閱讀理解(人生百味)練習(xí)及解析一、高中英語(yǔ)閱讀理解人生百味類1．閱讀理解

TwoofthesaddestwordsintheEnglishlanguageare"ifonly".Ilivemylifewiththegoalofneverhavingtosaythosewords,becausetheyconveyregret,lostopportunities,mistakes,anddisappointment.

Myfatherisfamousinourfamilyforsaying,"Taketheextraminutetodoitright."Ialwaystrytolivebythe"extraminute"rule.Whenmychildrenwereyoungandlikelytocauseaccidents,IalwaysthoughtaboutwhatIcoulddotoavoidan"ifonly"moment,whetheritwassomethingminorlikemovingacupfullofhotcoffeeawayfromtheedgeofacounter,orsomethingthatrequiredalittlemoreworksuchastapingpadding(襯墊)ontothesharpcornersofaglasscoffeetable.

Idon'tonlyavoidthose"ifonly"momentswhenitcomestosafety.It'sequallyimportanttoavoid"ifonly"inourpersonalrelationships.Weallknowpeoplewholostalovedoneandregrettedthattheyhadforegoneanopportunitytosay"Iloveyou"or"Iforgiveyou."WhenmyfatherannouncedhewasgoingtotheeyedoctoracrossfrommyofficeonGoodFriday,ItoldhimthatitwasaholidayformycompanyandIwouldn'tbehere.ButthenIthoughtaboutthefactthathe's84yearsoldandIrealizedthatIshouldn'tgiveupanopportunitytoseehim.IcalledhimandtoldhimIhaddecidedtogotoworkonmydayoffafterall.

IknowtherewillstillbeoccasionswhenIhavetosay"ifonly"aboutsomething,butmylifeisdefinitelybetterbecauseofmypolicyofdoingeverythingpossibletoavoidthateventuality.Andeventhoughittakesanextraminutetodosomethingright,oritoccasionallytakesanhourortwoinmybusyscheduletomakeapersonalconnection,IknowthatI'mdoingtherightthing.I'mbuyingmyselfpeaceofmindandthat'sthebestkindofinsuranceformyemotionalwell-being.（1）Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofthe"extraminute"rule?A.Startthecarthemomenteveryoneisseated.B.Leavetheroomforaminutewiththeironworking.C.Waitforanextraminutesothatthesteaktastesbetter.D.Moveanobjectoutofthewaybeforeittripssomeone.（2）TheauthordecidedtogotoherofficeonGoodFridayto______.A.keepherappointmentwiththeeyedoctorB.meetherfatherwhowasalreadyanoldmanC.joinintheholidaycelebrationofthecompanyD.finishherworkbeforethedeadlineapproached（3）Theunderlinedword"foregone"inParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto______.A.abandonedB.lackedC.avoidedD.taken（4）Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.ToKeepEmotionalWell-beingB.ToPrevent"IfOnly"MomentsC.ToFollowtheMostUsefulRuleD.ToAchievethePeaceofMind【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者認(rèn)為英語(yǔ)中最悲傷的兩個(gè)詞語(yǔ)是"ifonly"，因?yàn)樗麄儽磉_(dá)了遺憾。父親在作者小的時(shí)候經(jīng)常讓她提前做一些能防止意外發(fā)生的事，因此她懂得珍惜現(xiàn)在所擁有的一切，而且知道自己正在做對(duì)的事。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一、二段可知，作者所說(shuō)的“extraminute”rule是指在遇事時(shí)多思考一分鐘，從而可以避免以后遺憾、犯錯(cuò)或失望，故選D。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“ButthenIthoughtaboutthefactthathe's84yearsoldandIrealizedthatIshouldn'tgiveupanopportunitytoseehim.”可知，父親說(shuō)在周五去看眼科醫(yī)生時(shí)經(jīng)過(guò)作者的辦公室，雖然那天是假日，但作者想到父親八十四了，自己不應(yīng)該放棄每一次見(jiàn)父親的機(jī)會(huì)，于是又改口說(shuō)那天上班。由此可知作者決定在星期五去她的辦公室，是為了見(jiàn)她已經(jīng)年邁的父親。故選B。（3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)劃線詞所在句and前后連接語(yǔ)意相似成分，由其前“失去一個(gè)心愛(ài)的人或物”可推知此處是指“后悔放棄一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)”可知，foregone的意思是“放棄”，故選A。（4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知，本文敘述了作者通過(guò)“extraminute”rule來(lái)避免以后說(shuō)“ifonly”的情況。“ifonly”作為線索貫穿了整篇文章，且第一段也提到了thesaddestwords，其他選項(xiàng)比較籠統(tǒng)，不能涵蓋本文內(nèi)容。所以這篇文章最好的題目是“防止出現(xiàn)ifonly的情況”，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。2．閱讀理解

