届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解42.docx

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届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解42

2014届高三英语二轮专题测试：

阅读理解

1.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。

IwasinmythirdyearofteachingwritingatRalphHighSchoolinNewYork,whenoneofmystudents，15-year-oldMikey，gavemeanotefromhismother．Itexplainedhisabsencefromclassthedaybefore：

“DearMr.McCort，Mikey’sgrandmother，whoiseightyyearsofage，felldownthestairsfromtoomuchcoffeeandIkeptMikeyathometotakecareofherandhisbabysistersoIcouldn’tgotomyjob.PleaseexcuseMikeyandhe’lldohisbestinthefuture．P．S．HisgrandmotherisOK．”

IhadseenMikeywritingthenoteathisdesk．Isaidnothing．Mostparental-excusenote,Ireceivedwerepennedbymystudents．Thewritersofthosenotesdidn’trealizethathonestexcusenoteswereusuallydull:

“Peterwaslatebecausethealarmclockdidn’tgooff．”

Thestudentsalwayssaiditwashardputting200wordstogetheronanysubject,butwhentheyproducedexcusenotes,theywereexcellent．SoIdecidedtogivethefirstclasstostudytheartoftheexcusenote．

“TodayI’dlikeyoutowrite‘AnExcuseNotefromAdamtoGod’or‘AnExcuseNotefromEvetoGod’．”Headswentdown．Pensracedacrosspaper．Theyhadtobeaskedtogotolunchbytheirfriends．

Thenextdayeveryonehadexcusenotes．Heateddiscussionsfollowed．ButsuddenlyIsawtheheadmasteratthedoor．Heenteredtheclassroomandwalkedupanddown，lookingatpapers，andthensaid．“I’dlikeyoutoseemeinmyoffice．”Myheartsank．

WhenIsteppedintohisoffice，hecametoshakemyhandandsaid，“Ijustwanttotellyouthatlesson,thatask,wasgreat．Thosekidswerewritingonthecollegelevel．Thankyou.”

56.WecaninterthatwhenMikeywasabsentfromtheclass,hewas

A.somewhereenjoyinghimselfB.takingcareofhisbabysister

C.lookingafterhisgrandmotherD.studyingtheartoftheexcusenote

57.Howdidtheauthorusuallyfindouthisstudents’parental-excusenotesweredishonest?

A．Theywerewrittenindullwords．

B．Theyweremorelikestoriesthanfacts．

C．Hecalledtheirparentsandfoundoutthetruth．

D.Thehandwritingobviouslylookedlikechildren’s．

58.Fromthe5thparagraphweknow

A．thekidswereafraidofGod

B．itwastoodifficultataskforthekids

C．thekidswereveryinterestedinthetask

D.noneofthekidshadlunchthatday

59.Whydidtheauthor’sheartsink?

A．Hethoughttheheadmasterwouldscoldhim．

B.Theheateddiscussionsangeredtheheadmaster．

C.Thestudentswerenotbehavingthemselves．

D．Theheadmasterwaslookingathisstudents’papers．

60.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheauthorasateacher?

A．Honest．B．Strict．C．Hardworking．D．Wise．

2.阅读下列文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Frenchpeoplepridethemselvesontheirdeliciousfoods,suchascheese,baguettesandcroissants（twokindsoffood）.Infact,foodisanimportantpartofFrenchculture.Familiesandfriendsspendhoursoverthedinnertableeachnight.Itistheoppositeofthefast–foodhabitcommoninotherpartsoftheWest.

It’sthereasonwhytheFrenchareveryangrythataMcDonald’sisopeningbeneathParis’smostfamousmuseum:

theLouvre（卢浮宫）.Thenewrestaurantwillbethe1,142ndMcDonald’sinFrance,andwillopenintheundergroundapproachtothemuseum.ButmanyFrenchpeoplecan’tunderstandwhythisAmericanchainisopeningintheheartofFrenchculture.

However,McDonald’sispayingnonoticetothecomplaint.McDonald’snowhas31,000chainsworldwide.Touristsarehungry,andopeningchainsintouristspotspayswell.

ThereisanotherchainthreateningFrance’sheritage.Thistimeitiscoffeeratherthanburgers.AsmoreandmoreStarbucksopeninParis,traditionalFrenchcafésareforcedtoclose.

ThetroublewithAmericancompaniesopeningchainsthroughouttheworldisthedestructiveeffecttheycanhaveonacountry’sculture.Howcanasmall,independentcoffeeshopcompetewiththemulti-billiondollarchain?

YoucangotoaStarbucksinanycityintheworld,butyoucanonlygotoaParisiancaféinFrance.

Responsibilityiswiththetourists.AMcDonald’swouldn’topensoneartheLouvreifitweren’tnotgoingtomakemoney.Similarly,aPizzaHutwouldn’toverlook（俯瞰）Egypt’sGreatPyramidifnoonewantstositinit.MaybenexttimeyouvisittheGreatWall,youshouldthinktwicebeforeorderingaCappuccinointheStarbucks.

58.WhyaretheFrenchveryangrywhenaMcDonald’sisopeningbeneaththeLouvre?

A.BecausetheywillspendmanyhoursinMcDonald’s.

B.BecauseFrenchfoodcultureisveryimpressive.

C.Becausetheyalsohavethefast-foodhabit.

D.Becausetheyareproudoftheirownfood.

59.TheMcDonald’swillbelocatedintheundergroundapproachtothemuseumbecause______.

A.thecomplaintsoftheFrenchareuseless

B.openingachainintouristspotisrewarding

C.McDonald’stendstobeintheheartofculture

D.itwillhelptoattractmoretouristsforthemuseum

60.WhatisthetroublewithAmericancompaniesopeningchainsallovertheworld?

A.Thetraditionalstoresofacountryareforcedtofightback.

B.Thetraditionalstoresofacountrybecomedependant.

C.Theyhavenegativeeffectonacountry’sculture.

D.Themulti-billiondollarchaincan’tbematched.

3.阅读下列文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Areyouaproblemshopper?

Theansweris“Yes”,ifyouorsomeoneelsethinksthatyousometimesgetcarriedawaywithshopping.Inotherwords,doyouordoessomeoneelsethinkyouareoccupiedinextremeshopping?

Ifpeoplehaveregretslaterabouttheirshopping,orhavean“out-of-control”feelingaboutthequantitiesofwhattheybuyortheamountofcredittheyuse,theymaybeconsideredtobeproblemshoppers.

Extremeshoppingcanleadtoamoreseriousproblem–addictiveshopping.Addictiveshoppersfeeldrivenbythedesiretoshopandspendmoney.Theyexperiencegreattensionwhichdrivesthemtoshopandspendmoneyandtheyfeela“rush”duringthetimetheyareoccupiedwiththeshoppingactivity.

Extremeoraddictiveshoppingmayresultfromlong-timeunpleasantfeelings,ofwhichanxiety,painandshamearecommonones.Whenwefeelbadinside,weoftendosomethingtomakeourselvesfeelbetter.Inthiscase,weoftengoshopping.

Afewpeopleshoptorelievetheirboredomoremptiness.Forsomepeople,themotivationisadesireforstatus,power,beautyorsuccess.Somelovetoshopasitmakesthemfeelvaluedintheeyesoftheshopassistants.Othersshopsimplybecauseitmakesthemforget,atleasttemporarily,tension,fearorunhappinessintheirlife.

Besides,shoppingmallsaredesignedtoencouragecontinualshopping.Forinstance,therearesomemallswhereyoucan’tseeclocksdisplayingthetimebecausetheydon’twantyoutobecometooawareofthetimeyouspendthere.What’smore,foodcourts,coffeeshopsandrestroomsareprovided,soyoudon’thavetoleavethemallbecauseofyourphysicalneeds.

Therefore,onceyoubecomeawareofhowmarketforceswork,youwillcertainlycometocontrolyourshoppingbehavior.Forexample,howmuchtimeyouwillspendandwhatareasyouwillvisitcanbedecidedbeforeyouenterthemall.Keepawrittenaccountofwhatitemsyouwillbuyandhowmuchmoneyyouwillspend.Makeaplanforwhatyouaregoingtobuybeforeyoufeeltheurgetoshopandthensticktoit.Thatisvitalforgainingself-control.

54．Whichofthefollowingpeoplemaynotbeproblemshoppers?

A．Thosewhocannotcontroltheamountofcredittheyuse.

B．Thosewhojustwalkaroundtheshoppingmalls.

C．Thosewhoareoccupiedintoomuchshopping.

D．Thosewhofeelsorryfortheirshopping.

55．Accordingtothepassage,whatmaynotresultinaddictiveshopping?

A．Theawarenessofhowmarketforceswork.

B．Thedesireforstatus,power,beautyorsuccess.

C．Boredom,emptiness,tension,fearorunhappinessinpeople’slife.

D．Long-timebadfeelingsofanxiety,painandshame.

56．Whatdoestheauthorsuggesttocontrolourshoppingbehaviour?

A．Nevergoingtotheshoppingmallsbecausetherearemanytricks.

B．Applyingforacreditcardbeforewegoshopping.

C．Makingtheshoppingtimeasshortaspossible.

D．Makingashoppinglistbeforewegoshopping.

57．Theauthorwritesthispassageto.

A．informtheshoppingmallshowtoattractmoreshoppers

B．providesolutionstotheproblemshopping.

C．scoldtheproblemshoppers

D．tellashoppingstory

4.阅读下列文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Whensomethinggoeswrong，itcanbeverysatisfyingtosay，”Well,it’sso-and-so’sfault.”or“IknowI’mlate，butit’snotmyfault；thecarbrokedown.”Itisprobablynotyourfault，butonceyouformthehabitofblamingsomebodyorsomethingelseforabadsituation，youarealoser.Youhavenopowerandcoulddonothingthathelpschangethesituation.However,youcanhavegreatpoweroverwhathappenstoyouifyoustopfocusingonwhomtoblameandstartfocusingonhowtoremedythesituation.Thisisthewinner’skeytosuccess.

Winnersaregreatatovercomingproblems.Forexample,ifyouwerelatebecauseyourcarbrokedown,maybeyouneedtohaveyourcarexaminedmoreregularly.Or,youmightstarttocarryalongwithyoutheusefulphonenumbers,soyoucouldcallforhelpwheninneed.Foranotherexample,ifyourcolleaguecausesyouproblemsonthejobforlackofresponsibilityorability,findwaysofdealingwithhisirresponsibilityorinabilityratherthansimplyblametheperson.Asktoworkwithadifferentperson,ordon’trelyonthisperson.Youshouldacceptthatthepersonisnotreliableandfindcreativewaystoworksuccessfullyregardlessofhowyourcolleaguefailstodohisjobwell.

Thisiswhatbeingawinnerisallabout—creativelyusingyourskillsandtalentssothatyouaresuccessfulnomatterwhathappens.Winnersdon’thavefewe