高考英语阅读理解原题
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高考英语阅读理解原题 1
(2013·课标Ⅱ，A)体裁：夹叙夹议 词数：251
Doctors are known to be terrible pilots. They don't listen because they already know it all. I was lucky: I became a pilot in 1970, almost ten years before I graduated from medical school. I didn't realize then, but becoming a pilot makes me a better surgeon. I loved flying. As I flew bigger, faster planes, and in worse weather, I learned about crew resource management (机组资源管理), or CRM, a new idea to make flying safer. It means that crew members should listen and speak up for a good result, regardless of positions.
I first read about CRM in 1980. Not long after that, an attending doctor and I were flying in bad weather. The controller had us turn too late to get our landing ready. They attending doctor was flying; I was safety pilot. He was so busy because of the bad turn, he had forgotten to put the landing gear (起落架)down. He was a better pilot—and my boss—so it felt unusual to speak up. But I had to: Our lives were in danger. I put aside my uneasiness and said, “We need to put the landing gear down now!” That was my first real lesson in the power of CRM, and I've used it in the operating room ever since.
CRM requires that the pilot/surgeon encourage others to speak up. It further requires that when opinions are from the opposite, the doctor doesn't overreact, which might prevent fellow doctors from voicing opinions again. So when I'm in the operating room, I ask for ideas and help from others. Sometimes they're not willing to speak up. But I hope that if I continue to encourage them, someday someone will keep me from “landing_gear_up”.
1. What does the author say about doctors in general?
A. They like flying by themselves.
B. They are unwilling to take advice.
C. They pretend to be good pilots.
D. They are quick learners of CRM.
2. The author deepened his understanding of the power of CRM when________.
A. he saved the plane by speaking up
B. he was in charge of a flying task
C. his boss landed the plane too late
D. his boss operated on a patient
3. In the last paragraph “landing gear up”probably means ________.
A. following flying requirements
B. overreacting to different opinions
C. listening to what fellow doctors say
D. making a mistake that may cost lives
4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. CRM: A New Way to Make Flying Safe
B. Flying Makes Me a Better Doctor
C. The Making of a Good Pilot
D. A PilotTurned Doctor
高考英语阅读理解原题 2
(2013·北京，C)体裁：议论文 词数：325
Does Fame Drive You Crazy?
Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today's stars，feeling like zoo animals，face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the world's attention. Paparazzi(狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature!
According to psychologist Christina Villarreal, celebrities—famous people-worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually，they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time，” Villarreal says, “they feel separated and alone.”
The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B. C.， painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his soldout readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain (抱怨) about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about filmstars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.
Being a public figure today, however，is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.
If fame is so troublesome, why aren't all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.
Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.
1. It can be learned from the passage that stars today ________.
A. are often misunderstood by the public
B. can no longer have their privacy protected
C. spend too much on their public appearance
D. care little about how they have come into fame
2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
A. Great heroes of the past were generally admired.
B. The problem faced by celebrities has a long history.
C. Wellknown actors are usually targets of tabloids.
D. Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers.
3. What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?
A. Availability of modern media.
B. Inadequate social recognition.
C. Lack of favorable chances.
D. Huge population of fans.
4. What is the author's attitude toward modern celebrity?
A. Sincere. B. Sceptical.
C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic.
高考英语阅读理解原题 3
(2013·天津，C)体裁：夹叙夹议 词数：357
Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours(绕行路)in life than by the narrow road toward goals. I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.
For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents' home in Boise in nine hours. We traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hate confinement (限制) and have strong opinions about everything.
Road trips felt risky, so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to. We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.
But then Banner，our lamb was born. He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise. I had two choices：leave Banner with my husband, or take him with me. My husband made the decision for me.
That is how I found myself on the road with four kids，a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour，let Banner shake out his legs and feed him. The kids chased him and one another. They'd get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.
We explored side roads, catching grasshoppers in waisthigh grass. Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway. Here was life. And new horizons(见识).
We eventually arrived at my parents' doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.
I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique. On an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling. I stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead. I parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.
Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight. But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a journey-and the best part of yourself.
