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2014高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解精英定時(shí)練習(xí)題（10）及答案閱讀理解 -a 篇fading beauty she is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. but, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the mona lisa. the health of the famous picture, painted by leonardo da vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the louvre museum(盧浮宮博物館) where it is housed. “the thin, wooden panel on which the mona lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. visitors have noticed changes but repairing the worlds most famous painting is not easy. experts are not sure about the materials the italian artist used and their current chemical state(化學(xué)狀態(tài)). nearly 6 million people go to see the mona lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “it is very interesting that when youre not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said professor margaret livingstone of harvard university. “its because direct vision (視覺(jué)) is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. da vinci painted the smile in shadows.” however, the actual history of the mona lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. da vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to frances king francis i in 1519. in 1911, the painting was stolen from the louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. he said he panned to return it to italy. the painting was sent back to france two years later. during world war ii, french hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of german forces. like many old ladies, the mona lisa has some interesting stories to tell.46. what does the writer mean by “time is catching up with the mona lisa”? a. the painting woman is not so beautiful any more. b. ageing is something that affects us all. c. the painting needs repairing. d. at such an old age, she is no longer popular.47. what makes the repair work difficult? a. the wooden panel is thin and old. b. no one knows exactly what materials were used to create the painting and how it might respond to treatment. c. the health of the painting is suffering. d. experts cant agree on how to carry out repairs.48. what makes her so mysterious according to professor livingston? a. the materials the italian artist used. b. the way she smiles. c. the way da vinci painted the smile. d. it plays a trick upon the human eyes參考答案4648、cbc 閱讀理解a famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. he began his lesson by holding up a ￥100 bill. then he said to the three hundred students, “who would like this ￥100 bill?” the students began to put up their hands at once.then he said, “i am going to give this ￥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” he then made the bill into a ball. then he said, “who wants it now?” the hands went back into the air.“well,” he said, “what if i do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. he picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “who still wants it?” hands went back into the air.“my friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. no matter what i did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value. it was still worth ￥ l00!”many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. we feel as if we are worth nothing. but remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. your value doesnt come from what you do or whom you know, but who you are.you are special and valuable. dont ever forget it!54. even though it was dirty， the money _.a. still went up in valueb. was worth nothingc. didnt go down in valued. was still ours55. we are always valuable to the people _.a. who pay usb. who call usc. who hate usd. who love us56. the sentence “hands went back into the air” means “_”.a. the students put up their hands again b. the students put down their handsc. the students put their hands behind their backs againd. the students put their hands in front of them57. why did the famous teacher use a ￥100 bill at his lesson?a. because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.b. because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.c. because he was going to give the bill to one of his students.d. because he wanted to make the students know what value was.參考答案-54-57 cdad happy birthdaythe china national opera (cno) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday .different generations of cno vocalists , like li guangxi , yao hong and ma mei , will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous chinese operas like “the white-haired girl” and “the hundredth bride”, as well as , arias of such western opera classics as “madame butterfly”, “l(fā)a traviata” and “rigoletto”.time/ date: 7:30 pm , september 7, 8location : tianqiao theatre tel : 6551-4787, 8315-6170tickets : 60500 yuan (us $7.2 60.2)folk musica concert will be held to feature some recently composed traditional chinese music works .the concert , given by the folk orchestra of the china opera and ballet theatre , will include such pieces as “memory of childhood ”, “memorial ceremony for god ”and “wine song”.time/date: 7:30pm, september 13 location: concert hall at the national library of china tel: 6848 5462, 6841-9220tickets: 30-200 yuan (us$3.6-24.1)moon musica concert of traditional chinese music will be given on the eve of the moon festival which falls on september 21st this year.the concert will feature a number of famous pieces centred on the theme of the moon, such as “moonlight”, “spring night on a moonlit river” and “l(fā)ofty mountain and flowing river.”a number of established traditional chinese music performers like zhou yaokun and fan weiqing, will play solos as well as collaborate with the folk music orchestra.time / date: 7:30 pm, september 21st location: grand theatre of the cultural palace of nationalities tel: 66068888, 6606999958if you want to buy tickets for listening to the music “memory of childhood”, you will dial _.a65514787b68485462c83156170d6606999959which statement is right according to the passage?ali guangxi, yao hong and ma mei stand for the same generation of cno vocalists.b“rigoletto” is a famous piece on the theme of the moon.c“l(fā)ofty mountain and flowing river” is a traditional chinese music.dzhou yaokun will play solos and fan weiqing will collaborate with the folk music orchestra.60“madame butterfly” is .aa chinese opera ba western opera c a piece of music da song61in which column of a newspaper will the article be published?aentertainment. bpeople. cculture. dsports.