【英語】高考英語高中英語閱讀理解(人生百味)答題技巧及練習(xí)題(含答案)一、高中英語閱讀理解人生百味類1．閱讀理解

ArobotcreatedbyWashingtonStateUniversity(WSU)scientistscouldhelpelderlypeoplewithdementia(癡呆)andotherlimitationsliveindependentlyintheirownhomes.

TheRobotActivitySupportSystemorRAS,usessensorsinstalledinaWSUsmarthometodeterminewhereitsresidentsare,whattheyaredoingandwhentheyneedassistancewithdailyactivities.Itnavigates(定位)throughroomsandaroundobstaclestofindpeopleonitsown,providesvideoinstructionsonhowtodosimpletasksandcanevenleaditsownertoobjectsliketheirmedicationorasnackinthekitchen."RAScombinestheconvenienceofamobilerobotwiththeactivitydetectiontechnologyofaWSUsmarthometoprovideassistanceinthemoment,astheneedforhelpisdetected,"saidBryanMinor,apostdoctoralresearcherintheWSUSchoolofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience.

Currently,anestimated50percentofadultsovertheageof85needassistancewitheverydayactivitiessuchaspreparingmealsandtakingmedicationandtheannualcostforthisassistanceintheUSisnearly$2trillion.Withthenumberofadultsover85expectedtotripleby2050,researchershopethattechnologieslikeRASandtheWSUsmarthomewillrelievesomeofthefinancialstrainonthehealthcaresystembymakingiteasierforolderadultstolivealone.

RASisthefirstrobotresearchershavetriedtoincorporateintotheirsmarthomeenvironment.TheyrecentlypublishedastudyinthejournalCognitiveSystemsResearchthatdemonstrateshowRAScouldmakelifeeasierforolderadultsstrugglingtoliveindependently.

"Whilewearestillinanearlystageofdevelopment,ourinitialresultswithRAShavebeenpromising,"Minorsaid."ThenextstepintheresearchwillbetotestRAS'performancewithagroupofolderadultstogetabetterideaofwhatprompts,videoremindersandotherpreferencestheyhaveregardingtherobot."（1）HowdoesRASserveelderlypeople?A.

Throughsensors.

B.

Throughobjects.C.

Throughamobilerobot.

D.

Throughtheirdailyactivities.（2）WhatcanweknowaboutRAS?A.

Itisthefirstrobotusedindailylife.

B.

Itsfunctionremainstobetested.C.

Itcanlocatepeopleanddoanytask.

D.

Itcancookforownersonitsown.（3）What'sMinor'sattitudetowardthefutureofRAS?A.

Doubtful.

B.

Negative.

C.

Optimistic.

D.

Uncertain.（4）Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?A.

Elderlypeopleleavethenursinghome.

B.

SmartHomeTestsfirstelder-Carerobot.C.

RAS,thefirstrobottomakehomesmart.

D.

OlderadultshavebenefitedfromRAS.【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一款由美國華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā)的機(jī)器人，可以幫助那些癡呆或有身體缺陷的老年人在家里過上自立的生活。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)章第二段中的“TheRobotActivitySupportSystem,orRAS,usessensors（傳感器）equippedinaWSUsmarthometodeterminewhereitsresidentsare,whattheyaredoingandwhentheyneedassistancewithdailyactivities”可知機(jī)器人活動(dòng)支持系統(tǒng)（RAS）使用WSU智能家居中配備的傳感器（傳感器）來確定其居民在哪里，他們在做什么以及何時(shí)需要日?；顒?dòng)的幫助，說明傳感器起到了重大的作用，故選A。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ThenextstepintheresearchwillbetotestRAS'performance…”可知，這臺機(jī)器人的表現(xiàn)還要經(jīng)過進(jìn)一步的測，說明正在測試階段，故選B。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whilewearestillinanearlystageofdevelopment,ourinitialresultswithRAShavebeenpromising”可知，Minor對這款機(jī)器人的未來發(fā)展充滿信心、非常樂觀，故選C。（4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了一款由美國華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā)的機(jī)器人。再根據(jù)最后一段中的“ThenextstepintheresearchwillbetotestRAS'performance”可知，機(jī)器人目前還在華盛頓州立大學(xué)的智能屋里進(jìn)行測試，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評】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，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)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。2．閱讀理解

TherearelotsofwaystoeducateyourselfontheInternet.Youcanfindphotos,documents,andfilmsonalmostanytopicyoucanimagine.Andat,youcanaccesslecturesbyartists,scholars,designers,techniciansandothers.

