2013高考英语二轮 阅读理解能力提升演练（02）

1 20132013 高考英语二轮 阅读理解 能力提升演练 高考英语二轮 阅读理解 能力提升演练 0202 及答案 及答案 So much to do so little time So much infonnation so little time to read it In this age there is more information than ever before There is not enough time to read everything wewant to read However you can consume more information in shorter time through speed reading This article will not makeyou read 3 000 words per minute but it will show you how to increase your speed significantly You will also learn the basictechniques of speed reading along with the dos and don ts of speed reading When you first learned to read you would say the word out loud and sound it out Then you might whisper the word because people can become annoyed when you read aloud The stage you are now at is saying the word in your head Most people tend to read this way Saying the word in your head will cut your reading speed tremendously 极大地 How do you calculate your reading speed The speed is measured by how many words per minute you can read Get some reading material preferably a book Find out how many words are on the page Time yourself for one minute Start your timer and start reading When the timer beeps stop If you counted 500 words on the page and you read half of the page and then you are probably reading at 250 words per minute The first thing about speed reading is looking at the word and recognizing it Don t say the word in your mind just look at it and recognize its importance Later you will recognize clumps of four words or more to increase your speed This is the first and most important step in speed reading The next step is technique As with any other skill speedreading requires technique You should first be sitting up straight with your book flat on a horizontal 水平的 surface such as a table or desk Next you should be able to see the entire page This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps of words Lastly you should be focused It s hard to read with a lot of noise Find a 2 quiet place to read This will help your understanding of the text You need something to guide your eyes while reading That s right you should use your hand Remember when you were little you would read using your finger That is a great technique only now you re using your hand to underline each line Move your finger smoothly across the page No need to go rush start out slow Keep your eyes focused on the words as you recognize them while using your hand as a guide This will increase your speed The third step is practice Practice makes perfect Set time intervals 间歇 Read using different techniques but make sure you understand what you are reading 1 Which of the following statements is true according to the text A Now there is limited information than ever before B Now conditions ask people to use less time to know more information C Now people can read what they like D The less you read the more time you will spend 答案 B 指导 我们这个时代的信息比任何时候都多 在这样的时代里 人们只有提高阅 读能力 加快阅读速度 花较少的时间 获得较多的信息 2 What is the subject discussed in the text A What speed reading is B Why we need speed reading C Now it is much information time D People should practise speed reading in different kinds of ways 答案 A 指导 本文所谈及的是快速阅读 包括为什么要快速阅读 快速阅读速度的测定 和怎样进行快速阅读 3 The underlined sentence you should be focused in the fifth paragraph means that A a person should devote his attention to it while reading B your feelings will be hurt while reading C a person should smooth away difficulties while he reads D you should pay attention to your faults while you are reading 3 答案 A 指导 从第五段中可以看出 只有集中精力才能有效地进行阅读 有许多噪音很 难进行阅读 结束 Words 325 难度系数 建议用时 17 分钟 I wouldn t ask for a dressing room My mom always asked for me The evening before I had 1 risen from my seat and piled on excess 过量的 noodles Then I licked 舔 my bowl with the buttered garlic bread 2 no evidence of the four servings I had eaten greedily In the morning I would be forced to lie on my