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1、2014 高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50-29 A For many years,I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size.I believed that when the weight disappeared,it would take old wounds,hurts,and rejections with it.Many weight conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything.Perhaps ou
2、r worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved,being special,and being cherished.We fantasize about what it will be like when we reach the long awaited goal.We work very hard to realize this dream.Then,at last,we find ourselves there.But we often gain back what we have lost.Even so,
3、we continue to believe that next time it will be different.Next time,we will keep it off.Next time,being thin finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness,self worth,and,of course,love.It took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty.Bea uty stand
4、ards vary with culture.In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds.More importantly,if its happiness that we want,why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body?Why not look inside?Many of us try hard to change our body,but in vain.We have t
5、o find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves.When we change our attitudes toward ourselves,the whole world changes.1.The passage seems to emphasize the importance of .A.body size B.attitudes toward life C.cultural differences D.different beauty standar
6、ds 答案解析：答案为 B。本题考查文章的主旨大意。文章前面的内容介绍了作者减肥的痛苦思想经历，最后一段最后一句话点出了文章的中心“When we change our attitudes toward ourselves,the whole world changes.”作者认为当我们改变对我们自己的态度后，整个世界就变了，因此本文在强调生活的态度，故答案为 B。2.What does the underline d part“in vain”in the last paragraph mean?A.Without success.B.Without purpose.C.In doubt.D
7、.In trouble.答案解析：答案为 A。本题为词义猜测题。由划线部分所在的语境“Many of us try hard to change our body,but in vain.”可知，“but”后的意思应该与前面的“很多人努力地去改变身体”意思相反，因此“in vain”的意思最有可能是“没有成功”，故答案为 A。3.What can be inferred about the author?A.The author is a Samoan.B.The author succeeded in losing weight.C.The author has been troubled
8、by her/his weight.D.The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.答案解析：答案为 C。本题为推理题。由第一段第一句话“For many years,I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size.”可知，很多年以来，作者相信他/她的痛苦是因为自身的身材肥胖，因此可以推断作者很多年都受到体重的困扰，故答案为 C。由最后一段首句“It took me a long while to realize that there was something more f
9、or me to learn about beauty.”可知，作者花了很长时间才意识到关于美还有很多的要学习，因此作者减肥并不成功，故干扰项最强的 B 选项“作者成功减肥了”错误。4.According to the author,what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later?A.They feel angry about the regained weight.B.They pay little attention to the regained weigh
10、t.C.They feel optimistic about future plans on weight control.D.They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.答案解析：答案为 C。本题为推理题。由倒数第二段内容可知，很多人减肥后还是长胖，即使如此，他们仍然相信下次一定会有所不同，能够变得更瘦，这就是许多人的自我安慰，从而保持快乐。可以推断，那些减肥的人对他们的减肥计划感到非常乐观，故答案为 C。B Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activ
11、ity for most people.In fact,many people never read a poem once they get out of high school.It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America.In the nineteenth century,a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud.It is tr
12、ue that there was no television at the time,nor movie theaters,nor World Wide Web,to provide diversion.However,poems were a source of pleasure,of self-education,of connection to other people or to the world beyond ones own community.Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one,and perh
13、aps even more social than individual.Writing poems to share with friends and relations was,like reading poems by the fireside,another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life.How did things change?Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry,and why do most people today think tha
14、t a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems?There are,I believe,three culprits(肇事者)：poets,teachers,and we ourselves.Of these,the least important is the third:the world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem.Early in the twentieth centur
15、y,poetry in English headed into directions unfavorable to the reading of poetry.Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night,that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged.Poets failed the reader,so did teachers.They want their students to know so
16、mething about the skills of a poem,they want their students to see that poems mean something.Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles.1.Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the
17、 nineteenth century because .A.it built a link among people B.it helped unite a community C.it was a source of self-education D.it was a source of pleasure 答案解析：答案为 A。本题为细节题。由第二段“Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one,and perhaps even more social than individual.Writing poems to
