湖北省黄石市高考英语 阅读理解训练题（5）.doc

湖北省黄石市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题（5）及答案 when i learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing scrabble a word game against herself, i knew i had to do something. my husband suggested we give her a computer to play against. i wasnt sure my mother was ready for it. after all, it had taken 10 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents home. and so began my mothers adventure in the world of computers. it also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. ive taught people of all ages, but i never thought i would be teaching my mother how to do anything. she has been the one teaching me all my life: to cool and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. now it was my turn to give something back. it wasnt easy at the beginning. there was so much to explain and to introduce. slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. after a few months of scrabble and other games, i decided it was time to introduce her to word processing(文字处理). this proved to be a bigger challenge(挑战) to her, so i gave her some homework i asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces. “are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked. “no, of course not,” i said. “they already know how to use a computer.” my mother isnt the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏反应). for as long as i can remember, any time i called, my mother would answer. dad and i have had more phone conversations in the last two months than weve had in the past 20 years. 9. what does the author do? a. she is a cook. b. she is a teacher. c. she is a housewife. d. she is a computer engineer.10. the author decided to give her mother a computer . a. to let her have more chances to write letters b. to support her in doing her homework c. to help her through the bad times d. to make her life more enjoyable11. the author asked her mother to write her a letter . a. because her mother had stopped using the telephone b. because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother c. so that her mother could practice what she had learned d. so that mother could be free from housework12. after the computer was brought home, the authors father . a. lost interest in cooking b. took more phone calls c. played more games d. began to use it912、bdcb *结束pretending to be happy can actually make you more miserable 一 especially if youre a woman, according to a new studythe research found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happypsychologist dr brent scott, who led the study said employers should take note because forcing workers to smile when dealing with customers can backfirehe said： smiling for the sake of smiling throughout the day can lead to emotional exhaustion （枯竭）and then withdraw from work, so their productivity drops and thats bad for the organization, ” he added ： “bosses may think that getting their staff to smile is good for the organization, but thats not necessarily the case”dr scott, assistant professor of management at michigan state university, analyzed a group of bus drivers during a two-week periodhis team examined the effects of surface acting” 一 pretending to smile, compared with what was termed “deep acting” 一 cultivating （培养）positive emotions by recalling pleasant memorieshe said： “women were harmed more by surface acting meaning their mood worsened even more than the men and they withdrew more from work” however, they were helped more by deep acting, which means their mood improved more and they withdrew lesstherefore，pretending to be happy while feeling down is more likely to go against their normal behavior and cause more harmful feelingsalthough ,“deep acting” seemed to improve mood in the short-term, dr scott says its not a long-term solution （解决方 法）to feeling unhappyhe said： “youre trying to cultivate positive emotions, but at the end of the day you may not feel like yourself anymore”8what does the text mainly tell us?awomen suffer more than men when pretending to be happybit is wrong of employers to force the workers to smile all the timeccultivating positive emotions is a must for the women workersdmen are harmed less by “surface acting, than by “deep acting”9the finding of the research might serve as a warning especially to _ awomen employers bcustomersdbus drivers dbosses10the underlined word “backfire” in paragraph 2 probably means _ bsuffer from hard workcget angry more easily c have the opposite effectdbecome more productive11according to dr scott， _awomen suffer more than men when always wearing a smilebworkers shouldnt wear forced smiles to please their bosscemployers should know the bad effect of forcing their workers to smiled“deep acting” is a good lasting solution to feeling unhappy811、a d c c*结束people have been acting like peoplein other words, theyve been making tools, creating ceremonies, and sharing foodfor a long time. thats the conclusion of a recent study from south africas southern coast. there, in a cave lying above the sea, researchers from arizona state university have found evidence that humans were behaving in surprisingly complex ways as early as 164,000 years ago. our species, homo sapiens, appeared an estimated 200,000 years ago. the cave held three important clues about the behavior of these stone age people. first, the researchers found the remains of all kinds of shellfish. the people who lived in the cave probably collected these creatures from rocky shores and tide pools and