湖北省黄冈市2014高考英语 阅读理解暑假训练（5）

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 5 5 及答案 及答案 One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience A novel can be on the best seller lists with a sale of up to 100 000 copies but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight This is the principle behind quiz or game shows which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money A quiz show can make anyone a star and it can give away thousands of dollars Charles Van Doren an English instructor became rich and famous after winning money on several shows He even had a career as a television personality But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating It turned out that the show s producers who were pulling the strings gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand Why Because if the audience didn t like the person who won the game they turned the show off The result of this cheating was a huge scandal 丑闻 Based on the show off a movie titled Quiz Show is on 40 years later Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV But game shows are still here though they aren t taken seriously In fact some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together or that try to cause newly married couples to fight on TV or that punish losers by humiliating 羞辱 them The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV People still win money but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions 45 What is the most important thing as to television A How many viewers they can attract B Becoming the best seller on the list C How much money can be given away D The number of people attending shows 46 What does the underlined part pulling the strings probably mean 2 A Planning the shows with effort B Drawing the curtain on the stage C Controlling the result secretly D Playing quiz or game openly 47 Charles Van Doren stopped his career as a television personality because A he had earned enough wealth and fame B one of the participants had told the truth C the film Quiz Show was being shown D his frequent appearance had bored the audience 48 It can be inferred from the passage that A TV Game Shows are more popular than before B the scandal was not made known until 40 years later C getting money is the only purpose of people taking part in shows D people can make themselves famous by taking part in shows 45 A 46 48 C B D 结束 Heading off to college this year Here are some fashion tips from our experts you should keep in mind Dress to impress Stylist and business consultant Daniela Smith says Girls should keep in mind that your college professors will often be the bridge that connects you to your future career and your classmates will become your professional network You don t need to dress like you re going to the office but you should display an ability to properly present yourself with appropriate maturity and confidence and look put together Logo mania 品牌狂热症 Wearing the logos of brands aimed at younger customers physically identifies you as part of that age group so consider the targeted age group of the stores you shop at It s tempting 诱人的 to load up on logos especially well known logos that signify high end brands But consider 3 this college is a time of self discovery a chance to develop your own personal style Instead of wearing logos head to toe walking advertisement style why not express who you really are Wear real pants The combination of leggings and baggy shirts is all too common on college campuses Smith points out that leggings yoga pants and sweatpants are entirely unacceptable in public unless you re exercising Although leggings worn as pants are a common trend among high school and college girls they are not an appropriate choice for daywear As a young woman your style choice should begin to reflect your maturity level So get rid of leggings and wear real pants Keep the cute factor to a minimum Stay away from sweaters and T shirts with smiling animals cartoon characters or Hello Kitty on them Sure kittens might be cute but they re not doing you any favors in the style department Dressing too cutesy can take years off your look and not necessarily in a good way 52 The second paragraph indicates the importance of A impressing professors B getting on well with classmates C creating a professional image D dressing appropriately 53 The author recommends wearing real pants because A leggings and baggy shirts are too common B yoga pants and sweatpants are not as comfortable C real pants can present you with appropriate maturity D people like real pants better than the other pants 54 What s the writer s attitude towards sweaters with animals on them A They make people look lovely B They are very fashionable these days C They will show you re an animal lover D They are not suitable for college aged students 55 In which magazine would you most likely find this passage A Business Week B Parents C In style D Travel Leisure 4 参考答案 52 55DCDC 结束 E Driving to a friend s house on a recent evening I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend s rooftops I stopped to watch it for a few moments thinking about what a pity it was that most city people Myself included Usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors My friend had also seen it He grew up living in a forest in Europe and the moon meant a lot to him then It had touched much of his life I know the feeling Last December I took my seven year old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water Our group had campfires outside every night and indoors when it was too cold outside The moon grew to its fullest during our trip Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard It was one of the quietest places I have ever known a bottomless well of silence And above me was the full moon which struck me deeply Today our lives are filled with glass metal plastic and fibre glass We have televisions cell phones pagers electricity heaters and ovens and air conditioners cars computers Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day most of it spent indoors I thought before long I would like to live in a small cottage There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains and perhaps write but not in anger I may become an old man there and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon 56 The best title for the passage would be 5 A Touched by the moon B The pleasures of modern life C A bottomless well of silence D Break away from modern life 57 The writer felt sorry for himself because A there was too much pollution B he failed to see the fullest moon C he didn t adapt to modern inventions D there were too accidents on the road 58 What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India A No modern equipment B Complete silence C The nice moonlight D The high mountains 59 Modern things Paragraph 4 are mentioned mainly to A show that the writer likes city life very much B tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life C explain that people have fewer chances to enjoy nature D show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them 60 The author wrote the passage to A express the feeling of returning to nature B show the love for the moonlight C advise modern people to learn to live D want to communicate longing for modern life 参考答案 56 60 ABCCA 结束 1 1 Mr Peter Johnson aged twenty three battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water Mr Johnson took the only escape route through the boot 行李箱 6 Mr Johnson s car had finished up in a ditch 沟渠 at Romney Marsin Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank Fortunately the water began to come in only slowly Mr Johnson said I couldn t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in Mr Johnson a sweet salesman of Sitting Home Kent first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot Then he began his struggle to escape Later he said It was really a half penny that saved my life It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear but no help came It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot Then Mr Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock Fifteen minutes passed by It was the only chance I had Finally it gave but as soon as I moved the boot lid the water and mud poured in I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up His hands and arms cut and bruised 擦伤 Mr Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby where he was looked after by the farmer s wife Mrs Lucy Bates Huddled in a blanket he said That thirty minutes seemed like hours Only the tips of the car wheels were visible police said last night The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch 1 What is the best title for this newspaper article A The Story of Mr Johnson A Sweet Salesman B Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route C Driver Escapes Through Car Boot D The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident 2 Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr Johnson A The hammer B The coin 7 C The screw D The horn 3 Which statement is true according to the passage A Mr Johnson s car stood on its boot as it fell down B Mr Johnson could not escape from