Afewhoursaftermyfirstmission,returningtoEarthonthespaceshuttleEndeavour,Icompletedallofmymedicaltestsafterflight,metwithNASAofficials,andreunitedwithmyfamily.Finally,IwasaloneinmyofficeroominastronautcrewquartersattheKennedySpaceCenter,exhaustedandreadyforbed.AndIdidwhatanyonedoeswhentheyreturntotheirhotelroomonabusinesstrip:IturnedontheTV.Thetelevisionnewsstartedup:Suchandsuchhadhappened,peoplewereshocked,blahblahblah.Sportsscores.Sillycommercials.

Itdidn'ttakemorethanaminutebeforeIhadtoturnitoff.Itfeltlikemybodywasrejectingallthisinput,justasitwouldrejectanorgandonationthathadthewrongbloodtype.AllofthisnoisewasjustcompletelyforeigntowhoIwas—or,moreappropriately,whoIhadbecome.Afewhoursbefore,IhadbeenorbitingEarth,seeingourplanetfromspace,flyingthemostamazingmachineeverbuiltbyhumanhands,workingwithateamthatwastheabsolutesuccessofhuman.Andnowhereinmyroomwatchingwhatwasbeingsoldasnews,andwithmynewfoundperspective,Ijustcouldnotstomachit.Myworldviewwaschangedforeverinaprofound(深刻的)way.

ThebiggestchangebyfarandtheoneforwhichIwillalwaysbemostgratefulisthisbig-pictureperspective.Thatwillstickwithmefortherestofmylife.

WheneverIfeelthepressureofmodernlife,thestressaboutwork,orworryaboutthefuture,Iremembermytimeinthespacestation.BacktoseeingthesunsetOrwatchingourgalaxyriseonthehorizon.Orseeingaseaoflightningflashahundredtimesasecond.Orsimplybacktofloatingweightlessly.

WhenI'mthereinmymindandrealizehowmanybillionsofthesebeautifulsunsetstherehavebeenandwillbeinthefuture,thecaresoftheworldjustdon'tseemthatpressing.Itgoesthat,"Donotworryabouttomorrow,fortomorrowwillworryaboutitself."Livingdailylifedownhereontheplanetissomuchbetterwiththisattitude!（1）Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtotheunderlinedwordstomachinparagraph2?A.

Access.

B.

Attend.

C.

Accept.

D.

Afford.（2）Whatisthemostimportantchangetothewriter?A.

Hehasabroaderviewoftheworld.B.

Hedoesn'tlikewatchingTVanymore.C.

Hewillalwaysbemostgratefulforeverything.D.

Hecanflythemostamazingmachinebyhands.（3）Whatattitudetolifedoesthewritertendtohave?A.

cagedbirdlongsforclouds.

B.

Liveinthepresentmoment.C.

Letbygonesbebygones.

D.

