广东省2014高考二轮复习英语专项训练-阅读理解二十五 Word版含答案

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AF.ScottFitzgerald，bornonSeptember24,1896,anAmericannovelist，wasonceastudentofSt.PaulAcademy,theNewmanSchoolandattendedPrinceton.Universityforashortwhile.In1917hejoinedthearmyandwaspostedinAlabama,wherehemethisfuturewifeZeldaSayre。Thenhehadtomakesomemoneytoimpressher。Hislifewithherwasfullofgreathappiness,ashewroteinhisdiary：“MyownhappinessinthepastoftenapproachedsuchjoythatIcouldshareitevenwiththepersondearesttomebuthadtowalkitawayinquietstreetsandtakedownpartsofitinmydiary.”Thissideofparadise,hisfirstnovel,waspublishedin1920。Encouragedbyitssuccess，Fitzgeraldbegantodevotemoretimetohiswriting.ThenhecontinuedwiththenoveltheBeautifulandDamned（1922)，acollectionofshortstoriesThalesoftheJazzAge（1922）,andaplayTheVegetable(1923).ButhisgreatestsuccesswasTheGreatGatsby,publishedin1925,whichquickbroughthimpraisefromtheliteraryworld.Yetitfailedtogivehimtheneededfinancialsecurity.Then,in1926,hepublishedanothercollectionofshortstoriesAlltheSadYoungMen.However,Fitzgerald’sproblemswithhiswifeZeldaaffectedhiswriting。Duringthe1920shetriedtoreorderhislife,butfailed。By1930,hiswifehadherfirstbreakdownandwenttoaSwissclinic。DuringthisperiodhecompletednovelsTenderIstheNightin1934andTheLoveoftheLastTycoonin1940.WhilehiswifewasinhospitalintheUnitedStates,hegottotallyaddictedtoalcohol。SheilaGraham，hisdearfriend，helpedhimfighthisalcoholism.（）1。HowmanynovelswrittenbyFitzgeraldarementionedinthepassage?A。5B.6C。7 D.8()2。WhichofthefollowingisthecorrectordertodescribeFitzgerald'slifeaccordingtothepassage？a。Hebecameaddictedtodrinking。b。HestudiedatSt.Paulc.HepublishedhisfirstnovelThisSideofParadise。d。TheGreatGatsbywonhighpraise.e.Hefailedtoreorderhislife。f.HejoinedthearmyandmetZelda.A.f-c-e-a-b-dB.b-e—a-f-c—dC.f—d—e—c-b-aD。b—f-c-d-e-a（）3。WecaninferfromthepassagethatFitzgerald.A。hadmadesomemoneywhenhemetZeldainAlabama。B.waswelleducatedandwelloffbeforeheservedinthearmyC。wouldhavecompletedmoreworksifhiswifehadn’tbrokendownD。helpedhisfriendgetridofdrinkingwhilehiswifewasinhospital（）4.Thepassageisprobablyfollowedbyaconcludingparagraphabout。A.Zelda’spersonallifeB。Zelda’sillnessandtreatmentC.Fitzgerald’sfriendshipwithGrahamD.Fitzgerald’scontributionstotheliteraryworld【语篇解读】本片文章为记叙文，主要讲述了英国著名文学家弗兰西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的生平、生活及其重要作品56.答案A。【解析】细节理解题。据题意，由文章中关键词novel可知,文章中提及到的弗兰西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的小说有：Thissideofparadise，TheBeautifulandDamned，TheGreatGatsby，TenderIstheNightandTheloveofthelastTycoon，共计5篇。故选A项57.答案D。【解析】细节理解题.根据第一段中“……wasonceastudentofSt。Paul58。答案C.【解析】推理判断题.由第四段第一句“However，Fitzgerald’sproblemswithhiswifeZeldaaffectedhiswriting"可以判断出C项59.答案D。【解析】推理判断题。根据人物传记的特点和本段对菲茨杰拉德生活、作品的描述，说明了菲茨杰拉德的作品对学界的意义，因此最后总结的一段是关于菲茨杰拉德对文学界的贡献的。故选D项BForgetTwitterandFacebook,GoogleandtheKindle.Televisionisstillthemostinfluentialmediumaround.Indeed,formanyofthepoorestregions（地区)oftheworld,itremainsthenextbigthing——finallybecomesgloballyavailable。Andthatisagoodthing，becausetheTVrevolutionischanginglivesforthebetter。Acrossthedevelopingworld,around45%offamilieshadaTVin1995;by2005thenumberhadclimbedabove60%。ThatissomewaybehindtheU.S.，wherearemoreTVsthanpeople，andwherepeoplenoweasilygetaccesstotheInternet.Fivemillionmorefamiliesinsub-SaharanAfricawillgetaTVoverthenextfiveyears。In2005,afterthefalloftheTaliban（塔利班),whichhadoutlawedTV,1in5Afghanshadone。Theglobaltotalisanother150millionby2013——pushingthenumberstowellbeyondtwothirdsoffamilies。Television'smostpowerfuleffectwillbeonthelivesofwomen。InIndia,researchersRobertJensenandEmilyOsterfoundthatwhenTVsreachedvillages，womenweremorelikelytogotothemarketwithouttheirhusbands’approvalandlesslikelytowantaboyratherthanagirl。Theyweremorelikelytomakedecisionsoverchildhealthcare。TVisalsoapowerfulmediumforadulteducation。IntheIndianstateofGujarat,ChitrageetisapopularshowthatplaysBollywoodsongswithwordsinGujarationthescreen。Withinsixmonths，viewershadmadeasmallbutsignificant(有意义的)improvementintheirreadingskills.ToomuchTVhasbeenassociatedwithviolence，overweightandloneliness。However，TVishavingapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofbillionsworldwide.（)1.Theunderlinedword“outlawed"inparagraph2probablymeans“”。A.allowedB。bannedC。offeredD。refused（）2。WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？A。AmericansusedtogetaccesstotheInterneteasily.B.Theworld’sTVsetswilltotal150millionby2013。C。45%offamiliesinthedevelopingcountrieshadaTVin2005.D。OvertwothirdsoffamiliesintheworldwillhaveaTVby2013.(）3.Theauthorintendsto。A.stresstheadvantagesofTVtopeople'slivesB.persuadewomentobecomemoreindependentC。encouragepeopletoimprovetheirreadingskillsD.introducethereaderssomewebsitessuchasGoogle（)4。Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage？A。TVWillRuletheWorldB.TVWillDisturbtheWorldC.TVWillBettertheWorldD。TVWillRemaininWorld【语篇解读】本篇文章为议论文。本文围绕着电视仍然是世界上最有影响力的媒体说