bed and suck in my 3 just to button my jeans I feared school 4 The sale rack with its slender size markers knew my number continued to grow I learned 5 to eat from my dad fast and without thinking In our house the dinner table involved 6 with the children on defense One 7 move and our dinner would be snatched off our plates without warning and eaten up by our father 8 than we could blink We soon learned to keep a hand up while 9 our chicken and if mom decided to cook that night we needed to hurry and get 10 before it was gone Only one pair of jeans I tried on fit I 11 and told my mother I could button every pair but only needed the jeans that lay 12 in my hands We walked to the checkout I kept my head down as we passed a group of girls They 13 I glanced up only long enough to know my place Their 14 cut at me hands cupped over their mouths in secrecy The shop was about to close and I 15 two girls in my third grade class out I like your pants Where did you get them Marcy asked Alicia I nodded in agreement 16 they had removed their cupped hands and I could hear the 17 Really I like yours better Alicia replied We should trade What 18 are you Marcy asked I don t know Alicia said finding the tag in the back of her 4 pants Seven Me too Marcy said I 19 in line as I held the jeans tag folded in so 20 could see the number on it was 12 I am not a size seven 解题导语 本文讲述了主人公因贪吃而导致身体肥胖 结果只有一条牛仔裤能勉强穿上 也不敢让同学知道自己的裤子是特大号码 1 A hurriedly B hungrily C repeatedly D worriedly 解析 选 C 我 吃得很多 一次又一次地从座位上站起来盛面条 2 A leaving B offering C collecting D examining 解析 选 A 我 吃过面条后把碗舔得很干净 没留下一点吃过面条的痕迹 leave no evidence of 没有留下一点痕迹 3 A stomach B legs C waist D hands 解析 选 A 由于人太胖 肚子大 所以穿裤子时要吸着气使肚子变小才能扣上钮扣 4 A uniforms B meals C holiday D shopping 解析 选 D 由空白处后面的句子描述的情景暗示可知 作者害怕在校园里购物 5 A what B how C why D when 解析 选 B how 连接不定式从句作 learned 的宾语 即我是从我爸爸那里学会的吃饭风格 6 A battle B game C strike D debate 解析 选 A 由紧接空白处下文 on defense 的暗示可知 作者把餐桌比喻成战场 孩子们处 于防御状态 7 A big B unusual C false D strange 解析 选 C 在餐桌上的 进攻防御战中 一着不慎 满盘皆输 8 A harder B further C earlier D faster 解析 选 D 父亲吃饭速度之快 以至于我们一眨眼的功夫父亲就会把盘中的菜吃光 5 9 A swallowing B biting C tasting D cooking 解析 选 A 我们很快学会对付父亲的办法 一边吞吃鸡肉 一边举起一只手阻止父亲 10 A excuses B seconds C opportunities D demands 解析 选 B 如果母亲决定晚上烧鸡我们就需要快点吃 要趁在鸡被吃完之前抢点时间吃 11 A ordered B lied C suggested D promised 解析 选 B 尽管我的每条裤子都瘦并且钮扣都扣不上 但我还是对母亲撒谎说我每条裤子 的钮扣都能扣上 12 A closed B guided C guarded D satisfied 解析 选 C 我跟母亲说我只要我拿在手里的牛仔裤 13 A laughed B cried C shouted D whispered 解析 选 D 当一群女孩儿从我身边走过时我低着头 她们在窃窃私语 14 A mouths B hands C eyes D ears 解析 选 C 她们的目光在我身上扫来扫去 15 A led B followed C invited D walked 解析 选 B 我跟着两个三年级的女孩走了出来 follow sb out 跟着某人走出来 16 A thankful B afraid C anxious D excited 解析 选 A thankful 为形容词作状语 指我看到她们把手从嘴上拿开 不再说什么悄悄话 让我难堪 谢天谢地 17 A interview B conversation C question D report 解析 选 B 我能听清 Marcy 和 Alicia 之间的谈话 18 A number B size C color D weight 解析 选 B Marcy 问 Alicia 穿什么尺码的衣服 故应选 size 19 A jumped B waited C cried D hid 6 解析 选 D 我听到她们谈论自己衣服的尺码后 躲在队伍中不敢露出身子 20 A everybody B anybody C nobody D somebody 解析 选 C 我故意把衣服标签叠到衣服里 不让别人看到上面的尺码型号 阅读理解 A Words 355 难度系数 建议用时 9 分钟 It was a cold grey day in late November The weather had changed overnight when a backing wind brought a pale sky and a muzzling rain with it and although it was now only a little after two o clock in the afternoon the gray of a winter evening seemed to have closed upon the hills surrounding them in mist It would be dark by four The air was cold and for all the tightly closed windows it influenced the inside of the coach The leather seats felt damp to the hands and there must have been a small crack in the roof because now and again little drips of rain fell softly through polluting the leather and leaving a dark blue stain like a spot of ink The wind came in at times shaking the coach as it traveled round the bend of the road and in the exposed places on the high ground it blew with such force that the whole body of