TEDbeganin1984asaconferencethatbroughttogetherindividualsfromthefieldsoftechnology,entertainmentanddesign.Itwasintendedtobeaone-timeeventfocusingontechnologyanddesign.Theeventendeduplosingmoney,anditwassixyearsbeforethefounderstrieditagain.Thistimeitworked,andsince1990,theTEDconferencehasbeenanannualevent.Therearenowtwoheldeveryyear,withtopicsasdiverseasmusic,medicine,andmoney.Otherspecializedspin-offconferencesaddressnarrowerissues.

TheTEDwebsitecamefromadesiretosharetheconferenceswiththeworld,to"offerfreeknowledgefromtheworld'smostinspiredthinkers,"asthewebsiteputsit.ThecurrentversionofthesitewaslaunchedinApril2007,andcontainsvideosoftalksgivenattheTEDconferencesaroundtheworld.Thetalksaretranscribedintohundredsoflanguages.

TheTEDwebsiteisownedbytheSaplingFoundation,anonprofitdevotedtofosteringthespreadofgreatideas.TheSaplingfoundationacquiredTEDin2001.Sincethen,ithasbeenfocusingonusingTEDtobroadcastideasthatmightchangetheworld.

TED,ofcourse,isn'timmunetocriticism.It'sbeencalledelitist(精英)foritshighticketprices(morethan6,000dollarstotal).It'sbeenaccusedbyafewpeopleofcensorshipfornotpublishingtheirtalks.Onecontroversialspeakerwasupsetaboutbeingcriticizedbytheconference'shostafterward.

Thecomplaints,however,seemtoberelativelyfewforsuchalarge,long-runningorganization.AndaccusationsofelitismringhollowwhensomuchisgivenawayforfreeonTED'swebsite.Whateveritsfailings,TEDisasourceofinspirationalinformationforthosewhoseekitout.（1）Whatisthemaintopicofthearticle?A.ThecaseagainstTEDB.What'sonTEDtoday.C.Prosandconsof.D.WhatisTED（2）WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.TheTEDconferencecameafterthesuccessof.B.TwoTEDconferencesarenowheldeveryyear.C.TEDtalksareavailableinmanylanguages.D.TheSaplingFoundationowns.（3）Fromthelasttwoparagraphs,wecaninferthat________.A.itisacceptedtoallinvolvedthatsomeTEDtalksmightnotbepublishedB.thehostoftheconferenceisonewhoplaysasupportiveroletothespeakersC.TEDiscriticizedforgivingspecialtreatmenttothewealthyorpowerfulD.thenegativecommentsonTEDgreatlyaffectsitsreputation（4）Thisauthorprobablybelievesthat________.A.TEDiselitistB.TEDisbeneficialC.TEDisn'timportantD.TEDisthebestwebsite【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了TED以及它的歷史發(fā)展。（1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“Andat,youcanaccesslecturesbyartists,scholars,designers,techniciansandothers.”在，你可以訪問藝術(shù)家、學(xué)者、設(shè)計(jì)師、技術(shù)人員和其他人的演講。以及以下幾個(gè)段落的內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章的主題是“TED是什么”，故選D。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“TheTEDwebsitecamefromadesiretosharetheconferenceswiththeworld,to‘offerfreeknowledgefromtheworld'smostinspiredthinkers,’asthewebsiteputsit.”TED網(wǎng)站源于一種與世界分享會議的愿望，用網(wǎng)站的話說，就是“向世界上最有靈感的思想家們提供免費(fèi)的知識”?？芍癟ED大會是在網(wǎng)站成功之后召開的”這種表述錯(cuò)誤，故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“TED,ofcourse,isn'timmunetocriticism.It'sbeencalledelitist(精英)foritshighticketprices.”當(dāng)然，TED也免不了受到批評。它因其高昂的票價(jià)被稱為精英主義；以及最后一段中的“AndaccusationsofelitismringhollowwhensomuchisgivenawayforfreeonTED'swebsite.”而當(dāng)這么多東西在泰德的網(wǎng)站上免費(fèi)贈(zèng)送時(shí)，精英主義的指責(zé)就顯得空洞了?？赏茢喑?，TED因給予富人或有權(quán)勢的人特殊待遇而受到批評，故選C。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whateveritsfailings,TEDisasourceofinspirationalinformationforthosewhoseekitout.”不管它的缺點(diǎn)是什么，TED都是那些尋找它的人鼓舞人心的信息來源?？赏茢喑?，這位作者可能認(rèn)為TED是有益的，故選B。【點(diǎn)評】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，是一篇文化類閱讀，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。3．閱讀理解

