届高考英语第二轮复习 阅读理解62.docx

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届高考英语第二轮复习阅读理解62

第1题（2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（湖南卷））C

   Photosthatyoumighthavefounddownthebackofyoursofaarenowbigbusiness!

   In2005,theAmericanartistRichardPrince’sphotographofaphotograph,Untitled（Cowboy）,wassoldfor$1,248,000.

   Princeiscertainlynottheonlycontemporaryartisttohaveworkedwithso-called“foundphotographs”—aloosetermgiventoeverythingfromdiscarded（丢弃的）printsdiscoveredinajunkshoptooldadvertisementsoramateurphotographsfromastranger’sfamilyalbum.TheGermanartistJoachimSchmid,whobelieves“basicallyeverythingisworthlookingat”,hasgathereddiscardedphotographs,postcardsandnewspaperimagessince1982.Inhison-goingproject,Archiv,hegroupsphotographsoffamilylifeaccordingtothemes:

peoplewithdogs;teams;newcars;dinnerwiththefamily;andsoon.

   LikeSchmid,theeditorsofseveralself-publishedartmagazinesalsochampion（捍卫）foundphotographs.Oneofthem,calledsimplyFound,wasbornonesnowynightinChicago,whenDavyRothbardreturnedtohiscartofindunderhiswiper（雨刷）anangrynoteintendedforsomeelse:

“Why’syourcarHEREatHERplace?

”ThenotebecamethestartingpointforRothbard’saddictivepublication,whichfeaturesfoundphotographssentinbyreaders,suchaposterdiscoveredinourdrawer.

   Thewholefound-photographphenomenonhasraisedsomequestions.Perhapsoneofthemostdifficultis:

cantheseimagesreallybeconsideredasart?

Andifso,whoseart?

Yetfoundphotographsproducedbyartists,suchRichardPrince,mayridinghishorsehurriedlytomeetsomeone?

OrhowdidPrincecreatethisphotograph?

It’sanyone’sguess.Inaddition,asweimaginetheback-storytothepeopleinthefoundphotographsartists,likeSchmid,havecollated（整理）,wealsoturntowardourownphotographicalbums.Whyismemorysoimportanttous?

Whydoweallseektofreezeintimethefacesofourchildren,ourparents,ourlovers,andourselves?

Willtheymeananythingtoanyoneafterwe’vegone?

64.Thefirstparagraphofthepassageisusedto_________.

  A.remindreadersoffoundphotographs   B.advisereadertostartanewkindofbusiness

  C.askreaderstofindphotographsbehindsofa    

  D.showreadersthevalueoffoundphotographs

65.Accordingtothepassage,JoachimSchmid_________.

A.isfondofcollectingfamilylifephotographs

B.foundacomplainingnotunderhiscarwiper

  C.isworkingforseveralself-publishedmagazines   

  D.wonderedattheartisticnatureoffoundphotographs

66.Theunderlinedword“them”inPara4refersto__________.

  A.thereadersB.theeditorsC.thefoundphotographs   D.theself-publishedmagazines

67.ByaskingaseriesofquestionsinPara5,theauthormainlyintendstoindicatethat____.

  A.memoryofthepastisveryimportanttopeople

  B.foundphotographsallowpeopletothinkfreely

  C.theback-storyoffoundphotographsispuzzling

  D.therealvalueoffoundphotographsisquestionable

68.Theauthor’sattitudetowardsfoundphotographscanbedescribedas_________.

  A.critical        B.doubtful          C.optimistic        D.satisfied

答案64.D65.A66.D67.B68.C

64.解析:

这是一道推断题。

根据第一段RichardPrince的一张照片拍出了很高的价钱。

说明回收的图片还是非常值钱的。

65.解析:

这是一道推断题。

根据第三段的“hegroupsphotographsoffamilylifeaccordingtothemes:

”可知JoachimSchmid搜集家庭照片。

66.解析:

这是一道指代题。

根据后面的“calledsimplyFound,wasbornonesnowynightinChicago,”可知Found是一个杂志的名字,them指代的是自己发行的杂志。

67.解析:

这是一道推断题。

从这几个问题中可以发行搜集到的别人废弃的照片带来了很多疑问,给人很多想象的空间。

68.解析:

这是一道归纳题。

从文中的第一句就可以看出搜集沙发后的旧照片是个大生意,说明作者对搜集废照片还是乐观的。

第2题（2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（江西卷））（C）

AsaprofessoratalargeAmericanuniversity,thereisaphrasethatIhearoftenfromstudents:

“I’monlya1050.”TheunluckystudentsarespeakingofthescoreontheScholasticAptitudeTest（SAT）,whichisusedtodeterminewhethertheywillbeadmittedtothecollegeoruniversityoftheirchoice,orevenhaveachancetogetahighereducationatall. TheSATscore,whetheritis800,1100or1550,hasbecomesthefocusatthistimeoftheirlife.

Itisobviousthatifstudentsvaluehighlytheirtestscores,thenagreatamountoftheirself-respectisputinthenumber. Studentswhoperformpoorlyontheexamareleftfeelingthatitisallover.Thelowtestscore,theythink,willmakeitimpossibleforthemtogetintoagoodcollege.Andwithoutadegreefromaprestigiousuniversity,theyfearthatmanyoflife’sdoorswillremainforeverclosed.