the coach trembled and swayed rocking between the high wheels like a drunken man The driver muffled 裹住 in a great coat to his ears bent almost double in his seat in a faint endeavor to gain shelter from his own shoulders The few passengers pressed together for warmth exclaiming all together when the coach sank into a heavier rut 车辙 than usual and one old fellow who had kept up a constant complaint ever since he had joined the coach at Truro rose from his seat in anger and feeling with the window frame let the window down with a crash bringing a shower of rain upon himself and his fellow passengers He thrust his head out and shouted up to the driver scolding him in a angry voice for a rogue and a murderer that they would all be dead before they reached Bodmin if he persisted in driving at dangerous speed they had no breath left in their bodies as it was and he would never travel by coach again 解题导语 本文描述十一月底的一个风雨交加的下午 一辆马车载着几名乘客奔驰在从 Truro 镇到 Bodmin 的路上 马车夫不顾乘客们的安全和抱怨 把马车赶得飞快 气得一位老 人破口大骂 发誓永不再乘坐此马车 1 What is the main image the author gives in this description 7 A In terrible weather a coach was running fast in mud with complaining passengers on it B On a cold and rainy day the coach broke and the driver was repairing it on the road C On a cold night the driver and the passengers felt very cold and struggled in the rain D The bad condition of the road resulted in the bad mood of the passengers 解析 选 A 概括主旨大意题 通读全文 作者描述了这样一幅画面 风雨交加中 一辆马 车奔驰在泥泞的路上 车内的乘客抱怨声不断 2 Which of the following is correct according to the text A The windows were tightly closed so the cold air was kept outside the coach B The spot of ink stained leather so the seats felt damp to the hands C Most probably the roof of the coach was broken D There was a drunken man swaying constantly on the coach 解析 选 C 细节推断题 第一段第四句大意为 皮革的座位用手摸上去都是潮湿的了 车 顶上一定有裂缝 因为不时有细雨点飘进来 由此可推断马车的车顶很可能坏了 3 The expression muffled in a great coat to his own shoulders implies A the driver felt very cold and tried to change his seat B the driver felt comfortable by doing in that way C the driver felt very cold and tried to gain warmth D the driver tried to protect his ears and shoulders 解析 选 C 句意猜测题 第二段开头大意为 马车夫把大衣裹到耳朵处 蜷缩着身子坐在 座位上 想利用肩膀来避避风雨 但根本无济于事 此句暗示车夫感到很冷 想取取暖 4 We can learn from the text that A the coach was running slowly due to the bad weather B an old passenger who got on the coach at Truro was angry about the windows C one of the passengers on the coach was a murderer D the few passengers let out exclamations as the coach moved violently 解析 选 D 判断推理题 根据文章第二段第二句可知 D 项正确 B Words 313 难度系数 建议用时 8 分钟 Some names have special meanings in popular American expressions One day an average Joe was walking down the street An average Joe is a common person 8 either male or female He was lost He did not know where he was going So average Joe asked John Q Public for directions to the nearest bank John Q Public is also a common person male or female Jeez Louise said John Q Public This is an expression of surprise Don t you know that all banks are closed today It is Saturday For Pete s sake said average Joe This is also an expression used to show a feeling like surprise or disappointment I do not believe you said he At that moment Joe Blow was walking down the street with a woman Joe Blow is also an expression for a common person Now this Joe Blow was not walking next to a plain Jane A plain Jane is a woman who is neither ugly nor pretty The woman with Joe Blow was a real Sheila a beautiful woman Average Joe asked the woman if all banks were closed on Saturday No way Jose she answered This is a way of saying no Many banks are open on Saturdays Average Joe did not know either of these two people from Adam That is he did not know them at all But he followed their directions to the nearest bank When he arrived he walked to the desk and said I am here to withdraw some money so I can pay my taxes to Uncle Sam This represents t