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陕西华阴市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮选编（4）【2014高考英语广东省佛山市质测试题】a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。 my first wife and i only had one child. it might have been nice to have more. i would have liked a son, but we just had carmen. i see her as my best friend. i think she always comes to me first if she has a problem. we have the same sense of humour and share many interests, except that shes crazy about animals, obsessed with them-she has always had dogs, cats, and horses in her life. we were closest when she was about four, which i think is a wonderful age for a child. thats when they need their parents most. but as soon as carmen went to school, she seemed to grow up and grow apart from her family, and any father finds it difficult with a teenage daughter. she was very moody and had an odd group of friends. there was an endless stream of strange young men coming to our house. i remember once got annoyed with her in front of her friends and she didnt talk to me for days. ive always wanted the best for her. we sent her to a good school, but she wasnt happy there. she left because she wanted to become an actress, so with my connections i got her into a drama school, but she didnt like that either. she worked for a while doing small roles in films, but she must have found it boring although she never really said why. she got married a few years ago, her husbands a vet. they must be happy because they work together, and she loves animals. we have the same tastes in books and music. when she was younger, i used to take her to the opera-thats my passion-but she cant have liked it very much because she hasnt come with me for years. i dont think she goes to the cinema or watches tv much. she might watch my films, but i dont know. its not the kind of thing she talks to me about. im very pleased to have carmen. shes a good daughter, but i dont think she likes my new wife very much because she doesnt visit us very often. im looking forward to being a grandfather one day. i hope shell have a son.26. which is true about the author according to the passage? a. he is disappointed with his first wife. b. his daughter treats him as her best friend. c. he and carmen dont have much in common. d. he doesnt seem to be an animal lover.27. what does the author think of getting along with his daughter? a. its easier for him to get along with her when she was 4. b. he couldnt take care of her after she went to school. c. he tried very hard to get along well with her friends. d. he once got very angry because she didnt talk to him.28. by saying wanted the best for her, the author means that_. a. he had done everything he could for carmen b. he was sad when carmen wasnt happy at school c. he never asked carmen why she gave up drama d. he was pleased that carmen married her husband29. what can be inferred about the author and carmen from paragraph 5? a. they were both interested in books and music and opera. b. the author greatly influenced her daughters hobbies. c. the author was probably a famous tv presenter. d. the author didnt know much about carmens hobbies. 30. according to the author, carmen was_. a. grateful to her father b. quite lazy at school c. happy to get married d. eager to have a son【参考答案】daadc【2014高考英语综合能力测试题】which is the best school in new york city? after 20 years as educators, we can confidently say the best school in nyc is the one that best fits your children. the important thing about a school is not that it gets listed in certain “elite”(精英的) publications, but how that school can cater to your childrens needs and how your children can be successful during their academic life. we have seen families that have pushed their children into school situations that were too academic when their children needed more nurture（培育）. we have watched these children struggle when they did not have to. new york city has some of the best and most diverse schools in the world, which can cater to different learning styles and needs, it is important to look at your family and its values when thinking about a school that is the right fit particularly when your child is young and has not shown the type of learner that they will be. each school has values of their own. a good fit is one that matches. for example, things like diversity, the arts and teaching ethics are all elements of an education. you need to ask yourself: what type of learner is my child? what kind of environment will make them feel most comfortable, challenge them, and let them be successful? what qualities does it take to qualify as a top school? is it about how many students in a particular school go to ivy league colleges? is it about how successful the students from a certain school are in their adult lives? how do you even measure successwealth? happiness? as educators, we urge you to look beyond outside influences and playground gossip, your focus should be on your children, who they are and what would serve them best in their academic endeavors (尝试). there are many schools out there, each with its unique advantages, which makes it much easier for you to find one that really fits your children.31. the text is mainly written for _. a. parentsb. educators c. admission expertsd. government officials32. the underlined words “cater to” in paragraph 2 are closest in meaning to “_”. a. meetb. adjust toc. developd. relate to33. according to the author, when choosing the right school we should consider _. a. if the school is the most academic b. if the school is suitable for our children c. if the teachers teaching styles are diverse d. if the school has the most comfortable environment34. which of the following may the author agree with? a. schools should pay more attention to the students learning styles. b. the outside influences of a school are not as important as we think. c. wealth and happiness should be used to measure an adults success.d. the best school should help more students go to ivy league colleges.35. which part of a website is this text probably taken from? a. education.b. science. c. sports. d. entertainment.