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高考英语阅读理解精英练习题7及答案
2014高考英语阅读理解精英练习题(7)及答案
阅读理解
Thefollowingnoticeispostedinthebusstation.
TimeTable:
●BusesleavetheRailwayStation,NewYorkCity,from7:
00amandeveryhalf-hourthereafter,until11:
30pm(7daysaweek)
●BusesleaveBrennanStation20minutesbeforeandaftereveryhourfrom6:
20amto11:
40pm(7daysaweek)
●Eveningrushhours(5:
00pmto7:
00pm):
BusesleavetheRailwayStation,NewYorkCityevery15minutes.(Monday-Friday)
●HolidaysBusesleaveeveryhouronthehour,eachdirection.(Triptime:
30minuteseachway)
●AllticketsmustbeboughtatWindow12,theRailwayStation,NewYorkCity,orattheBrennanStationWindowBEFOREboardingbuses.
50.Ifyouwanttotakeabusintheeveningrushhour,youshouldtakethe____intheRailwayStation,NewYorkCityonMonday.
A.6:
20pmB.5:
45pmC.8:
00pmD.7:
15pm
51.IfyougettotheRailwayStationNewYork11:
35amonSaturday,howlongwillyouhavetowaitbeforeyoutakeabus?
A.5minutesB.15minutesC.25minutesD.Nobuscanbetaken
52.You’llgobackhomefromworkinBrennan.Whichofthefollowingbuswillyoutake?
A.7:
30pmB.6:
00pmC.5:
45pmD.6:
20pm
53.Whereshouldpassengersbuytheirtickets?
A.Fromthebusdriver
B.Onthebusaftergettingonit
C.Fromtheconductor
D.Atthestationbeforeboarding
参考答案--------50—53BCDD
阅读理解
Haveyoueverseenpeopledance?
Somedancesarefastandothersareslow.People’sfeetalwaysmovewhentheydance.Theykeeponmovinguntilthemusicstops.
Peoplehaveenjoyeddancingforaverylongtime.Thisstoryisofadifferentkindofdance.Itisadancewithoutpeopleormusic.Yetthisdanceisoneoftheoldestintheworld.Itisthedanceofbees.
Ifyouhaveeverwatchedbees,youknowthattheyareveryclever.Theyalsoworkhardlookingforfoodandbringingithacktotheirhome.
Thehomeofthebeesiscalledabeehive(巢).Herehundredseventhousandsofbeeslive.Theyworkdayandnightbuildingsmallwallsofwax(蜡).Thentheymaketheirhoney.Thisisthesamehoneythatweeat.
Wheredoesthehoneycomefrom?
Beesliveonfoodfromflowers.Haveyouseenbeesflyingaroundaflowergarden?
Whenabeerestsonaflower,ittriestogotothecenterofit.Thereittakesthefoodbacktothehive.
Atthehive,beeschangethisflowerfoodintohoney.Thentheyflyawayformorefood.
Howdothebeesknowwheretofindthebestfoodinthesweetestflowers?
Onebeeactsasaguide.Whenitdiscoversgoodflowers,itfliesbacktothehiveandtellstheothers.Itdoesthisbydancingforthem.
Thebeedancesontheside.Thistellstheotherbeeswhichwaytogotofindtheflowers.Butthatisnotall.Thebeedancesforsometime.Andthelengthofitsdancetellstheotherbeeshowfartheymustflytoreachtheflowers.
Whenthebeesseethedance,theyknowwheretheflowersare.Theyflyawayandreturnwithmorefoodforthehive.
Sometimeswehearthemusicofthebeesastheyflyaround.Butfewpeoplehaveeverseenthemdance.Yetwithoutthatdancewemightneverhavesweethoneytoeat.
54.Thewriterbelievesthat____________.
A.peopledancebetterthanbees
B.peoplelearneddancefrombees
C.beesdancemoreoftenthanpeople
D.beesdon’tlikemusic
55.Fromthispassageweknowthatthedanceofbeesmeans__________
A.theyaregoodatdance
B.theywanttoshowtheirbeauty
C.theycommunicatewitheachother
D.theyhavenothingtodo
56.WhichofthefollowingisTURE?
A.Peoplegethoneyfromflowersdirectly
B.Peopledrawhoneyfrombees’bodies
C.Peopleproducehoneyinasecretplace
D.Peoplegethoneyfrombeesindirectly
57.Ifabeewantstogetsomeinformationaboutthedistanceoffood,hemaywatchcloselyat_____oftheotherbees’dance.
A.thesideB.thelengthC.theplaceD.thetime
参考答案--------------54-57CCDB
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。
A
Dutchtreatisalate-nineteenth-centuryterm,anditoriginallyreferstoadinnerwhereeveryoneisexpectedtopayforhisownshareofthefoodanddrink.Ifpeoplego“Dutchtreat”,orsimply“goDutch”,itmeansthattheywillsharetheexpensesofasocialengagement.
