山东德州2013届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析12
I can’t remember a winter being as cold as this in Pennsylvania, but I’m sure there were colder days.
Even though the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, it’s easy to find an excuse not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things.
People I speak to have been in all kinds of nasty moods. They say they’re “under the weather”, not feeling good about this time of year.
As I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face felt frozen and my ears were sitting. Of course, that doesn’t matter to Ricky and Lucy. They have a routine they must go through to find just the fighting spot no matter how cold or hot it is. So I wait.
But this time it was different. As cold as it was, I suddenly was excited thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was.
Then the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summer’s extremely hot days flashed through my mind. I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon, with sweat pouring down my brow and the hot, burning sun against my face. I reminded myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heat.
I was grateful for the extremes. Without the extremes in my life, I would never appreciate the days when things were just right. Without the extremes, life would be boring.
It’s being pushed to one of the extremes that makes us appreciate the middle more. Health challenges remind us that we need to pay more attention to how we live. Financial extremes remind us that when things go smoothly it’s also time to save for raining days.
I’ve come to the conclusion that all too often I find a reason not to be happy with where I am at that moment. Whether it’s hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always want it to be different.
I’m tired of being “Under the Weather! ”
1. What is the author’s attitude towards the extremes in life?
A. Grateful. B. Critical.
C. Sensitive. D. Unconcerned.
2. The underlined word “nasty” in the third paragraph can be replaced by _______ .
A. unpleasant B. violent
C. favorable D. unusual
3. At last the author drew a conclusion that _______ .
A. happiness cannot be gained by complaints
B. his present situation really disappointed him
C. things will be different whatever the situation is
D. happiness will fail to come to you for various reasons
4. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Follow the Routine
B. Two Extremes in Life
C. Weather Information
D. Changes Should Be Expected
阅读第二节
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。
—Mary, do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?
— 1
—Ah, it was great. The food was great. The wine was great! But the traffic was terrible!
— 2
—Those Italians are crazy drivers! I don’ t want to think about it!
—OK, OK. 3
—Yes, so here’ s a picture of the Tower of Pisa.
—How nice!
—It was raining that day, but it was still wonderful. We climbed to the top!
— 4
—That’ s a photo of the Amo River. That’ s the “Ponte Vecchio” , the old bridge.
— 5
—It was very interesting. There were beautiful old buildings in the city, and lots of wonderful museums.
—That’s nice.
A. And what’s this?
B. Why was it so bad?
C. Yes, it was wonderful.
D. What was Florence like?
E. Let’s return to the good parts.
F. Sure, what was your holiday like?
G. Well, did you like your hotel there?
答案解析
1.【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第七段“I was grateful for the extremes. ”可知答案为A。
2.【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据第三段“They say they’re ‘under the weather’, not feeling good about this time of year. ”可知，nasty的意思是“不愉快的”。
3.【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Whether it’s hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always want it to be different. ”可知，答案为C。
4.【解析】选D。主旨大意题。根据文章大意可知，文章主要讲述了改变能够使生活更加多彩。
答案：1~5. FBEAD
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