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2014高考英语阅读理解专题训练二轮精品题（13）及答案阅读理解-bsteve jobs made technology funthe co-founder of apple died last wednesday at the age of fifty-six he had fought for years against cancermourners gathered outside his house in palo alto, california, and apple stores around the worldtim bajarin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said if you actually look at a tech leader, theyre really happy if they have one hit in their lifesteve jobs has the apple ii, the mac, the ipod, the iphone, the ipad and pixarsteve jobs was a college dropouthe was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountantthey supported his early interest in electronicshe and his friend steve wozniak started apple computernow just called applein nineteen seventy-sixthey stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-fivethat year, steve wozniak returned to college and steve jobs left in a dispute（分歧）with the chief executivemrjobs then formed his own company, called next computerhe rejoined apple in nineteen ninety-seven after it bought nexthe helped remake apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world todaysteve wozniak, speaking on cnn, remembered his longtime friend as a great visionary and leader and a marketing genius（天才）president obama said in a statement: by building one of the planets most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of american ingenuityby making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fundavid carroll is a professor at parsons school of design in new york cityhe says steve jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized american businessthe fact that he was able to redesign american commerce lop to bottom and across is really stunning （令人惊奇的）he probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of thomas edison and henry ford, so one of the greats of all time david carroll saidsteve jobs stepped down as apples chief executive in august because of his healthhe died a day after the company released a new iphone version that met with limited excitementapples new chief, tim cook, will also have to deal with the new kindle fire tablet computer from amazoncomit costs less than half as much as an ipad but also does less55why did people all over the world mourn steve jobs?ahe was very courageous in the face of cancerbhe became very rich though dropping out collegeche released a new iphone version before deathdhe revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable56which of the following can easily prove that jobs is a marketing genius?aafter apple, he founded next computerbhe made apple very valuable once again in the worldche developed a series of apple productsdhe was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time57what does the underlined part in paragraph 7 mean?ajobs was a typical example of american spirit of creationbjobs enriched the american spirit of science and freedomcjobs eventually realized his american dreamdamerican people are good at inventing things58which of the following is true according to the text?ajobss parents discouraged him from working on electronicsbjobs stayed in apple as chief executive for about 24 yearscjobs started his career in his family garagedrun unsuccessfully, apple was sold to next computer【参考答案】55 d 5658、: bac a papas jaw dropped when mama told him that sister had cheated on her final examsnot to succeed but to fail. “its unbelievable!” he said. “sister has always been so proud of her good grades!”“yes, she has,” said mama. “but its not unbelievable. it just shows how badly she wanted off the swimming team.”“wanted off the swimming team?” said papa. “she never said anything about that to me.”“of course she didnt,” said mama. “she was afraid youd blow your top. you already had her getting a swimming scholarship to college and winning gold medals at the olympics. can you imagine how much pressure she must have felt? for her, being on the team couldnt have been much fun.”“oh, my gosh!” papa said, clapping a hand to his forehead. “ive been so stupid! i just thought shed want to be a champion swimmer because shes so good at it.”“its like anything else, dear,” said mama. “no matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you wont want to do it anymore.”papa put his head in his hands.“she must be really mad at me,” he mumbled. “maybe i should say sorry to her.”sisters footsteps could be heard on the stairs. she came into the kitchen and looked hopefully up at her parents.“honey,” said mama with a smile, “your papa and i have decided that theres no reason for you to be on the swimming team if you dont want to.”sisters face lit up like a christmas tree. “yippee!” she cried.“and,” added papa, “theres no need for any more drills. im sure youll bring your grades back up all by yourself.”sister ran to papa and jumped into his arms. she gave him a big hug. “im going to go play cards with lizzy!” she said. “see you later!”from the kitchen window, mama and papa watched their daughter run down the sunny road toward lizzys house.“its good to see her happy again,” said mama.“it sure is,” papa agreed. “as for the swimming team, theres always next year.”“if?” mama prompted him.“oh, right,” said papa. “if she wants to.”mama smiled. “at least youre learning, dear,” she said. she kissed him.