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。A little brown mouse lived in a small house in the country.His cottage was very warm and comfortable，with lots of flowers in front of it and a few apple trees behind.In his living room the brown country mouse ate good fresh food.One day his cousin from town c
2、ame to visit him. “It is so nice to see you，” the country mouse said. “Come in.Sit down.Lets have supper.” Soon he brought in some bread，bacon and corn for supper and they drank fresh clean water.After supper they sat and talked.The town mouse said，“ How can you live here？The country is so quiet.I d
3、ont like the food either.Come and stay with me！”So the next morning the mice went to town.The town mouses house was beautiful.But they got into the house by going under the back door.They were very hungry，so the town mouse took his cousin to the dining room.There was a lot of food on the table. “Loo
4、k at that！” said the town mouse.The mice jumped onto the table.They began to eat some fine French cheese，some very tasty cakes and biscuits.They drank lemonade and milk. Suddenly the door opened and a man walked in.He came to the table to get some fruit. “Be quiet！” whispered the town mouse.The man
5、took an apple and went out of the room.The town mouse began to eat again，but the country mouse could not eat a thing，because he felt so afraid.Suddenly he saw a big cat near the sofa in the corner of the room.The cat was sleeping，but then it heard something.It opened its eyes and saw the mice.The co
6、untry mouse began to cry：“Help！” The cat tried to catch the mice.The mice ran into a hole in the floor.The cat couldnt get in.“Oh，dear，” said the country mouse. “Your food is good，but your life is not.I feel afraid everywhere.Goodbye.Im going back to the country.”【语篇解读】乡村的老鼠去城里的老鼠那里做客，它认为城里虽然生活富裕，但是
7、却不安全，于是又回到了乡下。1The town mouse considered the life of the country mouse to be_.Ainteresting Bboring Cexciting D. terrifying解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的How can you live here？The country is so quiet可推测，从城里来的老鼠认为在乡村的生活是无趣的，故选B项。答案：B2The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refers to_.Athe town mouses home Bthe back
8、 door Ca lot of food on the table Dthe dining room解析：指代题。结合第四段的There wa a lot of food on the table可知，这里的that就是指前面提到的food，故选C项。答案：C3The cat didnt catch the mice because_.Aone cat couldnt fight with two miceBthe cat was still sleepy at that timeCthe mice were powerful after eating the magic cakesDthe
9、cat couldnt get into the hole in the floor解析：细节理解题。由倒数第二段的The mice ran into a hole in the floor.The cat couldnt get in可知，猫无法钻进洞里，所以没有逮住老鼠，故选D项。答案：D4The country mouse went back to the country because_.Alife is quiet but safe in the countryBthe city cat was not friendly at allCnowhere is better than o
10、nes own homeDthe city life was too busy for it to enioy解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的your food is good，but your life is not.I feel afraid everywhere可知乡村的老鼠认为虽然城里的食物精美，但是却不安全，所以不如回到自己的乡下去，故选A项。答案：A5This passage is a_. Apiece of news Bscience novel Cfairy tale Ddrama解析：文章体裁题。本文讲述了乡下老鼠与城市老鼠的故事，是一篇童话故事，故C为正确答案。答案：C.阅
11、读理解。The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life.Set to open in 2013, the 188 m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.A
12、s digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, “The aim is to mix the physical w
13、ith the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is nev
14、er closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虚拟的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the
15、LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “enlarge reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an i
16、mportant part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material. Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the librarys
17、 content and services open to citizens as sever before.”( ) 1. The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of_. A. the equipment B. the projectC. the digital media D. the physical library( ) 2. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_. A. get a general idea of the LoBB. me
18、et many world-famous expertsC. learn how to put up a library buildingD. understand how the specialists work on the project( ) 3. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens? a. It offers better learning toolsb. It reaches users in different waysc. It provides users with smart phoned. It
19、allows users to enrich its materiale. It gives non-stop physical and digital servicesA. a, b, d B. a, c, e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e( ) 4. This text is most probably taken from .A. a put book B. a library guideC. a handbook D. a newspaper report【答案与解析】【要点综述】本篇文章为新闻报道类文体。文章报道了Library of Birmingham（伯明翰图书馆
20、）将会投巨资改建成一个全新的数字化图书馆的事情。1B词义推断题。通过分析单词所在的这个句子，可知its（它的）指代的是主句中的主语“这个工程的”，its idea便是指the idea of the project。2A细节理解题。根据第6段第2句“Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it
21、even opens.”可知答案为A。B、C、D说法均有误。3A细节理解题。根据第4段“it is about giving people the right tools for learning”， “which can be used through many different ways”及第7段“in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material”可知。4D推理判断题。文章首段便简明地概括了文章主题，全文体现较明显的及时性，这是新闻类文体的典型特征，据此可判断文章应来源于一篇新闻报道。【浙江省金
22、华十校2014高考英语模拟试题】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。 Henry Ford grew up on an un-electrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edisons career as the inventor became a national role modelFord took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company working his way up to chief engineer In 1896 Ford was thirty
23、-three and, though still working for Edison Co,he had created his first experimental automobile the Ford Quadricycle2 during his off-time At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor Edison
24、was impressed Edison is said to have slammed his fist down and shouted Young man, thats the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries its own power plant Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas
25、engine was a somewhat new one The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T6The two men became fast friends and would go on camping trips togetherWhen Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house
