辽宁盘锦2014高考英语 信息匹配、阅读理解训练题（6）及答案

1、辽宁盘锦市2014高考英语信息匹配、阅读理解训练题（6）及答案（全国新课标卷）完形填空 In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory_36_course about 20 years ago. The professor _37_the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans

2、（豆）, and invited the students to _38_how many beans the jar contained. After _39_shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the _40_ answer, and went on saying, ”You have just _41_an important lesson about science. That is: Never_42_ your own senses.” Twenty yea

3、rs later, the _43_could guess what the professor had in mind. He _44_himself, perhaps,as inviting his students to start an exciting _45_into an unknown world Invisible（无形的）to the 46 ,which can be discovered only through scientific 47 .But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the i

4、nvitation. She was just 49 to understand the world. And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 .The professor, however, said that it was 52 .he was taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and 54 ,”the women says, “and I di

5、d the only thing I could do. I 55 the course that afternoon, and I havent gone near science since.”36A. artB. historyC. scienceD. math37A. searched fo B. looked atC. got throughD. marched into38A. countB. guessC. reportD. watch39A. warningB. givingC. turning awayD. listening to40A. readyB. possibleC

6、. correctD. difficult41A. learnedB. preparedC. taughtD. taken42A. loseB. trustC. sharpenD. show43A. lecturerB. scientistC. speakerD. woman44A. describedB. respectedC. sawD. served45A. voyageB. movementC. changeD. rush46. A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light47. A. model B. senses C. spirit D. me

7、thods48. A. hear B. make C. present D. refuse49. A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting50. A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained51. A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth52. A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable53. A. task B. tool C. success D. connection54. A. cruel B.

8、 proud C. frightened D. brave55. A. dropped B. started C. passed D. missed【答案】36.C 37.D 38.B 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.A 46.B 47.D 48.A 49.B 50.A 51.D 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.AMy family and I lived across the street from Rose, Park since I was four years old Then just last year the city put a chain

9、 link fence around the park and started bulldozing （用推土机推平）the trees and grass to make way for a new apartment complexWhen I saw the fence and bulldozers,I asked myself, “Why dont they just leave it alone?"Looking back, I think what sentenced the park to oblivion was the drought; （旱灾） we had ab

10、out four years agoUp until thenRose Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming poolMy friends and I rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the trees, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up, The park was almost like my own yardIn the summer I was fifteen the dr

11、ought came and things changedThere had been almost no rain all that yearThe city stopped watering the park grassWithin a few weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge, brown desertLeaves tell off the park trees, and pretty soon the trees started dying, tooThe park swimming pool was c

12、losedThen the city cut down on the work force that kept the park, and it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymoreAs the drought lasted into the :fall, the park got worse and worseThe rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grassThere were few people in the parkIt was said that drugs were being

13、 sold or traded thereThe park had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there anymoreThe drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal that is, everything but the parkIt had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that wayThen about six months ago I hea

14、rd that the city was going to"redevelop" certain worn-out areas of the cityIt turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on itThe chain-link fence and the bulldozers did their workNow we live across the stree

15、t from six rows of apartment buildingsEach of them is three units high and stretches a block in each directionThe neighborhood has changed without the parkThe streets I used to play in are jammed with cars nowThings will never be the same againSometimes I wonder what would happen if another drought

16、came60How did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers?AScared BExcited C, Curious DUpset61Why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother?AIt was being rebuilt BIt became crowdedCIt was dangerous DIt had turned into a desert62According to the writer, what evehtuaily brought

17、about the disappearance of the park? AThe drought BThe crimeCThe decisions of the city DPiles of rubbish 63The last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came Apeople would have to desert their homesBthe situation would be much worseCthe city would be fully prepared in advanceDthe

18、city would have to redevelop the neighborhood*结束 When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarras

19、sment(尴尬) to your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison or Albert Einstein, and you can successfully dropout in primary school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA.,

20、you are on the launching pad(发射台). But now you have to put on the brakes(刹车). If you go for a masters degree, make sure it is an MB.A.Do you know, for instance, that longdistance truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $24,000 while

21、the full professors managed to earn just $23,030.A PhD is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you work for such a degree in any other field, you will face a da

22、rk future. There are more PhDs unemployed or underemployed in the country than any other part of the world.If you become a PhD in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages orworst of allin philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not

23、for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on tables, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the street cleaner earns.You can equ

24、ate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the total value of national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.5According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who _.A.

