1、A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。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
2、 words, 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, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. Duri
3、ng the trip, 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
4、lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my penAt 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. A
5、ll I remembered 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 meaning
6、ful. I take pictures, but not very often-only 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 don
7、t want to wake up one 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 memories-I just live, and the memories for
8、m themselves.26. Before thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _.A. observing her school routine B. expressing her satisfactionC. impressing her classmates D. preserving her history27. On a journey at thirteen, the author _. A. nearly ignored the beauty of nature while busy making
9、 records B. hardly made preparations for a journal while appreciating nature C. suddenly felt it impossible and unnecessary to write everything down D. was entirely struck by nature and forgot to record anything28. What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?A. A dull night
10、on the journey. B. The beauty of the great valley.C. A striking quotation from a book. 来源:学&科&网D. Her concerns for future generations.29. What does the author put in her diary now?A. Notes and beautiful pictures. B. Special thoughts and feelings.C. Detailed accounts of daily activities. D. Descripti
11、ons of unforgettable events.30. The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is _.A. to experience it B. to live the present in the futureC. to make memories D. to give accurate representations of it【参考答案】26-30. DCBBA【2014高考英语广东省中山市华侨中学一模试题】BIts such a happy-looking library, painted ye
12、llow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, its pedestrian-friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.Its a library buil
13、t with love.A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of fo
14、ur, “Thats what were going to do for our spring break!”Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didnt see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that h
15、ed built years earlier for daughter Abbies toy horses, and made a door of glass. After adding the librarys final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide
16、and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.They stocked it with 20 or so books theyd already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-
17、home mom.Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.The projects best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular
18、.” 31. In what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”?来源:学+科+网Z+X+X+K A. It owns a yellow roof.B. It stands near a sidewalk. C. It protects book lovers from the sun.D. It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations.32. Janey got the idea to build a library from _.来源:Zxxk.Com A. a visit to Brian William
19、sB. a spring break with her family C. a book sent by one of her neighborsD. a report on a Wisconsin-based organization33. The library was built _. A. by a ship supply companyB. on the basis of toy horses C. like a mailboxD. with glass34. What can we infer about the signboard? A. It was made by a use
20、r of the library.B. It marked a final touch to the library. C. It aimed at making the library last long.D. It indicated the library was a family property.35. The passage tells us that the users _. A. donate books to the libraryB. get paid to collect books for the library C. receive thank-you notes f
21、or using the library来源:Z。xx。k.Com D. visit the library over 5 times on average daily【参考答案】31-35. BDCCA【2014高考英语广东省中山市华侨中学一模试题】CWeve reached a strange-some would say unusual-point. While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World H
22、ealth Organization (WHO), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. Its the good life thats more likely to kill us these days.Worse, nearly l8 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. Whats
23、 going on?We really dont have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through-up to a point.In the 1970s, Finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and b
24、eing overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even o
25、ffer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the worlds most body-conscious country.We know what we should be doing to lose weight-but actually doing it is another matter. By far the most popular excuse is not taking e
26、nough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower.Others blame good food. They say: its just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much American-style fast food.Some also blame their
27、parents-their genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because theyre normal in shape, or rather slim.Its a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parents are eager to see their kids shape up. Do as I say-not as I do.36. What is
28、 the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?A. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.B. Starvation is taking more peoples lives in the world.C. WHO report shows peoples unawareness of food safety.D. Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHOs efforts.37. Why does the author
29、 think that people have no excuse for being overweight?A. A lot of effective diet pills are available.B. Body image has nothing to do with good food.C. They have been made fully aware of its dangers.D. There are too many overweight people in the world.38. The example of Finland is used to illustrate
30、 _.A. the cause of heart diseaseB. the effectiveness of a campaignC. the fashion of body shaping来源:Z.xx.k.ComD. the history of a body-conscious country39. According to the last paragraph, parents _. A. always set a good example to their children B. are hardly as overweight as their children C. hope
31、to be as healthy as their own children D. rarely take action to lose weight themselves40. Which would be the best title for the passage?A. Actions or Excuses? B. Overweight or Underweight?C. WHO in a Dilemma D. No Longer Dying of Hunger【参考答案】36-40. ACBDA【2014高考英语广东省中山市华侨中学一模试题】DIt is widely known th
32、at any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnsons famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnsons observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators f
33、ail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that “To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is th
34、at there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference
35、for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.” The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.Bryson and Paxman stand for common misco
36、nceptions about the weather- speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actua
37、lly talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.41. The author mentions Dr. Johnson
38、s comment to show that_.A. most commentators agree with Dr. JohnsonB. Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observationC. the comment was accurate two hundred years agoD. English conversations usually start with the weather42. What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to?A. A soc
39、ial trend.B. An emotional state.C. A historical concept.D. An unknown phenomenon.43. According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that_.A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weatherB. there is nothing special about the English weatherC. the English weather attracts people to the British Isl
40、esD. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty44. What is the authors main purpose of writing the passage?A. To explain what English weather-speak is about.B. To analyse misconceptions about the English weather.C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.D. To convince people that the English weather is changeable.45. The English weather conversation is actually _. A. a nature attractionB. a requests for weather data C. a conversation starterD. a common focus in British life【参考答案】41-45. DBDAC版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()
