贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（25）附答案

　　贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（25）附答案

　　课时作业(二十五)　[必修5　Unit 5 First aid](限时：45分钟)阅读理解e made a great impact on my life, my views and personal philosophy. Others I met had the opposite effect because they represented attitudes, behavior and beliefs that were directly opposed to my views on life and my feelings about the value of all people.

　　One such person I met was a woman in her late seventies. She had been an active woman, raised a family and had engaged in helping others, and developed her own crafts to sell at selected craft shows throughout the year.

　　When I met her for the first time, I couldn't believe that she was in her late seventies—I would have placed her age more in her early sixties. After speaking with her for a short period, it was only then that the conversation seemed to turn to age. And, it wasn't a conversation about the frailty(脆弱) of age, or the aches and pains, or about pleasures lost.

　　The conversation, instead, focused on her zest for life and all the things that she was in the planning stages of doing. And, what she was planning to do wasn't about going to a seniors group so she and her husband could go on a bus tour. What she was planning was an excursion(旅行) to Europe, unaccompanied by any tour operator or taken around the usual sights by a local guide.

　　She really impressed me a lot because of her zest for life; for an uncompromising view of the future not in the least affected by her age; for the undying faith in knowing that there was a great deal of life yet to be discovered and experienced and yearning for each new image, discussion, smell, cultural uniqueness or experience.

　　16．From the text we know ________．

　　A．the woman had much sight­seeing around the world

　　B．the woman was willing to help others

　　C．the woman made great wealth by selling crafts

　　D．the woman talked a lot about her age

　　17．The old woman impressed the author because ________．

　　A．she kept young in spite of her age

　　B．she had experienced a lot in life

　　C．she never gave in to the aches and pains in life

　　D．she had a positive outlook on life

　　18．What kind of tone does the author use to describe the woman?

　　A．Doubtful.

　　C．Concerning.

　　C．Sympathetic.

　　D．Appreciative.

　　19．The underlined word “zest” in the fourth paragraph probably means “________”．

　　A．enthusiasm

　　B．concept

　　C．view

　　D．satisfaction

　　B

　　Down on the beach of Dover，56­year­old Channel swimmer Jackie Cobell bravely set off for Calais.The time was ：40，successful mother from Kent crawled(爬行) to the shore and walked proudly into the record books.After five years in training，Mrs.Cobell became the slowest person to cross the Channel under her own steam.The previous record for the slowest crossing，set by Henry Sullivan at 26 hours and 50 minutes，has stood for 87 years before Mrs.Cobell started at Dover Saturday morning.，then the other.It turned the 21­mile crossing into a 65­mile one.She declared，“Time and tide wait for no man—and they certainly didn't wait for me.I was fully expecting it to get dark before I got to Calais but I never imagined I'd also see the dawn again.But I wasn't going to give up.”

　　Her feat(壮举) raised more than $2，000 in charity sponsorship for research into Huntingdon's disease，a sum that was continuing to grow as news of her achievement spread.That was why she did it.“I don't really know myself，” she said.I just kept thinking of all the people I'd be letting down if I stopped.”

　　Mrs.Cobell took to the water so well at school.But after bringing up two daughters，she started to gain weight.Five years ago she took up swimming again and decided to prepare for the Channel challenge to lose weight.She became much fitter.Then came the big swim.“I practiced on Windermere Lake，” she said.“It's about half the distance of the Channel so I just doubled it，added some extra time，and worked out I could probably get to Calais in about 16 hours.”，trainer，official observer and friend sailed alongside her on a boat.She said，“I sang to keep myself going.When they told me I was a record breaker I thought they were just having a joke—until I realized it was the record for the slowest crossing.But maybe next time I might be a bit quicker.”

　　20．Which of the following is right according to the passage?

　　A．Mrs.Cobell crossed the Channel in order to set a slowest record.

　　B．Mrs.Cobell raised $2，000 in all.to Paragraph 1, Mrs.Cobell ________．

　　A．started to learn swimming five years ago

　　B．arrived at Calais on late Sunday morning

　　C．wanted to break the record for the slowest crossing

　　D．was too exhausted to move after crossing the Channel

　　22．Why did Mrs.Cobell spend so much time crossing the Channel?

　　A．Because the tides changed her direction.

　　B．Because she was not in good condition.

　　C．Because she wasn't good at swimming.

　　D．Because the winds kept her from swimming fast.

　　23．Mrs.Cobell crossed the Channel for the main purpose of________．

　　A．taking a risk

　　B．losing more weight

　　C．raising money for charity

　　D．becoming famous worldwide

　　24．How did Mrs.Cobell feel about the record she set?

　　A．Dissatisfied.

　　B．Excited.

　　C．Annoyed.

　　D．Proud.

