1、 2014高考英语阅读理解抓分练习精品（33）及答案阅读理解CFor years my husband, John, and I had dreamed of taking our three kids to Disney WorldWed planned our trip down to the last detail and dollarBut in Georgia, halfway there, our car broke downAt a garage, the mechanic promised our Mercury Sable would be repaired by the n
2、ext weekMeanwhile, John tried to find us a rental carAfter many phone calls, John finally found a carLuckily, our auto club would pick up the tabWe ended up arriving there three hours behind scheduleWe tried every ride and met MickeyAt the end of the long weekend we called the garage to check on our
3、 carIt turned out that the mechanic hadnt even looked at it yet! John got on the phone againHe found it would cost more than $ l, 100 to rent a car to drive homeThat plus a plane ticket for him to go pick up our own car and wed be out over $2,000!I wailed（痛哭） and asked John, What are we going to do?
4、 He said, Itll work out John encouraged me not to lose heart and he insisted on trying to find a way outAmazingly, John found a car transport company that had a car we could drive home, paying only for gas! But all the way home I couldnt stop thinking about the money wed still need for Johns trip ba
5、ck to the garage and another long driving homeWhen we got home, the high school student who had fed our cats asked how our trip wasI gave him the rundown, Things worked out okay except that our cars still stuck in Georgia No problem, he saidIm heading to Florida for a spring break with my parentsWel
6、l be glad to stop in Georgia on the way back and pick up your carWe ended up spending only $50 more than wed budgetedThe next week, our car was back, and I had a new understanding of dealing with troubleWhatever happens, if you never give up, a good solution will come out at last9From the passage we
7、 can learn that ADisney World is located in GeorgiaBMercury Sable is the name of the mechanicCthe couple budgeted for their trip carefullyDrepairing their car needed a lot of money10The underlined phrase pick up the tab probably means “_”Apay the expense of renting a carBfind a taxi for the club mem
8、bersCgive somebody a lift on the wayDtake someone home free of charge11Why was the author unhappy at the end of the weekend?AThey didnt have enough money to rent a car to go homeBThey spent $2,000 more than they had budgetedCThey didnt enjoy themselves in Disney WorldDThey found their car hadnt been
9、 repaired at all12We can infer from the passage that _Athe car transport company usually had its cars rentedBthe couple had to drive the companys car to an appointed placeCthe car transport company charged the couple some moneyDa student helped the couple return the car to the company 参考答案-CADB 阅读理解
10、 (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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADear Rudyard Kipling,Father has consistently tried to instill(灌输) a sense of being a man in me ever since I was very young. When I reached the age of twelve he began taking me to his auto body shop. He told me this tough job would build
11、me into a man of character. But this all changed a year ago when my mother passed away and stumbled upon your poem, If.My mother was the person who could understand me. If I ever got tired during my work hours at the shop I could call her to come and pick me up. It was my mother who instilled the lo
12、ve of literature and languages in me. My mother spoke six languages fluently and had thousands of books, which still sit in the attic of our house. It was in this “library” of hers that I picked up a book of poetry from a cold metal shelf and found your poem, If. Because of the death of my mother I
13、felt alone, as if I belonged to no family. The image of a man was completely shattered when I saw him break down and cry, which looked so pathetic（凄惨的）and “unmanly” compared to his usual stoic（禁欲主义者）and emotionless countenance. Yet I remained silent remembering the golden words: “If you can keep you
14、r head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you youll be a Man, my son!”If reminded me to remain calm and “keep my head” because I wanted to be a man and wanted to be the one supporting my family. I sacrificed my ability to compete in a winter sport so that I could stay home and c
15、ook for my family and clean the house. My father saw this and our relationship has grown much stronger. He finally respected me for who I was and told me he was proud to have a man for his son. Through this poem, I realize that to be a man is not about putting weights on a barbell（杠铃）but rather putt
16、ing the weight of others on your back. Your poem was so much more than just a simple list of guidelines or morals that some see it as; it really changed my life and my relationship with my dad. 41. According to the passage, what kind of person does the authors father expect him to be?A. A person who
17、 will shoulder responsibilities.B. A person who knows how to earn a lot of money.C. A person who knows how to do housework.D. A person who respects his parents.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据Father has consistently tried to instill(灌输) a sense of being a man in me ever since I was very young.作者的父亲想要他成为一个真正的能肩负起责
18、任的男人，故选A。42. Who does the underlined word “him” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. the character in the poem B. the authors fatherC. the author D. an unknown person【答案】C【解析】词义猜测题。根据The image of a man was completely shattered when I saw him break down and cry,可知这里指的是作者自己，是作者痛苦，因为自己的母亲去世，故选C。43. According to
19、the passage, a man in the authors mind would have the following qualities EXCEPT _.A. responsible B. calm C. caring D. enthusiastic 【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。responsible有责任心的； calm镇静的； caring爱心，有同情心的； enthusiastic热情的。根据because I wanted to be a man and wanted to be the one supporting my family. 作者认为人要有责任心；If yo
20、u can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you youll be a Man, my son 这里作者引用母亲的话来说明人在遇到事情时要镇静；要If I ever got tired during my work hours at the shop I could call her to come and pick me up.作者认为要有爱心；只有选项D的热情没有提到，故选D。44. We can learn from the passage that _. A. the poe
21、m has helped to improve the relationship between the author and his fatherB. the author would not know how to help his family without the poemC. the authors father must have read the poem as wellD. the authors mother had told him about this poem before 【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据Your poem was so much more tha
22、n just a simple list of guidelines or morals that some see it as; it really changed my life and my relationship with my dad.那首诗帮助改善了作者和父亲的关系，故选A。45. The author has written this letter to _.A. share with Rudyard Kipling his sadness resulting from the death of his mother B. show his appreciation for t