18、share with friends and relations was,.”可知，在十九世纪读诗是一种社会行为，因为人们读诗写诗都是和朋友以及与自己有关的人分享，也就是说读诗在人们之间建立起一种联系，故答案为 A。2.The underlined word“diversion”(in Paragraph 2)most probably means“”.A.concentration B.change C.amusements D.stories 答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义猜测题。由第二段“It is true that there was no television at the tim
19、e,nor movie theaters,nor World Wide Web,to provide diversion.However,poems were a source of pleasure,”可知，在十九世纪，没有电视机、电影院和宽带网，然而诗歌是快乐的源泉，因此可以推断，电视机、电影院和宽带网提供的是娱乐，故答案为 C。3.According to the passage,what is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry?A.Students are becoming less intereste
20、d in poetry.B.Students are poorly educated in high school.C.TV and the Internet are more attractive than poetry.D.Poems have become difficult to understand.答案解析：答案为 D。本题为细节题。由倒数第二段 “Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night,that they belonged where other difficu
21、lt-to-read things belonged.”可知，读者与诗歌之间产生了鸿沟主要是因为诗歌很难读懂，故答案为 D。4.In the last paragraph,the writer questions .A.the difficulty in studying poems B.the way poems are taught in school C.students wrong ideas about poetry D.the techniques used in writing poems 答案解析：答案为 B。本题为推理题。最后一段的首句也就是该段的主题句“Poets fail
22、ed the reader,so did teachers.”，除了诗歌自身令读者难以理解外，教师也是一个因素。该段后面的内容对此句话进行了说明“They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem,they want their students to see that poems mean something.”教师想让学生知道诗歌的写作技巧，想让学生看到诗歌意味着某些东西。从作者的语气可以推断，作者对教师在学校里教授诗歌的方式进行了质疑。故答案为 B。2014 高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50-30 A“
23、Americas No.1 Health Problem.”So reads the headline of an article published by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS.The report says:“It has been estimated（估计）that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for s
24、tress related problems.”It is no exaggeration（夸张）to say that people today are being attacked by stress.According to the National Consumers League,“Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives(39%),followed by family(30%).Other sources include health(10%),co
25、ncern about the economy(9%)and concern about international conflict and terrorism(4%).”However,stress is hardly unique to the United States.A British survey in 2005 estimated that“over half a million individuals in Britain believed in 2004 that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level t
26、hat was making them ill.”As a result of“work-related stress,depression or anxiety,”there are“an estimated thirteen and a half million reported lost working days per year in Britain.”The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe.According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work,“work-r
27、elated stress has been shown to affect millions of European workers across all types of employment sectors.”One survey revealed that there are“about 41 million workers affected by work-related stress each year.”What about Asia?A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded:“Job stress is a
28、common concern among many countries in the world,both developing and industrialized countries.”The report observed that“several countries in East Asia,including China and Korea,have rapidly industrialized and economically grown.These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful
29、 effects on workers health.”1.The author quoted“Americas No.1 Health Problem.”(Para.1)in order to _.A.talk about health problems in America B.introduce the topic of stress C.emphasize the stress in America D.tell readers something about American Institute of Stress 答案解析：答案为 B。本题为推理题。本文的内容是为了揭示世界上人们的
30、工作压力非常大，对健康造成了威胁，因此作者在开头使用“Americas No.1 Health Problem”是为了引入压力的话题，故答案为 B。2.From the passage we can learn that .A.both cancer and AIDS are not as serious as the threat of stress to health B.stress is mainly from working and living pressure C.Americans never care about international conflict and terr
31、orism D.people in mainland Europe are more optimistic than English people 答案解析：答案为 B。本题为细节推理题。由第二段“Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives(39%),followed by family(30%).Other sources include health(10%),concern about the economy(9%)and concern about int
32、ernational conflict and terrorism(4%).”可知，工作和家庭生活中的压力比重最大，故 B 选项正确，C 选项错误。由第一段“Americas No.1 Health Problem.”So reads the headline of an article published by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AI DS.”可知，癌症和艾滋病没有压力带给健康的威胁那么严重的情况是在美国，不
33、具有普遍性，故 A 选项错误。第三段揭示了英国人的工作压力非常大，第四段的首句理解是关键“The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe.”意为“欧洲大陆的情况依旧不容乐观”，故 D 选项错误。3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.A.Asian people are more willing to develop their countries B.the rapid economic development is the main reason for stress C.som
