杭州市2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解选练（3）及答案

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，业必贵于专精杭州市2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解选练（3)及答案高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项BillMelendez，91，anEmmyAward—winninganimator（动画片制作者)whotransformedthetwo-dimensionaldrawingsofthepeanutscomicstripintosomeofthemostbelovedcartooncharactersontelevisionandfilm，diedSept。2atSt。John’sHealthCenterinSantaMonica，Calif。Mr.Melendez，whobeganhiscareerattheHollywoodanimationstudiosofWaltDisneyandWarnerBros.，foundhisgreatestfameastheanimatorofACharlieBrownChristmas，TheGreatPumpkinanddozensofotherPeanutspresentations.WithproducerLeeMendelson,Mr.Melendezformeda43-yearpartnershipthathasgeneratedmorethan70Peanutsproductions，includingfourfeaturefilms。Healsoanimatedmorethan370commercialsusingPeanutscharactersandremainstheonlyanimatorCharlesM.Schulztrustedtobringhisfamouscomicstripfigurestolife。SuccesswashardlyassuredwhenthefirstPeanutsspecial,ACharlieBrownChristmas，wasbroadcastbyCBSin1965.Networkexecutivesfeareditwouldbeacolossalflop，withnolaughtrack，ajazzmusicalscorebypianistViceGuaraldiandreligiousmessage.Muchtoeveryone'ssurprise，theshowwasahugehitandgotEmmyandPeabodyawards。CartoonistRobertSmigelcalledit“thegreatesthalf—hourAmericanTVhaseverproduced。”InadditiontoanimatingeveryPeanutsfilmandTVspecial，Mr。MelendezprovidedthewordlessvoiceofSnoopy。BeforehisworkonPeanuts，Mr.MelendezdrewmanyofthefamousDisneyandWarnerBros.animatedfiguresofthe1930sand40s,includingMickeyMouse,DonaldDuck,BugsBunnyandPorkyPig.Thepeanutscharacters,withtheircomplicatedpersonalitiescontainedinround,childlikefigure，provedunexpectedlychallenging.Mr。MelendezwonfiveEmmyAwardsforhisworkonPeanuts.HealsowonEmmysforcreatingthefirstanimatedcartoonsofJimDavis'GarfieldandforanimatingCSLewis’TheLion,theWitchandtheWardrobe。Melendezwasbornin1916inHermosillo，MexicoandmovedtoDouglas,Arizonain1928,andlatertoLosAngeles。Hebegandrawingasachild。HestudiedatwhatisnowtheCaliforniaInstituteoftheArtsandjoinedtheDisneystudioin1938.1.Whodrewthefamous“peanuts”comicstripfigures?A。BillMelendez.B.LeeMendelson.C.RobertSmigel.D.CharlesM。Schulz。答案解析:答案为D。本题为细节理解题.由第三段“…Mr.Melendezformed。.。。Healsoanimatedmorethan370commercialsusingPeanutscharactersandremainstheonlyanimatorCharlesM。Schulztrustedtobringhisfamouscomicstripfigurestolife。”可知，Mr。Melendez利用Peanuts人物创作了370多个商业动画片,并且迄今为止,他是CharlesM.Schulz唯一信任的将他的著名连环漫画形象搬上银幕的动画片制作者。其中，理解“remainstheonlyanimatorCharlesM。Schulztrusted”是关键,它包含有一个定语从句，可以改写为“remainstheonlyanimatorthatCharlesM。Schulztrusted"，因此,“peanuts”连环漫画形象是CharlesM。Schulz所画,故答案为D.2。Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“acolossalflop”mean？A。Animmediatesuccess。B.Agreatfailure。C。Ahugehit。D.Ofgreatpopularity.答案解析：答案为B。本题为词义猜测题。第四段提到“Networkexecutivesfeareditwouldbeacolossalflop…。",接下来的第五段首句写到“Muchtoeveryone’ssurprise，theshowwasahugehitandgotEmmyandPeabodyawards。”由此可知，令每个人大为吃惊的是，这部片子非常红火，可以推断，制片人最初担心它会失败，因此“acolossalflop“意思为“失败"，故答案为B。3。Whydidthe“peanuts”charactersproveextremelydifficulttoMr.Melendez？A.Becausethecharactershadcomplicatedpersonalities。B.BecausetheWarnerBros.didnotlikechildlikefiguresintheiranimations.C.BecausethefamousanimatedfiguresdrewbyMr。Melendezinthe30sand40swerealreadytoosuccessful.D。Becausethecomplicatedpersonalitiesofthecharacterswerecontainedinchildlikefigures.答案解析：答案为D.本题为细节题。由倒数第三段最后一句话“Thepeanutscharacters，withtheircomplicatedpersonalitiescontainedinround,childlikefigure,provedunexpectedlychallenging。”可知，答案为D。4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.BillMelendezwonfiveEmmyAwardsalltogether。B.BillMelendezmovedtoDouglaswhenhewas12。C。BillMelendezprovidedthevoiceofSnoopyinPeanuts.D。BillMelendezdiedin2007.答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由倒数第二段“Mr。