1、题组层级快练(四十)阅读速度提升练(时间：20分钟).阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。(2019重庆模拟)One day, Jack told his friend Tom that he loved a very beautiful girl with charming eyes and long hair, and that he wanted to marry her. Tom was so happy to hear the news and asked Jack to lead him to her. However, Tom loved
2、her at first sight. He then told Jack, “This girl is not suitable for you. She deserves a handsome man like me.” Jack was astonished and struggled with Tom until they went to the police to solve the problem.They told the policeman their story. The policeman asked them to bring the girl to his office
3、. However, when the policeman saw her, he became_taken_with her and said, “This girl is not suitable for you two. She deserves someone with a status like me.” The three men struggled with each other and then went to the king.The king asked them to bring him the girl. When the king saw the girl, he s
4、aid, “Oh, the girl should marry a king like me.” They all argued with each other.Then the girl said, “I have a solution. Im going to run and youll run after me. Ill be the wife to the one who catches me first.” The four men all agreed and ran after her. While running after her, they suddenly fell in
5、to a deep hole. From the top, the girl looked at them and said, “Now, let me tell you who I am.”“Im Reputation Im the one all people run after. They compete against each other to get me. They leave principles aside to seek for me, and they are sure to fall like you！”1. What makes the four men love t
6、he girl?A. The girls beauty.B. The girls reputation.C. The girls smart mind.D. The girls way to speak.2. The underlined part “ became_taken_with” in Para. 2 means “ _”A. was close toB. fell in love withC. was confused about D. was delightful with3. What could be the best title of the passage?A. All
7、Men Are Similarly StupidB. A Smart Girl Has All SolutionsC. Be Careful about Beautiful GirlsD. Always Follow the Principles in Life答案与解析【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。Jack，他的朋友Tom，警察和国王四个人都对一位美女一见钟情，为了得到美女，他们宁愿背叛自己的朋友。在追求美女的时候四个人都掉进了坑中，美女说自己叫作名誉，所有人都不惜一切甚至背叛自己的原则来追求名誉，他们最终都会倒下。1. 答案A解析细节理解题。从文中第一段中he loved a very b
8、eautiful girl with charming eyes and long hair以及Tom loved her at first sight.可以看出他们都对这个女人的美貌一见钟情，并不知道她是谁。2. 答案B解析词义猜测题。从文中第二段This girl is not suitable for you two. She deserves someone with a status like me.可以看出这个警察爱上了这位美女。fall in love with“爱上某人”。3. 答案D解析标题归纳题。从文中的最后一段可以看出人们在生活中总是为了追求名誉而背弃自己的原则，最终会因
9、此失败，所以我们应该坚定地跟随自己的原则。(2019安徽模拟)Which comes first, happiness or money? Are richer people happier? And if so, how do people get much richer? A recent study could tell you the answer.The study looked into thousands of teenagers and found that those who felt better about life as young adults tended to h
10、ave higher incomes by the time they turned 29. Those who were happiest earned an average of $8，000 more than those who were the most depressed.The researchers, from University College London and the University of Warwick, say that very gloomy teens, no matter how tall or smart they were, earned 10%
11、less than their peers, while the happier ones earned up to 30% more.Happier teenagers have an easier time getting through school, college and a job interview, chiefly because they always feel better about life. It may also be true that happier people find it easier to make friends, who are often the
12、 key to homework help or networking.A report in June suggested that professional respect was more important than dollars in terms of workplace happiness. In August scientists announced that they had found the gene for happiness in women, Alas(the same gene doesnt appear to have the same effect on me
13、n). And in October researchers in the UK and in the US announced that people who eat seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day report being the happiest.The big question is: if it really is true that happier kids end up being wealthier kids, is it necessary for parents to get their kids to do the
14、 homework? The fact is that no homework will make kids happy but surely hurt their grades. Studies do show, after all, that more education leads to betterpaid jobs, which may give us a deep thought.“These findings show that the teenagers happiness is important to their future success，” one of the re
