1、江苏省苏州市2015一轮英语阅读理解练习（5）及答案阅读理解。A gentle breeze blew through Jennifers hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery （火红的） ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls
2、flying up above in the sky.The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “Its getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing
3、. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold, too.
4、She wished she had her favorite sweater on it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about
5、keeping everything clean and tidy, and now. It all seemed deserted. She couldnt understand what was going on.She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said, “ Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but whe
6、re was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadnt slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer
7、 just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different. she wasnt in her mothers room and she wasnt wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her snug bed in her pajamas （睡衣）.It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, ? Y
8、ou know you got us very, very scared.”72. What does “This thought” in the fourth paragraph refer to?A. The idea of going back home. B. Her worry about her parents.C. The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater.D. The feeling of getting back home safely.73. Her father didnt take care of the gar
9、den because _.A. he was busy looking for herB. he had to look after his wifeC. he was not strict in his jobD. he no longer enjoyed working there74. How did Jennifer probably feel when she came back home?a. worried b. crazy c. tired d. disappointed e. shocked f. excitedA. a, b, c B. a, c, e C. b, c,
10、e D. d, e, f75. What can we conclude from this passage?A. In fact Jennifers mother had been sick for days.B. As Jennifer walked towards home, she became increasingly scared.C. When she found the garden deserted, she realized she got cross.D. Having experienced a lot outside, Jennifer felt home was r
11、eally warm and safe for her.【参考答案】72-75、CABD社会生活型阅读理解(二)-(一)Increased use of the Internet and mobile phones is undermining pupils capacity for independent study and promoting poor grammar, it was claimed.Cranfield School of Management found almost 6 in 10 schoolchildren were copying information dire
12、ctly from websites for homework tasks without properly reading it.More than a quarter thought it was an acceptable practice, even though they knew it was considered plagiarism (剽窃)The study, based on a sample of around 260 pupils aged from 11 to 18 at a secondary school in the Midlands, raised fresh
13、 concerns that modern technology was having a destructive effect on young people.Andrew Kakabadse, professor of International Management Development at Cranfield, said, “Our research shows that technology obsession prevents spelling skills, encourages plagiarism, and disturbs classroom learning.”“De
14、spite school policies restricting mobile phone usage, students use the phone frequently, with the majority making calls from the toilets. The mobile phone continues to be a main channel of social communication during the school day.”The report revealed that the socalled “textspeak” was increasingly
15、finding its way into pupils school work.3 in 10 students admit to using text message shortcuts, such as “r u ok” in essays and classroom tasks.It followed a study earlier this year that found almost half of teachers failed to understand some pupils writing because it was so full of confusing languag
16、e. Phrases such as “innit” and “Gr8” were regularly found in school work, it was claimed.The Cranfield study found that mobile use was so common that many pupils chose to ignore school rules on phones.More than a third said they would use their mobile phones in class, while nearly three quarters sai
17、d they would not even make an excuse to leave class to answer a phone call.1The underlined word “undermining” in the first paragraph can best be replaced by “_”AdeterminingBkeepingCweakeningDincreasing2It can be inferred from what Kakabadse said that _ Ahe is in favour of students mobile phone usage
18、 at schoolBhe believes schools are responsible for technology obsessionCthe research finds a new way to improve school managementDit is hard to limit students mobile phone usage at school3What can we learn from the passage?AMost students writing skills are becoming worse.BText message language may a
19、ffect pupils language skills.CStudents like to invent new words in their writing.D30% of pupils often send text messages when studying.4The passage is mainly about _Athe negative effect of technology on students studyBtechnologys positive influence on students achievementCthe importance of online so
20、cial communicationDthe rapidly growing role of communication technologies5Whats the attitude of the author to the problem?AOptimistic. BApproving.CAnxious. DTolerant.(一)【要点综述】使用互联网和手机的学生越来越多了，可是，科技不仅给学生们带来了便捷，也给他们的学习带来了很多不利影响。1C词义猜测题。根据第二、三段可知，靠照搬网上资料完成家庭作业，实际上是一种抄袭，会影响学生的独立学习能力。undermine是“逐渐损害，削弱”的
