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1、2014高考英語閱讀理解：2013暑假練習(xí)題（4）及答案解析 第二部分：閱讀理解（本題有兩小節(jié)，第一節(jié)共20小題；每小題2分，第二節(jié)共5小題；每小題2分；滿分50分） 第一節(jié)：閱讀下列材料，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該選項標(biāo)號涂黑。 A My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole mor

2、ning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations.

3、 The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for

4、 a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre. The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into

5、 another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were

6、 the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half. I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I can’t recall my answers

7、, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer

8、 you a position.” Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give.

9、But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash. 41．The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________. A．he wanted to work in the centre of London B．he could no longer afford to live without one C．he was not interested in any other available job D．he

10、 had received some suitable training 42．The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________. A．he often traveled underground B．he had written many poems C．he could deal with difficult situations D．he had worked in a company 43．The length of his interview meant that _________.

11、 A．he was not going to be offered the job B．he had not done well in the intelligence test C．he did not like the interviewer at all D．he had little work experience to talk about 44．What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then? A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be.

12、B．How difficult it is to be a poet. C．How unsuitable he was for the job. D．How badly he did in the interview. 45．What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist? A. He was very aggressive（有進(jìn)取心的）. B. He was unhappy with his job. C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.

13、參考答案 41-45 BCACD ***************************************************************結(jié)束 (第 篇) We have met the enemy, and he is ours. We bought him at a pet shop. When monkeypox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest, suddenly turns up in children in the American M

14、idwest, it’ s hard not to wonder if the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections (感染) we think of as human infections started in other animals，” says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University. It’

15、 s not just that we’ re going to where the animals are；we’ re also bringing them closer to us. Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country. A strange illness killed Isaksen’ s pets, and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea. “I don’ t think it’ s fair to ha

16、ve them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them，” says Isaksen. “Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing，” says Peter Schantz. Monkeypox may be the_wakeup_call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their o

17、wners. We know very little about these new diseases. A new bug (病毒) may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful (有害的). Monkeypox doesn’ t look a major infectious disease. But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person. [語篇解讀]　飼養(yǎng)寵物可能被傳染疾病。猴痘本是非洲雨林中的一種疾病，現(xiàn)在突然出

18、現(xiàn)在美國西部的孩子們的身上。我們認(rèn)為的大多數(shù)只有人類才會感染的疾病其實就是來自動物。國家要制定嚴(yán)格的法律，控制外來動物把疾病傳播給人類。 1．We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________. A. come from Columbia B. prevent us from being infected C. enjoy being with children D. suffer from monkeypox [解析]　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的第一、二兩句話可知，我們從寵物商店購買的動物身上攜

19、帶疾病，這種動物能將之傳播給人類。下文以猴痘為例說明作者的觀點。 [答案]　D 2．Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets? A. They attack human beings. B. We need to study native animals. C. They can’ t live out of the rain forest. D. We do not know much about them yet. [解析]　推理判斷題。從第二段中的“A strange illness killed Isak

20、sen’s pets，and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea.‘I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them”可知答案為D。 [答案]　D 3．What does the phrase “the wakeup call” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A. a new disease　　　　　 B. a clear warning

21、 C. a dangerous animal D. a morning call [解析]　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容可知，猴痘是一種從非洲的動物身上傳播到人類身上的疾病，這種情況給人類帶來了一種警示：不要隨意把野外的動物帶回家中飼養(yǎng)，以免使寵物主人感染疾病。“the wakeup call”表示“一種警示”。 [答案]　B 4．The text suggests that in the future we________. A. may have to fight against more new diseases B. may easily get infected

22、 by diseases from dogs C. should not be allowed to have pets D. should stop buying pets from Africa [解析]　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的最后三句可知，人類今后可能面臨更多疾病的挑戰(zhàn)。 [答案]　A ***********************************************************************結(jié)束 (第 篇) Runners in a relay(接力)race pass a stick in one

23、direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road. The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern Chin

24、a, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B. C. to about A. D. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes (路線). It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However，the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. T

25、hey passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe. The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy

26、goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia.Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods.Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced

27、an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome.The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接)different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led

28、 to worldwide business 2000 years before the World Wide Web. The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy(外交)，and religion (宗教)． 5. It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed________. A.

