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1、2014高考英语阅读理解全程基础训练（8）及答案阅读理解-BIn March 2008，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188. Ryan had never set foot in that hospital. Obviously there was some mistake. “I thought it was a joke,” says Ryan. B

2、ut when he called the billing agency，nobody laughed. Someone, who s also named Joe Ryan, using Ryans Social Security number, had indeed been admitted for surgery. He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls. Two years later, Ryan continues to suffer from the damage to his credit ra

3、ting and still doesnt know if his medical record has been cleared of wrong information. Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft, which involves using your name to get drugs, expensive medical treatment and even ch

4、eating insurance payments. As Ryan discovered, money isn t the half of it. When someone steals your name to receive health care, his medical history becomes part of your recordand setting the record straight can be extremely difficult. That s because，in part，the information is handed out among dozen

5、s of care-givers, from doctors to medicine stores to insurance companies and labs. I wanted to help straighten this out,” says Ryan, so I went to the hospital, and they had a three-inch-thick record for me, but they wouldn t let me see it. I showed them my ID, and they said that s not Joe Ryan s sig

6、nature. Well, of course not! They had this other guy s signature. ” Ryan had fallen into a victim s Catch-22： If your record doesn t appear to be yours, you may not have the right to read it, much less change it. Ryan s next step was a visit to the police department. But the police said that there w

7、as not much they could do, that the local law enforcement has little experience with medical ID theft, and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter. 1. The billing agency sent Joe Ryan a notice to _.A. play a joke on him for medical treatmentB. inform him of the payment for his sur

8、geryC. correct the mistakes about payment for his surgeryD. clear up the wrong information in his medical record答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一段 “In March 2008，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188.”可知，the bil

9、ling agency 通知Joe Ryan支付手术费用41,188美元，故答案为B。2. Joe Ryan at first thought his problem was _.A. easy to settleB. difficult to settleC. impossible to solveD. unnecessary to solve答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。由第二段 “He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.” 可知，Joe Ryan刚开始认为只要打几个电话就可以解决问题，故答案为A。

10、 3. The number of medical identity theft cases in the United States is _.A. increasingB. decreasingC. countableD. changeable答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由第四段首句 “Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft”可知，医疗身份盗窃在美国正在增加，故答案为A。4

11、. An even worse consequence of medical ID theft is _.A. some trouble in obtaining insurance paymentB. a big loss of money and damage to credit ratingC. the widely spread medical information of the victimD. the difficulty in changing the wrong medical history答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由第五段可知，当别人盗用了你的名字来享受医疗服务后

12、，他的医疗史就成为了你的医疗史，并且清除这些错误记录极其困难，因为你的信息已经给了许多照料者，包括医生、药店、保险公司和实验室。因此，医疗身份盗窃更糟糕的结果是受害者的医疗信息到处传播。故答案为C。干扰项最强的D选项“改变错误的医疗史非常困难”只是医疗身份盗窃的一个直接结果，但不是更糟糕的，因此排除D选项。第一节：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMillions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their lugg

13、age doesnt always come home with them. Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They dont keep them, since theyre not in the wareh

14、ouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys

15、 them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the stores shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.Each day, clerks

16、 bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.The stores own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes fou

17、nd in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（获得物） have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaohs tomb, and

18、 a medieval suit of armor.Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.26. Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because_.A. they are forgetfulB. they are in a hurryC. there is no lost

19、 and found office in many airportsD. the owners of some luggage cant be identified【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where.由于包上的标签掉了所以无法识别行李的主人，故选D。27. The reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is that _.A. they have to find the owners B

20、. they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose C. some bags are expensiveD. they have to keep the bags as long as possible【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.他们有可能故意从行李上获利，故选B。28. The Unclaimed Baggage

21、Center is very popular because_.A. theres a large variety of goods.B. all the things there are very cheap.C. visitors may purchase something undervalued.D. Visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the stores s

22、hopping carts on a hunt for treasures. veteran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks人们可以买到一些便宜的东西，故选C。29. What can we infer from the passage? A. A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage. B. The percentage of passengers w

23、ho lose their baggage for ever is small. C. The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use. D. People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store.【答案】B【解析】推理判断题。根据Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is perma

24、nently lost and available to the store.乘客永远的丢掉东西的人数是少的，故选B。30. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America.B. To introduce an attractive place to tourists.C. To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage.D. To advise

25、the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage.【答案】A【解析】写作意图题。纵观全文可知主要介绍在机场无人认领的行李在美国是如何处理的。阅读理解-E(2013天津，D)When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.For kids, happiness has a magical quality. The

26、ir delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫不掩饰的)In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly its conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the sc

