1、2014高考英语阅读理解能力提升试题4阅读理解-A A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the n
2、ame of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?” The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given tw
3、o weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. Im Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked
4、in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy. I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed ou
5、t the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required. “All right then,” I said. “Okay, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to
6、 talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forests of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, youll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!” A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing n
7、o other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.( ) 1. The author took the job to teach writing because _. A. he wanted to be expected B. he had written some storied C. he wanted to please his father D. he had
8、 dreamed of being a teacher( ) 2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2? A. He would be aggressive in his first class. B. He was well-prepared for his first class. C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class. D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.( ) 3. Before
9、he started his class, the author asked the students to _. A. write down their suggestions on the paper cards B. cut maple leaves out of the construction paper C. cut some cards out of the construction paper D. write down their names on the paper cards( ) 4. What did the students do when the author s
10、tarted his class? A. They began to talk. B. They stayed silent. C. They raised their hands. D. They shouted to be heard.( ) 5. The author chose the composition topic probably because _. A. he got disappointed with his first class B. he had prepared the topic before class C. he wanted to calm down th
11、e students D. he thought it was an easy topic这是一篇记叙文，描述作者第一天教学的经历。1. 答案: A 解析: 细节理解题，根据第一段“I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis.”可以得出答案。2. C 细节理解题， 根据第二段“But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis
12、was there.”可以得出答案。3. D 细节理解题，根据第三段“I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.”可以得出答案。4. B 细节理解题，根据最后一段“A terrible silence ruled the room”可以得出答案。5. A 推理判断题，根据文中的描述，作者作了很好的准备，可是却都不能实现，作者很失望阅读理解 In a world with limited land,
13、water and other natural resources (资源), the harm from the traditional business model is on the rise. Actually, the past decades has seen more and more forests disappearing and globe becoming increasingly warm. People now realize that this unhealthy situation must be changed, and that we must be able
14、 to develop in sustainable (可持续的) ways. That means growth with low carbon or development of sustainable products. In other words, we should keep the earth healthy while using its supply of natural resources. Today, sustainable development is a proper trend in many countries. According to a recent st
15、udy, the global market for low-carbon energy will become three times bigger over the next decades. China, for example, has set its mind on leading that market, hoping to seize chances in the new round of the global energy revolution. It is now trying hard to make full use of wind and solar energy, a
16、nd is spending a huge amount of money making electric cars and high-speed trains. In addition, we are also seeing great growth in the global markets for sustainable products such as palm oil (棕榈油)，which is produced without cutting down valuable rainforest. In recent years the markets for sustainable
17、 products have grown by more than 50%. Governments can fully develop the potential of these new markets. First, they can set high targets for reducing carbon emissions (排放) and targets for saving and reusing energy. Besides, stronger arrangement of public resources like forests can also help to spee
18、d up the development. Finally, governments can avoid the huge expenses that are taking us in the wrong direction, and redirecting some of those expenses can accelerate the change from traditional model to a sustainable one.The major challenge of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of grow
19、ing population within the limits of this single planet. That is no small task, but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries.( ) 1. The traditional business model is harmful because of all the following EXCEPT that _. A. It makes the world warmer B. it consumes natural resour
20、ces C. it brings severe damage to forests D. it makes growth hard to continue( ) 2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2? A. China lacks wind and solar energy. B. China is the leader of the low-carbon market. C. High-speed trains are a low-carbon development. D. Palm oil is made at the cost of valuabl
21、e forests.( ) 3. To full develop the low-carbon markets, government can _. A. cut public expenses B. forbid carbon emission C. develop public resources D. encourage energy conservation( ) 4. We can learn from the last paragraph that businesses have many chances to _. A. develop sustainable products
22、B. explore new natural resources C. make full use of natural resources D. deal with the major challenge( ) 5. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To introduce a new business model. B. To compare two business models. C. To predict a change of the global market. D. To advocate sustainable deve
23、lopment.这是一篇说明文，提倡低碳生活。41. 答案：B解析：细节理解题，根据第一段的“Actually, the past decades has seen more and more forests disappearing and globe becoming increasingly warm”“ must be able to develop in sustainable ways”可以排除A、C、D选项。42. 答案：B解析：推理判断题，根据第二段“China, for example, has set its mind on leading that market”可以得出答案。3. D 细节理解题，根据第三段“targets for saving and reusing energy.”可以得出答案。“energy conservation”意为节约能源。4. A 细节理解题，根据“but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries.”可以得出答案。5. D主旨大意题，根据全文，不难看出文章提倡的是低碳生活。