蘇州市0英語閱讀理解、完形填空及閱讀類訓(xùn)練（答案及解析）

學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精蘇州市2014高考英語閱讀理解、完形填空及閱讀類訓(xùn)練（1）（答案及解析)閱讀理解A TheEarth’saxis（軸）isanimaginarylinethatrunsthroughthemiddleoftheEarthfromtheNorthPoletotheSouthPole.Theaxisoftheearthistilted（傾斜)about23。5degrees。Thistiltoftheearthresultsinourseasons。 InJune,theNorthernHemisphere(半球）istiltedtowardthesun,sothepeopleintheNorthernHemispherehavelongerandwarmerdays。ThedaysareshorterandcolderintheSouthernHemisphereinJune,becausetheEarthistiltedawayfromthesun。ThedaysstartgettingshorterintheNorthernHemisphereandlongerintheSouthernHemisphereafteraboutJune21。ThisisthefirstdayofsummerintheNorthernHemisphereandthefirstdayofwinterinthesouthernhemisphere。Daytimelastsexactlyaslongasnighttimeonthefirstdayofautumn（aboutSeptember21）andthefirstdayofspring(aboutMarch21）.ThefirstdayofwinterintheNorthernHemisphere，usuallyDecember21，istheshortestdayoftheyearintheNorthernHemisphereandthelongestdayoftheyearintheSouthernHemisphere. Thedaysarelongerinsummerandshorterinwinterthefurtheryoumovefromtheequator。It’sgenerallydarkonasummernightinFloridaby8:30p.m。,butinVermont,therewillstillbesomelightat10：00p.m。=4\＊GB3④Thesituationisreversedinwinter,wherethesunwillgodownin3。Accordingtothepassage,wecaninferthat。A.intheNorthernHemisphere,themorenorthern，thelongerdaytimeinsummerB。intheSouthernHemisphere,themorenorthern，theshorterdaytimeinwinterC.FloridaisfurthertotheequatorthanVermontD。InChina,Changchun'sdaytimeinwinterislongerthanthatofGuangzhou4。NorthernAlaskagetsthename“LandoftheMidnightSun”because________。A.itisalwaysdaytimeduringthesummermonthsB.itislocatedinthecenteroftheEarthC。itislocatedontheequatoroftheEarthD.onlyatmidnightcanpeoplethereseethesun5.IfwewanttomakescienceresearchinAntarctica,wemaychoosethefollowingmonthsEXCEPT_______.A.DecemberB。JanuaryC。FebruaryD.JunenorthernAlaskaneverseesthesunwhileitcontinuestolighttheskyatnightinAntarctica?？芍?月，南極出現(xiàn)夜長,晝短甚至極夜的狀況。因此，6月去南極考查是不合適的。****＊*＊*＊＊＊＊＊＊***＊**＊＊**＊＊＊*＊＊*＊***＊＊*********＊***結(jié)束Passage*＊＊Onceuponatime,twobrotherswholivedonadjoining（相鄰）farmsfellintoconflict。Itwasthefirstseriousconflictin40yearsoffarming31.Itbeganwithasmallmisunderstandingand32intoamajordifference，andfinallyexplodedintoanexchangeofbitterwordsfollowedbyweeksof33.Onemorning，therewasa34ontheelderbrother’sdoor.Acarpenterwaslookingforafewdays'work.“Perhapsyouwouldhaveafewsmall35hereandtherethatIcouldhelpwith."saidthecarpenter.“Yes,”saidtheelderbrother?！癐dohaveajobforyou.36thecreekatthatfarm。Thatismyyoungerbrother's!Lastweektherewasameadow（草地）betweenus，37hetookhisbulldozer（推土機(jī)）anddugasmall38betweenus.Well,hemayhavedonethisto39me，butI’lldohimonebetter。Iwantyouto40meafence--—an8—foot-fence—-—betweenus,soIwon’tneedto41hisplaceorhisfaceanymore.”Thecarpentersaid,“IthinkIunderstandthe42.“ShowmethenailsandshovelandI'llbeabletodoajobthat43you.”Thentheelderbrotherwenttotownforsuppliesandthecarpenterworkedhardallthatday.Ataboutsunsetwhentheelderbrother44,thecarpenterhadjustfinishedhisjob.Theelderbrother’seyesopenedwide。Therewasno45thereatall.Itwasabridge——-abridge46fromonesideofthecreektotheother！Andhisyoungerbrotherwascomingtowardthem,his47outstretched?！癥ouarequitetheguyto48mespeaktomybrotheragain?！盩hetwobrothersstoodateach49ofthebridge，andthentheymetinthemiddle，50eachother'shands.Thecarpenterthenleft,addingthathewouldhavemanymorebridgestobuild。31.A。littlebylittle B。sidebyside C。daybyday D。Shoulderbyshoulder32。A。increased B.grew C。raised D。produced33。A。silence B。frights C。arguments D。debates34.A.knock B.strike C。beat D.hit35.A.jobs B.events C.cases D.matters36。A.Lookthrough B。Lookinto C.Lookacross D。Lookforwardto37.A.and B。but C。yet D。however38.A。bridge B.river C。fence D。meadow39。A。frighten B。confuse C。