高中英语真题-2015高考英语阅读和信息匹配四月自练7

高中英语真题:2015高考英语阅读和信息匹配
四月自练7
【2015高考复习】阅读理解
Parents are creating an “I want it now” generation by indulgin g children’s every demand at Christmas，
say experts.Youngsters are becoming increasingly selfish，claim the education analysts.
Consumersavvy children are forcing their families into racking up huge debts and risk becoming spoilt and dissatisfied in th e future.
Behavioural consultant Chris Calland said，
“Parents are desperate to make Christmas into a magical fairy tale for their kid s.There’s nothing wrong with that as such.Th e problem arises when it means always giving into all our chil dren’s demands—
even if they are beyond our price range or not ageappropriate .”
Ms Calland，
who runs “Santa Says No” style sessions with colleague Nic ky Hutchinson，added，
“Many of us go into so much debt providing the gifts our childr en want that we spend the rest of the year paying off the bills. Yet so often the parcels we’ve carefully wrapped，
once opened，
are just pushed away because the very thing our little boy or g irl was once so desperate for，
they have now lost interest in.”
Ms Calland and Ms Hutchinson have drawn up a list of guideli nes to help parents manage their offspring’s Christmas lists th is year.They say that adults can actually improve their relation ships with their children by resisting “pester (纠缠) power”．Ms Calland said，
“All too often we say yes because we want an easier life when the fact is that we’re only building up problems for the future. We are helping create a generation of youngsters who are bli nd to the needs of others and the necessity of hard work.”
“Children learn fast—if we sometimes change our mind，they quickly realise it might be worth lying on the floor and scr eaming for it.Make sure you and your partner are working tog ether on this.Be consistent.And try not to get caught up in co mpetition with other families or friends.”
【语篇解读】本文是时文阅读。

由于父母对孩子圣诞节的要
求无限制地满足，产生了“I want it now”一代。

5．What is the main problem with the “I want it now” generati on?
A．They are quite selfcentered.
B．They like to live in fairy tales.
C．They waste a lot of money on gifts.
D．They can’t keep their interest in gifts.
解析细节理解题。

从第一段最后一句中的
“Youngsters are becoming increasingly selfish”以及倒数第二段中的
“a generation of youngsters who are blind to the needs of oth ers”可知“ I want it now”一代很自私、以自我为中心。

答案A
6．What is probably the aim of “Santa Says No” style session s?
A．To advise on how to wrap gifts properly.
B．To keep children’s interest in the gifts.
C．To tell parents how to say no to children’s demands. D．To advise parents on what gifts to buy for children.
解析推理判断题。

根据第四、五段内容可知，
“Santa Says No” style sessions的目的是教父母如何对孩子的
无限制的要求说不。

答案 C
7．According to the passage，
we can infer that Ms Calland intends to________. A．analyze children’s behavior
B．give advice to parents
C．introduce a new generation
D．give her support to parents
解析推理判断题。

综合分析Mr Calland的话可知，
Ms Calland在本文中为父母提出了不要满足孩子的一切要求的建议。

答案B
8．Ms Calland would agree that parents should________. A．buy nothing for children at Christmas
B．choose gifts carefully for children
C．let children choose their own gifts
D．avoid competing with others
解析细节理解题。

从最后一段最后一句
“And try not to get caught up in competition with other families or friends”可知答案为D。

答案D
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Humpback whales
Humpback whales are so metimes called performer s of the ocean. This is be cause they can make imp ressive movements when they dive. The name “hu mpback”, which is the co mmon name for this whal e, refers to the typical cur ve shape the whale’s bac k forms as it dives. Sometimes the humpback will dive with a fantastic Quick Facts Size:
Living environ ment: Migrati on:
Diet:
1. According to Quick Facts, a humpback whale .
A. cannot survive in waters near the shore
B. doesn’t live in the same waters all the time
C. lives mainly on underwater plants
D. prefers to work alone when hunting food
2. To make a breach, a humpback whale must .
A. use its tail flukes to leap out of the water
B. twist its body sideways to jump high
C. blow two streams of water
D. communicate with a group of humpbacks
3. From the passage we can learn that a humpback whale
.
A. has its unique markings on its tail flukes
B. has black an d white fingerprints
C. gets its name from the way it hunts
D. is a great performer due to its songs
【参考答案】1-3 BAA
【2015高考复习】任务型阅读
A man from Korea was telling a friend about his trip to the . Th e man had visited major businesses and investment compani es in New York City and .
“I studied English before I left home，”he said. “But I still was not sure that people were speaking Engl ish”．
His problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a lang uage of their own. Some of the business words and expressio
ns deal with the special areas of their work. Other expression s are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theate r and movie industry.
One such saying is “Get your act together”．
When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get an gry. He may shout, “Stop making mistakes. Get your act toget her.”
Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act t ogether.” Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your a ct together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action.
It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But it is pro bable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The di rector may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act togethe r.”
Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s. Mister Rogers says the Guardian newspa per used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy requir ed that the British government get its act together.
Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a compa ny meet. One company even called its yearly report “Getting Our Act Together”．
The Korean visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is “Cut to the chase”．
He heard that expression when he attended an important mee ting of one company. One official was giving a very long repor t. It was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeti ng were falling asleep.
Finally, the president of the company said, “Cu t to the chase”．
Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on det ails or unimportant material, hurry and get to the good part. Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movie s. Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans w ant to see action movies. Many of their movies show scenes i n which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot.
Cut is the director's word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene n ow.
So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to g et to the main point of your story quickly.
【语篇解读】不同领域有各自的一套说话习惯，你只有了解相关的表达方式才能游刃有余。

