1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2014高考英语阅读理解冲刺提升全程训练（12）及答案 (2013合肥市二模，A)Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of community service in the USA, which takes place on the fourth Saturday of October.Who takes part in Make A Difference Day?Anyone! Young and old, individuals and groups, anyone can carry out
2、a volunteer project that helps others. It might be as ambitious as collecting truckloads of clothing for the homeless, or as personal as spending an afternoon helping an elderly neighbor or relative. USA WEEKEND covers volunteers and their projects in articles and photos.How do I get started?Look ar
3、ound your community. Are people hungry, homeless or ill? Are parks or schools dirty or neglected? No matter where you live, theres a need nearby. And on Make A Difference Day, millions of Americans are expected to roll up their sleeves to help others. You can act alone or enlist your friends, family
4、 and coworkers.You can also call the Make A Difference Day Hot Line, 18004163824, for information. Or use the ideas on this website for inspiration.What do I do after Ive selected a project?Tell others what youre doing and enlist help. Several weeks before the day, tell us about your plans in the Ma
5、ke A Difference DAYtaBANK, a national listing of local projects that will be viewed by interested volunteers, other people looking for good project ideas and news media looking for good stories to tell. It will only take a few minutes to post your plans in the DAYtaBANK hosted by HandsOn Network.Do
6、it!Carry out your plans to help others on Make A Difference Day. Be sure to take lots of pictures and share them on the Make A Difference Day Photo Album.文章大意：本文是一篇应用文。介绍了美国最大的社区活动Make A Difference Day。希望大家积极参与这一活动，帮助他人。1Where does the text probably come from?AA magazine. BA website. CA newspaper. D
7、A festival brochure.答案：B细节理解题。根据How do I get started部分第二段的最后一句“Or use the ideas on this website for inspiration.”可知，答案B符合文义。2Make A Difference Day _.Ais celebrated every year all over the world Bis a service provided by the communityCis a celebration of helpful neighborsDis a national day of doing g
8、ood in America答案：D推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句“Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of community service in the USA”和Who takes part in Make A Difference Day部分第一句中“anyone can carry out a volunteer project that helps others”可知，答案D符合文义。3It can be inferred from the text that volunteers _.Aare chosen ca
9、refully by USA WEEKENDBneed to dress up on Make A Difference DayCcan get good project ideas from HandsOn NetworkDtake pictures to send them to news media for money答案：C推理判断题。根据What do I do after Ive selected a project部分第二句中“other people looking for good project ideas and news media looking for good s
10、tories to tell.”和最后一句“It will only take a few minutes to post your plans in the DAYtaBANK hosted by HandsOn Newwork.”可推知，答案C符合文义。4The main purpose of the text is to _.Aintroduce the origin of Make A Difference DayBinstruct people how to select a proper project ideaCpromote Make A Difference Day to o
11、ther countriesDencourage individuals to join in Make A Difference Day答案：D写作意图题。根据对文章的最后一部分Do it和全文的整体理解可知，本文主要的目的是鼓励大家积极参与Make A Difference Day这一活动，故答案D符合文义。阅读理解(一)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 th
12、e days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of 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 thirte
13、en years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, wellequipped with pens, a diary, and a camera.During 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
14、description of my travels.On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand.The sky was clear and 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 pen.At that point, I understood that nothing I wrot
15、e could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.All 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 s
16、till love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.I take pictures, but not very oftenonly 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 simp
17、ly pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I dont 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 th
18、e experiences will always remain inside me.I dont live to make memoriesI just live, and the memories form themselves.9Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of_.Aobserving her school routineBexpressing her satisfactionCimpressing her classmatesDpreserving her histor
19、y解析细节理解题。由文章第一段的最后一句话“After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past？”可知，我认为通过看过去经历的记录是保存过去的一种方式，故选D项。答案D10What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?AA dull night on the journey.BThe beauty of the great valley.CA striking quotation from a book.DHer conc
20、erns for future generations.解析细节理解题。由第三段的第一句话“At 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.”可知，山谷的美让我意识到没有什么能比得上让自己去体验美。故选B项。答案B11What does the author put in her diary now?ANotes and beau
21、tiful pictures.BSpecial thoughts and feelings.CDetailed accounts of daily activities.DDescriptions of unforgettable events.解析细节理解题。由第四段第一句话“Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.”可知现在“我”只把一些特殊想法和感受写在日记里，故正确答案为B项。答案B12The author comes to realize that to
22、live a meaningful life is_.Ato experience itBto live the present in the futureCto make memoriesDto give accurate representations of it解析细节理解题。由最后一段的最后一句“I dont live to make memories.I just live，and the memories form themselves”可知A项正确，C项不正确；由第四段最后一句“I realize that life will simply pass me by if I sta
