1、2014高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题（19）及答案阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B/C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AWe live in central Phoenix, near the canal. Every day I used to see a homeless old man and his scruffy little dog hanging out down there.I would tell my husband we should give him food for the little d
2、og. It wouldnt have been a problem; we have our own mini farm of animals! But he would say OK! and then blow the idea off because of our business.Being in Phoenix, Arizona, you can just imagine how hot it gets here, but his winter was really chilly! I had just come from KFC with take-out food for di
3、nner. As I was turning by the canal, the man and his dog were sitting right there all bundled up. Even the doggy had a coat on! Not even thinking about it, I pulled into the parking lot along the canal and piled up a plate of chicken with al the fixings for the man and his little buddy. I gave it to
4、 him with a soda and a bottle of water for the little dog. He said, Thank you, sweetie. You are an angel. And there were tears welling up in his eyes! I told him he ws so welcome, and then went home.When my husband dug into the KFC gag he asked, Were you hungry, or what? I told him what I did and he
5、 said, Only you! Then he told me I had done a good thing.A few weeks later, we were walking along the canal and found the man walking to me, with his little dog. He asked whether I would mind adopting the dog. With tears in eyes, he said it had gotten too hard for him to care for the dog. He added t
6、hat he was planning on heading to Washington State but his dog wouldnt have been up to it, so he hoped to give it to me. Only you! In this city, you are the only person I can believe in!Now, every time I watch and pat the puppy lying near the fireplace, I will recall the old mans words and wish him
7、good luck.26. The author and her husband didnt kelp the old man at the beginning because _ A.they had a farm of animals to feed B.they didnt have food even for themselves. C.they worked busily and often forget it. D.they were unwilling to help a man with a dog.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。由“But he would say OK! a
8、nd then blow the idea off because of our business.”可知我们一开始没有帮助老人是因为生意太忙，而忘记了。故选C。27. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 3? A. She gave the old man some food on a cold day. B. She met the old man after finishing her dinner. C. She offered the old man nothing but chicken. D. She burst i
9、nto tears after helping the old man.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。由“I pulled into the parking lot along the canal and piled up a plate of chicken with al the fixings for the man and his little buddy. I gave it to him with a soda and a bottle of water for the little dog.”可知在那个寒冷的日子，作者给了老人一些食物。28. What did the autho
10、rs husband feel when she told him what she had done? A. Grateful. B. Delighted C. Indifferent D. Disappointed【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。由“Then he told me I had done a good thing.”可知作者的丈夫为她所做的事情感到高兴。故选B。29. Why did the old man hope to give the dog to the author? A. Because he knew thee author was also a dog love
11、r. B. Because the author was the person he could trust. C. Because the author was the only person he knew. D. Because he believed that his dog liked the author.【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。由Only you! In this city, you are the only person I can believe in!可知老人把狗给她，是因为她是老人信任的人。故选B。30. What can we infer from the end
12、ing of the passage? A. The author refused the old mans request. B. The author misses the old man and his dog. C. The author feels the old man was very lucky. D. The author adopted the old mans dog.【答案】D【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段“every time I watch and pat the puppy lying near the fireplace,”可知作者收养了老人的狗。故选D. Pa
13、rents need to be good role models to help their children make sensible financial decisions, according to Adam Hancock and his team, from East Caronlina University in the US. Their work highlights that parents who argue about finances contribute to increasing credit card debt among their children dur
14、ing their students years. Their work is published online in Springers Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Credit card debt among college students has been a growing concern for researchers and policymakers over the last decade. In addition, there is growing concern among educators that more stude
15、nts are dropping out of school, not because of academic failure, but because of financial reasons, and credit card especially. Hancock and colleagues study is the first to examine how parental interactions, and financial knowledge and attitudes may have a cumulative effect（累积效应）on the number of cred
16、it cards students own and their level of credit card debt. The researchers analyzed data for 420 undergraduate students from seven different American universities, who took part in the College Student Financial Literacy Survey. According to the online survey, nearly two-thirds of students had a cred
17、it card, and nearly a third had more than one. Those students who reported that their parents argued about finances were more likely to have more than two cards than the students whose parents who did not argue about finances.In terms of debt, those students who had two or more credit cards were nea
18、rly three times more likely to report having credit card debt over 500.The researchers conclude, It is clear that the influence of parents cannot be neglected. Researchers, educators and policymakers should work in finding effective ways to increase the positive financial behaviors fo college studen
19、ts. We need to help students learn financial skills and establish healthy financial attitudes at earlier ages to prevent poor financial habits from taking root.31. In Adam Hancocks research, students credit card debt is related to their _. A.knowledge B.concerns C.school D.parents【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。由“T
20、heir work highlights that parents who argue about finances contribute to increasing credit card debt among their children during their students years.”可知学生的信用卡债务和他们的父母有关。故选D。32. When college students have credit card debt, they may _. A.quit school B.fail in their exams C.study financial knowledge D
