湖北省黄冈市2014高考英语 阅读理解暑假训练（3）

1 黄冈市黄冈市 20142014 高考英语阅读理解暑假训练 高考英语阅读理解暑假训练 3 3 及答案 及答案 Life is difficult It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it Then life is no longer difficult Most do not fully see this truth Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy It seems to them that difficulties represent 代表 a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families their class or even their nation What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one Problems depending on their nature cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear These are uncomfortable feelings often as painful as any kind of physical pain And since life causes an endless series of problems life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy Yet it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children to solve It is through the pain of meeting and work ing out problems that we learn As Benjamin Franklin said Those things that hurt instruct It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems 1 From the passage it can be inferred that A everybody has problems B we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life C life is difficult because our problems bring us pain D people like to complain about their problems 答案 B 指导 全文主要讲述有人抱怨生活的艰难 作者也承认生活是艰难的 然而正是 这艰难的解决问题的过程使生活更有意义 所以文中最后一段第三行 When we desire to 2 encourage the growth human spirit we encourage the human ability to solveproblems 故此 B 为最佳选项 2 The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to A save space R persuade readers C make readers laugh D get readers attention 答案 D 指导 写文章的目的就是解决问题 本文首先开门见山地点出问题 显然是为了 吸引读者的注意力 而不是其他选项 3 The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that A most people feel life is easy B the writer feels life is easy C the writer likes to complain about his problems D most people complain about how hard their lives are 答案 D 指导 由第三段第一句和第二句可知第三段的主要意思是 人们经常抱怨生活多 么艰辛 4 According to the passage we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to A encourage them to learn B teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem C help them learn to deal with pain D teach them how to respect from problems 答案 A 指导 由文章倒数第四句 we encourage the human ability to solve problems justasin school we set problems for our childrentosolve 可知 A 为最佳选 项 5 The saying from Benjamin Franklin Those things that hurt instruct suggests that A we do not learn from experience B we do not learn when we are in pain 3 C pain teaches us important lessons D pain cannot be avoided 答案 C 指导 由文中 It is through the para of meeting and working out problems that we learn 可知答案为 C 意思是 正是通过解决问题的痛苦 我们学到了知识 结束 Everyone would like to be a millionaire but can you imagine having over 30 million and only being 20 years old Brimey Spears from Kentwood a small town in Louisiana is only 20 years old she is an international pop superstar with not only 30 million but also a 2 million house in LA At her young age she can look after her family financially 经济上 all her life This year is a big year for Britney she is currently on a 31 date tour of the US and every concert is a sell out That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18 000 every time It s tiring schedule 安排表 but brings great rewards When tou ting she goes to bed around 1 a rn and then has a lie in until I p m or 2 p rn the next day Her philosophy 人生观 is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fan Spears is not satisfied with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to branch out into the movie business and try a bit of acting She made an appearance in Austin Powers 3 this year and she is filming a teenage come dy that will be released in March 20 典型例题 this movie she has a starring role The movie was her own concept and she picked the writer For Britney acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic 热心 about it all If her movies are successful her bank account is sure to grow by another few mil lion dollars but she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love not the money 1 Tick ets for her concerts are A cheap B expensive C on sale soon D all sold 答案 D 指导 由第二段第一句 and every concert is a sell out 可知 每场音 乐会的票都能售空 故选 D 2 Which of the following is not true according to the text A Though young Britney can support her family now B While touring Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day C The teenage comedy movie was based on Britney s own story D Britney will be even richer with her movies successful 答案 C 指导 由第三段最后一句 The movie was her own concept 知 这部青少年 电影喜战只是她的 concept 而非她自己的故事 4 3 According to Britney Spears she works A to be a great actress B for the enjoyment C for money D to be more famous 答案 B 指导 由文章最后一句 she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love not the money 知 Britney 所做一切只是为快乐和喜欢 而非钱与名利 结束 Cultural differences in business entertaining include problems such as whom one entertains and where and how one entertains In countries where status 地 位 is important it is not advisable to invite people of different statuses to the same dinner party Americans will often invite people to their homes However in some societies the home is considered too private unworthy or too small to serve as a proper place for business entertaining In some countries there is a help your self method of entertaining done in the home This methoddoes not work well when entertaining people whose culture teaches them to wait to be asked three times before accepting an offer of food In one instance a Chinese guest went hungry all the evening without eating though he was quite hungry because he was too shy to take food after only being asked to do so once In another case an American woman executive 负责人 was being entertained in London After having the tea served the American woman helped herself to cream and sugar rather than waiting to be served The English hostess was upset by the thought that she was not serving quickly enough As a general rule a small gift from your home country is OK A gift that is tied to the particular interest of the person is especially good Gifts for children are also well received Be careful that the hometown gift you are bringing to Sin gapore was not made in Hong Kong Because many gifts carry symbolic meanings it is always best to seek the advice of a cultural informant before selecting gifts The giving of large gifts or payments for special 5 service should only be carried out after talking with legal department in the home and host culture 1 It is no good inviting people of different social positions to the same party in the country where A people don t pay any attention to your positions B people care much about their statuses C entertainment is important D entertainment is not advisable 答案 B 指导 第一段第二句话 在那些很重视社会地位的国家 最好不要把不同层次的 人放到一起 2 is especially proper A A big gift B Large payment as a gift C A small gift from one s home D A gift from Singapore 答案 C 指导 最后一段第一句话 一般说来 从祖国带来的小礼物就非常合适 结束 If you have been joining in chat room conversations or trading e mail with web pals 网友 you have become one of the millions who write in a peculiarly short form of English And you ve got a sense of humor about short forms like SOHF sense of humor failure to describe Intemet newcomers who don t understand you Across the globe every night teenagers and their elders are talking online many of them all talking at the same time It s fast try talking to six people at once It s brief three Or four words per exchange It takes wit concentration and quick fingers 6 And it requires tremendous linguistic economy 语言省略 There s neither time nor space for explanations Why con sume precious key strokes 键盘主敲击 telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB be right back will do Want to enter a conversation Just type PMFJI pardon me for jumping in Interested in whom you are talking to Type A S I thenearly universal request to know your pal s age sex and loca tion You may get 15 M NY as a response from your pal If something makes you laugh say you are OTF on the floor or LOL laughing out loud or combing the two into ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing And when it is time to get back to work or go to bed you type GTG got to go or TTYL talk to you later People want to write as fast as possible and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can Capital letters are left in the dust except when expressing emotion as it takes more time to hold down the sh