四川省成都市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练(11)

1、阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for“ Six days shall you labor anddo all your work ” was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy in chopp ing firewood. In side their own houses, Mother and Mrs.Patrick were enga

2、ged in spring cleaning.Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at therisk of havi ng Brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitche n formore stri ng（线）.It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites wouldfly today.Mymother looked at

3、 the sittingroom, its furnituredisordered for a thorough sweeping.Aga in she cast a look toward the win dow.“ Come on, girls! Let s take stri ng to theboys and w atch them fly the kites a minute.”On the way we met Mrs. Patrick,laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong,together with her

4、girls.There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into theboys kites and they w ent up higher and higher. We could hardly dist in guish theoran ge-colored spots of the kites. Now and the n we slowly pulled one kite back, watch ing it dancing up and dow n in the wind,

5、and fin ally bringing it dow n to earth, just for the joy of sending it up aga in.Eve n our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn,laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity;childrenforgot their everyda

6、y fights and little jealousies.“Perhaps it s like this in the kingdom of heaven,” I thought confusedly.It was grow ing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the houses. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have bee n a surface tidy in g-up, forthe house on Sunday looked cl

7、ean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didn t mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep“the things that cannot be and yet they are. ”The years went on, then o

8、ne day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment,trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park, see duck. ”“I can t go! ” I said.“I have this and this to do, and when Im through I llbe too tired to walk that far. ”My mother, who was

9、 visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling.“It sa wonderful day, ” she offered, “really warm, yet theres a fine breeze. Do youremember that day we flew kites? ”I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with ita rush of memories.“Come on,” I told my little

10、 girl.“Youre right, its toogood a day to miss. ”Ano ther decade passed. We were in the aftermath（余波）of a great war. All evening wehad been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been sile

11、nt. What was he thinking of what dark and horrible things?“Say!” A smile slipped out from his lips.“Do you rememberno, of course youwouldnt. It probably didnt make the impression on you as it did on me.”I hardly dared speak.“Remember what?”“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp（战俘营）, when th

12、ings weren t toogood. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”1. Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought.A. she was too old to fly kitesB. her husband would make fun of herC. she should have been doing her housework thenD. her gi rls weren t supposed to play the boys game2. By “ we

13、 were all beside ourselves” , the writer means that they all .A. felt confusedB. went wild with joyC. looked onD. forgot their fights3. What did the writer think after the kite-flying?A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.B. They should have finished their work before playing.C. Her pare

14、nts should spend more time with them.D. All the others must have forgotten that day.4. Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.D.

15、She thought it was a great day to play outside.5. The youngest Patrick Boy is mentioned to show that.A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memoriesB. his experie nee in POW camp threw a shadow over his lifeC. childhood frien dship mea ns so much to the writerD. people like him really ch

16、a nged a lot after the war【参考答案】1-5、CBDBA【2015高考复习】阅读理解More tha n half of rich America ns have not show n their full wealth to theirchildren , a new survey showed last Tuesday.The survey , published by the Bank of America , studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets .It found that“ surpris i

17、n glyfew of those surveyed havewell-developed pla ns to preserve and pass on their assets to their childre n”.The majority of the 457 people surveyed are self-made , first-generation rich.Fifty-two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are , and 15 percent h

18、ave given away nothing about the family wealth.One in three pare nts said they had n ever thought to do it.They are worried that their children would become lazy, spend money freely ,make bad decisi ons and even become a target for gold diggers.Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children wou

19、ld be able to handle anyin herita nee （遗产）they pla n to leave them.“There is an expectation about the wealthyparentsthat they have aresponsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，” said SallieKrawcheck , preside nt of the Global Wealth and In vestme nt Man ageme nt of the Bank of A

20、merica. “Our research , however, uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the n ext. ”The trend is led by the world s richest man Bill Gates , who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife , the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundati

21、on （基金会）,and not to his children.“Wewant to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，” he said.Of his plans for his children, Gates said :I will give the kids somemoney butnot a mea nin gful perce ntage.they will n eed to work but they will feel reas on ably take

22、 n care of.语篇解读】 调查表明，大部分美国富人不愿向孩子炫富，甚至不打算将丰厚的资产 传给后代。5 We can learn from the passage that.A rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritanceB rich parents don t equal rich kids ， at least in the USC American children don t get to inherit their parents wealthD poor children don t expect the

