山东省淄博市高考英语阅读理解暑假选练（13）.doc

山东省淄博市2016高考英语阅读理解暑假选练（13）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。 grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of cancer in 1965. although his passing was very difficult for her, i think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that good health was not to be taken forgranted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. one day, when she announced to attend lessons at the fred astaire dance studio in portland, oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did. many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing grandma. i suppose grandmas primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. she had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpas quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two-hundred-pound figure, grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any miss american competitor. having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the northwest. when i was fourteen, grandma proudly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the red lion inn. my attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and i attended the match. as if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. i thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.26. what did grandma learn from grandpas death? a. good health was not there for everyone.b. she should take dance lessons.c. she had to struggle to live a better life. d. she should wear beautiful dresses.【答案】a 【解析】细节理解题。根据good health was not to be taken forgranted，对于大家来说好的健康已经不在了，故选a。27. how did the authors family feel when grandma decided to take dance lessons? a. hopeless. b. helpless. c. embarrassed. d. proud.【答案】c【解析】细节理解题。根据we rolled our eyes in embarrassment可知作者的家人都感到尴尬，故选c。28. normal grandmas usually _ in the authors point of view?a. took dance lessonsb. did some exercises at homec. took care of grandchildren at homed. did some housework at home【答案】d【解析】细节理解题。根据she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did.在作者眼中祖母就是能在家做做家务，故选d。29. the author felt _ when he was invited to watch grandmas match.a. happy b. proud c. excited d. uninterested【答案】d【解析】细节理解题。根据my attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point,作者对于祖母的邀请他去看比赛感到没有兴趣，故选d。30. the text is mainly about a. my grandmas confidence b. my dancing grandmac. my grandmas dancing d. my grandmas gold cup【答案】b【解析】主旨大意题。根据全文的内容可知关于祖母的事情，故选b。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。 i came to study in the united states a year ago. yet i did not know the real american society until i was injured in a car accident because after the accident i had to see a doctor and go to court. after the accident , my roommate called a doctor for me. i was very grateful and determined to repay him one day . but the next day , he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done . i was astonished . he had good reason to charge me , he said. and if i wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury , id have to have a good lawyer. and only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .now that he had helped me find a good doctor , it was only fair that i should pay him .but every time i went to see the doctor , i had to wait about 50 minutes . he would see two or three patients at the same time ,and often stop treating one so as to see another . yet he charged me $115 each time . the final examination report consisted of ten lines , and it cost me $215. my lawyer was all smiles the first time we met . but after that he avoided seeing me at all . he knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident , yet he hardly did anything . he simply waited to collect his money . he was so irresponsible that i decided to dismiss him . and he made me pay him $770.now i had to act as my own lawyer. due to my inexperience, i told the insurance company the date i was leaving america . knowing that ,they played for time, and i left without getting a cent. my experiences taught me two things about america: firstly, in a country like america money is everything . it is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality . secondly ,foreigners are still being unfairly treated. so when we talk about america , we should see both its good and bad sides .1. the authors roommate offered to help him because _. a. he felt sorry for the author b. he thought it was a chance to make some money c. he knew the doctor was a very good one d. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer2. a good doctor is essential for the author to_ . a. be properly treated b. talk with the person responsible for the accident c. recover before he leaves america d. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury3. the underlined word “ charge “ in this passage means _. a. be responsible b. accuse c. ask as a price d. claim4. both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very _. a. friendly b. greedy c. professional d. busy5. what conclusion can you draw from the story ? a. going to court is something very common in america. b. one must be very careful while driving a car . c. there are more bad sides in america than good sides . d. money is more important than other things in the us.【参考答案】15、bdcbd【湖南省怀化市2014高考英语一模试题】although cats may be one of the most popular pets today, little is known about how and when humans and cats set up their close relationship. the earliest evidence for humancat interaction dates back to prehistoric cyprus（史前塞浦路斯）, where the remains of a wild cat and a human dated 9,500 years old were found buried together. a new study in the proceedings of the national academy of sciences has confirmed the first direct evidence of a humandomestic cat relationship among chinese farmers 5,300 years ago. researchers studied the bones of cats, dogs, deer and other animals unearthed in an excavation (挖掘) near a village in central china. by using some ways, scientists showed that the cats were living on a mostly millet(黍)based diet, just like the domesticated dogs and pigs from the site. the most reasonable explanation for a high consumption of milletbased food is that the cats had formed a stable and mutual relationship with humans and could easily feed on rodents (啮齿动物) around human villages, find leftover food or even have been fed by people intentionally, said hu yaowu from the chinese academy of sciences in beijing, whose research focuses on the relationship between humans and domesticated animals.it is very interesting for us to find the consumption of millet-based foods by the cats, since this kind of evidence had long been missing.” hu explains. since cats usually eat meat, such a diet would be unexpected, unless the cats were being fed by people, the study argues. the researchers also found that one of the cats survived to reach old age, implying that it had a safe place to live and enough to eat. why the farmers wanted to keep cats nearby or make them pets could be answered by other evidence. chinese archaeologists found some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents a vermin (害兽) that cats could certainly have helped with. the simplified theory is that rats were attracted to the food of farmers, and so were harmful to farmers. cats were attracted to the rats, and so farmers formed a mutually beneficial relationship with cats, taking care of them in return for pest control.【小题1】the evidence found in the remains dating back to prehistoric cyprus means . a. human made cats pets as early as 9,500 years agob. human interacted with cats very earlyc. cats didnt appear until prehistoric cyprus d. when cats became domesticated 【小题2】apart from cats, hu yaowu and his teams may also study .a. the preventions of pests from grains b. the history of chinese farmingc. the dogs and pigs d. the ways to keep pets【小题3】which of the following is not the evidence of chinese farms keeping cats? a. cats didnt feed on meat. b. the cats consumed large amounts of milletbased foods. c. one of the cats survived to reach old age. d. some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents.【小题4】what are the reasons for farmers to keep cats? a. helping keep other domesticated animals. b. not letting cats eat food.c. supplying meat for human. d. helping reduce the amount of pests. 【小题5】in which part of a newspaper would be the passage most probably appear .a. entertainment b. environmentc. human and science d. life and fashion【答案】【小题1】b【小题2】c【小题3】a【小题4】d【小题5】c【解析】试题分析：文章介绍了通过调查发现人和猫的联系是什么时候开始的，也介绍了以前的农民为什么养猫的阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。 when i was growing up, i had an old neighbor named doctor gibbs. he didnt look like any doctor id ever known. he never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind. when doctor gibbs wasnt saving lives, he was planting trees. he had some interesting theories about planting trees. he believed in the principle: no pain, no gain. he hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. once i asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. he said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. he talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water. so, instead of watering his trees every morning, hed beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. i asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees attention. doctor gibbs died a couple of years after i left home. every now and then, i walked by his house and looked at the trees that id watched him plant some 25 years ago. they were tall and strong. i planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. adversity seemed to benefit doctor gibbs trees in ways comfort and ease never could. every night before i go to bed, i check on my two sons. i often pray that their lives will be easy. but lately ive been thinking that its time to change my prayer. i know my children are going to encounter hardship. theres always a cold wind blowing somewhere. what we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we wont be torn apart.31. with the trees planted, doctor gibbs often_.a. paid little attention to themb. talked to them to get their attentionc. kept watering them every morningd. beat them to make them grow deep roots【答案】a 【解析】细节理解题。根据he hardly watered his new trees,他