1、2014高考英语阅读理解全程提升训练（22）及答案 社会生活类Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers. A
2、n attraction of sport programs for the major U.S. media companies is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoonsthe slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch mu
3、ch television at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming. Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising do
4、llars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers
5、, cars and life insurance. Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings (收视率) are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in t
6、he United States, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling high- priced cars, business and personal computers, and holiday trips. This is also why the networks continue to carry these programs regardless of lo
7、w ratings. Advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach high- income consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computers. With such viewers, these programs dont need high ratings to stay on the air. 1. Television sport programs on weekend afternoons_
8、.A. result in more sport eventsB. get more viewers to play sportsC. make more people interested in televisionD. bring more money to the television networks2. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs? A. Because there would be few viewers. B. Because the advertisers would
9、be off work. C. Because television programs would go slowly. D. Because viewers would pay less for watching television. 3. In many families, men make decisions on.A. holiday tripsB. sports viewing C. television shoppingD. expensive purchases4. The ratings are not important for golf and tennis progra
10、ms because _.A. their advertisers are carmakersB. their viewers are attracted by sportsC. their advertisers target at rich peopleD. their viewers can afford expensive cars5. What is the passage mainly about? A. Television ratings are determined by male viewers. B. Rich viewers contribute most to tel
11、evision companies. C. Sports are gaining importance in advertising on television. D. Commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events. 【参考答案】44.DADCC 阅读（共两小节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A，B，C和D中，选出最佳选项。ALONDON (Reuters) Children are dying for lack of drugs tailored to
12、their needs, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which launched a global campaign on Thursday to promote more research into child medicine.More than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters. The probl
13、em is even worse in developing countries where price remains a major barrier and 6 million children die each year from treatable conditions.In the case of HIV/AIDS, the few existing pediatric therapies（儿科的疗法）developed for children generally cost three times more than adult ones. As a result, clinici
14、ans lack clear guidelines on the best drug to use and often have to guess at the correct dose. Fortunately, the WHO has drawn up the first international List of Essential Medicines for Children, containing 206 products considered safe for children.“But a lot remains to be done. There are priority me
15、dicines that have not been adapted for childrens use or are not available when needed,” said Dr Hans, the U.N. agencys director of medicines policy and standards. Medicines that need to be adapted to childrens needs include many antibiotics, pain drugs as well as combination pills for HIV/AIDS, tube
16、rculosis and malaria. The agency is building an Internet entrance linking to clinical trials carried out in children and will launch a Web site with the information early next year.Testing medicines on children has always been a controversial issue, since good ethical（伦理的）practice requires informed
17、agreement from people participating in clinical trials, which is difficult to obtain in the case of children. As a result, research-based drug companies have been wary of developing child-friendly medicines and general companies have been slow to produce them at lower cost.In an attempt to deal with
18、 the issue, both Europe and the United States now have special rules offering extended patent protection for drugs that have been tested on children. 【文章大意】本文叙述了儿童急需适合他们需要的药物。现在儿童服用的药物中有一半以上没有对儿童进行检测。幸运的是世界卫生组织公布了206种药物儿童可以安全服用的药物。儿童药物的检测一直有争议。因此儿童药物的生产进行较缓慢。36. Which of the following is the best ti
