苏州市英语阅读理解、完形填空及阅读类训练（答案及解析）

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精苏州市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空及阅读类训练（10）（答案及解析)Words：322难度系数:★★建议用时：8分钟IfEnglishmeansendlessnewwords，difficultgrammarandsometimesstrangepronunciation，youarewrong。Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage？AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritishuniversity，learningasecondlanguagecanleadtoanincreaseinyourbrainpower.Researchersfoundthatlearningotherlanguageschangesgreymatter。Thisistheareaofthebrainwhichprocessesinformation。Itissimilartothewaythatexercisebuildsmuscles。Thestudyalsofoundtheeffectisgreater，theyoungerpeoplelearnasecondlanguage。AteamledbyDr.AndreaMechelli，fromUniversityCollegeLondon，tookagroupofBritonswhoonlyspokeEnglish.Theywerecomparedwithagroupof“earlybilinguals”whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive,aswellasanumberoflaterlearners.Scansshowedthatgreymatterdensity（密度）inthebrainwasgreaterinbilingualsthaninpeoplewithoutasecondlanguage.Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguage，thesmallerthedifference。“Ourfindingssuggestthatthestructureofthebrainischangedbytheexperienceoflearningasecondlanguage，”saidthescientists.Itmeansthatthechangeitselfincreasestheabilitytolearn.ProfessorDylanVaughanJonesoftheUniversityofWales，hasresearchedthelinkbetweenbilingualismandmathsskills.“Havingtwolanguagesgivesyoutwowindowsontheworldandmakesthebrainmoreflexible，”hesaid.“Youareactuallygoingbeyondlanguageandhaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentideas。”ThefindingswerematchedinastudyofnativeItalianspeakerswhohadlearnedEnglishasasecondlanguagebetweentheagesof2and34。Reading，writing,andcomprehensionwerealltested.Theresultsshowedthattheyoungertheystartedtolearn，thebetter。“Studyingalanguagemeansyougetanentrancetoanotherworld,"explainedthescientists.5．Themainsubjecttalkedaboutinthispassageis________.A．scienceonlearningasecondlanguageB．man'sabilityoflearningasecondlanguageC．languagecanhelpbrainpowerD．languagelearningandmathsstudy解析:选C.主旨大意题.作者在本文第一段提出本文的主题,然后下文围绕这一主题进行深入地阐述，即“语言学习可以提高你的智力”。6．Inthesecondparagraph,thewritermentions“exercise"inorderto________。A．saylanguageisalsoakindofphysicallaborB．provethatoneneedsmorepracticewhenhe（she）islearningalanguageC．toshowtheimportanceofusingthelanguagewhenyoulearnthelanguageD．makepeoplebelievelanguagelearninghelpsgreymatterworkwell解析:选D。推理判断题。作者把语言学习对大脑的促进作用比作体育锻炼能促进肌肉健全的促进作用，目的是为了说明语言学习对大脑的促进有类似的作用.7．Wemayknowfromthescientificfindingsthat________.A．theearlieryoustarttolearnasecondlanguagethehigherthegreymatterdensityisB．thereisnodifferencebetweenalatersecondlanguagelearnerandoneknowingasecondlanguageC．theexperienceoflearningasecondlanguagehasbadeffectonpeople’sbrainD．theabilityoflearningasecondlanguageischangingallthetime解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第五段得知。8．Inthelasttwoparagraphs，theauthorwantstotellusthat________.A．learningasecondlanguageisthesameasstudyingmathsB．earlylearningofasecondlanguagehelpsyouagreatdealinstudyothersubjectsC．ItalianisthebestchoiceforyouasasecondlanguageD．you’dbetterchoosetheagesbetween2and34tolearnasecondlanguage解析:选B。主旨大意题.作者在最后两段继续阐述其中心论点：即外语的学习宜早不宜迟。*＊******＊＊**＊**＊＊*＊＊*＊＊＊***＊＊＊**＊**＊＊*＊＊＊*****＊＊**＊＊＊＊***结束Mr.andMrs。kinghavelivedinourtownfornearlytwentyyears。Theyhaveabookshopbythebusstation.They’re__1__toeverybodyandhavealotoffriends。Theyoften__2__thepoorstudentsandsellthemsomebookscheaply。Sothere’remanyyoungmenintheirshop。Ofcoursepeople__3__themandtheirfriendsoftencallon（拜访)themand__4__them.Wecanalwaysheartheirroomsarefullof__5__andquarrel.ItwasaFridayevening。Mr.andMrs。Kingweregoingtohaveapicnicontheislandthenext__6__。