1、高考英语阅读理解精英定时系列训练题232014高考英语阅读理解精英定时系列训练题（23）及答案 【湖北省八市2013联考】EThis year, the World Mental Health Day on Oct 10 was marked by the theme: “Depression: A Global Crisis”. According to the World Federation for Mental Health and the WHO, depression has moved beyond the medical domain(领域) to become a socia
2、l problem. Statistics from the Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center show that of the 287,000 people who commit suicide in China every year, 70 percent are victims of depression.“This equates to one depression victim taking their life every three minutes,” cited CCTV recently. According to
3、the Beijing-based Capital Medical University, the number of depression patients has been on the rise in the past years and now accounts for 5 to 10 percent of the population, more than the global average of 5 percent.Wang Shaoli, vice-president of Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, a medical center speci
4、alizing in mental health, said that what makes depression so widespread is that everybody can get it.“No one is immune to depression,” said Wang. “It has become a social problem because depression kills ones social capabilities, such as communication, and leads to a negative social mentality.”Accord
5、ing to Wang, depression can be treated with medicine and early psychological consultation. The real problem is the lack of awareness surrounding the issue.“People with mental health illnesses are discriminated against,” said Wang. “So they are reluctant to go to hospital and often keep the pain to t
6、hemselves, which only makes matters worse.” Only one in 10 depression victims are properly treated in China, according to the Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center.“When people get depressed, it becomes part of their thoughts, making them negative, even desperate,” said Wang. “And the ideas
7、 are difficult to change.” Thats why Wang suggests early intervention. “Normally it takes about nine months to treat depression,” said Wang. “But in most cases, patients drop treatment half way when they feel some progress.”67. How is Para1& 2 mainly supported when it tells that depression has becom
8、e a social problem?A. By giving data B. By making definitionC. By analyzing causes D. By making comparisons 68. According to the passage, which of the following are true EXCEPT_ ? A. people with depression are more likely to commit suicide.B. the percentage of depression patients is larger in China
9、than that in the world.C. more and more people have been suffering from depression.D. depression can destroy peoples immune system and social capabilities69. People with mental illnesses are unwilling to go to hospital because _.A. the victims think that they will get well soon B. they are discrimin
10、ated against and dont want others to know their illnessesC. there are few medical centers specializing in mental healthD. there is no way to treat them 70.In Wang Shaolis opinion, the better way to deal with mental problem is to _.A. force the victims to go to hospital B. keep their pain to themselv
11、es when it appears C. keep positive and get early psychological consultation D. more medical centers should be set up 【参考答案】67-70 ADBC阅读理解Im flying high today after hearing the news that Bamboo People is a top ten book on the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list from the American Library Associat
12、ion. Here are the top ten titles with annotations(注解) by YALSA librarians:Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker. Little, Brown, and Co. Nailer is a light crew cleaner tearing up old hulks of ships, living day to day, until a rich girl and her gleaming ship run ashore in a storm on the beach and his life g
13、ets more dangerous.Donnelley, Jennifer. Revolution. Random House Childrens Books/Delacorte. Haunted by the death of her brother, Andi is taken to Paris by her separated father where an encounter with a mysterious diary may bring her back from the edge.Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the Rock. Candlew
14、ick. Finnikin and his fellow exiles from(使流亡) Lumatere wish to return to their cursed homeland. Finnikin must go on an epic journey with a dumb beginner named Evanjalin to return home.Matson, Morgan. Amy and Rogers Epic Detour. Simon & Schuster. Amy and Roger must both learn to deal with loss while
15、on a road trip across the country which doesnt go as expected.McBride, Lish. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. Macmillan Childrens Book Group/Henry Holt. When Sam discovers he is a necromancer(巫师) he must learn to control his power in order to defeat a powerful and corrupt opponent and save his friends.M
