1、2014届高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解1.I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have lit
2、tle or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more long-lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems
3、and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to excitin
4、g parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir(回忆录) after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, and long-time loneliness.The way people hold on t
5、o the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually decreases their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to
6、 happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very efforts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, charitable work and self-improvement.67. According t
7、o the passage, “fun activities” _. A. are the things we do before we find happiness B. may help us relax and forget our problems sometimes C. will lead us to the true happiness D. could provide long-last positive effects68. In the authors opinion, those Hollywood stars _.A. possess happiness because
8、 they are rich and famous B. experience almost all kinds of happy thingsC. tell us happiness isnt equal to fun using their own storiesD. have to suffer a lot before they become successful69. It is difficult for people to find real happiness because _. A. they believe happiness is the fun life withou
9、t pain B. they find pain equals unhappiness C. they fear to lose what they already have in life D. They are afraid all their efforts were in vain70. The main purpose of the text is to _. A. describe the difference between happiness and funB. show the true meaning of happiness C. encourage people to
10、pursue fun activitiesD. advise people to find their real life2.7 ways a government shutdown will affect your daily life(CNN) - Democrats and Republicans were unable to resolve (解决) their differences over Obamacare (奥巴马医改计划）and now the government is shut down. The two previous shutdowns 1995 and earl
11、y 1996 cost the country $1.4 billion. But what will the shutdown mean for you? Here are 7 ways the government shutdown will affect you.7. Vacation all I ever wanted: Need to get away? Well, you cant. At least not to national parks. Or to national zoos. Or to national museums. Theyll be closed. Were
12、you thinking more along the lines of a trip to France? If you dont already have a passport, you might not get your blue book in time. The last time the government shut down, 200,000 applications for passports went unprocessed. 6. If you drive a car, Ill tax the street: You may be thinking, “No funct
13、ioning government, no need to pay taxes.” Think again. The Man would continue to collect taxes. U.S. bonds would still be issued. And other essential banking functions will go on.5. Wait a minute, Mr. Postman: You know that whole “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night” thing? Apparent
14、ly, the U.S. Postal Service works through shutdowns as well. Sorry, you wont catch a break from the junk mail.4. I want a new drug: Oh, the irony (讽刺的). Republicans still want to defund, delay or otherwise withdraw gradually at Obamacare in exchange for funding the government. But the health care ac
15、t at the center of this storm would continue its process during a shutdown. That is because its funds arent dependent on the congressional budget (预算) process.3. Pass the ammunition (军火): Not so fast. A shutdown would affect the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Translation: That
16、gun permit you wanted processed wont happen anytime soon if this goes on for a while.2. Money (thats what I want): Well, if you owned a small business and needed a loan from the government, you would have to wait, depending on how long this lasts. If you were planning to buy a house and needed a fed
17、eral loan, you would have to wait.1. Im proud to be an American: Perhaps the biggest hit would be to the collective psyche (下意识心理). America is the largest economy in the world and a beacon for how democracy ought to work. A recent CNN Research Corporation found that 51% would blame Republicans for t
18、he shutdown. The United States has operated without a budget since 2009 and has avoided a government shutdown with last-minute deals. Not only did the government run out of money on Tuesday, but the nation is set to hit its borrowing limit and potentially default on its debt in mid-October. Together
19、, they serve as a double whammy (打击）.63. Which is the most probably meaning of the underlined word? A. Raise some money.B. Take the money back. C. Borrow some money.D. went on a strike.64. When the governments shut down, what can the Americans do? A. Apply for a gun permit. B. Apply for a new passpo
20、rt. C. Apply for a loan. D. Pay taxes. 65. How many times has the American government ever shut down so far? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.D. Not mentioned.66. According to the essay, what led to the shutdown of the American government? A. The government of America ran out of money. B. The gover
