2013年高考英语阅读理解练习题（十一）
Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another.Choice,we are given to believe,is a right.But for a good many people in the world,in rich and poor countries,choice is a luxury,something wonderful but hard to get,not a right.And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices,the whole system is merely an illusion,a false idea created by companies and advertisers hoping to sell their products.
The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people’s lives.Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple.Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people,ending in the shopper giving up and walking away,or just buying an unsuitable item(商品) that is not really wanted.Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed.More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals,lifestyle instructors,or advisors.
It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem,but the speed with which new types of products come on the market.Advances in design and production help quicken the process.Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time.The typical example is computers,which are almost out-of-date once they are bought.This indeed makes selection a problem.Gone are the days when one could just walk with ease into a shop and buy one thing;no choice,no anxiety.
1.What does the author try to argue in Paragraph 1?
A.The exercise of rights is a luxury.
B.The practice of choice is difficult.
C.The right of choice is given but at a price.
D.Choice and right exist at the same time.
2.Why do more choices of goods give rise to anxiety?
A.Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product.
B.People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.
C.Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.
D.Companies and advertisers are often misleading about the range of choice.
3.By using computers as an example,the author wants to prove that .
A.advanced products meet the needs of people
B.products of the latest design flood the market
C.competitions are fierce in high-tech industry
D.everyday goods need to be replaced often
4.What is this passage mainly about?
A.The variety of choices in modern society.
B.The opinions on people’s right in different countries.
C.The problems about the availability of everyday goods.
D.The helplessness in purchasing decisions.
答案 .B .C .B .D
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总
Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time—is considered a welcome skill by most people.But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen,we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle an ever larger number of electronic devices(电子产品) as they study.While working,they also surf on the Internet,send out emails,answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods.In a sense,they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members.As young people give so much attention to their own worlds,they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them.They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house,nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also affects young people’s performance at university and in the workplace.When asked about their opinion of the effect of modern gadgets(器具) on their performance of tasks,many young people gave a positive response(反应).
However,the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive.Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills.They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills.Similarly,employers feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again,as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.
1.What does the underlined word “juggle” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Want to buy.
B.Take the place of.
C.Use at the same time.
D.Seek for information from.
2.In Paragraph 3,the author points out that .
A.family members do not eat at the family table
B.family members do not greet each other
C.young people live happily in their families
D.young people seldom talk with their family members
3.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.Multitasking is harmful to young people’s development.
B.Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets.
C.Multitasking is an important skill to young people.
D.Young people must learn skills for future jobs.
4.The author develops the passage mainly by .
A.providing typical examples
B.following the natural time order
C.comparing opinions from different fields
D.presenting a cause and analyzing its effects
答案 .C .D .A .D
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总
The world economy has run into a brick wall.Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a potential hunger crisis in poor countries and an energy crisis worldwide,world leaders failed to think ahead.The result is a global food crisis.Wheat,corn and rice prices have more than doubled in the past two years.And oil prices have increased more than three times since the start of 2004.These food-price increases,combined with increasing energy costs,will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even affect political stability.Practical solutions to these problems do exist,but we’ll have to start thinking ahead and acting globally.
Here are three steps to ease the current food crisis and avoid the potential for a global crisis.The first is to promote the dramatic success of Malawi,a country in southern Africa,which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and seeds with high productivity.Malawi’s harvest doubled after just one year.An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world,or $10 billion altogether.
Second,the U.S.and Europe should abandon their policies of paying partly for the change of food into biofuels.The U.S.government gives farmers a taxpayer-
financed payment of 51 cents per gallon of ethanol(乙醇) changed from corn.There may be a case for biofuels produced on lands that do not produce foods—tree crops,grasses and wood products—but there’s no case for the government to pay to put the world’s dinner into the gas tank.
Third,we urgently need to weather-proof the world’s crops as soon and as effectively as possible.For a poor farmer,sometimes something as simple as a farm pond—which collects rainwater to be used in dry weather—can make the difference between a good harvest and a bad one.The world has already committed to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-proof vital economic activities such as food production and health care but has not yet acted upon the promise.
