天津2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解与书面表达素能达标练19

天津2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解与书面表达素能达标练18

i.

、阅读理解（本大题共3小题，共0分）

A

错误！未找到引用源。You just think you know what will make you happy. Researchers in the new science of happiness know better. They have evidence that married people on average end up being no happier than they were before the wedding. Winning the lottery will probably reduce your pleasure in ordinary events that used to make you happy. And being in good health isn’t as much of a factor as the right genes when it comes to satisfaction. A couple of years ago, Seligman and Diener studied 222 Illinois college students to find out what the happiest 10% had in common. It turned out they were extroverts（性格外向）, had more friendships and romantic relationships, but didn’t exercise more and didn’t feel they had more good events in their lives than those who weren’t as happy. Some of the results come as a surprise. A classic study of lottery winners and people with spinal cord（脊髓）injuries, for instance, found that neither event changed their lives as much as observers thought they would. Gilbert is looking into how accurately people predict what will make them happy. It turns out, not accurately at all, what we think will bring us pleasure---a new car, the home teaming winning the NCAA championship, a move to California---usually doesn’t bring us as much as we expected, and the positive impact doesn’t last as long. The good news is that we also overestimate the impact of catastrophic events. Even with data from research pouring in, scientists still don’t have an easy answer to what we all want to know: How do I get long-term life satisfaction? The answers they do have are often the same ones that philosophers and priests have been giving us for centuries. It’s just nice to have them backed up with hard data. 57. The topic discussed in the passage is ______. A. a research on happiness C. the secrets of happiness

B. the level of happiness D. the prediction of happiness

58. The most important factor of happiness lies in ______. A. the proper genes

B. health

C. marriage D. unexpected money

59. The happiest people have the following characters except that ______. A. they are rich

B. they are outgoing

C. they are very sociable D. they don’t pay more attention to exercise 60. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. We ourselves know what makes us happy the best. B. The happiest 10% in the world have nothing in common. C. People can predict the things that make them happy accurately. D. We just need to do what the philosophers and priests tell us to keep happy. 【答案解析】答案：57-60 CAAD

B 错误！未找到引用源。（2013北京卷）B TaIL Spin

Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin Grace, shown off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a tail. Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she

was fighting for her life. “Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it --- but her tail didn’t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle. Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way---like a fish! She pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncles from side to side.

The movement put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her.

The first time Grace wore the artificial tail. She soon shook it off and let it sink in the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The tail isn’t

necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion(动作) and build muscles(肌肉).”

Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focus on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.

60. When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her . A. physical build B. potential ability C. chance of survival

D. adaptation to the surroundings. _. 61. A man-made tail is created for Grace to A. let her recover faster B. make her comfortable C. adjust her way of swimming D. help her perform better tricks 62. The story of Grace inspires people to_ . A. stick to their dreams B. treat animals friendly C. treasure what they have D. face difficulties bravely 【答案解析】

B篇 60

【答案】：C 【解析】：此题为细节题，考生需要直接定位到文章的具体情节。第二段当中的“Is she going to make it” 应当译为“她能不能撑得住”，“她能不能活的下来”，故答案选C 61

【答案】：C

【解析】：此题为细节题，考生需要直接定位到文章的具体细节。第四段整段是对于给Grace安装尾巴的介绍。此题易混淆选项为B。不选B的原因是，安装尾巴的初衷并非是想让Grace舒服。安装尾巴的原因是因为没有了尾巴的Grace在游泳当中出现了困难，所以要安个尾巴去解决这个问题，使它变舒服只不过是附带的一个结果，故B不对。 62

【答案】：D

【解析】：此题为主旨题。记叙文主旨绝大多数出现在文章最后，本文也不例外。最后一句中的courage是本题的题眼。作者在最后告诉读者本文写作目的，即鼓励人们在逆境中要勇敢要有勇气，故答案为D。

C

错误！未找到引用源。

[1]China will change the world as much as the world changes China, if the country continues its opening up.

[2]How could it not? The rest of the world cannot remain unaffected by the culture of

one-fifth of humanity. As China strengthens its economy, allows its citizens more overseas travel and participates in global efforts, the West surely will learn more about Chinese ways.

