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河北省卢龙县2014高考英语阅读理解自练题连载（6）及答案阅读理解Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they' re always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to resent them because they have a gift for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. "It' s unfair, “ they say, “that this entirely unproductive industry （if we can call it that） should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making. Why don' t they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, it' s the consumer who pays”The poor old consumer! He' d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn' t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more likely that you would obtain details about performance, price, etc. , from an advertisement.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway regulations while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely-printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a dull wall or a newspaper full of the daily amount of great disasters.We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not survive without this source of income. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price!Another thing we mustn' t forget is the usmall ads” . which are virtually in every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the community! Just about anything rcan be accomplished through these columns! For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the uhatch, rmatch and dispatch” column but so far the most fascinating section is the personal or “agony” column （读者来信专栏）.No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It' s the best advertisement for advertising there is!11. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Advertisement.B. The benefits of advertisement.C. Advertisers perform a useful service to communities.D. The costs of advertisement.12. The attitude of the author toward advertisers is .A. trustworthy B. appreciative C. critical D. dissatisfactory 13. Why do the critics criticize advertisers?A. Because advertisers often boast or exaggerate the fact.B. Because critics think advertisement is a uwaste of money.C. Because customers are encouraged to buy more than necessary.D. Because customers pay more.14. Which of the following is Not true?A. Advertisement makes contribution to our pockets and we may know everything.B. We can buy what we want.C. Good quality products don' t need to be advertised.D. Advertisement makes our life colorful.15. In what way does the writer try to support his view?A. Narration B. DescriptionCComparison D. Definition【参考答案H15 C B A C C阅读理解A study now lends support to the idea that meal-time distractions (分散注意)can mask the clues that we really have eaten quite enough. Moreover, it finds, the caloric fallout of not paying attention to what we' re eating doesn' t necessarily end when a meal is over.Rose Cooper from England, and her colleagues gathered 22 men and an equal number of women for an experiment. Each person dined alone, continuously receiving nine small shares of food items. These ranged from cheese twists and potato chips to carrots, cherry tomatoes and sandwiches or sausage rolls.Because the goal was to test the potential impacts of distraction on fullness, the researchers randomly assigned half of the participants to eat in front of a computer一and to gain as many wins as possible at the "card" game. Everyone else was told to focus on the sensory qualities of their meal.According to their instructions, the participants ate all of the food given to them. Yet people who played a computer game during lunch found their meal less filling than the mindful eaters had. Game players also swallow down twice as many cookies, almost an hour later, when they were allowed all the dessert they wanted (in the name of a taste test). The British scientists present their findings in the February American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The real question is why distracted eating should impact snacking. It appears, the scientists say, that memory plays some tricky role in how we register what we eat and the degree to which it satisfies.Interestingly, eight years ago, Britta Barkeling of Huddinge University in Stockholm and her colleagues reported somewhat related findings. Their 18 overweight subjects had no choice other than to get rid of everything but lunch, on one day一because they were blindfolded. Compared to a day when they could view what they were dining on,these people consumed only three quarters as many calories. Yet even hours afterward, they reported being no less full than on the day they had been able to see their plates. Of course dining in the dark isn' t practical. And sometimes what we eat doesn, t really invite our absolute attention. But there is certainly a growing mountain of data indicating that mindless eating is a waste of resources, a risk to our waistlines一and a costly threat to health.8.C.D.9.Rose Cooper and her colleagues did the experiment in order to .A. show that all the people enjoy snacksB. prove that playing computer games is harmful while dining find possible effects of distraction on fullness test the impacts of eating snacks on different peopleC.A. Viewing your food.Playing computer games.10. The reason why distracted eatingA. you eat less in that caseC. you have consumed more calories 11. We can conclude from the passageA.B.C.D.distracted eating may damage yourB. Blindfolding your eyes.D. Eating by oneself, influences snacking may be that .C. you are cheated by your memoryD. you digest what you' ve eaten faster that . healtheating snacks will make you feel fullBritta became famous because of the experiment playing is more important than what we eat【参考答案】810、CBB11、AWhich is the most effective way to concentrate on your food when dining?