2014高考英语阅读理解精英练习题(16)

-1-2014高考英语阅读理解精英练习题（16）及答人物传记类---[2012·四川卷]CIleftuniversitywithagooddegreeinEnglishLiterature,butnosenseofwhatIwantedtodo.Overthenextsixyears,I_was_treading_water,_justtryingtoearnanincome.Itriedjournalism,butIdidn’tthinkIwasanygood,thenfinance,whichIhated.Finally,Igetajobasarightsassistantatafamouspublisher.Ilovedworkingwithbooks,althoughthejobthatIdidwasdull.Ihadenoughsavingstotakeayearoffwork,andIdecidedtotrytosatisfyadeepdownwishtowriteanovel.AttendingaNovelWritingMAcoursegavemethestructureIneededtowritemyfirst55,000words.Ittakesconfidencetomakeanewstart－there’sadarkperiodinbetweenwhereyou’reneitheronethingnortheother.You’reoutfordinnerandpeopleaskwhatyoudo,andyou’retooashamedtosay,“Well,I’mwritinganovel,butI’mnotquitesureifI’mgoingtogetthere.”Myconfidencedived.Believingmynovelcouldnotbepublished,Iputitaside.TheImetanagent(代理商)whosaidIshouldsendmynovelouttoagents.So,Ididand,tomysurprise,gotsomewonderfulfeedback.IfeltalittlehopethatImightactuallybecomeapublishedwriterand,aftersigningwithanagent,Ifinishedthesecondhalfofthenovel.Thenextproblemwasfindingapublisher.Aftertwoandahalfyearsofnoincome,justwaitingandwondering,apublisherofferedmeabookdeal－thatpublisherturnedouttobetheoneIonceworkedfor.Itfeelslikeanunbelievablestrokeofluck—offate,really.Whenyousetouttodosomethingdifferent,there'snoendinsight,sotofindmyselfinapositionwhereInowhavemyownnameonacontract(合同)ofthepublisher—tobeapublishedwriter—isunbelievablyrewarding(有回报的)．49.WhatdoestheunderlinedpartinParagraph1mean?A．Iwaswaitingforgoodfortune.B．Iwastryingtofindanadmirablejob.C．Iwasbeingaimlessaboutasuitablejob.D．Iwasdoingseveraljobsformorepayatatime.50.Theauthordecidedtowriteanovel________.-2-A．tofinishthewritingcourseB．torealizeherowndreamC．tosatisfyreaders’wishD．toearnmoremoney51.Howdidthewriterfeelhalfwaywiththenovel?A．Disturbed.B．Ashamed.C．Confident.D．Uncertain.52.Whatdoestheauthormainlywanttotellreadersinthelastparagraph?A．Itpaystosticktoone’sgoal.B．Hardworkcanleadtosuccess.C．Shefeelslikebeingunexpectedlylucky.D．Thereisnoendinsightwhenstartingtodosomething.【要点综述】文章讲述了作者从英语文学专业毕业之后，不知道自己想要做什么，几经周折，最终幸运地找到了自己喜爱的职业。49.C推理判断题。根据前后文“butnosenseofwhatIwantedtodo”“justtryingtoearnanincome.Itriedjournalism,…thenfinance,whichIhated.Finally,Igotajob…”可知作者不知道自己想要做什么，什么工作适合自己。故选C。50.B细节理解题。根据第二段话“…Idecidedtotrytosatisfyadeepdownwishtowriteanovel.”可知作者决定写小说的目的只是满足自己内心深处的愿望，实现自己的梦想。故答案为B。51.D推理判断题。根据文章第三段话“Ittakesconfidencetomakeanewstart”“Myconfidencedived”“Believingmynovelcouldnotbepublished,Iputitaside.”及本段叙述了作者回答别人问题时提到“…I’mwritinganovel,butI’mnotquitesureifI’mgoingtogetthere.”可知，此时作者的感觉应该是还不能完全确定是否还要继续写小说。故答案选D。52.A推理判断题。本段作者表达刚刚开始时“there’snoendinsight”到后来的“anunbelievablestrokeofluck”“tobeapublishedwriter—isunbelievablyrewarding(有回报的)”，想告诉读者，坚持自己的目标是值得的。B项“刻苦努力是成功之路”，不符合文章意思。C、D项停留于文章表面意思。故答案为A。第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上-3-将该项涂黑。A(2012·三明普高联考)HereI'dliketotalkabouthowtodevelopyourcuriosityandmakeuseofittomakediscoveries.Askingquestionsisthefirststeptomakediscoveriesandfindinterestinganswerswhenyouarecuriousaboutsomethingandwanttoknowmoreaboutit.Firstly,writedownthesubjectthatyouareinterestedinonanotecardorpieceofpaper.Justputthemainideadown,suchas“Discovermoreaboutdinosaurs.”Next,thinkforamomentaboutwhatyoualreadyknowaboutyoursubjectandlistinformationlikethesentencesbelow：1.Dinosaurslivedlongbeforehumanbeingsappeared.2.Dinosaurslivedontheearthformorethan150millionyears.3.Somedinosaursfedonplants,someonmeat.Thirdly,askyourself“WhatcanIdowithwhatIwanttolearn？”Onyourpaper,startwritingdownquestionsaboutthedinosaursasyouthinkofthem：1.What'sthebestweatherfordinosaurstolivein?2.Howmanykindsofdinosaursarethere?3.Havedinosaursreallydisappeared?Fourthly,armed_with_your_list_of_questions,_youcannowvisitthenearestlibraryorturntocomputertobeginyourresearch.Asyoulearnmoreaboutyoursubject,you'llprobablydiscoversomenewquestions.Forexample,youmightdiscoverthatdinosaursdisappearedabout65millionyearsago.Why?Whathappened?Askingnewquestionscanhelpyouresearchyoursubjectmoredeeply.Thenexttimeyoufindsomethinginterestingtoresearch,taketimetoorganizeyourthinkingbyaskinggoodquestions.Andremember—learningmorealwaysbringmorequestions.文章大意：怎样利用好奇心，提出问题然后做出发明呢？本文具体讲述了这样做的步骤。56．Whiledoingsomeresearch,youshouldtakethefollowingsteps________.①listwhatyouwanttoknow②choosearesearchsubject③listwhatyoualreadyknow④discovernewproblems-4-A．①④③②B.①②④③C．②③①④D．②①④③答案：C细节理解题。由文中的“firstly，next，thirdly，fourthly”可知C项符合。57．Whatdoestheunderlinedsentence“Armedwithyourlistofquestions”mean?A．TakingyourlistofquestionswithyoutodomoreresearchB．WritingdownyourlistofquestionsbeforeturntothecomputerC．DiscussingyourquestionswithyourclassmatesforsolutionD．Puttingyourquestionsasidebeforegoingtothelibrary答案：A猜测词义题。由划线词后的下一句“Asyoulearnmoreaboutyoursubject,you'llprobablydiscoversomenewquestions.”可知，带着你列的问题去再研究。58．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．Youcanfindalltheanswersonline.B．Learnmore,andyou'llhavenoquestions.C．AskingquestionsistheonlywayforresearchD．Duringtheresearch,