2020高考英語二輪閱讀理解35分鐘限時(shí)訓(xùn)練(4)

1、2020;2020高考英語二輪（閱讀理解）35分鐘限時(shí)訓(xùn)練（4）及答n .閱讀理解AWords： 568 難度系數(shù)： 建議用時(shí)：9分鐘If I could select a word that best describes the majority of American parents, that word would be guilt-ridden （內(nèi)疚的）.Howsad it is to see parents become the willing victims of the “give-me gam3 , only to discover that, no matter what

2、they do, it isn t enough.In the end, they are looked down for their lack of firmness and blamed whentheir spoiled children get into trouble.With this in mind, I shall first answer this question: What do parents owe their children ? ” And I shall start with what they don t owe them.Parents don t owe

3、their children every minute of their day and every ounce of their energy.They don t owe round-the-clockcar service, singing lessons,tennis lessons, an expensive car when they reach sixteen, or a trip to Europe when they graduate.I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a colle

4、ge education.If they can afford it, fine.But they need not feel guilty if they can t.If the children really want to go, they ll find a way.Here are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and eager who can t afford to pay. After children marry, their parents do not owe them a house or money

5、for the furniture.Theydo not have an obligation to baby-sit their grandchildren whenthe parents were on vacation.If they want to do it, it must be considered a favour, not an obligation.In my opinion, parents do not owe their children an inheritance, no matterhow much money they have.One of the sure

6、st ways to produce a loafer is to let children know that their future is assured.Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.One of their chief obligations is to give their children a sense of personal worth, for self-esteem is the basis of a good mental health.Parents ow

7、etheir children firm guidance and consistent discipline.Parents owe their children privacy and respect for their personal belongings.No child asks to be born.If you bring a life into the world, you owe the children something.And if you give him his due, he ll have something of value to pass along to

8、 your grandchildren.1. According to the author,.A. parents ought to send children to college as a dutyB. parents needn t feel guilty if they are unable to send their children to collegeC. if they sayNo , parents will surely make their children angryD. parents must support their children even after t

9、heir marriage解析：選B。第三段談到父母供孩子上大學(xué)的問題時(shí)認(rèn)為，But they needn t feelguilty if they can t.,說明他們?nèi)绻┎黄鸷⒆由洗髮W(xué)，不應(yīng)感到愧疚。2. The underlined word “l(fā)oafer most probably refers to.A. a poorly educated personB. a well educated personC. a hard-working personD. a lazy person解析：選D。培養(yǎng)懶漢最好的辦法，就是讓孩子們從小知道了他們的未來有保障。 loafer意為:“懶漢

10、”。3. The writer of this passage mainly wants to tell us.A. why children look down upon their parentsB. the difference between duties of the parents and the childrenC. over devotion to the children results in trouble for the parents themselvesD. children should depend on no one but themselves解析：選C。第一

11、段說明了主題，即父母為孩子們做出了犧牲，而得到的回報(bào)卻是 陷入了不斷的麻煩之中。4. The author s attitude towards the parents is.A. angryB. pitifulC disappointedD. satisfied解析：選B。作者通過描述父母為其孩子做出的種種犧牲，表達(dá)了作者對父母憐憫、 同情的態(tài)度。結(jié)束*DFor manyparents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border

12、 conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Whereis the line between what I control and what you do?Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starti

13、ng it. From the parents point of view, the onlycause of their fight is their adolescents complete unreasonableness. Andof course, the teens see it in exactly the sameway, except oppositely. Both feel trappedIn this article, I ll describe three no -win situations that commonly arise between teens and

14、 parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap.The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examplesinclude the color of t he teen s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child s failure to eat a good breakfastbefore school, or his tendenc

15、y to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn t matter what the topic is -politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an

16、 egg-the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority-someone who actually knows something - and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than

17、 th e other, they ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.67. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?A. Both can continue for generations.B. Both are about where to draw the line.C. Neither has any clear winner.D. Neither can be put t

18、o an end.68. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.C. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their pa

19、rents.69. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to.A. give orders to the otherB. know more than theotherD. get the other toC. gain respect from the other behave properly70. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?A. Causes for the parent-teen conflicts

20、.B. Examples of the parent-teen war.C. Future of the parent-teen relationship.D. Solutions for the parent-teen problems.67. B 68. A 69. C 70. D*結(jié)束It happened to me recently that I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views

21、of the current US President . The person I was talking to agreed with methat it was, in his words, “a wonderfully written book . However, he then proceeded to talk about Mr Obama in a way that suggested he had no idea of his background at all . I sensed that I was talking to a book liar .And it seem

22、s that he is not the only one . Clearly two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven t . In The Wld Book Day survey, DreamsFrom MyFather is at number 9. The survey lists top ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading . As Im not one to lie too often,

23、 I ll admit here and now that I haven t read the entire ten books. But I am pleased to say that I have read the book at number one, George Orwell s 1984. I think it s absolutely outstanding .Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to . This could be diff

24、icult if the conversation becamemore in-depth !The World Book Day survey also has some other interesting information in it . It shows that many people lie about having read classical works by Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens and so on. But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, they namedJK Rowling, Jilly Cooper, and Stephen King (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-one percent ofpeople asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishi