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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date高考英语阅读理解试题及答案解析高考英语阅读理解试题及答案解析Passage 1Up，Up，and Away！An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster of balloons has launched a house into the

2、sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new recordFearless Trappe，from North Carolina，stepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the Leon International Balloon Festival in Mexico more than a week agoThe 38-year-old Trappe was using the event a

3、s a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summerHe aims to complete the 2，500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium balloonsThe brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat，in case he needs to ditch into the ocean during the danger-filled adventureHe

4、 sill fly at between 18，000 feet and 25，000 feet，beating his previous world altitude record of 21，600 feet，and must fly uninterrupted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeedThe adventurer Trappe，who holds records for crossing the Alps，flying the mo

5、st cluster balloons，and the longest distance，has spent his entire career，building up to this ambitious plan“I didnt wake up one day and think：I going to fly across the Atlantic，”he said“Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight，Ive been training for a long time”1The adventurer flew acros

6、s the English Channel to_Atest the balloons Blaunch a houseCshoot a hit movie Dprepare for breaking a record2To finish the journey，he will fly a distance of_A2500 miles B18，000 feet C25，000 feet D230 miles3About the ambitious journey，which is NOT mentioned in the passage?AWhen he will fly BHow high

7、he sill fly CHow far he will fly DHow long it will take him4How many world records does Jonathan hold?ATwo BThree CFour DFive5What does he last paragraph imply?ATrappe cant sleep worrying about the adventureBTrappe was born to set world recordsCTrappe always keeps his ambition in mindDTrappe never t

8、hought of crossing the Atlantic beforePassage 2Every day we go to school and listen to the teacher，and the teacher will ask us some questionsSometimes，the classmates will ask your opinions of the work of the classWhen you are telling others in the class what you have found out about these topics，rem

9、ember that they must be able to hear what you are sayingYou are not taking part in a family conversation or having a chat with friends-you are in a slightly unnatural situation where a large group of people will remain silent，waiting to hear what you have to sayYou must speak so that they can hear y

10、ou-loudly enough and clearly enough but without trying to shout or appearing to force yourselfRemember，too，that it is the same if you are called to an interview whether it is with a professor of your school or a government official who might meet youThe person you are seeing will try to put you at y

11、our ease but the situation is somewhat different from that of a ordinary conversationYou must take special care that you can be heard1When you speak to the class，you should speak _Aas slowly as possible Bin a low voice Cloudly Dforcefully2Usually，when you speak to the class，the class is _ Anoisy Bqu

12、iet Chaving a rest Dserious3 The situation in the class is _ that in your house Anot very different from Bsometimes the same as Csometimes not the same as Dnot the same as4If you are having a conversation with an official，the most important thing for you is _Ato show your ability Bto be very gentle

13、Cto make sure that you can be heard Dto put the official at ease5The main idea of this passage is _Athat we should talk in different ways in different situations Bthat we must speak loudlyCthat we must keep silent at any timeDthat we must talk with the classPassage 3About 21，000 young people in 17 A

14、merican states do not attend classes in school buildingsInstead，they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computersThe Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools” and that is about twice as many as two years ago The money for st

15、udents to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they liveSome educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schoolsThey also say it is difficult to know if students are learning wellOther educators praise this new form of education for

16、letting students work at their own speedThese people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schoolsThey say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from schoolWhatever the judgement of cyberschools，they are getting more and m

17、ore popularFor example，a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fallIt will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteenChildren get free equipment for their online educationThis includes a computer，a printer，books and techni

18、cal servicesParents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessaryStudents at cyberschools usually do not know one anotherBut 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first timeTh

19、ey were guests of honor at their graduation1What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool？AThey have to take long bus rides to school BThey study at home rather than in classroomsCThey receive money from traditional public schoolsDThey do well in traditional school programs2What is a

20、 problem with cyberschools？ATheir equipment costs a lot of money BThey get little support from the state governmentCIt is hard to know students progress in learningDThe students find it hard to make friends3Cyberschools are getting popular became _ Athey are less expensive for students Btheir studen

21、ts can work at their own speedCtheir graduates are more successful in society Dthey serve students in a wider age range4We can infer that the author of the text is _Aunprejudiced in his description of cyberschools Bexcited about the future of cyberschoolsCdoubtful about the quality of cyberschoois D

22、disappointed at the development of cyberschoolsPassage 4South Africa hosted the fifth BRICS Summit in March 2013，which completed the first cycle of BRICS summits，BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the worlds leading up-and-coming economies，namely Brazil，Russia，India，China and South Afr

23、icaThe BRICS aims to achieve peace，security，development and cooperationIt also seeks to contribute to the development of humanity and build a more stable and fairer worldThe industry leaders from the business communities of the five countries agreed that the BRICS countries will actively support ind

24、ustrialization on the African continent in order to contribute significantly to its development and to expand trade links between Africa and BRICSThe global economic situation，though improving，continues to remain uncertain with the Euro-crisis a major concernThe task ahead is to build on these devel