參考答案-58-61 bcba閱讀理解-b篇hundreds of years ago, a roman army came north from england to make war on scotland. the scots, a brave people, love their country. they fought hard to drive the enemy out of scotland. but there were too many of the romans. it looked as if the romans would win.one night, the leader of the scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. “we will rest here tonight, my men,” he said, “tomorrow we will fight one more battle. we must win, or we will die.”they were all very tired. so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. there were four guards on duty, but they were very tired, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.the romans were not asleep. quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. slowly they went up the hill. closer they came to the sleeping scots. they were almost at the top. a few minutes more the war would be over. suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle (薊). he cried out and his sudden cry woke the scots. in a minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle. the fighting was hard, but it did not last long. the scots wiped out the romans and saved scotland. the thistle is not a beautiful plant. it has sharp needles all over it. few people liked it. but the people of scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower. 49. hundreds of years ago, the romans _ .a. came from the north through england to make war on scotlandb. came to the north scotland from england to make war on scotlandc. came from the north of england to fight the scots d. came to the north from the south of britain to fight the scots50. at the shout of a roman soldier, all the scots who were asleep at the hill _ .a. began to fight the romans hardb. stood up without putting on their shoes and began to fightc. woke and rose immediately, ready to fightd. put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to fight 51. the result of the war is that _ .a. the romans killed all the scotsb. the scots were defeated c. the scots were driven out of scotland d. the scots defeated the romans 52. the scots made thistle their national flower because thistle _ .a. is lovely, though not beautifulb. gave them happiness c. is a kind of useful plantd. helped the scots in wiping out the romans參考答案49-52、bcdda the original plans for the park were on 8 acres next to the burbank studios where his employees and families could go to relax. although, world war ii put those plans on hold. during the war, disney had time to come up with new ideas, and creations for his magical park. it was soon clear that 8 acres wouldnt be enough. finally in 1953, he had the stanford research institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of los angeles. he needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called disneyland. the search for the best venue for the park ended in the rural anaheim, california with a purchase of a 160-acre orange grove near the junction of the santa ana freeway (i-5) and harbor boulevard.construction for disneyland began on july 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to open. some 160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park. however, when the real designing came around, disney met with inevitable questions. how do you make believable wild animals, that arent real? how do you make a mississippi paddle ship? how do you go about building a huge castle in the middle of anaheim, california? disney asked his movie studio staff for answers. the design of disneyland was something never done before. there would be four uniquely different theme parts: adventureland, frontierland, fantasyland tomorrow land. bit by bit, disneyland got ready for opening day. the staff worked around the clock to get ready. but opening day was a terrible disaster. besides the terrible opening day conditions, the park did eventually pick up. by 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 million visitors had come through the gates.36. the passage is mainly about_. a. how disneyland came into being b. the difficulties disney met in building disneyland c. what visitors can enjoy in disneyland. d. a brief introduction to disneyland37. which of the following dates would probably be the opening date of disneyland? a. 1953 b. 1954 c. 1955 d. 196538. which of the following statements is not true? a. world war ii had some influence on the building plan of the disneyland. b. disney must have met many difficulties in building disneyland. c. disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity. d. about 50 million visitors have visited disneyland so far.39. the underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _. a. collect b. improve c. find d. open參考答案-a. acdb today, friday, november 12 jazz with the mike thomas jazz band at the derby arms. upper richmond road west, sheen. disco satin sounds disco. free at the lord napier, mort lake high st., from 8a. m. to 8p. m. tel: 6821158. saturday, november 13 jazz lysis at the bulls head, barnes. admission 60p. musical hall at the star and garter, lower richmond road, putney, provided by the aba daba music hal