1、2014高考英语阅读理解全程巩固训练（13）及答案阅读理解-D-(2013西宁市质检一，D)If you feel at present that you dont have enough friends in your life, one reason may be that you have let yourself become too busy to make time for the relationships you already have. Starting and keeping friendship requires effort and commitment. Many
2、of us let our lives become so busy with work and other commitments that we dont get around to scheduling time for pleasure and renewal with the friends, relatives and acquaintances we already have.Making the effort to call your friends more regularly and to accept more of the invitations you receive
3、 from others can improve your social life in a hurry!Are there any people you could call right now and be assured of a pleasant welcome? Are there people that you could count on to help you in time of difficulty? Can you have close talks with them? Do you have fun when you are together? Are you happ
4、y to have them in your life?If you havent seen much of them lately, is it because you have become too busy? Have you grown apart? Was there an argument?If the main reason why you havent been getting together with the people you already know is that you have gotten too busy, take a good look at how y
5、ou spend your time. Compare it with your real values and priorities in life. Is your busy lifestyle really bringing you the quality of life that you want?If you have become too busy for friends, why has this happened? Are you seeking material toys in your life at the expense of relationships with ot
6、her human beings? Have you allowed your time to be overcommitted because you never say “No” to anyone? Do you insist on doing things yourself that could be left to others? If so, why? Do you believe that everything depends on you?Examine whether the way you are now spending your time accurately refl
7、ects your deepest values and priorities. Make sure that you schedule adequate time for the things that are truly most important to you.If you really want to keep friends in your life, make a space in your schedule, and a space in your heart for them.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。你是不是感到生活中缺少朋友？如果是这样，那么也许是因为你忙于工作而疏远了
8、朋友。交朋友和维持友谊需要努力和承诺，因此，不论工作多么繁忙，都应该留出时间给朋友。12In this passage the author mainly discusses _.Ahow to balance friendship and workBhow to spend our spare timeCwhether we should keep friendshipDwhether we should invite friends to dinner答案：A主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要就繁忙的工作状态下不要忘了和朋友联系而展开讨论，讲述了如何去平衡友谊和工作的关系。故A项正确。13
9、Which of the following doesnt indicate a good relationship?AYou have someone to count on when you are in trouble.BYou have someone to have close talks with.CYou feel depressed with others in life.DYou have fun when you are with someone.答案：C细节理解题。根据第三、四段可知，如果你遇到困难时有依靠，有人和你进行亲密交流，你和别人在一起能得到乐趣，说明你和他人关系
10、良好。由此可知，A、B、D三项能表明友谊良好。故选C项。14The reason why you have become too busy for friends may be the following except that _.Ayou spend too much time seeking material toys in your lifeByou feel it difficult to keep friendshipCyou stick to doing everything all by yourselfDyou never refuse whatever other peop
11、le ask you to do答案：B细节理解题。根据倒数第三段第二至四句“Are you seeking material toys. Have you allowed your time to be overcommitted because you never say No to anyone? Do you insist on doing things yourself that could be left to others？”可排除选项A、C和D。故选B项。15The best title for the passage may be _.AToo busy for Friend
12、ship? BToo busy with work?CHow to Spend Your Time DHow to Make New Friends答案：A标题概括题。通过对全文的整体理解可知，文章重点论述了生活中淡忘了朋友可能是自己太忙的缘故。故A项正确。阅读理解-CMany of us mistakenly believe that its wrong to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking t
13、hat self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed（有缺陷）? If someone seems to dislike you, the r
14、eason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesnt like you might be fearful, or shallow, or busy or shy. Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time. Dont take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws ar
15、e bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. For all the factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least as many factors that will work in your favor with someone else. You might be thirty p
16、ounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life. There are many people who dont mind your extra pounds. You may drive a shabby car, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend. There are people out there looking for loyalty, or fun, or sweetness
17、, or wisdom, and the package it comes in is not important. If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends. You can decide to feel inferior（自卑） because you dont have much money and you dont drive
18、a nice car. You can believe that this is the reason that you dont have many friends in your life. On the other hand, if you are very wealthy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person. The point is that you can focus on just about anything an
19、d believe its the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any. 36. According to the author _ plays an important role in making friends.A. admitting your shortcomings B. self criticism C. modesty D. confidence【答案】D【解析】推理判断题。根据a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts t
