1、2014届高考英语二轮复习 三月精品练习阅读理解761True love and kindness is needed in this world. It comes from appreciating the object, and rejoicing in the object, wanting the object to be happy and well, but holding it lightly, not tightly. And this goes for possessions too. You are in an extremely materialistic societ
2、y in which the possession of more and bigger and better is held up as the total criteria(标准) for being happy.What we own is not the problem; its our attitude towards our possessions. If we have something and we enjoy it, thats fine. If we lose it, then thats OK. But if we lose it and we are very att
3、ached to it in our heart, then thats not fine. It doesnt matter what the object is, because its not the object which is the problem. The problem is our own inner grasping mind that keeps us bound to the wheel, and keeps us suffering. If our mind was open and could just let thing flow naturally, ther
4、e would be no pain. Do you understand? We need our everyday life to work on this, to really begin to see the greed of attachment in the mind and gradually begin to lessen and lessen it.There is a famous story of a coconut, which is said to be used in India to catch monkeys. People take a coconut and
5、 make a little hole just big enough for a monkey to put its paw through. And inside the coconut, which is nailed to a tree, they have put something sweet. So the monkey comes along, sees the coconut, smells something nice inside, and he puts his hand in. he catches hold of the sweet inside, so now h
6、e has a fist. But the hole is too small for the fist to get out. When the hunters come back, the monkey is caught. But of course, all the monkey has to do is let go. Nobodys holding the monkey except the monkeys grasping greedy mind. Nobody is holding us on the wheel; we are clinging to it ourselves
7、. There are no chains.54. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. Clinging Causes the PainB. Dont Learn from the MonkeyC. Giving Up is Holding D. Possessions are Pains55. According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is true?A. The world now is lacking in tru
8、e love.B. Owning more means being happier in todays society.C. Todays society is very realistic.D. The society needs better criteria.56. According to the passage, the monkey is caught because_ .A. the hunter is cleverer than the monkeyB. the monkey wants to eat the sweetC. the hole is too small for
9、the monkeys fistD. the monkey doesnt know giving up57. Why did the author tell the story of the monkey? A. Because he liked monkeys very much. B. Because the story is very interesting. C. Because he wants to explain the idea further. D. Because he wants to make the passage attractive.2The geographic
10、al location of a country and its physical characteristics are very important to its development and progress. he United States is very fortunate in this respect. First of all, it has a good climate. In almost all sections of the country it is possible to live comfortably during the whole year. It is
11、 true that in the south it sometimes gets very hot, and in the north very cold. But the people who live in these regions become accustomed to the climate and never suffer very much when the weather is either very hot or very cold.In a large country there is usually a great variety of different physi
12、cal characteristics. In the United States, there are wide plains and high mountains, thousands of lakes and rivets of all sizes, cool forests and hot deserts, and a coastline several thousand miles long. The many lakes and rivers, as well as the long coastline, have been of great importance to the d
13、evelopment of the country, since they made possible the easy transportation of people and all the things people need. Transportation by water is still necessary and important. In modern times, however, trains, automobiles, trucks and airplanes are doing much of the work which was formerly done by sh
14、ips and boats. 44What are the principal physical characteristics of the United States？AAlmost the sameBRather variousCVery good for farmingDSuitable for transportation45In what respect is the United States very fortunate？AGeographical locationBGood climateCPhysical characteristicsDBoth A and C46Why
15、are rivers，lakes and coastlines important to the development of the U. S. A？AThey make the climate betterBThey provide people with a good many opportunities of employmentCThey provide people with good transportation and whatever they needDThey make the scenery of the country more beautiful and attra
16、ctive47What was used for transportation in the distant past in the U. S. A. ?ATrainsBTrucksCPlanesDShips and boats3NEW YORK- One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, accordin
17、g to a study released on Tuesday. Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerB, an online job site. As to what happens when the after-wor
18、k drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally. Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke. While 21 percent of t
19、hose who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position. An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and wor
20、kers over 55 least likely to attend. Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month.The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerB among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13.
21、Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.56. Harris Interactive made the survey to find out _.A. how U.S. workers spend their after-work timeB. what U.S. workers do at after-work drinksC. the relationships between U.S. workers D. who are most li
22、kely to attend after-work drinks57. _ of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague.A. 4 percentB. 8 percentC. 16 percent D. 10 percent 58. According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks _.A. benefited them a lotB. could provide informationC.
