高考英语二轮阅读理解基础精品训练题（40）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解二轮基础精品训练题（40）及答案阅读理解-b in the fall of 1985. i was a bright-eyed girl heading off to howard university, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a supreme court bench somewhere. twenty-one years later i am later i am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. my grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65. she was the first in our family to reach that goal. but one year after i started college, she developed cancer. i made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. it meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. then i got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. in 1999, we adopted our first son. to lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotional. a year later came our second adopted boy. then followed son no. 3. in 2003, i gave birth to another boy. you can imagine how fully occupied i became, raising four boys under the age of 81. our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. not surprising, i never did make it back to college full-time. but i never gave up on the dream either. i had only one choice: to find a way. that meant talking as few as one class each semester. the hardest part was feeling guilty about the time i spent away from the boys. they often wanted me to stay home with them. there certainly were times i wanted to quit, but i knew i should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.in 2007, i graduated from the university of north carolina. it took me over 21 years to get my college degree！i am not special, just single-minded. it always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal. everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. its a process. remember；little steps add up to big dreams.( ) 1. when the author went to howard university, her dream was tobe a. a writerb. a teacherc. a judged. a doctor( ) 2. why did the author quit school in her second year of college?a. she wanted to study by herself.b. she fell in love and got married.c. she suffered from a serious illness.d. she decided to look after her grandma. ( ) 3. what can we learn about the author from paragraphs 4 and 5?a. she was busy yet happy with her family life.b. she ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.c. she wanted to remain a full-time housewife.d. she was too confused to make a correct choice.( ) 4. what dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?a. failure is the mother of success.b. little by little, one goes far.c. every coin has two sides.d. well begun, half done.( ) 5.which of the following can best describe the author?a. caring and determine.b. honest and responsible.c. ambitious and sensitive.d. innocent and single-minded.【文章大意】记叙文。文章介绍了作者取得本科学位的过程中做的事情。41.c细节理解题。根据文章第一段的aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a supreme court bench somewhere.，可知答案为c。42.d细节理解题。根据文章i made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. it meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.可知答案。43.a 推理判断题，由you can imagine how fully occupied i became, raising four boys under the age of 8. our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. 作者需要养育4个儿女，同时还要坚持学习的梦想， joyous可见作者在感到家庭是忙碌而幸福的。44.b推理判断题。根据everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. its a process. remember；little steps add up to big dreams.可以看出作者的学习是在循序渐进，千里之行始于足下，最终才取得学位的。little by little ,one goes far.与之符合。45.a推理判断题。通过全文作者照顾祖母和照顾家庭，可以看出作者caring；通过作者坚持不懈的学习，最终拿到学位，可以看出作者的决心determine，选a。阅读理解-aan idea that started in seattles public library has spread throughout america and beyond. the concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same tome.in addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. the idea came from seattle librarian nancy pearl who launched (发起）the if all of seattle read the same book project in 1998. her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other american cities, and even to hong kong.in chicago, the mayor(市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of to kill a mockingbird as the first book in the one book, one chicago program. as a result, reading clubs and neighbourhood groups sprang up around the city. across the us, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character. the only problem arose in new york, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. this may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .or it may show that new yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.ultinatel was nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process. or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.( ) 1. what is the purpose of the project launched by nancy?a. to invite authors to guide readers.b. to encourage people to read and share.c. to involve people in community service.d. to promote the friendship between cities.( ) 2.why was it difficult for new yorkers to carry out the project?a. they had little interest in reading.b. they were too busy to read a book.c. they came from many different backgroundsd. they lacked support from the local government( ) 3. according to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?a. in large communities with little sense of unityb. in large cities where libraries are far from homec. in medium-sized cities with a diverse populationd. in large towns where agreement can be quickly reached( ) 4.the underlined words “shared a word” in paragraph 5 probably mean a. exchanged ideas with each otherb. discussed the meaning of a wordc. gamed life experience d. used the same language( ) 5.according to nacy, the degree of students of the project is judged by a. the careful selection of a proper bookb. the growing popularity of the writersc. the number of people who benefit from reading.d. the number of books that each person reads.【文章大意】文章鼓励人们互相分享阅读的想法，并享受分享阅读的过程。1.b细节理解题。定位关键词project launched。根据文章第二段的as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools.和who launched (发起）the if all of seattle read the same book可知答案为b。2.c细节理解题。根据文章第四段the only problem arose in new york ,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. 唯一的问题也就产生了纽约,在那里,当地读者不能决定一本书代表巨大而多样化的人口。选c。