Timeworksgreatchanges.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，講述了在一次太空之旅后作者對(duì)待生活的態(tài)度的變化。（1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“Itdidn'ttakemorethanaminutebeforeIhadtoturnitoff.”以及畫線詞后的“Myworldviewwaschangedforeverinaprofound(深刻的)way.”可知，我的世界觀以一種深刻的方式永遠(yuǎn)改變了，因此此處是說(shuō)以我現(xiàn)在的視角，看這種新聞是我無(wú)法忍受的，所以不到一分鐘我就關(guān)掉了電視，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“接受、忍受”，故選C。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“ThebiggestchangebyfarandtheoneforwhichIwillalwaysbemostgratefulisthisbig-pictureperspective.”可知，作者最重要的改變是他對(duì)世界有更廣闊的看法，故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Itgoesthat,‘Donotworryabouttomorrow,fortomorrowwillworryaboutitself.’Livingdailylifedownhereontheplanetissomuchbetterwiththisattitude!”可知，它說(shuō)，“不要為將來(lái)?yè)?dān)心，生活在這個(gè)星球上的日常生活是如此的好，這句話表明了作者對(duì)待生活的態(tài)度是不要擔(dān)心將來(lái)，活在當(dāng)下，故選B。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。3．閱讀理解

Wecanachieveknowledgeeitheractivelyorpassively.Weachieveitactivelybydirectexperience,bytestingandprovinganidea,orbyreasoning.

Weachieveknowledgepassivelybybeingtoldbysomeoneelse.MostofthelearningthattakesplaceintheclassroomandthekindthathappenswhenwewatchTVorreadnewspapersormagazinesispassive.Weareusedtopassivelearning,andit'snotsurprisingthatwedependonitinoureverydaycommunicationwithfriendsandco-workers.Unfortunately,passivelearninghasaseriousproblem.Itmakesustendtoacceptwhatwearetoldevenwhenitislittlemorethanhearsayandrumor.

DidyoueverplaythegameRumor?Itbeginswhenonepersonwritesdownamessagebutdoesn'tshowittoanyone.Thenthepersonwhispersit,wordforword,toanotherperson.Thatperson,inturn,whispersittostillanother,andsoon,throughallthepeopleplayingthegame.Thelastpersonwritesdownthemessagewordforwordasheorshehearsit.Thenthetwowrittenstatementsarecompared.Typically,theoriginalmessagehaschanged.

That'swhathappensindailylife.Thesimplefactthatpeoplerepeatastoryintheirownwordschangesthestory.Then,too,mostpeoplelistentoimproveonit,stamping(打上標(biāo)記)itwiththeirownpersonalstyle.Yetthosewhohearitthinktheyknow.

Thisprocessisalsofoundamongscholarsandauthors:Astatementofopinionbyonewritermaybere-statedasfactbyanother,whomayinturnbequotedbyyetanother;andthisprocessmaycontinue,unlessitoccurstosomeonetoquestionthefactsonwhichtheoriginalwriterbasedhisopinionortochallengetheinterpretationheplaceduponthosefacts.（1）Accordingtothepassage,whatsituationmaypassivelearningoccurin?A.

Doingamedicalexperiment

B.

SolvingamathproblemC.

Visitinganexhibition

D.

Doingscientificreasoning（2）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"inParagraph2refersto?A.

Activelearning

B.

Knowledge

C.

Communication

D.

Passivelearning（3）WhydoestheauthormentionsthegameRumor?A.

Toshowthatamessagemaybechangedwhenbeingpassedon.B.

Toshowthatamessageshouldbedeliveredindifferentways.C.

Toshowthatpeoplemayhaveproblemswiththeirsenseofhearing.D.

Toshowthatpeopletendnottobelieveinwhattheyknowasrumor.（4）Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?A.

Activelearningislessimportant.

B.

Passivelearningmaynotbereliable.C.

Activelearningoccursmorefrequently.

D.

Passivelearningisnotfoundamongscholars.【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要主要介紹了被動(dòng)獲得知識(shí)所存在的一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題——被告知的可能是謠言。并用現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中簡(jiǎn)單的事說(shuō)明。（1）推理判斷題。由文章第二段weachieveknowledgepassivelybybeingtoldbysomeelse.MostofthelearningthattakesplaceintheclassroomandthekindthathappenswhenwewatchTVofreadnewspaperormagazinesispassive可知被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)是通過(guò)別人告訴獲取知識(shí)，而A做實(shí)驗(yàn)；B解決數(shù)學(xué)問(wèn)題；D做科學(xué)推理都是主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，故選C。（2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)it所在句Weareusedtopassivelearning,andit'snotsurprisingthatwedependonitinoureverydaycommunicationwithfriendsandco-workers可知這我們依賴的是前句所提的被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，故選D。（3）推理判斷題。通過(guò)第三段最后一句Typically,theoriginalmessagehaschanged.可知人們傳遞信息到最后時(shí)，信息原始的意思已經(jīng)改變了。和第二段最后一句話