21、nment of America is on debts. C. America is set to hit the borrowing limit of its debts. D. The American government ran out of money and may fail in repaying its debts.3.Dear XXX,As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.Do your best in class
22、es, but dont let pressure get to you. If you graduate and learn something in your four years, we would feel happy. Your Columbia degree will take you far, even if you dont graduate with honors. So please dont give yourself pressure. The only thing that matters is that you learned. The only measureme
23、nt you should use is that you tried. Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding (结合的) experience. Pick a few
24、 friends and become really close to them pick the ones who are genuine and sincere to you. Dont worry about their hobbies, grades, looks, or even personalities. If you think you like someone, tell her. You have very little to lose. People are not perfect, so as long as they are genuine and sincere,
25、trust them and be good to them. They will give back. This is my secret of success that I am genuine with people and trust them (unless they do something to lose my trust). College is the four years where you have:the greatest amount of free timethe first chance to be independentthe most flexibility
26、to changethe lowest risk for making mistakesSo please treasure your college years make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be. Love, XXX60. What
27、 is the most probable relationship between the writer and the receiver of the letter?A. Friends.B. A parent and his or her daughter. C. A teacher and a student. D. Sisters. 61. Which of the following suggestions is not given to the receiver in the letter?A. How to adapt to the college life quickly.B
28、. To make new friends.C. To learn to be independent in thinking. D. Not to make herself under much pressure in grades.62. According to the writer of the letter, college is a time _.A. during which one may make mistakes B. during which one has little free time C. during which it is hard for one to ch
29、ange D. during which one needs to learn to be independent4. Ever since he got into the Hong Kong film industry in 1994 with Hes a Woman, Shes a Man, Hong Kong director, Peter Chan has been one of the industrys most powerful voices. Later in 1996, another milestone Comrades: Almost a Love Story came
30、into being. Chans latest film, American Dreams in China is a carefully-calculated film with an eye toward opening the mainland cinema market. American Dreams in China is a film purely for Chinese audiences, but how it plays there remains to be seen. It sends the right messages, but whether thats eno
31、ugh to make it a hit is everyones guess. Mainland audiences arent quite that easy to “speak” to. The film began during the period of economic reforms in China in the 1980s. The bookish farm boy Cheng Dongqing (Huang Xiaoming), the ambitious and confident boy Meng Xiaojun (Deng Chao) and the poetic W
32、ang Yang(Tong Dawei), were three friends at university in Beijing and preparing for American visa interviews. Wang was the first to be granted the visa but he gave it up for his western girlfriend, and Cheng was repeatedly denied. Only Meng actually got a study visa. As he was leaving, he told his f
33、riends that he wouldnt come back. Several years later, Cheng and Wang built a successful school, New Dream, from the ashes of Chengs misfortune(his girlfriend got a visa too, and Cheng lost his university teaching job) and Wangs ability to connect with students often through Hollywood movies. In Ame
34、rica, Meng suffered a lot. Disappointed, he went home and joined his friends at New Dream. Later, the three friends relationship became worsened, but finally was improved under the weight of their common goals. 56.Which of the following films made Peter Chan a most influential director in Hong Kong?
35、A. American Dreams in ChinaB. Comrades: Almost a Love StoryC. New DreamD. Hes a Woman, Shes a Man57.The underlined word “granted” (in paragraph 3) probably means “_”. A. preparedB. givenC. involved D. permitted 58.When the three men made preparations for American visa interviews, how many was/were o
36、ffered a visa?A. NoneB. One.C. Three.D. Two59.What led Cheng and Wang to start a business? A. The connection with Hollywood movies. B. The weight of their common goals.C. Chengs misfortune and Wangs ability.D. Mengs disappointment and sufferings. 5.I lost my sight when I was four years old by fallin
37、g off a box car in a goods yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I can dimly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity（大灾难） can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to l
38、ove life as I do if I hadnt been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.Life, I believe, asks a contin
39、uous series of adjustments to reality. In spite of the fact the adjustment is never easy, I had my parents and teachers to help. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the re
40、st of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that there is a sp
41、ecial place where I can make myself fit.It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was hurt. “I cant use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he urged me, “and
