山东省实验中学2014年高考英语试题及答案（二）

第三部分：阅读理解(共25小题;每小题2分，满分50分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Future history books might record that we were robbed of the use of our eyes ,In our hurry to get from one place to another, we fail to see anything on the way, Air travel gives you a bird’s –eye view of the world ---or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way, When you travel by car or train , you are moving so quickly that you do not see the countryside clearly , Car drivers are forever thinking about going on and on; they never want to stop, Is it the great motorways ,that attract them, or what? And as for sea travel ,it hardly deserves mention ,It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song：’I joined the navy to see the world ,and what did I see? I saw the sea’. You mention the place names in the world like EI Dorado, Kabul and someone is sure to say‘I’ve been there’meaning ,‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.’

When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing :you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place, But actual arrival ,when it is achieved , is meaningless , You want to move on again . By traveling like this, you suspend (中止)all experience; the present stops being a reality：you might just as well be dead.

The traveler on foot, on the other hand , lives constantly in the present, For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes, He experiences, the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body, At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness, Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.

41、The underlined words “get in your way”in Paragraph I can be replaced, by .

A、block your sightsB、expend your range of vision

C、prevent you from going out of the plane halfwayD、make your travel continue

42、What does the author think of the travelers mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A、They get a good view of the landscape

B、They make full use of their eyes

C、They fail to see the scenery with their heart

D、They are eager to see everything on the way.

43、Why does “the present”mean “nothing ”when we travel at high speeds?

A、Because we change our aims all the time

B、Because we are eager to go to another place

C、Because we are looking forward to the future life

D、Because we cannot enjoy the experience we have had

44、What will the author most probably advise us to do?

A、To go hiking in the mountainB、To travel at a high speed

C、To travel by car or trainD、To go around the world

45、What would be the best title for the passage?

A、Different travelersB、The use of eyes

C、Ways of travelingD、True traveling

B

It was the beginning of the school year a few years ago and I had a little boy in my class who came from a non – English speaking home, He was very quiet and shy, I wasn’t sure how much he understood during the school day and I was especially concerned that he just stood by himself at break time and did not play, If I tried to talk to him , he would turn away and tightly shut his eyes to hide from me.

After a day or two of this, I decided to seek the help from one of my outgoing and friendly little girls, I called her over and she ran to me , ready to help.

I immediately began a long speech about what I needed from her, I asked her if she would try to get him to play, and I started talking quickly about all these suggestions on how she could start communication with him , I explained she could do that , she could try this idea, she could try that idea, “Don’t worry, I speak kid” And she ran off.

I stood there all alone, silently watching her, It took less than a minute for the two new friends to urn off, hand in hand , happily joining a game of tag (捉人游戏)taking place all over the gym.

I often think of that small moment, about what I learned and how important it is for all teachers to speak kid --- big kid, little kid and middle kid , I know my focus must be on teaching students how to think , how to approach problems ,and how to figure out solutions and teaching them never to let the opportunity away , We must be ready to learn from our students because those “teachable moments ”during the school days are for us , the teachers, as well as our kids.

46、Why did the author worry about the boy?

A、He didn’t dare to look at the author in the eyes

B、He couldn’t speak English as well as other students

C、He failed to understand what the author taught

D、He was unwilling to communicate with others

47、After the girl agreed to help, the author

A、taught her what to do in detail

B、thanked her for her willingness to help

C、thanked her for her willingness to help

D、reminded her of what she should be careful about

48、By saying “I speak kid ”,the girl meant that she could

A、speak the language that kids understandB、speak the boy’s native language

C、know what kids want to dayD、speak well like a little kid

49、The underlined words“the opportunity”refer to the chance to

A、play at break timeB、learn from studentsC、solve problemsD、speak kid

50、What can we learn from the passage?

A、Gold will shine everywhere

B、Children are more friendly than adults

C、Teachers’ thoughts are different form students’

D、You learn something every day if you pay attention

C

The name sounds funny but the idea is no joke: it’s a personal toilet called the pee-pool, Anders Wilhelmson, a Swedish architect, is the inventor of the pee-pool.

He became interested in the idea of sanitation(卫生设施) after taking part in a research project on the social and political development of cities, One of the most common problems he found in developing countries was the lack of toilets, He wanted to do something to help, So working with others, he started the project in 2005, and the next year started a company called Peepoolple.

The toilet is a single—use bag made of environmentally friendly plastics, The inside is treated with urea (尿素), a chemical commonly used as fertilizer, The hotter the weather, the more quickly the waste turns into what is needed by plants The sanitation process can be as soon as a couple of hours or as long as two to four weeks ,You can just bury it in a pot and grow whatever you like.

The company expects to start selling the bags in August in Kenya and Bangladesh, But it is just beginning production and sales in Nairobi now , Full production could reach about half a million bags a day and people may be able to buy the pee-pool in countries Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc.

The United Nations says more than two and a half billion people around the world do not have good sanitation ,Many have no choice but to use the outdoors, which is not only bad for the environment ,but also harmful to people’s health, Each year, poor sanitation leads to three fifths of those people getting an infectious disease which on average causes one out of 1,000 patients to die.

Jack Smith ,the founder of the World Toilet Organization ,says “This is quite an unacceptable situation given the fact that we are living in the modem world , And strangely, many of them own televisions ,phones but have no toilet.”

51、What was the original purpose of Anders Wilhelmson in starting the company?

A、To protect the local environment

B、To earn a lot of money from the project

C、To do research on the social development

D、To help solve the problem of lack of toilets in developing countries

52、What can be learned about the pee-pool from the passage?

A、It can be used over again

B、Its sanitation process doesn’t last long

C、It works better in summer than in winter

D、It should be buried in a pot after being used

53、In which place can people buy the Pee-pool now?

A、NairobiB、VietnamC、SwedenD、Bangladesh

54、The fifth paragraph is written mainly to tell us that

A、poor sanitation may cause many problems

B、many people don’t care for the environment

C、many people get ill from using the outdoors

D、quite a number of people died from poor sanitation

55、The underlined word“This ”in the last paragraph probably refers to

A、the outdoors being damaged

B、many places being shout of toilets

C、many people having TVs and phones

D、many people getting an infection disease

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