高考英语阅读理解全程冲刺训练（3）(1).doc

2014高考英语阅读理解全程冲刺训练（3）及答案阅读理解 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。passage 3in 1935, the clarinetist and bandleader benny goodman, aged just twentysix, left new york with his fourteenpiece “swing” band and, traveling in a ragtag group of cars, headed for the huge palomar ballroom in los angeles. it was not an easy trip. there were half a dozen dismal, sparsely attended onenighters and three weeks at a dance hall in denver, where the band was forced to play waltzes, tangos, and novelty numbers. on the opening night at the palomar, the band played ballad numbers in the first set, and there was little response from the dancers. then one of the musicians said, if they were going to bomb again they might well do it in style. so goodman called for his hot, often uptempo arrangements, many of them by the ingenious black bandleader and arranger fletcher henderson, and the kids stopped dancing, clustered around the bandstand, and began roaring. before the weeks at the palomar were over, it was clear that goodman had suddenly made jazzstill a suspect and largely subliminal american folk music, despite the brilliant inventions during the previous decade of jelly roll morton and othersinto a popular music. goodmans surprising ways continued. in 1936, he shook up the white entertainment establishment by hiring two black musiciansthe elegant pianist teddy wilson and the plunging vibraphonist lione hampton. (to be sure, wilson and hampton did not play in the band; instead, they appeared with goodman and the drummer gene krupa during intermissions.) a year later, when the band went into the paramount theater in new york for three weeks, legions of kids appeared, and a screaming, dancing riot nearly took place. it was the first great american show frenzy, and it prepared the way for the sinatra frenzy of 1947, and for all the beatles frenzies, and for all the mindless rockborne frenzies of the seventies and eighties. then, on the night of january 16, 1938, goodman, challenging the longhairs, took his band into a soldout carnegie hall. the big band played a dozen numbers, the trio two numbers, and the quartet five numbers. despite the immediate rumblings from olin downes, the timess classical music critic (“the playing last night, if noise, speed and beat, all old devices, are heat, was “hot” as it could be, but nothing came of it all, and in the long run it was decidedly monotonous”), goodmans concert moved jazz even further up the american popular register. 412 words 61. this passage is mainly a a general review of jazz music. b a biography of benny goodman. c about the origin of american folk music. d about how jazz became popular in america. 62. which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a the bands first music show in los angles was an immediate success. b goodman is considered the father of jazz music. c benny goodman was unknown to public when he left new york. d the band scheduled to play waltzes, tangos and novelty numbers at a dance hall in denver. 