高考英语阅读理解限时训练题及答案.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解限时训练题及答案（2）

【深圳市2014高考英语综合能力测试题（2）】C[来源:学&科&网]
After recording her new song at Rotation Records, Amy Hosmer left the studio. She was greeted by about 75 enthusiastic fans, ranging from young children to middle-aged men. Amy smiled shyly and thanked everyone for their coming. Not what we'd expect from a rock star.
Similar to most little girls, Amy loves to perform and wants to be a professional singer. The 11-year-old girl receives a lot of attention, but she's far from self-absorbed. Recently, she told her mom, ''I always ask God to take away your pain if anything happens to me. '' Amy prays for the people she loves, even when she has so many reasons to pray for herself
Amy has brain cancer. Her cancer was discovered when she was two-and-a-half years old. Early treatment reduced the size of Amy's tumor (肿瘤) so that it wasn't life threatening. Since then, Amy has had regular MRIs to check her health. Doctors recently discovered that the brain tumor was growing. On January 30, they operated and removed 80 percent of the tumor. Amy will go through chemotherapy(化疗) for the remaining tumor.
Amy told her mom, "If I had one wish, I'd wish to meet Taylor Swift and she'll probably give me some hints on my singing." Swift is Amy’s inspiration. Amy's mom, Etta Hosmer, wanted to support her daughter, so she set up a Facebook fan page to try to help Amy meet Taylor Swift.
When the CEO of Rotation Records heard about Amy, they offered her a chance to record a song written by herself in their studio. Taylor Swift sent Amy some gifts and a photo with her signature on it, which were waiting at the recording studio.
Etta said that the Facebook fan page and the recording have been great for her family. "It did start with a little girl's dream of meeting Taylor Swift, but it is more than that. This site helps me keep my mind focused on positive things. Also, it brings awareness of this disease. The most important thing is the people all over the world now saying prayers for Amy," Etta said.
36. According to the first two paragraphs we know that Amy is_________.
A. self-centered
B. considerate
C. a real rock star
D. a shy rock star
37. Which is the correct order about Amy's cancer?
a. She was operated on.
b. She was discovered to suffer from cancer.
c. She has to do chemotherapy.
d. She has to have MRIs regularly.
A. abcd B. bdac C. dbac D. badc[来源:Z,xx,k.Com]
38. The underlined word "hints" means "_________".
A. suggestions B. lyrics
C. signs D. clues
39. Which of the following statements about the Facebook fan page is NOT correct?
A. It brings Amy a chance to record her song.
B. It attracts the public attention to brain tumor.
C. It reminds Amy's mother to keep optimistic.
D. It helps Amy recover from the brain cancer.
40. We can learn from the passage that _________.
A. Amy finally met her idol Taylor Swift at the recording studio
B. Amy's story has inspired people all over the world to pray for her
C. Amy's mom had never been depressed after knowing Amy's disease
D. Amy's mom set up the fan page in order to attract the public attention
【参考答案】36-40 BBADB
虽然Amy患有脑癌，但她跟许多女孩子一样喜欢打扮，喜欢唱歌表演。她的母亲为了帮助她实现与偶像见面的愿望，为她在Facebook上面开了个网页，从而得到公众的关注。
36. B。推理判断题。根据第二段中Recently, she told her mom... Amy prays for the people she loves, even when she has so many reasons to pray for herself.可知答案。
37. B。文章结构题。根据第三段便可知道Amy患脑癌及治疗过程。
38. A。词义猜测题。根据后面一句Swift is Amy’s inspiration.可知答案。
39. D。细节理解题。根据最后两段内容可以得知A、B、C三个选项都有提及，D项表述错误。
40. B。细节理解题。根据最后一段中The most important thing is the people all over the world now saying prayers for Amy可知答案。

较难题目特训：介绍说明类
Decision- making under Stress
A new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative(负面的) consequences of a decision.
The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways.
“Stress affects how people learn, ”says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive than negative outcomes under stress. ”
For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images (影像) with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadn’t gone through the stress.
This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stress—at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also less easily recalled.
The research also found that stress appears to affect decision- making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequences under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different.
Men who had been stressed by the cold- water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk- taking can pay off big, men may tend to do better; when caution weighs more, however, women will win.
This tendency to slow down and become more cautious when decisions are risky might also help explain why women are less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually harden into addiction.
1. We can learn from the passage that people under pressure tend to　　　.　
A. keep rewards better in their memory
B. recall consequences more effortlessly
C. make risky decisions more frequently
D. learn a subject more effectively[来源:Zxxk.Com]
2. According to the research, stress affects people most probably in their　　　.　
A. ways of making choices　　　　　　　　
B. preference for pleasure　　　　　　　　　
C. tolerance of punishments　　　　　　　
D. responses to suggestions
3. The research has proved that in a stressful situation,　　　.　
A. women find it easier to fall into certain habits
B. men have a greater tendency to slow down[来源:学.科.网]
C. women focus more on outcomes
D. men are more likely to take risks
【参考答案】　40.AAD　　