19、tle of the passage? A. A Global Campaign to Promote Research into AIDS Medicine B. WHO Says Children are Dying for Lack of Child-sized Drugs C. Many People are Concerned about Childrens Drugs D. Measures Taken to Develop Child-friendly Medicine Quickly【答案】B【 解析】标题归纳题。根据Children are dying for lack of
20、 drugs tailored to their needs, according to the World Health Organization (WHO),可知这篇报道是世界卫生组织宣布的儿童急需适合他们需要的药物。故选B。37. Which of the following medicine is not needed to be adapted to childrens need according to the passage? A. Pain killers.B. Tuberculosis.C. AID pills. D. Flu pills.【答案】D【 解析】细节理解题。根据
21、Medicines that need to be adapted to childrens needs include many antibiotics, pain drugs as well as combination pills for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.可知pain killers，Tuberculosis，AID pills.需要适应儿童的需要。故选D。38. Why has testing medicines on children always been a controversial issue? A. It is agai
22、nst good ethical practice B. Children shouldnt take part in clinical trials. C. It is hard to get informed agreement from children tested. D. Parents dont allow their children to be tested on medicine.【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据since good ethical（伦理的）practice requires informed agreement from people participa
23、ting in clinical trials, which is difficult to obtain in the case of children.可知很难在儿童病例中获得良好的伦理实践要求的共识。故选C。39. The underlined word “wary” in the last but one paragraph means _. A. fast B. fond C. cautious D. uninterested【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据general companies have been slow to produce them at lower cost
24、.可知儿童的药品生产公司缓慢的低成本的生产药物，因此课推断儿童药品生产需要小心翼翼的。故选C。40. What can be inferred from the passage? A. There is still a long way to go on childrens medicine. B. An Internet entrance is being built to link to clinical trials carried out in children. C. Both Europe and the United States now have special rules o
25、ffering extended patent protection for childrens drugs. D. Less than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters【答案】A【 解析】推理判断题。根据which is difficult to obtain in the case of children.可知儿童药物的检验较难，因此儿童药物的制造较困难。故选A。社会生活类
26、As students and teachers returned to school on Monday after the publication of performance ratings(等级) for 18,000 teachers, many parents said they were giving the reports serious thought. Yet there was an equal measure of skepticism among parents that tests cores have any relationship with teachers
27、competence.Some said they already knew how good a teacher was by walking into the classroom or by monitoring their childrens progress. “Im the kind of person who likes to see for themselves,” a father in Queens said.Others worried about how their fellow parents, perhaps ones with sharper elbows, mig
28、ht respond.Will they demand a new teacher? Move their children to a new school?Elizabeth Sane, the mother of a fourth grader at the Ella Baker School, a kinder garten-through-eighth-grade school on the Upper East Side, said that her daughter was switched to a different teachers class over the summer
29、, and that it was “like adding salt to the wound” when she saw the high ratings for her daughters previous teacher. Her daughters teacher this year did not receive a rating because he previously taught high school.Ms. Sane said that the rating was not the only factor that influenced how she assessed
30、 a teachers performance, but that the data used for teacher evaluations mattered.But other parents dropping their children off at the Ella Baker School said they did not trust teacher ratings based on test scores any more than they wanted their childrens learning measured only by the state exams.“So
31、me people take it as the final word, but it doesnt change who they are as teachers. The ratings arent accurate, and the whole student testing thing needs to be thrown out,”said Lydia Delga do, whose child is in the second grade.41.Paragraph 1 tells us that_.来源:A. all the teachers received a rating g
32、iven by the studentsB. all the teachers will receive a rating at the end of each semesterC. most parents took the teachers ratings seriouslyD. about half of the parents doubted the ratings to be reliable42.What does the underlined part “with sharper elbows” mean?A. With the ability to change the sit
33、uation.B. With a good relationship with the school.C. With a stong will tosucceed.D. With strong elbows physically. 43.Paragraph 4 shows that Elizabeth Sane . A. was on the side of giving ratings to the teachersB. regretted having senther daughter to another class C. didnt think her daughters previo
