高考英语阅读理解抓分训练（53）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练（53）及答案阅读理解（201*陕西卷）cin early autumn i applied for applied for admission to college. i wanted to go nowhere but to cornell university,but my mother fought strongly againsnst it. when she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of cornell,she tore it up.“you cant say its not a great university,just because papa went there.”“thats not it at all.and it is a top university.”she was still holding the pieces in her hand. “but we cant afford to send you to college.”“i wouldnt dream of asking you for money.do you want me to get a job to help suppont you and papa?things arent that bad,are they?”“no,”she said. “i dont expect you to help support us.”father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop,his chief customers were his old college friends.to get new customers,my mother had to help.she picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women,so that she cound get to know more people. whether those people would turn into customers was another question. i knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment (投资) could show returns.whats more ,they had not wanted enough to be roch and successful ；otherwise they cound not possibly have managed their lives so badly.i was torn between the desave to help them and change,their lives,and the determinstion not to repeat their mistakes.i had a strong belief in my power to go what i wanted.after months of hard study i won a full college scholarship（奖学金）.my father could hardly contain his pride in me,and my mother eventually gave in before my success.53.the author was not allowed to go to cornell university mainly because【d】a. his father grduated from the universityb. his mother did not thinks it a great universityc. his parents needed him to help support the familyd. his parents did not have enough money for him54.the father srarted his small shop with the money from .【c】a.a local league b.his universityc.his relatives d.his college friends55.why did the mother renew her membership in the league? 【a】a.to help with her husbands business b.to raise money for her sonc.to meet her long-forgotten friends d.to better manage her life56.according to the text,what was the author determined to do in that autumn? 【c】a. to get a well-paid job for himselfb. to improve relations with his motherc. to go to his dream universityd. to carry on with his fathers business第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a(2012河北省普高质检) thank you for your interest in volunteering with the city of melbournes tourism program.if you would like to receive an email advising you of the next recruitment session, please email tourism melbourne. . au.volunteering with tourism melbournevolunteers play a vital role in the city of melbournes tourism services. they provide information on melbourne to around two million visitors each year. their love and knowledge of the city and regional victoria adds to melbournes reputation as a friendly, welcoming and culturally vibrant(有活力的) city.the city of melbournes tourism branch generally conducts two volunteer recruitment intakes each year for the following tourism programs：city ambassadorsmelbourne visitor booth at bourke street mallmelbourne visitor centre at federation squaremelbourne greeter serviceplaces are limited and potential volunteers must participate in a selection process based around the following criteria. volunteers must be：passionate about melbournecustomer service focusedfamiliar with computer available for one fourhour shift (either morning or afternoon) each week for a minimum of one yearteam players who love meeting peopleable to demonstrate a commitment to the city of melbournes values (as outlined the online application)more informationto find out more about becoming a volunteer, contact us online or phone the city of melbournes volunteer project officer, tourism melbourne on (03) 9658 9658.for other volunteering opportunities, see national volunteer recruitment website go_volunteer.文章大意：你对成为墨尔本旅游志愿者感兴趣吗？墨尔本正在招聘旅游志愿者，看看你是不是符合条件呢？56where will you most probably read the above passage?a. in classified tourism advertisements.b. in a radio report of a tourism program.c. in a book review about volunteering.d. on a local government website.答案：d推理判断题。由第二段和最后一段可知，这是当地政府网站。57which of the following is not one of the qualifications for a volunteer?a. owning a drivers license.b. enjoying meeting persons.c. having computer skills. d. a fourhour period each week.答案：a细节理解题。由第七、八段文字可知，b、c、d三项都是志愿者必备的条件。58it can be inferred from the passage that_.athe programs recruitments take place every two yearsbgo volunteer offers information about melbournes volunteer programcif you know melbourne well, youre sure to be admitted as a tourism volunteerdeven though youre interested in the program, you cant be its member right now答案：d推理判断题。由文章最后两段可知，要成为志愿者，还要通过审核。a、b、c三项都不对。59what would be the best title for the passage?a. does volunteering pay back? b. welcome to the city of melbourne!c. tourism volunteer program d. interest and tourism volunteering答案：c主旨大意题。由文章大意，结合第一段可知。b(2012上海春招)frederic mishkin, whos been a professor at columbia business school for almost 30 years, is good at solving problems and expressing ideas. whether hes standing in front of a lecture hall or engaged in a casual conversation, his hands are always waving and pointing. when he was in graduate school, one of his professors was so annoyed by this constant gesturing that he made the young economist sit on his hands whenever he visited the professors office.it turns out, however, that mishkins professor had it exactly wrong. gesture doesnt prevent but promotes clear thought and speech. research demonstrates that the movements we make with our hands when we talk form a kind of second language, adding information thats absent from our words. its learnings secret code: gesture reveals what we know. it reveals what we dont know. whats more, the agreement (or lack of agreement) between what our voices say and how our hands move offers a clue to our readiness to learn.many of the studies establishing the importance of gesture to learning have been conducted by susan goldinmeadow, a professor of psychology at the university of chicago. “we change our minds by moving our hands，” writes goldinmeadow in a review of this work. particularly significant are what she calls “mismatches” between oral expression and physical gestures. a student might say that a heavier ball falls faster than a light one, for example, but make a gesture indicating that they fall at the same rate, which is correct. such differences indicate that were moving from one level of understanding to another. the thoughts expressed by hand motions are often our newest and most advanced ideas about the problem were working on; we cant yet absorb these concepts into language, but we can capture them in movement.goldinmeadows more recent work strews not only that gesture shows our readiness to learn, but that it actually helps to bring learning about. it does so in two ways. first, it elicits(引出) helpful behavior from others around us. goldinmeadow has found that adults respond to childrens speechgesture mismatches by adjusting their way of instruction. parents and teachers apparently receive the signal that children are ready to learn, and they act on it by offering a greater variety of problemsolving techniques. the act of gesturing itself also seems to quicken learning, bringing new knowledge into consciousness and aiding the understanding of new concepts. a 2007 study by susan wagner cook, an assistant professor of psychology at the university of iowa, reported that thirdgraders who were asked to gesture while learning algebra (代数) were nearly three times more likely to remember what theyd learned than classmates who did not gesture.