Recently,astheBritishdoctorRobertWinstontookatrainfromLondontoManchester,hefoundhimselfbecomingsteadilyangry.Awomanhadpickedupherphoneandbegunaloudconversation,whichwouldlastanunbelievablehour.Furious,Winstonbegantotweetaboutthewoman.Hetookherpictureandsentittohismorethan40,000followers.

Whenthetrainarrivedatitsdestination,Winstonrushedout.He'dhadenoughofthewoman'srudeness.Butthepresswerenowwaitingforherontheplatform.AndwhentheyshowedherWinston'smessages,sheusedjustonewordtodescribeWinston'sactions:rude.

Winston'staleissomethingofamicrocosm(縮影)ofourageofincreasingrudeness,fueledbysocialmedia.Whatcanwedotofixthis?

Studieshaveshownthatrudenessspreadsquickly,almostlikethecommoncold.Justwitnessingrudenessmakesitfarmorelikelythatwe,inturn,willberudelateron.Theonlywaytoavoiditistodealwithitfacetoface.Wemustsay,"Juststop."ForWinston,thatwouldhavemeantapproachingthewoman,tellingherthatherconversationwasfrustratingotherpassengersandpolitelyaskinghertospeakmorequietlyormakethecallatanothertime.

Therageandinjusticewefeelattherudebehaviorofastrangercandriveustodooddthings.Inmyownresearch,surveying2,000adults,Idiscoveredthattheactsofrevengepeoplehadtakenrangedfromtheridiculoustothedisturbing.Winstondidshineaspotlightonthewoman'sbehavior—butfromafar,inawaythatshamedher.

Wemustinsteadcombatrudenessheadon.Whenweseeitoccurinastore,wemuststepupandsaysomething.Ifithappenstoacolleague,wemustpointitout.Wemustdefendstrangersinthesamewaywe'ddefendourbestfriends.Butwecandoitwithgrace,byhandlingitwithoutatraceofaggressionandwithoutbeingrudeourselves.Becauseoncerudepeoplecanseetheiractionsthroughtheeyesofothers,theyarefarmorelikelytoendthatstrainthemselves.Asthistideofrudenessrises,civilizationneedscivility.（1）WhatcanyoulearnaboutRobertWinstonfromthepassage?A.

Heknowshowtospeaktorudepeople.B.

Hebehavedimproperlyandspokeloudlyonthetrain.C.

Helosthistemperduetootherpeople'srudeness.D.

Hereactedtoawoman'srudebehaviorwrongly.（2）Whatdoes"fueledbysocialmedia"meaninParagraph3?A.

Rudebehavioriscommononsocialmedia.B.

Rudenesscanbeavoidedthroughsocialmedia.C.

Peoplecaneasilygetawaythroughsocialmedia.D.

Socialmediamayspreadandcauserudeness.（3）Accordingtothewriter,howshouldyourespondwhenyoumeetrudepeople?A.

RecordthemandpostitontheInternet.B.

Pointitoutinapoliteandskillfulway.C.

