1、2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50-15AThe seventh game of any play-off is always special, win or lose, it always has an edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-your-throat intensity unlike any other. One play, one shot, one save may make all the difference.But there are other things that make our games and sports so special.F
2、or example, where we play our sports is often one of the best things about the games.Thinks of it:What is as pergect as a fresh sheet of ice after the Zamboni machine (赞博尼磨冰机) has made its final pass and left the surface as smooth as glass? Or a swimming pool on a summer morning, clear and calm, bef
3、ore the ferst swimmer has broken the water?To me a freshly mowed and lined soccer field is as beautiful as any painting. SO is a golf course in the early morning, or in the evening when the sun is setting. The stuff we paly with is wonderfull, too. Is there anything that feels as good in your hand a
4、s a brand-new baseball? Or a nice leather football? Grab hold of either, and you just habe to play a game of catch.The clothes are good too. Sports uniforms are much more colorful and comfortable than regular clothes . Maybe thats why so many kids stay in their soorts uniforms long after their games
5、 are over.No shoes feel better on my feet than my golf shoes. Maybe thats because I know I am going to have fun whenever I put then on.We talk so much about winning in sports. But if you are the kind of kid who is happy only when their team wins , then sports will let you down. After all, no team or
6、 player wins all the time.But if you can learn to enjoy the parts of sports that have nothing to do with winning or losing-the feel of a favorite bat or stick in your hand, or how your heartbeats when you put on your uniform and run onto the field -then sports will always be fun. Whether you win or
7、lose. 1.Which of the following words is close in meaning to the phrases “edge-of-your-seat,heart-in-your-throat”in para 1?A. Uncertain B. Scared C. Nervous D. Enthusiastic.答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义推断题。结合第一段内容，不论输赢的比赛，进球，救球都会有着不一样的感觉，这样的感觉必然是令人紧张的，故答案为C。A选项意为 “不确定的”，B选项意为 “害怕的”，D选项意为“热情的”，均不符合题意。2. According t
8、o the writer, people are advised .A. not to play a game of catch B. to wear sports uniform longC. not to talk about winning in spors D. to have fun in spors 答案解析：答案为D。本题为文章的主旨大意题。 由文章最后一段 “But if you can learn to enjoy the parts of sports that have nothing to do with winning or losing. then sports w
9、ill always be fun. Whether you win or lose.” 可知，作者建议人们要学会在运动中不论输赢都要享受运动，从运动中获得快乐。故答案为D。3. Sports uniforms, as well as spors shoes, are mentioned in the text A. as an example of the special feeling of sports B. as comforbable wearingfor sports C. as particular desire of children D. as most favorite o
10、f sportsmen答案解析：答案为A。本题为推理题。由倒数第三、四段可知, 运动时穿的运动衫和运动鞋都会让我们的感觉良好，能让我们在运动中获得快乐，文章用两件实物是为了将其作为运动时特别感觉的例子。故答案为A。4. Which would be the best title for the passage?A. Whether You Win or lose B. Many Joys of Sports C. Winning in Sports D. Games and Sports答案解析：答案为B。本题考查文章的标题。全文都是在围绕 “运动中的快乐”这一主题而展开，故答案为B。BEve
11、ry year in America, high-school students who want to go on to college take a national examination called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT in a shortened way. Their score is an important factor in determining which colleges will admit them or whether any will be admitted at all. The Scholastic Ap
12、titude Test muasures ones mathematical ability and use of the English language. Traditionally, the English portion involved grammatical questions and paragraphs that test reading comprehension. But the SAT folks have added a single question , to be answered in an essay, hand-written on the spot. Tha
13、ts an interesting way to test writing ability, but content aside, have you ever seen young peoples handwriting lately? Or anyones for that matter, in this age of computer keyboards? Students write numbers and sign their names on bank checks. They scribble class notes in what can generously be descri
14、bed as the written word. And they hand-write, or more often print, a word or two of identification on luggage and lunch bags. Otherwise, penmanship(书法)-once taught so morally and carefully by second-grade teachers, has gone the way of the dodo bird which has died out.Yet todays kids are asked to wri
15、te, thoughtfully and legibly, for several minutes on this SAT Test. Good luck to the test scorers who must work out difficultly the scrawl of young people whove been typing on computers since the age of three! Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help ones score on the SAT, but also, l
16、ater on in life, impress potential employers and earn bigger tax refunds because the tax inspectors can actually read the computations. And dont forget, we all have to resort to handwriting from rime to time, as computers go down when the power goes out. 1. The subjects to be tested in the SAT inclu
17、de . A. math,English,reading and handwriting B. math, grammar,reading and writing C. math,foreign language and writing D. math,English and handwriting答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一段最后两句话 “The Scholastic Aptitude Test muasures ones mathematical ability and use of the English language. Traditionally, the Englis
18、h portion involved grammatical questions and paragraphs that test reading comprehension.”和第二段第一句话 “But the SAT folks have added a single question , to be answered in an essay, hand-written on the spot.”可知，答案为B。 2.The author write this passage to introduce the fact that . A. writing seems to be very
19、important in the SAT B. those who will go to colleges have to take the SAT C. students should practice handwriting more often D. at the computer age kids dont know how to write. 答案解析：答案为C。本题为文章的主旨大意题。全文由SAT考试增加书面表达部分的改革引入话题-当前学生不重视书写，因此此项改革就是为了使学生书写工整，改掉书写潦草的坏习惯。故答案为C。3. What does the underlined wor
20、d “scribble”probably mean? A. write quickly and roughly B. take notes difficultly C. print penmanship carefully D. describe written word generously 答案解析：答案为A。本题为词义推断题。结合划线部分的上下文，在这个计算机时代，学生手写的内容已经非常罕见，只有一两个单词写在行李箱或者午餐包上，用来辨认物主，书法在其他场合就像嘟嘟鸟一样灭绝了。故可以推断，学生在课堂上记笔记非常潦草。故答案为A，迅速而粗糙地书写。4. According to the
21、passage good handwriting can . A. help students get high scores in tests B. make a student more popular C. measure studentss ability D. assist one to get a job答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由文章最后一段 “Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help ones score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress potential employers and earn bigger tax refunds because the tax inspectors can actually read the computations.”可知，漂亮的书法不仅对SAT考试得分起到帮助作用，而且能给今后找工作时的雇主留下良好的印象，获得更多的退税。故答案为D，帮助一个人找工作。干扰项最强的A选项“帮助学生获得高分”拔高了文章的意思。故答案为D。