【精选+详解】高三英语名校试题汇编（第3期）专题19 阅读理解（学生版）.doc

（精选+详解）2013届高三名校英语试题汇编 （第三期） 专题19 阅读理解（学生版）阅读理解之记叙文a【2013届辽宁省五校协作体高三联考】people have been burying the dead at salems hope cemetery since 1833. the place is filled with old gravestones and gothic mausoleums(哥特式陵墓), the spirits of the dead hanging over the land like an early morning fog.keeping watch, a few steps from the road with her skirt over the pedestal (基座), is goldie belle taylor, her face weathered but otherwise in good condition. on this day, she is holding a bunch of pink roses because goldie belle always holds flowers. someone makes sure of that.“and she has had fresh flowers in her hands for the last 150 years.” karen biery lives in damascus, about five miles west of hope cemetery. shes written a book based on the legend of goldie belle taylor titled believe. in 1886, at the age of two, young goldie belle used her hands to sop up (抹去) the left over elderberry juice from her fathers iron kettle. she died not long after from poisoning. she was the love of her dads life, and he was so upset that he sold the family farm to buy the italian made statue, which today marks her grave.at first, it was her father who brought the flowers and laid them in her hands. when he died in 1896, the flowers kept coming. her flowers are different per season. why do the flowers keep miraculously appearing? people have tried to find out by having camped by the statue, but not even the groundskeepers have been able to catch the criminal.its said that a fairy arrives at hope cemetery looking for the grave of her birth mother. she comes across goldie belles statue.36. the underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 probably refers to_.a. her face in good condition b. her bunch of pink rosesc. goldie belle taylor is holding pink roses d. goldie belle taylor always holds flowers37. it can be inferred from the third paragraph _.a. her father was poisonous b. the iron kettle was poisonousc. elderberry juice was poisonous d. it was her father that hated her38. after her father died, the flowers in the hands of goldie belle taylor_.a. usually change b. were stolen c. are no longer fresh d. come from a criminal39. what would be the best title for the passage?a. a fairy brings the flowers. b. the mystery of goldies flowers.c. what happens to the girl? d. how do the flowers get there?d 【2013届浙江省十校联合体高三上学期联考】in this age of internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. she wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition which she won last year.i had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自发地) told them. telling myself that i was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, i offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. the story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. i had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. because i know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, i had to accept the fact that i was co-opting my daughters experience.while stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that i will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. all the while i will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.75. what do we learn from the first paragraph?a. a lot of amusements compete for childrens time nowadays.b. children have lots of fun doing mindless activities.c. rebecca is much too busy to enjoy her leisure time.d. rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.78. the author took great pains to improve her daughters stories because _.a. she wanted to help rebecca realize her dreams of becoming a writerb. she was afraid rebeccas imagination might run wild while writingc. she did not want to disappoint rebecca who needed her help so muchd. she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance79. the underlined sentence probably means that the author was _.a. trying not to let her daughter enjoy her own lifeb. trying to get her daughter to do the thing as the author wishedc. making sure that her daughter would win the contestd. helping her daughter develop real skills for writing80. whats the authors advice for parents?a. children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.b. parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.c. children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.d. a writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.a【2013届河北省邯郸市高三上学期期中】it took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. beauty standards vary with culture. in samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. more importantly, if its happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? why not look inside? many of us strive hard to change our body, but in vain. we have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. when we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes.56. what does the underlined word “everything” in paragraph 2 mean?a. all the problems.b. all the properties.c. the whole world.d. the absolute truth.57. what can be inferred about the author?a. the author is a samoan.b. the author succeeded losing weight.c. the author has been troubled by her weight.d. the author probably got wounded in an accident.58. according to the text, those who have lost weight first and gained it back later feel _.a. angry about the regained weight b. indifferent to the regained weightc. optimistic about future plans on weight controld. they should give up their future plans on weight control59. the text tries to stress the importance of _.a. body size b. attitudes toward life c. culture difference d. different beauty standardsa【2013届河北省名校俱乐部高三第二次调研】the first theft was recorded just a week after he dragged thought the house for the first time. his largest prize is a bath towel which he dragged through the streets and his most expensive is a fred perry polo short . on one occasion he stole a womans shoes from a garden in a neighboring road and returned a week later to take the other one . many of the things have fallen off washing lines as they often have clothes pegs（挂钩） still attached.mrs newman, an accounts assistant, has built up two large boxes filled with deniss stolen things which she keeps in case anyone arrives to get them. she said,”we have had him since he eas six weeks old. i would say eh has taken well over 100 things now. so i have started collecting them up and if people are looking for something, i tell them to knock on my door. i have never tried to stop his behavior i would much rather he brought objects into the house than dead animals. he normally leaves them outside the front door but some of the time he will bring them up to my bed while i am asleep”.vicky halls, a cat behaviorist ,said, “there are so many different theories on why cats steal, but i think its a basic hunting instinct（本能） ,cats steal all sots of things and bring them in and carry items as if they were prey（猎物）. its could be the feel of certain items in their mouths that they like ,which could be why certain things are taken time and time again.”56. what does the underlined phrase in the first paragraph probably mean? a criticizes bdoubtschatesd likes57what is mrs newmans attitude towards the cats?a ashamedbcalmcnegatived worriedd【2013届山东省寿光市10月考】after moving to the united states, immigrant groups trying to fit in tend to choose high calorie fatty foods in an attempt to appear more american, a new study finds. thats one reason why immigrants approach us levels of obesity within 15 years of moving to america.the researchers also did an experiment that measured whether or not the threat of appearing un-american influenced respondentsfood choices. after being questioned about their ability to speak english, 75 percent of asian-americans identified a typical american food as their favorite. only 25 percent of asian-americans who had not been asked if they spoke english did the same.when their american identity was called into question during a follow-up study, asian-american participants also tended to choose typical american dishes, such as hamburgers and cheese sandwiches. in that expericnent, 55 asian-americans were asked to choose a meal from a local asian or american restaurant. some participants were toid that only americans could participate in the study. those who chose the more typical american fare ended up consuming an extra 182 calories, including 12 grams of fat and 7 grams of saturated fat (饱和脂肪).“peopie who feel like they need to prove they belong to a culture will change their habits in an attempt to fit in,”said sauna cheryan, an author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at the university of washington.“if immigrants and their children choose unhealthy american foods over healthier traditional foods across their lives, this process of fitting in could lead to poorer health.”cheryan added.social pressures, the study concluded, are at the heart of the problem.“in american society today, being american is associated with being white. americans, who dont fit this image even if they were born here and speak english, feel that pressure to prove that theyre american,”said cheryan.71. the author wants to show that .a. more and more asians enjoy high-caiorie snacksb. immigrants tend to eat american junk food to fit inc. most americans are at the risk of heart diseased. all the american people have a bad eating habit74. according to sauna cheryan, .a. what immigrants have done is ridiculousb. american traditional foods are healthierc. immigrants risk their health in order to fit ind. american culture affects immigrants deeply75. which of the following should take the blame for the bad eating habit?a. the situation of employment. b. the traditional culture.c. the american government. d. the pressures from society.b【2013届浙江省杭州市萧山区五校期中联考】 at blossom end railroad station, 22-year-old stanley vine sat, waiting for his new employer. the surrounding green fields were so unlike the muddy landscape of war-torn france. after four horrible years as an army private fighting in europe, stanley had returned to england in february 1946. armed now with some savings and with no prospects for a job in england, he answered a newspaper ad for farm help in canada. two months later he was on his way.when the old car rumbled toward the tiny station, stanley rose to his feet, trying to make the most of his five foot and four inches frame. the farmer, alphonse lapine, shook his head and complained, “youre a skinny thing.” on the way to his dairy farm, alphonse explained that he had a wife and seven kids. “money is tight. youll get room and board. youll get up at dawn for milking, and then help me around the farm until evening milking time again. ten dollars a week. sundays off.” stanley nodded. he had never been on a farm before, but he took the job.early one november morning alphonse lapine discovered that stanley had disappeared, after only six months as his farmhand. the railway station master, when questioned later that week, said he had not seen him. in fact no one in the community ever heard of him again. that is, until one evening, almost 20 years later, when armand, opened an american sports magazine and came across a shocking headline, “millionaire jockey, stanley vine, ex-british soldier and 5-time horse riding champion, began life in north america as a farmhand in canada.”45. stanley vine decided to go to canada because _.a. he wanted to escape from war-torn france b. he wanted to serve in the canadian armyc. he couldnt find a job in englandd. he loved working as a farmhand46. