高考英语阅读理解基础精品练习题（52）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品练习题（52）及答案阅读理解 since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001, i have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. i actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps i was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. in any case, i drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(风景画) much influenced(影响) by krenkel and st. john for five years. for some strange reason, i had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as i walked out of the school door for the last time i picked up my brushes and rediscovered andrew wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. i had looked through all the art books i had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how i thought good watercolors should look. so i painted landscapes around minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. however, watercolors remained my first choice, and i think i did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions. art is now together with my piano playing and reading. there is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what i want to do. as confucius once said, “at seventy i can follow my hearts desire.”69. what is the text mainly about?a. learning to paint in later life. b. how to paint watercolorsc. an artist-turned teacher d. life after retirement70. the author started drawing again in 1995 because_.a. he hoped to draw a picture of his father b. he couldnt stop missing his fatherc. he had more time after retirement d. he liked animals and landscapes71. we can infer from the text that the author_.a. had been taught by krenkel and st. john b. painted landscapes in minnesota for 5 yearsc. believed wyeth to be the best in watercolors d. started his retirement life at the age of seventy72. how does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?a. very enjoyable. b. a bit regretful c. rather busy. d. fairly dull. 4、(8分) 69.d 70.b 71.c 72.a69解析：这是一道主旨题。文章主要讲述作者退休后开始学习绘画的故事，表面看似乎在讲如何学习绘画。但是最后一段提到了piano playing and reading，并根据“it is wonderful to have some time ding what i want to do”可知作者的目的是讲退休后丰富的生活。70解析：这是一道推理题。从第一段“perhaps i was trying to recover from the loss of my father,”可知作者想从思念父亲中转移注意力，从而推理出作者十分想念父亲。71解析：这是一道推理题。从“found his watercolors to be the closest to how i thought good watercolors should look”作者发现andrew wyeth的画是最接近作者认为最好水彩画的标准，也就是说作者认为andrew wyeth的水彩画最好。72解析：这是一道推理题。根据最后一段“there is a time for everything in my world and it is wonderfull”可知作者很享受这种艺术生活。【福建省南平一中2013三模】buntil last spring, nia parker and the other kids in her neighborhood went to school on bus 59. but as fuel prices rose, the school district needed to find a way to cut its transportation costs. so the schools busing company redrew its route map, canceling nias bus. now nia and her neighbors travel the half mile to school via a “walking school bus”a group of kids, supervised (监护) by an adult or two, who make the walk together.many parents are delighted to see their kids walking to school, partly because many did so themselves. according to a 1979 survey, nearly half of school kids walked or biked to school, compared with only 16 percent in 2011. modern parents have been unwilling to let kids walk to school for fear of traffic, crime or simple bullying, but with organized adult supervision, those concerns have reduced.schools and busing companies are finding other ways to save money. in rural areas where busing is a must, some schools have even chosen four-day school weeks. busing companies instruct drivers to cancel extra stops from routes and to turn off the engine while idling(挂空挡). they are also using computer software to determine the most fuel-efficient routes, which arent always the shortest ones.there could be disadvantages, however, to the busing cutbacks. if every formerly bused student begins walking to school, its an environmental winbut if too many of their parents decide to drive them instead, the overall carbon footprint can grow. replacing buses with many more parent-driven cars can also increase safety risks. a 2011 report concluded students are 13 times safer on a school bus than in a passenger car, since buses have fewer accidents and withstand (经受住) them better due to their size. and some students complain about the long morning hikes, particularly when the route contains a really big hill.60. according to the passage, how does nia parker go to school now? a. by bus. b. by car. c. on foot. d. by bike. 61. in regards to walking to school, modern parents seem much concerned with the _. a. safety of their kids b. kids physical strength c. time spent on the way d. changes in the route62. to save money, some schools choose to _. a. shorten the school week b. take the shortest routes c. stop using school buses d. use fuel-efficient buses63. busing cutbacks may lead to _. a. fewer complaints about long morning hikes b.morestudentstakingpublictransportation c. an increase in carbon dioxide emissions d. a decrease in the safety of school buses【参考答案】60-63 ca a c 阅读理解 for thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any british village have been thechurch and the pub. traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town ,where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news. as a result, british pubs are often old and well preserved. many of them have become historicsites. the most famous example is the pub in the city of nottingham called the old trip to jerusa-lem. which dates hack to the year 1189 ad and is probably the oldest pub in england. however, british pubs are not just for kings and queens; they welcome people from all classesand parts of society. on a cold night, the pubs landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire. there is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drink available at an affordable price. that s how things used to be. things are beginning to change. it is said that the credit crunch(信贷紧缩 ) is causing 39 british pubs a week to go out of business. people do not have enough spare money to spend on beer. recently, the uk government banned (禁止) smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs. this decline(衰退) is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the uk government started to allow pubs to stay open after 11 p.m. previously, with 11 p.m. as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly. the british habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as binge drinking, and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities.in order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market. british pubs now offer something for everyone. a lot of pubs used to be working mens clubs, meaning that women could not usually enter. today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems. perhaps things are changing for the better after all.64. the passage mainly tells us something about _ a. the long history of british pubs b: the decline of british pubsc. the past and present of british pubs d. the importance of british pubs65. which may not be the cause of the decline of british pubs? a. the credit crunch. b. the present closing time. c. the ban of smoking. d. having no spare money.66. we can infer from the passage that_. a. binge