27、hool party.In adulthood the things that bring deep joylove, marriage, birthalso bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated(复杂的)My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. Its easy to overlook

28、 the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunchbox and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I l

29、ove. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I dont think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of cl

30、ose friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing weve got to have. Were so selfconscious about our “right” to it that its making us miserable. So we chase it and equal

31、it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things arent necessarily happier.Happiness isnt about what happens to usits about how we see what happens to us. Its the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. Its not wishing for what we dont have, but enjoy

32、ing what we do possess.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文，通过诸多的对比体验点明了幸福的真谛：幸福不是希望获得我们没有的东西，而是享受我们所拥有的东西。幸福就是满足。16As people grow older, they _.Afeel it harder to experience happiness Bassociate their happiness less with others Cwill take fewer risks in pursuing happiness Dtend to believe responsibility means happiness答案

33、：A细节理解题。由第一段which seems to get rarer the older we get 我们越老，幸福变得越来越少。可知随着人们变老，人们越难以体验幸福。故选A项。17What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 5 and 6?AShe cares little about her own health. BShe enjoys the freedom of traveling. CShe is easily pleased by things in daily life. DShe prefers getting p

34、leasure from housework.答案：C归纳概括题。第五段总体讲了作者对幸福的定义就是“快乐的能力”，越享受拥有的东西，越快乐。第六段具体讲述了作者的一系列幸福体验。可以看出作者对于日常生活中的一些小细节都很容易感到快乐。故选C项。18What can be informed from Paragraph 7?APsychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness. BPsychologists opinion is well proved by Grandma case. CGrandma often found tim

35、e for social gatherings. DGrandmas happiness came from modest expectations of life.答案：D推理判断题。由第七段中知道祖母没有休闲时光，没有令人满意的工作，可是祖母对生活很满足，与心理学家的看法不一致，所以排除AB项。祖母没有休闲时光所以不可能经常找时间进行社交聚会，排除C项。祖母对平淡的生活很满足可以推断出祖母的幸福来自适度的生活期望。故选D项。19People who equal happiness with wealth and success _.Aconsider pressure something

36、blocking their way Bstress their right to happiness too much Care at a loss to make correct choices Dare more likely to be happy答案：B细节理解题。由倒数第二段第二三句话我们过分刻意的追求幸福的权利，因此我们追逐它，把它等同于财富和成功。故选B项。20What can be concluded from the passage?AHappiness lies between the positive and the negative. BEach man is the

37、 master of his own fate. CSuccess leads to happiness.DHappy is he who is content.答案：D主旨大意题。由最后一段得出结论：幸福不是希望获得我们没有的东西，而是享受我们所拥有的东西。也就是说感到满足就是幸福。故选D项。阅读理解-BWhen youre an employee of a company, no matter the size, its common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But ther

38、e is another way to move aroundby creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasnt actively looking for a different job. In 2007, I was hired at the Transamerica Life Insurance Company, as a customer service representative in the distributions services department. I

39、 processed requests for distributions from our annuity(养老金)policy holders around the country. Someone might have forgotten to sign a form, for example, or might have omitted security information. To solve the problem, Id mail the person a letter. The company had been through several combinations, so

40、 in our department alone we had a collection of about 140 templates(模板) for letters related to distributions. The longer I worked with the letters, the more I saw how they could be improved. Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also

41、 noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasnt standard across all the versions. When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. She said I should stop what Id been doing and start the new work. In a relatively short time, I was able to make num

42、erous improvements and reduce the number of letters to 70. It was an informal job change until a managers meeting several months later. At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that the divisions entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed. My manager told her

43、that she knew the perfect person for the jobme. The position was still considered temporary when I took on the extra tasks, but I was able to show that the work had value, and I was officially promoted and given a raise in November 2009.31. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements

44、 is true?A .The author admired those who got a promotion in his company.B. The author tried his best to get a promotion in his companyC. The author was eager to seek another job.D. It is no surprise to see people around us change their positions.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据its common to see co-workers promote

45、d, or transferred to a different department.可知看见我们周围的人们改变工作或职位是不奇怪的。故选D。32. Which of the following problems with the letters is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Some information needed to be united. B. Some information was overlooked.C. Some had grammatical mistakes.D. Industry terminology didnt meet

46、 the standard. 【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasnt standard across all the versions.一些信息需要统一，一些有语法错误，一些行业术语没有达到要求，只有选项B，没有提到，故选B。33. The underlined word “revamping

47、” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .A. improving B. rebuilding C. repeating D. strengthening 【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据I was able to make numerous improvements可知这些信需要提高，故选A。34.The author started to review the letters when .A. he was hired by the companyB. his department supervisor agreed his ideaC. he was recommended at a managers meetingD. he was promoted【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。