河北省黄冈市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自选练习（15）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，业必贵于专精河北省黄冈市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自选练习（15)及答案阅读理解About70scientistswereworkingonaverybusyproject。Allofthemfeltreallydesperateduetothepressureofworkandthedemandsoftheirbossbuteveryonewasloyaltohimanddidnotthinkofquittingtheirjob。Oneday,onescientistcametohisbossandtoldhim，“Sir，I’vepromisedtotakemychildrentotheexhibitiongoingoninourtownshipsoIwanttoleaveat5:30p。m。”Hisbossreplied,“OK。You’repermittedtoleavetheofficeearlytoday。”Thescientiststartedworking.Hecontinuedhisworkafterlunch.Asusual,hegotinvolvedtosuchanextentthathelookedathiswatchonlywhenhe\felthewasclosetocompletion。Thetimewas8:30p.m。suddenlyherememberedhispromisetothechildren.Helookedforhisbossbuthewasnotthere。Havingtoldhiminthemorninghimself，heclosedeverythingandleftforhome.Deepwithinhimself，hewasfeelingguiltyforhavingdisappointedhischildren.Hereachedhome.Thechildrenwerenotthere。Hiswifealonewassittinginthehallandreadingmagazines.Thesituationwasexplosive;anytalkwouldboomerangonhim.Hiswifeaskedhim，“WouldyouliketohavecoffeeorshallIstraightawayservedinnerifyouarehungry？"Themanreplied，“Ifyouwouldliketohavecoffee，Itoowillhavebutwhataboutthechildren？”Hiswifereplied，“Youdon’tknow?Yourbosscamehereat5：15p。m.andhastakenthemtotheexhibition。"Whathadreallyhappenedwasthebosswhogavehimpermissionwasobservinghimworkingseriouslyat5：00p。m。Hethoughttohimself:thispersonwillnotleavethework,buthe’spromisedtotakehischildrentotheexhibition。Sohetooktheleadintakingthemthere。Thebossdoesnothavetodoiteverytime.Butonceit’sdone,loyaltyisestablished.ThatiswhyallthescientistsatThumbacontinuedtoworkundertheirbosseventhoughthestresswasextraordinarilyhuge.Bytheway,canyouboldlyguesswhothebosswas?HewasnoneotherthatthemastermindbehindIndia'ssuccessfulnuclearweaponsprogram，Dr.APJAbdulKalam,formerpresidentofIndia。1.Thescientistaskedforanearlyleavebecause。 A.hefeltincreasinglydesperateabouthiswork B。hemeanttoaccompanyhiswifeatdinner C.thetaskathandwasclosetocompletion D.he’dpromisedtotakehiskidstoashow答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由第二段科学家对他老板说的话“I’vepromisedtotakemychildrentotheexhibitiongoingoninourtownshipsoIwanttoleaveat5:30p。m.”可知，答案为D。2.Theunderlinedsentenceimpliesthatthescientistthoughthiswifewas。 A。dissatisfiedwithhiscominghomelate B.readytoservedinnerforhim C。gratefultohiskind-heartedboss D。delightedtoseehimbackhome答案解析:答案为A。本题为语义理解题。结合划线句子的上下文,科学家专注于工作，忘记了带孩子去看演出，回到家感到非常愧疚，可是孩子们并不在家，只有妻子一个人坐在客厅读杂志，作者用句子.“Thesituationwasexplosive;anytalkwouldboomerangonhim.”来描述此时科学家内心的活动“情况非常糟糕，他一开口谈话必然会遭到妻子的责骂”,因此划线部分的句子暗示科学家认为他的妻子对他的晚归非常不满意，故答案为A。3.Thebosstookchildrentotheexhibition. A。whenitwastoolateforthescientisttodoso B.becausethescientistwasabsorbedinhiswork C。becausehealsowantedtoseewhatwasonshow D.whentheman’swifeaskedhimtodoso答案解析：答案为B.本题为细节题。由倒数第二段“Hethoughttohimself：thispersonwillnotleavethework,buthe’spromisedtotakehischildrentotheexhibition.Sohetooktheleadintakingthemthere.”可知，老板带科学家的孩子去看演出是因为时间到了的时候科学家仍然专注于自己的工作，故答案为B。4.Allthescientistsstayedloyaltotheirboss. A。outofgratefulnessforhisthoughtfulness B。becausehehadpoweroverthemC.tolearnhowtoliveunderpressure D.everytimehetookthechildrentotheshow答案解析：答案为A.本题为推理题。由倒数第二段最后两句话“Thebossdoesnothavetodoiteverytime.Butonceit’sdone，loyaltyisestablished。”