(每日一读)2014年5月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 叙利亚难民缺少医疗服务
(圆梦高考)2014高考英语 五一冲刺练2
2014英语五一冲刺圆梦高考2Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle. Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed ,for many of the poorest regions(地区)of the world, it remains the next big thing——finally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, because the TV revolution is changing lives for the better.Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60%. That is some way behind the U.S. , where are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban（塔利班）,which had outlawed TV, 1 in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013——pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.Television’s most powerful effect will be on the lives of women. In India, researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands’ approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make decisions over child health care. TV is also a powerful medium for adult education. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chitrageet is a popular show that plays Bollywood songs with words in Gujarati on the screen. Within six months, viewers had made a small but significant(有意义的) improvement in their reading skills.Too much TV has been associated with violence, overweight and loneliness. However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide. K^S*5U.C ( ) 1. The underlined word “outlawed” in paragraph2 probably means “ ”.A. allowedB. bannedC. offeredD. refused( ) 2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Americans used to get access to the Internet easily.B. The world’s TV sets will total 150 million by 2013.C.45% of families in the developing countries had a TV in 2005.D. Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013.( ) 3. The author intends to .A. stress the advantages of TV to people’s livesB. persuade women to become more independentC. encourage people to improve their reading skillsD. introduce the readers some websites such as Google( ) 4. What would be the best title for the passage? K^S*5U.C#O% Will Rule the World Will Disturb the World Will Better the World Will Remain in World【语篇解读】本篇文章为议论文。
2014年全国高考英语试题分类汇编 阅读之新闻报道类(含解析)
2014全国高考汇编阅读之新闻报告类类一（2014大纲卷）BSince the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment（环境）. “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anders on, president of Earth Day USA.But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movem ent. “The understanding has increased many, many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day.According to US government reports, emissions（排放）from cars and trucks have dropped from million tons a year to tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place .A kind of “Green thinking ” has become part of p ractices .Great improvement has been achieved .In 1988 there were only 600 recycling（回收利用）programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600 .Advanced lights ,motors , and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution . Twenty –five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment .Today , it’s hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program .” Until we do that, nothing else will change! ” say Bruce And erson.60. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___A. the social movementB. recycling techniquesC. environmental problemsD. the importance of Earth Day61. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?A. The grass –roots levelB. The business circleC. Government officialsD. University professors62.. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?A. They have cut car emissions to the lowestB. They have settled their environmental problemsC. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures.63. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?A. EducationB. PlanningC. Green livingD. CO reduction【考点】考察新闻报道类阅读【文章大意】作者在本文中把现在的美国环境问题和以前的环境问题进行了比较，尤其是几项数据的对比。
(每日一读)2014年6月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 美国向伊拉克派遣援军对抗叛乱分子
美国向伊拉克派遣援军对抗叛乱分子The first US troops deployed to assist the Iraqi army in combating a growing Sunni militant insurgency have arrived and begun work, the Pentagon has said.美国向伊拉克部署的首支援军已抵达伊拉克并展开工作，该队伍将协助伊军方对抗一只正在崛起的逊尼派武装叛乱分子。
Nearly half the 300 special o perations soldiers promised by US President Barack Obama are in Baghdad or on the front lines of the fight.The rest are expected within days.Also, US Secretary of State John Kerry called for regional unity to expel the Sunni Isis rebels who have taken large swathes（带子，包装品） of Iraq.On Tuesday, two teams totalling 40 US troops began work assessing Iraqi troops on the front line, the Pentagon said.John Kerry told t he BBC's Kim Ghatt as ''a united Iraq is a stronger Iraq''An additional 90 personnel will work in Baghdad to set up a new joint operations command centre.Those t eams will be joined by an additional four teams of 50 troops each in the next few days.The Obama administration has stressed the troops are not intended as operational forces but instead are there to advise the Iraqis and provide intelligence, reports the BBC's David Willis in Washington.The Iraqi government had requested American air strikes, but Mr Obama has been reluctant