63. it could be inferred from the passage that a jazz is a style of music native to america. b classic music had become outdated at goodmans time. c morton and goodman were contemporaries. d goodman was the first bandleader who hired black musicians in 1930s. 64. the phrase “shake up” (line 1,paragraph 2) in the context probably means a to give a very unpleasant shock. b to make changes to an organization. b to get rid of a problem. d to point out, designate. 65. towards goodmans music show frenzy, olin downes, the classical music critic has a approving attitude. b satirizing attitude. c regretting mind. d exaggerated tone.【参考答案】passage 361. 【正确答案】 d about how jazz became popular in america. 【本题考点】主旨大意题。 【试题精解】 本文主要讲述音乐家benny goodman如何使爵士乐成为一种美国通俗音乐。选项a “爵士乐概观”和b “benny goodman传记”都涉及面太宽，所以不选。选项c “美国民族音乐的起源”与本文大意无关。 【考点出处】62. 【正确答案】 c benny goodman was unknown to public when he left new york. 【本题考点】 细节判断题。 【试题精解】 此题可利用排除法来做。文章第一段提到在洛杉矶巴罗默演奏厅的演出是一次艰难的跋涉，因此可排除选项a 。文中还提到在此前10年中其他人在爵士乐方面也有卓越的创作，故排除b 项。文章还提到乐队不得已演奏了华尔兹、探戈及新奇的乐曲。由此排除d 。而选项c 中说benny goodman悄悄离开纽约恰合题意，故选c 。 【考点出处】 文中第一段。63. 【正确答案】 a jazz is a style of music native to america. 【本题考点】 推理暗示题。 【试题精解】 根据文章第一段末句“.still a suspect and largely subliminal american folk music.”可以推断：爵士乐是源于美国一种音乐风格。 【考点出处】 第一段末句。64. 【正确答案】 b to make changes to an organization. 【本题考点】 主旨大意题。 【试题精解】 shake up在语境中意为：大力整顿，重组，使受到变动很大的安排或组织。分析四个选项可知只有b 项合乎题意，故选b 。 【考点出处】 根据语境及上下文联系推断词组意思。65. 【正确答案】 b satirizing attitude. 【本题考点】 语义归纳题。 【试题精解】 文章所引用的olin downes 的话，显然是一段针对goodmans 乐队演出的讽刺性的评论。因此本题的正确答案是b 。 【考点出处】 通过对全文的归纳总结来分析人物的态度，关键信息在最后一段。核心词汇 1.clarinetistn.单簧管演奏者 2.bandleadern.伴舞乐队的指挥 3.ragtagn.平民，穷人 例 ragtag and bobtail 下层社会 4.numbern.乐曲 例 my sister sang several numbers from the musical. 我姐姐唱了歌舞片里的几部选曲。 5.subliminala.下意识的，潜在意识的 6.legionn.大批，一大群人 例 a legion of admirers 一群仰慕者 7.frenzyn.狂暴，狂乱 例 in a frenzy of hate he killed the boss and revenged his friend.在一阵痛恨的狂乱中，他杀死了老板，为朋友报了仇。 8.trio三人一组，三件一套；三重奏，三重唱难句注释 （1）there were half a dozen dismal, and novelty numbers. 【解析】 复合句。关系副词where 引导定语从句。 【译文】 有六、七场沉闷的夜间演出，观众寥寥无几。乐队又在丹佛的一家舞厅演出了三个星期，不得已演奏了华尔兹、探戈及一些新奇的舞曲。 （2）before the weeks at the palomar were over, and othersinto a popular music. 【解析】 注意此处make sth. into sth. 的结构表示“将变成了”。 【译文】 很清楚，在帕罗玛几个星期的演出结束之前，goodman 突然间将爵士乐一种尚不明确的很大程度上是潜意识的美国民间音乐，尽管有早先十年中jelly roll morton 和其他人的卓越创造变成了一种通俗音乐。 （3）it was the first great american show frenzy, frenzies of the seventies and eighties. 【解析】 句中三个介词for后接三个并列成分。 【译文】 那是美国第一次由于演出引发的狂热现象，后来又出现了1947年的sinatra狂热，披头士合唱队狂热及七十年代和八十年代忘我的摇滚演出狂热。 （4）despite the immediate rumblings even further up the american popular register. 【解析】 “if noise, speed and beat, all old devices, are heat”是插入语。despite: 介词，意为：不管，不顾；the times: 美国时代杂志；in the long run: 最后，终究；register 此处意为：记录。 【译文】 尽管美国时代杂志古典乐评论家olin downes 立即发出批评怨言，（“如果噪音、快速的音乐节奏和节拍以及所有的旧乐器就意味着热烈，昨天晚上的演出很热，却毫无意义，终究无疑是单调乏味”），goodman 的音乐会推进了爵士乐在美国通俗乐中的地位。 全文精译 爵士乐的流行 1935年，只有26岁的单簧管演奏者兼乐队指挥 benny goodman率领由14件乐器组成的“摇摆”乐队，乘坐不甚显耀的车队离开纽约，前往（head for）洛杉矶巨大的巴罗默演奏厅。这是一次艰难的跋涉（be not an easy trip）。有六、七场（half a dozen）沉闷的（dismal）夜间演出，观众寥寥无几（sparsely attend）。乐队又在丹弗的一家舞厅演出了三个星期，不得已（be forced to）演奏了华尔兹、探戈及一些新奇的乐曲。在巴罗默首场演出晚会上，乐队首先演奏了芭蕾曲，却没有得到舞友的回应。一位乐师说：要想制造爆炸性效果就制造点新花样吧！goodman便要求（call for）乐队演奏狂热、快速的改编乐曲，其中许多曲子是这位天才的黑人乐队指挥和乐曲改编者fletcher henderson演奏的。年轻人们都不跳舞了，他们全欢呼着围到了演奏台周围。很清楚，在帕罗马几个星期的演出结束前，goodman突然将爵士乐尽管在此前10年中jelly roll morton和其他人都有卓越的创作，爵士乐当时仍然没有为人们所接受、在很大程度上仍然是潜意识的美国民间音乐变成了一种通俗音乐。 goodman令人惊奇的方式继续着。