河南省郑州市2014高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题2
2014最新高考英语考试考前冲刺密卷(全国通用)
最新普通高等学校招生全国统一考试考前冲刺密卷英语注意事项：1. 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，第I卷1至8页，第II卷9至10页。
2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。
3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。
4. 第I卷听力部分满分30分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给高校作参考。
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第I卷第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AEP Portable HeaterWe all know that the cost of heating our homes will continue to be a significant burden on the family budget. Now millions of people are saving on their heating bills with the EP Portable Heater. With over one million satisfied customers around the world, the new EP heats better and faster, saves more on heating bills, and runs almost silent.The EP has no exposed heating parts that can cause a fire. The outside of EP only gets warm to the touch so that it will not burn children or pets.The EP will not reduce oxygen in the room. With other heaters, you’ll notice that you get sleepy when the heat comes on because they are burning up oxygen.The advanced EP also heats the room evenly, wall to wall and floor to ceiling. it comfortably covers an area up to 350 square feet. Other heaters heat rooms unevenly with most of the heat concentrated to the center of the room. And they only heat an area a few feet around the heater. With the EP, the temperature will not vary in any part of the room.The EP comes with a 3-year warranty(保修) and a 60-day. no questions asked. Satisfaction guarantee. If you are not totally satisfied, return it to our expertise and your money will be given back to you.Now, we have a special offer for 10 days, during which you can enjoy a half price discount and a free delivery. if you order that, we reserve the right to either accept or reject order requests at the discounted price.Take action right now!21. What is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?A. the heat of the EPB. the safety of the EPC. the appearance of the EPD. the material of the EP22. From the passage, we can learn that the EP____.A. doesn’t burn up oxygenB. runs without any noiseC. makes people get sleepyD. is unsuitable for children and pets23. The und erlined word “evenly” in paragraph 4 probably means____.A. continuouslyB. separatelyC. quicklyD. equally24. The main purpose of the passage is to____.A. persuade people to buy the productB. advise people to save on heating billsC. report the new development of portable heatersD. compare the difference of different heart brandsBThey baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert （警觉）. Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze（凝视）starts to lose its focus —until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise （同样地）when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.25. The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the baby’s__.A. sense of hearingB. sense of sightC. sense of touchD. sense of smell26. Babies are sensitive to the change in______.A. the size of cardsB. the colour of picturesC. the shape of patternsD. the number of objects27. Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?A. To reduce the difficulty of the experiment.B. To see how babies recognize sounds.C. To carry their experiment further.D. To keep the babies’ interest.28. Where does this text probably come from?A. Science fiction.B. Children’s literature.C. An advertisement.D. A science report.CDoes Fame Drive You Crazy?Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today’s star, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the world’s attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.According to psychologist Christina Villareal, celebrities — famous people — worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time,” Villareal says, “they feel separated and alone.”The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain (抱怨) about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.If fame is so troublesome, why aren’t all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.29. It can be learned from the passage that stars today____.A. are often misunderstood by the publicB. can no longer have their privacy protectedC. spend too much on their public appearanceD. care little about how they have come into fame30. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?A. Great heroes of the past were generally admired.B. The problem faced by celebrities has a long history.C. Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids.D. Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers.31. What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?A. Availability of modern media.B. Inadequate social recognition.C. Lack of favorable chances.D. Huge population of fans.32. What is the author’s attitude toward modern celebrity?A. Sincere.B. Sceptical.C. Disapproving.D. Sympathetic.DThe National GalleryDescription:The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar Square in London. It houses a diverse collection of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entranceLayout:The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th- to 15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronese.The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.The East Wing houses 18th- to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh.Opening Hours:The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10am to 9pm) and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.Getting There:Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk), Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).33. In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?A. The 13th.B. The 17th.C. The 18th.D. The 20th.34. Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?A. In the East Wing.B. In the main West Wing.C. In the Sainsbury Wing.D. In the North Wing.35. Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?A. Piccadilly Circus.B. Leicester Square.C. Embankment.D. Charing Cross.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能坡入空白处的最佳选项。
河南省郑州市高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题3
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题阅读理解(2013·西安市标准化考练，C)On a visit to Japan, Wangari Maathai learned the story of the hummingbird (蜂鸟) and the forest fire. While the other animals run in fear, the hummingbird flies above the fire time and again, leaving a few drops of water from its beak.“Why do you bother？” the other animals shout at the hummingbird. “I'm doing the best that I can，” the hummingbird replies.“It's such a beautiful story，” Ms. Maathai says, thinking of the world's environmental problems. “There's always something we can do with our little beak like the little hummingbird.”In 2004 Maathai was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work founding the Green Belt Movement (GBM), which hires villagers, especially women, to improve the environment. Since then, she's realized that people's values are what inspire them. If the values are good ones, good actions will follow.“If you don't have good values, you'll develop vices (恶劣行径)，” says Maathai. “And if we give in to the vice, we destroy ourselves. We destroy the environment.” That's the message of her new book.In 1971, Maathai received a doctor's degree from the University of Nairobi, the largest university in Kenya. She's now back in her homeland beginning work on the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI) at the University of Nairobi. “They want to call it after me，” she says.WMI will pay more attention to “learning by doing” and use knowledge to deal with real problems. “What Africa needs is people who are willing to get their fingers dirty and work with the people，” says Maathai.Planting trees is one way people connect with the natural world. She continues to inspire others. “There is no lasting peace until we have peace with the earth itself，” she says.文章大意：本文是一篇报道。
河南省郑州市2014高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题8
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题科普知识类阅读理解Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert(警报) system using text messages delivered to cell phones.Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA, estimates(估计)more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvement to the nation’s eme rgency alert system. The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.“The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies,” FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.Participation in the alert system by carriers—telecommunications companies—is voluntary, but it has received solid support fro m the wireless industry.The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules.The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or nat ural disaster. The second would involve “approaching threats”, which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings.The third would be reserved for child abduction(绑架) emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts.The service could be in place by 2010.1. What is the purpose of the approved plan?A. To warn people of emergencies via messages.B. To popularize the use of cell phones.C. To estimate the monthly number of messages.D. To promote the wireless industry.2. The improvement to the present system is in the charge of .A. CTIAB. the Warning Alert and Response Network ActC. FCCD. federal regulators3. The carriers’ participation in the system is determined by.A. the US federal governmentB. mobile phone usersC. the carriers themselvesD. the law of the United States4. Which of the following is true of cell phone users?A. They must accept the alert service.B. They may enjoy the alert service for free.C. They must send the alerts to others.D. They may choose the types of messages.5. An alert message will NOT be sent if .A. a child loses his wayB. a university shooting happensC. a natural disaster happensD. a terrorist attack occurs6. