1、【由内蒙古包头市201模拟改编】 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。 As I grew older, my dad and 1 grew further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his fi
2、eld，but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each other. A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado bank to Tennessee to help him,I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child a
3、nd so it was time to meet my fathers requirement.Two weeks after moving back，we bought a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while 1 was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us
4、 apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before. Fishing has heen healing the old wounds that have kept us apart.It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. I m 62 and he
5、 is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like enjoying life. It is far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind. I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years.Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.1. The author and his father became
6、 further apart because A. they lived very far from each other B. they seldom went see each otherC. they only communnicated by phone D. they had different views on things2. Why did the author came back to Tennessee? A. Because his father invited him tg ga $shire. B. Because he decided to live in a di
7、fferent city. C. Because his father was ill and needed caring. D. Because he regretted being rude to his father.3.For the author, fishing with his old father A. help cure his fathers disease B. makes him realize the importance of relaxation C. is a good way to get close to nature D. provides a chanc
8、e for them to communicate4. Which of the following can be the title for the text?A.Fishing Brings Us Together B. Forgiving Is DifficultC.Memories of Old Days D. My Beloved Father【参考答案】1-4、DCDD 【2014高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题】CA towering South American plant that is believed to kill animals with its spikes(尖刺) a
9、nd use their rotting bodies as fertilizer is about to bloom(开花) in England. A rare Puya chilensis was planted at a greenhouse in Surrey, a county in the southeast of England about 15 years ago. However, despite its frightening description, the tall, spiked plant is considered a threatened species.Th
10、e Royal Horticultural Society has been feeding the plant a diet of liquid fertilizer. “In its natural habitat in the Andes it uses its razor sharp spikes to snare and trap sheep and other animals, which slowly starve to death and rot at the base of the plant, providing it with a bag of fertilizer,”
11、reads a description on the RHS website, which adds that the plant gives off a “gruesome scent.”But does the plant actually trap and eat sheep? Other sources have simply said it is “believed” that the plant traps small animals with its spikes. After the animals die of starvation, the plant is believe
12、d to then use their rotting bodies as fertilizer to feed itself.Im really pleased that weve finally persuaded our Puya chilensis into producing flower, horticulturalist Cara Smith said in a press release on the RHS site. Regardless of whether it actually traps sheep, the plant does have sharp spikes
13、 that can grow up to 12 feet high and 5 feet wide. However, its not all death and danger for this plant. Its flowery blooms reportedly provide nectar(花蜜) for bees and birds.The Puya chilensis blooms annually in its native land of Chile, but this is the first time it has done so after more than a dec
14、ade of cultivation efforts from the RHS. We keep it well fed with liquid fertilizer as feeding it on its natural diet might prove a bit problematic,” Smith said. Its growing in the dry section of our glasshouse with its deadly spines well out of reach of both children and sheep alike.59. From the pa
15、ssage we learn that in England the Puya chilensis _.A. feeds on man-made liquid fertilezerB. often kills sheep and other animalsC. has once bloomed 15 years beforeD. uses animals rotting bodies as fertilizer60. The underlined word “snare” in the second paragraph probably means“_”.A. catch B. stop C.
16、 fight D. kill61. We can infer from the passage that _.A. its dangerous to feed the plantB. its certain that the plant kills sheep C. its difficult for the plant to bloom in EnglandD. its rare for the plant to bloom in South American62. What does the writer mainly tell us?A. A new plant is discovere
17、d in Chile.B. How a rare plant is fed in England.C. A rare plant is going to bloom in England.D. How a plant traps animals in South America.【参考答案】5960、AA 61-62 CC 【2014高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题】DDo people ever consider the possibility that, if theyre exposed to increased reports about a social problem, its the
18、 reporting that has increased rather than the problem? Its increasingly clear that this is the case with school bullying（欺凌）：Only news reports about it have increased, not the behavior itself. In fact, both bullying and fear of it are down among US middle school students The rate of students who rep
19、orted fearing an attack or harm at school at all has dropped dramatically, from nearly 12% in 1995 to less than 4% in 2011. For black and Hispanic students, its an even more encouraging shiftfrom more than 20% of both groups of students worried about being attacked at school to less than 5% in 2011.
20、 The decline in actual physical violence in schools is even more dramatic: It was down 74% between 1992 and 2010, according to the latest US Department of Justice data.What about cyberbullying? Online harassment increased from 6% in 2000 to 9% in 2005 to 11% in 2010 between, and its interesting to n
21、ote that it increased less between 2005 and 10 than in the first 5 years tracked. Because social media is very much a reflection of school social life for young people, the peer aggression seen in social media is a lot like the peer aggression seen on school bathroom walls. So once it finds its “dea
22、d level,” it will probably decline in the same way verbal and written aggression have.Besides education and crime prevention at the social level, medicine treatment and better access to mental healthcare also contribute to this downward trend in victimization of self and others.The rise of social me
23、dia is what people dont typically think of as a positive force in society. But Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire says, “These technologies might have prevented crime and bullying by providing more ways of help, more forms of social
24、supervision, and interesting activities that destroy forms of alienation(异化) that lead to crime”. 63. From the first paragraph we learn that _.A. school bullying has increased because of increased reportsB. school bullying has decreased because of increased reportsC. the number of reports on school
25、bullying has increasedD. the number of reports on school bullying has decreased64. The underlined word is closest in meaning to _.A. crimeB. aggressionC. surfingD. communication 65. The cyberbullying is still increasing probably because _.A. it isnt as easy to control as the other school bullyingB.
