（整理版高中英语）高考英语（二月）阅读理解精选（2）及答案

1、高考英语二月阅读理解精选2及答案维b2 阅读理解(每题2分，总分值8分)选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：almost 300 students at the four top high schools in beijing have given up plans to sit college entrance exams in favor of studying overseas for the international experience.the c，no.eight and no.11 high schoolsalso have overseas study classes.fan

2、xiaozhou,18，is a student in the overseas study class at the experimental high school attached to beijing normal university.she is waiting for an offer from the 12 universities she applied to in the us.her first choice is pennsylvania state university.“for students who take university entrance exams，

3、they only need to study hard for the final year of high school.the next four years of university life would be stressfree， she said，“but if i get the chance to study in the us，i will have to study hard right now and i'll also cherish every moment there.a key feature of overseas study classes is

4、that english and chinese cultures are essential parts of the curriculum.there are additional courses created by the advanced placement program in the us，but mostly the syllabus deals with reviewing knowledge learned during the previous two years of high school education.the emphasis is always on pre

5、paring for the university entrance examination.most of the students in the class have beyond average academic performance and some also have overseas study experiences.it was reported that in the past three years，more than 30,000 high school graduates chose to study overseas instead of taking univer

6、sity entrance exam.more than 100,000 students sat in the national college entrance exams in beijing last year,16,000 less than the previous year.notes：curriculum n课程syllabus n课程提纲长短句分析：there are additional courses created by the advanced placement program in the us，but mostly the syllabus (课程提纲) dea

7、ls with reviewing knowledge learned during the previous two years of high school education.句法点睛：本句中，created by the advanced placement program in the us与learned during the previous two years of high school education为过去分词短语作定语。句意：还有由美国高级选修课程设置的课程，但是课程提纲主要涉及在过去两年高中里所学习的课程。【语篇解读】 本文主要讲了在的高中毕业生中，许多人放弃报考国

8、内的大学而申请到国外留学。1what does the whole passage mainly tell us?amany high schools in beijing have overseas study classes.bmany students want to give up plans to sit college entrance exams to study abroad in beijing.cwhat's the advantage of studying abroad.dwhy middle school students choose to study ab

9、road.答案b主旨大意题。全文讲述了很多高中生放弃国内大学的入学考试，打算到国外学习的事情。2besides the curriculum required for the university entrance exams，if you want to study abroad you must _.alearn englishblearn chinese cultureclearn some other courses required by the university in usdprepare for the exams two years答案c细节理解题。从“there are

10、additional courses created by the advanced placement program in the us可知，要到国外上大学，除了学习高中要求的课程外，还要学习国外大学要求的一些课程。3according to the writer，most of the students who want to study abroad _.ahave a good knowledge of overseas studybknow little about overseas studychave little hope in being admitted to a key

11、 university at homedwant to major in hot courses in the foreign country答案a细节理解题。从“most of the students in the class have beyond average academic performance and some also have overseas study experiences.可知，这些学生的知识很丰富，有的已经有了国外学习的经历。4from the passage we can see _.athe number of senior students is less

12、 and lessbfewer and fewer students want to go to collegecmost senior students in china do not value a college educationdmore and more senior students choose to go to foreign universities答案d推理判断题。从最后一段可知，今年报考国内大学的人数减少了许多，这说明很多人报考了国外的大学，因此说越来越多的人选择到国外读大学。*结束 阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最正确选项。awhen i was 17,

13、i read a quote that went something like: “if you live each day as if it were your last, someday youll most certainly be right it made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33years, i have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “if today were the last day of my life, would i

14、 want to do what i am about to do today?remembering that ill be dead soon is the most important tool ive ever encountered遇到to help me make the big choice in lifeabout a year ago i was diagnosed with cancerthe doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that i w

15、ould live no longer than three to six monthsmy doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors code for preparing yourself to diei lived with that diagnosis all dayi was completely in despairlater that evening, i had another biopsy活组织检查and my wife told me that tumor tur

16、ned to be curable with surgeryi had the surgery and im fine nowthis was the closest ive been to facing deathto tell the truth, no one wants to dieand yet death is the destination we all shareno one has ever escaped itit clears out the old to make room for the newright now the new is you, but someday

17、 not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared awayyour time is so limited that you shouldnt waste it repeating someone elses lifedont be trapped by dogma教条 which is living with the results of other peoples thinkingdont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own in

