高考英语阅读理解全程冲刺训练（24）(1).doc

2014高考英语阅读理解全程冲刺训练（24）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。阅读理解-a f. scott fitzgerald, born on september 24, 1896, an american novelist, was once a student of st. paul academy, the newman school and attended princeton. university for a short while. in 1917 he joined the army and was posted in alabama, where he met his future wife zelda sayre. then he had to make some money to impress her. his life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “my own happiness in the past often approached such joy that i could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.” this side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. encouraged by its success, fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. then he continued with the novel the beautiful and damned (1922), a collection of short stories thales of the jazz age (1922), and a play the vegetable (1923). but his greatest success was the great gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories all the sad young men.however, fitzgeralds problems with his wife zelda affected his writing. during the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. by 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a swiss clinic. during this period he completed novels tender is the night in 1934 and the love of the last tycoon in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the united states, he got totally addicted to alcohol. sheila graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism. ks*5u.c( ) 1. how many novels written by fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8( ) 2. which of the following is the correct order to describe fitzgeralds life according to the passage?a. he became addicted to drinking.b. he studied at st. paul academy. c. he published his first novel this side of paradise.d. the great gatsby won high praise.e. he failed to reorder his life.f. he joined the army and met zelda.a. f-c-e-a-b-d b. b-e-a-f-c-d c. f-d-e-c-b-a d. b-f-c-d-e-a( ) 3. we can infer from the passage that fitzgerald .a. had made some money when he met zelda in alabama.b. was well educated and well off before he served in the armyc. would have completed more works if his wife hadnt broken downd. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital( ) 4. the passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about .a. zeldas personal lifeb. zeldas illness and treatmentc. fitzgeralds friendship with grahamd. fitzgeralds contributions to the literary world 【语篇解读】本片文章为记叙文，主要讲述了英国著名文学家弗兰西斯司各特菲茨杰拉德的生平、生活及其重要作品56.答案a。【解析】细节理解题。据题意，由文章中关键词novel可知，文章中提及到的弗兰西斯司各特菲茨杰拉德的小说有：this side of paradise，the beautiful and damned，the great gatsby，tender is the night and the love of the last tycoon，共计5篇。故选a项57.答案d。ks*5u.c【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中“was once a student of st. paul academyin 1917 he joined the army”可知弗兰西斯司各特菲茨杰拉德先在圣保罗学院学习，然后参加的军队。由此可知答案应为d项58.答案c。【解析】推理判断题。由第四段第一句“however, fitzgeralds problems with his wife zelda affected his writing”可以判断出c项59.答案d。ks*5u.c【解析】推理判断题。根据人物传记的特点和本段对菲茨杰拉德生活、作品的描述，说明了菲茨杰拉德的作品对学界的意义，因此最后总结的一段是关于菲茨杰拉德对文学界的贡献的。故选d项【2014高考英语河南省开封市一模】c on a clear night, the sky is a wonderful thing. is there life out there somewhere? is there another place like earth where life might exist? if so, where is it? and how far away is it? recently, the american kepler spacecraft found 22b , a planet about six hundred light years away. it is the first planet in a habitable zone outside the solar system. that means the planet orbits a star like our sun, but it is not too close to it, nor too far away. because of this position, scientists say kepler22b might have water, one of the main things needed for life. the newly-discovered planet is about two and a half times larger than the earth. it is closer to its star than we are to the sun, but 22bs sun is smaller than ours, and doesnt produce as much heat. scientific instruments show the new planet could be made of gases, rocks or some kinds of liquids. the kepler spacecraft was named in honor of johannes kepler, the seventeenth century german astronomer. it was designed to examine a small part of the milky way galaxy and search for places like the earth. it was made to inspect over 150,000 stars and measure how bright they are. it looks to see if a stars brightness gets less over a short time. if a planet passes between kepler and the star, it blocks out part of the light. that is what suggested to scientists that there is at least one planet orbiting the star. the instruments on kepler show the new planet as a small, black dot moving across its sun. an important part of the kepler experiment is on the earth. after the spacecraft gathers information, scientists use the space telescopes on the ground. scientists have found over 2,300 new planets since kepler was launched. about 200 of these are about the size of the earth. most are much larger, but it is the new planets distance from its star that is important. for life to possibly exist there, the planets temperature must not be too hot or too cold.63. what can we learn about kepler-22b? a. water must have been existed on it. b. it takes humans about 600 years to get there. c. it is made of