高考英语阅读理解抓分练习31Word格式文档下载.docx

1、 After reading about Professor Wiseman s studies I think not.As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but its important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a poten

2、tial problem.Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.【文章大意概括】本文为议论文。作者认为命运只垂青那些有所准备的人。身处逆境，不要怨天尤人，要想方设法化厄运为好运。每个人都可以做自己命运的主人。1Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer s point?A. M

3、ake the best of a bad job.B. Rome was not built in a day.C. All is not gold that glitters.D. A good heart conquers ill fortune.【详解剖析】推理判断题。Make the best of a bad job意为“身处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明”，与最后一段作者的观点“try to turn bad luck into good（把厄运变好运）”最为接近。故答案为A。Rome was not built in a day意为“伟业非一日可成”；All is not gold t

4、hat glitters意为“闪光的东西并不都是金子”；A good heart conquers ill fortune意为“善心克厄运”。【最佳选项】A2What do you know about Oprah Winfrey?A. She became famous through her family background.B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life.C. She is a British talk show host.D. She became successful by her own

5、 effort.【详解剖析】细节理解题。根据第一段中的a self-made billionaire可知美国talk show主持人oprah Winfrey是从白手起家，通过自我奋斗而成名的。【最佳选项】D3The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show_.A. luck is in your own handB. bad luck can turn into goodC. you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to youD

6、. man can conquer nature根据第二段内容可以判断，作者引用中国“守株待兔”的故事是为了说明“人们不应该待在家里等待机会的降临”的观点。【最佳选项】C4From the experiment Wiseman drew the conclusion that_.A. lucky people are quick-mindedB. unlucky people are slow to readC. lucky people often have an open mindD. unlucky people are more creative根据第四、五段内容，尤其是第五段最后一句

7、可知，Wiseman通过试验得出结论：“幸运的人”具有开放的心态，做事不墨守成规。5The underlined word “spot” is the closest in meaning to“_”A. recognize B. markC. locate D. receive【详解剖析】词义猜测题。根据上文语境及The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message可知spot在句中用作及物动词，是“发现，识别”之意。长难句解读You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but

8、that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you.but前后为两个并列分句。在第一个分句中不定式短语to find a good job用作结果状语。第二个分句含有一个宾语从句，现在分词短语waiting for the opportunity to come to you作伴随状语。 第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A（2012合肥质检一）Nowadays a growin

9、g number of grassroots entertainers are stepping into the public eye.Although a sudden success provides quick fame, experts say not all the rising stars will have a promising future.The grassroots band Xu Ri Yang Gang, meaning the rising sun in Chinese, suddenly became popular after uploading a vide

10、o of them singing “In the Spring”Actually, they have never stopped struggling to realize their dreams.After that they were frequently invited to big media events in China, like the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.However, just as many thought they were about to go further, the original singer of the song

11、“In the Spring” stepped in to prevent the band from performing his songs.Different from Xu Ri Yang Gang, Chinas rising star Liu Wei is considered to have more professional skills, enabling him to enjoy a longlasting.The armless pianist who plays the music of the song “Hope” with his toes has won the

12、 champion of the television talent show Chinas Got Talent.Now, he is signed with Fremantle Media and Sony Music, and is kept busy every day. He believes it is his determination that makes him a_hit.Another fairy story is the case of the rising star Susan Boyle.She came to international public attent

13、ion after appearing as a candidate on Britains Got Talent in 2009, singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables.Her first album became the biggest selling album in the world in 2009, selling 9 million copies.As for Chinese grassroots stars, experts say besides big dreams, they need more original

14、compositions to achieve big results.文章大意：最近，很多草根明星闯入了大众的视野。然而，作者认为他们还有很长的路要走。56What would be the best title for the text?A.Rising grassroots stars B.Comparison of grassroots starsC.Ways of grassroots getting famous DDifferences between grassroots stars lives57From the text we know that Xu Ri Yang Ga

15、ng got popular through _.A.CCTV B.newspapers C.contests Dthe internet58The underlined words “a hit” in Paragraph 5 most probably means_.A.a strike B.a success C.an achievement D.an influence59It can be inferred from the text that_.A.grassroots stars cant have a promising future at allB.most of grass

16、roots stars have got professional skillsC.grassroots stars need to focus more on their original worksD.talent show is the only way for grassroots stars to become popular56答案：A主旨大意题。由文章大意可知，本文讲述的是对草根明星的成功的认识，所以A项正确。57答案：D细节理解题。由第二段第一句话“.after uploading a video of them singing In the Spring”可知，旭日阳刚组合是

17、把他们的春天里传到网上而出名的。58答案：B猜测词义题。刘伟和Fremantle Media and Sony Music签约了，每天都很忙，所以他认为他的决心使他如此成功。59答案：C推理判断题。由最后一段“As for Chinese grassroots stars, experts say besides big dreams, they need more original compositions to achieve big results.”可知，草根明星们需要把精力放在原创作品上。*Pop stars today enjoy what once only belonged t

18、o the royalty （皇室）. Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols. The stars are transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls Royces, private helicopters or executive aeroplanes. They a

19、re surrounded by a permanent entourage（随从） of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported，for, like royalty, pop stars are news. If they enjoy many of the privileges of royalty, they certainly share many of th

20、e inconveniences as well. It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public.They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds who idolize them. They are no longer private individuals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calcula

21、ted, for their rates of pay are great.And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great days of Hollywood have become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation （奉承） on an all time scale. By today s standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quit

22、e so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title “Top of the Pops” is fierce, but the rewards are truly huge.It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Dont the top men in industr

23、y earn enormous salaries for the service they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency often more than large industrial companies and the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual contributions to the exchequer（国库）. So who would begrudge

24、 them their rewards?It s all very well for people in boring jobs to complain about the successes and rewards of others. People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can earn. But a man who