1、2014高考英语阅读理解抓分精品练习（25）及答案 I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The trut
2、h is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion.Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, te
3、mporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals h
4、ave constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.Ask
5、 a bachelor why he resists marriage, if hes honest, and he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment, for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.Simil
6、arly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who woul
7、d choose the word fun to describe raising children.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating（解放性的）realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money:
8、buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at a
9、ll.1. We can learn from the passage that_.A. fun creates long-lasting satisfactionB. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happinessC. happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-livedD. fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness2. To the author, the role Hollywood stars will play is to _.A.
10、 write memoir after memoir about their happinessB. tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with funC. teach people how to enjoy their livesD. bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties3. In the authors opinion, marriage_.A. affords greater fun B. leads to raising childrenC. i
11、ndicates duty and devotionD. usually ends up in pain4、 Which of the following is the best example of “painful happiness”?A. Winning lottery by accident. B. A bachelor resisting marriage.C. Raising children. D. Buying some fancy clothes.5. If one gets the meaning of the true sense of happiness, he wi
12、ll_.A. stop playing games and joking with othersB. keep himself with his familyC. give a free hand to moneyD. use his time to increase happiness参考答案15 CBCCD*结束 C42013新课标全国卷 DThe National GalleryDescription：The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar S
13、quare in London. It houses a diverse collection of more than 2，300 examples of European art ranging from 13thcentury religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh.The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing
14、are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance.Layout：The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th to 15thcentury paintings，and artists include Duccio，Uccello，Van Eyck，Lippi，Mantegna，Botticelli and Memling.The main West Wing houses 16thcentury p
15、aintings，and artists include Leonardo da Vinci，Cranach，Michelangelo，Raphael，Bruegel，Bronzino，Titian and Veronese.The North Wing houses 17thcentury paintings，and artists include Caravaggio，Rubens，Poussin，Van Dyck，Velzquez，Claude and Vermeer.The East Wing houses 18th to early 20thcentury paintings，and
16、 artists include Canaletto，Goya，Turner，Constable，Renoir and Van Gogh.Opening Hours：The Gallery is open every day from 10 am to 6 pm(Fridays 10 am to 9 pm)and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.Getting There：Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross(2minute walk), Leicester Squa
17、re(3minute walk)，Embankment(7minute walk)，and Piccadilly Circus(8minute walk)68In which centurys collection can you see religious paintings?AThe 13th.BThe 17th.CThe 18th.DThe 20th.69Where are Leonardo da Vincis works shown?AIn the East Wing.BIn the main West Wing.CIn the Sainsbury Wing.DIn the North
18、 Wing.70Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?APiccadilly Circus.BLeicester Square.CEmbankment.DCharing Cross.【要点综述】 本文是一篇应用文。作者介绍了英国伦敦国家美术馆。分四大板块进行介绍：整体描述、布局、开放时间以及可以到达美术馆的地铁站。68A细节判断题。根据文章第一段中的“It houses a diverse collection of more than 2，300 examples of European art rangin
19、g from 13thcentury religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh.”可以断定宗教美术作品是13世纪的。故选A。69B细节判断题。根据文章第三段中的“The main West Wing houses 16thcentury paintings，and artists include Leonardo da Vinci”可知B正确。70D细节判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross(2minute walk), Leices
20、ter Square(3minute walk), Embankment(7minute walk)，and Piccadilly Circus(8minute walk)”可以断定Charing Cross是最近的。故选D。Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder. The littleheadline said: BOXERRECEIVES LIFF SENTENCE.Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxe
21、r, was today found guilty of the murder of AlbertCumming, aged 32, laborer, last July. The jury (陪审团) reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most severe punishment to the court. It was, said the judge, a simple case. Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Ho
22、tel on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Cumming.When arrested, Cleary was drunk but clear-thinking.Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour. Asked if he had anything to say, Cleary answered, “Just dont tell my mother.”“It happened over three ye
23、ars ago,” Paddy said helplessly. No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do. “Just dont tell my mother,” said Fee numbly. “And no one did! Oh, God! My poor, poor Frank!”Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said. “Fee , pack your things. Well go to see him.”She half-rose before sinki
24、ng back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead. “I cant go,”she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there.“It would kill him to see me. I know him so wellhis pride, his ambition. Let him bear the shame alone, its what he wants.Weve got to help him kee
25、p his secret.What good will it do him to see us?”Paddy was still weeping, not for Frank, but for the life which had gone from Fees face, for the dying in her eyes. Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between Fee and himself.He was the cause of her withdrawal from his hea
26、rt and the hearts of his children.Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away.But Paddys love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank.So he said.“Well, Fee, we wont go. But we must make sure he is taken care of.How about if I write to
27、Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?” The eyes didnt liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks. “Yes, Paddy, do that.Only make sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out. Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we dont know.”1. Which of the following is true according
28、to the passage?A. Frank was found guilty of murder because he was a professional boxer.B. The family didnt find out what happened to Frank until three years later.C. The jury and the judge disagreed on whether Frank had committed murder.D. Frank didnt want his family to find out what happened becaus
29、e Paddy disliked him.2. Paddy cried because he thought _.A. Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishmentB. Frank should have told Fee what had happenedC. what had happened to Frank was killing FeeD. Frank had always been a man of bad moral character3. “She half-rose before sinking back” (in Pa
30、ragraph 6) shows that_.A. Fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand upB. Fee didnt want to upset Paddy by visiting FrankC. Fee couldnt leave her family to go to see FrankD. Fee struggled between wanting to see Frank and respecting his wish4.Which of the following suggests that Fee was deep
31、ly shocked by what happened to Frank?A. “Her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead.”B. “Let him bear the shame alone, its what he wants.”C. “Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away.”D. “The eyes didnt liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks.”5.
