高考英语阅读理解限时训练极品题（7）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解限时训练极品题（7）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。ain singapore, most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at east coast park or changi beach on sunny days. singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm. however, we know that if it rains for long continuous periods, there will be more serious effects. just recently the main shopping street of orchard road was flooded and some part of bukit timah was impassable to traffic. people reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! we forget that other countries suffer much worse effects. elsewhere, heavy tropical（热带的）storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in thailand and malaysia. this in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in singapore will rise because we import these products from them. if there is a typhoon or tsunami, thousands of lives are lost too. this happened in indonesia and phuket in thailand in 2004 and it serves to remind us of how mother nature can cause great damage.weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years. scientists believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise. this in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level. it is believed that human activities have caused mother nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities, for example, illegal logging（伐木）or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming.56.from paragraph 1, we can see that most singaporeans love_.a. making complaintsb. going out for picnicsc. doing window-shoppingd. traveling along the coast【答案】c【解析】根据第一段第一句可知。57.what will happen in singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?a. heavy tropical storms will follow shortly.b. the price of rice and vegetables will go up.c. many people will write in to the newspaper.d. more rice and vegetables will be imported.【答案】b【解析】根据第一段倒数三，四句可知。热带风暴导致的洪水会毁掉庄稼，新加坡的蔬菜和大米是从这些国家进口的，所以会导致蔬菜，大米的价格上升。58.the underlined word“it” in paragraph 2 refers to_.a. the arrival of heavy tropical stormsb. the import of rice and vegetablesc. the rising price of rice and vegetablesd. the loss of lives in natural disasters【答案】d【解析】上句提到台风和海啸会导致成千上万的人死亡。这在2004年在印度尼西亚和泰国的普吉岛发生过。自然灾害到这人死亡这件事用来提醒我们大自然可以带来巨大损害。59.which of the following shows how the low-lying areas are flooded?a. global warming b. the rise in ocean levelc. harmful human activitiesd. the flooding of low-lying arease. the melting of the polar ice-capa. caebdb. acebdc. cabedd. dacbe【答案】a【解析】根据最后一段可知。60.what should we do in order not to make mother nature angry?a. clear more land for farming.b. reduce harmful human activities.c. bring down the price of food.d. improve the quality of weather.【答案】b【解析】根据最后一段it is believed that human activities have caused mother nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities,“人们认为是人类的活动导致了大自然极端愤怒， 因此，现在我们真的应该团结合作减少有害活动。”社会生活类-2“everyone is entitled（有权） to their opinion is a remark commonly heard in our society. we value free speech and the rights of the individual. the private preferences we keep, as long as they do not bother with the rights and freedoms of others, are ours to do with as we wish.children learn this central principle early on and soon become expert at using it effectively to suit their own purposes. the phrase well, its just my opinion can act as a get-out clause which avoids further questioning or the need to give an explanation. a student may well prefer to put up a brick wall and so avoid the difficult task of providing a justification（正当的理由） for their view.they know the holy position freedom of speech holds for all of us and they know the taboo（禁忌）around challenging the opinions of others when they do not produce unfavorable effects on anyone else.this can make things hard for the teacher. we want to promote tolerance and respect in our classrooms and give young people a sense: this is how one ought to behave. yet, we are also seeking to develop reasoning and critical thinking. to some extent, there is an idea that peoples views carry equal weight because all individuals ought to be treated equally. treating peopleequally is different from treating what they say with equal weight, though. we need to make clear to students that the right to ones opinions does not ignore the need to support them with argument when called to do so.justification is the signal difference between opinion and argument. opinions are stated;arguments are advanced. opinions are given; arguments are proposed. when we ask a student to explain themselves, we are asking them to give us something that will lend evidence to what they have said. we are asking them to convince us, to persuade us, to show us the reasonableness of what it is they are saying.64. according to paragraph 2, if you offer a get-out clause, you may.a. fall into a difficult situationb. escape being questionedc. raise your social positiond. have to further explain your opinion65. the teacher may find it hard to.a. put up a brick wall to avoid giving acceptable reasonsb. challenge the opinions of others to have a deep effect on themc. encourage tolerance and respect while developing reasoning and critical thinkingd. tell the differences between opinion and argument66. the underlined word them in paragraph 3 refers to .a. studentsb. teachersc. needsd. opinions67. what would be the best title for this passage?a. everyone is entitled to their opinionb. never bother with the rights of othersc. “its just my opinion isnt good enoughd. treat what people say equally【参考答案】2. 