1、阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。After years of study，I have known there are only two types of people in this world：those who get to the airport early and those who arrive as the plane is about to take off.If there were any justice in this world，the earlyairport people would be rewarded for
2、doing the right thing and the lateairport people would be punished.But the earlyairport people get ulcers(溃疡)，heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone (急得团团转)The lateairport people are hardly aware that they are flying.A guy of that kind once said，“Dont hurry.If you miss your flight，its
3、because God didnt want you to go.”This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.Earlyairport people suffer another“name”They are called exactly what they arewimps(懦夫)I know I am an earlyairport person for years.My luggage will get on the plane first，which makes it the last luggage they ta
4、ke off the plane after landing.Another strange thing：No matter how early I showed up，I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat.I figured it was a trick.I figured there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said，“Is th
5、at wimp Simon flying somewhere today？If he is，give me his seat.”After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead，I have learned another fact about earlyairport people and lateairport people：They always marry each ot
6、her.1We can learn from the passage that_.Alateairport persons often get ulcers or heart attacksBearlyairport persons are always relaxed during the flightCearlyairport persons get their luggage first after landingDlateairport persons always take things easy解析：细节理解题。从第二段及第三段所举事例可知，晚到机场的人总是沉得住气，不慌不忙，故选
7、D。从第二段第二句可知A项和B项错；从第四段最后一句可知C项错。答案：D2The fifth paragraph mainly tells us_.Asomeone always plays tricks on the writerBthe airlines usually fool passengersCearlyairport persons always cant get good seatsDthe service of airlines is very bad解析：段落大意题。从第五段可知作者通过描述自己的亲身经历得出一个结论：早到机场的人往往不能得到想要的座位，故C选项正确。A项是
8、作者的一个玩笑。因为他总是得不到想要的座位，所以才会说I figured it was a trick；B项和D项无法从第五段推出。答案：C3The purpose of writing the passage is to_.Agive useful tips on taking a planeBoffer advice about catching a planeCexpress the writers anxiety about taking planesDshow peoples two attitudes toward catching planes解析：意图推测题。通读全文不难推断出
9、作者写此文章主要介绍了人们对于赶飞机的两种截然不同的态度，故D选项正确。答案：D4It could be inferred that the writers wife is_.Aan earlyairport womanBa lateairport womanCa hottempered womanDa sensitive woman解析：推理判断题。根据文章可知作者属于“早到机场的人。”文章的结尾提到了作者的另一个发现：早到机场的人总是与晚到机场的人结婚。由此，可推知作者的妻子属于“晚到机场的人”，故选B。答案：B5The writing style of the passage would
10、 be best described as_.AseriousBsimpleChumorous Dironic解析：推理判断题。综观全文，作者的写作风格诙谐幽默，妙趣横生，故选C。答案：C. 【四川省资阳市2014模拟】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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 “Another bad day at school?” my father asked as I came into the room.“How could you tell? I didnt shut the door heavily or anything,” I replie
11、d. Over the past two months I had either done this or thrown my backpack across the room every time I came home from school. Papa thinks it has something to do with moving to a new house. “I know this move has been hard on you. Leaving your friends and cousins behind is tough,” Papa said, as he put
12、his arm around my shoulder. “What you must remember is that, with a lot of hard work and some time, you will make new friends.” “You dont know how hard it is. This year my baseball team would have won the championship. They wont even give me a chance to pitch (投球) here. All I get to play is right fi
13、eld, and thats the worst!” Papa turned toward me. “Things will get better, I promise you. Let me ask you, do you know why you were named David Lorenzo?”“Yes, your name is David and grandfathers name is Lorenzo.”“Very good, and what makes your grandfather so important?”“He was the first in the family
14、 to come to this country and all that,” I answered.“That is only partly correct. Your grandfather was a very great man. In Mexico, he had been a teacher. When he came to America he could only get low-paid labor jobs because he didnt speak the language. It took him two years before he spoke English w
15、ell enough to be allowed to teach here, but he did it. He never complained because he knew change could be difficult. Did he ever tell you that?” my father asked.I looked down at my feet, ashamed at my behavior. “No. That must have been hard,” I said sheepishly. “Your grandfather taught me that if y
16、ou let people see your talent, they will accept you for who you are. I want you to always remember what my father taught me, even if it takes a few years for people to see who you are,” said Papa. All I could say was, “Okay.” Then I asked, “What should I do now?” Laughing, Papa said, “How about you
17、pitch a few to me? You need some work.”31. Why was the author unhappy that day? A. Because he moved to a new country.B. Because his baseball team lost the game.C. Because he wasnt offered a chance to pitch.D. Because he quarreled with his friends at school.32. The father successfully changed his son