　　Ⅲ.书面表达假定你是李华，亚洲冬季运动会将在你居住的地方举办，现在正在招募志愿者，你希望成为其中一员。请按要求用英文给组委会写一封申请信，应包括以下120左右，开头和结尾语已为你写好；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：申请 apply(), application(n.)；志愿者volunteer，_________

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　　Yours faithfully，参考答案课时作业(二十五)文章讲述的是作者所碰到的一个七十多岁的女人及其对生活充满热情的态度。从她身上作者学到了很多。　细节理解题。根据第二段“…had engaged in helping others…”可知她是乐意帮助别人。　细节理解题。根据第四段“The conversation, instead, focused on her zest for life and all the things that she was in the planning stages of doing.”以及最后一段“She really impressed me a lot because of her zest for life”可知。　推理判断题。作者在讲述这个人的时候一直都表示对她的生活态度很佩服，所以选D。　词义猜测题。由上下文可知zest是“热情”的意思，故选A。 为了给慈善事业募捐， 英国56岁的老人横渡英吉利海峡，意外的是，她创造了最慢的记录。　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Mrs Cobell took to the water so well at school.”可得答案。　推理判断题。根据第一段“… set off for Calais. The time was 6：40am.28 hours and 44 minutes later”和“Mrs. Cobell started at Dover Saturday morning”可判断。　细节理解题。根据第二段“She had struggled through changing tides that swept her first one way, then the other.”可知。　细节理解题。根据第三段“Her feat (壮举) raised more than $2，000 in charity sponsorship”和“That was why she did it.”可知。　判断推理题。 根据末段“But maybe next time I might be a bit quicker.”可推断，她对这个记录不满意。：，inter Asian Games.

　　I am a girl of 18. As a college student, I have a keen interest in sports and I have always been looking forward to the Games to be held here.

　　With the great fluency in English and the burning passion for sports, I suppose I am qualified to be a volunteer for the Games. Besides, I have a good communicative competence and I am considered to be an outgoing, reliable and helpful person at college. What's more, I am familiar with the local conditions. I promise I will offer the best service to whoever participates in the Games.

　　Now I formally apply for the job and I sincerely hope I can be accepted.

　　Yours faithfully，

　　课后阅读-----------In the public interest  为了公众的利益

　　 The Scandinavian countries are much admired all over the world for their enlightened social policies. Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen from highhanded or incompetent public officers. The system has worked so well, that it has been adopted in other countries too.

　　The Swedes were the first to recognize that public officials like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public. As long ago as 1809, the Swedish Parliament introduced a scheme to safeguard the interest of the individual. A parliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a person who is suitably qualified to investigate private grievances against the State. The official title of the person is ‘Justiteombudsman’, but the Swedes commonly refer to him as the ‘J. O.’ or ‘Ombudsman’. The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure. He investigates complaints large and small that come to him from all levels of society. As complaints must be made in writing, the Ombudsman receives an average of 1, 200 letters a year. He has eight lawyer assistants to help him and he examines every single letter in detail. There is nothing secretive about the Ombudsman's work, for his correspondence is open to public inspection. If a citizen's complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf. The action he takes varies according to the nature of the complaint. He may gently reprimand an official or even suggest to parliament that a law be altered. The following case is a typical example of the Ombudsman's work.

　　A foreigner living in a Swedish village wrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police, simply because he was a foreigner. The Ombudsman immediately wrote to the Chief of Police in the district asking him to send a record of the case. There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner's complaint was justified and the Chief of Police strongly denied the accusation. It was impossible for the Ombudsman to take action, but when he received a similar complaint from another foreigner in the same village, he immediately sent one of his lawyers to investigate the matter. The lawyer ascertained that a policeman had indeed dealt roughly with foreigners on several occasions. The fact that the policeman was prejudiced against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files. It was only possible for the Ombudsman to find this out by sending one of his representatives to check the facts. The policeman in question was severely reprimanded and was informed that if any further complaints were lodged against him, he would be prosecuted. The Ombudsman's prompt action at once put an end to an unpleasant practice which might have gone unnoticed.

　　斯堪的纳维亚半岛各国实行的开明的社会政策，受到全世界的推崇。在瑞典，已逐渐形成了一种完善的制度以保护每个公民不受专横的和不称职的政府官员的欺压。由于这种制度行之有效，已被其他国家采纳。

　　是瑞典人首先认识到政府工作人员如文职人员、警官、卫生稽查员、税务人员等等也会犯错误或者自以为在为公众服务而把事情做过了头。早在1809年，瑞典议会就建立了一个保护公民利益的制度。议会内有一个代表各政党利益的委员会，由它委派一位称职的人选专门调查个人对国家的意见。此人官衔为“司法特派员”，但瑞典人一般都管他叫“J．O．”，即“司法特派员”。司法特派员不受任何政治压力的制约。他听取社会各阶层的各种大小意见，并进行调查。由于意见均需用书面形式提出，司法特派员每年平均收到1，200封信。他有8位律帅做他的助手协助工作，每封信都详细批阅。司法特派员的工作没有什么秘密可言，他的信件是公开的，供公众监督。如果公民的意见正确，司法特派员便为他伸张正义。司法特派员采取的行动因意见的性质不同而有所不同。他可以善意地批评某位官员，也可以甚至向议会提议修改某项法律。下述事件是司法特派员工作的一个典型例子。

