高考英语阅读理解抓分精品练习16.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解抓分精品练习162014高考英语阅读理解抓分精品练习（16）及答案阅读理解猜测词义Passage * We find that bright children are not often held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are improved. We feel that there are many dis advantages in streaming pupils, a way to teach pupils in group

2、saccording to their ability. It does not pay attention to the fact that children develop at different speed. It can have a bad effect on bloth the bright and not-so-bright children. After all it can be quite discouraging to be at the hottom of the top grade ! Besides, it is rather unreal to grade pe

3、ople just according to their intellectual (智力的) ability. This is only one aspect (方面) of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic (学术理论的) ability. We also value personal quaides (品质)and social skills, and we find that m

4、ixed-ability teaching helps improve all these aspects of learning. In our classroom, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups, this gives them the chances to learn to cc-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They al- sci learn how to deal with personal problems as well

5、 as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate (分析和评价), and to comunicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual (个人的) tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their

6、own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is right and suitable. We encourage our pu- pils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can do advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our

7、pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal. 1. Whats the authors attitude towards mixed-ability teaching? A. He agrees to it. B. He doubts the truth of it. C. He is very discontent about it. D. He tries to be objective at)out it. 答案：A 指导：由第一段第

8、二句“On the contrary，both their knowledSe and experience are improved”可知作者赞同mixed-abilityteaching2. By held back, the author means A. forced to study in the lower class B. made to remain in the same class C. prevented from advancing D. made to fall behind other students 答案：C 指导：由第一段第二句中的improved可知。*结束

9、 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ALike many men at some point, I dream about opening a bar. I plan to call it Work Out. It will cater to married women in need of a little fun. On Friday nights, they will be able to come here and enjoy themselves.See, I have a gift f

10、or business. I am, as my wife Zsa Zsa likes to note, “A man with a million ideas, none of them very good.” Speaking of Zsa Zsa, she is fed up with this plain little life Ive made for ustoo many kids, too many chores, mind numbing debt. The other day, she said she thought we needed a new family car.

11、“Sure. How about an 87 Lincoln?” I said, and saw my dear Zsa Zsa age about 20 years, and become her mother right before my eyes.Yes, money is our madness. Last year, we thought we had found a little cushion when I published a book about the life here in suburban America. It sold 12 copiessix of them

12、 to my mother. Four other copies went to various aunts and uncles, who used them for martini coasters (杯垫), then sold them at yard sales. The two remaining copies went to perfect strangers. (I think I owe you dinner, whoever you are. Call me, OK? Well arrange something.)When the book didnt take off,

13、 I wrote a TV show. Then I penned a short novel based on the earlier TV idea that didnt sell. Currently, I am at work on a set of encyclopedias(百科全书). In a month, I plan to sell them door to door.Such is the life of a writer, sending off the most personal thoughts possible to his hard drive. I am a

14、writer, but also the breadwinner in my family. Im at the keyboard at 6 almost every morning, hoping to tap out one ideajust onethat will take us up the hill, to the mountain, to the top.26. According to the passage, the author is leading a/an life. A. enjoyable B. wealthy C. hard D. comfortable【答案】C

15、【解析】细节理解题。由“she is fed up with this plain little life Ive made for ustoo many kids, too many chores, mind numbing debt.”可知作者过着艰难的生活。故选C。27. By saying “Sure. How about an 87 Lincoln?”, the author . A. promised it to his wife B. was showing off their fortune C. thought his wife would like it D. was ju

16、st joking 【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。由“she is fed up with this plain little life Ive made for ustoo many kids, too many chores, mind numbing debt.”可知他们有太多的孩子，杂物以及让人头脑麻木的债务。他们根本没钱买车，所以作者说买林肯车只是开个玩笑。28. What was the result of the book the author mentioned in the 3rd paragraph? A. It didnt sell well at all. B. He

17、sold it door to door. C. He made a lot of money from it. D. It was really a cushion for his family.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。由It sold 12 copiessix of them to my mother. Four other copies went to various aunts and uncles, who used them for martini coasters (杯垫), then sold them at yard sales. The two remaining c

18、opies went to perfect strangers.”可知书卖的一点也不好。29. What does the underlined word “cushion” mean ? A. Comfortable seat. B. Financial help. C. Unexpected success. D. Best-selling book.【答案】B【解析】词义猜测题。由“money is our madness.”可知他们以为他们找到了财富。故选B。30. From the account above, which of the following statements is

19、 true? A. He has a real gift for business. B. He isnt serious enough about life. C. He is a hard working writer. D. His wife is satisfied with their plain life.【答案】C【解析】推理判断题。由“Such is the life of a writer, sending off the most personal thoughts possible to his hard drive.”可知他是个努力工作的作家。 阅读理解猜测词义Pass

20、age * When we think about people who arc leaders, we often get a mental picture of someone who is older, smarter, and wiser than ourselves. Studies of leadership, though, have usually found that there is almost no relationship between skill as a leader and traditional measures of intelligence. Some

21、recent research by psychologist Red Fiedle and his colleagues showed that both intelligence and experience may be important but just now how important depends upon how stressful the work situation is and what kind of task is to be ac- complished. The researchers obtained measures of intelligence, ex

22、perience, performance, and stress. Overall, these variables did not relate to one another. Men with high and low intelligence were equally likely to give good performance, as were men with more and less experience, or more and less stress with their bosses. Howevcr, when you look separately at those

23、 men who have high stress with their bosses, thc picture changes. In high stress situations, there was no association between intelligence and performance, but there was between experience and performance. In other words, in difficuh situations, it was helpful to know the ropes. In low stress situat

24、ions, the find ings were just the opposite. Experience was not related to good performance, but intelligence was. That is. when things are going well, intelligence is very useful in leadership.A study of fire fighters performance under high and low stress conditions also found the experienced office

25、rs performed best under situations of stress. None of this is really very surprising. If you have ever had a supervisory job you probably found that at least as much energy went into handling (管理) people as went into handling the job itself. Tests of intelligence at least the ones we have now do not

26、 predict success in handling people. 1. What kind of people can do the best job in stress situation? A. intelligent people B. experienced people C. calm people D. skilled people 2. In the third sentence of the last paragraph. a supervisory job refers to_. A. a management job B. an advisory job C. a

27、teaching job D. an organizing job 3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage.? A. In stress situations, there are no association between experience and performance. B. Some recent research suggests that most leaders arc lack of intelligence. C. In low stress situations, in

28、telligence plays an important role in leadership. D. Generally speaking, leaders are likely to be cleverer than ordinary people. 4. In the second sentence of the fourth paragraph, to know the ropesmost probably means_. A. to understand the situation B. to control the situation C. to get rid of the s

29、ituation D. to make sure what to do about thc situation答案：D 指导：根据上下文可以推断本句意思是：换句话说，在困难的情况下经验有利于控制局势。*结束 阅读理解猜测词义Passage * On May 21,1999, some American scientists were working at the computers to look for information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright red spots crossing the computer

30、s screens. At the same time the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening, they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses(病毒) ! Obviously all these compute

31、rs had been infected by computer viruses. It is said that the computer viruses were made by two or three Philippine young men food of playing tricks. They all had excellent education. They created the viruses just to show their intelligence(才智). The kind of computer virus is namedLove YouVirus This

32、virus can hide in computers for a long time. When the time comes they will attack the computers by lower- ing the important fimctlons(功能), damaging their normal pro grams or even getting rid of a great deal of information which operators of the computers often use or store. Whats worse, it still can rep