18、s mood by _.A. asking him to train harderB. telling his grandfathers storyC. playing baseball with himD. introducing him some new friends 33. The underlined word “sheepishly” probably means _.A. cautiouslyB. patientlyC. rudelyD. shyly34. What can we infer about the author?A. He thinks his father liv
19、es in the past.B. Hed rather live with his grandfather.C. He will continue to dislike school and everything.D. He will try his best to adapt to the new environment.【参考答案】31-34、 CBDD 【四川省资阳市2014模拟】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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The majority of Indian women wear a red dot (圆点) between
20、 their eyebrows. While it is generally taken as an indicator of their marital (婚姻的) status, the practice is primarily related to the Hindu religion. The dot goes by different names in different Hindi dialects, and “bindi” is the one that is most commonly known. Traditionally, the dot carries no gend
21、er restriction: Men as well as women wear it. However, the tradition of men wearing it has faded in recent times, so nowadays we see a lot more women than men wearing one.The position of the bindi is standard: center of the forehead, close to the eyebrows. It represents a third, or inner eye. Hindu
22、tradition holds that all people have three eyes: The two outer ones are used for seeing the outside world, and the third one is there to focus inward toward God. As such, the dot serves as a constant reminder to keep God in the front of a believers thoughts.Red is the traditional color of the dot. I
23、t is said that in ancient times a man would place a drop of blood between his wifes eyes to seal their marriage. According to Hindu beliefs, the color red is believed to bring good fortune to the married couple. Today, people go with different colors depending upon their preferences. Women often wea
24、r dots that match the color of their clothes. Decorative or sticker bindis come in all sizes, colors and variations, and can be worn by young and old, married and unmarried people alike. Wearing a bindi has become more of a fashion statement than a religious custom.35. Why did people in India start
25、wearing a red dot on their forehead?A. To indicate their social rank.B. To show their financial status.C. To show their religious belief.D. To highlight their family background.36. What is the importance of the third eye in Hindu tradition? A. To pay respect to God.B. To stay in harmony with nature.
26、C. To see things with a subjective view.D. To observe the outside world more clearly. 37. Why was red chosen as the original color of the bindi?A. The red dot represented the blood of God.B. Red stood for a wifes love for her husband.C. The word “bindi” means “red” in some Hindi dialects.D. Red was
27、supposed to bring good luck to a married couple.38. Which of the following statements is true about the practice of wearing a bindi today?A. Bindis are now used as a decorative item.B. Bindis are worn anywhere on the face now.C. Most Indian women do not like to wear bindis anymore.D. Wearing a bindi
28、 has become more popular among Indian men.【参考答案】35、C36-38 ADA 阅读理解。About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注册) my son in kindergarten. Several weeks later, my sons teacher asked me to meet him at his office
29、.In the teachers office, an exchange of greetings was followed by his questions：“Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)? Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability？”Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? No, no, it cant be. What a helpless, lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, swee
30、t little boy, instead. I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.My son could not follow the teachers directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class. Didnt he know my son did not speak English yet?He was angry：“Why hasnt your son been taught to speak English? Dont you sp
31、eak English at home？”No, I didnt speak English at home, I replied. I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months, and I didnt want him to forget his native language. Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all times? “Are you one of
32、those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country, never wanting to be a part of this society？”Needless to say, I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people”. Then he told me the meeting was over, and I left.As I had expected, my son learned to speak Eng
33、lish fluently before the school year was over. He went on to graduate from college and got a job, earning close to six figures. He travels widely and leads a welladjusted, contented life. And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with
34、others; it teaches people about other cultures and other placessomething very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey.57The teacher asked the author to his office _Ato discuss Scolas inclass performanceBto get Scola enrolled in kindergartenCto find a language partner for Sc
