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2014高考英语阅读理解巩固练习精品题（44）及答案阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a,b,c,d）中，选出最佳选项。【江苏省常州市北郊高级中学2013模拟】awhat kind of life do you want? a happy one or a meaningful one?“cant i have both?” you might ask. “arent the two supposed to be connected? surely someone who leads a meaningful life will be happy, or one can find meaning in the pursuit of happiness?”sadly, however, this doesnt appear to be the case. a new study suggests that a happy life and a meaningful life are far from the same thing, and that you might be better off picking just one.the atlantic news reported that researchers asked nearly 400 us citizens aged 18 to 78 whether they thought their lives were meaningful and happy. these people were asked about their attitudes toward meaning, happiness and many other aspects of life including stress levels, spending patterns and family life.the researchers found that a meaningful life and a happy life do have something in common, but they are essentially different living a happy life is connected with being a “taker”, while living a meaningful life is connected with being a “giver”.happiness, the researchers found, usually relates to getting what we want, which is why the pursuit of happiness often leads to selfish behavior. animals have needs and desires and thus can feel happy too. what makes humans different is not the pursuit of happiness, but rather the pursuit of meaning.we often derive (得到) meaning from helping others or making a sacrifice for some “greater good”. and sacrifice often comes at the expense of happiness. thats because people who do meaningful things usually have higher levels of stress in their lives than happy people. for example, volunteering in poor, rural schools might be meaningful, but it might also be difficult and draining (令人精疲力竭的).experiencing hardship and negative events, the study found, reduces your happiness but increases your sense that youre living a meaningful life. no one knows this better than viktor frank, an austrian-jewish writer who lived through the horrors (恐怖) of a nazi concentration camp. “if there is meaning in life at all,” he once wrote, “then there must be meaning in suffering.” 56. we can infer from the passage that_.a. someone leading a meaningful life is sure to be happy.b. happiness and meaning are closely connected to each other.c. if a person chooses meaning as his goal, he wont get happiness in his life.d. one had better to pick only one from happiness and meaning to pursue.57. what of the following can make a person happy?a. donating money for the poor.b. helping others in trouble.c. receiving a letter from a friend.d. being promoted to a position dreamt of for long.58. the example of viktor frank is used to show that_.a. hardship and negative events will increase the sense.b. living through suffering, a person can become successful finally.c. if you have a right attitude to life, you can enjoy yourself even if youre experiencing horrors.d. living through the horror, nazi concentration camp was a meaningful experience.59. what is the best title for the passage?a. pursuit of happiness.b. to be a “taker” of “giver”.c. happiness vs meaning.d. meaning in suffering.【参考答案】ddac阅读理解misery and setbacks（挫折） are not always as terrible as one imagines. hard times can offer new ways of looking at life that would otherwise never be known. and, if you are a writer, this can be the source of much of your success. popular british author, charles dickens（1812-1870）family could hardly make ends meet. they could only afford to send one of their six children to school. dickens was not that child. his parents chose to send a daughter, who had a talent for music, to an academy. then at the age of 12, dickens life took another turn for the worse.his father, a clerk, was placed in prison for unpaid debts. and, being the oldest male left at home, dickens took up work at a factory. his horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing. his father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money. dickens was then sent to school.from 1836 to 1837, he wrote a monthly series of stories. thus the pickwick papers, came into being, which brought fame to the 23-year-old man.throughout his career, dickens covers various situations in his novels. he wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in oliver twist, the french revolution in tale of two cities, and social reform in hard times. he also wrote david copperfield, a book thought to be modeled on his own life.“i do not write bitterly or angrily: for i know all these things have worked together to make me what i am,” he once said. his difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career. there are shades of young dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including david copperfield and oliver twist.like the author, all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success. “minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,” he once wrote. on june 9th, 1870, aged 58, dickens died, leaving one unfinished workthe words on his tombstone read: “he was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering and the oppressed, and by his death, one of englands greatest writers is lost to the world.”53the book that first called public attention to dickens was _.athe pickwick papers boliver twist ctale of two cities ddavid copperfield54the underlined word “shades” in the passage means “_”.asymbols bexamplescsigns dreminders 55how did dickens see his childhood?ahe felt grateful for itbhe felt it a pity that things werent in his favorche loved writing about itdhe chose to forget the bitterness about it56from the story, we can see dickens attitude towards a hard life is _ato give it up bto hate it cto live with it dto fear it参考答案53-56 a d a c 阅读理解the past ages of man have all been carefully labeled(贴标签) by anthropologists (人类学家). descriptions like palaeolithic man. neolithic man,etc. neatly sum up