高考英語閱讀理解二輪突破練習(xí)32

1、2014屆高考英語二輪專題復(fù)習(xí)閱讀理解極限突破測(cè)試卷(32)When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on,

2、"the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls. The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her morn," I don't know ho

3、w to use a computer," she admits. Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she

4、 serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says." I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease." But she hasn't alwa

5、ys practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated hers

6、elf to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow u p -again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet. Although her

7、 disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and

8、 disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."( ) 1. Why did Mary feel regretful? A. She didn't achieve her ambition. B. She d

9、idn't take care of her mother.C. She didn't complete her high school.D. She didn't follow her mother's advice. ( ) 2. We can know that before 1995 Mary A. had two books publishedB. received many career awardsC. knew how to use a computerD. supported the JDRF by writing ( ) 3. Mary

10、9;s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her .A. living with diabetes B. successful show businessC. service for an organizationD. remembrance of her mother( ) 4. When Mary received the life-changing news, she . A. lost control of herself B. began a balanced diet C. Med to get a treatment D.

11、behaved in an adult way ( ) 5. What can we know from the last paragraph? A. Mary feels pity for herself. B. Mary has recovered from her disease. C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor. 【語篇解讀】本文為人物介紹說明文。主要介紹了瑪麗·摩爾的職業(yè)生涯及抗病之爭(zhēng)。61. 答案D考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理

12、解題。解析：根據(jù)第二段“Only recently，when she began to write Growing Up Again，did she regret ignoring her mom，I dont know how to use a computer,she admits.”可判斷選D項(xiàng)。62. 答案B考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。解析：根據(jù)第二段“The show business thing worked out，of course.In her career，Mary won many awards.”可判斷選B項(xiàng)。63. 答案A考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。解析：根據(jù)第三段“her second

13、 book is less about life as an awardwinning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病).”可判斷選A項(xiàng)。64. 答案A考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。解析：根據(jù)第四段“In a childlike act，she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈).Years would pass before she realized she had to grow upagainand take control of her

14、diabetes，not let it control her.”可判斷選A項(xiàng)。65. 答案C考點(diǎn)：推理判斷題。解析：根據(jù)最后一段中的Mary Moore 所說的話“Ive come to realize the importance of that as Ive grown up this second time.I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”可推斷她想盡可能地去幫助他人，故選C項(xiàng)。閱讀理解-Passage two (Vicious and Dangerous Sports Should be Banned by Law

15、)When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, its amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may despise them because they mistook t

16、hese goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Dont the sp

17、ectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungey lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, w

18、e find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-fighting, that we should be prepared

19、 to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of the sporting spirit is sheer hypocrisy. People take part in viol

20、ent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen. They feel disapp

21、ointment because they have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask. The answer is simple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spirituall

22、y and emotionally admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped up in cages, or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be. Social welfa

23、re systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly. These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is the biggest instrument

24、of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recognize that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.1.It can be inferred from the passage that the au

25、thors opinion of nowadays human beings is A.  not very high.                               B.  high.C.  contemptuous.                        

26、;D.  critical.2.The main idea of this passage is A.  vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law.B.  people are willing to pay vast sums money to see violence.C.  to compare two different attitudes towards dangerous sports.D.  people are bloodthirsty in sports.3.Tha

27、t the author mentions the old Romans isA.  To compare the old Romans with todays people.B.  to give an example.C.  to show human beings in the past know nothing better.D.  to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.4.How many dangerous sports does the author mention in thi

28、s passage?A.  Three.            B.  Five.C.  Six.            D.  Seven.5.The purpose of the author in writing this passage isA.  that, by banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve our selves.B.  t

29、hat, by banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law.C.  that we must take positive steps to improve social welfare system.D.  to show law is the main instrument of social change.Vocabulary relish                從獲得樂處，享受 o

