湖州市21高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解（暑假）精煉（21）含答案

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)必貴于專精浙江省湖州市2014高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解一輪（暑假）精煉(21)含答案閱讀理解（每題2分，滿分40分)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AOnChristmasmorning，IwenttotheCockhedgeMall。Peopletherewere，allbusybuyingtheirlastminuterequirements．Ineededtobuyabirthdaycardformyson—in-lawwhosebirthdayisthe29fhofDecember．PickingupafewmorethingsaswellasmycaredIwenttojointhelinefortheexpresscheckoutwhichwasforpeople．whoonlyhadafewitemsinabasketand．notatrolleyload．ThislinewasnexttotheCustomerServicedesk．Seeminglywaitingquitealongtime,IwasjoggedoutofmythoughtsbyavoicebehindmemakingcommentsonthethingsIbought．ItwassofunnywhenIrealizedthatshewasdescribingmecontentsofmybasket．Theownerofthevoicewasaveryprettyyounglady．IsaidtoherthatIwasgoingtobuyaboxofChristmascookiesbuttheonlyonesleftwerenottomyliking．TheladytoldmematjustoppositeCockhedgeinSuperdrugtheyhadlotsofcookies．Isaid，"I’mnotgoingtobothernow．IhadenoughofshopsandI'mgoinghome．"TheassistantfrommeCustomerServicecameacrossatthistimesaying”Ifthereisanyoneinthelinewithafewitemsintheirbasket,noneofwhichneededtobeweighed,Iwillcheckouttheirgroceriesatthedesk．"BecauseIhadthesproutswhichneededtobeweighted,theyoungladyacceptedtheofferandwalkedawaywavinggoodbye．Eventuallymyturncameatthecheckout．IwaswalkingawaywhenImetmynewfriendonceagainwhohandedmeabeautifulboxofChristmascookies．Withabighugshesaid”HopeyouhavealovelyChristmas．”ShehadbeenintoSuperdrugtobuymecookieswhileIwasstillqueuinginCockhedge．Whatagenerositytoastranger！Iwassosurprisedyoucouldhaveknockedmedownwithafeather．MyGoodSamaritanwouldneverknowwhatajoyfulChristmasdayIhadwithmyfamily．Tellingthemthisstory，asweatearoundthetable，kepteveryonespellbound．1．—Theunderlinedword”spellbound"inthelastparagraphprobablymeans______． A．interested B．disappointed C．a(chǎn)stonished D．frightened2．Whichofthefollowingcouldbethebesttitleofthestory？ A．APieceofLuckyFeather B．ASurpriseChristmasGift C．TheBoringShoppingExperience D．TheUnforgettableBigHug3．Howdoesthewriterfeelabouttheprettyyounglady? A．Worried B．Satisfied C．Grateful D．Proud4．Whatcanwelearnfromthestory？ A．Nobodyissurewhatwillhappenthenextmoment． B．Asimpleactioncanbringotherpeoplehappiness． C．Beingpatientwilldecreasethewaitingtime．， D．Lifewithouthopeandfaithisafullthing．ABCB*＊*****＊*＊＊＊＊＊***＊＊＊**＊*＊***********＊*****＊**＊＊＊****＊＊＊＊結(jié)束人物傳記類—--[2012·上海卷]（A)PhilWhitehasjustreturnedfroman18,000mile,aroundtheworldbicycletrip.Whitehadtworeasonsformakingthisepicjourney.Firstofall,hewantedtousethetriptoraisemoneyforcharity，whichhedid。Heraised￡70，000fortheBritishcharity,Oxfam.White’ssecondreasonformakingthetripwastobreaktheworldrecordandbecomethefastestpersontocyclearoundtheworld。Heisstillwaitingtofindoutifhehasbrokentherecordornot。WhitesetofffromTrafalgarSquare，inLondon，on19thJune2004andwasback299dayslater.Hespentmorethan1,300hoursinthesaddle(車座)anddestroyedfoursetsoftyresandthreebikechains。