2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题(8)及答案

2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（8）及答案
【广东省汕头市2013教学质量测评试题(2)】C The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know.I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder。

I turned around to find a wrinkled，little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being。

She said，“Hi,girl！My name is Rose.I’m 87 years old.Can give you a hug？”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded,“Of course you may!“and she gave me a giant squeeze。

“Why are you in college at such a young，innocent age ？”I asked.She jokingly replied,“I’m here to meet a rich husband,get married,have a couple of children,and hen retire and travel!”
“No seriously“I said.I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age。

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”“she told me。

Over the course of the year,Rose because a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went 。

She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students。

She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet。

I’ll never forget what she taught us。

“We do not stop playing because we are old“;we grow old becaus e we stop playing.There are only two secrets to staying young，being happy,and achieving success/You have to laugh and find humor everyday。

Your’ve got to have a dream.When you lose your dreams，you die!"she said。

“The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change。

"Have no regrets.The elderly usually don;t have regrets for what we did，but rather for things we did not do.The only people who fear death are those with regrets。

”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Song of Rose”.She challenged each of us study the lyrics(歌词）and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end，Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago。

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
36.Rose made herself known to the author in a _______ manner.
A.serious
B.cold C。

crazy D。

humorous
37.From the information provided in the passage,we know________。

A.Rose finished the college degree within a year
B.Rose did realize her dream of meeting a rich husband and getting married through college education
C.Rose enjoyed her camus life very much
D.Rose grew so old that she stopped playing
38.Rose delivered the speech________。

A.at the graduation
B.which she prepared carefully
C。

ended with”The Song of Rose” D.to challenge all the other speakers
39.According to her speech，________.
A.whenever you have a dream,you succeed
B.All people don't grow up while growing older
C.Rose usually regretted having done something
D.a nine—year—old is as old as a 87-year-old if he doesn’t do anything
40.The best title for the passage can be________.
A.Growing Older or Growing Up
B.It’s Never too Old to learn
C.Humour Does Count D。

Challenge Yourself
【参考答案】36—40。

DCCBA;
阅读理解
Brian knew he had been drinking more and more，but he was convinced that he’d return to more moderate drinking when he wasn’t so pressured at work，and that ”a few too many drinks now and then” wasn’t a major problem.
"My wife and father were on me to stop drinking, but you know how critical and protective family can be," said Brian。

”So I blew them off."
It wasn't until his friend Jack spoke up that Brian started to think differently。

”That really hit home，because I wouldn’t expect a friend to confront me with something that personal unless it was very
important,” said Brian. ”Ja ck said he was really concerned about me。

He pointed out that my personality changed after I had a few beers-—that I became belligerent（寻衅的). For a normally easy—going guy, that was a dramatic change in behavior.”
Jack could see that Brian’s numerous drin king binges（放纵) were causing problems. Brian was frequently calling into work sick and falling behind in his work, and his marriage was seriously on the ropes。

Brian was teetering on the edge of disaster。

"I didn’t want to see a good life and a good friend ship ruined,” said Jack，”so I approached Brian, shared my honest observations with him, and suggested that he seek help.”
After a couple days of soul searching，though still reluctant，Brian took Jack's suggestion and was assessed by an addiction professional. The expert recommended that Brian check into a treatment center，and one day later Brian did so.
Many people fear taking the path that Jack took. Speaking up to a friend who may have a problem with alcohol or other drugs can be a tricky undertaking。

Yet it’s true that a concerned friend can do a lot. Most people don't recognize they have a substance abuse problem and most don’t seek help for a problem until someone close to them intervenes（干预).
1.What happened to Brian according to the passage？
A.He suffered from an illness called alcohol addiction.
B.He changed so much that he was deserted by his family。

C.He became morally corrupted drinking too much all day.
D.He drank a little more than normal to escape the pressure。

2.What does “that” in the 3rd paragraph refer to?
A。

Brian's drinking binges. B。

Jack’s talk with Brian. C. Wife and father’s intervention. D。

Brian’s different thoughts.
3. Brian could accept Jack’s suggestions mainly because ____________。

A. he found his friend was very critical and protective
B. Jack’s suggestions were professional and persuasive
C。

Jack and Brian’s family had different opinions
D. he knew his friend wouldn’t easily intervene his personal affair
4. Brian's alcohol abuse brought him many problems EXCEPT ____________.
A。

his refusal to listen to his family B. his bad temper and aggressiveness
C. his failure to do his work well D。

his marriage problems
5.The writer narrates Brian’s story in order to ____________.
A.tell us the bad results of alcohol addiction
B.warn us not to fall into the habit of drinking
C.show friends have real power to intervene
D.prove a friend in need is a friend indeed
参考答案1——-5 A B D A C
So you think your teacher hates you? You’re not the only one。

