江苏省扬州市高考英语阅读理解精品训练(13)

1、扬州市2014高考英语阅读理解精品训练（13）及答案解析（2011 湖北卷）The young womanentered the pool where an injured dolphin（ 海月豕）was swimming.Despite her fear , she felt strong wearing her new leg.In her second grade , Maja _1_ her cousin , Jasmina.After Jasmina's death , Maja swore she would honor the little girl by _2_ wi

2、th a dolphin, an animal that bothgirls _3_ . ”Jasmina never got the chance to do it. " says Maja, now 32, "so I _4_ that someday I'd do it for her. ”In high school , Maja was _5_ about sports.She even planned to become an athlete._6 _ , in 1993 , during the civil war in her home countr

3、y, a bomb _7_ herleft leg.After two years _8_in the UI. S. , Maja received her first artificial （人造的）leg ,but _9_ it didn't fit well, walking for Maja was very painful._10_ , she managedto graduate from a local high school.Then after receiving a 11 from Saint Francis University , she got a job a

4、t an insurance firm and _12_ started her own company.To relax, Maja _13often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium （水族馆）near herhome.A young dolphin , Winter , who had lost its tail , caught her _14 .One day , Maja happened to see trainers 15 Winter with a high-tech tail.When they were done, Winter

5、 swam freely in the water.Maja was _16_.She managed to find inventors ofWinter's tail.Within ten days , she had a new leg which freed her the _17_ that _ had troubled her for almost 16 years.NowMaja, was ready to keep her 18.She went to the aquarium , lowered herself into the pool and held out a

6、 hand to Winter , who approached _19_ , then swam away.After a few minutes , the dolophin let Maja _20_ its back.Finally, the two began to swimaround the pool together.本文描述了一位失去腿的女人和一位失去尾巴的海豚；相似的困境，让两位走到了一起，也 让这位女人实现了先前的诺言：一定要和海豚一起游泳。1. A.lost B . visitedC. rescued D. left答案：A。根据本句中的"after Jasm

7、ina's death ”可以断定Maja是失去了 Jasmina,故选A:失去。2. A.talkingB. livingC. swimmingD. surfing答案：C。从第一段中的提示句“ enter the pool”可以推断出：Maja跳进水池就是为了和海 豚一起游泳。正好与"an injured dophin was swimming ”以及文章最后一句话都保持语境 的一致。3. A.adoredB. adoptedC. possessedD. purchased答案：Ao根据下文的故事，情节，尤其是 Maja与海豚的相同的境遇，会有跟好的互相爱怜， 故选A:喜

8、爱。而其它选项则与语境相差太远。4. A.pretendedB. decidedC. perferred D. agreed答案：Bo根据文章的第一段的语境，可以断定本句中的it以及上句中的it指的都是“与海豚一起游泳”一事，而根据最后一段的描述，可以清楚： Maja 是早有决心去做这件事的，故 选： decide “决定”。5. A.positive B enthusiasticC particular D curious答案：B。 be enthusiastic about sth. 是指：对某事有激情，热情。而根据下句“planned tobecome an athlete ”便可以断定

9、是喜爱体育运动。6 A.UndoubtedlyB SurprisinglyC StrangelyD Unfortunately答案：D。从下文中白信息词： civil war以及artificial D：“不幸的是”。leg 自然给人不幸的预感。而答案7 A.took awayB took overC cut downD cut out答案：A。 take away剪下来。根据语境，意为“夺走，抢走”；而 炸弹夺走了她的左腿。take over 接管； cut down 砍倒： cut out-3 -8 A.studyB operationC treatmentDexperiment答案：C。

10、从“two years ” 一词的信息提示，排除 B “手术”；对于失去腿的Maja来说，只有在医院“治疗”treatment 才是最合当时的语境的。9A.untilB becauseC althoughD if答案：Bo本句前后的信息自然表示出了因果的关系：假腿不合适，所以才会感到痛苦。10 A.OtherwiseB ThereforeC BesidesD However答案：D。根据本句中的“ manage” 一词可以断定痛苦没有阻碍Maja的学业，故具有转折的关系。11 A.scholarship B degreeC prizeD notice答案：Bo根据下文找到了工作，排除 A：奖学

11、金；因为只有拿到学位，从大学毕业，才会去找到自己想要的工作。12. A.graduallyB actuallyC eventually D naturally答案：C。 gradually 慢慢地；actually 事实上；eventually 最后； naturally 自然地。本句话虽然短暂，但却概况了Maja 奋斗与成功的生活历程，即：开始于最后的变化。故选eventually 。13. A.mightB shouldC could D would答案：D。英语中表达“过去常常做某事"常用 would,意为：总会。14. A.eye B legC nose D hand答案：A

12、。 catch one's eye 同 catch one's attention ，意为：引起某人的注意。与“often ”一词保持语境的一致。15. A.decoratingB guidingC markingD fitting答案：D。fit在本句中有"安装"之意，即：给 Winter安装了高科技的尾巴。16. A.inspiredB. puzzledC. shocked D. amused答案：Ao根据下文中的信息：Maja去找这种高科技尾巴的发明者，自然是因为 Winter的尾巴而得到了启发，故选 A “启发，鼓励”。17. A.worry B.

