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高考英语阅读理解基础精品题练习24

2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品题练习（24）及答案

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AustinChildren'sMuseum

This7,000-square-footmuseumaimstoentertainandeducatechildrenuptoage9．InitsGlobalCityexhibit,peoplecangoshoppingforgroceries,orderlunchatadiner,pretendthatthey'redoctorsorconstructionworkers．Inotherfunexhibits,theylearnaboutAustin'shistory,exploretheworldofwater,andexperiencelifeonalargeTexasfarm．

Opentime:

FromTuesdaytoSaturday,8:

00am~4:

00pm

OnSunday,12:

00am~5:

00pm

Address:

201ColoradoSt．Austin,Texas78701

Phone:

512-4722499

BrooklynChildren'sMuseum．

Foundedin1899,itistheworld'soldestchildren'smuseum,featuringinteractiveexhibits,workshopsandspecialevents．TheMysteryofThingsteacheschildrenaboutculturalandscientificobjectsandMusicMixwelcomesyoungvirtuosos（演奏能手）.

Opentime:

FromWednesdaytoFriday,2：

00pm~5：

00pm

OnSaturdayandSunday,10:

00am~5：

00pm

Address:

145BrooklynAve,Brooklyn,NewYork1213

Phone:

718-7354400

Children'sDiscoveryMuseum

Thismuseum'shand-onexhibitsexploretherelationshipsbetweenthenaturalandthecreatedworlds,andamongpeopleofdifferentculturesandtimes．ExhibitsincludeStreets,a5/8-scalecopyofanactualcity,withstreetlights,andwaterworks,whichshowshowpumpscanmovewaterthroughareservoirsystem．

Opentime:

FromMondaytoSaturday．10:

00am~5:

00pm

OnSunday,fromnoon．Closedonholidays．

Address：

180WozWay,GuadalupeRiverPark,SanJose,California95110

Phone:

408—985437

Children'sMuseumofIndianapolis

Thismuseumisthelargestofitskind．Exhibitscoverscience,culture,andexplorations．AmongthemaretheSpaceQuestPlanetarium（additionalfee）,the33-foot—highWaterClock,thePlayscapegalleryforpreschools,alongwithhand-onscienceexhibits．Thelargestgallery,theCenterforExploration,isdesignedforages12andup．

Opentime:

FromTuesdaytoSunday,10:

00am~5:

00pm

ClosedonThanksgivingDayandDecember25．

Address:

3000NMeridianSt,Indianapolis,Indiana46208

Phone:

317—343322

64．WhichofthefollowingmuseumscanyouvisitifitishalfpasteightamonTuesday?

A．AustinChildren'sMuseum．B．BrooklynChildren'sMuseum．

C．Children'sDiscoveryMuseum．D．Children'sMuseumofIndianapolis．

65．Ifyouwanttoseehowpumpscanmovewaterthroughareservoirsystem,youshouldvisitthemuseumin____．

A．TexasB．NewYorkC．CaliforniaD．Indiana

66．Afterenteringthemuseum,youneedtopayanadditionalfeetosee____．

A．theCenterforExplorationB．theSpaceQuestPlanetarium

C．theGlobalCityexhibitD．Waterworks

67．Thepurposeofwritingthispassageisto____．

A．askadultstovisitthemuseums

B．comparesomemuseumsanddecidewhichoneisthebest

C．introducesomemuseumsandencourageparentstovisitthemwiththeirchildren

D．introducesomeexhibitsandmuseumstoforeigners

【福建省厦门外国语学校2013模拟】C

Therearemanyreasonsthatgoalsgounfulfilled.Formany,goalsettingisaneverendingcirclethatstarts,stops,andbeingsagain.Tohelpussucceedinreachingourgoals,let’sexaminethereasonswhymanypeoplefailatreachingthem.Hereare7ReasonsThatYouWon’tReachYourGoals:

1.YouDon’tHaveAnyGoals

Toomanypeopleareafraidto“set”theirgoals.Afraidoffailing.Afraidofdisappointment.Well,youdefinitelywon’tcompletethemifyoudon’ttry.Makeachoiceandsetyourgoals.Otherwise,youwillendupwhereverlifetakesyou.

2.YouDon’tStart

OK,soyouhaveagoal.Whathaveyoudoneaboutit?

Haveyoustartedityet?

Whatareyouwaitingfor?

Procrastinationisresponsibleforthefailureofmanygoals.

3.YouAren’tWillingto“Buy”YourGoals

Yes.Youhavetobuyyourgoals.Why?

Becauseeverygoalhasaprice.Ithasacost.Time.Money.Sweat.Sacrifice.Youwillhaveto“pay”foryourgoalsinsomemanner.

4.YourGoalsAreUnrealistic

Makesurethatyourgoalsarepossibleandthatyousetanadequatetimeframeforsuccess.

5.YouWon’tStickWithIt

Overhalfofgoalswillbegivenupwithin30days.Yousetyourgoals.Youstartedthem.Andthen…yougaveup.Areyouusinglife’sdailyhappeningsasexcuses?

Goalsarenotreachedthroughoneeffort.Rather,theyaremadeinsmallstepsovertime.

6.YouWillFail…andYouWon’tGetBackUp!

Noonesucceedsimmediately.Thosewhoappeartohaveeffortlesslysucceededhaveusuallyputinyearsofpreparationandpractice.Youhavetofalldownmanytimesbeforeyousucceed.Skillislearnedbydoing.

7.YouQuitBeforetheFinishLine

Toomanypeoplestop…rightbeforethefinish.It’salmostliketheyareafraidofsucceeding.Oftenalifeeventisusedasthereasonfornotfinishing.Somethingalwayscomesupbeforeyoufinish.

