高考英语阅读理解精英定时训练题（15）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解精英定时训练题（15）及答案【甘肃省天水市一中2013模拟】ca newly-published study has shown that loneliness can spread from one person to another, like a disease. researchers used information from the framingham study, which began in 1948. the framingham study gathers information about physical and mental health, personal behavior and diet. at first, the study involved about 5,000 people in the american state of massachusetts. now, more than 12,000 individuals are taking part.information from the framingham study showed earlier that happiness can spread from person to person. so can behaviors like littering and the ability to stop smoking.university of chicago psychologist john cacioppo led the recent study. he and other researchers attempted to show how often people felt lonely. they found that the feeling of loneliness spread through social groups.having a social connection with a lonely person increased the chances that another individual would feel lonely. in fact, a friend of a lonely person was 52% more likely to develop feelings of loneliness. a friend of that person was 25% more likely. the researchers say this shows that a person could indirectly be affected by someones loneliness.the effect was strongest among friends. neighbors were the second most affected group. the effect was weaker on husbands and wives, and brothers and sisters. the researchers also found that loneliness spread more easily among women than men.the new york times newspaper reports that, on average, people experience feelings of loneliness about 48 days a year. it also found that every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about five percent, or two and a half fewer lonely days.loneliness has been linked to health problems like depression and sleeping difficulties. the researchers believe that knowing the causes of loneliness could help in reducing it.the study suggests that people can take steps to stop the spread of loneliness. they can do this by helping individuals they know who may be experiencing loneliness. the result can be helpful to the whole social group.43. what is true about the framingham study?a. it was only conducted in 1948. b. it involves more than 12,000 participants.c. it was led by john cacioppo. d. it showed that any behavior could spread.44. which statement about the spread of loneliness is true?a. the spreading effect was the second strongest among friends.b. no spreading effect was found on husbands and wives.c. women are more likely to be affected than men.d. brothers are more easily affected than neighbors.45. what is the main idea of the passage? a. actions should be taken to help lonely people. b. people feel lonely for many reasons.c. ways to fight against loneliness. d. lonely people can affect others. 【参考答案】44-46 bcd 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。afat and shy, ben saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. football, tennis, cricket anything with a round ball, i was useless, he says now with a laugh. but back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in devonshire, england.it was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. at first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. gradually, saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. at the age of 18, he ran his first marathon. the following year, he met john ridgway and was hired as an instructor at ridgway s school of adventure in scotland, where he learned about ridgway s cold-water exploits. greatly interested, saunders read all he could about north pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.in 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the north pole. it took unbelievable energy. he suffered frostbite (冻疮) , ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪撬) up and over rocky icesaunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the north pole, and he s skied more of the north pole by himself than any other british man. his old playmates would not believe the change.next october, saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of antarctica to the south pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.1. what change happened to saunders after he was 15 years old? a. he became good at most sports. b. he began to build up his body. c. he joined a sports team. d. he made friends with a runnerm2. the underlined word exploits (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to _.a. journeys b. researches c. adventures d. operations3. which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to saunders?a. he ran his first marathon. b. he skied alone in the north pole. c. he rode his bike in a forest. d. he planned an adventure to the south role.a. acdb b. cdab c. acbd d. cabd4. what does the story mainly tell us about saunders?a. he is a success in sports. . b. he is the best british skier. c. he is ridgway s favorite student. d. he is a good instructor at school.参考答案 1-4 bcda it s 2035. you have a job, a family and you re about 40 years old. welcome to your future life.getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. turn red, you say. your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you re 40. you look much younger. with amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. you re not even middle-aged!as you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, to lose weight, you shouldnt eat that, from your shoes. they read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. you decide to listen to your shoes. kitchen, what can i have for breakfast? a list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies. ready for your trip to space? you ask your son and daughter. in 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space and very few of them. today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. your best friend even works in space. handing your children three strawberries each, you add, the doctor said you need these for space travel. thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. with the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.it s time for you to go to work. your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. my office. autopilot, you command. your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. you sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. the latest news downloads and fills the viewer. looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it5. what changes the color of your shirt?a. the mirror. b. the shirt itself. c. the counter. d the medicine.6. how do the shoes know that you shouldnt eat the breakfast cereal?a. by pouring the breakfast into a bowl. b. by listening to the doctor s advice. c. by testing the food supplies in the kitchen; d. by checking the nutrition details of the food.7. the strawberries the children eat serve as _a. breakfast b. lunch c. vaccines d. nutrition8. how