1、2014高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练题（1）及答案 阅读理解-Many of us mistakenly believe that its wrong to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed sh
2、ortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed? If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesnt like you might be f
3、earful, or shallow or busy or shy. Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time.Dont take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresist
4、ible to someone else. Although some factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least many factors that will work in your favor.You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life. There are many people who dont min
5、d your extra pounds. You may drive a shabby car, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend. There are people out there looking for loyalty, or fun, or sweetness, or wisdom, and the package it comes in is not important. If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends,
6、 keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends. You can decide to feel inferior because you dont have much money and you dont drive a nice car. You can believe that this is the reason that you dont have many friends in your life. On the other hand, if you are very we
7、althy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person. The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe its the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.【小题1】According to the passage, plays an important role in making f
8、riends. A. admitting your shortcomings B. self criticism C. modestyD. confidence【小题2】If you are not liked by a person, . A. you should find the reason in yourself B. youd better talk with the person face to face C. you may not be the one to be blamed D. you and that person misunderstand each other【小
9、题3】We can learn from the third paragraph that . A. your good qualities may make you earn more money B. your weakness may also be your strengths in some way C. your negative qualities may cause you to lose friends D. youll have few friends if you dont share the same interest【小题4】 Which of the followi
10、ng is TRUE according to the author? A. It is important to lose weight. B. It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends. C. Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance. D. If you are not beautiful enough, try to improve your physical beauty.【小题5】What do you think the author is mo
11、st likely to suggest if he continues to write? A. How to find your good qualities. B. How to make friends. C. How to make self criticism. D. How to keep fit.【答案】【小题1】D【小题2】C【小题3】B【小题4】C【小题5】A【解析】试题分析：本文叙述了人们也许花费很多的时间去怪罪自己的性格不好，其实你的弱点也有可能是你自己的长处，要想广交朋友必须要对自己有自信心。【小题1】细节理解题。根据However, a constant focus
12、 on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people.可以要有自信才能广交朋友，故选D。【小题2】细节理解题。根据If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you.一个人不喜欢你可能与你无关，故选C。【小题3】细节理解题。根据In fact, some of the very qualities you consider
13、to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. 你的弱点也许是你的强项，故选B。【小题4】细节理解题。根据If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends. 内在素质比外在外表更重要的，故选C。【小题5】推理判断题。根据The point is that you can focus on jus
14、t about anything and believe its the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.可推知不要只看到自己的不足，还应找到自己的好的品质，那么如何找到自己好的品质，就是下文要叙述的内容，故选A。 较难题目特训：介绍说明类-13Very often when I go to look at someones garden and they complain that for some reason it does not feel right to them. What I notice is that t
15、he design quite complicated. Or, sometimes there is no real design and the layout (布局) just looks messy. Creating a garden without some form of design is like trying to bake a cake without a recipe. With a cake you can add together ingredients (原料) from the cupboard and fridge in the hope that the r
16、esult will be a perfectly baked cake. Both creating a garden and baking a cake follow outlines for getting a result. Know just when to add something, when to take the mix off the heat or how much oil to use, etc. An experienced garden designer can help you create a garden best suited to you and your
17、 lifestyle, rather than impose their own ideas on you. He will listen to and help draw out your ideas. By keeping the garden design simple you and your chosen designer will have created the structure of a garden, similar to the structure of a house together with some details. A golden rule to rememb
18、er is that garden design is not about choosing the right plants. Dont get caught up in the idea that you have to choose the right plants for the job straight away. Plant choice comes almost at the last minute in many cases, after you and your designer have created style or feeling you are wanting to
19、 have in your garden. 21世纪教育网Design is about creating a constructable (可构造的) image for the garden, including form and shape, sounds, smells, even tastes and often, believe it or not, plants are never used. By keeping the design simple, especially if you are learning about design or taking on the pro
20、ject by yourself, you are increasing your chances of a successful design, one that matches your standard for your life. 1. What is the passage mainly about? A. Designing a garden as simple as possible. B. Comparing garden-designing with cake-making. C. An experienced garden designers importance. D.
