高考英语阅读理解精品抓分训练（26）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练精品（26）及答案阅读理解-awhen jeanne calment entered the world in 1875, telephones and automobiles still lay in the future. albert einstein and pablo picasso were not yet born. the eiffel tower was 14 years from being built. as a teenager, she met vincent van gogh, near her home in arles, in the south of france. he was “very ugly, ungracious (举止粗俗的), impolite, sicki forgive him, they called him loco (精神失常的)”, she recalled. when she died last week at age 122, she was the worlds eldest person. (there are others who claimed to the title, but only calment had the official documents to prove her age.)each february 21, her birthday, she would share the secrets of long life. some years it was “a sense of humour”, others it was “keeping busy”. “god must have forgotten me,” she once explained. the truth probably was that she had good genes: her mother reportedly lived to be 86 and her father 94.her life had its sadness: she outlived her husband, her only daughter and her grandson. according to a friend, she was imperturbable. “if you cant do anything about it,” she reportedly said, “dont worry about it.”in her last years she was nearly blind and deaf, but her health remained good. she ate a few bars of chocolate each week and continued smoking until a few years ago, when she could no longer light her own cigarettes. she never lost her sense of humour. on her 110th birthday, she commented, “ive only ever had one wrinkle, and im sitting on it. “her longevity made her famous; her spirit made her eternal (永恒的).41. why does the author mention albert einstein, pablo picasso and the eiffel tower? a. to show that calment had seen famous people and things. b. to emphasize that calment was born a long time ago. c. to indicate that calment is just as famous. d. to admire the knowledge that calment had.42. the author believed that calments longevity is mainly due to _. a. a sense of humor b. being kept busy c. belief in god d. good genes43. the underlined word “imperturbable” means _. a. calm b. humorous c. friendly d. healthy44. toward the end of the story, the author seems to be impressed by callment s _.a. spirit b. religious belief c. knowledge d. longevity阅读理解-bsimply by analyzing a drop of blood, a doctor will be able to diagnose a birth defect or even cancer when it is in the early stage; using new technology, a material lighter but much stronger than steel can be produced.these may sound like dreams at present. but the dreams may soon come true as research findings in laboratories are being turned into products more rapidly in the new century, according to experts participating in the fourth asia-pacific economic cooperation (apec) technomart, a technology exhibition and trade fair in suzhou.most people think nano-technology（纳米技术）is too far-fetched to be real. but in fact nano-technology has been applied in a wide range of fields, such as medicine. it is coming into our daily life, said cheng jiachong from a hong kong-based nano-technology firm. nano-technology based on the nanometer, the unit of which is a billionth of a meter, enables scientists to have new concepts of disease diagnosis and treatment on a molecular（分子）and atomic scale, cheng said.by using nanometer particles, a doctor can separate the fetus cells（胚胎细胞）from the blood of a pregnant woman to see if the development of the fetus is normal. this method is also being used in the early diagnosis of cancer and heart disease, he said.one of the most significant impacts of nano-technology is at the bio-inorganic materials interface, according to greg tegart, executive advisor of the apec center for technology foresight.by combining enzymes（酶）and silicon chips we can produce biosensors. these could be implanted in humans or animals to monitor health and to deliver corrective doses（剂量）of drugs, he told the participants a technology forum during the exhibition.nano-technology could affect the production of nearly every man-made object, from automobiles, tires and computer circuits（电路）, to advanced medicines and tissue replacement, and lead to the invention of objects yet to be imagined, said david minns, a special advisor to the national research council of canada.it has been shown that carbon nano-tubes are ten times as strong as steel, with one sixth of the weight, and nano-scale systems have the potential to make supersonic transport cost- effective and to increase computer efficiency by millions of times, he said. the experts agreed that the apec technology exhibition and trade fair provided many chances for exchanges of innovative ideas and products.45. realization of the dreams mentioned in the first paragraph will mainly base on _.a. apec b. chinese scientist c. the apec center for technology foresightd. nano-technology46. the length of a nanometer equals to _. a. meter b. meter c. meter d. meter 47. we can imply from what david minns said that _.a. nano-technology could only be used to invent new objects.b. nano-technology could be widely used to produce or invent objects.c. nano-technology is a money-consuming technology.d. nano-technology can not be used to improve the service of internet.48. compared to steel, carbon nano-tubes are _.a. stronger and lighter b. lighter but as strong c. stronger but as lightd. poor in qualityc22013福建卷 when i was 12, all i wanted was a signet (图章) ring. they were the “in” thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. on my 13th birthday, my mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. i was in heaven.what made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasnt being “replaced”. wed been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everythingso most of the “new” stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what wed lost. but not my ring. my ring was new.then, only one month later, i lost it. i took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. i was sad and searched everywhere for it. but it seemed to have disappeared. eventually, i gave up and stopped looking for it. and two years later, we sold the house and moved away.years passed, and a couple of moves later, i was visiting my parents when mum told me that she had something for me. it wasnt my birthday, nor was it easter or christmas or any other giftgiving occasion. mum noticed my questioning look. “youll recognize this one，” she said, smiling.then she handed me a small ring box. i took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. the family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. when they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. as it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. theyd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. and it still fits me.56the underlined word “in” in the first paragraph probably means “_”a. fashionable b. availablec. practical d. renewable57when she got the ring back, the writer was about _a. 13 years old b. 15 years oldc. 26 years old d. 28 years old58which of the following is true according to the passage?athe writers family moved several times.bthe writer never stopped looking for her ring.cthe writers ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.dthe writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.59what would be the best title for the passage?a. my new ring b. lost and foundc. lost and replaced d. an expensive ring【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文。 