高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day81

1、高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练 Day 81Passage 1The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignoranc，e nor their lackof skills. Rather ，its their enormous capability for joy. A friend told me a story. One day，when she went to get his 6-year-old son from soccer pract，iceher kid greeted her with a sad fac

2、e. The teacher had criticized him for not focusing on his soccer drills. The little boy walked out of the schoo1 with his head and shoulders hanging down. He seemed wrapped in sadness. But before reaching the car do，orhe suddenly stopped， CrOuChing（蹲伏）down to IOOk at SOmething On the sidewalk., COm“

3、 MMSm ThiSis the strangest bug I ve ever seen. It has, 1ike, a million legs. Its amazingfaCe waS OverflOwing with indeSCribable exCitement.NOwadayS， hOwever， when we walk intO a ClaSSrOOm， eSpeCially in a high SChOO，lwell be ChOked by tOwering bOOkS and pap，erSand hiding behind them are a grOup Of m

4、OtiOnleSS CreatureS， penS in hand， mindS dry， juSt aS the hOllOw men pOrtrayed by T. S. EliOt. Their purSuit Of jOy haS given way tO their hunger fOr gradeS. Laughter and happineSS are a diStant memOry fOr them.AlthOugh jOy iS an unaffOrdable luxury in tOdayS inCreaSingly fie，rCe COmpetitiOnadminiSt

5、ratOrS and teaCherS need a mindSet Shift frOm CruShing StudentS with aSSignmentStO getting them tO take pleaSure in prOduCtive aCtivitieS whiCh develOp their impOrtant qualitieS， like perSeveranCeand ObligatiOn. The aSSumptiOn that pleaSure iS the enemy Of COmpetenCe and reSpOnSibility makeS nO SenS

6、e eduCatiOnally.AdultS tend tO talk abOut learning aS if it were mediCin：eunpleaSant， but neCeSSary something so valuaband good for you. Why not think of learning as if it were food to humans that they want to experience it as a pleasure?1. How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?A. By describing a proc

7、edure.B. By analyzing the process.C. By giving an example. D. By collecting data.2. What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?A. Summarize the previous paragraph.B. Provide some advice for the readers.C. Introduce the main topic for discussion.D. Clarify some puzzling questions.3. What does t

8、he text suggest administrators and teachers do?A. Stop giving students homework.B. Involve students in meaningful activities.C. Supply students with luxuries.D. Arouse students fond memories.4. What is the text mainly about?A. Joy is the spokesperson for learning. B. Pleasure is the enemy of progres

9、s.C. Education is the paradise for parents. D. Exams are a never-ending war.Passage 2My husband and I wanted desperately the instant transformation from typical consumers to eco-conscious people. We switched our light bulbs to CFL(compact fluorescent light)bulbs to conserve energy. We went about the

10、 house turning off lights16and Un Pluggi ng applia nces that Were nt in use. BUt the rate Of global Warm ing exceededOUr Sn ail S PaCe conv ersi on to gree nwood. So I PreSSed on ward.I decided to PUt Vega ni sm（素 食主义）at the top of our age nda. Vega ns refuse anyan imal flesh or COmmerCiaI goods mad

11、e from any ani mal byproducts SUCh as milk orfats. All the family applauded this opti on except for my husba nd. Some kind of ani malneeded to SaCrifiCe its dear life for his meal or it WaSn t dinner. I cooked UP a storStrUggIi ng to PrePare nu tritious meals domin ated by no t-so-obvious Vega n dis

12、hes likebean burritos and high-fiber VegetabIe stir-fry. It took a few days before he realized thathe hadn t been eating any meat.I feel like eat ing beef.” he announced. SoIttoatknfgh tadvantage of aZUCChini （种南瓜）,CUt it into ChUnky（粗大的）pieces and cooked them. Then ICOVered them With spices. My bee

13、f-starved husband had some and a CUriOUS lookCrOSSed his face.“ Where S the beef?LiVing peacefully SOmeWhere on an ope n pla in Where it bel on gs.“I knew it ” he murmured.“You Ve SUreIy made great contributions to the boom incattle. ” HiS taste buds Were developed completely around the flavor of ev