Itmakesustendtoacceptwhatwearetoldevenwhenitislittlemorethanhearsayandrumor.它讓我們更傾向于接受我們被告知的事物，有時(shí)候甚至是傳聞或者謠言?？芍恼孪胍嬖V我們信息在傳遞的過(guò)程中發(fā)生了變化。故選A。（4）推理判斷題。A、C兩個(gè)選項(xiàng)說(shuō)的是主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，文中沒(méi)有提到，D選項(xiàng)說(shuō)被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)在學(xué)者中不會(huì)出現(xiàn)，這和最后一段第一句

Thisprocessisalsofoundamongscholarsandauthors不符合，而根據(jù)第二段和第三段可知人們傳遞信息到最后時(shí)，信息的原始意思已經(jīng)改變了，故得出被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)不可靠，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及推理判斷題，需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出所需要的信息，也可以利用排除法，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，排除錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)。4．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

OneeveninginFebruary2007,astudentnamedPaulaCeelybroughthercartoastoponaremoteroadinWales.Shegotouttoopenametalgatethatblockedherpath.That'swhensheheardthewhistlesoundedbythedriverofatrain.HerRenaultCliowasparkedacrossarailwayline.Secondslater,shewatchedthetraindraghercaralmostakilometredowntherailwaytracks.

Ceely'snearmissmadethenewsbecausesheblameditonherGPSdevice.Shehadneverdrivertheroutebefore.Itwasdarkandrainingheavily.CeelywasrelyingonherGPS,butitmadenomentionofthecrossing."Iputmycompletetrustinthedeviceanditledmerightintothepathofaspeedingtrain,"shetoldtheBBC.

Whoistoblamehere?RickStevenson,whotellsCeely'sstoryinhisbookWhenMachinesFailUs,pointsthefingeratthelimitationsoftechnology.Weputourfaithindigitaldevices,hesays,butourdigitalhelpersaretoooftennotuptothejob.Theyarefilledwithsmallproblems.Andit'snotjustGPSdevices:Stevensontakesusonatourofdigitaldisastersinvolvingeverythingfrommobilephonestowirelesskeyboards.

Theproblemwithhisargumentinthebookisthatit'snotclearwhyheonlyfocusesondigitaltechnology,whiletheremaybeanumberofotherpossiblecauses.Amap-makermighthaveleftthecrossingoffapapermap.MaybeweshouldblameCeelyfornotpayingattention.Perhapstherailwayauthoritiesareatfaultforpoorsignalingsystem.OrmaybesomeonehasstudiedtherelativedangersandworkedoutthattherereallyissomethingspecificwrongwiththeGPSequipment.ButStevensondoesn'tsay.

It'saproblemthatrunsthroughthebook.Inasectiononcars,Stevensongivesanaccountoftheadvancedtechniquesthatcriminalsusetodefeatcomputer-basedlockingsystemsforcars.Heofferstwoindependentsetsoffiguresoncartheft;bothshowasmallriseinsomepartsofthecountry.Hesaysthatonceagainnotallnewlockshaveprovedreliable,Perhaps,butmaybeit'salsoduetotheshortageofpolicemenonthestreets.Orchangingsocialcircumstances.Orsomecombinationofthesefactors.

Thegamebetweenhumansandtheirsmartdevicesisamusingandcomplex.Itisshapedbyeconomicsandpsychologyandthecultureswelivein.Somewhereinthemixofthoseforcestheremaybeawayforawiseruseoftechnology.

Ifthereissuchaway,itshouldinvolvemorethanjustanawarenessoftheshortcomingsofourmachines.Afterall,wehavelivedwiththemforthousandsofyears.Theyhaveprobablybeenfoolingusforjusta.slong.（1）WhatdidPaulaCeelythinkwasthecauseofheraccident?A.

Shewasnotfamiliarwiththeroad.B.

