1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家四川省广安二中2015高考英语阅读理解暑假练习（7）及答案【2014山东省济南外国语学校质量检测】A heartless thief is believed to have crashed a fund-raiser and made off with a bag of cash meant to help a New York City firefighter pay for life-changing surgery for his 9-year-old son. But little Aidan Sullivan - who was born with a
2、 facial defect and no right ear - yesterday put up a brave front, with a message for the crook(thief): Im going to kick your butt!I want to look normal, said Aidan, whose father, Tim, is a firefighter in the Bronx. The third-grader has hemi facial micro soma, in which one half of the face doesnt dev
3、elop correctly.Last weekend, family friend Peter Drake, a Ridgefield, Conn., firefighter, hosted a fund-raiser, collecting between $8,000 and $9,000. But when the party at a Danbury, Conn., Irish cultural center was over, the money had disappeared.At the end of the night, all the money that was dona
4、ted was put in a zippered bag, said Tim Sullivan. A bartender gave the bag to Pete. He had it in his hands. He put it down to go do something, and when he came back, he saw that it was missing.Sullivan said his longtime friend - who has had fund-raisers to pay for Aidans 10 previous surgeries - is d
5、evastated.Pete was so upset. He kept saying, I let Aidan down, I let Aidan down,” Colleen Sullivan, 40, recalled.We even went Dumpster diving, in case it was thrown out. The Sullivans plan to go ahead with the March 1 surgery led by specialists at NYUs Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. The money
6、would have offset the $10,000 to $15,000 that insurance doesnt cover. Yesterday, Aidan said hes not a fan of hospitals and doesnt like to be away from his sister, Kaylee, 4. But hes willing to do it. Im excited, he said. Finally, an ear.61. Where do you probably read this text from?A. A magazine.B.
7、A newspaper.C. A book.D. An advertisement.62. How did little Aidan Sullivan feel when he knew the money was missing.A. He felt excited. B. He felt surprised.C. He felt upset.D. He felt annoyed.63. What is the money used for according to this text?A. To help Aidan Sullivan to have another operation.B
8、. To help pay for Aidan Sullivans life insurance.C. To return the money the Sullivans owed to the hospital. D. To help a firefighter who got hurt in the ear. 64. What is true of little Aidan Sullivan?A. He hates going to hospital. B. He will go to New York for the surgery.C. He didnt care too much a
9、bout the lost money. D. He has received 10 surgeries before. 65. What can we infer about Pete from the text?A. He was heartless.B. He was kind.C. He was caress.D. He was a firefighter. 【参考答案】61、BDADB【四川省宜宾市李庄中学2014高考英语仿真模拟试题】“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particular go
10、od teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organization decision making. For years March ( possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has stu
11、died how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning :“Experience is respected；experience is sought；experience is explained.”The problem is that l
12、earning from experience involves（涉及） serious complications（复杂化），ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.In one interesting part of book，for example，he turns a double eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experienti
13、al learning. He says“The more accurately（精确的）reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher. March is also a poet, and his gift shines though in the depth of views he offers and
14、the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding；Dont pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.43. According to the text, James March is _.A. a poet who uses experience in his writingB. a teache
15、r who teachers story writing in universityC. a researcher who studies the way humans think and actD. a professor who helps organizations makes important decisions44. According to James March, experience _.A. is overvalued B. is easy to explain C. should be actively sought D. should be highly respect
16、ed45. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A. Experience makes stories more accurate.B. Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth.C. The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.D. Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.46. Whats the pu
17、rpose of this text?A. To introduce a book. B. To describe a researcher.C. To explain experiential learning. D. To discuss organizational decision making.【参考答案】4345、CAB 46、A【2014山东省济南外国语学校质量检测】CResearchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. I
18、n fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in two thousand
19、eight. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook Univ
20、ersity in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their
21、 early seventies. The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as p
22、eople grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistr
23、y.The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns
24、as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.66. What is the best title of the passage?A. The older a person is, the happier he grows.B. The more lighthearted a person is, the happier he is.C. The older a person is, the more clever he grows.D. The o
25、lder a person is, the more stressed he feels.67. We can learn from the research that _.A. only when people get older, will they feel happierB. older people usually have no worries in their lifeC. older people are more likely to be thankful in lifeD. stress levels among the youngest are the highest o
26、f all 68. According to the researchers, what is probably the reason why people grow happier when they get older?A. When people get older, they cant remember bad experiences. B. When people get older, they have no young children to care about.C. When people get older, they dont care about their feeli
27、ngs.D. When people get older, they learn to adjust their feelings.69. What would the writer probably deal with in next paragraph?A. Advice to the young people on how to keep happy.B. Why women at all ages are more sad, stressed and worried.C. Advice to the old people on how to live longer. D. Why pe
28、ople will grow happier with their ages. 70. What do you think the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is?A. A Gallup organization.B. A university in New York.C. A popular science magazine.D. A research institution【参考答案】66、ACDBC 【安徽省蚌埠市三县联谊校2014高考二模】DTwo friends have an argument that brea
29、ks up their friendship forever, even though neither one can remember how the whole thing got started. Such sad events happen over and over in high schools across the country. In fact, according to an official report on youth violence, In our country today, the greatest threat to the lives of childre
30、n and adolescents is not disease or starvation or abandonment, but the terrible reality of violence. Given that this is the case, why arent students taught to manage conflict the way they are taught to solve math problems, drive cars, or stay physically fit?First of all, students need to realize tha
31、t conflict is unavoidable. A report on violence among middle school and high school students indicates that most violent incidents between students begin with a relatively minor insult (侮辱). For example, a fight could start over the fact that one student eats a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime.
