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高考英语阅读理解基础训练极品题13及答案

2014高考英语阅读理解基础训练极品题（13）及答案

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Papa’sjawdroppedwhenMamatoldhimthatSisterhadcheatedonherfinalexams-nottosucceedbuttofail。

“It'sunbelievable!

”hesaid.“Sisterhasalwaysbeensoproudofhergoodgrades！

”

　　“Yes,shehas，"saidMama.“Butit’snotunbelievable。

Itjustshowshowbadlyshewantedofftheswimmingteam.”

　　“Wantedofftheswimmingteam？

”saidPapa。

“Sheneversaidanythingaboutthattome.”

　　“Ofcourseshedidn’t,”saidMama.“Shewasafraidyou'dblowyourtop.YoualreadyhadhergettingaswimmingscholarshiptocollegeandwinninggoldmedalsattheOlympics.Canyouimaginehowmuchpressureshemusthavefelt?

Forher，beingontheteamcouldn’thavebeenmuchfun.”

　　“Oh,mygosh!

”Papasaid，clappingahandtohisforehead。

“I’vebeensostupid!

Ijustthoughtshe’dwanttobeachampionswimmerbecauseshe’ssogoodatit。

”

　　“It’slikeanythingelse,dear，"saidMama.“Nomatterhowgoodatityouare,ifitstopsbeingfun，youwon’twanttodoitanymore。

”

　　Papaputhisheadinhishands。

　　“Shemustbereallymadatme，"hemumbled.“MaybeIshouldsaysorrytoher。

”

　　Sister’sfootstepscouldbeheardonthestairs.Shecameintothekitchenandlookedhopefullyupatherparents。

　　“Honey，"saidMamawithasmile，“yourpapaandIhavedecidedthatthere’snoreasonforyoutobeontheswimmingteamifyoudon’twantto。

”

　　Sister'sfacelituplikeaChristmastree。

“Yippee！

”shecried。

　　“And,”addedPapa,“there’snoneedforanymoredrills.I’msureyou’llbringyourgradesbackupallbyyourself."

　　SisterrantoPapaandjumpedintohisarms。

Shegavehimabighug.“I'mgoingtogoplaycardswithLizzy！

"shesaid。

“Seeyoulater！

”

　　Fromthekitchenwindow,MamaandPapawatchedtheirdaughterrundownthesunnyroadtowardLizzy’shouse.

　　“It’sgoodtoseeherhappyagain,”saidMama.

　　“Itsureis,”Papaagreed.“Asfortheswimmingteam，there'salwaysnextyear。

”

　　“If？

”Mamapromptedhim.

　　“Oh，right，"saidPapa。

“Ifshewantsto.”

　　Mamasmiled.“Atleastyou’relearning，dear,”shesaid.Shekissedhim.

　　“Well,youknowwhattheysay,”Papasaid.“Betterlatethannever。

”

1.Sisterwantedofftheswimmingteambecause_____.

A.shewasnotasgoodatswimmingaseverbefore

B.sheintendedtoimprovehergradesinherstudies

C。

shewantedtoplaycardsfarmorethanswimming

D。

shefeltitboringtostruggleforPapa’sexpectation

2.Mamainsistedthatthechildshoulddo_____。

A。

whatshewaswillingtoB.whatshefelteasyto

C。

whatshewasabletoD.whatshefeltrightto

3。

WhatdoyouthinkofPapa?

A.Cruelbutreasonable.B.Crazybutconfident。

C。

Stubbornbuthonest。

D。

Ambitiousbutconsiderate。

4.Whichmightbethepropertitleforthepassage?

A。

EasierSaidThanDoneB。

HealthIsBetterThanWealth

C。

BetterLateThanNeverD。

SomethingIsBetterThanNothing

【参考答案】1—4、DADC

阅读理解---—E

（2013·天津市十二区县联考二，C）

Inmodernsocietythereisagreatdealofargumentaboutcompetition.Somevalueithighly,believingthatitisresponsibleforsocialprogressandprosperity.Otherssaythatcompetitionisbad;thatitsetsonepersonagainstanother;thatitleadstounfriendlyrelationshipbetweenpeople.

