高考英语阅读理解精品抓分训练(48)

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练精品（48）及答案
阅读理解------A
Picasso, the famous Spanish painter, was born in 1881. His father was an art teacher. Picasso began to paint very early. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Art at the age of 15. After 1900, he spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947, when he moved to the south of France.
Throughout his career, Picasso moved from style to style with ease. He practiced sculpture, illustrated books and also showed great interest in pottery design and other fields of art.
Picasso produced a great number of drawings during his lifetime. No later artist of the School of Paris has replaced him in international influence.
Picasso is generally considered to be the foremost figure in 20th century French art. His paintings are now exhibited in leading European and American galleries.
56. The main idea of the passage is _____.
A. Picasso is considered to be the foremost figure in the 20th century French art
B. Picasso is a famous Spanish painter
C. Picasso spent much time in Pairs, living there from 1904 to 1970
D. Picasso’s life and art
57. According to the writer, Picasso was _____.
A. more important than any other French artist in international influence
B. more important than any other Spanish artist in international influence
C. the most important figure in Spain
D. the most important figure in France
58. Picasso moved from style to style with ease. It means _____.
A. he did not like only one style
B. he changed his style without difficulty
C. he not only liked sculpture, but also pottery design
D. he showed great interest in other fields of art
参考答案 56—58 DAB
【甘肃省金昌二中2013模拟】 A
Children, especially boys, tend to idealize their fathers when they are young．Every little boy wants to grow up to be just like his father, and every little girl thinks her father is the smartest man on the earth．It’s not very easy to be a good father, but it’s not that difficult either．Children will truly enjoy spending time with their fathers, not just when they are kids, but even when they are adults．Not all children communicate well with their fathers．Communication is often left to mothers, while fathers dispense advice as and when necessary．Don’t expect all conversations to centre around the dinner table．Go to your children’s bedrooms and talk to them about school, their teachers or their friends．Remember that the conversation cannot be one-sided．When your children open up to you, you also need to open up to them．
If your children come home from school feeling upset, go up to them and ask them what is the matter．And if it is something which seems to you to be a silly reason to be upset, don’t voice your opinion．It may be silly to you, but to your children it is important enough．So don’t wave the topic away by telling them not to bother about such stupid things．Simply discussing their problems with them will help them feel better．
Don’t shy away from having discussions about your teenage children’s love lives．Generally speaking, your children are definitely not going to discuss intimate details with you．Try to let them know that you are relaxed about topics on love．Tell your children how you met your wife．It is perfectly normal for children to go through feelings for the opposite sex as they grow up, and by keeping the topic closed for discussion, you are only shutting them off from discussing their feelings with you．All they will do is turn to their friends．
41．To children their fathers are usually very _____．
A．kind B．great C．serious D．strong
42．From the second paragraph we can know that _____．
A．some children don’t like their fathers at all
B．talking with children around the dinner table is unnecessary
C．it is better for fathers to communicate more with their children
D．mothers should communicate less with their children．
43．Suppose your children are worried about something you should _____．A．have a talk with them Ｂ．express your opinion
C．keep silent D．let them alone
44．Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “intimate” in Paragraph 4?
A．Public B．Personal C．Strange D．Serious
【参考答案】41--454BCAB
【甘肃省金昌二中2013模拟】B
Dad came in the midnight. We heard every sound, but we pretended to be asleep.
Next morning he looked weak and thin, sitting in a chair by the kitchen fire. The light of the fire shone through his long empty sleeve. Everything went as usual. Grandma found something to do in the bedroom. Grandpa went out for some water. Mother, with her back to us, was getting the cakes ready for breakfast.
But nothing was right. When grandma came out of the bedroom, she walked on tiptoe. When grandpa came back, he said nothing about the weather. At breakfast Mother passed us the fruit and said something, but her voice was too high.
At last my sister, Lou, pushed back her chair. “It’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But I had washed the dishes the night before. I said nothing because it was not right to quarrel in front of Dad just home with the empty sleeve.
“It is your turn,” Lou said again. I looked at her in surprise.
“It is not,” I said because I suddenly remembered Mother had told us to go on
as usual.
“Children, children,” Mother said in a quiet, glad kind of voice.
And Dad was smiling because he felt at home at last.
45．What do you know happened to Dad in the story?
A．He was badly ill. B．He had a long journey.
C．He drank too much. D．He lost one of his arms.
46．The family when they saw Dad’s empty sleeve.
A．was too surprised to do anything B．felt sad and cried a lot
C．tried not to show their feelings D．showed no worry at all
47．From the story, we know .
A．the two sisters often quarreled about who should wash the dishes
B．the family liked seeing the two sisters quarrelling after breakfast
C．Dad loved the two sisters very much though they often quarreled
D．Mother told the two sisters to quarrel with each other the night before 48．Which of the following can be the best title of the story?
A．The Quarrelling Sisters B．Dad Was Back
C．After the Accident D．An Empty Sleeve
【参考答案】45--48、D CAB
阅读理解------ B
Britain has laws to make sure that women have the same chances as men in education, jobs and training. But it’s still unusual to find women doing dirty or heavy jobs. Nikki Henriques is a car maintenance engineer in London. She used to be a secretary. Barty Philips, a journalist with “The Observer”, a Sunday newspaper, asked her why she wanted to work with cars.
“My first reason was independence(独立),” she said. “I also wanted to use my hands, and I like learning about how things work. Many people prefer to have a woman repair their cars, too.”
Nikki didn’t find it easy to become a car maintenance engineer. She went to a
