2010年高考英语阅读理解汇编 第一组 阅读理解A
Eat, drink and be merry. That’s what the Spring Festival is all about. But there are millions of people, too, who love to let happiness go up in smoke.
Offering cigarettes to guests is a traditional Chinese way of showing respect to them. A cup of tea and cigarettes are perhaps the most common way of welcoming a guest in China, especially during festive occasions such as the Lunar New Year.
No wonder, 40 percent of the people surveyed recently said they would smoke at least twice the usual number of cigarettes during the Spring Festival holiday because of all those gatherings and parties. Only 20 percent of the respondents said they would refuse a cigarette when offered one. Why can't the others do the same? Because they could be seen as being rude, said more than half of the respondents. Fifteen percent feared they could be taken as \ The Think-tank Research Center for Health Development and Sohu.com survey shows 61 percent Chinese think offering a cigarette is useful for socializing, and 52 percent have offered cigarettes to others. The study polled 3,800 people, 64 percent of them men. One-third of those polled were smokers, out of which 57 percent said they couldn't give up smoking because of the offering-and-accepting culture. \director Wu Yiqun says.
China has more than 350 million smokers, catering to the tobacco market that is worth 500 billion yuan. \we still have a lot of work to do,\she says. \Beijing is trying to make the Olympic Games smoke-free, it is time to let people know that offering a cigarette is a bad habit and it should be given up immediately.\1．The passage is written with the purpose of .
A．telling us a custom about the Chinese Spring Festival B．introducing a way to make friends with Chinese C．stopping smoking during the Beijing Olympics D．telling us that offering cigarettes is a bad habit 2．The third paragraph mainly tells us . A．the fact that smokers are greatly increasing during the festival B．the reason why refusing cigarettes is acceptable C．the fact that many people have to smoke more cigarettes during the festival D．it is rude to attend parties without smoking cigarettes 3．Which of the following may not be the reason that makes many people fail to refuse the offered cigarette? A．It’s impolite to refuse. B．Smoking is harmful to non-smokers. C．They want to be friendly. D．It’s a kind of social habit. 4．The writer mentions the 500 billion yuan tobacco market because . A．the tobacco market is not developing smoothly B．the writer thinks that smoking wasters a lot of money. C．smoking is helpful to the tobacco market D．the tobacco market attracts too many smokers 5．We can infer from the passage that .
A．people will be free to smoke during the Beijing Olympic Games. B．only a few smokers still have the habit of offering cigarettes
C．offering cigarettes is the most effective way for socializing D．some non-smokers will even accept the offered cigarettes 【解题导语】
春节期间到亲朋好友家做客，倒茶敬烟是一种被大多数人所接受，认可的待客礼仪。面对别人热情的敬烟，不同的人作出的反应又会如何？ 【答案与简析】
1．D 主旨大意题。文章通过对生活事例及调查研究的结果告诉读者，吸烟是有害于健康的，因此向别人敬烟是一种坏习惯。 2．C 主旨大意题。根据第三段的数字和比例说明春节期间有很多人吸烟。
3．B 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Because they could seen as being rude, said more than half of the respondents. Fifteen percent?..is useful for socializing，以及第四段中的”they couldn’t give up smoking because of ??”可推知人们难以拒绝敬烟是因为他们认为offering-and-accepting是一种社交方式，拒绝就意味着不礼貌。
4．B 推理判断题。综关全文可知，作者对吸烟是持否定态度的，所以500 billion yuan意味着巨大的经济浪费。
5．D 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“they couldn’t give up smoking because of the offering-and-accepting culture和People have accepted offering cigarettes as an effect way of making friends.”可推知答案。人们认为接受井盐２是一种社交礼仪，故而不吸烟的人也会接受别人井盐２。
阅读理解B
Working AT home is increasing in popularity as a means of escaping from nine-to-five office life. Why work under the constant watch of your boss when you can work in front of the TV in your carpet slippers? Armed with all the office essentials—telephone, computer, e-mail and fax, many workers believe they can work as effectively as their colleagues in the office. Being able to work wherever you like: from a busy city to a beautiful village, and make working from home an attractive choice, you can even work on a canal boat, like one Internet firm in the Midlands, US.
So what will become of the office of tomorrow? I believe it is likely that many could disappear into cyberspace. To minimize office overheads in inner-city areas, companies will apply a workforce made up of a network of home workers linked by an advanced communication and information system. A central processing computer would be controlled by the manager who sends out work schedules and oversees the activity of each employee.