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Cell Phone Alerts Protecting StudentsB. Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless IndustryC. Cell Phone Alerts of Natural DisastersD. Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soo n【参考答案】 ACCBA 6 D阅读理解---科普常识类(2013·浙江，B)Below is a selection from a popular science book.If blood is red，why are veins(静脉) blue?Actually，veins are not blue at are more of a clear，yellowish blood looksred when it's outside the body，when it's sit ting in a vein near the surface of the skin，it's more of a dark reddish purple the right depth，these bloodfilled veins reflect less red light than the surrounding skin，making them look blue by comparison.Which works harder，your heart or your brain?That kind of depends on whether you're busy thinking or busy heart works up to three times harder during exercise，and shifts enough blood over a lifetime to fill a ，in the long run，your brain probably tips it，because even when you're sitting still your brain is using twice as much energy as your heart，and it takes four to five times as much blood to feed it.Why do teeth fall out，and why don't they gr ow back in grownups?Baby (or “milk”) teeth do not last long；they fall out to make room for bigger，stronger adult teeth later teeth fall out when they become damaged，decayed and infected by this second set of teeth has grown in，you're they're gone，they're is because nature figures you're set for life，and what controls regrowth of your teeth switches off.Do old people shrink as they age?Yes and people do get shorter as they ，when they do，it isn't because they're shrinking all simply lose height as their spine(脊柱) becomes shorter and more curved due to disuse and the effects of gravity(重力)．Many (but not all) men and women do lose height as they get lose an average of 34 cm in height as they age，while women may lose 5 cm or you live to be 200 years old，would you keep shrinking till you were，like 60 cm tall，like a little boy again？No，because old people don't really shrink！It is not that they are growing backwards—their legs，arms and backbones getting they do get shorter，it's because the spine has shortened a ，more often，become more bent and curved.Why does spinning make you dizzy(眩晕的)?Because your brain gets confused between what you're seeing and what you're brain senses that you're spinning using special gravityandmotionsensing organs in your inner ear，which work together with your eyes to keep your vision and balance ，when you suddenly stop spinning the system goes out of control，and your brain thinks you're moving while you're not!Where do feelings and emotions come from?Mostly from an ancient part of the brain called the limbic mammals have thisbrain area—from mice to dogs，cats，and all mammals feel basic emotions like fear，pain and since human feelings also involve other，newer bits of the brain，we feel more complex emotions than any other animal on the planet.If exercise wears you out，how can it be good for you?Because our bodies adapt to everything we do to as far as your body is concerned，it's “use it，or lose it”！It's not that exercise makes you healthy；it's more that a lack of exercise leaves your body weak and easily affected by disease.1．What is the colour of blood in a vein near the surface of the skin?A．Blue. B．Light yellow.C．Red. D．Dark reddish purple.解析细节理解题。
2014年高考英语冲刺预测试题及答案解析(新课标2卷)
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第1题：【正确答案】：B第2题：【正确答案】：C第3题：【正确答案】：B第4题：【正确答案】：A第5题：【正确答案】：B第6题：【正确答案】：A第7题：【正确答案】：C第8题：【正确答案】：C第9题：【正确答案】：C第10题：【正确答案】：B第11题：【正确答案】：B第12题：【正确答案】：C第13题：【正确答案】：B第14题：【正确答案】：B第15题：【正确答案】：C第16题：【正确答案】：A第17题：【正确答案】：A第18题：【正确答案】：A第19题：【正确答案】：C第20题：【正确答案】：A第二部分阅读理解（共两节满分40分）A第21题：【正确答案】：D 第22题：【正确答案】：D 第23题：【正确答案】：C 第24题：【正确答案】：B B第25题：【正确答案】：D 第26题：【正确答案】：A 第27题：【正确答案】：C 第28题：【正确答案】：D C第29题：【正确答案】：B 第30题：【正确答案】：A 第31题：【正确答案】：C 第32题：【正确答案】：B D第33题：【正确答案】：C 第34题：【正确答案】：B 第35题：【正确答案】：D Urbanization第36题：____________.【正确答案】：E 第37题：____________.【正确答案】：D 第38题：____________.【正确答案】：B第39题：____________.【正确答案】：A第40题：____________.【正确答案】：F第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空第41题：【参考解析】：B第42题：【参考解析】：D第43题：【参考解析】：C第44题：【参考解析】：B第45题：【参考解析】：A第46题：【参考解析】：D第47题：【参考解析】：D第48题：【参考解析】：C第49题：【参考解析】：B第50题：【参考解析】：A第51题：【参考解析】：第52题：【参考解析】：B第53题：【参考解析】：C第54题：【参考解析】：A第55题：【参考解析】：B第56题：【参考解析】：C第57题：【参考解析】：D第58题：【参考解析】：A第59题：【参考解析】：A第60题：【参考解析】：B第二节语法填空第61题：____________.【参考解析】：第62题：____________.【参考解析】：第63题：____________.【参考解析】：第64题：____________.【参考解析】：第65题：____________.【参考解析】：第66题：____________.【参考解析】：第67题：____________.【参考解析】：第68题：____________.【参考解析】：第69题：____________.【参考解析】：第70题：____________.【参考解析】：第四部分写作（共35分）第71题：【参考解析】：第72题：【参考解析】：。
河南省郑州市2014高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题12
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题阅读理解Plants can’t communicate by moving or making sounds, as most animals do. Instead, plants produce volatile compounds, chemicals that easily change from a liquid to a gas. A flower’s sweet smell, for example, comes from volatile com pounds that the plant produces to attract insects such as bugs and bees.Plants can also detect volatile compounds produced by other plants. A tree under attack by hungry insects, for instance, may give off volatile compounds that let other trees know about the attack. In response, the other trees may send off chemicals to keep the bugs away—or even chemicals that attract the bugs’ natural enemies.Now scientists have created a quick way to understand what plants are saying: a chemical sensor(传感器) called an electronic nose. The“e-nose” can tell compounds that crop plants make when they’re attacked. Scientists say the e-nose could help quickly detect whether plants are being eaten by insects. But today the only way to detect such insects is to visually inspect individual plants. This is a challenging task for managers of greenhouses, enclosed gardens that can house thousands of plants.The research team worked with an e-nose that recognizes volatile compounds. Inside the device, 13 sensors chemically react with volatile compounds. Based on these interactions, the e-nose gives off electronic signa ls that the scientists analyze using computer software.To test the nose, the team presented it with healthy leaves from cucumber, pepper and tomato plants, all common greenhouse crops. Then the scientists collected samples of air around damaged leaves from each type of crop. These plants had been damaged by insects, or by scientists who made holes in the leaves with a hole punch(打孔器).The e-nose, it turns out, could identify healthy cucumber, peper and tomato plantsbased on the volatile compounds they produce. It could also identify tomato leaves that had been damaged. But even more impressive, the device could tell which type of damage—by insects or with a hole punch—had been done to the tomato leaves.With some fine-tuning, a device like the e-nose could one day be used in greenhouses to quickly spot harmful bugs, the researchers say. A device like this could als o be used to identify fruits that are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat, says Natalia Dudareva, a biochemist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. who studies smells of flowers and plants. Hopefully, scientists believe, the device could bring large benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future.1. We learn from the text that plants communicate with each other by .A. making some soundsB. waving their leavesC. producing some chemicalsD. sending out electronic signals2. What di d the scientists do to find out if the e-nose worked?A. They presented it with all common crops.B. They fixed 13 sensors inside the device.C. They collected different damaged leaves.D. They made tests on damaged and healthy leaves.3. According to the writer, the most amazing thing about the e-nose is that it can .A. pick out ripe fruitsB. spot the insects quicklyC. distinguish different damages to the leavesD. recognize unhealthy tomato leaves4. We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose .A. is unable to tell the smell of flowersB. is not yet used in greenhousesC. is designed by scientists at PurdueD. is helpful in killing harmful insects【参考答案】25.1-4 CDCB阅读理解-------文学赏析类(2013·江西，D)Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel.And he surely deserves additional praise：the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.I say clever because antislavery fiction had been the important part of theliterature in the years before the Civil War.H.B.Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is only the most famous example.These early stories dealt directly wi th slavery.With minor exceptions，Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely.He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.Again and again，in the postwar years，Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race.Consider the most controversial，at least today，of Twain's novels，Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn，Twain's most widely read tale.Once upon a time，people hated the book because it struck them as rude.Twain himself wrotethat those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums(贫民窟)．”