高考英语阅读理解精英定时系列练习题（21）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解精英定时系列练习题（21）及答案【河南省罗山县2013二模】b“he was a nightmare (噩梦),” his mother, mary said as i talked with her and her son jamie. “i was sure he was going to end up in prison, or worse”. seeing jamie so full of life with his new friends, there was no room for imagination that he was ever a rebellious (叛逆的) kid.jamie was raised by his mother after his father left ten years ago. they lived in a small flat with little money. most of their neighbors were alcoholics, so crime was very common. at middle school, he quickly got in with the wrong crowd and began to steal everything from shoes to phones.mary didnt realize the consequence of the trouble jamie made until he told her he had been stopped from going to school for three weeks. mary was very angry, but now she has realized that it was the best thing that had happened to both of them.during the three weeks, mary made him volunteer at the local community centre where he saw the street dancers for the first time. “they were so cool and able to express themselves in a way i had never seen before. i asked to join them and they agreed. because of them i am who i am now.” jamie told me, tears in his eyes.back at school, his whole attitude and behavior improved. “i realized the boys i was hanging out with werent cool, stealing wasnt cool and getting out of school wasnt cool either. it made me find something i love and have a goal in life.” he said.yes, street dance makes him happy. this kind of dance speaks to people, and gives them a purpose. 60. who is most probably the writer? a. a reporter. b. a manager. c. a photographer. d. a dancer.61. what is marys attitude toward jamies future in the first paragraph? a. angry.b. negative. c. careless.d. cold62. the underlined part “the wrong crowd” probably refers to _. a. thieves hanging about in shops b. strangers c. schoolmates with bad influence d. neighbors63. the text is written to _. a. outline the advantages of learning street dance b. warn about the dangers of a difficult childhood c. give advice on how to handle rebellious teenagers d. tell how a kid changed after learning street dance【参考答案】60-63 abcd 阅读理解c“everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever i faced disappointment. “if you carry on, one day something good will happen. and youll realize that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.” mother was right, as i discovered after graduating from college in 1932, i had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. i hitchhiked to chicago and knocked on the door of every stationand got turned down every time. in one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldnt risk hiring an inexperienced person. “go out in the sticks and find a small station thatll give you a chance,” she said. i thumbed home to dixon, illinois. while there were no radio-announcing jobs in dixon, my father said montgomery ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. since dixon was where i had played high school football, i applied. the job sounded just right for me. but i wasnt hired. my disappointment must have shown. “everything happens for the best.” mom reminded me. dad offered me the car to hunt a job. i tried woc radio in davenport, iowa. the program director, a wonderful scotsman named peter macarthur told me they had already hired an announcer. as i left his office, my frustration (挫折) boiled over. i asked aloud, “how can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station?” i was waiting for the elevator when i heard macarthur calling, “what was you said about sports? do you know anything about football?” then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. the preceding (在前的) autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. i did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and peter told me i would be broadcasting saturdays game! on my way home, as i have many times since, i thought of my mothers words: “if you carry on, one day something good will happen. something wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.” i often wonder what direction my life might have taken if id gotten the job at montgomery ward.50.the writer shows his _ by saying “ if id not gotten the job at montgomery ward”. a. regret b. happiness c. gratefulness d. disappointment 51.the underlined phrase “out in the sticks” probably means _? a. in radio stationsb. in the country c. in big cities d. in dixon, illinois 52.why did the writer mention his mothers words over and again? because _. a. it was his mothers words that encouraged him b. his mother was a person who talked a lot c. nothing good has happened to him up to now d. he got turned down every time he tried53.which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a. there was a small radio station in dixon, illinois. b. peter macarthur was a program director in scotland. ks*5u c. woc radio in davenport broadcast imaginary games. d. montgomery ward had a store with a sports department.54.when did the writer decide to take a radio-announcing job? a. when he hitchhiked to chicago. b. after he graduated from college. c. before he graduated from college.d. as soon as he was turned down.参考答案-50.c 51.b 52.a 53.d 54.c 阅读理解drome: the legend of leonardo da vinci is covered in mystery: how did he die? are the remains buried in a french castle really those of the master? was the mona lisa a self-portrait in disguise (伪装)? a group of italian scientists believe the key to solving those puzzles lies with the remains, and they say they are seeking permission to dig up the body to conduct carbon and dna testing.if the skull is undamaged, the scientists can go to the heart of a question that has fascinated scholars and the public for centuries: the identity of the mona lisa. recreating a virtual and then physical reconstruction of leonardos face, they can compare it with the smiling face in the painting. we dont know what well find if the tomb is opened. we could even just find grains and dust, says giorgio gruppioni, an anthropologist who is participating in the project. but if the remains are well kept, they are a biological record of events in a persons life, and sometimes in their death. silvano vinceti, the leader of the group, said that he plans to press his case with the french officials