高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（9）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（9）及答案阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【广东省梅州中学2013考前热身考试题】ain the fall of 1985, i was a bright-eyed girl heading off to howard university, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a supreme court bench somewhere. twenty-one years later i am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.my grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. she was the first in our family to reach that goal. but one year after i started college, she developed cancer. i made the choice to leave college to care for her. it meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.then i got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. in 1999, we adopted our first son. to lay eyes on him was fantasticand very emotional. a year later came our second adopted boy. then followed son no.3. in 2003, i gave birth to another boy.you can imagine how busy i became, raising four boys under the age of 8! our home was a complete zooa joyous zoo. not surprising, i never did make it back to college full-time. but i never gave up on the dream either. i had only one choice: to find a way. that meant taking as few as one class each term.the hardest part was feeling guilty about the time i spent away from the boys. they often wanted me to stay home with them. there certainly were times i wanted to give up, but i knew i should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.in 2007, i graduated from the university of north carolina. it took me over 21 years to get my college degree!i am not special, just single-minded. it always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal. everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. its a process. remember: little steps add up to big dreams.26. when the author went to howard university, her dream was to be _. a. a writer b. a teacher c. a judge d. a doctor27. the author quit school in her second year of college because she _.a. wanted to study by herself b. fell in love and got marriedc. suffered from a serious illness d. decided to look after her grandma 28. what can we learn about the author from paragraphs 4 and 5?a. she was busy yet happy with her family life.b. she ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.c. she wanted to remain a full-time housewife.d. she was too confused to make a correct choice.29. what does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?a. failure is the mother of success. b. little by little, one goes far.c. every coin has two sides. d. well begun is half done.30. which of the following can best describe the author ?a. caring and determined. b. honest and responsible.c. ambitious and sensitive. d. innocent and single-minded.【参考答案】26-30 cdaba 阅读理解链接2（2012江苏卷）franz kafka wrote that a book must be the ax (斧子) for the frozen sea inside us. i once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didnt seem to require any explanation.wed just finished john steinbecks novel of mice and men. when we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did i. are you crying? one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. i am, i told her, and the funny thing is ive read it many times. but they understood. when george shoots lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. in my 14 years of teaching in a new york city public middle school, ive taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents along with of mice and men, my groups read: sounder, the red pony, lord of the flies, romeo and juliet and macbeth. the students didnt always read from the expected point of view. about the red pony, one student said, its about being a man, its about manliness. i had never before seen the parallels between scarface and macbeth, nor had i heard lady macbeths soliloquies (独白)read as raps (说唱) , but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. once introduced to steinbecks writing, one boy went on to read the grapes of wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that all these people hate each other, and theyre all white. his historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. year after year former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. we are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity. yet, we cannot enrich (充实) the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. we are teaching them that words do no. amaze but confuse. we mav succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.66.the underlined words in paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to_a. realize our dreams b. give support to our life c. smooth away difficulties d. awake our emolions67.why were the students able to understand the novel of mice and men?a.because they spent much time reading it.b.because they had read the novel beforec.because they came from a public school. ,d.because they had similar life experiences.68.the girl left the selective high school possibly because_.a. she was a literary-minded girlb. her parents were immigrantsc. she couldnt fit in with her classd. her father was then in prison69.to the authors surprise, the students read the novels_.a. creativelyb. passivelyc. repeatedlyd. carelessly70.the author writes the passage mainly to_.a.introduce classic works of literatureb.advocate teaching literature to touch the heartc.argue for equality among high school studentsd.defend the current testing system【试题解析】细节理解题。根据第四段第三句“the daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates”可知c项正确。【难度】一般69.【答案】a【试题解析】推理判断题。根据第五段第四句“i have never before seen the parallels between scarface and macbeth, nor had i heard lady macbeths soliloquies read as raps, but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious.”可推断作者对孩子阅读小说的创造力感到惊讶，字里行间流露出自豪，故a项正确。【难度】一般70.【答案】b【试题解析】主旨大意题。难度较大。纵观全文，主要介绍了作者讲述在自己教学生涯中，教学生文学阅读的感受，可以美化他们的心灵，故b项正确。【难度】较难【长难句解析】1. when we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did i. when 引导的时间状语从句，后面是so 引导的句型，表示“和前面的主语也一样。”2. when george shoots lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen.本句是when 引导的时间状语， 主句中是that 引导的表语从句， realize 引导的宾语从句。3. for the last seven years, i have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight.本句reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. 为伴随状语。