More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim，the escaped slave，and many occurences of the word nigger.(The term Nigger Jim，for which the novel is often severely criticized，never appears in it.)But the attacks were and are silly—and miss the point.The novel is strongly antislavery.Jim's search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic.As J．Chadwick has pointed out，the character of Jim was a first in American fiction—a r ecognition that the slave had two personalities，“the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the vo ice of the individual：Jim，the father and the man.”There is much more.Twain's mystery novel Pudd'nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day.Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior(低等的)to whites，especially in intelligence，Twain's tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth.A slave gave birth to her master's baby and，for fear that the child should be sold South，switched him for the master's baby by his wife.The slave's lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slaveholding class.The master's wife's baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.The point was difficult to miss：nurture(养育)，not nature，was the key to social status.The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice—manner of speech，for example—were，to Twain，indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.Twain's racial tone was not perfect.One is left uneasy，for example，by the lengthy passage in his autobiography(自传)about how much he loved what were called“nigger shows”in his youth—mostly with white men performing in blackface—and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them.Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality.His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.Was Twain a racist？Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln.If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the“wisdom”of the considered moral judgments of the present，we will find nothing but error.Lincoln，who believed the black man the inferior of the white，foughtand won a war to free him.And Twain，raised in a slave state，briefly a soldier，and inventor of Jim，may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.【语篇解读】通过研究马克·吐温的作品，来判定他是否是一名种族主义者。
2014高考英语疯狂冲刺倒计时 完形填空+阅读理解
2014高考英语疯狂冲刺倒计时完形填空＋阅读理解(限时35分钟)Ⅰ.完形填空A few weeks ago，our dog，which we had kept for more than ten years，had to be put down.First，a tumor on her stomach got worse，and she was very __1__.Then，the pain in her back got so bad that sometimes she __2__ lie down in the middle of a walk and couldn't take another __3__.When I first found out，I was very sad and cried a lot.She was more like a sister to me than a __4__.But I was also angry at my stepfather，Steve，who told us the __5__ a week after it happened.He __6__ because he didn't want to worry us，and he didn't want me to get depressed (抑郁的)and fail my exams.I just thought she was __7__ at the animals' hospital.I think you know all the __8__ that went through my head：She was my dog！Why didn't he tell us earlier？I didn't even get to say goodbye.People in my family have a __9__ of keeping things from me to protect me，such as only telling me that my aunt had cancer __10__ she had already improved.All I could think was：Not again!I __11__ to my mum，and she said，“I know.I'm __12__，too.〞I opened my mouth to shout.And then she added，“I'm so angry with Steve that he had to __13__ through all this on his own.〞Hearing my mum's words，I shut up my mouth.I had been so __14__ on myself.I hadn't thought about __15__ Steve was going through.That dog was his baby.He'd had her for longer than he'd had us—and he had to make the decision to __16__ her life，and then kept in silence for an entire __17__.All my anger melted away，and all I felt was __18__.It makes me realize that we focus so much on ourselves that we __19__ the pain ofothers.At that moment，my mum's words were an incredible __20__ that I'll never forget. 本文为记叙文。
2014高考英语二轮【配套Word版文档】考前冲刺卷(二)含详解答案
考前冲刺卷(二)第一卷(选择题满分85分)第一部分听力(略)第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21．He wants to see ________ much stronger China within ________ rest of his life.A．/；a B．a；/C．the；a D．a；the答案 D解析本题考查冠词。
句意为：他想在有生之年看到一个更加强大的中国。
a much stronger China指一个更加强大的中国；the rest固定用法，表示剩下的人(物)，应用the。
22．—$100，but that is my last offer.—________A．Good idea! B．What did you say?C．Oh，it’s up to you! D．OK，it’s a deal.答案 D解析考查情景交际。
这类题目要求学生理解交际发生的场景和说话人的意图、目的，此题情景为购物砍价，最终成交，所以选D项。
23．Hardly ________ when the flood peak arrived.A．they had left their villageB．they left their villageC．did they leave their villageD．had they left their village答案 D解析否定副词hardly放于句首构成倒装句。
句意为：他们刚离开他们的村庄，洪峰就来到了。
24．—What’s the price of petrol these days?—It ________ frequently since last year.A．is arisen B．increasedC．has been rising D．has raised答案 C解析考查动词时态。
2014高考英语阅读理解专题训练精品题(2)及答案
2014高考英语阅读理解专题训练精品题（2)及答案Passage Twelve （We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy)Here’s a familiar version of the boy—meets-girl situation. A young man has at last plucked up courage to invite a dazzling young lady out to dinner. She has accepted his invitation and he is overjoyed. He is determined to take her to the best restaurant in town，even if it means that he will have to live on memories and hopes during the month to come. When they get to the restaurant, he discovers that this ethereal creature is on a diet。
She mustn’t eat this and she mustn’t that。
Oh，but of course，she doesn't want to spoil his enjoyment. Let him by all means eat as much fattening food as he wants：it’s the surest way to an early grave。
They spend a truly memorable evening together and never see each other again。
What a miserable lot dieters are！You can always recognize them from the sour expression on their faces. They spend most of their time turning their noses up at food。
2014高考英语考前20天冲刺 阅读理解
2014高考英语考前20天冲刺阅读理解There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result or a product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, and the foreigner who learns a new language—all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.By contrast (对照), the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept. In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unkno wn, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then we tend to take more changes and to be more open t o unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we’re slow to adapt to change or that we’re not smart enou gh to deal with a new challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not face and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.1. In the author’s eyes, one who views personal growth as a process would __________.A. succeed in climbing up the social ladderB. judge his ability to grow from his own achievementsC. face difficulties and take up challengesD. aim high and reach his goal each time2. Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growth?A. Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges.B. Little Tom won the first prize in the Speech Contest.C. Max picked up French while he was in Paris.D. Daddy’s salary rose from $3,000 to $3,800.3. About personal growth, the author advocates all of the following except _________.A. curiosity about more changesB. quickness in self-adaptationC. open-mindedness to new experiencesD. avoidance of internal fears and doubts4. The best title for this passage should be _________.A. Facing new challengesB. Growth ―product or pr ocessC. Unavoidable feeling of self-doubtD. Overcoming internal fearsWould you like to be a king or queen? To have people waiting on you hand and foot? Many Americans experience this royal (王室的) treatment every day.How? By being customers (顾客).The American idea of customer service is to make each customer the center of attention. Need proof ? Just listen to the advertisements: Most of them sound like the McDonald’s said: “We do it all for you.”Actually, not all stores in America roll out the red carpet (地毯) for their customers. But wherever you go, good customer service means making customers feel special.People going shopping in America can expect to be treated with respect from the very beginning. Most places don’t have a “furniture street” or a “computer road” which allow you to compare prices easily.Instead, people often use the telephone and “let their fingers do the walking” through the Yellow Pages.From the first “hello,” customers receive a courteous response to their questions. The contact for the first time can help them decide where to shop.When customers get to the store, they are treated as honored guests. Customers don’t usually find store clerks sitting around watching TV or playing cards.Instead, the clerks greet them warmly and offer to help them find what they want.In most stores, the signs that label each department make shopping very easy. Customers usually don’t have to ask how much items cost, since prices are clearly marked.And unless they’re at a flea market (跳蚤市场) or a yard sale, they don’t bother trying to bargain (讨价还价).When customers are ready to check out, they find the nearest and shortest checkout way. Good stores open new checkout ways when the ways get too long.Some even offer express ways for customers with 10 items or less.After they pay for their purchases, customers receive a smile and a warm “thank you” from the clerk.Many stores even allow customers to take their shopping bags out to the parking