1、2014高考英语阅读理解解密训练阅读理解 As a solo artist, Brightman has sold 26 million albums and two million DVDs in 34 countries. Her musical styles put opera, pop and jazz together. She is popular in the States but not here(Britain) the image of her and her second husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber (he much older, she h
2、is muse) seems for ever frozen. The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to p
3、ut it to one side. After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. Im not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.” Talking about growing up in a large family in Be
4、rkhamsted (father a property developer who later committed suicide), she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5 I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and
5、 hated boarding school. Brightman led the saucy dance troupe（辣妹三人舞） Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I cant remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and
6、 22. It didnt really work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984. Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) “from the beginning. I havent tried to understand it. Ive done very well everywhere el
7、se, especially the US, where I now live, I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I dont miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.” 1. The first paragraph tells us that
8、_. A. Brightman is very popular around the world except in AmericaB. Brightmans musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazz C. the British people dont like her for her style of music D. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber2. Brightman decided to give up having children because _. A
9、. she could adopt one B. her life and career were unbelievably rich without childrenC. she felt it normal not to have children D. she was too busy 3. The following statements are true except _. A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5 B. Brightman disliked life on the campus C. Brightm
10、an was very gifted when she was young D.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous4. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means _.A. located B. admired C. followed D. found5. What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightmans words? A. Brightman has to acce
11、pt the fact that she is not liked in Britain B. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own country C. The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homelandD. Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in Britain 【参考答案】BCADA C72013天津卷 -CPoet William Stafford once said th
12、at we are defined more by the detours(绕行路) in life than by the narrow road toward goals.I like this image.But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents home in Boise in nine hours.We traveled the w
13、ay most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hate confinement(限制) and have strong opinions about everything.Road trips felt risky，so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to.We would stick to the freeways and arrive tir
14、ed.But then Banner, our lamb was born.He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise.I had two choices: leave Banner with my husband, or take him with me.My husband made the decision for me.That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everl
15、asting optimism to see me through.We took the country roads out of necessity.We had to stop every hour, let Banner shake out his legs and feed him.The kids chased him and one another.Theyd get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.We explored side roads, catching
16、 grasshoppers in waisthigh grass.Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway.Here was life.And new horizons(见识)We eventually arrived at my parents doorstep astonishingly fresh
17、 and full of stories.I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique.On an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling.I stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead.I parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.
18、Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight.But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of journeyand the best part of yourself.46Why did the author use to take freeway
19、s to her parents home?AIt was less tiring.BIt would be faster and safer.CHer kids would feel less confined.DShe felt better with other drivers nearby.47The author stopped regularly on the country roads to _Arelax in the fresh airBtake a deep breathCtake care of the lambDlet the kids play with Banner
20、48What does the author discover from the trip according to Paragraph 6?AFreeways are where beauty hides.BGetting close to nature adds to the joy of life.CEnjoying the beauty of nature benefits ones health.DOne should follow side roads to watch wild animals.49Why did the author ask the kids to get ou
21、t of the car on their way back home?ATo give herself some time to read.BTo order some food for them.CTo play a game with them.DTo let them cool down.50What could be the best title for the passage?ACharm of the DetourBThe Road to BraveryCCreativity out of NecessityDRoad Trip and Country Life【要点综述】 本文
22、是一篇记叙文。主要通过作者的经历向读者解释了一个生活哲理：在实现目标的过程中通常我们要多绕一些路。在路上比我们直接到达目的地要收获更多的东西。46B细节理解题。根据第二段“We traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy”可知作者在回父母家的路上，为了早点到达而选择了高速，而一个女性单独带着四个孩子走高速也是为了安全。故选B。47C细节理解题。根据第五段第三句“We had to stop every hour,
23、 let Banner shake out his legs and feed him.”可知，作者停下来是为了照顾小羊羔Banner。故选C。48B推理判断题。根据作者在第六段的描述可知，作者沿着乡村小路走时，接近自然，既欣赏了美丽的景色，也为自己的旅程增加了快乐。故选B。49D细节理解题。根据第八段“everyone started quarrelingordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead.”可知，孩子们在车上争吵起来，作者命令他们下车，走着去前面找作者。这样做的目的是让孩子们冷静下来。故选D。50A主旨大意题。作者在
24、第一段借著名诗人William Stafford的话来揭示本文的主题：the detour。再根据下文的描述，展示了作者在乡村的路上获得的快乐，由此可知本文的题目既要有detour又要有与joy相关的词汇，选项A正好符合。阅读理解-DI am a German by birth and descent. My name is Schmidt. But by education I am quite as much an Englishman as a Deutscher, and by affection much more the former. My life has been spent
25、 pretty equally between the two countries, and I flatter myself I speak both languages without any foreign accent. I count England my headquarters now: it is “home” to me. But a few years ago I was resident in Germany, only going over to London now and then on business. I will not mention the town w
26、here I lived. It is unnecessary to do so, and in the peculiar experience I am about to relate I think real names of people and places are just as well, or better avoided. I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers. I had been bred up to the profession, and was credited with a certa
27、in amount of “talent”; and I was consideredand, with all modesty, I think I deserved the opinionsteady and reliable, so that I had already attained a fair position in the house, and was looked upon as a “rising man”. But I was still young, and not quite so wise as I thought myself. I came close once
28、 to making a great mess of a certain affair. It is this story which I am going to tell. Our house went in largely for patentsrather too largely, some thought. But the head partners son was a bit of a genius in his way, and his father was growing old, and let Herr Wilhelm - Moritz we will call the fa
29、mily namedo pretty much as he chose. And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well. He was cautious, and he had the benefit of the still greater caution and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt, the second partner in the firm. Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with. No
30、 one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become. Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to portand perhaps more than anything, a power of holding your tongue.