whole periods. when the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label legless man. histories of the time will go something like this: in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. there were lifts in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. and the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legs even when they went on holiday. the future history books might also record that we were deprived (剥夺) of the use of our eyes. in our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world. when you travel by car or train, an unclear picture of the countryside constantly dirties the windows. car drivers, especially, are mixed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. the typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says ive been there. you mention the farthest, and someone is sure to say ive been theremeaning, i drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. when you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. but actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. you want to move on again. by traveling like this, you wont experience anything. the traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present.for him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. he experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. at the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness. he knows that sound, satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.57whats the best title of the passage?athe advantages of travel bthe best way to travelcthe reward of true travel dpossible ways to travel58anthorpologists label man nowadays legless because_.apeople forget how to use their legs blifts prevent people from walkingcmodern vehicles have replaced walking dpeople prefer cars, buses and trains59the author says we are deprived of the use of our eyes because _.apeople cant get a clear picture of the view alongbeyes become useless in traveling at high speedcpeople want to sleep during travellingdpeople wont use their eyes60what does the author intend to tell us?alegs become weaker.bthere is no need to use legs or eyes.cmodern means of transportation make the world a small place.dwe should experience the present heart and soul while traveling.参考答案57-60 bcad 阅读理解hes an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in the marais, a historic area in paris. when i took him my shoes, he at first told me: “i havent time. take them to the other fellow on the main street ; hell fix them for you right away.” but id had my eye on his shop for a long time. just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, i knew he was a skilled craftsman (手艺人). “no,” i replied, “the other fellow cant do it well.” “the other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-u-wait” - without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. they work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带) you might as well just throw away the pair. my man saw i wouldnt give in, and he smiled. he wiped his hands on his blue apron ( 围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “come back in a week.” i was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf. “see what i can do?” he said with pride. “only three of us in paris can do this kind of work. ” when i got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. he was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft. these are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption (消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. in such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.41. which of the following is true about the old cobbler.? a. he was equipped with the best repairing tools. b. he was the only cobbler in the marais. c. he was a native parisian. d. he was proud of his skills.42. the sentence “he was something out of an ancient legend.” implies that a. the man was very strange b. it was difficult to communicate with this man c. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him d. the man was too old43. according to the author, many people work just to . a. realize their abilities b. make money c. gain happiness d. gain respect44. this story wants to tell us that . a. craftsmen make a lot of money b. whatever you do, do it well c. craftsmen need self-respect d. people are born equal参考答案题序4142434445464748495051525354555657585960答案dcbbabcddccadacadbca【江苏省常州市北郊高级中学2013模拟】bphotography has been my passion ever since i was old enough to pick up a camera, but today i want to share with you the 15 most treasured photos of mine, and i didnt take any of them. there were no art directors, no stylists, no chance for reshoots, not even any regard for lighting. in fact, most of them were taken by random tourists.my story begins when i was in new york city for a speaking engagement, and my wife took this picture of me holding my daughter on her first birthday. were on the corner of 57th and 5th. we happened to be back in new york exactly a year later, so we decided to take the same picture.well you can see where this is going. approaching my daughters third birthday, my wife said, hey, why dont you take sabina back to new york and make it a father-daughter trip, and continue the ritual? this is when we started asking passing tourists to take the picture.you know, its remarkable how universal the gesture is of handing your camera to a total stranger. no ones ever refused, and luckily no ones ever run off with our camera.back then, we had no idea how much this trip would change our lives. its really become sacred to us. this one was taken just weeks after 9/11, and i found myself trying to explain what had happened that day in ways a five-year-old could understand.so these photos are far more than proxies for a single moment, or even a specific trip. theyre also ways for us to freeze time for one week in october and reflect on our times and how we change from year to year, and not just physically, but in every way. becau