1、2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练精品（32）及答案阅读理解-BCar crashes are the top killer of American teenagers. Most of the crashes result from distracted driving not paying attention to the road.Ryan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that hit a tree. He was one of the nations more than thirty thousand victims
2、of traffic crashes in 2008. Nearly four thousand deaths, about twelve percent involved drivers age fifteen to twenty.Ryans father, Thomas Didone, is a police captain in Maryland. It was an inexperienced, immature driver driving at night with a carload of kids. He was distracted, he was going too fas
3、t, and it ended up causing one death and some seriously injured. He shares the story of his sons death to help educate teens and their families about distracted driving.Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company says the number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is the mobile phone. He
4、says talking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and driving. If youre texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isnt.Government and private groups are using public service announcements and events to bring more at
5、tention to the problem. For example, the insurance industry recently held a safety event for teen drivers. At first, nineteen-year-old Kevin Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent children. He also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the roa
6、d. Then, as part of the test, he started texting. He hit several cones and at least one doll. Thats what really opened up the experience for me to prove how bad it is to really text and drive.Debbie Pickford of Allstate Insurance says teens are especially at risk from distracted driving and not just
7、 because they lack experience on the roads. According to the research, teens dont really have fully developed brains until theyre twenty-five years old. You put those two things together and you get a much, much higher risk.A new law proposes a graduated driver licensing system. Graduated means teen
8、agers start with restrictions like on night driving and numbers of passengers. They could not get a full drivers license until age eighteen.45. Of all the following, which is the best title for the passage?A. Car Crashesthe Top Killer B. Drunken DrivingC. Distracted Driving D. How to Avoid Car Crash
9、es46. According to Jim Jennings, what might be the main cause of distracted driving accidents?A. Speed. B. Age. C. Experience. D. Cell-phones. 47. Which of the following statements is true?A. Thomas Didone is responsible for his son Ryans death.B. The insurance companies benefit a lot from teen driv
10、ing.C. Kevin Schumann took the test to learn the risk of texting while driving. D. Debbie Pickford thinks that people cannot drive until brains are fully developed.48. According to the new law, _.A. it will be harder for young people to get a full drivers licenseB. people will not be allowed to touc
11、h the wheel until they are 18C. young people are forbidden to take any passengers in their carsD. people cant drive until they graduate from colleges or universities参考答案4648、CDCA 阅读理解-CHospitals not only treat infections they can also cause them.In the United States alone, the number of infections i
12、n hospitals is estimated at close to two million each year. About one hundred thousand patients die.A new government report notes that very little progress has been made in reducing what are called health care-associated infections. The most common are infections of the urinary tract(尿路), surgical s
13、ite and bloodstream.Many infections have been increasing even as hospitals have made efforts to improve. About forty percent of all health care-associated infections are linked to the use of catheters. A tube is placed inside the body to collect urine（尿液）, so the patient does not have to get out of
14、bed.But the latest report says urinary tract infections after surgery increased more than three and a half percent. It says catheters should be used only if necessary.Another way to prevent infections is to give patients antibiotics before surgery. Doctors are advised to give them within the hour be
15、fore the operation. Patients who get antibiotics earlier than one hour are more likely to get an infected surgical wound. Also, doctors are advised to discontinue the antibiotics within twenty-four hours after the surgery. The report says longer than that is usually not necessary. It can increase th
16、e risk of antibiotic resistance.Kathleen Sebelius is secretary of health and human services. She noted that racial and ethnic minorities were less likely to have insurance and less likely to get the treatments they needed. She called the report numbers troubling.But she also said the health care ref
17、orms passed by Congress will improve the quality of care for all Americans. She said the new law will reward quality over quantity of care, creating a system that prevents diseases before more costly treatment is required.49.What do we learn about healthcare-associated infections from this passage?A
18、. It is a new disease that is discovered by American doctors.B. It is not reported in other countries but the United States.C. It is connected with what doctors do to treat their patients.D. It is so deadly that it kills two million people every year. 50. In this passage antibiotics are used to _.A.
