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南宁市2014高考英语完形填空、阅读理解训练题（11）及答案阅读理解dear sir, i recently found your website of chinese culture a very good source. i am a professor teaching at soochow university in taipei taiwan, and i would plan to quite often use some articles on your website for my course of introduction to chinese culture. therefore, id like to inform you of my use for educational purposes and hopefully to have your permission. meanwhile, i do wish i could have more materials from your service. much grateful to you.yours sincerely,byron gongdear mr. byron gong,it is a pleasure to know that our website has been of help for you to introduce chinese culture in your class. sharing the same mission（使命） in promoting chinese culture, we are glad to grant（答应） you the permission in using the sources of our website for your educational purposes, under the condition that all the sources are credited. however, if the pictures or articles are to be used for publications, you can mail us and further discuss on that.we are happy to provide you some further material, but we would like to know what kind of information would be of interest to you.thank you again for attention to our website. any suggestion is welcome, and we would very appreciate your help if you could tell us what contents in our website are of most interest and significance to you and what parts should be given more attention.sincerely yours,c68. what is mr.byron gong doing?a. he is working for soochow university in taipei taiwan as a cleaner.b. he has nothing to do with soochow university.c. he is a professor teaching at soochow university.d. he is searching for some scholars.69. why does mr. byron gong write the letter?a. he intends to introduce to his students if chinese culture is worth learning.b. he asks for the permission from the website to use the material in his teaching.c. he expects to be allowed to work in a group in the website.d. he would like to inform the website that he hopes to help them to introduce chinese culture.70. whats the response of the website after they received the letter?a.the website responded to his letter indifferently.b.the website responded to his letter in a polite and anxious way.c.the website answered him enthusiastically, reasonably and suggestibly.d.the website answered him eagerly.参考答案 68-70 cbc 阅读理解it s an endless cultural lesson that s been craved into our heads since we were children, watching cartoons such as the flintstones（摩登原始人） and playing with barbie dolls: if you are a woman, you should be extremely thin; if you are a man, you should be big and strongand while weve grown accustomed to research finding that such stereotypes （固有观点） play a part in the workplace obese women, for example, have a harder time climbing up the career stairway a recent study has found that a worker s body size can have a big effect on the size of his or her pay envelopethe study found that obese people were identified as undisciplined, dishonest and less likely to do creative workon the contrary, the researchers point out that employers and fellow employees associate values of self-discipline, hard work and confidence with thin peopleexperts say it s just another sign that as a society, weve fixed into our heads the unrealistic, media-driven physical ideals that show up in the workplace and therefore the walletthe researchers say that employers don t purposely think of these things when they re evaluating a personmuch of the problem is the result of unconscious decisions based on deep-rooted social stereotypesit s no secret that the mass media have much to do with what decides the image our society finds pleasing and acceptabletv shows such as mad men and ncis present powerful men with a very cool lookcougar town on the other hand, celebrates skinny career woman jules cobb, a successful businessman who claims she s never eaten real ice cream because she s so concerned about her weightthe researchers suggest that employers look at their assumptions about employees weight, because they may be rooted in discriminationan employment lawyer, marshall tanick, will be leading a conference this spring on how weight and attractiveness relate to unfair treatment, especially salaries in the workplacenationally, there have been few claims, the lawyer saidsome cases have simply not been very solid , he said, and some employees have been too embarrassed to follow through with a casein addition, discrimination cases are generally tough to win, because so much is subjective that would be an uphill battle, he said72according to the body-size stereotypes we can infer that _ aan extremely thin woman is unacceptable ban obese person tends to be hard-working can attractive