北京市密云区2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练31及答案 9页

密云区2019高考英语阅读理解系列训练（31）及答案 故事类---[201*·浙江卷] ‎ As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.‎ In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.‎ On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of service.“Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one.” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.‎ Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs.” Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $32,000.‎ A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad's death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.[来源:Z.xx.k.Com]‎ As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green, and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.‎ I made a turn at the corner and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.‎ At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. “What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas？”he asked.‎ ‎“The letters？”‎ ‎“I guess you never knew.”‎ ‎“Knew what？”‎ ‎“Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.”[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]‎ I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn't hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.‎ For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.‎ ‎55. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as ________.‎ A. great chances to help other people B. happy occasions to play with baby chickens C. exciting experiences with a lot of fun D. good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies ‎56. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that ________.‎ A. Dad had a strong sense of duty B. Dad was an honest and reliable man C. Dad had a strong sense of honor D. Dad was a kind and generous man ‎57. According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?‎ A. Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.‎ B. Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.‎ C. Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.‎ D. Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.‎ ‎58. The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is ________.‎ A. offering analyses B. providing explanations C. giving examples D. making comparisons ‎59. What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?‎ A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.‎ B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.‎ C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.‎ D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families.‎ ‎60. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?‎ A. The Mail B. Christmas Letters C. Special Mailboxes D. Memorable Travels ‎【要点综述】这是一篇感人的叙述亲情的文章，在这里，父亲是一个乡村送信人，这么多年来他都无私地为219个信箱服务，一直到他退休。但让作者没有料到的是，父亲还在每年圣诞节的时候扮演着圣诞老人的角色，默默地回复着孩子们写给圣诞老人的信。‎ ‎55. C　推理判断题。从全文第一段提到的…always an adventure: There were animals to see…知，作者认为与父亲一起去乡下送信是一件惬意的事情，因为在路上碰到的事情令人激动不已，所以选C项。‎ ‎56. B　推理判断题。从文章第四段…One businessman used to leave…the amount came to $32,000.知，商人认为父亲是一个诚实且值得信赖的人，所以他才会这么相信他，让他把数目很多的钱送往银行，由此知B项为最佳答案。‎ ‎57. D　细节理解题。从文章最后几段可以看出，作者没有想到的是，父亲竟然还曾扮演过圣诞老人的角色，给孩子们回信，这大大出乎他的意料。这也可以从倒数第二段I just sat there with tears in my eyes.可以看出，我对父亲的这种行为感到非常吃惊和感动，由此选D项。‎ ‎58. C　文章结构题。从第四段知，作者在这里举到了几个事例，如帮人送鸡蛋，帮小姑娘支付邮票，甚至帮一个商人去存钱等等，这些都是例子，所以该段举了很多事例来说明父亲平凡中的“伟大”，故选C项。‎ ‎ 59. D　推理判断题。从倒数第二段…and they told me how amazed they were that…推断知，当时小朋友们对于圣诞老人居然这么了解他们的家庭生活感到非常吃惊，所以答案选D项。‎ ‎60. A　主旨大意题。从全文知，本文作者主要讲述了自己的父亲，一个平凡中显现伟大的送信人的故事，所以用A项能较好地概括全文中心，这里用The Mail来突出父亲的工作和他的敬业，故A项最佳。[来源:学_科_网]‎ ‎*******************************************************结束 ‎ Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗)? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important in formation that should be included, he can give you a false picture.‎ ‎ For example, some might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (彩票). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for on e hundred dollars!”‎ ‎ This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200‎ ‎ worth of tickets, and only on e was a winner. He’s really a big loser!‎ ‎ He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.[来源:学。科。网]‎ ‎ Some politicians often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents(对手) says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” that’s true. However, and honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”‎ ‎ Advertisers(广告商) will sometimes use half-truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.‎ ‎ This kind of deception happens too of often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.‎ ‎ 49. How much did the lottery winner lose?‎ ‎ A. One hundred dollars. B. Two hundred dollars.‎ C. Three hundred dollars. D. Four hundred dollars.‎ ‎50. We may infer that the author believes people should _______.