Donothingbutwaitforotherpeopletofixit.D.

Paythembackbydoingequallydisturbingthings.（4）Whichofthefollowingstatementistrueaboutthelastparagraph?A.

Wecanonlypointoutrudenessfromfamiliarpeople.B.

Rudenessandmannerscanhardlycoexistincivilizedsociety.C.

Bothstrangersandacquaintancesdeserveourfriendlywarning.D.

Rudepeoplecan'tseetheirrudenessthroughothers'eyes.【答案】（1）D（2）D（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者通過溫斯特對打電話這位粗魯?shù)呐科毓庠诿襟w上的不當(dāng)行為，提出了我們要用禮貌而巧妙的方式指出來生活中粗魯?shù)男袨?。?）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“Winstondidshineaspotlightonthewoman'sbehavior—butfromafar,inawaythatshamedher.”溫斯頓確實(shí)把聚光燈對準(zhǔn)了那個(gè)女人的行為——但從長遠(yuǎn)看，這是方式一種讓她蒙羞。可推出，作者認(rèn)為溫斯頓的做法不正確。故選D。（2）考查句義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“Winston'staleissomethingofamicrocosm(縮影)ofourageofincreasingrudeness”可知作者描述這個(gè)時(shí)代越來越粗魯；再根據(jù)第四段中的“Studieshaveshownthatrudenessspreadsquickly,almostlikethecommoncold.”研究表明，粗魯行為傳播迅速，就像普通感冒一樣。可知作者認(rèn)為粗魯行為傳播很快。因此此處fuel意為“加速”之意，故選D。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Butwecandoitwithgrace,byhandlingitwithoutatraceofaggressionandwithoutbeingrudeourselves.”但我們可以優(yōu)雅地做到這一點(diǎn)，處理它時(shí)不帶一絲侵略性，自己也不粗魯。可知，作者認(rèn)為我們可以禮貌而巧妙的方式指出來粗魯?shù)男袨楹腿?。故選B。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Wemustdefendstrangersinthesamewaywe'ddefendourbestfriends.”我們必須保護(hù)陌生人，就像保護(hù)我們最好的朋友一樣?？芍xC?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，句義猜測和推理判斷三個(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。4．閱讀理解

Wealllongforfriendship,buthowtomakeafriend?"Thebesttimetomakeafriendisbeforeyouneedone."JoyStevensaid.Thefollowingaresometipsforyou.

Peopleequalfriends

Friendsusuallybeginwithstrangers.Gettingintouchwithotherpeopleisthefirststeptomakeafriend.Friendscan'tbemadeinemptyair.Bestfriendstaketimetomake.

Friendsunderstandfriends

Friendsunderstandeachotherwhentalking.Manyunpleasantpersonalquarrelscanbeavoidedifyouwilltakethetimetounderstandothers'feelingsandpointsofview.

Friendstouchfriends

Touchingisawarmfromofcommunicationbetweenfriends.Whenyouseebestfriendscommunicating,youwillnoticethemstandclosetogether,toucheachothercomfortablyandlistentoeachother.Sometimesafriendlytouchismorepowerfulthanwords.

Friendspraisefriends

Praiseisapowerfultooltomakeafriend.Honestpraisecanaffect(影響)yourfriends'lives.Sotrytopraiseyourfriends,includingyourgeneralones.

Friendscanloyal(忠誠的)andtrustworthy

Trustandloyaltygohandinhandforfriends.Friendscansharesecretswithyou,becausegoodfriendsneverbreakconfidence(信心)andareloyalforever.（1）FromJoySteven'swords,wecanconcludethat________A.

afriendinneedisafriendindeed

B.

itislatetomakeafriendwhenyouneedoneC.

itisnevertoolatetomakeafriend

D.

everyoneneedsafriendinhislife（2）Tomakeandkeepmanyfriends,youneedtodothefollowingEXCEPT___________.A.

getintouchwithpeople

B.

understandyourfriendsC.

praiseyourfriends

D.

quarrelwithyourfriends（3）Thepassagemainlytellsus______________.A.