13、sadnessC. pain D. fear答案：C。根据第四段地“walking for Maja was painful "可以断定，现在有了新的腿，她不再那么痛苦了。18. A.appointment B . promiseC. record D . habit答案：Bo keep one's promise 意为"遵守诺言"；这与上文的"I'll do it for her ”语境 一致。19. A.blindlyB.angrilyC. gratefullyD.cautiously答案：Do从“then swam away” 一词

14、可以推段出：海豚还是比较警惕的，故选D：警惕地。20. A.strikeB.coverC. touch D. wipe答案：C。根据最后的的情景可以理解为：Maja与海豚慢慢地走进了，故“触摸”一下海豚的背部是可以的，故选 C “触摸，触动”。（2011 四川卷）I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine , and to my future as a happywife and businesswoman. When Mum _1in October 2007, I was a cook. In Decemberthat year

15、, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mumhad left me 2. I was distraught（忧心如焚的 ）. Somedays later, I was 3 that a guy who was workingwith us thatday,“couldprobablyhavemadea fortune_4_ the necklace hefound. " _5_, hereturned it. Hearing howI'd _6_ Mumfor six months before herd

16、eath, he said, “Christmasis going to be_7why not goout to the Alpsfor acouple of weeks?”I came to Morzaine, a small, friendlyvillage in the Alps and 8 fell in love withit. What was _9 to be a stopgap （权宜之计 ）trip turned into a new life. I kepttravelling between London and here and felt _10_ than I ha

17、d in months. In December 2008, I was _11as a hotel manager and moved here full time.A month later, I met Paul, who was travelling here. Wefell in love. In the beginning, I didn't want to discuss _12_, because the sadness of losing Mum 13 felt great. Paul understood that and never 14 me but, by s

18、ummer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mum's house, to build our own 15. Wewant to give our guests a 16 feel, so each room is themed（以为主题 ）around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind meof Mum-a tiny chair which _17_ be in her b

19、edroom is set in one room.We are having a wonderful life and Mum _18_ naturally part of it, _19_ there's _ no way we would be here if it wasn't for the _20_ she gave me. I know she's here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.妈妈去世了，她给我留下的珍珠项链不见了。幸运的是，这根项链的失主与发现者最终喜结 良缘。1. A.diedB.cameC.returne

20、dD.visited答案：Ao在下文中提到了 " before her death ”可以找到信息，即妈妈去世了。2. A.burnedB.disappearedC. brokeD. dropped答案：Bo在下文中有“the necklace he found ” 一句话，可以断定这根项链曾是不见了， 或丢了。而选项 D表示：掉在地上，而不表示丢失之意。3. A.shownB.comfortedC.persuaded D .told答案：Do I was told表示有人告诉我，是被动的关系。而答案 C意为：说服。4. A.hidingB.stealingC.sellingD.we

21、aring答案：C。make a fortune ( in )doing sth.表示做某事发了大财。在本句中表示：卖了项链能够发大财。5. A.Luckily B . NaturallyC. Surely D . Hopefully答案：A。既然return ,对于失主来说自然是件幸运的事情。副词： luckily常用来做插入语，表示：幸运的是。6. A.nursedB. curedC.missedD.guarded答案：Ao nurse在这里为动词，同take care of ,意为：照顾，护理。7. A.longB.hardC.merryD.free答案：Bo根据妈妈去世这个背景，圣诞节

22、是个家人团圆的日子，故此时会格外难过，因此选Bo8. A.suddenly B . finallyC. nearly D . immediately答案：Do从上文对于这个小村子的描述来看，作者是立刻会喜欢上的。选项 D:立刻地。9. A.said B . provedC. supposedD. judged答案：C。be supposed to do sth. 意为：原本做某事，在本句中意为：原本只是个计划的小旅程。10. A.smarterB. higherC. firmerD). lighter答案：D=由于妈妈的去世，作者的感受是沉重的，而这次旅行让她感受到比以前轻松的感觉。light

23、常用来表示轻松的心情。11. A.honoured B . hiredCregardedDtrained答案：Bo从"as a hotel manager ”细节可以断定是：被招聘，被雇佣。12. A.travelBbusinessCchildrenDmarriage答案：D。根据下文的语境，尤其是“but.we got married ” 一句话可以给以提示，即：谈婚论嫁。marriage 是 marry 的名词形式：婚姻。13. A.recently B onceC stillD firstly答案：C。 still一词表示作者的沉痛心情依旧在，依旧没有摆脱。与上文的不想谈婚论嫁