23、he positive influence the poem has brought to himC. share his opinion on the poemD. tell Rudyard Kipling how he got the poem 【答案】B 【解析】作者意图题。根据短文的内容可知作者想让我们知道那首诗带给他的积极的影响。 With a 4 million ITV contract（合同） in her pocket and an engagement （婚约） to her England footballer boyfriend, its been a good year
24、 for Christine BleakleyPerhaps its no wonder, as the TV presenter is 31, the age at which women are the most attractive, according to a surveyWhile the average British woman of 31 may be married with a child, the survey noted they are at a wonderful age because they have not only youthful beauty but
25、 also more confidence and a better sense of style than flesh-faced teenagersSome 70 percent of more than 2,000 men and women surveyed considered confidence as a key factor in making a woman attractive, ahead of the 67 percent who included physical beauty and 47 percent who looked for a sense of styl
26、eAlmost two thirds of the women agreed with the opinion With age, comes beauty, and over half said that as they age they do away with their insecurities and feel more beautiful, while 55 percent felt they knew the best make-up to wearSelf-confidence varied widely across the country in the survey: Lo
27、ndon women emerged as the most confident about their looks, with 37 percent describing themselves as beautiful, compared with just 28 percent of Welsh womenMeanwhile, East Midlands women spend the most on beauty programs 12969 monthlycompared with a national average of 10550The research was carried
28、on for TV shopping channel QVC to mark the launch of its Beauty MonthQVC marketing director Sue Leeson said: This research shows what many have always suspected real beauty is about more than just good looks but a combination of confidence, style and personality, too”13Which of the following doesnt
29、have much to do with a womans beauty?ABeing famous and independent BHaving self-confidenceCLooking young and stylish DWearing proper make-up14In the survey_ think attractive women should possess a sense of styleAnearly 1,000 women Bmore than 1,000 womenCnearly half the participants D55 percent of th
30、e women15Which fact shows that a woman is confident?APaying little attention to styleBWearing expensive make-upCConsidering herself as beautifulDSpending much on beauty programs参考答案-ACCThis is an old tale. Its the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of str
31、aw and one made of sticks. The only house left standing was the one made of bricks. Now there is new evidence to suggest that houses built with bales of straw can be very strong. They are also environmental. Pete Walker is a professor at the University of Bath in Britain. He and a team of researcher
32、s there have built a house made out of straw bales and hemp material. During the next twelve months the team will study the effectiveness of these materials in home building. Professor Walker says there are many good reasons for using straw. Professor Walker says that one of the benefits is that its
33、 a relatively inexpensively renewable material thats readily available. According to Professor Walker, straw takes in carbon dioxide as it grows. So it can be seen as having no harmful effects on the environment. He says straw helps the environment in other ways. Professor Walker: “The straw bale wa
34、lls are relatively thick and so all that straw provides very good thermal(of heat) insulation. So we make buildings that require very little heating in the winter or indeed very little cooling in the summer. So they require very little additional energy.” Professor Walker says this reduces home oper
35、ating expenses. It also reduces the effect on the environment. He says the current interest in straw bale houses is a direct response to the problem of climate change. David Lanfear owns an eco-friendly home building service in the United States called Bale on Bale Construction. He says he laughed w
36、hen some friends first told him about houses built of straw. But after doing his own research, he learned that building with straw bales made a lot of sense. He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely accepted. To build the house
37、s, he fills a wood frame with tightly packed bales of straw. Next he coats the walls inside and out with layers of clay plaster. He says the common ideas about straw houses continue, including stories about the threat of fire. Mr. Lanfear says straw bale houses have done well when tested for fire re
38、sistance. And he says his builders use the same building methods as traditional builders to keep out rain. David Lanfear: “We use what we call good shoes and a good hat, and that would be a solid foundation and a really good roof.”46. The function of the story in the first paragraph is to _.A. amuse
39、 the readersB. introduce the topic of this passage C. help the readers to recall their childhood memoryD. remind the readers that bricks are no longer the best choice for building 【答案】B【解析】推理判断题。根据用这个寓言故事来引出下文，因为它们有相同之处都是叙述的房子的问题，故选B。47. Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the unde
40、rlined word “insulation” in paragraph six? A. protection B. condition C. transmission D. expansion 【答案】A【解析】词义猜测题。根据The straw bale walls are relatively thick及So we make buildings that require very little heating in the winter or indeed very little cooling in the summer.可以猜出厚厚的草起保护的作用，故选A。48. Whats D
41、avid Lanfears attitude towards the straw houses at last?A. Doubtful B. Approving C. Defensive D. Negative 【答案】B【解析】推理判断题。根据He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely accepted. 最后David Lanfear是同意接受了用草做成的房子的。故选B。49. Which of the fo
42、llowing is NOT the advantage of the house built with straw bales?A. It is environmentally friendly.B. The supply of its building materials is easily guaranteed.C. It is comparatively economical.D. It is free from fires.【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据So it can be seen as having no harmful effects on the environmen
43、t.这种房子是环保的，选项A符合原文；thats readily available.这些草是可以再生的，更新快，所以房子的原料是可以保证的，选项B符合原文；its a relatively inexpensively renewable material thats readily available. 这种房子是经济适用，花费不多，选项C符合原文；以上都是草屋的优点，只有选项D没有提到，故选D。50. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Professor Walker is still not ve
44、ry sure about whether the straw bales and hemp material are as useful as they expect.B. According to Professor Walker, climate change contributes to peoples present attention to straw bale houses. C. Peoples idea about the straw houses remains the same.D. The straw bale house built by David Lanfear share the same method to keep out rain as the traditional ones. 【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据the common ideas about straw houses continue, including stories about the threat of fire.人们的对于草房子的观点不可能完全一致，故选C。