文章大意：手势语对于我们的学习有着重要的意义。60according to paragraph 1, frederic mishkin was asked to sit on his hands because_.a. he could better express his ideas that wayb. he always pointed his finger at his professorc. his professor did not like his gesturingd. his gestures prevented his professor from thinking答案：c细节理解题。由第一段最后一句话“when he was in graduate school, one of his professors was so annoyed by this constant gesturing that he made the young economist sit on his hands whenever he visited the professors office.”可知，教授对他的学生的指手画脚的动作不满。61how is gesturing important in acquiring knowledge?ait draws tasteful responses from others and increases learning speed.bit promotes second language learning and quickens thinking.cit provides significant clues for solving academic problems.dit reduces students reliance on teachers instruction.答案：a细节理解题。由最后一段第六句话“the act of gesturing itself also seems to quicken learning, bringing new knowledge into consciousness and aiding the understanding of new concepts.”可知。62what can be inferred from the passage about gesturespeech mismatches?a. they can stimulate our creativity.b. instructors should make full use of them.c. teachers can hardly explain new concepts without them.d. they serve as a stepping stone to solving real life problems.答案：b推理判断题。由最后一段的介绍可知，老师、家长应该充分利用手势语。63what could be the best title of the passage?a. hand motions, a second language b. gesturing: signal of understandingc. new uses of gesturing d. the secret code of learning答案：d主旨大意题。纵观全文，讲述了手势语对于学习的重要意义。if your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a uk study said.though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their vegetables, the idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the american journal of clinical nutrition. thats because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked, said jane wardle, a researcher at university college london who worked on the study. verbal praise, such as “brilliant! youre a great vegetable taster,” did not work as well.the study found t hat when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable, it gradually changed their attitudes. the children were also willing to eat more of the vegetables-either carrots, celery, cucumber, red pepper, cabbage or sugar snap peas-in laboratory taste tests, the study said.researchers randomly assigned（分派）173 families to one of these groups. in one, parents used stickers to reward their children each time they took a tiny sample of a disliked vegetable. a second group of parents used verbal praise. the third group, where parents used no special vegetable-promoting methods, served as a “control”parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day of 12 days, soon after, children in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetables-and were willing to eat more in the research lab, going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12-day experience. the turnaround also seemed to last, with preschoolers in the sticker group still willing to eat more of the once disliked vegetable three months later.why didnt the verbal praise work? wardle said the parents words may have seemed “insincere” to their children.16the purpose of writing the passage is .ato introduce a practical method of making children eat vegetablesbto show the procedure of an experiment on childrens dietcto explain why children hate to eat vegetablesdto present a proper way of vernal praise to parents17the underlined word “backfire” in paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.ashoot from behind the backbmake a lire in the hackyardcproduce an unexpected resultdachieve what was planned18according to the passage, which of the following statements is true?amost children are born to dislike carrots or celery.bit remains a question whether rewarding is a good way to get children to eat vegetables.coral praise wokrs quite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables.dchildren in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables.19how did the researchers get their conclusion from the experiment?aby comparison.bby asking questions.cby giving examples,dby discussion.20what can we learn from the last paragraph?achildren like rewards, not verbal praise.bparents should praise their children in a sincere tone.cchildren are difficult to inspire.dparents should give up verbal praise.1617181920acbabthe new studies show that fewer than half of the 9th graders in many of the nations largest cities, can ever graduate. the studies clearly show that the dropout rate isnt dropping. and, in particular, the dropout rate isnt dropping for poor and minority students.amazingly, though so many regret the rising dropout rate, our schools continue to lack formal plans-or any plans-to teach students motivation(动机). most schools have no game plan to ensure that students understand that schooling will be completely necessary. schools expect youth and children to act as though schooling is important, but they never teach them to believe that.years ago, families ensured that thechildrenrecognized the value of schooling. but in many modern families, the children may fail to recognize the importance of school life just because these families may actually tell their children that school is not important. since many families are not motivating their children to be interested students, youth professionals, like teachers may need to provide this training. otherwise, it is likely the dropout rate will continue not to drop, but only worsen.here are some strategies to convince even the most apathetic (无动于衷的) students that they must stay in school.ask students if they will ever need to work: the world has changed. 100 years ago, factory work was the booming job, and it required no education. today, factories are increasingly automated. most computer-related jobs require education and at least a high school diploma.ask students which century they will be prepared for: in 1900, the most common jobs were farm laborer and domestic servanteducation not needed. now, the most common jobs are office and sales staffeducation and diploma usually needed. an amazing 6 out of 10 people today work in a store or office.ask students to devise a way that the employee could be replaced. for example, the coming trend in fast food is to use computers rather than people to run the restaurant. a prototype is apparently already being tested. the students should discover that most jobs that lack education and diploma requiremen