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1、浙江省富阳市浙江省富阳市 2015 高考英语阅读理解基础篇（高考英语阅读理解基础篇（1）及答案）及答案【2015 高考复习】阅读理解There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip (说闲话) as much as the British.If prying into others lives were an Olympic sport，then Team GB would surely take the gold medal.And when the British cant watch the lives of real pe
2、ople with glee，they have another source of entertainment to fall back onthe soap opera.British soap operas are very different to US TV dramas.For one，they are normally longer running.The two most popular，Coronation Street and Eastenders，have been running for 48 and 24 years respectively.Both are bro
3、adcast several times a week，so remarkably there have been more than 7,000 episodes of Coronation Street.The most obvious difference is that，unlike US dramas，the British soap operas focus on the real world.There is little glamour，the stars are rarely rich，and they normally have boring jobs.Perhaps th
4、e appeal is that the lives of the characters often mirror the lives of the audiencebut with some drama added.This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.Because these soap operas last for decades，the cast is ever changing.The shows r
5、arely focus on one or two main characters.Like the real world，people come and go all the time.However，there are exceptions.Coronation Streets William Roach,76，has played the role of Ken Barlow since the very first episode of the show in 1960，and he is still a regular.The choice of which soap opera y
6、ou follow is often cultural：People from the north of British tend to watch Coronation Street as it is set in Manchester.People from the south generally prefer Eastenders，which is set in the east of London.The show is generally considered grittier and is aimed at a younger audience.【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了什么是英
7、国的肥皂剧、英国肥皂剧与美国电视剧的区别、英国肥皂剧的主要特点以及英国人喜欢看英国肥皂剧的主要原因。1What does this passage mainly talk about?ABritish people like to know things about other people.BBritish team can get Olympic gold medals.CWhat is British soap opera.DPeople in the north like different things from the people in the south.解析 主旨大意题。文章
8、的第二段的第一句话是全文的中心句，全文都是围绕英国的“soap opera”展开叙述的，告诉读者什么是英国的肥皂剧。C 项符合文章大意，故答案选C。答案 C2What is the main difference between American dramas and British soap operas?AAmerican dramas are longer.BBritish soap operas are longer.CAmerican dramas deal with dangerous things.DBritish soap operas deal with real peopl
9、e.解析 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第一句话可知，英国肥皂剧与美国电视剧最大的不同在于英国肥皂剧关注的是现实世界。D 项最符合文意，故答案选 D。答案 D3Why do British people like to watch such operas?AThey can find their own life from the operas.BThey can enjoy the operas in their free time.CThey can watch the operas for many years.DThey care about the fate of the charac
10、ters in the operas.解析 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第三、四句话可知，英国人喜欢看这种肥皂剧主要是因为剧中角色的生活反映了他们自己的生活，他们可以从剧中感受到痛苦和幸福。A 项最符合文意，故答案选 A。答案 A4The underlined word “episodes” in the 2nd paragraph probably means_.Aplays Bpages Cissues Dparts解析 词义猜测题。根据上下文可知， “episode”应该意为“(电视连续剧的)一集”。故 D 项与画线词的意思最接近。答案 D5One characteristic of B
11、ritish operas is that_.Athe characters play the same role for a long timeBthe characters in the play often changeCpeople dont know what will happen nextDthere is only one or two characters in them解析 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的第一句话可知，因为英国的这些肥皂剧要持续好几十年，所以剧中的演员阵容(the cast)经常发生变化。可见，英国肥皂剧的一个特点就是剧中的角色经常改变。答案 B阅读理解阅读理
12、解-CMoney is all surrounding usEvery day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongueDid you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from?Making new money is a very unique job and no easy taskIt has up to 65 steps. When the money in circula
13、tion（流通）gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money. The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed. Usually, the old money is burned. The burned money is replaced by new paper money.If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called
14、 a mint（造币厂）Large sheets of paper are printed with many pictures of some currency （流通货币） These large sheets are cut into individual billsThe individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banksSometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （portraits of statesman a
15、nd places of interest are favoured）or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. Then, they ask an a
16、rtist to design the new billA different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a dieThe dies are made and put onto large printing machinesThen, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can haveAlong with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special coloursAfter the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks11From the p