32、What is Fees probable relationship with Frank and Paddy?A. Son and brother.B. Son and husband.C. Brother and lover.D. Lover and husband.参考答案15 BCDAB*结束 Psychology has a new application in the field of medicine. Many doctors, together with their patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatm
33、ent 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 problem. They are now using psychological therapy, in which the patient is working with the doctors
34、 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 affects a patients body physically. The body of the patient changes because of the disease. He is n
35、ot 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 problems, but the patients mind must fight the emotional ones. For example, the studies of one doctor
36、, 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 family, friends, doctors, and nurses. Such attitudes and behaviors prevent recovery. Therefore, a
37、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 become more positive. The physician who is following Simontons psychological treatment plan suggest
38、s 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 the beam hitting the tumor cells and causing them to shrink. For another cancer patient, Dr. Simont
39、on 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 cancer cells gradually dying and his blood carry away the dead cells. Both the medical therapy and
40、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 change. They become more confident because they use the power within their own minds to help stop
41、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 thing. He becomes so unaware of other things around him that he is asleep, or rather in a trance（催
42、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 patient uses his mind to help his body respond to treatment. Doctors have learned that this use of
43、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 worries about her illness so much that the anxiety keeps her from getting well. The right suggestions ma
44、y 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 have difficulty in breathing. The patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fight to get the a
45、ir 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 method is very useful in treating children. Children respond quickly to the treatment because they are
46、 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 to breathe more easily, and they did not need medication. Another forty-three were also helped. T
47、he 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 like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems. Many professional medical groups hav
48、e accepted the medical use of psychology and that psychology has important applications in medicine.1. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. How to use the mind against disease. B. How modern therapy focuses on the disease. C. Responses from the medical world. D. How suggestion therapy benefits a
49、dults and children.2、 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 doctor, the medicine, and the patient work together to fight disease. D. The patient uses his mind to
50、 cure himself.3、. 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 mind is necessary. C. The mental treatment is more important than medical treatment. D. Few patients
51、 have emotional response to the disease.4、. 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 patients can see a powerful beam of radiation hitting their tumor cells C. the patients attitudes towar
52、ds themselves have changed D. the patients are easy to accept the methods the doctors use to treat them来源:5、. It can be learned from the passage that suggestion therapy cannot be used to . A. help adults deal with the strong pain of some diseases B. help the patients with chronic diseases C. help ch
53、ange some bad habits D. help cure patients of insomnia（失眠症）6、. According to the passage, which of the following remains unknown so far? A. The value of mental therapy. B. The effectiveness of suggestion therapy. C. The working principle of suggestion therapy. D. The importance of psychology in medic
54、al treatment.1-6 ACBCDC *结束C42013重庆卷 BOne of the greatest gifts one generation can give to other generations is the wisdom it has gained from experience.This idea has inspired the awardwinning photographer Andrew Zuckerman.He interviewed and took photos of fifty oversixtyfiveyearolds all over the wo
55、rld.His project explores various aspects of their lives.The photos and interviews are now available on our website.Click on the introductions to read the complete interviews.Let us now have a culture of peace.Federico Mayor Zaragoza，SpainFederico Mayor Zaragoza obtained a doctorate in pharmacy(药学)fr
56、om the Complutense University of Madrid in 1958.After many years spent in politics，he became DirectorGeneral of UNESCO in 1987.In 1999，he created the Foundation for a Culture of Peace，of which he is now the president.In addition to many scientific publications, he has published four collections of p
57、oems and several books of essays.Writing is a discovery.Nadine Gordimer，South AfricaDue to a weak heart，Nadine Gordimer attended school and university briefly.She read widely and began writing at an early age.She published her first short story at the age of fifteen，and has completed a large number
58、of works, which have been translated into forty languages.In 1991，Gordimer won the Nobel Prize for Literature.Jazz is about the only form of art today.Dave Brubeck，USADave Brubeck studied music at the University of the Pacific and graduated in 1942.After World War Two he was encouraged to play jazz.
59、In 1951，he recorded his first album(专辑)Brubecks 1959 album has become a jazz standard. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.For more figures CLICK HERE.60.Why did Andrew Zuckerman choose the fifty elders for his project?ABecause their wisdom deserves to be passed on.BBecause they
60、are physically impressive.CBecause their accomplishments inspired him.DBecause they have similar experiences.61According to the web page, Federico Mayor Zaragoza _Ahas won many awards for his work in politicsBhas served as the president of a universityChas devoted all his life to the field of scienc
61、eDhas made achievements in different areas62Who most probably said “My education has been the library and books” in the interview when reflecting on his/her experience?AAndrew Zuckerman.BFederico Mayor Zaragoza.CNadine Gordimer.DDave Brubeck.63What is the main purpose of this web page?ATo show Zucke
62、rmans awards.BTo publicize Zuckermans project.C.To spread the wisdom of the three people.DTo celebrate the achievements of the three people.【要点综述】 本文是一则网络广告。短文通过陈列多位名人的成功实例来吸引读者对Andrew Zuckerman项目的关注。60A 细节理解题。第一段第一句说明了Andrew Zuckerman采访几位智者的目的：传承智慧。61D 推理判断题。Federico Mayor Zaragoza专业为药学，但后来从政多年，接着担任联合国教科文组织领导人，又创建和平文化基金并担任会长，除多部科学出版物以外，还有诗歌小说集多部，可谓颇多建树。62C推理判断题。Nadine Gordimer的教育背景比较简单， 但她取得了巨大的文学成就。63B综合推理题。通过在网站上发布这几位智者的简介来推介Andrew Zuckerman的项目。