高考英语 阅读理解系列训练（3）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练（3）及答案解析第三部分：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安徽省皖南高三联合测评)a spiraling (成螺旋形的) tower made from thousands of books in dozens of languages is the later landmark in buenos aires, named the world book capital this year.called the tower of babel, the 25meter high tower by argentine artist marta minujin is made from 30,000 books, donated by readers, libraries and more than 50 embassies.climbing up its seven floors, visitors to the tower hear music composed by minujin and the voice of the artist repeating the word “book” in scores of languages.“building this tower is really a wonder，” minujin said, standing before the structure as curious passersby looked at a downtown city square.“a hundred years from now, people will saythere was a tower of babel in argentina.and it didnt need translation because art needs no translation.”minujin, who worked with us artist andy warhol, built a fullscale mode of the parthenon in buenos aires in 1983, using books banned by the military dictatorship (专政) that ended that year.this years book tower marks buenos aires naming as the 2011 world book capital by the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization (unesco)“weve been laying books for 10 days straight，” said sebastian atienza, 26, who works for the company that built the tower under minujins command. “but its worth it. its where all languages come together.”when the exhibit ends later this month, minujin said literature lovers will be allowed to come and pick one book each. the rest will be brought down to start a new archive (档案馆) that has already been named the library of babel, the name of a story by argentinas most famous author, jorge luis borges.56according to the passage, the tower of babel_.ais made from 30,000 books from nearly 50 countriesbis designed by american artist matte minujincwill hold the book exhibition for 10 daysdhas a height of twentyfive meters答案：d细节分析题。从第一段第二句“called the tower of babel, the 25meter high tower.”可知。57after the book exhibition, most books will be_.a. handed out among visitors b. donated to unescoc. sent to argentinas new archive d. bought by jorge luis borges答案：c细节分析题。从最后一段第二句“the rest will be brought down to start a new archive(档案馆) that has already been named the library of babel”可知。58the passage is probably taken from a(n)_a. advertisement b. tourism guide c. textbook d. newspaper答案：d推理判断题。文章主要讲述了阿根廷的“通天书塔”，材料新颖，很可能出现在报纸上。*结束 (2012稳派教育新课改质检)my husband and i have always been friendly with the clerks at the local convenience store where we often get gasoline. i dont think people appreciate what a difficult job these folks have sometimes. they work for a little over minimum wage and i often wonder how they make ends meet.one of the clerks, “charlie，” was missing her glasses one day. i commented on it and she said theyd been broken and that she couldnt afford a new pair. it was obvious that she was having a difficult time.we wondered how we could help, so turned to our own eye doctor for assistance with a plan. we had his secretary contact her, asking her to come in for an eye exam free of charge. we told the doctor to let her order whatever glasses she wanted and that we would pay for them. although charlie questioned what was going on, the doctor just told her that someone had anonymously(用匿名的方式) donated the money for her new glasses. when we went in to pay the bill, the doctor told us he was so touched by our idea that he waived the exam fee and only charged us for half the price of the glasses!it was so wonderful to see charlie in her new glasses and she enjoyed telling all the regular customers how it came about. im sure that upon hearing her story, ideas of kindness may have emerged in the minds of many. she will never know who the gift was from and i hope the idea that good guys really do get a break sometimes was planted for her. 文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者帮助自己常去的便利店中的职员买了一副新眼镜的故事。59why didnt the clerk “charlie” wear glasses one day?a. a pair of glasses was too expensive for him.b. her old glasses were broken. c. her glasses were missing.d. she forgot to wear glasses.答案：b细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“i commented on it and she said theyd been broken.”可知，b项是正确的。60from the passage, we can infer that_.acharlie was a young man bcharlie knew who donated money for the new glassescthe charlies income was very little dcharlie must be nearsighted答案：c推理判断题。根据第一段第三句的“they work for a little over minimum wage and i often wonder how they make ends meet.”可知，charlie作为该便利店的一员，工资只能比最低收入多一点。故c项是正确的。而d项文中并未提及，故排除；根据第三段的“.asking her to come in for an eye exam free of charge.”可知，charlie是女性，故a项错；由最后一段的“she will never know who the gift was from.”可知，b项也不对。61the underlined word “waived” in the third paragraph can be replaced by_.a. gave up b. took upc. cut downd. put off 答案：a词义猜测题。根据下文的“.and only charged us for half the price of the glasses！”可知，医生因我们的行为而备受感动，因此没有索要检查费并且仅向我们要了眼镜的一半的费用。故可知a项正确。短语give up“放弃”；take up“从事，占据”；cut down“削减”；put off“推迟”。62the best title of the passage should be_.a. the wonderful feeling of helping othersb. customers gift to an employeec. a friendly clerkcharlied. a new pair of glasses答案：b主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了一位常去当地便利店的顾客看到一位职员眼镜坏了，却买不起一副新的眼镜，从而产生要帮助她的想法。并通过自己眼科医生的帮助给这位职员买了一副新的眼镜的故事。故选b项。