2009年高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习十五（附解析）

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1、2009年高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习十五一阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。A “Sesame Street” has been called “the longest street in the world”. That is because the television program by that name can now be seen in so many parts of the world. That program became one of Americans exports soon after it went o

2、n the air in New York in 1969. In the United States more than six million children watch the program regularly. The viewers include more than half the nations pre-school children, from every kind of economic(经济的), racial(种族的), and geographical group. Although some educators object to certain element

3、s in the program, parents praise it highly. Many teachers also consider it a great help, though some teachers find that problems arise when first graders who have learned from “Sesame Street” are in the same class with children who have not watched the program. Tests have shown that children from al

4、l racial, geographical, and economic backgrounds have benefited from watching it. Those who watch it five times a week learn more than occasional(偶然的) viewers. In the US the program is shown at different hours during the week in order to increase the number of children who can watch it regularly. Th

5、e programs all use songs, stories, jokes, and pictures to give children a basic understanding of numbers, letters and human relationships. But there are some differences. For example, the Spanish program, produced in Mexico City, devotes more time to teaching whole words than to teaching separate le

6、tters. Why has “Sesame Street” been so much more successful than other childrens shows? Many reasons have been suggested. People mention the educational theories(理论) of its creators, the support by the government and private(私人的) businesses, and the skillful use of a variety of TV tricks. Perhaps an

7、 equally important reason is that mothers watch it along with their children. This is partly because famous adult stars often appear on it. But the best reason for the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching feel able to learn. The child finds himself learning, and he wants

8、to learn more. 1. “Sesame Street” is actually _. A. a street in the US B. a program for childrenC. a program for teachersD. a program for students2. Children who often watch the program _. A. can have problems in schoolB. will find it a great helpC. will take no interest in their studiesD. will be w

9、ell educated3. What is special about the program?A. It offers great fun.B. It makes children feel able to learn. C. It is shown at different hours during the week. D. Children learn and enjoy themselves while watching. 4. Why is “Sesame Street” so popular in the world?A. Because it is supported by t

10、he government and businesses. B. Because it uses a variety of skillful tricks. C. Because mothers watch it along with their children. D. Because it makes every child watching it feel able to learn. 5. The best title for this passage can be _.A. TV ProgramsB. Educating ChildrenC. Sesame StreetD. A Gr

11、eat SuccessBLanguage learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is har

12、dly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the children. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words le

13、ads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these cant be said to show the babys intention to communicate, they can

14、 hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This self-imitation(模仿) leads on to deliberate(有意的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to t

15、hem by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.It is a problem we need to get our teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation; and it is clear that wha

16、t a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world. Thus the use, at seven months, of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaning-less sound simply because he also uses it at another time for his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. Playful

17、 and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself. I doubt, however, whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.6. Before children start speaking _.A. they need equal amount of li

18、stening B. they need different amounts of listeningC. they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obey spoken instructionsD. they cant understand and obey the adults oral instructions 7. Children who start speaking late _.A. may have problems with their listeningB. probably do not hear enough

19、 language spoken around themC. usually pay close attention to what they hear D. often take a long time in learning to listen properly 8. A babys first noises are _.A. an expression of his moods and feelingsB. an early form of languageC. a sign that he means to tell you something D. an imitation of t

20、he speech of adults9. The problem of deciding at what point a baby imitations can be considered as speech _.A. is important because words have different meanings for different peopleB. is not especially important because the changeover takes place graduallyC. is one that should be properly understoo

21、d because the meaning of words changes with ageD. is one that should be completely ignored(忽略) because childrens use of words is of-ten meaningless 10. The speaker implies _.A. parents can never hope to teach their children new soundsB. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak C.

