江苏洪泽县 2017 高考英语一轮阅读理解新编（一） 9页

只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 1 江苏洪泽县 2017 高考英语一轮阅读理解新编（一） 【由福建省三明市 2014 高考模拟题改编】 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。 Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple died on Monday at home in Woodside，California，from natural causes． “she was surrounded by her family and carers ,” a statement said． With her charm and blonde curls(金色的卷发)，she was one of the most popular stars of the 1930s．in hit movies like Bright Eyes and Stand Up and Cheer．Her singing，dancing and acting won over fans worldwide．She was given a special Oscar for child in 1935， when she was just six years old．To this day，she is still the youngest child to receive an Academy Award． After retiring from films in 1950 at the age of 21，Temple returned to the spotlight as a politician and diplomat(外交家)． Shirley Temple started her film career at three．Between 1934 and 1938 she appeared in more than 20 feature films and was the top US movie star．She wore a grass skirt and played a ukulele (四弦小吉它)to promote the musical Captain January，directed by David Butler，in 1936．She attended her first big public performance for her film Wee Willie Winkie in Hollywood on 26 June， 1937． As well as being the youngest receiver of an Oscar(at the age of 6 years and 3 1 0 days)， Temple was also the youngest child to present one of the statuettes(小金人)．She stood on a chair to give Claudette Colbert the best actress prize for it Happened One night in 1935．At the age of 12 Temple’s star burnt out——her parents bought out the remaining time of her contract and sent her to an expensive girl’s schoo1．Her final film，A Kiss for Corliss，is available to watch online for free． 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 2 This is the star’s final ever moment on the big screen．The actress retired from Hollywood in 1950， but she still appeared occasionally on TV．In 1958 she wore a fairy godmother costume to promote her series of dramatised fairy tales，Shirley Temple’s Storybook． In 2006，she accepted the Life Achievement Award at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards． 1．Shirley Temple was popular with the world mainly because of_______． A．her charm and blonde cuffs B．her singing，dancing and acting C．her young age as an actress D．her career being a diplomat 2．According to the passage，Shirley Temple was born in______. A．1929 B．1932 C．1934 D．1935 3．From the passage we can infer that_____. A．Temple involved herself actively in political work after she was twenty—one B．the Life Achievement Award was given to Temple when she was young C．her parents sent her to an expensive girl’s school by contract D．the film of her first public performance was Captain January 4．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Shirley Temple ?． A．She ever received the Oscar award for the best actress． B．She was the best child movie star in the world． C．She was once a presenter at an Oscar Awarding ceremony． D．She stopped appearing on any kind of media after 1950． 【参考答案】1—4、BAAC 【2014 届高三英语摸底测试模拟试题】 In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition which she won last year. As a writer, I know about winning contests – and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher. I also know the 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 3 pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous masters. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can be embodied in our children. An inspiration came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.” I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she independently told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it. Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices. 31. Which of the statements will the author agree with? A. Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions. B. Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in. C. Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience. D. A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue. 32. Which of the following word can replace the underlined word “embodied” in paragraph 2? A. put B. expressed C. connected D. included 33. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest? A. She wanted to share her stories with readers. B. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help. C. She believed she possessed real talent for writing. D. She had won a prize in the previous contest. 34. The author took great pains to improve her daughter’s stories because _______. A. she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dreams of becoming a writer B. she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 4 C. she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much D. she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance 【参考答案】31-34 CBAD As adults, some of our most memorable memories are likely to come from childhood holidays: decorating the tree at Christmas time, lighting the candles for Kwanzaa, or spending the New Year with the noisemakers. But holidays aren’t just for helping adults feel a connection with the past. They also create a structure and annual rhythm that will carry our children into the future. Indeed, in a world in which children constantly are experiencing developmental, social, and academic changes, family traditions provide stepping stones that lead us from season to season, year to year. It gives children a sense of security to know how their world works, that on Christmas Eve, the family always goes to midnight mass (午夜弥撒). The songs, sights, and stories of the winter holidays also help children experience feelings of respect, feelings that aren’t often encouraged in our rather cynical (悲观的) modern culture. The time spent with loved ones also can promote a deep sense of family roots and cultural history, which in itself is key for developing a sense of belonging, well-being, and self-esteem. The winter holidays are especially good for creating family-building traditions. Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa all in some way celebrate light, warmth, and love, and all of them provide a sense of home and hearth (壁炉边). As new parents, we begin to have our own set of customs around these holidays, and many traditions will be drawn from our past, especially at first. But with years going on, we are sure to develop original ones that suit our own particular lifestyles, children’s personalities, and personal tastes. Granted, modifying family traditions may feel like a break with the past, but they help to consider these changes as a connection with the future as well, which we transmitted to our children with all the best wishes. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 5 1. What is the best title for the text? A. Use Holidays to Develop Family Traditions B. Adults Recall Their Childhood C. Modern Culture Mixed with Traditions D. Spend Holidays with Children 2. The author believed that holidays . A. are used for adults look back the old good days B. can keep children company into grown-ups C. are made use of to have a family gathering D. can only be spent at home with parents 3. The children’s sense of security is that . A. they are constantly experiencing many kinds of changes B. stepping stones can lead them year to year C. the family always goes to midnight mass D. they are often informed of good stories 4. Spending holidays with children can let children know EXCEPT . A. about the history of the family B. where their family came from C. they are living a happy life 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 6 D. they are content with themselves 5. The underlined word “transmitted” in the last paragraph means . A. hand down B. make up C. take down D. pass over 【参考答案】21.ABCDA 【2014 高考英语二模】 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。 If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker(贴 画) for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a UK study said. Though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their vegetables, the idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. That’s because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked, said Jane Wardle, a researcher at University College London who worked on the study. Verbal praise, such as “Brilliant! You’re a great vegetable taster”, did not work as well. The study found that when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable, it gradually changed their attitudes. The children were also willing to eat more of the vegetables—either carrots, celery, cucumber, red pepper, cabbage or sugar snap peas—in laboratory taste tests, the study said. Researchers randomly assigned (分派) 173 families to one of these groups. In one, parents used stickers to reward their children each time they took a tiny sample of a disliked vegetable. A second group of parents used verbal praise. The third group, where Parents used no special vegetable-promoting methods, served as a “control”. Parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day for 12 days. Soon after, children in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetables—and were willing to eat more in the research lab, going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12-day experience. The turnaround(转机) also seemed to 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 7 last, with preschoolers in the sticker group still willing to eat more of the once-disliked vegetable three months later. Why didn’t the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents’ words may have seemed “insincere” to their children. 61. The purpose of writing the passage is . A. to introduce a practical method of making children eat vegetables B. to show the procedure of an experiment on children’s diet C. to explain why children hate to eat vegetables D. to present a proper way of verbal praise to parents 62. The underlined word “backfire” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”. A. shoot from behind the back B. make a fire in the backyard C. produce an unexpected result D. achieve what was planned 63. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Most children are born to dislike carrots or celery. B. It remains a question whether rewarding is a good way to get children to eat vegetables. C. Oral praise works quite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables. D. Children in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables. 64. How did the researchers get their conclusion from the experiment? A. By comparison. B. By asking questions. C. By giving examples. D. By discussion. 65. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Children like rewards, not verbal praise. B. Parents should praise their children in a sincere tone. C. Children are difficult to inspire. D. Parents should give up verbal praise. 【参考答案】 61-65 ACBAB 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的 A,B,C 或 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 8 The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produceeco-friendly tentsmade of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home. Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof. Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs. The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business. To raise money for the idea, he toured the City’s private companies which fund new businesses and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint’s directors and won their support. Mint has committed around￡500,000 to MyHab and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr Dunlop’s business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year. Mr Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics. For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhab team before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior(外部的) advertising space. The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious. 1. “Eco-friendly tents” in paragraph 1 refer to tents . 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 9 A. economically desirable B. favorable to the environment C. for holding music performances D. designed for disaster relief 2. Mr Dunlop established his business . A. independently with an interest-free loan from Mint B. with the approval of the City’s administration C. in partnership with a finance group D. with the help of a Japanese architect 3. It is implied in the passage that . A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer B. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air C. the cardboard tents produced by Mr Dunlop can be user-tailored D. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users 4. The passage is mainly concerned with . A. an attempt at developing recyclable tents B. some efforts at making full use of cardboards C. an unusual success of a graduation project D. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals 【参考答案】1-4 BCCA