湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (62)

　　阅读专练

　　1.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。

　　Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the City of Melbourne's tourism program．

　　If you would like to receive an email advising you of the next recruitment（征募）session, please email tourism @ Melbourne．vic．gov．au．

　　Volunteering with Tourism Melbourne

　　Volunteers play a vital role in the City of Melbourne-s tourism services．

　　They provide information on Melbourne to around two million visitors each year． Their love and knowledge of the city and regional Victoria adds to Melbourne's reputation as a friendly, welcoming and culturally vibrant （有活力的）city．

　　The City of Melbourne’s tourism branch generally conducts two volunteer recruitment intakes each year for the following tourism programs:

　　．City Ambassadors

　　．Melbourne Visitor Booth at Bourke Street Mall

　　．Melbourne Visitor Centre at Federation Square

　　．Melbourne Greeter Service

　　Places are limited and potential volunteers must participate in a selection process based around the following criteria．Volunteers must be:

　　． passionate about Melbourne

　　． customer service focused

　　． familiar with computer

　　． available for one four-hour shift （ either morning or afternoon） each week for a minimum of one year

　　． team players who love meeting people

　　． able to demonstrate a commitment to the City of Melbourne-s values （as outlined in the online application）

　　More information:

　　To find out more about becoming a volunteer, contact us online or phone the City of Melbourne's Volunteer Project Officer, Tourism Melbourne on （03） 9658 9658．

　　For other volunteering opportunities, see national volunteer recruitment website Go Volunteer．

　　60．Where will you most probably read the above passage?

　　A．In classified tourism advertisements．B．In a radio report of a tourism program．C．In a book review about volunteering．D．On a local government website．

　　61．Which of the following is NOT one of the qualifications for a volunteer?

　　A．Owning a driver's license．

　　B．Enjoying meeting persons．C．Having computer skills．

　　D．A four-hour period each week．

　　62．It can be inferred from the passage that

　　A．the program's recruitments take place every two yearsB．Go Volunteer offers information about the City of Melbourne's tourism programC．if you know Melbourne well, you're sure to be admitted as a tourism volunteerD．even though you're interested in the program, you can't be its member right now

　　2.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。

　　When I was a boy, my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to．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 he wanted to make one． He read about violin making, and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43．He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local company． He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments．

　　Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sound so beautiful． Some experts claimed that it was the unique varnish （油漆）

　　that gave those instruments their beautiful sound．

　　Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that were the answer．

　　One of Dad’s friends asked him once which kind of wood was used to make violins．When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce （云杉） , 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 and it would become Dad's masterpiece． He was convinced that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself．

　　Later, the instrument was stolen．Dad's 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 violins．

　　My father has been gone for 14 years now． The violin has been missing for more than 25 years．Somewhere a musician is playing a late 20th century violin with an excellent tone． The owner today may never understand why this ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like a Stradivarius．

　　56．The author mentions his father's developing color prints

　　A．to show that his father-s real interest was not in making violinsB．to prove that his father could do anything he wanted toC．to give an example proving that his father was an inventorD．to describe the real thing that made the author believe his father

　　57．What did the author’s father think about Stradivarius violins?

　　A．The varnish was different from the others,B．The way of making them was special．C．The wood of the violins was special．D．They could only be analyzed by chemists．

　　58．How long did the author’s father live after the violin was stolen?

　　A．About 11 years．

　　B．About 14 years．C．About 25 years．

　　D．About 80 years．

　　59．From the underlined sentence, we can learn that the author’s father

　　A．liked the violin very muchB．got crazy after this happenedC．lost interest in instrumentsD．didn't want to become famous

　　3.

　　Do you feel embarrassed when your mum tries to use slang(脏话) or when she calls you by your childhood nickname in front of your friends? And how about searching for the nearest exit when your father dances with joy when he finds his favorite CD in the shop? Loving them dearly doesn't prevent you from feeling uncomfortable around them.

　　And parents have to accept that Adam Gopnick, a writer for the New Yorker magazine, said in an article published by the BBC: ''The one thing that is written into the human genome (基因组) is that exactly at the age of 13, your child… will discover that you are now the most embarrassing, ridiculous and annoying person on the planet.''

　　A survey by the site YoungPoll.com in 2010 suggested that one in three youngsters is so disconcerted by their parents that they refuse to be seen with them in public; and seven in ten children are humiliated (感到羞耻的) by their mum and dad's behavior, like kissing them in front of friends and holding their hands.

　　Part of going through adolescence is a sudden feeling that we are wise and self-sufficient and we are embarrassed when treated like vulnerable babies. But we are bound to lose this discomfort when we reach our 20s.

　　Gopnick reminds us of writer William Blake's comment: ''When I was 14, my dad seemed to be so silly that I wouldn't even walk down the street with him. By the time I was 21, I was amazed how much he'd learnt.''

　　In any case, dissatisfied parents might feel comforted in the thought that their grandchildren are likely to end up enjoying their company. Then the uncool (落伍的) ones will be the grandchildren's parents!

