高考英语阅读理解精英定时练习题4.docx

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高考英语阅读理解精英定时练习题4

2014高考英语阅读理解精英定时练习题（4）及答案

第二部分阅读理解阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项。

（共20小题。

每题2分；满分40分）

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TherearefiftystatesintheUnitedStates.ThelargestinpopulationisCalifornia.ThelargestinareaisAlaska.AlaskaisthesmallestinpopulationandRhodeIslandisthesmallestinsize.TheoldeststatesaretheonesalongtheAtlanticcoast.TheneweststatesareAlaskaandHawaii.Alaskaisalsothecoldeststate.CaliforniaandFloridaarethewarmer.HenryandhisfamilyliveinSeattle,abigcity,onthePacificcoast.ButLosAngelesandSanFrancisco,alsoonthePacificcoast,arelargerthanSeattle.Henry'scousin,Susan,livesinNewYork.ItisthelargestcityintheUnitedStates.ThousandsofpeoplevisitNewYorkeachyear.ThemostimportantcityintheUnitedStatesisWashington,D.C.Itisthecapital,butitismuchsmallerthanNewYork.

46.HowmanystatesarethereintheU.S.A.?

A.FiveB.Forty-Five.C.FiftyD.Fifteen.

47.Whichstateisthelargestinpopulation?

A.CaliforniaB.Rhode-Island.C.AlaskaD.LosAngeles.

48.Whichstateisthecoldest,thenewest,andthesmallestinpopulation?

A.RhodeIsland.B.Seattle.C.SanFrancisco.D.Alaska.

49.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.TheoldeststatesaretheonesalongthePacificcoast.

B.Washingtonisthemostimportantandthelargestcity.

C.NewYorkisthelargestcityintheUnitedStates.

D.Henry'scousinlivesintheSeattle.

Oneofthethingstobelearntinaforeignlanguageisguessingallthetimewhatkindofthingtocomewhenlisteningtosomeonetalking.Peopledothisallthetimeintheirownlanguage,soitisnecessary（必要的）todothisinaforeignlanguage,too.Herearesomeexamples.

1."What'sthematter？

""Iwenttoapartylastnight,soI…"

2."Ifeelsotiredthesedays.""Ithinkyou'dbetter…"

3."Ofcourse,sheneverstopstalking.Sheisoneofthemost…"

Youcanseefromtheabovethreeexamplesthatthecontext（上下文）helpsalotinunderstandingwhatisbeingtalkedabout.So"guessing"isveryimportantinunderstandingEnglish,especially（尤其）spokenEnglish.

71.Thispassagetellsusmainlyabout_________.

A.theimportanceof"guessing"inlearningaforeignlanguage

B.howtoguesswhatoneisgoingtotalkabout

C.someexamplesofrightguessing

D.howimportantitistoguessallthetime

72.Fromthecontext,wecanseemaybethefinishedanswerinEXAMPLEIis_________.

A."…soIdidn'thaveagoodtime."   B."…soIwenttobedverylate."

C."….SoIfeltunhappy."             D."…soIgotupveryearly."

73.MaybethefinishedanswerinEXAMPLE2is________.

A."Ithinkyou'dbetterhaveagoodrestandtakegoodcareofyourself."

B."Ithinkyou'dbetterhavesomethingtodrink."

C."Ithinkyou'dbettergetsomehelpfromyourfriends."

D."Ithinkyou'dbetterbemorecareful."

74.MaybethefinishedanswerinEXAMPLE3is______.

A."…sheisoneofthemostfamousfilmstars."

B."…sheisoneofthemostbeautifulwomen."

C."…sheisoneofthemostfamousspeakers."

D."..sheisoneofthemosttalkativewomen."

75.Fromthepassagewecaninfer（推断）thatguessingis_______inlearningaforeignlanguage.

A.theonlyway

B.moreimportantinspokenEnglishthaninwrittenEnglish

C.moreimportantthananyotherway

D.moreimportantinwrittenEnglishthaninspokenEnglish

完形填空

Itwasearlyinthemorning,onalonelyroad.It's 26  heavily.A9-year-oldboywasinthecarwithhismother,whowas 27  himtoschool.Suddenly,thecarwentofftheroad,28 severaltimes,andcametorestupsidedowninaditch（沟渠）filledwithwater.

Luckily,boththemotherandsonwere 29 seatbelts.Themothersufferedablowtoherheadandwasunabletomove.Theboywasfrightenedbut 30.Aswatercamethroughbrokenwindowsinthecar,he 31 unbuckled（解开）himself,climbedoutofthe 32 window,madehiswayaroundtothedriver'sside,andreachedinsidethe 33 tofreehistrappedmother.Withgreateffort,hemanagedto 34 her,pullherthroughthewindowanduptotheroad,wheretheyweresoon 35 .

Hismotherlaterrecalledherexperienceofthe36 .Beingunabletomoveoreven 37 toofferinstructions（指导）orencouragementtoherson,shewas38 byherlittleson'saction.Sherecalled39 herboysayingoutloudashepulledherthroughthewater,“IthinkIcan,IthinkIcan!

”

Itseemed 40 thatthislittleboy'sactofcouragewasfromoneofhisfavouritebooks:

TheLittleEnginethatCould.Inthat41 ,wheneveryoneelsehad 42 hope,theLittleEnginecarriedtheheavyloadoftoysandgoodthingstoeatoverthehilltothechildrenwaitingontheotherside.Hehad 43 andtookaction.Obviouslythisbookhadlefta44 impressionbeforetheaccidentthatrainy 45 andmotivated（激励）thesontotakeactioniftheterrifyingmoments.

