2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选(35)外研版

1、-1 -2013 高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（35）及答案AHarry Houdi ni was one of the greatest America n en terta iners in the theater thiscentury. He was a man famous for his escapes from prison cells, from wooden boxesfloating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America.Cr

2、owds came to see the great Houdini and his“magic”tricks.Of course, his secret was not magic or super natural power. It was simply stre ngth. He had the abilityto move his toes as well as he moved his fin gers. He could move his body into almost any positi on he wan ted.Houd ini started work ing in t

3、he en terta inment world whe n he was 17, in 1891. Heand his brother Theo performed card tricks in clubs in NewYork. They called themselves the HoudiniBrothers. WhenHarry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magicia n and assista nt.But for a long time they were not very successf

4、ul. ThenHarry performed his firstprison escape in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detectiveto let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.It was the publicity （宣传）that came from this that started Harry Houdini ssuccess. Harry had fin gers trained to escap

5、e from han dcuffs and toes trained to escape from anklechains. But his biggest secret was how he uniocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prisoncell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck and a small skelet on key, which is a key that fits many locks. Shepassed it quickly from her mouth t

6、o his.Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local pris on ofevery tow n he visited. In the after noon, the people of the tow n would read about it i n their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the re

7、sult?Worldwide fame and a name remembered today.56. According to the passage, Houdinis success in prison escapes depends on_ .A. his special tricks and super natural powersB. his unu sual ability and skelet on keyC. his magic tricks and super natural powersD. his wisdom and magic tricks-2 -57. It ca

8、n be in ferred from the passage that Houd ini became famous_.A. in 1894B. before he marriedC. at the age of 17D. whe n he was 2458. Accord ing to the passage, which of the followi ng stateme nts isNOTtrue?A. Houdini was a famous American magician.B. Houd ini was first recog ni zed in Chicago.C. Houd

9、i ni first en tered the en terta inment world together with his wife.D. Houdini was popular with people from Europe and America.59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. A Skeleton KeyB. A Secret Priso nerC. Worldwide FameD. Great EscapesBTraditionalfairy tales are being abando

10、ned by parents because they are too scaryfor their young childre n, a study has found.A research has discovered one in five pare nts has give n up old classics such asSnow Whiteandthe Seven DwarvesandRapunzelin favour of more modern books. Onethird of parents say their children have been left in tea

11、rs after hearing the horrible details ofLittle RedRidi ng Hood. And n early half of mothers and fathers refuse to readRumplestiltskinto their kids as thethemes of the story are kidnapping and killi ng. Similarly,Goldilocks and the Three Bearsis also atale likely to be lefton the book shelf as pare n

12、ts feel it forgives steali ng.The su rvey of 2,000 adults was completed to mark the launch of the hit US dramaGRIMhich starts toni ght at 9 p.m. on Watch, and sees six drama series based ontraditi onal fairy tales. The survey has found a quarter of parents polled will notcon sider read ing a fairy t

13、ale to their childre n un til they have reached the age offive, as they have to face too many awkward questio ns from their childre n.Steve Horn sey, Gen eral Man ager, Watch, said,“Bedtime stories are supposed tosoothe children and send them off to sleep soundly. But as we see inGRIMMsome fairytale

14、s can be dark and dramatic tales so its understandable that parents worry about reading them toyoung children. As adults, we can see the innocence in fairy tales, but a five-year-old child would take-3 -them too seriously. Despite the darkn ature ofsome classicfairy tales, as we see inGRIMMgood will

15、 defeat evil and there is alwaysa moral to the story.”The study also shows two thirds of mumsand dads try to avoid stories which might give their childrennightmares. However, half of parents think traditionaltales aremore likely to have a strong moral message than a lot of modern kidsbooks, suchasTh

16、e Gruffalo, The Hun gary Caterpillarand theMr. Menbooks.60. We can learn from Para. 3 that GRIMM is_ .A. a fairy tale bookB. a movie for childre nC. a play loved by childre n D.a drama based on traditi onal fairy tales61. The underlined word“soothe”in Para. 4 can be replaced by“_A. put dow n B. calm

17、 dow n C. take dow n D. come dow n62. Which of the follow ing may Steve Horn sey agree to?A. A moral always exists in a classic fairy tale.B. All fairy tales are dark.C. Adults take fairy tales too seriously.D. All fairy tales are good for childrens sleep.63. Whats the authors attitude towards tradi

18、tional fairy tales?A. Optimistic.B. Not men tio ned.C. Casual. D. Disapprovi ng.CA new study of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behaviorshows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily,it is a bad thing for young people.Puppy love（早恋）may bring stress for you

19、ng people and can lead to depression.The study shows thatgirls become more depressed than boys,and younger girls are the worst of all.The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is“lossof self”.According to the study,even though boys would say“lose the

20、mselves in a roma ntic relati on ship”，this“loss of self ” is much morelikely to lead to depression when it happens to girls.Young girl s who have romantic relati on ships-4 -usually like hidi ng their feeli ngs and opinions.They won t tell thatto their pare ntsDr Marianm Kaufman,an expert on young

21、people problems,says 15%to 20%young people willhave depressionduring their growing.Tryingromanee oftencauses thedepression.She advises kids not to jump into romanee too early.During growing up,it is importa nt for young people to build strong frien dships and a strong sense of self.She also suggests

22、the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends,atte nd more in teresti ngschool activities and spe nd eno ugh time with family.Parents should watch for sig ns of depressioneating or mood changesand if they see sig nsfrom their daughters or sons,they need to give help.The good

23、 news is that the connection betweenromanee and depression seems to become weak with age.Lovewill always make us feel young,but only maturity（成熟）gives us a chanee to avoid its bad side effects.64. What s the main idea of the passage?A.Puppy love may bring young people depressionB.Parents should forb

24、id their childrens love.C. Roma nee is a twoedged sword for adults.D. Roma nee is good for young people.65. Which of the following is more likely to have depression?A.Young people who have a strong sense of selfishnessB.Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior.C. Young girls who always hide

25、 their feelings and opinionsD. Careless parents whose children are deep in love66. What can be inferred from the passage?A.Lacking love can lead young people to grow up more quickly.B.Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parentsC. Pare nts should help their childre n to be a

26、ware of the sig ns of depressi onD. The older a woman is,the less lik ely she seems to lose herself in romanee-5 -67. What s the authors attitude towards puppy love?Time and how we experie nee it have always puzzled us. Physicists have createdfascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pen

27、dulumpsychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or cale ndar. As some one who understoodthe differenee remarked,“Whenyou sit with a nice girl for two hoursit seems like a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours.”Psychologistshave long no ticed that

28、 larger un its of time, such as mon ths andyears, fly on swifter wings as we age. They also note that the more time is structured with schedule s andappointments, the more rapidly it seems to pass.For example, aday at the office flies compared with a dayat the beach. Since most of usspend fewerdays

29、at the beach and more at the office as we age, an in crease in structuredtunecould well be to blame for why time seems to speed up as we grow older.Expectationand familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly. Almost allof us have had the experienee of driving somewhere we ve never been befor

30、e. Surrounded by unfamiliarseenery, with no real idea of when well arrive, we experienee thetrip as lasting a long time. But the return trip, although exactly as long, seems to take far less time. Theunfamiliarityof the journey has become routine.Thus takinga differe nt route on occasi on can ofte n

31、 help slow the clock.When days become as ide ntical as beads（小珠子）on a stri ng, they mix together,and even mon ths become a sin gle day. To fight this, try to find ways to in terrupt the structure of your dayto stop time. Lear ning someth ing new is one of the ways to slow the pass age of time. One of the reasons the days of our youth seems so