21、意思，故此处可以用weakening来代替。2D推理判断题。根据第六段第一句的“with the majority making calls from the toilets”和第二句“The mobile phonethe school day.”可推断，限制学生在学校使用手机是很困难的。3B细节理解题。根据第七至九段可知，短信语言可能会给学生的语言技能带来不利影响。4A主旨大意题。文章的第一段就点明了中心“高科技的使用对孩子的学习有不好的影响”。故选A。5C观点态度题。从文章的字里行间可以看出，作者对学生使用高科技产品(诸如手机之类)持忧虑态度。故答案为C。(二)If you want t
22、o know how crazy people can be about their pets, you might remember that Helmsley left $12 million to her little Maltese dog when she died.The dogs name is Trouble. And apparently Trouble is still alive. Of course, I would hang on，too, if someone left me $12 million. Look! Topshelf dog food, soft pi
23、llows everywhere, drivers walking me in nice leafy parks. I would live to be 110 in dog years.The dogs story is still fresh in my mind the other night when I leave a steak house after a superb meal. Then I notice a woman carrying a small bag out of the door behind me.Once outside, she walks over to
24、where a man is holding a tiny dog and its a baby. The dog looks like a Maltese, too, barking and annoying, with a cute haircut.And now I am treated to an absolute astonishing sight. Because now the woman reaches into the bag and begins pulling out little pieces of meat, which she puts on a plastic s
25、poon and feeds to the dog.This is no cheap steak house. Its_actually_way_out_of_my_leagueIm there only because its a special occasion. I can tell you this: if I walked out of the place with any leftover steak, it sure wouldnt go to a dog. Not at those prices.So now the woman is spoonfeeding the dog
26、and the man is just standing there, holding this dog and looking as if this is the most normal thing in the world. And the dog is calmly chewing these pieces of steak as if hes a little king. And this dog is in no hurry. Hes having a great time.A few minutes go by, and now the dog finishes all of hi
27、s steak. At this point, I hear the woman say to the man，“Think hes still hungry？” And she glances behind her at the restaurant, as if she might go back to get more steak for the dog.Watching all this, Im afraid Im going to shout, “Are you out of your mind feeding all that pricey steak to that little
28、 dog? Do you see what our American life is like today? Were all going to be eating dog food if this keeps up！”1Why does the author say he would live to be 110 in dog years?ABecause he is always in poor health and falls ill.BBecause a Maltese dog lives longer than a human being.CBecause his grandpare
29、nts left him a large sum of money.DBecause he thinks the dog is treated extremely well.2What is the story mainly about?AAn American familys happy life.BA Maltese dog getting $12 million from its owner.CA New Yorker spending $ 8 billion for a few banks.DA pet dog being fed with expensive food.3The un
30、derlined part “Its actually way out of my league” (in Para. 6) means “_”Athe restaurant is too expensive for the authorBthe author hates the dog being taken thereCthe superb restaurant is about to be out of serviceDthe dog doesnt belong to the authors group4Seeing the dog is being treated to expensi
31、ve steak, the author becomes extremely _AindifferentBannoyedCconcernedDenvious(二)【要点综述】本文通过举例说明了在现在的美国社会里，很多宠物得到了超乎寻常的待遇。1D推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Of course，I would hang on，too，if someone left me $12 million.Look！Topshelf dog food，soft pillows everywhere，drivers walking me in nice leafy parks.”可知这只狗的待遇非常好，让作者
32、很羡慕，所以他才这样说。故D项正确。2D主旨大意题。文章讲述的是一个富人给一只狗吃昂贵的牛排的故事。故D项正确。3A推理判断题。根据本段“This is no cheap steak house.Its actually way out of my leagueIm there only because its a special occasion.”可知这里的牛排很贵，超出了作者承受的范围。故A项正确。4B推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知作者很生气。故B项正确。阅读理解-D“Mom, I have cancer.”These four words catapulted my son and
33、me on a journey that lasted two years. On that dat I felt a wave of paralyzing fear.Scott was the oldest of my four children. He was 33 years old and a successful assistant principal at SamRayburn Hifht School in Pasadena, Texas. He and his wife Carolyn were busy raising four active children. Scott
34、was 62, weighed 200 pounds and had never been sick a day in his life.A few month earlier a mole（痣）on his neck had changed color. “Dr.Warner called,” Scott said that spring morning. “Its melanoma.（黑素瘤）” I tried to comfort him, naming all the people I knew who had survived skin cancer. Yet, I felt sma
35、ll tentacles of fear begin to wrap around my chest.Our next stop was MDAnderson, the famous cancer hospital in Houston. Scott had surgery at the end of May and was scheduled for radiation treatments over the summmer recess. “There is an 80 percent chance it wont reoccur,” the doctors said. At the en
36、d of summer, all his tests came back negative and Scott was back at school in the fall. However, in December, Scott discovered a lump on his neck. It was examined and the result came back “malignant.（恶性的）” We now relized that Scott fell into the 20 percent category. I could feel the tentacles tighte