23、mselves to be as rich as their parents解析 推理判断题。第二段的后半部分提到在被调查的美国富人中，几乎没有人计划为 他们的孩子保留资产或者将资产传给孩子，由此可推断在美国，父母富有并不意味着孩 子富有。答案 B6 According to the survey ， most rich Americans.A think they owe their children nothingB think it best to give their money back to societyC doubt their children s ability to ha

24、ndle wealthD are confident of their childrens ability to handle wealth解析 推理判断题。根据第四段内容可推知，大部分美国富人怀疑他们的孩子处理财富 的能力。答案 C7 The underlined word “ they ” in Paragraph 6 refers to.Aresponsible childrenB Bill Gates and his wifeCfirst-generation richD rich parents解析 猜测词义题。人们期望富裕的父母把他们的财富传给下一代，此处 they 指代的是 画线

25、词前面的“ the wealthy parents ”，即“ rich parents ”。答案 D8 From the last paragraph ， we can see that Bill Gates wants to show.A the trend of leaving no inheritance to childrenB the positive impact of charity on societyC the way of giving back to societyD the importance of independence for children解析 推理判断题。

26、根据本段中比尔盖茨所说的话可推知，他更强调孩子的个人奋斗， 认为培养孩子的自立很重要。答案 D阅读理解。I am a German by birth and descent. My name is Schmidt. But by education I am quite as much an Englishman as a Deutscher, and by affection much more the former. My life has been spent pretty equally between the two countries, and I flatter myself I

27、 speak both languages without any foreign accent.I count England my headquarters now: it is“ home” to me. But a few years agoI was resident in Germany, only going over to London now and then on business. I will not mention the town where I lived. It is unnecessary to do so, and in the peculiar exper

28、ience I am about to relate I think real names of people and places are just as well, or better avoided.I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers. I had been bredup to the profession, and was credited with a certain amount of“ talent ” ; and Iwas considered and, with all modesty, I

29、 think I deserved the opinionsteady andreliable, so that I had already attained a fair position in the house, and was looked upon as a “ rising man ” . But I was still young, and not quite so wise as I thought myself. I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair. It is this story whi

30、ch I am going to tell.Our house went in largely for patents rather too largely, some thought. But the head partners son was a bit of a genius in his way, and his father was growing old, and let Herr Wilhelm - Moritz we will call the family name do pretty much as he chose. And on the whole Herr Wilhe

31、lm did well. He was cautious, and he had the benefit of the still greater caution and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt, the second partner in the firm.Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with.No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that

32、 arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become. Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to port and perhaps more than anything, a power of holding your tongue. I was no chatterbox, nor, when on a mission of importance, did I

33、 go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets, which is, in my opinion, almost as dangerous as revealing them. No one, to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake, would have guessed thatI had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellows natural interest in hi

34、ssurroundings, though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers, or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow. For now and then - though not through me - our secrets did ooze out. And if, as

35、 has happened, they were secrets connected with Government orders or contracts, there was, or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors, there would have been, to put it plainly, the devil to pay.12. The writer preferred to be called .A. a German B. an Englishm

36、anC. both a German and an EnglishmanD. neither a German nor an Englishman13. Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer?A. Talented B. ModestC. ReliableD. Wise14. The head of the company where the writer works is .A. Schmidt B. MoritzC. Wilhelm s fatherD. Gerhardt15. The writ

37、er often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel, because .A. some people sometimes let out the secrets of his companyB. the writer occasionally didn t keep the secrets of his companyC. patents and the laws are strange things to have to do withD. the secrets were connected

38、with Government orders or contracts 【参考答案】 (D) BDCA阅读理解。阅读下列短文 , 从给的四个选项 (A 、B、C 和 D) 中, 选出最佳选项。For more than nine days ，for more than 60 miles ，thousands of Beijing-bound vehicles have come to an almost total stop on highways called the 6 and 110 that run from Inner Mongolia southeast to the nation

39、s capital.Bai Xiaolong ，a 30-year-old truck driver ，says it took him five days to make the 350-mile journey from Inner Mongolia to Tianjin.He spent much of that time reading，peeding up.， not even an inchsaid Bai ， an inhabitanttext-messaging and sleeping rather than s “ There w as one day that I did