place.That way, they don’t have to carry heavy bags out to the car.5.We can learn from the first paragraph that customers in America _____.A.are kings or queens from different countriesB.are the God in the customer serviceC.are served with red carpet everywhereD.are treated in different ways6.The underlined word in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.A.variousB.loyalC.specialD.polite7.The last paragraph mainly tells us _________.A.customers can receive more service in storesB.customers enjoy great convenience in checkoutC.stores offer many more checkout ways to customersD.stores try to give much respect to their customers8.Which would be the best title for the passage?A.Wonderful customer serviceB.Customer service in AmericaC.An experience of royal serviceD.Customers—the centre of service When William Met JenniferI was on the train, on my way home, when I saw Jennifer sitting in the same carriage. My first thought was ” It’s her”. It was the girl I used to see every day in the library when we were at university. Often I couldn’t concentrate on my work when she was sitting so close to me, but in fact we never spoke once, all the time we were there. And now, eight years later. Here she was.So I walked up to her and said, “We’ve met before, haven’t we ? Weren’t you in Durham University ?”Not a great line , I know ,but it broke the ice, and we talked for the rest of the journey.We got off the train at the same station, she said good-bye and disappeared. I was kicking myself for not getting her telephone number. But then, thank goodness, she came back and said she had to wait on the same platform for her next train. We carried on talking, but when her train arrived, I realized that I didn’t have her number. This was my last chance. I pushed a pen at her and she scribbled her number on a piece of paper just as the train pulled out. I go home and the first thing I said to my flat mate was: ”Do you remember that girl I couldn’t stop talking about at university?” and he said, ”Oh, no…yes, of course I remember…” I then talked about her non-stop for an hour. Finally, I phoned her later that evening and we arranged to meet the next day Six months later we went to Australia and worked together for a year. When we came back, we got married. It’s the only thin g in my life I’ve ever felt absolutely certain about. I’ve never wanted to marry anyone else.9.What happened to them when they were at university ?A. They worked together.B. They helped each other in the library.C. They were good friends.D. The author used to see Jennifer every day in the library.10.What does the underlined sentence mean ?A. The silence was broken.B. The ice was broken.C. The embarrassment was broken.D. The university was broken..11.What can be inferred according to the passage ?A. Jennifer offered to leave the phone number .B. The author was angry with himself for not getting her phone number at first.C. They got married in Australia.D. The author regretted getting married to Jennifer.12.The passage was written___________.A. when he was in university.B. when he worked in Australia.C. 6 months after they went to Australia.D. after they got married.The ’80s’ “important role” in the family has also meant a greater concentration and focus on the individual. And, it has made the word “me” one of the most frequently used words. Everything seems to be about “me”. This generation has a greater awareness of itself.Some people do not seem to agree that all this is self-centred. When Cai Fuchao, Be ijing’s publicity head, was asked to comment on the lack of responsibility ofuniversity students during the SARS period, his reply was: “Modern university students are ambitious, knowledgeable and have a very strong sense of responsibility to the society.”As news analyst from , Pan Fengliang, echoed（随声附和）that, saying that blindly blaming them（for running away during the SARS outbreak）was prejudiced and unfair and not backed with evidence.No doubt, the development of information technology has contributed its bit to broadening, or bending, the minds of the 80s generation.Some people even call Gen’80 “the E-generation”。
2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项(含解析)2份 50-16
2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项（含解析）2份50-16ATelepathy is the ability to communicate without the use of the five senses.It’s an instinct which can be woken up in times of emergency or need. When we feel that something is happening or about to happen by instinct, we’re using resources wihtin the unconscious mind. When the resources of two persons’ unconscious minds think link together into the same frequency. We call it telepathy.We can either send or receive telepathy. If you know who is calling before you answer the ringing phone, you are probably a good receiver. If you think of a person, and they call you, you are most likely better at sending.You can easily put your abilities to the test. Think of somebody and will them to contact you. Be patient. The other person may not be a good receiver, but they should contact you much earlier than would normally be expected. Or whenever the phone rings, try "feeling" who's contacting you. Don't guess, try to feel the vibrations. However, if neither of these work for you, that doesn't mean that you are not capable of telepathy. As mentioned earlier, telepathy is most likely to turn up in case of emergency.Telepathic Dreams often contain telepathic messages. Two people may both dream of the other, and find that their dreams have a clear connection. These people are probably linking to each other’s uncounscious mind.Telepathy&Relationships The more people spend time together, the more likely they are to be able to link up to the others mind, especially when separated.There are two reasons for this. One is that they understand the others, mind through time spent together；the other is that there is usually a strong desire to communicate. A mother will often sense that her child is in danger. This is due to the child desperately wanting his/her mother, knowing that this is the person who would always want to be there for them, and the mothers deep desire to protect her child from harm.1. When does telepathy occur?A. It occurs when one senses that a close friend of his/her is in danger.B. It occurs when one has very good five senses.C. It occurs when one wants to call his/her best friend.D. It occurs when one doesn’t know a stranger.答案解析：答案为A。
河南省郑州市高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题9
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题科普知识类阅读理解The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I. Q. , a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or, shared the same birthday.This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary know-ledge of her field. She’d be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking anderror-focused. By practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skil ls into unconscious, automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems—how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she cancall upon in order to understand or solve future prob lems.The prima ry quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. The latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is oft en neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.1. The passage mainly deals with .A. the function of I. Q. in cultivating a writerB. the relationship between genius and successC. the decisive factor in making a geniusD. the way of gaining some sense of distinction2. By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girl could.A. come to understand the inner structure of writingB. join a fascinating circle of writers somedayC. share with a novelist her likes and dislikesD. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security3. In the girl’s long painstaking trainin g process, .A. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her successB. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performanceC. she acquires the magic of some great achievementsD. she c omes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write4. What can be concluded from the passage?A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success.B. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.C. As to the growth of a genius, I. Q. doesn’t matter, but just his/her efforts.D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.【参考答案】22.1-4 CABD阅读理解-----社会现象类(2013·湖北，D)A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96.The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.Surve y respondents (受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middleaged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future.Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction.Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade，” wro te Frieder R．Lang, a professor at the University of ErlangenNuremberg.Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.“Seeing a dark futu re may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions(预防措施)，”the authors wrote.Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline.Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions.Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.However, the researchers said a pattern was clear.“We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic，” the authors concluded.5．According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?A．Optimistic adults. B．Middleaged adults.C．Adults in poor health. D．Adults of lower income.解析细节理解题。
