湖北省2014高考英语专项训练阅读理解40

1、2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项50-40apresident george bush is heading to camp david for thanksgiving, thankful for his almost-expired privilege of serving as the president.president-elect barack obama is staying in chicago to have a whole bunch of people over to the house and squeeze in some christmas shopping.on

2、a holiday designed for reflection（回忆）,one man, historically unpopular,is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. the other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on wednesday, obamahanded out food t

3、o the needy at a chicago church with wife michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and happily telling people you can call me barack.he followed that with a quick visit to a school next door, where he asked theexcited kids, whos going to have turkey? whos going to have green beans? whos going

4、 to have sweet potato pie?obama has shown a knack（窍门）for symbolism, in this case following the thanksgiving tradition of helping the poor, said david greenberg, a rutgers university historian who is working on a history of political spin.here hes showing a different side of himself, the president as

5、 national conscience or moral authority. i think thats probably a good note for him to introduce in a transition period thats been soheavily focused on wall street andthe financial system and these economic problems, he said. hes not forgettingwho these economic problems are hurting the most.for bus

6、h, his final thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. he always reflects a bit at thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared（放飞）the thanksgiving turkey, pumpkin, on wednesday.he gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all theamerican people. then he gave

7、thanks for his wife and twin daughters- twothanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago and that his mother, former first lady barbara bush, was doing well after being hospitalized.most of all, he said, i thank the american people for the tremendous privilege of serving as the preside

8、nt.this thanksgiving, obamaused the opportunity for a relatively rare public event with his wife and children, sasha, 7, and malia, 10and a chance for a littlelesson for the kids.i want them to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and to make sure theyre giving back, he said of bringing th

9、e girls to the church.and whats he thankful for?i just want you to know what im thankful for is my family and my friends and my community, he told the schoolchildren. thats the most important thing.1. the best title of the passage should bea. thanksgiving for bush and obama b. thanksgiving dayc. how

10、 to celebrate thanksgiving day d. thanksgiving day for presidents答案解析：答案为a。本题考查文章的标题。全文报道了即将卸任的总统bush和新选举的总统obam略自在感恩节做的事情。故答案为a2. the underlined word “squeeze in paragraph 2 is closest toa. force b. push c. join d. take答案解析：答案为 co本题为词义猜测题。结合下文的第三段“on a holiday designed forreflection, one man, histo

11、rically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. the other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.可知，one man”指的是第一段提到的president george bush ,他和家人一起要去遥远的山顶；the other ”指的是第二段提到的president-elect barackobama他在繁忙的城市中，周围都是人。可以推断，第二段写的是新选举的总统obam

12、a加入了圣诞节的购物潮中，因此 squeeze意思最接近join ”,故答案为c。3. which of the following is not right according to the passge?a. bush is thought highly of by the people in the article.b. bush s daughters are 27 years old now.c. obama visited some of the people who needed help.d. bush gave thanks to troops and volunteers,

13、 to teachers and pastors, to all the american people.答案解析：答案为 a 本题为细节题。由第三段 on a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family.可知，one mar”在历史上不受欢迎，结合上题的分析，one man指白是bush,因此a选项“文中人们对 bush评价很高”错误，故答案为a第九段写的是 bush, 由文中 “he gave than

14、 ks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the american people. then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters two thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago”可知，b、d选项符合文意。由第四段dressed casually in a leather jack etand black scarf on wednesday, obama handed out

15、food to the needy at a chicago church”可知，c选项符合文意。4. the passage suggests thata it s a tradition for a us president to spare a turkey on thanksgiving day.b onthanksgiving day, obamamainly has a get-together with his family and friends. c obama asked his two daughters to make contribution to the us ec

16、onomy.d bush thinks it a honour and also a pity to be the us president.答案解析：答案为 ao本题为细节推理题，解答此题可用排除法。由第十一段“thisthanksgiving, obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event withhis wife and children, sasha, 7, and malia, 10and a chance for a little lessonfor the kids.”可知，obama利用这个机会和妻子

17、孩子团聚，没有和朋友一起，故 b选项 错误。c d选项未提。因此只有选择 a选项“对于美国总统来说感恩节放飞火鸡是一种传 统”，文中第/i段提至u“for bush, his final thanksgiving in office is proving a timefor nostalgia. he always reflects a bit at thanksgiving, but he went further as hespared the thanksgiving turkey, pumpkin, onwednesday.由此可知，a 选项是正确的。bin march 2008 ,

18、joe ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near denver, colorado. the hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188. ryan had never set foot in that hospital. obviously there was some mistake.i thoughtit was a joke, “ says ryan.but when he called the billing agency , nobody l

19、aughed. someone, who s also named joe ryan, using ryans social security number, had indeed been admitted for surgery. he figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.two years later, ryan continues to suffer from the damage to his credit rating and stilldoesn t know if his medical reco

20、rd has been cleared of wrong information.joe ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise : medical identity theft, which involves using your name to get drugs, expensive medical treatment and even cheating insurance payments.as ryan discovered,

21、 money isn t the half of it. whensomeone steals your name to receive health care, his medical history becomes part of your record and setting the record straight can be extremely difficult. that s because , in part , theinformation is handed out among dozens of care-givers, from doctors to medicine

22、stores to insurance companies and labs.i wanted to help straighten this out, “ says ryan, so i went to the hospital, and they had a three-inch-thick record for me, but they wouldn t let me see it.i showed them my id, and they said that s not joe ryan s signature. well, of course not ! they had this

23、other guy s signature. ”ryan had fallen into a victim s catch -22： if your record doesn t appear to be yours, you may not have the right to read it, much less change it.ryan s next step was a visit to the police department. but the police said that there was not much they could do, that the local la

24、w enforcement has little experience with medical id theft, and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter.1. the billing agency sent joe ryan a notice to.a. play a joke on him for medical treatmentb. inform him of the payment for his surgeryc. correct the mistakes about payment for h

25、is surgeryd. clear up the wrong information in his medical record答案解析：答案为b=本题为细节题。由第一段 in march 2008 , joe ryan got a noticefrom a billing agency for a hospital near denver, colorado. the hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188. “可知， the billing agency 通知 joe ryan 支付手术费用41,188美元，故答案为bo2. joe ryan at first thought his problem was.a. easy to settleb. difficult to settlec. impossible to solved. unnecessary to solve答案解析：答案为 a本题为细节推理题。由第二段 he