19、 reduce pain B. prevent infectionsC. shorten operation time D. make patients sleep51. From the last paragraph but one we know Kathleen Sebelius is_.A. very optimistic about the situationB. quite worried about the minoritiesC. suffering from the infection herselfD. blaming doctors for their slow resp
20、onse 52. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Antibiotics may be the most effective way to resist infection after surgery.B. Some ethnic minorities without insurance are in need of basic treatments.C. Hospitals are where infections are least likely to take place.D. Hospitals have made great prog
21、ress in reducing healthcare-associated infections.参考答案4952、BABA C32013福建卷 BYour glasses may someday replace your smartphone, and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch. Some in the city cant wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.“Id use it i
22、f I were hanging out with friends at 3 am and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open，” said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.The smartphonelike glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said, possibly including a variation of augmented(增强的) reality, a
23、technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about ones surroundings. So, for example, if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop_up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view righ
24、t on the sidewalk in front of you.“As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isnt something anybody needs，” said Sam Biddle, who writes for G. “Were accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things，” he added, “and the average consumer isnt gonna be able to afford another
25、 device (装置) thats hundreds and hundreds of dollars.”9to5Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting on the smartphonelike glasses since late last year, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.“Its just like smartphones 10 years
26、ago，” Weintraub said. “A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones, and its unnatural，” he said. “Theres gonna be improvements to that, and this a step there.” 60One of the
27、possible functions of the smartphonelike glasses is to _Aprogram the opening hours of a barBsupply you with a picture of the futureCprovide information about your surroundingsDupdate the maps and GPS in your smartphones61The underlined phrase “pop up” in the third paragraph probably means “_”A. deve
28、lop rapidly B. get round quicklyC. appear immediately D. go over automatically62According to Sam Biddle, the smartphonelike glasses are _A. necessary for teenagers B. attractive to New YorkersC. available to people worldwide D. expensive for average consumers63We can learn from the last two paragrap
29、hs that the smartphonelike glasses _A. may have a potential market B. are as common as smartphonesC. are popular among young adults D. will be improved by a new technology【要点综述】 本文是一篇新闻报道， 客观报道了google 公司即将推出一款智能眼镜以及人们对它的不同看法。60C细节理解题。根据原文第三段“a technologythat overlays information onto the screen abou
30、t ones surroundings.” 可知选项C正确。61C词义猜测题。句意为：如果你在街上行走， 指示器将即刻显示离你距离最近的咖啡馆，所以答案应为C。 appear immediately即刻显示。62D细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句可知，Sam Biddle 认为一般的消费者买不起另一种价格昂贵的装置。63A推理判断题。文章最后两段把这种智能眼镜和十年前的智能手机作比较，认为现在的智能眼镜就像十年前的手机一样， 最终是会深受欢迎的，有巨大的市场潜力。 阅读理解-DI left baseball, not for physical reasons but because it was
31、 my season for change. So I decided to walk away and once I did, like the vast majority of players, I was lost. It would be the first time since I learned to swing a bat that I would spend an entire summer without ever putting on a uniform. Once you leaves the pitch its no longer you against that fa
32、stball, it is you against yourself.So you swim around trying to figure out what young, retired baseball players do with their lives. For me, the moment was completely without the guiding wisdom of my father, who could communicate with me with just a nod of his head, but he passed away two years ago.
