1、2014高考英语阅读理解冲刺满分训练（10）阅读理解The Coalition for the Homeless is an organization that seeks to address the needs of the homeless population in the United States. It is a network of offices, some of which provide food and houses for the homeless population, and some of which fight for the passing of laws
2、that of over two hundred million people living in the United States, up to three million are homelessand the number is still growing. Since the late 1970s,fast rising house prices, large cuts in government supported housing programs, and economic recession(经济衰退)have made it impossible for many Ameri
3、cans to meet housing costs. Sadly, this has resulted in a number of persons being forced to leave their homes and/or unable to find new affordable homes. According to another research, families with children appear to be the fastest-growing part of the homeless population, making up 39% of it. The o
4、ld idea of a homeless person, that of the single man who gets drunk all the time, is no longer true. A much lager part of the population now finds itself homeless. Even worse, once a person becomes homeless, he often finds it impossible to find a job, since most employers require anyone who wants a
5、job from them to provide a home address on a job application. ( ) 1. The word “address” in the first line probably means .A. talk about B. deal with C. fight for D. write to【答案】：B【解析】：猜测词义题。由后文It is a network of offices, some of which provide food and houses for the homeless population, and some of
6、which fight for the passing of laws that of over two hundred million people living in the United States,可得出选B。( ) 2. How many people are homeless in the U.S. according to the Coalition studies?A. 39% of the population. B. 200 million people.C. About 3 million people. D. About one-fifth of the popula
7、tion.【答案】：C【解析】：细节题，由up to three million are homeless可得出C。( ) 3. Homeless people often have difficulty finding a job because .A. they have no home addressesB. they mostly have a drinking problemC. they arent supported by government programsD. they often dont have enough work experience【答案】：A【解析】：细节题
8、，由he often finds it impossible to find a job, since most employers require anyone who wants a job from them to provide a home address on a job application.可知。( ) 4. What is the main cause of the rising number of the homeless in the U.S.?A. The passing of new housing laws. B. The fast growth of famil
9、y size. C. The slow construction of houses. D. The ever-rising price of housing.【答案】：D【解析】：细节题，由fast rising house prices, large cuts in government supported housing programs, and economic recession(经济衰退)可知选D。阅读理解Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he wa
10、s always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that werent bad enough, he had no health insurance. After a month of feeli
11、ng upset, Thomas decided hed better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rock star, and created , a free online community for diabetics and their loved onesa place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, inf
12、ormation, and resources. Jason Swenckis son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online childrens forums(论坛) together most evenings. Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over, says Swencki, one of the sites volunteers. They know what hes going through, s
13、o he doesnt feel alone. Kody is anything but alone. Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages. These days, Thomass main focus is his charity（慈善机构）, Fight It, which provides medicines a
14、nd supplies to people225 to datewho cant afford a diabetics huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rocks tar Festival in the Caribbean. Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a w
15、eek to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure, says Bentley Gubar, one of Rock stars original members. But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now. ( ) 1. Which of the fo
16、llowing is true of Christopher Thomas? A. He needs to go to the doctor every day. B. He studies the leading cause of diabetes C. He has a positive attitude to this disease. D. He encourages diabetics by writing articles.( ) 2. D was created for _. A. diabetics to communicate B. volunteers to find jo
17、bs C. children to amuse themselves D. rock stars to share resources.( ) 3. According to the text, Kody _. A. feel lonely because of his illness B. benefits from C. helps create the online kids forums D. writes childrens stories online( ) 4. What can we learn about Fight It? A. It helps the diabetics
18、 in financial difficulties. B. It organizes parties for volunteer once a year. C. It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics. D. It owns a well-known medical website.( ) 5. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas _. A. works full-time in a diabetes charity B. employs 22 people for his website C.
19、 helps diabetics in his own way D. ties to find a cure for diabetes56. C 细节理解题。通读全文可知，Christopher Thomas 对于自己的疾病采取了积极的态度， 所以 C 项正确。A 项与 Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life 不符； 项与文中的 Thomas 开办网站， B 与病人及其家属分享有关的 信息和资源不符；D 项提到的写作是 Thomas 的专职工
20、作，而他的志愿工作才是运作 Fight It 这个慈善机构。57. A 细节理解题。根据 a free online community for diabetics and their loved onesa place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources 可知 A 项正确。58.B细节理解题。根据 Father and son visit the online childrens forums(论坛) together most evenings. Kody gets so ex
21、cited, writing to kids from all over, says Swencki, one of the sites volunteers. They know what hes going through, so he doesnt feel alone. 可知 B 项正确。59.A 细节理解题。根据 Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people225 to datewho cant afford a diabetics huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised ab
22、out $23,000in products and in cash.可知 A 项正确。60. C 推理判断题。 根据 But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now. 可知 Thomas 在用自己的方式帮助糖尿病人， 所以 C 项正确。项与 Thomas often devotes up A to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables 不符；B 项与 Even with a st
23、aff of 22 volunteers；D 项与Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure, says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstars original members. But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now.不符。The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industr