14、ery kind ofanimal： cattle, PigS, deer, lamb, ChiCkens and ducks. COnVerting him WaS like feedinggrass to a lion.I m all for PreSerVing our planptbut What good would it do to SaVe the earth fortomorrow S generation if todayS died of StarVation? The nwtwdyt out forburgers. I WaS Very CarefUI to place

15、the PaPer bag in to our recycli ng bin.1. Which of the following best explains exceeded ” underlined in Paragraph 1?A. Defeated.C. Bound.B. Absorbed.D. Distributed.2. What do we know about the authors husband from Paragraph 2?A. He supported the meat-free diet.B. He was a preserver of animals.C. He

16、was regarded as a meat Lover.D. He played a dominant role in cooking.3. What do we know about the author?A. She had a good sense of humor.B. She successfully transformed her husband.C. She advocated raising more cattle.D. She had a perfect recipe for cooking meals.4. What can be a suitable title for

17、 the text?A. Hunger or Anger?B. Discrimination or Appreciation?C. Vegetables or Marbles?D. Greens or Lions?Passage 3British Writer John Donne once sai：d“ No man is an isla；ndevery book is a world.As an enthusiastic reade，r I can t agree with the latter part of the sentence more. Every summer. I ende

18、avor to find some peaceful places where I can attack some classics without being disturbed. Thomas Hardy wants to live far from the madding crowd. I am no friend to chaos，either.I read George Orwell s 1984 in a New England beachside cottage with no locks on the doors， no telephones or televisions in

19、 the rooms. 1984 is a good book that needs deep reflection. Attempting Sound and Fury lying on the bed of a poorly-occupied motel， however, was less fruitful：I made it through one and a quarter volume，s but then my eyelids were so heavy that I couldn t keep them open.But this summer I find myself at

20、 a loss. Im not quite interested ，in J. D. Salingersay，or Frankenstein. TheresWaalwr aynsd Peace. which I ve covered some distanceseveral times，only to get bogged down in the“War” part, set it asid，e afonrda whilerealize that I have to start over from the beginning again, having forgotten everyone n

21、ame and social rank. How appealing to simply fall back on a favorite once moreThe Call of the Wild or Alice in the Wonderlan，d which feels almost like cheating，too exciting and too much fun to belong to serious literature.And then there s John SteinbeTchke Grapses of Wrath. This title do not amaze b

22、ut confuse. We re never short of sour g，rabpuetswe ve never heard of angry grapes. Anyway grapes are my favorite fruit of summer. These stone fruits can always make me feel cheerful and peaceful all at once.1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?A. The author has a cottage in New England.B. 1984 is a

23、 book that needs deep reflection.C. Both of the reading attempts were not fruitful.D. Sound and Fury was set in a poorly-occupied hotel.2. Why does the author say reading his favorite books feels like cheating?A. He finishes them quickly.B. He should read something serious.C. He barely understands t

24、hem.D. He gets amazed by their titles.3. What can we say about the author?A. Thomas Hardy is his friend.B. He likes serious literature.C. He is quite forgetful.D. He is a literary-minded man.4. What s the author s purpose in writing the passage?A. To share his reading experience.B. To encourage read

25、ers to read books.C. To introduce good books to readers.D. To condemn the chaotic world we live in.Passage 4Sharpshooters refer to those who are skilled at firing a gun and accurately hitting what they are aiming at. However, some fish are also called amazing sharpshooters. People wonder how they hi

26、t their targets without using tools? By spitting! The fish shoot so accurately that they rarely miss their target.These amazing fish are archerfish 印（ 度射水鱼 ）.There are several different types of archerfish living in Southeast Asia. They spit at their dinner to catch it. To catch dinner, a fish first

27、 sets itself in a certain place, for example just below the surface of the water. It puts the tip of its mouth so it barely breaks through the water. Then, the fish waits for an unsuspecting insect to land on a leaf or branch hanging over the water.When an unsuspecting, or unknowing insect lands, th

28、e fish attacks. The fishSqueeZeS its gill （腮 ）covers Very rapidly, WhiCh forces Water into the fishs mouth. In the roof Of its mouth the fish has a groove槽)？ The fish forms the small groove and itstongue into a narrow tube by PreSSing its tongue UP against its groove. The Water forced into the fishs

