高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题(14)

高考英语阅读理解精英系列训练题（13）阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分。

共40分）（共1 5小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文．从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项．并在答案卡上将该项涂黑。

【2013河南开封市四模】AA jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft．The HR manager interview ed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test．"You are employed," he said．"Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start．" The man replied, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail．" "I'm sorry," said the HR manager．"If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist．And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job．"The man left with no hope at all．He didn't know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket．He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes．He then sold the tomatoes from door to door．In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital．He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars．The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return later．Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day．Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles．Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers in the US．He started to plan his family's future and decided to have a life insurance．He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan．When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his e-mail．The man replied, "I don't have ane-mail．"The broker said curiously, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire．Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft !" 56．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A．The man was one of the biggest food retailers in the world．B．The man didn't give up though he failed the interview．C．He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket．D．Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft．57．The underlined word "tripled" in paragraph 3 can be replaced by ____．A．became large B．became 3 times C．decreased slightly D．decreased quickly58．The man can be described as ____．A．helpful and considerate B．positive and generousC．smart and hardworking D．stubborn and unselfish59．Which proverb can best describe the story?A．Misfortune may be an actual blessing．B．Where there is a will, there is a way．C．Accidents will happen．D．No pains, no gains．【参考答案】56—59、BBCA阅读理解（B）In college I didn’t appreciate the value of money, and spent every last centI made. To make things worse, I also managed to get 12 credit cards by the time Iwas 21. Tired of having no money, I needed to find my way to stand out. Rather thanfinding productive ways to use my money or save it for the future, I decided to blowit all on designer purses and any good high heels I could find. I only worked oneday a week at a gas station with low pay. Within a year, I got $18, 000 of the creditcard debt.For the next two years, I paid only minimum payments since I couldn’t affordto pay much more than that. The total of minimum payments was about $600 a month,so it was impossible to make ends meet. I began to feel like a hamster（仓鼠）runningon a wheel. In 2008, I decided to reduce my debt. I didn’t want to take out a loanbut wanted my debt to be one monthly payment with lower interest.I was somewhat smart and found Consumer Credit Counseling Services of GreaterMilwaukee (CCCS). It is offered through a local reputable healthcare provider andis a part of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. With CCCS, my debts were still with my creditors, but the interest rates were all lowered and CCCS acted somewhat like a debt management company. I would pay them, and they’d disperse（分散）payments to all my creditors. They charged me $35 a month, which is a small fee considering how much interest they were saving me for being in the program.It has been a struggle since I am still a part of the program and currently pay $410 a month. I started the program in January 2008 with a balance of＄18, 000, and I am now down to $1, 200. This should be paid off by the end of this summer. Sure, it has taken three years. That’s like paying off a car! I can’t imagine what my balances would be if I had not entered this program.The good thing about having had a debt management plan is not only that I am getting r id of my debt, but also that I learned how to better manage my money. I haven’t had a credit card in three and a half years and have done well without it.21. What do we know about the author from Paragraph 1?A. She knew how to invest with her money.B. She worked at a gas station to save money.C. She got into debt because of over consumption.D. She got used to the hard life in college.22. When she couldn’t make ends meet, the author _______.A. wanted to leave collegeB. was calm and didn’t mind itC. wanted to find a good jobD. was very anxious about it23. What benefit did the author get with the help of CCCS?A. It allowed her to pay lower interest.B. It paid the debt for her.C. It reduced the number of her creditors.D. It helped her put off paying off her debt.24. When did the author pay off her debt?A. In March 2011.B. In August 2011.C. In December 2011.D. In June 2010.25. What do we infer from the author’s experience?A. It is important to learn how to better manage money.B. We had better stop using credit cards.C. Only by saving money as much as possible can we become rich.D. We should not borrow a lot of money from the bank.答案解析【文章大意】在大学期间，作者起初不会理财，有钱尽量花，没钱就用信用卡，结果欠下了不少的债务。

2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（3）及答案阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）【广东省汕尾市梅陇中学】AWhen milk arrived on the doorstepWhen I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep。

His name was Mr。

Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck。

As a 5-year-old boy，I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.Of course, he delivered more than milk。

There was cheese，eggs and so on。

If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note————“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery"—-—-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then，the buttermilk would magically appear.All of this was about more than convenience。