in charge of the said burial site at amboise castle early next week. leonardo moved to france at the invitation of king francis i, who named him first painter to the king. he spent the last three years of his life there, and died in 1519 at age 67. the artists original burial place, the palace church of saint florentine, was destroyed during the french revolution and remains that are believed to be his were eventually reburied in the saint-hubert chapel near the castle. the amboise tomb is a symbolic tomb; its a big question mark, said alessandro vezzosi, the director of a museum dedicated to leonardo in his hometown of vinci. vezzosi said that investigating the tomb could help identify the artists bones with certainty and solve other questions, such as the cause of his death. he said he asked to open the tomb in 2004 to study the remains, but the amboise castle turned him down. the group of 100 experts involved in the project, called the national committee for historical and artistic heritage, was created in 2003 with the aim of solving the great mysteries of the past, said vinceti, who has written books on art and literature. arguably the worlds most famous painting, the mona lisa hangs in the louvre in paris, where it drew some 8.5 million visitors last year. mystery has surrounded the identity of the paintings subject for centuries, with opinions ranging from the wife of a florentine merchant to leonardos own mother. that leonardo intended the mona lisa as a self-portrait in disguise is a possibility that has interested and divided scholars. theories have existed: some think that leonardos taste for tricks and riddles might have led him to hide his own identity behind that puzzling smile; others have guessed that the painting hid an androgynous lover. if granted access to the grave site, the italian experts plan to use a tiny camera and radar to confirm the presence of bones. the scientists would then exhume (挖掘) the remains and attempt to date the bones with carbon testing. at the heart of the proposed study is the effort to discover whether the remains are actually leonardos, including with dna testing. vezzosi questions the dna comparison, saying he is unaware of any direct descendants (后代) of leonardo or of tombs that could be attributed with certainty to the artists close relatives. gruppioni said that dna from the bones could also eventually be compared to dna found elsewhere. for example, leonardo is thought to have rubbed colors on the canvas with his thumb, possibly using saliva (唾液), meaning dna might be found on his paintings. even in the absence of dna testing, other tests could provide useful information, including whether the bones belonged to a man or a woman, and whether the person died young or old.even within the committee, experts are divided over the identity of the mona lisa. vinceti believes that a tradition of considering the self-portrait to be not just a faithful imitation of ones features but a representation of ones spiritual identity may have resonated (共鸣) with leonardo. vezzosi, the museum director, dismissed as baseless and senseless the idea that the mona lisa could be a self-portrait of leonardo. he said most researchers believe the woman may have been either a wife of the artists sponsor, the florentine nobleman giuliano de medici, or lisa gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant, francesco del giocondo. the traditional view is that the name mona lisa comes from the silk merchants wife, as well as its italian name: la gioconda. 55.where is this passage most probably taken from?a. a magazine. b. a newspaper. c. a textbook. d. a research report.56.why does the author ask a couple of questions in the beginning? a. to arouse the interest of readers. b. to puzzle italian scientists. c. to answer the questions himself. d. to make fun of french officials.57.the best title of this story might be “_”. a. what is the purpose of an investigation? b. how did leonardo da vinci die in france? c. are the remains really those of the master? d. did leonardo paint himself as mona lisa?58.the sentence “he plans to press his case with the french officials” (underlined in paragraph 4) suggests that vinceti intends to _.a. press the french officials to participate in their projectb. urge the french officials to open the tomb early next weekc. persuade the french officials to allow opening the tombd. record events in a persons life with the french officials59.which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a. scholars have the same opinion on dna testing. b. scientists doubt if the remains are those of da vinci. c. the identity of “mona lisa” has already been proved. d. alessandro vezzosi got permission to open the tomb.60.we can infer from the last two paragraphs that _? a. “mona lisa” is the name of the wife of a silk merchant b. the “mona lisa” is a self-portrait of leonardo da vinci c. experts divided the committee into several groups d. opinions differ of the identity of the “mona lisa” （阅读理解题材广泛、体裁多样。从题材上看，包括人物介绍、生活习俗、幽默故事、社会政治、文化教育、科普知识、国内外新闻等；从体裁上看，包括记叙文、说明文、议论文、新闻报道、书信广告等。据统计，高考中考查记叙文和说明文要多一些。越来越注重语言材料的真实性和原汁原味。语言材料为英美原文，源于现实生活、紧贴时代。根据网络英语文章改编。） 语参考答案及评分标准55.b 56.a 57.d 58.c 59.b 60.d【河南省罗山县2013二模】cim usually fairly skeptical about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. while any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. still, i was struck by a report which concluded that todays children are significantly more anxious than children in the 1950s. in fact, the analysis showed, normal children aged 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago.why are americas kids so stressed? the report cites two main causes: increasing physical isolation(隔离) brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, among other things and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place.considering that we cant turn the clock back, adults can still do plenty to help the next generation.at the top of the list is nurturing(培育) a better appreciation of the limits of individualism. no child is an island. strengthening social ties helps build communities and protect individuals against stress.to help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on tvs and computers. your family will thank you later. they will have more time for face-to-face relationships, and