2014届高考阅读理解全程冲刺训练(8)英语试卷与答案(带解析).doc
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1、2014届高考阅读理解全程冲刺训练( 8)英语试卷与答案(带解析) 阅读理解 Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is “Whats your name ” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct. Have you ever wondered
2、about peoples names Where do they come from What do they mean Peoples first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith
3、; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones. Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”. The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names.
4、A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小溪 ); someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest. Other early surnames came from peoples occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which m
5、eans a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter a person who made pots and pans. The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked
6、bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenters great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture. Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same vil
7、lage, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer. Some family names were made by adding something to the fathers name. Eng
8、lish-speaking people added s or son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts familys ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the MacDonnells and the ODonnells are descendants of the same Donnell. 【小题 1】 Which of the following
9、aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover A Places where people lived. B Peoples characters. C Talents that people possessed. D Peoples occupations. 【小题 2】 According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _. A owned or drove a cart B made things with metals C made ki
10、tchen tools or contains D built houses and furniture 【小题 3】 Suppose and English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _. A Beatrice Smith B Leonard Carter C George Longstreet D Donald Greenwood 【小题 4】 The underlin
11、ed word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a persons _ A later generations B friends and relatives C colleagues and partners D later sponsors 答案: 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 1】 B,根据文中 4,5,6三段可知只有 B选项未提及 【小题 2】 C文中第六段 potter-a person who made pots and pans,可知 potter 意为一个制作茶壶和平底锅的人,
12、由此推断选 C 【小题 3】 D根据文中倒数第 2段可知一些人取名是根据特征而来。比如灰色头发的人取名 john Gray,高个的人取名 john Tallman.所以根据题意,居住在森林旁边的人取名为 Donald Greenw 【小题 4】 A 根据最后一段第一二行 “some family names were made by adding something to the fathers name. The Johnsons are descendants of John可知descendants指的是后代。 The past ages of man have all been car
13、efully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man, Neolithic Man, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label Legless Man. Histories of the time will go something li
14、ke this: in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because
15、 of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. The future history books migh
16、t also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world or even less if the wing ofthe aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a bl
17、urred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the wo
18、rds of the old song: I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see I saw the sea. The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says Ive been there. You mention the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say Iv
19、e 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 ach
20、ieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be 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 thin
21、g: 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 weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers. 【小题 1】
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