1、2014辽宁省灯塔市高考英语阅读理解连载（12）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AValencia is in the east part of Spain. It has a port on the sea, two miles away on the coast. It is the capital of a province that is also named Valencia.The city is a market centre for what is produced by the land around the city
2、. Most of the citys money is made from farming. It is also a busy business city, with ships, railways, clothes and machine factories.Valencia has an old part with white buildings, coloured roofs, and narrow streets. The modern part has long, wide streets and new buildings. Valencia is well known for
3、 its parks and gardens. It has many old churches and museums. The university in the centre of the city was built in the 13th century.The city of Valencia has been known since the 2nd century. In the 8th century it was the capital of Spain. There is also an important city in Venezuela(委内瑞拉) named Val
4、encia.1.From the text, how many places have the name Valencia?A. four B. three C. two D. one2. What is the main difference between the two parts of Valencia?A. The age of the building B. The length of the streetsC. The colour of the buildings D. The colour of the roofs3. When was Valencia the most i
5、mportant city in Spain?A.2nd century B.13th century C.8th century D. 20the century4. What is Valencia famous for?A. Its seaport B. Its parks and gardensC. Its churches and museums D. Its university5. The main income of the city of Valencia is from its _. A. markets B. business C. factories D. farmin
6、g【参考答案】15、BACBD 专题讲座阅读理解之主旨大意题 (2012课标全国卷，D)Grownups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since.A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water.He can get o
7、n a bicycle after many years and still ride away.He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son.A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins“Twinkle，twinkle，little star”or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears. O
8、ne explanation is the law of overlearning，which can be stated as follows：Once we have learned something，additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it.In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming，bicycle riding，and playing baseball long after we ha
9、ve learned them.We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as“Twinkle，twinkle，little star”and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks.We not only learn but overlearn.The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表)are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the thin
10、gs that we learn in school，because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.The law of overlearning explains why cramming(突击学习)for an examination，though it may result in a passing grade，is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course.By cramming，a student may learn the subject we
11、ll enough to get by on the examination，but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned.A little overlearning，on the other hand，is really necessary for ones future development.1What is the main idea of Paragraph1?APeople remember well what they learned in childhood.BChildren have a bette
12、r memory than grownups.CPoem reading is a good way to learn words.DStories for children are easy to remember.2The author explains the law of overlearning by_. Apresenting research findingsBsetting down general rulesCmaking a comparisonDusing examples3According to the author，being able to use multipl
13、ication tables is_.Aa result of overlearningBa special case of crammingCa skill to deal with math problemsDa basic step towards advanced studies来4What is the authors opinion on cramming?AIt leads to failure in college exams.来源:BIts helpful only in a limited way.CIts possible to result in poor memory
14、.DIt increases students learning interest.参考答案14：ADAB,本文为说明文。为什么我们儿时学到的东西在间隔了多年后仍然记忆犹新？这也许是由“过度学习法则”所决定的。A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water.who 引导定语从句，修饰先行词 man；when 引导时间状语从句。as well as 在句中意为“和一样好”。当多年没有机会游泳的人重新回到水里时，
15、依然能和过去一样游得非常好。主旨大意题要求考生对全文的内容或某一段的内容加以合理地归纳，目的是检查对短文整体或某一段落的理解概括能力。它可以是对文章或段落中心的陈述，也可以是对文章标题的选择。在做主旨大意题时，我们可以遵循以下四部曲： 来源:来源:z,zs,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AMy newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so f
16、inally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldnt drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write m
17、y poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. Id be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis（艰难危险时期）. Obviously Id be overqualified but I was willing to
18、forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an
19、hours wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviousl
20、y the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I
21、 cant recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “Youve failed the psychological test and
22、we are unable to offer you a position.”Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs being a postman is another one I still desire demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qua
23、lified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.1The writer applied for the job chiefly because _.Ahe wanted to work in the centre of London Bhe could no longer afford to live without oneChe was not interested in any other available job Dhe had received
24、 some suitable training2The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _.Ahe often traveled undergroundBhe had written many poemsChe could deal with difficult situations Dhe had worked in a company3The length of his interview meant that _.Ahe was not going to be offered the job Bhe had
25、not done well in the intelligence testChe did not like the interviewer at all Dhe had little work experience to talk about4What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?AHow unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. BHow difficult it is to be a poet.CHow unsuitable he was for the job.DHow bad
26、ly he did in the interview.5Whats the writers opinion of the psychologist?A. He was very aggressive（有进取心的）. B. He was unhappy with his job.C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.【参考答案】15、BCACD 阅读理解-BNapoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena off the coas
27、t of Africa. He was 51 years old at the time. When doctors examined Napoleons body, they said that the former emperor of France had died from cancer of the stomach. That was the cause of death recorded in the official report. However, other doctors disagreed. One doctor who was present during the ex
28、amination of the body said that Napoleon died of hepatitis（肝炎）. Other historians and medical experts have suggested that Napoleon died of syphilis（梅毒）, tuberculosis（肺结核）, or perhaps malaria. Now, after careful research, a British chemist thinks that Napoleon might have been poisoned - not by a perso
29、n, but by his wallpaper. Napoleon was sent to the island of St. Helena in 1815 after he lost the battle of Waterloo. He was a prisoner on the island. Although he had servants to attend to him, he had to live in one small building. St. Helena is a very wet island, so the walls of the building were al
30、ways covered with mold. Napoleon became ill from spending too much time inside his house. Almost constantly he had a fever, chills, and felt sick to his stomach. He often felt pain in his shoulders and in his side. His skin turned yellow. He got frequent headaches, and he would become dizzy and vomi
31、t. None of the medicine that the doctors gave Napoleon seemed to help. They were not sure what was the matter. Finally, Napoleon was too weak to leave the house. One night, while he was sleeping, he went into a coma （昏迷）and died.Many doctors who later reviewed the reports of Napoleons illness found
32、that the symptoms did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. It seemed obvious that Napoleon had died from some other cause. In 1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleons hair and found a high level of arsenic（砒霜）, a chemical poison. Was Napoleon murdered? It is doubtful. Arsenic wa
33、s used in many types of medicine during Napoleons time, so he might have taken the arsenic as a cure for his illness. Then, in 1982, Dr. David Jones from England began to look into the mystery and suggested that Napoleon might have breathed in arsenic which was in the air of his house. In the 1700s
34、and 1800s, arsenic was used to make a kind of green paint used on cloth and wallpaper. If the paint was used on a wet wall, the arsenic would go into the air. A person in the room might breathe that air. After studying the wallpaper in the room where Napoleon died, Dr. Jones found high levels of ars
35、enic in the green paint on the walls.6. The passage says that . A. a British doctor thinks he has found the cause of Napoleons death B. many doctors have tried to guess the cause of Napoleons death C. Napoleon could have died from poison D. all of the above7. Why did Napoleon live on St. Helena? A.
36、He owned the island. B. He was a prisoner there. C. His family lived there. D. He liked the island.8. Napoleon suffered from the following symptoms except _. A. chills B. fever C dizziness D. bleeding9. The official report said that Napoleon died of_. A. cancer B. a coma C. mold D. poison10. According to Dr. Jones, how did the arsenic probably get into Napoleons body? A. He ate it. B. He breathed it in. C. He touched it. D. He drank it.【参考答案】610、DBDAB