Itwasdarkandrainingheavilythen.C.

Therailwayworkersfailedtogivethesignal.D.

HerGPSdevicedidn'ttellheraboutthecrossing.（2）Thephrase"nearmiss"(Paragraph2)canbestbereplacedby________.A.

closehit

B.

heavyloss

C.

narrowescape

D.

bigmistake（3）WhichofthefollowingwouldRickStevensonmostprobablyagreewith?A.

Moderntechnologyiswhatwecan'tlivewithout.B.

Digtaltechnologyoftenfallsshortofourexpectation.C.

Digitaldevicesaremorereliablethantheyusedtobe.D.

GPSerrorisnottheonlycauseforCeely'saccident.（4）Inthewriter'sopinion,Stevenson'sargumentis________.A.

one-sided

B.

reasonable

C.

puzzling

D.

well-based（5）Whatistherealconcernofthewriterofthisarticle?A.

Themajorcausesoftrafficaccidentsandcarthefts.B.

Thehumanunawarenessoftechnicalproblems.C.

Theshortcomingsofdigitaldevicesweuse.D.

Therelationshipbetweenhumansandtechnology.【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A（5）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者講述了一起交通事故，司機(jī)沒(méi)有看到火車路口導(dǎo)致了一起事故，司機(jī)卻將責(zé)任歸咎到自己的導(dǎo)航儀沒(méi)有路口提示上。引發(fā)作者對(duì)于人與科技的關(guān)系上的深思。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的"Ceely'snearmissmadethenewsbecausesheblameditonheGPS(導(dǎo)航儀)."可知Ceely認(rèn)為事故發(fā)生的原因是GPS沒(méi)有指出那個(gè)路口。故選D。（2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第一段可知Ceely的車被卡在鐵路上并且被火車撞飛了，而她自己則死里逃生，文章用"nearmiss"來(lái)形容這個(gè)事故，由此可推斷narrowescape最符合文意，即Ceely很驚險(xiǎn)地逃生了，故選C。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的"Weputourfaithindigitaldevices,hesays,butourdigitalhelpersaretoooftennotuptothejob."可知Stevenson認(rèn)為是科技設(shè)備應(yīng)該被指責(zé)，即它們不能滿足人們的需要，故選B。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的"Theproblemwithhisargumentinthebookisthatit'snotclearwhyheonlyfocusesondigitaltechnology,whiletheremaybeanumberofotherpossiblecauses."可知作者認(rèn)為Stevenson只關(guān)注到了片面的，故選A。（5）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的"Thegamebetweenhumansandtheirsmartdevicesisamusingandcomplex."可知作者在討論完Ceely這起事故后，在最后兩段將討論延伸到了人與科技的關(guān)系上，因此作者實(shí)際關(guān)心的內(nèi)容是人與科技的關(guān)系，故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解

Theworld'srichestmanmightseemtohaveitall,butBillGateshasoneregret.Theself-madebillionairesaidhefeltstupidfornotknowinganyforeignlanguages.

SpeakinginhisthirdAskMeAnythingquestion-and-answersessionforonlineforumReddit(紅迪網(wǎng)),theMicrosoftfoundersaidthathewishedhespokeFrench,ArabicorChinese.

Hesaid,"ItookLatinandGreekinhighschoolandgotAsandIguessithelpsmyvocabulary.Ikeephopingtogettimetostudyoneofthese—probablyFrenchbecauseitistheeasiest.IdidDuolingoforawhilebutdidn'tkeepitup."

Gates,whoisworth$79.3billion,praisedFacebookfounderMarkZuckerbergforsurprisinganaudienceinBeijingwhenhespokefluentChinese."MarkZuckerbergamazinglylearnedChineseanddidaQ&AwithChinesestudents—unbelievable,isn'tit?"hesaid.

Thisisn'tthefirsttimeforGatestoadmithisregretoverlanguage.Healsoshowedhishabitsathomeandpersonalinsights.

LastFebruary,Gatessaidhelikestodothedisheshimself—tohisownspecialstandardseverynightandalsotoldtheinterviewerthathiswife,Melinda,wouldlikelywantSamuelL.Jacksontoplayherhusbandinabiopic(傳記片).