34、us teacher was betterD. wanted her daughterto return to her previous class44. Which of the following statements is true?A. The teacher ratings were decided by the test scores of the students.B. Ms. Sane evaluated a teachers performance only by the rating.C. Lydia Delgado didnt think the students sco
35、res should be kept.D. To give ratings to teachers will come to an end in the near future.45.The attitude of the author towards the way to assess teachers competence is .A. supportiveB. criticalC. indifferentD. objective【参考答案】80.DABAD阅读理解-BI really hadnt meant to yell at them. But that grey afternoon
36、 saw it just as my son and daughter were making a terrible mess on the floor in the kitchen.With a tiresome report to write, I felt bothered at my desk. Suddenly, it occurred to me that my kids were at fault. A voice inside me insisted that I do something quickly.“Ok, you two here, but what an awful
37、 thing you are attempting!” I was shouting angrily. I made for them, while it became evident that the boy wanted no part of me. “Get away from us!” he shouted back, there being an expression of support from his sister.All of a sudden, I found the fault in myself. Quickly I shaped my hands into pince
38、rs(钳子) and crawled towards them, “Crabby（暴躁的） Daddy is here. Ha, Ha, Ha, he likes to yell at children, and then eat them!” My son continued to keep me away, but now he was laughing and crying at the same time. My mission to repair the damage caused by my yelling seemed to work well. Still, I regrett
39、ed not having controlled myself first in a right way.Need I let them know how badly they were acting by blaming? This is a lesson that serves myself. It only shows just how to get rid of something (ill-feelings, responsibility) by blaming others. Its not my “best self”.We have to search for our “bes
40、t self” when with our children. They dont need perfect parents, but they do need parents who are always trying to get better. Here, I am reminded of the words of a great thinker. “When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the book” Then, in our lifetime, couldnt we alwa
41、ys speak to our kids in such a sweet voice since most of us consider them as the most precious in the world? And before we reach this level, what should we do when we come across various difficult cases with our children?【文章大意】本文叙述了作者忙于烦人的工作时，发现孩子把房间弄的乱七八糟，于是大喊。孩子们因此不愿意理他了。当作者发现自己错了，他于是开始于孩子开玩笑，逗乐孩子
42、。作者认为大人要始终对孩子保持最好的一面，不要对孩子着急发火。41. The author couldnt help yelling at his kids this time probably because_.A. the weather was so unpleasant B. he was tired of his boring workC. the kids didnt ask him to join them D. a Daddy has his right to do so【答案】B【 解析】推理判断题。根据With a tiresome report to write, I f
43、elt bothered at my desk. Suddenly, it occurred to me that my kids were at fault.可知作者正在写一篇烦人的报道，因此对自己的工作感到厌烦，有发现孩子把房间弄得换七八糟，因此大喊。故选B42. Which of the following made the author aware of his fault?A. No obvious reason. B. The boys yelling back.C. His self-awareness. D. The girls shouting back【答案】D【 解析】推
44、理判断题。根据there being an expression of support from his sister.和All of a sudden, I found the fault in myself.可知作者发现孩子的姐姐也认为是他错了，打算要远离他，此时作者才意识到是自己错了。故选D。43. According to the passage, the author will _ in another similar situation.A. play a crab again like this time B. apologize to kids in a sincere way
45、C. avoid blaming kids in a hurry D. beat them up about such things【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据I regretted not having controlled myself first in a right way.可知作者后悔着急的对孩子发火。因此可推断作者下次再相似的情况下会控制自己，避免急匆匆的责骂孩子。故选C。44. What will the writer go on to write about in the next paragraph(s)?A. How to behave ourselves prop
46、erly when kids are at fault.B. How to play with our children in a more interesting way.C. How to deal with the housework with children around us.D. How to persuade children to do what they are told to.【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据what should we do when we come across various difficult cases with our children?可
47、知此处作者问当我们遇到与孩子有不同的难题时应该怎么办，因此可推断下文将会讲如何处理与孩子遇到的问题，像家务。故选C。45. What does “the boy wanted no part of me” in the third paragraph mean?A. The boy was happy because I loved them.B. The boy was curious because I wanted to help them. C. The boy was very happy for I was angry. D. The boy didnt want me to join them.【答案】A【 解析】词义猜测题。根据“Get away from us!” he shouted back,可知孩子大喊离我们远点，由此猜测这句话的意思是孩子不想让他加入他们。故选A