社会生活类---[201*·福建卷] -----A
Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales(童话)．
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained 10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous(匿名) envelopes, each containing 10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelops keep coming, and so far at least 190, 000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper's own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14­year­old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of 500 inside, with a copy of the article.The name of the family was underlined.
“I was driving when I heard the news，”Claudia Neumann, the boy's mother, told Der Spiegel magazine.“I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless.”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair­accessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing，” Mrs.Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said：“Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know.”However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city's hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.
56．The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of ________.
A．a church B．a bank
C．a newspaper D．a magazine
57．Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?
A．The donation amounted to 190, 000.
B．The donation was sent directly to his house.
C．The money will be used for his education.
D．His mother felt astonished at the donation.
58．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A．the donator is a rich old man
B．the donation will continue to come
C．the donation comes from the newspaper
D．the donator will soon be found out
59．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Money Is Raised by the Newspaper
B．Newspaper Distributes Money to the Needy
C．Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes
D．Robin Hood Returns to the City
【要点综述】本文是一篇记叙文。介绍了城市英雄以匿名信封的形式在经济上帮助需要帮助的人。
56. C　推理判断题。从第一段“But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper”和第二段“with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung”可推出Braunschweiger Zeitung是当地一家报纸。
57. D　细节理解题。从倒数第二段Tom的妈妈所说的话可知答案。
58. B　推理判断题。从最后一段“he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.”可知捐赠还会继续。
59. C　主旨大意题。本文介绍了城市英雄以匿名信封的形式在经济上帮助需要帮助的人。

（201*·上海卷）
Human remains of ancient settlements will be reburied and lost to science under a law that threatens research into the history of humans in Britain, a group of leading archaeologists(考古学家) says. I a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, 40 archaeologists write of their “deep and widespread concern” about the issue. It centers on the law introduced by the Ministry of Justice in 2008 which requires all human remains unearthed in England and Wales to be reburied within two years, regardless of their age. The decision means scientists have too little time to study bones and other human remains of national and cultural significance.
“Your current requirement that all archaeologically unearthed human remains should be reburied, whether after a standard period of two years or further special extension, is contrary to basic principles of archaeological and scientific research and of museum practice,” they write.
The law applies to any pieces of bone uncovered at around 400 dig sites, including the remains of 60 or so bodies found at Stonehenge in 2008 that date back to 3,000 BC. Archaeologists have been granted a temporary extension to give them more time, but eventually the bones will have to be returned to the ground.
The arrangements may result in the waste of future discoveries at sites such as Happisburgh in Norfolk, where digging is continuing after the discovery of stone tools made by early humans 950,000 years ago. If human remains were found at Happisburgh, they would be the oldest in northern Europe and the first indication of what this species was. Under the current practice of the law those remains would have to be reburied and effectively destroyed.
Before 2008, guidelines allowed for the proper preservation and study of bones of sufficient age and historical interest, while the Burial Act 1857 applied to more recent remains. The Ministry of Justice assured archaeologists two years ago that the law was temporary, but has so far failed to revise it.
Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at Sheffield University, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient because we wee led to believe the ministry was sorting out this problem, but we feel that we cannot wait any longer.”
The ministry has no guidelines on where or how remains should be reburied, or on what records should be kept.
72. According to the passage, scientists are unhappy with the law mainly because _________.
A. it is only a temporary measure on the human remains
B. it is unreasonable and thus destructive to scientific research
C. it was introduced by the government without their knowledge
D. it is vague about where and how to rebury human remains
73. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Temporary extension of two years will guarantee scientists enough time.
B. Human remains of the oldest species wee dug out at Happisburgh.
C. Human remains will have to be reburied despite the extension of time.
D. Scientists have been warned that the law can hardly be changed.
74. What can be inferred about the British law governing human remains?
A. The Ministry of Justice did not intend it to protect human remains.
B. The Burial Act 1857 only applied to remains uncovered before 1857.
C. The law on human remains hasn’t changed in recent decades.
D. The Ministry of Justice has not done enough about the law.
75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. New discoveries should be reburied, the government demands.
B. Research time should be extended, scientists require.
C. Law on human remains needs thorough discussion, authorities say.
D. Law could bury ancient secrets for ever, archaeologists warn.

【答案】ＢＣＤＤ

社会生活类---[2012·广东卷]
Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.
An attraction of sport programs for the major U. S. media companies is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons—the slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming.
Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.
Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings (收视率) are unusually low.