person tends to get higher salary da strong man is suitable for tough work73we can conclude from the passage that the body-size stereotypes _ aare formed through constant influence of media bhave become quite unacceptable to people cresult from people s unconscious responses dare playing an important role in people s daily life74the lawyer said the underlined words at the end of the passage because _ apeople are unaware of the size-discrimination bstereotypes influence people s judgment in size-discrimination cases cthe employers wouldnt abandon their unfair treatment devidences are hard to obtain in a size-discrimination case75what s the best possible title for the passage? aan unwinning uphill battle bwhen it comes to salary, body size matters csay no to size-discrimination dhow social stereotypes make a difference to us a lady and her husband stepped off the train in boston. they walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer 101 of harvards president. but they were 102 by his secretary and kept waiting. for hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 103 that the couple would finally become 104 and go away. but they didnt. the secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 105 .a few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 106 face. the lady told him, “we had a son that 107 harvard for one year. he loved harvard. he was 108 here. but about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. my husband and i would like to 109 a memorial （纪念物） to him somewhere on campus.”the president wasnt 110 . instead, he was shocked. “madame,” he said, “we cant put up a statue for every person who studied at harvard and died. if we did, this 111 would look like a cemetery （墓地）. ” .“oh, no,” the lady 112 quickly. “we dont want to put up a statue. we would like to give a 113 to harvard.” the president rolled his eyes and 114 at the couple and then exclaimed, “a building! do you have any 115 how much a building costs? we have spent over $ 7500,000 on the campus building at harvard.” for a moment the lady was silent. the president was 116 , because he could get rid of them now. then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “is that all it costs to start a 117 ? why dont we just start our own?” her husband nodded. 118 their offer was turned down. mr. and mrs. stanford traveled to california where they founded the university that bears their 119 , a memorial to a son that harvard no longer 120 about.101. a. labb. libraryc. hall d. office102. a. watchedb. stoppedc. followedd. interviewed103. a. hoping b. findingc. realizingd. imagining104. a. surprised b. disappointed c. worried d. troubled105. a. hopelesslyb. carefully c. unexpectedly d. unwillingly106. a. pleasantb. funnyc. coldd. sad107. a. attendedb. visited c. studiedd. served108. a. cleverb. bravec. proudd. happy109. a. set about b. set up c. take down d. take over110. a. satisfiedb. excited c. moved d. ashamed111. a. house b. part c. garden d. place112. a. explainedb. expressedc. refusedd. admitted113. a. building b. yardc. playground d. square 114. a. laughedb. shoutedc. glancedd. called115. a. suggestionb. ideac. thoughtd. opinion116. a. boredb. astonishedc. interestedd. pleased117. a. department b. universityc. business d. club118. a. onceb. whilec. since d. though119. a. nameb. characterc. pictured. sign120. a. talkedb. knewc. heardd. cared101. d（解析：根据上文中的“they walked without an appointment”和下文中的定语“of harvards president”可判断出走进了校长的办公室。）102. b（解析：从上文中的“they walked without an appointment”和下文的内容可判断出他们来的目的是想访问大学的校长。）103. a（解析：秘书不理睬他们的目的是希望他们离开。）104. b（解析：从下文可知，秘书希望他们失望而离开。）105. d（解析：上文“the secretary took no notice of them”说明很不情愿地把这件事报告给校长。）106. c（解析：从上文可知这对夫妇是在没有预约的情况下要求见校长的，这引起了校长的不快。）107. a（解析：在大学上了一年的课。study 是不及物动词，后面要加介词。）108. d（解析：从上文“he loved harvard”可知他在大学里过的很愉快。）109. b（解析：根据宾语可判断出想为他建立纪念物。）110. c（解析：根据下文校长拒绝了这对夫妇的请求可判断出校长并没有被感动。）111. d（解析：其它三个干扰项都表示某个建筑物的某个部分，而place却可以指任何一个地方，所以选d。）112. a（解析：根据下文可判断出校长产生了误解，这位老夫人马上进行了解释。）113. a（解析：从下文可知他们想建一座楼房。）114. c（解析：从上文可以看出，校长看了他们一眼。）115. b（解析：从下文可知，校长怀疑他们是否知道建一座大楼需要多少钱。）116. d（解析：从下文可知，校长认为不会再受这两个人的纠缠，因而感到高兴。）117. b（解析：从上文和下文都表明harvard是一所大学。）118. c（解析：根据这两个句子的意思可判断出是因果关系。）119. a（解析：因为这对夫妇建造大学的目的是纪念他们的儿子，所以可以判断出是以他们的姓氏命名这所大学的。）120. d（解析：由于这所大学的校长不同意他们在校园里为儿子建造纪念物，即表示他们的儿子是不再受到这所大学关心的学生。）*结束高考考纲词汇记忆重点单词must modal mst md()l v.必须,应当;必定是 mustard mstd n. 芥末，芥子粉 mutton mt()n n. 羊肉 my ma pron. 我的 myself maself pron. 我自己 nail nel n. 钉，钉子 name nem n. 名字,姓名,名称 vt. 命名,名叫 narrow nr a. 狭窄的 nation ne()n n. 民族，国家 national nn()l a. 国家的,全国性的，民族的 nationality nnlt n. 国籍 nationwide ne()nwad ad.全国范围内的,全国性的 nativenetv a. 本土的，本国的 naturalntr()l a. 自然的 nature net(r) n. 自然, 性质，种类 navynev n. 海军 nearn(r) a. 近的 ad. 附近，邻近 prep.