Accordingtoastudydoneinthe1990s,theSATisonlyareliableindicatorofastudent’sfutureperformanceinmostcases. Interestingly,itbecomesmuchmoreaccuratewhenitissettogetherwithotherindicators——likeastudent’shighschoolgrades.EvenifstandardizedtestsliketheSATcouldshowastudent’sacademicproficiency（学业水平）,theywillneverbeabletotestthingslikeconfidence,effortsandwillpower,andareunabletogiveusthefullpictureofastudent’spotentialities（潜力）.ThisisnottosuggestthatweshouldstopusingSATscoresinourcollegeadmissionprocess. TheSATisanexcellenttestinmanyways,andthescoreisstillausefulmeansoftestingstudents. However,itshouldbeonlyoneofmanymethodsused.

64.ThepurposeoftheSATistoteststudents’    .

A.strongwill            B.academicabilityC.fullpotentialities  D.confidenceinschoolwork

65.Students’self-respectisinfluencedbytheir    .

A.scoresintheSAT    B.achievementsinmathematicC.jobopportunities       D.moneyspentoneducation

66.“Aprestigiousuniversity”ismostprobably   

A.afamousuniversity      B.atechnicaluniversityC.atraditionaluniversity  D.anexpensiveuniversity

67.Thispassageismainlyabout   .

A.howtopreparefortheSAT B.stresscausedbytheSAT

C.Americanhighereducation      D.theSATanditseffects

答案64.B65.A66.A67.D

64.解析：

这是一道细节推断题。

根据第一段中的“whichisusedtodeterminewhethertheywillbeadmittedtothecollegeoruniversityoftheirchoice,oreveniftheyhaveachancetogetahighereducationatall”可判断出SAT测试的目的是测试学生的学习能力。

65.解析：

这是一道细节推断题。

根据第二段中的“Itisobviousthatifstudentsvaluehighlytheirtestscores,thenagreatamountoftheirself-respectisputinthenumber.”可判断出SAT的分数对学生的自尊心造成了影响。

66.解析：

这是一道细节推断题。

根据第二段中的“theyfearthatmanyoflife’sdoorswillremainforeverclosed”可推断出aprestigiousuniversity是一所著名的大学，因为如果在著名的大学毕业，就会找到好的工作，否则将会使生活的大门永远关闭。

67.解析：

这是一道主旨题。

这篇短文讲述了SAT的测试，而这种测试对学生的一生造成了极大的影响，所以这篇短文主要是关于SAT和它的影响。

第3题（2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（重庆卷））E

Throughoutthehistoryofthearts，thenatureofcreativityhasremainedconstanttoartists.Nomatterwhatobjectstheyselect，artistsaretobringforthnewforcesandformsthatcausechange—tofindpoetrywherenoonehaseverseenorexperienceditbefore.

Landscape（风景）isanotherunchangingelementofart.Itcanbefoundfromancienttimesthroughthe17th-centuryDutchpainterstothe19th-centuryromanticistsandimpressionists.Inthe1970sAlfredLeslie，oneofthenewAmericanrealists，continuedthispractice，LesliesoughtoutthesameplacewhereThomasCole,aromanticist,hadproducedpaintingsofthesamesceneacenturyandahalfbefore.UnlikeColewhoinsistsonafeelingoflonelinessandtheideaoffindingpeaceinnature，Ledgepainswhatheactuallysees.Inhispaintings，thereisnoparticularchangeinmotion，andheincludesordinarythingslikethehighwayinthebackground.Healsotakesadvantageofthelatestdevelopmentsofcolorphotography（摄影术）tohelpboththeeyeandthememorywhenheimproveshispaintingbackinhisworkroom.

Besides，allartbegstheage-oldquestion：

Whatisreal？

Eachgenerationofartistshasshowntheirunderstandingofrealityinoneformoranother.Theimpressionistssawrealityinbriefemotionaleffects，therealistsineverydaysubjectsandinforestscenes，andtheCro-Magnoncavepeopleintheirnaturalisticdrawingsoftheanimalsintheancientforests.Tosumup.understandingrealityisanecessarystruggleforArtistsofallperiods.

Overthousandsofyearsthefunctionoftheartshasremainedrelativelyconstant.Pastorpresent，EasternorWestern，theartsareabasicpartofourimmediateexperience.Manyanddifferentarethefacesofart，andtogethertheyexpressthebasicneedandhopeofhumanbeings.

71.Theunderlinedword“poetry”mostprobablymeans______________.

A.anobjectforartisticcreation  B.acollectionofpoems

C.anunusualquality    D.anaturalscene

72.Leslie’spaintingsareextraordinarybecause______________.

A.theyarecloseinstyletoworksinancienttimes

B.theylooklikeworksby19th-cenarypainters

C.theydrawattentiontocommonthingsinlife

D.theydependheavilyoncolorphotography

73.Whatistheauthor’sopinionofartisticreally？

______________.

A.Itwillnotbefoundinfutureworksofart.B.Itdoesnothavealong-lastingstandard.

C.Itisexpressedinafixedartisticform.D.Itislackinginmodernworksofart.

74.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestabouttheartsinthelastparagraph？

A.Theyexpresspeople’scuriosityaboutthepast.

B.Theymakepeopleinterestedineverydayexperience.

C.Theyareconsideredimportantforvarietyinform.

D.Theyareregardedasamirrorofthehumansituation.

75.Whichofthefollowingisthemaintopicofthepassage？

A.Historyofthearts.                  B.Basicquestionsofthearts.

C.Newdevelopmentsinthearts.         D.Useofmoderntechnologyinthearts.

答案71.C72.C73.B74.D75.B

71.解析:

这是一道词义猜测题。

从第一段“tofindpoetrywherenoonehaseverseenorexperienceditbefore”可知艺术家力图创造一种从来没人看到或者经历过的意境。

既然是没有人看到过或者经历过,那么应该是一种不平常的东西。

72.解析:

这是一道推断题。

根据第二段“Inhispaintings,thereisnoparticularchangeinemotion,andheincludesordi