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1、Module2 Fantasy Literature-Philip Pullman阅读训练（2）阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。【2014山东省潍坊市高考模拟考试】Success is often measured by the ability to overcome adversity.But，it is often the belief of others that gives us the courage to try.JK.Rowling，author of the Harry Potter book series，began writ
2、ing at the age of 6.In her biography，she remembers with great fondness when her good friend Sean，whom she met in secondary school，became the first person to encourage her and help build the confidence that one day she would be a very good writer.“He was the first person with whom I really discussed
3、my serious ambition to be a writer.He was also the only person who thought I was bound to be a success at it，which meant much more to me than I ever told him at the time.”Despite many setbacks，Rowling persevered in her writing，particularly fantasy stories.But it wasnt until 1990 that she first conce
4、ived the idea about Harry Potter.As she recalls，it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into her head.“To my immense frustration (沮丧)，I didnt have a functioning pen with me，and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one.I think，now，t
5、hat this was probably a good thing，because I simply sat and thought，for four (delayed train) hours，and all the details bubbled up in my brain，and this scrawny，blackhaired，bespectacled (戴眼镜的) boy who didnt know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.”That same year，her mother passed away aft
6、er a tenyear battle with multiple sclerosis，which deeply affected her writing.She went on to marry and had a daughter，but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.During this time，Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression.Unemployed，she completed her first novel in area cafes，where she cou
7、ld get her daughter to fall asleep.After being rejected by 12 publishing houses，the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.Now with seven books that have sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages，J.K.Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history.And it all be
8、gan with her commitment to writing that was fostered by the confidence of a friend!1Who believed JK.Rowling was to be a good writer?AHer friend Sean.BHer mother.CHer daughter.DHer husband.2Rowling first came up with the idea about Harry Potter_.Aat the age of 6Bon a train journeyCafter her mothers d
9、eathDin her secondary school3She felt frustrated on the train because_.Aher train was delayed for four hoursBshe didnt have a pen with herCher mind suddenly went blankDno one would offer her help4It can be concluded from Paragraph 5 and 6 that Rowling is_.Aopenminded BwarmheartedCgoodnaturedDstrongw
10、illed5The text mainly tells us_.Ahardship makes a good novelistBthe courage to try is a special abilityCyou can have a wonderful idea everywhereDencouragement contributes to ones success语篇解读文章主要介绍J.K.Rowling在好朋友Sean的鼓励下，成功创作了哈利波特系列小说。1解析：细节理解题。根据第二、三段可知，Rowling的好朋友Sean鼓励并相信她能成为一名优秀的作家。答案：A2解析：细节理解题。
11、根据第四段的第三句“As she recalls，it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into her head.”可知答案为B。答案：B3解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第四句中的“To my immense frustration (沮丧) I didnt have a functioning pen with me”可知B项正确。答案：B4解析：推理判断题。第五段讲的是J.K.Rowling经历了母亲去世和丈夫离婚的打击，第六段讲的
12、是她患上了抑郁症，失业，照顾孩子以及被出版商拒绝12次，从这些叙述中可以看出她意志坚强。答案：D5解析：主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据文章的首段和最后一段可知，本文主要讲的是鼓励可以促使他人取得成功，故D项正确。答案：D。阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。【2013江西临川一中压轴考试】Since we are social beings，the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships.One strength of the
13、 human conditions is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful (有压力的) conditions.Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties.Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life c
14、hanges and daily problems.People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties.Studies over types of illnesses，from depression to heart disease，show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness，and the absence of such su
15、pport makes poor health more likely.Social support cushions stress in a number of ways.First，friends，relatives and coworkers may let us know that they value us.Our selfrespect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties.Second，other people often provide us
16、 with informational support.They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them.Third，we typically find social companionship supportive.Taking part in freetime activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移注意力) us from our wo