Itwasalittlefarfromourtown.Sotheyhadto__7__earlierthanusualtocatchasixo'clocktrain.After__8__afewfriendscametoseethemwhiletheywerecookingsome__9__anddrinksforthepicnic.Mr。kingandhiswifehadtostop__10__them.Theytalkedalotandfewofthemlookedatthe__11__onthewall.Mr.andMrs.Kingwereanxious(焦急)buttheycouldn’ttellthevisitorsaboutit。Thewomanthoughtforafew__12__andhadanidea。Shesaidtoher__13__,“Oh，it'seleveno’clock！You’dbetterstoptalking,dear!Ourguestsareanxiousto__14__!Mr。kingheardthisandstoodupandsaid__15__tothevisitorsandtheyleftsoon。1。A.had B.polite C。cold D。careful;2。A.help B.hurt C。hit D。watch3。A.know B.understand C.meet D。like4.A。playwith B。fightwith C.talkwith D。catchupwith5.A。cry B。shout C。noise D。laugh 6.A。morning B。afternoonC。evening D。laugh7.A.gotowork B。getup C。gotosleep D。opentheshop8。A.breakfast B.lunch C。supper D.meal9.A.clothes B。bags C.books D。food10。A。receive B.toreceive C.receiving D。toaccept11。A.phone B。photo C.clock D。picture12.A.minutes B.days C。weeks D。months13.A。visitor B.husband C。brother D。father14.A。gohome B。gotobed C。goshopping D。havearest 15.A.hello B.goodbye C.sorry D。nothing名师点评这是一则委婉地谢绝客人的故事，这也是我们平时很容易遇到的事.答案简析1.B。根据下文havealotoffriends可以推断他们待人友好(friendly).2。A。他们帮助穷困的学生。3.D。根据上文得知，别人都很喜欢他们。4.C.talkwith表示聊天.5。D。他们的家里总是充满了欢笑。6。A。根据下文他们要赶早班车得知是早上.7.B。为了赶早班车他们不得不早起，故选getup。8.C。这是一个星期五的晚上，故是晚饭后。9.D。他们正在为第二天的野餐准备食物和饮料。10。B.停下（手中的事)来做某事,用stoptodosth.,另外receivesb.表示接待某人.11.C。他聊得很尽兴，以致于忘了时间，也就是忘了看墙上的钟。12.A。这里指很短的时间.13.B。14。A。表示时间已经不早了，客人们肯定着急要回家了。15.C。丈夫向客人道歉，表示是自己忘了时间，这样客人就不会尴尬了。＊＊＊＊**＊＊******＊＊＊*＊＊＊*＊＊*＊*＊＊*＊＊****＊＊＊*＊*＊*＊＊＊*＊*＊＊＊*结束StudentsinmanycountriesarelearningEnglish。Someofthesestudentsaresmallchildren.Othersareteen—agers。Manyareadults.Somelearnatschool，othersbythemselves。AfewlearnEnglishbylearningthelanguageovertheradio，onTV，orinfilm。Onemustworkhardtolearnanotherlanguage。WhydoallthesepeoplewanttolearnEnglish?Itisdifficulttoanswerthisquestion。ManyboysandgirlslearnEnglishatschoolbecauseitisoneoftheirsubjectsrequiredforstudy.TheystudytheirownlanguageandmathsandEnglish：Somepeoplelearnitbecauseitisusefulfortheirwork.ManypeoplelearnEnglishfortheirwork.ManypeoplelearnEnglishfortheirhigherstudies，becauseatcollegeoruniversitysomeoftheirbooksareinEnglish.OtherpeoplelearnEnglishbecausetheywanttoreadnewspapersormagazinesinEnglish.1。PeoplelearnEnglish_______。A。atschool B.overtheradio C。onTV D。notallinthesameway2。DifferentkindsofpeoplewanttolearnEnglish_______。A.togetherwithothersubjects B。fordifferentreasonsC.fortheirwork D。forhigherstudiesatcolleges3.Fromthispassageweknowthat_______.A.wecanlearnEnglisheasilyB。EnglishisverydifficulttolearnC.EnglishislearnedbymostpeopleintheworldD.Englishisausefullanguagebutonemustworkhardtolearn4。Whichofthefollowingisright？A。Wedon’tneedtolearnanyforeignlanguages.XK]B.WecandowellinallourworkwithoutEnglish.C.Englishisthemostimportantsubjectinschools.D。WeshouldlearnEnglishbecauseweneedtofacetheworld。【答案与解析】这篇文章探究了学习英语热潮的现象和发生这种现象的原因。1。D。由第1段我们可以知道学习英语的形式可以over

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film等不同的方式.2.B.根据第2段人们学习英语的原因有required

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studies等几种.由此可推知人们学习英语的原因是不同的。3.D。由于人们学习英语的各种原因可以发现英语是非常有用的。但从smallchildren到adults（成年人）都用各种形式去学，说明英语必须靠人的努力才能学好。4.D。由于文章中说很多国家都学习英语,那么如果不学习英语就不能融入现代社会。所以学习英语的目的是we