Ihavetaughtmanychildrenwhoheldthebeliefthattheirselfworthreliedonhowwelltheyperformedattennisandotherskills.Forthem，playingwellandwinningareoftenlifeanddeathaffairs.Intheirsinglemindedpursuitofsuccess，thedevelopmentofmanyotherhumanqualitiesissadlyforgotten。

However，whilesomeseemtobelostinthedesiretosucceed，otherstakeanoppositeattitude.Inaculturewhichvaluesonlythewinnerandpaysnoattentiontotheordinaryplayers,theystronglyblamecompetition。

Amongthe_most_vocalareyoungsterswhohavesufferedundercompetitivepressuresfromtheirparentsorsociety。

Teachingtheseyoungpeople，Ioftenobserveinthemadesiretofail.Theyseemtoseekfailurebynottryingtowinorachievesuccess.Bynottrying,theyalwayshaveanexcuse:

“Imayhavelost，butitdoesn'tmatterbecauseIreallydidn’ttry.”Whatisnotusuallyadmittedbythemselvesisthebeliefthatiftheyhadreallytriedandlost，thatwouldmeanalot.Suchalosswouldbeameasureoftheirworth。

Clearly,thisbeliefisthesameasthatofthetruecompetitorswhotrytoprovethemselves.Botharebasedonthemistakenbeliefthatone'sselfrespectreliesonhowwelloneperformsincomparisonwithothers.Bothareafraidofnotbeingvalued。

Onlyasthisbasicandoftentroublesomefearbeginstodissolve（缓解）canwediscoveranewmeaningincompetition。

文章大意：

本文是一篇议论文.文章首先提出论点“现代社会关于竞争有很多争议"，然后详细分析了不同人对竞争的不同看法。

16．Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?

A．Competitionhelpstosetupselfrespect。

B．Opinionsaboutcompetitionaredifferentamongpeople.

C．Competitionisharmfultopersonalqualitydevelopment。

D．Failuresarenecessaryexperiencesincompetition。

答案:

B　主旨大意题。

根据文章首句“Inmodernsocietythereisagreatdealofargumentaboutcompetition。

”可知,现代社会关于竞争有很多争议.下文内容围绕这一点详细分析了不同人对竞争的不同看法，因此这便是文章的中心论点。

故B项正确。

17．Whydosomepeoplefavorcompetitionaccordingtothepassage？

A．Itbuildsupasenseofduty。

B．Itpushessocietyforward.

C．Itimprovespersonalabilities。

D．Itencouragesindividualefforts。

答案：

B　细节理解题.根据第一段第二句“Somevalueithighly,believingthatitisresponsibleforsocialprogressandprosperity.”可知，有人认为竞争是社会进步和繁荣的动力.故B项正确.

18．Theunderlinedphrase“themostvocal”inParagraph3means________.

A．thosewhotrytheirbesttowin

B．thosewhovaluecompetitionmosthighly

C．thosewhoareagainstcompetitionmoststrongly

D．thosewhorelyonothersmostforsuccess

答案:

C　词义猜测题.根据语境可知，有些人渴望成功，而有些人持相反的态度。

在只注重赢家而不注意普通人的文化价值观下，他们强烈谴责竞争。

其中最直言不讳的就是那些来自父母和社会的竞争压力下挣扎的年轻人。

根据“Among”可知，画线词是指上文提到的那些强烈谴责竞争的人。

故C项正确。

19．Whatisthesimilarbeliefofthetruecompetitorsandthosewitha“desiretofail”?

A．One'sworthliesinhisperformancecomparedwithothers'.

B．One'ssuccessincompetitionneedsgreatefforts。

C．One’sachievementisdeterminedbyhisparticularskills.

D．One'ssuccessisbasedonhowhardhehastried。

答案：

A　细节理解题.根据最后一段倒数第三、四句“Clearly,thisbeliefisthesameasthatofthetruecompetitorswhotrytoprovethemselves。

Botharebasedonthemistakenbeliefthatone’sselfrespectreliesonhowwelloneperformsincomparisonwithothers."可知,A项正确。

20．Whichpointofviewmaytheauthoragreeto?

