1、2014高考英语阅读理解抓分精品训练（34）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe dark chocolate is one of the favourite food choices by many. The taste is simply irresistible, the smell is tempting and the feel of every bite is surely what you are craving for.Aside from the taste, you simply cannot resist it because
2、it has a lot of benefits when it comes to your health. Our health is our priority(首要事情) when it comes to the choice of our foods. If you worry that the chocolate is bad for your health, then here is a list of the effects of dark chocolate to health especially when taken with the right amount every d
3、ay.First of all , it contains a component called falconoid(类黄铜) which acts as an antioxidant(抗氧化剂). The antioxidants fight the common signs of aging. The antioxidants are also good for the heart. Studies have shown that people who ate foods rich in antioxidants have low incidence of heart diseases.A
4、side from the anti-aging and healthy heart benefits, the dark chocolate can also lower blood pressure and reduce bad cholesterol(胆固醇) to as high as 10%. Lowering of blood pressure in patients of high blood level is good because it will lower the risks of stroke and certain health crisis. Low levels
5、of blood cholesterol are also good for the heart and take away the risk of blood vessels which may harden for too much cholesterol in them.Lastly, do you know the feeling of being overjoyed after jogging? This feeling is like extreme happiness. Dark chocolates will give you the feeling of pleasure a
6、nd happiness. If you are feeling that the world has turned against you, then a chocolate can be a mood lifter. It is an antidepressant. Usually when we feel so bad, we would crave to eat more food. If you are looking for something to eat during your bad moments, try to take a bite from a dark chocol
7、ate and feel good somehow after it.These are commonly the effects of chocolates to health. It can benefit you especially if taken in moderate amounts. Approximately, 100 grams of chocolate or less a day is already enough according to studies. If you have taken too much, try to lessen on your other m
8、eals for the day. It is all about nutrition and taking the right amount of food in order to get the health benefits that it can provide for you.1. According to the text, _. A. many people like the dark chocolate for its taste B. the dark chocolate is the best choice for most people. C. nobody could
9、resist the tempting smell of the dark chocolate D. only a bite of the dark chocolate will make you addicted to it2. What do we consider most important when choosing our foods? A. Our taste. B. Our health. C. The variety of foods. D. The source of foods.3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 sugge
10、sts that dark chocolates _. A. are the best choices for the aged B. are usually used as an antioxidant C. can keep you stay young forever D. can make you look younger than your real age4. What can we learn from paragraph 5? A. If you are depressed, dark chocolate will make you delighted. B. If you a
11、re feeling bad, you will crave to eat dark chocolates. C. If you eat some dark chocolates, you will get overjoyed. D. If you are hungry, the best food is dark chocolates.参考答案ABDA C72013辽宁卷 BGoing green seems to be a fad(时尚) for a lot of people these days.Whether that is good or bad, we cant really s
12、ay, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.On April 22，2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year.This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things.Rather than recycle and reduce our
13、energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started.My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green thi
14、ngs that could be done to help the environment.We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles.We now shop at organic(有机的) stores.We consume less meat, choosing green food.We have greatly reduced our buying we dont nee
15、d.We have given away half of what we owned through websites.Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners.We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of homemade fresh bread.In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.Our minds have been c
16、hanged by Our Green Year.We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others.We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.60What might be the best title for the passage?AGoing GreenBProtecting the PlanetCKeeping OpenMindedDCelebrating Our Gree
17、n Year61It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because _Athey were expected to follow the green fadBthey didnt know how to educate other peopleCthey were unwilling to reduce their energyDthey needed to perform unusual green tasks62What did the couple do over the cour
18、se of Our Green Year?AThey tried to get out of their ungreen habits.BThey ignored others ungreen behavior.CThey chose better chemical cleaners.DThey sold their homemade food.63What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe government will give support to the green project.BThe couple may continue th