Teachers and students sometimes have personality clashes，just like any two people who don't get along。

After all, teachers aren’t perfect。

However，most of the time，there are lots of reasons why you and your teacher might not be getting along。

So try to figure out if your teacher really dislikes you, or if something else is going on. Here are some questions to ask yourself：
* Is your teacher's anger aimed at you personally, or at something specific you've been doing ?
All teachers have something that they strongly dislike. Maybe your teacher hates it when people whisper in class。

If you try hard not to do these things, the situation might get better.
* Are you the only person being treated badly，or is your teacher being rough on the whole class?
l。

The
writer thinks that it ________that a teacher and a student don't get along. A。

causes no harm B. is unusual
C. often happens
D. is dangerous
2。

The purpose of the four questions in the passage is to________.
A. help students find out the reasons why don't get along wit
h their teachersB。

help teachers find out the reasons why don’t get along with their students
C 。

help students understand why it’s good to get along with their teachers
D。

help teachers understand why it's good to get along with their students 3。

If only one boy is criticized in a teacher's class, the boy should________.
A。

ask his classmates for help
B。

think more about himself
C。

ask himself the four questions
D。

get somebody on his side
4. What would happen if a girl student isn’t doing the work she is capable of doing？
A。

She might have trouble in her teacher’s class.
B。

She might wonder if her teacher gave her lower grades.
C。

She might be graded by another standard.
D. She might mistake her teacher's inspiring words for criticism。

5. What’s the writer’s attitude towards being sensitive？
A。

Positive. B. Negative. C。

Neutral。

D。

Critical。

C篇:1。

C。

第一段说如果你觉得老师不喜欢你，你可不是唯一的一个，师生之间有时候会有个性冲突，就像任何两个人关系处不好一样；毕竟，老师也有缺点。

由此判断，作者认为师生之间处不好关系是一件很自然也是经常会有的事情。

2．A. 本题首先要从全文判断出作者是为学生所写。

第二段作者说绝大多数时候，师生之间处不好关系的原因会有所不同，多种多样，因此你需要弄清到底是老师真地不喜欢你呢还是其它原因.接下来说这儿有几个问题,问问你自己吧，由行文逻辑可知作者提供这些
问①Guaranteed salaries，Smith argued，were the enemy of hard work；and when the academics were lazy and incompetent，the students were similarly lazy. 有保证的薪水,史密斯认为，是努力工作的敌人，在那个时刻,学院很懒，没有竞争力，学生们也很懒.
②Therefore，it is the individual, not the government，who should pay for their university education. 因此，是个人而不是政府，应该向大学
教育买单。

③Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict。

双方都想和平，但是哪一方都感觉没有能力来制止这场冲突.
④Unfortunately，as long as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress .不幸的是，只要父母和孩子认为自己知道得比对方多得话，他们就永远为战斗下去,不会取得任何进展。

⑤The more children get connected with talking, listening，reading and writing，the easier it is for them to become active readers。

孩子接触谈话，阅读，读书和写作越多，对于他们来说成为主动的读书人就越容易。

⑥There's nothing wrong with being sensitive, but if you react to criticism differently than most kids, this could be a factor in which you think your teacher doesn’t like you.敏感没什么，但是如果你对批评表现得比别人格外不同的话，这可能就是老师不喜欢你的一个因素了。

·单词百宝箱
individual n.
The purpose of the law is to protect the right of the individual。

该法律目的是为了保护个人权利.
guarantee v. 保证
We can’t guarantee our workers’ regular employment.我们不能保证我们的工人经常受雇。

adolescent n。

青少年,青春期
The adolescent crisis is most important。

青春期易出现的问题是非常重要的。

tendency n. 趋势，趋向
There is a tendency to use plastics in place of metals at present.目前出现了用塑料代替金属的倾向。

outlook n. 观点，见解
He has a broad outlook on life。

他的人生观十分豁达。

complex adj。

复杂的
He had not a particularly complex mind.他的头脑并不十分复杂。

【广东省汕头市2013教学质量测评试题(2）】D Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life。

Relationships with family，friends,neighbours，even pets，will all do the trick，but the biggest longevity(长寿)boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William
Farr，who who wrote that widows and widowers（鳏夫）were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers.Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s。

The effect holds for all causes of death,whether illness,accident or self—harm.
Even if the odds are stacked against you(the conditions are not favourable),marriage can more than compensate.Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart.Likewise，a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke。

There's a flip side,however，as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse;s death,and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems。

Even so，the odds favour marriage.In a 30—year study of more than 10，000 people，Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects。

So how does it work?The effects are complex，affected by socio-economic factors，health-service provision,emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms（机制).For example,social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system,leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life。

People in supportive relationships may handle stress better。

Then there are the psychological
benefits of a supportive partner。

A life partner,children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100.The best social network is still being mapped out，but Christakis says：”People are interconnected，so their health is interconnected.”
41.William Farr’s study and other studies show that________。

A.social life provides an effective cure for illness
B.Being sociable helps improve one’s quality of life
C.Women benefit more than men from marriage
D.Marriage contributes a great deal to longevity
42.Linda Waite’s studies support the idea that________.
A.older men should quit smoking to stay healthy
B.Marriage can help make up for ill health
C.The married are happier than the unmarried
D.Unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life
43.It can be inferred from the context that the “flip side”（Line5,Para2）refers to________.
A.the disadvantages of being married
B.The emotional problems arising from marriage
C.The responsibility of taking care of one’s family
D.The consequence of a broken marriage
44.What does the author say about social networks?
A.They have effects similar to those of a marriage。

B.They help develop people’s community spirit.
C.They provide timely support for those in need.
D.They help relieve people of their life's burden
45.What can be inferred from the last paragraph？
A.It’s important that we develop a social network when young。

B.To stay healthy，one should have a proper social network.
C.Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span。

D.We should share our social networks with each other。

【参考答案】41—45. DBAAB
阅读理解
All across the country, kids are heading back to school. Despite advice from the nation’s secretary of health and human services，recess（课间休息) and physical education have in many schools been cut back or canceled。

While most of kids are eager to catch up with friends, the general feeling is that “playtime is over。

”
Summer vacation does offer most children a bit of free playtime – the sort that leads to physical activity and self-organized play, often in short supply during the school year。

Still, it’s not enough。

Playtime shouldn’t be limited to summer vacation：it’s i mportant all year。

For most American children in the past, “going out to play” was the norm。

Today，according to a University of Michigan study，children spend 50 percent less time outside than they did just 20 years ago。

There is a direct line between lack of play and some frightening public health and
social trends: tragic statistics for obesity(肥胖），4.5 million children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder（ADD）（儿童多动症），an increase in childhood depression and classroom behavioral problems，and an inability to interact well with peers。

Just an hour a day of active play - running, chasing，games like dodge ball — can provide intense skill learning。

Physical activity is known to lessen the symptoms of mild attention deficit disorder，and reduces the risk of childhood obesity. Active kids can perform better academically in the long term.
We should be aware of how important play is to one’s development. Even a play—deprived social mammal(哺乳动物) like a rat or monkey will become unable to tell friend from enemy, and poor at handling stress when it enters adulthood。

My studies of young murderers revealed that most had lacked normal, developmentally appropriate play as children and pre-adolescents。

Play is fun，but ultimately it is also useful. The smarter the animal，the more they play. For humans，play refreshes us because it gets us in touch with our core selves and the joy of life。

I feel sad about the kids who have given up on play for another nine months。

Their devaluation of play is a tragic loss for them and for our society。

1。

Children lacking playtime may have the following problems EXCEPT__________。

A。

to become fat
B. to suffer from depression
C. to fail to get along well with others
D. to murder their peers
2。

Active play is beneficial to children because __________.
A. it inspires children to catch up with their friends
B. it is the best way to cure children with obesity
C. it helps children to improve academic achievement
D. it can teach children to tell friend from enemy
3. “A play-deprived social mammal”refers to an animal that__________。

A。

has lost chance to play
B。

requires enough playtime
C. enjoys playing very much
D。

knows the importance of play
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A。

The article was written before the summer vacation.
B. American children lack playtime during the school year.
C。

Schools give children more playtime in the new semester.
D。

Children with ADD should play less than normal children。

5. Which of the following will be the best title?
A。

Summer Vacation is over
B。

What Playtime Brings to Children
C. Lack of Play Leads to Problems
D。

Let the Children Play
参考答案1-—-5 D C A B D。