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1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网 - 1 - 青岛市青岛市 2015 高考英语阅读理解选练（高考英语阅读理解选练（7）及答案（一轮）及答案（一轮） 【福建省漳州市福建省漳州市 2014 高考英语第三次联考试题高考英语第三次联考试题】 Anyone who doubts if children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk. No matter how many times the li
2、ttle ones stumble in their first efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition
3、 is often tied to their childrens success, it can be a painful experience. Figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. Assuming that a kid doesnt suffer from a learning disability, or isnt involved in some family crisis(危机) at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a
4、 fear of failure or classmate pressure.“Everything is within the kids control；their intelligence is changeable,”says Lisa Blackwell, a research scientist at Columbia University. More than any teacher or workshop, Blackwell says,“Parents can play a key role in conveying this message to their children
5、 by praising their effort and progress rather than emphasizing their “smartness” or praising high performance alone. Most of all, parents should let their kids know that mistakes are a part of learning.” Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and separation of stu
6、dents into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids.“These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who arent considered gifted and talented. They destroy their confidence,” says Jeff Howard, a social psychologist. Howard and other educators say
7、its important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extra-curricular activities. “The problem of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambition,”says Michael Nakkual, a Harvard educa
8、tion professor. The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to free them of the idea that class work is irrelevant, and to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. They need to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run. 72. A
9、ccording to the passage, the parents of kids with no ambition _. A. dont do a very good job on teaching them to walk B. are to blame if the kids do poorly in school C. feel pain because their own ambition is connected to their kids success D. should take part in extra-curricular activities with kids
10、 73. The underlined part “the fire went out” probably means _. A. the motivation was suddenly lostB. the fear of failure was suddenly gone 高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网 - 2 - C. the learning disability was suddenly lostD. the fire was suddenly gone 74. All the following can contribute to a sudden lack
11、 of ambition EXCEPT _. A. learning disability B. classmate pressure C. emphasis on testing D. extra-curricular activities 75. What is the most important thing for parents in motivating their kids? A. Punishing kids who dont display ambition. B. Emphasizing smartness and high performance. C. Telling
12、kids that mistakes are a part of learning. D. Praising the effort and progress they have made. 【参考答案】7275、CADC 较难题目特训：人物故事类较难题目特训：人物故事类 At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have. I mean, he had a head, two arms and two legs, just l
13、ike the rest of us. About nine oclock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers, one of the older boys, what it was that made this Elvis guy so special. He told me that it was Elvis wavy hair and the way he moved his body. About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage（孤儿院）were
14、called to the main dining- room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville, Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a hair cut.That is when I got this big idea, which hit me like a ton of bricks.If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret, then thats what I was going to get. All th
15、e way to town I told everybody, including the matron（女管家）from the orphanage who was taking us to town, that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him. When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Buster Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis. We finally arrived at the big barber shop, where they cut our hair for free because we we
