1、阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last Tuesday. The survey，published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed
2、 have welldeveloped plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”The majority of the 457 people surveyed are selfmade，firstgeneration rich.Fiftytwo percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the fam
3、ily wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it. They are worried that their children would become lazy，spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance(遗产)
4、they plan to leave them.“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，”said Sallie Krawcheck，president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of the Bank of America.“Our research，however，uncovered changing
5、 views of what one generation owes the next.”The trend is led by the worlds richest man Bill Gates，who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife，the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(基金会)，and not to his children.“We want to give it back t
6、o society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，”he said.Of his plans for his children，Gates said：“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage.they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”【语篇解读】 调查表明，大部分美国富人不愿向孩子炫富，甚至不打算将丰厚的资产传给后代。1We can le
7、arn from the passage that _.Arich parents may not know how to manage their inheritanceBrich parents dont equal rich kids，at least in the USCAmerican children dont get to inherit their parents wealthDpoor children dont expect themselves to be as rich as their parents解析推理判断题。第二段的后半部分提到在被调查的美国富人中，几乎没有人
8、计划为他们的孩子保留资产或者将资产传给孩子，由此可推断在美国，父母富有并不意味着孩子富有。答案B2According to the survey，most rich Americans _.Athink they owe their children nothingBthink it best to give their money back to societyCdoubt their childrens ability to handle wealthD. are confident of their childrens ability to handle wealth解析推理判断题。根据
9、第四段内容可推知，大部分美国富人怀疑他们的孩子处理财富的能力。答案C3The underlined word“they”in Paragraph 6 refers to _.Aresponsible childrenBBill Gates and his wifeCfirstgeneration richDrich parents解析词义猜测题。富裕的父母们希望把他们的财富传给 下一代，此处they指代的是画线词前面的“the wealthy parents”，即“rich parents”。答案D4From the last paragraph，we can see that Bill Ga
10、tes wants to show _.Athe trend of leaving no inheritance to childrenBthe positive impact of charity on societyCthe way of giving back to societyDthe importance of independence for children解析推理判断题。根据本段中比尔盖茨所说的话可推知，他更强调孩子的个人奋斗，认为培养孩子的自立很重要。答案D。【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最
11、佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to 1 others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998. 2 the pain and treatment that he put up with inspired me to be a more kind and 3 pe
12、rson. I realized life is just too 4 and it was time for me to make some changes do the things in life that I wanted to do without making 5 why I couldnt do them.My dad 6 a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐献者) was not ne
13、eded. That was excellent 7 because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That 8 me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also 9 money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I 10 blood every other month and seek opp
14、ortunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very 11 and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.I would like to 12 one of my favorite quotes（名言）with you all:“In an average lifetime, a person 13 about sixty-five thousand miles. Thats two an
15、d half times around the world. I wonder 14 your steps will take you. I wonder how youll use the rest of the 15 youre given.”I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.1. A. adviseB. ask C. help D. understand2. A. Suffering B. Watching C. Discovering D. Bringing3. A. stronger
16、B. independent C. giving D. receiving4. A. short B. wonderful C. dangerous D. boring5. A. efforts B. promises C. excuses D. plans6. A. refused B. had C. learned D. stopped7. A. expression B. knowledge C. news D. sense8. A. forced B. inspired C. allowed D. expected9. A. raised B. kept C. paid D. hid1
17、0. A. check B. test C. donate D. sell11. A. secretly B. clearly C. peacefully D. wildly12. A. share B. divide C. record D. repeat13. A. conveys B. owns C. measures D. walks14. A. where B. why C. when D. if15. A. materials B. miles C. world D. wealth完形填空：15 CBCAC 610 BCBAC 1115 BADAB (201*湖南卷)People