阅读理解DBobby Qualls was shopping when he received a text message: Fire on Beechmont, one-story house, child trapped inside. “I was picking out gifts for the family our engine house adopted for Christmas, “ remembers Qualls, who has been fighting fires in Memphis for 24 years. "I had this sinking feeling as I got in my car and headed over. ”The last time Qualls had been on Beechmont Street was to install smoke detectors （感应器）at the Bateman-Tubbs home. He' d been on a secret task to see if they needed extra help during the holidays. There he discovered that the four Bateman-Tubbs children were sleeping on bare mattresses （床垫），and he found two of the boys playing outside in 30-degree weather with no shoes or coats.Qualls learned that Leonard Tubbs was doing his best to make ends meet laying floors while Kimberly Bateman stayed home with the kids.“When Bobby told me his team wanted to be Secret Santas and buy my kids toys, at first I thought we didn' t need any help, “ Bateman recalls. "It really touched me. I told him what the kids really needed was warm clothes. ”That' s exactly what Qualls was shopping for on December 9, 2010: winter jackets for Christopher, seven; Jojo, four; Madison, one; and two-month-old Charles. While driving over to Beechmont Street, he dialed Bateman? s cell phone. She answered on the first ring, screaming, “The house is on fire一Jojo' s trapped inside!”By the time Qualls reached the house, the family had gotten out, but their home was severely damaged. His coworkers had found Jojo hiding under a pile of clothes in a back bedroom. He had stopped breathing and had been given CPR and rushed to the hospital. Qualls learned that Jo Jo was now on life support and might not make it through the night. He rushed to the hospital with Lt. Mark Eskew, who placed a stuffed teddy bear in a firefighter' s suit on Jojo' s bed.“I just kept praying my little boy would open his eyes, " Bateman recalls. There was nothing else I could do. They were pumping black and thick liquid out of his lungs and stomach for days. ”After a few days, though, Jojo regained consciousness, andthe tubes were taken out of his throat. While he began to slowly recover, the local newspaper and TV stations got hold of the story, and the Secret Santa Plan of Qualls and his fellow firefighters snowballed. Before long, the fire station was overflowing with boxes of toys, food, towels, and clothes. People called, wanting to donate furniture and appliances （电 器） too. By December 23, Bateman and Tubbs had moved their kids into a new rental home. By Christmas Eve, Jojo was ready to leave the hospital, and the firefighters were ready to deliver the family their very own Christmas miracle.“These guys aren, t just firefighters, “ says Bateman, "they' re our guardian angels. If they hadn' t installed a smoke detector that first day they came to our house, we wouldn, t have known when the fire started. Then they went the extra ten miles to give us a Christmas. ”12. What did Qualls do after he received a text message?A. He drove to the burning house.B. He hurried to the fire station.C. He went to pick out gifts.D. He went shopping in Beechmont.13. Who saved Jojo out of the burning house?A. Bobby Qualls. B. Leonard Tubbs. C. Kimberly Bateman.D.Firefighters.14. We can infer from the reading that .A. Jojo is a naughty childB. smoke detectors are very usefulC. Tubbs' home is filled with giftsD. the fire was caused by the baremattress15. The purpose of this story is to .A. encourage people to install smoke detectorsB. advise people to take good care of their childrenC. ask people to give gifts to the firemen D. praise the firemen for their good deeds【参考答案】1215、ADBD阅读下列短文，从每题所给的和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn' t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, Where do you want to go, sir?”“To the Star Hotel, “ the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn' t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. "You should pay me fifteen dollars, “ the car driver said to the young man. "What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think F m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hoteland I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won' t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week. ”1.A.B.C.D.2.A.C.3.A.4.A.B.Which of the following is true?TheTheTheTheyoungyoungyoungyoungmanmanmanmanwent past the railway station.washadwasWhat do you thinkHe was a nice andworking in the railway just got off a train, waiting for his friend of the car driver? clever man.He was a dishonest person.The driver felt verysorrystation.there.B. He was good at driving.D. He liked to work very hard.when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.B. happyC. proudD. worriedFrom the passage we know that the young man didn' t want to stay in this city, had been to the hotel several times.C. knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.D. must be a stranger and didn' t know the city very well.5. The driver took the passenger through many streets so as to.A. make the young man happyB. get more than twenty dollars.C. let the young man think it was very far from the station to the hotel.D. let the young man have a good look at the city.【参考答案】15、CCBDC阅读理解AA 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 parent 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 Ln a controlled 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 （出现）from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity 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, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught tor learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar （奇怪的）that I do not knorw how to argue with them. 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.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 effective when it is .A. repeated without any changeB. treated as a jokeC. made some changes by the parentD. set in the present答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节推理题。由第一段的uIt is always much better to tell a story than read it out