湖北省武汉市高考英语 阅读理解训练题(17)

武汉市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题（17）附答案
The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However，the archaeologists working on the excavation(挖掘)have found that they still have a great deal to do. The sun, the wind and tourists have left their mark on the village, originally discovered by Bernard Bruyhre in 1935．
“From our modern perspective，it is upsetting to see how the village was first excavated and then left to be destroyed. Passers-by have used the huts as rubbish dumps and restrooms,”says Jaana Toivari—Viitala, a teacher at the University of Helsinki.“Fortunately, while we still have some surface cleaning to do, conservation are off to a good start.”
The hut village offers rare insight into everyday life in ancient Egypt.
“In the early twentieth century，archaeologists were only interested in the tombs of kings. The workmen’s huts they discovered were seen as a necessary evil in the quest for the real treasures.”
“Now several international research groups on different excav ations are examining everyday life and work in the Valley of the Kings. This seems to be a trend in archaeology right now.” Toivari-Viitala says．
Her research group wants to find out why the hut village was built on the slope of a mountain，halfway between the construction site and Deir-el-Medina. They are also interested in how many workers lived in the village at a time, when they lived there, and what their role was in the construction work.
“Comparing the names found in the village and in Deir-el-Medina provides useful information．Judging from the construction methods，settlement in the village can be divided into two separate periods: the initial settlement and a later one.”
For the time being，much is up to guessing, but Toivari-Viitala believes that the coming four field seasons, three months each, will see results.
“The working conditions are not nearly as difficult as I thought they would be.
The cool winds in the mountains nicely alleviate the heat.”
The research group working on the “Workmen’s huts in the Theban mountains” project is planning to return to the Valley of the Kings in October.
13. What does the passage mainly talk about? ________
A. The hut village in the Valley of the Kings.
B. The excavation of the tombs in the Valley.
C. The archaeologists working on the excavation.
D. Everyday life and work in the Valley of the Kings.
14. Which of the following is NOT true of the hut village according to the passage? _______
A. It has been damaged a lot.
B. It can tell us something about ancient Egypt.
C. It has attracted archaeologists’ attention.
D. It has a lot of real treasures somewhere in it.
15. What’s the new trend in archaeology right now according to Toivari-Viitala?
A. Being interested in the tombs of kings．
B. Examining everyday life and work in the Valley of the Kings.
C. Using the huts as rubbish dumps and restrooms．
D. Guessing what the result will be beforehand．
16. We can infer from the passage that__________.
A. people know little about the hut village by now
B. the workmen’s huts were not discovered until very recently
C. the research group working on the workmen’s huts will suffer a lot
D. the hut village is much more valued by archaeologists than the tombs
（D篇）ADBA
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[2012·重庆卷]
In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”， John Keynes，a famous economist, wrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs,
which are independent of what others have, and relative needs, which make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought that although relative needs may indeed be insatiable(无止境的), this is not true of absolute needs.
Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable demands.
Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demand for almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. Their goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.
There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demands for quality. For example, Porsche, a famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sports car on the market. Priced at over $120,000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2004, the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling and acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To get them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.
By placing the desire to be superior to others at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.
72. According to the passage, John Keynes believed that________.
A. desire is the root of both absolute and relative needs
B. absolute needs come from our sense of superiority
C. relative needs alone lead to insatiable demands
D. absolute needs are stronger than relative needs
73. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3?
A. They want to show their superiority.
B. They find specialty important to meals.
C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied.
D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.
74. What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Understanding.
B. Increase.
C. Difference.
D. Study.
75. The author of the passage argues that ________.
A. absolute needs have no limits
B. demands for quality are not insatiable
C．human desires influence ideas of quality
D. relative needs decide most of our spending
【要点综述】本文就人的需要的分类进行了论述。

作者首先叙述了对John Keynes观点的部分认同，但其后则是对其观点的批驳。

该文作者认为，人的需要在很大程度上是对质量的无尽追求。

72. C 细节理解题。

短文第一段最后一句说明John Keynes需要论的观点：相对需要是无止境的。

73. D 推理判断题。

从该段第一句可知作者在该段一再强调的是质量需求的重要性。

这对夫妇在外面就餐庆祝结婚周年即体现了对该顿晚餐的选择与对其质量的要求相关。

74. B 词义猜测题。

从该段材料对保时捷的改进及人们对此改进趋之若鹜的追求来看，人们对质量需求是不断提高的。

因此可断定该词含义为“提高”。

75. A 推理判断题。

第一段对John Keynes关于absolute needs的观点进行了肯定和质疑，而下文提出质量需求是无止境的。

该题主要说明作者对John Keynes关于relative needs 是无止境的论断的质疑。

干扰最大的是B选项，该观点是作者的观点，而不是被质疑的观点。

该题题干中的argue在此是“质疑和争辩”的意思。

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故事类---[2012·湖南卷]
A
What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt？Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father.My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming，and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky，inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be
the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream­colored flower to my computer and typed the po em on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe；my dad recited it as much as he did the other.I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew
I had given the perfect gift.
56. The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was ________.
A．doing shopping
B．having a debate
C．reading a message
D．leaving for Wyoming
57. The author's inspiration for the gift came from ________.
A．a photo of a flower
B．a story about a kid
C．a call from the mother
D．a text about Christmas
58. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by ________.
A. the father B．the author
C．William Blake D．Edgar Allan Poe
59. The author made the gift by ________.
A．searching for the poems online
B．drawing the background by hand
C．painting the letters in three colors
D．matching the words with pictures
60. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A．To show how to design images for gifts.
B．To suggest making gifts from one's heart.
C．To explain how computers help create gifts.
D.To describe the gifts the author has received.
【要点综述】作者一直不知道给父亲买什么礼物，但是偶尔看到父亲的信息使其想到了爸爸“读诗歌”的爱好，因而用心制作了“诗配花”的图片礼物。

最后作者看到父亲对待礼物的态度，知道自己做对了。

56. C 细节理解题。

考查对文章细节的理解和判断能力。

根据文章的第二段可知：作者拿出手机时看到了妈妈发来的信息，偶然看到了爸爸发来的信息。

信息是一朵花，花儿使作者想到了爸爸的话，因而使作者想到了给爸爸的礼物。

故选C。

57. A 细节理解题。

考查对文章的细节的理解和判断能力。

见上一题的解析。

58. D 词义猜测题。

考查上下文中代词的指代。

根据第三段中的I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it.可知，作者在见到这首诗的同时“也”把它打出来了。

这就是Edgar Allan Poe写的诗。

故选D。

59. D 细节理解题。

考查对文章细节的理解和判断能力。

根据第三段的第二句可知：作者先在电脑上找到这种花，然后在花上打上字。

可见其礼物是“配有文字的图片”。

60. B 推理判断题。

考查对文章的言外之意进行复合逻辑的推理判断的能力。

作者“诗配花”的礼物，灵感来自于爸爸的信息和小时候对爸爸的印象，这种礼物虽不昂贵，但确实是用心做出来的，爸爸收到礼物时的态度使得作者相信自己送对了礼物。

A、C两项都是第三段的细节；D项与原文意思不符。

故选B。

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