Areyoureachingyourgoals?

Whichoftheseiskeepingyoufromsucceeding?

Setyourgoals.Staythecourse.Alwaysgetbackupwhenyoufail.Andmakesureyoucrossthefinishline.

64.What’stheauthor’spurposeofwritingthispassage?

A.Toexplainthereasonsleadingtothefailureofachievinggoals.

B.Toremindpeopleoftheimportanceofsettinglifegoals.

C.Toconvincepeopleofkeepingtotheirlifegoals.

D.Topersuadepeopletohavebiglifegoals.

65.What’stheprobablemeaningoftheunderlinedword“procrastination”inthesecondtip?

A.DelayB.PunctualityC.Impatience.D.Unwillingness.

66.Accordingtothepassage,youwillnotreachyourgoals,ifyou_______.

A.arenotwillingtospendmoneyseekinghelpinghands

B.don’tholdontowhatyouaimat

C.donotletlifetakeyouwhereitgoes

D.arenotafraidofsucceeding

67.Whatcanbelearntfromthesixthtip?

A.Hewhohashopehaseverything.B.Twoheadsarebetterthanone.

C.It’snevertoooldtolearn.D.Nopains,nogains.

【参考答案】C:

AABD

TheEnglishlanguage,thankstotherapidprogressoftechnology,ischangingfast．Weallhavearapidchoice:

wecaneitherburyourheadsinthesandandspendtherestofourliveswishingShakespearewerealiveandwell．OrwecanacceptthenewEnglish,enterintothespiritoftheInternetagecalledWeblish．

"Youcan'tavoidit,forthesimplereasonthatwheneveranewvarietyoflanguagecomesalong,itinevitablyimpacts（冲击）onthelanguageas-awhole．"saysDr．DavidCrystal,honoraryprofessoroflinguistics（语言学家）attheUniversityofWalesinBangor,whosebook"LanguageandtheInternet"hasjustbeenpublished．

ThetroublewithkeepingupwiththenewEnglishisnotsomuchthattherearesomanynewwordsbutthattheoldwordsnolongermeanwhatwethoughttheydid．Inthepast,ifsomeonesaidtheydidnothaveWindows,youwouldhavetosupposetheylivedinacave．Thesedays,itisprobablybecausetheyuseaMac（whichisacomputer,notaraincoat）．Spamisasdislikedasiteverwas,whichoncemeantanunappetizing（引不起食欲的）cannedmeat．Itnowstandsforunwanted“junk”email.Spellingsarechanging,too．Notonlyistext-messagingplaying"hvcwthvrbs"．（havoe（混乱）withverbs）,buttheconventionsofemailcommunicationplacelittleemphasison"perfectspeaking"．

Weblishlovestoseenounshappilybecomeverbs（"pleasebookmarkthissite"）andverbsbecomenouns（"Sendmethedownload"）．Verbsandprepositionsareregularlythrowntogethertobecomenewnounsoradjectives（dial-up,logon,print-on,．pulldown,up-load）,whileothersarecreatedfromsimplypairingnouns:

cyberspace,''ethernet,emitInternet,hyperlink,metatag,netspeak．

68．Thebesttitleofthispassagewouldbe____．

A．KeepUpwiththeLatestWeblish

B．KeepUpwiththeLatestDevelopmentinEnglish

C．NewlyinventedEnglishWords

D．TechnologyandEnglish

69．Wecaninferfromthefirstparagraphthat____．

A．somepeoplewishShakespearewerestillalive

B．peoplemayhavedifferentattitudestowardsweblish

C．allpeoplewelcomeweblish

D．weblish;causesfearamongpeople

70．Theauthorthinksthemaindifficultyforpeopleinkeepingupwithweblishisthat.

A．oldwordstakeonnewmeanings

B．therearesomanynewwords

C．thetechnologyischangingtoofast

D．weblishwordsarefullofspellingmistakes

参考答案

A

Tourismwasn’tasimportantasitistoday.Inthepast,onlypeoplewithagooddealofmoneycouldtravelonholidaystoothercountries.Morepeopletraveltodaythaninthepastbecausethereisagrowingmiddleclassinmanypartsoftheworld;thatistosay,peoplenowhavemoremoneyfortravel.Specialplanefaresfortouristsmaketravellessexpensiveandmoreattractivethaneverbefore.Onepersondoesn’ttravelforthesamereasonasanother.Butmostpeopleenjoyseeingcountriesthataredifferentfromtheirown.Theyalsoliketomeetnewpeopleandtotastenewfood.

Tourismcausesmanychangesinacountryandinpeople’slives.Peoplebuildnewhotelsandrestaurantsandtrainnativemenandwomenasguidestoshowvisitorsaroundinterestingplaces.There’renewnightclubsandotheramusements.Internationaltourismisclearlyabigbusiness.

56.Intheolddays_________couldtraveltoothercountries.

A.boysandgirls,menorwomen,youngoroldB.eitherkingsorqueens

C.boththepoorandtherichD.nobodybutthosewhohadmoney

57.Morepeopletraveltodaythaninthepastbecause______________.

A.peoplehavebecomeinterestedintraveling

B.travelingtodayiseasierthaninthepast

C.peoplenowhavesparemoneyfortravel

D.greatchangeshavetakenplaceintheworld

58.Whatmakestravelmoreattractivethanbefore?

A.Travelbyairtoothercountriesismuchcheapertoday.

B.Moreguidesarebeingtrainedtoshowbeautifulspots.

C.Moderntelegraphlinesmaketravellessexpensive.

D.Newhotelsandrestaurantshavebeenbuilt.

59.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.TheCha