is the text organized? a. in order of time. b. in order of frequency.c. in order of preference. d. in order of importance参考答案 5-8 bdca 【甘肃省天水市一中2013模拟】d when a dirty and untidy orange cat showed up in the prison yard，i was one of the first to go out there and pet iti hadnt touched a cat or a dog in over 20 yearsi spent at least 20 minutes，knelt down behind the kitchen as the cat rolled around，relaxedwhat he was expressing outwardly, i was feeling inwardlyit was an amazing bit of grace to feel him under my hand and note that i was reaching a life or another creature with something as simple as my care over the next few days，there were other prisoners responding to the catevery yard period，a group of prisoners gathered therethey stood around talking and taking turns petting the catthese were guys you wouldnt usually find talking to each otherseveral times i saw an officer in the group，not chasing people away, but just watching and seeming to enjoy along with the prisonersbowls of milk and water appeared along with bread, wisely placed under the edge of the dustbin to keep the birds from getting it the cat was obviously homeless and in pretty bad shapepeople said that the cat came to the right placehes getting treated like a kingthis was truebut as 1 watched 1 was also thinking about what the cat was doing for usthere was a lot of talk about whats wrong with prisons in americawe need more programswe need more psychologists(心理学家) or treatment of various kindssome may even talk about making prisons more kindbut i think what we really need is a chance to practise our own kindnessnot receive it，but give itafter more than two decades here，i know kindness is not a value thats encouragedits often seen as a weakness instead，the culture encourages keeping your head down，minding your own business，and never letting yourself be weakthe cat did my heart good to see the effect he had on me and the men hereby simply saying，“ i need some help here ”，he did something important for ushe needed usand we needed to be neededi believe we all do46from the passage，we can learn that the author was aan animal protector bthe cat owner ca prison officer da prisoner47which of the following statements is true? athe cat was dirty because it was kept in prison bthe officer in the prison enjoyed petting the cat cthe prisoners prepared food for both the cat and birds dthe author realized the importance of practising kindness48we can infer from the third paragraph that ashowing love to others can make prisoners strong bthe american prison culture will be improved cthe author is not content with the prison culture dcaring for others is encouraged in american prisons49what is the best title for the passage? acaring makes us human bprison culture is important canimals need care deveryone needs to be cared for50. in paragraph 2，the author mentioned that “several times i saw an officer in the group，not chasing people away, but just watching and seeming to enjoy along with the prisoners”to ashow us the officer and prisoners get along well with each otherbshow us the american prison culture does need improvementcshow us the officer and prisoners all like catdshow us the american prison culture is great【参考答案】47-50 ddcab阅读理解police today stepped up a murder probe（调查）after a father was killed by a gang. they attacked him with an axe. john purcell, 40, suffered fatal injuries in the incident in easterhouse, glasgow on saturday evening moments after he had said goodbye to his children. his youngest son john, 11, was being comforted by his mum elizabeth malcolm after witnessing the street horror. the father-of-three was attacked around 10:30 in easterhouse road. young john said, “my father was struck from behind with something that looked like a chopper.” john, his sister danielle, 15, and brother william, 19, have been left devastated and placed a floral tribute（葬礼献花）at the attack scene in memory of their dad. elizabeth malcolm said, “we are all in shock about what had happened. when he left here he usually turned left down the road, but for some reason on saturday he went in the opposite direction which is where the gang members always hang out.” “we have been apart for a number of years, but john always remained close to his children and this has hit them hard,” she said. police officers initially sealed off the area for forensic（法医的） examination but later allowed his relatives to lay flowers. following a post-mortem（尸检报告）, mr. purcells death is being treated as murder. he had been taken by ambulance to glasgow royal hospital but died from his severe injuries. detective chief inspector john riggans, who is leading the investigation, appealed for witnesses to come forward and said, “inquiries are at an early stage and we are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the attack scene for the moment.”9.which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. john purcell was attacked around 10:30 pm in easterhouse road.b. john purcell had three children, but he did not live with them.c. before the murder, john purcell went out and turned left down the road.d. detective chief inspector john riggans did not catch the murderer.10.what can we infer from the passage?a. john purcell lived with his wife elizabeth malcolm before the murder.b. john, as well as his sister and brother, loved john purcell deeply.c. john purcell was attacked by a gang with a gun.d. detective chief inspector john riggans did nothing but wait.11.the word “devastated” in the third paragraph probably means_.a. upset b. indifferent c. sorrowful d. disappointed12. what is the best title of the passage?a. an unbelievable tragedy. b. fathers love.c. a great detective. d. the conflict between wife and husband.参考答案 9-12 cbca 13-16 bcda 阅读理解 its pigs hometownthe story happened during the second world war. an old man lived in a small town of germany. he had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. after the war had begun, his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights. the old man was very sad. he didnt have enough food and was often hungry. and nobody helped him and he didnt know how to go on living.it was a very cold winter night. the old man couldnt go to sleep. he had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen. he had to get up and began to run in the room until he lay down on the floor. the next morning he had to beg from door to door. he had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldnt give him anything. he was too hungry to go to another village. he thought hard and found a way. he came to a police station and called out, “hitler is a foolish pig!”out came an old policeman at once. he took the old man into a room, gave him some bread and a cup of tea. then he said, “dont say so in our village, sir!”“im sorry, sir,” said the old man. “i dont know its hitlers home town.” “no, no, sir,” the policeman said in a hurry. “its pigs hometown!” 1. the old m