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1、- 1 - 2014 高考英语阅读理解冲刺满分训练（22） 阅读理解 -A Belton and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday- makers and other tourists(观 光者 ). Last August there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton. The next day, this news appear
2、ed on page two of the towns newspaper, The Belton Post: FIRE AT SEABREEZE Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please don t smoke cigarettes
3、in bed.” This was Belton s first hotel fire for five years. The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one. ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE Last night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker s
4、aid, “An electric lam p probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield. What are the facts, then? It is ne
5、ver easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel last August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yeswe know that firemen went to the hotel. Now what do you think of the rest of the “news ”? 1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of
6、 this text? A. Belton and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer. B. A fire broke out one night in Sea breeze Hotel last summer. C. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers. D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter. - 2 - 答案解析：答案为C。本题为主旨大意题。文章前面的内容陈述了两则不同的新闻报道，后
7、 面的内容对新闻报道进行总结，由倒数第二段第二句话“It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident.”可知，答案为C。 2. Which of the following are probably facts? a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel. b. A cigarette started the fire. c. An old lamp started the fire. d. The fire broke out at night. e. There
8、 has never been a fire in Canfield. A. b and c B. a and d C. c and e D. a and c 答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一则报道的第一句话“Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom.” 和第二则报道的第一句话“Last night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothe
9、s and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel.”可知，火灾都 发生在晚上和房间里，故答案为B。 3. The Canfield Times used the headline (标题 ) like this in order to make its readers think _. A. hotels in Belton often catch fire B. hotels in Belton dont often catch fire C. this was the second fire at the Sea breeze Hotel D. Be
10、lton was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe 答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。Canfield Times报纸报道的新闻标题使用 “another ” 意在告诉读者Belton的旅馆经常发生火灾，这样可以使得自己城市的旅游业更 具有竞争力。故答案为A。 4. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Belton Post by saying that _. A. the bedroom lamps were very o
11、ld at the Sea breeze Hotel - 3 - B. the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place C. the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things D. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years 答案解析： 答案为 C。本题为细节题。 Canfield报纸报道的第一句话“Last night Belton firemen arriv
12、ed just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel.”一语中的，把最重要的信息首先传递给受众，“消防员到达太晚未能挽 救房间里的衣服，床单被褥和一些家具”， C 选项的意思与此吻合，故答案为C。干扰项A选 项是该则报道后面的内容，不可选。 A 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。 James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of bl
13、ack slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name. “J.C. ” , he replied. She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name. Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time s
14、o as to pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later. A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week,
15、 and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book. The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next ye
16、ar, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political. - 4 - Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners. “It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didnt go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.” Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone call from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the Unite
