浙江省湖州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）精炼（15）含答案

　　浙江省湖州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）精炼（15）含答案

　　阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

　　阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　(A)

　　Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

　　After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window .I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window .It really looks terrible.”

　　One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

　　Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!

　　Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

　　That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

　　Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(评判) someone, I asked myself first ,“Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

　　1. The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because_____.

　　　 A. the woman’s window was dirty

　　B. the writer’s window was dirty

　　C. the woman lived nearby

　　D. the writer was near-sighted

　　2. The writer was surprised that ________.

　　A. the woman was sitting by her window

　　B. the woman’s window was clean.

　　C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

　　D. the woman’s window was still terrible

　　3. “ It dawned on me” probably means “______”.

　　A. I began to understand it

　　　 B. it cheered me up

　　C. I knew it grew light

　　D. it began to get dark

　　4. It’s clear that________.

　　A. the writer had never met the woman before

　　B. the writer often washed the window

　　C. they both worked as cleaners

　　D. they lived in a small town

　　5. From the passage, we can learn_________.

　　A. one shouldn’t criticize others very often

　　B. one should often make his windows clean

　　C. one must judge himself before he judges others

　　D. one must look at others through his dirty window

　　参考答案---------BBAAC

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　　(B)

　　Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.

　　While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?

　　One day it is fine. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? And with the timely(及时地) rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.

　　Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident(信心) in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success”.

　　Attitude(态度) decides everything. With an optimistic(乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

　　6. People sometimes complain _________.

　　A. the sky is always dark?

　　B. their studies are successful

　　C. they see the world with their heart

　　D. life is tiring

　　7. When we face failure, we ___________.

　　A. must be confident in ourselves

　　B. shouldn’t be afraid of it

　　C. shouldn’t give up hope

　　D. All of the above

　　8. The best title for the passage is_______.

　　A. Smile and the World Smiles to You?

　　B. Complaining about Life

　　C. Failure is the Mother of Success?

　　D. It is Very Hard to Succeed

　　参考答案-------DDA

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　　影评类(1)

　　Since the beginning of winter break, I have been committed to doing lots of the things I could not do while school was in session.

　　One of the Oscar-nominated (提名的) movies I’ve seen this winter break is Slum-dog Millionaire. Hopefully readers will also have an opportunity to enjoy the movie the way I have halfway around the globe!

　　 Slum-dog Millionaire is about a poor boy from the slums (贫民窟), Jamal, who ends up winning the grand prize in an Indian show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”. The night before he answers the prize-winning question, Jamal is captured by the police and tortured (拷打). They don’t believe a slumdog like Jamal could answer seven questions correctly and possibly win 20 million rupees (卢比)! But, as the movie unfolds, Jamal reveals (透露) how he found the answers to each of the questions. Viewers also learn about Jamal’s childhood, his selfish older brother Salim, and his childhood lover, Latika.

　　The movie’s point, however, is not just to tell a typical story of the underdog (弱者) who becomes a hero. The director also uses Slum-Dog Millionaire to give viewers a taste of India. The movie begins in Jamal’s childhood home in the slums of India. The place where he and his family lived reminds one of the hutongs that used to make up a large part of Old Beijing. Jamal and his brother grow and travel across India, meanwhile surviving as slum-dogs and cheaters, and India ages with them. By the time Jamal is 17 or 18, his old home has been replaced by a giant skyscraper (摩天大楼) financial center. Jamal and Salim take a moment to reminisce (回忆) about their old lives, as they stand high up in a skyscraper that is still under construction. The view from above reminded me of a similar view I had just two years ago in China: I was standing there in the living room of a family friend’s modern apartment, looking out through a window down to the shacks (简陋的房屋) below just next to the building complex. It was amazing how affluence and poverty could live so close together.

　　So, what was most appealing about the movie to me and my Indian friends was how we could relate to the scenarios (情节) presented in the movie. More important than the plot was the window onto the social and economic situations in Asia that it provided.

　　By Jennifer, 16, New Jersey, US

　　1. Which of the following is TRUE about the movie?

　　A. Jamal finally won a big prize after struggling hard to earn an honest living.

　　B. Suspected of cheating, Jamal was arrested by the police before winning the prize.

　　C. Jamal and his brother recalled their past standing where it used to be their home.

　　D. Jamal remained in his childhood home in the slums before he was 17 or 18.

　　2. Viewers can learn from the movie EXCEPT__________.

　　A. Jamal’s childhood and his bitter experience of wandering across the country.

　　B. The rapid social changes and economic development in India.

　　C. The poor life of people in the slums against the prosperity of cities in Asia.

　　D. The secret of becoming a millionaire through personal struggle.

　　3．Why does the movie appeal to the writer?

