was doing it. yet here was morrie talking with the wonder of our college years, as if id simply been on a long vacation. “have you found someone to share your heart with?” he asked. “are you at peace with yourself?” “are you trying to be as human as you can be?” i felt ashamed, wanting to show i had been trying hard to work out such questionswhat happened to me? i once promised myself i would never work for money, that i would join the peace corps, and that i would live in beautiful, inspirational places instead, i had been in detroit for ten years, at the same workplace，using the same bank, visiting the same barber i was thirty-seven，more mature than in college，tied to computers and modems and cell phones. i was no longer young, nor did i walk around in gray sweatshirts with unlit cigarettes in my mouth. i did not have long discussions over egg salad sandwiches about the meaning of life my days were full, yet i remained, much of the time, unsatisfied. what happened to me? 1. when did the author graduate from morries college? a. in the eighties b. in the nineties c. when he was sixteen. d. when he was twenty-one答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节题。由第六段 “i was hardly the promising student who had left him sixteen years earlier”可知，作者16年前离开morrie，由倒数第三段 “visiting the same barber i was thirty-seven，more mature than in college”可知，作者已经有37岁了，比上大学的时候成熟了许多，因此作者毕业的时候是21岁。故答案为d。2. what do we know about the“nightline”? a. morrie started it by himself. b. it helped morrie earn a famec. the author helped morrie start itd. it was only operated at night答案解析：答案为b。本题为细节题。由第一段 “the“nightline”appearance had made him something of a big figure”可知，“nightline”使morrie成为了一个了不起的人物，b选项与文意符合，故答案为b。a、c选项未提，均不选。由第一段第一、二句话 “the sun shone in through the dining room window, lighting up the hardwood floor. we had been talking there for nearly two hours.”可知，d选项错误。3. what can we infer from the passage? a. both the author and morrie liked travelling.b. morrie liked helping people pack things for their journeys.c. the author envied morries friends the help they got from him.d. the author earned a lot of money at the cost of his dreams.答案解析：答案为d。本题为推理题。由第八段 “i traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and i never even realized i was doing it.” 和第十二段 “i felt ashamed, wanting to show i had been trying hard to work out such questionswhat happened to me? i once promised myself i would never work for money”可知，作者从没意识到他为了更高的薪水以自己的梦想作为交易，他感到羞愧，因为他曾经许诺自己永不为钱而工作，可是他并没做到，因此可以推断，作者以自己的梦想为代价赚了许多钱，故答案为d。第二段虽然提到 “im on the last great journey hereand people want me to tell them what to pack” 但此处的“journey”是比喻人生的旅程，故a、b选项错误。第一段提到 “but i was impressed with, perhaps even a bit envious of, all the friends that morrie seemed to have.” 作者羡慕morrie有如此多的朋友，c选项“作者羡慕morrie的朋友从他那儿得到的帮助”与文意不符，故错误。4. whats the authors feeling when he writes this passage? a. regretful. b. enthusiastic.c. sympathetic. d. humorous.答案解析：答案为a。本题为推理题。从本文的写作语气和一些关键词，例如第十二段的 “i felt ashamed”、倒数第三段 “i did not have long discussions over egg salad sandwiches about the meaning of life”和倒数第二段 “my days were full, yet i remained, much of the time, unsatisfied.”都流露出作者因为他前面的一生都是为钱而工作对自己所度过的人生感到非常后悔。故答案为a。bmy cat posy, a tortoiseshell tabby, lives with my family in a house in london, england. like most cats, posy is never pleased to see another cat on her territoryor anywhere, for that matter. whenever she encounters a cat-like fellow, her hair stands on end, and she begins to hiss. in extreme cases, she sets up a yowling that warns the whole neighborhood.though she may be a proud defender of her territory, there is a reason why my dad has always referred to her as “a cat of very little brain”. one day my mum came home with a purchase she was delighted witha large tea cozy in the shape of a cat, with all the cat features, from ears to tail, drawn in. naturally, when teatime rolled around the next afternoon, out came the new tea cozy to keep the pot warm. it received a lot of admiration from the rest of the family because it had the look of a real cat. this cat looked almost like a king sitting there, guarding the pot, with a half-smile on his cloth face. suddenly, a slight sound emerged over the clink of teaspoons on china a slow, steady hiss. i turned around to see posy behind me in the kitchen doorway, hair standing on end, ears laid back, staring straight at the tea cozy. the tea cozy stared back. posy edged nearer with suspicion, as her eyes narrowed, while she sent out more hissing sounds as she sized up her rivala rival whod not only managed to get into her house but was now on her table. and here was the family doing nothing about it.needless to say, we had almost fallen off our chairs laughing by this timewe couldnt believe she actually thought the tea cozy was a real cat! luckily, posy stopped short of jumping on the unexpected rival. eventually we took pity on her, lifted the cozy off the pot and finally convinced her that, the presence of this particular cat on her territory was no good reason to cause fur to fly.1. posy begins to hiss _.a. whenever she sees a tortoise on her territoryb. whenever she sees another cat on her territoryc. whenever she sees a teapot at homed. whenever she meets the family members at home答案解析：答案为b。