25、will not be a shame to societyB. will become loyal citizensC. can take care of themselvesD. can meet the nations needs6Many PhDs are out of work because _.A. they are improperly educated in schoolsB. they are of little commercial value to their societyC. there are fewer jobs in high schools and coll

26、egesD. they prefer easier jobs that make more money7According to the passage, _ degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes.A. philosophy B. chemistryC. history D. anthropology8Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?A. Bernard Shaw finished high school, but Ed

27、ison didnt.B. The higher your education level is, the more money you will earn.C. One must think carefully before working for a master degree.D. The more you are educated, the more youll be fit for societys demands.答案文章说明了当今社会的一种现象学历和收入并不成正比。作者告诫人们：社会只需要受到适当教育的劳动者，中途辍学和过高的学历都有可能因为不能适应社会的需要而不能为社会所接受，

28、从而得不到较高的报酬。5D。推理判断题。根据文章第一自然段第二句中的“What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society”可知本题D项正确。6B。推理判断题。根据文章第五自然段第二句中的“Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes”

29、可推知本题选B。7B。细节理解题。由第五段第二句可知选B。8C。正误判断题。根据文章第三、四段内容可知本题选C。*结束 ANo one knows where the phrase “Indian summer” got started. We are sure that the phrase was wellknown by the year 1778, because Crevecoeur, an American writer, described it like this: “A hard frost(霜冻)follows the autumn rains. This prepares

30、 the ground to receive the snows of winter. But before the snows come, the earth turns warm once again and there are a few days of smoke and mildness called Indian summer.”There is a story about Indian summer that goes back to the very first settlers of the New World. The first frost meant winter wa

31、s coming. Snow would soon follow. The Indians, seeing the settlers preparing for winter, told them not to hurry. The weather would turn warm, mild breezes would blow and the sky would turn soft and smoky. And so it did. The sun became hotter, and a bright warm smoke flowed over the fields and woods.

32、 The settlers, remembering the words of the Indians, called this wonderful period Indian summer. But the Indians have their own stories about this late period of warm weather. One of their stories is about a god called Shawondasee. Shawondasee was a sad god because he had lost the love of a tall and

33、 beautiful Indian maiden. The sad and beautiful story caught the imagination of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In 1855 he included the story of Shawondasee in his poem “The song of Hiawatha”. The story goes like this：God Shawondasee, fat and lazy, lived under the dreamy and neverendin

34、g southern sun. He sent birds and wild geese to the north, as well as melons and grapes. He smoked a big pipe, and as the smoke rose, it filled the sky with dreamy softness, gave a bright shine to the water and brought the tender Indian summer to the melancholy northland.There is something about thi

35、s period of warm weather that gives people a lift and makes them feel warm and happy before the long snows of winter come. 5Which season does “Indian summer” refer to?A. Early spring. B. Late summer.C. Midautumn. D. Early winter.6Which of the following best describes the weather of this period of ti

36、me?A. Hot and humid. B. Warm and mild.C. Cool and bright. D. Cold and smoky.7The Indians explanation to this natural phenomenon is that God Shawondasee _.A. lived under the dreamy southern sunB. took pity on the homeless settlersC. smoked a lot because of his bad moodD. lent his smoking pipe to the

37、Indians8What is the meaning of the underlined word “melancholy”？A. Sad and lonely. B. Dreamy and exciting.C. Soft and musical. D. Warm and happy.答案5D。词义指代判断题。依据文章中第一段及第三段内容可知Indian summer指的是初冬，即early winter。故D项正确。6B。细节理解题。由文章第一段第四句中的“But before the snows come, the earth turns warm once again and the

38、re are a few days of smoke and mildness called Indian summer.”可知，这期间的天气是温暖柔和的。7C。细节理解判断题。依据文章倒数第二段和倒数第三段内容可知，C项正确。8A。词义理解题。依据文章倒数第三段的“Shawondasee was a sad god”以及倒数第二段中的“He sent birds and wild geese to the north, as well as melons and grapes.”可知答案A项为该词的词义。*结束 When I was small and my grandmother died

39、, I couldn't understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laugh turned into crying.So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists a

40、re discovering that so, too, does crying.Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的) health, and crying seems to work well. One study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.Besides, tears attract help from other peo

41、ple. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendly and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and