和最后一段首句“ThatiswhyallthescientistsatThumbacontinuedtoworkundertheirbosseventhoughthestresswasextraordinarilyhuge。"可知，科学家忠实于他们的老板是因为老板体贴关心他们，因此科学家感激老板，不论压力多大也愿意为老板工作，故答案为A。阅读理解（2013·陕西，A)Joshua，Helmut，andBethlehemMichelleO。DonovanISBN9781462058679LifeisnoteasyfornineyearoldJoshuaduringWorldWarII。Becauseofhisfamily'sJewishbackground，theyaresenttoliveintheconcentrationcamps（集中营）。Scaredandalone，JoshuaonedaymakesfriendswithalittlemousehecallsBethlehemwhobecomeshisclosestfriend。EncourageMe！InspirationalPoetryGloriaCoykendallISBN9781412027854Itisaneasytoreadcollectionofpoemsoriginallywrittentoencourageinfaithandtobeacureforchronicdepression(长期抑郁）。.。curetostrengthenidentityandpurpose。MoreThingsinHeavenBillBosworthISBN9780595433582InhisMoreThingsinHeaven,BillBosworthpresentsthehighlightsofhis83yearsoflife，includinghistripstoIndiaandthestudyofthewritingsofseveralgreatspiritualleaders。MoreThingsinHeavenwillappealtoanyonewhoinsistsonfindingthedeepestmeaningfortheirexistencebasedontheirownexperience。SeekingtheEdgeDr.JosephL.RoseISBN9781462031795SeekingtheEdgeprovidesthetoolsandtechniquestofindthatedgeinone'slife-drivingreaderstoachievesuccesswhetherinyourcurrentjob,findinganewjob,ineducation,family，orevenhobbies。CreationorEvolutionMichaelEbifeghaISBN9781450289023Werehumanscreated,ordidtheyevolve?HowoldistheEarth？Thedebatebetweenscienceandreligioncontinuestobeheated.InCreationorEvolution，MichaelEbifeghaexaminesthesetwoopposedworldviewswithinthestructureofempirical（实证的)science.文章大意：本文是五则图书广告，介绍了书名、作者、书号及内容简介。1．Whowrotethestoryaboutalittleboyandalittlemouse?A．BillBosworth。 B．MichelleO。Donovan。C．Dr。JosephL.Rose。 D．GloriaCoykendall.答案：B细节理解题。由第一则广告可知介绍了一个九岁男孩及一只小老鼠的故事，故选B项。2．TheISBNforthebookofpoemsis________.A．9781462031795 B．9781412027854C．9780595433582 D．9781462058679答案：B细节理解题.由第二则广告,可知是一本诗歌选集，它的书号是B项。3．WhatkindofreaderswillprobablylikereadingMoreThingsinHeaven?A．Thosewhoaresearchingforthemeaningoflife。B．Thosewhoaretryingtobespiritualleaders。C．Thosewhostudytheartofwriting。D．Thosewholiketravelingabroad。答案：A推理判断题。由第四则广告第二段可知此书会吸引那些坚持寻找人们存在的意义的人，所以可以推断出那些寻求人生意义的人会喜欢这本书。故选A项。4．Whichofthefollowingbooksexplorestheoriginofhumans?A．SeekingtheEdge。B．CreationorEvolution。C．Joshua，Helmut，andBethlehem。D．MoreThingsinHeaven.答案：B细节理解题。由第五则广告第一句话Werehumanscreated,ordidtheyevolved？可知本书是探索人类起源的。故选B项。阅读理解—----A1。Myth：Skippingmeals（不吃饭)helpsyouloseweightfast。Truth：There'snotruthinthisadvice.Notonlywillyounotlostweightbystarvingyourself，butaccordingtoCarolAnnRinzler，thismayactuallycauseyoutogainweight。Rinzlerreasonsthatmissingamealcausesyourmetabolism（新陈代谢）toslowdownsothatyouburnfoodmoreslowly。Thisonlymakesyoufeelhungrierandbythetimeyoufinallydoreachthetableyouwillprobablyeatmorefood。Strangeasitmayseem,studiesshowthateatingseveralsmallmealsandsnacksthroughoutthedayisamorehealthywaytolosepounds。2.Myth：Ifyouswallow（吞下)gum（口香糖)，itwillstayinsideyourstomachforsevenyears。Truth：Actually，ittakesjustafewdaysforgumtomakeitsexit---notsevenyears,saysNeiIzenberg，M。D。,editorofKidsHealthOrganization。Butbecausegumismadeofthesamethingasrubber,itcannotbefullydigested（消化)inyourstomach--—soifyougumuptheworksonaregular(经常的)basis,youmightfindyourselfinastickysituation。3.Myth：Thebestwaytostopanosebleedistoliftyourheadback.Truth：Nowthat’sbadadvice。Bloodynosesarecausedbybrokenbloodvessels（血管),sowhileliftingyourheadbackmightstopthefluidfromrushingoutofyournose，itwon'tstopthebleeding;you’lljustendupswallowinglotsofblood。