1、河北省黄冈市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自选练习（10）及答案阅读理解 (2013辽宁，B)Going green seems to be a fad(时尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we cant really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.On April 22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire ye
2、ar. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.With the idea of going green every single day for a ye
3、ar, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.Over the course of Our Green Year
4、, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we dont need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical clean
5、ers. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of homemade fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do ha
6、ve the power to change things and help our planet.文章大意：作者夫妇俩把绿色环保的生活作为了一种生活方式。不但自己在生活中注意绿色生活，还教育别的人拥有这种有利于环境保护的生活方式。5What might be the best title for the passage?AGoing GreenBProtecting the PlanetCKeeping OpenMindedDCelebrating Our Green Year答案：A主旨大意题。本文在第一段开篇点题。全文围绕绿色生活展开叙述。故A项为本题答案。6It was difficu
7、lt for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because _.Athey were expected to follow the green fadBthey didnt know how to educate other peopleCthey were unwilling to reduce their energyDthey needed to perform unusual green tasks答案：D推理判断题。从文章的第三段和第四段可知，作者夫妇要进行绿色生活必须要做一些不寻常的事情。故D项为正确答案。7W
8、hat did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?AThey tried to get out of their ungreen habits.BThey ignored others ungreen behavior.CThey chose better chemical cleaners.DThey sold their homemade food.答案：A细节理解题。从文章的第四段特别是第四段的最后一句话In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might
9、 be punished.可知答案。8What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe government will give support to the green project.BThe couple may continue their project in the future.CSome people disagree with the couples green ideas.DOur Green Year is becoming a national campaign. 答案：B推理判断题。文章最后一段说的是作者一家对自己的绿色生活
10、很满意，并且对于自己对环境的作用充满信心，故会继续自己的这种活动。阅读理解-AVisiting U.S. President George W. Bush said in Beijing Friday that both China and the United States should encourage bilateral(双边的) contacts and exchanges to promote mutual(相互) understanding. “Its important for our political leaders to come to China,” said Bush
11、, who gave a speech Friday morning at Qinghua University, one of the most prestigious universities in China. His working visit to China and discussions with Oinghua students “help promote” Sino-U.S.(中美) relations, Bush said in response to a students question about what he would do to promote Sino-U.
12、S. relations. “Many people in my country are very interested in China,” he said, adding that these Americans have learned more about Chinas culture and the Chinese people. He said that he would keep encouraging such contacts and exchanges between the two countries. Bush said that he would describe b
13、ack home what he has seen here and that China as a great nation not only has a “great history” but also an “unbelievably exciting future.” The president said that the 2008 Olympic Games would make a significant opportunity for the rest of the world to understand China, which enables more people to c
14、ome to China and feel the modernization taking place, and many more people will see it on the television. Bush arrived in Beijing Thursday for a two-day working visit to China. 1. What the word “prestigious” in the second paragraph probably means? A. great B. famous C. honorable D. modest答案解析：答案为B。本
15、题为词义猜测题。结合 “prestigious” 所在的上下文， “who gave a speech Friday morning at Qinghua University, one of the most prestigious universities in China.” 根据常识，清华大学在我国非常著名，故答案为B。2. Which of the sentence is NOT true? A. Bush think bilateral contacts and mutual understanding will promote Sino-U.S. relations. B. Ma
16、ny Americans are interested in China. C. Bush and the students of Qinghua discussed something about how to make China richer and stronger. D. The 2008s Olympic Games is a great change for China been known by the world. 答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节判断题。由第一段内容可知，A选项符合文意。由第四段 “Many people in my country are very inte
17、rested in China,”可知，B选项符合文意。由倒数第二段内容可知，D选项符合文意。只有C选项“布什和清华大学的学生讨论如何使中国更富强”未提及。故答案为C。3. Many Americans are interested in China because _. A. they want to come here to take part in the 2008 Olympic Games B. they have learned something of China and they want to learn more C. China has been taking place
18、 great change D. China has a “great history” and “unbelievably exciting future” 答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第四段“adding that these Americans have learned more about Chinas culture and the Chinese people.”可知，答案为B。来源:4. The narrator(叙述者) of the passage was most probably _. A. a reporter B. a psychologist C. a po
19、litician D. a sociologist答案解析：答案为A。本题为推理题。根据文章的内容可判断文章的体裁为新闻报道，叙述者最有可能是记者。故答案为A。阅读理解-BA senior United Nations Childrens Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in childrens welfare. A. H. M. Farook, UNICEFs operations area officer for China and Mongolia said tha
20、t China “can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.” Chinas child population makes up one-fifth of the worlds total. “The reason behind the tremendous(巨大的) achievement is Chinas long tradition of caring fo
21、r children both at home and in society,” he said. “Whats more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need.” The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Childrens Welfare Home at the Shangri-la H
22、otel, Beijing. The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks, sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine” party, as a prelude(前奏) to celebrations to mark the Childrens Day. The Beijing childrens Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has a