23、y behind the camera，busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.”可知B项错误。由最后一段第二句话“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.”可知D项错误。答案A阅读理解 (2013合肥市二模，B)Walking in a far
24、mers market often brings one to explore new food options, and now more locallyfarmed protein choices are available to help bridge the gap between our meals and the farms on which they originated. More and more local small farms are popping_up in opposition to factory farms.Todays commercial farms do
25、 not fit the image that comes to mind while happily singing along to “Old McDonald”. Instead, most of the nations food comes from CAFOs, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, where animals are kept in tightly enclosed conditions as they are fattened up and readied to be killed for food.Fortunately, kn
26、owing exactly where ones food comes from has led to an increase in the availability of what is known as “grassfed” beef. Technically, all cattle are grassfed for at least a limited amount of time, but what makes the meat significant is that it is grassfinished, not forcefed corn, soy or grains. This
27、 change in diet makes all the difference since corn is not part of the cows traditional diet, and therefore causes major health issues for it. To deal with the health issues, antibiotics (抗生素) are used and some of the antibiotics used to treat the cattle are similar to those given to humans, so they
28、 can decrease the effectiveness of medicine when a consumer is sick.A healthier diet for the cattle leads the meat to lower in both fat and calories. And when cooking grassfed beef, youd better use a slightly lower temperature to make it more delicious.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。为了应对机械化农业的弊端，越来越多的小农业开始兴盛起来了，它们生产
29、的农畜牧产品不仅丰富了人们的一日三餐，同时也更绿色、更健康。5The underlined words “popping up” (in the 1st paragraph) probably means _.Aimproving Bfading Cprofiting Dappearing答案：D词义猜测题。根据文章第一句中“and now more locallyfarmed protein choices are available”可知，现在有更多的当地小农场喂养的动物可满足人们对蛋白质的需求，即当地出现了越来越多小农场，由此可知，appear与pop up意思最为接近，故答案D符合文义
30、。6The song “Old McDonald” describes _.Aanimals raised freely on local farmsBanimals kept in tightly enclosed conditionsCcommercial farms providing fast foodDcommercial farms providing unpopular foods答案：A推理判断题。根据文章第二段第一句“Todays commercial farms do not fit the image.”的提示和下文对商业农场喂养动物的方法的描述可知，the song “
31、Old McDonald”所描述的喂养方式正好和商业农场相反，由此可推知，答案A符合文义。7Some medicines are less effective for beef consumers probably because _.Asome cattle feed on grainsBall cattle diet on grassCsome medicines are used to treat sick cattleDsome antibiotics are used by both cattle and people答案：D细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句中“and some o
32、f the antibiotics used to treat the cattle are similar to those given to humans.”可推知，答案D符合文义。8We can infer from the text that _.Afood from local farms can help add to the variety in our daily mealsBsoy or grains are on the list of traditional diets of the cattleCcorn for the cattle leads the meat to
33、 lower in both fat and caloriesDlower temperature makes grassfed beef more delicious答案：A推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句“Walking in a farmers market often brings one to explore new food options, and now more locallyfarmed protein choices are available to help bridge the gap between our meals and the farms on which
34、they originated.”可推知，选项A“当地小农场的食物可以丰富我们的一日三餐”符合文义。B、C两项与原文不符；D项不是经过推理得出的，不符合题意，故排除。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 How I Turned to Be Optimistic I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunts house, and my mother said that we might soon be l
35、eaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning. I do not remember myself crying for th
36、is reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back wa
37、s hardly in my head then. The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really losthaving to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be
38、. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to the hard times. My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote let
39、ters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives. From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away!
40、Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy. ( ) 1. How did the author get to know America? A. From her relatives. B. From her mother. C. From books and pictures.
41、D. From radio programs. 【答案】C。 【解析】细节理解题。第一段第四行我们可以知道答案为C. ( ) 2. Upon leaving for America the author felt_. A. confused B. excited C. worried D. amazed 【答案】B。 【解析】第二段前两行告诉我们作者离开的时候感受到的不是困惑和担忧，而是兴奋。 ( ) 3. For the first two years in New York, the author _. A. often lost her way B. did not think abou
42、t her future C. studied in three different schools D. got on well with her stepfather 【答案】C。 【解析】细节理解题。For the first two years in New York I was really losthaving to study in three schools as a result of family moves. ( ) 4. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4? A. She worked as a tra
43、nslator. B. She attended a lot of job interviews. C. She paid telephone bills for her family. D She helped her family with her English. 【答案】D。 【解析】第四段用很多例子表明她用她的英语在帮助家人( ) 5. The author believes that_. A. her future will be free from troubles B. it is difficult to learn to become patient C. there are more good things than bad things D. good things will happen if one keeps trying 【答案】D。 【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段话最后三行可以知道答案。 - 9 - 版权所有高考资源网