24、y under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil indust
25、ry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As on Norwegian politician said last week: “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of develo
26、pment in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within
27、a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to
28、the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because
29、 Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.1.The Norwegian Government would prefer th
30、e oil industry toA provide more jobs for foreign workers.slow down the rate of its development.C sell the oil it is producing abroad.D develop more quickly than at present.2.The Norwegian Government has tried toA encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources.prevent oil companies employing
31、 people from northern Norway.C help the oil companies solve many of their problems.D keep the oil industry to something near its present size.3.According to the passage, the oil industry might lead northern Norway toA the development of industry.a growth in population.C the failure of the developmen
32、t programme.D the development of new towns.4.In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might beA a large reduction on unemployment.a growth in the tourist industry.C a reduction in the number of existing industries.D the development of a number of service industries.5.Norwegian
33、 farmers and fishermen have an important influence becauseA they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal.their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal.C their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society.D they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of life.Vocabulary1.Norwegian
34、挪威的；挪威人2.coastline 海岸线3.recognition 承认；认识；赞赏4.countryside 乡下；乡民难句译注1.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a l
35、imited number of foreign workers.【结构简析】用两个分号连接三句句子。【参考译文】一条新的法律限制人们仅在长长的海岸线南端以南地区进行勘探考察；规定了石油生产限量（虽然已提高）；石油公司雇佣外国工人不许超出限定额。2.With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil
36、 industry.【参考译文】由于将近百分之一百就业率，每个人都能看出形式发展中服务行业和旅游行业的大部分工人会跑到石油工业方面去。3.Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.【结构简析】复合句。在because状语从句中tha
37、t是定语从句修饰qualities。【参考译文】虽然农民和渔民并不占人口的绝大多数，可是他们都是人口的重要组成不分，因为挪威人在他们身上看到许多他们自豪地认为是挪威人的基本品质。写作方法与文章大意文章论述“挪威政府意欲控制石油工业”。采用对比写法。先提出政府新政策的种种限制。但石油工业有办法对付。人们都认为限制难以长久。其次讲述，从战时起，挪威政府一直执行开发北极圈北部地区的发展规划，也取得成功。但石油工业已经开始向南方进军，北方政策可能会失败。石油工业之影响超出北方，有些企业缩小，减少。最后一段是讲争论的焦点：石油对挪威生活方式构成了威胁，具体表现在对挪威理想的代表渔民和农民的威胁。答案详解
38、1.B 减慢发展速率。文章开始就阐明挪威政府正竭尽全力把石油工业控制起来，制定新法律来限制勘探开采，限制产量，限制雇佣外国工人人数。A. 为外国工人提供更多的工作。C.卖掉正在国外生产的石油。D.比现在发展更快。2.D 使石油工业保持在接近现在的规模。A. 鼓励石油公司去发现新石油资源。B.制止石油公司雇佣来自挪威北方的人。C.帮助石油公司解决许多问题。3.C 发展规划的失败。这在第二段最后一句：“可是石油工业已经开始把人们吸引到南方去，所以不出几年，整个北方政策可能成泡影。”A.工业发展。B.人口增长。D.新城市的发展。文内没有涉及。4.C 现存工业数的减少。第三段开始“可是石油工业的影响并
39、不仅仅限于北方。近百分之一百的就业率，使每个人都见到发展的势头，服务业和旅游业的好多工人转向石油工业。某些较小的工业，在从国外购进货物更便宜的情况下，很可能会全部消失。”这说明工业数减少。A.大大减少失业。B.旅游行业增长。D.许多服务公司发展。文内没有提。5.B 他们的生活和价值代表了挪威人的理想。A.他们组成了那么大一部分挪威理想。C.他们的工作对挪威社会的其他方面非常有用。D.他们认为石油是对挪威生活方式的威胁。最后一段第一句话：“对石油真正的争论点是它对挪威生活方式的一种威胁。”并不是他们认为威胁。阅读理解-AMany people believe Henry Ford invente
40、d the automobile (汽车). But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the worlds first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a cars parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move t
41、o the parts. That is not true, either. Many factory owners used methods of this kind before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other peoples ideas and make them better. And he made the whole factory a moving production line. In the early days of the automobile, almost every car maker raced his car
42、s. It was the best way of gaining public notice. Henry Ford decided to build a racing car. Fords most famous race was his first one. It was also the last race in which he drove the car himself. The race was in 1901, at a field near Detroit. All of the most famous cars had entered, but only two were
43、left: the Winton and Fords. The Winton was famous for its speed. Most people thought the race was over before it began. The Winton took an early lead. But halfway through the race, it began to lose power. Ford started to gain. And near the end of the race, he took the lead. Ford won the race and def
44、eated the Winton. His name appeared in newspapers and he became well-known all over the United States. Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford formed a new automobile company. In the 1903, a doctor in Detroit bought the first car from the company. That sale was the beginning of Henry Fords dream. Ford
45、said: I will build a motor car for the great mass of people. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplest plans that mod
46、em engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one. The Model T was a car of that kind. It only cost $850. It was a simple machine that drivers could depend on. Doctors bought the Model T. So did farmers. Even criminals. They considered it
47、the fastest and surest form of transportation. Americans loved the Model T. They wrote stories and songs about it. Thousands of Model Ts were built in the first few years.( ) 1. What do we know about Henry Ford from Paragraph 1?A. He made good use of ideas from others. B. He produced the first car i
48、n the world. C. He knew how to improve auto parts.D. He invented the production line.【答案】：A【解析】：细节题。由文章What Henry Ford did was to use other peoples ideas and make them better.可选A。( ) 2. Why did Henry Ford take part in the 1901 car race? A. To show off his driving skills. B. To draw public attention.
49、C. To learn about new technology. D. To raise money for his new company. 【答案】：B【解析】：细节题。由文章第3段The Winton was famous for its speed. Most people thought the race was over before it began.可得出 B。 ( ) 3. “That sale” in Paragraph 4 refers to .A. the selling of Ford cars at reduced prices B. the sale of Mo
50、del T to the mass of people C. the selling of a car to a Detroit doctorD. the sales target for the Ford Company【答案】：C【解析】：猜测词义，有上文In the 1903, a doctor in Detroit bought the first car from the company.可知。( ) 4. What was Henry Fords dream according to the text? A. Producing cars for average customers.B. Building racing cars of simple design. C. Designing more car models.D. Starting more companies.【答案】：A【解析】：细节题，由I will build a motor car for the great mass of people可选A。