2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题(2)及答案

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题（2）及答案

阅读理解

Mr. Jackson lived in the center of London but he had a hotel near

the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn’t know

any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to

understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the gesture to

talk with them， and tried his best to make himself understood。 But he

was often misunderstood （误解） and it brought him a lot of trouble。 A

friend of his who taught a few foreign languages in a university would

teach him. He was happy and studied hard。 At first he learned some， but

soon he found it wasn't very easy to remember the words and expressions.

His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his

notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was

told。 He found it helpful for him to do so。

One evening there were plenty of people in the dining-room。 They

were all busy eating something except a Japanese。 He was wandering (徘徊） there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs.

Mr。 Jackson thought to himself, “ The man wants to eat something but

he doesn't know any English。 Let me help him。"

As he knew only a little Japanese， he had to bring out his notebook

and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry.”

The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left。

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

（ ）31. Mr. Jackson knew only English because 。

A. he was an English student

B. he had never been abroad

C。 he couldn’t learn by himself

D。 he hadn’t studied any foreign languages

( ）32。 Mr. Jackson had to use the gesture because 。

A。 he wanted the foreign visitors to understand him

B。 he wanted to learn the foreign languages from the visitors

C。 he hoped to know the foreign visitors’ custom

D. he hoped more foreign visitors would stay for night in his

hotel

（ )33. As not all foreign visitors understand his gesture, sometimes

Mr。 Jackson to communicate with them.

A。 succeeded B. lost heart C. failed

D。 gave up

（ ）34。 , so he decided to help the man.

A。 Mr。 Jackson thought the Japanese wanted to stay for night

B. Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese was not hungry

C. Mr。 Jackson knew the Japanese was waiting for his wife.

D。 Mr. Jackson was sure the Japanese couldn’t speak English

（ )35. The Japanese thought , so he gave him

two

pounds.

A. Mr. Jackson was a beggar。 B。 Mr。 Jackson was a 学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

translator。

C。 Mr. Jackson could help him。 D. Mr。 Jackson

could ring his wife up。

参考答案————-—-—— DACDA,

Foresters are people who work with trees and know a lot about

them。 Occasionally, foresters have problems, and the foresters in

southern Indiana have had many problems。

The foresters were doing an experiment. They wanted to grow walnut

（胡桃） trees by planting walnuts in the ground. If they succeeded， the

foresters would be able to control the location of the trees。 Also， this

method would be much cheaper than transplanting or moving nut

trees

that were grown in plant nurseries (苗圃) 。 So the foresters planted their

walnuts, and that’s when the squirrels （松鼠） started causing trouble.

Shortly after the nuts were planted, the squirrels dug them up for tasty

snacks （快餐) .

The foresters tried to keep the squirrels away from the walnuts.

Mothballs (卫生球） were used as a warning， but they didn’t work.

Then, the foresters tried dipping the walnuts in kerosene (煤油) ， but

that didn’t stop the squirrels either。 The foresters continue to search for

a method that will really work。 But until they find one, the squirrels can 学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

continue to have their walnut snacks and the foresters will have to

transplant trees!

（ ）36. Foresters are people who 。

A。 look after the forest and work with trees

B。 feed squirrels in the forest

C。 catch squirrels that steal walnuts

D。 transplant trees

（ ）37。 What were the foresters trying to do with the walnuts？

A。 Plant food for squirrels。 B. Control the

location of the trees.

C。 Move the trees closer to the squirrels。 D. Get squirrels to

eat them.

（ ）38. The underlined word “transplanting" probably means

“ ”.

A。 planting B. moving C。 growing

D。 buying

（ )39. What did the squirrels do to the walnuts that were dipped in

kerosene？

A. Left them alone。 B。 Continued to eat

them。

C. Hid them in trees D。 Put them into the

earth.

( ）40。 According to the story, which of the following is not true？