howtocommunicatewithafriend

B.

whentomakeafriendC.

howtodevelopfriendship

D.

howtopraiseafriend【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）C【解析】【分析】短文大意：我們都渴望友誼，本文就如何交朋友和發(fā)展友誼給出了一些建議。（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中Thebesttimetomakeafriendisbeforeyouneedone.可知交朋友的最好時(shí)機(jī)是你需要一個(gè)朋友之前，故選C。（2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Manyunpleasantpersonalquarrelscanbeavoidedifyouwilltakethetimetounderstandothers’feelingsandpointsofview可知我們壓迫避免和朋友爭吵，故選D。（3）主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段和下面的小標(biāo)題可知，文章是在告訴我們怎樣交朋友和發(fā)展友誼，故選C。【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題和主旨大意題，細(xì)節(jié)理解題要注意從文中尋找答案；主旨大意題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。5．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

DidyouknowthatAlbertEinsteincouldnotspeakuntilhewasfouryearsold,andcouldnotreaduntilhewasseven?Hisparentsandteachersworriedabouthismentalability.

Beethoven'smusicteachersaidabouthim,"Asacomposer(作曲家)heishopeless."Whatifthisyoungboyhadbelievedit?

WhenThomasEdisonwasayoungboy,histeacherssaidhewassostupidthathecouldneverlearnanything.Heoncesaid,"IrememberIusedtoneverbeabletogetalongatschool.Iwasalwaysatthefootofmyclass...MyfatherthoughtIwasstupid,andIalmostdecidedthatIwasastupidperson."WhatifyoungThomashadbelievedwhattheysaidabouthim?

Whenthesculptor(雕刻家)AugusteRodinwasyoung,hehaddifficultylearningtoreadandwrite.Today,wemaysayhehadalearningdisability.Hisfathersaidofhim,"Ihaveanidiot(白癡)forason."Hisuncleagreed."He'suneducable,"hesaid.WhatifRodinhaddoubtedhisability?

WaltDisneywasoncefiredbyanewspapereditorbecausehewasthoughttohaveno"goodideas".EnricoCarusowastoldbyonemusicteacher,"Youcan'tsing.Youhavenovoiceatall."AndaneditortoldLouisaMayAlcottthatshewasunabletowriteanythingthatwouldhavepopularappeal.

Whatifthesepeoplehadlistenedandbecomediscouraged?WherewouldourworldbewithoutthemusicofBeethoven,theartofRodinortheideasofAlbertEinsteinandWaltDisney?AsOscarLevantoncesaid,"It'snotwhatyouarebutwhatyoudon'tbecomethathurts."

Youhavegreatpotential.Whenyoubelieveinallyoucanbe,ratherthanallyoucannotbecome,youwillfindyourplaceonearth.（1）Howmanysuccessfulpeoplearementionedasexamplesinthepassage?A.

Six

B.

Seven

C.

Eight

D.

Nine.（2）WhichofthefollowingstatementsisRIGHT?A.

Whenhewasyoung,ThomasEdisonalwaysgotgoodgradesatschool.B.

LevantthoughtLouisaMayAlcottcouldn'twriteanypopularworks.C.

OnlyAugusteRodin'suncleregardedhimaboyoflearningability.D.

BothEnricoCarusoandBeethovenachievedtheirdreamsinmusic.（3）What'sthemeaningoftheunderlinedsentence"He'suneducable"?A.

Hecan'tbetaught.

B.

Heisveryclever.

C.

Heisdifferent.

D.

Heisalatesuccess.（4）Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.

WorkingHardforSuccess

B.

HavingDreamsC.

BelievinginYourself

D.

Self-challenging【答案】（1）B（2）D（3）A（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，列舉了愛因斯坦、貝多芬、愛迪生等七個(gè)名人成功的故事，他們都曾得到別人較低的評價(jià)，但最終成功實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢想；“相信自己”是他們成功的關(guān)鍵。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。第一段列舉了愛因斯坦的故事，第二段講述了貝多芬的故事，第三段提到了愛迪生的故事，第四段講述了奧古斯特·羅丹的故事，第五段提到了沃特·迪士尼、恩里科·卡魯索、路易莎·梅·阿爾科特的故事，共列舉了七個(gè)著名人物，故選B。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二中的“

Beethoven'smusicteachersaidabouthim,‘Asacomposer(作曲家)heishopeless.’

