2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题(39).doc

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题（39）及答案【江西省南昌铁一中2013届月考】 B【阅读理解主旨大意】Passage* The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星) is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth. On 17 July, a piece four kilometres wide enters the Earths atmosphere (大气层) with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometre high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometres an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and mil lions of people are drowned. Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of lob Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north wont escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by, clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun wont be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs (恐龙) were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 mil- lion years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldnt live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end? 1. What is mainly described in the passage？ A. A historic discovery B. An event of imagination C. A research on space. D. A scientific adventure 答案: B指导：通读全文可知此答案。2. When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes_. A. an earthquake B. damages to cities C. an Earth explosion D. huge waves 答案: D 指导：从第二段中间The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabedHuge wave sarecreated”可知。B从第三段中间Because of the explosions，the sun is hidden by clouds“dust，temperatures around the world fall to almost zero可知。D从最后三句话可得知此答案。3. Why cant the northern half of the earth escape for long? A. Because the land is covered with water. B. Because the light and heat from the sun cannot reach the earth. C. Because people there cannot live at the temperature of zero. D. Because wars break out among countries. 答案: B 指导：从第三段中间Because of the explosions，the sun is midden by cloeds of dust，temperatures around the world fall to almost zero可知。4. By giving the example of dinosaurs the author tries to prove_. A. animals could not live in the cold climate B. what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story C. the human beings will die out in 2094 D. the Earth could be hit by other objects in space Passage答案: D 指导：从最后三句话可得知此答案。阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。AThe day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting moments for all the children in the class. It took place during the first week of the term. Every kid was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.Some jobs were more interesting than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones. When giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous year. During the previous year Rita had carried out the teachers instructions perfectly. All the children knew Rita would be given the best job.But there was a big surprise. Each child received a normal job. But Ritas job was very different. She was given a little box containing some sand and one ant. Though the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, Rita felt disappointed. Most of her classmates felt sorry for her. Even her father became very angry with the teacher and he encouraged Rita to pay no attention to this insignificant pet. However, Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest.Rita started investigating all about her little ant and gave the ant the best food, and it grew quite a bit bigger.One day, a man, who looked very important, came into their classroom and declared, “Your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rain forest, where we will investigate all kinds of insects. Among all the schools of this region, your class has best cared for the little ant.”That day the school was filled with joy and celebration. Everyone thanked Rita for having been so patient and responsible. And many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smallest tasks.26. What did the teacher base his decision on when giving out jobs to the children?A. Their characters and interests. B. Their class performance during the previous year.C. Their working performance during the previous year.D. Their ability of managing their accounts during the previous year.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据When giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous year.在分发任务的时候，老师根据学生上一年的学习表现，故选C。27. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. Each child got an important job.B. Each child got an interesting job. C. The perfect student got the job of everyones preferenceD. The most responsible student got the job of least interest.【答案】D【解析】句意理解题。根据因为上一年Rita 表现最好，大家都认为老师应该给她一个最好的工作，可是有一个令人吃惊的事情，所以与学生的想法相反她被给一个没有兴趣的工作，故选D。28.What is Ritas attitude to her fathers suggestion? A. Negative. B. Uncertain. C. Totally positive. D. Acceptive.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据he encouraged Rita to pay no attention to this insignificant pet. However, Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest.她父亲鼓励她不要照顾那个小动物，可是Rita却想做好这个没有趣的工作来表明自己的老师的错误决定，故选A。29. We can infer that the man who made the declaration is a _.A. hunter B. director C. biologist D. principal【答案】C【解析】推理判断题。根据Your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rain forest, where we will investigate all kinds of insects. Among all the schools of this region, your class has best cared for the little ant.”因为学生跟随他去森林研究动物，所以猜测可能是生物学家，故选C。30. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Never complain about life.B. Small tasks can lead to fortunes.C. Men are best known by their friends.D. Responsibility and intelligence bring good luck.【答案】B【解析】标题归纳题。根据最后一句总结性的话And many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smallest tasks. 可知小的工作带来好运气，故选B。阅读理解The blockbuster film Titanic has brought millions of dollars and thousands of people to the theaters and continues to touch people today in their homes. Why is this film so successful? It is a combination of many different things. Among these are many different elements. Looking at some of these elements will show how the director and others involved were able to create an emotionally charged movie that appealed to millions.The film uses one thematic(主题的) element called - The Truth of Human Nature. The two main characters seem to represent noble people. Most of the other characters in the film are shown as non-tolerant, rude and cold-hearted people. The element of focusing on the two main characters love and emotion seems symbolic of an ideal state.There are also social problems addressed. This is done in a few different ways. The most noticeable way is that the lower class people remain locked in the basement as the ship goes down. Throughout Titanic, the lighting is very important. The poor, lower class people are always shown in very warm-coloured light that gives them a sense of life and happiness. On the other hand, the