全国高考英语阅读理解专练(4)

山东省胶州市2015英语阅读理解专练（4）及答案（高考一轮）

【山东省宿州市2014高考英语综合能力测试卷】

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could.

One day the gran dson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”

The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the s tove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faste r next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead.

The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.”

The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty ag ain. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless !”

“So, you th ink it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.”

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean.

“Grandson, that’s w hat happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.”

60. What puzzled the grandson most was ________.

A. whether it was useful to read books

B. why he forgot what he read soon

C. what kind of book he could understand

D. how he could read books like his grandpa

61. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water?

A. To train him to run faster.

B. To clean the dirty basket in the river.

C. To punish him for not reading carefully.

D. To get him to realize the use of reading books.

62. What lesson can we learn from the story?

A. The old are always wiser than the young.

B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket.

C. Reading books can change a person gradually.

A.You can’t expect to remember whatever you read.

63. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Grandpa and grandson

B. Carrying water in a basket

C. Reading for total changing

D. Baskets and books

【参考答案】60 -63 ADCC

【山东省宿州市2014高考英语综合能力测试卷】

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Last week, we explained that the planet Mars has passed “opposition”. It passed a point opposite the Sun. This week, we tell about the planet’s surprising motion(运动)among the stars.

For thousands of years, people have recognized that planets travel among the stars. The planets generally follow the path taken by the Sun through the sky. The Sun’s path is called the ecliptic. The groups of stars along the ecliptic are called the