32、 Laughter over the sandwich can lead to insults, which in turn can lead to violence. The problem isnt in the sandwich, but in the way students deal with the conflict.Once students recognize that conflict is unavoidable, they can practice the golden rule of conflict resolution (解决) stay calm. Once th
33、e student feels calmer, he or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well. Rude words, name-calling, and accusation only add fuel to the emotional fire. On the other hand, soft words spoken at a normal sound level can put out the fire before it explodes out of control.After
34、both sides have calmed down, they can use another key strategy for conflict resolution; listening. Listening allows the two sides to understand each other. One person should describe his or her side, and the other person should listen without interrupting. Afterward, the listener can ask non-threate
35、ning questions to clarify the speakers position. Then the two people should change roles.Finally, students need to consider what they are hearing. This doesnt mean trying to figure out whats wrong with the other person. It means understanding what the real issue is and what both sides are trying to
36、accomplish. For example, a shouting match over a peanut butter sandwich might happen because one person thinks the other person is unwilling to try new things. Students need to ask themselves questions such as these: How did this start? What do I really want? What am I afraid of ? As the issue becom
37、es clearer, the conflict often simply becomes smaller. Even if it doesnt, careful thought helps both sides figure out a mutual solution.There will always be conflict in schools, but that doesnt mean there needs to be violence. After students in Atlanta started a conflict resolution program, accordin
38、g to Educators for Social Responsibility, 64 percent of the teachers reported less physical violence in the classroom; 75 percent of the teachers reported an increase in student cooperation,and 92 percent of the students felt better about themselves. Learning to resolve conflicts can help students d
39、eal with friends,. teachers. parents, bosses, and coworkers. In that way, conflict resolution is a basic life skill that should be taught in schools across the country.68.This article is mainly about A. how to deal with school conflictsB. the cause of arguments in schoolsC. how to analyze youth viol
40、ence D. the lives of school children69.From Paragraph 2 we can learn that_.A.violence is more likely to occur at lunchtimeB.a small conflict can lead to violenceC.students tend to lose their temper easilyD.the eating habit of a student is often the cause of a fight70.Why do students need to ask them
41、selves the questions stated in Paragraph 5?A. To find out who to blame.B. To get ready to buy new things.C. To make clear what the real issue is.D.To figure out how to stop the shouting match.71.The writers purpose for writing this article is to_.A.complain about problems in school educationB.teach
42、students different strategies for school lifeC.advocate teaching conflict management in schoolsD.inform teachers of the latest studies on school violence【参考答案】6871、ABCC 【安徽省蚌埠市三县联谊校2014高考二模】EDid you know that womens brains are smaller than mens? The average womens brain weighs 10% less than mens. Si
43、nce research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent(聪明的) than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that its what
44、s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of “grey matter” and“white matter”.While men have more of the latter ,the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexs.It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the
45、two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the b
46、aby all at the same time, its women who come out on top every time. There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the
47、 other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of lifes great mysteries:Why men refuse to ask for directions and women often need to! The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿) are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one. A
48、boy would try to climb a barrier (障碍物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors(祖先) ,among who
49、m women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research. If all this disappoints you, it shouldnt. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it,” says a biologist.72. Which of the following is TRUE accordin
50、g to the first paragraph? A. Womens brain is 10% less than mens. B. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter. C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain. D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter.73. What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs? A. Men do better dealing
51、with one job at a time. B. Women prefer doing many things at a time. C. Women do not need to tell directions. D. Men have weaker spatial abilities.74. Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph? A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls. B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills. C. Women may have stronger feelings than men. D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills.75. What is the writers attitude in writing this passage?A. Defensive. B. Persuasive. C. Supportive. D. Objective【参考答案】7275、CABD- 9 - 版权所有高考资源网