to do anything that could lead to accusations the US was tak ing sides in a sectarian conflict, our correspondent reports.The insurgents, spearheaded by Islamists fighting under the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Is is), have overrun much of north and west Iraq, including the second-biggest city, Mosul.The violence has claimed at least 1,075 lives in Iraq in June alone, most of them civilian s, a United Nations human rights team has reported.Sunni fighters target Baghdad as John Kerry calls for unityThe UN said the figures, which include a number of verified summary executions, should be viewed as an absolute minimum.In an interview on Tuesday with the BBC, Mr Kerry called for a "political strategy" and for regional co-operation to resolve Iraq's unrest."Every country in the region will combine in order to take on and expel Isis because it is simply una cceptable to have a terrorist organisation grabbing territory and challenging the legitimacy of governments," Mr Kerry told the BBC's Kim Ghattas.。
(圆梦高考)2014高考英语 五一冲刺练1
2014英语五一冲刺圆梦高考1阅读理解The financial crisis is reminding Americans of a lesson they first learned in childhood: Share and share alike. They are sharing or swapping tools and books, cars and handbags, time and talent.The renewed desire to share shows up in a variety of examples: A car-sharing service has had a 70 percent membership increase since the crisis occurred. Some companies encouraged his employees to take vanpooling. Governments are putting bikes on the street for public use. How-to-swap Web sites are increasing quickly.The economy reflects the way Americans have cut back, especially on daily items: Department store sales dropped 1.3 percent in June. People are not buying cars, and as a result, auto sales dropped 27.7 percent last month. They are not paying others to do what they can do themselves — Home Depot reports increased attendance at in-store do-it-yourself clinics. And although paint sales are down in general, according to Sherwin-Williams, individual consumers are still buying.When Tom Burdett needed to cut some tiles at his home outside Annapolis, he refused to buy expensive tools. So he asked his neighbors and friends for help. Sure enough, someone had just what he needed. And when that friend needed help fixing a satellite dish, Burdett volunteered to help.The sharing mind-set is not new to the American culture, but many Americans give it up when the nation changed from an agricultural society to an industrial one, said Rosemary Hornak, a psychology professor at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. They moved farther from their families and did not have time to connect with new neighbors because they worked so much, she said.Neighborhood conversations tell more of the story as the movement grows organically (持续地) in communities across the Washington region and the nation. On one street in Arlington, for example, neighbors are collecting their separate money for mulch (覆盖料) and dividing it among themselves.52. What is the text mainly about?A. Introducing a new way of life.B. Sharing in the financial crisis.C. How to reduce the living expense.D. How to handle the financial crisis.53. Why do people in modern times give up the sharing mind-set?A. Because they don’t need it at all.B. Because they aren’t interested in it.C. Because they are busy with work.D. Because they hate being disturbed.54. The underlined phrase “cut back” in Para. 3 probably means ________.A. sharedB. helpedC. abandonedD. reduced55. It can be inferred from the passage that _________________________.A. more and more Americans solve problems in their daily life by helping each other .B. if the prices of service goes down, individual consumers won’t do something themselves.C. the sharing-mind set is a strange to many Americans.D. when the crisis ends, Americans will abandon the sharing-mind set.体裁：记述文词数：320 难度系数：☆☆建议用时：7分钟类别：主旨大意+细节理解+词义猜测+推理判断本文标题：…Sharing…【文章大意】本文主要讲了在经济危机之下，美国人又重新拾起了分享这一生活方式，以便共同度过难关。
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案 (6)
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案（6）阅读理解（A）In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand （木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheapwooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.( ) 1. Why has the autho r’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?A. To leave messages.B. To list her everyday tasks.C. To note down maths problems.D. To write down a flash of inspiration.( ) 2. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?A. It has great value for the family.B. It needs to be replaced by a better one.C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.D .It should be passed on to the next generation.( ) 3. The author feels embarrassed for _________A. blaming her mother wrongly.B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.C. not making good use of time as her mother did.D. not making any breakthrough in her field.( ) 4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A .The mother is successful in her career.B. The family members like traveling.C. The author had little time to play when young.D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.( ) 5. In the author’s mind ,her mother is____A. strange in behavior.B. keen on her research.C. fond of collecting old things.D. careless about her appearance.本篇文章为记叙文。
