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1、四川省达州市2014 高考英语阅读理解一轮暑假训练（4）（答案）（201*山东卷）B Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York-he in computers, she in special education. Teaching means everything to us, Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news
2、 that leads to some serious thinking about lifes purpose. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singers home town of Sevier, Tennesse
3、e. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire, Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, as a reminder. Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners wh
4、o could take advantage of book and postage discounts.The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didnt want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy speciali
5、sts and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keatss The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdneys Llama Llama series.Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in
6、their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books Ive never heard of .” The Richters spend about 400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they
7、have left.”62.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?A. Give out brochures. B .Do something similar.C. Write books for children D. Retire from being a teacher.63.According to the text, Dollly Parton is .A. a well-known surgeon B. a mother of a four-year-oldC. a singer born
8、in Tennessee D .a computer programmer64.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?A. To avoid signing up online.B. To meet Dollywood board members.C. To make sure the books were the newest.D. To see if the books were of good quality.65.What can we learn from Tims words in the last paragraph?A. He needs m
9、ore money to help the children.B. He wonders why some people are so busy.C. He tries to save those waiting to die.D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.【解析】：61-65:ABCDD 【语篇解读】本文讲述了里克特作为教师的一家人在退休后又做出捐献书给儿童的决定，并且为此建立了基金会的事情，而且他们认为这使得他们的人生更为有意义。36. A。细节理解题。由第一段最后两句话可知是Tim 得病导致他思考生命的意义。37. B。细节理解题。从第二段
10、Tim说的话中“I could do something like this when we retire”,知道他打算在退休后做类似的事，是B选项。38. C。细节理解题。从第二段的第一句话得出Dollly Parton 是singer.39. D.。细节理解题。从第四段前两句话中得出，“We didnt want to give the children rubbish“ 比喻指我们不想要质量不好的东西。从本段首句主题句中也能得出the Richters 关心的是书的质量。40. D。从最后一段Tim的话” 有些人坐而等待死亡，而有些人则在他的余生尽可能的忙碌着“ 可知，他认为自己做出的事
11、情是值得的有意义的。*结束Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. To this end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country. The most popular free time a
12、ctivity in Britain is going for a walk. And when joggers (慢跑者) jog, they dont run the streets. Every one of them automatically heads to the park or the river. It is my firm belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.But despite this, ou
13、r children are growing up nature-deprived (丧失). I spent my boyhood climbing trees. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bou
14、ght, rather than things that can be found.The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the US: families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD (多动症). Those whose housing had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material
15、 surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment had less illness and greater physical ability than children used only to a normal playground. A US study suggested that when a school gave children access to a natural environment, the entire school would do better in studies.Another study found that children play differently in a natural environment. In playgrounds, children create a hierarchy (等级) based on physical abilities, with the to
