高考英语阅读冲刺：阅读理解17份-高考英语阅读冲刺：阅读理解13

阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。

A

MysonandIweretryingtosellthehousewehadrepairedbutinthebarn（谷仓）there

werebats（蝙蝠）andtheywouldnotleave.Thebarnwastheirhome.Theytoldusso

intheirownway.Theyhungthereinthebarnandseemeddeterminedtostayforthe

season.Don，tworryaboutit,Dad,〃Patricksaid.Theykeepdownthemosquitoes（蚊

子）

Unfortunatelytheyalsokeptthebuyersaway,whenwehadaskedapersontosell

thehouseforushehadrefusedtoshowitbecauseofthebats.Batsarepopular,

“Patrickcomfortedme.They，reecological（生态学的）・〃Isn'tthereamachineyoucan

buythatproduceshighfrequencysoundstokeepbatsaway?”Idon，tknow,“said

Patrick.ButIlikebats,andwhoeverbuysthishousewillprobablylikethem

too.Probably?/zIhatedthatword.Howmanybatsarethere,anyway?”Icounted

about90lastnight,〃saidPatrick.Theyweredroppingoutfromundertheedgeof

theroof./zYoumeantherearemore-outside?"They'reeverywhere,Dad.Butlookat

itthisway.Whenthecoldweathercomes,they'11beofftoMexico.Maybeinthe

springwecankeepthemout.Don，tworryaboutit,“hesaidforthehundredthtime.

It'snotaproblem./z

ThebatexpertIcalledwasevenmoreactivethanPatrick.Ithinkyou，vegotalarge

numberthere,"hesaidinwonder,I'vebeentryingtoattractbatstoourhouse

for25yearsAsinglebateatsuphisweightinmosquitoesandblackfliesthree

timeseverynight.You'reaveryluckyman."Iofferedtosharemyluckwithhim.

Hecouldtakethemaway.Batshavearemarkablehominginstinct（本能），〃hesaid.They，d

flystraight

backevenifItransportedthem100miles.Oncetheyhavesettled,youcan，tstop

themfromcomingback.〃Iwassilent.

Finallywemanagedtorent”（出租）thehousetoayoungfamily,whowerealso

interestedinbuyingit.Whataboutthebats?”IsaidtoPatrick.

Oh,theylovethebats,“hesaid.Nomosquitoes.Noblackflies.It'soneofthe

thingsthatattractedthem.〃Doyouthinktheywillreallybuythebouse?”Probably.〃

Probably?Well,iftheydo,IsupposeI'11havetoadmitthatIwaswrong."Youmean

you，regoingtoeatyourwords?”

Yes,Iam.〃

56Whatwastheproblemtheauthorhadwithhishouse?

ABatswerelivinginthebarnandwouldn，tgoaway.

BTheauthorandhissoncouldn'tsleepwellbecauseofthebats.

CTheauthorandhissonmightbeabletostayfortheseason.

DThehousewasstillbadlyinneedofrepair.

57WhatdidPatricksuggesttheauthorshoulddotostopthebatslivinginthebarn?

AHeshouldbuyahighfrequencymachine.

BHeshouldmovethemonehundredmilesaway.

CHeshouldreducethenumberofmosquitoes.

DHeshouldclosethebarninthespring.

58Whydidtheauthorfallsilentwhenhetalkedwiththebatspecialist?

AHefeltsureaboutthesituation.

BHefoundoutthatitwouldbeimpossibletoremovethebats.

CHelearnedthathewouldbeabletosharehisluckwiththeexpert.

DHelikedtheadvicegivenbytheexpert.

59Whathappenedregardingthehouseintheend?

ASomepeopleagreedtorentthehouse.

BTheauthorfailedtofindanybodywhowantedtoliveinthehouse.

CThebatexpertmadethedecisiontobuythehouse.

DThebatsleftthehouseforMexicointhespring.