19、eir project in the future.CSome people disagree with the couples green ideas.DOur Green Year is becoming a national campaign.【要点综述】 本文是记叙文，主要讲一对夫妇在一年时间里做不同支持环保的事情，保护环境和地球。60A主旨大意题。文章第一段提出本文主题“对我们来说，支持环保 (Going green)不是时尚而是生活方式”，所以选A。61D细节理解题。第二段第二句“这意味着做365件不同的环保事情”，说明他们困难的原因是需要做不同的环保任务，所以选D。62A推理判断
20、题。根据倒数第二段第一句“我们完全改变了生活习惯”及倒数第二段剩下的内容可知选A。63B推理判断题。根据最后一段中描述“我们思想已经在改变，我们相信我们的确有能力改变，帮助这个星球”，说明这对夫妇将来还会继续他们的计划。 London has become a cycle friendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire scheme. It has been designed to encourage more people to cycle in and around central London.So how does it work？F
21、irst you have to sign up to the scheme to be sent a key. The key will unlock one of the bikes，which are kept at docking stations in and around central London. You have to pay an access fee for the key and then you pay as you go，for the length of time you use the bike.Transport for London，which runs
22、the scheme，are hoping to have 6，000 bikes and 400 docking stations in place by the end of the year. The new hire system is hoping to ease congestion (拥挤) in London and is expected to create up to 40，000 extra cycle trips a day into the city centre. London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and
23、 said London had been “filled with thousands of gleaming machines that will transform the look and feel of our streets and become as commonplace on our roads as black cabs and red buses”.However，there have been a few problems since the scheme was launched last Friday. On the first day some people fo
24、und they couldnt dock their bike properly and their usage of the bike had not registered. Transport for London did admit they had been expecting a few “teething problems” and have said they wouldnt charge for the first day as a “gesture of goodwill”. Some other people have criticized the lack of doc
25、king stations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire the bicycles.Despite the comments，the green-thinking London Mayor still seems very positive about things，saying，“My campaign for the capital to become the greatest big cycling city in the world has taken a big pedal-powered
26、push forwards.”11. London Mayor boris Johnston launched the new bike scheme in order to _.A. reduce the air pollution of the city B. encourage the citizens to take exercisesC. deal with the citys traffic problems来源:D. increase employment opportunities12.If you want to hire a bike, in which order wil
27、l you do？a. pay for the bike according to the time you use it b. pay for the key to a bikec. cycle in and around central London d. sign up as a member to get a keyA. b-d-c-a B. b-c-a-d C. d-c-b-a D. d-b-c-a13.All the following are the problems of the scheme EXCEPT A. the high cost to hire a bike B.
28、not registering their usage of the bikes C. not charging for the first day of the scheme D. docking the bikes properly14. From the passage we can infer that .A. the London Mayor is confident in the schemeB. the scheme will be cancelled because of the problemsC. all the citizens in London support the
29、 schemeD. the cycling revolution is not successful参考答案CDCAABobby Moresco grew up in New Yorks Hells Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattans West Side. But Hells Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-
30、struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor. M
31、oresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls - and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. I wasnt a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life, he says. He moved to Hollywood, where
32、he drove a cab and worked as a bartender. My father said, Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter. “But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft. Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and start
33、ed writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hells Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brothers killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay. His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to m
34、ove back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept p
35、itching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America. Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independ
36、ent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary. Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three - Best Picture, Best Film Editing and
37、Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hells Kitchen. At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. If you have something you want to do in life, dont think about the problems, he says, think about other ways to get it done. 15. Rearrange the following statements
38、in terms of time order:a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theaterb. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.d. He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of
39、doing something diiferent.e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.A. d; c; e; a; b B. d; e; c; b; a C. c; d; e; a; b D. c; e; d; b; a 16. Why Bobby Moresco did not tell anyone that he started taking lessons at age 17?A. He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise. B. His gi
