阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

Isaac Stern was more than a great violin player.He was one of the most honored musicians in the world.He was an international cultural ambassador.He was a major supporter of the arts in America and in other countries.He was a teacher and activist.

Isaac Stern was born in 1920 in what is now Ukraine.His parents moved to San Francisco，California the following year.His mother began teaching Isaac the piano when he was six. He began taking violin lessons after hearing a friend play the instrument.Later，he began studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory(音乐学院)．He progressed quickly.When he was 16，he played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.The next year，he performed in New York City and was praised by music critics.

 During World War II ，Mr.Stern played for thousands of American soldiers.It was the first time many of them had heard classical music.After the war，he was the first American violinist to perform in a concert in the Soviet union.He also supported young musicians and cultural organizations in Israel.

 In 1979，Isaac Stern visited China.He met with Chinese musicians and students.He taught them about classical Western music.His visit was made into a film，which is called From Mao to Mozart：Isaac Stern in China.It won an Academy Award for best documentary film.

 In 1984，Isaac Stern received the Kennedy Center Honors Award for his gifts to American culture through music.He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life.He said he believed that music makes life better for everyone，especially children.

Mr.Stern supported and guided younger classical musicians.They include violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman，cellist Yo­Yo Ma，and pianist Yefim Bronfman.

Isaac Stern died in 2001 at the age of 81.He was a major influence on music in the 20th century.He leaves the world richer with his many recordings.

【文章大意】本文详细介绍了小提琴家艾萨克施特恩的生平以及他在音乐方面和国际文化方面的贡献。

1．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Isaac Stern?

A．He was born in California in the 1920s.

B．He had visited many countries to advertise his recordings.

C．He played less than one hundred concerts in all.

D．His excellent music life lasted over 60 years.

答案：D　细节理解题。根据上下文可知，他从16岁的时候就开始表演，81岁的时候去世，所以他的音乐人生经历了60多年，所以D项是正确的。

2．The underlined word“cellist”in Paragraph 6 may refer to________.

A．someone who supports young musicians

B．someone who wants to be a musician

C．someone who has a gift for music

D．someone who plays a certain kind of instrument

答案：D　词义猜测题。根据前文的violinists“小提琴家”和下文的pianist“钢琴家”可以猜测是演奏某种乐器的人。

3．From the passage，we can infer that________.

A．Isaac Stern influenced the culture in the 20th century a lot

B．Isaac Stern was one of the most active musicians of his day

C．Isaac Stern was so busy that he couldn't spare time to educate the youth

D．Isaac Stern led a rich life in his later life

答案：B　推理判断题。根据文章中他的音乐经历可以推知他是他所在的年代里最活跃的音乐家之一，因此B项符合文意。

4．What will be the best title for the passage?

A．Isaac Stern and the Awards He Got

B．Isaac Stern's Life of Pursuing Music

C．Isaac Stern：One of the Most Honored Musicians

D．Isaac Stern's Visit to China

答案：C　主旨大意题。根据文章第一段第二句He was one of the most honored musicians in the world.(即主题句)以及全文所述可知C项最适合当标题。A、B、D三项所表达的都是片面的。

 

 

【由山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题改编】

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　 It' s never a real problem for us when the weather gets cold． We have many different ways of coping with the cold．We can put on more clothes, stay next to a fireplace, turn on the air conditioner or simply travel to a warmer city to spend the winter．But things are not as easy for plants Unlike humans, plants can’t move to escape the cold or generate heat to keep themselves warm．So how do they manage to survive the freezing winter?

　  The cold is a big challenge for plants．Their living tissues can be damaged when they freeze．It's like a plant's equivalent(相等物）to frostbite（冻疮）．Also，the process of freezing and thawing（解冻）can cause air bubbles to form in the plant's water transport system．If enough of these air bubbles come together as water thaws they can block the flow of water from the roots to the leaves and kill the plant．

　  To live through cold weather，plants have developed three strategies，Some plants，such as oak trees, avoid freezing damage by dropping their leaves, before the winter chill sets in-effectively shutting off the flow of water between roots and leaves—and growing new leaves and water transport cells when the warm spring returns. Other plants, pine trees for example, protect them-selves by narrowing their water transport cells, which makes it easier for cells to travel among air bubbles．The third stratef;yi8 also the most extreme．Some plants; die on the ground in winter and start growing as new plants from seeds when conditions get warmer．

　  However, these smart strategies were developed \nmry8lowly－over millions of years of evolution．This leads scientists to worry that plants may not be able to deal with human-caused climate change, which has only started occurring over the past few decades．Scientists are hoping to find possible ways to save plants from the threat of climate change．

1．What is the text mainly about?

 A．Different ways for people to keep warm．

 B．How plants live through the freezing winter．

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　  C．How plants develop the 8tratef;ies to keep warm*

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D．The ways to save plants from the cold,

 

2．If the water transport from roots to leaves 18 blocked,　　　  ．

　  A．the plant will suffer from f'rostbite

　  B．air bubbles will be formed

　  C．the plant's living tissues will be damaged

　  D．the plant will be killed

3．Oak trees protect themselves by　　　　 ．

　　 A．stopping the water transport from roots to leaves

　　 B．dropping their leaves to grow seeds

　　 C．slowing the flow of water from roots to leaves

　　 D．storing enough water in the roots

4．What does the underlined phrase “sets in” mean in Paragraph3?

