高中英语阅读理解及答案详解.docx

高中英语阅读理解及答案详解4AA child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almostthe same words, but this should not lead pare nts to treat prin ted fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story tha n read it out of a book, and, if a pare nt can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the prin ted text, so much the better.A charge made aga inst fairy tales is that they harm the child by frighte ning him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a con trolled experime nt that childre n who have read fairy stories were more ofte n sorry for cruelty tha n those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises （出现 ）from the child hav ing heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that gia nts, witches, twoheaded drago ns, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, i nstead of being fond of the stra nge side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to lear n the reality by study ing history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar 奇怪的 ）thatI do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or coveri ng a teleph one with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girlfrie nd.No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and noclever child has ever believed that it was.1. The author con siders that a fairy story is more effective whe n it is.A. repeated without any cha ngeB. treated as a jokeC. made some cha nges by the pare ntD . set in the present解析：细节理解题。根据 It is always much better to tell a story tha nread it out of a book, an d, if a pare nt can produce what, i n the actual situati on of the time and the child, is an improveme nt on the prin ted text, so much the better.可推知此题答案为C。答案：C2. According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story isA. in a realistic sett ingB. heard for the first timeC. repeated too ofte nD . told in a different way解析： 细节题。根据 this arises 出现)from the child hav ing heard the story once.可推知此题答案为B。答案：B2. The advantage claimed 提出 )for repeating fairy stories to young children is thatA. makes them less fearfulB. develops their power of memoryC. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid ofD . encourages them not to have strange beliefs解析： 细节理解题。根据Familiarity with the story by repetiti on turns the pa inof fearin to the pleasure of a fear faced and master可以得出此答案。答案：A3. The authors men ti on of sticks and telepho nes is mea nt to suggest thatA. fairy stories are still being made upB. there is some misun dersta nding about fairy talesC. people try to moder nize old fairy storiesD . there is more concern for childrens fears nowadays解析: 推理判断题。有些人认为神话不现实，都是教孩子一些不存在的东西， 子有不好的影响。作者用虚拟语气作了一个假设，如果这些观点站得住脚的话，现这样的情况：the world should be full of mad men attempt ing to fly from New York toPhiladelphia on a stick or coveri ng a teleph one with kisses in the belief that it wastheir beloved girl frie nd.可见持这种观点的人实际上是对神话的一种误解。答案：B4. One of the reas ons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is thatA. they are full of imagi nati onB. they just make up the stories which are far fromthe truth C. they are not interestingD . they make teachers of history difficult to teach解析：推理判断题。根据.n ot objectively true, do not exist可知有些人不赞成神话故离现实因是选些故事是编出来的，远B。 答案：BVery old people do raise moral problems for almost every one who comes in con tact with them. Their values this cant be repeatedtoo ofte n are not n ecessarily our values.Physical comfort, clea nn ess and order are not n ecessarily the most importa nt things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decay ing food covered by small worms, and an old pers on lying alone in bed, taking no no tice of the worms. But is it in terferi ng （干涉）with pers onal freedom to in sist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be take n better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, thi nk we are in dan ger of carry ing this con cept of pers onal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.In deed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it n eeds more mechanical maintenance机械维修，保养 ）as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operati ons are painful experie nces, however good the results will be. And at what point should you stop to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by seek ing the developme nt of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is desig ned to die? You cant ask doctors or scie ntists to decide, because so long as they can see the tech ni cal opport un ities, they will feel bound to give them a try, on the prin ciple that while theres life, theres hope.Whe n you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the con clusi on that whether age is happy or un pleasa nt depe nds less on money or on health tha n it does on your ability to have fun.5. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. The values are differe nt betwee n the old and the young.B. The moral problems raised by old people.C. The pers onal freedom for the old.D . Old peoples viewpoint on life.解析：主旨大意题。根据文章第1句 Very old people do raise moral problemsfor almostevery one who comes in con tact with then及 全文内容可知，答案选B。答案：B6. We can know from the first paragraph that.A. Very old people would like to live alone to have more pers onal freedom.B. Very old people are able to keep their room clea n.C. Very old people like to live with their childre n.D . Social services have nothing to do with very old people.解析：推理判断题。根据文章第1段最后几句Some social workers, theones who clearup the worms, thi nk we are in dan ger of carry ing this con cept of pers onal freedom to thepoint where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the ol可知，答A。答案：A7. According to the author, which of the following is right?A. The older a pers on, the more care he n eeds.B. Too much emphasis has bee n put on old peoples values.C. The huma n body cant be compared to a car.D . It is easy to provide spare parts for old people.解析：推理判断题。根据文章第2段第2句The body is like a car, it needsmoremecha ni cal maintenance as it gets old 可知，答案选 A。答案：A8. The underlined word“ it ” in the Jastparagraph refers to .“”A. their money or their healthB. the con clusi on you come toC. your talk to the old peopleD . whether age is happy or unpleasant解析：词义猜测题。根据文章最后一句 you are forced to the con clusionthat whether age is happy or un pleasa nt depe nds less on money or on health tha n it does on your ability to have fun可知，答案选 D。答案：D