1、2014高考英语阅读理解精英训练精品题(15)及答案C22013山东卷 -AJimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has a good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview.His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:
2、30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car,the old man asked him ho
3、w much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said,“Well,I could take you to the office for your interview. Its the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Jimmy agreed.Upon arrival, J
4、immy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt.One by one, the applicants left the interviewers office with disappointed looks on their faces. Finally his
5、name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmys heart sank.“With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.Then the interviewe
6、r turned the chair and to Jimmys surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into
7、this office. I just know youd be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of welldeserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.56Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?A. He was out of work.BHe was bored with his job.CHe wanted a higher position. DHe hoped to find a b
8、etter boss.57What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?AA friends car had a flat tyre. BA wild man was pushing a car.CA terrible car accident happened. DAn old mans car broke down.58Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride?AHe was also to be interviewed. BHe needed a travelling companion.CHe alwa
9、ys helped people in need. DHe was thankful to Jimmy.59How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewers question?A. He was sorry for the other applicants.B. There was no hope for him to get the job.C. He regretted helping the old man.D. The interviewer was very rude.60What can we learn from Jimmys expe
10、rience?A. Where theres a will, theres a way.B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.C. Good is rewarded with good.D. Two heads are better than one.【要点综述】 这是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲述了吉米是个汽车修理工,几个月前丢掉了工作,他的心态很好,但是总是害怕申请新工作。一天,他在去面试等车的时候,看见一位老人的车坏了,吉米主动帮助老人修好了车,并且没要费用,老人为感谢吉米让他搭车去面试,恰巧面试的经理正是吉米帮助修车的老人,为此,吉米被录用。这个故事充
11、分体现了这样的谚语:善有善报。56A考查细节理解。从第一段的第一句“Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago.”可知吉米失去了工作,下文提到吉米找工作面试的问题。故选A。57D考查细节理解。根据第二段的“While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously th
12、ere was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand.”可知,吉米在路上遇到一位老人,这位老人的车出问题了。58D考查细节理解。根据第二段的“Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a handJimmy said there was no need to pay him”和“Its the least I could do.”可知,老人是为了感谢吉米的帮助,让吉米搭车去面试。59B考查细节理解。根据第三段的“Jimmys heart sank.
13、With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview? he thought to himself.”可知,吉米感到这份工作对他来说没有什么希望了。60C考查推理判断。从全文看,吉米在面试的路上帮助一位老人修车,这位老人正是吉米面试的经理,吉米就被录用了。这充分体现了这样的谚语:善有善报(Good is rewarded with good.)。Where theres a will, theres a way.有志者事竟成。A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。
14、Two heads are better than one.两人智慧胜一人。/人多智广。C22013陕西卷 -BIn 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia.I was looking forward to having five days off from duty.Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left.So
15、I thought Id hitch a ride (搭便车)I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me.Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon.He said that although he couldnt give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch.He noticed me standing for hours in the
16、November heat and thought I must be hungry.I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured(使放心) me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards.When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches.After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.Twentyfive years later, in 2003, whil
17、e I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride.I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour Id been given decades earlier.I pulled over and picked him up.I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him so
18、me water.After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You havent changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.”I couldnt remember where Id met him.He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago.It was Gordon.50The author had to h
19、itch a ride one day in 1978 because _Aher work delayed her trip to Sydney Bshe was going home for her holidaysCthe town was far away from Sydney Dshe missed the only train back home51Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?AHe helped the girl find a ride.BHe gave the girl a rid
20、e back home.CHe bought sandwiches for the girl.DHe watched the girl for three hours.52The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that _Ashe realized he was GordonBshe had known him for decadesCshe was going to the nearby townDshe wanted to repay the favour she once got53What doe
