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1、胶州市2014高考英语文章阅读类训练（11）及答案或解析阅读理解Brian knew he had been drinking more and more, but he was convinced that hed return to more moderate drinking when he wasnt so pressured at work, and that a few too many drinks now and then wasnt a major problem. My wife and father were on me to stop drinking, but you
2、 know how critical and protective family can be, said Brian. So I blew them off. It wasnt until his friend Jack spoke up that Brian started to think differently. That really hit home, because I wouldnt expect a friend to confront me with something that personal unless it was very important, said Bri
3、an. Jack said he was really concerned about me. He pointed out that my personality changed after I had a few beers-that I became belligerent(寻衅的). For a normally easy-going guy, that was a dramatic change in behavior. Jack could see that Brians numerous drinking binges(放纵) were causing problems. Bri
4、an was frequently calling into work sick and falling behind in his work, and his marriage was seriously on the ropes. Brian was teetering on the edge of disaster. I didnt want to see a good life and a good friendship ruined, said Jack, so I approached Brian, shared my honest observations with him, a
5、nd suggested that he seek help. After a couple days of soul searching, though still reluctant, Brian took Jacks suggestion and was assessed by an addictionprofessional. The expert recommended that Brian check into a treatment center, and one day later Brian did so. Many people fear taking the path t
6、hat Jack took. Speaking up to a friend who may have a problem with alcohol or other drugs can be a tricky undertaking. Yet its true that a concerned friend can do a lot. Most people dont recognize they have a substance abuse problem and most dont seek help for a problem until someone close to them i
7、ntervenes(干预). 1. What happened to Brian according to the passage?A. He suffered from an illness called alcohol addiction.B. He changed so much that he was deserted by his family. C. He became morally corrupted drinking too much all day.D. He drank a little more than normal to escape the pressure.2.
8、 What does “that” in the 3rd paragraph refer to?A. Brians drinking binges. B. Jacks talk with Brian.C. Wife and fathers intervention. D. Brians different thoughts.3. Brian could accept Jacks suggestions mainly because _. A. he found his friend was very critical and protective B. Jacks suggestions we
9、re professional and persuasive C. Jack and Brians family had different opinions D. he knew his friend wouldnt easily intervene his personal affair4. Brians alcohol abuse brought him many problems EXCEPT _. A. his refusal to listen to his family B. his bad temper and aggressiveness C. his failure to
10、do his work well D. his marriage problems5. The writer narrates Brians story in order to _.A. tell us the bad results of alcohol addictionB. warn us not to fall into the habit of drinkingC. show friends have real power to interveneD. prove a friend in need is a friend indeed参考答案 1-5 A B D A C*结束（201
11、*江西卷）The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928). After immigrating form England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871. In those days, it wa
12、s nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howards name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.The nineteenth-centur
13、y poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither
14、 enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howards idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howards idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough fr
15、om existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit-Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house c