40、nt moveof Jining in Inner Mongolia, a city at the western end of the traffic jam.Chin ese officials said that the con gestio n is mai nly because of the maintenance（维护projectsthat bega n in mid-August and are scheduled to be completed inmid-September.Trucks carry ing 8 tons or more of coal or fruit

41、have bee n resp on sible for damaging the roadway , thus making the work necessary.Drivers who ofte n use the route know that heavy traffic has long bee n a fact of life. “ The problem is really that therere too many cars and trucks and not eno ughIanes（ 车道），” Bai said. “We drivers are used to this

42、sort of thing happening.”The two n ati onal freeways are heavily used by truckscarry ing coal fromthe recen tlyope ned fields of Inner Mon golia to Chin as coastal cities.The seem in gly en dless jam bega n on the 6 and spread to the 110, which runs parallel（ 平 行的）,when officials sought to ease the

43、traffic on the 6.The Global Times , and English-language newsp aper, said the jam had eased somewhat in the last two days, but inhabitants of the region say the congestion simply spilled out onto other roads.The congestion has created an economy of its own.Vendors（小贩）sell boxed lunches,noodles and d

44、rinking water to the travelers, often at jacked-up prices.And becauseof the Ion g-sta ndingproblems along the highways, doze ns of small hotels have appeared ,attracting drivers who need a stop to catch more serious sleep.1. According to the text , the 110 was mainly damaged by.A. too many carsB . b

45、ad weatherC. poor maintenance。. heavy trucks答案：D细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句及第六段可知，导致这条国道毁坏的主要原 因是那些重型卡车，故选D项。2. What can we infer from the text?A. Bai Xiaolong was born in Tianjin.B. The problem of traffic jams in China will be solved soon.C. Chinese officials think it is necessary to build more Ianes.D. The

46、local people dont think the congestion has eased.答案：D 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段中的inhabitants of the region say thecon gesti on simply spilled out onto other roads可知，当地居民认为交通堵塞只是转移到了别的道路上，也就是说他们认为当地的交通拥堵并没有得到缓解。3. The underlinedword “jacked-up ” in the last paragraph probably meansA. highB. rightC specialD low

47、答案： A 猜测词义题。因为堵车所以司机被困在那里，他们需要吃的和喝的，而一些商贩发 现了这个商机，往往哄抬物价，司机们别无选择，由此可猜测出该词的意思为“很高的”。4 What would be the best title of the passage?A The congestion creates an economy of its own B Traffic jam near Beijing stretches on for days C The traffic has improved in Beijing D Truck drivers in China live a hard

48、life 答案： B 标题归纳题。本文报道了一次严重的交通堵塞。 60 多英里的道路变成了停车场，足 足堵了九天多的时间， B 作为标题最合适。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A B C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Many Americans are turning to Japan, they think, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are

49、not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one survey, 300Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education.

50、 Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents （ 答问卷者 ）listed “ to give children a good start academically ” as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools.In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successfu

51、l careers in the first grade and beyond, Japanese preschools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as determination, concentration, and the ability to work as a member of a group. The huge majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parent

52、s.Like in America, there is diversity （多样性 ）in Japanese early childhood education.Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some

53、 Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it willA. broaden children s knowledgeB. train children s creativityprograms have introduced free智能化)in some Japanese的schools and uni versities. Several more progressive play as a way out for the heavy in telle

54、ctualiz ing ( kin dergarte ns.1. We learn from the first paragraph that many America ns believeA. Japa nese pare nts are more in volved in preschool educati on tha n America n pare ntsB. Japan s economic success is a result of its scientific achievementsC. Japa nese preschool educati on emphasizes a

55、cademic in struct ionD. Japan s higher education is superior to theirs2. In Japan s preschool education, the focus is onA. prepari ng childre n academicallyB. developing children s artistic interestsC. developing children s potentialD. shaping children s characte r3. Whydo someJapanese parents send

56、their children to university-basedkindergartens?A. They can do better in their future studies.B. They can make more group experie nee grow there.C. They can be self-ce ntered whe n they grow up.D. They can have better cha nces of gett ing a top-rated educati on.4. Free play has bee n in troduced in

57、some Japa nese kin dergarte ns in order toC. lighten childrens study loadD. enrich children s experience【参考答案】 14、 CDDC阅读理解。Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full -

58、 blown. Quitethe opposite, just as the cook has to undergo a particular training, mastering the skillsof his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose-school work, matters of business, or purely social communication.You may be sure that the