36．used/said [根据全文可知，在美国
“Get your act together”和“Cut to the chase”
这两个习语常被生意人使用。

]
37．experience [根据右栏内容可知是一个韩国人出差到美国的经历。

]
38．understand [由第二段中的
“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English.”可知答案。

]
39．deal [根据文中的
“Some of the business words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work.”可知答案。

deal with是“涉及”的意思。

]
40．nervous [根据第七段中的
“Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a
lot of mistakes.”可知答案。

]
41．commonly [根据
“Word expert James Rogers says the expression was commo n
by the late 1970s.”中的common可知答案。

]
42．organize [根据第六段中的
“Getting your act together is getting organized.”中的organized可转换得出答案。

]
43．main [由倒数第四段的内容可知，“Cut to the chase”如今的意思是“不要浪费
时间在细节或不重要的东西上，说重点吧”。

]
44．making [根据倒数第三段中的
“Naturally, this saying was started by people
who make movies.”中的make可知答案。

]
45．scenes [根据倒数第二段中的第二句话可知答案。

]
【上海市闵行区2014质量调研考试】任务型阅读Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the que stions or complete the statements in the fewest possible word s. By almost any measure, there is a boom in Internet-
based instruction. In just a few years, 34 percent of American universities have begun offering some form of distance learni ng (DL), and among the larger schools, it’s close to 90 percen t. If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven’t heard of the of . It grants degrees entirely on the basis of onli ne instruction. It enrolls 90,000 students, a statistic used to su
pport its claim to be the largest private university in the countr y.
While the kinds of instruction offered in these programs will dif fer, DL usually indicates a course in which the instructors post syllabi (课程大
纲), reading assignment, and schedules on websites, and stu dents send in their assignments by e-
mail. Generally speaking, face-to-
face communication with an instructor is minimized or eliminat ed altogether.
The attraction for students might at first seem obvious. Primar ily, there’s the convenience promised by courses on the Net: you can do the work, as they say, in your pajamas. But figure s indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced enthusia sm to the course. While dropout rate for all freshmen at Ameri can universities is around 20 percent, the rate for online stude nts is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand th e weaknesses internal in the setup. In a survey conducted for Cornell, the DL division of , less than a third of the responden ts expected the quality of the online course to be as good as t he classroom course.
Clearly, from the schools’ perspective, there’s a lot of money t o be saved. Although some of the more ambitious programs r equire new investments in servers and networks to support co llaborative software, most DL courses can run on existing or minimally upgraded systems. The more students who enroll in a course but don’t come to campus, the more school saves o n keeping the lights on in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers , and maintaining parking lots. And, while there’s evidence tha t instructors must work harder to run a DL course for a variety of reasons, they won’t be paid any more, and might well be pa id less.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in N O MORE THAN 10 WORDS.)
78. The author mentioned the of to make us believe that ___ __________.
79. According to the second paragraph, if you apply for a DL c ourse, you will have little chance to _______________.
80. What are the two negative effects the convenience of DL
brings about?
81. Universities show great passion for DL programs for the p urpose of _________________.
【参考答案】
78. Internet-
based instruction is popular now / there is boom in Internet-based instruction
79. communicate with an instructor face to face
80. a reduced enthusiasm to the course and higher dropout ra te
81. saving money / cutting down the expenses
2015高考英语阅读和信息匹配四月自练7
【2015高考复习】阅读理解
Parents are creating an “I want it now” generation by indulging children’s every demand at C
hristmas，say experts.Youngsters are becoming increasingly selfish，
claim the education analysts.
Consumersavvy children are forcing their families into racking up huge debts and risk becomi ng spoilt and dissatisfied in the future.
Behavioural consultant Chris Calland said，
“Parents are desperate to make Christmas into a magical fairy tale for their kids.There’s nothi ng wrong with that as such.The problem arises when it means always giving into all our childr en’s demands—even if they are beyond our price range or not ageappropriate.”
Ms Calland，who runs “Santa Says No” style sessions with colleague Nicky Hutchinson，added，
“Many of us go into so much debt providing the gifts our children want that we spend the rest of the year paying off the bills.Yet so often the parcels we’ve carefully wrapped，
once opened，
are just pushed away because the very thing our little boy or girl was once so desperate for ，they have now lost interest in.”
Ms Calland and Ms Hutchinson have drawn up a list of guidelines to help parents manage th eir offspring’s Christmas lists this year.They say that adults can actually improve their relation ships with their children by resisting “pester (纠缠) power”．
Ms Calland said，
“All too often we say yes because we want an easier life when the fact is that we’re only build ing up problems for the future.We are helping create a generation of youngsters who are blin d to the needs of others and the necessity of hard work.”
“Children learn fast—if we sometimes change our mind，
they quickly realise it might be worth lying on the floor and screaming for it.Make sure you an d your partner are working together on this.Be consistent.And try not to get caught up in com petition with other families or friends.”
【语篇解读】本文是时文阅读。

