高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题（67）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题（67）及答案阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）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。aa young executive was traveling down a neighborhood street. he was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. as his car passed, no children appeared. instead, a brick smashed（猛撞） into the jags side door! he slammed on the brakes. the angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, “what was that all about and who are you?”the young boy was apologetic. ”please, mister. . . please, im sorryi didn”t know what else to do. i threw the brick because no one else would stop” with tears dripping down his face, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. “its my brother, ”he said. “he fell out of his wheelchair and i can t lift him up. ”now sobbing, the boy asked the executive, “would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? hes hurt and hes too heavy for me. ”moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. he hurriedly lifted the boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. a quick look told him everything was going to be okay. “thank you and may god bless you. ” the grateful child told the stranger. 1the executive slowed down because .ahe saw a boy throw a brick to his carbhe saw a boy rush out from between carsche was afraid some boys suddenly rushed outda brick smashed into the jags side door2the boy threw the brick to the car in order to . adisturb the driver on purpose bdestroy the car of the strangercask someone to drive him home dstop someone to help him3knowing the reason why the boy threw the brick at his car the executive must feel .asympathized and excited bregretful and sympathizedcashamed and regretful dangry and regretful4after the boys brother fell off his wheelchair, .athe boy threw bricks at several carsbthe boy tried to stop several carscthe boys brother was hurt seriouslydthe boys brother wanted to stop a car5from the last paragraph we can learn that .ayou shouldnt drive so fast that someone throws at youbit is common to throw a brick at a car running too fastcyou cant go through your life without a brick throwing at youdyou should pay more attention to others and help them1-5 cdbbd whoever named the bird turkey a word that english speakers began mentioning as long ago as 1541 made a big mistake. although that bird came from guinea（几内亚）in africa, the english apparently first imported it from turkish merchants. so, naturally, they called it a turkey. when english speakers established their first colony in jamestown, virginia, in 1607, they thought they saw turkeys there too. “we found an island, on which there were many turkeys,” wrote one. these birds were not from turkey and were not related to the guinean fowl（家禽）of africa. but turkeys they were called, and turkeys they remain.much of what we know about the jamestown colony was written by captain john smith, whose efforts preserved the colony from collapse（垮掉）and who in turn was preserved by the indian “princess” pocahontas. smiths accounts of the colony frequently mention turkeys as food, gifts, and objects of trade. in 1607, smith wrote, to celebrate the first peace after the first armed fight, the indians brought turkeys, bread and what they had, singing and dancing in celebration of friendship till they departed. elsewhere smith noted that the indians made warm and beautiful cloaks（披风）from turkey feathers. further north, as the plymouth colony neared the end of its first year in 1621, governor william bradford also observed a great flock of wild turkeys, of which they took many. undoubtedly, turkeys were among the fowls served at the first thanksgiving dinner.despite those significant beginnings and benjamin franklins lobbying（游说）, the turkey lost to the bald eagle in the contest for american bird. and it is a loser in modern english slang, too. since the 1920s, turkey has been a term for a play or movie that is a failure, and since the 1950s for a person who is not fit for his job. but though the turkey never succeeded in becoming the american symbol, it did become the american feast. thanksgiving is turkey day, and the turkey has come into our language more than other birds. we never “talk eagle”, we “talk turkey” when we speak frankly.63. who named the bird turkey?a. english speakers. b. turkish merchants.c. captain john smith. d. guineans.【答案】a【解析】从第一段的第二句话although that bird came from guinea（几内亚）in africa, the english apparently first imported it from turkish merchants. so, naturally, they called it a turkey. 得知虽然这种鸟原产地是几内亚，但是是英国人从turkish商人那里买的，很自然的，英国人就称这种鸟turkey.【考点定位】考察的是细节理解题64. it can be inferred from the second paragraph that _. a. turkeys were brought to jamestown by smith b. the indians fought with captain smith for turkeys c. turkeys were served at the first thanksgiving dinnerd. captain john smith wrote a book named jamestown colony65. when we say somebody is a turkey, it means _. a. he is very angry b. he has no ability to do his jobc. he likes eating turkeys d. he speaks frankly66. which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a. the turkey was beaten in a fight by the bald eagle. b. turkeys were introduced to america from guinea. c. the turkey has become american food because it was beaten.d. turkey has become a term of failure in modern english slang.last year, on report card day, my son and a bunch of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at mcdonalds. “jack got a laptop for getting straight as, and laurie got a cellphone,” one boy said. “oh, yeah, and sarah got an ipod nano, and shes only in third grade,” said another. “and how about brian? he got $ 10 for each a.”i suddenly became concerned. these payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? what would be left after the electric guitar, the cellphone, and the portable dvd player?i saw the road ahead: as the homework load increased, my income would decrease. i saw my comfortable lifestyle vanish before my eyes-no more of those $ 5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. no more organic anything!i started to feel surprised and nervous. would every goal attained by my two children fetch a reward? a high grade point average? a good class ranking? would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns, runs-batted-in? what about orchestra? would first chair pay more than second? id be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.