2014高考英语阅读理解限时训练题及答案_(13)

Is it hard to know how to react when your child hates reading, and even harder to figure-out how to inspire children to read? Try these meaningful steps to help move your unwilling child toward a book-filled future.

Zero in on the child's interests. Before you do anything, take a step back and examine what interests, or excites your child. Knowing what-interests him or her can help you find out what types of books he or she may enjoy reading.

Start small. That your child likes to ride horses doesn't mean that he or she needs to start by reading The A -Z History of Horseback Riding; that may be frightening, especially for an unwilling reader. Instead, consider watching a horse race with your child. Talk about the jockeys, the scores, the owners and the trainers. If the topic of interest is useless, start small by finding a magazine related to the subject. Reading doesn't need to begin with a chapter book; many other texts and various types of magazines can be worthwhile for these situations.

Practice shared reading. Shared reading could involve taking turns reading pages, or you and your child silently reading the same book. Shared reading can vary depending on your child's age and needs. Most kids really want to spend time with their parents, but once children reach seven or eight years old, many parents don't consider reading together. They think it is only meant for preschool or early elementary school days. For the ideal shared reading experience, choose texts that are rich, interesting and sure to lead to discussion. Part of the "sharing" in shared reading involves talking about the book. Perhaps several of your child's friends and their parents can start a book club where the books read through shared reading are discussed in a welcoming environment. Besides, find a reliable, child-safe website where your child can post a review of that book.

Unwilling readers are often struggling readers, so creating safe and comfortable environments where fluent reading is modeled and where children are set up for success is the key. Though there is no easy answer, it can help your child improve his reading interests.

36. Why don't many parents consider reading with their children aged 7 or 8?

A. They fail to k8now their childre n’s interests.

B. They don't understand their children's needs.

C. They think it unnecessary to do so at this time.

D. They have not prepared well yet.

37. Finding a child-safe website can_______.

A. build up a good reading environment

B. help children improve book reviews on the website

C. help children get some information from the Internet

D. inspire children to create a review of the book they read

38. According to the passage, in what order should we take the following steps to help the

young unwilling readers?

a. Set up a book club for children.

b. Check what children like first of all.

c. Lead children to start with something easy.

d. Spend some time reading with children.

A. a-c-d-b

B. b-c-a-d

C. b-d-a-c

D. b-c-d-a

39. We can conclude from the passage that________.

A. these steps have no focus or direction

B. these steps are not practical but easy to take

C. these steps aren't definitely reliable to operate

D. these steps are not magic but every little step helps

40. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?

Central point=CP（中心要点）Point=P（要点）Sub-point=SP（次要点）

The Maldives faces the threat of extinction from rising sea levels, but the government said on Thursday it was looking to the future with plans to build homes and a golf course that float.

An increase in sea levels of just 18 to 59 centimeters would make the Maldives—a nation of tiny coral islands in the Indian Ocean—virtually uninhabitable by 2100, the UN’s climate change panel has warned.

President Mohamed Nasheed has vowed a fight for survival, and last month he signed a deal with a Dutch company to study proposals for a floating structure that could support a conference centre, homes and an 18-hole golf course.

“It is still early stages and we are awaiting a report on the practicality,” a government official who declined to be named said.

The company, Dutch Docklands, is currently building floating developments in the Netherlands and Dubai. There was no immediate comment from the firm but its website said it undertook projects that make “land from water by providing large-scale floating constructions to create similar conditions as on land”.

The Maldives began to work on an artificial island known as the Hulhumale near the crowded capital island of Male in 1997 and more than 30,000 people have been settled there to ease congestion. The city, which has a population of 100,000, is already protected from rising sea levels by a 30-million-dollar sea wall, and the government is considering increasingly imaginative ways to combat climate change.

Nasheed, who staged the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting in October to highlight his people’s serious and difficult situation, has even spoken of buying land elsewhere in the world to enable Maldivians to relocate if their homes are completed covered.

He has also promised to turn his nation into a model for the rest of the world by becoming “carbon neutral” by 2020. His plan involves ending fossil fuel use and powering all vehicles and buildings from “green” sources such as burning coconut husks.

1. Why do you think Mohamed Nasheed chose Dutch Docklands?

A. Because it has experience in building floating structure.

B. Because it has a good fame throughout the world.

C. Because it charged much less than other companies.

D. Because it supports building floating structures in the world.

2. The Hulhumale was built with the purpose of.

A. attracting more visitors

B. making it a new capital

C. making the capital less crowded

D. fighting against climate change

3. According to the last two paragraphs, Nasheed is a person who.

A. has succeeded in buying land abroad

B. is more than well-known

C. has thought more for his nation

D. has stopped using fossil fuel

4. The underlined word “vowed” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by.

A. ended

B. promised

C. failed

D. weighed

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It is an actual farm in New York City and ho me to animals your kids can feed and a yard full

9．The least likely choice for 5-year-old Jack to make among the museums is______.

A．T MMI B．T NYHS C．QMA D．QCFM

10 According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?

A．All the museums mentioned above lie in New York City.

B．No other museum in New York City is better than MMI.

C．Lucky visitors can see grapes in one of the museums.

D．NYHS has the most hands-on activities in America.

11．We can know from the text that______.

A．visitors can pay a visit to all the museums by subway

B．people can visit only one of the any day

C．there is often a rare bird flying in the sky above MMI

D．the Panorama is, as a matter of fact, a great gift shop

12．In which museum can you enjoy outdoor fun?]

A．MMI. B．NYHS. C．QCFM. D．QMA.

For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages. Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet planes fly people from one end of the earth to the other, allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago.

Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest (征服) of time and distance.

Travel_is_something_to_be_enjoyed,_not_endured (忍受). The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-c hanging sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow windows of the airplane. The soft lighting, in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly.

Then there is the time spent being ‘processed’ at a modern airport. People are conveyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passengers move to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take longer, yes, but the hours devoted to being ‘processed’ at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent.No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines.

Man, however, is now a world traveler and cannot turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depend upon it; whole new industries have been built around its design and operation. The holiday-maker, too, with limited time to spend, patiently endures the busy airports and the limited space of the flight to gain those extra hours and even days,

relaxing in the sun. Speed controls people's lives; time saved, in work or play, is the important thing—or so we are told. Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.

71. What does the writer try to express in Paragraph 1?

A. Travel by plane has speeded up the growth of villages.

B. The speed of modern travel has made distances relatively short.

C. The freedom of movement has helped people realize their dreams.

D. Man has been fond of traveling rather than staying in one place.

72. How does the writer support the underlined statement in Paragraph 2?

A. By giving instructions.

B. By analyzing cause and effect.

C. By following the order of time.

D. By giving examples.

73. According to Paragraph 3, passengers are turning back to modern high-speed trains because________.

A. they pay less for the tickets

B. they feel safer during the travel

C. they can enjoy higher speed of travel

D. they don't have to waste time being ‘processed’

74. What does the last sentence of the passage mean?

A. They could enjoy free and relaxing travel.

B. They needed the clock to tell the time.

C. They preferred traveling on horseback.

D. They could travel with their master.

75. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Air travel benefits people and industries.

B. Train travel has some advantages over air travel.

C. Great changes have taken place in modern travel.

D. The high speed of air travel is gained at a cost.