42、 roll it around.” The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I h
43、ad to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.67. We can learn from the beginning of the passage that .A. the autho
44、r lost his sight because of a car crashB. the author wouldnt love life if the calamity didnt happenC. the calamity made the author appreciate what he hadD. the calamity strengthened the authors desire to see68. Whats the most difficult thing for the author?A. How to adjust himself to reality B. Buil
45、ding up assurance that he can find his place in lifeC. Learning to manage his life alone D. To find a special work that suits the author69. For the author, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man .A. hurt the authors feeling B. made the author puzzledC. directly led to the change of the au
46、thors career D. inspired the author70. According to the passage, the author .A. set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the timeB. thought that nothing was impossible for himC. was discouraged from trying something out of reach for fear of failureD. suggested not trying something beyo
47、nd ones ability at the beginning6.While the presence of rats in homes may causeanxietyand annoyance, they rarely result in driving out the residents. But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitantsof the 10-square-mile Hawadax Island off the coast ofAlaska,almost 230 years ago. Now thanks to a
48、five-year effort byscientists, the terribly silent“Rat Island”as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful owners - birds!Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in theBering Seacalled the Aleutian Islands. The rats that arrived there in 1780, when a Japanese
49、ship carrying them broke down nearby, completelydestroyedthe native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from thesepredators. There isnt any tree on the Island, which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low in the ground, givin
50、g therodents(啮齿动物)easy access to both eggs and baby chicks. As years passed, the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years becameendangeredand eventually, disappeared completely.In 2007, the U.S. FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service) started a seriousplanto rid the island of the rats an
51、d try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home. Given that there were an estimated 10,000 rodents inhabiting“Rat Island”and the fact that they re-produce rapidly, it was not an easy task. But by 2009, the Island was officially declared rat free!Then slowly but surely, the birds
52、 began to return. Unfortunately, some of the pioneers wereunintentionallykilled from theleavingsof the raticide, a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents. But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the Island is starting to increasingly look like its former self. Before the tran
53、sformation, “Hawadax”, also known as “Rat Island”, was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones, snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便).Today, birds singing and flying in and out is a common sight. Tufted puffins and song sparrows, which had long disappeared, are gradually making their w
54、ay back. Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shorebirds. Though the Island is still not back to its full glory, the signs are encouraging and things can only get better, as time passes.63. The underlined word “that”in Para.1 probably refers to _. A. the presence of
55、rats B. birds being driven out C. birds returning to the islandD. residents worrying about rats64. Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because _. A. this island was treelessB. they nested randomlyC. they reproduced too rapidlyD. their chicks were extremely weak65. From the passage, we can
56、know the plan of US FWS_. A. has helped the island fully recovered B. cost little but benefited greatly C. involved poisoning the rats on a large scale D. accomplished its goal after exactly 24 months66. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. FWS Help Get Rare Birds Back to Alaska Island
57、B. Japanese Changed a Bird Paradise into Rat Island C. FWS Plan to Drive Rats Out Of Rat Island D. Alaskas Rat Island Returns to a Bird Paradise试卷答案1.67-70 BCAB2.BDCD3.BAD4.DBDC5.本文讲述一位盲人因一次意外事故失明后如何克服困难，重新定位自己，取得人生价值的故事。67.C细节理解题。第l段最后一句指出“所失去的让我更懂得珍惜现在拥有的”，故选C。作者失明是因为他从一辆货车(box car)A摔下来，而不是因为汽车事故，
58、故排除A；B的推断没有原文依据；文中提到他渴望重见光明。D的表述与原文有出入。68.B细节理解题。the most difficult thing是The hardest lesson的同义改写，故可定位到第2 段。该段首句指出最困难的事情是“相信自己”，故选B 69.D细节理解题。根据baseball定位到倒数第2段。从该段最后两句可知棒球和那个男人的鼓励给作者以启示和鼓舞故选D。70.D推理判断题。最后一段第2、3句表明我们要意识到自己的局限性，在开始时尝试那些遥不可及的东西只会徒劳无益，故D正确6.本文讲述Hawadax海岛在FWS的计划下重新恢复生机。63. B。词义推测题。根据后文h
59、as been returned to its rightful owners birds可知，该岛上的小鸟曾经被老鼠驱逐出去。故可知。64. A。细节理解题。根据第二段中There isnt any tree on the Island, giving therodents(啮齿动物)easy access to both eggs and baby chicks可知。65. C。细节理解题。根据第四段中some of the pioneers wereunintentionallykilled the raticide, a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents可知。66. D。主旨大意题。全文讲述在FWS的帮助下，老鼠岛灭鼠后，鸟儿重新回归，故选D。版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()