23、t present more than 400 children. A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency spends 400500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year. Gu Xiaojin, deputy sec
24、retary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation(CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children. She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue t
25、heir schooling. By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms. Three “Hope Stars” also attended the party. They
26、were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory(义务) studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers(火炬接力者) for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year. 1. Children can gr
27、ow healthily and happily as long as _. A. parents take good care of them both at home and in society B. the whole society care for children as well as their parents C. Schools and teachers pay much attention to the growth of children D. Chinese people always give special attention to children who ar
28、e in special need 答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第三段 “The reason behind the tremendous achievement is Chinas long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society,” 可知，儿童能够健康快乐地成长的条件是社会和家庭共同的关心，故B选项符合文意。A选项只强调了父母的作用，C选项只强调了学校和教师的作用，都太片面，均不选；D选项的 “always”一词显得太过绝对化，故不选。来源:2. Every year the Beijing Chil
29、drens Welfare Home spends _ on the orphans A. 1, 920, 000 yuan B. 2, 160, 000 yuan C. Over 2, 400, 000 yuan D. 2, 200, 000 yuan or so答案解析：答案为D。本题为推理计算题。题干要求推算出Beijing Childrens Welfare Home在孤儿身上一年的花费，由第六段 “The Beijing childrens Welfare Home, has at present more than 400 children.” 和第七段 “ the agency
30、spends 400500 yuan a month for an average orphan.” 可以推算，一年的费用在1, 920, 000元到2, 400, 000元之间，然而费用不会恰好是2, 160, 000元，只有D选项的答案最为准确。3. CYDF collected 700 million yuan with the purpose of _. A. reducing dropouts B. helping homeless orphans C. supporting the Chinese Team for the coming Atlanta Olympic Games
31、D. establishing 2, 074 Hope primary schools all over the country答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。由倒数第二段 “ By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to re
32、turn to school classrooms.”可知，CYDF筹集的资金用于帮助建立希望工程小学，让失学儿童返校，A选项和D选项都是文章所提到的，然而A选项“减少失学儿童”是这笔资金的最终目的，D选项是达到此目的的方式，故答案为A。4. We can infer from the text that _. A. Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each. B. All the children in the poverty-stricken region
33、s of China are too poor to go to school. C. Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned about the growth of the younger generation. D. With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China. 答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由第六段 “The Beijing childrens Welfare Home, set up s
34、oon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.” 可知，自从新中国建立以来，The Beijing childrens Welfare Home 里收养了400多名孤儿，可以推断C选项 “自从解放以来，中国共产党一直关心儿童的成长”与文意符合。故答案为C。由第四段 “Whats more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need.” 可知
35、，需要给予有特别需求的儿童特别关注，A选项意为“给每个儿童特别关注” 曲解了文章的意思，故错误，B、D选项表述错误，均不选。5. It is possible that this passage was written in _. A. 1992 B. 1996 C. 1998 D. 2000答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由最后一段最后一句话 “They will be torchbearers for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year.”可知，此文章写于亚特兰大奥运会举办的那一年，而这年是
36、在1996年。故答案为B。阅读理解 (2013陕西，D)About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey，I enrolled(注册) my son in kindergarten. Several weeks later, my sons teacher asked me to meet him at his office.In the teachers office, and exchange of
37、 greetings was followed by his questions: “Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)？Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability？”Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? No, no, it cant be. What a helpless, lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy, instead. I asked him why
38、he was asking me all these questions.My son could not follow the teachers directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class. Didnt he know my son did not speak English yet?He was angry: “Why hasnt your son been taught to speak English? Dont you speak English at home？”No, I didnt speak
39、 English at home, I replied. I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months, and I didnt want him to forget his native language. Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all time? “Are you one of those people who come to this country t
40、o save dollars and send them back to their country, never wanting to be a part of this society？”Needless to say, I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people.” Then he told me the meeting was over, and I left.As I had expected, my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year wa
41、s over. He went on to graduate from college and got a job, earning close to six figures. He travels widely and leads a welladjusted, contented life. And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other c
42、ultures and other placessomething very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey.文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，通过了一位新移民及其儿子的经历讲述了掌握两门语言的好处。13The teacher asked the author to his office_.Ato discuss Scolas inclass performanceBto get Scola enrolled in kindergartenCto find a language partner for
43、 ScolaDto work out a study plan for Scola答案：A细节理解题。由第四段可以看出老师让家长去办公室是谈论Scola的课堂表现。故选A项。14What does the underlined word “disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?ABreaking.BFollowing.CAttending.DDisturbing.答案：D词义推测题。由上文“我的儿子不能跟上老师的指导”，因此Scola在扰乱课堂，故选D项，disturbing打扰，扰乱。15The authors attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as_.Acritical BcasualCpositive Dpassive 答案：C作者态度题。由文章最后两段，特别是He has benefited from being bilingual可知作者对于双语持肯定的态度，故选C项。16This text is likely to be selected from a book of _.Amedicine BeducationCgeography Dhistory答案：B推理判断题。本文讲述了掌握双语的好处，所以可能出自一本关于教育的书。