阅读理解(1)most of the teenagers with major depression never get treatment for it, according to a new federal report. that depressing news comes as no surprise to healthcare professionals, who say that many kids and parents dont recognize depressions symptoms(症状). and if they do, it can be difficult or impossible to get help. this is no small problem; about 2 million teenagers experience clinical depression each year, an illness that can do harm to school performance and friendships and is a leading cause of teen suicide(自杀).the new report found that just 39 percent of teens with major depression got treatment. here are three ways to make sure your child can get over the problem.getting diagnosed(诊断). last month, pediatricians(儿科医生) and family doctors were required to examine all teenagers for depression. courtney jones, a 17-year-old in portland, ore., said that the examination saved her life when she was 14. she didnt recognize that her loss of confidence and sudden lack of interest in spending time with friends were warning signs. symptoms of depression include frequent sadness, decreased interest in activities, and hopelessness. finding help. its no surprise to healthcare professionals that families have a hard time finding mental-health services; there are only 7,418 child and adolescent psychiatrists(精神科医生) in the united states, or about 1 for every 10,000 kids. for now, the best first step is to be examined by a pediatrician or family doctor, and then go to a psychiatrist for treatment and perhaps medication.david palmiter, a psychologist, suggests checking out local universities, which often run clinics, as well as community mental-health clinics.paying for treatment. paying for healthcare is a struggle these days, and mental-health services can be ever harder to cover. the report found that lack of health insurance coverage was the biggest barrier to getting help. only 17.2 percent of teens without health insurance coverage were able to get treatment. however, there are still ways to find affordable mental-health care that you may not be aware of. in a word, you should establish a relationship with a doctor, give the doctor a chance to get to know your kid and help her or him get better.1. what are the symptoms of depression for kids? a. committing suicide b. sudden lack of interest in staying with friends c. failing the school examinations d. frequently feeling upset e. feeling desperate for no good reasona. a, b, d b. b, c, e c. a, c, e d. b, d, e 2. the writer uses the case of courtney jones to prove that _. a. kids with depression find it difficult to get treatment b. its necessary to examine all teenagers for depressionc. many american kids are suffering from depression d. warning signs can help kids to find their problems3. according to the writer, youd better first have the kid examined by _.a. a pediatrician or family doctor b. a psychiatrist or psychologist c. a psychiatrist or family doctord. a pediatrician or psychiatrist4. whats the main reason why kids with depression do not get help according to the report?a. parents ignorance of the illnessb. lack of psychiatrists for childrenc. lack of health insurance coveraged. difficulties in diagnosing depression5. whats the writing purpose of the passage? a. to teach kids to recognize depressions symptoms.b. to explain the findings of a new report to people c. to help parents to have their kids get treatment. d. to arose the publics attention to the problem参考答案 1-5 d b a c c阅读理解-日常活动与学校生活. 链接1（2012全国卷1）grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. a man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as when he gets back in the water. he can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. he can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. a mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins twinkle, twinkle, little star or remember the story of cinderella or goldilocks and the three bears. one explanation is the law of overlearning , which can be stated as follows: once we have learned something, additional learning trials(尝试)increase the length of time we will remember it.in childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. we continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as twinkle, twinkle, little star and childhood tales such as cinderella and goldilocks. we not only learn but overlearn.the multiplication tables(乘法口诀表)are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.the law of overleaming explains why cramming(突击学习)for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. by cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. a little overlearning. on the other hand, is really necessary for ones future development.67. who is the main idea of paragraph i?a. people remember well what they learned in childhood.b. children have a better memory than grown-ups.c. poem reading is a good way to learn words.d. stories for children arc easy to remember.68.the author explains the law of overleaming by_.a. presenting research findingsb. selling down general rulesc. making a comparisond. using examples69. according to the author, being able to use multiplication tables is_.a. a result of overlearningb. a special case of crammingc. a skill to deal with math problemsd. a basic step towards advanced studies70. what does the word they in paragraph 4 refer to?a. commonly accepted rules. b. the multiplication tables.c. things easily forgotten. d. school subjects.71. what is the authors opinion on cramming?a. it leads to failure in college exams.b. its helpful only in a limited way.c. its possible to result in poor memory.d. it increases students learning interest. 【广东省梅州中学2013考前热身考试题】bwithin days of moving from my small hometown to university i became aware for the first time in fact, that in the view of others i possessed an accent. its also never occurred to me that some of the expressions id grown up using were not understandable across the regions borders. my classmates from farther north or west began to joke about my southern expressions like “bless your heart,” “goodness gracious,” or “for crying out loud.” i laughed along with them, but i also realized that as my world became larger, and my language might need to adjust as well.when i moved to the west coast after graduation, i listened to californian beach talk. a sign of belonging to a particular group is in being able to talk the talk. not that i started talking like a californian surfer, but while living in california i did think about what i said, particularly at work, to make sure that my west-coast colleagues would understand.after living in prague for several years, ive found that my english had become notably less southern, and i would venture(斗胆) to say, even less american, particularly when speaking english with czechs(捷克人) who may have studied british english or other non-american english speakers. ive even discovered that my children are picking up british and australian expressions from their bilingual friends. anna occasionally says “nappy” and “wee” like her half-welsh friend, and both my kids know