2013高考英语（昆明市）阅读理解（3）（答案） Last week the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”, so of course his secretary gave it to him unopened. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. Then he opened it and a ￡10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said: Dear sir, In 1935 I got engaged. But unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was six months without a job and then I got work again. But of course was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring. The assistant brought some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girl-friend’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience (良心) all these years. At the time the ring cost ￡2 so I reckon (估计) that is about ￡10 at today’s price. And I am sending you that amount. Yours truly, A customer “Well, well, well,” said the manager, “life is full of surprises!” 1. The best headline for this article would be _______. A. A Customer Pays His Bill B. An Old Jeweler’s Shop C. The Manager and the Letter D. A Letter with ￡10 2. Why didn’t the secretary open the letter? Because _______. A. he was very busy B. it was a personal letter C. there was a ￡10 note in it D. the letter was unimportant 3. What happened to the writer of the letter in 1935? A. He was engaged to a girl. B. He was out of work for six months. C. He lost a ring. D. Both A and B. 4. What was true about the assistant? A. She lost her job. B. She was short of money. C. She was called away while serving the customer. D. She put one of the rings in her pocket. (1—4 ABDC) 【答案与解析】本文讲述了珠宝店的老板收到一封付款信的故事。 1. A。主旨题。根据故事的内容：珠宝店的老板收到一封顾客付款信，可推知此题答案为 A。 2. B。细节题。根据文章第 1 段第 1 句 …the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”… 可推知此题答案为 B。 3. D。推断题。根据来信的第 1 句I got engaged 和第 3 句 I was six months without a job… 可推知此题答案为 D。 4. C。细节题。根据为来信第1段倒数第3句 The assistant brought some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment… 可推知此题答案为 C。 ********************************************************结束 Chemists have been studying why people cry. They say the body produces two kinds of tears. One kind cleans out the eye if it gets dirt in it. But when people cry because of their feelings, these tears have poisonous chemicals in them. The body is getting rid of chemicals produced by strong feelings. In the United States men have heart diseases more often than women do. Doctors say heart disease and some other diseases are related(有关的) to the pressures of living and working in a modern society. Perhaps men suffer more from these diseases because they do not cry enough. And it is possible that as more and more women work outside the home, they will also suffer from more pressure. Then everyone will need to cry more. 1. Which of the following is happening now? A. More men than women are now crying. B. More women are now working outside their homes. C. Heart diseases are on the rise. D. The poison found in tears is killing more and more people 2. What is living in a modern society doing to some people? A. Making them cry. B. Driving them mad. C. Making them produce chemicals. D. Giving them heart diseases. 3. Why do people cry? A. To get rid of poisonous substances produced by strong feelings. B. Because they have to work outside their homes. C. Because they don’t know how to prevent heart diseases. D. For no reason at all. (1—3 BDA) 【答案与解析】本文介绍了眼泪的种类和作用，并建议在现代社会人们都需要多哭泣。 1. B。细节题。根据文章第 2 段倒数第 2 句 …it is possible that as more and more women work outside the home, they will also suffer from more pressure 可推知此题答案为 B。 2. D。推断题。根据文章第 2 段第 2 句 Doctors say heart disease and some other diseases are related to the pressures of living and working in a modern society 可推知此题答案为 D。 3. A。主旨题。根据文章首、尾句及全文内容可推知此题答案为 A。 ***********************************************************结束 1 Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer（作曲家）begins, how he manages to keep going – in fact, how and when he learns his trade – all are covered in complete darkness. The composer, in short, is a man of mystery（神秘）. One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration（灵感）plays in a composer’s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for. The composer, therefore, does not say to himself: “Do I feel inspired?” He says to himself: “Do I feel like working today?” And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like saying to himself: “Do I feel sleepy?” if you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you don’t feel sleepy, you stay up. If the composer doesn’t feel like working, he doesn’t work. It’s as simple as that. 57.What would be the best title for the text? A. Composer: a man of mystery B. Practice makes good music C. Relation between sleeping and music D. Music: product of nature 58.The words “covered in complete darkness” underlined in Paragraph 1 most probably mean ____. A. difficult to be made B. without any light C. black in color D. not known 59.Most people seem to think that a composer ____. A. finds it difficult to write music B. considers it important to have a good rest C. should like to talk about inspiration D. never asks himself very simple questions 60.The author will most probably agree that composers ____. A. are born with a gift for music B. are people full of mystery C. work late at night for their music D. know a lot about eating and sleeping 1答案 57.A 58.D 59.C 60.A *******************************************************结束 After a hole was made in a cork(软木塞), a narrow glass tube was pushed into it and the cork was pushed into the neck of a bottle filled with colored water. On doing this, some of the colored water rose in the tube. The level of the colored water in the tube was marked. Then the bottle was placed into a basin of hot water. Almost at once the water level in the tube fell a little but then it began to rise until the water overflowed. 1. Which of the following drawings shows the right water level in the tube as soon as the bottle was put into a basin of hot water? (M=mark)  2. According to this passage, which of the above drawings is most close to the final result of the experiment? A. A B. B C. C D. D 3. The experiment seems to prove that _______. A. the volume(体积) of liquids can increase more than that of solids when they are heated B. the volume of solids can increase more than that of liquids when they are heated C. some liquids and solids get bigger when they become hot D. all liquids and solids don’t change their shape when they become hot 【答案与解析】这是一篇对做一简单实验步骤的说明。 1. A。细节题。由文章最后两句 Then the bottle was placed into a basin of hot water. Almost at once the water level in the tube fell a little but then it began to rise until the water overflowed 可知答案为A。 2. B。细节题。从文中第二段“水开始上升，直到最后流了出来”可知B项为正确答案。 3. C。推断题。从实验结果“水因受热膨胀最后流了出来”可知答案选C。 *********************************************************结束 2 Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact (互动) these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (个体) and be networked at the same time? You need other people for networks. Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time. A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to- person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why? In the past, many people were worried that the Internet isolated (孤立) us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected — helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions. Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone and together with other people — at the same time! 60. The underlined phrase “networked individualism” probably means that by using computers people ________. A. stick to their own ways no matter what other people say B. have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest C. do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people D. are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people 61. According to the Pew study, what do many people rely on to make major life decisions? A. Networks. B. Friends. C. Phones. D. Parents. 62. It can be inferred from the Pew study that _______. A. people have been separated from each other by using computers B. the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely C. the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication D. a lot of people regard the person-to-person communication as a good thing 63. Which would be the best title for this passage? A. We’re Alone on the Internet. B. We’re Communicating on the Internet. C. We’re Alone Together on the Internet. D. We’re in the Imaginary World of the Internet. 2答案 60.D 61.A 62.C 63.C *******************************************************结束
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