18、in communities have slowly been pushed apart through the years, mostly because people simply arent taking the time to say a simple “hello”. After considering this phenomenon, I decided I was going to _36_ the way I was doing things.My _37_ came one morning when I was in the community library. I pass
19、ed by a girl who _38_ her books out of her locker. Thinking like most that someone else would help her pick them up, I continued my way. However, when I had to _39_ because I stupidly forgot my book, I noticed she had just finished packing them up by herself. No one had stopped to _40_ her. “OK，” I
20、thought to myself, “this is where I should have changed.”My best opportunity came a few days later when I saw a man _41_ by himself waiting for the library to open, so I sat down next to him and began a _42_. It was difficult to get started, and even when I had to say goodbye, almost every _43_ from
21、 my new friend had a tone (语气) of doubt in it.And who could blame him?People arent used to making an _44_ chat with a stranger. But a change, no matter how _45_ it is needed, doesnt just happen. It takes people like us to make it possible. I _46_ you to take a small step out of your comfort zone and
22、 try to make someones day a little brighter. Together, we can really make society come _47_ as a whole.36A. change Bexplain Clearn Dshow37A. trouble Bdoubt Cwish Dopportunity38A. took Bdropped Cgot Dpulled 39A. come out Bstand by Cgo back Dturn up 40A. please Bgreet Chelp Dpraise 41A. sitting Bwalki
23、ng Criding Drunning 42. A. discussion Blesson Creport Dconversation 43. A. joke Bresponse Ccry Dstory44A. unchangeable Bunprepared Cunforgettable Dunfinished 45A. desperately Bfrequently Csimply Dwidely46A. allow Bwarn Corder Dadvise47A. later Bstraighter Ccloser Dslower【全文大意】文章通过作者记叙自己在社区图书馆的经历，来劝告
24、人们通过尝试与陌生人交流来增进彼此之间的关系，符合了当下“和谐社会”的大环境。【解析】36. A考查动词。根据文义，作者在思考了社区内人与人之间距离逐渐疏远这一现象后，决定改变之前的行为。值得注意的是，后文即对作者的行为进行描述，第三段的最后一词即为change，符合前后对应原则。【解析】37. D考查名词。句意：一天早上，当我在社区图书馆的时候，我的出现了。可以通过理解得出答案，但也可以简单地按照完形名词解题法寻找重复，第四段第三个词即为答案。【解析】38. B考查动词。对应后文pick up，可知小女孩之前是书掉落，选dropped。【解析】39. C考查短语。根据文义，作者后来发现没人帮
25、助小女孩，说明作者必定重新返回原来的地方。【解析】40. C考查动词。前文someone else和后文的no one对应，所以动作也应该对应，所以选help。【解析】41. A考查动词。后文so是解题点，说明作者的动作也和一位男士的动作一致，故选sitting。【解析】42. D考查名词。寻找重复后发现，第44题后面一个词chat即为本题答案，因此选chat的同义词conversation。【解析】43. B考查名词。句意：我的新朋友的每个中都显示出怀疑的语气。joke，cry和story在文中均未提及，直接排除，选response。【解析】44. B考查形容词。此题考查文章归纳总结能力。文
26、章说：对于一个陌生人，人们并不习惯于进行的交谈。此句是由前文作者对于陌生人的反应而总结出来的。前文作者对陌生人的交谈很不顺利，如何开始、如何结束都显得十分困难，因此本题应选择与“困难”相近的词。纵观备选项，unprepared(未准备好的，即兴的)较符合文义。【解析】45. A考查副词。句意：和陌生人交谈的方式的改变无论是的需要，它都不会发生。此题单纯从文义理解比较困难，建议用排除法。frequently, simply, widely这3个选项均不是文章讨论的内容，可以排除，剩下答案desperately(十分，非常地)修饰这种需要的迫切程度。 【解析】46. D考查动词。最后一段作者针对与
27、陌生人疏远这种情况，建议人们努力改善，答案则容易得出。【解析】47. C对应第一段的apart，此处应选择相对应的反义词closer。阅读理解。 Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat destinations(目的地), check out the following roadside attractions. Worlds Largest Ball of Paint
28、 Alexandria, Ind. In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint,” which is recogn
29、ized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history. The Museum of Dirt Boston, Mass. The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled(贴有标签的) glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saud
30、i Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: Its free. Mount Horeb Mustard Museum Mount Horeb, Wis. Its heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the worlds largest collection of prepared mustard (芥末). Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices
31、 come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how its made to how its advertised and sold. The museums creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream! Paper House Rockport, Mass. Swedish immigrant (移民) Ellis Stenman w
32、as much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper. At the time, people didnt give much if any-thought to recycling paper. The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers(层) of newspaper.64. The underlined word “offbeat”
33、in the first paragraph has the same meaning as . A. great B. foreign C. unusual D. historical 65. If you want to add your own work to what you visit, you may choose . A. Worlds Largest Ball of Paint B. The Museum of Dirt C. Mount Horeb Mustard Museum D. Paper House 66. Which of the following is true of Barry Levenson according to the text? A. No spices but mustard can be found in his museum.B. He travels around the world to collect mustard.C. Mustard is advertised and sold in his museum.D. In a way, he shows much preference for mustard.