17、rries and troubles.Finally，other people may give us instrumental supportmoney aid，material resources，and needed servicesthat reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.1Interpersonal relationships are important because they can_.Adeal with life changesBsmooth away daily problems
18、Cmake people live more easilyDcure types of illnesses2The researches show that peoples physical and mental health_.Ahas much to do with the amount of support they get from othersBlies in the social medical care systems which support themCdepends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubl
19、esDis related to their courage for dealing with major life changes.3Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “cushions”？Atakes place ofBmakes up of Clessens the effect ofDgets rid of4Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work in spare time is an example of_.Ainstrumenta
20、l support Binformational supportCsocial companionship Dthe strengthening of selfrespect5What is the subject discussed in the text?AEffects of stressful conditions.BKinds of social support.CWays to deal with stress.DInterpersonal relationships.语篇解读本文是一篇议论文。文章主要阐述了我们是社会性的动物，所以我们的生活质量很大程度上取决于人际关系。1解析：细
21、节理解题。根据第一段中的“to deal with major life changes and daily problems.Studies over types of illnesses”可知，A、B、D三项的内容只是问题的一部分，都比较片面。答案：C2解析：细节理解题。researches和studies都是研究的意思，根据第一段的最后一句话中“Studies over types of illnesses，from depression to heart disease，show that the presence of social support helps people defe
22、nd themselves against illness，and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.”可知A项正确。B、C两项在文中没有提及，而D选项只提到了life changes，内容太片面。答案：A3解析：词义猜测题。根据第一段最后一句“.the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against.”可知，画线词所在句子的句意为：社会支持以许多方式减轻压力。take place of代替；make up of构成，组成；les
23、sen the effect of减少影响，免受影响；get rid of摆脱，除掉，去掉。答案：C4解析：细节理解题。在最后一段中，作者给出了几种不同的support。第一种是“friends，relatives and coworkers may let us know that they value us.”即从朋友、亲戚和同事那获得的支持；第二种是“other people often provide us with informational support.”即别人为我们提供的信息帮助和支持；第三种是“we typically find social companionship s
24、upportive.Taking part in freetime activities with others.”即社会关系或友情中得到的支持或帮助；最后一种是“other people may give us instrumental support”即别人给我们提供的实质性支持。答案：C5解析：主旨大意题。根据文章第一段中“Since we are social beings，the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships.”可知，D项正确。答案：D。 【山东省济宁市
25、2014高考英语二模试题】 A good reader becomes sooner or later a good book buyerThe sooner，the better. The reading done in a book drawn from a library can not be so pleasant at the moment nor so permanently useful as the reading done in our own copy A book which is worth reading is likely to be read more than
26、once，and at each reading some idea or some statement makes such an impression that we wish to refer to it again Some readers underline the page as they read，but I find that a page which I have underlined can not give me so many fresh impressions as one which has no marks on itMy habit is to make my
27、own index(索引)of a book as I readI put down the number of the page and a word or two to identify the thought or the fact which I get from itOn a second or third reading I am likely to double or triple the size of this indexThis is my substitute for underliningMost of the books in my library are so in
28、dexed that I can find quickly the passage which from time to time I wish to look up To use a book in this way，organizing it for continued usefulness year after year, we must，of course，do our reading in a copy which belongs to usThe books I buy are chiefly those of less expensive editions As I have g
29、rown older and the number of books on my shelves has increased，I appre- ciate editions which do not take much roomBy careful and continuous selection I keep my librarv down to ten thousand booksThis would be，of course，too large a number for any but a professional scholar or writerBut my advice to a
30、book lover is to weed but his library at least once every two years，giving away the books which are not likely to be read again. And never never buy a book which you will not immediately readA library bought only for looks is not literature，but indoor decoration61Which of the following best explains
31、 the underlined part in the first paragraph?AReading your own book benefits you more than reading a copy from a libraryBReading a book at home is more pleasant and useful than doing it in a libraryCReading a book in a library is more pleasant and useful than doing it at homeDA book drawn from a libr
32、ary cannot take as much time as your own copy62What is the disadvantage of underlining according to the author?AUnderlined books look old and not worth readingBThe lines make it difficult for the reader to concentrateCUnderlined books cannot give the reader enough fresh impressionsDThe reader cannot
