1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 To Whom It May Concern:Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities! As a matter of fa
2、ct, we closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. Af
3、ter all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees sauna(桑拿房).Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The bo
4、ss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase an
5、d reuse it. Just tie it to Maggies leg and shell know where to take it.Now its very calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by p
6、aper airplane.Wonderful! Ive always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now its perfect.Sincerely yours,Eleanor LightlySpokeswoman and Company Hair StylistABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it1. Which of the following best describes the life the auth
7、or is leading?A. A simple, slow-paced life. B. A life of hard work and security.C. A religious, peasant-like life. D. A life away from paper and pencils.2. Where is Eleanors letter sent to?A. How To Magazine. B. ABC Activity Insurance Company.C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm. D. The Internati
8、onal Institute of Not Doing Much.3. Which of the following is practiced in the authors company?A. Replacing the manual work system with modern technology.B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.D. Buying birds and pets as company for th
9、e staff.4. What is true about Maggie?A. She works as a manager in the authors company.B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company.5. What is the purpose f
10、or the person to write this letter?A. to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment.B. to complain about the bad working condition.C. to persuade people to live a simple life.D. to express his gratitude for the good advice.【参考答案】1-5、ADCBD 【2014高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题】B When Marilynne Robinson publishe
11、d her first novel, Housekeeping, in 1980, she was unknown in the literary world. But an early review in The New York Times ensured that the book would be noticed. “Its as if, in writing it, she broke through the ordinary human condition with all its dissatisfactions, and achieved a kind of transfigu
12、ration（美化）,” wrote Anatole Broyard, with an enthusiasm and amazement that was shared by many critics and readers. The book became a classic, and Robinson was recognized as one of the outstanding American writers of our time. Yet it would be more than twenty years before she wrote another novel.Durin
13、g the period, Robinson devoted herself to writing nonfiction. Her essays and book reviews appeared in Harpers and The New York Times Book Review, and in 1989 she published Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution, criticizing severely the environmental and public health dang
14、ers caused by the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Englandand the political and moral corruption(腐败). In 1998, Robinson published a collection of her critical and theological writings, The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought, which featured reassessments of such figures as Charles Darwin
15、, John Calvin, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Aside from a single short story“Connie Bronson,” published in The Paris Review in 1986it wasnt until 2004 that she returned to fiction with the novel Gilead, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her third novel, Home, came o
16、ut this fall. Her novels could be described as celebrations of the humanthe characters in them are unforgettable creations. Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her sister Lucille, who are cared for by their eccentric（古怪的）Aunt Sylvie after their mother commits suicide. Robinson writes a lot about h
17、ow each of the three is changed by their new life together. Gilead is an even more close exploration of personality: the book centres on John Ames, a seventy-seven-year-old pastor(牧师) who is writing an account of his life and his family history to leave to his young son after he dies. Home borrows c
18、haracters from Gilead but centers on Amess friend Reverend Robert Boughton and his troubled son Jack. Robinson returned to the same territory as Gilead because, she said, “after I write a novel or a story, I miss the charactersI feel like losing some close friends.” 55. Robinsons second novel came o
19、ut _.A. in 1980 B. in 1986 C. in 1998 D. in 200456. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. Robinsons achievements in fiction.B. Robinsons achievements in nonfiction.C. Robinsons influence on the literary world.D. Robinsons contributions to the environment.57. According to Paragraph 3, who is John Ames?
20、A. He is Robinsons close friend. B. He is a character in Gilead. C. He is a figure in The Death of Adam. D. He is a historian writing family stories.58. From which section of a newspaper can you read this passage?A. Career. B. Lifestyle. C. Music. D. Culture.【参考答案】55、D 56-58、 BBD 【2014高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题
21、】CA towering South American plant that is believed to kill animals with its spikes(尖刺) and use their rotting bodies as fertilizer is about to bloom(开花) in England. A rare Puya chilensis was planted at a greenhouse in Surrey, a county in the southeast of England about 15 years ago. However, despite i
22、ts frightening description, the tall, spiked plant is considered a threatened species.The Royal Horticultural Society has been feeding the plant a diet of liquid fertilizer. “In its natural habitat in the Andes it uses its razor sharp spikes to snare and trap sheep and other animals, which slowly st
