重庆合川市2014高考英语一轮 阅读理解练习（1）

1 重庆合川市重庆合川市 20142014 高考英语阅读理解一轮练习 高考英语阅读理解一轮练习 1 1 及答案 及答案 Many people who are rich are also well known Ted Sweeney was an excep tion to this rule His family moved to San Francisco from Los Angeles when he was one month old That s where he grew up At the age of seventeen he was hit by a train Although he was not seriously hurt the railway paid him 25 000 Instead of going to college he bought a small store Six months later the government bought his land to build a new highway He sold it for 95 000 With this money he moved to Detroit He started a small company that made parts for car manufacturers 制造商 It was very successful and by the time he was 23 he was a millionaire When he was 24 he got married He and his wife had three daughters in the next five years By the time he was 30 he had had over ten million dollars Then tragedy struck He was involved in a traffic accident He did not die but his wife and daughters did Six months later he sold everything he owned and put his money in stocks 股票 股份 Ted then moved to New York He lived for the next forty years in a one room apartment He spent most of his days wandering through the city looking in garbage cans for food He never worked He rarely talked to anyone except himself Most people were afraid of him His clothes were always old and dirty Shortly before he died he moved back to Los Angeles After spending two weeks there he was put in prison because he had no money and no job City workers tried to help him They offered him work but he would not work Towards the end he would not talk to anyone at all When he died he was a lonely man After his stocks were sold and all the taxes paid there was over a hundred million dollars left 判断正误 6 Sweeney was born in Los Angeles 7 In the traffic accident only two people died 8 Ted returned to Los Angeles shortly before he died 9 Ted led a miserable life since he sold his land 2 10 Ted Sweeney was a person who was very rich but not very famous 参考答案 6 10 TFTFT 结束 阅读理解 COMPUTER AND TELEPHONE Do you ever call long distance from a pay phone You dial the number and then you hear something like Sixty cents please Please deposit 将 硬币 投入 sixty cents for the first three minutes If you are placing the call in New York State don t try to ask the operator a question There is no one on the line with you The voice you hear comes from a computer It has a vocabulary of seventy words in its memory This program is known as the Automatic Coin Telephone Service The words and numbers are first recorded by an actress The sounds are then changed into electronic signals and stored in a computer memory circuit 线路 The circuit is hooked 连接 into the computer that controls all the calls made from pay telephones While you dial your call the computer senses each of the numbers When you finish it calculates 计算 the cost and produces the voice that you hear As soon as you deposit the money the computer automatically connects your call Have you ever called information and heard an operator say Information May I help you You tell the operator a name and he or she gives you the phone number In the past the operator would have to thumb through 翻阅 the telephone directory to 3 look up the number Now a new computer system provides this information much more quickly Sometimes it can find the number even if you misspell the name Information operators who use this new system type in the name you give on the computer terminal In a flash the computer displays the name and telephone number on the CRT At the same time the computer calls up nine similar names In case you spelled the name wrong the operator may still be able to find it All new phones are also entered into this computer system The information operators therefore have the up to the minute 最新的 listings At the end of the year the computer is hooked into a machine that automatically sets the type for the new telephone directory The directory is then printed from this type accurately quickly and at a great saving in cost 76 A computerized pay phone doesn t connect your call A but you needn t pay some money B unless you pay a certain sum of money C because you don t want to pay a bit of money D when you pay a certain sum of money 77 Computerized telephones A don t need special programs B don t need any operators C have special programs D need different kinds of help 78 The voice you hear A comes from a telephone B comes from an actress C from a computer is made by itself D from a computer is recorded by an actress 79 When you tell information operator a name A he or she can give you the name quickly B he or she has to thumb through the telephone directory to look up the number C they can give you the number quickly 4 D he or she can give you the number quickly 80 A computerized telephone is the one that is not computerized A as convenient 方便的 as B more convenient than C not so convenient as D more interesting than 1 B 细节题 从第二段我们得知 在你拨号后首先听到的是告诉你要付多少钱 因此 B 为 最佳答案 2 C 细节题 从第三段 This program is known as the Automatic Coin Telephone Service 得此答案 3 D 细节题 从第四段 The words and numbers are first recorded by an actress 得此 答案 4 D 细节题 从 You tell the operator a name and he or she gives you the phone number 及下文得此答案 5 B 总结判断题 全文讲了使用计算机操作后电话带给人们的便利 结束 第第 篇篇 Five years ago David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day I was a clothes addict he jokes I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled Today David wears casual clothes khaki pants and sports shirt to the office He hardly ever wears a necktie I m working harder than ever David says and I need to feel comfortable More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work in the United States The change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual In the early 1990s many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday but only on Friday This became 5 known as dress down Friday of casual Friday What started out as an extra one day a week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing said business consultant Maisly Jones Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes One reason is that it s easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code A lot of young people don t want to dress up for work says the owner of a software company so it s hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes In a study conducted by Levi Strauss and Company 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative impact on productivity Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money Suits are expensive if you have to wear one every day one person said For the same amount of money you can buy a lot more casual clothes 1 David Smith refers to himself as having been a clothes addict because A he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt B he couldn t stand a clean appearance C he wanted his clothes to look neat all the time D he didn t want to spend much money on clothes 2 David Smith wears casual clothes now because A they make him feel at ease when workingB he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes C he looks handsome in casual clothes D he no longer works for any company 3 According to this passage which of the following statements is false A Many employees don t like a conservative dress code B Comfortable clothes make employees more productive 6 C A casual clothes code is welcomed by young employees D All the employers in the U S are for casual office wear 4 According to this passage which of the following statements is true A Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago B Dress down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s C Dress down Frid