25、opments and BRICS countries remain committed to the cause of promoting sustainable growthGreater economic cooperation among BRICS countries can be significantly important，which will prove beneficial for global economic growthAccording to DrRob Davies，South African Minister of Trade and Industry，the

26、African continent is recognized as the second fastest growing continent after AsiaThere are four drivers of the economic growth in African continentThese are the boom in mineral products in the African continent，the development of the service industries，the benefit of not having the financial crisis

27、，and infrastructure(基础设施）developmentDavies also adds that other BRICS countries have advantage of large populations providing big home markets for their productsThe South African population is small compared to other BRICS countries，but if you add up numbers on continent then you have a critical mas

28、s that can support the new industrial wave in Africa：That is why the South African needs to create large trading blocks across large parts of African continent1“BRICS” refers to_Athe most active economy group in todays worldBthe most powerful economies in western worldCleading countries with fast de

29、velopment of humanityDthe most stable and secure countries in the world2From the text we know that industrialization in Africa will_Agive financial supports to all African countriesB create trade opportunities for both Africa and BRICS C make significant development in the powerful groupsDexpand sus

30、tainable economic cooperation in different continents3The author believes greater cooperation among BRICS will_，Apromote global economic growth Bbring more challengesCnarrow the gap of development Dsolve Europes economic crisis4Which of the following is the driver of the economic growth in Africa？_A

31、The development of business industryBProtective exploration in mineral productsCThe recovery of the infrastructureDThe benefits of having no financial crisisPassage 5What makes a person a scientist？Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others？The answer is “no”It is

32、nt the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools which makes him a scientistYou will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenterYou will probably agree，too，that knowing how to investigate，how to discover information，is important to everyoneThe scientist，howeve

33、r，goes one step further；he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer he gets to many questions is into a large set of ideas about how the world worksThe scientists knowledge must be exactTheres no room for half right or right just half the timeHe must be as ne

34、arly right as the conditions permitWhat works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other timesIf the conditions are different，any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditionsThis is one reason why inves

35、tigations are important in scienceAlbert Einstein，who developed the Theory of Relativity，arrived at this theory through mathematicsThe accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigationEinsteins ideas were proved to be correctA scientist uses many tools for measurementsThen the measu

36、rements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations1What makes a scientist according to the passage？AThe tools he uses BHis ways of learningCThe way he uses his tools DThe various tools he uses2“knowing how to investigate，how to discover information，is important to ev

37、eryone”The writer says this to show_Athe importance of informationBthe difference between scientists and ordinary peopleCthe importance of thinkingDthe difference between carpenters and ordinary people3A sound scientific theory should be one that_Aworks under one set of conditions at one time and al

38、so works under the same conditions at other timesBleaves no room for improvementCdoesnt allow any change even under different conditionsDcan be used for many purposes4What is the main idea of the passage？AScientists are different from ordinary peopleBThe Theory of RelativityCExactness is the core of

39、 scienceDExactness and way of using tools are the keys to making of a scientistPassage 6A lot of us lose lifes tough battles by starting a frontal attackwhen a touch of humor might well enable us to winConsider the case of a young friend of mine，who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after

40、 receiving an ultimatum about being late on the jobAlthough there was a good reason for Sams a being lateserious illness at homehe decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldnt work any longerHis supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speechYes，the boss wasSam en

41、tered the office at 9：35The place was as quiet as a locker room；everyone was hard at workSams supervisor came up to himSuddenly，Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand“How do you do！” he said“Im Sam MaynardIm applying for a job，which，I understand，became available just 35 minutes agoDoes the ear

42、ly bird get the worm？”The room exploded in laughterThe supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his officeSam Maynard had saved his jobwith the only tool that could win，a laughHumor is a most effective，yet frequently neglected，means of handling the difficult situations in our livesIt can be

43、 used for patching up differences，apologizing，saying “no”，criticizing，getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing faceFor some jobs，its the only tool that can succeedIt is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrelFor example，many believe that

44、comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum1Why was Sam late for his job？ABecause he was ill BBecause he got up lateCBecause he was caught in a traffic jamDHe was busy applying for a new job2The main idea of this passage is _ASam May

45、nard saved his job with humorBhumor is important in our livesCearly bird gets the wormDhumor can solve racial discriminations3The phrase “clamped off” in Paragraph 3 means _Atried to hold back Btried to set Ccharged Dgave out4Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage？AMany lose

46、 lifes battles for they are lacking in a sense of humorBIt wasnt the first time that Sam came late for his workCSam was supposed to come to his office at 8：30DHumor is the most effective way of solving problemsPassage 7BEIJING，March 9The central government will require an additional three years of use for official vehicles for ministers and governors to reduce the costs of purchasing new cars，media have reportedThe new rule has been applied among all Pa