‎ ‎ A. buy lottery tickets B. make use of half-truths C. not take anything at face value D. not trust the Yucky Company ‎51. What do the underline words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?‎ ‎ A. final increase B. big advantage C. large share D. total saving ‎52. What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement?‎ A. False statements are easy to see through. ‎ B. B. Half-truths are often used to mislead people.‎ C. Doctors like to act in advertisements. ‎ D. D. Advertisements are based on facts.‎ ‎[来源:Zxxk.Com]‎ ‎2. 49.A 50.C 51.A 52.B ‎********************************************************结束 ‎（201*·福建卷）‎ ‎ For five days,Edmonton's Downtown Park is transformed into one huge stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves .Since is beginning in 1980,the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating(念）the ture feeling of what folk music is all about and that's the traditional togetherness(友爱）that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through song.‎ This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. "People coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation ," Riedel said. "It's really east to relax, and it's great seeing family and friends have fun together." These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This festival does its best to develop everyone's musical interests.[来源:Zxxk.Com]‎ ‎ With so many years of expenence .the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as possible. There are free water stations throughout the venue(举办地）for people to fill up their travel cups. When people buy food, reusable ashes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back.‎ The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, it’s easy to see how that was going to happen. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park & Ride system or Edmonton Transit is highly recommended. A bike lock-up area is provided and will be available Thursday until Sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close.‎ The Edmonton Folk Music Festival begins on Wednesday, Aug.4 with Van Morrison playing the special donation fund （基金）concert, and will finish up on Sunday, Aug.8.‎ ‎60. The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is held mainly to ___________.[来源:1ZXXK]‎ A. gather people with different musical tastes[来源:Z.xx.k.Com]‎ B. remind people of the real sense of folk music C. exhibitive good voices of great talents in folk music D. collect old stories of folk music ‎ ‎61. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. Riedel has volunteered for the festival for at least 5years.‎ B. It’s hard for people to appreciate Blues.‎ C. It costs people a little to fill up their cups from water stations.‎ D. People have to pay ﹩2 for a plate of food.[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]‎ ‎62. We can learn from the passenger that____.‎ A. people can get tickets easily for the festival[来源:Zxxk.Com]‎ B. the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is highly recommended.‎ C. driving one’s own car to the festival is highly recommended D. bikes are available at the festival from Wednesday to Sunday ‎63. What would the best title for the passenger?‎ A. Folk Music of Blues B. One Festival Family Gathering ‎ C. Festival for family Gathering [来源:1]‎ D. Edmonton’s ‎Downtown‎ ‎Park ‎【答案】60---63BABB ‎***********************************************************结束 ‎2.（201*·湖北卷） [来源:Z|xx|k.Com]‎ In today’s throw away society, dealing with the city’s growing mountain of waste is an inereasing challenge for the city countil(市议会)。‎ ‎ Recently. Edinburgh is faced with the problem of dssposing of(处理)about250,000‎ Million tons of waster a year . Despite different ways to dispose of much of it in a green manner---largely through encouraging tecycling---its aging facilities such as the Powderhall landfill do not have the ability to deal with it.‎ ‎ The European Union(EU) has issued a new policy, regulating how such mountains of waster are to hr disposed of. The five councils (Edinburgh. East Lothian. West Lothian. Midlethian and Borders) face fine around $18million a year from 2019 it they don’t inerease recycling levels and rely less on landfill. With this in mind, the coumlls got together with the idea of building a lage incinerator plant (垃圾焚烧厂)to burn half of the waste produced in their districts. But the plan fell apart after the change of target levels by a new UK government waste policy which required that no more than 25% of the city’s waste should be disposed of in this way by 2025.‎ After the plan was abandoned, a private company which already transported millions of tons ‎ of the city’s wast by train to a landfill site near Dunbar, offered an alternative soution when it suggested opening a huge waste site near Portobello.