20、o make friends with other people.既然我们强调我们的缺点有可能在交朋友方面成为绊脚石，那么我们就应该自信，故选D。37. If you are not liked by a person, _ .A. you should find the reason in yourselfB. youd better talk with the person face to faceC. you may not be the one to be blamedD. you and that person misunderstand each other【答案】C【解析】细节理
21、解题。根据If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesnt like you might be fearful, or shallow, or busy or shy.不喜欢你也许和你一点关系都没有，你也许不应该受到责备，故选C。38. We can learn from the third paragraph that _ .A. your good qualities may turn
22、out to be your flawsB. your weakness may also be your strengths in some wayC. your negative qualities cause a person to reject youD. youll have few friends if your flaws are bigger than your good qualities【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistib
23、le to someone else.你的弱点也许是在某方面是你的强项，故选B。39. Which of the following is true according to the author?A. It is important to lose weight.B. It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends.C. Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance.D. If you are not beautiful enough, try to improve
24、your physical beauty.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends.内心的美比外在的美要重要的多，故选C。40. What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?A. How
25、to find your good qualities.B. How to make friends.C. How to make self criticism.D. How to lose weight.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe its the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.既然找到了交不上朋友的原因，那么就应该找出自己的好的品质，下面就应该写如何找到自己好的品质，故选A。阅读理解
26、-C(2013合肥市二模，D)It is a tall tale that terrifies most young children. Swallow a piece of chewing gum and it will remain in your body for seven years before it is digested. An even worse tale is that swallowed gum can wrap itself around your heart.But what does happen if you should accidentally eat a
27、stick of gum? Chewing gum is made out of gum base, sweeteners, coloring and flavoring. The gum base is pretty indigestibleit is a mixture of different ingredients (成分) that our body cant absorb.Most of the time, your stomach really cannot break down the gum the way it would break down other foods. H
28、owever, your digestive system has another way to deal with things you swallow. After all, we eat lots of things that we are unable to fully digest. They keep moving along until they make it all the way through the gut (肠子) and come out at the other end one or two days later.The saliva (唾液) in our mo
29、uths will make an attempt at digesting chewing gum as soon as we put it in our mouths. It might get through the shell but many of gums base ingredients are indigestible. Its then down to our stomach muscleswhich contract and relax, much like the way an earthworm movesto slowly force the things that
30、we swallow through our systems.Swallowing a huge piece of gum or swallowing many small pieces of gum in a short time can cause a blockage within the digestive system, most often in children, who have a thinner digestive tube than adultsbut this is extremely rare.文章大意：本文为一篇科普类说明文。误食口香糖是不是像大人吓小孩子那样可怕呢
31、？本文对此进行了分析。8Children might feel terrified after swallowing chewing gum mainly because _.Athey believe the tall tales about chewing gumBchewing gum will stay in their body for yearsCtheir heart will be wrapped by chewing gumDchewing gum is indigestible for children答案：A细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“It is a tall ta
32、le that terrifies most young children.”以及对第二、三句话的理解可知，答案A符合文义。B、C两项只是分别说明了tall tale的内容，故排除。9What happens to the food that cant be fully broken down?AIt remains in our digestive system forever.BIt will be eventually moved out of our body.CIt will fight against the power of the gut.DIt will stick to t
33、he gut for one or two days.答案：B细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后两句“After all, we eat lots of things that we are unable to fully digest. They keep moving. come out at the other end one or two days later.”可知，答案B符合文义。10The word It (in the 4th paragraph) refers to _.AThe attempt BThe salvia CThe shell DThe gum base答案：B指代
34、判断题。根据对文章第四段前两句的理解可知，此处的It是指第四段第一句中的The saliva(唾液)，故答案B符合文义。11What would be the best title for text?AHow does our digestive system work?BCan chewing gum be swallowed by kids?CDoes swallowing chewing gum matter?DWhy swallowing chewing gum frightens kids?答案：C标题概括题。文章第一段由一个使小孩子害怕的说法导入话题，下文是对口香糖进入肚子后会怎样
35、的一个科学解释，由此可推知，选项C“误食口香糖要紧吗”最适合作为文章标题。阅读理解-DSunny countries are often poor. A shame, then, that solar power is still quite expensive. Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to get round this. In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Ke
36、nyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity, a battery that can deliver a three amp（安培） current to store this electricity, and a lamp whose bulb is a light-emitting diode（二极管）. The firm thinks that this system, once the battery is fully charged, is enough to light two s
37、mall rooms and to power a mobile-phone charger for seven hours. Then, next day, it can be put outside and charged back up again.The trick is that, to be able to use the electricity, the systems keeper must buy a scratch cardfor as little as a dollaron which is printed a reference number. The keeper
38、sends this reference, plus the serial number of the household solar unit, by SMS to Eight19. The companys server will respond automatically with an access code to the unit.Users may consider that they are paying an hourly rate for their electricity. In fact, they are paying off the cost of the unit.
