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2016山东胶州市高考英语阅读理解【二轮】选编（6）【2014高考模拟题】 the holidays are a time to give. these charities-and many moreare looking for volunteers and donations.world wildlife fundthe world wildlife fund is helping to protect endangered species through the symbolic species adoption program. those who “adopt” an animal will receive an adoption certificate and a photo of their species. anyone can support endangered species year round by buying wwf apparel(服装). worldwildlife. org/givingdosomething. orgthis month, dosomething. org launched their holiday campaign, “grandparents gone wired”. the goal of the campaign is to make it easier for senior citizens to keep in touch with their loved ones using the internet. teens can volunteer to help seniors in their community. volunteers are able to win prizes and scholarships. dosomething. org/grandparents coins for changedisneys club penguin, a virtual gaming site for kids, launched its annual coins for change campaign this month. from dec. 15 to dec. 27, club penguin players can donate virtual coins to real-world causes. if players reach the donation goal, club penguin will donate $2 million to charity projects. .toys for totseach year, the u.s. marine corps toys program collects new, unwrapped toys for the holidays. communities across the nation host toys for tots drives around the holiday season. the toys collected are given as gifts to needy children so they can experience the joy of christmas. american red crossall you need is a pen and a piece of paper. the american red cross holiday mail heroes program is collecting handwritten card to send to members of the u.s. armed forces during the holidays. the charity has also set up a holiday giving catalog where you can buy personal gifts, such as babysitting lessons. the warm coats & warm hearts drivethe warm coats & warm hearts drive is a non-profit organization sponsored by abcs good morning america and burlington coat factory. during the holiday season burlington stores collect gently worn coats. the donated coats are given to people in need to keep warm during the winter. 26. david, 8, is fond of playing virtual games. which charity should he attend?a. coins for change. b. toys for tots. c. dosomething,org. d. american red cross.27. handwritten cards for members of the u.s. armed forces are collected by_.a. disneys club penguin b. the warm coats& warm hearts drivec. the u.s. marine corps toys for tots program d. the american red cross holiday mail for heroes program28. from the passage we can learn that_.a. club penguin donates $2 million to charity projects yearlyb. old toys collected are given to needy children as giftsc. teens can help seniors contact their family members onlined. whoever donates warm coats is likely to win scholarships【参考答案】(b) adc 【2014高考模拟题】if you play the new baby milestones challenge contest by babycenter & walgreens, you could be entered to win $1,000 in walgreens & b gift cards and certificates. you can play the instant win to see if you get a $25 walgreens gift card, but you have to plug in your email address and receive all their sales and other information for the contest.kids and babieskids and babies are accepting entries for may 2012 free photo contest. baby photo gallery with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website cute baby gallery. check kidsandb for their baby photo contest blogs latest update. grand prize is $25,000. the catch: winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them.pp has a website only for their members, but if you are into “baby” photos, it is well worth surfing. you could receive offers on free samples, money- saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.avonavon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. avon is advertising their newest collection. it is avons only collection for the photos of babies. babies age: newborn to 2 years. just go to tinyt and upload your recent babys photos. first place baby will be featured in a tiny tillia storybook and win a $5,000 u.s. savings bond. the cuties will win $300 in tiny tillia products.the tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. you could be lucky and win enough to put “baby” through college! have fun!60. in the authors opinion, holding a baby contest _.a. is not reasonable at all b. is funny and interesting c. attracts parents attention d. can cost a company much money61. if your baby enters for the 2012 free photo contest, you will _.a. have to help to advertise their site b. take your baby to the gallery in mayc. advise the visitors to come to the sited. see the baby photo gallerys update about babies photos of the contest62. what can we learn from this passage？a. free photo contest will be held in march, 2012.b. avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest.c. p only accepts the photos of its members babies.d. you can upload your one-year-old babys photos to tinyt.63. in the last paragraph, the author advises you to _.a. try your best to bring up your baby well b. enter for all the contests as soon as possiblec. let your kid go to college when he grows up d. get more information about these contests 【参考答案】6063、bdac 【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。in the countries of south and southeast asia, the elephant has been an important part of the culture, economy and religion for centuriesand nowhere more so than in thailandunlike its african cousin, the asian elephant is easily domesticated（驯化）the rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the power of royalty to its rulers，and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red backgroundto the early western visitors, the countrys romantic name was“ land of the white elephanttoday, however, the story is very differentout of work and out of land, the thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs itthe elephant has found itself more or less deserted by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a society in the western partand while the elephants problems began many years ago, now it has a very low national advantagehow does the national symbol turn into ignored animals? it is a story of worse environment and the changing lives of the thais themselvesaccording to richard lair, thailands expert on the asian elephant and author of the report gone astray, at the turn of the last century, there may well have been as many as 100,000 national elephants in the countryin the north of thailand