1、讀書破萬卷下筆如有神詳解高考英語閱讀理解(08)閱讀下列短代，從每題所給的4 個選項中選出最佳選項。AI feel very excited at the thought that in another week I shall be with you again on holiday. I have enjoyed my stay in England very much indeed. MrBrown and classmates are nice to me, but, as they say in England, “ There s no place like home. ” and

2、 I think you feel this above all at Christmas time.I am leaving here early on Thursday, the 23rd, and I shall arrive in Basle on Friday morning, so I shall be home somewhere about lunchtime. Can you meet me at the station, as I shall have a lot of luggage?In some of my earlier letters I have told yo

3、u all about the other students here. Well, I want to ask my Polish friend Jan to come and spend Christmas with us. Will that be all right? His father and mother died last year, he can go home for Christmas, and he has no friend in England except the Browns. He is a nice boy. I know you all like him,

4、 and I feel sure he will enjoy Christmas with us. It is very short notice, but you are always pleased, I know, if we bring our friends home. however, I have not yet invited him, as I thought it was better to ask you first. Please let me know as soon as possible if it will be all right.1. The writer

5、was very excited at the thought that _. A. she would be back home with her new friendB. she would be with her parents in another weekC. her parents wanted to see her very muchD. she would go on staying in England2. She wanted some one to meet her because _.A. she was told to do so the tripB. she wou

6、ld be tired out afterC. she would carry a pile of thingsD. she didnt know where thestation was3. The underlined sentence“Theres no place like home ” means_.讀書破萬卷下筆如有神A. There is not a place that the writer likesB. There is no place that the writer can live inC. The writers home is not in London in f

7、actD. East and west, home is best4. These paragraphs are taken out of a _.A. magazineB. letterC. bookD.newspaperBWhat happens to mother-daughter relationships when girls becometeenagers. It seems that girls go from playing “ dress up ” , to arguing with their mothers about how they should dress.When

8、 a girl is 3-4 years old they love t o “dress up ” in their mothers clothes, put on their mothers makeup, cook, and do whatever else their mother does. This is the time when she can be classified as being a mama girl. sHow come girls change so much from childhood to the teenage years? Many parents s

9、eek the answer when their daughter becomes a teen. Often when a girl enters high school her behavior changes as well as her physical appearance.When I was young I always liked playing“dress up ”. It made me feel olderand more like my mother. Even when I entered middle school, I still dependeda lot o

10、n my mother to choose and buy my clothes. Once I entered high schoolthere was a big change. To me, my mother s clothes were no longer“ infashion ” , and neither was her opinion. I started becoming interested in boysand tried to improve the way I looked. It was not that I wanted to look cool, Ijust w

11、anted to look my age.This is the time that the mother- daughter relationship can take a turn. It difficult for a mother to know that her daughter is no longer totally dependent on her.sWhen the daughter starts wearing revealing clothing, dating, and just wanting to be more independent, a mother star

12、ts to feel left out, or not needed. The number of arguments increases, and the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily decreases.讀書破萬卷下筆如有神When these things start to happen, it is a sign that the daughter wants her independence and the freedom to grow up.When you notice how mu

13、ch your relationship had changed, try to believe positive things come out of the change. Put all the negatives aside andconcentrate on what your mother is feeling instead of just on what you re feeling.When it seems too hard to handle, take some quiet time and write out your feelings. Maybe at anoth

14、er time, you can share them with your mother and tryto find a way to better your relationship as mother and daughter. If you don t feel comfortable sharing your feelings, at least write them down so you can getthem out. It s better than keeping them bottled up inside.5. The girls would argue with th

15、eir mothers because _. A. they need more independenceB. mothers want daughters to be mamas girls againC. they think their mothers clothes are no longer in fashionD. all of the above6. From the passage, we know that _.A. the teenage period is a sensitive part in human lifeB. the parents cant get the