29、 to remember the entire trade route B. to know the making of products C. to receive certain special training D. to deal with a lot of difficulties [解析]　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun，deep snow and even battles.Only experienced traders could retu

30、rn safe.”可知D項正確。 [答案]　D 6. The Silk Road became less important because________. A. it was made up of different routes B. silk trading became less popular C. sea travel provided easier routes D. people needed fewer foreign goods [解析]　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“It was used from about 200B.C.，to about AD1300，when

31、 sea travel offered new routes”能找到原因是“sea travel provided easier routes”。 [答案]　C 7. New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people________. A. learned from one another B. shared each other’s beliefs C. traded goods along the route D. earned their living by traveling [解析]　細(xì)節(jié)理

32、解題。根據(jù)“The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods.They also shared their beliefs.The Silk Road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy，and religion”能看出人們彼此之間能學(xué)習(xí)一些東西。 [答案]　A 8. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Silk Road：Past and Present B. The Silk Road: East Meets West

33、 C. The Silk Road：Routes Full of Dangers D. The Silk Road：Pathways for Learning [解析]　主旨大意題。根據(jù)“The Silk Road was not a simple trading network.It passed through thousands of cities and towns.It started from eastern China，across Central Asia and the Middle East，and ended in the Mediterranean Sea.”可知

34、The Silk Road：East Meets West是最佳標(biāo)題。 [答案]　B **************************************************************************結(jié)束 (第 篇) We have met the enemy, and he is ours. We bought him at a pet shop. When monkeypox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest, suddenly tu

35、rns up in children in the American Midwest, it’ s hard not to wonder if the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections (感染) we think of as human infections started in other animals，” says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Prepa

36、redness at Columbia University. It’ s not just that we’ re going to where the animals are；we’ re also bringing them closer to us. Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country. A strange illness killed Isaksen’ s pets, and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad id

37、ea. “I don’ t think it’ s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them，” says Isaksen. “Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing，” says Peter Schantz. Monkeypox may be the_wakeup_call. Researchers believe

38、 infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases. A new bug (病毒) may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful (有害的). Monkeypox doesn’ t look a major infectious disease. But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person. [語篇

39、解讀]　飼養(yǎng)寵物可能被傳染疾病。猴痘本是非洲雨林中的一種疾病，現(xiàn)在突然出現(xiàn)在美國西部的孩子們的身上。我們認(rèn)為的大多數(shù)只有人類才會感染的疾病其實就是來自動物。國家要制定嚴(yán)格的法律，控制外來動物把疾病傳播給人類。 1．We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________. A. come from Columbia B. prevent us from being infected C. enjoy being with children D. suffer from monkeypox [解析]　細(xì)

40、節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的第一、二兩句話可知，我們從寵物商店購買的動物身上攜帶疾病，這種動物能將之傳播給人類。下文以猴痘為例說明作者的觀點。 [答案]　D 2．Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets? A. They attack human beings. B. We need to study native animals. C. They can’ t live out of the rain forest. D. We do not know much about them yet. [解析]　推理判斷題。

41、從第二段中的“A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets，and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea.‘I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them”可知答案為D。 [答案]　D 3．What does the phrase “the wakeup call” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A. a ne

42、w disease　　　　　 B. a clear warning C. a dangerous animal D. a morning call [解析]　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容可知，猴痘是一種從非洲的動物身上傳播到人類身上的疾病，這種情況給人類帶來了一種警示：不要隨意把野外的動物帶回家中飼養(yǎng)，以免使寵物主人感染疾病?！皌he wakeup call”表示“一種警示”。 [答案]　B 4．The text suggests that in the future we________. A. may have to fight against more new

43、diseases B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs C. should not be allowed to have pets D. should stop buying pets from Africa [解析]　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的最后三句可知，人類今后可能面臨更多疾病的挑戰(zhàn)。 [答案]　A ***********************************************************************結(jié)束 (第 篇) Runners in

44、a relay(接力)race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road. The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and

45、 towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B. C. to about A. D. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes (路線). It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However，the Silk Road was made up of

46、 many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe. The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be

47、used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia.Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods.Chinese mer

48、chants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome.The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接)different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the ap

49、ple. Trading along the Silk Road led to worldwide business 2000 years before the World Wide Web. The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy(外交)，and religion (宗教)． 5. It’s probable that traders alo

50、ng the Silk Road needed________. A. to remember the entire trade route B. to know the making of products C. to receive certain special training D. to deal with a lot of difficulties [解析]　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun，deep snow and even battles

51、.Only experienced traders could return safe.”可知D項正確。 [答案]　D 6. The Silk Road became less important because________. A. it was made up of different routes B. silk trading became less popular C. sea travel provided easier routes D. people needed fewer foreign goods [解析]　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“It was used fro

52、m about 200B.C.，to about AD1300，when sea travel offered new routes”能找到原因是“sea travel provided easier routes”。 [答案]　C 7. New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people________. A. learned from one another B. shared each other’s beliefs C. traded goods along the route D. earned

53、 their living by traveling [解析]　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods.They also shared their beliefs.The Silk Road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy，and religion”能看出人們彼此之間能學(xué)習(xí)一些東西。 [答案]　A 8. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Silk Road：Past and Presen

54、t B. The Silk Road: East Meets West C. The Silk Road：Routes Full of Dangers D. The Silk Road：Pathways for Learning [解析]　主旨大意題。根據(jù)“The Silk Road was not a simple trading network.It passed through thousands of cities and towns.It started from eastern China，across Central Asia and the Middle East，and ended in the Mediterranean Sea.”可知The Silk Road：East Meets West是最佳標(biāo)題。 [答案]　B **************************************************************************結(jié)束