alone, it was estimated（估计）that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,000 of them alone on the road between the cities of chiang mai and chiang saen this was at a time when 90 percent of thailand was still forest-a habitat that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and peoplenothing ploughs through thick forest better than lots of sure-footed elephantsby 1950 the elephant population had dropped, but still to the number of 13, 397however, today there are probably no more than 3,800, with another l,350 wandering free in the national parksbut now, thailands forest covers only 20 percent of the landthis deforestation（采伐森林）is the central point of the elephants difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of workthis century, as the road network grew, the elephants role as a beast of burden decreased50what can we know about african elephants from the passage?ait is of little value to domesticate thembit is hard to domesticate themcthey are living a better life than asian elephantsdtheir fate is quite similar to that of asian elephants51thailand was once called land of the white elephant because _awhite elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s bwhite elephant is rarely seen and thus very specialcwhite elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authoritydthis name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors52why is the thai elephant out of work, according to the author?abecause there are too many elephants but too few jobsbbecause the elephants cant do labor work any longercbecause the government pays little attention to the problemdbecause the elephants are no longer useful to their owners53which of the following statements is true about the elephant population at various times?athere were 100,000 domesticated elephants at the turn of the last centuryb20,000 elephants were employed in transport in thailand at the turn of the centurycby 1950 the elephant population in thailand has been quite smalldtoday the elephant population is estimated at 5,15054the passage is most probably from _aa travel guide ba history bookca popular science magazine dan official announcement50. b 从第一段第二行unlike its african cousin, the asian elephant is easily domesticated可知51. a 从第一段第三行the rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the power of royalty to its rulers，and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background可知。52. d 从第二段第二句out of work and out of land, the thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it可知。53. d 从最后一段最二句however, today there are probably no more than 3,800, with another l,350 wandering free in the national parks可知。54. c 通读全文可知。【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。when i heard the piano, i walked to mrs. windsors house and waited outside as i always did. that meant she was working with another student, and i was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. i stood against the wall and daydreamed what id rather be doing. “almost anything”, i sighed dejectedly. i had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but i just didnt have a gift for it. it didnt come to me naturally. i thought back to happier times when i was writing stories and acting them out with my friends, cutting up old clothes to make dresses that performers wear in plays, and building scenery out of old things we found. but mrs. windsor had offered to give me the lessons for free, so i felt my duty to try.the door opened and wendy barton came out. i walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to sort through my sheet music. “hello,” i heard a voice behind me say softly. i turned around to see a little girl standing behind me, eating an apple. but before i could make any response, mrs. windsor walked into the room in her usual urgent manner and announced, “jennifer, this is my niece, pasha. pasha, this is jennifer. pasha will be giving you your lesson today. im up to my ears in something else!” she then exited to the kitchen.pasha set her apple down on the side table and slid beside me on the piano bench.“what piece do you like best?” she asked.“what do you mean?” i asked. “theyre all the same to me. i dont know.“you mean you dont have a favorite?”“no, not really.”pasha looked at me, rather puzzled, then opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. i arranged my fingers on the keys and studied the notes on the page for a moment. then i frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements. i have to admit i was a rather mechanical pianist.after about a page or two, pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as if to calm my fingers. there was a long pause. “what are you hearing in the music?” i looked at her rather strangely and admitted i didnt know what she meant. “like a story. what story is being playing out within the music?”“i guess ive never thought about it before. i dont know.”“here, let me try and you listen,” pasha advised.she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers dance lightly over the keys. then, she began to play. “see, it begins here beside some kind of river. hear the water flowing beside you?”her fingers rose and fell gently on the keys. “now the princess appears and shes picking flowers from the waters edge.” a carefree, happy piece of music filled the air in time to pashas dancing fingers. “oh, but she slips!” the music changed. “and our princess is being carried off by the fast-flowing stream. quickly, the princesss horse sees her plight (困境),” pasha continued, and races to the rivers edge where he swims out to let her catch hold of him. they make it to the bank and she hugs her faithful horse and swears she will never again wear princess skirts that weigh her down. she will only wear jeans and t-shirt from now on.” pasha finished with a big smile and then looked at me.“arent you the girl who tells the stories?” she asked.“i guess. i do tell a lot of stories.”“oh, yes! all the kids talk about them. ive heard about you. well, all you have to do is learn to hear the stories in the music. thats all there is to it.”“ive never thought it that way.”“lets try another one, shall we?” pasha smiled and together we played that afternoon, finding the stories in the music and learning that sometimes it takes a friend to pull you out of the river onto dry land again.55. the underlined word “dejectedly” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _.a. nervouslyb. desperatelyc. impatientlyd. unhappily56. jen