常熟市2014高考英阅读理解语一轮（暑假）训练题（9）及答案

　　常熟市2014高考英阅读理解语一轮（暑假）训练题（9）及答案

　　阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States. The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago.

　　“I studied English before I left home,” she said. “But I still was not sure that people were speaking English.”

　　Her problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry.

　　One such saying is “get your act together”.

　　When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry. He may shout, “Stop making mistakes. Get your act together.

　　Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together.” Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action.

　　It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The director may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act together.”

　　Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s. Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together.

　　Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet. One company even called its yearly report, “Getting Our Act Together.”

　　The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is “cut to the chase”.

　　She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company. One official was giving a very long report. It was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep.

　　Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase.”

　　Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material. Hurry and get to the good part

　　Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies. Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies. Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot。

　　Cut is the director’s word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now.

　　So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly.

　　1. After the woman visited the United States she might feel that __________.

　　A. it’s difficult to make money

　　B. It’s easy to master English

　　C. her English was poor

　　D. people there weren’t very friendly

　　2. In which situation could the words “get your act together” be used?

　　A. Visitors make a tiresome and unpleasant trip to someplace.

　　B. Players perform badly in a match.

　　C. Audience is satisfied with the actor’s performance in a movie.

　　D. A task is completed successfully

　　3. According to the text, the expression “get one’s act together” __________.

　　A. was first used by a Japanese business woman

　　B. was commonly read by readers in a newspaper in 1978.

　　C. originally came from a yearly report of a company

　　D. was forbidden to be used in the government policy

　　4. What do the sayings “get your act together” and “cut to the chase” have in common?

　　A. their origins

　　B. Their meanings

　　C. Their uses

　　D. their popularities

　　5. The text is most likely to be found in a book about _________.

　　A. life attitude

　　B. travel journals

　　C. successful business

　　D. language culture

　　参考答案

　　CDBAD

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　　Developing your spoken English: The natural approach

　　Financial Express - Dec 24,2005

　　There lived a man in a village. Like any other village in Bangladesh, speaking in English was considered a great quality in his village. However, he went to England for a visit. When he returned to his village, someone wanted to know how the people of London were like. "Amazing!" he said.

　　World Health Organization Praises OECS Secretariat for Drug Procurement

　　RedNova - Dec 26,2005

　　Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 26 December Castries, St Lucia: An official from the World Health Organization (WHO) has given the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat high marks for its ability to handle quality assurance matters relating to the procurement of drugs for the people of the sub-region.

　　Indian Ocean Tsunami: A Remembrance

　　Voice of America - Dec 26,2005

　　Today, December 26, Indian Ocean nations are marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly tsunami that crashed into two continents to cause unimaginable death and destruction.

　　Wind-Driven Grass Fires Kill One in Texas

　　Dec.28,2005

　　CROSS PLAINS, Texas - Rancher Dean Dillard was able to save his 72-year-old mother's home from grass fires by soaking the land around it. But many of his neighbors weren't as lucky.

　　Russian Rocket Puts European Satellite Galileo into Planned Orbit

　　RedNova – Dec.28,2005

　　The first satellite of the European system of global positioning, Galileo, launched from the Russian Baykonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 28 December, has been successfully put into planned orbit with the help of a Russian Soyuz-FG rocket carrier, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported the same day, quoting Roskosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency.

　　U.N. Official: Iraqi Elections Credible

　　Dec.28,2005

　　BAGHDAD, Iraq - A United Nations official said Wednesday that Iraq's recent parliamentary elections, which have given a strong lead to the Shiite religious bloc dominating the current government, were credible and that there was no justification in calls for a rerun.

　　13. Which of the following statements is true?

　　A. People in Bangladesh like to practice speaking English in London.

　　B. Indian Ocean Tsunami happened on Dec.26, 2005.

　　C. Many of the rancher’s neighbors lost their homes in the grass fires.

　　D. According to the UN, Iraq’s recent elections were dominated by the Shiite religious bloc and are incredible.

　　14. From the above news items, we know that ________.

　　A. Many of the rancher’s neighbors died unluckily in the grass fires.

　　B. Indian Ocean Tsunami occurred in the two continents.

　　C. The natural approach has developed the spoken English efficiently.

　　D. OECS has now been able to handle quality assurance matters about the drug procurement

　　15. “Galileo” is ___________.

