1、2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练题（25）及答案阅读理解-A 篇 Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant,
2、she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged
3、 her to go to college because her thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the universitys Writers Workshop,
4、 however, she felt lonely-a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I wa
5、s a Mexican woman, but I didnt think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! Thats when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldnt write about.”Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she w
6、as twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then,
7、Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a childrens book, and a short-story collection.46. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?A. She had seven brothers. B. She felt herself a nobody.C. She was too shy to go to school.D. She did not have any good teachers.47. The g
8、raduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _. A. work for a school magazine B. run away from her family C. make a lot of friends D. develop her writing style48. According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success? A. Her early years in college. B. Her training in the Workshop. C. Her
9、feeling of being different. D. Her childhood experience.49. What do we learn about The House on Mango Street? A. It is quite popular among students. B. It is the only book ever written by Cisneros. C. It wasnt success as it was written in Spanish. D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.参考答
10、案4649、BDCA阅读理解If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a UK study said.Though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their vegetables, th
11、e idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Thats because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked, said Jane Wardle, a researcher at University College London who worked o
12、n the study. Verbal praise, such as “Brilliant! Youre a great vegetable taster,” did not work as well.The study found t hat when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable, it gradually changed their attitudes. The children were also willin
13、g to eat more of the vegetables-either carrots, celery, cucumber, red pepper, cabbage or sugar snap peas-in laboratory taste tests, the study said.Researchers randomly assigned（分派）173 families to one of these groups. In one, parents used stickers to reward their children each time they took a tiny s
14、ample of a disliked vegetable. A second group of parents used verbal praise. The third group, where parents used no special vegetable-promoting methods, served as a “control”.Parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day of 12 days, Soon after, child
15、ren in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetables-and were willing to eat more in the research lab, going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12-day experience. The turnaround also seemed to last, with preschoolers in the sticker group still willin
16、g to eat more of the once disliked vegetable three months later.Why didnt the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents words may have seemed “insincere” to their children.16The purpose of writing the passage is .Ato introduce a practical method of making children eat vegetablesBto show the proced
17、ure of an experiment on childrens dietCto explain why children hate to eat vegetablesDto present a proper way of vernal praise to parents17The underlined word “backfire” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.Ashoot from behind the backBmake a lire in the hackyardCproduce an unexpected resultDachieve wha
18、t was planned18According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?AMost children are born to dislike carrots or celery.BIt remains a question whether rewarding is a good way to get children to eat vegetables.COral praise wokrs quite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables.DCh
19、ildren in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables.19How did the researchers get their conclusion from the experiment?ABy comparison.BBy asking questions.CBy giving examples,DBy discussion.20What can we learn from the last paragraph?AChildren like rewards, not verbal praise.BP
20、arents should praise their children in a sincere tone.CChildren are difficult to inspire.DParents should give up verbal praise.参考答案16-20 ACBAB 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AGoing to school means learning new skills and facts in different subjects. Teachers teach and students learn, and many sc
21、ientists are interested in finding ways to improve both teaching and learning processes. Sian Beilock and Susan Leving, two psychologists at the University of Chicago, are trying to learn about learning. In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, Beilock and Levine found a su
22、rprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn: If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills, then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math. “If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teache
23、rs in later grades, it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement,” Levine told Science News. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are, then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident. Just as
24、students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learnand teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. The new study involved 65 girls, 52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest.
25、The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year, and the researchers compared the scores. The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers: To find out
26、 which teachers were anxious about math, the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math, such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example, was probably anxious about math. Boys, on average, we
27、re unaffected by a teachers anxiety. On average, girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus, on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy, 20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at
28、 mathand all of these girls had been taught by female teachers with math anxiety. According to surveys done before this one, college students who want to become elementary school teachers have the highest levels of anxiety about math. Plus, nine of every 10 elementary teachers are women, Levine said
29、.1. Sian Beilock and Susan Levine carried out the new research in order to _. A. know the effects of teaching on learning B. study students ways of learning mathC. prove women teachers are unfit to teach math D. find better teaching methods for teachers2. The underlined part in paragraph 2 most prob
30、ably means that girls may _. A. end up learning math anxiety from their teachers B. study the ways their female teachers behave C. have an influence on their math-anxious female teachers D. gain unexpected achievement in such subjects as math3. In the study, what were the teachers required to do? A.