35、olaDto work out a study plan for Scola58What does the underlined word “disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?ABreaking. BFollowing.CAttending. DDisturbing.59The authors attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as _Acritical BcasualCpositive Dpassive60This text is likely to be select
36、ed from a book of_Amedicine BeducationCgeography Dhistory【要点综述】 本文作者通过说明自己儿子学习语言的过程和他最后的成功经历，说明了“双语”学习的重要性。57A推理判断题。根据第二和第四段可知，学校老师让作者去学校的目的是为了探讨作者的儿子在学校的表现，选A。58D词义猜测题。disrupting所在句子的意思是：他告诉我，我儿子经常不按老师的指令做，他经常干扰课堂。由此可知此处该词的意思是“干扰”，选D。59C推理判断题。通读最后一段可知作者对于“双语”学习持积极、肯定的态度，选C。60B推理判断题。本文探讨的是关于孩子的教育问题，
37、由此可以推断出本文选自教育类书刊，选B。C62013浙江卷 -ANo one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus
38、, on doing one specific job. Lets take a man well call Mr. Fielder, for example. He did everything connected with farming. He planted seeds, tended the fields, and harvested and sold his crops. At the same time, he did many other jobs on the farm. However, he didnt make the bricks for his house, cut
39、 his trees into boards, make the plows(犁), or any of the other hundreds of things a farm needs. Instead, he got them from people who specialized in doing each of those things. Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr. Plowright. Using what he knew about farming and working with iron, Mr. Plowr
40、ight invented a plow that made farming easier. Mr. Plowright did not really like farming himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows. Perhaps, he thought, other farmers will trade what they grow for one of my plows. How did Mr. Plowright let people know what he was doing? Why, he ad
41、vertised, of course. First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers. That sign may have been no more than a plow carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the shop door. It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr. Plowright a
42、nd his really good plows. Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand years ago. Even before most people could read, they understood such signs. Shopkeepers would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the products they had for sale. A medium, in advertisi
43、ng talk, is the way you communicate your message. You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols. The second medium was audio, or sound, although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today. Originally, just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple i
44、nstrument, such as a bell, were used to get peoples attention. A crier, in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily. It is someone, probably a man, with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city. In ancient Egypt, shopkeepers might hire such a person to spread the
45、news about their products. Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods. Perhaps the crier described the goods, explained where they came from, and praised their quality. His job was, in other words, not too different from a TV or radio commercial in todays
46、 world. 41What probably led to the start of advertising? AThe discovery of iron. BThe specialization of labor. CThe appearance of new jobs. DThe development of farming techniques. 42To advertise his plows, Mr. Plowright _. Apraised his plows in public Bplaced a sign outside the shop Chung an arrow p
47、ointing to the shop Dshowed his products to the customers43The writer makes up the two stories of Mr. Fielder and Mr. Plowright in order to_. Aexplain the origin of advertising Bpredict the future of advertising Cexpose problems in advertising Dprovide suggestions for advertising44In ancient Egypt,
48、a crier was probably someone who _. A. owned a shipB. had the loudest voiceC. ran a shop selling goods to farmersD. functioned like todays TV or radio commercial45The last two paragraphs are mainly about_. A. the history of advertising B. the benefits of advertisingC. the early forms of advertising
49、D. the basic design of advertising【要点综述】 什么是广告，广告的目的是什么？它最早是怎么开始的呢？在文章中作者将会告诉我们一些有关广告历史的故事。让我们读文章去了解一下吧。41B 考查细节理解。从文章第一段“No one knows for sureThat led to the concept of specialization”可知劳动的专业化导致广告的开始，故答案应该选B项。42B考查细节理解。从文章第四段“and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers.”可知，他放了一块
50、标牌在外面以吸引顾客，所以选B项。43A考查推理判断。从第五段“Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used five thousand years ago. Even before most people could read, they understood such signs. Shopkeepers would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the products they had for sale.”知，作者通过上面列举的两个例子，阐述广告最有
51、可能的起源，所以答案选A项。44D考查推理判断。从全文最后一段“A crier, in the historical sensein other words, not too different from a TV or radio commercial in todays world.”知，古代的crier如同现代社会电视和广播中的商业代言人，所以选D项。45C考查段落大意。从“A medium, in advertising talk, is the way you communicate your message.”和“A crier, in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily”知，最后两段主要讨论了古代商业广告的模式，所以选C项。
