遼寧省大連市高考英語閱讀理解一輪專練

1、2015遼寧省大連市英語閱讀理解高考一輪專練（3）【四川省成都市2014屆高三英語摸底測試模擬試題（二）】-AIn this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stor

2、ies. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition which she won last year.As a writer, I know about winning contests and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher. I also know the pressure of

3、 trying to live up to a reputation created by previous masters. What if she doesnt win the contest again? Thats the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can be embodied in our children.An inspiration came last week when I asked her, “Dont you want to

4、win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she independently told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for cha

5、racters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.Staying back and givi

6、ng kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that

7、children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.31. Which of the statements will the author agree with? A. Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions. B. Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in. C. Children should be allowed freedom to gr

8、ow through experience. D. A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.32. Which of the following word can replace the underlined word “embodied” in paragraph 2? A. put B. expressed C. connected D. included33. Why did Rebecca want to enter this years writing contest? A. She

9、wanted to share her stories with readers. B. She was sure of winning with her mothers help. C. She believed she possessed real talent for writing. D. She had won a prize in the previous contest. 34. The author took great pains to improve her daughters stories because _. A. she wanted to help Rebecca

10、 realize her dreams of becoming a writer B. she was afraid Rebeccas imagination might run wild while writing C. she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much D. she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance 【參考答案】31-34 CBAD 【山東省棗莊市滕州一中2014高考英語二?！块喿x下列短文，從每題所

11、給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker(貼畫) for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a UK study said. Though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their

12、 vegetables, the idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Thats because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked, said Jane Wardle, a researcher at University College Lond

13、on who worked on the study. Verbal praise, such as “Brilliant! Youre a great vegetable taster”, did not work as well. The study found that when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable, it gradually changed their attitudes. The children w

14、ere also willing to eat more of the vegetableseither carrots, celery, cucumber, red pepper, cabbage or sugar snap peasin laboratory taste tests, the study said. Researchers randomly assigned (分派) 173 families to one of these groups. In one, parents used stickers to reward their children each time th

15、ey took a tiny sample of a disliked vegetable. A second group of parents used verbal praise. The third group, where Parents used no special vegetable-promoting methods, served as a “control”. Parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day for 12 days.

16、 Soon after, children in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetablesand were willing to eat more in the research lab, going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12-day experience. The turnaround(轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)) also seemed to last, with preschoolers in the stick

17、er group still willing to eat more of the once-disliked vegetable three months later. Why didnt the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents words may have seemed “insincere” to their children.61. The purpose of writing the passage is . A. to introduce a practical method of making children eat ve

18、getablesB. to show the procedure of an experiment on childrens dietC. to explain why children hate to eat vegetablesD. to present a proper way of verbal praise to parents62. The underlined word “backfire” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_”. A. shoot from behind the back B. make a fire in the backyard

19、C. produce an unexpected result D. achieve what was planned63. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Most children are born to dislike carrots or celery. B. It remains a question whether rewarding is a good way to get children to eat vegetables.C. Oral praise works qu

20、ite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables. D. Children in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables. 64. How did the researchers get their conclusion from the experiment?A. By comparison. B. By asking questions. C. By giving examples. D. By discussion. 65. What can we

21、learn from the last paragraph?A. Children like rewards, not verbal praise. B. Parents should praise their children in a sincere tone. C. Children are difficult to inspire. D. Parents should give up verbal praise. 【參考答案】 61-65 ACBAB閱讀理解(二)-AFew laws are so effective that you can see results just days

22、 after they take effect.But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubledto $1.01 per packsmokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” across the country seeking to kick the habit.This is not a surprise to public health advocates.Theyve studied the effect of state tax increases fo

23、r years，finding that smokers，especially teens，are price sensitive.Nor is it a shock to the industry，which fiercely fights every tax increase.The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message.Tobacco taxes improve public health，they raise money and most particularly，t

24、hey deter people from taking up the habit as teens，which is when nearly all smokers are addicted.Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.In Manhattan，for instance，which has the highest tax in the nation，a pack of Marlboro Light Kings，cost $10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday.In Charleston，S.C.，where the

25、 7 cent a pack tax is the lowest in the nation，the price was $4.78.The influence is obvious.In New York，high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys13.8%，far below the national average.By comparison,26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky.Other low tax states have similarly depressi

26、ng teen smoking records.Hal Rogers，Representative from Kentucky，like those who are against high tobacco taxes，argues that the burden of the tax falls on lowincome Americans “who choose to smoke.”Thats true.But there is more reason in keeping future generations of lowincome workers from getting hooke

27、d in the first place.As for todays adults，if the new tax drives them to quit，they will have more to spend on their families，cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.【語篇解讀】 煙草稅增加后，取得了立竿見影的效果許多煙民紛紛戒煙。然而有些地方卻對此充耳不聞，中學(xué)生吸煙的比例居高不下。本文讓我們意識到：從長遠(yuǎn)看，通過增加煙草稅而使人們戒煙是澤被千家萬戶的大事。1The text is mainly

28、 about _.Athe price of cigarettesBthe rate of teen smokingCthe effect of tobacco tax increaseDthe differences in tobacco tax rate解析主旨大意題。本文主要談?wù)摰氖菬煵荻愒黾雍笕〉玫拿黠@效果以及給人們帶來的益處。A、B、D三項均為文章的某一方面。答案C2What does the author think is a surprise?ATeen smokers are price sensitive.BSome states still keep the tobacco

29、 tax low.CTobacco taxes improve public health.DTobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise.解析事實細(xì)節(jié)題。由第三段第一句可知，唯 一讓人吃驚的是，有些州對此充耳不聞，也就是繼續(xù)保持低煙草稅。答案B3Rogers attitude towards the lowincome smokers might be that of _.Atolerance Bunconcern Cdoubt Dsympathy解析推理判斷題。Roger認(rèn)為高煙草稅是把稅收負(fù)擔(dān)加到了低收入的煙民身上，故應(yīng)該持同情態(tài)度。答案D4

30、What can we learn from the last paragraph?AThe new tax will be beneficial in the long run.BLowincome Americans are more likely to fall ill.CFuture generations will be hooked on smoking.DAdults will depend more on their families.解析推理判斷題。由全文最后一句可知，增加煙草稅促使煙民戒煙，可讓他們有更多的時間與家人團(tuán)聚，減少癌癥和心臟病的發(fā)病率，從長遠(yuǎn)看，是一件有益的事情

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