Government Skill Centre—a special sort of college where people can learn a new job for twenty weeks. “For ten weeks I was the only woman among four hundred men, and some of them were rude to me. It was also very tiring—from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, with only 30 minutes for lunch.”
Now Nikki works free-lance, that is, she’s self-employed, working for herself and not for a garage or a company.
Barty Phillips also spoke to Rose, who works as a general builder in Sheffield, an industrial town in the north of England. Like Nikki, Rose used to be a secretary. “I didn’t enjoy it at all.” she said. “I wanted to do more practical work, and I wanted to be self-employed.”
Rose joined a women’s building co-operative, and she learnt her job from other people and from experience. However, many of the women in her group have been specially trained. Most of the jobs they do are improvements to buildings and general repairs.
“People often say, ‘Oh, women aren’t strong enough,’ but I don’t think strength is important.” said Rose, “The important thing is to get us ed to doing a different sort of work.”
Rose would like more women to come into the building industry. “Everything built at the moment is a product of man’s world. If women become builders, they will be able to understand the production of their house an d their towns.”
59. There are laws in Britain to help women _____.
A. get higher pay than men
B. enjoy more freedom than men
C. do whatever they like to do
D. have equal chances with men in education and work
60. The job of a car maintenance engineer is to _____.
A. make cars
B. sell cars
C. repair cars
D. keep cars for others
61. According to Rose, a woman wishing to be a general builder _____.
A. must be specially trained
B. should be strong enough
C. can learn her job either from others or by experience
D. must get used to doing a different sort of work
62. The best title for this passage might be _____.
A. Nikki Henriques, a car maintenance engineer
B. Rose, a General Builder in Shefield
C. Women at Work
D. British Women
参考答案 59—62 DCDC
阅读理解------C
Things you need to know about studying there
Study style
Since the 1950s, the Netherlands has had courses in English especially for foreign students. Students are expected to be critical of what they read and hear, and to be able of working independently. Foreign students will soon notice that at Dutch institutions for higher learning people are expected to do a lot of talking. The most common form of teaching is the seminar or working group, where a small group of students work under a teacher’s supervision to analyze（分析）a certain problem. On exams, they have to show that they know the material, and that they have formed well-founded opinions on the subject.
Accommodations（住宿）
If you are in an exchange programme or an international course, it is quite possible that a room will be arranged for you. Accept it immediately, or you will regret it later. That’s because finding a place to live in a country as crowded as the Netherlands is not easy.
Before you leave China, ask your host institution whether or not housing will indeed be arranged in advance. If you are in the Netherlands and still looking for a place, ask the international relations office or the student dean for advice. Expences
Tuition: （学费）
Bachelor’s degree：about 2,500 euros a year
Master’s degree: 5,000-12,000 euros a year
Living expenses:
Experience has shown that a year in the Netherlands costs a Chinese
Student about 450-700 euros a month.
Here is a breakdown of average prices of supermarket goods:
Litre of milk: 0.5—0.8 euro
Kilo of apples: 1.5 euros
Shampoo, 400ml: 4 euros
Tube of toothpaste: 1 euro
Bed sheet: 20 euros
Other expenses:
Haircut: 15 euros
Air ticket to China: 600-800 euros
Mobile phone call(one minute): 0.1-0.3 euro
Phone call to China (with IP card): 7 euros(one minute)
Postage stamp in the Netherlands: 0.39 euro
Stamp for China: 0.78 euro
(1 euro-about 10 yuan)
Transportation
Trains, buses and trams run throughout the country.
If you really want to sample Dutch life, and get around quickly and easily, buy yourself a bicycle. Most students buy second-hand bicycles. A reasonable one will cost you 70-120 euros.
You can find them at second-hand bicycle shops or at the bicycle parking facilities near railway stations.
63．Teachers want foreign students to do much talking and analyzing in order to make them
A．get higher marks B．pass exams easier
C．be able to work independently D．get in close touch with each other 64．The passage implies that .
A．it is easier to find a room in Netherlands
B．it is difficult to find a room in Netherlands
C．your host institution will surely find a room for you
D．the international relations office can find a room for you
65．It costs at least a year for a Master degree.
A．104,000 yuan B．104,000 euros C．174,000 yuan D．134,000 euros 66．Most students ride second-hand bicycles mainly because .
A．they can ride them fast and easily
B．bicycles are safe and comfortable for riding
C．bicycles are convenient and easy to park
D．bicycles are convenient and cheap
参考答案 63—66CBAD
阅读理解----A
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Washington (Reuters)—People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer (胰腺癌)，an unusual but deadly cancer，researchers reported on Monday.
People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk，the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.
Sugar may be to blame but people who drink sweetened sodas regularly often have other
poor health habits，said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota，who led the study.
“The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin (胰岛素) in the body，which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth，” Pereira said in a statement.
Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology，Biomarkers& Prevention，Pereira and his colleagues said they followed 60,524 men and women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years.
Over that time,140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer.Those who drank two or more sweetened soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk of being among those who got pancreatic cancer.
Pereira said he believed the findings would apply elsewhere.
“Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent healthcare.Favorite pastimes (消遣)are eating and shopping，so the findings should apply to other Western countries，”he said.
But Susan Mayne of the Yale Cancer Center at Yale University in Connecticut was cautious.
“Although this study found a risk，the finding was based on a relatively small number of cases and it remains unclear whether it is a causal (因果的)connection or not，” said Mayne，who serves on the board of the journal，which is published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer，with 230,000 cases globally.In the United States,37,680 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in a year and 34,290 die of it.
【解题导语】华盛顿路透社报道。

