1、2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品题练习（24）及答案 阅读理解Austin Childrens MuseumThis 7,000-square-foot museum aims to entertain and educate children up to age 9 In its Global City exhibit, people can go shopping for groceries, order lunch at a diner, pretend that theyre doctors or construction workersIn other fun exhibits, t
2、hey learn about Austins history, explore the world of water, and experience life on a large Texas farmOpen time: From Tuesday to Saturday, 8 : 00 am 4 : 00 pmOn Sunday, 12 : 00 am 5 : 00 pmAddress: 201 Colorado StAustin, Texas 78701Phone: 512-4722499Brooklyn Childrens MuseumFounded in 1899, it is th
3、e worlds oldest childrens museum, featuring interactive exhibits, workshops and special eventsThe Mystery of Things teaches children about cultural and scientific objects and Music Mix welcomes young virtuosos（演奏能手）.Open time: From Wednesday to Friday, 2 ：00 pm 5： 00 pmOn Saturday and Sunday, 10 : 0
4、0 am 5：00 pmAddress: 145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, New York 1213Phone: 718-7354400Childrens Discovery MuseumThis museums hand-on exhibits explore the relationships between the natural and the created worlds, and among people of different cultures and timesExhibits include Streets, a5/8-scale copy of a
5、n actual city, with street lights, and waterworks, which shows how pumps can move water through a reservoir systemOpen time: From Monday to Saturday10 : 00 am 5 : 00 pmOn Sunday, from noonClosed on holidaysAddress： 180 Woz Way, Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, California 95110Phone: 408985437Children
6、s Museum of IndianapolisThis museum is the largest of its kindExhibits cover science, culture, and explorationsAmong them are the Space Quest Planetarium （additional fee）, the 33-foothigh Water Clock, the Playscape gallery for preschools, along with hand-on science exhibitsThe largest gallery, the C
7、enter for Exploration, is designed for ages 12 and upOpen time:From Tuesday to Sunday, 10 : 00 am 5 : 00 pmClosed on Thanksgiving Day and December 25Address: 3000 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 Phone: 31734332264Which of the following museums can you visit if it is half past eight am on
8、Tuesday?AAustin Childrens Museum BBrooklyn Childrens MuseumCChildrens Discovery Museum DChildrens Museum of Indianapolis65If you want to see how pumps can move water through a reservoir system, you should visit the museum in_ ATexas BNew York CCalifornia DIndiana66After entering the museum, you need
9、 to pay an additional fee to see _Athe Center for Exploration Bthe Space Quest PlanetariumCthe Global City exhibit DWaterworks 67The purpose of writing this passage is to _Aask adults to visit the museums Bcompare some museums and decide which one is the bestCintroduce some museums and encourage par
10、ents to visit them with their childrenDintroduce some exhibits and museums to foreigners【福建省厦门外国语学校2013模拟】CThere are many reasons that goals go unfulfilled. For many, goal setting is a never ending circle that starts, stops, and beings again. To help us succeed in reaching our goals, lets examine th
11、e reasons why many people fail at reaching them. Here are 7 Reasons That You Wont Reach Your Goals:1. You Dont Have Any GoalsToo many people are afraid to “set” their goals. Afraid of failing. Afraid of disappointment. Well, you definitely wont complete them if you dont try. Make a choice and set yo
12、ur goals. Otherwise, you will end up wherever life takes you.2. You Dont StartOK, so you have a goal. What have you done about it? Have you started it yet? What are you waiting for? Procrastination is responsible for the failure of many goals.3. You Arent Willing to “Buy” Your GoalsYes. You have to
13、buy your goals. Why? Because every goal has a price. It has a cost. Time. Money. Sweat. Sacrifice. You will have to “pay” for your goals in some manner. 4. Your Goals Are UnrealisticMake sure that your goals are possible and that you set an adequate time frame for success.5. You Wont Stick With ItOv
14、er half of goals will be given up within 30 days. You set your goals. You started them. And then you gave up. Are you using lifes daily happenings as excuses? Goals are not reached through one effort. Rather, they are made in small steps over time.6. You Will Fail and You Wont Get Back Up!No one suc
15、ceeds immediately. Those who appear to have effortlessly succeeded have usually put in years of preparation and practice. You have to fall down many times before you succeed. Skill is learned by doing.7. You Quit Before the Finish LineToo many people stop right before the finish. Its almost like the
16、y are afraid of succeeding. Often a life event is used as the reason for not finishing. Something always comes up before you finish. Are you reaching your goals? Which of these is keeping you from succeeding? Set your goals. Stay the course. Always get back up when you fail. And make sure you cross
17、the finish line.64. Whats the authors purpose of writing this passage?A. To explain the reasons leading to the failure of achieving goals.B. To remind people of the importance of setting life goals.C. To convince people of keeping to their life goals.D. To persuade people to have big life goals.65.