‎ Since Powderhall is supposed to close in 2019, it seemed necessary for the members of the Edinburgh Council to accept the suggestion. But soon they turned it down—after 700 local objections reached them—because it would have meant hundreds of lorries a day making loud noise through heavily populated areas.‎ That still leaves eth council with a problem. By 2019,only50%of 2019 levels of waste will benllewed to be sent to landfill. Even if recveling large are met, there will still be a large amount of rubbish to be burnt up. Due build an Edinburgh and Midlothian councils have now decided to work together to build an ineinerator plant as time to find a solution is fast running out.‎ ‎59. The main way of handling waste in a green manmer in Edinburgh is .‎ A. recyeling B. restoring C. burying D. burning ‎60. The five councils worked out a plan to build an incinerator plant to .‎ A. reduce the roast of burying waste ‎ B. meets the EU requirements ‎ C. speed up waste recycling ‎ D. tempter landfill sites ‎ ‎61. The city council of Edinburgh rejected the suggestion to open a huge landfill site near Portobello because .‎ A. a name from a private company ‎ B. the comelier was not interested in it ‎ C. it was not supports by EU D. the local poodle was waist it ‎ ‎62. What is the final dream an Edinburgh and Midlothian Country? ‎ A. To open a new landfill nearby ‎ B. To close the powder hall landfill in 2019‎ C. To set up a plan for burning waste D. To persuade people to deduce their waste.‎ ‎【答案】ABDC ‎***********************************************************结束[来源:Zxxk.Com]‎ ‎（1）‎ Ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her, and very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. So what motivates you? Why are you in college? If you are in college because that's what your parents want, you may find it difficult to motivate yourself. Sure, it's possible to succeed with someone else providing the motivation for you. ("If you graduate from college, I'll give you a car!" or worse "If you don't graduate from college, you won't get a car.") But motivation that comes from within really makes the difference. ‎ Certainly, you need some intelligence, knowledge base, study skills, and time management skills, but if you don't have motivation, you won't get far. Think about this analogy. You have a car with a full tank of gas, a well-tuned engine, good set of tires, quadraphonic CD system, and a sleek, polished exterior(外表). There it sits. This car has incredible potential. (Have you heard that before?) However, until a driver sits behind the wheel, puts the key in the ignition(点火装置), and cranks it up, the car doesn't function. You guessed it; the KEY is MOTIVATION. ‎ Interest is an important motivator for a student. So is a desire to learn. When you link these two things together, you create success. Often success in an endeavor leads to more interest and a greater desire to learn, creating an upward spiral(螺旋形) of motivation toward a goal you have established. ‎ So be honest with yourself. Are you genuinely interested in being in college? Have you set realistic goals for yourself? How can you develop the internal motivation that really counts? When it comes to motivation, KNOWING is not as important as DOING. ‎ 1. Why does the writer give the example of a car in the second paragraph?‎ A. Because people can never go far without a good car.‎ B. Because a good car motivates some college students to study harder. ‎ C. Because a good car is a symbol of being a success.‎ D. Because motivation leads people to success like it starts a car.[来源:Zxxk.Com]‎ ‎2. What is the CORRECT understanding of the internal motivation and the external (外部的)motivation?‎ ‎ A. Only the internal motivation can result in success.‎ ‎ B. Internal motivation outweighs external motivation.‎ ‎ C. Internal motivation and external motivation has equal importance.‎ ‎ D. External motivation is enough for people to achieve success.‎ ‎3. According to the article the following factors can push people towards their goals EXCEPT __________?[来源:1]‎ A. interest B. the desire to learn ‎ C. the knowledge of motivation D. the sense of success ‎4. What’s the main purpose of the article?‎ A. To inspire everyone to develop motivation for whatever they are doing..‎ B. To motivate college students to set goals for their college life. ‎ C. To imply that the less motivated college students quit the college.‎ D. To call on parents to give up their over-protection of their children.‎ ‎5. What may be the writer’s advice to the potential readers?‎ A. The goals you set for yourself shouldn’t be far beyond your reach.‎ B. You needn’t attend college if you are really not interested in it.‎ C. You should work harder to win praise from others.‎ D. Honesty is the best policy to solve problems in your life. ‎ 参考答案 1---5 D B C B A ‎********************************************************结束