1. Why did the author use to take freeways to her parents' home?
A. It was less tiring.
B. It would be faster and safer.
C. Her kids would feel less confined.
D. She felt better with other drivers nearby.
2. The author stopped regularly on the country roads to________.
A. relax in the fresh air
B. take a deep breath
C. take care of the lamb
D. let the kids play with Banner
3. What does the author discover from the trip according to Paragraph 6?
A. Freeways are where beauty hides.
B. Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life.
C. Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits one's health.
D. One should follow side roads to watch wild animals.
4. Why did the author ask the kids to get out of the car on their way back home?
A. To give herself some time to read.
B. To order some food for them.
C. To play a game with them.
D. To let them cool down.
5. What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Charm of the Detour
B. The Road to Bravery
C. Creativity out of Necessity
D. Road Trip and Country Life
高考英语阅读理解原题 4
(2013·重庆，E)体裁：议论文 词数：270
It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnson's famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson's observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weatherspeak.
Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsessionwith it can hardly be understood. He argues that “To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.
Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena. “The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.
Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weatherspeak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weatherspeak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weatherspeak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank“fillers”. In other words, English weatherspeak is a means of social bonding.
1. The author mentions Dr. Johnson's comment to show that________.
A. most commentators agree with Dr. Johnson
B. Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observation
C. the comment was accurate two hundred years ago
D. English conversations usually start with the weather
2. What does the underlined word“obsession” most probably refer to?
A. A social trend.
B. An emotional state.
C. A historical concept.
D. An unknown phenomenon.
3. According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that________.
A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather
B. there is nothing special about the English weather
C. the English weather attracts people to the British Isles
D. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty
4. What is the author's main purpose of writing the passage?
A. To explain what English weatherspeak is about.
B. To analyse misconceptions about the English weather.
C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.
D. To convince people that the English weather is changeable.
高考英语阅读理解原题 5
(2013·山东，C)体裁：说明文 词数：271
You can't always predict a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That's why he created Lampbrella, a lamp post with its own rainsensing umbrella.
The designer says he came up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be appropriate to have a canopy (伞篷) built into a street lamp, ” he said.
The Lampbrella is a standardlooking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a builtin electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand. Sensors (传感器) then ensure that the umbrella offers pedestrians shelter whenever it starts raining.
In addition to the rain sensor，there's also a 360° motion sensor on the fiberglass street lamp which detects whether anyone is using the Lampbrella. After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.
According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a relatively low speed, so as not to cause harm to the pedestrians. Besides, it would be grounded to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being installed (安装) at 2 metres off the ground，it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians.
While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belyaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and insists his creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.
1. For what purpose did Belyaev create the Lampbrella?
A. To predict a heavy rain.
B. To check the weather forecast.
C. To protect people from the rain.
D. To remind people to take an umbrella.
2. What do we know from Belyaev's words in Paragraph 2?
A. His creation was inspired by an experience.
B. It rains a lot in the city of Saint Petersburg.
C. Street lamps are protected by canopies.
D. He enjoyed taking walks in the rain.
3. Which of the following shows how the Lampbrella works?
A. motor→canopy→sensors
B. sensors→motor→canopy
C. motor→sensors→canopy
D. canopy→motor→sensors
4. What does Paragraph 5 mainly tell us about the Lampbrella?
A. Its moving speed. B. Its appearance.
C. Its installation. D. Its safety.
5. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The designer will open a company to promote his product.
B. The Lampbrella could be put into immediate production.
C. The designer is confident that his creation is practical.
D. The Lampbrella would be put on show in Moscow.
高考英语阅读理解原题 6
(2013·浙江，A)体裁：说明文 词数：413
No one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus, on doing one specific job.
Let's take a man we'll call Mr. Fielder，for example. He did everything connected with farming. He planted seeds, tended the fields, and harvested and sold his crops. At the same time, he did many other jobs on the farm. However, he didn't make the bricks for his house，cut his trees into boards, make the plows(犁), or any of the other hundreds of things a farm needs. Instead, he got them from people who specialized in doing each of those things.
Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr. Plowright. Using what he knew about farming and working with iron, Mr. Plowright invented a plow that made farming easier. Mr. Plowright did not really like farming himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows. Perhaps，he thought，other farmers will trade what they grow for one of my plows.
