高考英语阅读理解抓分精品训练（43）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分精品训练（43）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项。 atsunami warning system is testedif he, the founder of the hawaiian volcano observatory, were alive, thomas jaggar would be proud of the u.s. tsunami warning system after fridays devastating earthquake in japan sent a surge (大浪，汹涌) of ocean water dashing toward the west coast. washington so many people surged to the west coast and alaska tsunami warning center website that it slowed to a crawl early friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the u.s. of a massive earthquake in japan.mcclatchy washington bureau mar 11 06:09 p.m. chicago a tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern california coast and oregon, the national weather service announced early friday.chicago tribune mar 11 06:07 a.m. honolulu a tsunami warning was issued late on thursday for hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the pacific near japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated（把撤出）by 2 a.m. local time. tsunami sirens (警报) began sounding at9:59 p.m. on thursday. they have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.alaska tsunami warning center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of alaska, washington, oregon and california.reuters via yahoo! news mar 11 01:22 a.m. lompoc tsunami warning a wake-up call a tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal communities and campgrounds in santa barbara and san luis obispo counties friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.the lompoc record mar 11 11:29 p.m. wellington the pacific tsunami warning centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the pacific near japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some pacific islands hawaii, chinas taiwan, the philippines and indonesia etc.new straits times mar 11 07:48 a.m. reproduced by yahoo greenwich meantime1. a tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the u.s. except for _. a. ohio b. california c. oregond. alaska2. the underlined word “prompting” (in the fourth paragraph) most probably means _.a. promotingb. advocating c. urgingd. appealing3. according to the passage, the pacific tsunami warning was first reported by _.a. new straits times b. reuters via yahoo! news c. mcclatchy washington bureau d. chicago tribune4. in which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from japan and hawaii? a. lompoc. b. washington. c. honolulu. d. wellington.参考答案14 acbd （一） 2013衡阳八中高三六次月考i received a call today asking if i would be willing to bring food to a family in need. the mother was having a major operation and would be lying down for several weeks. of course, i responded with an immediate “yes！”. as i planned the meal in my head, i reflected on how many times over the years i had been asked to prepare food. i have done so countless times with a very open heart.but the truly amazing thing is that i have received double over the course of my life. when my mother passed away, our house was filled with fresh dinners for weeks. a woman from the church of our community stopped by each evening with some food. the gift of food was her small way of trying to ease our pain.later in my life, when i was on bed rest during my pregnancy with twins, women of the church again stepped in to help. they arranged babysitting for my twoyearold daughter, and brought lovely dinners to our house. even when i was put in the hospital, my husband would bring cooked meals to my hospital room. how we relied on these dinners to feed my tired husband and young daughter.food is all about comfort. it feeds our bodies, but it can also feed our souls. when you hear people talking about their favourite holidays, it usually includes their feelings connected with sharing food. i know that i will have many more opportunities in my lifetime to prepare food for others. it is truly a gift i want to prepare and deliver to someone in need.1. the author has given lots of food to others because_a. she is poor at cooking bshe is a church membercshe is friendly to others dshe has received others food2. we can learn from the first paragraph that the author_a. had to stay in bed for several weeks bknew the family in need very wellcwas glad to be able to lend a hand dwas tired of preparing food3. which of the following is true about the author?a. her mother died when she was in hospital.b. she didnt get enough food during her pregnancy.cshe received food as well as comfort in her hard times.dshe thinks offering food is the best way to show love.4. what do we know about the authors family?a. her family is too poor to buy enough food.b. her family lives not far from a church.c. her husband is not good at cooking.dshe has a babysitter taking care of her twins.5. according to the passage, which of the following conclusions can we get?a. a good beginning makes a good ending.bone good turn deserves another.cactions speak louder than words.devery man has his faults.【语篇导读】 作者的母亲过世的时候，社区教堂中的女人给她带过食物；作者怀孕的时候，社区教堂中的女人也同样给她带过食物，并帮她照顾她两岁的女儿。因此，今天有人需要帮助的时候，作者也非常愿意伸出援手。1. d细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“but the truly amazing thing is that i have received double over the course of my life.” 可知，作者乐于赠送食物给别人是因为她自己也曾经收到他们的许多馈赠，故选d项。2. c推理判断题。根据第一段第三句“of course, i responded with an immediate yes！.”可推断作者非常高兴能帮助别人，故选c项。3. c细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“when my mother passed away, our house was filled with fresh dinners for weeks.”