福建省漳州市2014高考英语一轮 阅读理解暑假训练题（2）

1 漳州市漳州市 20142014 高考英语 阅读理解 一轮暑假训练 高考英语 阅读理解 一轮暑假训练 2 2 答案 答案 In 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 can t say it s not a great university just because Papa went there That s not it at all And it is a top university She was still holding the pieces in her hand But we can t afford to send you to college I wouldn t dream of asking you for money Do you want me to get a job to help suppont you and Papa Things aren t that bad are they No she said I don t 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 What s 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 university B his mother did not thinks it a great university 2 C his parents needed him to help support the family D his parents did not have enough money for him 54 The father srarted his small shop with the money from C A a local league B his university C his relatives D his college friends 55 Why did the mother renew her membership in the league A A To help with her husband s business B To raise money for her son C To meet her long forgotten friends D To better manage her life 56 According to the text what was the author determined to do in that autumn C A To get a well paid job for himself B To improve relations with his mother C To go to his dream university D To carry on with his father s business 结束 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 In 1939 two brothers Mac and Dick McDonald started a drive in restaurant in San Bernadino California They carefully chose a busy corner for their location They had run their own businesses for years first a theater then a barbecue 烤肉 restaurant then another drive in But in their new operation they offered a new shortened menu French fries hamburgers and sodas To this small selection they added one new idea quick service no waiters or waitresses and no tips Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents Cheese was another four cents Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity 一致性 for the brothers had developed a strict routine 程序 for the preparation of their food and they insisted on their cooks sticking to their routine Their new drive in became surprisingly popular particularly for lunch People drove up by the 3 hundreds during the busy noontime The self service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954 when he was selling milkshake mixing machines He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers fast food restaurants and bought the right to franchise 特许经营 other copies of their restaurants The agreement included the right to duplicate 复制 the menu the equipment even their red and white buildings with the golden arches 拱门 Today McDonald s is really a household name In 1976 McDonald s had over l billion in total sales Its first twenty two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history 1 This passage mainly talks about A the development of fast food services B how McDonald s became a billion dollar business C the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald D Ray Kroc s business talent 2 Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except A a drive inB a theater C a cinemaD a barbecue restaurant 3 We may infer from this passage that A Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc B the place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive in C forty years ago there were lots of fast food restaurants D Ray Kroc was a good businessman 4 The passage suggests that A creativity is an important element of business success B Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers C Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc 4 D California is the best place to go into business A BCDA 结束 B HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORT Form Teacher G Baker Pupil s Name Simon Watkins Term Summer 2010Form B SubjectExam Class work Comments English5961 Simon has reached a satisfactory standard but now needs to apply himself with more determination Mathematics7785 Sound work and progress throughout the year Well done History4653 A disappointing exam result He is unable to give attention to this subject for long Chemistry7885 His obvious ability in the subject was not fully reflected in his exam work but I have high hopes for him nevertheless Physics8694 An excellent term s performance He goes from strength to strength A born scientist I feel Biology5760 This time next year he will be taking the 0 exam He needs to concentrate on the work not on class conversation 5 French4146 Clearly he didn t bother to revise His general attitude is far too casual Physical Education 31 Weak It s time he exercised his body more and his voice less He should try to work with a team FORM TEACHER S REMARKS HEADMASTER Basically satisfactory work and progress I shall be keeping an eye on his though he will now have realized I hope that progress in his weaker subjects in certain subject areas he needs to make speedy though his success in the sciences is improvement most pleasing 5 According to the comments of the Physical Education teacher Simon A is too talkative in the class B likes to work with his classmates C doesn t exercise his body at the right time D becomes weak because he doesn t exercise at all 6 Which of Simon s subjects will attract the headmaster s attention in future A Biology and Maths B History and French C English and Chemistry D Physics and Physical Education 7 Which of the following statements best describes Simon A He has made great progress in language classes B His potential has been fully reflected in science classes C His grade in maths makes him a born scientist D He needs to improve his attitude on certain subjects 8 Based on the school report which of the following statements is true A Simon didn t bother his teacher to revise French 6 B Basically Simon did a good job in science C Simon is a determined learner in English D Simon is able to pay attention to history for long B ABDB 结束 C Do you know what really troubles me For some reason words with silent letters have always bothered me For example consider these words know design island school wrist naughty and salmon All of these words have at least one letter that is not typically pronounced and these words are just a very small part of words with silent letters in them Some words are even worse consider this word colonel Not only are some letters not pronounced but letters that are not even there are pronounced Even foreign languages especially French are guilty of this needless complexity and confusion I know there must be some main historical reasons why the words are spelled and pronounced the way they are but that does not mean bad traditions must continue to survive Especially if they are no longer logical Unfortunately there is very little that anyone can do for it because there s no group of people who can change or have the right to change the Engli