HehadtheadventureofhislifecrossingEurope，theMiddleEast，India,Asia,Australia，NewZealandandtheAmericas。Amazingly,hedidallofthiswithabsolutelynosupportteam。Nojeepcarryingfood,waterandmedicine。Nodoctor.Nothing!Justabikeandavery,verylongroad。Thejourneywaslonelyanddesperateattimes.Healsohadtofighthiswayacrossdeserts，throughjunglesandovermountains.Hecycledthroughheavyrainsandtemperaturesofupto45degrees,alltohelppeopleinneed.Therewereotherdangersalongtheroad.InIran，hewaschasedbyarmedrobbersandwasluckytoescapewithhislifeandthelittlemoneyhehad.TheworstthingthathappenedtohimwashavingtocycleintoaheadwindonaroadthatcrossesthesouthofAustralia。For1，000kilometreshebattledagainstthewindthatwasconstantlypushinghim。Thispartofthetripwasslow,hardworkanddepressing，buthemadeitintheend.NowMr.Whiteisbackandintendstowriteabookabouthisadventures。65。WhenPhilWhitereturnedfromhistrip，he________.A.broketheworldrecordB.collectedmoneyforOxfamC。destroyedseveralbikesD.travelledabout1，300hours66。Whatdoestheword“epic"inParagraph1mostprobablymean？A。Veryslowbutexciting.B。Verylonganddifficult.C。Verysmoothbuttiring.D.Verylonelyanddepressing.67.Duringhisjourneyaroundtheworld，PhilWhite________。A。foughtheroicallyagainstrobbersinIranB.experiencedtheextremesofheatandcoldC。managedtorideagainstthewindinAustraliaD.hadateamofpeoplewhotravelledwithhim68。WhichofthefollowingwordscanbestdescribePhilWhite?A。Imaginative。B.Patriotic.C.Modest.D。Determined?！疽c(diǎn)綜述】本文講述了PhilWhite進(jìn)行環(huán)球自行車旅行的原因及艱難歷程.65。B細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第一段中…h(huán)ewantedtousethetriptoraisemoneyforcharity,whichhedid.Heraised￡70，000fortheBritishcharity,Oxfam.可推斷為Oxfam籌資.66。B詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段第二句和第三句可判斷旅程很長(zhǎng)也很艱難.67.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中For1,000kilometreshebattledagainstthewindthatwasconstantlypushinghim?？膳袛郟hilWhite設(shè)法迎著風(fēng)騎車。68。D推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文及末段中Thispartofthetripwasslow，hardworkanddepressing，buthemadeitintheend.可判斷，雖然路途艱難，但是他堅(jiān)持到了最后，說(shuō)明他是有決心的。******＊***＊*＊*＊＊****＊＊***＊***＊*＊＊**＊*＊**＊**＊＊＊*＊**＊*＊＊＊**＊*結(jié)束B(niǎo)Atthemoment,whenlookingroundtheworld，，allkindsofdanceperformancesarebeingoffered．TherearecompetitionsthatclaimtobeaWorldCuporWorldChampionship,andtheyoungdancerorthe1danceteacherwhowantstoenterhisstudentsmightbequiteconfused．Whichiswhich?Whichisofhighstandardandgoodquality,andwhichisnotworthgoingto？Firstofallithasclearlygottobedistinguishedbetweenthedifferentstylesofdanceandthepurposeofsuchcompetitions．Whenapersonwantstolearnclassicalballet，，heorshewouldneverdreamofgoingtoaballroomteacher．Suchateachermightevenhavebeenworldchampioninhisballroomdancing，buthewoulddefinitelynotbequalifiedinteachingproperclassicalballet．PeopleinBritainandtheUSAaretakingmoreinterestinmoderndance．Danceclassesofallkindsarepopular；theaudiencesgoingtowatchmodemdancecompaniesarealsolarger．AndperhapsthemostpopularmoderndancecompanyinBritainistheBalletRambert．TheBalletRambertisBritain'soldestestablisheddancecompanywhichbeganin1926．