高中英语阅读理解及答案详解

1、高中英语阅读理解及答案详解4AA child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almostthe same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts.It is always much better totella storythan read itoutofabook, and,ifa parentcanproduce what,in the

2、 actualsituationofthetimeandthechild,is an improvementon theprinted text, so much the better.Achargemadeagainstfairytales isthat they harmthe childbyfrighteninghimormakinghimsad thinking.To provethelatter,onewouldhave toshowina controlledexperiment that children who have read fairy stories were more

3、 often sorry for cruelty thanthose who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerouslyterrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出现 ) from the child having heardthe storyonce.Familiaritywiththestoryby repetitionturnsthepainoffearintothepleasure of

4、a fear faced and mastered.Therearealsopeoplewhoobjecttofairystories on thegroundsthattheyarenotobjectivelytrue,thatgiants, witches,twoheadeddragons,magic carpets, etc. do not exist;and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught tolearn the reality by s

5、tudying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的 ) thatI do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full ofmad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephonewith kisses in the belief that it was their belo

6、ved girlfriend.No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.1 The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _.A repeated without any changeB treated as a jokeC made some changes by the parentD set in the p

7、resent解析： 细节理解题。根据It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of abook, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, isan improvement on the printed text, so much the better.可推知此题答案为C。答案： C2 Accordingto the passage, great fear can take place in

8、a child_.A in a realistic settingwhen the storyisB heard for the first timeC repeated too oftenD told in a different way解析： 细节题。根据this arises (出现 ) from the child having heard the story once.可推知此题答案为答案： BB 。2 The advantage claimed (提出 ) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it_.A mak

9、es them less fearfulB develops their power of memoryC makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid ofD encourages them not to have strange beliefs解析： 细节理解题。根据Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fearinto the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.可以得出此答案。答案：A3 The authors me

10、ntion of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _.A fairy stories are still being made upB there is some misunderstanding about fairy talesC people try to modernize old fairy storiesD there is more concern for childrens fears nowadays解析： 推理判断题。 有些人认为神话不现实，都是教孩子一些不存在的东西，会对孩子有不好的影响。 作者用虚拟语气作了一

11、个假设，如果这些观点站得住脚的话，可能会出现这样的情况： the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl friend. 可见持这种观点的人实际上是对神话的一种误解。答案： B4 One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fai

12、ry tales is that _.A they are full of imaginationB they just make up the stories which are far from the truthC they are not interestingD they make teachers of history difficult to teach解析： 推理判断题。根据.not objectively true, do not exist可知有些人不赞成神话故事的原因是这些故事是编出来的，远离现实。故选B 。答案： BBVery old people do raise m

13、oral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact withthem.Theirvalues thiscantbe repeatedtoo often arenotnecessarilyour values.Physical comfort,cleanness andorderare notnecessarily themostimportantthings.Thesocial services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food

14、coveredby small worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. But isit interfering ( 干涉 ) with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of theirrelatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clearup the worms, th

15、ink we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to thepoint where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.Indeed,the old can be easily hurtor harmed.The bodyis like a car, itneeds moremechanical maintenance ( 机械维修，保养 ) as it gets older. You can carry thi

16、s comparisonrightthroughtothe provisionof spare parts.But never forget that such operationsarepainful experiences, however good the results will be. And at what point should you stop totreat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by seeking the development ofdrugsto excitethe for

17、getfuloldmindand to activate the old body, knowing thatit isdesigned to die? You cant ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can seethe technicalopportunities,theywill feel bound togive thema try, on the principlethatwhile theres life, theres hope.When you talk to the old peopl

18、e, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.5 What does the passage mainly tell us?A The values are different between the old and the young.B The moral problems raised by old people.C

19、 The personal freedom for the old.D Old peoples viewpoint on life.解析：主旨大意题。 根据文章第1 句 Very old people do raise moral problems for almosteveryone who comes in contact with them及全文内容可知，答案选B。答案： B6 We can know from the first paragraph that _.A Very old people would like to live alone to have more person

20、al freedom.B Very old people are able to keep their room clean.C Very old people like to live with their children.D Social services have nothing to do with very old people.解析： 推理判断题。根据文章第 1 段最后几句 Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to thepoint where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old可知，答案选A 。答案：A7 According to the author, which of