湖北省黄石市2014高考英语 阅读理解训练题（15）

1 湖北省黄石市湖北省黄石市 20142014 高考英语阅读理解训练题 高考英语阅读理解训练题 1515 及答案 及答案 Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother in New York He was coming back with a heavy heart It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday it was not just that he invariably suffered badly from jet lag it was that Monday mornings always began with a team meeting and over the months he had grown to hate them Martin was aware that colleagues approached these meetings with hidden agendas they indulged 纵容 game playing and he knew that people were not being honest and open The meetings themselves were bad enough there was all the moaning afterwards at the meeting like I could have improved on that idea but I wasn t going to say As this morning s meeting began Martin prepared himself for the usual dullness and boredom But as the meeting progressed he became aware of a strange background noise At first he thought that he was still hearing the engine noise from the aircraft that had brought him back to London But as he concentrated on the noise it became a little clearer He realized to his amazement that he could actually hear what they were thinking at the same time as they were speaking What surprised him even more than the acquisition 获得 of this strange power was that he discovered that what people were saying was not really what they were thinking They were not making clear their reservations They were not supporting views which they thought might be popular They were not contributing their new insights They were not volunteering their new ideas Martin found it impossible not to respond to his new knowledge So he started to make gentle interventions based more on what he could hear his colleagues thinking than on what he could hear them saying So John are you really saying Susan do you really think that Tom have you got an idea on how we could take this forward They looked at him puzzled In truth he felt rather proud of his newly acquired talent As the meeting progressed it was clear to him that each member of the meeting was learning how to hear the thoughts of the others The game playing started to fall away people started to speak more directly views became better 2 understood the atmosphere became more open and trusting The meeting ended As people left the room Martin found that he could still hear what they were thinking That was the best meeting we ve ever had All meetings should be like that In future I m going to say what I think 11 It is known from the first paragraph that Martin A just came back from his business trip in New York B was found to suffer from a serious heart disease during the trip C had a good time during his fortnight s stay in New York D didn t like his work in his London office 12 Why did Martin hate his company s team meeting A Because it had to be held every Monday morning B Because he was tired of hosting such a meeting C Because he couldn t control the meeting that was out of order D Because the meeting atmosphere wasn t open and trusting 13 The underlined part his newly acquired talent in Paragraph 5 means that he could A still hear the engine noise of the plane though he was back B clearly hear what the members of the meeting were saying C actually control the thoughts of the members of the meeting D express what the meeting members were thinking based on their words and their thoughts 14 What do we know about this Monday morning s meeting from the passage A Martin made people say what they were thinking immediately the meeting began B Martin was angry at the dullness of the meeting at the beginning of the meeting all the time C Martin led people to express their real thoughts with the meeting progressing D Many members of the meeting played games and told lies at the meeting all the time 15 It is inferred from the last two paragraphs that towards the end of the meeting Martin would hear such words as 3 A I was thinking of making a suggestion but I couldn t be bothered B I have got an idea on how we could take this forward I think we should C The usual people say the usual things so I have no other new ideas D I could have improved on that idea but I wasn t going to say 二 度假归来 马丁又要组织会议了 他原本准备忍受会议的乏味 但随着会议的进行 他发现自己能根据别人所说的话知道他们心里的真实想法 因此他试着说出他们的真实想法 引导与会人员学着理解他人的想法 并坦诚地说出自己心里的想法 因此 会议成为了一场 开诚布公而让人信任的会议 11 C 细节理解题 根据第一段 It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday 中的 a wonderful holiday 可判断 他在纽约的两周过得很愉快 由此 判断答案选 C 12 D 细节理解题 根据第二段可判断 与会人员口是心非 表里不一 这种不公开 不诚实的会风使他厌烦 由此判断正确答案选 D 13 D 词义猜测题 第四段提到马丁能根据与会人员所说的话而得知他们心里的真实 想法 之后第五段接着说 他说出与会人员的真实想法 使别人都迷惑地看着他 由此判断 他新获得的能力 即意为 他能根据别人的话说出他们心里的真实想法 14 C 细节理解题 会初 马丁准备着忍受会议的乏味 而后随着会议的进行 他发 现自己能根据别人所说的话而得知他们心里的真实想法 对此他做出反应 即试着说出他们 心里的真实想法 从而引导人们学会理解他人的想法 并坦诚地说出自己心里的想法 由此 判断正确答案选 C 结束 Collections were the inspiration 灵感 for a project at Thomas Tallis School which formed part of the Imagine Children s Literature Festival last autumn Each child aged 12 13 beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall s Ballroom Some were left empty to encourage The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one It s a sort o f 4 Cinderella 灰姑娘 story she told me inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin ha the story these become love letters burned by a creel stepmother Lauren s best friend Charlotte is the stepmother I m in Charlotte s story too says Lauren and I get run over Charlotte s tale was inspired by the girls coin collection We ve collected foreign coins for years since our families went on holiday to Tenerife she explains That was before the Euro so we put pesetas in Lauren continues I fred a coin in the road go to get it and get run over I m in hospital and then I die Charlotte adds Or she might not die I haven t decided yet Millie Murray who is a tea novel author thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction 限制 In the beginning I thought Will the children be able to do it she says But it s been fruitful Some have their own collection some have parents who do and some have wlstten complete stories It s made them think about something they wouldn t have otherwise winch can only be a good thing 9 What were the children asked to do in the project A To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School B To write stories on the subject of collections C To encourage visitors to write their own stories D To have their friends for characters in the stories 10 The underlined word pesetas in Paragraph 2 is a kind of A story B collection C inspiration D foreign coin 11 From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte we know that A Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin B both of them developed their imagination C both of tram will die in each other s stories D Latwen s cousin posted her some love letters 12 Millie Murray thinks A collections could inspire writing creativity B it was good for parents to have collections 5 C inspirations were very useful in writing stories D setting collection subjects restricted inspirations 9 12 BDBA 结束结束 Like most people I ve long understood that I will be judged by my occupation that my profession is a standard people use to see how smart or talented I am Recently however I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I m treated as a person Last year I left a professional position as a small town reporter and took a job waiting tables As someone paid to serve food to people I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances 泛泛之交 One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away then asked me back with his finger minutes later complaining he was ready to order and asking where I d been I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon 勤杂工 by plenty of people But at 19 years old I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults Besides people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college Customers would joke that one day I d be sitting at their table waiting to be served Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper From my first day I heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me I assumed this was the way the professional world worked I soon found out differently I sat several feet away from an advertising sales representative with a similar name Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie The mistake was immediately evident Perhaps it was because money was involved but people used a tone with Kristen that they never used with me 6 My job title made people treat me politely So it was a shock to return to the restaurant industry It s no secret that there s a lot to put up with when waiting tables and fortunately much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the tips The service industry by definition exists to satisfy others needs Still it seemed that many of my customers didn t get the difference between server and servant I m now applying to graduate school which means someday I ll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want I think I ll take them to dinner first and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them 9 The author was disappointed to find that A one s position is used as a standard to measure one s intelligence B talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job C one s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person D professionals tend to look down upon manual waitresses 10 What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph A Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them B People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent minded C Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances D Some customers like to complain because of the waitress poor service 11 How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19 A She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professional B She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon C She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her D She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior 12 The underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 means A those who satisfy others needs are sure to be looked down upon B those working in the service industry shouldn t be treated as servants C those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living 7 D the majority of customers tend to look on a servant as server nowadays 9 12CADB 结束 Is losing weight as simple as doing a 15 minute writing exercise In a new study women who wrote about their most important values like close relationships or religion lost more weight over the next few months than women who didn t We have this need to feel self integrity 正直 诚实 says Christine Logel of the University of Waterloo When something threatens your sense that you re a good person like failing a test we can buffer 缓 冲 that self integrity by reminding ourselves how much we love our children for example For this study the researchers recruited 聘用 45 female undergraduates of whom 58 were overweight Each woman was weighed and was then given a list of important values like creativity music or relationships with friends and family members Each woman ranked the values in order of how important they were to her Then half the women were told to write for 15 minutes about the value that was most important to her The other half a control group were told to write about why a value far down on their list might be important to someone else The women came back months later to be weighed again Women who had written about an important value lost an average of 3 41 pounds while women in the control group gained an average of 2 76 pounds How we feel about ourselves can have a big effect Logel says Maybe when one of the women who wrote about an important value went home that night she felt good about herself and didn t eat to make herself feel better Over a few months that could make a real difference in her life 9 How can a 15 minute writing exercise of important values affect people A They will feel proud of themselves and gain weight gradually 8 B They may feel good about themselves and then eat less than usual C They may continue writing and decide to become a professional writer D They will never have meals at night to make themselves lose weight 10 What were the females required to do in the study A The overweight women wrote about the value most important to them B Only the control group was given a list of important values C Both groups ranked the values in order of importance to them D Each woman was weighed three times in the process of the study 11 Which of the following persons may lose weight according to the new study A Mary who wrote about her own adventure B Catherine who described her illness in her writing C Shirley who wrote how much she loved her children D Alice who complained her boss in her diary 12 Which of the following might be the best title for the passage A Women Values Losing WeightB Losing Weight Is Very Simple C Writing Benefits Women a LotD Writing Contributes to Losing Weight 9 B 10 C 11 C 12 D 结束 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