1、2014天津市和平区高考英语阅读理解精选（12）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Dubai boasts(夸口) that it has just built a “new global landmark”-the Dubai Tower, which stands 512.1 meters high now and has just become the tallest building in the world. The Dubai Tower now surpasses Taiwans Taipei 101, which
2、 is 508 meters tall, and has 141 storeys, more than any other building in the world. The Dubai Tower, being built by South Koreas Samsung Corporation and scheduled for completion next year, is one of a series of great projects taking shape in Dubai. The final projected height of the tower has remain
3、ed a secret since the project was launched in January 2004; however, it is rumored that the tower will be more than 700 meters tall and have more than 160 storeys.来源:Z_xx_k.Com The Dubai Tower has become the tallest building in the world in just 1,276 days, leaving behind other tall buildings. The D
4、ubai Tower will house 30,000 apartments in addition to the worlds largest shopping mall. It is the centerpiece(重要工程) of the 20-billion-dollar venture. Another venture gradually emerging across the desert sands is Dubailand, a series of multi-billion-dollar projects claimed to be the Middle Easts ver
5、y own Orlando. Dubai also paid 100 million dollars to buy the Queen Elizabeth II, one of the worlds superb cruise liners(游轮), which it plans to turn into a luxury floating hotel. Faced with decreasing oil wealth, the Western-oriented emirate(酋长国) has raced to turn itself into a business and leisure
6、hub and it aims to more than double the number of tourists to 15 million by 2015.63. The underlined word “surpasses” in the second paragraph means_.A. is equal to B. matches C. is left behind by D. is higher than64. Which building was the tallest in the world before the Dubai Tower began to be built
7、?A. Dubai land B. Orlando C. Taiwans Taipei 101 D. The Twin Towers65. Why has the Western-oriented emirate paid more attention to becoming a business and leisure center?A. Because it wants to attract more tourists to its places of interest.B. Because it produces less oil than ever.C. Because it aims
8、 to race with other countries to show its wealth.D. Because it wants to set a new world record.66. Which of the following statements about the Dubai Tower is TRUE according the passage ?A. The Dubai Tower is 508 meters tall and has more than 141 storeys.B. The final height of the Dubai Tower is over
9、 700 meters tall.C. Samsung Corporation has completed building the Dubai Tower.D. The Dubai Tower has apartments and a shopping mall.【参考答案】63-66 DCBD第一节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of c
10、ancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that good health was not to be taken forgranted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announc
11、ed to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appre
12、ciate the wonder of having a dancing grandma. I suppose grandmas primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpas quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Da
13、ncing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two-hundred-pound figure, grandma surprised everyone with energetic performa
14、nces on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor. Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, grandma proud
15、ly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she
16、 entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.26. What did grandma learn from grandpas death? A. Good health was not there for everyone.B. She shou
17、ld take dance lessons.C. She had to struggle to live a better life. D. She should wear beautiful dresses.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据good health was not to be taken forgranted，对于大家来说好的健康已经不在了，故选A。27. How did the authors family feel when Grandma decided to take dance lessons? A. Hopeless. B. Helpless. C. Embar
18、rassed. D. Proud.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据we rolled our eyes in embarrassment可知作者的家人都感到尴尬，故选C。28. Normal grandmas usually _ in the authors point of view?A. took dance lessonsB. did some exercises at homeC. took care of grandchildren at homeD. did some housework at home【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据she would just stay ho
19、me and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did.在作者眼中祖母就是能在家做做家务，故选D。29. The author felt _ when he was invited to watch grandmas match.A. happy B. proud C. excited D. uninterested【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point,作者对于祖母的邀请他去看比赛感到没有兴趣，故选D。30. The text is mainly about
20、A. my grandmas confidence B. my dancing grandmaC. my grandmas dancing D. my grandmas gold cup【答案】B【解析】主旨大意题。根据全文的内容可知关于祖母的事情，故选B。阅读理解-B When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctor Id ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was
21、 always very kind. When Doctor Gibbs wasnt saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: No pain, no gain. He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why and he t
22、old me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in
23、 search of water. So, instead of watering his trees every morning, hed beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees attention. Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the
24、trees that Id watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong. I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibbs trees in ways com
25、fort and ease never could. Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately Ive been thinking that its time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. Theres always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need
26、 to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we wont be torn apart.31. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often_.A. paid little attention to themB. talked to them to get their attentionC. kept watering them every morningD. beat them to make them grow deep roots【答案】A
27、 【解析】细节理解题。根据He hardly watered his new trees,他没有给树浇过水，也就是他没有关注过它们。故选A。32. What does the author think of the way Doctor Gibbs planted trees?A. Original and reasonable.B. Strange and harmful.C. Interesting and funny.D. Cruel and unacceptable.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据I walked by his house and looked at the tre
28、es that Id watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.因为Doctor Gibbs种的树长的又高又粗壮，所以可推测作者认为他的做法是新颖和合理的，故选A。33. What does the underlined word Adversity mean in the seventh paragraph?A. Bad weather.B. Lack of moisture.C. Enough care or attention.D. Difficult living conditions.【答案】D【解析
29、】细节理解题。根据上文if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.可知比较难的条件，故选D。34. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about.B. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their
30、life.D. Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据I know my children are going to encounter hardship.祈祷儿子在人生中能够经历风雨，故选D。35. Which of the following is the best title for the article?A. Deep roots countB. Prayers for my sonsC. Doctor Gibbs and his treesD. Trees need no water【答
31、案】A【解析】标题归纳题。根据What we need to do is to pray for deep roots及deep roots在文章中多次出现，用它来表明数要扎深根人们要经历风雨才能更坚强，故选A。阅读理解-EA gentle breeze blew through Jennifers hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery （火红的） ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle,
32、softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “Its getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”She wondered ho
33、w her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.It was really gett
34、ing dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold, too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outsid
35、e garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now. It all seemed deserted. She couldnt understand what was going on.She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said, “
36、 Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadnt slept for days. She was really pale
37、. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different. she wasnt in her mothers room and she wasnt wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her snug bed in her pajamas （睡衣）.It felt so g
38、ood being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, ? You know you got us very, very scared.”72. What does “This thought” in the fourth paragraph refer to?A. The idea of going back home. B. Her worry about her parents.C. The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater.D.
39、The feeling of getting back home safely.73. Her father didnt take care of the garden because _.A. he was busy looking for herB. he had to look after his wifeC. he was not strict in his jobD. he no longer enjoyed working there74. How did Jennifer probably feel when she came back home?a. worried b. cr
40、azy c. tired d. disappointed e. shocked f. excitedA. a, b, c B. a, c, e C. b, c, e D. d, e, f75. What can we conclude from this passage?A. In fact Jennifers mother had been sick for days.B. As Jennifer walked towards home, she became increasingly scared.C. When she found the garden deserted, she realized she got cross.D. Having experienced a lot outside, Jennifer felt home was really warm and safe for her.【参考答案】72-75、CABD