2009年郑州市第一次质量预测阅读试题母题探究.doc

2009年郑州市第一次质量预测阅读试题母题探究二 完形填空：【母题猜测】链接21世纪学生英文报高三版There is an English saying that goes, he who laughs last, laughs the hardest. High School Musical star and teen heartthrob (注) Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days. As a young boy, Efron was picked on in school because he was always the smallest in his class and teased (注) because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade, Efrons basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime (注), with three seconds left, he rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored and his team lost the game. But history, as they say, is a thing of the past. Now at 21, Efron is one of People magazines 100 Most Beautiful People, graces (注) the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Hollywoods most influential magazine, and is traveling the world promoting the third High School Musical film. Director Adam Shankman described Efron as arguably the biggest teen star in America right now. Simply google Zac Efron and you get more than 14 million responses. Yes, it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days. Efron was born and raised in California. He took school seriously. According to Efron, he would flip out (注) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown. It was his father who encouraged him to act. He took part in school performances and with a local theater group. He also took singing lessons. He graduated high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study film. But he deferred (注) because why study movies when you can star in them.Now he has signed on to star in the romantic comedy Seventeen Again and to play in the remake of the hugely popular movie, Footloose. Efron is also earning more than $3 million for his role in High School Musical 3. Not bad for a 21-year-old. But Efron still remembers those bullies (注).You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down because you have something that they admire, Efron said. Also, when you get made fun of, when people point out your weaknesses, its an opportunity for you to rise above.Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business. And he can now laugh all the way to the bank.1. Which of the following might be the best title to the passage A. Dont give upB. He who laughs last laughs the hardestC. Zac Efrons life storyD. Zac Efrons success in musical film2. How do you understand the sentence But history, as they say, is a thing of the past. in paragraph 3 A. History is a collection of the past .B. Zac Efrons history is wonderful.C. Different from history, Efron is quite popular now.D. History plays an important role in Zac Efrons life.3. What did Zac Efron do when he was laughed at A. He couldnt accept the fact in the beginning, so he escaped.B. He was so angry that shouted at the person who teased him.C. He cried and told the whole matter to his father to get comfort.D. He cheered himself up and used it as motivation to move on.4. Whats the main idea of Paragraph 3 A. It mainly talks about Zac Efrons history.B. It mainly focuses on how Zac Efron grew up.C. It talks about how Zac Efron dealt with his business.D. It talks about Zac Efrons successes in career.5. Which of the following is True according to the passage A. Zac Efron was laughed at because he was the most foolish guy in the class.B. Zac Efron is promoting his fourth High School Musical film in the world .C. He once helped the other team win a match when he was playing basketball.D. In his growing process to be a famous actor, his mother played a key part.参考答案:1. B 标题题,文章主要讲述了主人公从小受到同班同学的嘲笑;后来却在事业上取得巨大成功的事情.文章的寓意为谁笑到最后,谁才是笑得最灿烂的.B选项非常符合文意.2C 句意理解题,此句话作为第三段的开头,着重表示历史已成为过去,现在主人公取得了巨大的成功.3D 细节推断题,根据全文,主人公面对嘲笑,没有逃避,没有退缩.相反,他振奋精神,利用别人的嘲笑作为前进的动力.4D 细节归纳题,第三段主要讲述了主人公事业上的成功.5C 细节题,文章第二段给出了正确的答案.【文章原文】Americas sweetheart 扎克埃夫隆：笑登红人榜There is an English saying that goes, he who laughs last, laughs the hardest. High School Musical star and teen heartthrob (让人心动的男人) Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days. As a young boy, Efron was picked on in school because he was always the smallest in his class and teased (取笑) because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade, Efrons basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime (两个加时赛), with three seconds left, he rebounded the ball and passed it to the wrong team! They scored and his team lost the game. But history, as they say, is a thing of the past. Now at 21, Efron is one of People magazines 100 Most Beautiful People, graces (荣登) the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Hollywoods most influential magazine, and is traveling the world promoting the third High School Musical film. Director Adam Shankman described Efron as arguably the biggest teen star in America right now. Simply google Zac Efron and you get more than 14 million responses. Yes, it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days. Efron was born and raised in California. He took school seriously. According to Efron, he would flip out (发疯) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown. It was his father who encouraged him to act. He took part in school performances and with a local theater group. He also took singing lessons. He graduated high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study film. But he deferred (延期) why study movies when you can star in them.Now he has signed on to star in the romantic comedy Seventeen Again and to play in the remake of the hugely popular movie, Footloose. Efron is also earning more than $3 million for his role in High School Musical 3. Not bad for a 21-year-old. But Efron still remembers those bullies (欺人者).You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down because you have something that they admire, Efron said. Also, when you get made fun of, when people point out your weaknesses. Its an opportunity for you to rise above.Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business. And he can now laugh all the way to the bank.三 阅读理解A【文章原文】 链接：/RomanceStories.htmRomance Story A Car AccidentSeptember 19th I was booked to work as a greeter at a Nissan dealership for a sale they had going on that weekend. I got there that morning and was introduced to all the salesmen and women, and shown where I was to work.Throughout the day, one of the salesmen and I flirted, making goofy comments at each other. I think I would have said anything that day to get his attention. That evening after work - we all went out to dinner. We sat beside each other and talked, but numbers were never exchanged. I was supposed to be back up there Sunday morning, so I guess I was going to make my move then.Around 10 pm I began my 2 hour drive back down the mountain. For the first part of the drive I was thinking to myself how stupid I had been for not at least giving him my number, oh well! Then all of a sudden, all I could see were headlights. I had gone around a curve and another driver was completely over in my lane. There was no time to even hit brakes, we automatically hit. It knocked me out and I woke up as they were cutting the top of my car off to get me out. They rushed me to the hospital in the town I was working in that day. My mother got there late that night, and laying in the emergency room, I told her about him. I said throw me in a wheelchair, Im working Sunday! She must have thought I was crazy. That morning, mom called the dealership and let them know what had happened and that I would be in the hospital for the rest of the weekend, so I wouldnt be in on Sunday. A few hours later, I received a phone call - as soon as I knew who it was, I about jumped out of my bed! It was the guy I had met Thursday, and he wanted to come see me! yeah baby! Well, he came to visit Friday night, Saturday night, and back Sunday morning to say goodbye. We got to spend a lot of time alone together, and talk about lots of things but I was still afraid I wouldnt ever see him again. He called me that evening, and we talked forever. We never went a day without talking twice or more and every day he had off work, he would drive two hours to see me!Since the wreck caused more damage than I hoped for, It would be awhile before I would be walking and driving again. But hes been by my side, even though I was a stranger to him - he was wonderful.I dont think I could have gotten through it all without him. I am now walking without any braces again, just this week! And we are planning on getting married on sept. 19, 2003 - one year after the day we met.Its just amazing how a tragedy like a car wreck, could bring about such a wonderful relationship! I love you Clayton Stratton!B【母题猜测】链接：全国公共英语等级考试(PETS)第二级Last April, on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations office. It included a variety of “fun facts” about the mall, such as:140 000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10 000 fulltime jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12 750 parking places, 13 000 tons of steel, and 1 million is drawn weekly from 8 ATMs. Opened in the summer of 1992, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium(体育馆) had been. It was only a fiveminute drive from the MinneapolisSt. PaulInternationalAirport. With 4.2 million square feet of floor space twentytwo times the size of the average American shopping center the Mall of America was the largest shopping and family recreation(娱乐)center under one roof in the United States.I knew already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not merely as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attraction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall. Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, 625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a halfmillion Canadian visitors and 200 000 Japanese tourists. Sales were expected to be at 650 million for 1993 and at 1 billion for 1996. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger had visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as much steel as the EiffelTower. It was also home to the nations largest indoor park, called Knotts CampSnoopy.60.We know from the text that the Mall of America is .Anear an old stadiumBclose to an airport Chigher than the Eiffel TowerDbigger than most America parks61.Why are the pieces of information provided by Mall of America referred to as “fun facts”?AThey are largely imagined.BThey are surprising figures.CThey give exact descriptions.DThey make people feel uneasy.62.Whats the point of mentioning popular stars who had been to the mall?ATo show its power of attraction.BTo show that few rich people like to shop there.CTo tell the public about a new movie being made about it.DTo tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there.63.We can infer from the text that .AJapanese visitors are most welcome to the mallBCanadian visitors would spend 1 billion at the mallCKnotts Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of AmericaDthe Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purpose【文章来源】David Guterson的一篇文章，文章较长，不予列出C【母题猜想】链接：/yy/ “When one of the doctors criticizes me, I get defensive. I feel like a child again, being scolded, and I want to explain that Im not wrong.” says Viola, a nurse. This is a common reaction to criticism, but not a good one. There are better ways of