 A．stops　  B．begins　  C．leaves　  　　　　　　　 D．returns

5．What is the main idea of the last paragraph

 A．Plants can, easily adapt to climate change．

 B．Scientists are making efforts to save plants．

 C．Climates change is a great threat to plants．

　　 D．Plants are developing new strategies to survive．

【参考答案】1—5、BDADC　

 

 

BD)2013Tsavo National Park in the African country of Kenya.，(,poacherD

28.　　 The baby elephant was sent to _____by plane.

A, hospital 　B. Nature　 C. the orphanage 　D. National Park

After a tense wait and a plane ride, the baby’s rescuers made it to the orphanage.Returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years.C

高考英语（附解析答案）Ⅰ单项填空

1．—You seemed to be very surprised at the news that he won.
—Not exactly. It was his courage________ his skill________ really struck me.
A．as well as; that 　　　　　　　  B．other than; that 
C．rather than; which 　　　　　　　  D．and; which
解析　考查短语辨析和固定句式。除了；不同于；与一样；也；而不是。构成强调句式。答案　B
2．The government has taken measures to________the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable.
A．take down 　　　　　　　　 B．bring down
C．hand down 　　　　　　　　　　  D．tear down
解析　考查动词短语辨析。项取下；写下；拆除；项击落；降低价格等；项传递；项拆除；弄倒。
答案　B
3．It was Mr Zhang that helped us out of the trouble. Without his help, we________it so easily.
A．can't manage
B．mustn't have managed　  
C．couldn't have managed
D．couldn't manage
解析　考查虚拟语气。句意：是张先生帮我们摆脱了困境。要是没有他的帮助，我们就不可能这么轻易完成。答案　C

4．When I study English, I like to put my dictionary________my reach so that I can refer to it when necessary.
A．out of 　　　　　　　　　 B．beyond
C．within 　　　　　　　　  D．in
解析　考查介词搭配。在某人能够得着的地方或范围内。句意：当我学习英语时，我喜欢把字典放在能够得着的地方以便需要时随时查阅。答案　C
5．The________look on his face told us that the boy was________of what he had seen.
A．terrified；terrified　　　　　 B．terrified；terrifying
C．terrifying；terrified　　　　  D．terrifying；terrifying
解析　句意为：男孩脸上恐惧的表情告诉我们他害怕看到的一切。因激动、吃惊、害怕等呈现的面部表情，发出的声音，应用过去分词修饰，故第一个空用；第二个空用做表语，强调小男孩的状态；害怕，为固定搭配。答案　A
6．With a lot of difficult problems________，the manager felt like a cat on hot bricks.
A．settling 　　　　　　　　　　  　　B．to settle
C．being settled 　　　　　　  　　D．settled
解析　句意：因为有许多难题要解决，经理感觉像热锅上的蚂蚁。“＋宾语＋”结构作状语表将来，实际上此题中的结构就相当于，所以尽管和之间是被动关系，仍用主动形式。答案　B
7．________by all his grandchildren，the old man was delighted.
A．Surrounded 　　　　　　　　　　 B．Surrounding
C．To be surrounded 　　　　　  D．To be surrounding
解析　与之间为逻辑上的动宾关系的，所以此题应用的过去分词作状语。答案　A
8．He spent at least as much time reading as you________online yesterday.
A．had to chat 　　　　　　　　　　  B．do chatting
C．had chatted 　　　　　　　　　　 D．did chatting
解析　此句补充完整为：因为前面已出现了一次，为了避免重复，所以用代替；的用法是：，所以选用项。答案　D
9．They were poor，but they______a computer for their son.
A．managed buying 　　　　　B．tried buying
C．managed to buy 　　　　　D．tried to buy
解析考查的用法。意为设法完成某事，相当于；而意为努力做某事，但不一定成功。答案C
10．Growing coin doesn't need________growing rice.
A．as much water 　　　　　　　　　　  B．much as water
C．as much water as 　　　　　  D．as much as water
解析　经常与不可数名词连用，一般来说名词要放在的后面。答案　C
11．The city，________by mountains and lakes，is so beautiful that they have decided to stay there for another two weeks.
A．stood　　　　　　　　　　　　  B．connected
C．blocked　　　　　　　　　　  D．surrounded
解析　句意为：这座城市被群山湖水环绕着，显得如此美丽，以至于他们决定再待两个星期。意思是包围，环绕，这里用的是其过去分词形式。连接；阻挡，挡住，在意思上与语境不符。若把项改为则可选。答案　D
12．—Peter，where did you guys go for the summer vacation?
—We________busy with our work for months，so we went to the beach to relax ourselves.
A．were 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　 B．have been
C．had been 　　　　　　  　　　　　　　　 D．will be
解析　考查动词时态。我们去海边发生在过去，而我们忙于工作在此之前。因此用过去完成时。答案　C

13．The Great Wall of China is like a huge dragon，winding its way________deserts，________valleys，________mountains until it finally reaches the sea.
A．across；through；over 　　　　　　  B．through；across；over
C．over；across；through 　　　　　　  D．over；through；across
解析　考查介词。横过，穿过；从某一物体上方越过；穿过，从中通过。答案　14．Along with the letter was his promise________he would visit me this coming Christmas.
A．which 　　　　  B．that 　　   C．what 　　　　   D．whether
解析　考查名词性从句。引导的从句说明的是的内容，因此是同位语从句，在句中不作成分。答案　B
15．It is the test system，________the teachers，that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.
A．other than　　　　　　　　　  B．or rather
C．rather than　　　　　　　　　 D．more than
解析　句意为：是考试制度而不是教师们应为目前中学生们的沉重负担负责。而不是，符合句意。除以外；更确切地说；不仅仅。答案　C