34、e people in Asian countries have health problems from employment stress D.Asian countries have a better situation of stress than Europe 答案解析：答案为 C。本题为推理题。最后一段揭示了亚洲的压力情况，由该段的最后一句话“These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers health.”可知，一些亚洲国家的工作压力也影响了人们的
35、健康，故 C 选项正确，B 选项错误，经济发展不是压力的主要原因，压力来自工作。A、D 选项未提，均不选。4.Whats the main subject of the passage?A.Stress attacking health.B.How to deal with stress.C.A survey on working stress.D.Health problems around the world.答案解析：答案为 A。本题考查文章的主题。全文揭示了在美国，欧洲，亚洲人们的工作压力对健康造成了威胁，故答案为 A。B The 400 phone messages said it
36、all.Veterans(老兵)wanted to talk,and Jeff Beers,a military history buff and the son of a retired Navy man,was ready to listen.Beers had volunteered for the Veterans History Project,a program at the Library of Congress dedicated to preserving the oral histories of Americans 19 million veterans.Local ne
37、wspapers listed Beers number,and the response was tremendous.Hes videotaped 52 vets ever since.“Most of them are shocked that anyone would be interested in their small story,”says Beers,33,an assistant engineer for the city of Poway,Calif.“They ask,Why now?But it has to be now,before its too late.”T
38、he U.S.Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 1,847 veterans die each day.Beers and the other volunteers are collecting the I-was-there detail.One of the most moving came from a World War II POW(prisoner of war):“He had to march 500 miles through the Black Forest in winter.They ate bark soup
39、and slept at local farm.”The WW II generation comprises(包含)most of the 700 histories gathered since the program began in 2001.But,says director Ellen Lovell,they want to hear from vets of every war.“I interviewed my brother-in-law,an army surgeon in Vietnam,”she says.“He said he shared things with m
40、e that hes never told anyone.”1.What do we know from the text about the veterans?A.They live a very happy life after the war.B.They often told their stories to others.C.They were highly respected by people.D.They are becoming fewer and fewer in numbers.答案解析：答案为 D。本题为细节推理题。由第二段最后一句话“The U.S.Departmen
41、t of Veterans Affairs estimates that 1,847 veterans die each day.”可知，每天有 1847 位老兵死去，也就意味着老兵的数目越来越少，故 D 选项正确。2.How did the veterans feel when they were interviewed?A.Happy.B.Sad.C.Surprised.D.Disappointed.答案解析：答案为 C。本题为细节题。由第二段首句“Most of them are shocked that anyone would be interested in their small
42、 story,”可知，老兵对于有人对他们的故事感兴趣感到非常吃惊，故答案为 C。3.What does the underlined word“it”(Paragraph 1)refer to?A.Veterans wanted to talk.B.Jeff Beers was ready to listen.C.The veterans had many stories.D.There were many phone messages.答案解析：答案为 A。本题为词义推断题。由第一段前面的内容“The 400 phone messages said it all.Veterans wante
43、d to talk,and Jeff Beers,a military history buff and the son of a retired Navy man,was ready to listen.”可知，“it”指代的是紧跟着它后面的内容“Veterans wanted to talk”，故答案为 A。4.What kind of stories is Jeff Beers most interested in?A.Historical records of World War II.B.Stories written by newspaper reporters.C.Stories
44、 most talked about by public.D.Personal experiences of people during different wars.答案解析：答案为 D。本题为细节推理题。由倒数第二段“One of the most moving came from a World War II POW(prisoner of war):He had to march 500 miles through the Black Forest in winter.They ate bark soup and slept at local farm.”可知，Jeff Beers 最
45、感兴趣的是战争期间人们的个人经历，故答案为 D。2014 高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50-33 A A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes,as a rule,to have it retold in almost the same words,but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts.It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a bo
46、ok,and,if a parent can produce what,in the actual situation of the time and the child,is an improvement on the printed text,so much the better.A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking.To prove the latter,one would have to show in a c
47、ontrolled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not.As to fears,there are,I think,some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story.Often,however,this arises(出现)from the child having heard the story once.Familia
48、rity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true,that giants,witches,two-headed dragons,magic carpets,etc.do not exist;and that,instead of being
49、fond of the strange side in fairy tales,the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history.I find such people,I must say so peculiar(奇怪的)that I do not know how to argue with them.If their case were sound,the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadel
50、phia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.1.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _.A.repe