30、rgy            狂歡，放縱 arena             競(jìng)技場(chǎng)，活動(dòng)或斗爭(zhēng)的場(chǎng)所 blood-thirsty        殘忍的，嗜血的 bear-baiting        逗熊游戲 bull-fight      斗牛 batter        

31、   猛擊，連續(xù)地猛打/捶，亂打 pulp                 成紙漿，成軟塊 burst into flames      突然燃燒起來/著火 grim            令人窒息的，簡(jiǎn)陋的 coop up            把關(guān)起來難句譯注bear-baiting  

32、;逗熊游戲。這是一種十六、十七世紀(jì)流行于英國(guó)的游戲驅(qū)狗去咬綁著的熊，很殘忍，后被禁止。two men batter each other to pulp in the boxing ring. 【結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)析】batter one to pulp = beat one to a pulp 狠揍某人，打癱某人 【參考譯文】?jī)蓚€(gè)人在拳擊場(chǎng)內(nèi)彼此狠揍，知道一個(gè)人被打倒在地，爬不起來。unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. 【參考譯文】眼

33、見一輛或多輛賽車相互撞擊，突然燒起來而無動(dòng)于衷。A world heavy weight championship match is front page news. 【參考譯文】世界重量級(jí)冠軍賽總是頭版頭條新聞。寫作方法與文章大意  作者采取先對(duì)比、后分析的寫作手法。先是今人和古羅馬人對(duì)暴虐體育上對(duì)此兩者都欣賞。后者坦率成人“欣賞暴力體育”，前者施以各種接口、實(shí)際都是嗜血成性者。第二段進(jìn)一步剖析今人欣賞暴虐體育的種種實(shí)例，最后指出改善“暴虐”的根本嗜為改善法律采取積極的步驟，法律才能施以巨大的文明影響，否則人類很難改變。答案詳解1.A.  不太高。文章一開始就點(diǎn)

34、出科技巨大進(jìn)步，而其他方面進(jìn)展很少。人們以輕蔑的口氣談及可憐的古羅馬人，因?yàn)樗麄冃蕾p競(jìng)技場(chǎng)上的屠殺。我們輕視他們，因?yàn)樗麄儼堰@些屠殺視為娛樂。我們可以降階/屈尊地諒解他們，因?yàn)樗麄兩钤?000年前，顯然，對(duì)好的東西不知道。在這里作者反問，我們的優(yōu)越感是否正確呢？我們的嗜血性是不是少一些？為什么拳擊比賽吸引那么許多人？在場(chǎng)的觀賞者（觀眾）是不是也希望看到一些暴力呢？結(jié)論是：人類和過去一樣殘忍。唯一的不同點(diǎn)在于古羅馬人很誠(chéng)實(shí)，他們承認(rèn)他們欣賞觀看饑餓的獅子把人撕碎，活生生吃掉，而我們會(huì)找出各種精辟的理由來保衛(wèi)早該制止的運(yùn)動(dòng)。第二段舉出具體例子，如斗牛、拳擊中把人打癱在地、車賽中，車子碰撞起火，人

35、們就坐在那里觀看欣賞，參賽者是為了高報(bào)酬，觀眾付出大筆錢財(cái)是為了看到暴力。作者指出任何體育精神的說法純粹是虛偽。如果一場(chǎng)打比賽（世界重量級(jí)冠軍賽），兩輪而不是十五輪就告結(jié)束，成千上百萬人們會(huì)感到失望這些都證明人的卑下，不文明。這兩段似乎也證明作者的觀點(diǎn)應(yīng)該是C項(xiàng)蔑視的。但在第三段談及，好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來，人們一直試圖在精神上和情感上改善自己，又得承認(rèn)不怎么成功?？芍辽傥覀儾辉偃萑摊?cè)私d于籠中，當(dāng)眾鞭撻，以及其他許多過去普遍存在的野蠻行徑。監(jiān)獄也不再是過去那種令人窒息的禁錮之地，社會(huì)福利制度在全世界許多地方推行。在財(cái)富公平分配上也作了很大的努力。這些變化的出現(xiàn)不是因?yàn)槿送蝗桓纳?，而是在改變法律上?/p>