23、 only made them relaxedD. was of no help to them59. We can learn from the text that _.A. workers over 55 dont like to attend happy hours at allB. about 75% of workers go more than once a monthC. 10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workersD. about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret abo
24、ut a co-worker60. After the survey, it can be inferred that_.A. all the workers oppose after-work drinksB. the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinksC. all the workers support after-work drinksD. all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinksI know what youre t
25、hinking: pizza（比萨饼）？ For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.学科网I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早饭), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they dont have time, others think theyre “saying” calories (卡路里)，
26、still others just dont like breakfast food.学科But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight .“Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R.D. , who developed the super-easy e
27、ating plan for this years “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.学科Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later
28、 in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.学科网So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and ha
29、ve just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last nights leftovers it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow.” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calorie
30、s. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects. 学科网4The word “leftovers” in paragraph I probably means _.学科网A. food remaining after a meal B. things left undone学科网C. meals made of vegetables D. pizza topped with fruit学科网5What can we infer from the text?学科网A. Working women usually have breakfast
31、 in a hurry.学科网B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.学科网C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.学科网D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.学科网6According to the last paragraph, it is important to _.学科网A. eat something for breakfast B. be careful about what you cat学科网C. heat up food bef
32、ore eating it D. cat calorie-controlled food学科网7The text is written mainly for those _.学科网 A. who go to work early B. who want to lose weight C. who stay up late D. who eat before sleep8 To Whom It May Concern: On March 5, 2012 , I bought a Perfect Muffin Kit from your store at Midfield Shopping Cen
33、ter. The cashier who assisted me was George. George was very friendly and told me that the Perfect Muffin Kit would live up to the guarantee on the box: “Perfect Muffins Every Time!”. Unfortunately, this product did not live up to what it promised . The muffins I made were far from perfect . I follo
34、wed the directions in the package very carefully . First , I removed the bag of mix from the box. Then , I poured it into a bowl. Next, I added the correct amount of water to the mix and stirred it. According to the directions, after stirring the mixture , I added half a cup of dried grapes, nuts ,
35、berries, or another favorite ingredient . My favorite ingredient happens to be hot sauce . I find that a bit of hot sauce makes pizza and soup taste very delicious. So, continuing to follow the directions, I added half a cup of hot sauce to the mix and stirred it. Finally, I poured the mix into muff
36、in tins and baked it in the baker at 350 degrees for exactly 20 minutes.When the muffins finished baking, I was very excited to eat the “Perfect Muffins” as promised on the box. You can imagine my disappointment when, upon tasting the muffins, I discovered that they were not perfect. These muffins w
37、ere , in fact , absolutely terrible. Not even my dog was interested in eating these supposedly “perfect” muffins. I would appreciate a full refund( money to be returned) of $3.99 for this product as soon as possible. Enclosed are the receipt, the empty box, and one of the un-perfect muffins so that
38、you can experience it for yourself . Thank you for your attention to this matter.Sincerely，Michelle Bauer【小题1】This letter is most likely addressed to _.A. a local storeownerB. the owner of the muffin mix company C. the clerk at a local muffin bakery D. George, the cashier who sold the muffin mix【小题2
39、】 The tone(语气 ) of the author can best be described as _.A. embarrassed B. hopeless C. disappointed D. disgusted【小题3】The author was unhappy with the product because_.A. the directions of the product contained a mistake B. it was not up to the promise made on the boxC. it was too difficult to follow
40、the directionsD. it was worth less money than she paid for it【小题4】The authors main purpose in writing this letter is to _.A. prevent others from making the same mistakeB. persuade the company to change the wording on their boxC. get back all the money paid from the shopD. complain about how bad the