worry D。trouble40.A.design B。create C。build D.sketch41.A.see B。watch C。look D。observe42.A。situation B.position C.location D。destination43。Apleases B。interests C.amazes D。interrupts44。A.left B。returned C.departed D.changed45.A.bridge B。creek C.fence D.meadow46。A.stretching B。spreading C.distributing D。enlarging47.A.face B。hands C。body D.legs48。A.cause B。get C。force D.make49。A。bottom B。top C。side D.end50.A.shaking B.finding C.touching D。feeling參考答案31。B32.B33。A34。A35.A36.C37。B38。B39.D40。C41。A42。A43.A44。B45。C46。A47。B48.D49.D50。A***＊***＊****＊＊*＊＊**＊****＊**＊******結(jié)束Thecampaignisover。Thecelebrationshaveended.AndtheworkforUSpresident—electBarackObamahasbegun。The47—year—oldpoliticianrosetothehighestpostbecauseofhisstandagainstthewarinIraqandhisplanstofixaweakeconomy.Butwhatwillthefirst47—year—oldAfrican—Americanpresidentdoforracerelations?Obama’svictoryappearstohavegivenblacksandotherminoritiesatruenationalrolemodel。Foryears，manylookedtoathletesandmusiciansforinspiration。AsDariusTurner,anAfrican-AmericanhighschoolstudentinLosAngeles，toldtheLosAngelesTimes，“Kobedoesn’thavetobeeverybody’srolemodelanymore."Recentpolls（民意測驗）alsosuggestthatObama’svictoryhasgivenAmericansnewoptimismaboutracerelations。Forexample,aUSATodaypollfoundthattwo-thirdsofAmericansbelieverelationsbetweenblacksandwhites“willfinallybeworkedout”。Thisisthemosthopefulresponsesincethequestionwasfirstaskedduringthecivilrightsrevolutionin1963。However，it'sstilltooearlytotellwhetherObama’spresidencywillbegintosolvemanyofthesocialproblemsfacinglow-incomeblackcommunities。Althoughblacksmakeuponly13percentoftheUSpopulation,55percentofallprisonersareAfrican—American.SuchnumberscanbeblamedonanynumberoffactorsonAmerica’sracistpast,afailureofgovernmentpolicyandthecollapse（瓦解）ofthefamilyunitinblackcommunities.ItisunlikelythatObamawillbeabletoreverse（扭轉(zhuǎn))suchtrendsovernight。However，BillBank,anexpertofAfrican—AmericanStudies，saysthateventuallyyoungblacksneedtofindrolemodelsintheirowncommunities.“That’snotMartinLutherKing,andnotBarackObama，"hetoldtheLosAngelesTimes?！癐t’sactuallythepeopleclosesttothem。Barackonlyhassomuchinfluence.”IntheopinionofblackBritishpoliticianTrevorPhillips，Obama'srisewillcontributemoretomulticulturalismthantoracerelationsintheUS。“WhentheG8meets，thefourmostimportantpeopleintheroomwillbethepresidentofChina,theprimeministerofIndia,theprimeministerofJapanandBarakObama,”hetoldLondon'sTheTimesnewspaper.“Itwillbethefirsttimewe'veseenthatonourtelevisionscreens。Thatwillbeahugepsychologicalshift(心理轉(zhuǎn)變)forboththewhitepeopleandthecoloredonesintheworld?！?7.Foryears,beforeObamawaselectedpresidentoftheUS，__________.A.KobewastheonlyrolemodelforalltheblacksB。blackscouldonlyfindrolemodelsonthebasketballcourtC。minoritiesinAmericacouldn’tfindrolemodelsintheirreallifeD。Americanblackshadnorolemodelwhowassuccessfulinpoliticalarea48。AccordingtoBillBank,____________。A.it’sbetterforyoungblackstofindrolemodelsinthosewhoareclosetothemB.youngblacksshouldnotbesomuchinfluencedbyObamaC。blacksshouldfindotherrolemodelsbecauseObamaisfarfromtheirrealityD.ObamaisnottheproperrolemodelforAfrican-Americans49.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthispassage?A。TheFirstAfrican—AmericanPresidentB。America'sNewRoleModelC.Obama--ASuccessfulBlack。D.ChoosingaRightRoleModel50.WhatwillbethehugepsychologicalshiftTrevormentionedattheendofthepassage?A.TheotherthreeleadersallsupportObama。B。ObamaisanAfrican—Americanpresident.C。Noneofthefourleadersiswhite。D.TheotherthreeleadersexceptObamaarefromAsiancountries。參考答案---————----—D.DABC＊＊*＊*＊*＊**＊**＊*＊*＊*＊＊＊**＊＊*＊***＊＊＊＊**＊＊*＊＊＊＊＊***＊＊**結(jié)束A However,thisillegalsharingofmusic-aformofmusicpiracy-isdoingharmtothemusicindustry。IndustryexpertsestimatethatUS＄4。