2011高考英语

2011年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解A

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2011年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解A

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basil. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy I couldn't take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
我生长于上世纪60年代的美国新泽西，当时我们有一个送奶工巴塞尔先生，他戴着一顶白帽子，驾驶着一辆白卡车。作为一个5岁的男孩，我目不转睛地盯着固定在他腰带上零钱袋。有一天他送货的时候注意到了，于是取下一只零钱袋送给我。

Of course he delivered more than milk. There was cheese eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order my mother would pen a note-"Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery"-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then the buttermilk would magically appear.
当然他不仅仅送牛奶，还送奶酪、鸡蛋等。如果我们需要修改订单，我的母亲会写下一张纸条“下次送货时增加一瓶脱脂奶”，然后把纸条放在装有空牛奶瓶的盒子里。下次脱脂奶就会魔术般地出现了。

All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basil even had a key to our house for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors so that the milk wouldn't freeze. And I remember Mr. Basil from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
一切都很方便，每一家与他们的送奶工都保持着良好的关系。巴塞尔先生甚至有我们家的钥匙，因为室外太冷我们把牛奶箱放在了室内，这样牛奶就不会冻住。我记得很多次看见巴塞尔先生在我家的厨房桌子旁休息，喝着茶聊着他的送奶经历。

There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides milk is for sale everywhere and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
现在家庭送奶业很不景气，大公司生产的牛奶更便宜，这使得送奶工很难与之竞争。而且牛奶到处都可以买到，渐渐地就不需要送奶服务了。

Recently an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch. Every so often my son's friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
最近，我在乡下看见了一个旧牛奶箱，勾起了我童年的回忆，我把它带回家把它放在后门廊上。每次我儿子的朋友问起这是什么，我就开始讲述我的童年生活，关于送奶工因为牛奶和我们结下的友谊。

2007年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解A

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2007年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解A

It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.
那是一个冬天的早晨，就在2005年圣诞节前的几周。当大多数人还在预热汽车时，我丈夫特雷弗就不得不早早起床，骑自行车去离家四公里的地方去上班。到公司后，他像往常一样把自行车停在后门外。工作10小时后，准备回家时他发现他的自行车不见了。

The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour a week to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
这辆黑色的科纳18速自行车是我们唯一的交通工具。特雷弗用它去上班，每周工作60小时来养活他的年轻家庭。自行车也被用来购物，让我们不必从我们居住的地方走很远的路。

I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
我很伤心有人偷了我们的自行车，于是我写信给报社，告诉他们我们的故事。不久之后，我们地区的一些人主动提出帮助我们。一位陌生人甚至买了一辆自行车，然后打电话让我丈夫去取。我丈夫又有办法上下班了。一个完全陌生的人会为一个他们从未见过的人不辞辛劳，这真的值得称赞。

People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.
人们说微笑可以人传人，陌生人的友善行为更是如此。这次经历在我们的生活中产生了深远的影响，因为它加强了我们对整个人类的信仰，也让我们更加注意我们与他人分享的方式。善意的行为不管大还是小，都表明有人关心，结果可以永恒。

高考英语阅读理解:2010年高考英语阅读理解专项复习题10

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高考英语阅读理解:2010年高考英语阅读理解专项复习题10

A People faint(昏厥) when the normal blood supply to the brain is suddenly cut down. This can happen if they are surprised or shocked(震动) by sudden news or by something they see suddenly. Some people faint if they see others hurt. Some people faint in crowds. Others faint if they are in a room that is hot and stuffy(闷热的). If a person faints while standing, lay him down. If his face is pale, lift his feet. If he is sitting down when he faints, place his head between his knees, loosen any tight clothing that might keep him from breathing easily. If possible, place a wet cloth on his forehead. 1.People may faint if they________. A. see their friends in the street B. see something unexpected C. see something splendid D. see something happy 2.If someone has fainted, we must help him________. A. not to be shocked B. by moving himself slowly C. not to be frightened D. by returning blood to his brain 3.If someone faints, the best way is to________. A. make him sit down B. make him lie down C .make him not surprised D. give him some blood 4.Raise a fainting person's feet if________. A. he sees others hurt B. he is in a room that is hot and stuffy C. his face looks pale D. he is standing 5.In this passage, the writer explains________. A. why people faint and how we help them B. when people faint and when we help them C. why people faint and where we help them D. how people faint and why we help them B How long can a person live without breathing? Probably for only four to six minutes. The air we breathe in supplies the oxygen(氧) that is necessary for keeping every part of the body alive. And the brain, which itself controls breathing, is the first to suffer(受苦) if oxygen is lacking(缺乏). If no air enters the lungs(肺), the heart will continue to beat for a little longer, supplying the blood to the brain and other parts of the body. But soon, the supply of oxygen already in the blood is used up. First, the patient loses conciousness(知觉), because the brain is no longer getting enough oxygen to work. Then lack of oxygen in the heart causes it to stop beating. Without oxygen ,the brain can survive(持续) undamaged for only about four minutes. The heart may survive for as long as 12 minutes. But within six minutes the person will almost certainly be dead. 1.The oxygen that our body needs comes from________. A. the air we breathe inB. the moving blood C .the beating heartD. the working brain 2.If no air enters the lungs,________. A. the heart will stop beating immediately B. the brain is the first to suffer C. the blood can continue to move a long time D. a person will stop breathing 3.According to the passage we can conclude________. A. the heart is more important than the brain B. the brain can continue to work a little longer than the heart without oxygen C. the brain stops working before the heart does without oxygen D. if a person stops breathing it means he is dead 4.In which order will the following happen without oxygen? a. The heart stops beating. b. The brain stops working. c. A person is dead. d. A person loses conciousness . A .b, a, d, cB. a, b, d, c C. d, a, b, cD. d, b, c, a 5.Oxygen is carried to every part of the body by________. A. the lungsB. the heartC. the bloodD. the brain keys: A1～5 BDBCA B 1～5 ABCDC 《2010年高考英语阅读理解专项复习题10》由留学liuxue86.com我整理

