江苏省2014届高三英语一轮复习阅读理解攻略训练(13)

1、江苏省 2014 届高三英语（牛津版）一轮复习攻略训练：阅读理解（13）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、 B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。AThere isno doubtabout it.The bestway tolearnnew words isto do itunconsciously.I dontmean while you re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinkingin.That is how I learntthe 30,000 words in my v

2、ocabularyby livinginan English-speakingworld,mother tongue.I justpickthem up. But some ofthem may be misunderstood.Now, tomisunderstanddoes not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.The 5% mislearnt of all the words we“ know” will be the least frequently used word

3、s, as themore frequentlyused words are less likelyto be mislearnt.Some of the misunderstandingmay livewith all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one s own mothertongue can be used for a second language learning

4、. They teach their students how to play theGuessing Game.“ There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you comeacross,” theywillsay.“ You have to practiceguessingwhat the word means from the context.”This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may s

5、ucceed in manycases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.And what s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Ourlearners dictionariesusuallyhave many meanings.A good dictionaryis what makes self-learningpossible.Don t guess! Look i

6、t up!56. It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _.A. to learn them by oneselfB. to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequentlyC. to guess them from the contextD. to get more separate meanings of each word57. The underlined word“ them” in Paragraph 2 refers t

7、o _.A. the 30, 000 wordsB. English teachersC. misunderstood wordsD. frequently used words58. Which of the following is most likely NOT true?A. Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.B. Most of the 30, 000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.C. How many words th

8、e writer got wrong are not known.D. All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.59. It can be inferred that _.A. when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can t learn new words by heartB. we must use the words as often as possible in order to master themC. it s the best way to le

9、arn new words that one should only guess their meanings from thecontextD. only dictionaries can help us learn language well.BIn some urban centers, workholism is so common that people do not consider it unusual: theyaccept the lifestyleas normal. Government workers in Washington D.C., forexample, fr

10、equentlywork sixty to seventy hours a week. They don t do thisbecause they have to; they do it becausethey want to.Workholismcan be a seriousproblem.Because trueworkaholics( 工作狂 ) would ratherwork thando anything else, they probably don t know how to relax.Is workholismalways dangerous?Perhaps not.T

11、here are,certainly,peoplewho work wellunderstress. Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in life. Theirworkisso pleasurablethattheyareactuallyveryhappy.Formostworkaholics,workandentertainment keep them busy and creative.Why do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much? Th

12、ere are several advantages to work. Of course,it provides people with paychecks, and this is important. But it offers more than financialsecurity. It provides people with self-confidence; they have a feeling of satisfaction whenthey ve produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say, “ I ma

13、de that. ” Psychologists claim that work gives people an identity through participation in work, they get a sense of selfand individualism. In addition, most jobs provide people with a socially acceptable way to meetothers. Perhaps some people are compulsive about their work, but their addiction see

14、ms to be asafe-even an advantageous-one.60. The passage indicates that workaholics _.A. just know work but nothing elseB. are willing to work hard for long hours without payC. find their work provide them more satisfaction and self-confidence than how much they arepaidD. has the work with more respo

15、nsibility than others61. One ofthe reasonsthatsome peopleare notwillingto quittheirjobseven in theireightiesand nineties is that _.A. they are in the need of financial securityB. they would rather work than be disturbed by domestic affairsC. they long for a sense of identity and being accomplishedC.

16、 they may have health problems from sheer boresom62. This passage is mainly about _.A. workaholics are usually successful people, but their lives are in a messB. workholism can lead to serious problems but it can also create a joyful lifeC. people who are absorbed in their work may enjoy movies, spo

17、rts and other kinds of entertainmentD. those who work even under difficult conditions may be very happy63. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. in the eyes of all the common people workaholics are peculiarB. to workaholics, work is the sole source of happinessC. a piece of challenging work

18、may provide the workaholics a sense of satisfactionD. workaholics are as addicted to their job as other people are to drugs or alcoholCThere is one word that is on the lips of Americans , day and night ,“Sorry ”.One time as I was walkingon the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushingagainstmy

19、handbag .Even as he continued on his way , he turned back and said“sorry ” to me . Even in a rush , hedidn t forget to apologize .One day , afterI bought some apples, thesalesman was givingme the change , but I wasntreadyfor it , and a coin dropped on the ground,“I m sorry ,” hesaid while bending do

20、wn to pickit up . I was puzzled why would he apologize when it was my fault ?Another time , I stepped on a mans footin an escalator. At thesame time , we both said “sorry ” .I thought it interesting : was it really necessary for him apologize ?Lateron , an American friendexplainedto me thataccording

21、 totheAmerican ideas,the escalatoris public place which everyone should be able to stand in . After someone occupies a positionin the escalator , making it difficult for someone else to find a place to stand in , isnt itnecessary to express an apology ?Duringmy stay inAmerica, Igraduallyrealizedthat

22、when friction(摩擦 )occursin dailylife ,Americans don t care much about who is responsible . If someone is troubled , a“ sorry” isalwaysnecessary. Even ifthe other person ishurt,the “sorry ” wouldcool tempers . Perhapsthis is why I never saw anyone quarreling on the buses , subways or streets in Ameri

23、ca .64 When I was walking in the street , _ .A a young man wanted to rob me of my bagB a young man ran by and wanted to brush my bagC a young man said sorry to me for touching my bagD a young man came hurriedly to help me with my bag65 When the salesman gave me the change , _A I purposely didn t wan

24、t to accept it from the salesmanB the salesman purposely didn t want to pass it to meC I was slower to accept it than the salesman to give it to meD the salesman was slower to give it to me than I could accept it66 The man on whose feet I stepped apologized to me because _ .A the escalator is a publ

25、ic place B the man was very afraid of meC the“ sorry ” said to me was for everyoneD there wasn t enough room to get my feet in67 In this passage , the author seems to feel _ the Americans “ sorry ” .A angry withB disappointed withC interested in D approving ofDDanielleSteel,America'ssweetheart,i

26、sone ofthe hardestworking womeninthe book business.Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Herresearch timebeforewritingtakesat leastthreeyears.Once she has fullystudiedher subjects,ready to dive into a book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her

27、 desk.DanielleSteelcomes from New York and was sentto France forhereducation.Aftergraduation,she workedinthepublicrelationsand advertisingindustries.Latershe starteda job as a writerwhich she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books inprint,nearlyfiftyNew York

28、 Times best-sellingnovels,and a seriesof "Max and Martha"picturebooks for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death, new hobbies and newschools.Her 1998 book aboutthedeath ofher son shot tothe topof the NewYork Times best-sellinglist as soon as it came out. Twenty-eig

29、ht of her books have been made into films. She is listedin the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381weeks straight.Not contentwitha bighouse,alovingfamily,and a viewoftheGoldenGate Bridge,DanielleSteel considers her readers to be the most important resource(资源 ) and has k