2014年5月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 财经新闻 美国商会代表团罕见出访古巴
美国商会代表团罕见出访古巴A delegation from the American Chamber of merce has begun its first visit to Cuba in 15 years.美国商会一个代表团开始对古巴进行15年来的首次访问。
Chamber president Thomas Donohue said he was in Cuba to assess the economic changes taking place under President Raul Castro.The United States imposed an embargo on the munist-run island more than 50 years ago following the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.Members of the Cuban munity in the US have criticised the visit.They accuse Mr Castro's government of persecuting political opponents and violating basic human rights.Cuban-American Senator Robert Menendez said political opponents continued to be arrested "without justification," in Cuba."Such conditions hardly seem an attractive opportunity for any responsible business leader," Mr Menendez told the AP news agency.'Civilised relations'Members of the trade delegation told AP that they were in Cuba to assess the trade possibilities in a post-embargo scenario.However, the vast and politically-active Cuban munity in the US has been strongly opposed to any change to trade ties with the munist-run island.Since Fidel Castro handed power to his brother Raul in 2006, Cuba's munist government has introduced a number of economic reforms.Cubans are now allowed to own small businesses and to buy and sell cars and properties."We are very pleased to be here. We are learning a lot about the changes taking place in Cuba," said Mr Donohue.He said that Cuba is now "fundamentally different in terms of the number of people that are operating under the private system".In December, President Raul Castro called for "civilised relations" with the United States, saying the two countries should respect their differences.The US should drop its demand for regime change and allow both sides to continue work on improving relations, Mr Castro said.The US Chamber of merce delegation was weled to Havana on Tuesday afternoon by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz.。
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案 (7)
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案（7）On a clear night, the sky is a wonderful thing. Is there life out there somewhere? Is there another place like Earth where life might exist? If so, where is it? And how far away is it?Recently, the American Kepler spacecraft found "22b" , a planet about six hundred light years away. It is the first planet in a " habitable zone" outside the solar system. That means the planet orbits a star like our Sun, but it is not too close to it, nor too far away. Because of this position, scientists say Kepler22b might have water, one of the main things needed for life.The newly-discovered planet is about two and a half times larger than the Earth. It is closer to its star than we are to the Sun, but 22b's sun is smaller than ours, and doesn’t produce as much heat. Scientific instruments show the new planet could be made of gases, rocks or some kinds of liquids.The Kepler spacecraft was named in honor of Johannes Kepler, the seventeenth century German astronomer. It was designed to examine a small part of the Milky Way galaxy and search for places like the Earth. It was made to inspect over 150,000 stars and measure how bright they are. It looks to see if a star's brightness gets less over a short time.If a planet passes between Kepler and the star, it blocks out part of the light. That is what suggested to scientists that there is at least one planet orbiting the star. The instruments on Kepler show the new planet as a small, black dot moving across its sun. An important part of the Kepler experiment is on the Earth. After the spacecraft gathers information, scientists use the space telescopes on the ground.Scientists have found over 2,300 new planets since Kepler was launched. About 200 of these are about the size of the Earth. Most are much larger, but it is the new planet's distance from its star that is important. For life to possibly exist there, the planet's temperature must not be too hot or too cold.63. What can we learn about Kepler-22b?A. Water must have been existed on it.B. It takes humans about 600 years to get there.C. It is made of gases, rocks and many kinds of liquids.D. It is the first planet in outer space where life may survive.64. The Kepler spacecraft was sent into space to ______.A. show honor to Johannes KeplerB. look for Earth-like planets in the skyC. observe the changes of a star's brightnessD. measure the brightest star among 150,000 stars65. In Paragraph 5 the author mainly tells us______.A. how the Kepler system worksB. if the Kepler system sees a new planetC. how the Kepler system uses the space telescopesD. why an important part of the Kepler system remains on the Earth66. What can we infer from the passage?A. Life may exist on the new planet in another form.B. It is colder on the new planet because its sun is smaller.C. Life can't exist on planets which are much larger than the Earth.D. The new planet's distance from its star decides on the possibilitv of life existence.【参考答案】63—66\DBAD第11组阅读理解----A( ) 1. If a Canadian who is on a 7-day trip to New York buys $ 800 CAN worth of goods, how much should he pay tax on when returning home?A. $ 800 CANB. $750 CANC. $ 400 CAND. $ 50 CAN选D。
