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1、山东省曲阜市 2017 高考英语一轮阅读理解校本选练二阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。【2016 高考训练】2014 TFK Poetry ContestCalling all poets! TIME For Kids has a challenge for you：Write funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poets work. Enter it in the TIME For Kids Poetry Contest. As fewe
2、r and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own, TIME For Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation.Contest Rules1. How to enter: This contest begins 12:01 am on March 6, 2014 and ends 11:59 pm on July 24, 2014. To enter, mail the following inform
3、ation to 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10020: (a) an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme(韵律); (b) Entrants first name only and a parents mail address. Limit one entry per person. By entering, Entrant promises that the entry (
4、1) is original, (2) has not been published in any medium and (3) has not won an award.2. Judging: All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following criteria: creativity and originality (50), use of language and rhyme (25) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest (25). Th
5、e length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.3. Prizes: Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手)from which one grand-prize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grand-prize winner will receive an online class visit from Childrens Poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy
6、of his newest book of poetry, The Armpit of Doom：Funny Poems for Kids, approximately value: $275. The three finalists will each get a signed copy of Nesbitts newest book of poetry，The Armpitof Doom: Funny Poemsfor Kids，and both their poems and that of the grand-prize winner will be published at .4.
7、Eligibility(参赛资格)：Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at time of entry5. Winners list：For names of the winner and finalists，visit (after August 1, 2014, available for a period of 10 days)1. The purpose
8、of the contest is to .A. encourage children to learn from other poetsB. help children realize the dream of poetry writingC. encourage childrens interest in poetry writingD. encourage children to read more original poems2. Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging?A.
9、Being creative and originalB. Using a proper number of wordsC. Using proper language and rhymeD. Being appropriate to the contest theme3. What can be known about the finalists of the contest?A. They will get a great deal of money.B. Their poems can be read at .C. They will receive an online class vi
10、sit from NesbittD. Their poems will appear in Nesbitts newest book of poetry.4. According to the contest rules, .A. poems can be sent to the organizers by e-mail1B. all children have the right to take part in the contestC. the number of poems to enter the contest is not limitedD. the result of the c
11、ontest will be unknown before August, 2014 参考答案 1-4、CABD2014 高考英语阅读理解（社会生活、说理议论） 2014湖北卷 EFor most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets, and even bicycles. Dr Christopher Wilk is a member of a small g
12、roup of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as we know it would be impossible. In that sense, they argue, the elevators role in American history has been no less significa
13、nt than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk, the car and the elevator have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally(水平地), and elevators pushing them towards life in close groups of towering vertical(垂直的) columns.If we tend
14、to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be because riding in them tends to be such a brief, boring, and even awkward experienceone that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we have nothing in common, and an unpleasant awareness of the fact that were hanging from a cable in a l
15、ong passage.In a new book, Lifted, German journalist and cultural studies professor Andreas Bernard directed all his attention to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its relationship to humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience
16、. “After 150 years, we are still not used to it，” Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learnt to cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, sets the elevator ride apart from just about every other situation we find ourselves in as we go about our lives.Today, as the wo