36、取了積極的步驟。如果我們禁止危險(xiǎn)的暴力體育項(xiàng)目，那么我們?cè)诟纳迫祟惙矫嬗智斑M(jìn)了一步。我們會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)暴力是人類的墮落和卑下（人類不應(yīng)有的）。從這段來看，作者對(duì)人類還抱有希望，不是很蔑視。所以選A項(xiàng)。2.A.   法律應(yīng)禁止墮落而又危險(xiǎn)的體育項(xiàng)目。見第一題注釋。作者從古羅馬人欣賞殘忍的體育項(xiàng)目說起，點(diǎn)出現(xiàn)代人也是嗜血成性，喜歡暴力體育項(xiàng)目。這是不文明，是墮落。必須制止，而法律是我們社會(huì)改革最強(qiáng)大的工具，它可應(yīng)用，發(fā)揮強(qiáng)大的文明影響（第三段倒數(shù)第三句）B. 人們?cè)敢庵Ц毒薮罂铐?xiàng)來觀看暴力。這是作者說明“嗜血成性”的具體內(nèi)容之一。C. 對(duì)比對(duì)危險(xiǎn)體育項(xiàng)目不同的態(tài)度。這里沒有對(duì)比。D.人類嗜血成性

37、。這是作者認(rèn)為人們?yōu)槭裁葱蕾p危險(xiǎn)殘忍體育項(xiàng)目的根源。3.D.  人們?cè)隗w育上習(xí)慣于“嗜血成性”，過去是，現(xiàn)在仍然是，不同點(diǎn)只是前者坦直承認(rèn)，后者婉轉(zhuǎn)掩飾。見第一題注釋。A. 把古羅馬人和現(xiàn)代人對(duì)比。這項(xiàng)沒有說明對(duì)比什么。B. 給出一個(gè)例子。太抽象。C. 說明過去人類不太知道更美好的東西，這兩項(xiàng)都沒有到位。4.B.  5個(gè)。作者提到逗熊游戲；斗牛；車賽；拳擊；人獅斗。至于當(dāng)眾鞭撻和絞刑不能稱作體育活動(dòng)。5.A.  通過制止野蠻體育項(xiàng)目，我們能改善人類自身。這在第三段講的最透徹，見第一題和第二題注釋。B. 通過制止野蠻體育活動(dòng)，我們能改善法律，不完全對(duì)。作者明確指出要

38、用法律來禁止野蠻體育項(xiàng)目。C. 我們必須采取積極步驟來改善社會(huì)福利體制。D. 去表明法律是社會(huì)變革的主要工具。閱讀理解An Australian company, Smart Car Technologies, has developed a system that lets drivers know when theyre speeding. When the technology becomes commercially available, it could help lead-footed drivers avoid tickets and also save lives. The c

39、ompany that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in their automobile fleets.The product, called Speed Alert, links real-time location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS to a database of posted speed limits stored in a drivers

40、 PDA or programmable mobile phone. The setup of the product does not need to be hooked up to a cars speedometer. In fact, it is entirely portable. It will also work with newer phones and PDAs that have built-in GPS receivers. If a driver exceeds the speed limit, the speed is shown and an alert sound

41、s.Michael Paine, an Australian vehicle design engineer and traffic safety consultant, was hired to analyze the product. He told Live Science that his colleagues in the road safety field are “very enthusiastic” about what theyre now calling “intelligent speed alert.” Other research, according to Pain

42、e, shows that 40 percent of all traffic deaths involve speeding. There is also a potentially controversial future use: “Since the system is so portable, it would be easy to make it a requirement for teenage drivers to always use a speed alert device when driving,” Paine said. “The system even has the capability to record speeding violations, so parents can monitor their teena