由于父母对孩子圣诞节的要求无限制地满足，产生了
“I want it now”一代。

5．What is the main problem with the “I want it now” generation?
A．They are quite selfcentered.
B．They like to live in fairy tales.
C．They waste a lot of money on gifts.
D．They can’t keep their interest in gifts.
解析细节理解题。

从第一段最后一句中的“Youngsters are becoming increasingly selfish”以及倒数第二段中的“a generation of youngsters who are blind to the needs of others”可知
“ I want it now”一代很自私、以自我为中心。

答案A
6．What is probably the aim of “Santa Says No” style sessions?
A．To advise on how to wrap gifts properly.
B．To keep children’s interest in the gifts.
C．To tell parents how to say no to children’s demands.
D．To advise parents on what gifts to buy for children.
解析推理判断题。

根据第四、五段内容可知，“Santa Says No” style sessions的目的是教父母如何对孩子的无限制的要求说不。

答案 C
7．According to the passage，we can infer that Ms Calland intends to________. A．analyze children’s behavior
B．give advice to parents
C．introduce a new generation
D．give her support to parents
解析推理判断题。

综合分析Mr Calland的话可知，Ms Calland在本文中为父母提出了不要满足孩子的一切要求的建议。

答案B
8．Ms Calland would agree that parents should________.
A．buy nothing for children at Christmas
B．choose gifts carefully for children
C．let children choose their own gifts
D．avoid competing with others
解析细节理解题。

从最后一段最后一句
“And try not to get caught up in competition with other families or friends”可知答案为D。

答案D
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Humpback whales
Humpback whales are sometimes calle d performers of the ocean. This is bec ause they can make impressive move ments when they dive. The name “hum pback”, which is the common name for this whale, refers to the typical curve s hape the whale’s back forms as it dive s.
Sometimes the humpback will dive wit h a fantastic movement known as a br each. During breaching the whale uses its powerful tail flukes to lift nearly two-thirds of its body not of the water in a g iant leap. A breach might also include a sideways twist with fins stretched out like wings, as the whale reaches the h eight of the breach.
A humpback whale breathes air at the surface of the water through two blowh oles which are located near the top of head. It blows a double stream of wate r that can rise up to 4 meters above th e water.
The humpback has a small dorsal fin l ocated towards the tail flukes about tw o-
thirds of the way down its back. Other Quick Facts Size:
Living environme nt:
Migration: Diet: Hunting:
Current state:
1. According to Quick Facts, a humpback whale .
A. cannot survive in waters near the shore
B. doesn’t live in the same waters all the time
C. lives mainly on underwater plants
D. prefers to work alone when hunting food
2. To make a breach, a humpback whale must .
A. use its tail flukes to leap out of the water
B. twist its body sideways to jump high
C. blow two streams of water
D. communicate with a group of humpbacks
3. From the passage we can learn that a humpback whale .
A. has its unique markings on its tail flukes
B. has black and white fingerprints
C. gets its name from the way it hunts
D. is a great performer due to its songs
【参考答案】1-3 BAA
【2015高考复习】任务型阅读
A man from Korea was telling a friend about his trip to the . The man had visited major busin esses and investment companies in New York City and .
“I studied English before I left home，”he said. “But I still was not sure that people were spea king English”．
His problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in busines s anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the business words and expression s deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kin ds of work such as the theater and movie industry.
One such saying is “Get your act together”．
When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry. He may shout, “Stop maki ng mistakes. Get your act together.”
Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together.” Either way, the mean ing is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means t o develop a calm and orderly plan of action.
It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The di rector may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act together.”
Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s. Mister Rog ers says the Guardian newspaper used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy requi red that the British government get its act together.
Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet. One company even ca lled its yearly report “Getting Our Act Together”．
The Korean visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is “Cut to the chase”．
He heard that expression when he attended an important meeting of one company. One offic ial was giving a very long report. It was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeti ng were falling asleep.
Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase”．
Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material, hu rry and get to the good part.
Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies. Hollywood movie producers b elieve that most Americans want to see action movies. Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot.
Cut is the director's word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out some materia l, and get to the chase scene now.
So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your stor y quickly.
【语篇解读】不同领域有各自的一套说话习惯，你只有了解相关的表达方式才能游刃有余。

36．used/said [根据全文可知，在美国“Get your act together”和“Cut to the chase”
这两个习语常被生意人使用。

]
37．experience [根据右栏内容可知是一个韩国人出差到美国的经历。

]
38．understand [由第二段中的“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English.”可知答案。

]
39．deal [根据文中的“Some of the business words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work.”可知答案。

deal with是“涉及”的意思。

]
40．nervous [根据第七段中的“Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a
lot of mistakes.”可知答案。

]
41．commonly [根据“Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common
by the late 1970s.”中的common可知答案。

]
42．organize [根据第六段中的“Getting your act together is getting organized.”中的organized可转换得出答案。

]
43．main [由倒数第四段的内容可知，“Cut to the chase”如今的意思是“不要浪费
时间在细节或不重要的东西上，说重点吧”。

]
44．making [根据倒数第三段中的“N aturally, this saying was started by people
who make movies.”中的make可知答案。

]
45．scenes [根据倒数第二段中的第二句话可知答案。

]
【上海市闵行区2014质量调研考试】任务型阅读
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the stateme nts in the fewest possible words. By almost any measure, there is a boom in Internet-
based instruction. In just a few years, 34 percent of American universities have begun offerin g some form of distance learning (DL), and among the larger schools, i t’s close to 90 percent . If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven’t heard of the of . It grants degr ees entirely on the basis of online instruction. It enrolls 90,000 students, a statistic used to su pport its claim to be the largest private university in the country.
While the kinds of instruction offered in these programs will differ, DL usually indicates a cour se in which the instructors post syllabi (课程大
纲), reading assignment, and schedules on websites, and students send in their assignments by e-mail. Generally speaking, face-to-
face communication with an instructor is minimized or eliminated altogether.
The attraction for students might at first seem obvious. Primarily, there’s the convenience pro mised by courses on the Net: you can do the work, as they say, in your pajamas. But figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced enthusiasm to the course. While dropout rate for all freshmen at American universities is around 20 percent, the rate for online student s is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand the weaknesses internal in the set up. In a survey conducted for Cornell, the DL division of , less than a third of the respondent s expected the quality of the online course to be as good as the classroom course.
Clearly, from the schools’ perspective, there’s a lot of money to be saved. Although some of t he more ambitious programs require new investments in servers and networks to support coll aborative software, most DL courses can run on existing or minimally upgraded systems. Th
e more students who enroll in a course but don’t come to campus, the more school saves on keeping the lights on in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers, and maintaining parking lots. A nd, while there’s evidence that instructors must work harder to run a DL course for a variety o
f reasons, they won’t be paid any more, and might well be paid less.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS.) 78. The author mentioned the of to make us believe that _____________.
79. According to the second paragraph, if you apply for a DL course, you will have little chan ce to _______________.
80. What are the two negative effects the convenience of DL brings about?
81. Universities show great passion for DL programs for the purpose of _________________.
【参考答案】
78. Internet-based instruction is popular now / there is boom in Internet-based instruction
79. communicate with an instructor face to face
80. a reduced enthusiasm to the course and higher dropout rate
81. saving money / cutting down the expenses。