1936年，他邀请两位黑人乐师优雅的钢琴演奏家（the elegant pianist）和专注的（the plunging）电颤琴演奏家lione hampton加盟，这极大地影响了（shake up）白人娱乐圈。（而事实上（to be sure），两位黑人乐师都没有在乐队中演奏，只是在演奏间歇时同goodman和鼓手gene krupa一起露露面。）一年后，当乐队入驻纽约市派拉蒙剧院演奏三周，大群年轻人到场，他们尖叫着、狂舞着，几乎发生了混乱。那是美国第一次由于演出引发的狂热现象（show frenzy），它为后来出现的1947年的西纳特拉狂热、披头士合唱队狂热和70、80年代忘我的摇滚乐产生的狂热铺平了道路。 接着，1938年1月16日晚，goodman率领乐队进入已卖出的卡耐基大厅，对古典音乐发起挑战。庞大的乐队演奏了十多首乐曲、两曲三重奏、五曲四重奏。尽管美国时代杂志古典音乐评论家olin downes立即提出批评（“昨天晚上的演奏，如果噪音、快速的音乐节奏和节拍以及所有的旧乐器就意味着热烈，昨天晚上的演出很“热”，却毫无意义（nothing come of it all），终究无疑是单调乏味（monotonous）”）， goodman的音乐会进一步提高了爵士乐在美国通俗乐中的影响。 阅读理解-b it was saturday. as always, it was a busy one, for “six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. outside, father and mr. patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. inside their own houses, mother and mrs. patrick were engaged in spring cleaning. somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. now, even at the risk of having brother caught to beat carpets , they had sent him to the kitchen for string(线). it seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today. my mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping, a gun she cast a look toward the window. “come on, girls! lets take string to the boys and watch them on the way we met mrs. patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. there never was such a day for flying kited! we played all our fresh string into the boys kites and they went up higher and higher .we could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down it the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again. even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. i think we were all beside ourselves. parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “perhaps its like this in the kingdom of heaven,” i thought confusedly. it was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to house. i suppose we had some sort of supper. i suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on sunday looked clean and orderly enough. the strange thing was, we didnt mention that day afterward. i felt a little embarrassed .surely none of the others had been as excited as i. i locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are.” the years went on, then one day i was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park ,see duck.” “i cant go!” i said. “i have this and this to do, and when im through ill be too tired to walk that for.” my mother , who was visiting us , looked up from the peas she was shelling ,“its a wonderful day,” she offered，“really warm , yet theres a fine breezy . do you remember that day we flew kites?” i stopped in my dash between stove and sink. the looked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “come on.” i told my little girl. “youre right, its too good a day to miss.”another decade passed. we were in the aftermath (余波)of a great war. allevening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest patrick boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. he had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. what was he thinking of what dark and horrible things? “say!” a smile slipped out from his lips. “do you remember - no, of course you wouldnt. it probably didnt make the impression on you as it did