Healsoadmittedthathewouldpickupa$100billifhefounditonthestreet.

AshetookthetopspotonForbes(福布斯)28thAnnualBillionaireslistlastyearforthefourthtime,hesaidheisprettybasicwhenitcomestospendingonclothesandfood,butthatheenjoysinvestinginshoesandrackets(球拍)whenheplaystennis.

Whenaskedalifelessonhehadtolearnthehardway,thebillionairesaidstayinguptoolateisahabitheisstilltryingtobreak."Don'tstayuptoolateevenifthebookisreallyexciting.Youwillregretitinthemorning.Pamisstillworkingonthisproblem,"hesaid.（1）Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?A.

AnInterviewwithBillGates

B.

HowBillGatesSucceededC.

BillGates'Regret

D.

TheRichestBillionaire（2）Theunderlinedpartinparagraph8mayactuallymeanthat_______.A.

itisimportanttolayagoodfoundationoflifeB.

foodandclothingarebasicneedsforpeople'slifeC.

henevercaresaboutbuyingfoodandclothingD.

hedoesn'tspendmuchmoneyonfoodandclothes（3）WhatadvicedidBillGatesgive?A.

Dothedishesyourselfathome.

B.

Beagoodlanguagelearner.C.

Avoidstayinguptoolate.

D.

Pickupthe$100billsinthestreets.（4）Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.

BillGatesisalsothefounderofFacebook.B.

BillGateswasgoodatlearninglanguagesinhighschool.C.

BillGatestoppedthelistofForbes28times.D.

BillGates'wifewantsSamueltoplayagamewithGates.【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，白手起家的億萬(wàn)富翁比爾·蓋茨認(rèn)為自己不懂外語(yǔ)是人生的一個(gè)遺憾。（1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“Theworld'srichestmanmightseemtohaveitall,butBillGateshasoneregret.Theself-madebillionairesaidhefeltstupidfornotknowinganyforeignlanguages.”世界首富比爾·蓋茨似乎擁有一切，但他有一個(gè)遺憾。這位白手起家的億萬(wàn)富翁說(shuō)，他覺(jué)得自己不懂外語(yǔ)很愚蠢。是全文的主題句，可知這篇文章主要講了比爾·蓋茨的遺憾，故選C。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第八段中的“butthatheenjoysinvestinginshoesandrackets(球拍)whenheplaystennis.”但他喜歡在打網(wǎng)球時(shí)，投資買鞋和球拍。由此推斷出上文的意思是他在食物和衣服上花的錢不多，故選D。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whenaskedalifelessonhehadtolearnthehardway,thebillionairesaidstayinguptoolateisahabitheisstilltryingtobreak.”當(dāng)被問(wèn)及人生的教訓(xùn)時(shí)，這位億萬(wàn)富翁表示，他仍在努力改掉熬夜的習(xí)慣。由此可知，比爾·蓋茨的建議是避免熬夜太晚，故選C。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“ItookLatinandGreekinhighschoolandgotAsandIguessithelpsmyvocabulary.”我在高中的時(shí)候?qū)W過(guò)拉丁語(yǔ)和希臘語(yǔ)，拿到了A，我想這對(duì)我的詞匯量有幫助。由此推斷出比爾·蓋茨在高中時(shí)很擅長(zhǎng)學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解

Itwasmanyyearsago.Iwasayoungdadsittingonthecouchreadingafairytaletomylittlegirl.ShesatnexttomewithherheadonmyarmasItoldthetale.WhenitcametotheendIfinishedwiththosefamouswords:"Andtheylivedhappilyeverafter."AsIlookedovertoherwithherwavy(鬈曲的),brownhairandbig,innocenteyesIcouldseethesmileonherfaceandIneverwantedittoend.ThenitdawnedonmethattheendingofthebookwaswhatIwantedforher.Iwantedherto"livehappilyeverafter".

