浙江省湖州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）精炼（18）含答案
阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）
第一节 （共15小题：每小题3分，满分45分）
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Despite their name, the Want Family don’t want much. They want enough money for a nice house and a holiday every year. But they don’t want to be millionaires. They want to do well at their jobs. But they don’t want to be the big boss. They do want to spend time improving their garden, visiting their families and taking their two kids, Nicolas and Leuan, to McDonald’s for lunch. But they don’t want to be famous.
The Wants just want to be normal. That’s why they are famous. They have been selected as the most normal family in Britain. After a six-month search for the most ordinary family in Britain, the Wants were selected from hundreds of applicants.
John Want works in marketing for a food company. Claire has a part-time job renting out children’s play equipment. John doesn’t understand why they were chosen to represent ordinary English families. How are they normal?
That is not a bad question. Nearly everyone does some of the things that the Wants do. But very few people do all of them. There have been great changes in the social structure of British life. It is becoming more common for people to have children when they are older than the Wants, and to have one child instead of two. A household with two children may be headed by a single parent, usually the mother. Or perhaps dad and mum are still together, but not married. Or maybe dad and mum are married. Dad goes out to work and mum stays at home and looks after the kids. They have traditional values. Every weekend the whole family goes to church.
“What we have here is not an average family, but a traditional family,” says Cary Cooper, professor of philosophy at Lancaster University. “There is no such thing as a normal family anymore, in the way there was 20 or 30 years ago. Of course the Wants exist, but for what do we need to celebrate them?” Perhaps because we think normal families are an endangered species. Examples of them have to be preserved to show future generations.
1. The Wants were selected as the most normal family in Britain because________.
A. they represent traditional English families
B. they don’t want much
C. they don’t want to be famous
D. they want to be normal
2. The following statements describe the great changes in British life EXCEPT _________.
A. people have kids later than 20 or 30 years ago
B. some children are brought up by a single parent
C. it’s more common for families to have only one kid
D. most families go to church every weekend
3. We may infer from the passage that __________.
A. most of British families hold traditional values
B. future generations are eager to learn from traditional families
C. traditional families are becoming fewer and fewer
D. traditional families no longer exist in Britain
4. What might be the most suitable title for this passage?
A. An Ordinary Family
B. A Normal But Special Family
C. Celebration of a Family Competition
D. Families of Future Generations
ADCB
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B
General Electric has found robots far more productive in some work than human workers. In one case, a robot saved enough to pay for itself in ten months. At Ford Motor Company, about fifty small robots are deftly fitting light bulbs into dashboards and speakers into car radios.
The next phase of the computer revolution may well turn out to be the robot revolution. Robots have been fixtures in comedy and science fiction for a long time, but the first industrial robot wasn’t used in the United States until 1961. Industrial robots scarcely resemble the stereotyped humanoid with flashing eyes and a combinations chest. They’re basically just combinations of a computer with very deft and efficient producing machines. What’s really new, of course, is the extent to which these electronic wonders are transforming the way people work and the composition of the work force, especially in Japan. There are about 36,000 robots working in Japan and approximately 6,500 in the United States. In early 1982, Raymond Donovan, U.S. Secretary of Labor, predicted that by 1990 half the workers in U.S. factories would be specialists trained to service and repair robots.
It’s easy to see why these “steel-collar workers” can be preferable to their human counterparts. They cause fewer personnel problems: they're never absent, and they never ask for more holidays, take vacations, or file grievances. They also give more consistent attention to quality control, are more efficient and effective performers, and are definitely cheaper to keep. Robots, which cost about $30,000 to $150,000 each, usually work two shifts a gay. The displaced workers would draw salaries and benefits of about $790,000 a year. However, robots still cannot replace all facets of the human worker. The automated factory is feasible, but when it comes to reason and informed decisions, robots are still in the same league with machines, at least for now.
5. The details given in the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2 __________.
A. illustrate the technical superiority of Japanese technology over American technology
B. warn against the possibility that robot workers will replace human workers
C. show the growth in acceptance of robot workers worldwide
D. prove the need to catch up with Japanese technology
6. In Line 3 Paragraph 1, the word “deftly” means ___________.
A. clumsily
B. expensively
C. lightly
D. skillfully
7. In this passage, the author shows preference in favor of ________.
A. General Electric
B. steel-collar workers
C. more factory personnel D. Ford Motor
8. The writer of this passage probably __________.
A. sees a role for both robot and human factory workers
B. wants to see more robots employed in factories
C. feels threatened by robots
D. believes robots make manufacturing much easier
5----C
DBA
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Signs in Chinese will be set up in public areas，such as airports，to benefit Chinese travellers，the Italian Government announced in late February,2005.Now_many_European_countries_are_expected_to_follow_
the_example.
