1、【2015高考复习】阅读理解 Walk down the drinks section at the supermarket.Look in the drink cooler in your local convenience store.A new drink is taking up more and more space on the shelves，and that drink is water.Bottled water sales in the US rose to 1.7 billion gallons in 2010 for plastic bottles alone，comp
2、ared to total sales of only 700 million gallons in 1990.Whereas bottled water was once associated only with the rich and the privileged (特权阶层)，it is now regularly drunk by people at all income levels despite the fact that the price of bottled water can be between 240 and 10,000 times higher per gall
3、on than tap water.What accounts for this surprising increase in demand?Traditionally，people have drunk bottled water for health reasons.The practice of “taking the waters” originated with the Romans，who believed that a person developed a healthy mind by building a healthy body.Across Europe，drinking
4、 or bathing in mineral water has been associated with the power to cure various diseases.Health spas at Evian in France and Pellegrino in Italy began bottling water so that their consumers could continue their treatments at home.The consumers in the 21st century are also concerned about health.Howev
5、er，in America，where the habit of drinking bottled water is relatively new，the concern is often more related to the purity or sterilization (消毒) of the water than to its mineral contents.Americans are often worried about the effects of the chemical pollution and other contaminants on the water supply
6、.Many Americans view bottled water as a safe alternative to tap water.Further reasons for drinking bottled water are its usefulness as an aid to digestion，as a complement to a good meal in a restaurant，and for taste.City tap water is often treated with chlorine (氯) to guard against harmful microorga
7、nisms.Chlorine，as well as metals from pipes and tanks used to distribute and store tap water，can leave behind an unpleasant taste.【语篇解读】本文从两个方面分析了瓶装水销量提高的原因。1Which of the following statements is true?ABottled water was once drunk both by the rich and the poor.BBottled water sales have risen，for its
8、cheaper than tap water.CEuropeans believed in the power of treatment of mineral water.DAmericans have had the habit of drinking bottled water for long.解析正误判断题。由文章第二段的第三句可知，在整个欧洲，饮用或用矿泉水洗澡已经与治愈各种疾病的能力联系起来。答案C2People prefer bottled water because_.Ait does good to their healthBit has chlorine to make i
9、t taste goodCit contains no mineral pollution at allDits a practice originated with the Romans解析细节理解题。由文章第二段的第一句“Traditionally，people have drunk bottled water for health reasons.”可知答案。答案A3The underlined word “contaminants” most probably means_.Apollutants BmicroorganismsCchemicals Dminerals解析词义猜测题。由
10、“the chemical pollution and other”可知画线词与pollutants同义。答案A4Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?AHow Bottled Water OriginatedB“Taking the Waters” Has Been Practiced for LongCWhats the Safe Alternative to Tap Water DWhy Bottled Water Sales Increase解析主旨大意题。文章第一段的最后一句“What accou
11、nts for this surprising increase in demand？”是一个承上启下的句子，下面两段都在讲瓶装水销量上涨的原因。答案D阅读理解。 “Today is the day I start the big healthy diet,” I told my wife as I raised my hand and promise，“No chocolate today!” “Oh, has the hospital gift shop stopped selling it?” she asked. “No,” I said. “Ill just have to depe
12、nd on my strong determination.” But when I arrived at the hospital, my little friend Benton had been there again. I knew my promise would quickly disappear. Because if Benton had things his way, Id always be eating a piece of candy from the bottomless bag he often shared with me.Benton was an eight-
13、year-old boy who was blind because of a kind of cancer, which caused him to live in the darkness, when he was fifteen months old. For the next twenty-six months, he was in and out of our hospital. For nearly four years, it seemed as though Benton could beat the disease, until one Friday afternoon in
14、 April 2011, when he developed a headache and lost movement on his right side. His mom rushed him to the hospital. Over the next several months, Benton came to our hospital many more times. Each time he came, we would say hello, while Benton answered the greeting by holding out a candy from his bag.
