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1、2014 届高考英语一轮复习自选训练 阅读理解 12维 B1 阅读理解(每题 2 分，满分 8 分)来源:学| 科|网选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：I Am a PencilChildrens book author Sam Swope took a job teaching writing to thirdgraders in the New York City borough of Queens.His students were immigrants or the children of immigrants from 21 countries，speaking 11 languag
2、es，having many different beliefs.But there were a few things they had in common.Family troubles，for one.Money struggles.And poetry.Every single student，with the help of this creative， breakalltherules teacher，made great progress in writing.Swope leaves the reader with the encouraging conviction that
3、 deep within each of us lives a poet，a geniusa child.Cover Price: $59.88Price: $19.95You Save: $39.93 (67%)What It Takes to Help Me OutAn editor for US.News & World Report, David LMarcus takes us inside a boarding school for troubled teens.The great stresses are put on these teens，which makes them l
4、ose their nature.This should cause us a truthful，thoughtprovoking thinking.Cover Price: $35.86Price: $15.00You Save: $20.86 (58%)The Most Scenic Drives in AmericaUpdated and translated into several languages for the first time since 1997，this travel book includes over 200 brandnew photographs of the
5、 wonderful places along 120 selected routes.The updated volume also provides maps，the latest information on state parks，and lodging (住所) suggestions.Cover Price: $47.88Price: $23.88You Save: $24 (50%)Our Brothers KeeperAuthor Jedwin Smith spent 30 years trying to get out of all memories of his broth
6、er，Jeff，who was killed in Vietnam.But in Our Brothers Keeper he tells what happens when he met several of his brothers old Marine friends.Smith gets to know these menall hurt by the past they share.Together the author and his new friends make a journey to Vietnam，to visit the place where Jeff died.S
7、urprisingly，their Vietnamese guide was the former commander of the Viet Cong platoon carrying out the attack that killed Jeff.A powerful story of brotherhood，bravery and understanding.Cover Price: $59.40Price: $10.00You Save: $49.40 (83%)Notes：conviction n信念 thoughtprovoking adj.令人深思的【语篇解读】 本文是四本书的广
8、告。广告介 绍了四本 书的内容、价 格及折扣。1Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut?来源:Zxxk.ComAI Am a Pencil.BWhat It Takes to Help Me Out.CThe Most Scenic Drives in America.DOur Brothers Keeper.答案D细节理解题。由各篇的 “you save”可知，Our Brothers Keeper 降价最多：$49.40 (83%)。2If you are interested in taking photos，y
9、ou would probably choose _.AOur Brothers KeeperBWhat It Takes to Help Me OutCThe Most Scenic Drives in AmericaDI Am a Pencil答案C 细节理解题。从“The Most Scenic Drives in America”的“ .this travel book includes over 200 brandnew photographs of the wonderful places along 120 selected routes.”可知答案为 C。3Which of t
10、he following is WRONG according to the passage?AThe book What It Takes to Help Me Out is about troubled teens.BThe book The Most Scenic Drives in America includes many pictures.CThe friends Jedwin Smith made had the same bad experiences.DThe Vietnamese guide，the former commander who himself killed J
11、edwin Smiths brother.答案D推理判断题。由 Our Brothers Keeper 中的“Surprisingly，their Vietnamese guide was the former commander(海军 中校)of the Viet Cong platoon carrying out the attack that killed Jeff.”可知，Jedwin Smith 的弟弟的去世并非是 the former commander 直接所为，而是执行命令，是官方意志，故答案为 D。4Which book has many foreign editions (
12、 版本) according to the passage?AThe Most Scenic Dri ves in America.BWhat It Takes to Help Me Out.CI Am a Pencil.DOur Brothers Keeper.答案A细节理解题。从 The Most Scenic Drives in America 中“Updated( 再版)and translated into several languages for the first time since 1997”可知 A 为正确答案。来源:学科网 ZXXK*结束维 B2 阅读理解(每题 2 分
13、，满分 8 分)选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：The main reason people come to America is said to be that they can chase the American Dream.Everyone has heard of it，and many have died fighting for it.The only thing is that there is no clear definition of the American Dream.It is not defined by one dream，but all the opport
14、unities that the United States has to offer.Since the founding of the United States，people have been striving to define the American Dream.In the play Death of a Salesman，every character is trying to realize his own version of the American Dream.Willy feels that by being well liked he has achieved w
15、hat the American Dream is all about.He has spent his whole life as a salesman who has not been very successful.As he gets older，he starts having conflicts with everyone in his life，and feels that only by killing himself will the people around him be able to finally be happy.Bernard，on the other hand
16、，feels that the American Dream can only be achieved if one has been successful in their academic and professional careers.He shows that through hard work and dedication，success can be accomplished.He reached his professional goals and achieved his version of the American Dream.Throughout the play these