高考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案解析(2)

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高考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案解析(2)

　　1. Why did Sarah write home? 　　A. To tell her parents about the fire. 　　B. To ask for a lot of money. 　　C. To tell her parents she had failed her exams. 　　D. To tell her parents she had to leave school. 　　2. Why did Sarah tell her parents the story about the fire? 　　A. She wanted to worry them. 　　B. She wanted to make them laugh. 　　C. She wanted to make them less angry at the real news. 　　D. She wanted to warn them about what the principal was going to do. 　　3. The letter before the P. S. was ________. 　　A. mostly true B. partly true 　　C. all true D. completely untrue 　　4. Sarah said the principal was angry because ________. 　　A. she had failed her exams 　　B. it was her fault that had caused the fire 　　C. he had not made the phone call in time 　　D. she had been caught smokimg in bed 　　答案与简析：介绍了Sarah Williams从学校给父母亲所写的一封信。 　　1. C 推断题。选项B在文章中没有涉及，因此排除;根据信后的附言：None of the above is true，but l have failed my exams可知选项A、D都不真实。 　　2. C 推测题。根据文章中附言的最后一句可知。 　　3. D 细节题。根据信后的附言None of the above is true可知。 　　4. B 细节题。在信的正文根本没有涉及有关考试之事，排除A;根据信的最后两段，校长并没有责备她未及时打电话，排除C;信的第三段so I threw the cigarette away说明她没有被抓着在吸烟，排除D。 　　自然灾害 　　Parts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts (蝗虫) that are traveling across the continent eating everything in their path. 　　And now in the battle to stop this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 50 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. “We think this idea will get more people to take part in the war on the locusts,” said Abdoulaye Ba, from Sud-Fm, a radio station in one of Senegal’s worst affected area. 　　This is West Africa’s biggest locust disaster in 15 years, and it is moving east, causing huge damage to crops. As they move they produce young and increase their number and will soon threaten (威胁) Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it could reach Asia. 　　Experts say the harmful effect on crops in areas already suf­fering from food shortage and war could cause many people to go hungry. Governments in the areas are not well equipped to fight the pest. 　　Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not expected to be enough. “We are now treating 6,000 hectares (公顷) per day with pesticide (杀虫剂), but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,” said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, director of locust control in Mauritania. 　　Requests are being made for international aid, which is the only way to limit the disaster, the UN’s Food and Agricul­ture Organization warned. 　　1. By using “dark cloud” to describe locusts in the first para­graph, the author of the article ________. 　　A. showed the size and speed of the mass of locusts 　　B. suggested the great damage that locusts can cause 　　C. warned that locusts would sweep the continent like rain clouds 　　D. both A and B 　　2. The story is mainly about ________. 　　A. West Africa’s united effort in fighting a disaster 　　B. the difficulty in controlling locusts 　　C. how locusts caused great damage to West Africa 　　D. a struggle to fight against a disaster brought by locusts in West Africa 　　3. The locust disaster ________. 　　A. would be even more serious in Asia 　　B. is(was)out of control 　　C. affected only the warning areas 　　D. can not be stopped unless twice as much pesticide is provided for the affected areas 　　4. Which of the following is WRONG? 　　A. Sud-Fm offered a reward for fighting locusts so that more people would join in the effort. 　　B. Senegal is to the southwest of Sudan. 　　C. The locusts can cause such damage mainly because it has no natural enemy in West Africa. 　　D. 12 countries affected by locusts have united but still lack pesticide. 　　答案与解析：本文主要叙述了在非洲所发生的.一次蝗灾害。 　　1. D 细节题。由第一段中的traveling across the continent eating everything in their path可知作者想表明蝗灾发生的规模和所造成的灾害。 　　2. D 主旨题。由每段首句和末段可知。 　　3. B 推论题。根据第三段和第四段的意思可推知。 　　4. C 细节题。文章中没有被提到C项内容，所以错了。由文第二段可知A对;由…于蝗灾发生在West Africa，然后向northwest of Africa发展，而Sudan正在这一个方向，所以B对;由第五段可知D也对。