和第三段第一、二句“later in my life, when i was on bed rest during my pregnancy with twins, women of the church again stepped in to help. they arranged babysitting for my twoyearold daughter, and brought lovely dinners to our house.”可知作者在她自己有困难的时候接受过他人的食物与照顾，由此判断选c项。4. b推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“a woman from the church of our community stopped by each evening with some food.”可知教堂在作者生活的社区里面，即离她家不远，故选b项。5. b推理判断题。通过上下文可知，作者在自己困难的时候接受过别人的帮助，故如今她也非常乐意帮助别人，由此可得出这么一个结论：善有善报。故选b项。阅读理解dafter 20 years as a full-time wife and mother, i decided to be a school bus driver for i loved kids. after hard practice, by the time school started that year id gotten the hang of it. i was happy in my new work. i became a combination chauffeur, nurse and friend. and if the kids needed it, id put on my “tough big sister” act. it was a lot like my previous job-being a mom. when i think about my years of bus driving, many things crowded in, but mostly, i remember charlie. charlie, eight years old, with blond hair and crystalline gray eyes, began riding my bus in september of my fourth year driving. they all had stories to tell me about their summers. charlie, though, ignored me. he didnt even answer when i asked his name. from that day on, charlie was a trial. if a fight broke out i didnt have to turn my head to know who had started it. if someone was throwing spitballs i could guess the culprits name. if a girl was crying, chances were charlie had pulled her hair. no matter how i spoke to him, gently or firmly, he wouldnt say a word. hed just stare at me with those big gray eyes of his. i asked around some, and found out charlies father was dead and he didnt live with his mother. he deserves my patience, i thought. so i practiced every bit of patience i could muster. to my cheery “good morning”, he was silent. when i wished him a happy halloween, he sneered. many, many times i asked god how i could reach charlie. “im at my wits end.” id say. still i was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me. so, when hed pass by, id ruffle his hair or pat him on the arm. toward the end of that year, the kids on my bus gave me a small trophy inscribed “to the best bus driver ever”. i propped it up on the dashboard. on top i hung a small tin heart that a little girl had given me. in red paint she had written, “i love polly and polly loves me.” on the next-to-last day of school i was delayed a few minutes talking to the principal. when i got on the bus i realized that the tin heart was gone. “does anyone know what happened to the little heart that was up here?” i asked. for once with 39 children, there was silence. one boy piped up, “charlie was the first one on the bus. i bet he took it.” other children joined the chorus, “yeah! charlie did it! search him!” i asked charlie, “have you seen the heart?” “i dont know what youre talking about,” he protested. standing up, he took a few pennies and a small ball out of his pockets. “see, i dont have it.” “i bet he does!” insisted the girl who had given me the heart. “check his pockets.” charlie glowered when i asked him to come forward. his gaze burned into mine. i stuck my hand into one pocket. nothing. i reached into the other pocket. then i felt it -the familiar outline of the small tin heart. charlie stared at me for a long time. there were no tears in those big gray eyes, no plea for mercy. he seemed to be waiting for what hed come to expect from the world. i was about to pull the tin heart out of charlies pocket when i stopped myself. let him keep it, a voice seemed to whisper. “it must have fallen off before i got here,” i said to the kids. “ill probably find it back at the depot.” without a word, charlie returned to his seat. when he got off at his stop, he didnt so much as glance at me. that summer charlie moved away. eventually i retired. and there my story as a school bus driver ends, except for one more incident. a dozen years after retirement i was in a department store in kansas city, when someone said tentatively, “polly?” i turned to see a balding man who was approaching middle age. “yes?” his face didnt look familiar until i noticed his big gray eyes. there was no doubt. it was charlie. he told me he was living in montana and doing well. then, to my surprise, he hugged me. after he let go, he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see. an old key chain.bent out of shape, the lettering faded. you can probably guess what it was-the little tin heart that said, “i love polly and polly loves me.” “you were the only one who kept trying,” he explained. we hugged again, and went our separate ways. that night i thought over his words. you were the only one who kept trying. before i fell asleep i thanked the lord for the reassurance that id done a good job and for all the qualifications hed given me to do it with. 15. from whose point of view is the story told? a. pollysb. charliesc. a mothersd. tough big sisters16. from the passage, we learn that charlie was _ . a. cold and firm b. naughty and lazy c. tough and lonelyd. gentle and smart17.the sentence “he seemed to be waiting for what hed come to expect from the world.” suggests that charlie _. a. expected to get away with what he had done b. expected to get punished for what he had done c. felt ashamed of what he had done d. felt polly had done wrong to him18. charlie kept the tin heart all the time because it reminded him _. a. it was once a shame to him b. someone there cared him c. it once gave him warmth d. it was a christmas gift from polly19. what do you think is the best reward to pollys love for charlie? a. peoples appreciation for her kindness. b. his doing well in his life. c. his thanks to her love. d. charlies recognition of polly after many years.20. which detail from the story best shows pollys love for charlie? a. she greeted him with cheery “good morning”. b. she wished him a happy halloween. c. she ruffled his hair when he passed her.d. she lied to the other kids about what happened to the tin heart.