15、 So, on that first day of my diet, I went to his room and found Benton lying in his bed, his eyes opened but not looking into this world. “We brought his candy bag with us. Would you like to have some?” his mother asked. Without thinking of my diet, I reached into the bag and pulled out the first pi
16、ece my fingers touched. It was my favorite as if Benton had saved one last piece for me. At home that evening, I answered a phone about Bentons death. As I hung it up, I opened the candy and ate it.6. What did the writer promise to do?A. To begin a healthy diet without chocolate.B. To go on selling
17、candy.C. To share chocolate with his wife.D. To eat a piece of candy.7. On what condition would the writers promise be gone?A. If the shop had stopped selling chocolate.B. If he had reached hospital to see Benton.C. If he had shared chocolate with Benton.D. If his wife had seen him.8. Which of the f
18、ollowing shows the correct order of the events about Benton?a. he lived in the darkness b. he lost movement on his right side c. he was in and out of the hospital. d. his eyes opened, not looking into this worldA. a d c b B. d c b a C. a c b d D. d b a c9. What might the writer be?A. A doctor. B. A
19、patient.C. A teacher.D. A cook.10. From the passage, it implies that _.A. the writer was kind to BentonB. Benton preferred sweets rather than his lifeC. the writer loved candy beforeD. the writer has been aware of the danger of chocolate【参考答案】610、ABCAD 阅读理解。Success does not belong to a select group
20、of individuals; success belongs to those who are willing to go after it. Success belongs to those who are willing to look fear in the face, eyeball to eyeball, and then do what they have to do. Success belongs to those who realize that there is something more important than their fear.“Desire is the
21、 key to motivation.” Desire is the longing to achieve a vision; without desire you have nothing. If youve lost your vision, or if your desire is not strong, work to clarify your vision, use pictures, write the vision down. Habakkuk said, “Write the vision, and make it plain, ” Before you can run wit
22、h desire, your vision must be plain, it must be clear, it must be exciting.“Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.” You cant get your dream job, if youre scared to turn in an application. You wont get the sale, if you dont try. Showing up doesnt guarantee success, but rest assured if you
23、dont show up, you wont succeed. When it comes to your dreams, and the things you desire to achieve in this life, you have to show up.Thomas J. Watson said, “Would you like me to give you a formula（公式）for success? Its quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as t
24、he enemy of success. But it isnt at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember thats where you will find success.” Never fear failure, it is failure that will bring you success. Embrace failure, become a student
25、of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.Success is not about doing what the average person cant do, its about doing what the average person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, its about creating habits that the average person is unwilling to create. Its the habit of doing th
26、ings with excellence that cause success. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey!Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what youve got.” You have to changeyou will change, you will succeed.11. If you want to succeed, you should _.A. mak
27、e efforts to achieve itB. be a special personC. face it with fearD. do everything important12. Whats Habakkuks opinion?A. We should make our aims common.B. We should set up a clear target.C. We should have motivation.D. Desire is the key to motivation. 13. The main idea of the third paragraph is tha
28、t _. A. success needs showing upB. 70% of people can succeedC. you should show your hopeD. you should fight for success14. Thomas J. Watson encourages us to _.A. retire from failure B. escape from failureC. make double mistakesD. grow from failure15. Which is the best title of the passage? _.A. Succ
29、ess and Failure B. Keys to SuccessC. Several Critical Steps to Success D. Importance of Success【参考答案】1115、ABADC 阅读理解。 The Tibetan Plateau(青藏高原) is the worlds highest place. Its four times the size of France and home to most of the worlds highest mountains.As you might expect, its cold there. And it
30、may be that the deep chill of the Tibetan Plateau played a role in the evolution of some of the worlds most charismatic(魅力十足的) animals.Thats the belief of a scientist who discovered the skull of a woolly rhino(长毛犀) on the Tibetan Plateau.The woolly rhino two tons, two tusks, lots of hair and lots of