drinking means drinking less beerb. british people used to like drinking slowly c. closing the pubs early will reduce social problemsd. british government aims to discourage people from binge drinking67. we can see from the last paragraph that the author _. a. holds an optimistic attitude towards the british pubsb. is against the admission of too many women to the pulbs c. thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems d. thinks that british pubs should offer everything you need with only two weeks to go before christmas, buying presents is a lug priority for a lot of people. however, this year not so many people are leaving their homes to browse around the shops. these days lots of people do their shopping in the comfort of their own home with the help of the internet. online shopping is becoming more and more popular for a number of reasons: prices are often lower online, you dont have to queue up in busy shops and you can buy almost any product imagin- able with just a few clicks of your mouse. computer trends are often man-dominated but this year women are expected to do more shop-ping on the internet than men. it seems .that women are now more attracted to the convenience of on-line shopping than they used to be.average spending online this christmas by women will rise to $240 compared to the slightly lower average $233 for men, while the average spending per person on the high street is only $197. 70% of lnternet users, male and female, are now buying their christmas gifts online. in the past a lot of people were unwilling to shop online. many were worried about the security of entering their card details on the intemet and the reliability of the internet but as shopping; online has become more widespread, these worries have begun to disappear. 45% of internet users still do have security worries but it hasnt slowed the ever-increasing numbers of online shoppers. one victim of the online shopping boom is the uk high street. christmas trading can represent up to 60% of turnover for some stores. many companies are concerned that not enough shoppers are coming through their doors in the run-up to christmas. as a result there are lots of special offers in the shops. most shops traditionally have sales after christmas but this year the bargains have come early.68. why dont people browse around the shops to buy christmas presents thus year? a. because they dont have enough time. b. because christmas is two weeks away. c. because they go shopping on the lnternet. d. because it isnt convenient for them to leave their houses. 69. which of the following is not the reason for people liking online shopping? a. lower prices. b. using the bank cards. c. saving time. d. buying almost whatever you want.70. why were people unwilling to shop online in the past? a. because men were against shopping online. b. because there were fewer goods on the internet. c. because people worried about the safety of their bank cards. d. because they didnt trust the quality of the goods on the internet.71. many companies on the uk high street have special offers before christmas a. to beat online shops b. to attract more customers c. to reward the customers d. to reduce the competitions among them【福建省南平一中2013三模】c its still there, the vietnamese school where my brother and i used to go. even with a new coat of paint and the high wire fence, the school i knew ten years ago remains the same.every day at 5 p.m., instead of flying kites with our friends, my brother and i had to go to vietnamese school. no amount of kicking, screaming, or arguing could stop my mother, who was determined to have us learn the language of our culture. she held us by the collar and walked with us the seven long, hilly blocks from our home to school, leaving our tearful faces before the front of the school. we all sat in little chairs in a big empty room, which had a slight smell of old clothes that had been stored for a long time. i hated that smell. there was a stage far to the right, with an american flag on one side and the flag of the republic of vietnam on the other side. although the school mainly taught language - speaking, reading, dictation - the lessons always began with an exercise in politeness. with the entrance of the teacher, the best student would tap a bell and everyone would get up, and say in vietnamese, how are you, teacher? the language always made me embarrassed. more often than not, i had tried to separate myself from the loud voice that followed me whenever i went to the american supermarket outside our area. the voice belonged to my grandmother, a small old woman who could shout louder than anyone on the street. her vietnamese was quick, it was loud, it was not beautiful. in our area, the comings and goings of hundreds of vietnamese on their daily tasks sounded crazy. i did not want to be thought of as being mad, as talking stupid. when i spoke english, people nodded at me, smiled and encouraged me. even vietnamese people would laugh and say that id do well in life.my brother was even stricter than i about speaking english. he was especially cruel towards my mother, scolding her for her poor english. bits of vietnamese were often mixed in her conversation. after two years of struggle, i finally divorced my culture. i was permitted to stop vietnamese school. i thought of myself as american. at last, i thought i was one of you; i wasnt one of them. sadly, i am only an american. 64. what can be learned from the passage? a. the authors brother liked learning vietnamese. b. the authors mother taught him english at home. c. the author didnt like learning vietnamese when he was young. d. the authors mother put her sons in a language school in vietnam.65. the author often felt embarrassed because _. a. his vietnamese was not beautiful enough b. he could not fly kites like other kids at school c. his grandma spoke vietnamese loudly in public d. his mother always treated him rudely in the market66. it can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author feels _. a. frightened b. peaceful c. satisfied d. regretful67. whats the theme of the passage? a. it is important to adapt to a new environment. b.it is important to appreciate your own culture. c. it is important to remember your childhood. d. it is important to learn a foreign language. 【参考答案】64-67 ccdb berlin-with the crisis in japan raising fears about nuclear power, germany and switzerland said on monday that they would reassess(重新评估) the safety of their own reactors. doris leuthard, the swiss energy minister, said switzerland would put off plans to build nuclear plants. she said no new ones would be permitted until experts had reviewed safety standards. germany will put off the recently decided extension of the running time of cerman nuclear plants, chancellor angela merkel told reporters. this moratorium (延缓) will run for three months and it will allow for a thorough exanunation of the safety standards of the countrys 17 nuclear power plants. the european union called for a meeting on tuesday of nuclear safety authorities to assess europes preparedness. germanys foreign minister, cuido westerwelle, called for a new risk analysis of the counitry snuclear plants, particularly regarding their cooling systems. he is the leader of the free d