高考英语阅读理解巩固练习精品题（35）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解巩固练习精品题（35）及答案阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。【江苏省常州市戚实中学2013二轮复习模拟】athe english are well known for their politeness its everywhere. when squeezing (挤过去) past someone in a narrow passage, people say “sorry”. when getting off a bus, english passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. in germany, people would never dream of doing these things. after all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. i used to think the same way, without questioning it, until i started traveling to the british isles, and here are some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people in uk.people thank each other everywhere in england, all the time. when people buy something in a shop, customers and shop assistants in most cases thank each other twice or more. in germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. british students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. english employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.another thing i observed during my stay was that english people rarely criticize others. even when i was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. it has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, english people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. this also is showed in other ways. british men still open doors for women, and british men are more likely to treat women to a meal than german men. however, i do need to point out here that this applies to english men a bit more than it would to scottish men! yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.56what is the authors attitude towards english politeness?a. he thinks it is unnecessary. b. he thinks little of it.c. he appreciates it very much. d. he thinks it goes too far.57what can be inferred from the passage?a. german men never treat a woman to dinner.b. the author thinks its unnecessary to say “thank you” to the bus driver.c. in germany, employers often say “thank you” to employees for their job.d. germans think it is unnecessary to thank workers because payment is enough.58we can learn from the last paragraph that scottish men _.a. like to fight with each otherb. treat women in a polite wayc. are as generous as english mend. are unwilling to spend money for women59.the author develops the text through the method of _.a. making comparisons b. telling storiesc. giving reasons d. giving examples【参考答案】56-59 cdda 阅读理解pisco is a city on the peruvian coast, the home of peruvian grape liquor(酒) pisco has not only given its name to perus national drink, but it is also the centre of its production.pisco has its origins in the 16th-century spanish conquests（征服） of latin america and particularly peru and chile. there the settlers found fertile land suitable for growing grapes. these vineyards（葡萄园） were so successful that soon the settlers were exporting crops back to europe.at first, grapes not suitable for making wines were distilled（蒸馏，提取） into a drink, and it soon became popular with sailors who began taking bottles with them back to europe. they named it after the town where it was bought, pisco, which in turn had been used to name the round pot that was used to store the liquor.in the 19th century pisco became a popular drink with the miners who flooded to san francisco during the gold rush, and in the 1940s it again became a fashionable drink in new york and hollywood. production gradually spread from peru to chile. however, pisco is also the topic of heated arguments between peru and chile, both of which claim to have invented it. they may fight bitterly over who first distilled the drink, but the rules and regulations they have placed on its production have ensured that only top quality pisco hits the liquor store shelves.nowadays, pisco is produced using both ancient and modern techniques and can be enjoyed in its pure form or used to prepare various cocktails, such as the well-known “pisco sour”. this is served in the best restaurants in latin america and throughout the world. it can also be mixed with other liqueurs, fruit juice or soft drinks. the main markets for pisco are currently the united states, chile, costa rica, venezuela and canada. 45it can be learned from the passage that pisco refers to the following except .aa cityba sailorca potda drink46the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph implies .aperu and chile has been fighting for the american market of piscobit makes no difference who has invented pisco as long as it is popularcboth peru and chile have set strict production rules to produce a quality drinkdpisco is produced using both ancient and modern techniques from two countries47whats the best title for this passage?aan introduction to piscobthe production of piscocthe origin of piscoda history lesson of pisco of all the problems facing modern astronomers, perhaps the most fascinating is: “can intelligent(有智能的) life exist elsewhere?” since the earth is an unimportant planet moving round an unimportant star, it would be a pride on our part to suppose that we are the only intelligent beings in the universe. but to obtain proof is difficult.the main trouble is that our neighbor worlds, the bodies in the solar system appear to be unsuitable for advanced life forms. the moon may be ruled out at once; it has hardly any atmosphere. venus（金星） is little better; the surface temperature is extremely high and the atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. mars（火星） with