16、ulligan, Andy. Trash. David Fickling Books. Three garbage-picker boys find an item of great value to a corrupt politician on their rounds, setting off a tense hunt to see who will win.Perkins, Mitali. Bamboo People. Chiko, a Burmese soldier and Tu Reh, a Kerenni refugee meet on opposite sides of war
17、 and each must learn what it means to be a man of his people.Reinhardt, Dana. The Things a Brother Knows. Random House Childrens Books/Wendy Lamb. Boaz is back and cheered as the hometown hero, but he is not at all the same. Can his younger brother Levi help him truly make his way home?Saenz, Benjam
18、in. Last Night I Sang to the Monster. Cinco Puntos Press, 2009. Weeks in therapy go by and 18-year-old Zach is still unable to remember the monstrous events that left him alone and haunted by nightmares.Sedgwick, Marcus. Revolver. Roaring Brook Press. Sig is alone with his fathers body when the lawl
19、ess man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness46. Which of the following books may not be classified as a thriller one?A. Revolver B. Last Night I Sang to the Monster C. Revolution D. Bamboo People47. Which two books are published by the same publisher?A. Ship Breaker and
20、 Finnikin of the Rock B. Revolution and Hold Me Closer, NecromancerC. The Things a Brother Knows and Last Night I Sang to the Monster D. Revolution and The Things a Brother Knows48. From above, we can learn_.A. The plot Hold me closer, Necromance is similar to Superman and SpidermanB. Bamboo people
21、deals with two soldiers share joys and sorrows in the warC. The main themes of Revolution and Revolver are both about father and son D. Trash is a book about a fierce conflict which occurs between police and gangs (黑帮)49. These books are all intended for_.A. adults B. school age kids C. teens D. sen
22、iors文章大意B 列举了美国美国图书馆协会向青年读者推荐的十大小说，让学生找一些细节题，信息匹配题。46. D 细节理解题。综合相关段落可知，Bamboo People介绍的是一个士兵和一个敌国难民通过战争中的经历明白了怎么成为自己民族的一员。故D项不是惊险小说。47. D 细节判断题。从相关段落可知，Revolution. Random House Childrens Books 和The Things a Brother Knows. Random House Childrens Books。.可以看出D项符合题意。48.A 细节理解题。从he must learn to control
23、 his power in order to defeat a powerful and corrupt opponent and save his friends可以看出A项符合题意。49. C细节理解题。从文章第一段可知，这是向青年读者推荐的十本书。故选C。 (第 篇) “Old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another. For example，most of us remember our parents telling us to eat more of certain foods or n
24、ot to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking，but others have not passed the test of time.Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help preve
25、nt a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜)is good for you，too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.Unfortunately, not all of Moms advice passed the test of medical studies. For ex
26、ample, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems？Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.Eve
27、n though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs dont hold_water,_there is still a lot of truth in the old wives tales. After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated (积累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care. We should respect this body of knowledge e
28、ven as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.语篇解读我们大多数人都记得父母告诉我们要吃某些食物或者不要去做某些事情。这些告诫是对的吗？实际上，其中一些是与现在的医学思想相符合的，而另外一些却经不起考验。文章举了例子，并指出即便当我们寻找明确的科学证据来证明它的对错时，我们也应该尊重这类知识。5Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. Eating garlic is good for our eyes.B. Sticky sw
29、eets are damaging to our teeth.C. Swimming after a meal is dangerous.D. Carrots prevent people from catching colds.解析事实细节题。从第三段最后一句Sticky sweels made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.可以看出，sticky sweets的确可以对牙齿造成危害。答案B6The author develops the third paragraph
30、mainly_.A. by cause and effect B. by order in spaceC. by order in time D. by examples解析推理判断题。第三段第一句是主题句。随后，举了饭后一小时内游泳和吃糖这两个例子来证明主题句。因此，这一段是通过举例来构成段落的。答案D7The phrase“ hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means“_”A. to be believable B. to be valuableC. to be admirable D. to be suitable解析猜测词
31、义题。从最后一段第一句可知，虽然科学告诉我们有一些传统观念不可信，但是这些老妈妈们的说法还是有一些正确的地方。hold water指“可信的”。答案A8What is the authors attitude toward“old wives tales”in the text?A. Subjective. B. Objective.C. Dissatisfied. D. Curious.解析推理判断题。纵观全文，作者既指出了一些传统说法的正确性，又说明了一些传统观念没有科学依据。尤其是文中最后一段作者表明了对这些观念的尊重，因此可以看出作者的态度是客观的。答案B阅读理解-B（文章选自 题目原
32、创）For eighty four days old Santiago had not caught a single fish. At first a young boy, Manolin, had shared his bad fortune, but after the fortieth luckless day the boys father told his son to go in another boat. From that time on, Santiago worked alone. The boy loved the old fisherman and always helped him with money
