1、盐城市2015高考英语阅读理解训练（8）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle tripWhite had two reasons for making this epic journeyFirst of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he didHe raised 70,000 for the British
2、charity, OxfamWhites second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the worldHe is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later
3、He spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle（车座） and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chainsHe had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the AmericasAmazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support teamNo jeep carrying
4、food, water and medicineNo doctorNothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.The journey was lonely and desperate at timesHe also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountainsHe cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in needT
5、here were other dangers along the roadIn Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he hadThe worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of AustraliaFor l,000 kilometres he battled against
6、 the wind that was constantly pushing himThis part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the endNow MrWhite is back and intends to write a book about his adventures. 61When Phil White returned from his trip, he _.Abroke the world recordBcollected money for OxfamCdestroyed
7、 several bikes Dtravelled about l,300 hours62What does the underlined word epic in Paragraph l most probably mean?AVery slow but excitingBVery long and difficult.CVery smooth but tiringDVery lonely and depressing.63During his journey around the world, Phil White _. Afought heroically against robbers
8、 in IranBexperienced the extremes of heat and coldCmanaged to ride against the wind in AustraliaDhad a team of people who travelled with him64Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?AImaginative BPatriotic CModest DDetermined.65What actually inspired Phil White to overcome all the
9、difficulties?ATo help people in need.BTo test his new bicycle.CTo prove his potential.DTo show off his ability.【参考答案】61-65 BBCDA 【山东省2014高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（5）】A 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。 I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing
10、 on my headNow I am thirty twoI can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red isIt would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity（灾难） can do strange things to peopleIt occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadnt been blindI believe i
11、n life nowI am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwiseI dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyesI simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had leftThe hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myselfThat was basicIf I hadnt been
12、able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my lifeWhen I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase aloneThat is part of itBut I mean something bigger than that: a
13、n assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fitIt took me years to discover and strengthen this assuranceIt had to start with the simplest thingsOnce a man g
14、ave me an indoor baseballI thought he was making fun of me and I was hurtI cant use this I saidTake it with you, he urged me, and roll it around The words stuck in my headRoll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it wentThis gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible
15、: playing baseballAt Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseballWe called it ground ball All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a timeI had to learn my limitationsIt was no good trying for something tha
16、t I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failureI would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress 41We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _Athe author lost his sight because of a car crash Bthe author wouldnt love life if
17、the disaster didnt happenCthe disaster made the author appreciate what he hadDthe disaster strengthened the authors desire to see42Whats the most difficult thing for the author?A How to adjust himself to reality BBuilding up assurance that he can find his place in lifeCLearning to manage his life al
18、one DHow to invent a successful variation of baseball43According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author _ Awould sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his lifeBwould be unable to move and stay in a rocking chairCwould lose his will to struggle against dif
19、ficultiesDwould sit in a chair and stay at home44According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man _Ahurt the authors feeling Bgave the author a deep impressionCdirectly led to the invention of ground ball Dinspired the author45What is the best title for the passage?AA Mise
20、rable Life BStruggle Against DifficultiesCA Disaster Makes a Strong Person DAn Unforgettable Experience【参考答案】41-45CBCDC C72013北京卷 Does Fame Drive You Crazy?Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, todays stars, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. The
21、y are at the center of much of the worlds attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature!According to psycholo
22、gist Christina Villarreal, celebritiesfamous peopleworry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time，” Villarreal say
23、s, “they feel separated and alone.”The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century BC, painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his soldout readin
24、gs attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain(抱怨) about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about filmstars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars c
25、annot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.If fame is so troublesome, why arent all celebrities running away from
26、it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first pla
27、ce.Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.63It can be learned from the passage that stars today _A. are often misunderstood by the publicB. can no longer have
28、 their privacy protectedC. spend too much on their public appearanceD. care little about how they have come into fame64What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?A. Great heroes of the past were generally admired.B. The problem faced by celebrities has a long history.C. Wellknown actors are usually target
29、s of tabloids.D. Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers.65What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?A. Availability of modern media.B. Inadequate social recognition.C. Lack of favorable chances.D. Huge population of fans.66What is the authors attitude toward modern celebrity?A.
