高考英语 热门考点强化专练 阅读理解（三十七）（含解析）.doc

2013高考英语热门考点强化专练：阅读理解（三十七）（含解析）（一）on september 22, 1986, jay brunkella, a police-officer in the rogers park district in chicago, was shot during a drug arrest and died. shortly afterwards, fellow officer ken knapcik, a 20-year veteran (老警官) of the force, returned home after work to find a note from his 15-year-old daughter on the dining table.dad-this poem came directly from my heart. i love you so much! it scares and amazes me that you go out every day and risk everything to provide us with all that we have. i wrote this to express how much i love you and how much lost id be without you-laura. p.s.: hey, lets be careful out there.titled “the ultimate cop”, lauras poem was dedicated “to all the cops in the world who have daughters who love them with all their hearts. and especially to my dad.” it was about a police-officers daughter who sees on the night time news that her father has been shot. part of poem: “daddy, my daddy, can you hear me cry? oh, god, i need my daddy, please dont let him die.”ken knapcik stood alone as he read the poem. “it took me several minutes,”he said.“id get through part of it and have to stop before i could go on. i was weeping. she had never told me she was scared.” he took the poem to work the next day and showed it to his fellow officers. “ive never seen so many grown men cry. some couldnt finish it.”knapcik keeps lauras poem in the pocket of his police jacket. he takes it with him every time he leaves the house for a new shift. “i dont want to be out there without it.” he said, “ill probably carry it with me forever.”1.laura wrote the poem _.a.in memory of her father who was shot in the drug arrestb.to show her great sorrow in losing her fatherc.to show her respect to all the cops who lost their livesd.to tell officer ken knapcik how much she loved him2.all the officers cried because _.a.jay brunkella was shot and diedb.they were greatly touched by the poemc.the poem was so sad that they couldnt hold back their tearsd.they thought of their dangerous life3.knapcik keeps lauras poem in his pocket _.a.to treasure her daughters love and to value his own life b.to keep it from missingc.because he cant go out without it d.to mourn over the death of officer jay brunkella4.which of the following is the best title for the passage?a.poem for a cop b.an offiers deathc.daughters love d.love my job, love my daughter（二）“time is a problem for children,” states a news report for a new swiss watch. children in some countries “learn time slowly” because “they dont wear watches” and “parents dont really know how to teach them time.” the children grow up with this handicap and become adults-and then cant get to work on time. is there an answer to this problem? of course-its the flik flak, made by a famous swiss watch company.the flik flak is being marketed as something teaching watch for children aged 4 to 10. the watch itself does not teach children how to tell time, of course; it merely “takes their imagination” by presenting the “hour” hand as a beautiful red girl named flak and the “minute” hand as a tall blue boy named flik. flik points to related “blue” minutes on the dial, while flak points to “red” hour numbers. the characters and colors combined with parental help, are supposed to teach young children how to tell time.the watch comes equipped with a standard battery and a nylon band (尼龙表带). peter lipkin, the united states sales manager for the flik flak, calls it “childproof: if it gets dirty you can throw the whole watch in the washing machine.” the product is being sold in select department stores in europe, asia and the united states for a suggested price of $25. parents who buy the watch may discover that it is one thing to tell time; its quite another for them to be on time.5.from the news report we know that _.a.parents are patient when teaching children time b.parents have little idea of how to teach children timec.children are likely to learn time quickly d.children enjoy wearing the flik flak watch6.the author doesnt seem to believe _.a.children will be on time if they have not learnt how to tell timeb.a flik flak can help parents teach their children how to tell timec.the flik flak can take childrens imaginationd.children usually have trouble telling time if they dont wear watches7.the underlined word handicap (para. 1) means _.a.displeasure b.discouragement c.disappointment d.disadvantage8.the united state sales manager calls the new watch “childproof” because _.a.it is designed to teach children to be on time b.it proves to be effective in teaching children timec.it is made so as not to be easily damaged by children d.it is the childrens favorite watch（三）how the iron of tomorrow (the first self clean iron)can change your lifestyle today?general electric introduces the iron of tomorrow. the iron can clean itself. inside where irons get dirty. because it cleans itself each and every time you empty it.how? with a push of a magic blue button.the magic blue buttonthe first thing youll notice thats different about this iron is the blue button on the side. its marked “self clean”. push this blue button, and you can wash out loose mineral deposits that remain and block up inside. push this button, and youve made life a lot easier.less chance of brown spotssure, self cleaning iron is going to cut down on brown spots. (those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes.) because a self cleaning iron becomes clean each time you press that magic blue button.steams much longercommon sense tells you that if youve an iron that blocks less often it has to stay younger for a long period of time. in other words, it steams much longer. thats another joy of owning general electrics self cleaning iron.what does it mean to youtoday you are doing so much more than just running a house and running after the kids. youre working. youre going to school. its all part of your lifestyle. the iron can change that lifestyle. by giving you less trouble before you iron. if we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better housemaker, we want to. the new self cleaning iron is another one of home-makers from general electric.lifestlye.were with yours.general electric9.this passage is _.a.an introduction to general electric b.an operating instruction of self cleaning ironc.an advertisement of self cleaning iron d.a description of the change of lifestyle10.this iron can clean itself by _.a.empting itself b.washing out mineral deposits c.blocking up mineral deposits d.giving off more steam11.according to the passage, what is most likely to attract the customers?a.it is made by general electric. b.the iron will not produce mineral deposits.c.there will be fewer brown spots on pressed clothes. d.their clothes will be cleaned at the same time.12.self cleaning iron can help change your lifestyle because _.a.you can run your house better b.you dont have to run after the kidsc.you can use it while you are working d.we want you to be a better housemaker（四）in the age of reality television, success isnt the only way to the public eye. failure can also create fame, just like william hung, 21, a native of hong kong.hung recently has made an agreement with us-based entertainment firms koch records and fuse music network. they will publish a full-length record, titled “the true idol” on april 6.the idol is a civil engineering student at the university of california at berkeley. he did a version of ricky martins “she bangs” on the television show “american idol 3”, on january 27. the fox tv singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. in the case of hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act.hungs response? “i already gave my best, so i have no regrets at all.” thats good, because any common person would have found plenty to regret: the off-key singing. the blue hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high. the terrible dancing. the hips jerking (摇摆) to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. it was, by all accounts, bad.but, it was this very bad act that sold well.marc juris, president of fuse, explained it this way: “every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. thats what william did and immediately won the hearts of america.”whatever it is, for the moment its big. three websites devoted to hung have gone up on the internet in the past few weeks. versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno-music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a chicago radio station.so, what does hung think of this?“there were all these people saying things about me. a lot were saying i was very courageous and that i was great on the show, but some didnt have much respect for me and some were kind of mean.”now he says hes not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour (魅力) or to accept it. returning to normal hasnt been easy.13.what is the main idea of this passage?a. sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly. b. hungs performance attracted the public eye.c. how an unsuccessful person became famous. d. success sometimes does not require hard work.14.what does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 7 refer to?a.william hung. b.hungs bad act. c.hungs website. d.the publics opinion.15.which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to hung?a.the entertainment firms made an agreement with hung.b.the judges cut hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.c.hung became popular among americans.d.hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.e.three websites put hungs funny performance on the internet.a.d, b, e, c, a b.a, c, d, b, e c.a, d, b, c, e d.d, b, a, e, c16.why was hung able to win the hearts of america?a.his success