26、it hasnt been concerned by the governmentsC. it isnt part of school social lifeD. it hasnt come to its top level66. Finkelhor believes that social media have a _ influence on the falling trend of school bullying.A. positiveB. negativeC. majorD. slight【参考答案】6366、CBDA 【2014高考英语河南省洛阳市统考】CA sick little
27、gift is being kept alive thanks to her best friend-a dog who carries her oxygen tank on his back. Alidas faithful dog companion Mr Gibbs has been specially trained to shepherd the three-year-old, who breathes through a tube most of the time. He follows her closely as she plays in her familys ten-acr
28、e land in Louisville, uses the slide or even rides her bike.Alida was diagnosed（诊断）with neuroendocrine hyperplasia of infancy（NEHI）when she was just eight months old. Her rare condition has just eight hundred documented sufferers throughout the world, and causes diseased pieces of the lungs to filte
29、r（过滤）oxygen through extra layers（膜）of cells making it hard or almost impossible to breathe. For Alida and her parents, it meant that even a walk in the park was very difficult because oxygen equipment was too heavy for the youngster to be able to carry herself. As parents they wanted to do something
30、 to help their daughter survive despite having a tube following her all the time. The couple found out about “service dogs” from a TV program and realized an animal trained to help the blind could be trained to help Alida. They finally found help in the shape of golden doodlea retriever crossed with
31、 a poodle-dog Mr Gibbs. Now-thanks to trainer Ashleigh KinsleyAlida and Mr Gibbs love nothing more than playing and running around together with the dog acting as Alidas life saver.63. What is Mr Gibbs?A. A pet dog. B. A policeman. C. A doctor. D. A firefighter.64. When did the doctor know Alicia ca
32、ught the disease? A. At her birth. B. At the age of eight. C. Before she was one year old. D. When she was three years old.65. The underlined part “the couple” in paragraph 3 refers to _. A. Alidas classmates B. Alidas parents C. Alidas doctors D. Alidas pets66. How did Alicia keep alive? A. By trai
33、ning her dog. B. By staying with her parents. C. By playing with her fellows. D. By breathing through a tube.6366、ACB D 【2014高考英语河南省洛阳市统考】DMy daughter was singing as she polished the furniture. I hadnt asked her to polish the furniture. I never do. But while her brothers are happiest with the comput
34、er or a football or a model car, her idea of delight is a can of Spring Fresh and a duster. While the boys have to be scolded, temped or tricked into doing their share of house chores, shes up on a chair with the washing-up liquid as if her life depended on it. Where have I gone wrong?Being a bit of
35、 tomboy myself, and not too hot on the household skills, I used to argue till I was blue in the face that the differences between men and women were all about upbringing and expectations. Nobody could have approached motherhood with a courageous determination that all children would be treated the s
36、ame, not channeled along some predetermined path. Boys would be offered soft toys, while girls would play cars and trains. I would bring up the New Men and female engineers of the future.Ten years ago, as I gazed at my first-born, I fantasized about the gentle soul he would be. No guns or violence f
37、or this little peachblossom. The fantasy continued until he was about two, when he proudly presented me with his first model-a gun. Later on, at playgroup, he and his pals daily attacked each other. And what about my daughter? She plays all the boys game because she has to. But her heart is not real
38、ly in it. She would much rather be drawing or writing or cleaning the bathroom while waves of boys roar around her.I finally faced the fact that boys and girls are simply born different on the day, a few years ago, when I was hanging out the washing and gave her and the next brother up a couple of c
39、lothes pegs（晒衣夹）to play with. He shot me with his. She supported it in her arms and sang it a lullaby（催眠曲）.But I wont give up. Ill continue to try and treat them equally and expect the same of them. And by the time theyre all in their teens, I imagine theyll all be equally impossible to get to do an
40、ything. But right now nature is wearing down nurture （训练）. Equality is hard work.67. From the text we can know that the boys _.A. are happy to do the chores B. like guns by nature C. never do housework D. often play with soft toys68. How does the little girl respond to the boys games? A. Shes keen o
41、n it. B. She plays with them unwillingly. C. She cares much about it. D. She only concentrates on her own business.69. What can we learn about the author? A. Shes approval of the childrens behavior. B. Shes very strict with her children. C. She accepts the situation as an unchanged fact. D. She has to make a compromise.70. What does the author want to tell us? A. Boys and girls can be trained to do things equally. B. Girls have to work hard to catch up with boys. C. It is impossible for boys and girls to be equal. D. Boys shouldnt treat girls so violently and impolitely.【参考答案】6770、BBDA