A．Everyeffortshouldbepaidback.

B．Competitionshouldbeencouraged。

C．Winningshouldbealifeanddeathmatter.

D．Fearoffailureshouldberemovedincompetition。

答案:

D　推理判断题.根据最后一段最后一句“Onlyasthisbasicandoftentroublesomefearbeginstodissolve（缓解）canwediscoveranewmeaningincompetition.”不难看出作者的态度；只有消除竞争中的畏惧心理，我们才能发现竞争的意义。

故D项正确。

（十六）—————A

（2013·沈阳市二模,B）

Arecentresearchshowsthatthe“shortsleepers”hadbeenmoreorlessaverageintheirsleepneedsuntilthemenwereintheirteens.Butattheageof15orso，themenvoluntarilybegancuttingdowntheirnightlysleeptimebecauseofpressuresfromschool,work，andotheractivities.Thesementendedtoviewtheirnightlyperiodsofunconsciousnessasinterruptionsintheirdailyroutines。

Ingeneral,these“shortsleepers”appearedambitious，active,energetic，cheerful，andverysureabouttheircareerchoices.Theyoftenheldseveraljobsatonce，orworkedfullorparttimewhilegoingtoschool.Andmanyofthemhadastrongurgetoappear“normal”or“acceptable”totheirfamily，friendsandsoon.

Whenaskedtorecalltheirdreams，the“shortsleepers"didpoorly.Morethanthis，theyseemedtoprefernotremembering.Insimilarsituation,theirusualwayofdealingwithpsychologicalproblemswastodenythattheproblemexisted,andthentokeepbusyinthehopethatthetroublewouldgoaway。

Thesleeppatternsofthe“shortsleepers”weresimilarto,butlessextremethan，sleeppatternsshownbymanymentalpatients.

The“longsleepers”werequitedifferentindeed.Theresearchshowsthattheseyoungmenhadbeenlengthysleepssincechildhood.Theyseemedtoenjoytheirsleep,protectedit，andwerequiteconcernedwhentheywereoccasionallyrobbedoftheirdesired9hoursofnightlybedrest.Theytendedtorecalltheirdreamsmuchbetterthandidthe“shortsleepers”．

文章大意：

本文是一篇研究报告。

报告中对“睡眠少”的人和“睡眠多"的人进行了对比分析,研究出了他们睡眠时间不同的原因，及其在梦境回忆、性格特点等方面的差异。

1．Accordingtothereport，________。

A．many“shortsleepers”neededlesssleepbeforetheywereteenagers

B．many“shortsleepers"wereforcedtoreducetheirnightlysleeptime

C．many“longsleepers"werequiteconcernedwhentheyslept9hours

D．many“longsleepers”hadkepttheirsleepinghabitssincechildhood

答案：

D　细节理解题。

根据文章最后一段第二句“Theresearchshowsthattheseyoungmenhadbeenlengthysleepssincechildhood.”可知，答案D符合文义。

2．Many“shortsleepers”werelikelytoholdtheviewthat________。

A．sleepcouldmakepeopleappearactiveandcheerful

B．sleepwastheleastimportantontheirdailyroutines

C．theywereacceptabletoalltheirfriendsandfamily

D．theywerelessextremethanmanymentalpatients

答案:

B　推理判断题。

根据文章第一段最后一句“Thesementendedtoviewtheirnightlyperiodsofunconsciousnessasinterruptionsintheirdailyroutines。

”可推知，他们将睡眠看成日常生活的障碍,故答案B符合文义。

3．Itcanbeconcludedfromthethirdparagraphthat________.

A．“shortsleepers”dealtwiththepsychologicaltroublethemselves

B．“shortsleepers”wereunwillingtofacepsychologicalproblems

C．“shortsleepers”shortenedthesleepingtimebecauseofpressures

D．“shortsleepers”wouldratherrememberthanforgettheirdreams

答案：

B　细节理解题。

根据文章第三段最后一句“Insimilarsituation，theirusualwayofdealingwithpsychologicalproblemswastodenythattheproblemexisted.。

.”可推知，答案B符合文义。

4．Whatisthepurposeofwritingthispassage?

A．Tointroducetheresu