高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题（41）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题（41）及答案life comes in a package. this package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. life is a learning process. experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. with each passing day we learn to handle various situations.lovelove plays a pivotal role in our life. love makes you feel wanted. without love a person could go hayward(不归路) and also become cruel and ferocious. in the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care; they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. but we always tend to take this for granted. it is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings. kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.happiness and sorrowmaterialistic happiness is shortlived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others face gives a certain level of fulfillment. peace of mind is the main link to happiness. no mind is happy without peace. we realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. but these things are temporary and pass away.failure and successfailure is the path to success. it helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. success brings in money, fame, pride and selfrespect. here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder. the only way to show our gratitude to god for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.hope and despairhope is what keeps life going. parents always hope their children will do well. hope makes us dream. hope builds in patience. life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. nothing remains the same. we have only one choice keep moving on in life and be hopeful.life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. so_the_only_alternative_is_to_work_hard_today,_so_that_we_will_enjoy_a_better_tomorrow.()11.in the passage, the author compares life to _.aa packagebjoy and sorrowcfailure and success dhope and despair ()12.in which section can readers probably read the passage?aopinions. bpolitics. ceducation. dlifestyles.()13.how is the passage organized?ain order of rules. bin order of frequency.cby making comparison. din order of importance.()14.whats the general meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage?aif you work hard, youll have a better life in the future.bwhen choosing between “today” and “tomorrow”， youd better enjoy tomorrow.cwhat you only can choose is to work hard today rather than tomorrow.denjoying a better tomorrow is your only choice.()15.whats the purpose of the passage?ato encourage people to love each other.bto tell people how to deal with happiness and sorrow.cto remind people of keeping having a beautiful dream.dto give readers some information about life.(二) 人生好似一个盒子，这个盒子里藏着快乐与悲伤、成功与失败，希望与绝望。人生也是一个学习的过程。那些经历给我们上了全新的课，让我们变得更好。随着每一天的流逝，我们学会了处理各种各样的问题。11a细节理解题。根据第一段第一句life comes in a package.得出答案。12c推理判断题。本文属于一篇励志教育的短文，根据其主要意思可以确定其来源应该是“教育栏目”，而其他几个选项所应涉及的不是这类话题。13c文章结构题。考查短文是怎样组织的，从几个小标题happiness and sorrow ，failure and success 和hope and despair可以看出，作者使用的是“对比或比较”的方式写作的。14a 句意猜测题。句中alternative是“选择”的意思，整句意思和a项接近。15d主旨大意题。推测作者写这篇文章的意图，a、b和c三项显然只涉及文中的部分内容，不能概括全文的目的，只有d项比较全面，体现了作者的意图。阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）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。adesigned as a gift book or family souvenir, this beautiful hardcover has a traditional connection with christmas virtues (美德). each virtue is discussed in a short article and then followed by four to five all-new heart-touching stories from chicken soup for the soul. each section ends with a one-page suggestion for how to start your own holiday tradition, from baking cookies to charity ideas, which reflects the spirit of the virtue.with the amusing description of life and heart-warming tales about cats, each touching story in chicken soup for the cat lovers soul celebrates the special bond we share with our cats.the real dear friends explores the classic puzzles which every child aged 9-19 faces: friends - making them, keeping them, fighting with them, losing them, helping them and competing with them. and there are no lectures here; this is the straight talk from teens that young readers love.this is a book that covers problems for girls only! chicken soup for girls soul is a book by girls, for girls, where readers can find encouragement, support and positive advice when facing the challenges of being a pre-teen girl.the heart-warming stories and photographs in chicken soup for the soul celebrates grandmothers celebrate and catch the loving moments spent together with family: the joyful surprise of becoming a grandma, the amazing times when young children teach them lessons about life and living.56. if you are a pet lover, which book might interest you most? _.a. chicken soup for the soul b. chicken soup for the cat lovers soulc. the real dear friends d. chicken soup for girls soul57. the real dear friends appeals to young readers because it _.a. tells the real experience of teenagersb. has a beautiful hardcover which teens like mostc. covers touching lectures by famous authorsd. gives suggestions on how to defeat their friends58. the feature of the chicken soup for the soul celebrates grandmothers lies in _.a. some useful suggestions on traditional cookingb. encouragement and support from family membersc. some experiences of teens in different regionsd. a perfect combination of warm stories and photos56【答案】 b 【解析】由第二段with the amusing description of life and heart-warming tales about cats, each touching story in chicken soup for the cat lovers soul celebrates the special bond we share with our cats.可以得出。【考点定位】考查细节理解题。57【答案】a 【解析】由第三段第二句and there are no lectures here; this is the straight talk from teens that young readers love.这是从青少年的角度来谈论的，可知a正确。【考点定位】考查推理判断题。58【答案】d 【解析】由最后一段第一句the heart-warming stories and photographs in chicken soup for the soul celebrates grandmothers celebrate and catch the loving moments spent together with family可知，让人感到温馨的故事和图片是chicken soup for the soul celebrates grandmothers的特征，d温馨故事和图片的完美结合，符合题意。