高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练36.doc

2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练36 (a)the following article is to tell you how to behave better in an ielts oral english test. everyone will make necessary preparations for some possible topics in order to increase their performance in the interview. 1 what would you do if you were asked in an interview to talk about how you feel about your hometown if in fact you really dislike living there？some people might think that being truthful in this situation and giving a negative answer, they would not do the right thing. 2 talk about how they love living there and give a positive answer which sounds more attractive. 3 and giving a negative opinion of something is not important, either. 4 if you have more to say by being truthful, even if it is to express a negative opinion, then that is what you should talk about. 5 and follow it up with your reasons for disliking it instead of saying “i like my hometown. . . ”and then struggle to find something to say. we should consider how to deal with this situation in the best way. a. actually, truthfulness is not important in such an interview. b. what is your true feeling about your hometown? c. it would be much better to say “actually i dont really like my hometown. . . ”d. however, sometimes, you will be asked to talk about something that you dont really like or dont really want to talk about. e. no one should have a negative feeling about their hometown. f. the important thing is that you have something to express. g. instead, they try to hide their true feelings. (b)cheating is when a person misleads, deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose. 6 if a basketball team is for kids under 8, its cheating for a 9-year-old to play on the team. at school, in addition to cheating on a test, a kid might cheat by stealing someone elses idea for a science project. 7 this kind of cheating is called plagiarizing (抄袭). 8 jeff is doing it by sneaking answers to a test. and its also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isnt. when people cheat, its not fair to other people. its tempting(诱惑人的) to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. 9 and it wont help on the next testunless the person cheats again. 10 they want to get good grades but hate hard work. other kids might feel like they cant pass the test without cheating. even though there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, cheating isnt a good idea. a. some kids cheat because theyre lazy. b. cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. c. but it doesnt solve the problem of not knowing the material. d. some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again. e. for kids, cheating may happen at school, at home, or while playing a sport. f. there are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldnt cheat, but some kids have already cheated. g. kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the internet and handing it in as its his or her original work. 答案解析a 【文章大意】本文主要告诉读者怎样在雅思英语口试中取得好成绩。1.【解析】选d。此处与前一句话存在意义上的转折，意为：为了在面试中取得好成绩，大家都会准备一些可能的话题，但是有时候，你仍然会被要求谈论你真的不喜欢的或你不想谈论的。故此处选d项。2.【解析】选g。根据上一句中的“. . . giving a negative answer, they would not do the right thing. ”可以判断出此处选g项。3.【解析】选a。此处与后面的内容存在因果关系，后面为解释，故此处选a项。4.【解析】选f。根据后面的“if you have more to say by being truthful. . . ”知此处选f项。5.【解析】选c。根据后面的解释知此处含义为要表达自己的真实想法比较好，故c项正确。b【文章大意】本文主要讲述了作弊出现的场合、动机及结果。6.【解析】选e。根据空格后下一句可知选e项。关键词是sport，basketball te