2013高考英語 閱讀理解考前沖刺訓(xùn)練（2）

2013高考英語（閱讀理解）考前沖刺訓(xùn)練（2） 及答案解析 (第*篇)We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.“You could win prizes，” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing，“ The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. Im going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewers attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then alwaysalwaysrewarding the same old winners.I believe I drew a sailboat, but I cant say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in.Minutes passed.No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.語篇解讀本文描述了在五年級美術(shù)課的一次海報設(shè)計競賽中，作者出乎意料地取得了第一名的經(jīng)歷。1. What was the teachers requirement for the poster?A. It must appear in time.B. It must be done in class.C. It must be done on a construction sheet.D. It must include the words on the blackboard.解析事實細(xì)節(jié)題。從第二段“.make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”可知，老師的要求是黑板上的內(nèi)容需在海報中出現(xiàn)。答案D2The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means _.A. formed an idea forB. made an outline forC. made some space forD. chose some colors for解析猜測詞義題。第三段中conjure up意為“想起；使呈現(xiàn)于腦際”。從對稱的結(jié)構(gòu)“Some.while we conjured up our designs.”與下文的“Others.while deep in thought.”可以猜測出該詞詞義。答案A3. After the teachers words, all the students in the class_.A. looked very seriousB. thought they would be richC. began to think about their designsD. began to play games解析事實細(xì)節(jié)題。第三段生動、形象地描寫了同學(xué)們思考時的各種動作。答案C4. After seeing the good students designs, some students_.A. loved their own designs moreB. thought they had a fair chanceC. put their own designs in a cornerD. thought they would not win the prize解析事實細(xì)節(jié)題。從第四段“.wander past the good studentsdesks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness.”可知：看到優(yōu)秀學(xué)生作品后，另外一些學(xué)生對自己這次的參賽作品信心更加不足了。答案D5. We can infer from the passage that the author_.A. enjoyed grownup tricks very muchB. loved poster competitions very muchC. felt surprised to win the competitionD. became wise and rich after the competition解析推理判斷題。最后三段描寫了作者焦急地等待比賽結(jié)果的心情，所以對于不自信的作者來說，這次比賽的結(jié)果讓他很吃驚。答案C*結(jié)束 (第*篇)When people hear a president speak, they seldom think about others helping to shape the presentation (報告). Today, however，presidents depend on writers such as J. Terry Edmonds to help them communicate (交流) effectively. Edmonds is the first African American ever to work as a full-time speechwriter for a U. S. president；he is also the first African American to serve as director of speechwriting for the White House. His is an all-American story of success.Edmonds grew up in Baltimore, Maryland; his father drove a truck，and his mother worked as a waitress. A great reader, Edmonds showed a gift for writing at his high school，Baltimore City College. After graduating in 1967, Edmonds went on to Morgan State University.Edmonds began his career in business, with jobs in public relations and communications. He joined the world of politics as news secretary for his congressman (國會議員) from Baltimore. During Bill Clintons presidency, he wrote speeches for Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and worked in a number of jobs in the White House and in governmental departments. President Clinton then appointed(任命) him to the office of director of speechwriting. Following the 2000 elections, Edmonds returned to Morgan State University as the schools special assistant to the president for 20012002.語篇解讀文章主要介紹美國總統(tǒng)演講稿撰寫人J.Terry Edmonds的成長經(jīng)歷。1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. Edmonds proved himself to be good at writing at high school.B. Edmonds graduated from Morgan State University in 1967.C. Edmonds was the first full-time speechwriter.D. Edmonds served the White House after 2000.解析事實細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二句.Edmonds showed a gift for writing at his high school，Baltimore City College.可知Edmonds上中學(xué)時就表現(xiàn)出了寫作天賦，故選A。答案A2. Edmonds entered the world of politics first as_.A. news secretary for a congressmanB. a speechwriter for President ClintonC. news secretary in the White HouseD. a speechwriter for Secretary Donna Shalala解析事實細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第二句He joined the world of politics as news secretary for his congressman(國會議員)from Baltimore.可知答案為A。答案A3. The text is most likely to be found in a book about_.A. popular science B. historical eventsC. successful people D. political systems解析推理判斷題。本文主要是介紹Edmonds的成功經(jīng)歷，故本題選C。答案C*結(jié)束