　　A. a man-made satellite

　　B. a Russian Rocket

　　C. a spaceship launched from Russia

　　D. a European manned satellite

　　16. The above pieces of news __________.

　　A. are US National news

　　B. come from Europe

　　C. happened in Indian Ocean

　　D. cover the globe

　　13—16、CDAD

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　　k.&s~5*u

　　I've been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one difference and one practice that have greatly helped my writing processes. The difference is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to use both of the creative mind and the critical (批判mind to reach a finished result，they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.

　　　Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibl the single greatest trouble with writing that most of us meet. If you are listening to a 5th grade English teacher correcting your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting（稍纵即逝的）thought, the thought will die. If you catch the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking as it is.

　　　The practice that can help you overcome your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls“free writing”. In free writing, the goal is to get words down on paper non-stop，usually for 1520 minutes. No stopping, no going back, no criticizing. The aim is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow，the ideas will come from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen.

　　　Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you’ve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely，you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadline draws near.

　　　Instead of staring at a blank start and filling it with words no matter how bad they could be，stop halfway through your available time and rework your raw writing into something closer to the finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices.

　　17. When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind“cannot work in parallel”in the writing process，he means _____.

　　A. no one can be both creative and critical

　　B. they can’t be regarded as equally important

　　C. they are in constant conflict with each other

　　D. one cannot use them at the same time

　　18. What usually prevents people from writing on is _______.

　　A. putting their ideas in raw form

　　B. attempting to edit as they’re writing

　　C. ignoring grammatical problems

　　D. trying to capture their fleeting thoughts

　　19. What is the chief purpose of the first stage of writing？

　　A. To organize one’s thoughts logically. B. To choose an appropriate topic.

　　C. To get one’s ideas down quickly.

　　D. To collect many more raw materials.

　　20. In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process？

　　A. It refines his writing into a better shape.

　　B. It helps him to come up with new ideas.

　　C. It saves the writing time available to him.

　　D. It allows him to sit on the side and observe.

　　17—20 DBCA

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　　When asked to point out one or two things that are most important to themselves, many put friends ahead of homes, jobs, clothes and cars.

　　A true friendship carries-a-long history of experience that determines who we are and keeps us connected. It is a treasure we should prove it. Unfortunately, the better friends you are, the more probably you’ll have disagreements. And the result can be what you don’t want __an end to the relationship.

　　The good news is that most troubled friendships can be mended. First, don’t let your pride get in your way. Most of us can forgive each other when differences are brought out in the open. Second, apologize when you’re wrong – even if you’ve been wronged. Over the course of friendship, even the best people make mistakes. Sometimes, it may be best if the wronged person takes wrong. Third, see things from your friend’s point of view(观点). And finally, accept that friendships changes as our needs and lifestyles(生活方式) change. Making friends can sometimes seem easy.

　　The hard part is keeping the connections strong during the nature ups and downs that have an effect on all relationships. My suggestion: Consider friendship an honor and a gift, and worth the effort to treasure and nurture(培养).

　　13. What would be the best title for the text?

　　A. Easy Ways to Make Friends

　　B. Ups and Downs in Friendship

　　C. How to Mend a Troubled Friendship

　　D. How to Take the Lead in Making Friends

　　14. The “wronged person” underlined in the text refers to a person

　　A. who has been mistaken for another

　　B. who has been blamed unfairly

　　C. who has treated friends badly

　　D. who has admitted his mistakes

　　15. According to the text a friendship can last long only if

　　we have much in common

　　B. we know our friends mistakes

　　we treat our disagreements wisely

　　D. we have know one another for long

　　16. What should we do if we follow the author’s second suggestion?

　　A. Stick to our own, pints of view.

　　B. Avoid making mistakes.

　　C. Make an apology first.

　　D. Change our lifestyles.

　　13—16、CBCC

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