23、arve to death and rot at the base of the plant, providing it with a bag of fertilizer,” reads a description on the RHS website, which adds that the plant gives off a “gruesome scent.”But does the plant actually trap and eat sheep? Other sources have simply said it is “believed” that the plant traps
24、small animals with its spikes. After the animals die of starvation, the plant is believed to then use their rotting bodies as fertilizer to feed itself.Im really pleased that weve finally persuaded our Puya chilensis into producing flower, horticulturalist Cara Smith said in a press release on the R
25、HS site. Regardless of whether it actually traps sheep, the plant does have sharp spikes that can grow up to 12 feet high and 5 feet wide. However, its not all death and danger for this plant. Its flowery blooms reportedly provide nectar(花蜜) for bees and birds.The Puya chilensis blooms annually in i
26、ts native land of Chile, but this is the first time it has done so after more than a decade of cultivation efforts from the RHS. We keep it well fed with liquid fertilizer as feeding it on its natural diet might prove a bit problematic,” Smith said. Its growing in the dry section of our glasshouse w
27、ith its deadly spines well out of reach of both children and sheep alike.59. From the passage we learn that in England the Puya chilensis _.A. feeds on man-made liquid fertilezerB. often kills sheep and other animalsC. has once bloomed 15 years beforeD. uses animals rotting bodies as fertilizer60. T
28、he underlined word “snare” in the second paragraph probably means“_”.A. catch B. stop C. fight D. kill61. We can infer from the passage that _.A. its dangerous to feed the plantB. its certain that the plant kills sheep C. its difficult for the plant to bloom in EnglandD. its rare for the plant to bl
29、oom in South American62. What does the writer mainly tell us?A. A new plant is discovered in Chile.B. How a rare plant is fed in England.C. A rare plant is going to bloom in England.D. How a plant traps animals in South America.【参考答案】5960、AA 61-62 CC 【重庆市名校联盟2014联合模拟】 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请从A、B、C、
30、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. The world has become _ much smaller place as a result of the revolution in _ information technology over the years. A. a; the B. the; the C. a; / D. the; / 2. The manager got to the company in a hurry, only to find that he _ his laptop back at home. A. would leave
31、 B. was leaving C. has left D. had left 3. I have no dreams _ to have a happy life. A. rather than B. more than C. other than D. less than 4. Uncle Li has just spent over one million Yuan on a house, _ he believes is good value for the money. A. what B. which C. that D. where 5. - Thank you so much!
32、 How can I repay you for your kindness? -_ . It was nothing. A. It depends B. Forget it C. Sounds great D. Never mind 6. - Will Mr. Black go to the opening ceremony this weekend? - No, he has finally decided _. A. not B. not to go C. not to D. not to go to 7. It is well-known that atmosphere gets th
33、inner and thinner _ the height increases. A. while B. when C. as D. with 8. My family wasnt very rich and _ some extra money, I had to take part-time jobs in my spare time. A. to earn B. earning C. earned D. having earned 9. Breakfast _ between 7:00 and 8:00, so wed better get up early tomorrow morn
34、ing. A. serves B. has served C. is served D. will be served10. “Genius” is a complicated concept, _ many different factors. A. involved B. involving C. to involve D. being involved11. Whether dying patients be helped to end their lives is a tough moral question.A. mustB. should C. might D. would12.
35、I am sure we can help you solve the problem, _ you tell us all the necessary information. A. in case B. now that C. provided that D. in order that13. -Whats your idea? -My opinion is _, _ happens, we should not stop the reform. A. when; what B. that; when C. that; whateverD. when; what14. Ive had en
36、ough of my neighbor. Im going to _ their noisy parties right now.A. put an end to B. give way toC. look up toD. come up to15. - Are you going to see The Flowers of War by Zhang Yimou? - _. Its said to be too good a film to miss.A. No problem! B. Thats for sure. C. Why me? D. Why bother?【参考答案】115、CDC
37、BB CCADB BCCAB【山东省实验中学2014高考英语一模试】 单项填空(共l0小题；每小题l.5分，满分10分)从A B C D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑1.What about_ lecture yesterday?Well，_ most boring one indeed. A.；the B. the；a C. the; the D.；a2.The haze or smog was so serious that the winter running_. Some students complained as they ranA. could
38、have cancelled B. should have cancelledC. must have been cancelled D. ought to have been cancelled3. It will be about 100 days_the College Enhance Examination comes.A. when B. as C. before D. since4.Word came that Chinese sports delegation has won 9 medals in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi，Russia
39、,_the 12th of the medal list.A. ranking B. ranked C. to rank D. having ranked5. Last night on my way home I saw an old lady driving a BMW car at_I thought was a dangerous speed.A. that B. which C. what D. how6.Mum,shall I watch the TV program Happy Camp today?_.You have so much homework to do!A. For
40、get it B. Not at all C. Go ahead D. Thats right7. Camacho，the former Chinese football coach，_ in China between 2011 and 2013A. have worked Bworked C. had worked D. works8. It was March 14th2013_Xi Jin ping was elected chairman of the Peoples Republic of ChinaA. in which B. that C. until D. when9._at
41、 the door before you enter the office，or youll be considered impoliteA. Knocking B. Knocked C. Knock D. To knock10. Our English teacher is wearing a gold watch,_are made of small diamondsA. whose the hands B. of which hands C. the hands of which Dthe hands of whom【参考答案】单项选择BDCAC ABDCC- 8 - 版权所有高考资源网