gases, rocks and many kinds of liquids. d. it is the first planet in outer space where life may survive.64. the kepler spacecraft was sent into space to _. a. show honor to johannes kepler b. look for earth-like planets in the sky c. observe the changes of a stars brightness d. measure the brightest star among 150,000 stars65. in paragraph 5 the author mainly tells us_. a. how the kepler system works b. if the kepler system sees a new planet c. how the kepler system uses the space telescopes d. why an important part of the kepler system remains on the earth66. what can we infer from the passage? a. life may exist on the new planet in another form. b. it is colder on the new planet because its sun is smaller. c. life cant exist on planets which are much larger than the earth. d. the new planets distance from its star decides on the possibilitv of life existence.【参考答案】6366dbad 阅读理解-a tim richter and his wife, linda, had taught for over 30 years near buffalo, new york-he in computers, she in special education. teaching means everything to us, tim would say. in april1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. it was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about lifes purpose. not long after the surgery, tim saw a brochure describing imagination library, a program started by dolly parton s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singers home town of sevier, tennessee. “i thought, maybe linda and i could do something like this when we retire, tim recalls. he placed the brochure on his desk, as a reminder. five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, tim clicked on imagination library .com. the program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.the quality of the books was of great concern to the richter. rather than sign up online, they went to dolly wood for a look-see. “we didnt want to give the children rubbish,” says linda. the books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and dolly wood board members-included classics such as ezra jack keatss the snowy day and newer books like anna dewdneys llama llama series. satisfied, the couple set up the richter family foundation and got to work. since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. megan williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “this program introduces us to books ive never heard of.” the richter spend about 400 a month sending books to 200 children. “some people sit there and wait to die,” says tim. “others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”( ) 1.what led tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?a. his health problem. b. his love for teaching.c. the influence of his wife. d. the news from the web.( ) 2.what did tim want to do after learning about imagination library?a. give out brochures. b. do something similar.c. write books for children d. retire from being a teacher.( ) 3.according to the text, dolly parton is .a. a well-known surgeon b. a mother of a four-year-oldc. a singer born in tennessee d .a computer programmer( ) 4.why did the richter go to dolly wood?a. to avoid signing up online.b. to meet dolly wood board members.c. to make sure the books were the newest.d. to see if the books were of good quality.( ) 5.what can we learn from tims words in the last paragraph?a. he needs more money to help the children.b. he wonders why some people are so busy.c. he tries to save those waiting to die.d. he considers his efforts worthwhile.【文章大意】文章通过介绍richter夫妇从接触一个名为imagination library的项目到成立自己的基金会的历程并找到生活的真正价值61.答案a。细节理解题。由文章第1段的he learned he would need a heart operation. it was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about lifes purpose.可知答案。【2014高考英语河南省开封市一模】d personal background steve jobs apple computer 3-year return: 26% age: 42 ceo since: 1997 heres a guy with enough knowledge, ability and brainpower to effectively hold down two ceo jobs at once-and do a pretty amazing job at both. weve listed him for his post at apple, but of course steve jobs also runs pixar, the animation company. coming in after a $ i billion loss in fiscal 1997 ,jobs turned a $ 106 million profit-38 percent above wall streets consensus target. a lot of credit goes to a very simple idea: make computers in different colors. jobs was the only one who thought to make it hap pen. the colorful mid-priced imac has also succeeded by playing down the compatibility (蒹容性) problem. apple positioned it as the machine for the internet, where compatibility questions are no big deal. behind the scenes, jobs streamlined the product line ,and also did a whole series of work for improving and selling the production. mean-while, over at pixar, a bugs life nabbed a total $ 159 million in domestic box office ,the highest domestic animated take since toy story and third highest ever. after toy story and the leader, the lion king. business philosophy: the technology isnt the hard part. the hard part is: whos going to buy it. how are they going to buy it? how do you tell them about it? how he got the job: the apple board begged him to return. management style: at apple, jobs is a micromanager-some say nanomanager who changes mood suddenly and unexpectedly. virtually every decision goes by him. at