Despite the different languages，travelling across Europe has never been so simple.Just five years ago，if you wanted to visit Germany in the north and Spain in the south in one trip，you had to wait for weeks to apply for different visas from the two countries.You also need a calculator because both countries had different money.
Today，with a Schengen Visa issued by any member countries，you can travel across 15 European countries without stopping.Since 2002，within most of the EU，there is now just one type of money in the Euro.The Euro was designed to be the only money in the EU，and makes it easier to shop around.If you drive，your driving license and car insurance police are valid in the other countries.And you can use your mobile phone everywhere.
All the countries in the continent are melting into a united Europe under the EU.For Europeans and visitors the result is that it is more convenient to travel back and forth between the countries.
1.What does the writer mean by saying “Now many European countries are expected to follow the example.”？
A.More signs will be set up for Chinese in European countries.
B.Chinese is now an important language in Europe.
C.More Chinese people will travel across Europe.
D.More Europeans have a desire to know more about China.
2.What is the purpose of writing the text?
A.To praise the tourism policy in the EU.
B.To introduce the tourism conditions in the EU.
C.To encourage us to travel across Europe.
D.To suggest the world be melted into one like the EU.
3.Why has travelling in Europe become easier compared to five years ago?
A.Because you need not drive a car on your own.
B.Because you can use a calculator to exchange money.
C.Because applying for different visas is much simpler.
D.Because one visa is good enough for a number of countries.
4.What can be inferred from the story?
A.The Euro is the only money used in the EU now.
B.Chinese has become an important language in Europe.
C.An increasing number of Chinese tend to travel to Europe.
D.It is always necessary to unite many countries into one.
1.While he was ironing it，there was a knock at the door.(完形填空第二段第五句)
他正熨衣服时传来了敲门声。
(1)Did you hear a knock at the door?
你听到有人在敲门吗？
(2)When I fell，I got a terrible knock on the head.
我摔倒时头撞得很厉害。
(3)He knocked at the door and entered.
他敲了敲门便走进去了。
2.In another part of the town，a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi.(完形填空最后一段首句)
在小镇的另一地方，一个人用刀杀了一个妇女，有人看到他乘出租车逃窜。
(1)I saw an old lady
我看到一位老太太
(2)That way I see it，you have three main problems.
我认为你有三个主要问题。
(3)Seeing that he’s ill，he’s unlikely to come.
因为他病了，他大概不来了。
3.Despite the different languages，travelling across Europe has never been so simple.(阅读理解第二段首句)
尽管语言不同，横穿欧洲的旅行也从没这么简单过。
(1)They had a wonderful holiday，despite the bad weather.
尽管天气不好，他们的假日还是过得那么愉快。
(2)Despite wanting to see him again，she refused to reply to his letters.
尽管她很想再见他，但却不愿给他回信。
(3)Despite what others say，I think he is a very nice chap.
不管别人怎么说，我仍认为他这个人很好。
(4)They went out in spite of the rain.
尽管下着雨，他们还是出去了。Ⅱ.1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C
C
A study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series of reports from NatWesl that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.
University tuition fees (学费) are currently capped at £3,000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.
In the research, the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average £ 31,000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just £ 17,815. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than £ 10,000. Average debts for graduates are £ 12, 363.
Stephen Moir, head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest, said, “The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively."
Ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweathcr, aged 15, from St Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.
9. Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?
A. Students understand personal finances differently.
B. University tuition fees in England have been rising.
C. Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.
D. The students’ payback ability has become a major issue.
10. The phrase “to raise the ceiling” in paragraph 2 probably means "______".
A. to raise the student loans
B. to improve the school facilities
C. to lift the school building roofs
D. to increase the upper limit of the tuition
11. According to Stephen Moir, students_______.
A. should learn to manage their finances well
B. are too young to be exposed to financial issues
C. should maintain a positive attitude when facing loans
D. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance
12. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.
B. Many British teenagers do not know money matters well.
C. Financial planning is a required course at college.
D. Young people should become responsible adults.
9---CD
AB
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D
Holidays
Holiday News
Vacancies(空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season.
The Snowdonia Centre
The Snowdonia Centre for young mountain climbers has a mountain climbing lesson. The beginners’ costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.
You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime of mountain climbing adventure.
The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime
Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking, waiting and travelling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another.
On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home.
During the trip, you can rest on deck, enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play.
You will visit all the places most people only dream about--from Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong.
For a few thousand pounds, all you’ve ever hoped for can be yours.
13. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?
A. Choose the holiday in Devon.
B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre.
C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008.
D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii.
14. In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?
A. It provides chances of family gatherings.
B. It provides customers with good food.
C. It offers a sports lesson.
D. It offers comfortable rooms.
15. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?
A. You can have free meals on deck every day.
B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.
C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.
D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.
13----ACB
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