高考英语阅读理解限时训练极品题（9）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解限时训练极品题（9）及答案 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ait takes more than just practice to become an olympian. gold medal performances require some serious nutrition. have you ever wondered what these successful athletes eat to stay in peak shape?keri glassman, a registered dietitian and founder of nutritious life meals, appeared on “good morning america” today to give you a glimpse into the diets of some top athletes. some of their meals could surprise you.crazy calorie countglassman said olympians eat a lot of food- quantities that for ordinary people would constitute pigging out.one secret of swimmer michael phelps astonishing performance in the 2008olympics in beijing was consuming as many as 12,00 calories in one day.athletes can eat like this and not gain any weight because their workouts are intense. according to glassman, phelps workouts can burn 4,000 to 6,000 calories in a day, and those calories must be added in order to train the following day.snacking secretssome athletes eat strange foods that improve their performance. yohan blake, the jamaica sprinter and 100-meter world champion, has stolen champion sprinter usain bolts thunder on the track during the olympic trials, asked about how he gets his energy. blake answered that he eats 16 bananas per day ,glassman said.jonathan horton, the lead gymnast on the us team, has a blood sugar problem. his solution is honey. when he starts to feel shaky at the gym, he takes honey to boost his energy, classman said.foods for recoverywhat are the best foods to help the body recover after harsh competition?for olympic swimmer ryan lochte, the recovery meal is grilled chicken breasts with alfredo sauce, whole-grain spaghetti and a salad with lemon juice and olive oil. lochte, who recently cut out junk food, candy and soda, has undertaken a strength-training regimen(养生法)that involves flipping tractor tires, and tossing beer kegs, glassman said.56.whats the best title of this passage?a.good diet makes a true olympian.b.olympians have olympic-size appetites.c.olympiansstrange eating habits.d.the diest of some top olympic athletes.【答案】d【解析】第一段是中心段落。成为奥运选手不仅仅需要锻炼，获得金牌还需要营养。57.what does the underlined sentence probably mean? a.ordinary people eat few pigs compared with olympians. b.olympians eat a lot more food than ordinary people. c.olympians tend to eat a lot of high-quality food. d.olympians eat a large amount of food, just like pigs.【答案】b【解析】前一句说奥运选手吃很多食物。划线部分在破折号之后， 是对前面话语的补充。58.which of the following is true according to the passage? a.ryan lochte quit eating junk food , candy and soda for his better recovery. b.yohan blake finally beat usain bolt in the 100-meter track in the olympics. c.michael phelpsastonishing performance was due to his eating lots of food. d.jonathan horton has a blood sugar problem because of taking too much honey.【答案】a【解析】根据最后一段，最后一句可知a正确。59.which of the following is not the best food to help the body recover? a.soda. b.olive oil. c.whole-grain spaghetti. d. a salad with lemon juice.【答案】a【解析】从最后一段最后一句可以得知lochte为了恢复砍掉了junk food, candy and soda，可知，soda不是最好的帮助身体恢复的食物。60.the passage is most likely to be found in . a.a technical report b.a fashion magazine c.an education column d.a sports newspaper【答案】d【解析】本文说的是运动员与饮食，所以这篇文章可能出现在报纸的体育版面。社会生活类-7a manhattan crossingnew yorkers like to say they can walk faster than the crosstown bus. on 34th street, buses average about four miles an hour. for those in a hurry, pretty much everyone here, its an icy pace for a crosstown trip. janette sadik-khan, the citys transportation commissioner, is proposing an interesting fix for 34th street. the city plan would close 34th street to non-bus traffic in the block between the empire state building and macys. on the rest of the street, cars would move one way only. it would take getting used to, but for bus passengers, the city says there are more than 40,000 a day on public, tour or commuter (通勤) buses along 34th street. the plan should cut the commute by up to 35 percent. people in other vehicles or about 10 percent of the human traffic would have to zig and zag (锯齿形) to get through this section of the city. it is probably fair to say that most are not particularly pleased about the whole concept. so the city needs to answer important questions. will this unrest mean more traffic on side streets that are already unbearably crowded? will deliveries be limited to the daybreak hours? will mayor michael bloomberg and ms. sadik-khan be willing to change or drop the plan if it simply wont work? the bloomberg administration has worked to improve bus traffic around the city. an experiment to speed up city buses along fordham road in the bronx has already reduced travel time and increased passengers number. urban planners have been studying the citys crosstown problems since the first traffic jam. robert moses at one point proposed a major highway just south of 34th street, part of which would go through an office building. the question is still whether it will really make it easier to operate in manhattan. 1. whats the first paragraph mainly talk about? a. traffic in manhattan is much too bad. b. new yorkers enjoy playing jokes about their buses. c. people are hard to cross 34th street. d. an interesting fix for crowded street is being made. 2. how many measures would be taken in order to improve the traffic situation in manhattan according to this plan? a. 2b. 3c. 4d. 63. whats the purpose of the experiment by the bloomberg administration? a. to improve traffic jam. b. to reduce travel time. c. to increase ridership. d. to relieve traffic pressure. 