高考英语阅读理解抓分精品练习（31）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分精品练习（31）及答案hilary smith belonged to a good family. but by the age of twenty, he had spent all the money the good old family had. he then had some trouble with the bank and was put in prison. he escaped from the prison and ran to australia without delay.hilary did not like australia and australia did not like hilary. what he could do seemed to be one of two things: die or work. the thought of neither of these gave him any pleasure. then he remembered that he was not alone in the world. he possessed an aunt.she was his fathers only sister, but his father used to say she brought no glory to the family. hilary, of course, tried to discover what she had done. it seemed that she had failed to marry a nobleman. instead, she had chosen a husband who was connected with trade. of course as soon as she became “mrs parks”, her brother considered her dead. later on, mr. parks died and left her a lot of money; but that did not bring her back to life in her brothers opinion.hilary discovered his aunts address. fortunately she remained faithful and honest to him even after she fell ill. so hilarys star shone again. when he was feeling honest, he could talk attractively. he frequently visited his aunts house; and soon he was living comfortably in the building which the profits of trade had provided.one thing was soon clear: his aunt was seriously ill, and nothing could cure her illness. hilary was very worried. fate had found a home for him, and was now going to throw him out of it. there was only one thing that could save him: her will.“will?” she said, “yes, i have made one. that was when i was a girl and had not much money. i left all my money to some religious people.”“didnt you make another will when you were married?” hilary asked.his aunt shook her head. “no,” she said in a low voice, “there was no need. when i finally had a lot of money i found i had no relations.”on the next day he went to the public library and examined a book of law. it told him what he already believed. when a woman is married, an earlier will loses its value. a new will must be made. if no new will is made, the money goes to the nearest relation. hilary knew that he was his aunts only relation. his future was safe.after a few months had passed, hilarys problems became serious. he badly needed money. he had expensive tastes, and owed a lot of money to shopkeepers. they trusted him because his aunt was rich; but the debt was terrible.unfortunately his aunt did not want to discuss money matters at all. in the end they had a quarrel about the small amount of ten pounds. hilary was now very angry. he began to wonder about a new problem. was it kind to want his aunt to live any longer? was it not better for her to die now? while he was considering what to do, his aunt told him that she was going to send for her lawyer. so she was going to make a new will. hilary thought she might leave all her money to someone else. soon he reached a clear decisionhe must do a great kindness to the poor old woman. one night when the old servant who had been nursing his aunt went off, he doubled the amount of some medicine. the total amount was too great and it could just put her to sleep forever.“thank you,” his aunt took the glass from his hand with a grateful look. “i want, more than anything, to sleep, and never to wake up again. is that what you wish, hilary? i have given you your chance. dont blame me if i have some doubts about what you intended to do. sick people get these ideas, you know. one thing i ought to explain to you. mr. parks never married me. he already had a wife and couldnt marry again. that made your foolish father very angry with me well, if i am alive tomorrow i shall make another will in your favor. if i die tonight, youll get nothing no, hilary, dont try to take the glass away. if you do that, i shall know; and i dont want to know. good night, hilary.”then, very carefully, she raised the glass to her mouth and drank.15. from the story, we learn that hilarys aunt was _. a. bad-tempered and lonelyb. kind-hearted and wisec. careless about moneyd. cruel to her nephew16. why did hilarys father consider his aunt dead? a. because they lost contact with each other after her marriage. b. because she married a businessman. c. because she broke away from the family for a better life. d. because he thought she was a shame to the family17. the underlined sentence “he must do a great kindness to the poor old woman” in paragraph 11 suggests that hilary smith _. a. was determined to put his aunts life to an end b. decided to do his aunt a favor to call in a lawyer c. made up his mind to take good care of his aunt d. would help his aunt to donate all her money to religious people18. which of the following is the focus of the story?a. hilarys aunts money.b. hilary smiths debts. c. the intended murder.d. hilarys aunts marriage.19. which part of what hilarys aunt said eventually might make hilary frustrated? a. she wanted to sleep and never to wake up again.b. she never got married to mr. parks.c. mr. parks had a wife.d. she would make a new will tomorrow.20. which detail from the story is the climax（高潮）of the story? a. hilary escaped from the prison. b. hilary quarreled with his aunt about ten pounds. c. hilarys aunt drank the medicine her nephew prepared for her.d. hilarys aunt made a will to leave all her money to someone else. 【参考答案】bdaabcc22013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。阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项 (a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。aa three-year independent investigation into the september 11, 2001 attack on the pentagon has yielded new eyewitness evidence which, according to the southern california-based researchers who conducted the investigation conclusively (and unfortunately), establishes as a historical fact that the violence which took place in arlington that day was not the result of a surprise attack by suicide hijackers, but rather a military black operation involving a carefully planned and skillfully executed deception.a cnn reporter at the scene states that there is no evidence that a 757 hit the pentagon.what hit the pentagon? a boeing 757 loaded with passengers and fuel right? who was on flight 757? according to the flight information there were no arabs on it. that makes me wonder if flight 757 actually existed at all.from the pictures and the videos, people can find that there are several doubtful points that need to be taken into consideration, for example the marker line on the grass in the satellite and ground pictures, the different colors of the smoke, the hole which the plane impacted, and the standing pylons (架线塔).also, from the comparison of the different pictures, people can find some other strange points. for example, the gear (齿轮) is not the matching one. the wreckage of the