Inthe60sthecompanylackedthemoneytogoonstagingbigproductions．Thedirectorswantedtoencouragenewtalentandtokeepuptheirhighstandards．Achangeofdirectionwasnecessary，Theydecidedtogivetheballeta“newlook"in1966．Thepurposewastoprovideachancefornewtalent-formusiciansanddesignersaswellasdancers—andtoshowdanceasacontemporaryartform．Andalthoughsomeofthecompany'spreviousfansdislikethechange，newaudiencescametoseetheproductions．Themoderndancepiecesandmodernmusicfoundunexpectedpopularity．Inthe21stcenturytheBalletRambertwasagreatsuccessinLondon'sWestEnd．Thecompanybecameafocusfornew，progressivetalentintheart．Then,theBalletRambertstartedtointroduceyoungpeopletomodemdancebygivingperformancesatschools,whichagain，wasasuccess．TheBalletRamberthasmanagedtomakemodemdancepopularwhilecreatingoriginalandoftenavant—garde（標(biāo)新立異）productions．ItcanclaimtobetheoldestdancecompanyinBritainandatthesametimeoneofthemostmodern！5．Ifapersonwantstolearnclassicalballet,heorshewillgoto． A．theBalletRambert B．a(chǎn)ballroomteacher C．a(chǎn)worldchampion D．a(chǎn)qualifiedschool6．Theunderlinedphrase”newtalent"inPara．3probablymeans______． A．newprograms B．newaudiences C．a(chǎn)vant-gardeproductions D．skilledyoungdancers7．FromthepassageweknowthattheBalletRambert。 A．hassucceededinmakingmodemdancepopular B．wantedtobecometheoldestdancecompany C．wasonceapopulardancecompany D．changedolddanceintonewones8．Thispassageismainlyabout_____． A．thepopularityofmodemdance B．theintroductiontonewmodemdancers C．thedevelopmentofmeBalletRambert D．thehighstandardofdanceperformances5-8、DDAC****＊**＊***＊＊**＊＊***＊*＊＊＊*＊＊＊*＊***＊＊****＊*＊*＊**＊＊＊*＊*＊**＊＊*結(jié)束CTheword”conservation”hasathriftymeaning．Toconserveistosaveandprotect，toleavewhatweourselvesenjoyinsuchagoodconditionthatothersmayalsosharetheenjoyment．Ourforefathershadnoideathathumanpopulationwouldincreasefasterthanthesuppliesofrawmaterials：mostofthem,evenuntilveryrecently,hadthefoolishideathatthetreasureswere”limitless"andcould”lastforever"Mostofthecitizensofearliergenerationsknewlittleornothingaboutmecomplicatedanddelicatesystemthatrunsallthroughnature，andwhichmeansthat,asinalivingbody,anunhealthyconditionofonepartwillsoonerorlaterbehamrfultoalltheothers.Fiftyyearsago，naturestudywasnotpartoftheschoolwork;scientificforestrywasanewidea;woodwasstillcheapbecauseitcouldbebroughtinanyquantityfromdistantwoodlands;soildestructionandriverfloodswerenotnationalproblems；nobodyhadyetstudiedlong-termclimaticcyclesinrelationtoproperlanduse；eventheword”conservation"hadnothingofthemeaningthatithasforustoday。Forthesakeofourselvesandthosewhowillcomeafterus，wemustnowsetaboutcorrectingthemistakesofourforefathers．Conservationshouldbemadepartofeverybody’sdailylife．Toknowaboutthewatertableingroundisjustasimportanttousasaknowledgeofthebasicmathformulas．Weneedtoknowwhyallwatersheds(上游集水區(qū)）needtheprotectionofplantlifeandwhytherunningcurrentofstreamsandriversmustbemadetogivetheirfallbenefittothesoilbeforetheyfinallyescapetothesea．Weneedtobetaughtthedutyofplantingtreesaswellasofcuttingthem．