河南省郑州市高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题5
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题社会生活类A Manhattan CrossingNew Yorkers like to say they can walk faster than the crosstown bus. On 34th Street, buses average about four miles an hour. For those in a hurry, pretty much everyone h ere, it’s an icy pace for a crosstown trip. Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s transportation commissioner, is proposing an interesting fix for 34th Street.The city plan would close 34th Street to non-bus traffic in the block between the Empire State Building and Macy’s. On the rest of the street, cars would move one way only. It would take getting used to, but for bus passengers, the city says there are more than 40,000 a day on public, tour or commuter (通勤) buses along 34th Street. The plan should cut the commute by up to 35 percent.People in other vehicles or about 10 percent of the human traffic would have to zig and zag (锯齿形) to get through this section of the city. It is probably fair to say that most are not particularly pleased about the whole concept.So the city needs to answer important questions. Will this unrest mean more traffic on side streets that are already unbearably crowded? Will deliveries be limited to the daybreak hours? Will Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Ms. Sadik-Khan be willin g to change or drop the plan if it simply won’t work?The Bloomberg administration has worked to improve bus traffic around the city. An experiment to speed up city buses along Fordham Road in the Bronx has already reduced travel time and increased passengers’ number.Urban planners have been studying the city’s crosstown problems since the first traffic jam. Robert Moses at one point proposed a major highway just south of 34th Street, part of which would go through an office building. The question is stillwhether it will really make it easier to operate in Manhattan.1. What’s the first paragraph mainly talk about?A. Traffic in Manhattan is much too bad.B. New Yorkers enjoy playing jokes about their buses.C. People are hard to cross 34th Street.D. An interesting fix for crowded street is being made.2. How many measures would be taken in order to improve the traffic situation in Manhattan according to this plan?A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 63. Wha t’s the purpose of the experiment by the Bloomberg administration?A. To improve traffic jam.B. To reduce travel time.C. To increase ridership.D. To relieve traffic pressure.4. According to this passage, whose proposal might be difficult to becarried out?A. Janette Sadik-Khan.B. Robert Moses.C. Michael Bloomberg.D. Ms. Sadik-Khan.【参考答案】7.ACDB阅读理解-------人物传记类(2013·太原一模)When Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becominga writer，she rented a typewriter，put it on the kitchen table，and began typingeach morning before the kids went to school.When the kids came home，she moved the typewriter and made them dinner.When they went to bed，she moved it back and typed some more.For two years，Debbie followed this routine.Supermom had becomea struggling writer and she was loving every minute of it.One night，however，her husband，said to her，“Honey，I'm sorry，but you're not bringing in any income.We can't do this anymore.We can't survive on just whatI make.”That night，her heart broken and her mind too busy to let her sleep.She stared at the ceiling in their darkened bedroom.Debbie knew—with all of the responsibilities of keeping up a house and looking after four kids—that working40 hours a week would leave her no time to write.Seeing her despair，her husband woke up and asked，“What's wrong？”“I really think I could have made it as a writer，I really do.”Wayne was silent for a long time，and then said，“All right，honey，go for it.”So Debbie returned to her dream and her typewriter on the kitchen table，pounding out page after page for another two years.Her family went without vacations，pinched pennies，and wore hand－me－downs.But the sacrifice and the persistence finally paid off.After five years of struggling，Debbie sold her first book.Then another.And another.Until finally，today，Debbie has p ublished more than 100 books，three of which have been sold for movies.Over 60 million copies are in print，and she has millions of loyal fans.And Wayne？All that sacrifice in support of his wife paid off handsomely.He got to retire at age 50 and now spends his time building an airplane in the basement of their 7,000 square－foot mansion.Debbie's kids got a gift far mo re important than a few summer camps.As adults，they realize what Debbie gave them was far more important—permission and encouragement to pursue their own dreams.【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了Debbie Macomber坚持不懈地追逐自己的梦想，最后取得成功的故事。
河南省郑州市高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题11
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题阅读理解Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation(感觉) of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions—those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh.Psychologists have known that one person’s perception(感知) of another’s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh ar gues, when babies’ conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. Classic studies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth“mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.Feelings of “warmth” and“coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the study’s hypotheses(假设), handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form. The drink was then handed back. After that, the students were asked to rate thepersonality of “Person A” based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.“We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly,” says Bargh.1. According to Paragraph 1, a person’s emotion may be affec ted by .A. the visitors to his officeB. the psychology lessons he hasC. his physical feeling of coldnessD. the things he has bought online2. The author mentions Harlow’s experiment to show that.A. adults should develop social skillsB. babies need warm physical contactC. caregivers should be healthy adultsD. monkeys have social relationships3. In Bargh’s experiment, the students were asked to.A. evaluate someone’s personalityB. write down their hypothesesC. fill out a personal information formD. hold coffee and cold drink alternatively4. We can infer from the passage that .A. abstract thinking does not come from physical experiencesB. feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwideC. physical temperature affects how we see othersD. capable persons are often cold to others5. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Drinking for Better Social Relationships.B. Experiments of Personality Evaluation.C. Developing Better Drinking Habits.D. Physical Sensations and Emotions.【参考答案】24.1-5 CBACD阅读理解-----人物传记类(2013·山东，B)George Gershwin，born in 1898，was one of America's greatest composers.He published his first song when he was eighteen years old.During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.Many of Gershwin's songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City.These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s.Many of his songs have remained popular as ever.Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country.In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music.Could jazz，some people asked，be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music.Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert beforehe realized he had just a few weeks to do it.And in that short time，he composeda piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue.Gershwin himselfplayed the piano at the concert.The audience were thrilled when they heard his music.It made him worldfamous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.In 1928，Gershwin went to Paris.He applied to study composition (作曲)with the wellknown musician Nadia Boulanger，but she rejected him.She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazzinfluenced style.While there，Gershwin wrote An American in Paris.When it was first performed，critics (评论家)were divided over the music.Some called it happy and full of life，to others it was stilly and boring.But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States.It still remains one of his most famous works.George Gershwin died in 1937，just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer.He was only thirtynine years old.Newspap ers all over the world reported his death on their front pages.People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.【语篇解读】本文讲述了George Gershwin 一位伟大的音乐家的一生，对音乐界及世界的影响。
2014河南省顶级名校高三押题考试(二)英语试题含答案
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1．5分，满分7．5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man like about the play?A. The story.B. The ending.C. The actor.2. Which place are the speakers trying to find?A. A hotel.B. A bank.C. A restaurant.3. At what time will the two speakers meet?A. 5:20.B. 5:10.C.4:40.4. What will the man do ?A. Change the plan.B. Wait for a phone call.C. Sort things out.5. What does the woman want to do ?A. See a film with the man.B. Offer the man some helpC. Listen to some great music.第二节（共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答6、7题。
6.Where is Ben？A. In the kitchen.B. At school.C. In the park.7.What will the children do in the afternoon?A. Help set the table.B. Have a party.C. Do their homework.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A Family holiday.B. A business trip.C. A travel plan.9. Where did Rachel go?A. Spain.B. Italy.C. China.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