MelendezwonfiveEmmyAwardsforhisworkonPeanuts.HealsowonEmmysforcreatingthefirstanimatedcartoonsofJimDavis'GarfieldandforanimatingCSLewis'TheLion，theWitchandtheWardrobe。”可知,Mr.Melendez凭借Peanuts这部动画片赢得了五个奖项，另外还因为其他的动画片作品也赢得了奖项，故A选项不符合文意，因此答案为A。由倒数第三段首句“InadditiontoanimatingeveryPeanutsfilmandTVspecial,Mr。MelendezprovidedthewordlessvoiceofSnoopy。”可知,C选项符合文意。由最后一段首句“Melendezwasbornin1916inHermosillo，MexicoandmovedtoDouglas，Arizonain1928，andlatertoLosAngeles.”可知，B选项正确.第一段提到“BillMelendez，91,…diedSept.2…”,故D选项符合文意，均不选。社会生活类ThebusjourneyfromDalitoLijiangwasveryunpleasantandIwasfeelingreallyunwellandwassickbythesideoftheroad.ItisapitythatIdidnotfeelsogoodasthesceneryandhousingalong。ThebusjourneywastrulybeautifulbutitisnothumanlypossibletoenjoysuchthingswhenallyoucanthinkofisthisChinesebusgoingtogetsomeofmycarrotsonitsfloorsandseats?IwasveryrelievedtoarriveinLijiang—theplaceseemedbiggerthanDaliandinitiallymoreprettyasapicture.However，afterwalkingforabitaroundtheplace，Igotthefeelingthattheplaceseemedoverlytouristy。Thistraditionalandold-lookingtownhadaverynewfeelingtoitasmostoftheoldstylebuildingslookedverynew。Thiswashardlysurprisingasthetownsufferedamajorearthquakein1996，butallovertheplaceevennow，theywerestillbuilding“old”stylehousing.Feelingratherletdownbytheplace,Peter,RashadandIheadedoutforameal.Therewerelotsofbarbecue（烤肉)typeplaceswhereyouselectedyourfoodtoeat.Peterspoketotherestaurantpeoplewhotoldhimthattheplacewascheap。Wethenmadethebigmistakeofstayingintheplacewithoutseeingthemenu。Amongstotherthings，suchasmeat,wehadalsosometreeandnormallookingmushroomscooked。Whenthebillarrived，itfeltlikewewerehavingourpantspulleddown。WedidnotthinkthatLijiangcouldgetanyworseuntilwesawthenightlife.Themusicwasloudintheclubsorbarsalongthestreets。“Cool，thismightbesomesortofChinesedanceoff.”Iwasthinking。GivenmypreviousbadexperiencesofLijiang，Ishouldreallyhaveknownbetter.However，thegoodthingsabouttheplacearenumberless,suchastheattractivenaturalscenery，theancientarchitecture,thecentury-oldpractices,andthehospitablelocals.1。Fromthefirstparagraphwecanlearnthat。A.thebusjourneywasboringanduncomfortableB。thesidesoftheroadwerepollutedseriouslyC.thesceneryisn’tbeautifulasexpectedD.thebusjoggedalongontheroughroad2。Theunderlinedword“initially”means。A。indeedB。atfirstC。intheendD。really3。Theauthorhadaverynewfeelingbecause。A.itwasthefirsttimethathehadvisitedLijiangB.manytallbuildingshadsprungupC.theancienttowntookanewlookD。theancienttownwasman—madeinaway4.Howdidtheyfeelwhiletheywereintherestaurant?A。Theythoughttheyhadappreciatedgoodfood.B。Theybelievedthebillwaswronglycalculated。C。Theyregrettedhavingorderedmushrooms。D。Theyhadamoreexpensivemealthanexpected。5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothelastparagraph？A.Theauthorhadagoodimpressionofthemusicintheclubs.B.TheauthoroncevisitedthetownandlovedChinesedance.C。MostofthepeopleinLijiangarewarm-hearted。D.Thenaturalsceneryhasbeendamagedbynoises。【参考答案】17。DBDDC社会生活类JustoveraquarterofAmericanadultsnowreadnewsontheircellphones,accordingtoanewreportfromthePewThenewstudyfoundthat26percentofAmericansgetnewsontheirphones。Pewdoesn'thavecomparabledataforsay,twoorthreeyearsago.Butevidenceoftheshiftinhabitscanbeseeninthisfinding：About43percentofthoseunder50saidtheyaremobilenewsconsumers，comparedwith15percentofolderrespondents。Still,somethingsdon’tchange.Readers’No。1concernwhentheylookfornewsontheirphones:theweather。Ofthe37percentofcellphoneownerswhosaidtheyusetheInternetontheirphone,72percentsaidtheycheckweatherreports.Currenteventscameinsecondwith68percent.Pew’ssurveyofferedawiderangeofstatisticsonpeople’snewshabits.Itshowedpeoplearenotrelyingononemedium。Justshyof60percentofrespondentsgetnewsfrombothonlineandofflinesources.And46percentsaidtheyusefourtosixdifferenttypesofmediaonatypicalday.TheWebisalsohelpingtoturnthenewsintomoreofasocialexperience：Morethan80percentofrespondentsgetorreceivenewsviae—mailedlinks.Theresultswerebasedontelephoneinterviewswith2，259peopleovertheageof18，conductedbetweenDec.28andJan。