How did Mr. Plowright let people know what he was doing? Why，he advertised, of course. First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers. That sign may have been no more than a plow carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the shop door. It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr. Plowright and his really good plows.
Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand years ago. Even before most people could read, they understood such signs. Shopkeepers would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the products they had for sale.
A medium，in advertising talk, is the way you communicate your message. You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols. The second medium was audio, or sound, although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today. Originally, just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple instrument, such as a bell，were used to get people's attention.
A crier，in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily. It is someone, probably a man, with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city. In ancient Egypt，shopkeepers might hire such a person to spread the news about their products. Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods. Perhaps the crier described the goods, explained where they came from, and praised their quality. His job was, in other words，not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today's world.
1. What probably led to the start of advertising?
A. The discovery of iron.
B. The specialization of labor.
C. The appearance of new jobs.
D. The development of farming techniques.
2. To advertise his plows, Mr. Plowright ________.
A. praised his plows in public
B. placed a sign outside the shop
C. hung an arrow pointing to the shop
D. showed his products to the customers
3. The writer makes up the two stories of Mr. Fielder and Mr. Plowright in order to ________.
A. explain the origin of advertising
B. predict the future of advertising
C. expose problems in advertising
D. provide suggestions for advertising
4. In ancient Egypt，a crier was probably someone who________.
A. owned a ship
B. had the loudest voice
C. ran a shop selling goods to farmers
D. functioned like today's TV or radio commercial
5. The last two paragraphs are mainly about________.
A. the history of advertising
B. the benefits of advertising
C. the early forms of advertising
D. the basic design of advertising
高考英语阅读理解原题 7
(2013·福建，E)体裁：说明文 词数：338
A MENTORING (导师制) program is giving life changing opportunities to Banbury youth.
Young Inspirations was founded two years ago to provide mentoring sessions for students and unemployed young adults aged 11 to 21.
Alex Goldberg, the program's founder, said: “We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentially be life changing and broaden their outlook.”
“We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to our youth. For example, we've secured internships(实习) with worldfamous firms such as Honda.”
“At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring，it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to help youth with their school work and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures.” Kieran Hepburn, 14，is one of a group of Banbury youth who has benefited from the program so far. In October the Banbury School pupil was accompanied by Young Inspirations staff to Paris where he was an observer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Youth Forum (论坛).
The event was held for young people from around the world，to seek their views on how the future of youth and education should look. Kieran joined several hundred observers mostly in their 20s and was the only UK school pupil to attend the event. Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience. “Before we left I didn't quite know what to make of it but when we got there we didn't stop，it was amazing，” he said, “We went to three or four hours of debates each day and then did something cultural each afternoon.”
The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life. It dealt with issues (问题) such as drug abuse, violence and unemployment.
Kieran said: “It has really helped me to improve my confidence and social skills as well as my school grades and I was voted most improved pupil at school in August.”
The Young Inspirations mentoring sessions take place each Friday in Banbury. For details visit www. younginspirations. com.
1. The Young Inspirations mentoring program aims to________.
A. train staff for worldfamous firms
B. offer job opportunities to young adults
C. provide youth with unique experiences
D. equip the unemployed with different skills
2. According to Alex Goldberg, it is difficult for schools to offer the mentoring due to________.
A. the lack of support from firms
B. the cultural differences
C. the effect of unemployment
D. the shortage of money
3. According to the passage, the forum focused on how youth can________.
A. build up their confidence at school
B. find work experience opportunities
C. improve their social skills for the future
D. play an active role in the change of society
4. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. the visit to the United Kingdom was amazing
B. Kieran has made great progress in many aspects
C. the youth have found a way to solve their problems
D. the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday
5. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Alex Goldberg, Founder of Young Inspirations
B. Young People Find a World of Opportunity
C. Kieran, Banbury School Pupil to Paris
D. Debates Help Youth with Their Grades
高考英语阅读理解原题 8
(2013·江苏，B)体裁：夹叙夹议 词数：332
We've considered several ways of paying to cut in line: hiring line standers, buying tickets from scalpers (票贩子), or purchasing linecutting privileges directly from, say, an airline or an amusement park. Each of these deals replaces the morals of the queue(waiting your turn) with the morals of the market(paying a price for faster service).
