1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。阅读提升作业 五Module 2Period 1阅读理解ASome people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have just visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later. I am one of those unfortu
2、nate people who have a very poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still manage to get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared to ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hoped that by some chance
3、 I would get to the spot I was heading for. I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they do not know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way even if they do not know it; others, who are anxi
4、ous to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember; and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in
5、 which you should be going. If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I always tell him/her that I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving him/her wrong directions, but even this can have embarrassing results. Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I woul
6、d direct him to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and search him out of the crowd behind me, as I was going to meet w
7、ith someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文, 主要讲述了方向感很差的作者在问路和被问路时遇到的事情。1. The autho
8、r seems to be very frustrated(沮丧的)by the fact that _ . A. he is poor at giving directionsB. he is too shy to ask for directions to improve his sense of directionC. he is jealous of those who have excellent sense of directionD. he is not born with an adequate sense of direction【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段“I
9、am one of those unfortunate people who have a very poor sense of direction”可知作者方向感很差。“unfortunate”一词体现了作者的感情色彩。故选D。2. Poor in recognizing the way, the author managed to _ . A. go without asking anyone the way in the streetB. lose himself even visiting a place repeatedlyC. show others the way when ne
10、cessaryD. go to his office all by himself【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“I am one of those. . . and I may have visited a place time after time but I still manage to get lost on my way there. ”可知作者由于方向感很差, 当再次去同一个地方时仍会迷路。故选B。3. The author prefers not to ask the way now because _ . A. he knows many people are j
11、ust like himB. he has been used to getting lostC. he finds it hard to trust strangersD. few people can give effective instructions【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段整体大意可知问路时, 知道的人会给出很长的路线, 不知道的人也会给出不同的路线, 这样就会使作者非常迷惑, 所以现在作者宁愿不问路。故选D。4. An example is given to show the authors _ . A. embarrassing encounterB. success
12、ful escapeC. poor sense of directionD. stupid response【解析】选A。细节理解题。由文章最后一段“Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked. ”可知作者遇到一件令人尴尬的事情。故选A。5. The tone of the story
13、is _ . A. helplessB. proudC. anxiousD. humorous【解析】选D。写作风格题。结合全文, 作者虽然讲述了由于自己方向感差而遇到的一系列事情, 但文章读起来并没有很压抑, 反而很轻松, 所以是以一种幽默的手法去写的, 故选D。BIn China, most people ride bikes to school, or to work, or to places where they want to go. So China is called“kingdom of bicycles”. But Americans are a people on the
14、 wheel. Wherever you go, you will see cars. There are so many cars that there are traffic jams here and there. Now, more and more Americans would not consider it a healthy way of life. In fact, many Americans are strongly against the advancement of the wheel. We should encourage people to use fewer
15、cars to save our environment and the energy. Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is very serious. People drive cars and the waste gas from them causes air pollution. On the other hand, the need for energy increases every day, and some sources of energy are running out. Oil
16、will last for no more than 40 years, while coal could last another 300 years. The way were heading is towards a world where people are going to go cold and hungry. Now in China many rich men live away from downtown. On holidays they go to some big cities and places of interest. Most of them use thei
17、r own cars. But China is a country with a population of over 1. 3 billion. So, if you have enough money in the future, what will you do?【语篇概述】本文说明了现在越来越多的人开始拥有私家车, 结果造成资源浪费和环境污染等问题。6. In America, you will see _ everywhere. A. bikesB. carsC. oilD. coal【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第二段的“But Americans are a people on
18、the wheel. Wherever you go, you will see cars. 可知。7. The waste gas from cars causes _ . A. air pollutionB. traffic jamsC. waste of moneyD. energy problems【解析】选A。细节理解题。由第三段的“People drive cars and the waste gas from them causes air pollution. ”可知。8. The end of the last paragraph suggests that _ . A. A
19、mericans should give up their carsB. the energy should be saved around the worldC. Chinese shouldnt become a people on the wheelD. rich Chinese shouldnt use their own cars in China【解析】选C。推理判断题。最后一段先讲了汽车太多所引起的问题。文章结尾又说中国是有着13亿多人口的大国, 如果大家都使用私家车出行的话, 后果可想而知。显然作者不赞成中国人都使用私家车。9. Which can be the best title of the passage?A. Bicycles or Cars?That will make a differenceB. China is called“kingdom of bicycles”C. Americans are a people on the wheelD. Everyone wants to reduce pollution【解析】选A。主旨大意题。文章把自行车王国中国与汽车大国美国作比较, 旨在说明在拥有13亿多人口的中国如果汽车数量激增可能造成的后果。关闭Word文档返回原板块高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！