40、rlfriend did not allow him to do this.C. He was afraid of being laughed at.D. He had no talent for acting.来源:17. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?A. His father did not support his work as a bartender.B. Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs.C. His brot
41、hers death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets.D. Moresco grew up in New Yorks Hells Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway.18. The Studio executives turned the script Crash down because _.A. they thought the script would not be popular.B. the script was not well written.C. they had n
42、o money to make the film based on the script.D. they thought Moresco was not famous.19. Whats the best title of the article?A. The Road to SuccessB. Try It a Different WayC. A Talented manMorescoD. Morescos Perseverance 20. Which of the following can best describe Bobby Moresco?A. initiative (主动) an
43、d persistent B. shy but hardworking C. caring and brave D. aggressive and modest参考答案 CDABAC72013山东卷 DSparrow is a fastfood chain with 200 restaurants. Some years ago, the group to which Sparrow belonged was taken over by another company. Although Sparrow showed no sign of declining, the chain was ge
44、nerally in an unhealthy state. With more and more fastfood concepts reaching the market, the Sparrow menu had to struggle for attention. And to make matters worse, its new owner had no plans to give it the funds it required.Sparrow failed to grow for another two years, until a new CEO, Carl Pearson,
45、 decided to build up its market share. He did a survey, which showed that consumers who already used Sparrow restaurants were extremely positive about the chain, while customers of other fastfood chains were unwilling to turn away from them. Sparrow had to develop a new promotional campaign. Pearson
46、 faced a battle over the future of the Sparrow brand. The chains owner now favored rebranding Sparrow as Marcys restaurants. Pearson resisted, arguing for an advertising campaign designed to convince customers that visits to Sparrow restaurants were fun. Such an attempt to establish a positive relat
47、ionship between a company and the general public was unusual for that time. Pearson strongly believed that numbers were the key to success, rather than customers spending power. Finally, the owner accepted his idea. The campaign itself changed the traditional advertising style of the fastfood indust
48、ry. The TV ads of Sparrow focused on entertainment and featured original songs performed by a variety of stars. Instead of showing the superiority of a specific product, the intension was to put Sparrow in the hearts of potential customers.Pearson also made other decisions which he believed would co
49、ntribute to the new Sparrow image. For example, he offered to lower the rent of any restaurants which achieved a certain increase in their turnover (营业额)These efforts paid off, and Sparrow soon became one of the most successful fastfood chains in the regions where it operated.71Which was one of the
50、problems Sparrow faced before Pearson became CEO?A. The number of its customers was declining.B. Its customers found the food unhealthy.C. It was in need of financial support.D. Most of its restaurants were closed.72What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?ACustomers of Sparrow r
51、estaurants. BSparrow restaurants.CCustomers of other fastfood chains. DOther fastfood chains.73For what purpose did Pearson start the advertising campaign?ATo build a good relationship with the public.BTo stress the unusual tradition of Sparrow.CTo learn about customers spending power.DTo meet the c
52、hallenge from Marcys restaurants.74The TV ads of Sparrow _Achanged peoples views on pop starsBamused the public with original songsCfocused on the superiority of its productsDinfluenced the eating habits of the audience75What was Pearsons achievement as a CEO?AHe managed to pay off Sparrows debts.BH
53、e made Sparrow much more competitive.CHe helped Sparrow take over a company.DHe improved the welfare of Sparrow employees.【要点综述】 这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍拥有200家餐馆的Sparrow连锁快餐店从衰退到重生的过程。Pearson为此作出了很大的贡献。71C考查细节理解。从第一段的“And to make matters worse, its new owner had no plans to give it the funds it required.”可知，新
54、的管理者没有计划给予它所需要的资金。故选C。72D考查词义猜测。从本句的“which showed that consumers who already used Sparrow restaurants were extremely positive about the chain, while customers of other fastfood chains were unwilling to turn away from them.”前后对比，them 是指other fastfood chains。故选D。73A考查细节理解。从第三段的“Such an attempt to esta
55、blish a positive relationship between a company and the general public was unusual for that time.”可看出Pearson启动广告活动的目的是在公司与公众之间建立起一种积极的关系。故选A。74B考查细节理解。从第四段的“The TV ads of Sparrow focused on entertainment and featured original songs performed by a variety of stars.”和“the intention was to put Sparrow in the hearts of potential customers.”可知，广告用原创的歌曲来娱乐公众，故选B。从“Instead of showing the superiority of a specific product”可知C项不正确。75B考查细节理解。从全文看Pearson为Sparrow连锁店起死回生作出了很大的贡献，连锁店又受到公众的喜爱，具有竞争力了。
