【状元之路】高考英语二轮复习 疯狂时刻 阅读理解5(1).doc

2014英语高考疯狂时刻引领状元之路：阅读理解5 (建议用时: 30分钟)a体裁说明文题材球迷癖好词数291on the morning of super bowl sunday in february, i didnt have to think about what to wear. it was smelly, shabby and too small for me, but none of that mattered - it was my lucky nfl football jersey(运动衫), a black-and-gold no. 36 jerome bett is shirt. my dad bought it for me when i was little. i would wear it every day that the pittsburgh steelers, my favorite nfl team, played a game. on this particular day, i couldnt dream of breaking my habit. sports superstitions like mine are extremely common in the united states, because being a sports fan is a bit like practicing a religion. just as religious people perform various rituals(仪式)to send love to their gods, sports fans routines send supportive energy to their favorite teams. all sports fans stubbornly believe that this helps their teams win. for years, my friends and i would watch the steelers play football on the same tv, eating the same snacks, wearing the same clothes. wed even do bizarre things. during crucial plays, we would each grab our left foot and be completely silent. we thought this gave our team favor with the “football gods”. that sunday, back in 2009, the football gods smiled on us - while we each held onto our left foot, santonio holmes caught a pass from ben roethlisberger and the steelers won their sixth super bowl. as i looked around at the fans celebrating in the pittsburgh streets, i could see that they felt they had won the game themselves. and in a way, they hadtheir weird(奇怪的)rituals had worked. none of them asked me to change into a better-smelling shirt. 1. what is the purpose of the text? a. to describe his enthusiasm for football. b. to show why sports fans are superstitious in the us. c. to introduce some common sports superstitions in the us. d. to tell the connection between sports superstitions with religions. 2. what do the underlined words “my habit” in the first paragraph refer to? a. watching his favorite nfl team play football. b. performing various religious rituals. c. wearing the same jersey to cheer for the steelers. d. playing football with his friends in the same clothes. 3. the underlined word “bizarre” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to. a. strangeb. shamefulc. powerfuld. inappropriate4. what can we conclude from the text? a. in the us, some sports fans are as loyal and faithful as religious people. b. several rituals sports fans do in the us are the same ones used in major religions. c. the authors smelly jersey dissatisfied his friends who watched games with him. d. it is regarded as impolite to grab ones left foot while watching football games. b体裁广告题材介绍大峡谷漂流词数291rafting the grand canyon welcomes you! for exciting, fun and challenging white water tours, rafting the grand canyon is here to help you plan the right tour for you. whether you want to travel for two days or ten, hike in or not, go on an oar raft or motorized trip, we will help you find the trip that meets your needs. for those who will be vacationing on the off-season a trip on the native american red river rafting is available year around or a one-day trip is available on the colorado river from diamond creek to pierce ferry(about three hours from las vegas). most of the trips depart from lees ferry, arizona(approximately 21/2 hours from the south rim of the grand canyon). we offer partial trips which allow you to get on or off at phantom ranch located at the bottom of the grand canyon national park south rim. requiring a hike in or out, with proper planning the horse ride up or down is also an option. most trips occur between april and october. since all rafting on the colorado requires a permit, planning and reserving your trip requires reservations well in advance. please let us know when you would like to go and we will contact all the river concessionaires(特许权获得者)to help you find the best trip for you. for planning your trip, questions, concerns or to make your reservations, please email or call the toll free number below. since these trips are limited we highly recommend you make your reservations months in advance. to talk to a live person call us toll free: 1-800-222-6966or 702-655-6060if you have any questions regarding a trip, please click here to fill out our form. this will speed up the process of getting you accurate information regarding your trip. if you would like to send us an email other than about an up-coming trip you can contact us at info . we look forward to helping you plan your trip! 5. if you dont want to take an all-distance trip, you can start at. a. diamond creek b. lees ferryc. phantom ranch d. pierce ferry6. on the trip on the grand canyon, you are not recommended to enjoy. a. oar raft rowing b. traveling on footc. animal riding d. swimming entertainment7. at which time of the following is an off-season trip on the grand canyon? a. june. b. february. c. october. d. september. 