研究人员发现，喝甜软饮料的人更容易患胰腺癌——一种非同寻常而又致命的癌症。

9. According to the text，who is in control of the health study?
A．Mark Pereira. B．Scientists from Singapore. C．Researchers in Yale. D．Susan Mayne.
解析：选A。

细节理解题。

根据第三段后半部分内容可知这项健康研究的负责人是Mark Pereira。

10．We can infer from Per eira’s words that ________.
A．the healthcare in Singapore should be greatly improved
B．2 soft drinks a day are considered harmful to health
C．87 out of 140 volunteers developed pancreatic cancer
D．sugar might not be the only cause of pancreatic cancer
解析：选D。

推理判断题。

第三段中Pereira提到糖分也许应该受到责备，但那些喝甜软饮料的人通常有其他不健康的习惯，故可推断D项正确。

11．How does Susan seem to feel about the findings of the study?
A．Satisfied. B．Doubtful.
C．Worried. D．Hopeful.
解析：选B。

推理判断题。

倒数第三段中提到耶鲁大学癌症中心的Susan Mayne对此非常谨慎，倒数第二段接着讲述了她对此的看法，由此可推断此人对这项研究发现持“怀疑”态度。

12．The best title of the text might be ________.
A．The Deadliest Forms of Cancer
B．Drink Fruit Juice Instead of Sodas
C．A Study in University of Minnesota
D．Sugary Soft Drinks Lead to Cancer
解析：选D。

主旨大意题。

本文是研究报道，第一段是文章的中心段，根据本段的内容可知此项最能概括解题导语，作为标题最合适。