*结束*结束*结束authorities did not release the gunmans name, but peters said he had no record of police contact or an arrest record while attending northern illionois.dekalb county coroner（验尸官）dennis j. miller on friday released the identities of the four victims who died in the county: daniel parmenter, 20, of westchester; catalina garcia, 20, of cicero; ryannemace, 19, of carpenters-ville; and julianna gehant, 32, of meridan.“two other victims died after being transferred to hospitals in other counties,” miller said. witnesses said the gunman, dressed in black and wearing a stocking cap, emerged from behind a screen on the stage of 200-seat cole hall and opened fire just as the class was about to end around 3 pm.officials said 162 students were registered for the class but it was unknown how many were there on thursday.allyse jerome, 19, a sophomore（大二学生）from shunmburg, said the gunman burst through a stage door and pulled out a gun.“honestly, at first everyone thought it was a joke,” jerome said. everyone hit the floor, she said. then she got up and ran, but tripped. she said she felt like “an open target.”“he couldve decided to get me,” jerome said on friday. “i thought for sure he was gonna get me.”lauren carr said she was sitting in the third row when she saw the shooter walk through a door on the right-hand side of the stage, pointing a gun straight ahead.“i personally army-crawled halfway up the aisle（通道）,” said carr, a 20-year-old sophomore. “i said i could get up and run or i could die here.” she said a student in front of her was bleeding, “but he just kept running.”more than a hundred students cried and hugged as they gathered outside the phi kappa alpha house early friday morning to remember dan parmenter, who was one of those killed.67which of the following is true according to the passage? aeveryone thought it was a joke when the gunman appeared in front of them.bpeters had no record of police contact or an arrest record while attending northern illionois.c162 students were attending a lecture when the gunman emerged from behind the screen.dthe gunman opened fire as soon as the class came to an end.68how many people were shot to death according to the passage?a4b6c8d16269the following are not witnesses except .apetersbdennis j. millercdan parmenterdlauren carr70what is the best title of the passage?awitnesses tell of horrible experienceba cruel shooterc162 killed in an accidentdan unkown gunman67-70、/abda *结束第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳答案。aa study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. the findings, the first in a series of reports from natwest that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.university tuition fees(学费) are currently capped at 3,000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.in the research, the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 percent failed to identify the cheapest. the young people also predicted that they would be earning on average 31,000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just 17,815. the teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than 10,000. average debts for graduates are 12,363.stephen moir, head of community investment at the royal bank of scotland group which owns natwest, said, “the more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively.”ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. they have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. nikki fairweather, aged 15, from st helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.56. which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?a. students understand personal finances differently.b. university tuition fees in england have been rising.c. teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.d. the students payback ability has become a major issue.57. the phrase “to raise the ceiling” in paragraph 2 probably means “_”.a. to raise the students loansb. to improve the school facilitiesc. to increase the upper limit of the tuitiond. to life the school building roofs58. according to stephen moir, students _.a. are too young to be exposed to financial issuesb. should learn to manage their finances wellc. should maintain a positive attitude when facing loansd. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance59. what can we learn from the passage?a. many british teenagers do not know money matters well.b. teenagers in britain are heavily burdened with debts.c. financial planning is a required course at college.d. young people should become responsible adults.56-aadc *结束 we let ourselves believe that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another. then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough and that all will be well when they are older. then we are frustrated because they reach teenage years and we must deal with them. surely well be happier when they grow out of the teen years. we tell ourselves our life will be better when our spouse (配偶) gets his/her act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a vacation, when we finally retire. the truth is that there is no better time to be happy than right now. if not, then when? your life will always be full of challenges. it is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy in spite of it all. for the longest time, it seemed that life was about to startreal life. but there were always some obstacles along the way, an ordeal (苦难) to get through, some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be paid. then life would start. i finally realized that those obstacles were part of life. little by little, that point of view also helped me see that there isnt any road to happiness. happiness is the road. so, enjoy every moment. and keep in mind