2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练(59)

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练（59）及答案

阅读理解A

We live in an age of unprecedented(空前的) opportunity: If you’ve got ambition, drive, and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession—regardless of where you started out from. But nowadays companies aren’t managing their knowledge workers’ careers. Rather, we must each be our own chief executive officer. Only when you operate from a combination of your strengths and self-knowledge can you achieve true and lasting excellence.

To build a life of excellence, begin by asking yourself these questions: “What Are My Strengths?”

To accurately identify your strengths, use feedback analysis. Every time you make a key decision, write down the outcome you expect. Several months later, compare the actual results with your expected results. Look for patterns in what you are seeing: What results are you skilled at generating? What unproductive habits are preventing you from creating the outcomes you desire? In identifying opportunities for improvement, don’t waste time developing skill areas where you have little competence. Instead, concentrate on and build on your strengths.

“What Are My Values?”

What are your ethics(道德标准)? What do you see as your most important responsibilities for living a worthy, ethical life? Do your organization’s ethics resonate(共鸣) with your own values? If not, your career will be likely to be marked by frustration and poor performance.

“Where Do I Belong?”

Consider your strengths, preferred work style, and values. Based on these qualities, what kind of work environment would you fit it best? Find the perfect fit, and you’ll transform yourself from a merely acceptable employee into a star performer.

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“What Can I Contribute?”

In earlier eras, companies told businesspeople what their contribution should be. Today, you have choices. To decide how you can best improve your organization’s performance, first ask what the situation requires. Based on your strengths, work style, and values, how might you make the greatest contribution to your organization’s efforts?

1. The following steps are all the ways to find and improve your strengths EXCEPT_________.

A. writing down your expectations B. comparing the actual results C. finding out your advantages D. developing your disadvantagesm] 2. Which of the following comments is NOT true?

A. People should find results they are skilled at generating.

B. Processing information by hearing others discuss is the most effective way of working.

C. People who work in one team should have similar ethics.

D. The fit working environment can help the workers work more efficiently. 3. What can lead to a life of excellence?

A. Self-pity and powers. B. Ambition and smarts. C. Self-awareness and strengths. D. Motives and self-knowledge. 4. How might you make the greatest contribution to your organization’s efforts? A. Do what is needed. B. Identify your own strengths. C. Work in your own way. D. Obey the companies’ rules.

参考答案 DBCA

A

(2011·重庆卷，B)

Mapping Your World

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Different forms of maps are appearing.They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visiting，from the official to the unusual.Meanwhile，hi-tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world.Here are two of our favorites：

Green Maps

Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of icons(图标)，making it easy to read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it . At present there are over five hundred map projects being developed in 54 countries. Green Maps' advertised idea is “think global，map local”．It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of information of a place ，ranging from community gardens to good places of birdwatching.

Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with the producers through the Green Maps website.

Map Mashups

Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them. Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Map Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic. The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge you could ever need. It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most bizarre (古怪的)，such as where America's drunkest cities are.With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a multi-layered (多层的) map can be created.

本文讲述了人们最喜欢的地图，一种是Greens maps，另一种是Maps Mashups。他们的共同特点是人们可以在网上编辑地图。

1．According to the passage，which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?

A．Aiming at environmental protection. B．Introducing local attractions with icons. C．Offering advice to independent travelers. D．Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.

答案：B。细节理解题。根据第二段一、二句话可知，绿色地图可允许人们分享当地一些环保的地方及吸引人的东西，并且用图标来添加信息，使人们更容易地看地图，由此可知B项正确。

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2．Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?

答案：B。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话“It's a wonderful way...to good places of bird watching”可知答案为B。

3．“Map Mashups” is named with the word “mashups”because ________. A．it is produced by users all over the world B．it gathers various kinds of information C．it shares icons with Green Maps D．it is a branch of Google Maps

答案：B。由最后一段的第三句话可知，为什么用“mashups”这个名，是因为它把所有的知识都结合起来，从最有用的到最古怪的。由此可知B项正确。

4．What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common? A. They are created by local people. B. They are environmentally friendly. C. Users can edit maps on the Internet. D. Users need to communicate with producers.

答案： C。细节理解题。根据短文最后一段第二句话“Working in a similar way to Greens Maps，Map Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic.”可知C项正确。

Vincent Van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a church minister but was sent to the Belgian mining community of Borinage in 1879. He discovered that the miners there lived with terrible working conditions and received poverty-level wages. Their families were not well fed and struggled simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small salary he received from the church allowed him to live a normal life, which, in contrast to the poor, seemed unfair.

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A rich family in the community offered him free room and board. But Van Gogh turned down the offer, stating that it was the final temptation he must reject if he was to faithfully serve his community of poor miners. He believed that if he wanted them to trust him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of the love of God through him, he must love them enough to share with them.

He was fully aware of a wide chasm which can separate words and actions. He knew that people’s lives often speak louder and clearer than their words. Maybe it was that same knowledge that led Francis of Assisi to frequently remind his monks（修士，僧侣）, “Wherever you go, preach. Use words if necessary.”

There are a million ways to say, “I love you,” without even saying a word! 5. Among the following statements of Vincent Van Gogh, which is Not true? A. He was an artist. B. He wasn’t satisfied with his salary

C. He thought the wages of the minors too low. D. He once worked as a minister. 6. From the second paragraph, we know _____________.