3.d细节理解题。根据文章第四段this may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .可知答案。4.a 词义猜测题。从上文阅读不仅要互相分享阅读的想法，还要享受分享阅读的过程。由otherwise可以看出shared a word是指前者，互相分享阅读的想法。5.c主旨大意题。文章鼓励人们互相分享阅读的想法，并享受分享阅读的过程。阅读理解-dfive olympic mascots were announced exactly 1000 days before the beijing olympic opening ceremony. the long-anticipated mascots represent four of chinas most popular animals the fish, the panda, the tibetan antelope and the swallow .the fifth mascot is the brightly burning olympic flame. each of the mascots has a repeated two-syllable name. this type of name is a traditional way of showing affection for children in china. beibei is the fish, jingjing is the panda, huanhuan is the olympic flame, yingying is the tibetan antelope and nini is the swallow. the first characters of their two-syllable names read “beijing huanying ni,” or, in english, “welcome to beijing.”the five elements of nature, including the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky are found in the mascots origins and headpieces. these special headpieces also display the folk and culture of china. each mascot also symbolizes a different blessing -prosperity, happiness, passion, health and good luck.it is the first time more than three mascots will share the important duty of representing their host country. han meilin, chief of the mascot design team explained that, “china has such a rich culture that no single mascot could possibly represent it! that is why we chose to produce five mascots instead of one.”called the “five friendlies,” the figures embody（体现） the chinese peoples hope for peace and friendship in the world and the spirit of the olympics, representing not only multi-ethnic(多民族的) cultures of china, but also the traditional chinese philosophy of harmony between humans and nature.in order to help beijing 2008 spread its theme of one world, one dream to every continent, the five friendlies reflect the deep desire of the chinese people to reach out to the world in friendship through the games and to invite every man, woman and child to take part in the great celebration of human union in 2008.16. whats the theme of beijing 2008 olympics?a. welcome to beijing.b. prosperity, happiness, passion, health and good luck.c. new beijing, new olympics.d. one world, one dream.17. what did han meilin, chief of the mascot design team, think of the five mascots?a. he thought highly of the five mascots.b. no single mascot could represent china.c. the five mascots represented the culture of china.d. they would reflect the desire of chinese people.18. which of the following statements is not true?a. its for the first time that five mascots are chosen to represent their host country in the olympic history.b. one of the five mascots yingying stands for the olympic flame.c. beijing announced its five 2008 olympic mascots just 1000 days before the big event.d. the five mascots express affection for chinese children by two-syllable names.19. which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?a. the 29th olympic games will be held in beijing in 2008.b. the theme of 2008 beijing olympics one world, one dream.c. the significance of five 2008 olympic mascots the five friendlies.d. how the five fantastic mascots came into being.20. what do the five mascots the five friendlies represent?a. “beijing huanying ni,” or, in english, “welcome to beijing.”b. chinese multi-ethnic cultures, philosophy of harmony between humans and nature and five elements of nature.c. chinese peoples hope for peace and friendship in the world and the spirit of the olympics.d. the deep desire of the chinese people to reach out to the world in friendship through the olympics. 全解全析本文主要讲述了北京2008年奥运会吉祥物的内在含义。d. 细节理解题。文章末段首句提到了北京奥运会的主题。a. 推理判断题。根据文章第四段可以得知吉祥物设计组组长韩美林给予北京奥运会吉祥物高度评价。b. 细节理解题。利用排除法，由文章第二段第三句话可知b项中的yingying应为huanhuan。c. 主旨大意题。纵观全文，不难归纳出文章主要介绍了北京2008年奥运会的吉祥物的含义。b. 推理判断题。文章第三、五段主要讲述了吉祥物的象征意义。 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aprolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago. because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. in fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birthrates, that has led to the population explosion.prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. in all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. in hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. in times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, where as if the parents survived they could have another child. in most contemporary(当代的) societies, people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. we have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. in the united states many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. older people have more illnesses than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often “go on welfare” if they have a serious illness.when older people become senile (衰老的) or too weak and ill to care for themselves, they create grave problems for their families. in the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. to meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent (疗养的) hospitals have been built. these are often profit making organizations, although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups. while a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply “dumping (倒垃圾的) grounds” for the dying in which “care” is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under skilled personnel.1. the author believes that the population explosion results from _.a. an increase in birthrates b. the industrial developmentc. a decrease in death ratesd. human beings cultural advances 2. it can be inferred from the passage that in hunting and gathering cultures _.a. it was a moral responsibility for the families to keep alive the aged people who could not workb. the survival of infants was less important than that of their parents in times of starvationc. old people were given the task of imparting the cultural wisdom of the tribe to new generationsd. death was celebrated as a time of rejoicing for an individual freed of the hardships of life 3. according to the passage, which of the following statements about the old people i