dealing with criticism. When Sol was criticized by his new employer for not having made a sale, Sols reaction was to feel sorry for himself. “I had put everything I had into making that sale,” Sol says, “and I felt that I had failed as a person. I had to learn through experience not to react like that to each failure. Rather than reacting immediately to criticism, take some time to think over what was said. Your first question should be whether the criticism is fair from the other persons position. The problem may be a simple misunderstanding of what you did or your reasons for doing it. After you cool down, consider what you can do about the situation. The best answer may be “nothing”. “I finally realized that my boss was having personal problems and taking them out on me because I was there,” says Sheila. “His criticism didnt really have anything to do with my work, so nothing I said or did was going to change them.” In Sheilas case, the best way to deal with it was to leave her job. However, thats an extreme reaction. You may simply explain your opinion without expecting an in-depth discussion. You may even decide that the battle isnt worth fighting this time. The key, in any case, is to have a reasonable plan.1. When Sol was criticized by his employer, he _. A. argued bitterly with his employerB. was angry and gave up his job. C. was sorry for what he didD. was sad and self-pitying2. According to the writer, you should take time to think about criticism because _. A. people may have a mistaken idea of what you didB. you should welcome other peoples opinions C. people may discuss it with you in depthD. you need time to understand yourself3. When the writer says that “the best answer may be nothing, he means you may decide _. A. to take no notice of the criticismB. to argue with your boss C. you need to change your job.D. youve done nothing wrong 4. The writer thinks Sheila can decide to leave her job because her boss _. A. didnt like her appearanceB. refused to change his opinion C. made an unreasonable criticismD. refused to talk to her about the criticism5. Whats the best subtitle of the last paragraph? A. Take time to cool down.B. React criticism quickly. C. Take action quickly.D. Take positive action. 夹叙夹义：1细节题 2细节题 3猜测句义题 4推断题 5主旨题 (CAACD)D【文章来源】链接：/family_holiday.htmBring the Family?Sibford is located in Oxfordshire with easy access to London, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon.Port Regis is well situated for exploring the beautiful South and West of England and Wales. Each school has excellent hotels and guest houses in the locality for parents who are dropping off or collecting children from the school.Please note: All students attending English Country Schools must live residentially on site. We *do not recommend* that parents live locally while their child is at the school: experience suggests that this often upsets the child and disrupts progress. Howards House Country Hotel & Restaurant About 15 minutes from PortRegisSchool, Howards House is set in large gardens hidden away in the quietness of the lovely Nadder valley. This hotel has excellent reviews at Trip Advisor Plumber Manor Plumber Manor is a comfortable Jacobean manor house built of local stone, situated about 20 minutes from PortRegisSchool. The 17th Century house is surrounded by lawns and is set in tranquil Dorset countryside. The Develish stream runs through the grounds. Generally good reviews at Trip Advisor Stock Hill Country House Hotel and Restaurant Stock Hill Country House Hotel and Restaurant is a late Victorian mansion set in eleven acres of mature and beautifully nurtured, wooded grounds on the borders of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. About 10 minutes from PortRegisSchool. One excellent review at Trip AdvisorBestWesternRoyalChaseHotelThe RoyalChaseHotel is situated about 5 minutes from the school. One good review at Trip AdvisorThe Coppleridge Inn The Coppleridge Inn is a family-run country inn & restaurant near Shaftesbury, just a few minutes from the school. Woodville Farm Bed & Breakfast + self-catering Woodville Farm is a family run arable & livestock farm set in the Dorset countryside about 5 minutes from PortRegisSchool. Bed and Breakfast accommodation: one double bedroom & one twin bedroom both with ensuite bathrooms, tea & coffee making facilities, colour television & hairdryer. There is also a self-catering 2-bedroom bungalow nearby. One good review at Trip AdvisorThe Old Forge Bed & Breakfast + self-catering Dating back to approximately 1700, The Old Forge has been renovated and restored to create a B&B with two self-catering cottages. About 10 minutes from the school. We also run a rural small holding with 2 acres of land where we keep our two Arabian horses Jasmine and Ariel, as well as compete in long distance riding. We also have two Labradors Molly and Willow, Westie Daisy and free range chickens. La Fleur de Lys Restaurant with Rooms La Fleurs de Lys is a completely non-smoking establishment situated in the centre of the historic town of Shaftesbury, just a few minutes from the school. The rooms are named after different varieties of wine. A little further away, the following hotels also have excellent reviews: The White House at Charmouth, about 1 hour from the school. CharmouthBeach (below) is great for fossil hunting. E【母题猜想】链接：大学公共英语四级阅读试题曾经考过本题的试卷：2006年北京市宣武区高三上学期期末质量检测；海宁一中高二年级英语期中试卷2005-2006学年度盐城市高三第一次调研考试07年6月英语四级考试模拟试卷Trees should only be pruned (修剪) when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and, the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way.First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired s