阅读---主旨大意

高三英语主旨大意题专练组卷王东福（A）2014年浙江省高考模拟冲刺卷（提优卷二）Computer games have been criticised for quite some time over a whole range of issues. Some people say they are overly violent and encourage violent behaviour particularly in children. Others say that they make children unsociable and are bad for their eyes. Some have even attributed falling standards of literacy and a lack of interest in reading on them. Now, however, it seems that computer games have also become a feminist(女权主义者) issue.Game manufacturers have, for some time, been looking to increase the number of female game players. The vast majority of computer games still sell to a mainly male market. Perhaps this is because the violent nature of many of the games appeals more to males or perhaps because many of the main characters in the games are male. Manufacturers' attempts to produce more female characters increase their share of the female gaming market which has met with serious criticism from many women's groups.While heroines(女英雄) such as Lara Croft of the Tomb Raider game are seen as providing positive role models of strong women, many believe that the character's unrealistic Barbies are subconsciously setting unattainable standards in the minds of young women. Perhaps a stronger criticism is that although many games now include female characters, their role is often secondary and they support the main, male, action characters within the games. Of course the natur e of many of the games remains v iolent and destructive and this in itself could well continue to put off female gamers.There are now, however, a number of web sites springing up on the World Wide Web to help women deal with this issue. Sites such as Game Girlz, Women Gamers and Game Gal offer game reviews, articles, discussion forums and even employment opportunities for women interested in becoming part of the rapidly expanding games industry. The games are reviewed by women from a very female perspective. Some rate the games from one to ten across a range of criteria which include the appearance of the female characters, the degree of intelligence attributed to them in the game and even the marketing attitude adopted by the company. The sites are obviously looking for games that move away from the very male dominated and violent nature of the majority of computer games. Many of them review games that are more constructive and developmental. Although the common fantasy themes of knights(骑士), witches and goblins（妖精）still exist within these games, the aims are often very different. Instead of destroying opposing armies，the aim of the game can be to make peace with them.With this increased degree of awareness and involvement from women in the games industry many positive changes could be made that could encourage more women and young girls to become enthusiastic about technology. Perhaps we may even find more male gamers moving away from the traditional violent and destructive games towards the more positive values promoted by these more feminine role models, after all Tomb Raider is still one of the most popular computer games on the market, but perhaps that's too much to ask.41. What is paragraph 1 mainly about ?A. The violence in computer games.B. Common criticisms of computer games.C. Children‟s feeling in computer games.D. The computer issues.45.Which would be the best title for the passage ?A. Girls‟ GamesB. Computer GamesC. Children‟s GamesD. Games Industry(B) 2014年浙江省高考模拟冲刺卷（提优卷二）…….If you’re making animation (动画片) or any computer generated stuff, have a space that you can control. You may need extra lights and you may need to leave work in progress. Make surepeople living with you are aware what’s happening. Animation needs a lot of undisturbed concentration and patience. Keep at it and it’ll pay off. Aardmann and Disney both started off at home experimenting with clay (黏土), pens and a camera.49. What is the last paragraph mainly about?A. Preparations for making animation.B. The importance of family’s support.C. The equipment of making animation.D. Successful stories of Aardmann and Disney. (C) 2014年浙江省高考模拟冲刺卷（提优卷二）Reading is a great way to improve your English. You'll learn new words, revise previously-taught structures and absorb thousands of useful expressions and phrases... without any effort. By reading, you are receiving valuable language input. And this is how you learn! Remember, language learning is a combination of input + practice. As you're reading, you're taking in language naturally, and you're seeing how it all fits together. This is crucial to your learning.The great thing about reading is that learning takes place subconsciously. There are no exercises to do, no grammar rules to learn, no tasks to complete... it's all natural. The language flows in through your eyes, and gets registered(记录) in your brain. What could be easier?The key to effective reading is to read things that you want to read. There are millions of books, magazines and websites out there. You couldn't possibly read them all. So, the important thing is to find things that you like reading. Then, you'll be motivated to read. And then the reading won't be difficult. It'll be easy! And then you'll learn. It's simple.Remember: read what you want to read. What you like reading. What motivates and inspires you. But where can you start? Well, you could read a book that you've already read in your own language. Simply find a translated version of a book that you have read and enjoyed. This will mak e processing the content in the target language much easier as you‟ll already know what the book is about! You could also read the news. This is great as you can read the news in your own language first, then in English. You'll see that it won't be too difficult as you'll be familiar with the topics and stories. Magazines are also great. Find one that covers a topic you're interested in: business, clothing, guns, horses, houses, housekeeping, stocks and shares, sports, computers, electronics, designing, cooking... you