参考答案 15-20 acbbbdit came as something of a surprise when diana, princess of wales, made a trip to angola in 1997, to support the red crosss campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. within hours of arriving in angola television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “i knew the statistics,” she said, “but putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when i met sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”the princess concluded with a simple message: “we must stop landmines”. and she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.but, back in london, her views were not shared by some members of the british government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. angry politicians launched an attack on the princess in the press. they described her as “very ill-informed” and a “loose cannon (乱放炮的人).”the princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “this is a distraction we do not need. all im trying to do is help.”opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the princess. to make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the princesss trip had been approved by the foreign office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in angola and the british governments policy regarding landmines. the result was a severe embarrassment for the government.to try and limit the damage, the foreign secretary, malcolm rifkind, claimed that the princesss views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. the defence secretary, michael portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding”.for the princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. she said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.5. princess diana paid a visit to angola in 1997_.a. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines.b. to clarify the british governments stand on landmines.c. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims.d. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims.6. what did diana mean when she said“putting a face to those figures brought the reality home tome” (para.1)?a. she just couldnt bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.b. the actual situation in angola made her feel like going back home.c. meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.d. seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.7. some members of the british government criticized diana because_.a. she was ill-informed of the governments policy.b. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in angola.c. she had not consulted the government before the visit.d. they were actually opposed to banning landmines.8. how did diana respond to the criticisms?a. she made more appearances on tv. b. she paid no attention to them.c. she met the 13-year-old girl as planned.d. she rose to argue with her opponents.9. what did princess diana think of her visit to angola?a. it had caused embarrassment to the british government.b. it had brought her closer to the ordinary people.c. it had greatly promoted her popularity.d. it had affected her relations with the british government.参考答案59 addbb （二） 2013湖南师大附中检测while you may be doing everything right, ignoring just one or two steps in the process may keep you from getting a job, especially in this fierce market. here is a checklist that covers some of the major links in the jobsearch chain.the resumemake sure it is uptodate and tailored to the types of jobs you are seeking for. have someone else look at your resume. if you cannot afford a career coach, give your resume to friends or family members to scrutinize. have copies of your resume printed so that you are ready to hand them out at interview.covering lettersmaybe youve set up a few basic styles in advance, but thats not enough. each covering letter should be designed to suit the job for which you are applying.the wardrobe(衣橱)check your wardrobe to ensure that you have the appropriate professional dress, including shoes, ready for interviews.networkingdont isolate yourself from others for days. network through email messages, phone calls, appointments and meetings keep you in touch with the outside world and prevent you from becoming depressed.applicationa glance at huge online job sites isnt usually the best way to find a job. you are more likely to succeed through the people you know via networking.the followupit is quite common to apply for a job but never hear back from the company. take measures, such as following up with a phone call a week or so after you apply. if you know someone at the company, check whether that person will put in a good word for you.interviewsif youve got plenty of interviews but no return calls or job offers, take a look at your interviewing skills. this is one area where investing in a career coach may pay off. but if you cant afford one, try to find a job group or service that conducts free mock(模拟) interviews.support systemsfinally, recognize that looking for a job is r