河南省郑州市2014高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题5
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题社会生活类A Manhattan CrossingNew Yorkers like to say they can walk faster than the crosstown bus. On 34th Street, buses average about four miles an hour. For those in a hurry, pretty much everyone h ere, it’s an icy pace for a crosstown trip. Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s transportation commissioner, is proposing an interesting fix for 34th Street.The city plan would close 34th Street to non-bus traffic in the block between the Empire State Building and Macy’s. On the rest of the street, cars would move one way only. It would take getting used to, but for bus passengers, the city says there are more than 40,000 a day on public, tour or commuter (通勤) buses along 34th Street. The plan should cut the commute by up to 35 percent.People in other vehicles or about 10 percent of the human traffic would have to zig and zag (锯齿形) to get through this section of the city. It is probably fair to say that most are not particularly pleased about the whole concept.So the city needs to answer important questions. Will this unrest mean more traffic on side streets that are already unbearably crowded? Will deliveries be limited to the daybreak hours? Will Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Ms. Sadik-Khan be willin g to change or drop the plan if it simply wo n’t work?The Bloomberg administration has worked to improve bus traffic around the city. An experiment to speed up city buses along Fordham Road in the Bronx has already reduced travel time and increased passengers’ number.Urban planners have been stu dying the city’s crosstown problems since the first traffic jam. Robert Moses at one point proposed a major highway just south of 34th Street, part of which would go through an office building. The question is stillwhether it will really make it easier to operate in Manhattan.1. What’s the first paragraph mainly talk about?A. Traffic in Manhattan is much too bad.B. New Yorkers enjoy playing jokes about their buses.C. People are hard to cross 34th Street.D. An interesting fix for crowded street is being made.2. How many measures would be taken in order to improve the traffic situation in Manhattan according to this plan?A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 63. What’s the purpose of the experiment by the Bloomberg administration?A. To improve traffic jam.B. To reduce travel time.C. To increase ridership.D. To relieve traffic pressure.4. According to this passage, whose proposal might be difficult to becarried out?A. Janette Sadik-Khan.B. Robert Moses.C. Michael Bloomberg.D. Ms. Sadik-Khan.【参考答案】阅读理解-------人物传记类(2013·太原一模)When Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becominga writer，she rented a typewriter，put it on the kitchen table，and began typingeach morning before the kids went to the kids came home，she moved the typewriter and made them they went to bed，she moved it back and typed some two years，Debbie followed this had become a struggling writer and she was loving every minute of it.One night，however，her husband，said to her，“Honey，I'm sorry，but you're no t bringing in any can't do this can't survive on just what I make.”That night，her heart broken and her mind too busy to let her stared at the ceiling in their darkened knew—with all of the responsibilities of keeping upa house and looking after four kids—that working 40 hours a week would leave herno time to write.Seeing her despair，her husband woke up and asked，“What's wrong？”“I really think I could have made it as a writer，I really do.”Wayne was silent for a long time，and then said，“All right，honey，go for it.”So Debbie returned to her dream and her typewriter on the kitchen table，pounding out page after page for another two family went without vacations，pinched pennies，and wore hand－me－downs.But the sacrifice and the persistence finally paid five years of struggling，Debbie sold her first finally，today，Debbie has p ublished more than 100 books，three of which have been sold for 60 million copies are in print，and she has millions of loyal fans.And Wayne？All that sacrifice in support of his wife paid off got to retire at age 50 and now spends his time building an airplane in the basement of their 7,000 square－foot mansion.Debbie's kids got a gift far mo re important than a few summer adults，they realize what Debbie gave them was far more important—permission and encouragement to pursue their own dreams.【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了Debbie Macomber坚持不懈地追逐自己的梦想，最后取得成功的故事。
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案 (2)
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案（2）A sick little gift is being kept alive thanks to her best friend--a dog who carries her oxygen tank on his back. Alida’s faithful dog companion Mr Gibbs has been specially trained to shepherd the three-year-old, who breathes through a tube most of the time. He follows her closely as she plays in her family’s ten-acre land in Louisville, uses the slide or even rides her bike.Alida was diagnosed（诊断）with neuroendocrine hyperplasia of infancy（NEHI）when she was just eight months old. Her rare condition has just eight hundred documented sufferers throughout the world, and causes diseased pieces of the lungs to filter（过滤）oxygen through extra layers（膜）of cells making it hard or almost impossible to breathe. For Alida and her parents, it meant that even a walk in the park was very difficult because oxygen equipment was too heavy for the youngster to be able to carry herself. As parents they wanted to do something to help their daughter survive despite having a tube following her all the time. The couple found out about “service dogs” from a TV program and realized an animal trained to help the blind could be trained to help Alida. They finally found help in the shape of golden doodle—a retriever crossed with a poodle-dog Mr Gibbs. Now--thanks to trainer Ashleigh Kinsley—Alida and Mr Gibbs love nothing more than playing and running around together with the dog acting as Alida’s life saver.63. What is Mr Gibbs?A. A pet dog.B. A policeman.C. A doctor.D. A firefighter.64. When did the doctor know Alicia caught the disease?A. At her birth.B. At the age of eight.C. Before she was one year old.D. When she was three years old.65. The underlined part “the couple” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.A. Alida’s classmatesB. Alida’s parentsC. Alida’s doctorsD. Alida’s pets66. How did Alicia keep alive?A. By training her dog.B. By staying with her parents.C. By playing with her fellows.D. By breathing through a tube. 63—66、ACB D【2014高考英语河南省洛阳市统考】DMy daughter was singing as she polished the furniture. I hadn’t asked her to polish the furniture. I never do. But while her brothers are happiest with the computer or a football or a model car, her idea of delight is a can of Spring Fresh and a duster. While the boys have to be scolded, temped or tricked into doing their share of house chores, she’s up on a chair with the washing-up liquid as if her life depended on it. Where have I gone wrong?Being a bit of tomboy myself, and not too hot on the household skills, I used to argue till I was blue in the face that the differences between men and women were all about upbringing and expectations. Nobody could have approached motherhood with a courageous determination that all children would be treated the same, not channeled along some predetermined path. Boys would be offered soft toys, while girls would play cars and trains. I would bring up the New Men and female engineers of the future.Ten years ago, as I gazed at my first-born, I fantasized about the gentle soul he would be. No guns or violence for this little peachblossom. The fantasy continued until he was about two, when he proudly presented me with his first model--a gun. Later on, at playgroup, he and his pals daily attacked each other. And what about my daughter? She plays all the boys’ game because she has to. But her heart is not really in it. She would much rather be drawing or writing or cleaning the bathroom while waves of boys roar around her.I finally faced the fact that boys and girls are simply born different on the day, a few years ago, when I was hanging out the washing and gave her and the next brother up a couple of clothes pegs（晒衣夹）to play with. He shot me with his. She supported it in her arms and sang it a lullaby（催眠曲）.But I won’t give up. I’ll continue to try and treat them equally and expect the same of them. And by the time they’re all in their teens, I imagine they’ll all be equally impossible to get to do anything. But right now nature is wearing down nurture （训练）. Equality is hard work.67. From the text we can know that the boys ________.A. are happy to do the choresB. like guns by natureC. never do houseworkD. often play with soft toys68. How does the little girl respond to the boys’ games?A. She’s keen on it.B. She plays with them unwillingly.C. She cares much about it.D. She only concentrates on her own business.69. What can we learn about the author?A. She’s approval of the children’s behavior.B. She’s very strict with her children.C. She accepts the situation as an unchanged fact.D. She has to make a compromise.70. What does the author want to tell us?A. Boys and girls can be trained to do things equally.B. Girls have to work hard to catch up with boys.C. It is impossible for boys and girls to be equal.D. Boys shouldn’t treat girls so violently and impolitely.