33、Since my retirement, I have searched for the next passion. It is a discouraging journey, and many players never find that next love, even though they kept looking. Of course my father could never be replaced. His passion was writing. He left behind a body of poetry that guides me now. I didnt stay l
34、ost forever. I found something that I wasnt looking for: a voice through writing. Writing introduced me to people who were otherwise strangers and made them guests at my table. Only later did I understand that this would be a bridge to understanding my father in another way. A way that led me to con
35、nect to a passion I didnt realize we both shared.After my first book was published, I realized that writing was passion and even therapy(疗法), but now I also thought that maybe Id found my next profession.Thankfully, I always knew my father was proud of me. But despite living the dream of so many Ame
36、ricans and reaching its highest level, I have no doubt that he would be even prouder of what I am doing with my words. Words that I can leave for my son to read one day.53. Why couldnt his father offer him any help at the moment?A. Because his father had been dead for two years. B. Because his fathe
37、r was busy writing poems.C. Because his father was away on business.D. Because his father had a head injury two years ago.54. How did the author get over the most difficult time in life?A. By swimming the entire summer. B. By communicating with his father face to face.C. By turning to his friend for
38、 help. D. By reading his fathers works and writing his own.55. According to the passage, the author was most likely to become a_.A. reporter B. writer C. coach D. player56. The author picked up writing as a career mainly because_.A. he couldnt find any other job after he left baseballB. his father a
39、sked him to continue his lifelong hobbyC. writing was another way to understand his fatherD. it could help him to make a more comfortable life参考答案5356、A D B C C32013四川卷 CLONDONA British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying th
40、e man hadnt cared about potentially deadly consequences.It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectorswhich were based on a kind of golf ball finderto countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last mont
41、h and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people，” Judge Richard Hone
42、 told McCormick.“You have neither regret，nor shame，nor any sense of guilt.”The detectors，sold for up to $42，000 each，were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.McCormick had told the
43、 court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong，the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.“I never had any bad results from customers，”he said.39Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?A. He sold bombs.B. He caused death of people.C. He made detector
44、s.DHe cheated in business. 40According to the judge, what McCormick had done _. A. increased the cost of safeguardingB. lowered peoples guard against dangerC. changed peoples idea of social securityD. caused innocent people to commit crimes41Which of the following is true of the detectors? A. They h
45、ave not been sold to Africa.B. They have caused many serious problems.C. They can find dangerous objects in water.D. They dont function on the basis of science.42It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _A. sold the equipment at a low priceB. was wellknown in most countriesC. did not think
46、 he had committed the crimeD. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text【要点综述】 这是一篇新闻报道。文章叙述了英国法官审判了一位商人，他有出售假冒炸弹探测器的犯罪行为。但这名犯罪嫌疑人根本没意识到他的行为给社会带来的危害。39D细节理解题。根据第一段“A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to 10 years in prison”以及“McCormick, 57, was
47、convicted of cheats last month”可知，McCormick被判处欺诈罪。故可以判断选D。40B推理判断题。根据第四段“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people”可知选B。41
48、D细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“But in fact they lacked any grounding in science and were of no use.”可知，事实上它们“在科学上没有任何根据”，是没有用的。可以判断选D。42C推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand
49、.”及最后一段可知，麦考密克曾在法庭上说，他出售自己的探测器给肯尼亚警察、香港监狱、埃及的军队和泰国的边境管制处， 而且他从来没有从客户那里听到任何不好的结果。故可以推断出他根本没认识到他的罪行。故选C。阅读理解-ELoneliness has been linked to depression（抑郁）and other health problems. Now, a study says it can also spread. A friend of a lonely person was fifty-two percent more likely to develop feelings o
50、f loneliness. And a friend of that friend was twenty-five percent more likely to do the same. Earlier findings showed that happiness, obesity(肥胖) and the ability to stop smoking can also spread like infections within social groups. The findings all come from a major health study in the American town
51、 of Framingham, Massachusetts. The study began in 1948 to investigate the causes of heart disease. Since then, more tests have been added, including measures of loneliness and depression. The new findings involved more than five thousand people in the second generation of the Framingham Heart Study.
52、 The researchers examined friendship histories and reports of loneliness. The results established a pattern that spread as people reported fewer close friends. For example, loneliness can affect relationships between next-door neighbors. The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now
53、 spend less time together. The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men.The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about forty-eight days a year. The study found that having a lonely friend can add about seventeen days. But every additional frien
54、d can decrease loneliness by two and a half days.Lonely people become less and less trusting of others. This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends and more likely that society will reject（排斥）them. John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago led the study. He says it is important t
55、o recognize and deal with loneliness. He says people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks. 57. As an average person, if you have 2 more common friends, how many days a year might you suffer from loneliness?A. 48 days. B. 17 days. C. 65 days
56、. D. 43 days.58. What can we infer from the passage about lonely people?A. They can overcome loneliness themselves.B. They will decrease loneliness day by day.C. They are in great need of help from people around.D. They can help others to repair their social networks.59. Whats the best way to help l
57、onely people according to this passage?A. Put them together. B. Make friends with them. C. Help them stop smoking. D. Ask them to loose weight.60. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. LonelinessThe Cause of DepressionB. How Loneliness Can Affect Social NetworksC. LonelinessA Serious Social ProblemD. How People Can Help A Lonely Person参考答案5760 DCBB
