南昌市高考英语二轮阅读理解限时训练精品题（13）(1).doc

南昌市2014高考英语阅读理解二轮限时训练精品题（13）及答案阅读下列短文，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】atess was eight years old. her little brother andrew was very sick and their parents were completely out of money. she heard daddy say to her tearful mother, only amiracle can save him now.tess took her money and made her way six blocks to rexalls drug store.and what do you want? the chemist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. im talking to my brother from chicago whom i havent seen for ages.well, i want to talk to you about my brother, tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. hes really sick. he has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. so how much does a miracle cost?we dont sell miracles here, little girl. im sorry but i cant help you, the chemist said, softening a little.listen, i can help you. the chemists brother was a well-dressed man. he asked tess, what kind of miracle does your brother need?i dont know, tess replied. mommy says he needs an operation. but my daddy cant pay for it, so i want to use my money.how much do you have? asked the man from chicago. one dollar and eleven cents, tess answered. and its all the money i have, but i can get some more, if i need to.well，what a coincidence (巧合), smiled the man. a dollar and eleven cents the exact price of a miracle for your little brother. take me to where you live. lets see if 1 have the kind of miracle you need.that man was dr. carlton armstrong, a surgeon in neurosurgery (神经外科). the operation was completed without charge and it wasnt long until andrew was home again and doing welltess smiled. she knew exactly how much a miracle cost one dollar and eleven cents plus the faith of a little child.56. what can we learn from the first paragraph?a. tesss brother would recover because there was a miracle.b. tesss brother would die because his family had no money to treat his illness.c. tesss family would look for a miracle to treat andrews illness.d. andrew should go to hospital for a miracle.57. why did the chemist get annoyed first？a. because he was a nervous manb. because tess didnt buy his medicine.c. because tess had bothered him and his brother.d. because tess was poorly dressed.58. what can we learn about dr. carlton armstrong?a. he was a stonehearted man.b. he cared for only a little money.c. he never helped others unless given a lot of money d. he was a kind gentleman and ready to help others.59. what can be the best title？a. a dying boy and her sister b. a miracle of $ 1.10c. a kind doctor and his brother d. a poor girl and a doctor56. b. 细节推断题。由第一段可知父亲对儿子的病感到无能为力。57. c. 细节理解题。由第三段的对话内容可知。58. d. 细节推断题。由全文内容可知。59. b. 主旨大意题。全文主要讲述了一个奇迹的发生。【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】bin the united states, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. and even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. that is what keeping up with the joneses is about. it is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.the expression was first used in 1913 by a young american called arthur momand. he told this story about himself. he began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. that was a lot of money in those days. he got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood. when he saw that rich people rode horses, momand went horseback riding every day. when he saw that rich people had servants. momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. it was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. the race ended for momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. they had to move back to an apartment in new york city. momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. he saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. he called it keeping up with the joneses because jones is a very common name in the united states. keeping up with the joneses came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. momands series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.people never seem to get tired of keeping up with the joneses. and there are joneses in every city of the world. but one must get tired of trying to keep up with the joneses because no matter what one does, mr. jones always seems to be ahead.60. some people want to keep up with the joneses because they _.a. want to be as rich as their neighborsb. want others to know or to think that they are richc. dont want others to know they are richd. want to be happy61. it can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _.a. live outside new york city b. live in new york cityc. live in apartments d. live with many neighbors62. whats the authors attitude to keeping up with the joneses?a. negative. b. positive. c. supportive. d. objective. 60. b. 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知。61. a. 细节推断题。由第二段第5句和最后一句可知。62. a. 观点态度题。由最后一段最后一句可知。较难题目特训：介绍说明类for five days, edmontons downtown park is transformed into one huge stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves. since its beginning in 1980, the edmonton folk music festival has been commemorating (纪念) the true feeling of what folk music is all about and thats the traditional togetherness (友爱) that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through song. this year will be the sixth year when volunteer riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. “people coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation,” riedel said. “its really easy to relax, and its great seeing family and friends have fun together.” these families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. people who take pleasure in blues are there, so are people who love bluegrass. this festival does its best to develop everyones musical interests. with so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible. there are free water stations throughout the venue (举办地) for people to fill up their travel cups. when people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back. the festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. but with big names such as van morrison and jakob dylan, its easy to see how that was going to happen. there is no parking area during the festival, so using the park & ride system or edmonton transit is highly recommended. a bike lock-up area is provided and will be available thursday until sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close. the edmonton folk music festival begins on wednesday, aug. 4 with van morrison playing the special donation fund (基金) concert, and will finish up on sunday, aug. 8. 