高考英语阅读理解基础极品训练题（2）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解基础极品训练题（2）及答案ahe was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the gulf stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. in the first forty days a boy had been with him. but after forty days without a fish the boys parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week. it made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff (鱼钩) and harpoon (鱼叉) and the sail that was furled around the mast (桅杆). the sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat. the old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. the brown blotches（斑点）of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. the blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. but none of these scars were fresh. they were as old as erosions in a fishless desert. everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated. “santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the skiff was pulled up. “i could go with you again. weve made some money.” the old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him. “no,” the old man said. “youre with a lucky boat. stay with them.” “but remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.” “i remember,” the old man said. “i know you did not leave me because you doubted.” “it was papa who made me leave. i am a boy and i must obey him.” “i know,” the old man said. “it is quite normal.” “he hasnt much faith.” “no,” the old man said. “but we have. havent we?” “yes,” the boy said. “can i offer you a beer on the terrace and then well take the stuff home.” “why not?” the old man said. “between fishermen.” 1. the boy left the old man and went in another boat to fish because .a. the old man preferred to fish alone b. the old man was unluckyc. the boys parents ordered him tod. the old mans sail suggested a permanent defeat2. after reading this passage, we may safely conclude that .a. the old man was insistent and not afraid of failureb. the boys papa had confidence in everythingc. the old man caught big fishes during eighty-seven daysd. the boy obeyed his father because he had some doubts about the old man3. what might happen after the last paragraph? a. the old man and the boy might go to fish with other fishermen.b. the old man might go to have a drink with the boy.c. the old man and the boy might go to enjoy beer at the old mans home.d. the old man might go to tell the boys papa about the secrets between fishermen.阅读理解read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. and then answer questions.happiness（romance）happiness tells the story of two people （lisa turbot and danny roy）who work for different advertising companies. they talk on the phone all the time and dont like each other. but then they correspond by email and fall in love. this movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. it also has beautiful music.scream i（thriller）in scream i, paul（colin jacks）is a young man who joins a thriller club. each of the members tries to frighten the others. paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. this movie is very frightening but also quite silly. it doesnt make sense for paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. only for people who like thrillers.pauls heroes（comedy）this is a very funny war movie set in world war two. six soldiers（including sammy turblow）have to get to italy to take secret messages to the american army there. during the movie, they dress up as women and fight with italian workers. you can guess the ending, but its great fun getting there._（drama）this is a very good drama with jack ross, a hard-working truck driver. his wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. in his travels he meets dr. lloyd（phil driver）who has found the cure for the illness, but jack ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of america. this is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.1. the underlined word “correspond” can be replaced by _.a. date b. communicate c. exchange d. write 2. a thriller is most probably a film which tells something _.a. frightening b. instructive c. humorous d. interesting 3. which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?a. a hard-working truck driver b. medicinec. a strange illness d. twelve hours4. where can we probably read the passage?a. on the sports page. b. a travel brochure. c. on the entertainment page. d. in the test book.（参考答案 badc） 阅读理解consideryou. in all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone like you. you are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. wow! stop and think about that. you are better than anyone in a million.you are the only one like you in a sea of infinity（无穷，无限）!you are amazing! youre awesome! beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. but you don t become beautiful just by virtue of the aging process. real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life. that is the art of life. you can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. you are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today. paint a masterpiece. god gives every bird its food, but he doesnt throw it into its nest. wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, its truly up to you!1which would be the best title for the passage?ayouba masterpiececenjoy your lifedreal beauty2by writing this passage, what message does the writer mean to provide us?abeing confident is more important than anything else.byou are of course better than anyone else.creal beauty comes from learning, growing and loving in the ways of life.dgod will help you once you have made up your mind.3what does the underlined word“accelerate”mean?aslow downbincrease the speed ofcdevelopdhelp4what is the main idea of the last three paragraphs?agod will help those are the most diligent.bactions are more important than goals.cgod will help you if necessary.dyou are the master of your goals and actions参考答案1-4 a a b d 阅读理解-b the friday after the american holiday of thanksgiving is called black friday. its said that its the day that store ledgers(分类账)move into the black and companies become profitable.on that day, retailers slash prices to get consumers to buy. it is also a time when many americans start their christmas shopping. voas elizabeth lee tells us how the economy may affect consumers on that bargain day. “its just the deals, the sales and everything you can get for a lesser price,” said sandy thomas, a shopper. but its a nightmare for others. “i think its crazy. ive done all of my shopping throughout the week so i dont have to go out on friday,” she said. its called black friday, the start of the traditional christmas shopping season in the united states. every year its the day after the thanksgiving holiday. stores open before sunrise and there are deep discounts everywhere you look.while the lead up to christmas is known as the season of giving, black friday can get ugly.last year a crowd of bargain-hunters killed a wal-mart worker in a new york suburb. this year, many stores are increasing security while they slash prices. “this is a huge time for the retail stores,” said fred joutz from george washington university. “this is when they begin making their profits for the year.”economics professor fred joutz says how americans spend the weekend after thanksgiving is a good indication of how consumers feel about the future.with the unemployment rate above 10 percent, joutz says americans are saving more and spending less. “credit is still strictly controlled whether through credit cards or through borrowing from banks,” he said. some retailers are attracting consumers by opening on thanksgiving day, when shops are traditionally closed. other stores open their doors anywhere from midnight to four in the morning.and shoppers will be lining up in front of the doors in order to be one of the first ones to walk through and get a big discount. electronics like flat screen tvs are usually the first items to go. sandy thomas says its an annual family tradition and well worth it. “i just save maybe half of what i would have spent on a regular, you know, shopping trip,” she said.economists say u.s. consumers will spend money this black friday, but they will spend it more carefully. 4. the underlined word “slash” in the first paragraph probably means _.a. reduce b. raise c. increase d. change5. the sentence “this day should be a shoppers dream.” should be placed between _.a. paragraph two and paragraph three b. paragraph one and paragraph twoc. paragraph three and paragraph four d. paragraph five and paragraph six 6. why are many stores increasing security according to the passage?a. because there are too many people saving more and spending less.b. because its a time when they begin making their profits for the year.c. because last year a crowd of bargain-hunters caused an accident.d. because many stores open their doors from midnight to four a.m.7.what can we learn from the passage?a. christmas shopping is traditional time and this year it is no exception.b. electronics like flat screen tvs are usually least discounted.c. the economy only affects consumers on that bargain day.d. thanksgiving is a good indication of how consumers feel about the future.阅读理解one of the major problems in our economy is inflation, a situation in which prices are going up faster than wages. thus, a person has to work more hours to pay for the same thing. for example, lets say that this year a loaf of bread costs $1.00 and the average salary in the united states is $10.00 per hour. that means a person could earn enough money to buy a loaf of bread in one-tenth of an hour, or six minutes, then, halfway through the year, the price of bread goes up to $1.25, while wages stay the same. that means that a person how has to work one-eighth of an hour, or seven and a half minutes to buy the same loaf of bread. now lets say that at the end of the year, wages go up to$11.00 per hour, but the price of bread goes up to $1.50. now a person has to work more than one-seventh of an hour, over eight minutes to but the same loaf of bread. as you can see, if more and more work time is spent earning money to buy loaves of bread, employees will have less money left over to buy other things inflation means that the same money buys fewer things and everybodys standard of living goes down, even if salaries are going up. some kinds of inflation are worse than others, moderate inflation does not distort（扭曲）r