39、 After buying around $80 worth of scratch cardswhich Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 monthsthe user will own it. He will then have the option of continuing to use it for nothing, or of trading it in for a bigger one, perhaps driven by a 10-watt solar cell.In that case, he wou
40、ld go then through the same process again, paying off the additional cost of the upgraded kit at a slightly higher rate. Users would therefore increase their electricity supply steadily and affordably. According to Eight19s figures, this looks like a good deal for customers. The firm believes the av
41、erage energy-starved Kenyan spends around $10 a month on oilenough to fuel a couple of smoky lampsplus $2 on charging his mobile phone in the market-place. Regular users of one of Eight19s basic solar units will spend around half that, before owning it completely. Meanwhile, as the cost of solar tec
42、hnology falls, it should get even cheaper. 41. The underlined word “get round” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _ .A. make use of B. come up with C. look into D. deal with 【答案】D【解析】词义猜测题。make use of利用； come up with想出； look into调查； deal with处理。根据solar power is still quite expensive及Eight19,
43、a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to因为太阳能仍然很贵，所以Eight19发明了一个新的方法来解决这个问题，故选D。 42. What should the user do when the electricity in the battery is used up?A. Buy a scratch card. B. Recharge it outside.C. Buy another solar cell.D. Return it to the company.【答案】
44、B【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Then, next day, it can be put outside and charged back up again.可知没有电了，你可以把它放在外面重新充电，故选A。43. How much would users pay for the cell and scratch cards before they own a 2.5-watt solar cell?A. Around $10. B. Around $80. C. Around $90. D. Around $180.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据文章1,3段After bu
45、ying around $80 worth of scratch cardswhich Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 monthsthe user will own it. 和In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity可知在你拥有这些之前，你要花费90元。故选C。44. It can be
46、inferred from the last paragraph that _.A. Kenyan families would find it difficult to afford the solar cellB. using the solar cell would help Kenyan families save money C. few Kenyan families use mobile phones for lack of electricityD. the company will make a great profit from selling solar cells 【答
47、案】B【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段The firm believes the average energy-starved Kenyan spends around $10 a month on oilenough to fuel a couple of smoky lampsplus $2 on charging his mobile phone in the market-place. Regular users of one of Eight19s basic solar units will spend around half that, before owning it co
48、mpletely. Meanwhile, as the cost of solar technology falls, it should get even cheaper.可知这样做会让太阳能的成本降低，会给肯尼亚的人来到好处。故选B。45. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?A. Solar Energy: Starting from Scratch.B. Eight19: a creative British Company.C. Kenyan Families: Using Solar Energy for Free.D. Poor Countries: Beginning to Use Solar Energy.【答案】A【解析】标题归纳题。根据文章主题段第一段内容可知本文讲述的是Eight19,这家英国的公司所采用的使用太阳能的一种新的方法，故选A。