1、阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words,
2、but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, wellequipped with pens, a diary, and a camera.During the trip
3、, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across.I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand.The sky was clear and lit by the gla
4、re of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows.I automatically took out my pen.At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.All I remembered
5、 of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.I take pictu
6、res, but not very oftenonly of objects I find really beautiful.Im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old.I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I dont want to wake up on
7、e day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes.Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.I dont live to make memoriesI just live, and the memories form themselves.1Before th
8、e age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of_.Aobserving her school routineBexpressing her satisfactionCimpressing her classmatesDpreserving her history解析细节理解题。由文章第一段的最后一句话“After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past？”可知，我认为通过看过去经历的记录是保存过去的一种方式，故选D项。答案D2W
9、hat caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?AA dull night on the journey.BThe beauty of the great valley.CA striking quotation from a book.DHer concerns for future generations.解析细节理解题。由第三段的第一句话“At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the f
10、ew seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.”可知，山谷的美让我意识到没有什么能比得上让自己去体验美。故选B项。答案B3What does the author put in her diary now?ANotes and beautiful pictures.BSpecial thoughts and feelings.CDetailed accounts of daily activities.DDescriptions of unforgettable events.解析细节理解
11、题。由第四段第一句话“Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.”可知现在“我”只把一些特殊想法和感受写在日记里，故正确答案为B项。答案B4The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is_.Ato experience itBto live the present in the futureCto make memoriesDto give accurate representations o
12、f it解析细节理解题。由最后一段的最后一句“I dont live to make memories.I just live，and the memories form themselves”可知A项正确，C项不正确；由第四段最后一句“I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera，busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.”可知B项错误。由最后一段第二句话“Maybe I wont have as many exact r
13、epresentations of people and places；maybe Ill forget certain facts，but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.”可知D项错误。答案A.阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【2014高考英语福建省莆田市教学质量检查试卷】A The kindly“Chinese Fortune Grandpa”wearing Han Chineseclothing and holding a fortune ba
14、g debuted (亮相) at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after ChristmasThe final imageof the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competitionagainst“Santa Claus”，according to a report by Guangming DailyMany Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights，C
15、hristmas songs，Christmas trees，and the images of“Santa Claus”inrecent daysAs a matter of fact，foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people，particularly the youth“Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgott
16、en their spiritual meanings，”said noted writer Feng JicaiMore and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentines Day and ChristmasHowever，many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines(小糖人)，and have never heard suona musicCertain folk customs on
17、 the Dragon Boat Festival，Tomb Sweeping Day，and other traditional festivals have gradually disappearedUnder such circum-stances，even the“Chinese Fortune Grandpa”is unlikely to defeat“Santa Claus”However，it is not a bad thing to some extentIt constantly reminds people to restore the“trueface”of tradi
18、tional festivalsChina has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day，Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays，which brings more paid leaves to the public，and helps to awake the public awareness of traditional festivalsIn modern society，festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning
19、 largelydepends on their understandings and usages by peopleCompared with foreign festivals，traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior (次于) in cultural meanings，but lack of fashion sought by modern peopleIf people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals，and on
20、ly take pleasure-seeking as the most important，the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance (继承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off56The second paragraph implies that_.Atraditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivalsBall the Chinese festivals are
21、 disappearing in the near futureCwestern festivals are constantly impacting on our festivalsDthe Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals57We can learn from the passage that_.Aan image designed by the Chinese people will be displayedBmany foreigners know nothing about Chines
22、e festivalsCthe Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional cultureDthe Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival58Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think_.Atraditional festivals are out of fashion nowBthe historical culture is more d
23、ifficult to understandCwestern festivals contain more cultural meaningsDthe inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals59What would be the best title of the passage?AGone are Chinese Traditional FestivalsBTrue Face of Chinese Traditional CultureCForeign Festivals Popular with Chine