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world(我们需要面对这个世界）。*＊＊**＊＊＊*＊*＊＊*＊＊**＊＊**＊＊＊*＊＊**＊＊＊＊*＊***＊**＊＊******＊*＊**＊＊*＊＊结束链接1.（2012广东卷）Sportsaccountforagrowingamountofincomemadeonthesalesofcommercialtimebytelevisioncompanies。Manytelevisioncompanieshaveusedsportstoattractviewersfromparticularsectionsofthegeneralpublic,andthentheyhavesoldaudiencestoadvertisers.AnattractionofsportprogramsforthemajorU.S。mediacompaniesisthateventsareoftenheldonSaturdayandSundayafternoons–theslowesttimeperiodsoftheweekforgeneraltelevisionviewing.Sporteventsarethemostpopularweekendprograms,especiallyamongmaleviewerswhomaynotwatchmuchtelevisionatothertimesduringtheweek。Thismeansthetelevisionnetworksareabletoselladvertisingtimeatrelativelyhighpricesduringwhatnormallywouldbedeadtimeforprogramming.Mediacorporationsalsousesportstoattractcommercialsponsorsthatmighttaketheiradvertisingdollarselsewhereiftelevisionstationsdidnotreportcertainsports.Thepeopleintheadvertisingdepartmentsofmajorcorporationsrealizethatsportsattractmaleviewers。Theyalsorealizethatmostbusinesstravelersaremenandthatmanymenmakefamilydecisionsonthepurchasesofcomputers,carsandlifeinsurance.Golfandtennisarespecialcasesfortelevisionprogramming.Thesesportsattractfewviewers，andtheratings（收视率）areunusuallylow.However,theaudienceforthesesportsisattractivetocertainadvertisers。ItismadeupofpeoplefromthehighestincomegroupsintheUnitedStates,includingmanylawyersandbusinessmanagers,Thisiswhytelevisionreportingofgolfandtennisissponsoredbycompaniessellinghigh—pricedcars,businessandpersonalcomputers,andholidaytrips.Thisisalsowhythenetworkscontinuetocarrythereprogramsregardlessoflowratings。Advertisersarewillingtopayhighfeestoreachhigh—incomeconsumersandthosemanagerswhomakedecisionstobuythousandsof“companycars”andcomputers。Withsuchviewers,theseprogramsdon'tneedhighratingstostayontheair.41.Televisionsportprogramsonweekendafternoons________。 A.resultinmoresportevents B.getmoreviewerstoplaysports C。makemorepeopleinterestedintelevision D.bringmoremoneytothetelevisionnetworks42。Whywouldweekendafternoonsbecomedeadtimewithoutsportprograms? A.Becausetherewouldbefewviewers. B。Becausetheadvertiserswouldbeoffwork。 C.Becausetelevisionprogramswouldgoslowly。 D.Becauseviewerswouldpaylessforwatchingtelevision.43。Inmanyfamilies,menmakedecisionson________. A.holidaytrips B。sportsviewing C.televisionsshopping D。expensivepurchases44.Theratingsarenotimportantforgolfandtennisprogramsbecause________. A。theiradvertisersarecarmakers B。theirviewersareattractedbysports C。theiradvertiserstargetatrichpeople D.theirviewerscanaffordexpensivecars45。Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A.Televisionratingsaredeterminedbymaleviewers。 B。Richviewerscontributemosttotelevisioncompanies. C.Sportsaregainingimportanceinadvertisingontelevision。 D。Commercialadvertisersarethemajorsponsorsofsportevents。【难度】一般＊＊＊＊＊＊*＊**＊＊＊******＊**＊＊＊＊＊***＊＊*＊*＊＊＊**＊*＊＊＊＊＊******＊*结束 It'sPigs’HometownThestoryhappenedduringtheSecondWorldWar.AnoldmanlivedinasmalltownofGermany.Hehadthreesonsandtheyallworkedinthesamefactorywherehehadworked.Afterthewarhadbegun,hissonswereallmadetojointhearmyoneafteranotherandtheyalldiedinthefights.Theoldmanwasverysad。Hedidn'thaveenoughfoodandwasoftenhungry。Andnobodyhelpedhimandhedidn'tknowhowtogoonliving。Itwasaverycoldwinternight。Theoldmancouldn’tgotosleep。Hehadbeenhungryfortwodaysanditwassocoldinhisroomthaticecouldbeseen。Hehadtogetupandbegantorunintheroomuntilhelaydownonthefloor.Thenextmorninghehadtobegfromdoortodoor。Hehadbeentoalotofcitiesandknewalot.Oncehecametoavillage，butthevillagerswereallpoorandcouldn’tgivehimanything。Hewastoohungrytogotoanothervillage.Hethoughthardandfoundaway。Hecametoapolicestationandcalledout,“Hitlerisafoolishpig!”Outcameanoldpolicemanatonce.Hetooktheoldmanintoaroom,gavehimsomebreadandacupoftea.Thenhesaid,“Don'tsaysoinourvillage，sir!”“I'msorry，sir,”saidtheoldman。“Idon’tknowit’sHitler’shometown。”“No，no,sir，”thepolicemansaidinahurry。“It'spigs'hometown!”1。Theoldman'ssonsjoinedthearmybecause_______.A。theywereallstrong B。theylovedtheircountryC。theywantedtobefull D。theyhadtodoso2.Theoldmanwassadbecause_______。A。histhreesonshadtojointhearmyB.histhreesonslosttheirlivesduringthewarC。helivedinthesma