plane is not the one from the american airlines. the glass on the pavement of the pole is another doubtful point. the last thing that need considering is about the collapse. one of the gif video shows the plane impacting the pentagon. the only problem with this video footage is that it has been altered (改变) and can not be fully trusted.these crash photos and videos shown here clearly have been doctored (篡改) and dont even match the physics of what happened. so where is the real video? it leaves me many questions. is this a missile? it is a real enigma.1. where can you possibly read this article?a. in a newspaper.b. in a book.c. in a magazine.d. on a website.2. what the word “yielded” mean in the first sentence?a. given inb. surrenderedc. producedd. given away3. which of the following doubtful points is not mentioned in the passage?a. the colors of the smokeb. the marker line on the grassc. the standing pylonsd. the model of the plane4. what is the authors attitude towards the 911 investigation?a. positive.b. skeptical.c. neutral.d. ng.【参考答案】1-4dcdbbthere is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites (陨星) have had important effects on earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on earth. if an impact is large enough, it can disturb the environment of the entire earth and cause an ecological catastrophe. the best-documented such impact took place 65 million years ago at the end of the cretaceous period (白垩纪期) of geological history. this break in earths history is marked by a mass extinction, when as many as half the species on the planet became extinct. while there are a dozen or more mass extinctions in the geological record, the cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists (古生物学者) because it marks the end of the age of the dinosaurs. for tens of millions of years, those great creatures had flourished. then, suddenly, they disappeared. the body that impacted earth at the end of the cretaceous period was a meteorite with a mass of more than a trillion tons and a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. scientists first identified this impact in 1980 from the worldwide layer of sediment (沉积物) deposited from the dust cloud that enveloped the planet after the impact. this sediment layer is enriched in the rare metal iridium (铱) and other elements that are relatively abundant in a meteorite but very rare in the crust (地壳) of earth. even diluted (稀释) by the terrestrial (地球的) material excavated (挖掘) from the crater, this component of meteorites is easily identified. by 1990 geologists had located the impact site itself in the yucat region of mexico. the crater, now deeply buried in sediment, was originally about 200 kilometers in diameter. this impact released an enormous amount of energy, excavating a crater about twice as large as the lunar crater tycho. the explosion lifted about 100 trillion tons of dust into the atmosphere. such a quantity of material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surface, plunging earth into a period of cold and darkness that lasted at least several months. the explosion is also calculated to have produced vast quantities of nitric acid (硝酸) and melted rock that sprayed out over much of earth, starting widespread fires that must have consumed most terrestrial forests and grassland. presumably, those environmental disasters could have been responsible for the mass extinction, including the death of the dinosaurs.several other mass extinctions in the geological record have been tentatively identified with large impacts, but none is so dramatic as the cretaceous event. but even without such specific documentation, it is clear that impacts of this size do occur and that their results can be catastrophic. what is a catastrophe for one group of living things, however, may create opportunities for another group. following each mass extinction, there is a sudden evolutionary burst as new species develop to fill the ecological niches opened by the event.impacts by meteorites represent one way that could cause global catastrophes and seriously influence the evolution of life all over the planet. according to some estimates, the majority of all extinctions of species may be due to such impacts. such a perspective fundamentally changes our view of biological evolution. the standard criterion for the survival of a species is its success in competing with other species and adapting to slowly changing environments. yet an equally important criterion is the ability of a species to survive random global ecological catastrophes due to impacts. 5. in paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that dinosaurs had flourished for tens of millions of years and then suddenly disappeared?a. to support the claim that the mass extinction at the end of the cretaceous is the best-documented of the dozen or so mass extinctions in the geological record.b. to explain why as many as half of the species on earth at the time are believed to have become extinct at the end of the cretaceous.c. to explain why paleontologists have always been intrigued by the mass extinction at the end of the cretaceous.d. to provide evidence that an impact can be large enough to disturb the environment of the entire planet and cause an ecological disaster.6. according to paragraph 3, how did scientists determine that a large meteorite had impacted earth?a. they discovered a large crater in the yucat region of mexico.b. they found a unique layer of sediment worldwide.c. they were alerted by archaeologists who had been excavating in the yucat region.d. they located a meteorite with a mass of over a trillion tons.7. according to paragraph 4, all of the following statements are true of the impact at the end of the cretaceous period except:a. a large amount of dust blocked sunlight from earth.b. earth became cold and dark for several months.c. new elements were formed in earths crust.d. large quantities of nitric acid were produced.8. the phrase tentatively identified in the passage is closest in the meaning to _.a. identified without certaintyb. identified after careful studyc. occasionally identifiedd. easily identified9. paragraph 6 supports which of the following statements about the factors that are essential for the survival of a species?a. the most important factor for the survival of a species is its ability to compete and adapt to gradual changes in its environment.b. the ability of a species to compete and adapt to a gradually changing environment is not the only ability that is essential for survival.c. since most extinctions of species are due to major meteorite impacts, the ability to survive such impacts is the most important factor for the survival of a species.d. the factors that are most important for the survival of a species vary significantly from one species to another.【参考答案】5-9 cbcabc2 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