3billioninworldwidesaleswaslosttomusicpiracylastyear.Theselostprofitscouldforcerecordcompaniestostopproducingthemusicofmanypopularartists.Thatwouldhurtbothmusiciansandmusicfansalike。 Musicproducersarepuzzledabouthowtofightmusicpiracy.Theireffortstofightpiracyusingthelawhavehadonlylimitedsuccess.ThemusicindustrydidwinalegalvictoryagainstNapster，afamousmusicwebsite。ThecourtsorderedNapstertostopgivingawaycopyrightedmusicfromtheirsite。Butanumberofothermusic-sharingnetworkshavesprungupinitsplace。 Thesenewnetworksaremadeupofthousands，orevenmillions，ofindividuals.UnlikeNapster，there’snoonecompanycontrollingthedistribution（發(fā)行）ofmusicovereachnetwork.Soit’snearlyimpossibletostoptheillegalactivities. Nowpeopleinthemusicindustryhavedecidedthat“ifyoucan'tbeatthem，jointhem”。They'vebeguntoofferlegalalternativestoonlinemusicpiracy.MajormusicproducershavegivencompanieslikeAppleComputerpermissiontoselltheirmusiconline。Apple’siTuneMusicStoreallowscomputeruserstolegallydownloadanysongfor99cents. Willthesenewmeasuressavethemusicindustryfrompiracy？Thatdependsonwhethermusicfansarewillingtopay99centsforasongthattheycandownloadillegallyforfree.Unfortunately，manypeoplebelievermusicshouldbefree。Themusicindustry,however，hopestopersuadethesemusicfanstochangetheirtune.56。Thesetextiswrittento_________。 A.discussmusicpiracyontheInternet B。introducethepopularityofonlinemusic C.persuademusicfanstogiveupdownloadingmusic D.protectcopyrightedmusicfrombeingdownloadedillegally57.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue？ A.Someonlinefile-sharingservicesareresponsibleformusicpiracy。 B。Napster,afamousmusicwebsite,brokedownbecauseofitspiracy. C。Therehavebeennoperfectmeasurestoputanendtopiracy. D.LegalsharingofmusicisavailableatApple’siTuneMusicStore.58。Whichofthefollowingstatementswouldthewriteragreewith? A。Theonlyeffectivewaytofightmusicpiracyistostopitbylaw。 B.Musicloverswillbepersuadedtopayforonlinemusicintime. C.Itiscertainthatnoonewillbewillingtopayforonlinemusic。 D。Thereisalongwayformusicindustrytogoinfightingpiracy.參考答案———-————-—————A：ABD*＊＊＊*＊*＊****＊**＊*＊＊＊＊＊*＊****＊*＊*＊＊**＊*********＊＊＊*＊＊＊***＊＊＊＊結(jié)束Howoftendoyoutravelbyplane？Howmuchelectricitydoyouuse?Thesedayseveryoneisworriedaboutthesizeoftheircarbonfootprint．Inordertoreduceglobalwarmingweneedtomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller．ButhowmuchCO2areweresponsiblefor？AnewbookbyMikeBernersLee（aleadingexpertincarbonfootprint)mightbeabletohelp．HowBadareBananas？TheCarbonFootprintofEverythinglooksatthedifferentthingswedoandbuy,andcalculatestheamountofCO2allofthefollowingcreated：theingredients（=partsofamixture)，theelectricityusedinthebrewery，theequipment，thetravelandcommuting（交換）ofthebeer，andthepackaging．It’samazinghowmanydifferentthingsneedtobeincludedineachcalculation．Andit’sfrighteninghowmuchcarbondioxideeverythingproduces．Butallofthiscanhelpusdecidewhichbeertodrink．FromBerners-Lee'scalculations，it’sclearthatapint(568ml）oflocally—brewedbeerhasasmallercarbonfootprintthanabottleofimportedbeer．Thisisbecausetheimportedbeerhasbeentransportedfromfaraway，anditusesmorepackaging．Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2,buttheimportedbeerproduces900g!So，onepintoflocalbeerisbetterfortheenvironmentthanthreecansofcheapforeignlager（淡啤酒）fromthesupermarket．Berners-Leehasevencalculatedthecarbonfootprintofcyclingtowork．Nothingismoreenvironmentally-friendlythanridingabike,surely？Well,itdependsonwhatyou'vehadtoeatbefore．Torideabikeweneedenergyandforenergyweneedfood．Soifweeatabananaandthenrideakilometerandahalf，ourfootprintis65gofCO2．However，ifweeatbaconbeforethebikeride,it’s200g．Infact，bananasaregoodingeneralbecausetheydon’tneedpackaging,theycanbetransportedbyboatandtheygrowinnaturalsunlight．So,doesthismeanthatcyclingisbad