高考英语二轮阅读理解精英训练精品题29.docx

1、高考英语二轮阅读理解精英训练精品题292014高考英语阅读理解精英训练二轮精品题（29）及答案阅读理解When I was a boy，my father told me that he could do anything that he wanted to do . Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city, and so he did When I was 16，Dad looked closely at the violin I played and announced that

2、 he wanted to make oneHe read about violin making，and then became a violin-maker at the age of 43He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local companyHe retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and ot

3、her instruments. Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautifulSome experts claimed that it was the unique varnish（油漆）that gave those instruments their beautiful soundDad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish-if that were the answer One of Dads friends asked him once wh

4、ich kind of wood was used to make violinsWhen Dad explained that the top was made of spruce，his friend said that he had an old piece of spruce Dad might be interested in He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be a superior violin an

5、d it would become Dads masterpieceHe was convinced that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself Later，the instrument was stolenDads spirit was broken by the robbery, and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old，selling guitars and violin

6、s My father has been gone for 14 years nowThe violin has been missing for more than25 yearsSomewhere a musician is playing a late-20tb-centruy violin with an excellent toneThe owner today may never understand why this ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like a Stradivarius. 1. The author mentions

7、 his fathers developing color prints_ Ato show that his fathers real interest was not in making violins Bto prove that his father could do anything he wanted to do Cto give an example proving that his father was an inventor Dto describe the real thing that made the author believe his father 2. What

8、did the authors father think about Stradivarius violins? AThe varnish was different from the others BThe way of making them was special CThe wood of the violins was special DThey could only be analyzed by chemists 3. How long did the authors father live after the violin was stolen ? A. About 11 year

9、s B. About 14 years C. About 25 years D. About 80 years 1( 答案、B C A B )阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节: 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。AMr. Patrick was new to the school and to us. Even though he was a great teacher, he seemed rather like a character out of a horror movie. He didnt look that bad, but

10、 somehow, he looked extremely scary to me.Some kids began to believe that he was a murderer or a ghost; some believed he was mad and a few believed that he might have suffered a lot in his life. I was one of those few.One day I gathered up my courage and headed towards the school garden. He was, as

11、usual, sitting on a bench alone. I breathed heavily a few times and then walked towards him.“How are you?” I asked with my voice crackling.He managed to say, “Fine.”“Well, good to know,” I tried to be happy.“Hmmm” was all I heard.“Whats up with you?” then seeing a puzzled look on his face, I tried t

12、o be more formal and respectful. “I mean, why arent you like all other people in the school? Why are you always so quiet and sad? Why”“No dear, some things are better left unsaid,” he said gloomily.“Oh no sir, nothing is better left unsaid. If you want to share your feelings with me and reduce the p

13、ain of your heart, you are free to do so. I promise I will never ever tell anyone.”“With you? You are just a little girl; what will you understand?”I was somehow offended but still I managed to persuade him, “So what, Sir? You see, if you tell me your problem, you will have a light heart and you wil

14、l have the feeling that someone somewhere cares about you.”“Oh okay, that was a very nice belief indeed; lets take a walk and I will let you know everything.”Soon after our little talk, there was a visible change on his face. Later that day in the class, there was a smile on his face.56. From the te

15、xt, we can know about Mr. Patrick that he . A. once acted a character in a horror movie B. scared his students with his looks C. often punished the students for bad marks D. did better in teaching than others in the school57. Mr. Patrick was thought by the author to . A. be a murderer or a ghost B.

16、be mad C. have suffered a lot D. have a special personality58. While walking towards Mr. Patrick in the school garden, the author felt . A. excited B. nervous C. worried D. happy阅读理解 Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apartBoth towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are fu

17、ll of holiday-makers and other tourists Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in BeldonThe next day, this news appeared on page two of the towns newspaperThe Beldon Post: FIRE AT SEABREEZE Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedr

18、oomThe hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fireWe say again to all our visitors： “Please dont smoke cigarettes in bed” This was Beldons first hotel fire for five yearsThe Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one： ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE Last night Beldon firemen

19、arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze HotelAn angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fireThe bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotelsWhen I put my bed side light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp” We are glad

20、to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accidentThere was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one factDo we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hot

21、el Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”?1Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text? ABeldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer BA fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer CIt was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers DTwo n

22、ewspapers gave reports on the same matter2Which of the following are probably facts? aThe fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel bA cigarette started the fire cAn old lamp started the fire dThe fire broke out at night eThere has never been a fire in Canfield Ab and c Ba and d Cc and e Da and c3The

23、 Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _ Ahotels in Beldon often catch fire Bhotels in Beldon dont often catch fire Cthis was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel DBeldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe4The Canfield newspaper gav

24、e a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _ Athe bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel Bthe bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place Cthe firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things Dsuch accidents never happened in Canfield for the

25、past 5 years2 （答案CBAC）阅读理解One of the major problems in our economy is inflation, a situation in which prices are going up faster than wages. Thus, a person has to work more hours to pay for the same thing. For example, lets say that this year a loaf of bread costs $1.00 and the average salary in the

26、 United States is $10.00 per hour. That means a person could earn enough money to buy a loaf of bread in one-tenth of an hour, or six minutes, Then, halfway through the year, The price of bread goes up to $1.25, while wages stay the same. That means that a person how has to work one-eighth of an hou

27、r, or seven and a half minutes to buy the same loaf of bread. Now lets say that at the end of the year, wages go up to$11.00 per hour, but the price of bread goes up to $1.50. Now a person has to work more than one-seventh of an hour, over eight minutes to but the same loaf of bread. As you can see,

28、 if more and more work time is spent earning money to buy loaves of bread, employees will have less money left over to buy other things Inflation means that the same money buys fewer things and everybodys standard of living goes down, even if salaries are going up. Some kinds of inflation are worse

29、than others, Moderate inflation does not distort（扭曲）relative prices or incomes seriously, Galloping inflation happens rapidly, say at a rate of 100 percent or more within a year. And then there is hyperinflationinflation so serious that people try to get rid of their currency before prices rise furt

30、her and make the money worthless. Times of hyperinflation are usually characterized by social and political disorder.1The passage mainly wants to . Alist major economic problems Bdiscuss something about inflation Cexplain why bread prices increase Dstate the types of inflation2Why is“a loaf of bread

31、”repeatedly mentioned? ATo express dissatisfaction with the price of bread. BTo show the effect of price changes. CTo compare bread with other food. DTo explain social and political disorder.3What happens when prices go up but salaries remain the same? AThe government will do more about the economy.

32、 BWorkers might lose their jobs of they show dissatisfaction. CPeople will save money rather than spend it. DPeople must work longer to buy the same things.4Which of the followings belongs to the type of moderate inflation? APeople try to get rid of their currency. BInflation occurs at rate of 100 pe