　　41. According to the passage, which of the following deeds will make a teenager feel bad?

　　A. His parents ask him to do housework.

　　B. His parents show up in the public.

　　C. His parents hold his hands before his friends.

　　D. A child reaches the age of 13.

　　42. The underlined word “disconcerted” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_____________.

　　A. sick

　　B. disappointed

　　C. frightened

　　D. embarrassed

　　43. Why do some children feel humiliated when their parents kiss them in front of friends?

　　A. Because they don’t show enough love for their parents.

　　B. Because they don’t want to be treated like children.

　　C. Because their parents are embarrassing, ridiculous and annoying.

　　D. Because they want to grow up.

　　44. What does William Blake’s comment suggest?

　　A. His father had learnt a lot about parenting when he was 21.

　　B. His father changed a lot since he was 21.

　　C. He began to appreciate his father when he was 21.

　　D. His father stopped doing the embarrassing things to him.

　　45. What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A. The situations on which parents embarrass their children.

　　B. Parents should be careful not to embarrass their children.

　　C. It is normal for teenagers to feel embarrassed with their parents sometimes.

　　D. The generation gap between children and parents is growing.

　　4.

　　Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister?” he asked.

　　Paul nodded. “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was astonished. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you anything? Boy, I wish....” He hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the kid said made Paul quite surprised.

　　“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, and then impulsively he added, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?”

　　“Oh, yes, I'd love that.”

　　After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the he wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again.

　　“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then after a little while Paul saw him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car. “There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it... then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.”

　　Paul got out and lifted the kid to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.

　　That Christmas Eve, Paul learned that it was more blessed to give....

　　36. Why did what the boy said surprise Paul?

　　A. Because he didn’t say what Paul had expected.

　　B. Because he said something impolite.

　　C. Because he didn’t say that he wanted a ride.

　　D. Because he said something improper.

　　37. Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?

　　A. The boy had a brother who was disabled.

　　B. Paul’s brother gave him a car at Christmas.

　　C. Paul had thought the boy were wishing for a brother like his.

　　D. The boy wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride in a big car.

　　38. What does “she” refer to in paragraph 6 ?

　　A. The steps.

　　B. The automobile.

　　C. The girl.

　　D. The woman.

　　39. Which of the following best describes the boy?

　　A. Kind-hearted and generous.

　　B. Kind-hearted and thoughtful.

　　C. Honest and generous.

　　D. Honest and hardworking.

　　40. What can we learn from the passage?

　　A. Having a rich brother is important.

　　B. It’s unlucky to have a disabled brother.

　　C. It’s better to give than to receive.

　　D. God helps those who help themselves.

　　5.

　　Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.

　　The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

　　“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

　　“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.”

　　What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.

　　“This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink.

　　The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

　　31. The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to

　　A. health

　　B. long life

　　C. ageing

　　D. effect

　　32. The text mainly talks about ________.

　　A. men’s heart cells

　　B. women’s ageing process

　　C. the gender difference

　　D. hearts and long life

　　33. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that ________.

　　A. women have more cells than men when they are born

　　B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

　　C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

　　D. women never lose their pumping power with age

　　34. If you want to live longer, you should ________.

　　A. enable your heart to beat much faster

　　B. prevent your cells from being lost

　　C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy

　　D. find out the reason for ageing

　　35. We can know from the passage that ________.

　　A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

　　B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

　　C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

　　D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20

　　6.

　　Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have forgotten the name of an old lady, who was a customer on the paper route in my home town when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it stays in my memory, for she taught me a lesson of forgiveness that I shall never forget.

　　On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the leaning roof of the old lady's house from a spot near her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the stones changed to missiles as they rolled to the roof's edge and shot out into the yard. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it out. The stone, however, slipped from my hand and headed straight for a small window on the old lady's back porch. At the sound of fractured glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran as fast as possible.

　　I was too scared about getting caught to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper, but I was no longer able to act comfortably in her presence.

　　I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and after three weeks I had the seven dollars that I thought would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost. I put the letter through the letter slot in her door. My soul felt redeemed and I could have the freedom of, once again, looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes. The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to return the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She gave me a bag of cookies. I thanked her and felt an envelope in it. When I opened the envelope, inside it were the seven dollars and a short note reading, "I'm proud of you."

　　26. How old is the writer now? _________

　　A. Forty three

　　B. Forty five

　　C. Fifty five

　　D. Fifty six

　　27. How did the writer get to know the old lady? _________

　　A. They were neighbors.

　　B. The writer often played near the lady’s house.

　　C. The lady was the writer’s customer.

　　D. They got to know each other by chance.

　　28. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

　　A. The writer broke the window on purpose.

　　B. The incident happened 43 years ago.

　　C. The writer felt guilty a few days later.

　　D. The old lady didn’t take the writer’s money.

　　29. The underlined word “redeemed” is closest in meaning to “______”.

　　A. excited

　　B. relieved

　　C. disappointed

　　D. delighted

　　30. What’s the best title for this passage?______________.

　　A. An old lady

　　B. My first job

　　C. My childhood

　　D. An unforgettable incident

　　试卷答案

　　1.DAD

　　2.BCAA

　　3.CDBCC

　　4.ADBBC

　　5.BDCCB

　　6.CCABD