26、 so they could raceAt the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored EdisonWhen Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford:“ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelingsI can only say that he is my friend Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to rem
27、ember Edison by after he passed away in 1931 Once, Ford asked Thomas Edisons son Charles to sit by the dying inventors bedside and hold a test tube next to his fathers mouth to catch his final breath Ford was a man with many strange behaviors（ as was Edison）including some interest in reanimation and
28、 spiritualism（夏活通灵术）and some say that he was attempting to catch Edisons soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life The test tube itself didnt turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Fords passing away, and then lost again until
29、 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History in the Henry Ford MuseumIt would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edisons Last Breath There is a further mystery of this “last breath test tube It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, a
30、s the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edisons last breath Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaningAlthough both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards their loved ones and mistreatment
31、 of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration41The passage can be sorted as a Ascience research Bshort story Cnews report Dself-introduction42From the underlined sentence in Paragraph2 we can learn that AEdison envied what Ford had achieved BEdison was annoyed
32、 that Ford did better him CEdison was angry because Ford stole his idea DEdison was extremely amazed at Fords new idea43In Paragraph 3,the writer mentions Ford bought an extra wheelchair Ato remind Edison was Fords role model Bto suggest Ford was a man of strange behavior Cto tell us the importance
33、of a creative idea then Dto show the close friendship between Henry Ford and Edison44The 61ast breath test tube can probably be regarded as Aa symbol of a friendship and memory Ba witness to a scientific breakthrough Ca failure to bring Edison back to life Da sign of the two inventors poor behavior4
34、5It can be learned from the last paragraph that“ ” AGreat minds think alike BNobody is perfect CTwo heads are better than oneDA friend in need is a friend indeed【参考答案】4145、BDDAB 阅读理解。In business, there is a speed difference: Its the difference between how important a firms leaders say speed is to th
35、eir competitive (竞争的) strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company size .Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.In our study of 343 businesses, the
36、companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track, Whats more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher s
37、ales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operati
38、on speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed of production, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and servic
39、es.In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast (相比而言), performance suffered at firms that moved fast a
40、ll the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didnt develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ah
41、ead full bore , are more successful in meeting their business goals . That kind of strategy must come from the top.( ) 1. What does the underlined part “gain an edge” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Increase the speed. B. Get an advantage. C. Reach the limit. D. Set a goal.( ) 2. The underlined part “the la
42、ws of business physics” in Paragraph 3 means _. A. spending more time and performing worse.B. spending more time and performing betterC. spending less time and performing worse D. spending less time and performing better ( ) 3. What can we learn from the text? A. how fast a firm moves depends on how
43、 big it is.B. how competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes.D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.( ) 4. Which could be the best title for the text? A. Improve quality? Serve bett
44、er. B. Deliver value? Plough ahead.C. Reduce time? Move faster. D. Need speed? Slow down.【参考答案】1-4、BDCD【2014高考英语四川省凉山州一模试题】共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据对话内容浏人刊话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多断黯选项。 一How can I help you? 一51 一Would you like to send it by surface mail or airmail? 一52 一If you send the parce
45、l by surface mail, it will take about 2 months to arrive, whereas by airmail, it will arrive in one week or more 一Thats a big difference. 53 How much will it cost to send it by airmail? 一That depends on the weight. Place it on the scale, please. 一OK. 一Thats 300 grams.54 一Thats not bad. Ill do that t
46、hen. Does that include insurance on the contents of the parcel or is that a separate payment? 一55 Its another 5 pounds. 一OK.A. Thats all right.B. Thats separate. C. I want to buy some stampsD. It will cost ten pounds for airmail. E. Id like to send this package to China. F. I suppose airmail will be
47、 much more expensive.G. Whats the difference between surface mail and airmail?【参考答案】5155、EGFDB【2014高考英语四川省绵阳市二模试题】（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。Mary:Well, Susan, how was your shopping trip with Nancy this afternoon?Susan:Dont ask. 51 Mary:What do you mean? Som
48、ething went wrong?Susan：Went wrong? 52 Nancy thought I had said I would meet her at the department store at 2:30 when I really said 2:00. Then she thought we would meet at the main entrance in front when I really said at the east entrance on the Twelfth Street.Mary: 53 Susan:Yes! 54 I had given up w
49、aiting and went inside the womens clothing department. So did she. Thus we met finally and it was 3:00 by then.Mary:Did you get what you wanted? 55 Susan:A blouse, as a matter of fact. But by that time, all those on sale were gone. So I settled for a skirt.A. Did you ever find each other?B. But it was magical!C. Actually, Ive got the list ready.D. I remember you said you wanted to get a sweater.E. Did you get anything?F. It could even be a disaster!G. I dont want to talk about it anymore.【参考答案】5155 GFABD