2008年高考英语全国卷2-阅读理解A

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2008年高考英语全国卷2-阅读理解A

There was a story many years ago of a school teacher -- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she oved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.
许多年前有一个关于学校老师汤普森夫人的故事。见面的第一天她就告诉孩子们，她爱他们，一视同仁，但那是个谎言。前排有一个叫泰迪·斯托达德的小男孩，他和其他孩子相处不好，总是要洗澡。她不喜欢他。

Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume.
后来汤普森夫人知道泰迪在他母亲去世之前其实是个很好的孩子，汤普森太太有些羞愧。和其他学生一样，泰迪也给她带来了圣诞礼物，那是他母亲的香水，她更羞愧了。

Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.
泰迪说：“汤普森夫人，今天你身上的味道和我妈妈以前一样。”孩子们离开后，她哭了至少一个小时。就在那天，她不再教读写和数学，相反，她开始教孩子们。

Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
汤普森夫人特别关注泰迪，泰迪的思维似乎活跃起来。她越鼓励泰迪，泰迪进步越快。到六年级期末，泰迪已经成为班上最聪明的孩子之一。

Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed. Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D..
六年以后，她收到了泰迪的一张便条。他写道，他已经高中毕业，在班上名列第三，而她仍然是他一生中最好的老师。他上了大学，汤普森夫人又收到了两封他的信，最后一封是署名为医学博士西奥多·F·斯托达德。

The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”
故事并没有就此结束。在泰迪结婚那天，斯托达德博士在汤普森夫人耳边低声说：“谢谢你，汤普森夫人，谢谢你对我的信任。你让我觉得自己很重要，让我知道我可以有所作为。”

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference, I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
汤普森夫人泪流满面，低声回答说：“泰迪，你错了。是你教会了我，我可以有所改变，直到遇见你，我才知道如何教书。”

2011年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解D

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2011年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解D

Cassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on her husband’s income. So this year she did something more than a hobby: She planted vegetables in her yard. For her fist garden, Ms Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. The family’s old farm house has become a chicken bourse, its residents arriving next month. Last year, Ms.Rita Gartin kept a small garden. This year she has made it much larger because, she said, “The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds too; so it’s a win-win situation all around.”
卡桑德拉·费利发现靠她丈夫的收入很难维持生活，因此，今年她做了一些业余爱好以外的事：在院子里种菜。在她的第一个花园里，费利女士种植了15株西红柿和5排各种蔬菜。家里的旧农舍已经变成了养鸡场，居民们下个月就会入住。去年，丽塔·加廷女士经营着一个小花园。今年花园变得更大了，她说，“所有的东西都在涨价，我正好也希望减点肥，所以这是一个双赢的事情。”

They are among the growing number of Americans who, driven by higher living costs and a falling economy, have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time. Other have increased the size of their existing gardens. Seed companies and garden shops say no since the 1970s have there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home. Now many gardens across the country had been sold out for several months. In Austin, Tex., some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list.
在生活成本上升和经济下滑的推动下，越来越多的美国人开始第一次种菜，另一些人则增加了现有花园的面积。种子公司和花园商店表示，自20世纪70年代以来，人们对在家种植的兴趣从未如此高涨。现在，全国各地的许多花园已经卖光了好几个月。在德克萨斯州奥斯汀，一些花园甚至要等上三年。

George C.Ball Jr, owner of a company, said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40%, over last year, double the average growth of last five years. Mr.Ball argues that some of the reasons have been building for the last few years. The big one is striking rise in the cost on food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruit and vegetables. Food prices have increase of higher oil price. People are driving less, taking fewer vacations, so there more time to garden.
一家公司的老板乔治·C·鲍尔说，蔬菜种子和植物的销售额比去年增长了40%，是过去五年平均增长率的两倍。鲍尔先生认为，过去几年来积累了一些原因。最大的原因是面包和牛奶等食品的成本大幅上升，以及水果蔬菜价格的上涨。食品价格随着油价的上涨而上涨。人们开车越来越少，休假越来越少，所以有更多的时间种菜。