南昌市高考英语二轮阅读理解限时训练精品题(9)

南昌市2014高考英语阅读理解二轮限时训练精品题（9）及答案

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

【深圳市2014高考英语综合能力测试题（3）】A

There are only three important days in everyone's life and two of them are the ones that you don't need to worry about. Serigne Fallou Mbacke, a sage and man of God, who lived in Senegal (West Africa) between 1888 and 1968, used to say, "The day is today, it is the only day, the past is gone and will never come back and the future belongs to God. "

Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, once said almost the same thing, "The past, the present, and the future are really one: they are today." We all know that many people spend one half of their days regretting for the past, and the other half worrying about the future, leaving no time to enjoy the present when everything happens. How can such people get ahead in life? People all over the world have made countless discussions on the subject but it does not seem to make a difference. Most of us are still everywhere but in the present.

As the saying goes, if you do what everybody does, you will get what everybody gets! Make a difference, and live in the present. It will help you achieve more, become a better person and live a happier life, a life without anxieties or worries.

Today is all you have. There is no guarantee that you will live to see tomorrow and there is not a thing you can change about the past. Motivational speaker and author, Dennis Waitley puts it so beautifully in one of his books:

The past is a cancelled check, the future is a promissory note(期票), but the present, the present is liquid cash.

Always remember that today is a gift and that is the reason why it is called the present.

26. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The future belongs to God.

B. No one can change the past.

C. Living in today will help you achieve more.

D. We are sure that we will live to see tomorrow.

27. Who described the three important days as "check, note and cash"?

A. The writer.

B. Serigne Fallou Mbacke.

C. Harriet Beecher Stowe.

D. Dennis Waitley.

28. Why is today called the present according to the passage?

A. Because today is a gift.

B. Because people are always worrying about today.

C. Because people are always' worrying about the future.

D. Because people have made countless discussions on the subject.

29. Which of the following words can best describe the author's attitude towards "today"?

A. Unconcerned.

B. Negative.

C. Favorable.

D. Doubtful.

30. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Can you make a difference?

B. Are you wasting today?

C. Do you worry about the past?

D. Are you worrying about the future?

【参考答案】26-30 DDACB

活在当下就是要放下负担，快乐地生活在此时此刻，活在当下意味着无忧无悔。对未来会发生什么不去作无谓的想象与担心，所以无忧；对过去已发生的事也不作无谓的计较与后悔，所以无悔。

26. D。细节理解题。从倒数第三段中Today is all you have, there is no guarantee that you will live to see tomorrow...可知。

27. D。细节理解题。从倒数第三段中Dennis Waitley puts it so beautifully in one of his books...及倒数第二段可知。

28. A。细节理解题。从倒数第一段中Always remember that today is a gift and that is the reason why it is called the present.可知。

29. C。观点态度题。通读全文及最后一段可推理出答案。

30. B。主旨大意题。本文围绕“活在当下”这一话题展开的。第一段提出话题“The day is today...”，最后一段点题...today is a gift...。

较难题目特训：介绍说明类

“Experience may possibly be the best teacher,but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words,but they actually come from James March,a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For years March(possibly the wisest philosopher of management)has studied how humans think and act,and he continues to do so in his new bookThe Ambiguities of Experience.

He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning:“Experience is respected;experience is sought;experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves(涉及)serious complications(复杂化),ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.

In one interesting part of the book,for example,he turns a doubtful eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. In our efforts to make stories interesting,he argues,we lose part of the complicated truth of things. He says “The more accurately(精确地)reality is presented,the less understandable the story,and the more understandable the stor y,the less realistic it is.”Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher,March is also a poet,and his gift shines through in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short,it is demanding:Don’t pick it up lookin g for quick,easy lessons. Rather,be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.

1. According to the text,James March is .