Markets and queues-paying and waiting-are two different ways of allocating things, and each is appropriate to different activities. The morals of the queue, “First come, first served，” have an egalitarian (平等主义的) appeal. They tell us to ignore privilege, power, and deep pockets.
The principle seems right on playgrounds and at bus stops. But the morals of the queue do not govern all occasions. If I put my house up for sale, I have no duty to accept the first offer that comes along, simply because it's the first. Selling my house and waiting for a bus are different activities, properly governed by different standards.
Sometimes standards change, and it is unclear which principle should apply. Think of the recorded message you hear, played over and over, as you wait on hold when calling your bank: “Your call will be answered in the order in which it was received.” This is essential for the morals of the queue. It's as if the company is trying to ease our impatience with fairness.
But don't take the recorded message too seriously. Today, some people's calls are answered faster than others. Call center technology enables companies to “score” incoming calls and to give faster service to those that come from rich places. You might call this telephonic queue jumping.
Of course, markets and queues are not the only ways of allocating things. Some goods we distribute by merit, others by need, still others by chance. However, the tendency of markets to replace queues, and other nonmarket ways of allocating goods is so common in modern life that we scarcely notice it anymore. It is striking that most of the paid queuejumping schemes we've considered-at airports and amusement parks, in call centers, doctors' offices, and na tional parks-are recent developments, scarcely imaginable three decades ago. The disappearance of the queues in these places may seem an unusual concern, but these are not the only places that markets have entered.
1. According to the author, which of the following seems governed by the principle “First come, first served”?
A. Taking buses.
B. Buying houses.
C. Flying with an airline.
D. Visiting amusement parks.
2. The example of the recorded message in Paragraphs 4 and 5 illustrates________.
A. the necessity of patience in queuing
B. the advantage of modern technology
C. the uncertainty of allocation principle
D. the fairness of telephonic services
3. The passage is meant to________.
A. justify paying for faster services
B. discuss the morals of allocating things
C. analyze the reason for standing in line
D. criticize the behavior of queue jumping
高考英语阅读理解原题 9
(2013·广东，B)体裁：议论文 词数：295
Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I'm not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don't come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that's just the reality of how life is.
However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And，in addition to that，in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising. To become great at certain things，it'll require even more time, time that most people won't put in.
This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don't enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.
When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success，you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It's sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway.
Whatever you do，if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you're not willing to put in the time and work, don't expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won't guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.
1. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about________.
A. the reasons for success
B. the meaning of success
C. the standards of success
D. the importance of success
2. In Paragraph 2, the underlined word that refers to________.
A. being good at something
B. setting a practical goal
C. putting in more time
D. succeeding in life
3. Successful people suggest doing what one loves because________.
A. work makes one feel pain
B. one tends to enjoy his work
C. one gives up his work easily
D. it takes a lot of time to succeed
4. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A. Successful people like to show their great skills.
B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.
C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.
D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.
5. What is the main theme of the passage?
A. Having a goal is vital to success.
B. Being good is different from being great.
C. One cannot succeed without time and practice.
D. Luck，talent and family help to achieve success.
高考英语阅读理解原题 10
(2013·辽宁，B)体裁：记叙文 词数：258
Going green seems to be a fad (时尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can't really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic (有机的)stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don't need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of homemade fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Going Green
B. Protecting the Planet
C. Keeping OpenMinded
D. Celebrating Our Green Year
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because ________.
A. they were expected to follow the green fad
B. they didn't know how to educate other people
C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D. they needed to perform unusual green tasks
3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
A. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
B. They ignored others' ungreen behavior.
C. They chose better chemical cleaners.
D. They sold their homemade food.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The government will give support to the green project.
B. The couple may continue their project in the future.
C. Some people disagree with the couple's green ideas.
D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
高考英语阅读理解原题参考答案：
高考英语阅读理解原题 1
[语篇解读]'本文为夹叙夹议文，题材为个人情感与人际关系。日常工作中医生往往听不进别人的观点和建议，这一点很糟糕。“我”通过自己的一次经历深深理解了一种工作原理——CRM的重要性，那什么是CRM呢?
