云南省昆明市高考英语一轮 阅读理解训练题（4）.doc

昆明市2014高考英语（阅读理解）一轮训练题（4）及答案hilary smith belonged to a good family. but by the age of twenty, he had spent all the money the good old family had. he then had some trouble with the bank and was put in prison. he escaped from the prison and ran to australia without delay.hilary did not like australia and australia did not like hilary. what he could do seemed to be one of two things: die or work. the thought of neither of these gave him any pleasure. then he remembered that he was not alone in the world. he possessed an aunt.she was his fathers only sister, but his father used to say she brought no glory to the family. hilary, of course, tried to discover what she had done. it seemed that she had failed to marry a nobleman. instead, she had chosen a husband who was connected with trade. of course as soon as she became “mrs parks”, her brother considered her dead. later on, mr. parks died and left her a lot of money; but that did not bring her back to life in her brothers opinion.hilary discovered his aunts address. fortunately she remained faithful and honest to him even after she fell ill. so hilarys star shone again. when he was feeling honest, he could talk attractively. he frequently visited his aunts house; and soon he was living comfortably in the building which the profits of trade had provided.one thing was soon clear: his aunt was seriously ill, and nothing could cure her illness. hilary was very worried. fate had found a home for him, and was now going to throw him out of it. there was only one thing that could save him: her will.“will?” she said, “yes, i have made one. that was when i was a girl and had not much money. i left all my money to some religious people.”“didnt you make another will when you were married?” hilary asked.his aunt shook her head. “no,” she said in a low voice, “there was no need. when i finally had a lot of money i found i had no relations.”on the next day he went to the public library and examined a book of law. it told him what he already believed. when a woman is married, an earlier will loses its value. a new will must be made. if no new will is made, the money goes to the nearest relation. hilary knew that he was his aunts only relation. his future was safe.after a few months had passed, hilarys problems became serious. he badly needed money. he had expensive tastes, and owed a lot of money to shopkeepers. they trusted him because his aunt was rich; but the debt was terrible.unfortunately his aunt did not want to discuss money matters at all. in the end they had a quarrel about the small amount of ten pounds. hilary was now very angry. he began to wonder about a new problem. was it kind to want his aunt to live any longer? was it not better for her to die now? while he was considering what to do, his aunt told him that she was going to send for her lawyer. so she was going to make a new will. hilary thought she might leave all her money to someone else. soon he reached a clear decisionhe must do a great kindness to the poor old woman. one night when the old servant who had been nursing his aunt went off, he doubled the amount of some medicine. the total amount was too great and it could just put her to sleep forever.“thank you,” his aunt took the glass from his hand with a grateful look. “i want, more than anything, to sleep, and never to wake up again. is that what you wish, hilary? i have given you your chance. dont blame me if i have some doubts about what you intended to do. sick people get these ideas, you know. one thing i ought to explain to you. mr. parks never married me. he already had a wife and couldnt marry again. that made your foolish father very angry with me well, if i am alive tomorrow i shall make another will in your favor. if i die tonight, youll get nothing no, hilary, dont try to take the glass away. if you do that, i shall know; and i dont want to know. good night, hilary.”then, very carefully, she raised the glass to her mouth and drank.15. from the story, we learn that hilarys aunt was _. a. bad-tempered and lonelyb. kind-hearted and wisec. careless about moneyd. cruel to her nephew16. why did hilarys father consider his aunt dead? a. because they lost contact with each other after her marriage. b. because she married a businessman. c. because she broke away from the family for a better life. d. because he thought she was a shame to the family17. the underlined sentence “he must do a great kindness to the poor old woman” in paragraph 11 suggests that hilary smith _. a. was determined to put his aunts life to an end b. decided to do his aunt a favor to call in a lawyer c. made up his mind to take good care of his aunt d. would help his aunt to donate all her money to religious people18. which of the following is the focus of the story?a. hilarys aunts money.b. hilary smiths debts. c. the intended murder.d. hilarys aunts marriage.19. which part of what hilarys aunt said eventually might make hilary frustrated? a. she wanted to sleep and never to wake up again.b. she never got married to mr. parks.c. mr. parks had a wife.d. she would make a new will tomorrow.20. which detail from the story is the climax（高潮）of the story? a. hilary escaped from the prison. b. hilary quarreled with his aunt about ten pounds. c. hilarys aunt drank the medicine her nephew prepared for her.d. hilarys aunt made a will to leave all her money to someone else. 参考答案bdaabc*结束（南昌市2011年高三年级第一次模拟考试） i once had my chinese mba students brainstorming on two-hour business plans. i separated them into six groups and gave them an example：a restaurant chain. the more original their idea, the better, i said. finally, five of the six groups presented plans for restaurant chains. the sixth proposed a catering(提供饮食及服务)service. though i admitted the time limit had been difficult , i expressed my disappointment. my students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state-owned enterprises and global companies. they were not without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. the scene i just described came in different forms during my two years teaching at the school. papers were often copied from the web and the harvard business review. case study debates were written up and just memorized. students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating. in china, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. but so few well-developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a chinese brand. with this problem in mind，partnerships with institutions like yale and mit have been established. and then theres the thousand-talent scheme: this new government program is intended to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign-trained scientists to the mainland with big money. but there are worries about chinas research environment. its hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this. at last, for china, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnerships with top western universities. nor is ii about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. its about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. its not that simple.(1)which of the following scenes is not considered as lack of creation?a. papers were often downloaded from the internet.b. students often said that copying is a preferable business strategy.c. case study debates were written up as well as recited.d. students combine knowledge and critical thoughts to solve a problem.(2)the underlined word scheme in the fourth paragraph means_.a. timetable b. theme c. project d. policy(3)we can infer from the passage that_.a. china can make and sell any product all over the worldb. high pay may not solve the problem of chinas research environmentc. cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a chinese brandd. the new government program is aimed at encouraging imagination(4)which is the best title of the passage?a. look for a new way of learningb. reward creative thinkingc. how to become a creatord. establish a technical environment*结束6、（2010 河北省正定中学三模）starting the day on an egg could keep your blood pressure(血压) under control, research suggestsscientists have shown that eggs produce proteins with a function similar to that of powerful blood pressure-lowering drugsthe research, from the university of alberta in canada, showed that when eggs come in contact with stomach enzymes(酶) they produce a protein that acts in the same way as ace inhibitors, but more work is needed to show the effects outside a lab and in the human bodyearlier this month, british researchers declared that, contrary to popular beliefs, it is healthy to go to work on an eggthey concluded that the type of cholesterol (胆固醇) found in eggs has little effect on increasing heart disease risksresearcher professor bruce griffin, from the university of surrey, said: “the wrong beliefs linking egg eating to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected the amount of fat in our diet has an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of cholesterol found in eggsthe uk public do not need to be limiting the number of eggs they ea