作者通过描述自己小时候渴望得到一枚戒指，愿望得到满足后的快乐心情，以及不慎丢失后的沮丧心情和多年后失而复得的欣喜，表达了作者怀旧和敝帚自珍的生活态度。56a词义猜测题。根据后一句“every girl except me had one” 可知，每个女孩都有一枚有自己符号的戒指，说明这类戒指很流行。故答案选a。57d推理判断题。 根据原文我们得知，作者在13岁生日时得到那枚戒指，一个月后丢失，两年后卖掉房子，新房东买房13年之后换新地毯时重新找到戒指，即十五年之后，故答案为d。58a细节理解题。根据第三段末尾和第四段开头可知答案a正确。59b主旨大意题。只有b项才能概括全文大意。 本文主要讲述了戒指的失而复得。阅读理解-cgooglefight is a simple service available on the internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the google search engine. the seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments. for example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the googlefight boxes. lets say that you are arguing about jackie chan and jet li. you will quickly discover that jet li is mentioned 16 million times on google pages, whereas jackie chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! in this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one star over another.but teachers have come up with ways of using googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. you can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. for example, lets take the words “buy” and “purchase”, which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun). it is immediately clear from googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word.but the real value of googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases. for example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned english expression about the weather. do english speakers still use it? or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? googlefight suggests the latter. “pouring down” has 898,000 google hits, whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000.with phrases, its important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. for example, if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of “ without quote marks, the second phrase seems to be more common, but with quote marks, the result is reversed.49. what is googlefight?a. a fight between two people on google.b. a way to make sure you win an argument.c. a website showing how many hits two different things have.d. a list of all the websites on google.50. language teachers find it useful because _.a. there are a lot of words on googlefightb. it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more oftenc. some words mean the same thingd. common words have a billion hits51. what must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by googlefight?a. make sure they mean be same thing.b. make sure they are different.c. remember to put quote marks round the phrase.d. dont put quote marks round the phrase.52. which statement is not true according to the passage?a. googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases.b. googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument.c. quote marks can make the search more accurate.d. googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments.c2 2013湖北卷 some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.i would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary.i did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but i gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.after all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?when i was thirteen years old, i went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, wellequipped with pens, a diary, and a camera.during the trip, i was busy recording every incident, name and place i came across.i felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.on my last night there, i wandered out of my tent, diary in hand.the sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows.i automatically took out my penat that point, i understood that nothing i wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds i allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.all i remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations i had set down in my diary.now, i only write in my diary when i need to write down a special thought or feeling.i still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.i take pictures, but not very oftenonly of objects i find really beautiful.im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when i grow old.i realize that life will simply pass me by if i stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.i dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes.maybe i wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.i dont live to make memoriesi just live, and the memories form themselves.51before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _aobserving her school routine bexpressing her satisfactioncimpressing her classmates dpreserving her history52what caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?aa dull night on the journey. bthe beauty of the great valley.ca striking quotation from a book. dher concerns for future generations.53what does the author put in her diary now?anotes and beautiful pictures. bspecial thoughts and feelings.cdetailed accounts of daily activities. ddescriptions of unforgettable events.54the author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is _ato experience it bto live the present in the futurecto make memories dto give accurate representations of it【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者记日记发生的一些变化。13岁前，作者每天都记日记，记下一天发生的事及自己的感受等。作者很喜欢把自己看到的东西记在纸上。13岁以后， 一次去大峡谷的旅行改变了作者对记日记的看法，从那以后作者只在日记里记载特殊的想法和感受。作者认为要想过有意义的生活，就要亲自去经历。 51d 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中的“ a way of preserving the past？”可知，作者在13岁以前认为记日记是一种保存过去的方式。 故d正确。52b 细节理解题。根据第三段可知，作者改变是因为看到了峡谷的美丽景色。故b正确。53b 细节理解题。根据第四段中的第一句“now, i write down a special thought or feeling.”可知，现在作者在日记里只记录特殊的思想和感情。54a 细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，作者意识到要想过有意义的生活得自己亲自去经历。故a正确。阅读理解-d celebrity (名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. as a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others products to developing their own. celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few tv actresses. today theyre started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. the most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. as celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life. however, for every success story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. no matter how famous the products origins is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. and once the initial (最初的）attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.tod