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1、- 1 -镇江市 2014高考英语短文阅读类训练（8）及答案或解析阅读理解-AJeanne Clamant, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days. Jeanne Clamant lives
2、in a small old peoples home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense o
3、f humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her. So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important
4、factors. Jeanne Clamant has followed two of the tips(窍门). She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glassed of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Je
5、anne Clamant might have got very good genes(基因) from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86. A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but s
6、o far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Clamant sends him a card saying: Sorry, Im still alive! 1. How does Jeanne Clamant feel about her old age? A. She is miserable and unhappy. B. She is cheerful and humorous. C. She would like
7、to live much longer. - 2 -D. She feels she is going to die very soon. 2. Jeanne Clamant owes her good health and long life to _. A. smoking only a little every dayB. her giving up smoking and drinkingC. drinking two glasses of strong red wine every dayD. the good genes from her parents, a healthy di
8、et and some exercises3. Which of the following could best replace the word “move” in the fourth paragraph? A. deal B. trick C. march D. sport 4. Why does Jeanne Clamant say “Sorry, Im still alive” to the local lawyer every year on her birthday?A. Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer wh
9、ich was to her advantage. B. Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed. C. Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house.D. Because the house she sold to the lawyer isnt worth the money he has already paid.出处 学英语报体裁 夹叙夹议话题 世界上最长寿的一位法国老
10、太太阅读策略 注意提到的观点 入选理由 此篇难度不大，话题贴近实际，引起学生兴趣1. B。细节题。根据文章内容及第 2段第 3句 She still has a lively sense of humor 可推知此题答案为 B。2. D。细节题。根据文章第 3 段第 4句 She has always eaten a healthy diet 及倒数第 2 句 Jeanne Clamant might have got very good genes (基因) from her parents 可推知此题答案为 D。3. A。词义猜测题。根据此单词所在句子的前面部分 A local lawye
11、r bought her house under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death 可推知此题答案为 A。4. C。推断题。文章倒数第 2 段第 1 句说 so far the lawyer has paid her at least - 3 -three times the value of the house，而老太太本人也感到不好意思，据此可推知答案为 C。*结束完型填空：(（共 20小题，每小题 1分，满分 20分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题
12、卡上将该项涂黑。A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is 16 because he doesnt understand how to make the 17 of his mental faculties(才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapabl
13、e of learning things new because of their 18 .A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 19 because he feels that it would be useless. He wont go at a job with the confidence necessary for 20 , and he wont work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 21 l
14、ikely to fail, and the failure will 22 his belief in his incompetence.Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had 23 like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 24 in math. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in math in order that they would not 25 too much of him. In this way, they two 26 t
15、he idea. He accepted 27 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless 28 and was very poor at math, 29 as they expected.One day he worked at a problem which 30 of the other students had been able to solve.Alder 31 in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 32 with interest
16、, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at math. He not only 33 that he could learn math well, but luckily he learnt 34 in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job, with determination and purpose, he may 35 himself as well as others by his ability.16. A. clever B. shy C. useless D. s
