高考英语 阅读理解巩固练习（20）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解巩固练习（20）及答案（三） 2013安徽省级示范高中名校联考switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013，and the us is just 16th. a new study made by the economist intelligence unit says american babies will have a dimmer future than those born in hong kong，ireland and even canada. the eiu，a sister company of the economist，tried to measure how well countries will provide the best opportunities for a healthy，safe and prosperous life in years to come.people born in switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life judged in terms of wealth，health and trust in public institutions，according to the analysis. the scandinavian countries of norway，sweden and denmark also all make the top five in a qualityoflife index(指数)highlighting where it is best to be born next year.one of the most important factors is being rich，but other factors come into playincluding crime，trust in public institutions and the health of family life. in total，the index takes into account 11 factors. these include fixed factors such as geography，others that change slowly over time such as demography (人口统计学)，social and cultural characteristics, and the state of the world economy. the index also looks at income per head in 2030，which is roughly when children born in 2013 will reach adulthood. small economies take up the top 10 countries，with australia coming second and new zealand and the netherlands not too far behind.half of the top 10 countries are european，but only one，the netherlands，is from the eurozone. the crisisridden south of europe，including greece，portugal and spain，falls behind despite the advantage of a favourable climate. interestingly，the largest european economiesgermany，france and britaindo not do particularly well. nigeria has the unenviable(不值得羡慕的)title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.11according to the passage，the happiest people live in_adenmark bswitzerlandcgermany dnigeria12the factors of telling the best place to be born dont include_aeconomy bgeographyctrust in public institutions dpollution13which of the following is true according to the text?athe economist intelligence unit is a company.bthe economist attempted to measure the best place to live.cthe scandinavian countries are hardly at the top of the list.dhalf of the top 10 countries are from the eurozone.14the purpose of the text is to show people_.athe best place to be born in 2013ba new study made by the eiucthe worst country to be born in 2013dthe factors of measuring the best place to be born【语篇导读】 本文主要通过经济学人智库对国家的幸福指数的研究得出在瑞士出生的人是最幸福的，生活质量也最高，而挪威、瑞典和丹麦这几个斯堪的纳维亚国家也跻身前五名。11. b细节理解题。 根据文章第一段“switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013”和第二段“people born in switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life”可知，一般来说，在瑞士出生的人是最幸福的，其生活质量也最高。故答案为b项。12. d细节理解题。根据文章第二段中对于判断最佳居住地的因素介绍可知，没有提到“污染”的问题。故答案为d项。13. a推理判断题。根据文章第一段中“the eiu, a sister company of the economist”可知经济学人智库是一家公司。故a项正确。14. b主旨大意题。本文的目的是展示经济学人智库的研究结果，而其他三个选项只是其中的一个部分，不能作为文章的目的。故答案为b项。 some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. others say that the opposite is true that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. there is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the olympic games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the games were also destroyed by incidents caused mainly by minor national competition. one country received its secondplace medals with visible anger after the hockey final. there had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers objected to the final decisions. they were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents victory was unfair .their manager was quite angry when he said: “this wasnt hockey. hockey and the international hockey federation are finished.” the president of the federation said later that such behavior could result in the disorder of the team for at least three years. the american basketball team announced that they would not give up first place to russia, after a disputable end to their contest. the game had ended in disturbance. it was thought at first that the united states had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. a russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. it was the first time the u.s.a. had ever lost an olympic basketball match. experts discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. the american players then voted not to receive the silver medals.incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. the suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national terms, might be too much to hope for. but in the present organization of the olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism.9. according to the author, recent olympic games have _.a. created goodwill between the nationsb. caused only false national pridec. hardly showed any international friendshipd.led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred10. what did the manager mean by saying,“.hockey and the international hockey federation are finished”?a. his team would no longer take part in international games.b. hockey and the federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.c. there should be no more hockey matches organized by the federation.d. the federation should not exist.11. the basketball example implied that _.a. too much patriotism was shown in the incidentb. the announcement to make the match long was wrongc. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decisiond. the american team was right in receiving the silver medals12. what conclusion can be drawn from the passage?a. the organization of the olympic games must be improved.b. athletes should compete as individuals in the olympic games.c. sport should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game. d. international contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations.参考答案-912、 cb aal developing your spoken english: the natural approach financial express - dec 24,2005 there lived a man in a village. like any other village in bangladesh, speaking in english was considered a great quality in his village. however, he went to england for a visit. when he returned to his village, someone wanted to know how the people of london were like. amazing! he said.l world health organization praises oecs secretariat for drug procurement rednova - dec 26,2005text of report by caribbean media corporation news agency website on 26 december castries, st lucia: an official from the world health organization (who) has given the organization of eastern caribbean states (oecs) secretariat high marks for its ability to handle quality assurance matters relating to the procurement of drugs for the people of the sub-region.l indian ocean tsunami: a remembrance voice of america - dec 26,2005today, december 26, indian ocean nations are marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly tsunami that crashed into two continents to cause unimaginable death and destruction. l wind-driven grass fires kill one in texasdec.28,2005cross plains, texas - rancher dean dillard was able to save his 72-year-old mothers home from grass fires by soaking the land around it. but many of his neighbors werent as lucky.l russian rocket puts european satellite galileo into planned orbit rednova dec.28,2005the first satellite of the european system of global positioning, galileo, launched from the russian baykonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan on 28 december, has been successfully put into planned orbit with the help of a russian soyuz-fg rocket carrier, russian news agency itar-tass reported the same day, quoting roskosmos, the russian federal space agency.l u.n. official: iraqi elections credible dec.28,2005baghdad, iraq - a united nations official said wednesday that iraqs recent parliamentary elections, which have given a strong lead to the shiite religious bloc dominating the current government, were credible and that there was no justification in calls for a rerun.13. which of the following statements is true? a. people in bangladesh like to practice speaking english in london. b. indian ocean tsunami happened on dec.26, 2005. c. many of the ranchers neighbors lost their homes in the grass fires. d. according to the un, iraqs recent elections were dominated by the shiite religious bloc and are incredible. 14. from the above news items, we know that _. a. many of the ranchers neighbors died unluckily in the grass fires. b. indian ocean tsunami occurred in the two continents. c. the natural approach has developed the spoken english efficiently. d. oecs has now been able to handle quality assurance matters about the drug procurement15. “galileo” is _. a. a man-made satelliteb. a russian rocket c. a spaceship launched from russiad. a european manned satellite16. the above pieces of news _. a. are us national newsb. come from europe c. happened in indian oceand. cover the globe参考答案-1316、cdad “family” is of course an elastic word. but when british people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of “family” in its narrow, peculiarly european sense. mother, father and children live together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. thus, at the beginning of a new and independent family, every british marriage indicates the extreme importance of marriage in british life. for both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving ones parents and starting ones own life. the mans first duty will then be to his wife, and the wifes to her husband. he will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. neither the wifes parents nor the husbands, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere(干涉)with themthey are their own masters. readers of novels like jane austens pride and prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girls parents, that is, it was the parents duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. it is very different today. most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. this has had two results. a girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.17. what does the author mean by “family is of course an elastic word”?a. different families have different ways of life.b. different definitions could be given to the word.c. different nations have different families.d. different times produce different families.18. for an english family, the husbands duty is _.a. supporting the family while the wife is financialb. defending the family while the wife is running the homec. financial while the wife is running the homed. independent while the wife is dependent19. what is true about the book pride and prejudice?a. it is the best book on marriage.b. it is a handbook of marriage.c. it gives quite some idea of english social life in the past.d. it provides a lot of information of former-time wealthy families.20. with regard to marriage in britain, present-day girls differ from former-time girls in_.a. the marriage form b. more parental supportc. the way of choosing husbands d. social position参考答案-17-20、 bccc boys schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (阳刚), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform to a stereotype, a us study says.boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the boy code of hiding their emotions to be a real man.the findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.tony little, headmaster of the british boys-only school, eton, warned that boys were being failed by the british education system because it had become too focused on girls. he criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.the research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.but in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the studys author, abigail james, of the university of virginia.teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with boy-focused approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. because boys generally have more acute vision learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given hands-on lessons where they are allowed to walk around, james found.single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to conform to a stereotype that men should be masterful and in charge in relationships. in mixed schools boys feel compelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means, the study reported. 31. the author believes that a single-sex school _.a. forces boys to hide their emotions to be real menb. helps to cultivate masculine aggressiveness