山东省胶州市2014高考英语文章阅读类训练(1).doc

胶州市2014高考英语文章阅读类训练（1）及答案或解析
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Dear Friend，
The recent success of children’s books has made the general public aware that there’s a huge market out there.
And there’s a growing need for new writers trained to create the $3 billion worth of children’s books bought each year... plus stories and articles needed by over 650 publishers of magazines for children and teenagers.
Who are these needed writers? They’re ordinary folks like you and me.
But am I good enough?
I was once where you might be now. My thoughts of writing had been pushed down by selfdoubt, and I didn’t know where to turn for help.
Then, I accepted a free offer from the Institute to test my writing aptitude(潜能), and it turned out to be the inspiration I needed.
The promise that paid off
The Institute made the same promise to me that they will make to you, if you show basic writing ability：
You will complete at least one manuscript(手稿) suitable to hand in to a publisher by the time you finish our course.
I really didn’t expect any publication before I finished the course，but that happened.I sold three stories. And I soon discovered that was not unusual at the Institute.
Since graduation, I have authored 34 nationally published children’s books and over 300 stories and articles.
Free test and brochure
We offer a free aptitude test and will send you a copy of our brochure describing our recognized homestudy courses on the basis of oneonone training.
Realize your writing dream today. There’s nothing sadder than a dream delayed until it fades forever.
Sincerely，
Kristi Holl, Instructor
Institute of Children’s Literature
[语篇解读]　儿童读物有着巨大的市场，市场需要更多的儿童读物作家。参加我们的培训课程，相信你就能成为儿童作家中的一员。
1．From the first three paragraphs, we learn that ________.
A. children’s books are usually bestsellers
B. publishers are making $3 billion each year
C. magazines for teenagers have drawn public attention
D. there is a growing need for writers of children’s books
[解析]　推理判断题。这篇文章在为培训课程做广告，因此前三段先讲到儿童作家的市场需求以吸引读者参加该课程。
[答案]　D
2．When finishing the course, you are promised to ________.
A. be a successful publisher
B. become a confident editor
C. finish one work for publication
D. get one story or article published
[解析]　事实细节题。由文章“The promise that paid off”部分：You will complete at least one manuscript(手稿)suitable to hand in to a publisher by the time you finish our course.可知。
[答案]　C
3．Kristi Holl mentions her experience mainly to ________.
A. prove she is a good instructor
B. promote the writing program
C. give her advice on course preparation
D. show she sold more stories than articles
[解析]　推理判断题。作者作为课程的主办方通过讲述自己的经历来推广该课程。
[答案]　B
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完形填空----典型例题
Don's Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach (教练)said that I had lots of potential(潜力) ;and I became captain of my 1 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one-on-one training,got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our 6 . The coach was replaced.
The new coach,however, took all the fun out of the game. All we did during practice was 7 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 . But we ran so much that. afterwards,we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-old.
I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes,and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's 16 , because they had so much potential. They were just hurned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him,he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.
1. A. class B. club C. team D. board
答案：1．C 指导：我成为足球队队长
2. A. playing B. living C. learning D. working
答案：A 指导：全文讲足球运动的情况，而不是生活、工作或学习的情况。
3. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra
答案：B 指导：根据上下文可知，起初每个人有平等的训练和比赛时间。
4. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure
答案：D 指导：出名后，球员开始有压力。
5. A. free B. private C. good D. basic
答案：B 指导：因多付了钱而希望得到教练的私下训练。
6. A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs
答案：A 指导：多付钱的父母生气的原因是教练在比赛中没给其孩子更多的比赛时间。
7. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot
答案：C 指导：根据后文"all teams run drills"可知。
8. A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training
答案：D 指导：希望天下雨就不需参加整天跑步训练。
9. A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical
答案：A 指导：跑步训练有必要但过多。
10. A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing
答案：指导：过多的跑步导致球员呼吸困难。
11. A. used B. intended C. made D. described
答案：B 指导：这里是指教练将为成年人准备的高强度训练 运用到少年女子足球训练当中，故选a intend something for somebody为某人准备某物。
12. A. till B. since C. before D. because
答案：C 指导：加入球队前就较瘦
13. A. full B. tired C. lazy 　D. big
答案：A 指导：成为球员后不愿吃得过多是担心太饱而不能跑步
14. A. size B. share C. space 　D. state
答案：B 指导：根据上下文可知。B 指导：根据上下文可知。
15. A. gave B. kept C. ended 　D. picked
答案：C 指导：最终以离开球队而结束
16. A. sad B. shameful C. silly D. serious
答案： A 指导：四个很有潜力的女孩完全放弃踢球是很可惜的，令人难过。
17. A. received B. suffered C. brought 　D. felt
答案：D 指导：她们感到来自父母和教练的压力太大而放弃了踢球。
18. A. reconsidered B. rediscovered
C. reformed D. replaced
答案：B 指导：作者在学校队里重新找到了自己的所爱——踢球。
19. A. at B. by C. for D. around
答案：C 指导：考查介词for的用法，为他踢球，在他的球队踢球。
20. A. fell B. stepped C. slowed D. calmed
答案：D 指导：“我”心情平静下来时就踢得更好。

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Britain’s seed bank, the only one in the world aiming to collect all of the planet’s wild plant species, has reached its goal of banking 10 percent by 2010．
The Millennium Seed Bank Project, run by Kew Gardens—one of the oldest botanical gardens—will officially deposit the 24,200th species on Thursday, a pink, wild banana from China．
More than 50 countries are now on board with Kew’s giant task but vast places of the globe, including India and Brazil, still need to join in and donate seeds, director Paul Smith said．
The seed bank is one of the largest and most diverse in the world with more than 1．5 billion seeds．Its goal is to help protect the planet’s bio-diversity during a time of climate change．
The wild banana seed is under threat of extinction（灭绝） in southwest China from agricultural development．It is a vital food source for Asian elephants and important for growing bananas for human consumption．
Stored at minus-20 degrees centigrade, so they can last for thousands of years, the seeds await the day that scientists hope never comes—when the species no longer exist in the wild．
It is a race against time, Smith said, because in the last decade alone, 20 plants held in the bank have already been wiped out in the wild．He estimates that between a third and a quarter will become extinct this century．
"It is urgent and it is happening now．An area, the size of England, is cleared of primary vegetation（植被）every year．" Smith said．
Because most of the world’s food and medicines come from nature, protecting wild plant species is quite important, scientists say．There are already many other seed banks safeguarding food crops, which only account for 0.6 percent of plant diversity．
For Kew’s next goal—to collect a quarter of wild varieties by 2020—the botanists need 10 million pounds a year, or a further 100 million pounds on top of the 40 million they have already been granted．
71．What’s the final purpose of the Britain’s seed bank?
A．To collect enough money for the project．
B．To safeguard food crops．
C．To protect wild plants from extinction．
D．To help scientists study wild plants．
72．The wild banana seed in China is in danger because of _______．
A．the expanding of farming work
B．the climate change in this area
C．the large number of Asian elephants
D．human’s large consumption
73．We can learn from the passage that _______．
A．the seeds in the bank can be used now and then all over the world
B．India and Brazil haven’t joined in the Seed Bank Project at present
C．there is only one seed bank in the world at present
D．the wild plants in places like India and China will never die out
74．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 7 refer to?
A．The extinction of plant species． B．Kew Gardens’ next goal．
C．Britain’s seed bank． D．The Millennium Seed Bank Project．
75．Which of the following information isn’t mentioned in the passage?
A．The global partnership of collecting wild plant species．
B．The temperature condition of the conservative wild plant species．
C．The government’s financial support for the seed bank project．
D．Scientists’ concern on the extinct wild plant species．

参考答案、、、 71—75 CABDC

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1．网络发展的利与弊的话题。
2．青少年上网要注意的事项和带来的教育问题。
3．网络隐私与安全问题。
4. 网络发展给社会带来的变革话题，例如知识产权保护等话题。
5. 网络技术可以带来经济利益的话题。
6. 网上购物、网上银行等现代网络的产物话题。
·链接高考

链接1.（2012四川卷）
In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.
Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new S 60 million program, known as edX. "Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses," Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan.
MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx. for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.
The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.
MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.
"Fasten your seatbelts," Hockfield said.
Other universities, including Stanford. Yale and Camegic-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.
The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit (fS^JA) organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided S30 million to start the program. They also plan lo use the cdX plalfonn to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.
53. According to this text, edX is .
A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare
B. a free computer program by MIT and Harvard
C. a Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses
D. a free program online for universities worldwide
54. What is said about online education in the text?
A. Universities have been trying online courses.
B. About 2,000 online courses have been offered.
C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online.
D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to cdX.
55. The underlined part in the text probably means _______.
A. Gel ready for the difficulties
B. Get ready for this educational change
C. Get prepared to complete the online courses
D. Gel prepared to make materials for the edX courses
56. What can be said about MITx according to the text?
A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.
B. It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.
C. It is a standard to recognize online learners' achievement.
D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.
55.【答案】B
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据全文的整体理解，和本句的表面意思：绑紧安全带，可以推断出在这里的意思是：紧跟教育的变化，不落伍。故答案Ｂ符合文意。

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例2（2012陕西卷） What brings a nation together? Of the four choices—shared values, language, history, and religion, it's shared values. In our latest poll seven out of 16 countries chose values as the greatest factor bringing a nation together, and six preferred language. Both choices scored high in the poll, suggesting that our values and how we express them are closely linked. Still, history was not forgotten in some countries, particularly in Mexico and Russia. Even Canada and the United States chose national histories as the second-most important factor uniting their people. The biggest surprise? Not one country picked religion as its top choice.
Respect your elders
In most countries, the oldest generation considered values more important to a nation than did those who are under 45 years old.
Do you speak Canadian?
Language scored lower in Canada than in all other countries polled, perhaps because the country speaks two official languages, French and English.
Church and state
Most people polled do not connect their religious beliefs to their national pride. Religion ranked last in 13 countries—with Prance scoring it at 1 %, the lowest of all.
46 According to the poll, what was the most important factor in bringing a nation together?
A. Language. R Values. C History. D. Religion.
[点拨] B 短文第1段提到“In our latest poll seven out of 16 countries chose values as the greatest factor bringing a nation together, and six preferred language.”。由此不难判断，B选项符合题意。因此，正确答案为B选项。
48.According to the charts, shared values and language were considered equally important in____
A. Australia B. Brazil C. China D. India
[点拨] D 对照共同价值观和语言这两个图表，会判断发现这两个图表的最下一栏是印度。由此可知，在印度，共同价值观和语言被认为同等重要，因此，正确答案为D选项。
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