41、muffins tastedEuropes deadly outbreak of a rare form of E. coli bacteria (大肠杆菌) has brought new attention to food safety issues. One of the problems when people get sick from food is that the simplest question is often difficult or even impossible to answer. Just what did the people eat that made th
42、em sick?Of course, one way to avoid these medical mysteries is to keep dangerous organisms out of the food supply. This is easier said than done, but scientists keep looking for new ways.Scientists in the United States have developed an experimental system that uses a high-tech optical scanner. The
43、system is designed to identify the presence of contaminants(致污物) like soil or animal waste on fresh produce. These can be sources of E. coli. E. coli bacteria naturally live in the intestines(肠) of humans and many animals. Most kinds of E. coli are harmless but some can make people sick.The new scan
44、ner can also show damage and imperfections that might make the produce unappealing to shoppers.Scientists designed the system at a Department of Agriculture research center in Beltsville, Maryland. Moon Kim of the Agricultural Research Service led the team.MOON KIM: “We were requested, we were asked
45、, to develop a method to detect contamination in produce. So we started with the apple as the model sample.”The scanner uses a high-speed camera placed over the conveyer belt that moves the produce along. As the apples move along the belt, the scanner captures images of each piece of fruit.Moon Kim
46、says the team hopes the system will be available before long.MOON KIM: “We are targeting for development in commercial plants for the next several years.”The scanner can direct a sorting machine to separate the bad apples from the good ones. The system is currently able to show the surface of only h
47、alf the apple as it speeds by. The inventers hope to improve the process so it can show the whole surface.9What is the main topic of the text?A. Bacteria. B. A high-tech scanner. C. A camera D. Food safety.10E. coli bacteria _.A. broke out all over the world B. comes from soil or animal wasteC. is e
48、xtremely harmful to health D. does not cause illness11The high-tech scanner _.A. can help to sort out different fruitsB. make the produce appeal to shoppersC. can only capture images of the whole appleD. can identify the presence of contaminants12What can be inferred from the text?A. The scanner nee
49、ds to be improved.B. The scanner will be available in the next several years.C. Moon Kim is unwilling to develop the scanner.D. The scanner is connected to a sorting machine.参考答案15457 ABDC 【解析】244-47 BDCD 【解析】44. 选B。答案在文章第三段。45. 选D。根据文章第一段可知，D项是正确的。46. 选C。答案在文章最后一段，河流和湖泊为人们提供了便利的交通以及人们所需要的一切。47. 选D。
50、最后一段的最后一句话提到，火车、汽车、卡车以及飞机代替了以前的船只。356. B。57. C。58. D。59. D。60. B。【解析】56. B。 推理判断题。根据第一段“One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday. ”可知
51、美国工人下班后经常聚会喝酒，而主要内容不是说别人坏话，就是饮酒过量。因此推断，这项调查的目的是为了弄清楚工人下班后喝酒时干什么。57. C。细节理解题。根据第二段“16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague,”可知bad-mouthing是“说坏话”的意思。58. D。 细节理解题。根据第二段“85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position.”可知85%的人认为这种聚会没什么好处。59. D。
52、 推理判断题。“. workers over 55 least likely to attend”意思是55岁以上的工人很少去聚会喝酒，并不能说明他们都不喜欢，所以A不正确。“. nearly a quarter go at least once a month”近四分之一的每周去一次并不意味着剩下的四分之三的人每周就去两次以上，还有些人可能不会去，所以B也不对。文章中没有确切的信息说明男工中有10.5%的人参加聚会，因此C也不对。60. B。 推理判断题。综合文章介绍的情况，85%美国工人下班后经常聚会喝酒并没有益处，因此调查者应该会改变对这种聚会的态度。A，C，D选项太绝对。4A5B6A7
53、B【解析】这篇阅读理解是一篇大家比较熟悉的一个话题：“建议吃好早餐”。这篇文章文字简单，就总体而言，考生大致能理解和掌握它的大意：一些人们对早餐的误解；不吃早餐能减肥等错误的做法。从选材和文字特点方面可以看出，这篇文章通俗易懂，不“偏”不“怪”。如果感觉完形难度偏大的学生在做这道试题时，会相对轻松。4猜测词义题。 可以根据构词法猜测词义。Left over为词组留下的意思，leftover是其名词形式。5推理判断题。根据第二段开头可以推断，很多人对早餐的意义认识不到。6段义归纳题。最后一段的eat something in the morning是本段的主题句。7主旨大意题。由第三段和第四段反
54、复出现lose weight可知答案。8【小题1】A【小题2】C【小题3】B【小题4】C【解析】试题分析：【小题1】推理题：从全篇文章知道Michelle Bauer是写信投诉产品质量，那一定是写给店主的。选A。【小题2】推测语气题：从第三段的句子：You can imagine my disappointment when, upon tasting the muffins,说明作者是很失望的。选C。【小题3】细节题：从文章第二段的句子：Unfortunately, this product did not live up to what it promised .说明选B。【小题4】写作意
55、图题：从最后一段的句子：I would appreciate a full refund( money to be returned) of $3.99 for this product as soon as possible.说明作者想要拿回负的钱。选C。考点：书信类阅读点评：此类文章要注意作者写作意图，结合作者的语气找出写作意图，还要注意文章的细节描写。9B10B11D12A【解析】试题分析：欧洲一种罕见大肠杆菌的致命爆发引发了人们对食品安全问题的新的关注。在人们因为食品致病的一系列问题中，有一个最简单的问题却常常难于甚至无法回答，这就是，他们吃了什么导致生病？美国科学家开发了一种使用高科
56、技光学扫描装置的实验性系统。这种检测系统针对于食品包装上市环节。希望这个新科技能真的成为食品安全的福音。9主旨大意题。综观全文可知本文主要介绍了这种高科技的扫描仪，故选B。10细节理解题。根据contaminants(致污物) like soil or animal waste on fresh produce. 故选B。11细节理解题。根据The system is designed to identify the presence of contaminants(致污物) like soil or animal waste on fresh produce. 该系统用于识别新鲜农产品表面上
57、的土壤或动物粪便等污染物，故选D。12推理判断题。根据The system is currently able to show the surface of only half the apple as it speeds by. The inventers hope to improve the process so it can show the whole surface.这种扫描仪有待于提高，故选A。考点：健康保健类短文阅读。点评：主旨大意题主要是测试考生对一篇文章或一段文字的深层理解程度及在速读中准确把握文章大意的能力，一般针对某一语段或某一语篇主题标题或目的设题。做这类题，关键在于抓住文章要旨。版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()