3年高考2年模擬2014屆高三英語(yǔ)二輪突破 閱讀理解特訓(xùn)43含解析

1、閱讀理解特訓(xùn)：3真2模含解析2014屆高三英語(yǔ)二輪突破43閱讀理解 (共20小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分40分)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。ADear Rudyard Kipling,Father has consistently tried to instill(灌輸) a sense of being a man in me ever since I was very young. When I reached the age of twelve he began taking me to his auto body shop. He to

2、ld me this tough job would build me into a man of character. But this all changed a year ago when my mother passed away and stumbled upon your poem, If.My mother was the person who could understand me. If I ever got tired during my work hours at the shop I could call her to come and pick me up. It w

3、as my mother who instilled the love of literature and languages in me. My mother spoke six languages fluently and had thousands of books, which still sit in the attic of our house. It was in this “l(fā)ibrary” of hers that I picked up a book of poetry from a cold metal shelf and found your poem, If. Bec

4、ause of the death of my mother I felt alone, as if I belonged to no family. The image of a man was completely shattered when I saw him break down and cry, which looked so pathetic（凄慘的）and “unmanly” compared to his usual stoic（禁欲主義者）and emotionless countenance. Yet I remained silent remembering the g

5、olden words: “If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you youll be a Man, my son!”If reminded me to remain calm and “keep my head” because I wanted to be a man and wanted to be the one supporting my family. I sacrificed my ability to compete in a winter spor

6、t so that I could stay home and cook for my family and clean the house. My father saw this and our relationship has grown much stronger. He finally respected me for who I was and told me he was proud to have a man for his son. Through this poem, I realize that to be a man is not about putting weight

7、s on a barbell（杠鈴）but rather putting the weight of others on your back. Your poem was so much more than just a simple list of guidelines or morals that some see it as; it really changed my life and my relationship with my dad. 41. According to the passage, what kind of person does the authors father

8、 expect him to be?A. A person who will shoulder responsibilities.B. A person who knows how to earn a lot of money.C. A person who knows how to do housework.D. A person who respects his parents.【答案】A 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Father has consistently tried to instill(灌輸) a sense of being a man in me ever since I wa

9、s very young.作者的父親想要他成為一個(gè)真正的能肩負(fù)起責(zé)任的男人，故選A。42. Who does the underlined word “him” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. the character in the poem B. the authors fatherC. the author D. an unknown person【答案】C【解析】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)The image of a man was completely shattered when I saw him break down and cry,可知這里指的是作者自己，是作者痛

10、苦，因?yàn)樽约旱哪赣H去世，故選C。43. According to the passage, a man in the authors mind would have the following qualities EXCEPT _.A. responsible B. calm C. caring D. enthusiastic 【答案】D【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。responsible有責(zé)任心的； calm鎮(zhèn)靜的； caring愛(ài)心，有同情心的； enthusiastic熱情的。根據(jù)because I wanted to be a man and wanted to be the one suppo

11、rting my family. 作者認(rèn)為人要有責(zé)任心；If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you youll be a Man, my son 這里作者引用母親的話(huà)來(lái)說(shuō)明人在遇到事情時(shí)要鎮(zhèn)靜；要If I ever got tired during my work hours at the shop I could call her to come and pick me up.作者認(rèn)為要有愛(ài)心；只有選項(xiàng)D的熱情沒(méi)有提到，故選D。44. We can learn fr

12、om the passage that _. A. the poem has helped to improve the relationship between the author and his fatherB. the author would not know how to help his family without the poemC. the authors father must have read the poem as wellD. the authors mother had told him about this poem before 【答案】A【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題

13、。根據(jù)Your poem was so much more than just a simple list of guidelines or morals that some see it as; it really changed my life and my relationship with my dad.那首詩(shī)幫助改善了作者和父親的關(guān)系，故選A。45. The author has written this letter to _.A. share with Rudyard Kipling his sadness resulting from the death of his moth

14、er B. show his appreciation for the positive influence the poem has brought to himC. share his opinion on the poemD. tell Rudyard Kipling how he got the poem 【答案】B Ks5u【解析】作者意圖題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容可知作者想讓我們知道那首詩(shī)帶給他的積極的影響。BThis is an old tale. Its the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew

15、down a house made of straw and one made of sticks. The only house left standing was the one made of bricks. Now there is new evidence to suggest that houses built with bales of straw can be very strong. They are also environmental. Pete Walker is a professor at the University of Bath in Britain. He

16、and a team of researchers there have built a house made out of straw bales and hemp material. During the next twelve months the team will study the effectiveness of these materials in home building. Professor Walker says there are many good reasons for using straw. Professor Walker says that one of

