2014高考英语阅读理解精品训练(20)及解析

-1-2014高考英语阅读理解精品训练（20）及解析C5DAbout30yearsago,IleftCubafortheUnitedStateswithmyson.AftergettingsettledfinallyinBrunswick,NewJersey,Ienrolled(注册)mysoninkindergarten.Severalweekslater,myson'steacheraskedmetomeethimathisoffice.Intheteacher'soffice,anexchangeofgreetingswasfollowedbyhisquestions：“Isyoursonmentallyretarded(弱智的)?Doeshesufferfromanykindofmentaldisability？”WashetalkingaboutmywonderfulScola?No,no,itcan'tbe.Whatahelpless,lonelymoment!ItoldhimthatScolawasaquiet,sweetlittleboy,instead.Iaskedhimwhyhewasaskingmeallthesequestions.Mysoncouldnotfollowtheteacher'sdirections,hetoldme,andthus,Scolawasdisruptingtheclass.Didn'theknowmysondidnotspeakEnglishyet?Hewasangry：“Whyhasn'tyoursonbeentaughttospeakEnglish?Don'tyouspeakEnglishathome？”No,Ididn'tspeakEnglishathome,Ireplied.IwassuremysonwouldlearnEnglishinacoupleofmonths,andIdidn'twanthimtoforgethisnativelanguage.Well,wronganswer!WhatkindofpersonwouldnotspeakinEnglishtohersonathomeandatalltimes?“Areyouoneofthosepeoplewhocometothiscountrytosavedollarsandsendthembacktotheircountry,neverwantingtobeapartofthissociety？”Needlesstosay,ItriedtotellhimIwasnotoneof“thosepeople”.Thenhetoldmethemeetingwasover,andIleft.AsIhadexpected,mysonlearnedtospeakEnglishfluentlybeforetheschoolyearwasover.Hewentontograduatefromcollegeandgotajob,earningclosetosixfigures.Hetravelswidelyandleadsawell－adjusted,contentedlife.Andhehasbenefitedfrombeingbilingual(双语的)．Speakingmorethanonelanguageallowspeopletocommunicatewithothers;itteachespeopleaboutotherculturesandotherplaces—somethingverybasicandobviouslylackinginthe“educator”ImetinNewJersey.57．Theteacheraskedtheauthortohisoffice________．A．todiscussScola'sin－classperformanceB．togetScolaenrolledinkindergartenC．tofindalanguagepartnerforScolaD．toworkoutastudyplanforScola58．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“disrupting”inParagraph4probablymean?A．Breaking.B．Following.-2-C．Attending.D．Disturbing.59．Theauthor'sattitudetowardsbeingbilingualmaybestbedescribedas________．A．criticalB．casualC．positiveD．passive60．Thistextislikelytobeselectedfromabookof________．A．medicineB．educationC．geographyD．history【要点综述】本文作者通过说明自己儿子学习语言的过程和他最后的成功经历，说明了“双语”学习的重要性。57．A推理判断题。根据第二和第四段可知，学校老师让作者去学校的目的是为了探讨作者的儿子在学校的表现，选A。58．D词义猜测题。disrupting所在句子的意思是：他告诉我，我儿子经常不按老师的指令做，他经常干扰课堂。由此可知此处该词的意思是“干扰”，选D。59．C推理判断题。通读最后一段可知作者对于“双语”学习持积极、肯定的态度，选C。60．B推理判断题。本文探讨的是关于孩子的教育问题，由此可以推断出本文选自教育类书刊，选B。C6[2013·浙江卷]ANooneknowsforsurewhenadvertisingfirststarted.Itispossiblethatitgrewoutofthediscoverythatsomepeopledidcertainkindsofworkbetterthanothersdidthem.Thatledtotheconceptofspecialization,whichmeansthatpeoplewouldspecialize,orfocus,ondoingonespecificjob.Let'stakeamanwe'llcallMr.Fielder,forexample.Hedideverythingconnectedwithfarming.Heplantedseeds,tendedthefields,andharvestedandsoldhiscrops.Atthesametime,hedidmanyotherjobsonthefarm.However,hedidn'tmakethebricksforhishouse,cuthistreesintoboards,maketheplows(犁),oranyoftheotherhundredsofthingsafarmneeds.Instead,hegotthemfrompeoplewhospecializedindoingeachofthosethings.SupposetherewasanothermanweshallcallMr.Plowright.Usingwhatheknewaboutfarmingandworkingwithiron,Mr.Plowrightinventedaplowthatmadefarmingeasier.Mr.Plowrightdidnotreallylikefarminghimselfandwantedtospecializeinmakingreallygoodplows.Perhaps,hethought,otherfarmerswilltradewhattheygrowforoneofmyplows.HowdidMr.Plowrightletpeopleknowwhathewasdoing?Why,headvertised,ofcourse.Firstheopeneda-3-shopandthenheputupasignoutsidetheshoptoattractcustomers.Thatsignmayhavebeennomorethanaplowcarvedintoapieceofwoodandasimplearrowpointingtotheshopdoor.ItwasprobablyalltheinformationpeopleneededtofindMr.Plowrightandhisreallygoodplows.Manyhistoriansbelievethatthefirstoutdoorsignswereusedaboutfivethousandyearsago.Evenbeforemostpeoplecouldread,theyunderstoodsuchsigns.Shopkeeperswouldcarveintostone,clay,orwoodsymbolsfortheproductstheyhadforsale.Amedium,inadvertisingtalk,isthewayyoucommunicateyourmessage.Youmightsaythatthefirstmediumusedinadvertisingwassignswithsymbols.Thesecondmediumwasaudio,orsound,althoughthattermisnotusedexactlyinthewayweuseittoday.Originally,justthehumanvoiceandmaybesomekindofsimpleinstrument,suchasabell,wereusedtogetpeople'sattention.Acrier,inthehistoricalsense,isnotsomeonewhoweepseasily.Itissomeone,probablyaman,withavoiceloudenoughtobeheardovertheothernoisesofacity.InancientEgypt,shopkeepersmighthiresuchapersontospreadthenewsabouttheirproducts.Oftenthisearliestformofadvertisinginvolvedanewlyarrivedshiploadedwithgoods.Perhapsthecrierdescribedthegoods,explainedwheretheycamefrom,andpraisedtheirquality.Hisjobwas,inotherwords,nottoodifferentfromaTVorradiocommercialintoday'sworld.41．Whatprobablyledtothestartofadvertising?A．Thediscoveryofiron.B．Thespecializationoflabor.C．Theappearanceofnewjobs.D．Thedevelopmentoffarmingtechniques.42．Toadvertisehisplows,Mr.Plowright________.A．praisedhisplowsinpublicB．placedasignoutsidetheshopC．hunganarrowpointingtotheshopD．showedhisproductstothecustomers43．ThewritermakesupthetwostoriesofMr.FielderandMr.Plowrightinorderto________.A．explaintheoriginofadvertisingB．predictthefutur