30、 Sincere. B. Sceptical.C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic.【要点综述】 本文主要论述名人的烦恼，涉及名人的压力、与世界的隔离、历史由来、现在的状况，最后提出了解决名人烦恼的办法。63B 细节理解题。根据第四段内容可知，名人几乎难有隐私。所以选B。64B 段落大意题。第三段主要讲名人烦恼的历史由来。所以选B。65A 细节理解题。根据第四段cameras、the Internet等可知选A。66D 观点态度题。作者对于名人的压力、存在状况是非常同情的。所以选D。sincere真挚的；sceptical怀疑的；disapproving不赞成的；sy
31、mpathetic同情的。【山东省2014高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（5）】 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。Cameron thought of himself as merely organizedHe certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything ,he did just enough to get it rightExactly right, of course as he was fond of telling his staff, “if its not exactly
32、 right, its wrong”Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words, because it meant another hour or so of going over the same bit of work, correcting the mistakes which Cameron had patiently pointed outAnd doing the corrections exactly right of courseStrangely enough ,his department had th
33、e reputation for performing the highest quality work in the company ,and it was seen, and not only by those who worked in the department ,as a sort of elite（出类拔萃）unitThose programs that had to work first time, straight out of the box, Camerons men got those“Its mission（任务）criticalgive it to Cameron”
34、 was almost a catchphrase with his teamIt helped that Cameron was not merely particular about thingsHe wanted things done just so ,not because of a personal taste ,but because he had discovered through patient experimentation that this was the best way for it to be done50Cameron was a Asoftware prog
35、rammer Ba chief scientistCquality controller Dhead of department51“Mission-critical” work given to Cameron because ACamerons work was errorfree BCameron was criticalChe didnt mind working late Dhe had a good team52Working for Cameron, people felt that Athey were part of an elite Btheir mission was c
36、riticalCCameron was very particular about things DCameron was patient and responsible 53According to the underlined part in paragraph 5,what is meant by someone “who couldnt cut it”?AHe didnt cut corners BHe wasnt good enoughCHe had the wrong measurements DHe was a perfection54What can we learn abou
37、t Cameron?AHe never got things WrongBHe didnt allow for any mistakeCHe encouraged work to be done in office hoursDHe was often misunderstood55The attitude of the author towards Cameron is that of being Apositive Bsympathetic Cnon-subjective Doptimistic【参考答案】51-55AACBC 【山东省2014高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（5）】D 阅读下列短文，从
38、每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。Every year holidays Broughton teams up with Sopraviva Trekking to offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forestDepending on where this years rain forest adventure is located, you may be going to Borneo, Malaysia ,Indonesia,or even to the greatest ra
39、in forest of them all, the mighty Amazonian forestYou will fly with your fellow adventurers to one of our special base camps at the edge of the forest, where you will be given five days of survival training ,and talks on the local wildlife by trained and experienced expertsYou will also go on walks
40、which take you deeper and deeper under the forest canopy until on your final night you camp out in the rain forest itselfThen you transfer by bus into the forest itselfIf you go on one of the Asian holidays, you will have to walk the final miles to the camp site itself, to avoid disturbing the local
41、 ecologyAll of the Sopraviva sites have been carefully built to conform with the latest regulations, and to cause the minimal amount of disturbance to the local wildlifeFrom the camp ,you will go on daily walking tours to experience for yourself the beauty and diversity of the forests, and plants an
42、d vegetation that can be found nowhere else on the planetRemember that these adventure holidays take you deep into the wilderness ,and they are not suitable for families with young children or for anyone who is not physically able to meet the demands of this kind of adventureAlso remember that in or
43、der to preserve the delicate ecological system that you will be walking through ,no more than two dozen guests can stay at any camp at one time, so if you want to go on one of these very special holidays ,you will need to book early!56If you want to go on the camp ,you will first have to Aattend tal
44、ks on the local wildlife Bhave survival trainingCwalk the final five miles Dbook beforehand57What does the organizer of the camp mainly stress? ADisturbing the local ecology BPreserving the forest environmentCPrivate possessions and possible dangersDThe survival training 58Go on daily walking tours
45、and youll enjoy Athe wilderness Bthe Amazonian forestCthe Asian forest Dthe forest canopy59Which of the following people is/are allowed to enter the forest?AA family with young kids BA person with physical problemsCWalking tourists DCyclists60Which of the following is true of the holiday camp? AIt i
46、s free of charge BIt lasts 12 daysCIt is organized by Broughton DIt attaches little importance to ecology【参考答案】56-60DBACB【山东省2014高考仿真冲刺卷（6）】C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。“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentenceWhen I first read this sentence from an American friends email，I laughedI t
47、hought it was a perfect example of ChinglishObviously，it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruled English grammar and structure! Later on，my friend told me that it is a standard American greetingI was too thrilled to believe herHer words could not convince me at al
48、lSo I did a research on googlecomTo my surprise，there are over 60 thousand web pages containing “Long time no see” This sentence has been widely used in emails，letters，newspapers，movies，books，or any other possible placesThough it is sort of informal，it is part of the language that Americans use dail
49、yIronically，if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word，the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be correctedNobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentenceSome people believe that it came from Charlie Chans moviesIn the 1930s，Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world wide famo
50、us Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screensDetective Chan likes to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius“Long time no see” was his trademarkSoon after Charlie Chan，“Long time no see” became a popular phrase in the real world with thanks to the popularity of these mov
51、iesSome scholars refer to America as a huge pot of stewAll kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together，and they change the color and taste of each otherAmerican Chinese，though a minority ethnic（少数民族的成员） group in the United States，is also contributing some changes to the stew! Language is usually
52、 the first thing to be influenced in the mixed stewYou can have some other examples than adoptions from Chinese，such as pizza from Italian，susi from Japanese，and dj vu from French etcThere is a long list! Americans do not just simply borrow something from othersThey will modify it and make it their
53、own，so you would not be surprised to find a tofu and peanut butter hamburger in a restaurant，or to buy a bottle of iced Chinese green tea with honey in a grocery storeSince Americans appreciate Chinese culture more and more nowadays，I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the fu
54、tureIn this way the American stew keeps adding richness and flavor51The writer himself felt surprised at _Athe Chinglish expression “Long time no see” B“Long time no see” used as standard American EnglishCso many literal translation of the expressions used in AmericaDfinding out Americans use the ex
55、pression every day52The word “stew” in the 4th paragraph probably means _Amixture literature BConfucius wordsCa kind of cooked dish DAmerican changing cultures53According to the passage，it can be inferred that _ Adetectives translate the phrase “Long time no see”BHollywood made “Long time no see” po
56、pularCthe huge pot of stew greatly affects all kinds of languages Dcultures can be changed in the huge pot of stew54The main idea of the passage is that _Asome Chinese expressions are introduced into EnglishByoull not be surprised at a tofu in a restaurant in AmericaCsome American expressions can be
57、 used in ChinaDAmerican English keep being enriched from different cultures55According to the passage，which of the following statements is not true?AInformal language sometimes doesnt go with grammar and structureBLanguages are always ruled by grammar and structureC“Long time no see” has been used in at least four media mentioned in the passageDThere are four languages mentioned to be adopted in the American stew【参考答案】51-55 B A B D B