a very thin atmosphere and a severe shortage of water, may well support simple plant life but there seems no hope of finding animals, while the attractive martians of the story tellers have long since been given up.of course this has not stopped the flow of bright ideas for communicating with the supposed people on mars. in the early nineteenth century the great mathematician gauss suggested planting tree patterns in siberia, so that the martians would see them and replay suitably. following up this idea, the austrian scientist karl littrow proposed digging very wide ditches（沟） in the sahara, triangular in patterns, and then filling them with petrol or some substance so that, when lit, the ditches would present martian observers with a “flaming triangle” which would show the existence here of intelligent minds. even better were the plans of charles cross, a french writer of the 1870s, who wanted to build a large mirror to reflect the suns rays and concentrate them on the surface of mars, thereby making a vast burning glass. by swinging the mirror around, cross explained it would be practicable to write words in the martian deserts simply by burning the sand. for many years he bombarded (鼓吹) the french government with literature about this plan and was very disappointed when no official interest was shown.48from the passage we can learn that the opinion of the writer is that .apeople on the earth are almost certainly the only intelligent beings in the universe bpeople on the earth are definitely the only intelligent beings in the universecthere may be other intelligent beings in the universedthere are other intelligent beings in the universe49why is there unlikely any life on venus?abecause the weather is too cold.bbecause it is severely short of water.cbecause it has a very thin atmosphere.dbecause the surface temperature is too hot.50according to the passage, it seems that mars .amay have both vegetable and animal lifebmay be inhabited by attractive martians cmay have some vegetable lifedcan have no life at all51how did gauss, the mathematician, want to establish contact with the martians?aby building a large mirror.bby making patters with trees.cby filling wide ditches with oil.dby planting trees in triangular shape.52it can be learned from the last paragraph that charles cross felt .adisappointed at the lack of official interest shown in his planbsurprised that the officials were interested in his suggestioncangry when the government paid little attention to his ideasdpleased when the government did take notice of his plan【江苏省常州市戚实中学2013二轮复习模拟】bneed a room close to the us embassy for a week in early februaryi need a room close to the us embassy for a week in early february. my parents are going to the us embassy for visa interview on february 7th. i am looking for a place for them to stay around this date. hotels are too expensive for them since they retired long ago. they speak chinese only .rent can be made through paypal in usd or cash in cny , if the price is right .reply to house510574487 expo housinglooking for 5 bedrooms from may 17-24 for the world landscape art exposition jinzhou china. can be one large apartment or 2 smaller ones, but they must be close to each other. please email me at jcshap if you have a nice place 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attention to housing location and price?_a. advertisement one b. advertisement two c. advertisement three d. advertisement four61. if your family leave jinzhou for american for a sevenday trip next month, you will probably contact_.a. house -510574487 craigslist. org b. sdiem c. d. 62. the four advertisements all need a place_.a. with access to the internet b. with air conditioningc. for at least three people d. for at least seven days63. who will have a good chance to know much about the bermuda pavilion?a. mr. wang, renting his house to the third advertiser.b. mr. yang, renting his apartment to the first advertiser.c. mrs. sun, renting her house to the fourth advertiser.d. mrs. liu, renting her apartment to the second advertiser. 【参考答案】60-63 abdc 阅读理解in this modern world, activity and movement are the default modes（默认模式）,if not with our bodies then at least with our minds, with our attention. we rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages, clicking from browser tab （分页浏览器）to the next, one link to the next.we are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. there is no time for stillness and sitting in front of a crazy computer all day, and then in front of the too active television, doesnt count as stillness.this comes at a cost: we lose that time for deep thinking, for observing and listening. we lose peace.and worse yet: all the rushing around is often agaist our will. i know, in our society action is all-important inaction is seen as lazy and passive and unproductive. however, sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. you can run around crazily, all sound and fury, but get nothing done. or you can get a lot done but nothing important. or you can hurt things with your actions, make things worse than if youd stayed still.and when we are forced to be still because wee in line for something, or waiting at a doctor appointment, or on a bus or train, we often get impatient and need to find something to do. some of us will have our mobile devices, others will have a notebook or folder with things to do or read, others will move their bodies around. being still isnt something were used to.take a moment