Weneedtoknowtheimportanceofbig，growntrees，becauselivingspaceformostofman'sfellowcreaturesonthisplanetisfighrednotonlyinsquaremeasureofsurfacebutalsoincubic(立方體的）volumeabovetheearth。Inaword,itshouldbeourgoaltorestoreasmuchoftheoriginalbeautyofnatureaswecan。9．Theauthor’sattitudetowardstheuseofnaturalresourcesis_____． A．positive B．uninterested C．optimistic D．critical10．Accordingtotheauthor，,thegreatestmistakeofourforefatherswasmat。 A．theyhadnoideaaboutscientificforestry B．theyhadlittleornosenseofenvironmentalprotection C．theywerenotawareoftheimportanceofnaturestudy D．theyhadnoideaofhowtomakegooduseofrawmaterials11．Toavoidrepeatingthemistakesofourforefathers，theauthorsuggeststhat_____。 A．weplantmoretrees B．naturalsciencesbetaughttoeverybody C．environmentaleducationbedirectedtowardeveryone D．wereturntonature12．Howcanyouunderstandtheunderlinedsentenceinthelastparagraph? A．Ourlivingspaceontheearthisgettingsmallerandsmaller． B．Ourlivingspaceshouldbemeasuredincubicvolume． C．Weneedtotakesomemeasurestoprotectspace． D．Wemustpreservegoodlivingconditionsforbothbirdsandanimals．9—12DBCD*＊***＊*＊＊＊*****＊*＊＊＊*＊＊**＊*＊*＊*＊*＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊****＊＊＊*＊*****結(jié)束DDuringtheyearsaftertheterroristattackontheWorldTradeCenter,structuralengineershavebeentryinghardtosolveaquestionthatwouldotherwisehavebeencompletelyunthinkable:Canbuildingbedesignedtostandcatastrophicblasts（攻擊；爆破）byterrorists？Soonaftertheterroristattacksonthetwintowers，structuralengineersfromtheUniversityatBuffaloandtheMultidisciplinaryCenterforEarthquakeEngineeringResearch（MCEER）traveledtogroundzeroaspartofaprojectfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundation．Theyspenttwodaysbeginningthetaskofformulating（構(gòu)思）ideasabouthowtodesignsuchstructuresandtosearchforcluesonhowtodosoinbuildingsthatweredamaged，butstillarestanding．"OurobjectiveinvisitinggroundzerowastogoandlookatthebuildingssurroundingtheWorldTradeCenter,thosebuildingsthatarestillstanding,butthatsustaineddamage,”saidMr．Bruneau，Ph．D．”O(jiān)urimmediatehopeisthatwecandevelopabetterunderstandingastowhythosebuildingsremainstanding，whileourlong-termgoalistoseewhetherearthquakeengineeringtechnologiescanbemarriedtoexistingtechnologiestoachieveenhancedperformanceofbuildingsintheeventofterroristattacks,"headded．PhotographstakenbytheinvestigatorsdemonstratethemonumentaldamagetotheWorldTradeCentertowersandbuildingsnearby．Onebuildingablockawayfromthetowersremainsstanding，butwasbadlydamaged．”ThisbuildingismanymetersawayfromtheWorldTradeCenterandyetweseeacolumn(柱子)therethatusedtobepartofthatbuilding,"explainedA．Whittaker，Ph．D．"Thecolumnbecameamissilethatshotacrosstheroad，throughthewindowandthroughthefloor．”，Thevisittotheareaalsobroughtsomesurprises,accordingtotheengineers．Forexample，thefloorframing（框架）systeminoneofthebuildingswasquitestrong,allowingfloorsthatwerepiercedbytonsoffallingdebris（殘礫)tosurvive．”Goodframingsystemsmayprovideasimple，butreliablestrategyforblastresistance,"headded．Otherstrategiesmayincludeprovidingalternatepathsforgravityloadsintheeventthataload—bearingcolumnfails．”