1.B'细节理解题。根据第一段的They don't listen because they already know it all.可知作者认为医生们总是认为自己什么都知道所以就不听别人的意见，故选B项。作者没有提及医生们喜欢自己飞行，故排除A项;也没有信息说他们假装成优秀飞行员，故排除C项;文中也找不到作者说医生很快就学会CRM，故排除D项。
2.A'细节理解题。根据第二段最后的I put aside my uneasiness and said，“We need to put the landing gear down now!”可知是我在紧要关头勇敢说出自己的建议而挽救了我俩的性命，故选A项。根据该段中的The attending doctor was flying...he had forgotten to put the landing gear (起落架)down.可知是我的老板驾驶飞机而不是我，故排除B项;在我的提示下飞机安全着陆了，故排除C项;事情发生在我俩开飞机时而不是老板给病人做手术的时候，故排除D项。
3.D'推理判断题。最后一段作者描述自己在给病人做手术的时候总是鼓励别人发表意见，但有时候他们不愿意说，我还是继续鼓励。这样做是为了某一天有人会让我避免犯下致命的错误，就像当初我提醒我的老板及时放下起落架一样，故选D项。其他三项与该句中的keep me from搭配不符合文章要表达的意思。
4.B'主旨大意题。根据第一段中的but becoming a pilot makes me a better surgeon以及第二段用自己的一次亲身经历来证明这一点和最后一段我在自己的工作中坚持CRM工作法可知本文的主题是：飞行让我变成了一个更好的医生。A：CRM: 一种让飞行更安全的新方法;C：一个好的飞行员的培养;D：一个由飞行员转变的医生。这三项都与本文主题无关。
[长难句] It further requires that when opinions are from the opposite, the doctor doesn't overreact, which might prevent fellow doctors from voicing opinions again.这就进一步要求医生们在听到相反观点的时候，不要反应过激。这么做会使得同行们再也不发表他们的观点了。
It further requires that...这进一步要求……。which引导非限制性定语从句。
高考英语阅读理解原题 2
[语篇解读]'本文为议论文。作者主要对现在的名人没有隐私的问题发表了自己的看法。
1.B'推理判断题。根据文章第一段第二、三、四句“They are at the center of much of the world's attention. Paparazzi camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids publish thrilling stories about their personal lives.”可知现在的明星没有隐私，故选择B项。
2.B'主旨大意题。此段通过列举历史上的名人所遇到的麻烦来证明名人所遇到的问题由来已久，故选择B项。
3.A'细节理解题。根据第四段所描述内容可知以Internet为代表的现代媒介令名人们的处境更加不易，故此题选择A项。
4.D'观点态度题。通读全文可以发现，作者对现代名人没有批判、怀疑或是大加鼓励，倒是同情他们没有隐私、体谅他们难处的句子频繁出现，故此题应选择D项sympathetic同情的。sincere真诚的，sceptical怀疑的，disapproving不赞同的。
[长难句] Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today's stars，feeling like zoo animals，face pressures that few of us can imagine.尽管成名或许听起来就像梦想实现了一样，可如今的明星感觉就像动物园的动物，承受着少有人能够想象的压力。
本句是复合句，although引导让步状语从句;feeling like zoo animals 是现在分词短语作状语，主句为today's stars face pressures that few of us can imagine。
高考英语阅读理解原题 3
[语篇解读]'本文为夹叙夹议文。题材为社会生活类。作者通过自己亲身的旅行经历，更深刻地理解了绕行道的意义——虽然会比较慢，但是我们能近距离地接近自然，感受到生活更大的乐趣。
1.B'细节理解题。第三段最后一句提到作者坚持走高速公路，到达的时候会比较累。A项与此相反，故排除。C和D项文中没有涉及。
2.C'细节理解题。从第五段中的第二、三句得知：作者出于需要要走乡间小路。他们不得不每小时停下让Banner伸伸腿并且喂它。故选C项(停车去照顾小羊羔)。
3.B'推理判断题。作者通过看到的自然现象得出感慨：走这样的路要比走最好的高速公路要好，这里才是真正的生活，并且增长了见识。故选B项(接近自然可以增加生活的乐趣)。
4.D'细节理解题。第八段中提到，在回去的路上，孩子们在车上争吵，所以作者就命令他们下车到前面等着，也就是要孩子们冷静下来不要争吵。故选D项。
5.A'主旨大意题。作者以诗人William Stafford对绕行道的理解引题，加上自己的亲身经历，进一步理解了绕行道更深刻的意义——它会让你发现旅行中最好的部分，也发现最好的自己。故选A项——绕行道的魅力。