【参考答案】67—70、BBDA第9组阅读理解-----AWhen first entered, Vanda Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob （烤肉串）hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything less.Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack.The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly chaining.Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customer especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking.A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chair, an reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plates piled wit food.The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large. Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordably but practical as well.The food, especially appeals to health-conscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill（烤肉架）.The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat.One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Josiah Kabob, which is made of grille chicken picks served with either rice or bread. Another great kabob is the Chellos Kabob, kabob consenting of grilled beef.Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a plan that should not be overlooked.( ) 1.When first entering the restaurant, one can find that itA. is splendidly decorated.B. has pleasant smells of kabobs.C. is crowded with dining table.D. looks like a common restaurant.( ) 2.What activity is also mentioned apart from dining in the restaurant?A. Watching news events on TV.B. Drinking a kind of black coffee.C. Reading local English newspaper.D. Discussing world topics in low voices.( ) 3.The food of the restaurantA. is served in small amounts.B. is rather expensive.C. is rich in verity.D. is very healthy( ) 4.What is the dish Jorje Kabob mainly made of？A. RiceB. ChickenC. BreadD. Beef ( ) 5.It can be inferred from the passage that restaurant.A. occupiesB. owns a favorable locationC. is popular for its special foodD. has a quiet environment inside【文章大意】说明文：餐厅的介绍。
2014高考英语阅读理解全程提升训练(2)
2014高考英语阅读理解全程提升训练〔2〕与答案【2014中原名校联盟一模】ADo you long for lasting camp memories? Sure we can guarantee it.Shadow Ridge Summer Camps offer so many exciting things for campers to do. Unlike othercamp programs that include horses as a small part of their program, at Shadow Ridge horses ARE the program ! We are 100% horse from stable〔马厩〕management, nature walks, and track rides to bedroom furnishings.Horses help us achieve many of our aims. Girls can learn to develop responsibility,self-confidence and personal connections in their lives while having fun. Using horses as awonderful tool for education, our camps offer an interesting place for growth and learning:Imagine each girl having her very own horse to spend time with and a best friend to love andtake care of. Each camper is responsible for a horse for the week. Our riding program provides a lot of riding and lesson time. Campers will learn how to take care of the horse and the tack〔马具〕, as well as how to ride. Days are filled with horse-related activities to strengthen the connectionbetween each girl and horse, as the girls learn to work safely around the horses.At Shadow Ridge we try to create a loving, caring family atmosphere for our campers. We have “The Bunkhouse〞〔4 girls〕, the “Wranglers Roost〞〔4 girls〕, and “The Hideout〞〔2 girls〕in our comfortable 177-year-old farm house. All meals are home cooked, offering delicious andhealthy food for the hungry rider.Our excellent activities create personalized memories of your child’s vacation. Each child will receive a camp T-shirt and a photo album 〔usually 300-500 pictures〕of their stay at camp.Our camps are offered during June, July and August 2013, for small groups of girls aged13-16 years, not only from Canada but also other parts of the world.We will send you full program descriptions at your request.56. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To attract people to the camps.B. To talk about camping experiences.C. To describe the programs of the camps.D. To explain the aims of the camps.57. What do we know about the camp programs at Shadow Ridge?A. Campers are required to wear campT-shirts.B. Horses play a central role in the activities.C. Campers learn to cook food for themselves.D. Horse lessons are offered all the year round.58. The programs at Shadow Ridge mainly aim to help people ________.A. understand horses betterB. enjoy a family atmosphereC. have fun above other thingsD. achieve an educational purpose59. The passage is written mainly for ________.A. horse ridersB. teenage girlsC. Canadian parentsD. international travelers【参考答案】56-59、ABDC社会生活类-------62“In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.〞“Two full inches in the first three days!〞These are the kinds of statements used in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads, promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device.The promoters of such products say they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way add to beauty or desirability.Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA(Food and Drug Administration)can require proof (证明) under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that it is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure (查封) of the product.One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the devices on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life.Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings (法律诉讼), and new devices appear continually. Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.1. It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are.A. objectiveB. costlyC. unreliableD. illegal2. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. The court is in charge of removing dangerous products.B. New products are more likely to be questionable.C. The production of a device must be approved by FDA.D. The promoters usually just care about profits.3. FDA can ask for the proof of safety and effectiveness of a product.A. if it is a drugB. if it is a deviceC. if its consumers make complaintsD. if its distributors challenge FDA’s authority4. The Relaxacisor is mentioned as.A. a product which was designed to produce electricityB. a product whose distributor was involved in a legal caseC. a successful advertisement of a beauty productD. an example of a quality beauty product5. The author intends to.A. make consumers aware of the promoters’ false promisesB. show the weakness of the law on product safetyC. give advice on how to keep young and beautifulD. introduce the organization of FDA【参考答案】62.1-5 CDABA【2014界河北省衡水中学二模】D“A very disruptive(调皮捣蛋的) six-year-old child kicked my legs and clawed at my hand,〞said one teacher. “ I broke up a fight and was kicked between my legs,〞said another. Many people have heard stories like this. But the situation is more worrying still and it involves parents.Every child, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born, has the right to achieve their potential, regardless of their parents’ wealth and class. And we recognize that, as a nation, it is a long way to achieve this goal. But with rights come responsibilities and what worries people is that we are in danger of ignoring the latter.Far too many children are behaving badly at school, even to the point of being violent to staff. This is terrible enough, but it is hard to be surprised since many children are just mirroring the behaviour of their parents.My members tell me that parents also come into school often and threaten staff and some staff have been attacked by a pupil’s parents. One father encouraged his child to start a fight on the playground before school started. A primary teacher reported that a parent shouted at him. We need to have a serious and sensible debate about the roles and responsibilities of parents and the support that they can reasonably expect of schools and teachers.Children will not learn how to behave as social beings if they are stuck in frontof the TV for hours every day. They need their parents to show an interest in them and to spend time with them, helping them to play with their peers(同龄人) and to learn the rules of social behavior.Children are now arriving at school socially undeveloped, increasingly unable to dress themselves, unable to use the toilet properly, unable to hold a knife and fork and unused to eating at a table, Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, writes in today’s Observer. Instead of taking responsibility themselves, too many parents expect teachers to control their children’s behaviour and wellbeing, she adds. Bousted says one mother blamed staff when she discovered that her 16-year-old son was smoking.We are in danger of becoming a nation of families living separate lives under one roof. The bedroom, once a place to sleep, has become the living space for the young. Spending hours in front of computer screens, on social networking sites or being immersed(沉迷于) in computer games, children and young people spend little time with their parents. Parents are unable to monitor just what their children are watching.67. In the opinion of the writer, what problem do people ignore?A. The violence in the school.B. The study pressure of students.C. The responsibilities of the students.D. The right to achieve students’ potential.68. The underlined part in Paragraph 7 means _____.A. parents care little about children’s life at homeB. parents and children live in their separate roomsC. children don’t live with their parents in the same houseD. children live a different life from that of parents at home69. The author’s attitude to the behaviour of parents ma y be ______.A. dissatisfiedB. indifferentC. understandingD. tolerant70.From the last paragraph, we can infer that ______.A. teachers have no responsibility for playing the role of parentsB. schools can’t correct the wrongs that society does to teachersC. students are responsible for making themselves known in societyD. parents should spend time with children to make them ready to learn【参考答案】67—70、CAAD社会现象类(2013·湖北，D)A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96.The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.Survey respondents (受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middleaged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future.Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction.Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimistsseemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better futu re than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade，〞 wrote Frieder R．Lang, a professor at the University of ErlangenNuremberg.Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions(预防措施)，〞the authors wrote.Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline.Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions.Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.However, the researchers said a pattern was clear.“We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic，〞the authors concluded.5．According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?A．Optimistic adults. B．Middleaged adults.C．Adults in poor health. D．Adults of lower income.解析细节理解题。
河南省郑州市高考英语考前冲刺 阅读理解考前自练题4
郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题阅读理解How Room Designs Affect Our Work and FeelingsArchitects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. But now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical(经验的, 实证的) basis. They are discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity, keep people focused, and lead to relaxation.Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan Meyers-Levy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a room’s ceiling affects how people think. Her research indicates that higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook.In addition to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupant’s ability to concentrate. Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention.Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically, and it seems to, according to a study led by C. Kenneth Tanner, head of the School Design & Planning Laboratory at the University of Georgia. Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.Recent study on room lighting design suggests that dim (暗淡的) light helps people to loosen up. If that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or atparties could increase relaxation. Researchers of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. “We have a very limited number of studies, so we’re almost looking at the problem through a straw(吸管),”architect David Allison says. “How do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? That’s what we’re all struggling with.”1. What does Joan Meyers-Levy focus on in her research?A. Light.B. Ceilings.C. Windows.D. Furniture.2. The passage tells us that .A. the shape of furniture m ay affect people’s feelingsB. lower ceilings may help improve students’ creativityC. children in a dim classroom may improve their gradesD. students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed3. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that .A. the problem is not approached step by stepB. the researches so far have faults in themselvesC. the problem is too difficult for researchers to detectD. research in this area is not enough to make generalized patterns4. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C: Conclusion【参考答案】27.1-4 BADC阅读理解(一)------AGuide to Stockholm University LibraryOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.ZonesThe library is divided into different zones.The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading，and places where you can sit and work with your own computer.The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs.The ground floor is the zone where you can talk.Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.ComputersYou can use your own computer to connect to the Wi－Fi specially prepared for notebook computers；you can also use library computers，which contain the most commonly used applications，such as Microsoft Office.They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.Group－study PlacesIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others，you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor.Some study rooms are for 2－3 people and others can hold up to 6－8 people.All rooms are marked on the library maps.There are 40 group－study rooms that must be booked via the website.To book，you need an active University account and a valid University card.You can use aroom three hours per day，nine hours at most per week.Storage of Study MaterialThe library has lockers for students to store course literature.When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分)，you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.Rules to be FollowedMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library.Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library，but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.1．The library's upper floor is mainly for students to________.A．read in a quiet placeB．have group discussionsC．take comfortable seatsD．get their computers fixed解析细节理解题。
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郑州市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自练题阅读理解Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血压) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress (紧张) levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a hu sband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People wit h pets didIt best .Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returnedMost quickly to baseline heart rates .With pets in the room ,people also made fewer math mistak esThan when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel mor e released (放松)aroundPet s, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don’t judge.A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwesterm Memorial Hospital spent aYear studying 36 fat people and were put on a diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of56 fat people without pets were put on a diet program. On average，people lost about 11 pounds，Or 5% of their body weight .Their dogs did even better，losing an average of 12 pounds，more then15%of their body weight .Dog owners didn’t lose any more weight than those without dogs but ,sayResearchers，got more exercise o verall –mostly with their dogs –and found it worth doing.( ) 1. What does the text mainly discuss?A．What pets bring to their ownersB．How pets help people calm downC．people’s opinions of keeping petsD．Pet’s value in medical research( ) 2. We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if____________A．he has a pet companionB．he has less stress of workC．he often dose mental arithmeticD．he is taken care of by his family( ) 3. According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?A．They have lower blood pressure.B．They become more patient.C．They are less nervous.D．They are in higher spirits.( ) 4. The research mentioned in the last paragraph report s thatA．people with dogs did more exerciseB．dogs lost the same weight as people didC．dogs liked exercise much more than people didD．people without dogs found the program unhelpfulB篇1.选A。
考查主题大意。
根据首段，很多研究表明，宠物可以降低血压，提高、心脏病恢复的几率，减少孤独感和传播快乐。
2.选A。
根据第一段，参见上题解析。
3.选C。
第二段最后一句话，和宠物在一起人们感到更加的放松。
4.选A。
最后一段最后一句话，虽然狗主的体重没有多大变化，但是却比没有养狗的人得到更多的锻炼，因为是和他们的狗在一起，他们认为很值得。
阅读理解------新闻报道类(2013·福建四地六校联考)The multi－million pound new Library of Birmingham (LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(数字化)of everyday life.Set to open in 2013，the￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre，with which it will share some equipment.As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea，the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles，the LoB project director，says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the phys ical with the digital，providing 24－hour services which can be used through many different ways.It is important to enable us to reach more people，more effectively.”The digital library will，he says，be as important as the physical one，allowing the distant use of the services, making sure th at it is never closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete，the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的)LoB，designed by Baden，the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB，but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.Two other small Birmingham－based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects.Substrat，a digital design company，is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project.It is about the use of an exciting smart phone，an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development.And The People's Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots，in which users will be encouraged to add to and comme nt on the material.Gambles says：“Technology will enable us to make the library's content an d services open to citizens as never before”【语篇解读】本文是一则新闻报道。