37、ning around my chest. He entered the hospital for an aggressive treatment, a combination of interferon and interleukin.After five months of treatment, he had radical surgery on his neck. The test results were encourging, only three of the 33 lymph nodes（淋巴结） removed were malignant. We were very hope
38、full.For the next six months, Scotts follow-up visits went well. Then in October, X-ray revealed a spot on his lung. The spot was removed during surgery and the doctors tried to be optimistic. It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.In January, he was diagnosed as ha
39、ving had a “disease explosion.” The cancer had spread to his lungs, spine and liver and he was given three to six months to live. There were times during this period when I felt like I was having a heart attack. The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult.When you watch your child battl
40、e cancer, you experience a roller coaster of emotions. There are moments of hope and optimism but a bad test result or even an unusual pain can bring on dread and panic.Scott was readmitted to the hospital for one last try with chemotherapy. He died, quite suddenly, just six weeks after his last dia
41、gnosis. I was completely destroyed. I had counted on those last few months.The next morning I was busy notifying people and making funeral arrangements. I remember having this nagging feeling that something was physically wrong with me. It took a moment to realize that the crushing sensation in my c
42、hest was gone. The thing every parent fears the most had happened. My son was gone. Of course, the fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.After you lose a child, it is so difficult to go on. The most minimal tasks, combing your hair or taking a shower, becoming monumental. For months I just sat
43、 and stared into space. That spring, the trees began to bloom; flowers began to pop up in my garden. Friendswood was coming back to life but I was dead inside. During those last weeks, Scott and I often spoke about life and death. Fragments of those conversations kept playing over and over in my min
44、d.“Dont let this ruin your life, Mom.”“Make sure Dad re models his workshop.”“Please, take care of my family.”I remember wishing I could have just one more conversation with him. I knew what I would say, but what would Scott say? “I know how much you love me, Mom. So just sit on the couch and cry.”
45、No, I knew him better than that. Scott loved life and knew how precious it is. I could almost hear his voice saying, “Get up Mom, Get on with your life. Its too valuable to waste.”That was the day I began to move forward. I signed up for a cake decorating class. Soon I was making cakes for holidays
46、and birthdays. My daughter-in-law told me about a writing class in Houston. I hadnt written in years, but since I was retired I decided it be time to start again. The local college advertised a Life Story Writing class that I joined. There I met women who had also lost their children. The Poet Laure
47、ate of Texas was scheduled to speak at our local Barnes and Noble. I attended and joined our local poetry society. I never dreamed that writing essays and poems about Scott could be so therapeutic. Several of those poems have ever been published. In addition, each group brought more and more people
48、into my life.I dont believe you ever recover from the loss of a child. Scott is in my heart and mind every day. However, I do believe you can survive.Scott fought so bravery to live and he never gave up. He taught me that life is a gift that should be cherished, not wasted. It has taken years to bec
49、ome the person I am today. The journey has been a difficult , painful process but certainly worth the effort and I know that my son would be proud.55What might be the best title of the passage ?ALife is valuable BGrieving and RecoveryCLove and sorrow DAlive or dead56How old was Scott probably when h
50、e died? A33 B35 C37 D4057What does the underlined sentence “ The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult” probably imply?AIt implies that Scotts mother was likely to have a heart attack.BIt implies that there was something wrong with Scotts mothers chest.CIt implies that Scotts mother w
51、as very upset and panic because of Scotts severe illness.DIt implies that the cancer had spread to her chest just like her son.58Which of the following statements best shows the authors feeling about Scotts dath?AIt was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.BShe felt a wa
52、ve of fear.CShe felt a feeling of fear begin to wrap around her chest.DThe fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.59From Scott and his mothers conversation, we can know that Scott is _.Aconsiderable Bhumorous Cdetermined Dsensitive60The author intends to tell us that_.Ait takes a long time to make a person recover from the shock of losing a childBScott is proud of his motherClife is full of happiness and sorrow.DWed better make our life count instead of counting your days.【答案】题号41424344456647484950答案ADBBBADDAA题号51525354555657585960答案DCBDBBCDAD