16、answer why their daughters change a lotC. they can get on well only in talking, no matter what mothers or daughters doD. mothers should concentrate on their own feelings7. A“mamas girl” will Not_.A. dress up in her mothers clothesB. depend a lot on her mother to choose and buy her clothesC. like wea

17、ring revealing clothingD. think her mothers clothes arefashionin8. When the daughter starts wanting to be more independent, _.讀書破萬卷下筆如有神A. a mother starts to feel left outB. it is the time when mother and daughter get on joyfully increasesC. she wants to look coolD. All of the aboveCBetween ten and

18、midnight the United States is politicallyleaderless there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and two wire services. No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gatherin

19、g resources of the mass media; and so as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge. There is nothing that can be done in thesehours, for no one can longer direct the great strike for America s power; the polls have closed.

20、 Good or bad, whatever the decision, America will accept thedecision and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes. The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood. Its decision is to be

21、 defended as one defends civilization itself.There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia. Only one other major nation in modern history has tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote. This was the Weiman Republic of Germany, which

22、modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice. Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler. Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts. Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another o

23、f the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning. But for these hours history stops.9. Between ten P.M. and midnight the United States is politically leaderless because _.A. the president has been murderedB. the general strike for power has endedC. the government has resignedD. the ge

24、neral vote is being held讀書破萬卷下筆如有神10. “The great strike for Americas power ” in Paragraph 1 refers to_.A. the strike of the government membersB. the great voteC. the election campaignD. the strike of the government employees11. The author believes that the decision at the polls will _.A. lead to a c

25、ivil warB. result in a general strikeC. cause violence and bloodD. be defended by all Americans12. Without the general vote, the author implies _.A. there would be a civil warB. there would be a general strikeC. there would be an election campaign debateD. there would be a fierceDAfter a fortnight o

26、f extraordinary type, the much-feared computer virus thatwas supposed to strike the globe s hard drives last Friday simply fizzled. Somany warnings were sounded that most computer owners either fed anti-virusprograms into their systems or refused to turn the power on during the dreadedM-day. They do

27、dged one disease, but more strains are on the way. Theeponymous Friday-the-13th virus is due to strike this week, and the MalteseAmoeba may detonate on March 15.Who creates these things? A disproportionate number seems to originatein Bulgaria or Russia, where writing the smallest, most elegant virus

28、 programshas become a matter of quirky pride. Viruses are transmitted either by shareddisks (as was Michelangelo) or over telephone lines. The virus program hidesin a computer until, activated by a date, time, or some other trigger, it springsto life. The most common virus, Stoned, makes your screen

29、 announce:“ Yourcomputer is now stoned. Legalize marijuana.” (Regardless of your politics, youdon t want this one around; it can damage your files inadverten tly.) Solution: either keep your computer isolated no trading disks, no on-line communication or else install one of a dozen or so commerciall

30、y available anti-virus programs that detect and delete the little time bombs. If they can讀書破萬卷下筆如有神come up with a virus that is hidden, will they next try to extort a business?asin, pay me $1 million or my virus will destroy your system.In the meantime, money is being made by firms selling anti-viru

31、s programs. Egghead software stores logged a 3,000 percent jump in anti-virus sales. Was the threat overblown by the companies that make millions selling anti-virus software? Thanks to the media blitz, no one will ever know what might have happened an unallied number of computer owners discovered an

32、d deletedMichelangelo before it was supposed to strike on the artist s birthday.13. The much-feared M-day was _.A. Friday-the-13th when the eponymous virus was due to strikeB. Friday-the-15th when the Maltese Amoeba would be activatedC. the previous Friday when Michelangelo virus was due to strikeD.