Wealsoneedabetterunderstandingofthemechanismofcollapse,"saidA．Whittaker．”Weneedtofindoutwhatcausesabuildingtocollapseandhowyoucanpredictit．”A．Reinhorn，Ph．D．notedthat"earthquakeshakinghasledtothecollapseofbuildingsinthepast．Solutionsdevelopedforearthquake—resistantdesignmayapplytoblastengineeringandterrorist-resistantdesign．Partofourmissionnowistotransferthesesolutionsandtodevelopnewoneswherenoneexistatpresent．”13．Thequestionraisedinthefirstparagraphisone__． A．thatwasaskedbystructuralengineersamonthago B．thatistoodifficultforstructuralengineersamonthago C．thatwasneverthoughtofbeforetheterroristattack D．thatterroristsareeagertofindasolutionto14．ThecolumnmentionedbyDr．Whittaker___． A．waspartofthebuildingclosetotheWorld B．waspartofmeWorld C．wasshotthroughmewindowandtheflooroftheWorld D．damagedmanybuildingsneartheWorld15．Asurprisingdiscoverymadebytheinvestigatorsduringtheirvisittogroundzeroisthat___． A．floorsinthefarawaybuildingsremainedundamaged B．somefloorframingsystemsdemonstrateresistancetoexplosion C．complexfloorframingsystemsaremoreblastresistant D．floorsinoneofthebuildingswerepiercedbytonsofdebris16．WhatDr．ReinhornsaidinthelastparagraphmayimplyallthefollowingEXCEPTthat。 A．blastengineersshoulddevelopnewsolutionsforterror—resistantdesign B．blastengineeringcanborrowtechnologiesdevelopedforterror-resistantdesign C．solutionsdevelopedforearthquake-resistantdesignmayapplytoterroristresistantdesign D．blastengineeringemergesasatotallynewbranchofscience13—--16、CABD*＊****＊*＊＊*＊*＊**＊*＊＊*＊*＊＊*****＊＊＊***＊**＊**＊*＊*＊*＊＊*＊＊*＊*＊*＊結(jié)束EToday，mere'shardlyanaspectofourlifethatisn’tbeingupendedbythetonsofinformationavailableonthehundredsofmillionsofsitescrowdingtheInternet，nottomentionitsabilitytokeepusinconstanttouchwitheachotherviaelectronicmail．"Iftheautomobileandaerospacetechnologyhadexplodedatthesamepaceascomputerandinformationtechnology，”saysMicrosoft,"anewcarwouldcostabout＄2andgo600milesonasmallquantityofgas．AndyoucouldbuyaBooing747forthecostofapizza．"Probablythebiggestpayoff，however,isthebillionsofdollarstheInternetissavingcompaniesinproducinggoodsandservingfortheneedsoftheircustomers．NothinglikeithasbeenseensincethebeginningoftheIndustrialRevolution，whenpower-drivenmachinesbeganproducingmoreinadaythanmencouldturnoutinnearlyayear．”WeviewthegrowthoftheInternetande—commerceasaglobaltrend，”saysMerrillLynch，"alongthelinesofprintingpress，thetelephone，thecomputer，andelectricity．”Youwouldbehardpressedtonamesomethingmatisn'tavailableontheInternet．Consider:books,healthcare,movietickets,constructionmaterials，babyclothes,stocks，cattlefeed,music,electronics，antiques,tools，realestate,toys,autographsoffamouspeople,wineandairlinetickets．Andevenafteryou'vemovedontoyourfinalrestingplace,there'snoreasonthoseyoulovecan'tkeepintouch．AcompanycalledFinalThoughts．comoffersaplaceforyoutostore”afterlifee—mails”youcansendtoHeavenwiththehelpofa”guardianangel．”KidstodayaresocomputerliteratethatitinfactensurestheUnitedStateswillremaintheunchallengedleaderincyberspacefortheforeseeable（能預(yù)測(cè)的）future．Nearlyallchildreninfamilieswithincomesofmor