高考英语阅读理解基础精品训练题（116）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品训练题（116）及答案阅读理解-bin stockholm, the swedish academy has chosen the british author doris lessing for the 2007 nobel prize in literature.the selection of doris lessing for a nobel was popular among the hundreds of journalists gathered for the announcement in stockholm.permanent secretary of the swedish academy horace engdahl said with skepticism, fire and visionary power lessing has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny.doris lessing was born in 1919 in persia - modern-day iran - to british parents, moving as a child with her family to southern rhodesia, now zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.a year after moving to london, she published her first novel in 1950. the grass is singing examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial africa through the eyes of a white farmers wife and her black servant.a member of the british communist party during the 1950s and a campaigner against nuclear arms and south african apartheid, lessing was for years banned from that country and from rhodesia.her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of the golden notebook, seen by many, though not necessarily lessing, as a pioneering work of modern feminism. a disjointed study of the mind of the main character, anna wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about africa, politics and communism, relationships with men and sex, and jungian analysis and dream interpretation.lessings themes shifted to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was fascinated with the islamic mystic tradition of sufism. her turn toward science fiction with the canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditionalist critics, but she has continued to win new readers and numerous literary awards, including the david cohen british literary prize and the companion of honour from the royal society of literature, both in 2001.following the announcement, the horace engdahl told voa why he was personally so pleased with lessings selection.she is one of the truly great writers - of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction, engdahl said. she is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the impulse to numbers of other women writers. and she is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature.at 87, doris lessing is the oldest nobel literature laureate since the first prizes were awarded in 1901. each nobel prize is this year accompanied by a check for approximately $1.4 million.6. how old was doris lessing when she published her first novel?a. 14 b. 26 c. 31 d. 507. which of the following about the grass is singing is true? a. it is mainly about racial conflict between the whites and the blacks in the us. b. the main characters are a white farmers wife and her black servant. c. it was published in africa. d. it was doris lessings most famous novel.8. we can infer from the passage that _. a. journalists are very interested in the election of doris lessings for nobel prize.b. doris lessing regard the golden notes as a pioneering work of feminism.c. doris lessing has written about many different subjects.d. many writers have the courage to stick to the equality between the male and female experience.9 the underlined word school in the last paragraph but one means_.a. institution for educating children b. college or university c. department of a university d. group of writers, thinkers10. which of the following can be the best title of this passage?a. doris lessing wins nobel prize for literatureb. the greatest british female writerc. the oldest nobel prize winnerd. 2007 nobel prize announced in stockholm 全解全析本文主要讲述了英国的doris lessing获得了2007诺贝尔文学奖。c 细节理解题。根据第四段第1句和第五段第1句可知。b 细节理解题。第五段第2句可知。c 推理判断题。从文章第七、八段内容可知。d 词义猜测题。根据倒数第二段，可以推测出school的意思。a 主旨大意题。这是新闻报道，从第一段的第一句可知。cmost americans get what money they have from their work; that is, they earn an income from wages or salaries. the richest americans, however, get most of their money from what they own their stocks, bonds, real estate, and other forms of property, or wealth. although there are few accurate statistics to go by, wealth in american society appears to be concentrated in very few hands. more than 20 percent of everything that can be privately owned is held by less than one percent of the adult population and more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of american adults. the plain fact is that most americans have no wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings. income in the united states is not as highly concentrated as wealth. in 1917 the richest 10 percent of american families received 26.1 percent of all income, while the poorest 10 percent received 17 percent, mainly from social security and other government payments. the most striking aspect of income distribution is that it has not changed significantly since the end of world war ii. although economic growth has roughly doubled real disposable (可自由使用的) family income (the money left after taxes and adjusted for inflation) over the last generation, the size of the shares given to the rich and the poor is about the same. by any measure economic inequality is great in the united states. the reality behind these statistics is that a large number of americans are poor. in 1918, 14 percent of the population was living below the federal governments poverty line, which at that time was an annual income of $ 9 287 for a nonfarm family of two adults and two children. in other words, about one out of seven americans over 31 million people was officially considered unable to buy the basic necessities of food, clothes, and shelter. the suggested poverty line in 1981 would have been an income of about $11, 200 for a family of four. by this relative definition, about 20 percent of the population or more than 45 million americans are poor. 11what does the majority of the americans have in terms of wealth? atheir income and savings. btheir house, cars and small amounts of savings. ceverything they own in their homes. dactually, they have no wealth at all.12what is the percentage of wealth that is in the hands of most americans? aless than 25%. bmore than 25%. cmore than 75%. dless than 20%. 13why is economic inequality still great in the us in spite of the economic growth? abecause the economic growth has widened the gap of the family income between the rich and the poor. bbecause income in the us is still concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of american families.cbecause the proportion of income received by the rich and the poor remains almost the same as in 1917. dbecause some americans made great fortunes during the second world war. 14what can we learn from comparison of the two poverty lines in the last paragraph? a. the poverty line of 1918 is more favorable to the poor than that of 1981. b. the 1981 line didnt leave much to the poor. c. there were more americans who were officially poor by the 1918 line. d. there were more americans who were officially poor by the 1981 line. 15from the last two sentences we can see that 1981 governments poverty line _. awas of no good for the poor bwas officially approved cwas not helpful to the poor dwas not put into operation then 【参考答案】1115、bacddefaced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses insteadbut a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just thatdreamsthe shanghai municipal employment promotion center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last friday, showed 5978 percent of respondents considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store but they just stop at the thinking stage, it statedrespondents put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunitythey also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need tor advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their waymore than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the roadguo bing, a senior student in shanghai international studies university majoring in english, decided he wanted to be his own boss last yearbut he is looking for a job first if i fail to find a satisfying job, i would like to establish a company in exhibition services, guo saidthe shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plantwith their help, guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures(小册子） at a relatively low pricehe is also confident that his english language skills can help him do well in the industry social networking is an important factor leading to business success, guo said guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduationjiang said the university sets up a business guide learn made of government officials and professionalsthey regularly give training courses to students who show an interest in having their own businessthe parents of university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showedonce you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle, guo added16which of the following can be the best title?aa tough job market bgraduates dream of being bosscthe ambitious fresh graduates d, the story ot guo bing17which of the following does not stop fresh graduates realizing their dreams of being bosses?athe lack of business opportunity and investmentbthe shortage of business experience.cless skilled english languagedtheir family members objections18in the view of guo bing, what is the key factor -that makes fresh graduates dream of being boss soon after graduation?atheir family dont support thembtheir social networking is not goodcthere are not enough graduate jobs dthey want to achieve greater success19all the following statements are true about guo bing except _ahe has started his own business with the help of his relativesbenglish is his major in the universityche is trying to find a job which can satisfies himdhe is a shanghai native20who is this article mostly intended for?athe parents whose child goes to university soon.bthose who will graduate from universitycthose who want to be bossesdthe officials who work in the government【参考答案】1620、bccab阅读理解-ccharles dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century english novelist, was born near portsmouth. his father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. the only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. in fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. he worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyers office. after that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for london newspapers. his career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel the pickwick papers made him the most popular author at his time in england.he was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century london. he wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of england society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity of the bourgeoisie.many of his novels like oliver twist, david copperfield, nicholas nickleby, great expectations, a tale of two cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in england over a hundred years ago.dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. he wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.11. dickens only received