8. rafting the grand canyon doesnt suggest the readers contact them in the way of. a. calling at it in personb. filling out a formc. sending an emaild. making a callc体裁记叙文题材世界上最年轻的ceo词数315 for the past two years, 8-year-oldharli jordean from stoke newington, london, has been selling marbles(弹珠). his successful marble company, marble king, sells all things marble-relatedfrom affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like duke of york solitaire tables-sourced, purchased and processed by the mini-ceo himself. “i like having my own company. i like being the boss, ” harli told the mirror. with profits now in the thousands, “the worlds youngest ceo” has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand. harli launched marble king after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren consuming his marble collection. yes, he literally “lost his marbles”. harli and his mother, tina, turned to the internet to find replacements. harli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find. within months, harli had his own marble-selling website-and orders started pouring in. tina says her sons attachment to marbles started when he was just 6. “his attachment became so passionate that we started calling him the marble king -so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it, ”she told the sun. “i never thought it would become so popular- we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times. ”the 8-year-old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles. “sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit. but his dream is still to own britains biggest marble shop and open stores around the world, ”tina told the daily mail. “at the moment he is annoying me by creating his own marble king marbles- so that could well be the next step for him. ”9. harlis marble company became popular as soon as he launched it because. a. it was run by “the worlds youngest ceo”b. it filled the gap of online marble tradec. harli was fascinated with marble collectiond. harli met the growing demand of the customers10. how many mass media are mentioned in the passage? a. one. b. two. c. three. d. four. 11. the underlined expression “scale them back” is closest in meaning to“”. a. hold them downb. carry them outc. set them asided. clear them away12. what message do the last two paragraphs carry? a. conflicts often occur between harli jordean and his family. b. harlis mother and brothers are worried about marble kings future. c. marble king marbles will surely attract more fans around the world. d. the “marble king” has great ambition for his marble king company. 【拓展训练】1. 阅读a篇文章, 回答下列问题。(1)why doesnt the author like to change a better smelling shirt when watching his favorite team playing? _(2)what is the best title of the passage? (no more than 10 words)_2. 阅读c篇文章, 回答下列问题。(1)whats the main idea of paragraphs 3 and 4? _ (2)what does the boy plan to do in the future? (no more than 10 words)_答案解析【文章大意】文章讲述了体坛怪癖: 球迷为祈求球队胜利, 每逢比赛必吃同样的零食。1. 【解析】选b。主旨大意题。本文作者主要通过自己的经历来说明在美国为什么球迷会有一点迷信, 在为自己支持的球队呐喊助威时会有一些特别的习惯, 所以答案为b。c项是个干扰项, 作者列举了自己和朋友的一些习惯, 是为了说明为什么sports fans are superstitious, 而不是为了介绍在美国普遍存在的体育迷信, 这些行为本身也不是普遍行为, 所以c项不对。2. 【解析】选c。词义猜测题。由第一段倒数第二句话可知c项为正确答案。3. 【解析】选a。词义猜测题。bizarre对应倒数第二段的“and in a way, they hadtheir weird rituals had worked. ”所以可以判断它表示“奇怪的”。4. 【解析】选a。推理判断题。由第二段可以推知在美国一些球迷就如同一些教徒一样虔诚, 保持一些特别的习惯, 为自己支持的球队加油, 故a正确。【文章大意】这是一则广告, 介绍到大峡谷漂流的相关信息。5. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。由第三段中的“we offer partial trips which allow you to get on or off at phantom ranch. . . ”可知, 如果你不想从头到尾地参加这次旅行, 你也可以在phantom ranch这个地方加入或离开, 只参加部分旅行。6. 【解析】选d。推理判断题。本题可用排除法, a项与文中的“. . . go on an oar raft or motorized trip. . . ”一致, b项与文中的“requiring a hike in or out . . . ”一致, c项与文中的“. . . the horse ride up or down is also an option”吻合, 只有d项swimming entertainment文中没有提到。7. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“most trips occ