18、ner voiceand most importantly, have the courage to follow your heartit somehow already knows what you truly want to becomeeverything else is secondary1. the doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_ ahe had to rest at homebhis disease was not serious at all chis dise

19、ase couldnt be cured dhe had to wait for the result of the test2how did the author feel after the diagnosis? aangry bexcited coptimistic dhopeless 3what does the author think of death?ahe thinks it is nothing to be scared of bhe thinks it is not the end of lifeche thinks it is impossible to avoid dh

20、e thinks it is the beginning of a new life4in the authors opinion, we should _ afollow others advice btake no notice of diseases ctake exercise and keep healthy dhave the courage to follow our heart参考答案 a) cdcd *结束b“soon, youre going to move it out! cried my neighbor upon seeing the largest tomato p

21、lant known to mankind, or at least known in my neighborhood.one tiny 9-inch plant, bought for $1.25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed, covering much of other plants, and is well on its way to the front door.roses require a good deal of care, and if it werent for the pleasure

22、they give, it wouldnt be worth the work. as it is, i have a garden full of sweet-smelling roses for most of the year. bushes must be pruned (剪枝) in early spring, leaving ugly woody branches until the new growth appears a few weeks later. it was the space available in the garden that led me into plan

23、ting just one little tomato plant. a big mistake.soil conditions made just perfect for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. the daily watering coupled with full sun and regular fertilizing (施肥) have turned the little plant into a tall bush. the cage i placed around it as the plant gr

24、ew has long since disappeared under the thick leaves.now the task i face in harvesting the fruit is twofold：first, i have to find the red ones among the leaves, which means i almost have to stand on my head, and once found i have to reach down and under, pick the tomatoes and withdraw (缩回) my full f

25、ist without dropping the prize so dearly won. i found two full-blown white roses completely hidden as i picked tomatoes in june. but they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of light.here i am faced with a painful small decision: to tear up a wonderful and productive tomato plant that o

26、ffers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. like scarlett in gone with the wind, ill think about that tomorrow.5. what are the requirements for the healthy growth of rose?a. a lot of care and the right soil. b. frequent prunin

27、g and fertilizing.c. tomato plants grown alongside. d. cages placed around the roots.6. the writer planted the tomato because _. b. the soil was just right for itc. there was room for it in the garden d. the roses branches needed to be covered 7. this year the writers roses were _.a. removed from th

28、e rose bed b. picked along with the tomatoesc. mostly damaged by too much sunlight d. largely hidden under the tomato plant8. by saying “the prize so dearly won in paragraph 5, the writer wants to _.a. show the difficulty in picking the tomatoes b. show the hardship of growing the rosesc. express he

29、r liking for the roses d. express her care for the tomatoes参考答案b) acda *结束cbeijing - a recent chinese blockbuster 轰动的作品 “a world without thieves is based on the experiences of a young migrant worker 民工carrying 60,000 yuan on a train packed with thievesbut while the image of a warm-hearted but somewh

30、at naive migrant worker may have made film fans chuckle, its a sure bet that most of chinas migrant workers are yet to step into a cinema to admire it“forty yuan a ticket? i cant afford it, said shen jie, a migrant worker at a construction site in dongzhimen, east beijingshen found it hard to rememb

31、er when he last watched a film, or what it was about“it must be 10 years ago, he saidthough they are the builders of the nations theaters and cinemas, a limited cultural life is common among chinas 120 million migrant workersshen arrived from east chinas zhejiang province in1991life was better then;

32、 money seemed to come more easily“now, as more and more workers are rushing to the capital, its too hard to earn money, and none of us dare think about watching films, he saidfor many like shen, the dream is earning enough to pay for their childrens education so they can find jobs in the cities and

33、say goodbye to the hardships of rural life foreverthis drives them to work hard and save as much as possiblewith a monthly salary of less than 500 yuan, shen has to send money home to his little son and silver-haired parentsin shens small dormitory, which he shares with seven other co-workers, there

34、 is a well-thumbed copy of a magazine published in 1998a recent survey by local media revealed that 80 percent of migrant workers spent their spare time sleeping and chatting because of exhaust and a lack of incomethe same survey found that 47 percent of migrant workers have to work for more than 10 hours a dayaround 40 percent do not even possess a book, and nearly 60 percent say they are dissatisfied with their cultural lifelike man