（整理版高中英语）高考英语（阅读理解）考前冲刺训练（8）及答案解析.doc

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1、高考英语阅读理解考前冲刺训练8及答案解析 (第*篇)When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list.Music is nice，people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority

2、(优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a

3、 lifestyle just as surely as does a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.Music provide

4、s a kind of perception (感知) that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotive (情感的) meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason：No one way can get

5、it all.The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings“talk to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The

6、arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music，we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.Science and technology do not tell us what it means

7、to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love.So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.语篇解读音乐课在课程设置中被学生家长认为可有可无，无足轻重；但是音乐有着丰富的内涵，是教育必不可少的组成局部，请重视音乐课吧。5According to Paragraph 1, students

8、_.A. regard music as a way of entertainmentB. disagree with their parents on educationC. view music as an overlooked subjectD. prefer the arts to science解析事实细节题。根据第一段第三句“Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment.可知。答案A6In Paragraph 2，the author uses jazz as an example to_.A. compare it with rock

9、musicB. show music identifies a societyC. introduce American musical traditionsD. prove music influences peoples lifestyles解析推理判断题。根据第二段The jazz influence.is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions.以及第二段最后一句It gives us identity as a society.可知，音乐可以识别一个社会。答案B7According to

10、the passage ，the arts and science_.A. approach the world from different anglesB. explore different phenomena of the worldC. express peoples feelings in different waysD. explain what it means to be human differently解析推理判断题。由第四段第二句“They are ways we human beings talkto each other.可知。答案A8What is the mai

11、n idea of the passage?A. Music education deserves more attention.B. Music should be of top education priority.C. Music is an effective communication tool.D. Music education makes students more imaginative.解析主旨大意题。文章阐述了音乐的内涵、音乐的功能、音乐的重要性，所以音乐课是需要我们特别重视的。答案A*结束 (第*篇)Last week my youngest son and I vis

12、ited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago，and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.My earliest memories of my father are of a tall，handsome，successful man devoted to his work and family，but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved h

13、im；as a school girl and young adult (成年人) I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight As and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to s

14、ay, feeling on guard.On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon，did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my sons funny facial expressions. Gone was my fathers critical (挑剔的) air and strict

15、rules. Who was this person I knew as my father，who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I

16、 never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, Im at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, Im delighted with my_new_friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.5. Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?A. He

17、was silent most of the time.B. He was too proud of himself.C. He did not love his children.D. He expected too much of her.解析细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight As and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as successfulas he was. 可知，作者小时候怀恨爸爸是因为爸爸对她要求很严厉、很苛刻

18、。答案D6. When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel_.A. nervousB. sorryC. tired D. safe解析推理判断题。根据第二段中“Whenever I went out with him on weekends，I used to struggle to think up things to say，feeling on guard.可知每次和父亲一起外出度周末，她都非常紧张。on guard为固定短语，意为“警戒。答案A7. What does the author th

19、ink of her father after her visit to Tucson?A. More critical. B. More talkative.C. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hardworking.解析推理判断题。根据文章第三段和第四段的描述可知，作者的爸爸其实也很温和、友善。从第三段结尾的几个反问句可以知道。第四段中作者感到和爸爸成了朋友。答案C8. The underlined words “my new friend in the last paragraph refer to_.A. the authors sonB. the authors fatherC. the friend of the authors fatherD. the caf owner解析推理判断题。文中的new friend指的是作者的爸爸。作者以前一直以为爸爸是个严厉、苛刻的人，和他相处时，总是感到惧怕和紧张，但是在到了Tucson，和爸爸接触之后才看到爸爸友善的一面，所以作者感到她有了一个新朋友。*结束