”；第五段中的“EnricoCarusowastoldbyonemusicteacher,‘Youcan'tsing.Youhavenovoiceatall.’”及第六段中的“WherewouldourworldbewithoutthemusicofBeethoven,theartofRodinortheideasofAlbertEinsteinandWaltDisney?

”可推知，貝多芬和恩里科·卡魯索都實(shí)現(xiàn)了他們的音樂夢想，故選D。（3）考查句義猜測。根據(jù)第四段他的父親和他的叔叔對他的評價(jià)"Ihaveanidiot(白癡)forason.""Hisuncleagreed."可知，他們都認(rèn)為他是白癡；據(jù)此可以推斷，該句意為“他是教不會的”，故選A。（4）考查主旨大意。通讀全文可知，本文前五段列舉了七個(gè)名人，他們的共同點(diǎn)是都曾得到別人較低的評價(jià)，后來卻成功實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢想；本文的最后一句為本文的主題句，據(jù)此可以判斷，C項(xiàng)“相信自己”最適合做本文標(biāo)題，故選C?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，句義猜測和主旨大意三個(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。6．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，白手起家的億萬富翁比爾·蓋茨認(rèn)為自己不懂外語是人生的一個(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富翁說，他覺得自己不懂外語很愚蠢。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)被問及人生的教訓(xùn)時(shí)，這位億萬富翁表示，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過拉丁語和希臘語，拿到了A，我想這對我的詞匯量有幫助。由此推斷出比爾·蓋茨在高中時(shí)很擅長學(xué)習(xí)語言，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評】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。7．閱讀理解

Itwasthenightbeforemyelection.IwasrunningforSophomoreVicePresident.

Ihadpreparedaperformancefortheelection--afunnyboxingmatch.ThefighthadpopularmovesasseeninDodgeBall,IronMan,andSuperSmashBrothers.Intheend,Iwouldperformmyfamousmove,thePower-PunchfromHotRod.

MyfriendCheyenneandIrehearsed(排練)thefightforhours,butthefightwouldnotbeafightwithoutmusicandsoundeffects.Thisiswheremybrothercamein.Hestayedupallnighttoworkonthatsoundtrack.Andwhenmycomputer'sdiskburner(刻錄機(jī))wentoutat6inthemorning,hespentacollegestudent'sweek'sworthofincomestoreplaceit.

Whywouldhegointoallthattrouble?Becauseheknewthatoutofalltheotherimportantthingshecouldbedoing,thiswasimperativetome.Heknewbecauseitwasonceimportanttohim.HavinggraduatedfromLaytonHighjustayearearlier,heknewwhatitwasliketobeinthecenterofpeople'sattention.Heknewhowfunhighschoolcouldbe,andhewantedmetohaveagreatexperience.

Iendeduplosingtheelection,butthatdaychangedmyworldforever.Thelessonmybrothertaughtmebecamemymostimportantbelief.Butitwasn'tuntilIhadasimilaropportunitythatIreallyunderstoodwhyhecaredsomuch.

Whatdidittakeformetounderstand?Itwastheperformance.TherestofthecastandIwouldrehearseeverydayafterschoolfor6monthsallforwhat?Thechancetoperformaplayeighttimes.AsIcameoutonthatstageforthefirsttimeandlistenedtothelaughter,Iwasfilledwithjoy.Bytheendoftheplay,theaudiencebrokeintotears,andsodidwe.Whathappened?Wehadthesweetopportunityofgivingthemanunforgettabletheatremoment--amomenttolaugh,reflect,andshedtears.（1）Whydidtheauthorprepareaperformance?A.

Toprovehehadagiftforperforming.B.

Tointroducemovesfromsomemovies.C.