There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen。

2021高考英语二轮阅读理解精英训练精品题（14）【2020高考英语广东省中山市华侨中学二模试题】In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “Bloom (开花) where you are planted.”It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (愁闷) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom, I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph. D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbolof appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.31. “Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph 1 refers to __________.A. a program directed by DorothyB. a course given by the authorC. an activity held by the studentsD. an organization sponsored by Union college32. In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing __________.A. the long trackB. the same trainC. the poor housesD. the winding road33. Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by __________.A. a warm welcomeB. the sight of poke greensC. Dorothy’s latest projectsD. a big dinner made for her34. What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?A. She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.B. She got a pen as a gift from the author.C. She passed the required assessment.D. She received her Ph. D. degree.35. What does the author mainly intend to tell us?A. Whatever you do, you must do it carefully.B. Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment.C. However poor you are, you have the right to education,D. Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.【参考答案】31-35. BCACD阅读明白得课堂练学案（24）Passage Twenty-six (Sensory Evaluation of Food)A Polish proverb claims that fish, to taste right, should three times—in water, in butter and in wine. The early efforts of the basic scientists in the food industry were directed at improving the preparation, preservation, and distribution of safe and nutritious food. Our memories of certain foodstuffs eaten during the World War II suggest that, although these might have been safe and nutritious, they certainly did not taste right nor were they particularly appetizing in appearance or smell. This neglect of the sensory appeal of foods is happily becoming a thing of the past. Bow, in the book “Principles of Sensory Evaluation of Food,” the authors hope that it will be useful to food technologists in industry and also to others engaged in research into problem of sensory evaluation of foods. An attempt has clearly been make to collect every possible piece of information, which might be useful, more than one thousand five hundred references being quoted. As a result, the book seems at first sight to be an exhaustive and critically useful review of the literature. This it certainly is, but this is by no means is its only achievement, for there are many suggestions for further lines of research, and the discursive passages are crisply provocative of new ideas and new ways of looking at established findings.Of particular interest is the weight given to the psychological aspects of perception, both objectively and subjectively. The relation between stimuli and perception is well covered, and includes a valuable discussion of the uses and disadvantages of the Weber fraction of differences. It is interesting to find that in spite of many attempts to separate and define the modalities of taste, nothing better has been achieved than the familiar classification into sweet, sour salty and bitter. Nor is there as yet any clear-cut evidence of the physiological nature of the taste stimulus. With regard to smell, systems of classification are of little value because of the extraordinary sensitivity of the nose and because the response to the stimulus is so subjective. The authors suggest that a classification based on the size, shape and electronic status of the molecule involved merits further investigation, as does the theoretical proposition that weak physical binding of the stimulant molecule to he receptor site is a necessary part of the mechanism of stimulation.Apart from taste and smell, there are many other components of perception of the sensations from food in the mouth. The basic modalities of pain, cold, warmth and touch, together with vibration sense, discrimination and localization may all play a part, as, of course, does auditory reception of bone-conducted vibratory stimuli from the teeth when eating crisp or crunchy foods. In this connection the authors rightly point out that this type of stimulus requires much more investigation, suggesting that a start might be made by using subjects afflicted with various forms of deafness. It is well-known that extraneous noise may alter discrimination, and the attention of the authors is directed to the work of Prof. H. J. Eysenck on the “stimulus hunger” of extroverts and the “stimulus avoidance” of introverts.1. The reviewer uses a Polish proverb at the beginning of the article in order to[A]. introduce, in an interesting manner, the discussion of food.. show the connection between food and nationality of food.[C]. indicate that there are various ways to prepare food.[D]. impress upon the reader the food value of fish.2. The reviewers appraisal of “Principles of Sensory Evaluation of Food” is one of[A]. mixed feelings. . indifference[C]. high praise. [D]. faint praise.3. The writer of the article does not express the view, either directly or by implication, that[A]. sharply defined classifications of taste are needed.. more research should be done regarding the molecular constituency of food.[C]. food values are objectively determined by an expert “smeller”.[D]. temperature is an important factor in the value of food.4. The authors of the book suggest the use of deaf subject because[A]. deaf people are generally introversive.. the auditory sense is an important factor in food evaluation.[C]. they are more fastidious in their choice of foods.[D]. All types of subjects should be used.Vocabulary1. preservation 保鲜，储存2. sensory appeal 感官的魅力3. be provocative of 脱颖而出4. exhaustive 详尽的，无遗漏的5. discursive 推论的6. be provocative of 引起……争辩/爱好等的7. crisp 有力的，有劲的8. perception 感受，知觉，直觉9. modality 方式modality of taste （味）感受到10. discrimination 鉴别力11. localization 地区性，定位12. merit 值得……，有……价值13. crunchy 嘎吱作响的14. extraneous 外部的15. extrovert 外向性格的人16. introvert 内项性格的人难句译注1. although these might have been safe and nutritious, they certainly did not taste right nor were they particularly appetizing in appearance or smell. [结构简析] in appearance or smell 应译成：色或香。