A. Van Gogh was crazy B. Van Gogh especially loved to teach children arts C. Van Gogh was rich D. Van Gogh deeply sympathized with the lower-class 7. Vincent Van Gogh rejected the offer because _____.

A. it was illegal for a minister B. he wanted to be a minor C. he was devoted to his job D. he was dishonest

8. The sentence “There are a million ways to say, ‘I love you, without even saying a word.” (the last paragraph) implies that ______.

A. actions speak louder than words B. silence can also show love C. there are numerous ways to express love D. saying “I love you” is useless

9. We can infer from the passage ____________.

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A. our lives always speak louder and clearer than our words[K] B. the miners there worked under excellent working conditions

C. the ministers lived a much better and easier life than the miners at the time D. Van Gogh himself offered to work in the Belgian mining community of Borinage in 1879.

参考答案 BDCAC

(2011·四川卷，B)

Exploit your parking space

An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to ￡200 or ￡300 a week. Put an advertisement(广告)for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.

Rent(出租)a room

Spare room? Not only will a lodger(房客)earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won't have to pay any tax on the first ￡4,500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.

Make money during special events

Don't want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space.

Live on set

Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.

Use your roof

You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However,

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you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.

如果你拥有自己的多余的房子，房间或停车场，如果你按照作者告诉你的上述做法去做，会轻松地挣到大钱。

5．If you earn ￡5,000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ________.

A．￡300 C．￡4,500

B．￡500 D．￡5,000

答案：B。数字计算题。根据第二个段落的信息句“...won't have to pay any tax for the first ￡4,500”，可以明确：所挣得的4500磅是不用缴税的，即：需要缴税的是多于这个数字的钱，本题中，该是500磅需要缴税。

6．Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event? A．On Letpark. C．On Grashpadder.

B．On Roomspare. D．On Roommateeasy.

答案：C。细节判断题。 根据第三个段落的最后一句话可以找到明确的答案，即选项C是正确的。

7．If you want to use energy free, you have to ________. A．sign an agreement with the government B．pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment C．sell the roof to some energy companies D．keep the roof unchanged within 25 years

答案：D。推理判断题。在最后一段中的最后一句话里含有本答案的信息： “25-year agreement”以及“prevent you from changing your roof”都可以断定选项D的说法是符合原文的。

8．For whom is the text most probably written? A．Lodgers. C．House owners.

B. Advertisers. D．Online companies.

答案：C。推理判断题。从每个段落都可以确定：这是个能够对外出租停车位，房间，房顶等的人，即：是个house owner，选项C是正确的。

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My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen（牛） that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox, guiding him with a broomstick. For $ 1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks.

It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. I’ve never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didn’t want to work.

I was only six years old, but I was doing a man’s job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $ 18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem(自尊心), one of the most important things a person can have. When I was seven, I got work at a golf course near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed, so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dreamt of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.

The more I dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb(番石榴树枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field — except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.

46. The word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _______.

A. difficult B. boring C. interesting D. unusual

47. The writer learned that_______ from his first job. A. he should work for those who he liked most

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B. he should work longer than what he was expected C. he should never fail to say hello to his owner

D. he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for 48 _______ gave the writer self-esteem. A. Having a family of eight people B. Owning his own golf course

C. Bringing money back home to help the family D. Helping his father with the work on the plantation

49. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. He wanted to be a successful golfer.

B. He wanted to run a golf course near his house. C. He was satisfied with the job he got on a plantation. D. He wanted to make money by guiding oxen with a broomstick.

参考答案------46---49、 BDCA

Mexico City is truly one of the most amazing cities in the world with a mixture of both the old and new world. From the moment your plane starts to land in this vast city, you know that your trip will be quite an adventure.

Once in your taxi and the moment you leave the airport, you are amazed at the large amount of slow traffic. The volume of the traffic can be stressful to some. The \改革大道)\of the major tourist and business areas in Mexico City with many high quality hotels only walking distance from great restaurants and other tourist attractions. The only problem you will have is trying to see all of these sites during your vacation time. One of the most popular attractions in this area is the National Museum of Anthropology along the northwest part of the street. There are thousands of artifacts on display showing the history of the area and numerous items found from the many Aztec sites in the area. Walking southwest from the museum, you will soon reach the Mexico City Zoo, which is a great place to spend an afternoon.

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Across the street from the museum is the Chapultepec Castle, once an important site in the Mexican-American war. It's also a good idea to take the train up the hill to where the castle is located as the hill is steep (陡峭的). It's important to keep in mind that Mexico City is over 7,000 feet above sea level and some feel it difficult to breathe when walking.

You can take a taxi to the Coyoacan market during the evening on a weekend. It's a great place to get some cheap souvenirs （纪念品）to bring back home and to enjoy some traditional Mexican cuisine. However, you must be careful where you eat and that the meat is well cooked.

50. The tourists in Mexico City may not be satisfied with______.

A. the high speed of the traffic B. the heavy traffic of the city

C. the polluted air in the city D. their safety in the city

51. Which of the following shows the correct positions of the following places? P = Paseo de la Reforma M = the National Museum of Anthropology

C = the Chapultepec Castle Z = the Mexico City Zoo

52. Which of the following attractions may interest those who want to study the military (of the army) history of Mexico City?

A. The National Museum of Anthropology. B. The Coyoacan market. C. The Chapultepec Castle. D. The Aztec sites.

参考答案-------50---52、 BDC

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