As a successor to the Web Cam, a video screen would be created, as the need for more natural form of interaction than e-mail or telephone becomes greater. Capturing the mood and expressions of work colleagues, managers would have the ability to view several employees at once on their screen. Employees would be encouraged to feed any information that may be useful to fellow workers into the computer to make the company work more effectively. As the company's life blood, the computer would contain a record of all conversations and correspondence for future reference, and hold confidential information such as accounts in password protected areas. In the office of tomorrow, with daily life captured in detail, the case for firing employees could be more clear cut. 6．The first paragraph mainly focuses on _________. A. the office to working at home B. preference to working at home C. working effectively in the office D. one Internet firm in the Midlands, UK 7．The office of the future will be ________. A. in space B. a network C. in inner-city areas D. a central processing computer 8．In Paragraph 2, the word “ oversee” probably means “_________”.
A. overlook B. organize C. make out D. watch over 9．A video screen would be built because _________.
A. the Web Cam needs it B. it is useful to fellow workers C. e-mail or telephone is out of date D. managers can clearly spot employees 10．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. You can get accounts without password. B. Computers would record workers’ blood types.
C. You can get informationg of your fellow workers easily.
D. Firing employees in the office of tomorrow could be largely reduced.
【解题导语】本文讲述的是在未来，你可以在家里利用网络办公的情况。 【答案与解析】
6．B 主旨归纳题。从第一段主题句及后面列举的情况可知人们越来越喜欢在家工作。
7．B 细节理解题。 根据第二段“To minimize office overheads in inner-city areas, companies will apply a workforce made up ??.”可知，未来办公室将消失成虚拟的网络空间。
8．D 猜测词义题。根据第三段“Capturing the mood and expressions of work colleagures, managers would have the ability to??”判断，oversee在句中意为“监视（老板监视员工）。”
9．C 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“?.as the need for more natural form of contact than e-mail or telephone becomes greater”可知，人们越来越需要比e-mail或telephone更自然的联系方式。
10．C 细节判断题。根据第三段“Employees would be encouraged to feed any information that may be useful to??”可以推断，员工在未来虚拟办公室中信息高度共享，可随时使用fellow workers的资源，提高工作效率。
阅读理解C（适合课改省市） A Full-Time School Called Life
You are enrolled in a full-time school called “life”. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum. Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very ling time. What we and our ancestors have overlooked, however, is there is no one answer. The meaning of life is different for every individual. Each person has his or her own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else's. As you travel your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons that you will need to learn in order to fulfill that purpose. The lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning these lessons is the key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and connection of your own life.
As you travel through your lifetime, you may encounter challenging lessons that others don't have to face, while other spend years struggling with challenges that you don't need to deal with. You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage, while your friends suffer through bitter arguments and painful divorces, just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance. The only thing you can count on for certain is that you will be presented with all the lessons that you specifically need to learn; whether you choose to learn them or not is entirely up to you. The challenge here, therefore, is to align（与?保持一致）yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons. This is one of the most difficult challenges you will be faced with in your lifetime, as sometimes your path will be completely different from others. But, remember, don't compare your path to the people around you and focus on the difference between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of learning and are specific to your own growth.
Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equity—the assumption that all things are equal and that justice will always prevail. Life is not, in fact, fair, and you may indeed have a more difficult lift path than others around you, deserved or not. Everyone’s circumstances are unique, and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently. If you want to move toward calm, you will be required to move out of the comparing phase of “it’s not fair”. Focusing on the unfairness of circumstances keeps you comparing yourself with others rather than appreciating your own special uniqueness. You miss out on learning your individual lessons by distracting yourself with feelings of bitterness and anger. 11．According to the passage, how can the meaning of your life be realized? A．Having the same opinions as others. B．Taking the distinct path from others.
C．Learning the lessons presented to you. D．Doing the different things from others. 12．From the passage we can conclude . A．everyone has his own track to follow B．the same things usually happen to the peers C．a painful divorce must lie in financial problems D．a wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage
13．In your lifetime, the lessons you are faced with .