2014高考英语阅读理解精英训练极品题〔20〕与答案阅读理解(共20小题；每一小题2分，总分为40分)阅读如下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

APhysical fitness refers to good health, and is the result of regular exercise, proper diet and nutrition, and proper rest for physical recovery. A person who is physically fit will be able to walk or run without getting breathless and he or she will be able to carry out the activities of everyday living and will not need help. How much each person can do will depend on their age and whether they are a man or woman. A physically fit person usually has a normal weight for height. The relation between height and weight is called the Body Mass Index. A taller person can be heavier and still be fit. If a person is too heavy or too thin for the height it may affect the health.Mental health refers to a person's emotional and psychological well-being. "A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her thinking and emotional (feeling) abilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life."One way to think about mental health is by looking at how well a person functions. Feeling capable and efficient, being able to handle normal levels of stress, having good friends and family, and leading an independent life, and being able to "bounce back," or recovering from hardships, are all signs of mental health.Public Health refers to trying to stop a disease that is unhealthy to the community, and does not help in long life or promote your health. This is fixed by organized efforts and choices of society, public and private clubs, communities and individuals.It is about the health of many people, or everybody, rather than one person. Public health stops instead of encouraging a disease through surveillance (监视) of cases.To prevent being sick, it is good to do healthy behaviors, such as hand washing, vaccination programs and so on. When infectious diseases break out, washing hands may be especially important.26. What is the best title of the passage?A. Physical, Mental and Public HealthB. Something about HealthC. Importance of HealthD. Three healthy Lives【答案】A【解析】标题归纳题。

2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列训练题（10）及答案阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

【贵阳市2013高考英语】AThere is a man who I'd like to tell you about. His name is Sandy Greenberg. In hisyouth,Sandy was a very good student, but he came from a poor family. And so he went to ColumbiaUniversity on a scholarship and there he met his roommate who also was receiving financial aid.Now while he was a sophomore（大学二年级学生）at Columbia University,Sandycontracted an eye disease that eventually proved to be glaucoma. But the trouble was, it wasn't detected（检查）early enough, and as a result he became legally blind.I ask you all to imagine for a moment having been sighted all your life and then all of a sudden being faced, in a very competitive school, with losing so much sight you could nO longer read. This is what happened to Sandy Greenberg.But something else happened to Sandy that may surprise you. Sandy said that when he losthis sight, his roommate would-read his textbooks to him, every night.So I'm going to put you in that position, in a competitive school like Columbia, or Johns Hopkins. If your roommate had a serious disability, would you take the time to read textbooks to him every night,knowing the more you spend time reading textbooks to your roommate,perhaps the less well you might do with your other activities? That's not as easy a question as it first appears.But luckily for Sandy, his roommate did. And as a result, Sandy went on to graduate with honors. He got a Fulbright Scholarship, and he went off to study at Oxford. He was still quite poor, but he said he had managed t o save about five hundred dollars as he went along.His roommate, meanwhile, also went on to graduate school. One day, Sandy got a call fromhim at Oxford. And his former roommate said,“Sandy I'm really unhappy. I really don't like being in graduate school, and I don't want to do this."36. What is glaucoma?A. A problem in study.B. A trouble in money.C. An eye disease.D. A mental disease.3.7. What does the underlined word "did" in Paragraph 5 refer to?A. graduated successfuiiyB. went on to Oxford on a scholarshipC. got a scholarshipD. kept on reading textbooks for Sandy38. Which of the following word can be used to describe Sandy's roommate?A. Optimistic.B. Annoying.C. Lovely.D. Kind.39. We can learn from this text that _______.A. Sandy still kept in touch with his former roommateB. Sandy went on to graduate school in Columbia UniversityC. Sandy got his treatment without delayD. Sandy's former roommate lived a happy life【参考答案】36—39CDDA链接2.（2012辽宁卷）Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.64. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________A. . provide some key facts about ConfuciusB. attract the readers’ interest in the subjectC. show great respect for the ancient thinkerD. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations65. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______A. have a great interest in studying ChineseB. take an active part in Chinese competitionsC. try to get high scores in Chinese examsD. fight for a chance to learn Chinese66. What is the best title for the passge?A. Forgotten Wisdom in AmericaB. Huge Fans of the Chinese LanguageC. Chinese Culture for WesternersD. Old Thinker with a Big Future67. The passage is likely to appear in ___________.A. a biographyB. a history paperC. a newspaperD. a philosophy textbook【考点】日常生活类—记叙文【文章大意】本文阐述了西方学生学习中国的文化的现象，并告诉我们中国古代伟大的思想家—孔子的思想仍然受到人们的追捧。