Still,deepinmyheartIknewthatthiscouldn'talwaysbeso.Iknewthattherewouldbetimeswhenherheartwasbroken.IknewtherewouldbetimeswhenshecriedingriefandIcouldn'tcomforther.Iknewtherewouldbetimeswhenallshefeltwasfear,sadness,sorrow,anddespair.AsIstrokedherhairandsmiledatherIhopedthatthosetimeswouldbebriefandthatshewouldhavejoyinherlifemoreoftenthannot.Livinghappilyeverafter,though,seemedoutofthequestion.

Ittakesmealotofyearstorealizethatitispossibletolivehappilyeverafter.Youjusthavetodoit"onedayatatime".Happinessyouseeisn'tsomerewardthatyougetattheendofyourjourney.Happinessisn'tsomethingthatdependsonwhatlifeyouown.Happinessissomethingyoucreateinyourlifechoicebychoiceanddaybyday.

Thetruthishappinesscomeswhenyoulove.LoveisagiftfromGod.Itislovethatmendsbrokenhearts.Itislovethathealsgrief.Itislovethatgivesusjoy.Chooseto"livehappilyeverafter,onedayatatime".（1）Whatistheauthor'swishtohisdaughter?A.

Gettingagoodjobinthefuture.

B.

Makingmanyfriendsinherschool.C.

Travelingaroundtheworldinherlife.

D.

Havingahappylifeeverafter.（2）WhatcanweknowfromParagraph2?A.

Life'smeaningconsistsindevotion.B.

Lifeisalwaysfullofdifficultiesandchallenges.C.

Therearetimesthatlifegoesagainstus.D.

Everyonehastherighttoobtainhappinessandfreedom.（3）Howtogethappinessinauthor'sopinion?A.

Rewardyourselfonceaday.

B.

Createitbyyourselfinyourdailylife.C.

Getridofthosedisturbingthings.

D.

Takechargeofyourlifeindependently.（4）Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage?A.

Toshowthesignificanceoflove.

B.

Todescribeadaughter'sgrowth.C.

Tointroducethedefinitionoflove.

D.

Totellayoungfather'sexperience.【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者每天為女兒讀故事書，希望女兒從此以后能過(guò)上快樂(lè)幸福的生活，后來(lái)作者明白：幸福來(lái)自于自己的創(chuàng)造，來(lái)自于充滿愛(ài)的心。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“

Iwantedherto‘livehappilyeverafter’.”可知，作者希望女兒從此過(guò)上幸福的生活。故選D。（2）考查推理判斷。本段作者寫了女兒今后可能遇到的害怕、哀痛、悲傷、絕望的時(shí)刻，這些都是生活中與我們心意背道而馳的，故選C。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Happinessissomethingyoucreate…”可知，作者認(rèn)為幸福需要自己去創(chuàng)造，故選B。（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“happinesscomeswhenyoulove”可知，作者寫這篇文章的目的是表明愛(ài)的意義和重要性，故選A。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解

Debatesoverthebenefitsofrecyclingstartedin1996whenawritercalledJohnTierneysaid"recyclingisgarbage".Accordingtohim,"Recyclingprogramsoffermainlyshort-termbenefitstoafewrelatedgroupswhiledivertingmoneyfromrealsocialandenvironmentalproblems.Itdoublesenergyconsumptionandpollutionwhilecostingtaxpayersmoremoneythandealingwitholdgarbage.RecyclingmaybethemostwastefulactivityinmodernAmerica."

EnvironmentalgroupswerequicktorespondtoTierneybyissuingreportsdetailingthebenefitsofrecyclingandshowinghowmunicipal(市政的)recyclingprogramsreducepollutionandtheuseofresourceswhiledecreasingtheamountofgarbageandtheneedforlandfillspace—allforless,notmore,thanthecostofregulargarbagecollectionanddisposal(處置).

Butin2002,NewYorkCity,anearlymunicipalrecyclingpioneer,foundthatitsmuch-praisedrecyclingprogramwaslosingmoney,soiteliminatedglassandplasticrecycling.AccordingtotheMayor,thebenefitsofrecyclingplasticandglasswereoutweighedbytheprice—-recyclingcosttwiceasmuchasdisposal.Meanwhile,lowdemandforthematerialsmeantthatmuchofitwasendingupinlandfillsanyway.NYCcloseditslastlandfillandbroughtinamoreefficientsystem,withmorefamousserviceprovidersthanithadusedpreviously.