本题为细节题。由第一段 “like most cats, posy is never pleased to see another cat on her territoryor anywhere, for that matter. whenever she encounters a cat-like fellow, her hair stands on end, and she begins to hiss.”可知，答案为b。2. it can be learned from the passage that_. a. posy is loyal to my dadb. it isnt difficult to read the facial expression of the tea cozyc. nobody gets along well with posy except my mumd. my mum has been buying something like a cat to protect the pot from being broken 答案解析：答案为b。本题为推理题。本题可用排除法。a、c选项未提。由第二段 “one day my mum came home with a purchase she was delighted witha large tea cozy in the shape of a cat, out came the new tea cozy to keep the pot warm.”可知，d选项不符合文意。因此只有选择b选项，又及第二段 “with a half-smile on his cloth face.” 和该段的 “ the tea cozy stared back.” 可表明b选项正确。3“posy stopped short of jumping on the unexpected rival”in the last paragraph means_. a. posy couldnt launch a successful attack on her rivalb. posy didnt have the ability to attack her rivalc. posy decided not to attack her rivald. posys rival is not alive 答案解析：答案为c。本题为语义理解题。由最后一段可知，posy想攻击长得像猫一样的tea cozy，她认为这是只真猫，我们看到这一幕笑破了肚皮，作者写到 “luckily, posy stopped short of jumping on the unexpected rival.”, 可以推断，posy没有攻击tea cozy。 “stop short of doing sth” 意为差点儿做某事，因此答案为c。4. the best title for this story is“_”. a. posy，the stupid cat b. posy，the cat of little brainc. posy，the tortoiseshell tabby d. posy，the proud territory defender答案解析：答案为d。本题考查文章的标题。文章都是围绕一只猫为了保护自己的领地而发生的一切，因此答案为d“posy，自豪的领土保卫者”。wugging, or web use giving, describes the act of giving to charity at no cost to the user. by using everyclick. com, which is being added to a number of university computers across the uk this week, students can raise money every time they search, but it wont cost them a penny.research shows that students are enthusiastic about supporting charity, 88% of full time students have used the internet to give to charity. this figure is high, considering this age group is often the least likely to have disposable(可支配的)income. 19% of 22 to 24 years old have short-term debts of more than 5，000. with rising personal debt levels in this age group, due to university tuition fees or personal loans and a lack of long-term savings, traditional methods of donating to charity are often not appealing or possible.beth truman, a 21-year-old recent university graduate has used everyclick. com to donate to her chosen charity, the rspca, for two years and has seen thewuggingmovement grow popular with students. “when youre at university you become more socially aware, but its sometimes hard to give to others when you have little money yourself.” says beth. “wugging is great for people in this age group as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give it to charity, without costing them a single penny.”wugging is perfect for people who want to be more socially aware and supportive but dont feel they have the means to do so. students using the web can generate money for causes they care about without it costing them anything in terms of time or money, and charities get a valuable source of funding.everyclick. com works like any other search engine, allowing users to search for information, news and images but users can identify which of the uks 170，000 charities they would like to support through their clicks. everyclick. com then makes monthly payments to every registered charity. launched in june 2005 everyclick. com is now the eighth largest search engine and one of the busiest charity websites in the uk.1. according to the passage everyclick. com contributes to charity_. a. without taking any money from usersb. by receiving money from studentsc. by directly offering information to studentsd. by advertising on their website答案解析：答案为a。本题为细节题。由第一段最后一句话 “students can raise money every time they search, but it wont cost them a penny.” 和第三段最后一句话 “wugging is great for people in this age group as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give it to charity, without costing them a single penny.” 可知，everyclick. com对慈善事业作贡献不收取捐助人的费用，故答案为a。