29、 mouth is forcefully PUShed out of the fishs mouth through the tube.ArCherfiSh have been known to Send a Stream UP to 5 meters (16 feet). However, archerfish Can onIy shoot inSeCtS UP to 1-2 meters (3-6 feet) away due to their Iimited accuracy.When the UnSUSPeCting inSeCt is hit With a SUdden Stream

30、 of water, it is knoCkedinto or falls into the water. OnCe in the water, the inSeCt becomes dinner. ArCherfiShIearn how to SPit When they are young. They get more accurate With practice. Adult archerfish rarely miss.Within a meter, archerfish will often SPring out of the Water and grab an inSeCt in

31、their mouths.1. ParagraPh 1 fun Cti ons as a( .A. backgro und.B. comme nt.C. expla nati on.D. i ntroductio n.2. WhiCh of the follow ing is the right StePS of archerfish S hun ti ng for an in sect?a. It has its ton gue PreSSed aga inst the roof of its mouth.b. It gathers Water into its mouth by SqUee

32、Zing its gill COVerS quickly.c. It shoots a Stream of Water at the in SeCt above water.d. It StayS Un derwater for an in SeCt to Iand n earby.A. adcbB.dbacC.dbcaD. adbc3. If an insect is 3 feet away, an archerfish will often to catch it.A. jump out of the waterB. spit a kind of oily liquidC. shoot a

33、 stream of water at itD. push its tongue out of its mouth4. Archerfish can t hit insects 5 meters away for the reason that.A. their eyesight is limitedB. they can t hit faraway insects preciselyC. their mouths are under the surface of waterD. the longest distance they can hit is at most 5 metersPass

34、age 5The contention that the spirit of adventure no longer has any scope for its enterprises seems, at first glance, depressingly true. The highest mountains have been scaled; the deepest seas plumbed. Maps today no longer contain huge blanks marked“ UnknownTerritory ” , more do they make random gue

35、sses at the shapes of distant land-masses. All major journeys of exploration to determine the true shape and nature of the globe have been made in the past. It was left to us to fill in the details with expeditions which once would have been considered impossible. The gaps have been filled. What nex

36、t?The obvious answer, of course, is that now looking upwards into space.Discoveries are being made at such a tremendous rate that even authors of sciencefiction are finding it difficult to keep up with them and have to tax their imagination to invent bigger and better space-craft. Satellites sending

37、 signals as they swing round our globe have become commonplace. Astronauts have successfully landed on the moon and its entire surface has been photographed. The information that satellites mayprovide fueling stations for manned rockets into outer space in the hope of receiving an answer, or that ra

38、dio-telescopes should“ listen into ” the skies for possible signals froother worlds, he would have been regarded as either irresponsible or mad. Now, anything seems feasible.From dream like these, we return to earth with a bump. Trips into space are all very well, but they are not for us: we must co

39、ntent with our own, much-traveled world. The earth itself is the training-ground for adventurous spirits. For“ adventuremean the seeking out of something new. A person can be called adventurous when he finds out something for himself; and it does not matter how many times the discovery has been made

40、 before. No one would say that men who set out now to cross the forbidding Antarctic are less enterprising than their predecessors who tried to do the same thing. The little boy who climbs the small hill that overlooks his own, or even he who tries to climb and fails, has precisely the same spirit t

41、hat led Hillary to climb Everest. For the bold spirit and inquiring mind, there are inexhaustible possibilities. So long as there are people willing to rediscover places that are well-known, there will be those who will, one day, set foot on remote and trackless shores.1. What does the underlined wo

42、rd“ they ” in the first paragraph refer to?A. The highest mountains.B. The deepest seas.C. Maps.D. Land-masses.2. What can man do now since there was no“ Unknown Territory ” on earth.A. Fill the gaps in the details with expeditions.B. Explore space.C. Look upwards into space.D. Determine the true sh

43、ape of the globe.3. Which of the following statement is TRUE?A. The space-crafts that the writers of science fiction have invented are exactly the same size as our modern ones.B. Years ago, a scientist who had expected to receive an answer from the satellites we sent into outer space would be regard

44、ed as an mad person.C. Men who set out now to cross the forbidding Antarctic are less enterprising than their predecessors who did the same thing.D. It s quite common to find satellites sending signals to the earth as they swing around.4. According to the writer, how can man cultivate“ adventurous s