24、保持语境的一致。14. A.left B pushedCsurprisedDinterrupted答案：B。 push sb.常用来表示：催促某人。即：保罗非常理解我，因此没有催促我结婚。15. A.hotelBrestaurantC home D shop答案：A。根据上文提到的"as a hotel manager ”可以断定，此处是开起了自己的旅馆。16. A.homelyB livelyC motherlyD friendly答案：Ao从下文的“styles to remind me of my Mum ”等这些细节可以推测出作者想把一个旅馆摆设成家的样子，让顾客有一种家的感

25、觉。而homely 为形容词：家一样的。17. A.ought to B used toC mightD could答案：B。既然妈妈都已经去世了，她做过的椅子应t是过去是在她的房间里的，选项B表示过去曾发生的事情。18. A.takesB keepsC looksD feels答案：D。看到妈妈的椅子，就如同感觉到妈妈也在，也是这个家的一部分，故选D：表示感受，感觉。 19 A.unlessB whileC because D though 答案：C。 if it wasn't for sth.意为：如果不是因为某事，由此可见，前后信息句之间存在因果关系，因为那条项链正是促成两人婚姻

26、的桥梁，故选C,表示原因。20 A.moneyB chairC houseD necklace答案：Do正是因为上文提到的丢失项链，找到项链，并由此有了联姻，因此此处选择项链是 最合适的。C7 2013 新课标全国卷H CGiven that manypeople's moods （ 情绪 ）are regulated by the chemical action of chocolate, it was probably only a matter of time before somebody made the chocolate shop similar to a drugsto

27、re of Chinese medicine. Looking like a setting from the film Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Singapore's Chocolate Research Facility （CRF） has over 100 varieties of chocolates.Its founder is Chris Lee who grew up at his parents' corner store with one hand almost always in the jar of swe

28、ets.If the CRF seems to be a smart idea, that's because Lee is not merely a seasoned salesperson but also head of a marketing department that has business relations with big names such as Levi's and Sony. That idea surely results in the imagination at work when it comes to making different f

29、lavored（味道）chocolates.The CRF's produce is “green” , made within the country and divided into 10 lines, with the Alcohol Series being the most popular. The Exotic Series with Sichuan pepper, red bean （ 豆），cheese and other flavors also does well and is fun to taste. And for chocolate snobs , who

30、think that they have a better knowledge of chocolate than others, the Connoisseur Series uses cocoa beans from Togo, Cuba, Venezuela, and Ghana, among others.44. What is good about chocolate?A. It serves as a suitable gift.B. It works as an effective medicine.C. It helps improve the state of mind.D.

31、 It strengthens business relations.45. Why is Chris Lee able to develop his idea of the CRF?A. He knows the importance of research.B. He learns from shops of similar types.C. He has the support of many big names.D. He has a lot of marketing experience.46. Which line of the CRF produce sells best?A.

32、The Connoisseur Series.B. The Exotic Series.C. The Alcohol Series. D. The Sichuan Series.47. The words “choc01ate snobs“ in Paragraph 3 probably refer to people who. A. are particular about chocolate B. know little about cocoa beans C. look down upon others D. like to try new flavors【要点综述】本文是一篇说明文。巧

33、克力可以改善情绪。本文以此为切入点介绍了新加坡的 Chocolate Research Facility的一些情况。48. C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的"Given that many people's moods are regulated by the chemical action of chocolate, it was probably only a matter of time” 可知，巧克力有助于改善心理状态。49. D 推理判断题。根据第二段中的"If the CRFseems to be a smart idea, that's beca

34、use Lee is not merely a seasoned salesperson but also head of a marketing department that has business relations with big names such as Levi's and Sony.” 可以推知， 他有许多市场经验。50. . C 细节 理解题。根 据第三段中的“with the Alcohol Series being the mostpopular ”可知，the Alcohol Series卖得最好。51. A 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“ who thin

35、k that they have a better knowledge of chocolate than others ”可以推知，该词组指自以为对巧克力很有研究的人。C7 2013 新课标全国卷I阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、R C和D）中，选出最佳选项。ASome people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them.Takemy family's last vacation.It was my six year old son's winter break from sch

36、ool ，and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked ， and Delta, the airline ， offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day.I had meetings in New York ， so I had to get back. But that didn't mean my husband and

37、my son couldn't stay. I took my nine monthold and took off for home.The next day, myhusband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged okay, ordered them to wait it out at the airport, to“ earn ”more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1， 600. Not bad, huh?Now

38、some people may think I'm a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But asa big time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.I've made a living looking for the best deals and exposing （揭露 ） the worst tricks.I

39、have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money's worth. I'm alsotightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children ， and expensive restaurants.But I wouldn't hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its shape longer, and it's the first thing people notice. And I wil