21、s the author want to tell the readers through the story?AGiving sometimes produces nice results.BThose who give rides will be repaid.CGood manners bring about happiness.DPeople should offer free rides to others.【要点综述】 俗话说:好心有好报。本文讲的是一个人在25年前帮助过别人,而25年后他又得到了那位受助者的帮助。50D细节理解题。由第一段的最后两句可知,作者站在路边搭便车的原因是
22、:通往她家唯一一趟列车已经开走了,选D。51A推理判断题。根据第二段的最后一句可知,Gordon帮助作者搭上了顺风车回家,而其他三个选项文中并未提及。52D细节理解题。由第三段中的“I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour Id been given decades earlier.”可知选D。53A作者意图题。本文作者的写作目的就是想要告诉读者一个道理:给予有时会产生很美好的结果,选A。阅读理解-DPsychology(心理学) has a new application in the field of m
23、edicine. Many doctors, together with their patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatment of physical problems. In large hospitals, modern therapy(疗法) seems to focus on the physical disease. Patients may feel they are treated like broken machines. Some doctors have recognized this as a p
24、roblem. They are now using psychological therapy, in which the patient is working with the doctors against the disease with the help of medicine. The patient does not wait for the medicine and treatment to cure him or her, but instead the patient joins in the fight. The doctor knows that a disease a
25、ffects a patients body physically. The body of the patient changes because of the disease. He is not only physically affected, but also has an emotional response to the disease. Because his mind is affected, his attitude and behavior change. The medical treatment might cure the patients physical pro
26、blems, but the patients mind must fight the emotional ones. For example, the studies of one doctor, Carl Simonton, M. D., have shown that a typical cancer patient has predictable attitudes. She typically feels depressed, upset, and angry. Her constant depression makes her acts unfriendly toward her
27、family, friends, doctors, and nurses. Such attitudes and behaviors prevent recovery. Therefore, a doctors treatment must help the patient change that. Simontons method emphasizes treatment of the “whole” patient. The attitude of a cancer patient receiving radiation therapy, an X-ray treatment, can b
28、ecome more positive. The physician who is following Simontons psychological treatment plan suggests that the patient imagine that he or she can see the tumor(肿瘤) in the body. In the mental picture, the patient sees a powerful beam of radiation like a million bullets of energy. The patient imagines t
29、he beam hitting the tumor cells and causing them to shrink. For another cancer patient, Dr. Simonton asks him to imagine the medicine going from the stomach into the bloodstream and to the cancer cells. The patient imagines that the medicine is like an army fighting the diseased cells and sees the c
30、ancer cells gradually dying and his blood carry away the dead cells. Both the medical therapy and the patients positive attitude fight the disease. Doctors are not certain why this mental therapy works. However, this use of psychology does help some patients because their attitudes about themselves
31、change. They become more confident because they use the power within their own minds to help stop the disease. Another application of using the mind to help cure disease is the use of suggestion therapy. At first, the doctor helps the patient to concentrate deeply. The patient thinks only about one
32、thing. He becomes so unaware of other things around him that he is asleep, or rather in a trance(催眠状态). Then the physician makes “a suggestion” to the patient about the medical problem. The patients mind responds to the suggestion even after the patient is no longer in the trance. In this way, the p
33、atient uses his mind to help his body respond to treatment. Doctors have learned that this use of psychology is helpful for both adults and children. For example, physicians have used suggestion to help adults deal with the strong pain of some disease. Furthermore, sometimes the adult patient worrie
34、s about her illness so much that the anxiety keeps her from getting well. The right suggestions may help the patient to stop being anxious. Such treatment may help the patient with a chronic(慢性的)diseases. Asthma (哮喘) is an example of a chronic disorder. Asthma is a disease that causes the patient to
35、 have difficulty in breathing. The patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fight to get the air that he or she needs. Psychology can help relieve the symptoms of this disorder. After suggestion therapy, the asthma patient breathes more easily. Physicians have learned that the psychological meth
36、od is very useful in treating children. Children respond quickly to the treatment because they are fascinated by it. For example, Dr. Basil R. Collison has worked with 121 asthmatic children in Sydney, Australia, and had good results. Twenty-five of the children had Excellent results. They were able
37、 to breathe more easily, and they did not need medication. Another forty-three were also helped. The symptoms of the asthma occurred less frequently, and when they did, they were not as strong. Most of the children also felt better about themselves. Doctors have also used suggestion to change habits