15、ports authors writes. “But what is the most important is that we should find a way to help children gain more satisfaction from doing schoolwork.”4. The underlined word “gloomy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ _”来源:学+科+网A. upset B. gloriousC. happy D. wealthy5. The main reason why happier people hav
16、e more chances to succeed is that _A. they are easy to communicate with othersB. they are good at doing their schoolworkC. they are hopeful and optimistic about their life来源:1D. they eat much more fruit and vegetables a day6. What conclusion can the researchers draw from the recent study?A. Happy te
17、enagers grow up to be wealthier.B. Money can make people become happier.C. Wealth has nothing to do with happiness at all.D. Schoolwork can help teens achieve success.7. What can be the best title for the text?来源:学*科*网来源:1A. The way to educate kids.B. The source of happiness.C. How to achieve your g
18、oal.D. The secret of being wealthier.答案与解析【文章大意】本文是一篇人生百味类的短文。主要讨论了如何让人变得更加富有，幸福与富裕有着密切的关系。经过调查发现感到最幸福的青年人比感到不幸福的青年人收入高。4. 答案A解析词义猜测题。第三段中while表示对比，意为“而、然而”，while后面的句子的主语是the happier(幸福的人)，据此可以推测出while前面的句子主语应该是“不幸福的人、伤心的人”等含义，再结合本文叙述的主体“感到幸福的人和不幸福的人”可知A项正确。5. 答案C解析细节理解题。根据第四段中的Happier teenagers hav
19、e an easier time getting through school, college and a job interview, chiefly because they always feel better about life.可知，感到较幸福的青少年更容易考上大学，找到工作，主要是因为他们总是感到生活更美好，所以态度乐观，对待生活更加积极，选项A、B表述不全面，故C项正确。6. 答案A解析判断推理题。根据第二段最后部分和第六段的相关表述可知，感到幸福的青少年更易于成功，得到工资更高的工作。B项“钱可以使人更加幸福”的说法与本文相悖；C项“财富与幸福毫无关系”的表述错误，文中提到
20、感到幸福的人的收入趋向于更高；D项家庭作业有助于青少年获得成功”，未提及，故A项正确。7. 答案D解析主旨大意题。本文主要讨论的是幸福能让人更加富有。故D项正确。The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on well with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularlyheld image of unhappy teenagers loc
21、ked in their room after endless family quarrels.An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it had ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive todays young people seem to be about their families，” said one number
22、of the research team. “Theyre expected to be rebellious and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. Theres more negotiation and discussion between parents and children, and children expe
23、ct to take part in the family decisionmaking process. They dont want to rock the boat.”So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me，” says 1
24、7yearold Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when Im going out clubbing. As long as they know what Im doing, theyre fine with me.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as Id done all my homewor
25、k, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that
26、 teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.
27、 The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over. ”8. What is the popular image of the teenagers today?A. They worry about school.B. They dislike living with their parents.C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.D. T
28、hey quarrel a lot with other family members.9. The study shows that teenagers dont want to _A. share family responsibilityB. cause trouble in their familiesC. go boating with their familyD. make family decisions10. Compared with parents of 30 years ago, todays parents _A. go to clubs more often with
29、 their childrenB. are much stricter with their children来源:1C. care less about their childrens lifeD. give their children more freedom11. According to the writer, teenage rebellion _A. may be a false beliefB. is common nowadaysC. existed only in the 1960sD. resulted from changes in families答案与解析【文章大意
30、】本文主要讲述了现代家庭中的和谐问题。现在的父母比起30年前给孩子们更多的自由。孩子们不像想象中的那么反叛了，家庭关系更加融洽了。8. 答案D解析细节理解题。根据第一段中的. which is the opposite of the popularlyheld image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels可知，年轻人给人们留下的印象是“和父母无休止的争吵之后就锁在自己的屋子里。”9. 答案B解析判断推理题。根据第二段. children expect to take part in t
31、he family decisionmaking process.可知，孩子们喜欢参与事情的决定，喜欢和父母讨论事情，他们并不想“rock the boat”，即“破坏良好舒适的现状”。10. 答案D解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.可知，现在的父母们给了孩子们更多的自由空间。故D项正确。11. 答案A解析判断推理题。根据最后一段的It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts.可知，青少年的反叛或许是一种错误的信仰。
