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2014江苏省溧水县高考英语阅读理解巩固训练

(2013·郑州市二模，A)

“Croeso I Gymru！” If you don't know what this means, read on to find out more.

When you cross over the border from England into Wales, you don't have to show

your passport but you do notice a difference immediately. All the road markings and

signs are shown in two languages—English and Welsh (威尔士语). Not all visitors to

Britain know that other languages are spoken here. There's the Gaelic (盖尔语)

language in Scotland and a few people speak Cornish (康沃尔语) in the southwest of

England, but the most widely spoken language in the UK besides English is Welsh.

Perhaps the first Welsh word you'll see on the road into Wales is ARAF. There's

a helpful English translation next to it—SLOW. As you can see, Welsh looks quite

different from English. It sounds very different, too. Welsh looks and sounds so

different from English because it's a Celtic language. Celtic cultures still exist

around the edges of the UK—in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and also in parts of France. For hundreds of years, almost everyone in Wales spoke Welsh, but nowadays

there are about 600 thousand Welsh speakers—around 20% of the population. So is Welsh dying out? Not at all! Nowadays, all school children in Wales study

Welsh and many choose to go to an all Welshspeaking school. You can get public

information in Welsh, speak Welsh in court or take a course at university in Welsh.

People surf the Internet in Welsh, keep up with friends on Facebook and write blogs

in Welsh.

By the way，“Croeso I Gymru！” means “Welcome to Wales！” —I hope you'll be

able to visit it one day.

文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了威尔士语，包括威尔士语的特点、使用

的人群、发展前景以及与英语的不同。

1．According to the passage, Welsh ________.

A．has developed from Cornish

B．is still widely used in the UK

C．sounds a little similar to English

D．is more widely spoken than before

答案：B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句中的“but the most widely spoken

language in the UK besides English is Welsh”可知，威尔士语在英国应用比较广泛。故

答案选B。

2．How does the author feel about the future of Welsh?

A．Optimistic.

C．Worried. B．Curious. D．Confused.

答案：A 观点态度题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句“So is Welsh dying out? Not at all！”

可知，作者相信威尔士语不会消失。故答案选A。

3．What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?

A．To explain a typical Welsh term.

B．To compare English with Welsh.

C．To give an introduction to Welsh.

D．To encourage people to visit Wales.

答案：C 写作意图题。文章主要介绍了威尔士语的特点、使用的人群、发展前景以及与

英语的不同。故答案选C。

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More over smart phone, the intelligent watch is about to take your spot as the

latest hi­tech current, allowing wearers to glance at messages and even take calls without touching their phones. The i'm Watch, available since 2011, is the flagship

product of an Italian company—i'm. This smart watch is an assist to the smart phone,

with which it can communicate by Bluetooth wireless technology. It means you can leave

your phone in your pocket as you answer or reject a call, review e­mails or read updates

from friends on Twitter or Facebook.

The i'm Watch also has its own applications, such as i'm Sport, which links with

a heart rate detector (检测器) to allow a runner to check his pulse. Such functions

already exist in specialized sports watches but not on watches that are linked to

smart phones.

With a square shape, a 3.8­centimeter touch screen and various colors, the i'm

Watch sells for a minimum of 300 Euros ($390) for the basic model and prices climb

to 16 000 Euros for a luxury model in silver or decorated with diamonds.

So far, the watch has already found 30 000 buyers, 80 percent of whom are men

aged 25 to 50. “Seventy percent are iPhone users, 25 percent Samsung and the rest

are other telephones using Google's Android operating system，” said Massimiliano

Bertolini, a manager of the company, which aims to sell more than 200 000 watches

this year. The company's target market is the person who is always glued to his smart

phone, even in meetings or at the movies, or people who wish to keep an eye on their

heartbeat during exercise. They will especially target women with advertisements

emphasizing its design rather than its technology. 文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一款最新的智能手表。

16．The text is meant to ________.

A．advertise a hand­held device

B．show an example of high­tech

C．introduce a new type of watch

D．

compare the phone with the watch

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7．Which of the following best describes the i'm Watch?

A．Economical.

C．Multifunctional. B．Typical. D．Traditional.

答案：C 推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后两句“This smart watch is an assist to

the smart phone... review e­mails or read updates from friends on Twitter or

Facebook.”可推知，文中介绍的智能手表是多功能的，故答案C符合文义。

18．Why is the i'm Watch superior to other specialized sports watches?

A．It provides a better service.

B．It is linked to smart phones.

C．It has a heart rate detector.

D．

It owns fancy appearance.

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．Which group of people may be attracted by the i'm Watch?

A．Sports lovers having smart phones.

B．Women preferring advertisements.

C．People using Android system.

D．

iPhone users seeking convenience.

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．What can we learn about the i'm Watch according to the text?

A．It can control a runner's pulse.

B．It has a wide range of prices.

C．It can replace the smart phones.

D．

It is popular among teenagers.

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(2013·郑州市二模，B)

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house.

Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father

moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there？” I

called to him.

He looked up, smiling, “I'm making you a surprise.” I thought it could be just

about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.

Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught up in the business of our new life,

I eventually forgot about his surprise.

Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window, I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花) throughout the front lawn—blue, yellow and my favorite pink, with

little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly

planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?

My father's crocuses bloomed (开花) each spring for the next five seasons, always

bringing the same assurance: Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and

light is coming soon.

Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were

none. I missed the crocuses, so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs.

But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow,

leaning on our faith.

On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed.

It was Dad's birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual—my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.

How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn't bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.

Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.

文章大意：本文是一篇充满爱和哲理的记叙文。文章主要讲述了搬家之后，作者的父亲在她家草坪里种下了番红花。这让作者在寒冷的冬天情绪也不会低落。多年之后的一个下午，作者发现18年前种下的已有10多年未曾生长开花的球茎，如今重新开放，这让作者理解了其深刻的含义：只要坚持不懈，光明就会来临。

4．According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ________.

A．it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was

B．the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise

C．it was not the first time that the author's father had made a surprise

D．the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father

答案：C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第三句“When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.”可知，作者的父亲从她小的时候就一直给她惊喜，这已不是第一次了。故答案选C。

5．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.

B．The author's father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.

C．The author often thought about her father after he died.

D．The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.

答案：D 细节理解题。根据文章第三段倒数第二句“He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down.”可知，A、B两项正确。根据文章倒数第三段第二句“It was Dad's birthday, and I found myself thinking about him.”和第三句可知，作者经常会想起她的父亲，所以C正确。所以本题应选D。

6．The author's father should be best described as ________.

A．a parttime worker who loved flowers

B．a kindhearted man who lived with faith

C．a fulltime gardener with skillful hands

D．an ordinary man with doubts in his life

答案：B 推理判断题。根据文章中讲述父亲为防止作者在冬天情绪低落而为她种了番红花可知，他有爱心且心地善良；根据文章倒数第三段第三句中“remembering how he lived up to his faith”可知，父亲实践着自己的信仰。故答案选B。

7．What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Crocuses—My Source of Faith

B．Crocuses—Father's Surprise

C．A Pink Crocus—My Memory

D．Crocuses in Blossom—My Favorite

答案：A 标题概括题。根据文章最后一段第二句“The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.”可知，作者在父亲为她种的番红花上找到了人生信仰。故答案选A。

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Dear Sir，

I was surprised to read your recent editorial on the question of students' part­time jobs. You appear to be making lots of general comments on the basis of just one unfortunate case (I assure you that not all young people who deliver newspapers are as foolish and dishonest as the two youths mentioned in your article, and one single­case is not strong enough in supporting a point as evidence. I think you wouldn't disagree with me at this point)．

The first point I would like to make is that there are many jobs teenagers can do which give them useful experience of the working world. They are brought into contact with a variety of people, often older, and are given experience of expressing themselves clearly and logically. Every young man will eventually be involved in social net work, and we can't expect them to act as a mature adult once they step out of school. I am thinking here of jobs such as travel guides and shop assistants. Part­time jobs are actually a kind of guiding that young people need before they play their role in real career.

Another argument for school children and college students having holiday or weekend jobs is that many parents need the financial assistance. If we take, for

example, a family in which the father is unemployed or perhaps a single­parent family on a low income, it seems logical and fair that a son or daughter should try to bring money into the household. And I think it's also an education to young people what family responsibility is and what one should do in terms of showing their care and love.

One further thing I want to say is that a lot of jobs for the young can be fun for the people who do them and also useful to the community. Youngsters who help in schools, hospitals and with the elderly often gain a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction as well as contributing something valuable to local society. And the experience will make young people feel their value in our society so that they will be more eager to learn and more willing to offer their help.

In conclusion, I would add that when I was a girl, my father said my teens were a time for books, hobbies and academic studies. Thinking back, I feel I would have learnt much more—about myself, other people and life in general—if he had allowed me to do a limited amount of real work. Certainly, when she is old enough, I shall encourage my own daughter to do so, rather than waste her time with soap operas, computer games and discos, like so many young people today. I don't mean having fun is a waste of time. I just want to point out that fun and part­time jobs could be balanced.

Yours faithfully，

Margaret Williams

文章大意：本文是写给报社编辑的一封信。在信中，作者表达了对该社最近发表的关于“青少年不应该做兼职工作(打零工)”这篇文章的反对，并给出了自己的理由和见解。

1．Which of the following is true according to the letter?

A．Part­time jobs help teenagers develop social skills.

B．All young people doing part­time jobs are intelligent and honest.

C．Children in single­parent families should not do part time jobs.

D．The writer did part­time jobs when she was at school.

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．What does the writer think many of the young people are doing now?

A．Taking some part­time jobs to help their family.

B．Doing their academic learning heart and soul.

C．Wasting time with soap operas and computer games or discos.

D．

Doing community services by helping the old or the sick in hospitals.

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．What can we learn from the letter?

A．The writer of the letter is doing some part­time jobs.

B．An article against teenagers' doing part­time jobs was published.

C．Teenagers of the time are not doing the right thing.

D．The writer of the letter is a teenager from a single­parent family.

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