18、Whats the probable meaning of the underlined word “procrastination” in the second tip?A. DelayB. PunctualityC. Impatience. D. Unwillingness.66. According to the passage, you will not reach your goals, if you _.A. are not willing to spend money seeking helping hands B. dont hold on to what you aim at
19、 C. do not let life take you where it goes D. are not afraid of succeeding67. What can be learnt from the sixth tip?A. He who has hope has everything. B. Two heads are better than one.C. Its never too old to learn.D. No pains, no gains.【参考答案】C: AABD The English language, thanks to the rapid progress
20、 of technology, is changing fastWe all have a rapid choice: we can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and wellOr we can accept the new English, enter into the spirit of the Internet age called WeblishYou cant avoid it ,for the simple reas
21、on that whenever a new variety of language comes along, it inevitably impacts （冲击） on the language as-a whole says DrDavid Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics（语言学家）at the University of Wales in Bang or, whose book Language and the Internet has just been published The trouble with keeping up w
22、ith the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they didIn the past, if someone said they did not have Windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a caveThese days, it is probably because they use a Mac （which is a comput
23、er, not a rain coat）Spam is as disliked as it ever was, which once meant an unappetizing （引不起食欲的） canned meatIt now stands for unwanted “junk”email. Spellings are changing, tooNot only is text-messaging playing hvc wth vrbs（havoe（混乱）with verbs）, but the conventions of email communication place littl
24、e emphasis on perfect speakingWeblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs （please bookmark this site） and verbs become nouns （Send me the download）Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives （dial-up, logon, print-on,pulldown, up-load ） , while others a
25、re created from simply pairing nouns: cyberspace, ethernet, emit Internet, hyperlink, metatag, netspeak68The best title of this passage would be _AKeep Up with the Latest WeblishBKeep Up with the Latest Development in EnglishCNewly invented English WordsDTechnology and English69We can infer from the
26、 first paragraph that _Asome people wish Shakespeare were still aliveBpeople may have different attitudes towards weblishCall people welcome weblishDweblish; causes fear among people70The author thinks the main difficulty for people in keeping up with weblish is that .Aold words take on new meanings
27、Bthere are so many new wordsCthe technology is changing too fastDweblish words are full of spelling mistakes参考答案 ATourism wasnt as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel today than in the past becau
28、se there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special plane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before. One person doesnt travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seein
29、g countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.Tourism causes many changes in a country and in peoples lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men and women as guides to show visitors around interesting places. Therere n
30、ew nightclubs and other amusements. International tourism is clearly a big business.56. In the old days _ could travel to other countries.A. boys and girls, men or women, young or oldB. either kings or queensC. both the poor and the richD. nobody but those who had money57. More people travel today t
31、han in the past because_.A.people have become interested in travelingB.traveling today is easier than in the pastC.people now have spare money for travelD.great changes have taken place in the world58. What makes travel more attractive than before?A. Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper
32、today.B. More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.C. Modern telegraph lines make travel less expensive.D. New hotels and restaurants have been built.59. What is the best title of the passage?A. The Change of TourismB. Tourism C. The Importance of Tourism D. The Cause of Tourism Change 【
33、福建省厦门外国语学校2013模拟】DAmericas first college, Harvard University, is almost universally regarded as our gold standard of higher learning.Students in other parts of the country sometimes call their colleges “the Harvard” of this place or that, knowing that no other school could match the old Ivy League i
34、nstitution in the Boston suburb of Cambridge, Massachusetts.Traditionally, only the best of the nations high-school graduates are admitted, and a Harvard degree is said to be a sure ticket to a high-paid career. But proud Harvard is dealing with an embarrassing incident on its record and reputation.