17、the benefits is that its a relatively inexpensively renewable material thats readily available. According to Professor Walker, straw takes in carbon dioxide as it grows. So it can be seen as having no harmful effects on the environment. He says straw helps the environment in other ways. Professor Wa

18、lker: “The straw bale walls are relatively thick and so all that straw provides very good thermal(of heat) insulation. So we make buildings that require very little heating in the winter or indeed very little cooling in the summer. So they require very little additional energy.” Professor Walker say

19、s this reduces home operating expenses. It also reduces the effect on the environment. He says the current interest in straw bale houses is a direct response to the problem of climate change. David Lanfear owns an eco-friendly home building service in the United States called Bale on Bale Constructi

20、on. He says he laughed when some friends first told him about houses built of straw. But after doing his own research, he learned that building with straw bales made a lot of sense. He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely acce

21、pted. To build the houses, he fills a wood frame with tightly packed bales of straw. Next he coats the walls inside and out with layers of clay plaster. He says the common ideas about straw houses continue, including stories about the threat of fire. Mr. Lanfear says straw bale houses have done well

22、 when tested for fire resistance. And he says his builders use the same building methods as traditional builders to keep out rain. David Lanfear: “We use what we call good shoes and a good hat, and that would be a solid foundation and a really good roof.”46. The function of the story in the first pa

23、ragraph is to _.A. amuse the readersB. introduce the topic of this passage C. help the readers to recall their childhood memoryD. remind the readers that bricks are no longer the best choice for building 【答案】B【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)用這個(gè)寓言故事來(lái)引出下文，因?yàn)樗鼈冇邢嗤幎际菙⑹龅姆孔拥膯?wèn)題，故選B。47. Which of the following words is closes

24、t in meaning to the underlined word “insulation” in paragraph six? A. protection B. condition C. transmission D. expansion 【答案】A【解析】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)The straw bale walls are relatively thick及So we make buildings that require very little heating in the winter or indeed very little cooling in the summer.可以猜出厚厚

25、的草起保護(hù)的作用，故選A。48. Whats David Lanfears attitude towards the straw houses at last?A. Doubtful B. Approving C. Defensive D. Negative 【答案】B【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely accepted. 最后David Lanfear是同意接受了用草做成的房子的

26、。故選B。49. Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the house built with straw bales?A. It is environmentally friendly.B. The supply of its building materials is easily guaranteed.C. It is comparatively economical.D. It is free from fires.【答案】D【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)So it can be seen as having no harmful e

27、ffects on the environment.這種房子是環(huán)保的，選項(xiàng)A符合原文；thats readily available.這些草是可以再生的，更新快，所以房子的原料是可以保證的，選項(xiàng)B符合原文；its a relatively inexpensively renewable material thats readily available. 這種房子是經(jīng)濟(jì)適用，花費(fèi)不多，選項(xiàng)C符合原文；以上都是草屋的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，只有選項(xiàng)D沒(méi)有提到，故選D。50. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Professo

28、r Walker is still not very sure about whether the straw bales and hemp material are as useful as they expect.B. According to Professor Walker, climate change contributes to peoples present attention to straw bale houses. C. Peoples idea about the straw houses remains the same.D. The straw bale house

29、 built by David Lanfear share the same method to keep out rain as the traditional ones. 【答案】C【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the common ideas about straw houses continue, including stories about the threat of fire.人們的對(duì)于草房子的觀(guān)點(diǎn)不可能完全一致，故選C。CThis is our country, America. The country where everyone is supposed to have a sho

30、t at financial success. The country of dreams and ambition. Yet, caused by the endless pursuit of individual profit, our country is a mess. And we owe it all to capitalism. We live in a society where people are forced to live without health coverage. A country where the poor can hardly feed themselv

31、es while the rich decide which one of their 10 homes to stay at for the night. All of these sad things arise out of capitalism. Sadly, our country values little more than money. It motivates our decisions and even influences entire political parties. We have gotten to the point in society where a hu

32、man life comes secondary to our financial security. Any rational society would value life above all else and realize that health is a basic human right. Yet in our world, money comes first.I never once have claimed to be an economist and have no interest in debating the financial advantages of any e

33、conomic system. Yet socialism surely looks better than what we have. If we lived in a socialist society, we would be a country without such an unfair wealth distribution. We would value friendship over business and we would treat one another as humans. Most importantly, however, is that money would

34、stop controlling our lives and we could act how humans should act. Capitalism has created an “every man for himself” existence. Everything is a battle for limited resources and fuels. We have become so accustomed to the life value that we will do whatever we have to look out for ourselves. Yet is th