ThelessonslearnedbyNewYorkareapplicableeverywhere.Someearlyrecyclingprogramswasteresourcesandleadtonewtrash.Butthesituationhasimprovedascitieshavegainedexperience.Ifmanagedcorrectly,recyclingprogramsshouldcostcitiesandtaxpayerslessthangarbagedisposalforanygivenamountofmaterial.Eventhoughthebenefitsofrecyclingoverdisposalarevarious,individualsshouldkeepinmindthatitbetterservestheenvironmenttoreduceandreusematerialsbeforerecyclingevenbecomesanoption.（1）JohnTierneythoughtthatrecycling___________.A.isawasteofmoneyB.leadstoalackofemployersC.isbeneficialtotheenvironmentD.willbecomepopularinthefuture（2）What'sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword"eliminated"inParagraph3?A.Required.B.Forgot.C.Encouraged.D.Cancelled.（3）Whatdoesthelastparagraphimply?A.Weshouldmakerecyclinganoption.B.Publicrecyclingprogramsareinabadsituation.C.Weshoulddeveloptheawarenessofresourcesaving.D.Cost-savingshouldbeconsideredfirstinrecyclingwork.（4）Whatcanbethebesttitleforthispassage?A.TheharmofrecyclingB.Isrecyclingreallybeneficial?C.TherecyclingworkinNewYorkCityD.Isenvironmentalprotectionmakingprogress?【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，自從1996年作家JohnTierney說(shuō)“回收是垃圾”時(shí)，關(guān)于垃圾回收的好處的討論就沒(méi)有停止過(guò)。有人認(rèn)為回收是現(xiàn)代美國(guó)最浪費(fèi)的活動(dòng)，而一些環(huán)境小組還詳細(xì)列出了回收的好處，但是一些早期的回收項(xiàng)目也漸漸暴露出了問(wèn)題。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“RecyclingmaybethemostwastefulactivityinmodernAmerica.”回收可能是現(xiàn)代美國(guó)最浪費(fèi)的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，可知，他認(rèn)為回收是浪費(fèi)錢的。故選A。（2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第三段中的“AccordingtotheMayor,thebenefitsofrecyclingplasticandglasswereoutweighedbytheprice—-recyclingcosttwiceasmuchasdisposal.”根據(jù)市長(zhǎng)所言，回收塑料和玻璃在價(jià)格方面超標(biāo)了---回收的費(fèi)用是處理費(fèi)用的兩倍，可推知，紐約取消了回收塑料和玻璃。所以根據(jù)上下文的語(yǔ)境可以判斷出，劃線詞的意思為“取消”。故選D。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Eventhoughthebenefitsofrecyclingoverdisposalarevarious,individualsshouldkeepinmindthatitbetterservestheenvironmenttoreduceandreusematerialsbeforerecyclingevenbecomesanoption.”盡管回收比處理的好處有很多，大家應(yīng)該記住，在回收成為一個(gè)選擇之前，減少垃圾和反復(fù)利用物品對(duì)環(huán)境是更有利的。，可推知，作者是想提醒大家要有資源節(jié)約的意識(shí)。故選C。（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“Debatesoverthebenefitsofrecyclingstartedin1996whenawritercalledJohnTierneysaid‘recyclingisgarbage’.”自從1996年作家JohnTierney說(shuō)“回收是垃圾”時(shí)，關(guān)于垃圾回收的好處的討論就開始了?？芍?，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解

Lettingmemoveintomyuniversitydormitorywasn'taneasydecisionformyparents.However,theyknewifIwantedagoodeducation,I'dhavetoliveawayfromhome.I'dalwaysdreamoflivingalonethelifeofnorulesandregulationsandbeingindependent.SoIwasdelightedaboutthisnewstageinmylife.

Unexpectedly,duringthefirstfewmonthsoflivingalone,Iwouldfindmyselfcryingeveryday.Iwouldcallmymumeveryday.Comingfromabigfamily,Iwasusedtonoisessurroundingme.Therefore,thescarysilenceatnightwastheworst.Icould