33、 the previous Friday which coincided with the artists birthday14. Computer viruses are _.A. diseases spread from one computer to another by shared disksB. viruses hidden in a computers instructionstheby designersC. little time bombs hidden in a computer waiting to be triggeredD. just those computer

34、programs created by malevolent designers15. Which of the following sayings fits the Michelangelo virus?A. A burnt child dreads the fire.B. The bug s bark was worse than itsbite.C. A barking dog seldom bites.D. Once bitten, twice shy.16. The author implies that in days to come the viruses might be us

35、ed_.A. to destroy dataB. to commit crimesC. to commit mischiefD. to create confusionE讀書破萬卷下筆如有神The public commonly associates steroid use with big-time athletics. But the drugs may be even more of a menace to teenagers. The synthetichormones can stunt a young personrowthsg by prematurely closing the

36、 endsof the long bones in the skeleton. That means a 1.7 metre, 15-year-old highschool student who uses steroids“ might get bigger but won t get any taller” ,according to a US doctor.Nearly seven percent of boys in the US try steroids before the end of high school, according to a 1988 study by profe

37、ssors Charles Yesalis and William Buckley, of Penn State University. The estimate comes from a poll of 3,400 seniors in 46 public and private schools across the US.“Abusersof Steroids did it to improve their appearance and to excel atsports,” Professor Yesalis said.“ Parents, teachers and coaches ma

38、ke boysbelieve that to be an ideal male you need to have these. Then they say: youcan t play games to have fun; you play games to win.”“Such attitudes put many high school athletes at high risk of becomingabusers of steroids,” said Mike Gimbel, director of Baltimore County Office ofsubstance Abuse.“

39、 For these athletes, the pressure to perform is incredible,”he said.“wasIt inevitable that it would seep down to high school level.”17. The word“big-time ” in Paragraph 1 most nearly means“_”.A. long timeB. good timeC. top rankD. modern18. Why are steroids even more of a threat to teenagers? A. Beca

40、use they make teenagers grow too tall.B. Because they make teenagers get too big.C. Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and taller.D. Because they give teenagers too much pressure.19. Which of the following statements is implied but not mentioned? A. School athletes have too much pres

41、sure.B. Steroids can help people have lots of muscles.C. The pressure chiefly comes from parents, teachers and coaches.D. Girls are not interested in steroids.讀書破萬卷下筆如有神20. Which of the following is a good title for this passage? A. Drugs and SportsB. The Pressure to School Boys are Too Much C. Scho

42、ol Boys are Interested in DrugsD. School Athletes Risk Damage from Drugs【答案與解析】1. B 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)代章首句可得出答案。2. C事實細(xì)節(jié)題。 a pile of things指的就是a lot of luggage 。3. D 語義理解題。劃線句子和答案的意思是 “金窩銀窩，不如自己的草窩 ”。4. B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)代章第 3 段第 1 句話的提示，可以推出答案。5. D 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。第 4 到第 6 段均提到 A、B、 C 所含的內(nèi)容。6. A 推理判斷題。代章第 4 段有較詳細(xì)的描述。尤其是這一段最后

43、3 句點明了女孩青春期變化的一些情況。7. C 推理判斷題。媽媽的乖乖女是不會穿比較露的衣服的。8. A 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。從第 6 段的第 1 句話 a mother starts to feel left out 得知答案。9. D 推理判斷題。本題應(yīng)從全代來看。從大選完畢到結(jié)果尚未公布之間為權(quán)力空白期。10. C 推理判斷題。由代章第 1 段第 1 句和第 3、 4 句可以推斷，此處的 The greatest strike for Americas Power指美國大選。11. D 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。由第 1 段最后幾句可知：不管大選的結(jié)果是否與他們的投票一致，美國人都會贊成并支持這一結(jié)果。12. A 推理判斷題。由第 1 段倒數(shù)第 2 句 The general vote is the only substitute for violence and blood 可知，言下之意，沒有大選，就可能導(dǎo)致因爭奪權(quán)力而發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭。13. C事實細(xì)節(jié)題。由代章第1 句中的last Friday可知答案。讀書破萬卷下筆如有神14. D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)一般常識，電腦病毒肯定是由搞惡作劇的人設(shè)計的電腦程序。代章的第 2 段有較為詳細(xì)的敘述。15. B 推理判斷題。