1、2014届高考阅读理解全程冲刺训练（ 2）英语试卷与答案（带解析） 阅读理解 Home stay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home. What to Expect The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers change
2、d at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health. Accommodation Zones Home stays are located in London mainly in Zones2,3 and of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the
3、 town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的 ). Zones3 and 4often offer larger accommodation in a less crowned area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground. Meal Plans Available Continental Breakfast21世纪教育网 Breakfast and Dinner Breakfast, Packed Lunc
4、h and Dinner Its important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal（谷物类食品）， bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continen
5、tal Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee. Friends If you wish to invite a friend over to visit. You must first ask your hosts permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is
6、an invasion of their privacy. Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. Howev
7、er, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary home stay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much. 【小题 1】 The passage is probably written for _. A host willing to receive foreign students B foreigners hoping to build British culture C travellers
8、 planning to visit families in London D English learners applying to like in English homes 【小题 2】 Which of the following will the host provide Room cleaning. Medical care. Free transport. Physical training. 【小题 3】 .What can be inferred from Paragraph3 A Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2. B The busi
9、ness centre of London is in Zone. C Hosts dislike travelling to the city centre. D Zone 2 is more crowded than Zone 4. 【小题 4】 According to the passage. What does continental Breakfast include A Dessert and coffee B Fruit and vegetables. C bread and fruit juice D Centre and cold meat. 【小题 5】 Why do s
10、ome people choose self-catering accommodation A To experience a warmer family atmosphere. B To enrich their knowledge of English. C To entertain friends as they like. D To enjoy much more freedom. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 D A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep.
11、 One s physical assets and liabilities don t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to look her best. Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not- so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous con
12、clusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, the physically attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their parents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs they are als
13、o more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted. Un-American, you say, unfair and extremely unbelievable Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties (虔诚 ) while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group-college st
14、udents, perhaps, or teachers or corporate personnel managers a piece of paper relating an individual s accomplishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average-looking
15、 character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted. Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is
16、 rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception, what is beautiful is good. In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains:
17、In terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. on another note, though, there is enough literature no
18、w for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire (追求 ) to managerial positions do not get on as well as who may be less attractive. 【小题 1】 In Beauty is only skin-deep, skin-deep can be replaced by_. A decorating B superficial C expressive D demanding 【小题 2】 Ones physical assets and liabilities
19、don t count all that much in a managerial career.(paral) can be interpretated as_. A whether or not one looks good or bad, it doesn t affect much one s managerial career B in one s managerial career, he may deal with cases like assets and liabilities C in one s managerial career, he may rarely deal
20、with cases like assets and liabilities D whether or not one looks good or bad, it may affect much one s managerial career 【小题 3】 The result of research carried out by social scientists show that_. A people do not realize the importance of looking one s best B women in pursuit of managerial jobs are
21、not likely to be paid well C good -looking women aspire to managerial positions D attractive people generally have an advantage over those who are not 【小题 4】 Good looks cut both ways for women (Para.5) means that_. A attractive women have tremendous potential impact on public job B good-looking wome
22、n always get the best of everything C being attractive is not always an advantage for women D attractive women do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions 【小题 5】 It can be inferred from the passage that in the business world_. A handsome men are not affected as much by their look
23、s as attractive women are B physically attractive women who are in the public eye usually do quite well C physically attractive men and women who are in the public eye usually get along quite well D good looks are important for women as they are for men 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】
24、 A 【小题 1】词汇题。 skin-deep是 “肤浅的，表面的 ”意思，与 superficial意思相近。 【小题 2】。理解题。主要是考察对 “physical assets and liabilities”的理解，意为“长相的优劣 ”，整句的意思为 “长相的优劣对于一个人的事业影响不太大 ” 【小题 3】 D。细节题。根据第四段 “Almost invariably, the better looking. what is beautiful is good ”，可知 D为正确答案：。 【小题 4】 C。归纳题。在文章第五段中，作者指出，妇女一方面可以借助美貌比较容易地找到工作，另一
25、个方面因为人们一般会觉得美丽的妇女不如长相一般的妇女有能力而使美丽的妇女不容易得到经理之类的职位，不难看出“Good looks cut both ways for women”的意思与 C中内容相符。 【小题 5】 A。推理题。根据文章最后一段不难推理出正确答案：是 A。 A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. One s physical assets and liabilities don t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should alwa
26、ys try to look her best. Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not- so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, the physically attrac
27、tive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their parents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted. Un-American, you say, unfair and extremely unbelievable
28、Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties (虔诚 ) while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group-college students, perhaps, or teachers or corporate personnel managers a piece of paper relating an individual s accom
29、plishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average-looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual o
30、n certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted. Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception,
31、 what is beautiful is good. In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains: In terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential
32、impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. on another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire (追求 ) to managerial positions do not get on as well as
33、 who may be less attractive. 【小题 1】 In Beauty is only skin-deep, skin-deep can be replaced by_. A decorating B superficial C expressive D demanding 【小题 2】 Ones physical assets and liabilities don t count all that much in a managerial career.(paral) can be interpretated as_. A whether or not one look
34、s good or bad, it doesn t affect much one s managerial career B in one s managerial career, he may deal with cases like assets and liabilities C in one s managerial career, he may rarely deal with cases like assets and liabilities D whether or not one looks good or bad, it may affect much one s mana
35、gerial career 【小题 3】 The result of research carried out by social scientists show that_. A people do not realize the importance of looking one s best B women in pursuit of managerial jobs are not likely to be paid well C good -looking women aspire to managerial positions D attractive people generall
36、y have an advantage over those who are not 【小题 4】 Good looks cut both ways for women (Para.5) means that_. A attractive women have tremendous potential impact on public job B good-looking women always get the best of everything C being attractive is not always an advantage for women D attractive wom
37、en do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions 【小题 5】 It can be inferred from the passage that in the business world_. A handsome men are not affected as much by their looks as attractive women are B physically attractive women who are in the public eye usually do quite well C ph
38、ysically attractive men and women who are in the public eye usually get along quite well D good looks are important for women as they are for men 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 A 【小题 1】 B。词汇题。 skin-deep是 “肤浅的，表面的 ”意思，与 superficial意思相近。 【小题 2】 A。理解题。主要是考察对 “physical assets and liabili
39、ties”的理解，意为 “长相的优劣 ”，整句的意思为 “长相的优劣对于一个人的事业影响不太大 ” 【小题 3】 D。细节题。根据第四段 “Almost invariably, the better looking. what is beautiful is good ”，可知 D为正确答案：。 【小题 4】 C。归纳题。在文章第五段中，作者指出，妇女一方面可以借助美貌比较容易地找到工作，另一个方面因为人们一般会觉得美丽的妇女不如长相一般的妇女有能力而使美丽的妇女不容易得到经理之类的职位，不难看出“Good looks cut both ways for women”的意思与 C中内容相符。 【小题 5】 A。推理题。根据文章最后一段不难推理出正确答案：是 A。
