1、2014高考英语阅读理解全程提升训练（26）及答案 【广东省深圳市2014高考英语第一次调研考试】CWhat would you like to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? An astronaut? What do you need to do to achieve your dream job?Perhaps you think that studying well and then going on to work hard will get you the successful career you want. We are co
2、nstantly taught that our hard work will eventually pay off.But a government survey has shown that hard work is not the only thing that will help you to move up the ladder. Two thirds of people believe that who you know matters more than what you know when it comes to social activity. So are the conn
3、ections that you have more important than your education?Seventy-six percent of the people in the survey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especiall
4、y if your family is wealthy. Even if you dont have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some companies run networking workshops to try and encourage staff to meet other people, to c
5、ommunicate and build relationships. Its a valuable skill.But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed that networks are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that
6、 their parents income had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success.So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important
7、. 36Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined part?APractice makes perfect.BNothing is impossible.CHope for the best.DNo pains, no gains.37According to the government survey the most important factor to help people move up the ladder is .Ahard work BeducationCsocial relationship
8、Dsocial activity38Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A76% of the people think social relationship matters most.B41% of the people believe parents income is most important.C76% of the people think family background ranks first.D41% of the people believe they gained their own
9、success.39From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to .Astress the importance of educationBchallenge the traditional beliefCmake lots of social connectionsDencourage people to work hard40Which of the following is the best title for the passage?AThe Way to SuccessBKeep your Dr
10、eam in MindCA Wealthy and Smooth CareerDA Survey on Peoples Dreams C篇是一篇议论文。影响人们成功的根本因素是什么？根据政府的一项调查显示，对于这个问题人们持不同的观点，文章的结论是，要想获得成功，自身努力和良好的社会关系都很重要。36. 答案为D。考查重点句的理解能力。理解文章第二段可知。37. 答案为C。考查细节判断能力。根据文章第三段可知。38. 答案为A。考查细节理解能力。根据第六段内容可知。 39. 答案为B。考查对作者写作意图的能力。理解文章主旨可知。40. 答案为A。考查对文章主题的理解能力。全文都谈论的是如何才能
11、成功。社会生活类-49Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption(消费) on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost aband
12、oned the practice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others products to developing their own. Celebrity clothing lines arent a completel
13、y new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today theyre started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific p
14、ersonal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life. However, for every success story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how f
15、amous the products origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial(最初的) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels. Today, celebrities face
16、even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebritys shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the op
17、portunity appears. Still, the egos (自我的) potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to the conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers m
18、ight last only a short time, but fashionlike celebrityhas always been temporary. 1. Fashion magazines today.A. seldom put models on the coverB. no longer put models on the coverC. need not worry about celebrities market potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly2. A change i
19、n the consumer market can be found today that.A. price rather than brand name is more concernedB. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisementsC. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisementsD. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned3. The underline
20、d sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly.A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general publicC. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show businessD. influence the price of a
21、 celebritys products4. The passage is mainly about.A. celebrity and personal styleB. celebrity and market potentialC. celebrity and fashion designD. celebrity and clothing industry【参考答案】49.1-4 ADAB 【广东省揭阳市2014高考英语一模试题】BOne year our family decided to have a special celebration of Mothers Day, as a to
22、ken of appreciations for all the sacrifices that Mother had made for us. After breakfast we had arranged, as a surprise, to hire a car and take her for a beautiful drive in the country. Mother was rarely able to have a treat like that, because she was busy in the house nearly all the time. But on th
23、e very morning of the day, we changed the plan a little, because it occurred to Father that it would be even better to take Mother fishing. As the car was hired and paid for, we might as well use it to drive up into the hills where the streams are. As Father said, if you just go driving without obje
24、ct, you have a sense of aimlessness, but if you are going to fish there is a definite purpose that heightens the enjoyment. So we all felt it would be nicer for Mother to have a definite purpose . Father had just got a fishing rod the day before, which he said mother could use if she wanted to. Only
25、 Mother said she would much rather watch him fish than try to fish herself. So we got her to make up a sandwich lunch in case we got hungry, though we were to come home again to a big festive dinner. Well, when the car came to the door, it turned out that there was not as much space in it as we had
26、supposed. It was plain that we couldnt all get in. Father said that he could just stay home and put in the time working in the garden. He said that there was a lot of rough dirty work that he could do, like digging a trench for the garbage, which would save hiring a man, and so he said that hed stay
27、 home; he said that we were not to let the fact that he had not had a real holiday for three years stand in our way. He wanted us to go right ahead and not to mind him. But of course we all felt that it would never do to let Father stay home, especially as we knew he would make trouble if he did. Th
28、e two girls, Anne and Mary, would have stayed and helped the maid get dinner, only it seemed such a pity,for the two girls were eager to show their new hats on a lovely day like this. But they said that Mother had only to say the word and theyd gladly stay home and work. Will and I would have droppe
29、d out, but unfortunately we wouldnt have been any use in preparing the dinner.31. The authors family decided to celebrate Mothers Day specially to _.A. show love for their mother B. show gratitude to their mother C. show respect for their mother D. to make up for a previous appointment32. According
30、to Paragraph 2, we know that the plan was changed because_.A. Father proposed to go fishing out B. we thought that driving out is boringC. we failed to hire a car to go out D. the car was not big enough33.What problem did we find when the car arrived?A. The car was too old to drive on mountain roads
31、. B. The car was larger than we expected.C. The car was too small to accommodate us all.D. The car was too plain looking.34.Why didnt the author drop out of the activity?A. Because his sisters didnt join in.B. Because he needed to have dinner.C. Because he couldnt cook the dinner.D. Because he hadnt
32、 had a real holiday for three years.35. Which of the following proverbs describes the text best?A. Everything comes to him who waits.B. Changes always go beyond plans.C. Better late than never. D. Once on shore, one prays no more.【参考答案】31-35. BACCB 社会生活类-53The Diet Zone:A Dangerous PlaceDiet Coke,di
33、et Pepsi,diet pills,no-fat diet,vegetable diet. . . We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products th
34、at harm us psychologically and physically(身体上).Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level,we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight,but in controlling the consumption of fatty,high-calorie,unhealthy foods. Diet pro
35、ducts allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤)instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.On another level,diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink,we are telling ourselves with
36、out our awareness that we dont have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe thatgain comes without pain,and that life can be without resistance and struggle.The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us,but also in the physical harm that the
37、y cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder product
38、s. Diet products may not be nutritional,and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us,it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds,not in the power of chemicals. O
39、nce we realize this,we will be much better able to resist diet products,and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.1. From Paragraph 1,we learn that.A. diet products fail to bring out peoples potentialB. people have difficulty in choosing diet productsC. die
40、t products are misleading peopleD. people are fed up with diet products2. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to.A. try out a variety of diet foodsB. hesitate before they enjoy diet foodsC. pay attention to their own eating habitsD. watch their weight rather than their diet
41、3. In Paragraph 3,“gain comes without pain” probably means.A. losing weight is effortlessB. it costs a lot to lose weightC. diet products bring no painD. diet products are free from calories4. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products.A. are over-consumedB. lack basic nutrientsC. are short of chemicals D. provide too much energy5. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP:Central PointP:PointSp:Sub-point(次要点)C:Conclusion【参考答案】53.1-5 CDABB