2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列训练题〔2〕与答案阅读理解〔共两节，总分为40分〕〔共15小题；每一小题2分，总分为30分〕阅读如下短文，从每题所给的四个选项〔A、B、C、D〕中，选出最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

【河北唐山一中2013仿真试题】AIn Wiltshire, England, volunteers are being sought to visit a nature protection area to count the butterflies living there and on surrounding fields. The project is promoted by all environmental protection organization, which has contributed to improving the living environment for wild animals. Recently, the organization has issued an appeal to help it observe environmental changes based on the record of butterflies and protect the environment.In the area, the local people have planted many special flowers with the help of the organization, aiming to see whether these flowers will interest the rare and beautiful butterflies. The project officer Sarah Marshall says,“It will be a suitable habitat (栖息地) for butterflies. They are great‘indicator species’ as they are easily affected by climate changes so they make a brilliant early-warning system for the environment.〞 She also points out that volunteers are needed to record the number or species of butterflies, and based on the change happening to the butterflies, the hidden environmental problems in the area can be found out in time.The organization is seeking volunteers to help monitor butterflies from April through to September. They will walk a fixed route and record the different butterflies they encounter along the way. Each visit should take no more than two hours, and each volunteer is expected to visit once a month to count the wildlife. “Staff will provide back up, so if the weather is poor on the day you are to visit (butterflies don’t like to fly in the rain, wind or if it’s too cloudy) we can have someone else do your job,〞 Sarah points out.No previous experience is necessary as training and support will be provided, but a keen interest is essential. If you are interested please contact Sarah on (01380) 725670, ext 278, email—sarahm @ wiltshirewildlife. org.56. According to Paragraph 1, what is the purpose of the Project?A. To appeal to more visitorsB. To protect the environmentC. To control butterfly populationD. To expand the area for wildlife57. Butterflies are called “indicator species〞 because __________. .A. they can provide support for visitorsB. they can give information to other speciesC. they are not easily found out in their habitatsD. they are very sensitive to environmental changes58. Volunteers are required to do the things EXCEPT __________. .A. having some special previous experienceB. being interested in protecting the environmentC. walking a regular route and do some recordingsD. visiting the nature protection area once a month59. What is the text mainly about?A. Visitors are being trained to identify butterflies.B. Wildlife areas are being protected by butterflies.C. Volunteers are being needed to count butterflies.D. Organizations are being put up to protect butterflies.【参考答案】56. B 57. D 58. A 59. C例2〔2012陕西卷〕What brings a nation together? Of thefour choices—shared values, language,history, and religion, it's shared values. Inour latest poll sevenoutof 16countries chose values as the greatest factorbringing a nation together, and sixpreferred language. Both choices scored highin the poll, suggesting that our values andhow we express them are closely linked.Still, history was not forgotten in somecountries, particularly in Mexico and Russia.Even Canada and the United States chosenational histories as the second-most importantfactor uniting their people. The biggestsurprise? Not one country picked religion asits top choice.Respect your eldersIn most countries, the oldestgeneration consideredvalues more important to anation than did those whoare under 45 years old.Do you speak Canadian?Language scored lower inCanada than in all othercountries polled, perhapsbecause the country speakstwo official languages, Frenchand English.Church and stateMost people polled do notconnect their religious beliefs totheir national pride. Religionranked last in 13 countries—withPrance scoring it at 1 %, thelowest of all.46 According to the poll, what was the most important factor in bringing a nation together?A. Language. R Values. C History. D. Religion.[点拨] B 短文第1段提到“Inour latest pollseven out of 16countries chose values as the greatest factorbringing a nation together, and sixpreferred language.〞。

2014高考英语阅读理解精英练习题（10）及答案阅读理解（共25小题。

第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）第一节阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答案填在答题卡上。

APeople in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the t hird Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days offer a chance to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child-care.These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A. red one stands for a living mother. A. white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services（宗教仪式）to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit their graves. On these days, families get together at home and in restaurants. They often have outdoor BBQs for Fath er’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of th e gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephones companies and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.1. Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?A. Parents bring childrenB. Parents give love and care to childrenC. Parents educate children to be good persons.D. Parents pass away before children grow up2. What do you know from the passage?A. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day ar e both in May.B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the pastC. Not all the children respect their parentsD. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home3. Which do you think is right about “carnation”?A. It only has two kinds of color.B. It is a special kind of clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.C. It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.4. What do you think “florists” do?A. They sell flowersB. They made bread or pastryC. They offer enough room for having family parties.D. They sell special clothes for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.1— 4、 DBCALEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies."The hate we hold within us is a cancer, " Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.More than 70 people have become members in Hart's first 20-week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian- born Hart.The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. "People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness," he said, "People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one."Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed."The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with," said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people "want to get free of the past".36. From this passage we know that________.A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hateB. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professorsC. without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heartD. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。