　　A. It’s a typical story of the underdog who becomes a hero, which the writer admires most.

　　B. It’s an Oscar-nominated movie that helps the writer understand the nature of human.

　　C. It has an exciting and complicated plot that attracts the writer very much

　　D. It reminds the writer of her experience in China and helps her know about Asian countries.

　　4. What can we infer from the reading passage?

　　A. The writer is now studying in a school in China.

　　B. The movie will win the Oscar because of the social problems presented in it.

　　C. The writer is surprised at the gap between the rich and poor in developing countries.

　　D. The movie is only welcomed by Americans who have Indian friends.

　　5. What is the main purpose of writing the passage?

　　A. To introduce a movie to readers and share her views about it.

　　B. To persuade more viewers to go to the cinema to see the movie.

　　C. To express the writer’s enthusiasm towards Asia and its culture.

　　D. To reveal the true social reality in the developing countries.

　　参考答案

　　1---5 B D D C A

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　　People know the dangers of fires. It’s good for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are some suggestions.

　　Put a smoke alarm in the house. Smoke from a fire causes the alarm to go off. The alarm makes a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the house at once.

　　Make escape (逃脱) plan. They should know all the ways out of the house. If there is a fire, everyone follows the plan to get out. Part of the plan is to check all the windows to make sure they can be opened easily.

　　Buy fire extinguishers(灭火器) in the house. Everyone in the family should know how to use them.

　　Practice for a fire. They do fire practice because they teach children about fire safety. Ever yone in the family should know the following fire rules:

　　＊ Don’t open a hot door! The fire can grow more quickly if you open the door.

　　＊ Stay close to the floor! Smoke can be more dangerous than the fire. The best air is near the floor because smoke rises.

　　＊ What will you do if your hair or clothes start to burn? First, Stop! Don’t run! The fire burns faster because of more air. Drop! Fall to the floor. Then roll! Turning over and over will make the fire go out. Put a blanket(毯子) around you to keep air away from the fire that may still be on you..

　　There are many possible causes for fires. A wise family is ready all the time. If there is a fire, don’t forget to call 119 for help.

　　9. The writer advises people to do the following to prepare for a fire except that _______.

　　A. they prepare for a fire

　　B. they make escape plans

　　C. they buy fire extinguishers

　　　D. they use electrical cookers

　　10. What are the right steps you should take when your hair or clothes catch fire?

　　A. Stop, run, roll .

　　B. Stop, drop, roll

　　　 C. Run, drop, roll

　　D. Roll, drop, stop

　　11. What is the best title for this passage?

　　A. The Dangers of a Fire

　　B. The Causes of a Fire

　　C. Learn to Use a Fire Extinguishers

　　D. Be Ready For a Fire

　　参考答案----------DB

　　D

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　　(D)

　　In life, people come across many experiences, which they remember throughout their lives. I had a similar experience, too.

　　I was very excited. It was the day of my last paper of the final examination. My mind was full of thoughts of how I would spend my vacation. I was especially excited of the invitation that my uncle had given me to stay with him for a few days in Cambridge.

　　I was prepared for the subject, physics. My friends and I were on the ground doing the last minute revisions and also discussing the questions that were supposed to come in the paper. Suddenly the bell rang and we got into our classrooms. The teacher came and quickly handed out the answer paper and the question paper. The paper was of two hours and some of the expected questions came. I finished it almost forty-five minutes earlier. But since it was a rule not to collect the answer paper before the allotted（规定的）time. the teacher was not collecting and I had to sit till the time was over. I checked my paper twice and corrected some of the mistakes in it. I started thinking about the place my friends and I had planned to go after the paper.

　　Though I was thinking for a long time, the time seemed to be endless. So I thought of drawing something on the question paper and turned it overleaf. I was shocked to see that the page which I had supposed to be blank had four more questions on it which carried 20 marks and would take at least half an hour to complete. I had a quick glance at my watch. There were only 10 minutes left. I was so nervous that I was hardly in a state to write anything. They were the sub-questions（小题）of the last question. Suddenly our physics teacher came in and told all of us that in the last question, out of 6 sub-questions only 2 had to be solved. I felt very much relieved.

　　Thereafter I never made such mistakes again. But I realized that my anxiousness and excitement could have cost me to lose 20 marks and decided never to make such a mistake again.

　　12. Which of the following statements is true?

　　A. The writer didn’t work hard at physics.

　　B. The writer lost 20 marks for the last question.

　　C. The writer made some mistakes during the exam.

　　D. The questions on the paper were difficult for the writer.

　　13. The underlined word “relieved” means ________.

　　A. more nervous

　　B. less afraid

　　C. more surprised

　　D. less worried

　　14. We can infer from the passage that _____________.

　　A. the writer did 2 sub-questions of the last question

　　B. the writer turned overleaf to do the sub-questions

　　C. the writer spent 45 minutes finishing the paper

　　D. the writer got full marks in the physics exam

　　15. We can learn from the passage that we should _____________.

　　A. learn some exam skills

　　B. concentrate on what we are doing

　　C. try our best to do well in the exam

　　D. be careful not to make mistakes in the exam

　　参考答案--------CDAB

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