22、children who are good at imitating learn new words more quicklyD. even after they have learnt to speak, children still enjoy imitatingCThe Man of Many Secrets Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes from prison cell

23、s, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks. Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move

24、his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry m

25、arried in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspape

26、rmen to watch.It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdinis success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave h

27、im a kiss for good luck and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about

28、 it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.11. According to the passage, Houdinis success in prison escapes depends on _.A. his special tricks and supernatural powersB. his unusual

29、 ability and a skeleton keyC. his magic tricks and inhuman powersD. his wisdom and magic tricks12. In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to _.A. his first prison escapeB. the year 1898C. the publicityD. Harry Houdinis success13. It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini b

30、ecame famous _.A. in 1894B. before he marriedC. at the age of 17D. when he was about 2414. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. A Skeleton KeyB. A Man of Many SecretsC. World-wild Fame D. Great Escape DOn May 29, 1973, Thomas Bradley, a black man, was elected mayor of Los Ange

31、les. Los Angeles is the third largest city in the United States, with a population of three million. About sixteen percent of the citys population are black.News of this election appeared on the front pages of newspapers everywhere in the United States. Here is how one major newspaper reported the e

32、vent:LOS ANGELES ELECTS BRADLEY MAYOR UNSEATING YORTYBLACK WINS 56% OF VOTES Bradley called his victory over Yorty “the fulfillment (实现) of a dream”. During his childhood and youth, people had kept telling him, “You cant do this, you cant go there, because you are a Negro.” Nevertheless he had won a

33、 decisive victory over a man who had been won 43.7 percent.Los Angeles voters have had many opportunities to judge. Thomas Bradley had to form an opinion of him. The son of a poor farmer Texas, he joined the Los Angeles police force in 1940. During his twenty-one years on the police force he earned

34、a law degree by attending school at night. He was elected to the city council (市政厅) ten years ago.At the time of the Los Angeles election, three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles. Besides, the percentage of blacks in tho

35、se other cities was much larger. Cleveland, Ohio, had thirty-six percent black when Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967. In the same year Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Cary. In Newark, New Jersey, sixty percent of the population were black when Kenneth Gibson was elected in 197

36、0. Thus election of a black mayor in those cities was not very surprising.In Los Angeles thousands of white citizens voted for Thomas Bradley because they believed he would be a better mayor than the white candidate(候选人). Bradley had spent forty-eight of his fifty-five years in Los Angeles. Four yea

37、rs ago Bradley lost mayoral election to Yorty. This time Bradley won.15. In the authors opinion, it was surprising that _.A. the whites would vote for a black mayorB. a black mayor would be elected in such a large cityC. a black from a poor farmers family could be elected mayor of Los AngelesD. ther

38、e would be so many black mayors16. From the passage we can infer that people _.A. voted for Bradley because of his black colorB. didnt care much about his color when they votedC. voted for him to give a chance to fulfill his dreamD. voted for Bradley because they trust him 17. Bradley hit the front

39、page headline for _.A. he was the first black mayor in historyB. he was the first black mayor in the south of USAC. he was the first black mayor of one of the largest cities in USAD. a poor farmers son could also win an important election18. From Bradleys victory in the election we can see that _.A.

40、 blacks had equal rights as whites in the USAB. black peoples situation began to be improving much more than beforeC. one can be successful through hard work in the USA no matter what color he isD. it is certain that someday the USA will have a black president二. 任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰

41、当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。Human ancestor had mix of primitive, modern traitsThis undated handout photograph shows scientists David Lordkipanidze and Tea Jashashvili with remains of early human ancestors excavated at a site in the nation of Georgia. The earliest-known human ancestors to migrate out of Africa p

42、ossessed a surprising mix of human-like and primitive features, according to scientists who studied remains dug up at a fossil-rich site in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.Writing on Wednesday in the journal Nature, the scientists described remains of three adults and one adolescent dating fro

43、m about 1.77 million years ago, excavated at Dmanisi, about 55 miles southwest of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The remains shed light on a little-understood but critical period in human evolution - the transition from the more ape-like creatures known as australopithecines to the genus Homo, of wh

44、ich modern humans are a member. w.w. The spines and lower limbs found at the Dmanisi site appear very much like modern humans, suggesting these individuals, which walked fully upright, were highly capable of long-distance treks, the researchers said.But other aspects of the skeletons had more archai

45、c characteristics. The arms were more like australopithecines than people, and the primitive skulls encased relatively small brains. Their simple stone tools also are less advanced than one might have expected, the researchers said. They described the remains as a surprising mosaic of primitive and

