高考英语阅读理解模拟题解析

高考英语阅读理解模拟题解析
作者：马加芬
来源：《新校园·学习版》2008年第04期
在近几年的高考英语阅读理解方面主要考查考生理解文中具体信息、根据短文判断和推理、理解主旨要义、语篇的整体把握能力、根据上下文推断词义、理解文章的基本结构以及理解作者的意图与态度、根据所提供的语境进行语篇分析的能力以及综合利用有效信息解决实际问题的能力。

选材更趋多样化、现代化和生活化，突显语言与文化相结合的特点。

适当降低读速及难度要求，提高试题的信息含量，体现新课程的理念.阅读材料更趋于“原汁原味”，设问方式更加深入。

例如：
Switzerland may be a small, little-regarded mid-continental country with a serious image problem. Switzerland covers an area of 41,285 sq km. At the most, it's 220km from north to south, and 348km from west to east. The highest point is the Dufourspitze at 4634m above sea level, the lowest is Lago Maggiore at 193m. The total population is around 7.4 million, of whom 5.9 million are Swiss citizens.
Switzerland has grown into one of the world's richest countries. Its economy is small-scale but thoroughly modern: traditional industries such as watchmaking and textiles（纺织品）now thrive by focusing closely on the luxury end of the market and have ceded（割让）prime position to engineering, pharmaceuticals（药学的）and service industries.
Within this rugged environment, community spirit is perhaps stronger than anywhere else in Europe. Since the country isn't an ethnic, linguistic or religious unity, it's survived simply through the will of its people to resolve their differences.
Tourism has been a high earner since the mid-nineteenth century, when the Alps（阿尔卑斯山）became both a fashionable destination for wealthy travelers and a prescribed retreat for sufferers from breathing diseases needing curative sunshine and fresh mountain air. And yet the country still stands alone.
Switzerland is remarkably polyglot（通晓多种语言的人）. There are four official languages: about two-thirds of the population have German as their first language; about a fifth French; six percent Italian; while Romansh, a direct descendant（后代）of Latin, has clung on in pockets of the mountainous southeast. Around one in ten people use English every day, and many Swiss are comfortably tri- or quadrilingual.
1.Switzerland’s economy has the following characters E XCEPT_____________.
A.small-scale but simply thoroughly modern
B.watchmaking and textiles becoming less important
C.traditional industries thriving in luxury markets
D.engineering, pharmaceuticals and service industries are important
2.What’s the advantage of Switzerland in Europe?
A.Its community spirit is stronger than any other country in Europe.
B.Its community is an ethnic, linguistic or religious unity.
C.Its community spirit has survived through the will of its people.
D.Its people have the will to resolve their differences in every way.
3.Switzerland’s tourism is famous for ________.
A.wealthy travelers
B.curative sunshine
C.fresh mountain air
D.the Alps
4.What are the four official languages in Switzerland?
A.German, French, English and Latin.
B.German, Italian, French and Romansh.
C.German, Italian, Romansh and English.
D.German, Latin, Romansh and French.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Area of Switzerland.
B.History of Switzerland.
C.Switzerland.
D.Tourism in Switzerland.
6.What’s the meaning of word “thrive” in Paragraph Two?
A.Cause somebody or something to feel a thrill or thrills.
B.Examine and measure the qualities etc of sb or sth.
C.Grow or develop well and vigorously; prosper.
D.Turn or move sb or sth quickly or violently in directions.
答案与解析：
1.B。

细节理解题。

从第二段第二句话可知道瑞士的传统工业例如钟表制造业和纺织业正在兴起而不是变的不重要。

2.A。

推理判断题。

从第三段第一句话可推测出瑞士人的团体精神比欧洲任何一个国家的都强，因此这就是她的优势之处。

3.D。

推理判断题。

从第四段第一句话后半部分中的the Alps became both a fashionable destination可知阿尔卑斯山是一个受人欢迎的旅游目的地，因此它应该以阿尔卑斯山出名。

4.B。

细节理解题。

从第五段第二句话There are four official languages: about two-thirds of the population have German as their first language; about a fifth French; six percent Italian; while Romansh, a direct descendant of Latin,has clung on in pockets of the mountainous southeast.可知道瑞士的官方语言应该是German德语、French法语、Italian意大利语和Romansh语这四中语言。

5.C。

概括文章标题题。

从全篇文章可知都是围绕着Switzerland展开的，而其他的都是它的一部分，故以Switzerland为文章标题最好。

6.C。

猜测词义题。

从第二段中该句话中的意思它的经济规模虽然较小但相当的现代化，传统的工业例如钟表制造业和纺织业现在正蓬勃发展等，可推测出它的意思是茁壮成长，蓬勃发展和繁荣的意思。