广东省2014高考英语二轮复习 专项训练 阅读理解三十六

1 阅读理解阅读理解 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 A I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of In fact I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives 观点 by creating worlds we could step into take part in and live in With this unshakable belief I at fourteen decided to become a writer Here too reading became useful Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say but being unable to find the right ways to say it He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world He cannot write without loving to read because only through reading other people s writing can one discover what works what doesn t and in the end together with lots of practice what voice he has Now I am in college and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction 文学作品 As a law student my reading is in fact limited to subject matter the volume 量 of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road all from the comfort of my own armchair to experience though secondhand exciting experiences that I wouldn t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime 1 What can be inferred about the author as a child A He never watched TV B He read what he had to C He found reading unbelievable 2 D He considered reading part of his life 2 The underlined word voice in the second paragraph most probably means A an idea B a sound quality C a way of writing D a world to write about 3 What effect does reading have on the author A It helps him to realize his dream B It opens up a wider world for him C It makes his college life more interesting D It increases his interest in worldwide travel 4 Which of the following can be the best title of this text A Why do I read B How do I read C What do I read D When do I read 语篇解读 本篇文章是记叙文 作者通过自己的亲身体验 讲述读书使人形成自己的独立 观点 读书使人开扩视野的重要作用 1 答案 D 考点 细节理解题 解析 根据首段第一二句 I grew up in a house with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing 可知作者是在一个以书为伴的环境中长大的 读书像呼吸那样已经成为生活必 需 2 答案 C 考点 词义推测题 解析 根据文中 but being unable to find the right ways to say it He has to find his own 可以推断出 voice 所表达的意思是 写作方式 3 3 答案 B 考点 细节理解题 解析 由文章的最后一句 It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road all from the comfort of my own armchair to experience though secondhand exciting experiences that I wouldn t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime 可得出答案 4 答案 A 考点 主旨大意题 解析 文章作者主要以自己的亲身体验讲述读书的 重要性 因此 Why do I r ead 我为什么读书 作题目最佳 B Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy but this one is clean and cool Fox Point is a very new47 unit living building in South Bronx one of the city s poorest areas Two thirds of the people living there are formerly 以前 homeless people whose rent is paid by the government The rest are low income families The boiler room has special equipment which produces energy for electricity and heat It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air reducing carbon emissions 碳排放 while also cutting costs Fox Point is operated by Palladian a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people Palladian received support from Enterprise Community Partners ECP which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers ECP has created national standards for healthy environmentally 环境方面 clever and affordable homes which are called the Green Communities Standards These standards include water keeping energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2 which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy Michael Bloomberg New York s mayor plans to create 165 000 affordable 4 housing units for500 000 New Yorkers Almost 80 of New York City s greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings and 40 of those are caused by housing So he recently announced that the city s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development DHPD whose duty is to develop and keep the city s supply of affordable housing will require all its new projects to follow ECP s green standards Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver but New York s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country 1 What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph A To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people B To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas C To show how the environment friendly building works D To compare old and new boiler rooms 2 What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards A Lower running costs B Costing less in construction C Less air to be lost in hot days D Better prices for homeless people 3 It can be learned from the text that A New York City is seriously polluted B people s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City C a great number of people in New York City don t have houses to live in D some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City 4 What is the main purpose of this text A To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems B To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing 5 C To ask society to help h