【参考答案】31-35 aabba本文以教育者的身份，论述了最好的学校是适合孩子的学校的观点。31. a。推理判断题。从第一段的第二句话和全文的论述口气可以看出，这篇文章是写给孩子即将入学的父母看的。32. a。词义猜测题。根据第二段最后两句话所举的例子可以看出，这里是在说对于学校重要的是如何满足孩子的需要。33. b。细节理解题。根据文章第三段可知，作者认为，选择学校要考虑很多因素，最重要的是考虑所选的学校在各方面是否适合孩子。34. b。推理判断题。根据文章的最后一段的第一句话可以判断出，作者认为学校的外部影响力并没有我们想象得那么重要。35. a。推理判断题。本文谈论的是有关如何帮孩子选学校的问题，所以应属于网站教育版块的内容。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。【2013界广东珠海市高三上期末质量监测】anger is good for you as long as you control it properly，according to new psychology researcha new study from carnegie mellon university shows anger may help people reduce the negative impacts of stress and help you become healthier“here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger，”said jennifer lerner of carnegie mellon“the more people display anger，the lower their stress responseslerner studied 92 ucla students by asking them to count back from 6，200they must say out loud every thirteenth numberresearchers disturbed them by asking them to count faster or ask them other questionsif they made any mistakes，they had to restart from the very beginningmany students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry because the researchers were interrupting them.lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions during the testthe researchers describe their reactions as fear，anger and disgustother researchers recorded the students blood pressure，pulse and production of a highstress hormone（荷尔蒙）called cortis01people whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormoneboth can have lasting effects such as diabetes（糖尿病），heart disease，depression and extra weight gainwhen people feel fear，negative impacts increase, but when they get angry，those negatives go down，according to the study “having that sense of anger leads people to actually feel some power in what otherwise is a maddening situation，”lerner saidlerner previously studied americans emotional response to the 911 terrorist attacks two months after the incidentshe found people who reacted with anger were more optimisticthese people are healthier compared with those who were frightened during the eventso in maddening situations，anger is not a bad thing to haveits a healthier response than fear36which statement will jennifer lerner agree with?aits better to be angry than to be frightened in maddening situationsbdifferent reactions reflect different outlooks on lifecdont control your anger and it makes you powerfuldpessimistic people are generally healthier than optimistic people【答案】a 【解析】细节理解题。根据she found people who reacted with anger were more optimisticthese people are healthier compared with those who were frightened during the event生气比害怕对于健康来说要好的多，故选a。37what does the underlined word “both” in the fifth paragraph refer to according to the passage?afear and angerbblood pressure and pulsecblood pressure and cortisonedhigher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone【答案】d【解析】细节理解题。根据people whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone可知这里指的是高血压和高的荷尔蒙的，故选d。 38the researchers made the experimented students angry by _arecording their performance secretlybasking them to count to 6,200 again and againcdisturbing them and making them start ail over againdcriticizing them when they made mistakes【答案】c【解析】细节理解题。根据many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry because the researchers were interrupting them.通过打扰他们使他们生气，故选c。39in what ways can anger be beneficial to people?aby showing their optimistic sidebby reducing their stresscby reducing high blood pressuredby taking the place of fear【答案】b【解析】细节理解题。根据a new study from carnegie mellon university shows anger may help people reduce the negative impacts of stress and help you become healthier可以减少压力，故选b。40 what is this passage mainly about?athe findings of new psychology researchbwhat you can do with anger in certain casescdifferent effects produced by anger and feardhealthier responses in maddening situations【答案】a 【解析】主旨大意题。根据a new study from carnegie mellon university shows anger可知这是一下短文主要叙述的是新的研究发现生气能够减轻人们的压力而使身体更加健康，故选a。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】a century ago in the united states, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that company. but perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads. nearly half of all negligence cases decided through 1896 involved railroads. and the railroads usually won.most of the cases were decided in sate courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides. government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them.court decisions always went against railroad workers. a mr. farwell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchmans negligence ran his engine off the track. the court reasoned that since farwell had taken the job of an engineer voluntarily at good pay, he had accepted the risk. therefore the accident, though avoidable had the switchmen acted carefully, was a pure accident. in effect a railroad could never be held responsible for injury to one employee caused by the mistake of another.in one case where a pennsylvania railroad worker had started a fire at a warehouse and the fire had spread several blocks, causing widespread damage, a jury found the company responsible for all the damage. but the court overturned the jurys decision because it argued that the railroads negligence was the immediate cause