【考点定位】考查推理判断题。 新闻报道型阅读理解(一)the crisis at japans fukushima daiichi nuclear energy center has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry. arjun makhijani is president of the institute for energy and environmental research in the united states. he says the disaster in japan is historic.this week, the chairman of americas nuclear agency said there is little chance that harmful radiation from japan could reach the united states. nuclear regulatory commission chairman gregory jaczko also said america has a strong program in place to deal with earthquake threats. no new nuclear power centers have been built in the united states since 1979.that was when americas worst nuclear accident happened at the three mile island center in pennsylvania. the accident began to turn public opinion against nuclear energy.to support more clean energy production, the obama government has been seeking billions of dollars in government loan guarantees to build new centers. presently, about twenty percent of electricity in the united states comes from nuclear energy. but critics say nuclear power is too costly and dangerous to be worth further expansion.german prime minister angela merkel said germany would close all seven nuclear power centers for a moment while energy policy is reconsidered. the european union is planning to test all centers in its twentyseven member nations.developing nations are less willing to slow nuclear expansion. china said it would continue with plans to build about twentyfive new nuclear plants. and india, under a cooperation agreement with the united states, plans to spend billions on new centers in the coming years.japan has made nuclear energy a national priority since the 1970s. unlike many major economies, japan imports eighty percent of its energy. the nuclear energy institute said twentynine percent of japans electricity came from nuclear sources in 2011.the government planned to increase that to forty percent by 2017.nuclear plants supply fourteen percent of global electricity. nuclear energy is a clean resource, producing no carbon gases. but radioactive waste is a serious unresolved(未解决的) issue. so_is_the_presence_of_nuclear_power_centers_in_earthquake_areas_like_the_one_near_bushehr,_iran.()6.which of the following countries is the least likely to expand its use of nuclear energy?achina. bindia. ciran. dgermany.()7.the government of japan intended to increase its nuclear energy in 2017 by _ compared with 2011.a29% b40% c69% d11%()8.which of the following statements about the use of nuclear power in the us. is true?amost of the electricity comes from nuclear energy in the us.bthe obama government is against building nuclear power plants. ca small number of nuclear power plants have been built since 1979.da serious nuclear accident happened in america at the end of the 1970s.()9.whats the main idea of this passage?athe nuclear crisis in japan has spread to other parts of the world. bthe situation of the worlds nuclear power development after the crisis in japan.cjapans nuclear disaster will slow the expansion of nuclear plants all over the world.djapans nuclear disaster wont affect the nuclear energy production in other countries. ()10.from the last sentence of the passage, we can see the writers attitude towards building a nuclear power plant near bushehr, iran is_.asupportive boptimistic cnegative duncertain(一)本文为新闻。主要报道各国的核能使用状况及相关态度。6d细节理解题。根据第四段german prime minister angela merkel said germany would close all seven nuclear power centers for a moment while energy policy is reconsidered.可知德国将暂时关闭七座核电站，故选d。7d细节理解题。根据倒数第二段the nuclear energy institute said twentynine percent of japans electricity came from nuclear sources in 2011.the government planned to increase that to forty percent by 2017.可推断选d(40%29%11%)。8d细节理解题。根据第二段no new nuclear power centers have been built in the united states since 1979.that was when americas worst nuclear accident happened at the three mile island center in pennsylvania.可判断选d。9b主旨大意题。日本核辐射引发了全球对核能使用的反思，继而报道了各国对核能的使用状况及相关态度，由此判断全文主题应该是b项。10c推理判断题。根据画线句前的but radioactive waste is a serious unresolved(未解决的) issue.再结合对画线句的理解可判断，作者对在伊朗布什尔地震多发地区建立核电站的做法持反对态度，故选c。for my grandmothers 70th birthday, my family and i visited south korea. while there, i was attentive to korean high schools and students.i was surprised by how different koreas public high schools are from americas. korean high schools can be all-girls, all-boys or co-ed (男女同校的）unlike our standard co-ed high schools. there are three grades: “go 1（10th) ”， “go 2” (1l th) and “go 3” (12th). “go”is the first syllable of the word “go-deung hakkyo”, which, simply translated, is “high school”.in america, unless you want to go to a private school, you dont have to take an entrance exam. in korea, however, students must take a test to get in because of the many choices of schools. another difference i couldnt help but notice was the students appearance. with very few exceptions, all wear uniforms. a name tag (标牌)with the students name, grade and homeroom number must also be worn. girls skirts cant be above the upper part of the knee, and it is forbidden to dye (染)your hair or wear accessories (装饰品)except small earrings. there are strict regulations for appearance to achieve neatness, and it seems the only freedom students have is with their choices of hair style, socks and shoes.the final difference was the setup of the classes. there may be 40 students in a classroom, but the number can be less or even more, depending on the population of the town or city. although there are many students per classroom, they are very close, which i think is a result of not changing classrooms for different subjects. there are no levels in the subjects and the teachers are the ones who switch classrooms. they just have ten-minute breaks between subjects. in each class, students are ranked by their grades. this causes strict competition, and korean students do a lot of studying. to help them, all schools have extra study classes after school. one other fact that helped me appreciate living in america is that koreans have school on satur