2014高考英语阅读理解精英训练极品题〔2〕与答案阅读理解 (共20小题；每一小题2分，总分为40分)阅读如下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ADear Rudyard Kipling,Father has consistently tried to instill(灌输) a sense of being a man in me ever since I was very young. When I reachedthe age of twelve he began taking me to his auto body shop. He told 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 was 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 “library〞 of hers that I picked up a book of poetry from a cold metal shelf and found your poem, If.Because 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〔凄惨的〕and “unmanly〞 compared to his usual stoic〔禁欲主义者〕and emotionless countenance. Yet I remained silent remembering the golden words: “If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing the irs and blaming it on you… you’ll 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 sport 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 respectedme 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 weights on a barbell〔杠铃〕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. Accor ding to the passage, what kind of person does the author’s father 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】细节理解题。

语鹅市安置阳光实验学校2014高考英语单项选择精英练习题（14）及答案单项选择解题技巧1----注意语境【例题解析】【例1 】--Have you been wasting time on computer games again?--____.I`ve been studying a lot and I need a break.A.No wayB.Not reallyC.I don`t agreeD.I couldn`t agree more.答案： B 解析：No way意为：没门，I don`t agree意为：我不同意。

I couldn`t agree more.意为：我完全同意。

Not really意为：不会吧。

根据后句提供的情景，可判断出不同意自己一直在玩电脑游戏的说法。

【例2 】 My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was ____it.（06陕西卷10）A.in honor ofB. in memory of C in favor of D in search of答案： C解析：本题考查介词短语的区别。

根据前面的语境，“我妹妹反对我的建议，而我的弟弟却赞成我的建议。

”in honor of“庆祝”；.in memory of “纪念”；in favor of “支持”；.in search of “寻找”，.故选择 C。

【例3 】--Can I speak to Mr.Wang, please ?(2005 卷I)--___A.Who are you ?B.I am WangC.SpeakingD. Are you John答案：C解析：考查交际用语。

根据上文的语境，英语的答语是“Thisis..speaking ”;省略形式是“Speaking ” “John speaking ” “John`s here ” “Who are you ? ” “I am Wang ”是汉语式表达。

2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题〔4〕与答案【广东省汕尾市梅陇中学】CMoney is all surrounding us．Every day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongue．Did you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from?Making new money is a very unique job and no easy task．It has up to 65 steps. When the money in circulation〔流通〕gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money. The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed. Usually, the old money is burned. The burned money is replaced by new paper money.If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint〔造币厂〕．Large sheets of paper are printed with many pictures of some currency 〔流通货币〕．These large sheets are cut into individual bills．The individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banks．Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture 〔portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured〕or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. Then, they ask an artist to design the new bill．A different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a die．The dies are made and put onto large printing machines．Then, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can have．Along with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours．After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks．36．From the passage we know that_________.A．banks make new moneyB．it takes 65 procedures to make new moneyC．mints decide what kind of bill is neededD．old money that is not used is forever stored in a special place37．We can infer from the passage that a die is ________.A．something for dead peopleB．a special machine that prints the moneyC．a special piece of paper that the money is made fromD．a piece of metal that puts the picture on the money38．'Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money? _________.①New money is printed in a mint．②Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper．③New money is sent in large amounts to banks．④The government decides to make new money．A．①②③④B．④③②①C．④①③②D．④①②③39．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? __________.A．The reason for making new money．B．The processes of making a new bill．C．The amount of new money needed．D．Things used to make new money or a new bill．40. Where can you most probably find this kind of article? __________.A.a daily newspaperB. a fashion magazineC. textbookD.an advertisement 【参考答案】36-40 BDDCC阅读理解 (1)The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drinkit and even hear it.Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true.Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living thing s in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.1. _______, our world is becoming much smaller.A. Because of the rise in pollutionB. Thanks to science developmentC. Because the earth is being polluted day and nightD. Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year2. Hundreds of years ago, life was __________ it is today.A. much easier thanB. as easy asC. much harder thanD. as hard as3. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it〞 means _______.A. rubbish(垃圾)B. noise pollutionC. air pollutionD. water pollution4. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _______.A. it makes much noiseB. it makes us angry more easilyC. it makes our rivers and lakes dirtyD. it’s bad for all living things in the world5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world population does.C. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.D. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.【答案与解析】本文谈到全球环境污染这个问题，同时号召人们来为我们的家园——地球出一份力，减少污染。