45、pirits” ?A. By making trips to outer space.B. By inventing bigger and better spacecraft.C. By seeking out something new.D. By finding something out for himself.参考答案Passage 11. C写作手法题。根据第一段后半部分“On(day,.The little face WaSoverflowing with indescribable excitement. 作”者通过列举一个孩子迅速从悲伤的 情绪里恢复过来,变得非常高兴的事情告诉

46、我们孩子和成年人最大的差别在于孩 子可以迅速地快乐起来。故 C 项正确。2. C 判断推理题。 在第二段里作者告诉我们现在的孩子学习压力太大, 学习 让他们失去了很多快乐。 笑声和快乐已经成为了他们遥远的回忆了。 这是文章要 讨论的话题,所以本段的目的是引出本文要讨论的话题,故 C 项正确。3. B 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句 “ adminiStratorSand teacherS need a mindSet Shift from cruShing StudentS With aSSignmentS to getting them to take pleaSure in producti

47、ve activitieS Which develop their important qualitieS, like perSeverance and obligation. 可知”,管理者和老师们应该转换一种思维方式,让学生从各种活动中 得到快乐, 培养学生的各种能力。 也就是让学生参与有意义的活动, 从中培养各 种能力。故 B 项正确。4. A 主旨大意题。本文是一篇议论文,孩子和成年人最大的区别在于孩子可 以迅速地得到快乐。 而现在的教育体系让孩子们失去了快乐, 笑声和快乐早已经 成为了回忆。 作者认为管理者和老师应该改变教育方法, 让孩子们在学习中得到 快乐同时也发展自己的能力。故

48、A 项正确。PaSSage 21. A 猜测词义题。根据第一段最后两句 “ Butthe rate of global Warmingexceeded Our Snail S PaCe COnVersiOn to greenwood. SO I PreSSed可知，全球变暖的速度超过了我们蜗牛般的速度。也就是我们努力的速度不如全球变暖的速 度，于是我继续努力。所以 “exceed” A项“defeat击败）”语意相近。故选 A 项。2. C 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“All the family applauded this optionexcept for my husba nd.可知

49、；我决定素食，全家人都支持我的决定，只有我的丈 夫反对。说明他不喜欢素食，喜欢吃肉。第三段第一句 “I feel like eating beef. ” he ann Ou need也说明他是一个爱吃肉的人。故 C项正确。3. A 推理判断题。根据文章倒数三四段“Wheres the beef? ” “ Living peacefullysomewhere on an open plain where it belongst. 丈夫问：牛肉在哪里？我回答：安 静地生活在它所属于的平原地带。）可知，我用一种幽默的方式化解了丈夫的发 问。说明作者很幽默。故 A 项正确。4. D 主旨大意题。本文讲

50、述了作者和丈夫很希望变为注重环保的人， 所以他 们改变了自己的生活方式，变得更加绿色环保，甚至奉行素食主义。但作者的丈 夫是个喜欢吃肉的人，当他要求吃牛肉的时候，作者幽默的回应了丈夫。 AB 项 与文章关系不大， C 项只是部分内容。 D 项与主题相符，倒数第二段最后一句 COnVerting him WaS like feeding grass to a lion也提示选 D 项。Passage 31. C 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句 “Attempting Sound and Fury lying on the bed of a poorly-occupied motel, howev

51、er, WaS less fruitful 可知，读 SoundThd FUry没有什么收获。第二段里提及的两本书中，有一本很有收获，另外一本没有 收获。C项bothnot表示 并非两个都”，表示部分否定，故选 C项。B 项是文章的原句，不是经过推理得到的，故不能选 B 项。2. B推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“tocexciting and too much fun tobelong to serious literature. 可知，阅读”自己最喜欢的书籍就感觉像是作弊一样， 读自己喜欢的书籍太刺激太有趣了， 但是我们应该阅读一些严肃文学， 让我们有 更多的收获。故 B 项正确。3. D 推理判断题。根据第一段前两句 “ British Writer John Donne once said:“ Noman is an island; every book is a world.” As an enthusiastic reader, I cant agthe Iatter Part of the SentenCe more可知，作者是一个非常喜欢阅读的人，文章并没有提及 Thomas Hardy 是他的朋友，也没有说他喜欢严肃文学作品和他健忘。故 D 项正确。4. A 主旨大意题