高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（3）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（3）及答案阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)【广东省汕尾市梅陇中学】a when milk arrived on the doorstepwhen i was a boy growing up in new jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. his name was mr. basille. he wore a white cap and drove a white truck. as a 5-year-old boy, i couldnt take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. he noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.of course, he delivered more than milk. there was cheese, eggs and so on. if we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. and then, the buttermilk would magically appear.all of this was about more than convenience. there existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. mr. basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldnt freeze. and i remember mr. basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.there is sadly no home milk delivery today. big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.recently, i saw an old milk box in the countryside. i took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. every so often my sons friends will ask what it is. so i start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.26. mr. basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer_.a. to show his magical power b. to pay for the delivery c. to satisfy his curiosity d. to please his mother 27. what does “this” in the third paragraph refer to? _.a. the milkmans magic power b. the milkmans kindness to mec. the note to change an order d. the home delivery service 28. what can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boys house? _.a. he wanted to have tea there. b. he was a respectable person.c. he was treated as a family member. d. he was fully trusted by the family.29. why does home milk delivery no longer exist? _.a. nobody wants to be a milkman now. b. it has been driven out of the market.c. its service is getting poor. d. it is forbidden by law.30. why did the author bring back home an old milk box? _.a. he missed the good old days. b. he wanted to tell interesting stories.c. he missed it for his milk bottles. d. he planted flowers in it. 【参考答案】26-30 c d d b a 阅读理解dcanadian scientists have found that the more emotional or mental challenges a person faces in a day, the less determined they become to work out physically.however, the findings should not stop us from keeping fit. experts believe that willpower (意志力)is like a muscle, and needs to be exercised to help one avoid the temptation (诱惑)spending a night on the couch instead.kathleen martin -ginis, a professor of kinesiology-the science of movement 一 who led the study, says everyone has a limited amount of willpower, and that it will be reduced by stress. miss martin -ginis, of canada s mcmaster university, explains, cognitive (认知的)tasks, as well as tasks such as regulating (调整)one s emotions, can reduce one s capacity to force oneself to exercise.her team of scientists performed a so- called stroop test on volunteers to reach their conclusions. the experiment involved showing participants words associated with colors but printed in different colors, for example, the word blue written in red ink . participants were divided into two groups. one group was asked to name the color of the ink, instead to say the printed word, while the other wasnt martin ginis says, after we used this cognitive task to use up their self-regulatory capacity, the participants didnt exercise as hard as those who had not performed the task.the more people concentrated on the cognitive task, the more likely they were to skip exercise sessions (活动时间)over the next eight weeks. you only have so much willpower .however, there are ways to strengthen willpower. the study found the listening to music before going to the gym can help, as well as making a commitment to work out with friends. it also concluded that willpower can be stretched by constantly taking, or forcing oneself to study an extra hour each night.martin - ginis adds, there are strategies people can use to help revitalize (使恢复活动) themselves after theyve used up their self-regulation. willpower is like a muscle: it needs to be used to stay strong.13.according to the experts, human willpower _.a.can be exercised through muscle movementb.can regulate itself to resist temptationsc.is weakened by stressful cognitive or emotional tasksd.is reduced by lack of physical exercise.14.we learn from paragraph 4 that the experiment_.a.made use of the stroop testb.asked one group of participants to name the wordsc.required researchers to write the word blue in red ink to make it easily recognizable.d.showed that those who hadnt performed the task were smarter than those who had15.which of the following is in agreement with miss martin ginis idea?a.humans willpower is limited to a certain levelb.the cognitive tasks could make people ignore exercisec.challenging tasks could make people ignore exercised.exercise is an important way to strengthen ones willpower.16.what can we infer from the passage?a.willpower can be challenged to become powerful.b.mcmaster university is famous for its kinesiology.c.effective ways to resist temptations have been found.d.the study has an impact on the science of movement.参考答案 13-16 caaa 阅读理解b in bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the childs acquisition of each new skillthe first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. it is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. this might happen at any stage. a baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. on the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. some may be especially strict in money matters, others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. in general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the childs own happiness.as regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. to forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality (道德). also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. if they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach (说教),their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.a sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.46. eagerly watching the childs acquisition of new skills .a. should be avoidedb. is universal among parentsc. sets up dangerous states of worry in the childd. will make him lose interest in learning new things47. in the process of childrens learning new skills parents .a. should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they readb. should not expect too much of themc. should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their ownd. should create as many learning opportunities as possible48. the second paragraph mainly tells us that .a. parents should be strict with their childrenb. parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the communityc. parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children aloned. parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation.49. the underlined word“precept” in para.3 probably means“ ”a. idea b. punishment c. behaviour d. instruction50. in moral matters, parents should .a. observe the rules themselvesb. be aware of the marked difference between adults and childrenc. forbid things which have no foundation in moralityd. consistently ensure the security of their children参考答案 46-50 b cc d a a good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. it is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features (特写) as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art ,theatre, and music. a newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. a good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. what brings this variety together in one place is its topicality (时事性),its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. but immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暂的) value. for all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that days paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. for all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.51. a modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following except its .a. wide coverage b. uniform stylec. speed in reporting news d. popularity52. according to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the“same”newspaper is that .a. people scan for the news they are interested inb. different people prefer different newspapersc. people are rarely interested in the same kind of newsd. people have different views about what a good newspaper is53. it can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers .a. apply reading techniques skillfullyb. jump from one newspaper to anotherc. appreciate the variety of a newspaperd. usually read a newspaper selectively54. a good newspaper offers“a variety”to readers because .a. it tries to serve different readersb. it has to cover things that happen in a certain localityc. readers are difficult to pleased. readers like to read different newspaper.55. the best title for this passage would be“ ”a. the importance of newspaper topicalityb. the characteristics of a good newspaperc. the variety of a good newspaperd. some suggestions on how to read a newspaper参考答案 51-55 b a d a b【广东省汕尾市梅陇中学】b many years ago my student asked me the question, mrs. kindred, why do you teach? without taking time to reflect, i answered, because someday i might say something that might make a difference in someones life. even though i was sincere, that wasnt a very good answer and my student didnt let it slide. let me get this straight, he said, you went to college for four years so you could come here every day because you have the hope that someday you might say something that will influence someone? he shook his head as if i were crazy and walked away looking confused. im one of those people who look back and wish they had said something smart or witty, or swift. even though that particular student might no longer wonder why i teach, there are days when i wonder. on those days, i remind myself of the real reasons i teach: its in my blood. my mother was my most influential teacher, and she was a 6th grade reading teacher until her death in 1990. she instilled (逐渐灌输) in me a love of reading and the knowledge that education opens doors. teaching is a way to make a difference. if you throw a stone in a pond the ripples go on and on until they reach the shore. you cant have ripples without a stone. good teachers throw stones that make a positive difference, and thats what i try to do. i genuinely love teenagers. i want to share with others what i kn