rich, upper class are always shown in a flat light portraying the feeling of hardness and coldness. By using these techniques, they show the issue of class segregation(种族隔离), and they create stereotypes. The main characters are able to break free of these stereotypes and be together. This is the solution to the segregation problem.As you can see, Titanic took a lot of thinking and preparation to film in a manner that would create emotion and bring to the surface the issues and story of the great ship.61. The underlined word “blockbuster” in the first paragraph probably means “_”A. something very successfulB. a highly explosive bombC. something worth a lot of moneyD. a touching story62. In Titanic, the scene of the lower class people remaining locked in the basement as the ship goes down is used to _.A. criticize non-tolerant and cold-hearted rich peopleB. enlarge the scene of the filmC. criticize the reality of the societyD. emphasize the condition of the poor at that time63. Why were different colours of light used in the film Titanic? _A. They were used to show the difference between the rich and the poor.B. The director was determined to achieve good visual effect.C. The social status was represented by the color of light in the past.D. The use of light was the main technique the director made use of.64. What can we infer from the passage? _A. The segregation problem in the society can be solved by using the light.B. Though love is the main theme of Titanic, it also reflects some social problems.C. Because of the directors talents, the film Titanic achieved great success.D. In the film Titanic there are two characters altogether.65. The writer mainly talks about _ in this passage.A. the process of shooting TitanicB. the leading actor and actress in TitanicC. the reasons why Titanic became a blockbuster filmD. the outline of Titanic61. 解析：选A。根据第一句的描述可知，泰坦尼克很受人们的欢迎，感动了很多的人，是一部很成功的电影。62. 解析：选D。第三段开头指出“里面也反映了一些社会问题”。然后接着列举了船下沉的时候下层人民仍被困在地下室里的情节。故选D。63. 解析：选A。根据文章第三段倒数第三句“By using these techniques, they show the issue of class segregation.”可知，选A。64. 解析：选B。通读全文可知，泰坦尼克中爱情是主题，但也反映了一些社会问题。65. 解析：选C。泰坦尼克成功的原因。（广告应用类） （2011湖北卷）DFeeling blue about world ? “Cheer up.” Says science writer Matt Ridley.”The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and got nature.”Ridley calls himself a tat ional optimisttactical .because hes carefully weighed the evidence optimistic .because that offence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good .And this is what hes set out to prone from unique point of view in his most recent book. The Rant anal Opting .He views mankind as grand enterprise that .on the whole .has done little but progress for 100.000 years. He backed his finding with hard gathered though years of research.Heres how he explains his views.Shopping fuels inventionIt is reported that there are more than ten billion different producers for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty .our own generation has access to more nutritious food .more convenient transport .bigger houses, better ears .and of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us .This will continue as long as we there things to make other things, This more we specialize and exchange, the better off well be.2) Brilliant advances One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ener before is that the four most basie human needs -food, clothing, fuel and shelter- have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hours light cost six hours work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes work to pay for. In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today its half second.3) Lets not kill ourselves for climate changeMitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welface as climate change itself. A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fassil-fuel(化石燃料) electrieity is forhidden by well meaming members of green polucal movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that mes in a flood caused by climate change. If chmaic change proves to be xxxx, but cutting carbon canses realparn, we may well find that we have stopped a nose bleed by putting a tournquet(止血带) around our necks.63. What is the theme of Ridleys most recent book?A. Weakness of human nature.B. Concern about climate change.C. Importance of practical thinking.D. Optimism about human progress.64. How does Ridley look at shopping? A. It encourages the creation of things. B. It results in shortage of goods. C. It demands more fossil fuels. D. It causes a poverry problem.65. The candle and lamp example is used to show that . A. oil lamps give off more light than candles B. shortening working time brings about a happier life. C. advanced technology helps to produce better candles. D. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods.66. What does the last sentence of the passage imply? A. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost. B. Overreaction to cliamate change may be dangerous. C. Peoples health is closely related to climate change. D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.【答案】DADB I usually doubt about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago.While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, 1 was struck by a report which concluded that todays children are significantly more anxious than children in the 1950s. In fact, the analysis showed, normal children between 9 and 17 have a higher level of anxiety today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago. Why are Americas kids so stressed? The report cites two main causes: increasing physical isolation (孤独) brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place. Given that we cant turn the clock back, adults can still do plenty to help the next generation to cope. At the top of the list,nurturing (培育) is a better appreciation of the limits of individualism. No child is an island. Strengthening social ties helps build communities and protect individuals against stress. To help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on TVs and computers. Your family will thank you later.They will then have more time for face-to-face relationships, and they will get more sleep. Limit the amount of virtual (虚拟的) violence your children are exposed to. Its not just video games and movies; children see a lot of murder and crime on the local news. Keep your expectations for your children reasonable. Many highly successful people never attended Harvard or Yale. Make exercise part of your daily routine. It will help you deal with your own anxieties and provide a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxiety is unavoidable,but it doesnt have to ruin your life.31.What does the author thinks of the conclusion that people in America are unhappier than 50 years ago?A. SurprisingB. ConfusingC. IllogicalD. Questionable【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据surprising令人吃惊的；c