31、 Prepare two math achievement tests for the students. B. Tell their feelings about math problems. C. Answer whether a math superstar had to be a boy. D. Compare the students scores after the math tests.4. What is the finding of the new study? A. No male students were affected by their teachers anxie
32、ty. B. Almost all the girls got lower scores in the tests than the boys. C. About 30% of the girls thought boys are better at math than girls. D. Girls with math-anxious teachers all failed in the math tests.5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. 117 students and teachers took p
33、art in the new study. B. The researchers felt surprised at the findings of their study. C. Beilock and Levine are interested in teaching math. D. Men teachers are better at teaching math than women teachers.参考答案B D B C B 阅读理解-B篇Monarch ButterfliesOne of the last West Coast homes of the Monarch butte
34、rfly，a type of insect（昆虫），may soon disappearStrangely，it is in a town that calls itself Butterfly USA，Pacific Grove, CaliforniaThe town of Pacific Grove loves the butterfliesEvery year they have a parade（游行）and hundreds of children dress up as butterfliesMonarch butterflies are the town mascotTouris
35、m is very important，and many people come to see the butterfliesThe butterflies are good for the development of the townIn 1981 there were so many butterflies it looked like it was raining butterfliesTens of thousands of Monarchs stayed on tree branches near Pacific GroveNow there are not so manyThe
36、building goes on a little bit at a time，and you dont notice it day by dayOver time，you can see that there has been a lot of developmentAs new buildings go up，many trees are cut downThis reduces the natural homes for the butterfliesMonarchs travel hundreds of miles each year，returning to the same woo
37、ds，often to the same treesThe female Monarchs need milkweed to lay their eggs；the males will follow the femalesMillions of Monarchs have traveled regularly along the same path for thousands of yearsThey start their trip in the mountains of Mexico and travel to the middle part of AmericaIf the woods
38、where the butterflies live are destroyed，the whole species（物种）could be lostThere have been Monarch butterflies along the coast of California for as long as man can remember，but no one is sure how much longer they will last50Why are Monarch butterflies important to Pacific Grove？A. They may disappear
39、 B. They come to stay every yearC. They help develop the towns tourismD. They give a name to Pacific Grove51The underlined word “mascot”in Paragraph 2 probably refers to_.A. a new type of butterfly B. an insect believed to bring good luckC. a parade organized by Pacific Grove D. a special dress for
40、children in Pacific Grove52What problem do Monarch butterflies face now？A. New buildings take up their living spaceB. There has been too much rain m recent yearsC. Their natural homes are destroyed by tourismD. They have tot travel a long distance to get home53Where do Monarch butterflies start thei
41、r trip to Pacific Grove？A. From Central AmericaB. From the West CoastC. From California D. From Mexico参考答案 5053、CBADThe space shuttle Columbia flared and broke up in the skies over Texas on Saturday, February 1, 2003, killing the seven astronauts on board in what NASA and President Bush called a tra
42、gedy for the entire nation. NASA launched an investigation into the disaster and began searching for the astronauts remains. It said that although there had been some data failures it was too early to nail down a precise cause. The break-up, 16 minutes before the shuttle was due to land at Kennedy S
43、pace Center in Florida, spread possibly toxic debris(有毒的残骸) over a wide area of Texas and neighboring states. Dramatic television images of the shuttles descent clearly showed several white trails(痕迹) streaking through blue skies after the shuttle suddenly fell apart. It was almost 17 years to the d
44、ay that the Challenger shuttle exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board. Take-off and re-entry into Earths atmosphere are the most dangerous parts of a space mission. In 42 years of US human space flight, there had never been an accident in the descent to Earth or landing. Ch
45、allenger exploded just after take-off. Rescue teams scrambled to search for the remains of the crew, which included the first Israeli to fly on the shuttle, former combat pilot Col. Ilan Ramon. There were warnings that parts of a vast 120-mile-long corridor of debris could be toxic because of poison
46、ous rocket propellant(推进器). We are not ready to confirm that we have found any human remains, Nacogdoches County Sheriff Thomas Kerrs said. He added that among the roughly 1,000 calls reporting debris, some people said they found remains of crew members. The Columbia is lost. There are no survivors,
47、 Their mission was almost complete and we lost them so close to home. Americas space program will go on, said a grim-faced Bush in a message broadcast on television, which included condolences（同情）to the families of the dead astronauts. 6. The word “descent” in the passage means _.A. taking off B. la
48、nding C. orbiting(绕轨运行) D. walking down 7. Which is true of the Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon?A. He was the first Israeli astronaut to fly on the shuttle. B. He was the first foreign astronaut to fly on the American shuttle. C. He used to be a passenger plane pilot.D. He was the only survivor in the
49、Columbia disaster. 8. The Columbia disaster and the Challenger disaster were similar in that _. A. there were seven astronauts killed on board B. both the shuttles exploded when they took off C. Both the shuttles exploded when they were about to land D. no human remains were found 9. Which of the fo
50、llowing is wrong according to the news?A. The U.S.A. will give up the space program because of the accident. B. NASA hasnt found the cause of the Columbia disaster. C. Before the Columbia disaster, no shuttles had exploded in the course of landing. D. Take-off and re-entry into Earths atmosphere are the most dangerous parts of a space mission.参考答案B A A A