31、 I was no chatterbox, nor, when on a mission of importance, did I go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets, which is, in my opinion, almost as dangerous as revealing them. No one, to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake, would have guessed that I had anything
32、 on my mind but an easy-going young fellows natural interest in his surroundings, though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers, or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow. For now and
33、then - though not through me - our secrets did ooze out. And if, as has happened, they were secrets connected with Government orders or contracts, there was, or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors, there would have been, to put it plainly, the devil to pa
34、y.12. The writer preferred to be called _.A. a GermanB. an EnglishmanC. both a German and an Englishman D. neither a German nor an Englishman13. Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer?A. Talented B. Modest C. Reliable D. Wise14. The head of the company where the writer wo
35、rks is _.A. SchmidtB. Moritz C. Wilhelms fatherD. Gerhardt15. The writer often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel, because _. A. some people sometimes let out the secrets of his companyB. the writer occasionally didnt keep the secrets of his companyC. patents and the l
36、aws are strange things to have to do withD. the secrets were connected with Government orders or contracts【参考答案】1215、BDCAC72013天津卷 -DWhen asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.For kids, happiness has a magic
37、al quality.Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫无掩饰的)In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes.Suddenly its conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity.I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive b
38、oy at the school party.In adulthood the things that bring deep joylove, marriage, birthalso bring responsibility and the risk of loss.For adults, happiness is complicated(复杂的)My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are.Its easy to
39、overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday.First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunchbox and had the house to myself.Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, whi
40、ch I love.When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work.I dont think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either.She did have a network of
41、 close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing weve got to have.Were so selfconscious about our “right” to it that its making us miserable.So we chase it and equal
42、 it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things arent necessarily happier.Happiness isnt about what happens to usits about how we see what happens to us.Its the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative.Its not wishing for what we dont have, but enjoyi
43、ng what we do possess.51As people grow older, they _Afeel it harder to experience happinessBassociate their happiness less with othersCwill take fewer risks in pursuing happinessDtend to believe responsibility means happiness52What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?AShe cares lit
44、tle about her own health.BShe enjoys the freedom of traveling.CShe is easily pleased by things in daily life.DShe prefers getting pleasure from housework.53What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?APsychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.BPsychologists opinion is well proved by Grandmas
45、 case.CGrandma often found time for social gatherings.DGrandmas happiness came from modest expectations of life.54People who equal happiness with wealth and success _Aconsider pressure something blocking their wayBstress their right to happiness too muchCare at a loss to make correct choicesDare mor
46、e likely to be happy55What can be concluded from the passage?AHappiness lies between the positive and the negative.BEach man is the master of his own fate.CSuccess leads to happiness.DHappy is he who is content.【要点综述】 本文是一篇议论文。幸福是什么？每个人在每个年龄阶段对这个问题有着不同的回答。儿时的幸福很简单，一辆新自行车就是幸福；少年时的幸福已经变了；成年时的幸福又不一样了。作
47、者有着自己的幸福观。51A推理判断题。通过第二、三、四段的描述可知，儿时的梦想很简单，青少年时幸福的概念就换了，而成年时幸福就变得复杂了，因此随着年龄的增长，人们发现体会幸福越来越难了。故选A。52C推理判断题。根据第五段中的内容可知，作者说越享受自己拥有的，我们就会越幸福；第六段中作者用自己的体验叙述了作者经历的小小的幸福的时刻。因此可从第五、六段知道，作者很容易因生活中的一些小事而感到幸福。故选C。53D细节理解题。第七段中说奶奶没有快乐的休闲时间，也没有令人满意的工作，但奶奶却有家人和朋友的密切的联系网，因此奶奶也很幸福。由此可知奶奶的幸福来自于对生活的朴素的期盼。故选D。54B推理判断题。根据第八段中的内容，因为有那么多的选择、有想成功的压力，我们很多人把快乐变成了比我们所拥有的更想要的东西。而那些把幸福和财富以及成功等同起来的人，太过于看重自己拥有幸福的权利了。故选B。55D主旨大意题。根据作者整篇文章的论述，作者旨在告诉我们幸福的人就是容易满足的人。故选D。