brought them to the cave to eat. the researchers propose the early africans moved to the south african coast between 195,000 and 130,000 years ago. around that time, the climate inland turned relatively cold and dry. therefore, there were fewer plants and animals to eat away from the coast. when these ancient people moved to the coast, they probably experienced a major cultural shift, the researchers suspect. thats because observations of modern huntergatherer societies suggest that men are more likely to hunt for big animals when people live inland. on the coast, women play a more important role in providing food by gathering plants and shellfish. as for the second clue, the researchers unearthed 57 pieces of reddish pigment(颜料). the researchers think that the cave habitants used the paint for coloring their bodies or for other ceremonies. symbolic behavior is a clearly human feature. finally, the search discovered over 1,800 stone tools, including wellcrafted blades(刀片). these blades came in various sizes. the smallest were just less than a halfinch wide. ancient people may have attached these blades to the end of a stick to make spears or other tools. ()11.what is the passage mainly about? aancient cave behavior. bnew evidence of ancient life. cthe history of human beings. dhuman behaviors development.()12.the early africans moved to the south african coast with the main purpose of _. aavoiding badly cold and dry weather bseeking the cultural development cseeking enough food to live on dliving a newer and better life()13.according to the passage, the cave habitants_.aknew how to use colors for decoration bmade a living largely by hunting animalsconly could made tools with rough blades dcould hunt for fish in the sea with ships()14.after the early africans moved to the coast, what probably happened to their culture? awomens role was as important as mens role in families. bthey were no longer used to living inlands but living on the coast.cmens role was more important than womens role in earning food.dwomens role was more important than mens role in earning food.()15.the new discoveries in the cave should support the theory that _. amodern human behavior developed smoothly fast from the ancient timebmodern human behavior developed slowly from the ancient time csouth africa is the birthplace of the earliest human beings in the world dmodern human behavior is largely the same as ancient human behavior (二)在南非南部海岸一个洞穴里所发现的古代非洲人的行为说明：人类自古以来一直就像人一样地生活，即一直制造工具，创立仪式和分享食物，最后经过漫长的历史发展到今天。11a主旨大意题。文章首先提出：古代人类一直就像人那样地生活，接着指出：在南非南部海岸一个洞穴里发现的古代非洲人的行为线索就说明这一点，之后第三段提出the cave held three important clues about the behavior of these stone age people.下文便介绍“the cave habitants behavior”，由此判断全文的主要内容是：ancient cave behavior。b项过于抽象，c、d两项与文章内容不符合。12c细节理解题。根据第五段around that time, the climate inland turned relatively cold and dry. therefore, there were fewer plants and animals to eat away from the coast.可知，古代非洲人是因为内陆气候相对寒冷干燥致使能吃的动植物越来越少才不得不南迁至海岸，由此可知，其南迁的主要目的是为了寻找食物求生存。故选c。13a细节理解题。根据倒数第二段the researchers think that the cave habitants used the paint for coloring their bodies or for other ceremonies.可知，洞穴人会用颜料装饰，故选a。非洲人南迁才成了洞穴人，捕猎是他们南迁成为洞穴人之前的生活方式，故排除b；c项错在“onlyrough blades”；d项内容在文中未提到。14d细节理解题。根据第六段men are more likely to hunt for big animals when people live inland. on the coast, women play a more important role in providing food by gathering plants and shellfish.可判断d项正确。15b推理判断题。由第一段可知，在南非南部海岸一个洞穴里发现的古代非洲人的行为线索说明了：人类自古以来一直就像人那样地生活，即一直制造工具，创立仪式和分享食物，最后经过漫长的历史发展到今天，即：现代人的行为是从古代逐渐发展而来的，故选b项。*结束 some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now，and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. they did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. they did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. often new products were dangerous for the people who used them；often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers. of course sometimes there were real disasters(灾难) which attracted the attention of governments and which showed the need for changes.also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore.at such times, there were inquiries into the causes of the disasters or the problems. new safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries；however, the new rules came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously ill. today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers. in the u. s， for example, there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems. it also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow. another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell.a third department looks at the places where people work，and then reports any company that is breaking the laws which protect the health and safety of workers. of course，new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness，but they are having some good results. our work places are safer and cleaner than before. the planes and cars which we use for travel are better. producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products.()11.the main topic of the passage is_.aconditions in the work place bthe freedom of industries in the pastcchanges in industrial production dthe safety and health of workers and customers()12.it can be inferred from the passage that in the past_.aworkers often got ill because of the poor working conditionsbcompanies were free to put out any products they wanted tocmany people were killed by dangerous productsdindustries were as careful in management as they a