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2014高考英語閱讀理解基礎精品題練習（22）及答案 閱讀理解- aif confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his september 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. hed need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. while many people in china will remember confucius on his special day, few people in the united states will give him a passing thought. its nothing personal. most americans dont even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. but this doesnt mean that americans dont care about confucius. in many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of china. in the past two decades, the chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in western universities. more recently, the chinese government has set up confucius institutes in more than 80 countries. these schools teach both chinese language and culture. the main courses of chinese culture usually included chinese art, history and philosophy(哲學). some social scientists suggest that westerners should take advantages of the ancient chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of westerners philosophy. students in the united states, at the same time, are racing to learn chinese. so they will be ready for life in a world where china is an equal power with the united states. businessmen who hope to make money in china are reading books about confucius to understand their chinese customers. so the old thinkers ideas are still alive and well. today china attracts the west more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce confucius and chinese culture to the west. as for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the west, even if his birthday is. 56. the passage is likely to appear in _. a. a biographyb. a history paperc. a newspaperd. a philosophy textbook57. the opening paragraph is mainly intended to_.a. provide some key facts about confuciusb. attract the readers interest in the subjectc. show great respect for the ancient thinkerd. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations58. we can learn from paragraph 4 that american students_.a. have a great interest in studying chineseb. take an active part in chinese competitionsc. try to get high scores in chinese examsd. fight for a chance to learn chinese59. what is the best title for the passage? a. forgotten wisdom in americab. huge fans of the chinese languagec. chinese culture for westernersd. old thinker with a big future參考答案 56-cbad 【福建師大附中2013模擬】das you climb into the hill country, the roads get dustier and rougher, and fewer cars can be seen. phonxay is one of the poorest districts of laos, and many of its villages are only accessible by footpath. our destination this hot morning is a concrete water tank that can be found just off the road. a uk organization helped to build it six years ago, and in the nearby village of thapho, where clean drinking water is scarce, it has made a big difference. the tank feeds six taps which in turn give water to over 800 people-it has improved things for almost every family, from schoolchildren to grannies. but lately, we were told, the clean water supply has come under pressure from new arrivals, people who have come down from the hill areas, and there are concerns that there will not be enough clean water to go round. there are also serious worries about resources in laos. the chinese are building a 400km railway link, which could transform the landlocked country. about 150,000 chinese workers will be involved. what will this do to local clean water supplies? how will the workers be fed?the vast majority of laotians live on farms. but with foreign investors wanting to buy up land, local people will have to be moved to make room for them. heavily dependent on both foreign aid and foreign investment, laos still falls well behind its neighbours, although its economy has grown at about 6% a year in the last decade. its biggest economic problem is the lack of locally trained skilled workforce.but there are reasons to be hopeful for the future. laos is beautiful, and foreign tourism continues to grow: fortunately so far the fast-food chains and coffee bars common elsewhere are nowhere to be seen. although all local media are government-run, the internet is not controlled and the bbc and cnn are available to those with satellite dishes.the government has also achieved impressive results in rural development, with communities benefiting not just from cleaner water but the construction of new schools and regular visits from medical teams. poverty will not be history in laos within the next decade, but with small steps forward and a bit of outside help, the country could find itself out of the uns least-developed category by 2020.68. the underlined word ”scarce” in paragraph 1 most probably means_.a. valuable b. rare c. infrequent d. missing69. what is putting pressure on the local supply of clean water?a. dust from the road is making the water dirtier.b. there are too many taps accessing the water.c. the population of the area is growing fast.d. the coming summer will dry up rivers and lakes.70. what is the most serious limitation on laos economic growth?a. the lack of local skilled workers. b. a poor transportation system.c. too much foreign aid. d. too many foreign workers.71. what is the best title for the passage?a. laos: small steps forward. b. laos: slow-developing nationsc. laos: least-developed land d. laos: landlocked country【參考答案】68-71 b c a a for those who are tired of doing the laundry, samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smart-phone app(application). strange though it may seem “my wife already does