33、 find the passage he or she wishes to read again63What would the authors index look like after a third reading? AIt contains the number of the page and a word or twoBIt contains the number of the page and 3 to 6 wordsCIt numbers the page，the paragraph and the linesDIt fills the cover of the book wit
34、h numbers and words64Which of the following books would the author most probably like to keep?ABig expensive good books BThin and cheap booksCBooks with lots of pictures DGood books in cheap，thin editions65Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?AThe writer has read only some
35、of the books in his libraryBThe writer is a professional scholar or writerCThe writer has never given away any books in his libraryDThe writers library is indoor decoration rather than literature【参考答案】ACBDB阅读理解。 As thousands of communities in the USA especially in the South became booming gateways f
36、or immigrant families from Central and South America during the 1990s and the early years of the new century, public schools struggled with the unfamiliar task of serving the large numbers of English learners arriving in their classrooms. Education programs needed to be built from scratch. “We had n
37、o teaching resources suitable for English learners here before. We had to develop them all ourselves,” a Texas principal said. Throughout the country, districts had to train their own teachers to teach English to non-native speakers or recruit teachers from elsewhere. School staff members had to fig
38、ure out how to communicate with parents who spoke no English. But even as immigration has slowed or stopped in many places, and instructional programs for English-learners have matured, serving immigrant families and their children remains a work in progress in many public schools, especially those
39、in communities that are skeptical, or sometimes unwelcoming, to the newcomers. One of the biggest challenges educators face, is communicating effectively with parents who dont speak English an issue that, in part, has contributed to recent complaints of discrimination by Latino students in some citi
40、es. “The parents role is very important for the success of these students, but its also one of the most difficult things weve had to tackle,” said Jim D. Rollins, the president of the Springdale school district, where the 19,000-student school system has gone from having no English-learners 15 years
41、 ago to more than 7,500 now. “You have to make it a priority and work on it, work on it, and work on it.” Aside from the practical challenges, such as finding bilingual (会说两种语言的) staff members, guiding districts through such dramatic changes requires school leaders to bridge difficult political and
42、cultural divides. For school leaders in the South, especially in the last few years, this difficult job has been made harder still by the negative attitudes of some locals towards immigrants. 36. According to the passage, what is the problem that public schools are facing? A. Handling more cases fro
43、m the immigrant Mexican communities. B. Offering services to immigrant families in the southern states. C. Offering enough communicative lessons to immigrant parents. D. Providing education for non-native English learners.【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据public schools struggled with the unfamiliar task of serving
44、the large numbers of English learners arriving in their classrooms.公立学校目前面临的问题是为那些母语不是英语的学生提供教育，故选D。37. The underlined part “built from scratch” (in Paragraph 2) probably means “_”. A. completely new B. painful to make C. based on past experience D. constructed gradually 【答案】A【解析】短语猜测题。根据We had no t
45、eaching resources suitable for English learners here before.因为以前没有过适合英语的初学者的教学资源，所以这个短语应是完全是新的，故选A。38. What is one of the things the school leaders have done to deal with the problems? A. Provide more Spanish-only classes. B. Invite more teachers from other places. C. Train their teachers to speak S
46、panish. D. Use bilingual parents as part-time teachers.【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据Throughout the country, districts had to train their own teachers to teach English to non-native speakers or recruit teachers from elsewhere.主要问题是解决师资问题，需要更多的老师，需要邀请从外地来的老师，故选B。39. What do we know about the immigrant parents? A.
47、 Many of them cannot speak English. B. Most of them think education is not important. C. Some of them feel skeptical about the local community. D. Few of them have attended American schools. 【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据School staff members had to figure out how to communicate with parents who spoke no English.。这些父母当然不会讲英语，故选A。40. According to Paragraph 3, what has caused some of the recent complaints by Latino students? A. Discrimination by schools. B. Unfriendliness of the locals. C. Misco