19。Forquestionstothatentiregroup，themarginoferrorwas2。3percentagepoints.OnquestionstojustInternetusers,themarginwas2。7percentagepoints.1.WhycanmoreAmericanadultsreadnewsontheircellphones？A.Becausetheywanttobecomecool。B.Becausetheywanttolookfashionable.C.BecausetheyhavephonesaccessingtheInternet。D。Becausereadingnewsoncellphoneisfree.2。Whatconclusioncanwedrawfromthesecondparagraph？A。Oldercellphoneownersaremorelikelytolookfornewsontheirphones。B。Youngercellphoneownersaremorelikelytolookfornewsontheirphones.C。Oldercellphoneownersneverlookfornewsontheirphones。D。Alltheyoungercellphoneownerslookfornewsontheirphones。3.What’sthemostpopularapproachforpeopletoreceivenews？A。Byonlyonemedium.B.Byreadingnewspapers。C。Byemailedlinks。D。Bycellphone’saccess.4.Howlongdidthetelephoneinterviewslast?A。Nearlytwentyhours。B。Morethanamonth。C。Aboutthreeweeks.D.Lessthantwoweeks.【参考答案】18。CBCC高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项—-——-ARobinsonDiazlivesinasmallcottagehighintheAndesMountainsofSouthAmerica。Diazisa“cableracer”，andeverymorninghefacesthedifficulttaskoftakingthelocalteachertoherschool.Todothis，hefirstwalksforanhouruptoaplacethelocalscallLosPinos，rightattheedgeofthe400—footdeepgorge(峡谷)oftheNegrovalley。Here，oneendofathickmetalcablehasbeenfixedtoawoodenpost.Thecablestretchesrightacrossthedeepvalleytotheotherside,akilometeraway.Ametalhookisfixedtothecable，withleatherstrapshangingfromit.Diazfastensthestrapsaroundhisshouldersandwaist，doesaquicksafetycheckandthen,withouthesitating,throwshimselfofftheedgeofthemountain.Attachedtothecablebyonlythemetalhook，herapidlypicksupspeedandsoonheisracingthroughtheair.Crossingthevalleybywiretakeshim30seconds,insteadofthetwohoursitwouldtakehimtowalkdownthroughtherainforestandclimbupthesteepmuddyslopesontheotherside.AsDiazbeginshistrip，DianaRios，a23—year-oldelementaryteacher，iswaitingon。Theothersideofthegorgeforthemomentwhenhewillcomeracingthroughthemisttowardsherat100mph.Shewillthenreturnwithhim，hangingontohimashegoesbackalongthecable。Dianahadnoideawhenshetooktheteachingjobthatjustgettingtoworkinthevillageschoolwouldbedangerous。"AtfirstIwantedtocry，"shesays,clutchingherhookasthemetalcablestartstorattle（喀哒作响)violentlyatDiaz’sapproach.“ButIsoongotusedtoit。"ShestillpreferstogowithDiaz，though,ratherthanmakingthefrighteningandhazardous(危险)crossingonherown。Fortheinhabitants（居民）ofLosPinos，thewirecableisalifeline。Formorethan50years,ithasservedthecommunityasaformoftransporttoandfromtherestoftheworld。Everythingthatcomesarrivesviathecable—bricksandwoodforbuilding,sacksofriceandcorn.Pregnantmothers，whomustgettothenearestclinic，crossthewireduringthedarknessofthenight，returningwiththeirnewbornbabies。Itisdangerous,buttheyhavenochoice。ThistimeRobinsonDiazmakesaperfectlandingonDiana’ssideofthegorge。Forhim,thedangersofthisdailyjourneyareinsignificant。“WhatI’mreallyscaredofissnakes，”hesays。“Thisisnothingincomparison。”ThenDiannastrapsherselfintoherharnessandhooksherselfuptothewirebehindDiaz,holdingontohimtightly。Heturns，flashesherasmile,releasesthebrakeandkicksaway。Withinseconds，teacherandcable—racerhavedisappearedbackintothemist.1.RobinsonDiazhasadifficulttaskeverymorningbecausehehasto________.A。climbalongwayupamountain B。gettotheedgeofavalleyC.helpsomeonegettowork D.walkthroughadangerousarea答案解析:答案为C。本题为细节题.由第一段“…andeverymorninghefacesthedifficulttaskoftakingthelocalteachertoherschool.”可知,答案为C.2.Inthesecondparagraph,thewritersuggeststhatDiazis________。A。confidentaboutwhatheisdoingB。unawareofthedangerhefacesC.carelessabouthisownsafetyD.uncertainofwhatheisdoing答案解析：答案为A。本题为推理题。由第二段对Diaz的动作描写“aquicksafetycheck”、“withouthesitating"、“herapidlypicks