31、 attitude was an Ice Age giant. It lived with other Ice Age beasts in Europe and Asia, starting about 2.5 million years ago.But Xiaoming Wang, from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was shocked when he found a 3.5-million-year-old rhino skull(头骨化石) on the Tibetan Plateau. It caught u
32、s by complete surprise that they are actually up in the high plateau well before the Ice Age has started, Wang says.Thats about a million years before the Ice Age started, in fact. Wang thinks his discovery shows that at least some animals were prepared for the Ice Age. At least in the case of the w
33、oolly rhino, it actually adapted itself in the cold environment in the Tibetan Plateau before the Ice Age has even started, Wang says. The animal actually used its head to sweep snow, Wang explains, so they can get at the vegetation below the snow cover. So Wang thinks the Plateau was a sort of evol
34、utionary cradle(摇篮) for cold-weather animals. When the rest of the world eventually iced up, they moved out of Tibet and took over.Anthony Barnosky, a paleontologist at the University of California, Berkeley, says even now, these isolated cradles are important for evolution(进化).The interesting thing
35、, Barnosky says, is on Earth today we have biodiversity(生物多样性) isolated in certain spots, and we just never know which of those isolated places will be the cradle of evolution for the next big environmental change coming down the pike(出现).The only problem is that to be ready, you have to know what t
36、he next environment will be like. Or just be very lucky.16. The underlined word chill in Para.2 could be replaced as _.A. hole B. coldC. shape D. lake17. Which is NOTtrue about the woolly rhinos(长毛犀) on the Tibetan Plateau?A. They were Ice Age giants with two tusks, lots of hair and lots of attitude
37、. B. They had lived on the Tibetan Plateau before the Ice Age has started.C. They were able to sweep snow with their heads.D. They hardly adapted themselves in the cold environment.18. What did Anthony Barnosky think of the isolated cradles ?A. They adapted the cold weather.B. They played an importa
38、nt role in evolution.C. It was hard to know whether they would change.D. It was luck to change the next big environmental.19. The research might appear in the .A. journal science B. newspaper C. English textbook D. blog20. From the passage, we can infer that _.A. Facing the cold, the animals continu
39、ously evolvedB. Xiaoming Wang works in the USAC. Both Wang and Barnosky are paleontologistsD. A Chinese scientist discovered the skull of a woolly rhino【参考答案】1620、BDBAA 【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如没有错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个，如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（
40、）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。One day Mrs. Smith went shopping. Since she came back 76. home, she said to her husband, I saw beautiful dress in 77. a shop this morning. It costs fifty pounds. Fifty pounds to 78. a cotton dr
41、ess? That is very much! But every evening Mrs. 79. Smith spoke only the dress, and at last, after a week, 80. her husband said, Oh, buy the dress! She was very happy. 81. But the next day evening, when Mr. Smith returned home and 82. asking, Have you got the dress?, she said, No. Why not? 83. he sai
42、d. Well, it is still in the window of the shop in a 84. week. I think, nobody else want this dress, so I dont 85. want it either!【参考答案】76、SinceWhen 77、beautiful前面加a 78、to-for79、very-too 80、the前面加about 81、（划掉）82、去掉day 83、asking-asked 84、in-after 85、want-wants【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分
43、）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (), 并在其下面写出该加的词。删除: 把多余的词用斜线 ( ) 划掉。修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Never should I forget the first English lesson giving by Miss Liu. On that day, when she entered t
44、he classroom, we found out that she was a young and beautiful lady. Then she introduced her and said we shouldnt call her Teacher Liu but Miss Liu. Late, she let us go to the blackboard and say something about ourselves in English on turn. When it was my turn, I felt so shy that I dont dare to say a
45、nything before the class. She went up to me and said kind, Dont be afraid. I believe you can do well. At last, I went to the blackboard. She praised me for that I had done.【参考答案】短文改错：（每小题1分，满分10分）NevershouldI forget the first English lessongivingby Miss Liu. On that day, when she shall givenentered
46、the classroom, we found out that she was a young and beautiful lady. Then she introducedherand said we shouldnt call her Teacher Liu but Miss Liu.Late, she let us go herself Laterto the blackboard and say something about ourselves in Englishonturn. When it was my in turn, I felt so shy that Idontdare to say anything before the class. She went up to me and didnt saidkind, Dont be afraid. I believe you can do well. At last, I went to the blackboard.kindly itShe praised me forthatI had done.what