高考英语阅读理解原题 4
[语篇解读]'本文为议论文，题材为社会文化类，主要介绍了对英国人见面谈论天气的不同看法。
1.D'推理判断题。第一段作者首先提出英国人见面谈论天气这一现象，接着就给出了Dr.Johnson的评论，由此可判断引用Dr.Johnson评论的目的是说明这一现象的普遍，故选D项。
2.B'词义猜测题。第二段提到Bill Bryson认为由于英国的天气一点也不让人兴奋，所以人们见面就谈天气的这种痴迷令人费解。可推断obsession的意思可能是“痴迷”，是一种情感状态，故选B。A：社会趋势;B：情感状态;C：历史概念;D：未知现象。
3.D'推理判断题。根据第三段中“The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.”可知人们见面谈论天气的兴趣不在天气本身，而在于天气的不确定性，故选D。
4.A'主旨大意题。文章第一段首先引出英国人见面爱谈天气的现象，第二和第三段分别阐述了Bill Bryson和Jeremy Paxman对这一现象的两种相反观点，最后一段提出了自己的观点：英国人见面谈论天气是社交的一种手段，可判断文章的写作目的是剖析英国人见面谈天气的原因。
[长难句] Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive.然而，Jeremy Paxman 和Bryson持有相反的观点。他认为英国的天气在本质上是吸引人的。
句中arguing...作伴随状语，that引导的从句作及物动词argue的宾语。
高考英语阅读理解原题 5
[语篇解读]'本文为说明文，题材是科普知识与现代技术类。走在大街上突遇大雨而又没有带雨具该怎么办?一位有心人在圣彼得堡街头的一次经历让他产生了一种发明的想法：灯杆伞篷。
1.C'细节理解题。根据第一段中的That's why he created Lampbrella...可知他设计这种雨伞的目的就是为了保护行人免受雨淋之苦，故选C项。
2.A'推理判断题。第二段提到一次在圣彼得堡街头路灯照耀下他看到很多人试图避雨，于是就产生了设计这种雨伞的想法。由此推断出他的发明创造来自于一次经历，故选A项。
3.B'细节理解题。根据第三段中对这种雨伞的工作原理的描述可知B项正确。
4.D'主旨大意题。第五段主要是告诉我们这种伞是很安全的，故选D项。A项是该段的一个细节;该段没有提及它的外表样子，排除B项;C项“它的安装”，也是一个细节。
5.C'推理判断题。最后一句中说他坚持认为自己设计的这种雨伞可以在任何行人多但没有伞篷提供保护的街道上安装，由此推断出他认为自己的设计非常实用，故选C项。
[长难句] While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belyaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and insists his creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter. 尽管现在还没有计划将这种灯杆伞篷投入生产，但Belyaev说他最近把他的发明介绍给了莫斯科的一个部门，并坚持认为他的发明能够安装在那些行人很多但没有伞篷提供保护的街道上。
在此while引导的是一个让步状语从句，while=although尽管、虽然。主句的主语Belyaev有两个并列谓语动词says和insists。其中where引导的定语从句修饰先行词street。
高考英语阅读理解原题 6
[语篇解读]'本文为说明文，题材为社会生活。介绍了广告的起源以及早期的广告形式。
1.B'细节理解题。根据第一段内容“...it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization...”可知，广告源自劳动分工的产生。
2.B'细节理解题。根据第四段内容“First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers.”可知答案选B项。
3.A'细节理解题。作者在第一段提出“广告源自劳动分工”这一观点后，用Mr.Fielder和Mr. Plowright的故事来支持自己的观点，故选A。
4.D'细节理解题。根据最后一段内容可知，crier在历史上指可以大声吆喝，为货物做广告的人。根据本段最后一句“...in other words，not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today's world.”可知，D项正确。
5.C'主旨大意题。最后两段介绍了除了“signs with symbols”，当时人们还用“audio, or sound”的方式来做广告，都是各种各样的广告形式。故选C。
高考英语阅读理解原题 7
[语篇解读]'本文为说明文，题材为社会生活类。一项导师计划为年轻人提供了参与社会生活、拓宽视野的机会。
1.C'推理判断题。根据第三段可知，Young Inspirations的建立是要给年轻人提供改变生活和开阔视野的经历。故C项(为年轻人提供独特的经历)最贴近题意。
2.D'细节理解题。根据第五段第一句中At a time of funding cutbacks...(在资金短缺的时期……)，可知答案选D。