60Whydidtheauthorthinkhemighthaveto“eathiswords”?

AHefeltsorryforthebats.

BHemightbemistakenaboutbeingunabletosellthehouse.

CHerealizedhemightbewrongaboutthebats'actions.

DHewashappyaboutsellingthehouse.

B

Howmanycoinshaveyougotinyourpocketrightnow?Three?Two?Orone?Whatdo

youdowithit?Gotoatelephoneboxmarked"Phonecard”.Putinyourcard,make

yourcallandwhenyou，vefinished,ascreentellsyouhowmuchisleftonyourcard.

Itcostsnoextraforthecards,andthecallscostlOpperunit,thesameasany

otherpayphonecall.Youcanbuytheminunitsof10,20,40,100or200.Nowappearing

inashopnearyou

NeareachCardphoneplaceyou，11findashopwhereyoucanbuyone.Theyareatbus,

trainandcitytube（地铁）stations.Atmanyuniversities,hospitalsandclubs,

restaurantsandgasstationsonthehighwayandshoppingcenters.Atairportsand

seaports.

NomorebrokenpayphonesMostbrokenpayphonesarelikethatbecausethey，vebeen

vandalized（破坏）・TherearenocoinsinCardphonetoexcitethieves'interestinit.

Soyou'renotprobablytofindavandalizedone.

Getaphonecardyourselfandtryitout.Orgetabiggerwallet.

61Thepassageismostprobably

AawarningBanoticeCanadvertisementDanannouncement

62Therearethreesections（部分）inthepassage.Whichonedoyouthinkisabout

whyphonecardsaregood?

ASection1.BSection2.CSection3.DNone.

63Accordingtotheinformationyougetfromthepassage,howmuchdoesacardwith

40unitscost?

A4pounds.B40pounds.C400pounds.D100pounds.

C

Martinisamanofalltradesandofmanyexperiences.Heneverstaysatonejobfor

morethansixmonthsandneverleavesthejobofhisownwill.Heisnotactually

lazyorunfitandhisemployers（雇主）cannotbesaidtobeunreasonable.Heisonly,

accordingtooneofhisformeremployers,tooeagerfortheworkthathisemployer

hasn，ttheintention（打算）tolethimdo.OnefactaboutMartinisthatheneverwaits

longtofindanewjob.Lastmonth,hewasfiredagain.Mr.King,theownerofasmall

shophiredhimtopainthisnewhouse.Hereadilyacceptedthejobwithoutaword.

WhenlaterMr.Kingwenttoseehowthingsweregoingonthere,hecouldn，tfindMartin.

Insteadhesawfourworkmencarefullypaintingthewall."What'sthematter?vhe

wondered.

“Hi,Mr.King!”heheardMartin，svoicecallingfrombehind."Theyareworking

hard,aren，tthey?”Mr.Kingturnedback.HesawMartinsmilingathim.What's

happened,Martin?Andwhyaretheseworkershere?”Mr.Kingasked."I'vehiredthem

at8dollarsforeachman."Martintoldhimhappily."ButIwillonlypay30dollars

forthewholework.vMr.Kingcouldn，tunderstand."Iknow,Mr.King.Butjustthink.

Ionlyneedtopayanothertwodollarsandthencanenjoythehappyfeelingofbeing

aboss.Isn'titworththemoney?”

64WhyisMartinoftenfired?Becausehe.

AistoolazyBhasfewexperiencesCtriestobeabossDoftenactsagainst

hisemployers，will

65Martinseemstobea.

AnarrowmindedfellowBlightheartedman

CmanwhoisatlooseendsDpersonfulloffears

66Mr.Kingwaswhenhesawfourworkerspaintinghishouse.

AhappyBangryCsatisfiedDsurprised

67Thebesttitleforthepassageshouldbe.

AMartinandMr.King

BPaintingaNewHouse

CIt'sWorththeMoney

DReasonableorNot

D

Thefollowingtableshowssomeresultsofasurvey(调查)inwhich800Japaneseschool

pupilswereaskedtogivetheirimpressions(Ep^t)oftheir

classroomteachers.Thepupils'impressionswerefoundtodifferdependingonwhether

theteacherwasnew(withlessthanthreeyears'experience),middlestanding(ten

totwentyyears),oraveteran(有经验的人)(twentytothirtyyears).Thenumbersin

thetableshowthepercentageofthepupilswhoanswered“verysatisfied”or

uextremelysatisfied”foreachquestionitem(项目).

QuestionItems[]New[]MidddleStanding[]Veteran

1Showsasenseofhumorinclass

2Explainsclearly

3Teachesinarelaxed（轻松）manner

4Writesneatlyontheblackboard

5Letspupilsaskquestionsinclass

6Makeschecksandcommentsinnotebooks

7Speaksloudlyandclearly

8Treatsallpupilsequally

9Caresaboutpupilsopinions

10Spendstimewithpupilsbetweenclasses

[]4233309182245434725

[]56584643303085584310

[]7068655647435442176

68AsforQuestionItems.pupils'evaluations（评价）canbesaidtoriseatasteady

rate（比率）astheirteachers，experienceincreases.

A1and4

B3and5

C6and8

D9and10

69Incontrast（对比）tothenewteachers,themiddlestandingandveteranteachers

seemtohavemadearemarkable（明显）improvementintheirabilityto.

Abefairtoanypupil

Bevaluatepupils'progress

Cpresentmaterialsclearly

Dunderstandandplaywithpupils

70Pupilsseemtoregardthenewandthemiddlestandingteachersasbeingmore

thantheveterans.

Arelaxedinclass

Binterestedinpupils'ideas

Cneatinappearance

Dskillfulatexplaining

71Accordingtothetable,whichofthefollowingisright?

AInthenewteachers'classes,pupilsseemtoaskquestionsmorefreely.

BPupilsseemtobequitesatisfiedwiththeamount（#）oftimetheirteachersspend

withthembetweenchasses.

CTheevaluationofthemiddlestandingteachersislowerthanthatoftheveterans

insevenitems.

DThoughveteransdonotplaygameswithpupilsduringbreaks,theirteachingis

ratedhighly.

E

Doyoufindgettingupinthemorningsodifficultthatit'spainful?Thismightbe

calledlaziness,butDr.Kleitmanhasanewexplanation.Hehasprovedthateveryone

hasadailyenergycycle.

Duringthehourswhenyoulabourthroughyourworkyoumaysaythatyou're"hot”.

That'strue.Thetimeofdaywhenyoufeelmostenergeticiswhenyourcycleofbody

temperatureisatitspeak（顶峰）.Forsomepeoplethepeakcomesduringtheforenoon.

Forothersitcomesintheafternoonorevening.Noonehasdiscoveredwhythisis

so,butitleadstosuchfamiliarwordsas:"Getup,John!You，11belateforwork

again!vThepossibleexplanationtothetroubleisthatJohnisathis

temperatureandenergypeakintheevening.Muchfamilyquarrellingendswhen

husbandsandwivesrealizewhattheseenergycyclesmean,andwhichcycleeachmember

ofthefamilyhas.

Youcan，tchangeyourenergycycle,butyoucanlearntomakeyourlifefititbetter.

Habitcanhelp,Dr.Kleitmanbelieves.Maybeyou，resleepyintheeveningbutfeel

youmuststayuplateanyway.Counteract（对抗）yourcyclebystayinguplaterthan

youwantto.Ifyourenergyislowinthemorningbutyouhaveanimportantjobto

doearlyintheday,risebeforeyourusualhour.Thiswon，tchangeyourcycle,but

you'11getupsteam（拿出干劲）andworkbetteratyourlowpoint.

Getofftoaslowstartwhichsavesyourenergy.Getupwithaya