64-67 bcdc 社会生活类-3in his 1930 essay “economic possibilities for our grandchildren”, john keynes, a famous economist, wrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs, which are independent of what others have, and relative needs, which make us feel superior to our fellows. he thought that although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的) , this is not true of absolute needs.keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. he was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable demands. decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demand for almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. when a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. their goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.there are no obvious limits to the escalation of demands for quality. for example, porsche, a famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the market. priced at over $120,000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. but in 2004, the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling and acceleration. people who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. to get them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.by placing the desire to be superior to other at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, keynes actually reduced such demands. however, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.64. what do we know about the couple in paragraph 3?a. they want to show their superiority.b. they find specialty important to meals.c. their demands for food are not easily satisfied.d. their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.65. what does the underlined word “escalation” in paragraph 4 probably mean?a. understanding.b. increase. c. difference.d. study.66. the author of the passage argues that _.a. absolute needs have no limitsb. demands for quality are not insatiablec. human desires influence ideas of qualityd. relative needs decide most of our spending【参考答案】3.64-66 dba 阅读理解-bpeople use their mouths for many things. they eat, talk, shout and sing. they smile and they kiss. in the english language, there are many expressions using the word“mouth.”for example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest（抗议）and say “do not bad mouth me.” sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person. or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. the speaker might say: “i really put my foot in my mouth this time.” if this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. in other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. the other person might protest: “i did not say that. do not put words in my mouth.”some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. there is an expression for this, too. you might say such a person, “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” this rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. this person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.parents might sometimes keep a child off sweet food as a form of punishment for saying bad things. for example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. the parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. but enough of all this talk. i have been running my mouth long enough.61. when will a person probably say“do not bad mouth me”？a. when he feels down.b. when he is regretful.c. when he is spoken ill of.d. when he gets angry.【答案】c【解析】根据第二段第一句if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest（抗议）and say “do not bad mouth me.”“如果你说一个人的坏话，这个人可能会抗议说不要说我坏话。”62.what will the person say if he feels sorry for what he has said?a. do not bad mouth me.b. stop mouthing off.c. do not put words in my mouth.d. i really put my foot in my mouth this time.【答案】d【解析】根据第二段sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person. or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. the speaker might say: “i really put my foot in my mouth this time.”有时人们对家人和朋友说了一些他们后来会后悔的话因为这些话上海了那个人。说话的人就会说“这次我真的说错话了。”63.if a person lives from hand to mouth, it implies that_.a. he is badly-offb. he is hard-workingc. he has lots of moneyd. he has enough to eat【答案】a【解析】根据第四段this rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth.与富人相对的是穷人。64.by saying“i have been running my mouth long enough”,the speaker means“_”.a. i have run a long wayb. i have talked too muchc. i have learned a lotd. i have been a mouthy person 【答案】b【解析】65.what is mainly talked about in the text?a. expressions about the word“mouth”.b. functions of the organ“mouth”.c. opinions about“mouthy people”.d. meanings of the word“mouth”.【答案】a【解析】第一段最后一句是主题句. in the english language, there are many expressions using the word“mouth.”社会生活类-4july 27th, 2010 was a typical english summers dayit rained for 24 hours! as usual, i rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. nothing was amiss. by the time i left work at 5pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. our house had never been flooded but, as i opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. thank god the kids werent with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. we lost everything downstairs. at first we tried to push on through. we didnt want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. we put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. but after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. the house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. the life there was inconvenient. what surprised me most was how much i missed being part of a community (社区). we had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and id never thought how much id miss that. although our situation was very hard, its difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at whats happening elsewhere. i watched a news report about floods in northern india and thought, “we didnt have a straw hut (茅草房) that was swept away, and our hous