2. how does beth truman think of the“wugging”movement? a. it makes everyclick. com popular in the uk.b. it makes giving to charity easy.c. it is a common way to promote the studentssocial awareness.d. it stresses the importance of charity in peoples daily lives. 答案解析：答案为b。本题为细节推理题。由第三段最后一句话 “as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give it to charity, without costing them a single penny.” 可知，答案为b。3. from the passage, we can conclude that _. a. more full time students contribute to charity on the internet every dayb. everyclick. com helps students pay for the college educationc. “wugging”is a win-win idea for both students and charitiesd. e is the most successful search engine in the uk 答案解析：答案为c。本题为推理题。由倒数第二段 “students using the web can generate money for causes they care about without it costing them anything in terms of time or money, and charities get a valuable source of funding.”可知，学生可以依靠该网站为慈善事业捐钱而不花费时间或金钱，慈善事业也可以得到珍贵的基金源，该网站为学生和慈善事业创造了双赢，故答案为c。4. what would be the best title for this passage? a. “wugging”, a new popular term on the internetb. british people show strong interest in charitiesc. more britain charities benefit from the internetd. students raise money for charity by“wugging” 答案解析：答案为d。本题考查文章的标题。通读全文可知，“wugging” 、“students”和“charity”是全文话题的三个主要要素，故标题为d选项，最能概括全文的大意。bresearchers in the field of psychology have found that one of the best ways to make an important decision, such as choosing a university to attend or a business to invest in, involves the use of a decision worksheet. psychologists who study optimization（最佳化）compare the actual decisions made by people to theoretical ideal decisions to see how similar they are. advocates of the worksheet procedure believe that it will yield optimal, that is, the best decisions. although there are several variations on the exact format（格式）that worksheets can take, they are all similar in their essential aspects. worksheets require defining the problem in a clear way and then listing all possible solutions to the problem. next, the related considerations that will be affected by each decision are listed, and the relative importance of each consideration or consequence is determined. each consideration is assigned a numerical value to reflect its relative importance. a decision is mathematically calculated by adding these values together. the alternative with the highest number of points emerges as the best decision. since most important problems are multifaceted(多方面的)，there are several alternatives to choose from, each with unique advantages and disadvantages. one of the benefits of a pencil and paper decision-making procedure is that it permits people to deal with more variables than their minds can generally comprehend and remember. on the average, people can keep about seven ideas in their minds at once. a worksheet can be especially useful when the decision involves a large number of variables with complex relationships. a realistic example for many college students is the question “what will i do after graduation?” a graduate might seek a position that offers specialized training, pursue an advanced degree, or travel abroad for a year. a decision-making worksheet begins with a clear statement of the problem that will also help to narrow it. it is important to be clear about the distinction between long-range and immediate goals because long-range goals often involve a different decision than short-range ones. focusing on long-range goals, a graduating student might revise the question above to “what will i do after graduation that will lead to successful career?”1. what does the passage mainly discuss?a. a tool to assist in making complex decisions.b. a comparison of actual decisions and ideal decisions.c. research on how people make decisions.d. difference between long-range and short-range decision-making.答案解析：答案为a。本题为主旨大意题。文章第一段开头就点出了讨论的话题 “researchers in the field of psychology have found that one of the best ways to make an important decision, involves the use of a decision worksheet.”，帮助做重要决定的决策工作表，故答案为a。2. of the following steps, which occurs before the three other steps in making a decision worksheet?a. listing the consequences of each solution.b. calculating a numerical summary of each solution.c. deciding which consequences are most important.d. writing down all possible solutions.答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节题。由第一段 “although there are several variations on the exact format that worksheets can take, they are all similar in their essential aspects.”可知，尽管决策工作表在格式上有不同之处，但是他们在本质方面是类似的。文章接下来就对制作决策工作表的步骤进行了介绍 “worksheets require defining the problem in a clear way and then listing all possible solutions to the problem. next, ”可以推断，第一步就是定义问题并列举所有解答问题的方法，因此答案为d。3. ac