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1、江苏省睢宁县睢宁县 2015 高考英语阅读理解九月练习（高考英语阅读理解九月练习（5）及答案）及答案阅读理解-人物传记类-(2013太原一模)阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的 A,B,C 或 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。When Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer，she rented a typewriter，put it on the kitchen table，and began typing each morning before the kids went to school.When
2、the kids came home，she moved the typewriter and made them dinner.When they went to bed，she moved it back and typed some more.For two years，Debbie followed this routine.Supermom had become a struggling writer and she was loving every minute of it.One night，however，her husband，said to her， “Honey，Im s
3、orry，but youre not bringing in any income.We cant do this anymore.We cant survive on just what I make.”That night，her heart broken and her mind too busy to let her sleep.She stared at the ceiling in their darkened bedroom.Debbie knewwith all of the responsibilities of keeping up a house and looking
4、after four kidsthat working 40 hours a week would leave her no time to write.Seeing her despair，her husband woke up and asked， “Whats wrong？”“I really think I could have made it as a writer，I really do.”Wayne was silent for a long time，and then said， “All right，honey，go for it.”So Debbie returned to
5、 her dream and her typewriter on the kitchen table，pounding out page after page for another two years.Her family went without vacations，pinched pennies，and wore handmedowns.But the sacrifice and the persistence finally paid off.After five years of struggling，Debbie sold her first book.Then another.A
6、nd another.Until finally，today，Debbie has published more than 100 books，three of which have been sold for movies.Over 60 million copies are in print，and she has millions of loyal fans.And Wayne？All that sacrifice in support of his wife paid off handsomely.He got to retire at age 50 and now spends hi
7、s time building an airplane in the basement of their 7,000 squarefoot mansion.Debbies kids got a gift far more important than a few summer camps.As adults，they realize what Debbie gave them was far more importantpermission and encouragement to pursue their own dreams.【语篇解读】 本文主要讲述了 Debbie Macomber 坚
8、持不懈地追逐自己的梦想，最后取得成功的故事。1Her husband asked her to give up writing because _.Ahe wanted her to do more housework rather than just writeBshe couldnt earn any money and it was hard for them to make ends meetChe wanted her to find a betterpaid job that interested herDhe thought keeping up a house was a wi
9、fes responsibility解析 细节理解题。根据第二段可知她的丈夫感到自己一个人挣钱实在难以应付家庭的开支，希望她能放弃写作，去挣钱分担家庭的负担，故 B 项符合题意。答案 B。2Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?ADebbie spent 40 hours in writing a week before she succeeded as a writer.BDebbies family often went out on vacations without her.CDebbies
10、 husband gave up his own job to support her writing.DDebbies success has brought her lots of money.解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二、三段可知，Debbie 作为一个职业作家获得了巨大的成功，改善了家人的生活条件，故 D 项符合文意。答案 D。3We can infer from the last paragraph that _.AWayne doesnt benefit from her wifes successBDebbie has great influence on her childr
11、ens going after their dreamsCDebbies kids all realized their dreams as adultsDDebbie is a failure as a mother while she is a success as a writer解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，Debbie 支持鼓励她的孩子追求梦想，给了孩子们比野营更重要的礼物，Debbie 对她的孩子追求梦想有着极大的影响，故 B 项正确。答案 B。4Whats probably the best title for the passage?AGo for it BA gre
12、at motherCUnion is strength DWriting pays more解析 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了 Debbie Macomber 坚持不懈地追逐自己的梦想，并取得成功的故事，告诉我们要努力争取，坚持不懈。Go for it 表示“努力争取”，形象地表达了文章的主旨。答案 A.。阅读理解-APeople from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published onl
13、ine in Current Biology explains why.Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions
14、,“ Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.“According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial express
15、ions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while th
16、ey observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. “The cultural difference in eye movements