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. stanley joined the french army when he was 18 years old. b. on the farm stanley had to milk the cows 14 times a week.c. the lapine family were rich but cruel to stanley.d. stanely read about the job offer in a newspaper.47. what can we infer from the passage?a. when he first met his employer, stanley tried to impress him but failed. b. stanley had never worked on a farm, so he made a lot of mistakes.c. stanleys weekly salary was not enough for him to live on.d. stanley left the farm by train, without telling anyone why he did so.c【2013届云南省师大附中高三适应性月考】everyone knows about the royal canadian mounted police, which was the subject of several early musical films made in hollywood . but nowadays the romantic red uniform jacket is only worn on special occasions , and the famous horses are rarely seen . so the “mountie (骑警)” as a member of this police force is known ,is not , in fact , often mounted except on a powerful motor cycle. he is a member of a very modern and efficient organization.the royal canadian mounted police has responsibility for a large area, from the great lakes and the industrial cities near the us border up to the vast icefield and frozen lakes in the arctic circle. a mountie may work in the headquarters building in ottawa , sitting at a desk like any other clerk. he may pilot a patrol (巡逻)plane across the snow-deserts in the north, where it is impossible for any other sort of vehicle to go. he may be doing customs work at the frontier. he may be in plain clothes watching for a suspicious character at an airport , or he may simply be driving a patrol car. there are more than ten thousand men in this force, and it was one of these who were responsible for the arrest of james early ray. police all over the world were looking for roy after the murder of martin luther king. in june 1968, a group of policemen in canada were doing routine work with applications for passports. suddenly one man noticed a photo which looked very much like ray , whose description had been given to all the police departments. the name was different, but the resemblance was so strong that the police started to investigate.they discovered that the man had already gone to britain. the photograph and the finger-prints were sent to the british police, who arrested ray at london airport, when he was just going to get on a plane for brussels . so the murder that had shocked the world was solved by the observation of a mountie in ottawa. 67from the passage we can learn that the royal canadian mounted police .aare only popular in hollywood bare good at catching thievescwore red uniforms in the past dare driving cars along the frontier nowc【2013届湖北武汉中学高三10月月考】tensions have erupted over some barren rocks in the pacific that you may never have heard of, but stay tunedthis is a boundary dispute that could get ugly and some day have far-reaching consequences for china, japan, taiwan and the united statesthe islands in dispute are called the senkaku chain by japan, the diaoyu islands by china, and the diaoyutai by taiwanall three claim the islands, which are really just five small islands and three barren rocks northeast of taiwan, 200 miles off the chinese coastthe latest conflict occurred when a chinese fishing boat collided with two japanese naval ships trying to stop it near the islandsthe japanese prevented the chinese captain from leaving the place for questioning and the two countries have been exchanging angry proteststhe reason to worry is that nationalists in both china and taiwan see the slands as unquestionably theirs and think that their government has been weak in claiming this authorityso which country has a better claim to the islands? my feeling is that its china, although the answer isnt clear-cutchinese navigational records show the islands as chinese for many centuries, and a 1783 japanese map shows them as chinese as welljapan purported to discover the islands only in 1884 and took control of them by force only in 1895 when it also grabbed taiwanthe best approach would be for china and japan to agree to refer the dispute to the international court of justice, but realistically that wont happenand since some believe that the area is rich with oil and gas reserves, the claims from each side have become more insistentas chinese nationalism grows, as chinas navy and ability to project power in the ocean gains, we could see some military conflicts over the islandstaken from newyork times59the underlined word purported （in para5） is closest in meaning to _ahappened bclaimed cpretended dintended60the latest conflict referred to in the passage occurred because _athe japanese government has bought the diaoyu islands from the liyuansbtwo japanese naval ships sailed in the chinese sea around the diaoyu islandscthe japanese kept the captain of a fishing boat from returning for questioningda fishing boat collided with two japanese naval ships by design in the japanese seab【2013届湖北武汉中学高三10月月考】the sixth book in the diary of a wimpy kid series by jeff kinney w