35、 Its a cheating scandal(丑闻) possibly involving as many as 125 students in a government class.Its the sort of incident that sometimes ruins a less-famous institution -which is exactly what upsets Harvard, its critics, and its graduates.Dozens of school team athletes have been connected to the cheatin
36、g incident, involving a take-home test last academic year, just when Harvards basketball team had become one of the nations 25 best, for the first time ever.This has caused much worry in the academic community, which is fearful that Harvard is beginning to mirror the practice at some other schools o
37、f taking a short cut for prized athletes and admitting some students just because they can throw a football or shoot a basketball.Two star players who were co-captains of the Crimson basketball team have taken leave from school this season, according to Harvard officials.“Without honesty, there can
38、be no real achievement, either at Harvard or anywhere else,” undergraduate head Jay Harris said in a statement soon after the cheating was discovered.Familiar reasons for the cheating have been sounded: Stressed students are more interested in scoring good grades than with learning.The easy access t
39、o information online makes copying and cheating easier than ever.Universities no longer stress morals.And professors who are absorbed in their research often pay less attention to teaching.These arguments might ease the embarrassment at some universities.But at 376-year-old Harvard University, they
40、do not.68. According to the passage, the first paragraph is used to _.A. introduce Harvard to the readers B. B. praise Harvard University highlyC. attract more students to Harvard D. D. lead to the introduction of cheating in Harvard69. Which statement about the cheating scandal is true?A. It involv
41、es some government officials. B. It will ruin Harvard University finally.C. It has something to do with Harvard basketball team. D. It has caused 125 students of Harvard to leave school.70. It can be inferred from what has been said by Jay Harris in Paragraph 4 that _. A. Harvard pays much attention
42、 to students personal valuesB. Harvard would not put up with the cheating incidentC. Harvard will ask all the students involved to leave schoolD. Harvard values students scores and achievements best 71. What would be the best title for this passage?A. Cheating Scandal Threatens Harvards Image B. Che
43、ating Runs Contrary to Harvards Sports SpiritC. Prized Athletes to Face Severe Punishment D. Harvard Involved in Academic Corruption 【参考答案】D: DCBAMovie makers at one time worried that they might be put out of business by television. Recently, however, more and more people have been going to the movi
44、es. This may be partly because the economic situation in America has worsened. When at the movies, people forget their troubles, as they get involved in the story on the screen. Also, directors have recently been producing pictures that large numbers of people want to see. Americans in the millions
45、are returning to their love affair with the movies. Motion picture industry experts see two main factors responsible for this: an increased need by Americans to escape from economic worries and a large number of new movies with broad audience appeal.Movie makers admit that their rising popularity is
46、 partly the result of poor economic conditions, which traditionally bring an increase in theater attendance. “When people are fearful about the future, they look for escape,” comments Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. “In a shaded theater, with a 65-foot screen, y
47、ou lose yourself for two and a half hours and people find this beneficial.” 60. What did movie makers worry about before? A. That no one would go to the cinema. B. That movies couldnt be a business any more. C. That their movies might be played on television. D. That people preferred watching TV to
48、seeing films.61. Why are so many people going to see movies now? A. Because people now have much more money. B. Because people have troubles. C. Because people wanted to escape from real life. D. Because watching movies is now much cheaper than watching TV.62. What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?A. become bad B. become popular C. become attractive D. become amazing