高考英语阅读理解精英训练精品题（16）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解精英训练精品题（16）及答案c22013四川卷 -bon a sunny day last august, tim heard some shouting. looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.two 12yearold boys，christian and jack，rowed out a boat to search for a football. once theyd rowed beyond the calm waters，a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. the pair panicked and tried to row back to shore.but they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves. “everything went quiet in my head，” tim recalls (回忆)“i was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress.“at one point，i considered turning back，” he says.“i wondered if i was putting my life at risk.”after 30 minutes of struggling，he was close enough to yell to the boys，“take down the umbrella！”christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. then tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat.he took over rowing，but the waves were almost too strong for him.“lets aim for the pier(码头)，” jack said.tim turned the boat toward it.soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat，and it began to sink.“can you guys swim？” he cried.“a little bit，”the boys said.once they were in the water，tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier.christian and jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs.tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys faces.“are we almost there？”they asked again and again.“yes，” tim told them each time.after 30 minutes, they reached the pier.35why did the two boys go to the sea?a. to go boat rowing.b. to get back their football.c. to swim in the open water.dto test the umbrella as a sail.36what does “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?a. the beach.b. the water.c. the boat.dthe wind.37why did tim raise his head regularly?a. to take in enough fresh air.b. to consider turning back or not.c. to check his distance from the boys.dto ask the boys to take down the umbrella. 38how did the two boys finally reach the pier?a. they were dragged to the pier by tim.b. they swam to the pier all by themselves.c. they were washed to the pier by the waves.dthey were carried to the pier by tim on his back.【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章描写了tim如何从波涛汹涌的海上救出了两个遇险的孩子的故事。35b细节理解题。根据文中的“two 12yearold boys, christian and jack, rowed out a boat to search a football.”可知两个12岁的男孩划着一条小船，去找足球。故选b。36d语义猜测题。根据文中的“a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water.the pair panicked and tried to row back to shore.but they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.”可知，一把海滩伞绑在船上，风有力地刮着伞。两人惊慌失措，试图划回岸边，但他们敌不过风，然后船失去了控制。故选d。37c推理判断题。根据文中“every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress.”可知，每500码左右，他抬起头，来判断他的进度。所以可推出他这样做是为了检测他与孩子们之间的距离。故选c。38a推理判断题。根据文中“christian and jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs.tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys faces.”可知，christian和jack穿着救生衣脸朝上漂浮在水上，tim带着他们朝岸边游去。故选a。即他们是由tim拖拽到码头的。阅读理解-bsteve jobs made technology funthe co-founder of apple died last wednesday at the age of fifty-six he had fought for years against cancermourners gathered outside his house in palo alto, california, and apple stores around the worldtim bajarin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said if you actually look at a tech leader, theyre really happy if they have one hit in their lifesteve jobs has the apple ii, the mac, the ipod, the iphone, the ipad and pixarsteve jobs was a college dropouthe was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountantthey supported his early interest in electronicshe and his friend steve wozniak started apple computernow just called applein nineteen seventy-sixthey stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-fivethat year, steve wozniak returned to college and steve jobs left in a dispute（分歧）with the chief executivemrjobs then formed his own company, called next computerhe rejoined apple in nineteen ninety-seven after it bought nexthe helped remake apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world todaysteve wozniak, speaking on cnn, remembered his longtime friend as a great visionary and leader and a marketing genius（天才）president obama said in a statement: by building one of the planets most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of american ingenuityby making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fundavid carroll is a professor at parsons school of design in new york cityhe says steve jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized american businessthe fact that he was able to redesign american commerce lop to bottom and across is really stunning （令人惊奇的）he probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of thomas edison and henry ford, so one of the greats of all time david carroll saidsteve jobs stepped down as apples chief executive in august because of his healthhe died a day after the company released a new iphone version that met with limited excitementapples new chief, tim cook, will also have to deal with the new kindle fire tablet computer from amazoncomit costs less than half as much as an ipad but also does less55why did people all over the world mourn steve jobs?ahe was very courageous in the face of cancerbhe became very rich though dropping out collegeche released a new iphone version before deathdhe revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable56which of the following can easily prove that jobs is a marketing genius?aafter apple, he founded next computerbhe made apple very valuable once again in the worldche developed a series of apple productsdhe was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time57what does the underlined part in paragraph 7 mean?ajobs was a typical example of american spirit of creationbjobs enriched the american spirit of science and freedomcjobs eventually realized his american dreamdamerican people are good at inventing things58which of the following is true according to the text?ajobss parents discouraged him from working on electronicsbjobs stayed in apple as chief executive for about 24 yearscjobs started his career in his family garagedrun unsuccessfully, apple was sold to next computer【参考答案】55 d 5658、: bac 阅读理解-cwe all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite songmost of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homesme? i love to do that when i drive! 1 turn on the radio, find a song that i can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and i am moving along to the rhythmmost of the time, i do this on my way to workyes, that is true, i will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light i get weird（古怪的）looks from some people and others laughpersonally, i love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!the definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensicali know many people do not want to look foolishso they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!no one is perfect, i repeat: no one is perfecti dont care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal （节俭的）, how rich, and so onno one is perfect! so why pretend to be something you are not?life is so shortyou never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity（呆板）? here is a quote by souza, that i think says it all and is a great recipe for life:dance as though no one is watching you,love as though you have never been hurt before,sing as though no one can hear you,live as though heaven is on earthwhen we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in theworld so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to othershowever, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocenceso dont lose the child that still lives within youthe next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrowor watch something that makes you laughlaughter is the best medicine to whatever ails （使痛苦） you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your stomach hurtstrust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesnt want to feel good? 59according to the text, what does the writer usually do?ahe repeats the words of songsbhe sings songs on his way to workche dances in his own home dhe shares music with other drivers60what does the writer think of the people who look very serious?athey are honest bthey are educatedcthey are perfectdthey are silly61the writer quotes souza to show that_alife is a beautiful journey blife is full of rigidityclife is to be treasured dlife is a great recipe62which of the following would be the best title for the text?athe innocence of being a child bthe importance of being sillycno one is perfect dlife is short【参考答案】59、bd 61-652 cb c2 2013新课标全国卷 -a doctors are known to be terrible pilots. they dont listen because they already know it all. i was lucky: i became a pilot in 1970, almost ten years before i graduated from medical school. i didnt realize then, but becoming a pilot makes me a better surgeon. i loved flying. as i flew bigger, faster planes, and in worse weather, i learned about crew resource management (机组资源管理), or crm, a new idea to make flying safer. it means that crew members should listen and speak up for a good result, regardless of positions. i first read about crm in 1980. not long after that, an attending doctor and i were flying in bad weather. the controller had us turn too late to get our landing ready. the attending doctor was flying; i was safety pilot. he was so busy because of the bad turn, he had forgotten to put the landing gear (起落架) down. he was a better pilotand my bossso it felt unusual to speak up. but i had to: our lives were in danger. i put aside my uneasiness and said, “we need to put the landing gear down now！” that was my first real lesson in the power of crm, and ive used it in the operating room ever since. crm requires that the pilot/surgeon encourage others to speak up. it further requires that when opinions are from the opposite, the doctor doesnt overreact, which might prevent fellow doctors from voicing opinions again. so when im in the operating room, i ask for ideas and help from others. sometimes theyre not willing to speak up. but i hope that if i continue to encourage them, someday someone wi