26.A. snowing            B.  smoking            C.  blowing     D.raining

27A.ordering               B.  driving             C.  pushing     D.flying

28.A.rolled             B.  fell          C.  moved        D.stopped

 29.A.making           B.  watching      C.  wearing      D.missing

30.A.afraid            B.  dead          C.  tired        D.unhurt

 31.A.quickly           B.  carefully     C.  nearly       D.happily

32.A.student            B.  passenger     C.  family        D.worker

33.A.box                B.  room          C.  car        D.ditch

34.A.respect           B.  introduce     C.  recognize     D.free

35.A.accepted           B. rescued         C.  welcomed     D.fed

 36.A.accident            B.  experiment    C.  travel       D.fire

37.A.listen            B.  sleep          C.  speak        D.look

38.A.excited         B. frightened     C.  wounded      D.amazed

 39.A.seeing            B.  hearing        C.  smelling     D.feeling

40.A.clear            B.  sorry         C. useful        D.necessary

41.A.poem              B.  notice         C.  story        D.dream

42.A.realized         B.  waken         C.  keptup      D.givenup

43.A.courage           B.  food         C.  space        D.time

 44.A.bad            B.  deep          C.  false        D.general

45.A.afternoon          B.  night         C.  morning          D.evening

阅读理解

A篇

Afteranearthquakeoranysimilardisaster,parentsandteachersneedtohelpchildrenovercometheeffectsofthisfrighteningandsometimesdevastatingexperience.Psychologistssaythatifchildrengothroughadisturbingeventbeforetheageoften,theyarethreetimesaslikelytosufferpsychologicalproblemsassoteenagers.Afteradisasterchildrenmaybecomeeasilyupset,shy,aggressive,orafraidofwind,rain,noises,ordarkness.Theymayhavetroublelettinggooftheirparentsandresistgoingtoschoolordaycare.Somechildrenmayevenfeelguiltythinkingthattheysomehowcausedthedisasterthroughtheirbadbehavior. Becauseofsuchcommonreactions,parentsandothersshouldbeginassoonaftertheeventaspossiblehelpingthesechildren. 

Somesuggestionsincludetalkingtothechildrenaboutwhathappened,lettingthechildrenexpresstheirownfeelings,spendingextratimewiththemdoingactivitiestogetherandreassuringthemthatyoulovethemandwon'tleavethem.Forsomechildrenexpressingthemselvesthroughdrawingpicturesorwritingcanbeuseful.Doeverythingpossibletohelpchildrengetbacktoanormalroutine;however,don'tbeafraidto"spoil"thesechildrenforawhileafterthedisaster. Letthemhaveextraprivilegesandmoreattentionthanusual. Encouragethechildrentogrieveafteraloss.ItshouldbeOKforthemtocry.Caringfamiliesandfriendscandomuchtohealchildrenvictimsofdisasters.

46.Thispassageismainlyabout_______.

A.howtohelptraumatizedchildrentogetover

B.thebadeffectsdisastersbringtochildren

C.thepsychologicalproblemschildrenbeforetenarelikelytosuffer

D.theimportanceofcaringfamilies  

47.Accordingtothepassage,achildwhohasjustexperiencedadevastatingdisastermaybecome______.

 A.moremature   B.lessdependent     C.willingtohelpD.readytoattack

48.WhichisNOTadvisablewhendealingwiththetraumatizedchildren?

A.Allowingthemfreedomforsometime.

B.Askingthemtoholdtheirfeelings.

C.Encouragingthemtoshowtheirgrief.

D.Talkingthemintotakingcareofothers.

B篇

TheEnglishpolicemanhasseveralnicknamesbutthemostfrequentlyusedare“copper”and“bobby”.Thefirstnamecomesfromtheverbto“cop”,meaningto“take”or“capture”,andthesecondcomesfromthefirstnameofSirRobertPeel,thenineteenth-centurypolitician,whowasthefounderofthepoliceforceasweknowittoday.Anearlynicknameforthepolicemanwas“peeler”,butthisonehasdiedout.

Whateverwemaycallthem,thegeneralopinionaboutthepoliceseemstobeagoodoneexcept,ofcourse,amongthecriminalpartofthecommunitywherethepolicearegivenmorebadnicknameswhichcamefromAmerica,suchas“fuzz”or“pig”.VisitorstoEnglandseem,nearlyalways,tobeveryimpressedbytheEnglishpolice.Ithas,infact,becomeastandingjokethatthevisitortoBritain,whenaskedforhisviewsofthecountry,willalwayssay,“Ithinkyourpolicemenarewonderful.”

Well,theBritishbobbymaynotalwaysbewonderfulbutheisusuallyaveryfriendlyandhelpfulsortofcharacter.Amusic-hallsongofsomeyearsagowascalled,“IfYouWantToKnowTheTime,AskAPoliceman”.Nowadays,mostpeopleownwatchesbuttheystillseemtofindplentyofotherquestionstoaskthepolicemen.InLondon,thepolicemenspendsomuchoftheirtimedirectingvisitorsaboutthecitythatonewondershowtheyeverfindtimetodoanythingelse