Tocelebratehissuccessaftertheelection.D.

Toincreasehischanceofwinningtheelection.（2）Howdidtheauthor'sbrotherrespondwhenthecomputer'sdiskburnerwentout?A.

Hedecidedtogiveupintheend.

B.

Heboughtonewithhisownmoney.C.

Hefoundanotherwaytomakemusic.

D.

Heborrowedonefromacollegestudent.（3）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"imperative"inParagraph4mean?A.

Important

B.

Pleasant

C.

Difficult

D.

Useful（4）Whatdidtheauthormostprobablylearnfromhisbrother?A.

Weshouldtryourbesttodoeverythingwell.B.

Weshouldspreadthekindnesswehavereceived.C.

Familymembersshouldalwayssupporteachother.D.

Happinesscomesfromwhatwedotobrightenothers'life.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，作者參加學(xué)校的選舉，自己的哥哥幫助了自己。盡管自己這次失敗了，但他從他哥哥那里學(xué)到了幸福來自于我們所做的事情，能夠照亮他人的生活。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Ihadpreparedaperformancefortheelection--afunnyboxingmatch.”我為選舉準(zhǔn)備了一場表演——一場有趣的拳擊比賽。由此推斷出作者準(zhǔn)備一場演出是為了增加他贏得選舉的機(jī)會，故選D。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Andwhenmycomputer'sdiskburner(刻錄機(jī))wentoutat6inthemorning,hespentacollegestudent'sweek'sworthofincomestoreplaceit.”當(dāng)我的電腦的磁盤刻錄機(jī)在早上6點(diǎn)熄火時(shí)，他花了一個(gè)大學(xué)生一周的收入來更換它。故選B。（3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第四段中的“Heknewbecauseitwasonceimportanttohim.”他知道，因?yàn)樗?jīng)對他很重要。由此可知上文“Becauseheknewthatoutofalltheotherimportantthingshecouldbedoing,thiswasimperativetome.”意思是因?yàn)樗溃谒茏龅乃衅渌匾虑橹?，這對我來是重要的。"imperative"的意思是重要的，故選A。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“Heknewhowfunhighschoolcouldbe,andhewantedmetohaveagreatexperience.”他知道高中是多么有趣，他想讓我有一個(gè)很好的

經(jīng)歷。由此推斷出作者從他哥哥那里學(xué)到了幸福來自于我們所做的事情，能夠照亮他人的生活。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生準(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。8．閱讀理解

Doyouoftenfeelthatyouaren'ttakinginasmuchofthejoyaroundyouasyoucould?Irecentlycaughtmyselffeelingthisway,andbasedonasuggestionbyJohnHorton,coauthor(合著者)ofTheInnerGameofStress,Iputmyselfona30-daylife-appreciationcourse.

Theonlyassignmenteachdaywastogooutsideandappreciatelife.

SoIstartedbytakinginthebeautyaroundme.Duringthefirstfewdays,Iwasabletoappreciatemysurroundings,althoughitwasanintellectualappreciation,notanemotionalone.

Afterthefirstweek,itwasmoreuncomfortabletolieinbedandthinkaboutthingsthanitwastogetupandseethemformyself.

Ifyouoftenwakeupfeelinganxiousordepressed,orifyoudon'tlookforwardtoeachday,thenyouneedtotrythiscourseforyourself.

It'saninnerworkoutthatyoucandoanywhere.Itmaynotchangeyourlife,butitwilladjustyourattitude,andthat'sprettyhelpfulinthiscrazyworld.

Ihavealwaysbelievedinendingthedayonapositivenotebywritingawordortwoinagratitudejournalandsayingsomethingsweettomywifeaboutthedayweshared.

Now,Ihaveanewmorninghabit.Ithasn'tchangedmyroutineonebit,butithaschangedthewayIlookattheworld.

Creatinganewhabitisn'taboutperfection–it'saboutgettingwhatyouwantbycreatingachangeinyourbehaviorandthinking.

Sonow,whileI'mmakingmycoffeeinthemorning,I'malsoappreciatingwhatIhave.

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