24、seDChinese Fortune Grandpa VSSanta Claus【参考答案】5659、CCAD 阅读理解UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE(Board of Graduate Studies Admissions Office)Course：MPhil in Modern Society and Global TransformationsType： OnlyStudy Mode：Full-time(40 hours per week)Admission：Michaelmas Term 2010Application No：10073140 8 March, 201
25、02708 Fltrp Wai Yan She Da Sha 19# Xi Shan Huan Bei Lu Beijing 100089 ChinaDear Li Hua,Conditional Offer of AdmissionI am very pleased to make you a conditional offer of admission as a Graduate Student at the University of Cambridge. This offer replaces any previous offer we may have made for this c
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27、ditions you must satisfy before we will admit you. The booklet tells you what each means and what you need to do to respond to the offer.Your CourseQualification：Master of Philosophy (Only)Subject： Modern Society + Global TransAdmission date：1 October, 2010Supervisor： To be appointed.Fee status： Ove
28、rseas student.Your ConditionsFinance： The YEARLY cost of your course is 18,002.College： A condition of your admission is that one of the Cambridge Colleges offers your membership. The University is now seeking College membership for you, and will notify you when a College makes you an offer of membe
29、rship.Academic：You must graduate from your Bachelors degree with a final overall average of at least 90%.contdUse our online self-service to check the progress and much more about your application：Http:/www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/admissions/selfservice/9、What is not clear in the letter?A、T
30、he subject to be studied.B、The exact admission date.C、The College Li Hua will be in.D、The application number.10、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A、The student will study in Cambridge for 40 hours a week.B、The cost of the course spent every year will be 18,002.C、Michaelmas Term
31、 in Cambridge often begins in March.D、The student will major in Modern Society or Global Trans.11、What may “contd” at the end of the letter refer to?A、The booklet attached to the letter.B、The conditions that must be satisfied.C、Something about the students academic.D、An encouraging response to the s
32、tudent.【参考答案】9、CA 11、A 阅读理解-DHe felt faint again now but he held on the great fish all the strain that he could. I moved him, he thought. Maybe this time I can get him over. Pull, hands, he thought. Hold up, legs. Last for me, head. Last for me. You never went. This time Ill pull him over. But when
33、he put all of his effort on, starting it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his strength, the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away. “Fish,” the old man said. “Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?” That way nothin
34、g is accomplished, he thought. His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now. I must get him alongside this time, he thought. I am not good for many more turns. Yes, you are, he told himself. Youre good for ever. On the next turn, he nearly had him. But again the fish right
35、ed himself and swam slowly away. You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who. Now you are getting confused in the head, he t
36、hought. You must keep your head clear. Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought. “Clear up, head,” he said in a voice he could hardly hear. “Clear up.” Twice more it was the same on the turns. I do not know, the old man thought. He had been on the point of feelin
37、g himself go each time. I do not know. But I will try it once more. He tried it once more and he felt himself going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail weaving in the air. Ill try it again, the old man promised, although his hands were mush
38、y now and he could only see well in flashes. He tried it again and it was the same. So he thought, and he felt himself going before he started; I will try it once again. He took all his pain and what was left of his strength and his long gone pride and he put it against the fishs agony and the fish
39、came over onto his side and swam gently on his side, his bill almost touching the planking of the skiff and started to pass the boat, long, deep, wide, silver and barred with purple and interminable in the water. The old man dropped the line and put his foot on it and lifted the harpoon as high as h
40、e could and drove it down with all his strength, and more strength he had just summoned, into the fishs side just behind the great chest fin that rose high in the air to the altitude of the mans chest. He felt the iron go in and he leaned on it and drove it further and then pushed all his weight aft
41、er it. Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff. Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and o
42、ver all of the skiff. 12. In what way did the old man make it? A. By keeping his head clear up. B. By pulling the fish to his boat.C. By stopping the fish making turns.D. By getting the fish over and hitting it with his harpoon.13. Which of the following statements is true about the fisherman?A. The
43、 fisherman seemed to be playing a cat-and-mouse game.B. The fisherman showed respect for his rival in this fierce battle.C. The fisherman was dramatically exhausted and on the point of giving up. D. The fisherman, experienced as he was in fishing, nearly got killed on several occasions.14. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage? A. Risk at seaB. Fighting a fishC. Fishs enemyD. Fishing, a dangerous job15. The theme of this story might be linked with _.A. environmental protection B. human spirit C. man and nature D. moral【参考答案】1215、DBBC