江苏省扬州市2014高考英语一轮 阅读理解暑假练习题（8）.doc

1、扬州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮暑假练习题（8）及答案解析 (2012唐山联考) We thought we had it alla beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars, a couple of fourwheelers for entertainmentand we loved it. Then, the market turned and my husbands job at a construction company was gone. The company was cl

2、osing down for good. We both started looking for jobs right away, but there werent any to be found. With each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through. The_more_we_pulled_together,_the_closer_we_got. I felt feelings of adm

3、iration for my husband that I hadnt felt in years. Thats why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our present situation. I continually asked him to stop, but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job. Finally, one afternoon I pulled him aside and said, “We have four he

4、althy children and each other. Thats whats important. That makes you a rich man.” “But what if we lose the house? Theyll hate meyoull hate me，” he replied. I smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye. “No matter where we live I will be happyas long as I

5、have you.” I smiled again. In all the struggling together I had found that deep love for him that I had on the day we said “I do” I could see his shoulders and neck relaxed. He held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadnt for quite some time. It was a tur

6、ning point for us as a couple and a family. We are still struggling for our better life, but I consider us welloff because we have something that money cant buy and no one can take away from us.1. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph means that _. A. they became closer as they struggled t

7、ogether B. they hoped to find jobs in the same company C. neither of them had the courage to face the difficulty D. they were trying to make their relationship closer2. We can learn from the passage that _. A. they both found good jobs at last B. both of them were worried about joblessness C. her hu

8、sband was to blame for the unemployment D. they didnt love each other when they got married3. Which of the following can best describe their present life?A. Bitter but easy. B. Comfortable and happy.C. Hard but warm. D. Welloff and relaxing.4. The best title of the passage might be _. A. We Have It

9、All B. We Find It Again C. A Perfect Couple D. A Hard Time答案与解析：经济危机发生以后，丈夫的失业使作者的家庭生活发生了变化。丈夫常常因找不到工作而自责，这时作者就安慰他。面临困境，他们能够互相体谅、安慰，虽然他们没有找到工作，但是他们感觉在精神上更富有了。1A猜测句意题。结合语境可知，在丈夫找工作遭遇挫折的时候，妻子与他齐心协力、渡过难关。可见The more we pulled together, the closer we got的含义是：我们越是团结在一起，我们的心就越靠近对方。2B推理判断题。根据第二段的前两句可知：他们对失业

10、都很担心。故选B项。其他三项与文中内容不符。3C推理判断题。结合文章的内容可知，丈夫失业以后，作者家的生活比以前艰难，但是他们感受到了一种强烈的爱，所以在心灵深处更加温暖，用hard but warm描述作者一家现在的生活最合适。4B主旨大意题。本文一开始谈到丈夫失业以后，“作者的家庭生活发生了变化。虽然多次找工作未果，但是他们更团结了，也更看重对方了。从感情方面来说他们又找回了(We Find It Again)久违的那种情感。We Find It Again为双关语，既与文中谈到的工作的话题重合，又暗示他们又找到了(幸福感)，最适合作本文标题。*结束维A 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)(2

11、012陕西卷)Three Boys and a DadBrad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother.Expecting a whole day to relax，he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months.“This will be like a walk in the park，” hed told his wife.“Ill l

12、ook after the kids，and you can go visit your mom.”Things started well，but just after eight oclock，his three little “good kids”Mike，Randy，and Alexcame down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast，daddy”. When food had not appeared within thirty seconds，Randy began using his spoon on

13、Alexs head as if it were a drum.Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat (节拍)Mike chanted “Wheres my toast，wheres my toast” in the background.Brad realised his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.Life became worse after breakfast.Mike wore Randys underwear on his head.Randy locked

14、 himself in the bathroom，while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants.Nobody could find clean socks，although they were before their very eyes.Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes.Brad knew the talk show had already starte

15、d.By ten oclock，things were out of control.Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter.Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils.Randy，thankfully，appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination s

16、howed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands.Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.At exactly 1117，Brad called the daycare centre (日托所)“I suddenly have to go into work and my wifes away.Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes？” The

17、 answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.【语篇解读】 文章为记叙文。Brad想要快活地度过放假的第一天，但他的想法很快被他的三个“好”孩子打破了，无奈之下，他拨通了日托所的电话。1When his wife left home，Brad expected to _.Ago out for a walk in the parkBwatch TV talk show with his childrenCenjoy his first day off workDread the newspaper to his children答案C

18、考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Expecting a whole day to relax，he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months.”可知，当妻子离开家去看望她母亲时，Brad期望快活地度过放假的第一天。故C项正确。2Which of the following did Randy do?ADrawing on the wall. BEating apple jam.CFeeding the fish. DRe

19、ading in a room.答案B考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“Randy，thankfully，appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands.”可知，Randy假装在看书，其实是在吃苹果酱。3Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?ABecause he wanted to clean up

20、 his house.BBecause he suddenly had to go to his office.CBecause he found it hard to manage his boys.DBecause he had to take his wife back home.答案C考查推理判断。根据文中对Brad的孩子们起床后混乱场面的描述以及最后一段的内容可推知，Brad发现照顾他的孩子很难，于是打电话给日托所寻求帮助。4This text is developed _.Aby space Bby comparisonCby process Dby time答案D考查推理判断。文章第二段讲早上8点孩子们起床后发生的事，第三段描述早餐后Brad家中的混乱场景，第四段讲10点家中完全失控，最后一段1117 Brad给日托所打电话。由此可知短文以时间顺序组织材料。*结束