1.An international fund based on the Malawi model would .
A.coat each of the developed countries $10 billion per year
B.aim to double the harvest in southern African countries in a year
C.decrease the food prices as well as the energy prices
D.give poor farmers access to fertilizer and highly productive seeds
2.With the second step,the author expresses the idea that .
A.it is not wise to change food crops into gas
B.it is misleading to put tree crops into the gas tank
C.we should get alternative forms of fuel in any way
D.biofuels should be developed on a large scale
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.A rain-collecting pond is a simple safeguard against dry weather.
B.A Climate Adaptation Fund has been established to help poor regions.
C.The world has made a serious promise to build farm ponds.
D.It makes a great difference whether we develop wood products or not.
4.In the passage,the author calls on us to .
A.slow down but not to stop economic growth
B.develop tree crops,grasses and wood products
C.achieve economic growth and political stability
D.act now so as to relieve the global food shortage
答案 .D .A .A .D
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总
A study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money.The findings,the first in a series of reports from NatWest that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money,are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.
University tuition fees (学费) are currently capped at ￡3,000 annually,but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.
In the research,the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest.The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average ￡31,000 by the age of 25,although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just ￡17,815.The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training,although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than ￡10,000.Average debts for graduates are ￡12,363.
Stephen Moir,head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest,said,“The more exposed young people are to financial issues,and the younger they become aware of them,the more likely they are to become responsible,forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively.”
Ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs.They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts.Nikki Fairweather,aged 15,from St Helens,said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance,but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.
1.Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?
A.Students understand personal finances differently.
B.University tuition fees in England have been rising.
C.Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.
D.The students’ payback ability has become a major issue.
2.The phrase “to raise the ceiling” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.
A.to raise the student loans
B.to improve the school facilities
C.to increase the upper limit of the tuition
D.to lift the school building roofs
3.According to Stephen Moir,students .
A.are too young to be exposed to financial issues
B.should learn to manage their finances well
C.should maintain a positive attitude when facing loans
D.benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Many British teenagers do not know money matters well.
B.Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.
C.Financial planning is a required course at college.
D.Yong people should become responsible adults.
答案 .C .C .B .A
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总
Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive(欺骗)?When someone tells you something that is true,but leaves out important information that should be included,he can give you a false picture.
For example,someone might say,“I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery(彩票).It was great.I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner,right? Maybe,maybe not.We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets,and only one was a winner.He’s really a big loser!
He didn’t say anything that was false,but he left out important information on purpose.That’s called a half-truth.Half-truths are not technically lies,but they are just as dishonest.
Some politicians often use this trick.Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term,her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs.Then she seeks another term.One of her opponents(对手) says,“During Governor Smith’s term,the state lost one million jobs!”That’s true.However,an honest statement would have been,“During Governor Smith’s term,the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”
Advertisers(广告商) will sometimes use half-truths.It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth.An advertisement might say,“Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.”It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of deception happens too often.It’s a sad fact of life:Lies are lies,and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
1.How much did the lottery winner lose?
A.One hundred dollars. B.Two hundred dollars.
C.Three hundred dollars. D.Four hundred dollars.
2.We may infer that the author believes people should .
A.buy lottery tickets B.make use of half-truths
C.not take anything at face value D.not trust the Yucky Company
3.What do the underlined words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.Final increase. B.Big advantage.
C.Large share. D.Total saving.
4.What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement?
A.False statements are easy to see through.
B.Half-truths are often used to mislead people.
C.Doctors like to act in advertisements.
D.Advertisements are based on facts.
答案 .A .C .A .B
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总
It is often necessary to release a fish，that is，set it free after catching，because it is too small，or you just don’t want to take it home to eat.In some cases，releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size.The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries(DGIF)encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive (存活) to bite again another day.
—When catching a fish，play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.Don’t use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.
—Hold the fish gently.Do not put your fingers in its eyes.Don’t wipe the scales(鱼鳞) off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.
—Remove your hook(鱼钩) quickly.If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach，cut the line and leave the hook in.The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.
—Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water.Release the fish when it begins to struggle and is able to swim.
—Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish，do so right away.
With a little care and by following the suggestions given above，you can give the released fish a better chance of survival.
1.People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they .
A.don’t want it to die
B.hope it will grow quickly
C.don’t want to have it as food
D.want to practice their fishing skills
2.Which of the following will probably make a fish ill?
A.Taking the hook off it.
B.Removing its scales.
C.Touching its eyes.
D.Holding it in your hand.
3.A proper way to release a fish is to .
A.move it in water till it can swim
B.take the hook out of its stomach
C.keep it in a bucket for some time
D.let it struggle a little in your hand
4.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To show how to enjoy fishing.
B.To persuade people to fish less often.
C.To encourage people to set fish free.
D.To give advice on how to release fish.
答案 .C .B .A .D
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总
A simple piece of clothesline hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors.
On one side stand those who see clothes dryers(干衣机) as a waste of energy and a major polluter of the environment. As a result, they are turning to clotheslines as part of the “what-I-can-do environmentalism(环境保护主义).”
On the other side are people who are against drying clothes outside, arguing that clotheslines are unpleasant to look at. They have persuaded Homeowners Associations (HOAs) across the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, because clothesline drying also tends to lower home value in the neighborhood. This has led to a Right-to-Dry Movement that is calling for laws to be passed to protect people’s right to use clotheslines.
So far, only three states have laws to protect clotheslines. Right-to-Dry supporters argue that there should be more.
Matt Reck, 37, is the kind of eco-conscious(有生态意识的) person who feeds his trees with bathwater and reuses water drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But on July 9, 2007, the HOA in Wake Forest, North Carolina, told him that a dissatisfied neighbor had telephoned them about his clothesline. The Recks paid no attention to the warning and still dried their clothes on a line in the yard. “Many people say they are environmentally friendly but they don’t take matters in their own hands,” says Reck. The local HOA has decided not to take any action, unless more neighbors come to them.
North Carolina lawmakers are saying that banning clotheslines is not the right thing to do. But HOAs and housing businesses believe that clothesline drying reminds people of poor neighborhoods. They worry that if buyers think their future neighbors can’t even afford dryers, housing prices will fall.
Environmentalists say such worries are not necessary, and in view of global warming, that idea needs to change. As they say, “The clothesline is beautiful. Hanging clothes outside should be encouraged. We all have to do at least something to slow down the process of global warming.”
1. One of the reasons why supporters of clothes dryers are trying to ban clothesline drying is that ____.
A. clothes dryers are more efficient
B. clothesline drying reduces home value
C. clothes dryers are energy-saving
D. clothesline drying is not allowed in most U.S. states
2. Which of the following best describes Matt Reck?
A. He is a kind-hearted man. B. He is an impolite man.
C. He is an experienced gardener. D. He is a man of social responsibility.
3. Who are in favor of clothesline drying?
A. Housing businesses. B. Environmentalists.
C. Homeowners Associations. D. Reck’s dissatisfied neighbors.
4. What is mainly discussed in the text?
A. Clothesline drying: a way to save energy and money.
B. Clothesline drying: a lost art rediscovered.
C. Opposite opinions on clothesline drying.
D. Different varieties of clotheslines.
答案 .B .D .B .C
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总
A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.
“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problems of adolescent (青春期的) sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.
Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time on adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.
Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, not less, as commonly thought.
Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice—their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.
All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning—all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying,“I need a timeout.”
1. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.
A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime
B. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early
C. students work so late at night that they can’t get up early
D. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early
2. The underlined phrase “nod off” Paragraph 1 most probably means “ _______”.
A. turn around B. agree with others
C. fall asleep D. refuse to work
3. What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?
A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.
B. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.
C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.
D. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.
4. What is the text mainly about?
A. Adolescent health care.
B. Problems in adolescent learning.
C.Adolescent sleep difficulties.
D. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.
答案 .B .C .D .D
英语辅导
2013年高考英语易错单选题及答案汇总
2013年高考英语语法题15分钟限时练习及答案汇总