湖北省2014高考英語 專項訓練 閱讀理解33

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1、2014高考英語沖刺閱讀理解專項 50-33 A A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a paren

2、t can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled

3、experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出現(xiàn)) from the child having heard the story once. Familia

4、rity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, inste

5、ad of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from N

6、ew York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend. No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was. 1. The author considers that a fairy story is more effe

7、ctive when it is ______. A. repeated without any change???? B. treated as a joke C. made some changes by the parent?? D. set in the present 答案解析：答案為C。本題為細節(jié)推理題。 由第一段的 “It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual sit

8、uation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.”可知，作者認為如果父母講神話故事結合小孩所在的真實時間情況，而不僅僅是從故事書上讀故事，效果更好。故答案為C，即父母如果對神話故事作一些變化，更有效。解答此題要注意同一意思的不同表達。 2. According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is _______. A. in a realistic

9、 setting??? B. heard for the first time C. repeated too often??? D. told in a different way 答案解析：答案為B。本題為細節(jié)題。由第二段 “As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story

10、 once.”可知，作者認為如果故事只講了一遍，小孩會產生恐懼感。故答案為B。 3.The advantage claimed (提出) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it _______. A. makes them less fearful B. develops their power of memory C. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of D. encourages them not to have strange bel

11、iefs 答案解析：答案為A。本題為細節(jié)推理題。由第二段的最后一句話 “Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.”可知，作者認為不斷的重復故事可以讓小孩變得熟悉(familiarity)故事, 這樣恐懼的痛苦（pain of fear） 就會變成恐懼的快樂（pleasure of a fear），故答案為A。B，D在文章中未提及；C選項 “讓小孩相信沒有什么可害怕的” 意思與此不符，且此答案顯得絕對。 4

12、. The author’s mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that ______. A. fairy stories are still being made up B. there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales C. people try to modernize old fairy stories D. there is more concern for children's fears nowadays 答案解析：答案為B。本題為推斷題。從第三段

13、 “…If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend.” 和第四段 “No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no cleve

14、r child has ever believed that it was.” 可知，作者的觀點是神話故事不是對現(xiàn)實世界的描述，沒有哪個聰明的小孩相信它們是真的。故答案為B，作者用sticks and telephones 來證明一些人對神話故事存在誤解。 5. One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _______. A. they are full of imagination B. they just make up the stories which are far

15、from the truth C. they are not interesting D. they make teachers of history difficult to teach 答案解析：答案為B。本題為細節(jié)題。從第三段的首句 “There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exi

16、st…”可知，也有人反對神話故事是因為它們不是客觀真實的，故答案為B。解答此題同樣要注意同義句的轉換， “not in favor of”與object to 同義；”not objectively true” 與 “far from the truth”同義。 B With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most heated argument across the United States today is the death penalty (死刑). Many argue that it is an e

17、ffective deterrent (威懾) to murder, while others think there is no enough proof that the death penalty reduces the number of murders. The argument advanced by those opposed （反對） to the death penalty is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is tile mark of a bad society and finally that it

18、 is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime (罪行) anyway. In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary action. Throughout recorded history there have always been those peculiar persons in every society who made terrible crimes such as murder. But some are more dangerous than others

19、. For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in time of blind anger, but quite another to coldly plan and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of different degree. While it could be argued with some reas

20、on that the criminal in the first instance should be merely kept from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer. The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to discussion. But the majority of people believe that the death penalty protects them. Their be

21、lief is proved by the fact that the death penalty prevents murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was carried out from time to time in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100, 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been done

22、only once, and the murder rate has risen to10.4 murders for each 100, 000 population. The sharp climb in the state's murder rate, which began when killings stopped, does not happen by chance. It certainly shows that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the law about death penalty is vetoe

23、d (否決), some people will be murdered- some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is really a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of people must be protected. 1. The main purpose of this passage is to _____. A. speak for the majority??? B. sup

24、port a veto C. speak ill of the government??? D. argue for the value of the death penalty 答案解析：答案為D。本題為文章的主旨大意題。由第一段的 “Many argue that …, while others think ...”和最后一段的首句 “The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to discussion.”可知，本文討論死刑的價值。 2. Which of the follow

25、ing is among the heated arguments across the USA besides death penalty? A. Air pollution. B. The war against Iraq. C. Equal rights. D. Election of president. 答案解析：答案為C。本題為細節(jié)題。從第一段的首句 “With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most heated argument across the

26、United States today is the death penalty (死刑).” 可知，除了人權問題，在美國討論最熱烈的問題是死刑。 3. The numbers in the last paragraph show that ______. A. if they stick to death penalty, the number of murders will be reduced B. death penalty almost stopped from 1954 to 1963 C. the population of California has rise

27、n D. death penalty is of little value 答案解析：答案為A。本題為推理題。從最后一段的第二句 “But the majority of people believe that the death penalty protects them.” 和最后三句 “If the law about death penalty is vetoed (否決), some people will be murdered- some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect.

28、This is really a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of people must be protected.”都是在強調死刑可以保護人的生命，故答案為A, 如果國家堅持死刑，謀殺案件的數(shù)目會減少。 由本段的第四句話 “For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was carried out from time to time in California…” 可知，1954年到1963年期間，死刑時不時地在California執(zhí)行，并不是廢除了，故選項B錯

29、誤。C選項在文中未提及，D選項與本段的中心意思違背。 4. It can be inferred that the writer thinks that ______. A. the death penalty is the most important problem in the United States today B. the second type of murderers (in Paragraph 4) should be sentenced to death C. the veto of the law about death penalty is of litt

30、le importance D. the value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime is not to be discussed 答案解析：答案為B。本題為推理題。細讀第四段， 由“it is one thing … blind anger, but quite another to coldly plan …in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder… is a matter of different degree. While it could be argued with some re

31、ason that the criminal in the first instance should be merely kept from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer.”可知，作者認為謀殺分為 “blind anger （盲目的憤怒）” 和 “coldly plan …in the style of a butcher （冷酷的屠夫式的謀殺），謀殺的程度不一樣，如果是第一種就僅僅讓謀殺者與社會隔離即可，而不是后一種謀殺者的命運，言外之意就是后一種謀殺應該判死刑。故答案為B。 結合前面幾題

32、的分析，第一段作者認為除了人權問題，在美國討論最熱烈的問題是死刑。故選項A錯誤。從最后一段倒數(shù)第三句話 “If the law about death penalty is vetoed, some people will be murdered- some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect.” 可知，如果死刑被否決，一些本可以挽救的生命就會被謀殺，可見死刑的否決對保護人的生命有著重要的意義，C選項的意思與此相反，故錯誤。D選項與最后一段的首句 “The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to discussion.” 表達相反，故錯誤。