2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练10

1、2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练10 (A)Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essential to ones life. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip. But for many p

2、eople, the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure. So in spite of all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures could be obtained, the number of people who didnt have breakfast increased by 33%from 8.8 million t

3、o 11.7 millionaccording to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who dislike eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years have shown that, for grown-ups especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting (省略) breakfast. “Go

4、ing without breakfast does not affect work,” said Arnold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve work.” Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the r

5、ecent work involves children, not grown-ups. “The literature,” says one researcher, Dr Earnest Polite at the University of Texas, “is poor.” 41. The main idea of the passage is that _.A. breakfast has nothing to do with peoples healthB. a good breakfast used to be important to usC. breakfast is not

6、as important to us as gasoline to a carD. breakfast is not as important as we thought before42. For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that _.A. several studies have been done in the past few yearsB. the omission of breakfast has little effect on ones workC. grown-ups have especially

7、made studies in this fieldD. eating little in the morning is good for health43. The underlined part “nor does giving people breakfast improve work” means _.A. people without breakfast can improve their workB. not giving people breakfast improves workC. having breakfast does not improve work, eitherD

8、. people having breakfast do improve their work, too 44. The word literature in the last sentence refers to _.A. stories, poems, play, etcB. written works on a particular subjectC. newspaper articlesD. the modern literature of America45. What is implied but not stated by the author is that _.A. brea

9、kfast does not affect workB. Dr Polite works at an institution of higher learningC. not eating breakfast might affect the health of childrenD. Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London (B)Many trees in the Brackham area were brought down in the terrible storms that March. T

10、he town itself lost two great lime trees from the former market square. The disappearance of such striking features had changed the appearance of the town centre entirely, to the annoyance of its more conservative inhabitants(居民).Among the annoyed, under more normal circumstances, would have been Ch

11、ief Inspector Douglas Pelham, head of the local police force. But at the height of that weeks storm, when the wind brought down even the mature walnut tree in his garden, Pelham had in fact been in no fit state to notice. A large and healthy man, he had for the first time in his life been seriously

12、ill with an attack of bronchitis. When he first complained of an aching head and tightness in his chest, his wife, Molly, had tried to persuade him to go to the doctor. Convinced that the police force could not do without him, he had, as usual, ignored her and attempted to carry on working. Predicta

13、bly, though he wouldnt have listened to anyone who tried to tell him so, this had the effect of fogging his memory and shortening his temper.It was only when his colleague, Sergeant Lloyd, took the initiative (主动) and drove him to the doctors door that he finally gave in. By that time, he didnt have

14、 the strength left to argue with her. In no time at all, she was taking him along to the chemists to get his medicine and then home to his unsurprised wife who sent him straight to bed. When Molly told him, on the Thursday morning, that the walnut tree had been brought down during the night, Pelham

15、hadnt been able to take it in. On Thursday evening, he had asked weakly about damage to the house, groaned (含糊不清地说) thankfully when he heard there was none, and pulled the sheets over his head.It wasnt until Saturday, when the medicine took effect, his temperature dropped and he got up, that he real

16、ized with a shock that the loss of the walnut tree had made a permanent difference to the appearance of the living-room. The Pelhams large house stood in a sizeable garden. It had not come cheap, but even so Pelham had no regrets about buying it. The leafy garden had created an impression of privacy

17、. Now, though, the storm had changed his outlook.Previously, the view from the living-room had featured the handsome walnut tree. This had not darkened the room because there was also a window on the opposite wall, but it had provided interesting patterns of light and shade that hid the true state o

18、f the worn furniture that the family had brought with them from their previous house.With the tree gone, the room seemed cruelly bright, its worn furnishings exposed in all their shabbiness. And the view from the window didnt bear looking at. The tall house next door, previously hidden by the tree,

19、was now there, dominating the outlook with its unattractive purple bricks and external pipes. It seemed to have a great many upstairs windows, all of them watching the Pelhams every movement.“Doesnt it look terrible?” Pelham whispered to his wife. But Molly, standing in the doorway, sounded more ple

20、ased than dismayed. “Thats what Ive been telling you ever since we came here. We have to buy a new sofa, whatever it costs.”46. Why were some people in Brackham annoyed after the storm?A. No market could be held.B. The police had done little to help. C. The town looked different.D. Fallen trees had not been removed. 47. In the third paragraph, what do we learn about Chief Inspector Pelhams general attitude to his work? A. He fin