重庆市2013高考英语 阅读理解临考训练（1）

1 20132013 重庆市高考英语 阅读理解 临考训练 重庆市高考英语 阅读理解 临考训练 1 1 及答案解析 及答案解析 Most people want to know how things are made They honestly admit however that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made Where a composer 作曲家 begins how he manages to keep going in fact how and when he learns his trade all are covered in complete darkness The composer in short is a man of mystery 神秘 One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration 灵感 plays in a composer s work He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for The composer therefore does not say to himself Do I feel inspired He says to himself Do I feel like working today And if he feels like working he does It is more or less like saying to himself Do I feel sleepy if you feel sleepy you go to sleep If you don t feel sleepy you stay up If the composer doesn t feel like working he doesn t work It s as simple as that 57 What would be the best title for the text A Composer a man of mysteryB Practice makes good music C Relation between sleeping and musicD Music product of nature 58 The words covered in complete darkness underlined in Paragraph 1 most probably mean A difficult to be made B without any light C black in color D not known 59 Most people seem to think that a composer A finds it difficult to write music B considers it important to have a good rest C should like to talk about inspiration D never asks himself very simple questions 60 The author will most probably agree that composers A are born with a gift for music 2 B are people full of mystery C work late at night for their music D know a lot about eating and sleeping 1 答案答案 57 A 58 D 59 C 60 A 结束 第第 篇篇 What is eBay The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods including cars movies and DVDs sporting goods travel tickets musical instruments clothes and shoes the list goes on and on The idea came from Pierre Omidyar who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child At high school he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tufts University in 1988 he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby at first offering the service free by word of mouth By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade 升级 and he began charging a fee to members Joined by a friend Peter Skoll and in 1998 by his capable CEO Meg Whitman he has never looked back Even in the crashes of the late 1990s eBay has gone from strength to strength It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet eBay sells connections not goods putting buyer and seller into contact with each other All you have to do is take an e photo write a description fill out a sales form and you are in business the world is your market place Of course for each item 商品 sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold 语篇解读 文章向我们介绍了 eBay 网的一些情况 1 We learn from the text that eBay provides people with A a way of buying and selling goods 3 B a website for them to upgrade C a place to exhibit their own photos D a chance to buy things at low prices 解析 根据第一段内容可知 答案 A 2 Why did Pierre create eBay after graduating from university A For fun B To make money C For gathering the engineers D To fulfill a task of his company 解析 由第二段第三句话可知 答案 A 3 From he has never looked back in Paragraph 2 we learn that Pierre A did not feel lonely B was always hopeful C did not think about the past D became more and more successful 解析 Peter 由原来的业余爱好开始 逐步走向成功 创建了世界知名网站 答案 D 4 How does eBay make money from its website A By bringing sellers together B By charging for each sale C By listing items online D By making e photos 解析 由最后一段第一句话可知 这个网站通过提供交易平台 然后收取适当的服务 费 因此 B 项正确 答案 B 结束结束 第第 篇篇 I was waiting for a phone call from my agent He had left a message the night before telling me that my show was to be cancelled I called him several times but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later So I waited and waited but there was still no call Three 4 hours passing by I became more and more impatient I was certain that my agent didn t care about my work and he didn t care about me I was overcome with that thought I started to shout at the phone Let me wait will you Who do you think you are At that time I didn t realize my wife was looking on Without showing her surprise she rushed in seized the phone tore off the wires and shouted at the phone Yeah Who do you think you are Bad telephone Bad telephone And she swept it into the wastebasket I stood watching her speechless What on earth She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house Now hear this All objects in this room if you do anything to upset my husband out you go Then she turned to me kissed me and said calmly Honey you just have to learn how to take control With that she left the room After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out shouting at everything in sight I noticed that something in my mood 情绪 had changed I was laughing How could I have trouble with that phone Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things Twenty minutes later my agent did call I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly 语篇解读 我 对自己的经纪人取消我的表演并且不及时接电话的行为大为恼火 冲电话大吼以泄愤 但接着妻子就此事的一系列异常及夸张的行为让我意识到自己对小事情 反应过火 最后我的情绪得到好转 冷静了下来 5 Why did the author shout at the telephone A He was mad at the telephone B He was angry with his agent C He was anxious about his wife D He was impatient with the secretary 解析 推理判断题 从文中第一段 经纪人要取消我的表演 不接我的电话 等内容 可得知我很生气 答案 B 6 What did the author s wife do after she heard his shouting A She said nothing B She shouted at him C She called the agent 5 D She threw the phone away 解析 事实细节题 从文中第二