35、is really the kind of life we want?We have become so illusioned. We are tired of the misdirection. All economic systems have their issues, but I feel like ours is turning our country into something it shouldnt be. The good of man falls secondary to money. In our world, it is all about dollars and ce

36、nts, which, unfortunately for most, makes no sense.51. In the authors opinion, the root cause of the present situation in his country is _.A. money B. peoples value C. social unfairness D. social system【答案】D 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)we owe it all to capitalism所有的一切都是因?yàn)槭琴Y本主義社會(huì)，也就是他們國(guó)家的制度，故選D。52. According to the

37、passage, which is NOT the characteristic of capitalism?A. individualism B. endless pursuit of wealth C. humanism D. great gap between the rich and the poor 【答案】C【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。individualism個(gè)人利己主義； endless pursuit of wealth 無(wú)休止追求財(cái)富；humanism 人道主義；great gap between the rich and the poor富人和窮人的距離拉大；根據(jù)Capitali

38、sm has created an “every man for himself” existence.利己主義；caused by the endless pursuit of individual profit, 無(wú)休止追求財(cái)富；If we lived in a socialist society, we would be a country without such an unfair wealth distribution. 財(cái)富分配不均；這些都是資本主義的特征，只有人道主義是社會(huì)主義的特征，故選C。53. How does the author feel about his coun

39、try?A. concerned B. angry C. skeptical D. hopeless 【答案】A Ks5u【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。concerned關(guān)心的； angry生氣的； skeptical 懷疑的； hopeless絕望的。根據(jù)Yet is this really the kind of life we want? I feel like ours is turning our country into something it shouldnt be.這里顯示出作者很關(guān)心自己的國(guó)家，故選A。54. Which of the following would the auth

40、or agree with?A. Life should be placed at the top of our considerations.B. Socialism is perfect.C. Health is equally important as wealth.D. The pursuit for wealth should be restricted. 【答案】A Ks5u【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Any rational society would value life above all else 及The good of man falls secondary to mone

41、y.作者同意錢(qián)放在第二位，生命放在第一位，故選A。55. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. How to Save America B. Capitalism Is in TroubleC. Why Is America in Trouble D. America Is in Trouble 【答案】C【解析】標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)本文的內(nèi)容敘述了美國(guó)為什么處于困境之中，故選C。DA lot of interesting things have happened in the past several m

42、onths as people from all walks of life learn how to stretch their money. A lot of changes have been accelerated by the fuel shocks during the summer of 2008; in a lot of ways we seem to be reverting to the frugal(economical) sensibilities of a past generation. More people are choosing to be more pic

43、ky when they swipe their credit cards even if that means not buying things until they have money in their bank accounts, the days of the $0-down mortgage(抵押貸款)seem to be murdered, and there is a lot more acceptance of environmentally-friendly technologies that promise to reduce our overall dependenc

44、y on foreign oil even if it means taking a hit to the excesses that used to define our quality of living.An interesting new trend being taken by small businesses is the practice of offering discounted prices to customers willing to pay in cash. This is not the same as paying “under the table”-rather

45、, the store saves its merchant processing fees and passes those savings on to the customers. The idea is a good one in principle-paying in cash forces consumers to take stock of what they are spending as much as it saves stores from transaction(交易) fees. Of course there are drawbacks to the plan. Wh

46、en people pay in cash, they tend to be more conservative with their spending since they tangibly(really) feel their money leave their possession. That will cause stores to lose profits because customers will think twice before buying highmargin “impulse” products at checkout whereas before they migh

47、t not have thought twice before charging it. Increased volume of cash handling opens stores to loss through employee theft at the till(抽屜), not to mention controls that need to be put into place to count and deposit physical currency.Our family has saved a fortune by switching to cash. When getting

48、to the bottom of your change jar means no more purchase power until your next pay period, you really start to appreciate the fine art of merchandising(做買(mǎi)賣(mài)) and the expertise applied to make you want to buy more and more. Cold hard cash feels more organic, and helps us to appreciate the effort it tak

49、es to maintain our lifestyle.56. From the passage, we can learn that _.A. customers are in a more favorable position by paying in cash.B. people will not be allowed to use their credit cards if there is no money in their bank account. C. people have adjusted their way of living to the new situation.

50、D. people are living better than before by paying in cash.【答案】C 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容可知出現(xiàn)了新的現(xiàn)象時(shí)，人們會(huì)慢慢地去適應(yīng)，故選C。57. By saying “people from all walks of life learn how to stretch their money”, the author means that _. A. people walk to work in order to save money.B. people of all professions learn to make the best use of their money.C. people of the whole society learn to earn more money.D. all pe