Yourbestbet？“Restquietly.Don’tpokeorpick，andthebloodwillnaturallyclot(凝结）withinaminuteortwo"。SuggestsDr.Izenberg。4。Myth:Cuttingyourhairwillmakeitgrowlongfaster.Truth:That’snottrue.“Yourhairisn’tlikealawnorarosebush，wherecuttingcanstimulate(刺激）freshgrowth，"saysPhillipKingsley.Thelengthofyourhairisgenetically(遗传地）determined。Whenitreachesacertainlength,itstopsgrowing。Whenyouclearupthedeadsplitends,thismakeyourhairlookhealthier，butnotnecessarilylonger.1。AccordingtoCarolAnnRinzler,skippingmealswill__________.A。helpyouloseweightfastB.helpyouloseweightslowlyC.causeyoutobecomefatterD。makeyouburningfoodmorequickly答案解析:答案为C。本题为细节题。由第一部分“Notonlywillyounotlostweightbystarvingyourself,butaccordingtoCarolAnnRinzler，thismayactuallycauseyoutogainweight。”可知，CarolAnnRinzler认为不吃饭不仅不会减肥，反而会增肥，故答案为C。2。WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A。GumcannotbefullydigestedinthestomachB。GumcanleaveyourstomachafteryouswallowisafewdayslaterC.Ifyouoftenswallowgum，youmightfindyourselfinastickysituationD。Gumcanstayinsideyourstomachforsevenyearsifyouswallowit答案解析：答案为D.本题为细节题。由第二部分“Actually,ittakesjustafewdaysforgumtomakeitsexit---notsevenyears”可知，实际上，口香糖几天后就会排出体外,而不是在人体内呆七年，故答案为D.3.Whenyournosebleeds，you’dbetter__________.A.liftyourheadbackB.pokeitC。restquietlyD.pickit答案解析:答案为C。本题为细节题.由第三部分“Restquietly。Don’tpokeorpick,andthebloodwillnaturallyclotwithinaminuteortwo”。可知，答案为C。4。Thelenghofyourhairisdeterminedby________A。clearingupthedeadsplitendsB.yourgeneC。cuttingitoftenD。thefoodyoueat答案解析：答案为B.本题为细节题。由第四部分“Thelengthofyourhairisgeneticallydetermined.”可知，答案为B。阅读理解-—--——-—BOnenightIwassittinginmyroomhalf–listeningasmy15year–oldbrotherfoughtwithmy12year–oldbrotherKevin.Ididn’tpayattentionwhenKevinrushedupthestairswiththehurtonhisface。About20minuteslater,asIwaswalkingupstairsIheardKevincryinginsidethebathroom。Iknockedonthedoorandasked，“HeyKevin,doyouwanttotalk？”Noresponse.Itriedagain，“Whydon’tyoucomeoutofthere?”Again，noresponse.So,jokingaround,Igrabbedastackofindexcardsandapencilandwrote，“Ifyoudon'twanttotalk，wecanwritenotestoeachother.”AnhourlaterIwasstillsittingontheflooroutsidethebathroomwithtwostacksofindexcardsinfrontofme.OnewasblankandonewascarsfromKevinonwhichhehadtranslatedallhisyuckyfeelingsintowordsforme。AsIreadoneofKevin’snotes，tearscametomyeyes.Itsaid，“Nobodyinthisfamilycaresaboutme。I'mnottheyoungest,andI’mnottheoldest,andI’mnottalented。TommythinksI’mstupidandDadwisheshehadtheotherKevinasakidbecausehe’sbetteratbasketball。Andyou’reneveraroundtoevennoticeme.”TearscametomyeyesagainasIwrotebacktohim。“YouknowKevin，IreallydoloveyouandI’msorryIdon’talwaysshowit。Iamhereforyouandyouarelovedinthisfamily.”Therewasnoresponseforawhile，butthenIheardatearingsoundcomingfrominsidethebathroom.Kevin,whohadrunoutofindexcardswroteonatorn–uppapercup，“Thanks。"Iwroteback“Forwhat？"Itreturnedtomewith“Lovingme”writtenonit。Sincethen,Itrymybestnevertohalf–noticemyfamilymembersanymore.KevinandIhavecloserrelationshipnow,andsometimeswhenoneofusnoticesthattheotherisupsetwe’llsmileandsay“Writeitonapapercup。”1.WhydidKevinstayinsidethebathroomalonecrying？ A.BecausehelostinthefightwithTommy。 B.Becausetheauthordidn'thelphimwinTommy。 C。Becausehefeltnolovefromthefamilymembers. D.Becausehehurthimwhenrushingupthestairs。答案解析：答案为C.本题为细节推理题.由第六段Kevin写在索引卡上的内容“Nobodyinthisfamilycaresaboutme.I’mnottheyoungest，andI’mnottheoldest，andI'mnottalented.To