云南省昆明市高考英语一轮 阅读理解训练题（10）.doc

昆明市2014高考英语（阅读理解）一轮训练题（10）及答案alife is difficultthis is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. it is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.most do not fully see this truth. instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. it seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.what makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. these are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. and since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. when we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. it is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. as benjamin franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. it is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems. 1. from the passage, it can be inferred that _. a. everybody has problems b. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life c. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain d. people like to complain about their problems 2. the writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to _. a. save spaceb. persuade readers c. make readers laughd. get readers attention 3. the main idea of paragraph 3 is that _. a. most people feel life is easy b. the writer feels life is easy c. the writer likes to complain about his problems d. most people complain about how hard their lives are4. according to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to_. a. encourage them to learn b. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem c. help them learn to deal with pain d. teach them how to respect from problems 5. the saying from benjamin franklin “those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that _. a. we do not learn from experienceb. we do not learn when we are in painc. pain teaches us important lessonsd. pain cannot be avoided参考答案bddac *结束（2011年深圳市高三年级第一次调研考试） several hundred strangers received love letters from a young man on the street. the letter was written and given out by yang yang，a student majoring in human resources at chongqing university of science and technology，who hoped to show his disappointment with job hunting. yangs story has caught media attention perhaps because it is similar to those of millions of recent graduates seeking jobs and struggling for survival in the countrys wealthiest cities. they have diplomas，rather than professional skills，and come to big cities in hopes of better lives. only to find low-paying jobs and poor living conditions. they are chinas ant tribe(蚁族) ，a term coined by sociologist lian si from peking university in his 2009 book, ant tribe theyre so similar to ants. they share small and narrow living areas. theyre intelligent and hard-working，yet nameless and underpaid. the term also speaks to their helplessness in a world governed by the law of the jungleonly the strongest survive. a survey in lians another book published this year, ant tribe，found nearly 30 percent of ants are graduates of famous universitiesalmost three times last years percentage. most had degrees in popular majors. in addition，7.2 percent of ants have at least a masters degree compared to 1.6 percent in 2009. an antsaverage monthly salary is l，904 yuan，with about 64 percent of them earning less than 2，000 yuan a month. another survey in the 2010 annual report on the development of chinese talent found more than 1 million ants live in big cities. most ants are from rural families or small towns，and their experiences in universities didnt arm them well enough to fight with competitors in big citiesemployment markets. professor zhang ming at renmin university of china said. the ant tribes embarrassing living situations have become a serious social problem，and the government should develop smaller cities to attract more graduates from big cities，zhang believed. however，ants expect more study and training opportunities in big cities，which keeps them positive despite their situations.(1)yangs story is introduced in order to_.a. analyze graduates difficulties in finding jobsb. lead to the topic of the articleant tribec. tell readers a story about those big citiesd. show a clever way of dealing with pressure(2)theantsfail to find high-paying jobs mainly because_.a. they have no diplomas from good universitiesb. their majors do not meet the needs of societyc. those from rural areas are not treated equallyd. they do not have necessary professional skills(3)ant tribe members are similar to ants in the following aspects except that_.a. they live in narrow and small places in groupsb. they work hard but earn little for survivalc. they are in a world judged by the jungle lawd. they are pleased with being nameless and underpaid(4).professor zhang thought ants problems could be solved by_.a. creating more jobs for graduates in big citiesb. developing smaller cities to attract graduatesc. sending graduates to rural areas and small townsd. training graduates to impro