(每日一读)2014年7月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 的黎波里机场遭火箭弹袭击
的黎波里机场遭火箭弹袭击Libya's main internation al airport has been hit by a new rocket attack a day after fighting forced it to close.利比亚重要的国际机场遭新一轮的火箭弹袭击，此前一天的冲突已使该机场被迫关闭。
At least one person has died and 12 planes ha ve been damaged at Tripoli airport.A government spokesman said Libya was considering calling for international forces to help re-establish security.Libyan leaders have struggled to bring stability to the country since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted in 2011, with rival armed groups competing for power.It is not clear which militia was behind the rocket attack. On Sunday, one armed group tried to seize control of the airport from the Zintan militia, which has controlled it for the past two years.A security source told the BBC that the airport was attacked by a "large number of rockets, including Grad rockets" on Monday evening.They s aid one person from the force protecting the airport had been killed and six others injured and that the control tower had been hit by rocket fire.All flights to and from the airport have been suspended until at least Wednes day.Government spokesman Ahmed Lamine said that 90% of the planes stationed at the airport had been destroyed."The government has studied the possibility to bring international for ces to enhance security," he said at a press conference."This would give the gover nment t im e to build the state and institu tions," he added.He said millions of dollars worth of damage had been caused by the fighting.The fighting has led the United Nations to announce the withdrawal of all its staff from Libya."The mission concluded that it would not be po ssible to continue its work... while at the same time ensuring the security and safety of its staff" the UN said in a statement.1。
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案-(1)
2014年高考英语阅读理解突破试题及答案（1）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.Here is the truth of the story:Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing anything tha t made that sound likely.I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.In the song “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, may God send angels (天使) to guard t he door.”Sometimes angels come disguised (伪装) as dogs.60. How was the dog when found?A. Too weak to walk.B. Thin and worn out.C. Unable to eat food.D. Homeless but gentle.61. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .A. the dog didn’t go with the writerB. the writer had his own pet dogC. Julie bought some food for the dogD. the dog didn’t eat any of the food62. The underlined part “our problem” in the passage refers to the factthat .A. the writer didn’t want to take Julie’s adviceB. an old black dog appeared in front of themC. Julie disagreed with the writer’s travel on businessD. the couple had some trouble with their marriage63. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. An Angel DogB. A Helpful CoupleC. Saving the DogD. A Famous Song 【参考答案】60—63 BBDA阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2014高考英语阅读表达五月冲刺选练(1)及参考答案
2014高考英语阅读表达五月冲刺选练（1）及参考答案【江西省吉安一中2014模拟】阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，请根据短文后的要求进行答题.（请注意问题后的字数要求）[1] One of the tough things about being a high school student is that you never Seem to get enough sleep at night, which often leaves you nodding off during classes。
The best amount of sleep is about seven and a half to eight hours。
Spending either less than six or more than nine hours in sleeping puts your health at risk。
［2] A popular solution to a lack of sleep at night is to take a “power nap” during t he day，but does this work？[3] Generally speaking，it can be beneficial。
Research shows that a nap in the middle of the day-even a brief one as Short as five or 10minutes—can clear your mind and leave you with increased energy and improved productivity.[4］But here are some things you need to know to do it correctly。
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叙利亚难民缺少医疗服务
Amnesty International says a shortfall in international support has left many Syrian refugees in Lebanon unable to access crucial medical care.
国际特赦组织称，由于国际社会的援助不足，致使滞留于黎巴嫩的许多叙利亚难民得不到必要的医疗护理。
Syrian refugees f ace a desperate situation as they flee the fighting
A new report says some refugees have resorted to returning to Syr ia to receive the trea tment they need.
More than one million Syri ans have fled to Lebanon to escape the fighting in their country.
The UN says there are now 2.7 million registered Syrian refugees and the number is still rising.
Large numbers have been taken in by Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and other countries, but Lebanon is bearing the biggest burden of all.
In March the Lebanese foreign minister said the crisis was "th reatening the existence" of his country.
The UN has appealed to international donors for $4.2bn for Syrian refugees in 2014 but has only received 24% of that sum.
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