“well, you know what they say,” papa said. “better late than never.”1. sister wanted off the swimming team because _. a. she was not as good at swimming as ever beforeb. she intended to improve her grades in her studiesc. she wanted to play cards far more than swimmingd. she felt it boring to struggle for papas expectation2. mama insisted that the child should do _. a. what she was willing to b. what she felt easy to c. what she was able to d. what she felt right to 3. what do you think of papa?a. cruel but reasonable. b. crazy but confident. c. stubborn but honest. d. ambitious but considerate.4. which might be the proper title for the passage?a. easier said than done b. health is better than wealthc. better late than neverd. something is better than nothing【参考答案】14、dadc 阅读理解rays wedding had gone off smoothly. everyone seemed to have had a good time. a few people had too good a time; they went home with designated (指派的) drivers. all evening, the gift table remained unguarded. who would steal anything, ray thought. he had never heard of such a thing happening at a wedding. but his best friend aaron said there was a first time for everything. he strolled out regularly from the inside festivities (庆祝) to check on the gift table, making sure no one suspicious was hanging around it. ray and julia went on a 3-week honeymoon to italy right after the wedding. when they got back, they opened all the gifts and sent out thank-you notes. but there was one problem. a married couple that used to be good friends had apparently given nothing. this surprised julia, because walt and mary said they were thrilled to be invited. and, they actually seemed to have had a great time at the wedding. frankly, ray didnt even care if they hadnt given a gift. he just needed to know whether to send a thank-you note. ray called aaron. aaron said maybe walt had left an envelope on the gift table like aaron had. “yes, but we got your envelope with the cash inside,” ray said. “maybe my envelope looked too thin, and some thief thought walts envelope looked nice and fat.” aaron asked ray if he had looked everywhere for walts gift. had he called up the wedding site to see if anything had been left behind? ray said that he had looked everywhere and made a lot of calls that were fruitless. ray didnt know what to do. if he sent walt and mary a thank-you note for a gift they hadnt given, they would be insulted. if he didnt send them a thank-you note for a gift they had given, they would get angry. “what would you do?” ray asked. aaron said he would call walt up and tell him the problem. “you cant go wrong with simply being honest,” aaron said. “oh, yes, you can,” ray contradicted him. “sometimes its best to let sleeping dogs lie.” but he thought about it, and finally decided that aaron was right. he called walt and told him the problem. walt said that yes, he had given an envelope. in fact, the envelope contained $500 cash. “$500?!” ray asked. “thats a lot of cash, walt!” walt admitted that it was, but he had gotten a fat raise early that year and rays was the only wedding hed been to in quite a while. ray thanked him very much, and apologized sincerely for someone stealing walts generous gift. walt told him that it was “only money”. when ray told aaron about walts gift, aaron laughed. “the only thief at the wedding was walt! i quit playing cards with him last year because i caught him cheating. and it was only a $10 pot! im sure i told you about that.” “yes, you did tell me,” ray said. but, of course, he had to send walt a thank-you note anyway. 12. which of the following is true according to the passage? a. nobody checked on the gift table all evening. b. walt had surely gotten a fat raise early that year. c. stealing had never happened at a wedding. d. aaron looked on honesty as the best policy.13. the underlined word “insulted” in paragraph 5 probably means _. a. deeply impressedb. badly hurtc. much discouragedd. greatly moved14. what kind of person is ray? a. considerate and polite. b. faithful and experienced. c. outgoing and determined. d. friendly and optimistic.15. which of the following might be the best title for the passage? a. a wedding partyb. the theft at the wedding c. the wedding gift d. a secret at the wedding【参考答案】1215、dbac阅读理解-cwe all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite songmost of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homesme? i love to do that when i drive! 1 turn on the radio, find a song that i can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and i am moving along to the rhythmmost of the time, i do this on my way to workyes, that is true, i will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light i get weird（古怪的）looks from some people and others laughpersonally, i love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!the definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensicali know many people do not want to look foolishso they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!no one is perfect, i repeat: no one is perfecti dont care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal （节俭的）, how rich, and so onno one is perfect! so why pretend to be something you are not?life is so shortyou never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity（呆板）? here is a quote by souza, that i think says it all and is a great recipe for life:dance as though no one is watching you,love as though you have never been hurt before,sing as though no one can hear you,live as though heaven is on earthwhen we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in theworld so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to othershowever, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocenceso dont lose the child that still lives within youthe next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrowor watch something that makes you laughlaughter is the best medicine to whatever ails （使痛苦） you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your stomach hurtstrust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesnt want to feel good? 59according to the text, what does the writer usually do?ahe repeats the words of songsbhe sings songs on his way to workche dances in his own home dhe shares music with other drivers60what does the writer think of the people who look very serious?athey are honest bthey are educatedcthey are perfectdthey are silly61the writer quotes souza to show that_alife is a beautiful journey blife is full of rigidityclife is to be treasured dlife is a great recipe62which of the following would be the best title for the text?athe innocence of being a child bthe importance of being sillycno one is perfect dlife is short【参考答案】59、bd 61-652 cb 阅读理解-bfood curesour price: $31.96 & this item ships for free with super saver shipping. sku: 79133in stockusually ships in 1 business daydescription:did you know that fish oil is emerging as a real treatment for depression? 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