21、Choosing plants for the garden. 2. Why does the author use baking a cake in the passage? A. To show the basic steps of baking a cake. B. To imply how simple to design a garden. C. To state baking a cake is very complex. D. To introduce how to design a garden. 3. The underlined word “impose” in the t
22、hird paragraph means. A. force B. turnC. improve D. imagine4. By keeping the garden design simple, . A. you can get details from the garden designer B. you will be successful one dayC. you can meet your standards in life D. you can match the structure of a house with that of a garden 5. What is the
23、most important for garden design? A. Creating a constructable image for the garden. B. Choosing the right plants for your garden first. C. Inviting an experienced garden designer. D. Not rushing to choose plants for your garden. 【参考答案】13.ABADD 较难题目特训：介绍说明类-14Garlic is one of the most common flavors
24、in our kitchen. It not only tastes wonderful, but also its very good for your body. It is one of Mother Natures most precious gifts to cooks of all levels. Choose garlic heads that are firm to the touch, with no scars or soft cloves (蒜瓣). If you notice dark, powdery patches under the skin, pass it u
25、p because this is an indication of a common mold which will eventually spoil the flesh. Store unpeeled heads of garlic in an open container in a cool, dry place away from other foods. Do not refrigerate or freeze unpeeled garlic. Properly stored garlic can keep up to three months. As garlic ages, it
26、 will begin to produce green sprouts in the center of each clove. These infant green sprouts can be bitter, so throw them before using the garlic for your recipe. However, if you plant the cloves and let them grow to a height of about six inches, you can use the sprouts like chives (韭黄) in salads an
27、d such. Garlic can also be purchased as peeled whole cloves, both stored in olive or vegetable oil. It is urgent that garlic in oil be stored under refrigeration to avoid potentially-deadly bacteria growth. If you use a lot of garlic and wish to cut your preparation time down, you can pre-peel and s
28、tore your own in oil in the refrigerator, but the best flavor will come from freshly-peeled cloves. Use garlic powder, garlic salt, and garlic juice only as a last resort. To peel a garlic clove, place it on a cutting board on its side, and gently press down quickly with the flat side of a butcher k
29、nife. The skin should then easily peel off. If you find the skin clinging desperately to the clove, congratulations! You have fresh garlic. As garlic ages, the skin is gradually dried-up, making it easier to peel. 1. The passage is mainly about. A. how to select, store and peel garlicB. what garlic
30、tastes and smellsC. where to keep the garlicD. when to reap the garlic2. A dark patch under the skin of garlic means. A. the cloves of garlic are soft B. the garlic has been kept for longC. something wrong with the garlicD. the garlic has been cooked3. The underlined word “sprouts” means. A. new par
31、ts growing on a plantB. newly seeds growing on a plant C. parts belonging to a branching shapeD. thin skin attached to garlic4. If you want to store garlic, . A. you can keep it in the refrigerator up to three monthsB. youd better keep the peeled in the refrigeratorC. you may keep frozen unpeeled ga
32、rlicD. you can put garlic in vegetable oil5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The sprouts of garlic tastes like chives. B. Garlic juice is better than the freshly-peeled. C. A cutting board is helpful for peeling garlic. D. Olive oil is needed when cooking garlic. 【参考答案】14
33、.ACABC 阅读理解-Most employers say that they wish to employ the right person for the right job. A recent report by Britains Independent Institute of Manpower Studies, however, disagrees with this. The report states that most employers wish to avoid employing the wrong person. Rather than looking for the
34、 right person they are looking for applicants to turn down. The report also suggests that in Britain and in many other parts of the world the selection methods used to pick out the right person for the job certainly do not match up to those used to judge a piece of new equipment. Employers used thre
35、e main selection methods: interviewing, checking resume or application forms and examining references. Most of the employers asked in this survey stated that these selection methods were used more for weeding out unsuitable applicants rather than for finding suitable ones. Interviews were considered
36、 to be more reliable than either resume checks or references from past employers. Research, however, proves otherwise. Interviewers decisions are often strongly influenced by their earlier judgment of the written application. Also different employers view facts differently. One may consider applican
37、ts who have frequently changed jobs as people with broad and useful experience. Another will see such applicants as unreliable and unlikely to stay for long in the new job. Some employers place great importance on academic qualifications whereas the link between this and success in management is not
38、 necessarily strong. Some employers use handwriting as a standard. The report states that there is little evidence to support the value of the latter for judging working ability. References, also, are sometimes unreliable as they are not very important while checks on credit and security records and
39、 applicants political opinions are often the opposite. The report is more favorable towards trainability tests and those which test personality and personal and mental skills. The report concludes by suggesting that interviewing could become more reliable if the questions were arranged in a careful,
40、 organized system and focused on the needs of the employing organization. 【小题1】According to the passage, when most employers want to hire workers, .A. they will try to find suitable peopleB. they will look for the right applicant C. the wrong applicants are to be turned down D. to turn down the wron
41、g people is what they say they aim to do【小题2】It is implied that . A. to evaluate a right person is more difficult than to evaluate equipment B. employers are more successful in selecting the right equipment than the right persons C. criteria will be set up according to the real situation of the appl
42、icants D. resumes means application forms 【小题3】 Most of the recruiters (招聘人员) . A. consult the applicants B. can find suitable people C. prefer resumes or references D. use different ways to sort out the unsuitable applicants【小题4】 Which of the following is TRUE? A. Employers get different conclusion
43、s from the facts. B. Changing jobs frequently will reduce the chance to be recruited. C. Academic qualifications will guarantee the applicant managing ability. D. Handwriting is a valid way to evaluate an applicant.【小题5】 It can be inferred from the passage that successful employees will be those who
44、 .A. have outstanding references B. are strong in emotional quotient C. take interviewing seriously D. have strong political leanings 【答案】【小题1】D【小题2】C【小题3】D【小题4】A【小题5】D【解析】试题分析：本文叙述了最近一次调查表明人们往往招聘合适的人为了合适的工作，而在有些情况下，有些招聘人员却使用不同的选择方法用于淘汰不合适的申请人,而不是寻找合适的人。【小题1】细节理解题。根据The report states that most emplo
45、yers wish to avoid employing the wrong person. Rather than looking for the right person they are looking for applicants to turn down. 他们招聘合适的人对于合适的工作，拒绝那些他们说想要达到什么目的的人，故选D。【小题2】推理判断题。根据One may consider applicants who have frequently changed jobs as people with broad and useful experience. Another wi
46、ll see such applicants as unreliable and unlikely to stay for long in the new job. 可以推知根据申请人的具体情况来确定，故选C。【小题3】细节理解题。根据Interviewers decisions are often strongly influenced by their earlier judgment of the written application.大多数招聘人员用不同的方式来分类出不可靠的申请人，故选D。【小题4】细节理解题。根据Also different employers view facts differently. 招聘人员从事实中得到不同的结论，故选A。【小题5】推理判断题。根据References, also, are sometimes unreliable as they are not very important while checks on credit and security records and applicants political opinions are often the opposite.可以推知被成功招聘的人是那些有强烈的政治思想的人，故选D。