云南省昆明市高考英语 阅读理解训练（8）.doc

2013高考英语（昆明市）阅读理解（8）（答案） a frenchman went to a small italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. one night, he went out for a walk alone. it was late and the small street was dark and quiet. suddenly he felt someone behind him. he turned his head and saw an italian young man who quickly walked past him. the man was nearly out of sight when the frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. he thought that it must be the italian who had taken his watch. he decided to follow him and get back the watch. soon the frenchman caught up with the italian. neither of them understood the others language. the frenchman frightened the italian with his fist(拳头) and pointed at the italians watch. in the end the italian gave up his watch to the frenchman. when he returned to the hotel, the frenchman told his wife what had happened. he was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the italians. 1. the frenchman went to a small italian town _. a. alone b. with his wifec. with his friend d. with an italian 2. one night he went out for _ alone. a. a ride b. a walk c. a drink d. rest 3. suddenly he found his_ was gone. a. watch b. money c. bookd. ring 4. the italian gave up his watch to him at last because _. a. he had stolen the watch from the frenchman. b. he understood what the frenchman wanted c. he had picked up the watch on his w ay from work d. he was afraid of the frenchman 5. who was robbed of the watch on earth? a. the frenchman was. b. the italian was. c. both of them was.d. neither of them was.【答案与解析】本文讲述了法国人与意大利人语言不通发生误解的一个有趣的故事。法国人在散步时以为自己的手表被经过的意大利人偷了，于是他向意大利人举起了他的拳头将手表拿了回来。而他回到旅店发现他的手表安然无恙地躺在桌上。1. b。文章的第1句说thefrenchman是staying with his wife at the best hotel，由此句可推知答案。2. b。文章第1段的第2句说hewentoutforawalkalone由此句可推知答案。3. a。根据第1段的第4行当italianwasnearlyoutofsight的时候这个法国人就发现他的手表不见了。据此可知答案为a。4. d。根据第2段中说thefrenchmanfrightened.我们可以推知这个意大利人是害怕这个法国人的拳头才把手表给他。5. b。谁被抢走了手表？读完全文我们可知theitalian正是被人抢走手表的无辜受害者。*结束3.when it comes to friends, i desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. i seek friends whose qualities illuminate(照亮) me and train me up for love. it is for these people that i reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.when i was in the eighth grade, i had a friend. we were shy and “too serious”about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. we said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“lets start with a train whistle today.” we would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. then we would read them aloud. at the end of that school year, we, too, were changed into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.when i lived for a time in london, i had a friend. he was in despair（失望） and i was in despair. but our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. we met every sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. we walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. we gave london to each other.for almost four years i have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. we write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the others dreams. she and i agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. in my most interesting moments. i often think:“yes, i must tell”we have never met.it is such comforting companions i wish to keep. one bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist(心理学家), who will only fill up the healing(愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which i would rather be my own best friend.66. in the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to _. a. become serious about her study b. go to her friends house regularly c. learn from her classmates at school d. share poems and stories with her friend67.in paragraph 3,“we game london to each other”probably means_. a. our exploration of london was a memorable gift to both of us b. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from london c. our unpleasant feelings about london disappeared d. we parted with each other in london68. according to paragraph 4, the author and her friend_. a. call each other regularly b. have similar personalities c. enjoy writing to each other d. dream of meeting each other69. in the darkest moments, the author would prefer to_. a. seek professional help b. be left alone c. stay with her best friend d. break the silence70. what is the best title for the passage? a. unforgettable experiences b. remarkable imagination c. lifelong friendship d. noble companions参考答案 3.66-70dacbd*结束4.the diet zone: a dangerous place diet coke, diet pepsi, diet pills, on-fat diet, vegetable diet we are surrounded by the word“diet”everywhere we look and listen. we have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. we are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically（身体上）.diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. on one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and so straight for the scale（秤）instead. al we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word“diet”in food labels.on another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we dont have to work to get results. diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.the danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients（营养成分），diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.71. from paragraph 1,we learn that .a. diet products fail to bring out peoples potential b. people have difficulty in choosing diet productsc. diet products are m