[3]And once it does, its people might choose to adot some of them. [4]It might surprise Chinese that Westerners . When I announced my Beijing

job to American friends, family and neighbors, they were very curious and mostly uninformed about China． [5] Our media carries little news about China except during unusual circumstances, which

typically are times of stress between the two countries．We hear about arguments with China over climate change, Taiwan and Tibet, but that doesn' t tell average Americans anything about average Chinese．

[6]Most American- don't know that Chinese weddings feature firecrackers; that Chinese

parents make extraordinary sacrifices for their children; that Chinese diners eat off plates smaller than any on a Western table; that favorite Chinese drinks include hot soy milk and the potent white-grain alcohol, baijiu; and that elderly Chinese sometimes walk down streets backwards to keep their balancing skills sharp．

[7]Westemers will learn as they and the Chinese increasingly mingle（接触）．As they do there' s no telling which Chirac customs will take root in foreiffl soil．but some of them surely will．

[8] Maybe we' 11 see baijiu and green tea served at baseball stadiums along with beer and

soda pop．That wouldn' t make the game any less American． [9] Meanwhile, I hope China continues to take in what the world has to offer and transform it into something typically Chinese．To think that exposure to Western ways weakens China, instead of strengthens it, assumes the country' s culture is fragile．That' s a surprising attitude for any Chinese to take． 76．What does the passage mainly tell us? (within 10 words) 77．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (within 6 words) 78．What an attitude should we Chinese take towards Western culture according to the author? (within 20 words) 79．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one? In that case, some of the Chinese way of life will, possibly, be accepted by the westerners. 80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 into Chinese. 【答案解析】答案： 76．Opening – up will make China change the world. 77．know little about China 78．To continue to take in what the world offers and transform it into something typically Chinese. 79．And once it does, its people might choose to about some of them.

80．随着接触的加深，尽管无从知道哪些中国的风俗习惯会在外国的土地上生根发芽，但是

肯定有一些会的。

ii.

、书面表达（本大题共2小题，共0分）

错误！未找到引用源。Directions: For this part, you are required to write a letter. Suppose you are Zhang Ying. Write a letter to Xiao Wang, an old friend of yours who is going to visit you during the week-long holiday. You should write at least 120 words according to the suggestion given below in Chinese: 1. 表示欢迎

2. 提出对一周度假安排的具体建议 3. 提醒应注意的事项

A Letter to a Schoolmate June 23, 2001 Dear Xiao Wang,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours,

Zhang Ying

【答案解析】【参考范文】

A Letter to A Schoolmate June 23, 2001 Dear Xiao Wang, I’m very glad to learn that you’re going to visit me during the week-long holiday. My parents will also be

I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.

Yours, Zhang Ying 错误！未找到引用源。以“A Short Genius”为题介绍乒乓运动巨星邓亚萍。 姓名：邓亚萍，出生：1973，身高1.50米。

1、运动生涯：共获冠军132个，其中4次奥运冠军。 2、工作经历：北京奥运会奥运村副部长。

3、学习经历：退役后求学11年。曾在清华大学（Tsinghua）、英国诺丁汉（Nottingham）大学、剑桥（Cambridge）大学学习。2008年12月30日获剑桥大学经济学博士学位。

4、影响：运动巨星获博第一人。改写剑桥大学800年校史。 要求： 1. 词数120左右；

2. 可适当增减细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语已写出，不计入总词数。

A Short Genius

Deng Yaping, born in 1973, once a national pingpong athlete, is only 1.50 meters high.

【答案解析】【参考范文】

A Short Genius

Deng Yaping, born in 1973, once a national ping pong athlete, is only 1.5 meters high. During her career life, she obtained 132 championships, of which includes 4 Olympic championships. Although she left the sports team, yet she has still cared for the course of PE of our country and the Olympics. Because of her contribution to the Olympics and high position in it, she acted as a vice-minister of the Olympic village during the 29th Beijing Olympic Games. She kept on studying for 11 years in the universities, such as in Tsinghua University, Nottingham University and Cambridge University. Through her hard work, she received a Doctor’s degree for economy of the Cambridge eventually on December 30, 2008. As a result, she becomes the first one as an athlete who has achieved such a remarkable achievement, for which she has changed the 8-hundred-year history of the Cambridge.

Indeed she gave the world a great surprise.