4. according to this passage, whose proposal might be difficult to becarried out? a. janette sadik-khan.b. robert moses.c. michael bloomberg.d. ms. sadik-khan.【参考答案】7.acdb 社会生活类-8yao yunchun, a 24-year-old author who frequently shops online in hangzhou, zhejiang province, has never been so impatient for her parcels as she is now. she has been counting every day while she waits for the products she ordered to arrive, as many deliveries have been delayed over the past month. “it took more than a week for one of my parcels to arrive from beijing while, in the past, it took only four days,” said yao. she is just one of the many who like shopping on taobao. com, the countrys largest online shopping site, which has posted apologetic announcements to customers for the delays in deliveries. “many parcels are still at the airport and cannot be delivered on time, but i think i will do my best.” taobao clothes retailer (零售商) im shop said on its website. meanwhile, major express delivery companies in china have put up notices saying they are ready to cope with the delay in recent days. “it was mainly caused by a big increase in online shopping orders because of discounts offered by e-commerce companies,” said chen shousong, an analyst with domestic research company analysys international. taobao mall, the countrys largest business-to-customer shopping site by market share, for example, rolled out a large-scale discount on november 11 in which 150 brands sold their products at half price. the discount attracted the attention of many e-shopping enthusiasts who spent 936 million yuan ($142 million) in just one day. the recent shortage of diesel oil, which restricts delivery vehicles capacity, and bad weather conditions in north china, also added to an already overloaded express delivery market. bottlenecks in delivery often appear before long holidays, such as the coming christmas and new year holidays and the chinese traditional spring festival holiday. delivery employees often quit their jobs at that time when faced with lots of work and low pay. 1. which of the following is the best title for the passage? a. waiting for the postman impatiently. b. shopping on t conveniently. c. arguing with retailers online heatedly. d. suffering from large-scale discounts. 2. why were many deliveries delayed last month? a. the airport didnt perform their duty properly. b. some customers didnt pay enough money. c. sales volume in online shopping goes up rapidly. d. delivery companies are short of vehicles. 3. what do you think of the taobao retailers? a. they lack good faith and service. b. they are proudhearted and irresponsible. c. they are warmhearted and apologetic. d. they should improve their work greatly. 4. the underlined word “enthusiasts” has the same meaning with . a. retailers b. customers c. provider d. netbug5. what would be continued with the passage? a. to attract more new delivery employees. b. to call off the holiday for spring festival. c. to stop online shopping before holidays. d. to build e-commerce companies own delivery teams. 【参考答案】8. accbd 阅读理解-b managers and office busybodies might be keen on a clean desk-but it seems that in terms of productivity, they could have it all wrong. a messy desk can actually lead people towards clearer thinking, say researchers from germany. the researchers found in a series of linked studies- using a messy desk and a messy shop front -that people actually thought more clearly when all around was chaos, as they sought to simplify the tasks at hand. that is ,visual and mental clutter（杂乱）forces human beings to focus and think more clearly. for instance, famous thinkers and writers such as albert einstein and roald dahl have been notorious for their untidy desks. “messy desks may not be as detrimental as they appear to be, as the problem-solving approaches they seem to cause can boost work efficiency or emhance employees creativity in problem solving,” say the authors.oddly, the effect seems to work most on conservatives-political liberals are less liable to be worried about mess in the first place, say the researchers. “business and government managers often promote clean desk policies to avoid disorganized offices and messy desks, for the purpose of boosting work efficiency and productivity.” writes a researcher, jia liu of the university of groningen, “this practice is based on the conventional wisdom that a disorganized and messy environment can clutter ones mind and complicate ones judgments”“however, not all evidence supports this conventional link between a messy environment and a messy mind”. the scientists tested peoples response in variousmessyenvironments, including a messy shop front, a disorganized desk, and even a work environment where a language taskremindedpeople of messiness.the authors found in the series of six studies that people tended towards simplicity in their thinking.“they categorized products in a simpler manner, were willing to pay more for a t-shirt that depicts a simple-looking picture, and sought less variety in their choices”, said the researchers.61.according to the text, a proper way to lead people towards clearer thinking is to . a.make a list of priorities b.simplify the tasks at hand c.follow famous people d.mess up their mind【答案】b【解析】根据第二段第一句可知 当四周混乱的时候，他们的思维更清晰。因为他们试图简化手头的工作。62.why did the author take albert einstein and ronald dah