“we never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at mit. “he just did it on his own. maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but thats about it.”dont you just hate that? were all running around looking for the mp3 player with the most updates, and shes spending a few dollars on pizza. she gets motivation; we get negotiation.1 6the sentence “as the homework load increased, my income would decrease.” in the third paragraph probably means _.ataking care of the children would influence my workbi would spend more money on my childrens homeworkcreducing childrens homework load would cost me a lotdmore rewards would be needed as the children grew up17we can tell from the passage that the authors son was in _.aprimary school bjunior middle schoolchigh school duniversity18it can be inferred from the passage that _.aif you pay the children for good grades, they would take it for grantedbif you buy children pizza for good grades, they would work hardercchildren would not ask for rewards when they enter high schooldchildren would not ask for rewards when they enter university19the example of the authors neighbor shows that _.apizza is the best way to motivate childrenbreward is not the only way to motivate childrencthe authors neighbor was very poordthe authors neighbors son didnt like reward20what is the authors attitude toward paying children reward for good grades?afavorable bambiguous cdisagreeable dunknowable参考答案-dbabc 阅读理解(第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每题2分，满分50分)第一节：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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 a “it happened over three years ago,” paddy said helplessly. no one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do. “just dont tell my mother,” said fee numbly. “and no one did! oh, god! my poor, poor frank!”paddy wiped the tears from his face and said. “fee dear, pack your things. well go to see him.”she half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead. “i cant go,”she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there.“it would kill him to see me. i know him so wellhis pride, his ambition. let him bear the shame alone, its what he wants.weve got to help him keep his secret.what good will it do him to see us?”paddy was still weeping, not for frank, but for the life which had gone from fees face, for the dying in her eyes. frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between fee and himself.he was the cause of her withdrawal from his heart and the hearts of his children.every time it looked as if there might be happiness for fee, frank took it away.but paddys love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for frank.so he said.“well, fee, we wont go. but we must make sure he is taken care of.how about if i write to father jones and ask him to look out for frank?”the eyes didnt liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks. “yes, paddy, do that.only make sure he knows not to tell frank we found out. perhaps it would ease frank to think for certain that we dont know.”1. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. frank was found guilty of murder because he was a professional boxer.b. the family didnt find out what happened to frank until three years later.c. the jury and the judge disagreed on whether frank had committed murder.d. frank didnt want his family to find out what happened because paddy disliked him.2. paddy cried because he thought _.a. frank did kill someone and deserved the punishmentb. frank should have told fee what had happenedc. what had happened to frank was killing feed. frank had always been a man of bad moral character3. “she half-rose before sinking back” (in paragraph 6) shows that_.a. fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand upb. fee didnt want to upset paddy by visiting frankc. fee couldnt leave her family to go to see frankd. fee struggled between wanting to see frank and respecting his wish4.which of the following suggests that fee was deeply shocked by what happened to frank?a. “her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead.”b. “let him bear the shame alone, its what he wants.”c. “every time it looked as if there might be happiness for fee, frank took it away.”d. “the eyes didnt liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks.”5. what is fees probable relationship with frank and paddy?a. son and brother.b. son and husband.c. brother and lover.d. lover and husband.阅读理解： 1 5 bcdab chinese writer mo yans nobel prize for literature might ignite an explosion of global interest in chinese literature and lead to more titles translated into english, european experts say.“hopefully, the award means more people will read chinese literature and more works will get translated,” says michel hockx, professor of the languages and cultures of china and inner asia from university of london. “many very good chinese writers have been accepted globally for a long time already. mo yan is probably the most translated chinese writer alive, with at least five of his novels made available in english over the past 20 years.”jonathan ruppin, web editor of bookseller foyles, says mos win coincides with growing interest in chinese literature and recognizes the talents of a distinctive and visionary（富于幻想的）writer. “we are very excited by the fact that english translations of more of his books should now become available,” ruppin says. he made the comment after mo became the first chinese citizen to win the nobel prize for literature in its century-long history.as east-west cultural exchange has been booming, chinese literature has been attracting growing attention in recent years. hockx explains, “its mainly because there are many more opportunities for chinese writers to visit other countries, to publish their works outside china and to interact with readers abroad. at the same time, more and more people globally are learning chinese and taking an interest in the chinese language and culture.”university of oxford lecturer in modern chinese literature margaret hillenbrand says, “the obvious reason for the growing global presence of chinese literature is the growing global presence of china itself. people have come to realize that there is a serious knowledge deficit （缺少）between china and its international counterparts in particular, china knows incomparably（无比地）more about europe and america than the other way round and reading chinese literature is an effective, simple means of solving that gap.”67. the underlined word “ignite” in paragraph 1 probably means “_”.a. start out b. burn up c. set off d. appeal to68. chinese