name it, they'll have it. If not, look for information on the internet. There are also websites for every topic under the sun! Why not join a forum? They're a great source of English input as the language is often written in a simple, spoken style. Go to Google Groups, which has discussion groups based on common interests. Just type in the topic that interests you and join the chat.Finally, how you read is also important. The best thing is to read without using a dictionary. Let the words flow over you. Just skip the parts you don't understand. If you make your reading feel too much like work, it'll stop being fun. Of course, you could make a note of any new words and phrases that you like or see repeated frequently, but try not to break your concentration too much. Also, set yourself mini-objectives. For example, if you're reading a novel, read 20 pages a day. Very soon, you'll have been exposed to thousands of useful phrases and words. Have fun reading! You'll learn so much!54. The best title of the passage can be ____________________________________.A. How To Read English NovelsB. How To Learn English By ReadingC. How To Absorb Expressions And PhrasesD. How To Learn English Without Any Effort(D) 2014年浙江省高考模拟冲刺卷（提优卷一）My parents lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s and I heard stories from both of them about how their lives changed because of it. The same was true of my in-laws whose lives were also affected negatively. For example, my husband‟s grandfather o wned a factory. Owing to the stock (证券) market crash, he lost the factory and went back to work in the very factory he‟d once owned. He could no longer afford to send my father-in-law to college. My father-in-lawworked full time as a pipe fitter and went to school part-time to earn his degree, which took seven years.Somehow, my husband and I never dreamed that we would live through anything similar. However, as they say, history often repeats itself. In 1929, the stock market crashed in the month of October. The same thing happened in 2008. My husband, who had invested (投资) all our money in the market, was in a state of shock. Each day the news was more terrible.“We‟ve lost more than half of our wealth,” he told me.I just stared at him. “How can that be?”“I thought we had good, solid investments, but it seems I was wrong.”“Well, we do have pensions (抚恤金),” I said. “Hopefully, they won‟t be affected. Since we have never lived a high lifestyle to begin with, I don‟t think we have to worry.”“I did hope to leave our children and grandchildren a generous inheritance(遗产),” my husband said. He shook his head in disbelief.“We‟ll still be able to give gifts. Love is the most important gift anyway.” Our children are grown and we always try to be generous to them and our grandchildren.“It just won‟t be the same.”“The world is always changing,” I said. “You never know what will happen. The main thing is not to get discouraged. As long as we have our health and can afford the necessities of life, there‟s no reason to be upset. When you have your health, you can always earn more money.”I hugged my husband and he kissed me in return.“I guess you‟re right,” he agreed. “We love each other. We have our health and enough money to live on comfortably. That‟s all that matters.”We had to move out of our house into an apartment. Since few people could afford a house in those hard days, we decided to offer it for considerably less than it would normally be worth. Even so, several buyers changed their mind days before closing. But finally, our home was sold.As we shook hands with the new owners, I told them how fortunate they were.“Not only are you getting a bargain in the price, but this house has good luck. We bought the house from a family who lived in it for nine years. They were a happy family, a husband, wife and five children. It was a cheerful house and we had a good feeling about it. We raised our children here as well.”“That‟s good to hear,” the young woman said with a smile. “We have two young children ourselves. And I believe in luck too.”We nodded our heads in agreement, understanding each other.“You‟ll live only six houses from the best primary school in the town and your children won‟t even have to cross a street,” I said. “Our children used to come home each day and have lunch with me.”“We like the woods in the back,”the young man told us. “We‟re going to plant a large garden in the backyard.”They seemed so young and happy and full of plans. My husband and I had to smile. At least some good was coming out of the economic difficulty. We no longer needed a house. It was good to know that another young family would now be living in what had been a happy, loving home for us. Also, the house needed work that we no longer had the energy to perform.These may be tough times economically, but as for me, I intend to look forward, not back. As Shakespeare said in Macbeth, “what‟s done is done and cannot be undone.” It‟s the present andfuture that matter. We can learn from our mistakes and make our lives better.60. Which of the following can be the best title of the story?A. Selling the House.B. Stock Market CrashC. What‟s Done Can‟t Be Undone.D. A Change in Lifestyle.(E) 浙江省杭州外国语学校2014届高三3月月考英语试卷The Mayan Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people whose achievements were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding. Knowledge about tools and farming, for instance, made their work easier and more productive.In ancient Mexico there were many small clearings in the forest. In each clearing was a village with fields of corn, beans, and other crops around it. To clear the land for farms, the Maya cut down trees with stone axes. They planted seeds by digging holes in the ground with pointed sticks. A farmer was able to grow crops that produced food for several people. But not every Maya had to be a farmer. Some were cloth makers, builders, or priests.The Maya believed in many gods, including rain gods, sun gods, and corn gods. The people built large temples to honor the Mayan gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. It was difficult for them to construct these cities, because they had no horses to carry the heavy stone they used to build with. Workers had to carry all of the building materials themselves. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples are still standing.Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people worked hard to build them, very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests lived in the cities.The other people lived in small villages in the forests. Their houses were much simpler than the elaborate structures in the cities. They lived in small huts with no windows. The walls were made of poles covered with dried mud, and the roof was made of grass or leaves. Most Maya lived a simple life close to nature.Measuring time was important to the Maya, so they developed a system for measuring it accurately. Farmers needed to know when to plant and harvest their crops. Mayan priests made a system to keep track of time. They wrote numbers as dots (...) and bars (---). A dot was one and a bar was five.The Mayan priests studied the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets. They made a calendar from what they learned. The year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayan calendar was far more accurate than the European calendars of the time.Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No one knows why this happened. They may have died from an infectious disease. They may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists are still trying to find the lost secrets of the Maya. They are still one of our greatest mysteries.45.What is the main idea of this passage?A.The Mayan calendar was more accurate than the European calendar.B.The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people with many achievements.C.The mysteries of the Maya.D.How did the Mayan develop their agriculture?(F) 浙江省杭州外国语学校2014届高三3月月考英语试卷James swept the paintbrush across his canvas(油画布). “Yes,” he thought. “It‟s almost finished.” James had been busily working for the past week to replicate the photograph that hung on the wall behind Mr. Edgar‟s desk of a Spanish courtyard. Mr. Edgar had spoken to James‟s class frequently about the enjoyment he felt while in his twenties spending hours in that courtyard painting the people of Barcelona.Mr. Edgar interrupted the silence with an announcement: “The deadline to enter for the Art Competition is tomorrow, so line up your canvases over here.”Rushing into action, the class began rapidly moving canvases across the room. James, however, even didn‟t lift his paintbrush. “I haven‟t finished; I need more time,” he begged. “That‟s what Michelangelo said,” Mr. Edgar joked. “Never enough time—it‟s the artist‟s constant problem. However, deadlines are deadlines.” “This painting must be perfect, whether it‟s a masterpiece or not,” said James.Certainly he wanted to win “Best in Show” again, but it was essential that the painting carried James‟s message of gratitude to his art teacher because he had given James confidence and inspired him to perfect his talent.After the art class, James passed the science lab and saw Mrs. Damon. She greeted James and inquired. “Are you ready for our field trip?” James didn‟t respond, which caused Mrs. Damon to ask, “James, is something bothering you?”James answered, “The art competition deadline is today. Everybody thinks my painting is great, but I know that it‟s incomplete. I need more time to perfect my work.”“Time can create dilemmas, James. Figuring out where to find time is the trick.” Mrs. Damon pointed toward the quotation from Albert Einstein hanging on the wall: “Not everything tha t counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” The bell rang, and the room was suddenly crowded with students impatiently ready for the field trip.Throughout the bus ride, James thought about his dilemma. “Should I settle for a painting good enough to win or create a painting great enough for Mr. Edgar? What‟s more important? Pleasing myself or pleasing Mr. Edgar?”When the students stepped off the bus, James‟s eyes widened in surprise. Next to the monument stood a tall thin cactus(仙人掌). On the top was a lone white flower.“It lives about twenty years before blooming,” Mrs. Damon explained. “You are witnessing the only flower it will ever have.” She paused. “What do you think Einstein would have said about that?”When no one re sponded readily, Mrs. Damon answered her own question. “Einstein might have said that time is well spent if you use it for something that matters. So the twenty years the cactus needed to produce the flower was a meaningful use of time—for the cactus.”Ju st then, a tiny bird stopped on the cactus for a few seconds before flying off. “What do you think matters for a bird?” Mrs. Damon questioned.Suddenly, the answer to his problem seemed clear: “It depends on what matters most to you.” James answered the q uestion aloud. “What matters for the bird isn‟t the same as what matters for the cactus. I mean, the bird is tiny compared to the giant cactus. Additionally, the bird‟s entire life is only a moment in the lifespan of the cactus. While the bird has to move quickly from place to place to grow, the cactus must sit and wait.” Mrs. Damon replied. “Very good observation.”During the ride back to school, Mrs. Damon asked, “So, James, what did you learn today?”James smiled broadly at Mrs. Damon. “Learn? Let me see. Was Einstein the one who said, …Better late than never‟?” Mrs. Damon smiled back. “No, but I suppose you‟ve decided what matters the most for you.”59. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?A. Getting involved in school activities is important.B. Learning about artistic techniques is essential.C. Determining the importance of something differs according to each individual.D. Completing school projects on time is important for personal success.高三英语主旨大意题专练参考答案（A）41.B 第一段作者主要讲述了对电脑游戏的总的批评。