唐山市丰润区高考英语阅读理解好信息匹配暑假自练2及答案.docx

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唐山市丰润区高考英语阅读理解好信息匹配暑假自练2及答案

阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。

Manypeoplethinkatelephoneisessential.ButIthinkitisapestandatimewaster.Veryoftenyoufinditimpossibletoescapefromsomeidleorcuriouschatter-box,orfromsomebodywhowantssomethingfornothing.Ifyouhaveatelephoneinyourownhouse,youwilladmitthatittendstoringwhenyouareasleep,orinthemiddleofamealoraconversation,orwhenyouarejustgoingout,orwhenyouaretakingyourbath.Areyoustrongmindedenoughtoignoreit,tosaytoyourself,“Ah,well,itwillallbethesameinahundredyears’time”Youarenot.Youthinktheremaybesomeimportantnewsormessagesforyou.Icana

ssureyouthatifamessageisreallyimportantitwillreachyousoonerorlater.Haveyouneverrusheddrippingfromthebath,orchewing

fromthetable,ordazedfromthebed,onlytobetoldthatyouareawrongnumber?

Butyouwillsay,youneednothaveyournameprinted

inthetelephonedirectory,andyoucanhaveatelephonewhichisonlyusableforoutgoingcalls.Besides,youwillsay,isn’titimportanttohaveatelephoneincaseofemergency—illness,anaccident,orfire?

Ofcourse,youareright,buthereinathicklypopulatedcountrylikeEnglandoneisseldomfarfromatelephoneincaseofdreadfulnecessity.

IthinkperhapsIhadbettertrytojustifymyselfbytryingtoprovethatwh

atIlikeisgood.Iadmitthatindifferentcircumstances—ifIwereatycoon（businessVIP）,forinstance,orbedriddenImightfindatelephoneessential.ButthenifIwereataxi-driverIshouldfindacaressent

ial.

Letmeputitanotherway:

therearetwothingsforwhichtheEnglishseemtoshowparticulartalent;oneismechanicalinvention,theotherisliterature.MyownbusinesshappenstobewiththeuseofwordsbutIseeImustnowstopusingthem.ForIhavejustbeenhandedaslipofpapertosaythatsomebodyiswaitingtospeaktomeonthetelephone.IthinkIhadbetteranswerit.Afterall,oneneverknows,itmaybesomethingimportant.

1.Thepassageismainlydiscussing_______.

A.thatweshouldbestrongenoughtoignoreaphonecall

B.thatimportantmessagewillreachyousoonerorlater

C.whetherit’snecessarytoanswerallphonecalls

D.whetheritisnecessarytohaveatelephone

提示:

通读全文，尤其是文章的第一段和最后一段可以得出此结论。

答案:

D

2.Judgingfromthe

passage,whoisstrong-mindedenoughtoignoreaphonecall?

A.Theauthor.

B.Atycoon.

C.Ataxi-driver.D.Hardlyanyone.

答案:

D大意理解，文章的第二段第三段可以看出

3.Accordingtothepassage,theauthor________.

A.thinks

thetelephoneshouldgooutofourlife

B.likestobedifferentfromotherpeople

C.thinksthetelephoneisannoying

D.speaksfavourablyofatelephone

提示:

文章的第二句就说明了作者的观点，后面又作了进一步的补充说明。

答案:

C

4.Intheauthor’sopinion,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Nearlyeveryonehasbeentoldawrongnumber.

B.It’snecessaryforeveryonetohaveatelephone.

C.Hehimselfcannotdecidewhethertoansweracall.

D.Atelephonedirectorymaybringinunexpectedcalls.

提示:

从文章的第二段得出答案。

答案:

B

阅读理解。

Accordingtosociologists（社会学家）,everymodernindustrialsocietyhassomeformofsocialstratification（阶层）．Class,powerandstatusareimportantindecidingpeople'srankinsociety.

Classmeansaperson'seconomicpositioninsociety.Acommonlyusedclassificationislowerclass,middleclassandupperclass.Whilesociologistsdisagreeonhowthesetermsshouldbeexactlydefined,theydodescribesocietiesliketheUnitedStatesquitewell.Onestudyshowsthat53%ofAmericansbelongtothelowerclass,46%themiddleclass,and1%theupperclass.Interestingly,asurgeonearning$500，000ayearandabusdriverearning$50，000ayearbothregardthemselvesasthemiddleclass!

Powerreferstotheamountofcontrolapersonhasoverotherpeople.Obviously,peopleinpositionsofgreatpower（suchasgovernors）exercise（行使）bigpower,butpeoplewhotakeordersfromothershavelesspower.Powerandclassdonotalwaysgohandinhand,however.Forexample,thegovernorofastatehasgreatpower,butheorshemaynotbelongtoacorresponding（相应的）economicclass.Generally,however,thereisarelationshipbetweenpowerandclass.Toourknowledge,therearen'ttoomanypeoplewhoaren'tmillionairesintheU．S.Senate!

Statusisthehonororrespectattachedtoaperson'spositioninsociety.Itcanalsobeaffectedbypowerandclass,butnotnecessarilyso.Forexample,auniversityprofessormayhaveahighstatusbutnotbelongtoahighsocialclassorhavealotofpoweroverothers.

54．Whatcanwelearnabout“themiddleclass”fromParagraph2?

A．Peopleearning$50，000ayearbelongtothemiddleclass.

B．NearlyhalfAmericansbelongtothemiddleclass.

C．Peoplegenerallyconsiderbusdriversasthemiddleclass.

D．Sociologistshaveacleardefinitionofthemiddleclass.