A．are beyond your power B．keep you from growth C．limit your development D．help you with your success 14．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．All things are equal and justice will always prevail. B．You should learn to appreciate your specific uniqueness. C．One has to fix his mind on unfairness of circumstances. D．You have to complain “it’s not fair” whenever possible. 15．Life is called a full – time school, because . A．it is full of all lessons to learn B．you have plenty of time to learn lessons C．you meet with specific lessons every day D．there are so many subjects for you to choose 【解题导语】
本文谈论了每个人的人生轨迹是不同的，我们应该面对自己应该面对的，不怨天尤人，不自怨自艾，做自己的路，实现自己的人生价值。 【答案及简析】
11．C 细节理解题。根据第三段“The lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning??”可知答案。 12．A 推理判断题。根据第三段“Each person has his or her own?..”可知答案。
13．D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“You need to remember that you will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of??”可排除A；根据第三段“leaning these lessons is the key to ??.”可知B和C不对.
14．B 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Focusing on the unfairness of circumstances keeps you comparing yourself with others rather than?..”可知答案。
15．C 综合理解题。综观全文可得出此答案。
阅读理解D
James Stallman Rockefeller, the oldest-known U.S. Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup, died Tuesday. He was 102. Records of the U.S. Olympic Committee show that Rockefeller was the oldest American medal winner. He was the captain of Yale University's eight-man rowing team with coxswain that won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics - beating the Canadian team by less than 16 seconds. The oars from the winning race and the gold medal were prominently displayed in Rockefeller's house. \。
Rockefeller suffered a stroke on Thursday, said his grandson, who lived with him at his Greenwich home for two years, attributed his long life to a regimented(严密组织的) lifestyle: breakfast at eight a.m., lunch at 1 p.m., cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner promptly
at 7 p.m.. He liked plain food, without sauces or cheese, and plenty of fresh vegetables, including those grown in the garden of his estate. Rockefeller was in good health until shortly before he died. He drove his car up until last year and would review documents from the various charities and businesses he helped lead.
Rockefeller, born June 8, 1902, was a grandson of William Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil with his brother, John D. Rockefeller. He graduated from Yale in 1924 and served in the Airborne Command during World War II. He started at the bank, and then called the National City Bank, in 1930, following his uncle and grandfather, who were leaders of the bank. He was became president in 1952, chairman in 1959 and retired in 1967. In 1955, under Rockefeller's leadership, the bank merged with the First National Bank of New York to form Citigroup. Rockefeller also was a director of numerous companies, including Pan American Airways, Northern Pacific Railroad, NCR and Monsanto, and served on the boards of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the American Museum of Natural History.
Rockefeller and his wife, Nancy Carnegie Rockefeller, had four children. His wife died in 1994.
16. Rockefeller lost his wife when he was ___________.
A. at the age of 91 B. in his eighties C. in his nineties D. in his 1994 17. We can learn from the passage that ____________.
A. the American rowing team beat the Canadian team in less than 16 seconds in 1924. B. Rockefeller was the first American medal winner.
C. James Stallman Rockefeller founded the National City Bank and became president. D. His grandson thought Rockefeller had long life because of a regimented lifestyle. 18. What does the underlined word in the last paragraph but one mean? A. combined B. joined C. took on D. together with 19. What we can infer from the passage is that __________. A. James Stallman Rockefeller is a great Olympic medal winner. B. James Stallman Rockefeller was in good health until he died. C. James Stallman Rockefeller was very active in American society. D. James Stallman Rockefeller was the only grandson of William Rockefeller.
【解题导语】本文介绍了美国年纪最大的奥运冠军詹姆斯·斯蒂尔曼·洛克菲勒本周二在格林威治的家中与世长辞，享年102岁。他在1924年的巴黎奥运会上为美国队获得了一枚赛艇金牌。 【答案与解析】
16. C 细节理解题。1994减去1092差为92.
17. D 理解细节与猜测能力题。根据文章,A项错在美国队用时比加拿大队少16秒.而不是在16秒之内.B项错在他是最老的而不是第一个获胜者.C项更是与文章不符.
18. A 词义推测题。本题要通过上下文来判断，从下文看有to form Citigroup和Rockefeller also was a director of numerous companies可以推测出merged with 应为合并,联合之意.
19. C 细节理解和推理能力题。他一生仅获一次奖,故A错. 在死前患有中风,故B错.D项 说他是唯一的孙子与文中a grandson 不符.
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解 E
L’HAY-LES-ROSES, France: Three teenage girls admitted starting a fire in a suburban Paris housing project over the weekend that killed 17 people, including three children, police said yesterday. A fourth girl was held yesterday morning.