　　一个住在瑞典乡村的外国人写信给司法特派员，抱怨说他受到警察虐待，原因就是因为他是个外国人。司法特派员立即写信给当地的警察局长，请他寄送与此事有关的材料。材料中没有任何文字记载证明外国人所说的情况符合事实，警察局长矢口否认这一指控。司法特派员难以处理。但是，当他又收到住在同一村庄的另一个外国人写的一封内容类似的投诉信时，他立即派出一位律师前去调查。律师证实有个警察确实多次粗鲁地对待外国人。警察歧视外国人的事在官方档案中不可能加以记载，司法特派员只有派他的代表去核对事实才能了解真相。当事的警察受到严厉斥责，并被告知，如果再有人投诉他，他将受到起诉。司法特派员及时采取的行动，迅速制止了这一起不愉快的事件，不然这件事可能因未得到人们注意而不了了之。

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　　阅读理解

　　Mayor Boris Johnson Monday outlined plans to make London “the cleanest，greenest city on Earth” by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference.The leaders of the world’s 40 largest cities are meeting in Seoul this week for a summit on combating global warming—the third to be held since 2005.

　　“What we should do in Seoul is that we will stop the endless addiction of mankind to the internal combustion engine(内燃机)，”said Johnson.He said at a press conference the world’s cities consume 75 percent of the world’s energy and produce 80 percent of the emissions which cause climate change.“The problem of our planet is an urban problem，”Johnson said.

　　He said the British capital wants to use the Olympics “to drive the greening and the improvement of our city” and noted that London is committed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent by 2025.

　　Johnson said the key measure is being taken to solve problems relating to housing and commercial buildings，which account for 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in London.This involved retrofitting(翻新)—installing lagging—in large numbers of public buildings.

　　Johnson proclaimed himself a “passionate cyclist” and said he would push ahead with cycle superhighways around London.

　　London’s air quality problem，he said，was caused by vehicle emissions from 8,300 worn and used diesel(柴油) buses，which could be replaced by low­carbon vehicles.In addition，there were also 32,000 taxis running on diesel fuel，which could be replaced by electric vehicles.

　　Johnson said there would be a few programs in the next few years to produce a “cleaner，greener” bus for the city.“The age of the diesel bus has got to be over in London.”

　　16．Which would be the best title for the passage?

　　A．The Third Summit on Global Warming

　　B．London Plans to Make the Cleanest and Greenest City on Earth by 2012C．Some Measures to Deal with Pollution

　　D．The Problem of Our Planet Appeared

　　17．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to this passage?

　　A．London’s air quality will be improved in the near future.

　　B．The used buses running on diesel will be replaced by electric vehicles.

　　C．London promises to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent by 2025.

　　D．Something has been done to solve the problem of carbon dioxide emissions.

　　18．What does the underlined word “combating” mean in the first paragraph?

　　A．Resisting.B．Objecting.C．Agreeing.D．Solving.

　　19．The topic of the meeting in Seoul might be________.

　　A．climate changeB．global warming

　　C．London Olympics in 2012D．green environment20．If the passage was continually written，the following might be________.

　　A．measures to end the age of the diesel bus

　　B．measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in London

　　C．measures to solve housing and commercial items

　　D．measures to replace the old and used vehicles

　　Ⅲ.书面表达

　　前不久，某中学发生了一起食品中毒事件。假设你叫李华，是这个学校的一名高三学生。请你给某报社英文栏目编辑写一封信(100词左右)，反映一下该情况。内容要点应包括以下几个方面：

　　1．20多名学生因中午吃了学校食堂的饭中毒；

　　2．你目睹了他们中毒后在老师和其他同学的帮助下脱险的经过；

　　3．呼吁社会采取行动杜绝此类事件再次发生。

　　注意：信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。Dear Editer，I’m writing to tell you about a food poisoning incident in my school.________________

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　　Yours，

　　Li Hua

　　16.B

　　17.B

　　18.A

　　19.B

　　20.A

　　参考范文I’m writing to tell you about a food poisoning incident in my school.Several days ago,more than 20 students had stomachache and brought up what they had eaten after the school lunch meal.Learning that they must be poisoned,our teachers and other students immediately called the ambulance,which carried them quickly to hospital.After several hours’ treatment,they were fortunately brought out of danger.

　　However,this food poisoning incident has been dealt with properly.And we’ve come to realize the importance of food safety.I do hope that the whole society shall begin taking actions to stop such bad incidents happening again so that we can be free from worries and keep our minds on study.

　　Yours,

　　Li Hua