21、.have more credit cards【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。由“there is growing concern among educators that more students are dropping out of school, not because of academic failure, but because of financial reasons, and credit card especially.”可知大学生有信用卡债务时，他们就可能退学。故选A。33. What can we infer from Paragraph 3? A. More than
22、 400 students i a university took the survey. B. The survey was conducted with the paper questionnaire. C. Nearly all the students in this survey have credit cards. D. Students have fewer cards if their parents argue more.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。由“According to the online survey, nearly two-thirds of students
23、 had a credit card, and nearly a third had more than one.”可知在调查中，几乎所有学生都有信用卡。故选C。34. If you have two or more credit cards, you are more likely to _. A.get wealthy B.have argument C.buy more things D.become in debt【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。由“In terms of debt, those students who had two or more credit cards were
24、 nearly three times more likely to report having credit card debt over 500.”说明如果你有两个或两个以上的信用卡，你更有可能负债。故选D。35. As a student, what can yo learn from the passage? A. We need to turn to our parents when we have credit card debt. B. We should build correct financial attitudes when we are young. C. We sho
25、uldnt have credit cards so that we can avoid argument. D. We can have more credit cards to make life more comfortable.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。由“We need to help students learn financial skills and establish healthy financial attitudes at earlier ages to prevent poor financial habits from taking root.”可知我们在小的
26、时候就应该树立正确的财政态度。故选B。1、（201*江西卷D ）Modern inventions have speeded up peoples lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars ar
27、e produced which go even faster each new computer boasts（吹嘘）of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.All this saves time, but at a prick. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bod
28、ies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have then danger according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to t
29、hink about. However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on
30、the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world.There was a time when some peoples lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might env
31、y about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced; they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.68. The new products beco
32、me more and more time-saving because _. .A. our love on speed seems never-ending B. time is limitedC. the prices are increasingly high D. the manufacturers boast a lot69. What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Imaginary life B. Simple life in the pastC. Times of inventions D. Time for const
33、ant activity70. What is the authors attitude towards the modern technology?A. Critical B. Objective C. Optimistic D. Negative71. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The present and past times B. Machinery and human beingsC. Imaginations and inventions D. Modern technology and its influence1、【文章大
34、意】 现代科技发明以惊人的速度提高着人们的生活，但同时也带来了一些负面影响。那我们该如何利用发明节省下来的时间？这正是本文作者想要告诉我们的。68. 解析选A. 细节理解题。根据第一自然段“ Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending.”可知A项正确。69. 解析选B细节理解题。根据后文提到的“when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world.”可知是那种生活简单的日子。70. 命题立意推理判断
35、题解析选B.一方面作者对于现代发明给人们带来的便利予以肯定，另一方面又承认了它的负面影响，所以作者的观点是中立的、客观的。71. 解析选D. 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了现代发明提高了人们的生活以及人们该如何处理它所带来的负面影响，故选D。4、（201*陕西卷A） Ask Dr ? JeffersThis month Dr. Jeffers is answering questions about the human brain and how it works.Dear Dr. Jeffers, One of my colleagues, Felix Moeller, told me that
36、 scientists are learning to use computer to read minds. Is there any truth to this story/Jane Leon, New York, USADear Ms. Leon,Well, a lot of research is being conducted in this area, but so far, the brainscanning equipment and corresponding computer programs havent been able toactually read thought
37、s. In one experiment, test subjects（受试者）were connected to scanning equipment and shown two numbers on a screen. They were then asked to choose between adding or subtracting（减）the two numbers. Using this method, researchers were able to follow brain processes andmake the correct assumptions（假设）70 per
38、cent of the time. Its not quite mind reading, but its certainly a first step.Dr. J.Dear Dr. Jeffers, My three-year-old son loves it when I dig my fingers into his sides and tickle （胳肢）him until he laughs uncontrollably. The other day I noticed him trying to tickle himself but he couldnt do it. Why n
39、ot?Glenn Lewis, Vancouver, CanadaDear Mr. Lewis,Its because of how the brain works. The brain is trained to know what to pay attention to and what to ignore. It causes us to ignore physical feelings we expect to happen, but it causes a mild panic reaction when there is an unexpected feeling. For exa
40、mple, you dont notice how your shoulder feels while youre walking down the street. But if someone comes up behind you and touches you lightly on the shoulder, you may jump in fear. Its that unexpected part that causes the tickle reaction.Dr. J.46.What can we learn from the answer to the first questi
41、on? A. Some equipment is able to read human minds. B. Some progress has been made in mind reading.C. Test subjects have been used to make decisions. D. Computer programs can copy brain processes.47.People laugh when tickled by others because the feeling is _. A. unexpected B.expected C. comfortable
42、D. uncomfortable48.Who has got a little child according to the text? A. Ms. Leon B. Mr. Lewis C. Mr. Moeller D. Dr. Jeffers49.According to the text, Jeffers is probably _. A. a computer programmer B. a test subjectC. a human brain expert D. a medical doctor4、 46.【解析】选B。由but so far, the brain scannin
43、g equipment and corresponding computer programs havent been able to actually read thoughts.可知这种大脑扫描设备和相应的程序并不能真正地明白人的想法，排除A项；由下面的They were then asked to choose between adding or subtracting（减）the two numbers.可知研究者们让这些受试者在这两个数字的相加和相减之间做出选择，并不是做出什么决定，可排除C。由下面一句可知，在70%的时间里，电脑能复制人脑的思维过程，并不是全部，可排除。由第二封电子邮件的末尾我们可知，这尽管不是真正地知道人的思相，但确实在这方面迈出了第一步，所以C项正确。47.【解析】选A。由第四封电子邮件的第二三句话和最后一句话可知，当人们被别人胳肢时会笑，是因为被别人胳肢的感觉是突如其来的，是没有预料到的。48.【解析】选B。在第二封电子邮件中，Glenn Lewis提到了他三岁的儿子的事，所以选B。49.【解析】选C。由文章的右上角的那句话This month Dr. Jeffers is answering questions about the human brain and how it works.我们知道Jeffers是研究人的大脑方面的专家。