3.D'细节理解题。根据倒数第三段第一句可知，论坛的主题是年轻人如何推动政治和公共生活的变革。故D项(年轻人在社会变革中能够起到积极的作用)最贴近题意。
4.B'推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，Kieran的自信心、社交技能和学习成绩都得到了提高，而且还被选为学校八月份最有进步的学生。故答案选B。
5.B'主旨大意题。本文第一句是全文的主题句，即导师计划给Banbury的年轻人提供了改变生活的机会。故B项(年轻人找到了充满机会的世界)符合题意。
[长难句] At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring，it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to help youth with their school work and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures.在学校资金短缺的时期，提供这种指导越来越困难了，此时极其重要的是，这些机会既能帮助年轻人的学业和成绩，又能给他们提供可能塑造未来的机会。
本句中At a time of...of mentoring为时间状语，其中where schools are... this kind of mentoring为定语从句，修饰先行词cutbacks，where在定语从句中作地点状语，表示抽象概念，意为“在这种资金短缺的情况下”;句中第二个it为形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句;which引导的也是定语从句，修饰先行词opportunities。
高考英语阅读理解原题 8
[语篇解读]'本文为夹叙夹议的文章，题材属于社会生活类。文章阐述了社会分配的方式问题。
1.A'细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一、二句可知，这种法则适用于乘公共汽车，但不适用于所有场合，故选A。
2.C'细节理解题。第四、五段的例子是为了论证第四段第一句，即分配原则是不确定的，标准是可变的，故选C。
3.B'主旨大意题。文章前五段论述了两种不同的分配方式，即market和queue，最后一段还论述了除上述两种分配方式以外的其他分配方式。故B项最贴近文意主旨。
高考英语阅读理解原题 9
[语篇解读]'本文为议论文，题材属于社会生活类。本文论述了在人生中要成功，运气、天赋、家庭环境固然很重要，但一个人首先要树立目标，然后花大量的时间学习和实践，坚持努力为自己的目标奋斗，才能取得真正的成功。
1.A'主旨大意题。第一段中的“运气”“天赋”“家庭环境”等都是指成功的条件或理由，故选A。
2.B'词义猜测题。第二段中的代词that指代的是前句中的“set a goal and then gradually make it more practical”，故选B。
3.D'细节理解题。第三段第一句“This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love.”中的this就是指代上段的内容，即“one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising...that most people won't put in”，所以原因就是要成功需要花费大量的时间。
4.B'推理判断题。由第四段第一句后半句中的“...they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost”可推知。
5. C'主旨大意题。由第二段开头的However可知，本文的中心论题不在第一段而在第二段“to succeed in life，one first needs to...needs to...”，再结合最后一段“if you want to become great at it，you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time”，可知本文的主题思想是不花时间和不实践是不可能取得成功的。
高考英语阅读理解原题 10
[语篇解读]'本文为记叙文，题材为节能环保，主要讲述“我”和妻子一年的绿色环保行为。
1.A'主旨大意题。通读全文，并根据关键句“but for the two of us，going green is not a fad but a lifestyle”和“Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year，”可知文章主要讲述“我”和妻子一年的绿色环保行为，故选A项。
2.D'推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句话可知一年365天每天都做一件不同的绿色环保的事情绝非易事，故选D项。
3.A'细节理解题。根据第四段可知“我”和妻子在一年的时间里完全改变了原有的生活方式，代之以绿色环保方式，故选A项。
4.B'推理判断题。根据最后一句话可知“我们”相信“我们”有改变现状和帮助“我们”的地球的能力，故选B项。
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