Therearemanyother“Dutch”expressionsinEnglish,manyofwhichwereinventedinBritainintheseventeenthcentury,whentheDutchandtheEnglishwerecommercialandmilitaryrivals.TheBritishused“Dutch”torefertosomethingbad,cheapandshameful.A“Dutchbargain”atthattimewasanuneven,one-sideddeal;“Dutchreckoning”wasanunitemizedaccount;and“Dutchwidow”wasslangforprostitute.Latercenturiesbroughtin“Dutchcourage”,forbraveryinducedbydrink;“Dutchconcert”,fordiscordantmusic;“Dutchnightingale”,meaningafrog;and“doubleDutch”,forincomprehensiblelanguage,orunintelligibletalk.
Someoftheexpressionsarestillinusetoday,butsomearenot.Infact,inAmericanEnglish,some“Dutch”expressionshavenothingtodowiththeDutch,butsomethingwiththeGerman.Itwasprobablybecauseofthesimilarspellingandpronunciationthatpeoplemadeamistakeindistinguishingbetween“Dutch”and“Deutsch”(theGermanwordforGerman),whenGermanimmigrantscametoAmericainthe1700s.Forinstance,“thePennsylvaniaDutch”referstotheGermandescendants,insteadoftheDutchdescendants,livinginPennsylvania.
56.Manyofthe“Dutch”expressionswereinventedwithderogatory(贬义)sense,because.
A.TheDutchwereunderdevelopedpeople.
B.BritainandHollandwerecompetitorsatthattime.
C.TheDutchhadmanybadhabits.
D.TheBritishweresuperiortotheDutch.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。
根据whentheDutchandtheEnglishwerecommercialandmilitaryrivals.英国和荷兰进行商业和军事竞争,故选B。
57.WiththeinformationyougetfromParagraph2,makeaguessatthemeaningofthesentence“YouareinDutch”.Itprobablymeans.
A.YouareinHolland.B.Youarewelcome.
C.Youareintrouble.D.Youarelucky.
【答案】C
【解析】句意猜测题。
根据TheBritishused“Dutch”torefertosomethingbadandshameful.因为Dutch指的是不好可耻的事情,所以这句应该理解为“你有麻烦了”,故选C。
58.Accordingtothepassage,somenativeAmerican“Dutch”expressionswererelatedtotheGermaninsteadoftheDutch,simplybecause.
A.PeoplehatedtheGermanasmuchastheDutch.
B.Peoplemadeamistakeatthebeginning.
C.PeoplemadeajokeabouttheGerman.
D.TheGermanimmigrantsproclaimedthattheywereDutch.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。
根据Itwasprobablybecauseofthesimilarspellingandpronunciationthatpeoplemadeamistakeindistinguishingbetween“Dutch”and“Deutsch”(theGermanwordforGerman),是因为人们在开始时出现了错误,故选B。
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Evernote
Use:
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Ifyoutakenotestostayorganized,thenEvernoteisforyou.ThemainthingaboutEvernoteisthatallofyournotesareautomaticallysentintothecloud-andthenyoucanaccessthemfromanyweb-connectedcomputerviatheEvernoteapporawebbrowser(浏览器).Evernotealsosupportsaudioandphotonotes-ratherhandyifyouwanttorecordyourlectureortakephotosofanyprojectednotes.But,ofcourse,askforpermissionfirst.
Wikipanion
Use:
researchdatabaseCanbeusedon:
iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch
Price:
free(WikipanionPlusfor$4.99,or31.87yuan)
Nowyoudon’tnecessarilyhavetogotoalibraryoranywherewithcomputerservicestodoresearchworkforyourpaperanymore.Youcangetaccesstotheresearchdatabasesjustonyoursmartphoneortabler.
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Price:
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Ifso,youarebehindthetimes.Ger21stCenturyNewspaper’snewiPhoneApp,“ConqueringBilingualNewsListeningin7Days”.WhenyoudownloadtheApponyouriPhone,youcanlistentothehottestbilingualnewsselectedfromthenewspaper’sofficialwebsite()andreadbynativespeakers,“ConqueringBilingualNewsListeningin7Days”hasrankedNo.IontheChineseeducationApplist.ForalimitedtimeyoucangettheAppforonly$0.99—halfprice.
59.Thepurposeofthispassageisto___________________.
A.makeyourstudymorefunandefficient
B.introducesomeappsusedongadgets
Cadvertisehigh-techteachingways
D.developnewapplicationprograms
【答案】B
【解析】写作意图题。
根据短文的内容可知这是介绍了一些应用程序,故选B。
60.Whichappcansaveyoufromtheresearchworkinthelibrary?
A.EvernoteB.Wikipanion
C.ConqueringBilingualNewsListeningin7DayD.Smartphone
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。
根据Nowyoudon’tnecessarilyhavetogotoalibraryoranywherewithcomputerservicestodoresearchworkforyourpaperanymore.现在,你不必再为了写论文,而前往图书馆或者任何一个提供上网服务的地方去做研究功课了。
Wikipanion维基百科阅读伴侣可以做到,故选B。
61.Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthat________.
A.thethreeappsallsupportaudioandphotoforms.
B.collegestudyisundoubtedlyfullofeaseandfun
C.collegestudentsusedtodoresearchworkinthelibraryorviacomputers
D.studentscanrecordlecturesandsendthemtothecloudwithoutpermission
【答案】C
【解析】推理判断题。
根据Nowyoudon’tnecessarilyhavetogotoalibraryoranywherewithcomputerservicestodoresearchworkforyourpaperanymore.You