38、 like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems. Many professional medical groups have accepted the medical use of psychology and that psychology has important applications in medicine.55. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. How suggestion therapy benefits adults and children. B. Ho
39、w modern therapy focuses on the disease.C. Responses from the medical world.D. How to use the mind against disease.56. How does psychological therapy work? A. The patient waits for the medicine and treatment to cure him. B. The doctor uses medical treatment to cure the patients problems. C. The doct
40、or, the medicine, and the patient work together to fight disease. D. The patient uses his mind to cure himself.57. What can we learn from the studies of Carl Simonton, M. D.? A. The medical treatment can cure the patients mental disease. B. The treatment of a patient by treating the body and the min
41、d is necessary. C. The mental treatment is more important than medical treatment. D. Few patients have emotional response to the disease.58. The use of psychological therapy is helpful to some patients in that . A. the medical effect is better with psychological therapy than without it B. the patien
42、ts can see a powerful beam of radiation hitting their tumor cells C. the patients attitudes towards themselves have changed D. the patients are easy to accept the methods the doctors use to treat them59. It can be learned from the passage that suggestion therapy cannot be used to . A. help adults de
43、al with the strong pain of some diseases B. help the patients with chronic diseases C. help change some bad habits D. help cure patients of insomnia(失眠症)60. According to the passage, which of the following remains unknown so far? A. The value of mental therapy. B. The effectiveness of suggestion the
44、rapy. C. The working principle of suggestion therapy. D. The importance of psychology in medical treatment.【答案】 55-60 DCBCDC 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。AId been thinking of it so long; it seemed like the only thing to do-to show my baby, who had eyes as gr
45、een as water and whose name means the sea, the oceanBabies are supposed to instinctually know who they daddy is, Gerald, Dooriyas daddy, said, holding Dooriya before himBut she dont recognize nothingEverybody had something to say about raising my baby, but none of them actually did any raisingTaking
46、 Dooriya to see the ocean had become the only thing that kept me from feeling like my life was an everlasting losing race, this vision of what could be for my little girlWhen I told Momma about my plans to visit the lighthouse(灯塔)at Cape Hatteras, she just spun her broken recordThat baby11 never und
47、erstand a thing of what shes seeingMy baby book says I should treat her just like any other childIts good to show her beautiful things even if she dont know what shes seeingIt helps her brain developHows her brain gonna develop if all she ever sees is the walls inside this crummy house?That childs b
48、rain aint never gonna developWe love her, but its not like shes ever gonna not be a Mongoloid(先天愚型患者)I had read a half-dozen books about Down Syndrome that said stimulation(刺激)might improve a childs chances of developing to her fullest potentialAnd whats more stimulating than a trip to see the ocean
49、?Guidebooks described the area as the land of beginnings, which I liked the sound ofBut before I could map out a plan, I woke up one night when Dooriya hiccupped (打嗝)Then she just stopped breathingThe ER doctor gave me a pamphlet on SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and said, children with Down Sy
50、ndrome are much more likely to be affected by this sort of thingI didnt remember much about driving to Cape Hatteras, especially taking Dooriya from the hospital But up on that lighthouse, with its broad spiral running up and around it like a black and white barbers pole, I saw my life twist into th
51、e airAs I climbed the winding stairs, I counted the steps, 268 in all, stopping on 77, Dooriyas very number of days on this planetAt the top, I held Dooriya up to the Atlantic, its cold air raising the thin soft hair on her headWith her eyes closed and her arms spread out, it looked like she was bat
52、hing in the warmth of the sun51From Geralds words But she dont recognize nothing we know _AThe baby was probably born with the eye problemBThe father thought the baby was abnormalCThe baby could recognize nothing except her fatherDThe father made up an excuse not to care for the baby52Did anybody el
53、se besides her mother actually take the responsibility to raise the baby?AThe father BThe grandma CNobody DThe doctor53The reason why the mother wanted to take her baby to see the ocean is that _AShe believed seeing the ocean could help cure her babys diseaseBShe wanted her baby to enjoy her remaini
54、ng timeCShe believed the ocean was the land of beginningsDShe wanted her baby to enjoy nature54Which of the following is true according to the text?AThe doctor eventually saved the life of the babyBThe baby was disabled by her careless motherCThe baby enjoyed the sunshine while seeing the oceanDThe disease SIDS took away the life of the baby【参考答案】51-54: BCAD