55．Accordingtothetext,weknowthat________．

A．powerandclassdonotalwayscorrespondwitheachother

B．statusreferstoaperson'seconomicpositioninsociety

C．peoplewithhighstatushavealotofcontroloverothers

D．classislessimportantindecidingaperson'ssocialrank

56．Whichofthefollowingshowsthestructureofthewholetext?

　A．　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B.

　C．　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　D.

【要点综述】本文说明了一个社会现象：

每个现代工业社会都有其社会阶层。

阶级﹑权力和社会地位是判断一个人的社会阶层的重要标准。

54．B　推理判断题。

由第二段倒数第二句中的“…46%themiddleclass”一句可知在美国，有差不多一半的人属于中产阶级，选B。

55．A　细节理解题。

由第三段中的“Powerandclassdonotalwaysgohandinhand,however.”可知，权力和阶级并不总是保持一致。

选A。

56．A　篇章结构题。

本文第一段是主题段，“Class,powerandstatusareimportantindecidingpeople'srankinsociety.”是本文的主题句，后三段分别从这三个方面来论述，故本篇文章是总分的结构。

选A。

【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

TopFourWaystoBuildaWonderfulLife

1.LiveBelowYourMeans

Therewillalwaysbetemptationtogiveupthefutureforimmediatepleasure.Weallwanttobuythatnewpieceoftechnology,treatourselvestoanexpensivenightonthetown,ortakeoutaloanfortheflashycarwecan’tafford.Itmightfeelgreatatthetimebutunwisespendinghurtsalotlateron.Enjoylife’ssimplepleasuresandsaveasmuchasyoucan.Expensivethingsdon’tcreatelastinghappinessandsecurity.Carefulspendingwillbringyougreaterleisureandenjoymentinthelongrun.

2.PutYourMoneytoWork

Savingisgreat,buttomakethemostofyourmoneyyouneedtoputittowork.Goodinvestmentscanbethedifferencebetweenretiringinyour40’sorinyour60’s.AposttodayatTheSimpleDollarreallygotmethinking.AccordingtoTrent’sestimates,ifapersonintheirearly20’sinvests20%oftheirincomeinanS&Pindexfund,theinteresttheyearnwillequaltheircurrentsalarywhentheyreachtheirearly40’s.Theycouldretirewithoutadropinincome!

Wiseinvestingisthesurestpathtofinancialindependenceandit’ssomethingeveryonecanworkon.It’sdefinitelyanareaI’llbedevotingmoreattentiontoinmypersonallife.

3.EducateYourself

Tobehappyweneedcontinuousgrowth.Thebestwaytogrowislife-longeducation.Thisdoesn’tmeanyouneedtopursueadoctorateorspend2hoursreadingeveryday.Self-educationcanbeanythingthattakesyououtofyourcomfortzone.Theimportantpartiskeepinganopenmindandsearchingforfreshideasandperspectives.Educationbuildsovertime.Itmightfeellikethebitsofwisdomyouacquiredon’tmeanmuch,butovertheyearstheyadduptoformawiser,kinder,moreinterestingperson.

4.DevelopLastingPersonalRelationships

Supposeyouhadeverythingyouwanted.Wouldyoubehappywithoutanyonetoshareitwith?

Thepersonalrelationshipswedevelopwithfriendsandfamilymembersarethegreatestsourceofhappinessinourlives.Don’tforgetaboutthem.Takingthetimetocultivateandenjoypersonalrelationshipsisessentialtolong-termhappiness.Withoutthepeopleyoucareaboutyou’llprobablybemiserable,nomatterhowsuccessfulyoubecome.

46.Accordingtothepassage,inordertoachievefinancialindependenceafterretirement,we’dbetter________.

A.getalongwellwithourfamilyandfriends

B.bringourselvesleisureaswellasenjoyment

C.investourmoneywiselywhenweareyoung

D.learnsomenewskillsandtrytofindanewjob

47.Fromthepassagewecaninferthatsomepeopletryto________.

A.gainhappinessbybuyingthemselvesexpensivethings

B.saveeverythingtheycantohelpthoseinneed

C.devotemoreattentiontotheirpersonallife

D.takeoutaloantopromotetechnology

48.Theauthorofthepassagemayagreethatthekeytoself-educationis________.

A.gainingasmanydegreesaspossible

B.beingopentonewideasandviews

C.onlyfocusingonverybigevents

D.creatinglong-termhappiness

49.Theabovepassageiswritteninorderto________.

A.explainwhattruehappinessisabout

B.offerwaystoachieveahappyandsuccessfullife

C.introducedifferentdefinitionsabouthappiness

D.persuadereaderstofindoutthemeaningoflife

46.C根据文章第二段Trent的估计内容，以及后面两个句子的内容可以知道。

47.A根据文章的第一段倒数第二句话（昂贵的物品并不能带来持久的幸福和安全）可知。

48.B根据文章第三段Theimportantpartiskeepinganopenmindandsearchingforfreshideasandperspectives可知。

49.B本题考查对文章写作意图的把握，文章的四个段落都是用来向读者介绍一些创造美好生活的技巧和方法的，所以应该选B。

阅读理解。

IntheUnitedStates,thereweresomewell-constructedhousesfornativeIndians,rangingfromthesimplebrushsheltertothefive-storiedpueblo.

IntheeasternUnitedStates,oneoftheexistingtypeswasthatcommonlyknowundertheAlgonkiannameofwigwaminwhichtheIroquoisIndianslived.Thewigwamswereofwagon-topshapewithstraightsidesandends,madebybendingyoungtreestoformtheroundshape.OverthisshapepiecesoftreebarkwerelaidtoprotecttheIndiansfrombadweather.Overthebarkdriedgrasswasadded.Asmal