1. the edmonton folk music festival is held mainly to.a. gather people with different musical tastesb. remind people of the real sense of folk musicc. exhibit the good voices of great talents in folk musicd. collect old stories of folk music2. which of the following is true according to the passage? a. riedel has volunteered for the festival for at least 5 years.b. its hard for people to appreciate blues. c. it costs people a little to fill up their cups from water stations.d. people have to pay $2 for a plate of food.3. we can learn from the passage that.a. people can get tickets easily for the festivalb. the edmonton folk music festival is well organizedc. driving ones own car to the festival is highly recommendedd. bikes are available at the festival from wednesday to sunday4. what would be the best title for this passage? a. folk music of blues b. one festival for allc. festival for family gathering d. edmontons downtown park【参考答案】41.1-4 babb社会生活类-2012广东卷 sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers. an attraction of sport programs for the major u. s. media companies is that events are often held on saturday and sunday afternoonsthe slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. this means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming. media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. the people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. they also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance. golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. these sports attract few viewers, and the ratings (收视率) are unusually low. however, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. it is made up of people from the highest income groups in the united states, including many lawyers and business managers. this is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling highpriced cars, business and personal computers, and holiday trips. this is also why the networks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings. advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach highincome consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computers. with such viewers, these programs dont need high ratings to stay on the air. 41. television sport programs on weekend afternoons _. aresult in more sport events bget more viewers to play sports cmake more people interested in television dbring more money to the television networks42. why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs? abecause there would be few viewers. bbecause the advertisers would be off work. cbecause television programs would go slowly. dbecause viewers would pay less for watching television.43. in many families, men make decisions on _. aholiday trips bsports viewing ctelevision shopping dexpensive purchases44. the ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because _. atheir advertisers are carmakers btheir viewers are attracted by sports ctheir advertisers target at rich people dtheir viewers can afford expensive cars45. what is the passage mainly about? atelevision ratings are determined by male viewers. brich viewers contribute most to television companies. csports are gaining importance in advertising on television. dcommercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events.【要点综述】本文讲述的是通过在星期六和星期日的下午播放一些电视节目来吸引那些高收入的人来看，给广告带来了极大的效益。说明体育在电视广告中起着很重要的作用。41. d细节理解题。由文章的“sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies.”看出在这个时段做体育广告会给电视台赚很多的钱。故选d。42. a细节理解题。从第二段看出在这个时段看电视人很少，所以是dead time。故选a。43. d细节理解题。从第三段many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.看出在美国家庭男士在购买贵重物品上做决定。故选d。44. c细节理解题。根据第四段的内容“however, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. it is made up of people from the highest income groups”可推知不是为了让他们看高尔夫这些运动的，而是为了吸引这些高收入的人。也就是说“他们面对的都是一些富人”。故选c。45. c主旨大意题。文章开篇点题，讲的是通过在星期六和星期日的下午播放一些电视节目来吸引那些高收入的人来看，给广告带来了极大的效益。说明体育在电视广告中起着很重要的作用。故选c。阅读理解the board meeting had come to an end. bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. “how embarrassing! i am getting so clumsy in my old age.”everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. it came around to frank who sat quietly listening to the others. someone said, “come on, frank. tell us your most embarrassing moment.”frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. “i grew up in san pedro. my dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. he had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. he worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. not just enough for our family, but also for his mom and dad and the other kids that were still at home.”he looked at us and said, “i wish you could have met my dad. he was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. when you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. he would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. his rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. no matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.”franks voice dropped a bit. “when the weather was bad he would drive me to school. he had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. that truck was older than he was. it would wheeze and rattle down the road. you could hear it coming for blocks. as he would drive toward the school, i would shrink (畏缩) down into the seat hoping to disappear. half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch (喷出) a cloud of smoke. he would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. it was so embarrassing for me. here, i was twelve years old, and my dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!”he paused and then went on, “i remember the day i decided i was too old for a goodbye kiss. when we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. he started to lean toward me, but i put my hand up and said, “no, dad.” it was the first time i had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. i said, “dad, im too old for a goodbye kiss. im too old for any kind of kiss.” my dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. then he turned and looked out the windshield. “ youre right,” he said. “ you are a big boy.a man. i wont kiss you anymore.”frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. “it wasnt long after that when my dad went to sea and never came back. it was a day when most of the fleet (船队) stayed in, but not dad. he had a big family to feed. they found his boat adrift with