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1、2014高考英语阅读理解精英定时训练题（5）及答案 【甘肃省张掖中学2013模拟】EDown-to-earth means being honest, open, and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to. He or she accepts others as equals. A down-to-earth person may be an important member of s
2、ociety, of course, but they do not let their importance go to their heads, and they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important. Someone who is filled with self-importance and pride, often without cause, is said to have his nose in the air. There is no way a person wit
3、h his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.Americans use another expression that is similar in some way to down-to-earth. The expression is both feet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality. He has what is called common sense. He may have
4、dreams but he does not allow them to block his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the world. Sometimes such a dreamer can be brought back to reality; sharp words from the te
5、acher, for example, can usually get a daydreaming student to put both feet back on the ground.The person who is down-to-earth usually has both feet on the ground. But the opposite is not always true. Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down
6、-to-earth. When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are realistic and we act honestly and openly toward others, and our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.58. If a person has his nose in the air, he _. A. is down to the earth B. is easy to deal with C. always thinks he i
7、s more important than others D. is confident来源:学,科,网Z,X,X,K59. If a person has both feet on the ground, he _. A. is in touch with reality, and doesnt have any dreamsB. has some dreams but he is realisticC. is honest, open and easy to deal withD. is honest, open but hard to deal with60. The underline
8、d sentence “But the opposite is not always true.” most probably means that _. A. the person who has his nose in the air is not trueB. a man with his head in the clouds is often not intelligentC. the opposite direction is always wrongD. a person who has both feet on the ground may not be down-to-eart
9、h【参考答案】58-60 CBD 来源:Z_xx_k.Com阅读理解Japanese students work very bard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures(压力) from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea fo
10、r those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted(有天赋的) enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they dont wan
11、t to go to school any longer. They become dropouts.It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers work to help their children. To make m
12、atters worse, a lot of parents serif their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world.Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students hair to their clothe
13、s and things in their school bags. Child psychologists(心理学家) now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, eve
14、n for their parents.1. “Dropouts” are those who _.A. make troubles in and out of schoolsB. go about or stay home instead of being at schoolC. try hard but always fails in the examsD. lose hope and give up some of their subjects2. According to the passage, its necessary to teach students _.A. how to
15、study wellB. how to get on with othersC. to show love and care for othersD. All above3. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. The Trouble in Japanese SchoolsB. The Problems of Japanese StudentsC. Education in JapanD. The Pressures on the Students in Japan 【答案与解析】这是一篇关于日本学生所受
16、到的沉重的压力的文章。家长的过高期望，日本学校严格的制度都使得一些学生丧失了上学的兴趣，甚至不懂得如何和他人相处。1. B。词义锖测题。根据 Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they dont want to go to school any longer(这样的学生觉得他们被所有认识的人讨厌，他们不想再去学校)可推知答案为 B。来源:学.科.网2. D。细节题。由第2段的最后一句我们知道：They only help the students to pass the exam，所以 teach students how to study well 是必要的，而第3段最后一句也说 no