46、modern features.These are the earliest humans found outside of Africa. This is the time when our genus spread outside of Africa, David Lordkipanidze of the Georgian National Museum, who led the research, said in a telephone interview. Their heads are primitive. Their legs are very human-like.Scienti

47、sts had previously described skulls found at the site, but in recent years found far more extensive remains of the skeletons of these creatures, giving them a more detailed understanding of these denizens of early human history. Title: Human ancestor had mix of primitive, modern traitsPara. topicThe

48、 details1DiscoveryThe earliest-known human ancestors to migrate _1_ Africa _2_ a surprising mix of human-like and primitive features.3The _3_ of the discoveryThe remains drew _4_ a little-understood but critical _5_ in human evolution.4The _6_ with modern humansThe spines and lower limbs found at th

49、e Dmanisi site _7_ very much like modern humans-walking fully upright and highly capable of long-distance treks.5The _8_ from modern humansThe arms were more like australopithecines than people, and the primitive skulls encased relatively small brains. Their simple stone tools also are less advanced

50、 than one might have _9_.7The more helpful evidence_10_ scientists have found far more extensive remains of the skeletons of these creatures, giving them a more detailed understanding of these denizens of early human history.一阅读理解A【答案与解析】本文介绍了电视节目Sesame Street所产生的社会影响及它成功的原因。1. B。细节题。根据文章第2段第1句more

51、than six million children watch the program regularly可推知此题答案为B。2. B。推断题。根据文章第4段第1句Tests have shown that childrenhave benefited from watching it 可推知此题答案为B。3. D。推断题。根据文章第5段第1句The programs all use songs, stories, jokes, and pictures to give children a basic understanding of numbers, letters and human r

52、elationships可推知此题答案为B。4. D。推断题。根据文章最后一段倒数第2句the best reason for the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching feel able to learn 可推知此题答案为D。5. C。主旨题。本文主要介绍电视节目Sesame Street 所产生的影响及它成功的原因，所以选C。B【答案解析】本文探讨了小孩从模仿发音到语言形成的几个发展阶段。6. B。细节题。根据第1段 Children are greatly different in the a

53、mount of listening they do before they start speaking 可知此题答案为 B。7. D。细节题。根据第 1 段中的 later starters are often long listeners 可知答案选 D。8. A。细节题。根据第 2 段 the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on可知正确答案为 A。9. C。细节题。根据第3段 and

54、it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the word 可知 C 为正确答案。10. D。推断题。根据第3段 Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself可推知此题答案为D。C【答案与解析】本文介绍了Harry Houdini特技成功的经历和方法。11. B。细节题。根据第

55、4段第2句：Harry把手、脚都训练得很灵活来摆脱手链脚铐及第4句后半部分：妻子通过接吻传给他万能钥匙，可推知此题答案为B。12. A。单词理解题。根据语境，this指上文所表演的事情：第一次越狱成功。由此可推知此题答案为A。13. D。推断题。第3段第1句：他步入娱乐圈时是1891年，17岁；倒数第2句：第一次成功是1898年，时隔七年，应是24岁，可推知此题答案为D14. D。主旨题。由文章第1段第2句：He was a man famous for his escapes from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, f

56、rom locked tanks full of water，可知Harry 因逃脱出名，后面列举的例子谈的是他从监狱成功地逃出，所以答案为D。 D【答案与解析】本文报道了黑人在洛杉矶这样白人占绝大多数的大城市里被当选为市长这一新闻。15. A。推断题。根据文章第1段最后一句：洛杉矶黑人的比例为16%以及倒数第2段所描述其他几个城市的黑人的比例(分别是36 %、55 %、60 %)可推此题答案为A。16. D。细节题。根据文章最后一段第1句because they believed he would be a better mayor than the white candidate可推知此题

57、的答案为D。17. C。细节题。根据倒数第2段第1句three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles可推知此题的答案为C。18. B。推断题。运用排除法：选项A显然与原文内容不符；选项C和D文章没提及，况且此两项过于忽略美国的种族矛盾，不宜选；只有选项B原文内容较相符。二. 任务型阅读1. from 2. had 3. significance 4. attention 5. session 6. similarities 7. seem 8. differences 9. assumed 10. Recently