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1、2014 高考英语阅读理解冲刺全程训练（14）及答案阅读理解请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A来源:Z+xx+k.ComWe know the famous onesthe Thomas Edison and the Alexander Graham Bells but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器) ？Shouldnt we know
2、who they are?Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that shes developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to t
3、he “why” and ”how” questions. According to Mclean,” When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up wi
4、th the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wa nted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldnt be a
5、 built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper. 来源:Z,xx,k
6、.ComToday we benefit from countless inventions and innovations，Its hard to imagine driving without Garrett A Morgans traffic light. Its equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgetts innovation that makes glass invisible, Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasse
7、s?( ) 1. By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are .A. beneficial, because their inventors are famousB. beneficial, though their inventors are less famousC. not useful, because their inventors are less famousD. not useful, though their i
8、nventors are famous( ) 2. Professor Joan McLeans course aims to_.A. add color and variety to students campus lifeB. inform students of the windshield wipers inventionC. carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD. prepare students to try their own invention( ) 3. Tommy Lees invention of the u
9、nbreakable umbrella was _. A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer B. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper C. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm D. not related to Professor Joan McLeans lectures( ) 4. Which 0f the following can best serve as the title of this pa
10、ssage? A How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers? B How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window? C Shouldnt We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper? D Shouldnt We Develop Invention Courses in Universities? A 篇第一篇文章是关于生活中离不开小发明，鼓励年轻人要善于把握发明的契机，推动社会的进步。56.观点态度题，根据第一段 b
11、ut 处：but what about the less famous inventers? What about.windshield wiper? 可以得出结论。这些人的发明不是很有名，确实非常有用的。答案为 B。57. 细节题。根据题干可以定位到原文第二段，However 处正是考点出题处，引号当中的内容正是证明了 Mclean 的观点：when students learn the answers to these questions,.prepared to recognizeinventing a try.由此可以看出选项 D 正是原文的同义替换。58.细节题。根据题干中的人物 T
12、ommy lee 可以定位到原文第三段，引号当中正是他的观点：If I had not heard the story of the windshield wipers invention.i never would have.，可以判断出答案 B 正确。来源:学|科|网 Z|X|X|K59.主旨题。文章一开头就点出文章主旨：shouldnt we know who they are?并且用了疑问句加强语气，可见 C 选项正确。其他三个选项都相对片面。Passage Four (Examinations Exert a Pernicious Influence on Education)We
13、might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a persons knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationists have still failed to device anything more efficient and reliab le than exa
14、minations. For all the pious claim that examinations text what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a persons true ability a
15、nd aptitude.As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success of failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesnt matter that you werent feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little t
16、hings like that dont count: the exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition where success and failure are clear ly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of drop-outs: young people who ar