that” was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the consumer electronics show ces this week samsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install(安裝)a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them “smart”.last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. this year, its wi-fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad. the washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smart-phone through a downloadable application. the phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owners is at work or on the bus. samsung says its not just something new the app connection actually has some practical uses. “if you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when you come home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go,” said spokesperson amy schmidt. the company also says that with electricity rate(電)varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money. perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is what all good technologies do enable laziness. rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching tv. 60. what can be inferred from the common response of the attendees at the ces? a. the machine will be a big success.b. their wives like doing the laundry.c. the machine is unrelated to their life.d. this kind of technology is familiar to them. 61. we can conclude from samsungs statements that _. a. the app connection makes life easierb. it is better to dry clothes in the morningc. smart-phone can shorten the drying time d. we should refresh clothes back at home 62. what can we learn about the new laundry machines? a. they can tell you when your clothes need washing.b. they can be controlled with a smart-phone. c. they are difficult to operate.d. they are sold at a low price. 63. what is the main idea of the last paragraph? a. the laundry should be frequently checked. b. lazy people like using such machines.c. good technologies also cause problems. d. television may help do the laundry. 參考答案60、c a b c if you want to get rich, leave new york city, washington d.c. or los angeles and head to plano, texas；aurora, colorado or omaha, nebraska, where wages are high and life is good, a new survey showed.a poll(民意測驗)that ranked 69 us cities with populations of more than 250,000 people showed the best places to build personal wealth and raise a family were in cities where some of the nations largest companies are headquartered.the no.1 city, plano, is the ninth largest city in texas and home to companys headquarters including soft drink company dr pepper snapple group, pepsicos snack foods company fritolay and movie theater company cinemark. “the city has a reputation as one of the best places in the country for employers to do business and for families to live and work. plano has a nationally acclaimed public education system and well-educated, diverse residents.”aurora, the third most popular city in colorado, came in second, according to the survey which said its economy is booming and it is a business leader in key growth industries such as biotechnology, aerospace and high technology.nebraskas largest city omaha, home to famous us investor warren buffett, nabbed third place. buffett, who is the richest man in the world according to forbes magazine, is often called the “sage of omaha” for his successful investments(投資).new york city came in last, behind washington d.c. and los angeles.“these cities do have some of the highest average wages in the country, but when it comes to increasing your dollar for the future, it is difficult to do in these cities,” said.64.according to the passage, if you want to become rich, youd better go to_. a.washington d.c. b.omahac.los angeles d.new york city65.how many famous companies are mentioned in this passage?a.3. b.5. c.6. d.1066.which of the following statements is right according to this passage?a.the no.1 city, plano, is the ninth largest city in washington.b.this poll was held in all american cities.c.aurora is the third most popular city in nebraska.d.plano has a public education system and well educated diverse citizens.參考答案 64、b a d 【福建師大附中2013模擬】ehe wrote that the “human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross(粗俗的) and violent stimulants(刺激物)”. and it appears that simply reading those words by william wordsworth proves his point.researchers at the university of liverpool found the works of shakespeare and wordsworth and the like had a beneficial effect on the mind, lifting the readers spirits by catching their attention and leading to moments of self-reflection.using equipment, they examined the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical english literature both in their original form and in a more simplified, modern translation.and, according to the sunday telegraph, the experiment showed the more “challenging” works set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the ordinary versions.the research also found poetry, in particular, increased activity in the right hemisphere (腦半球) of the brain, an area concerned with “autobiographical memory”, which helped the reader to reflect on and reevaluate their own experiences in light of what they had read. the academics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.the brain responses of 30 volunteers was monitored in the first part of the research as they read shakespeare in its original and “modern” form.in one example, volunteers read a line from king lear, “a father and a gracious(仁慈的) aged man: him have you madded ”, before reading the simpler “a father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged(使暴怒)”.shakespeares use of the adjective “mad” as a verb caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforw