山东德州2013届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析9
We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
“You could win prizes, ” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”
We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.
Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins(餐巾纸), while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.
I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.
Minutes passed.
No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
1. What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster?
A. It must appear in time.
B. It must be done in class.
C. It must be done on a construction sheet.
D. It must include the words on the blackboard.
2. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _______ .
A. formed an idea for B. made an outline for
C. made some space for D. chose some colors for
3. After seeing the good students’ designs, some students _______ .
A. loved their own designs more
B. thought they had a fair chance
C. put their own designs in a corner
D. thought they would not win the prize
4. We can infer from the passage that the author _______ .
A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much
B. loved poster competitions very much
C. felt surprised to win the competition
D. became wise and rich after the competition
(B)
Turning on the TV, a wonderful scene comes to your eyes — a group of men, tall, strong and handsome, and women, young, beautiful and attractive, too. Together they eat in the finest restaurants, traveling everywhere around the world on luxurious planes and pleasure ships. They are models.
What sort of life are models leading? Is it a wonderful life for a young lady or a young man?
A few models are well-known actors or actresses who can make a lot of money only by showing themselves off in commercials. But the majority of them are just curious to see what it is like. They’d like to be models just because they are attracted by what they imagine — models earn a lot of money and lead a glorious life. This is true for those who are very successful. However, most models find it difficult to get work. Very few can earn enough to live on, and for all models their expenses are high. Their agents claim about 20% of the earnings, and no model will get very far without a clever agent. Besides, they have to buy good clothing. They also have to pay to travel to interviews and reach the places where the work is to be done.
Interviews for a model job are known as cattle-markets in the modeling world. A top model can choose his or her work, demand and receive high fees and have his or her expenses paid. But for most models, the situation is quite different. And an agent or an employer inspects each model much as a farmer inspects cattle at a market. Intelligence, qualifications and personal characteristics count for little against good looks and tight figures. For all except the very few lucky ones, the life of a model is a continual search for work, trying to sell himself or herself in the face of fierce competition and, sometimes, not particularly moral standards on the part of some employers.
Modeling is a changeable world with great rewards for a tiny minority but not for the majority.
5. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To introduce the theme.
B. To arouse your interest.
C. To start a story.
D. To show you an interesting TV play.
6. Most people want to be models because _______ .
A. they like to show themselves off
B. they are curious about the work
C. models earn a lot of money and lead a glorious life
D. they have beautiful clothing and figures
7. If a model earns one million dollars in a fashionable show, the agent can get _______ .
A. less than $100, 000 B. more than $250, 000
C. $150, 000 D. about $200, 000
8. According to the passage, which of the statements is right?
A. The majority of the models can live a luxurious life.
B. A clever agent is a great help to the success of a model.
C. Cattle-markets refer to the changing world of models.
D. Being a model, he or she won’t have to search for work.
答案解析
1.【解析】选 D。细节理解题。由第二段末句，老师说的话You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. 可知老师的要求是黑板上的内容须在海报中出现。
2. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。上下句是Some. . . Others. . . 句式，while we conjured up our designs的对应部分是while deep in thought，可见conjured up的意思是“思考，想像”，故选A。
3.【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第四段倒数第二句Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. 可知有些学生看到优秀学生的作品后, 对自己的参赛作品没有了信心。
4.【解析】选C。推理判断题。由. . . always—always—rewarding the same old winners, 和. . . I can’t say that with any certainty和I probably never. . . 等可推断出，作者对得奖还是很惊讶的。
【文章大意】你看到模特穿着时髦的衣服，吃着山珍海味，住着高档公寓，可是大部分的模特经常失业，收入没有保障，过着入不敷出的日子。
5. 【解析】选A。作者意图题。用电视上看到的模特的镜头引起全文的主题：the life of models。
6. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第三段“But the majority of them are just curious to see what it is like. They’d like to be models just because they are attracted by what they imagine — models earn a lot of money and lead a glorious life. ”可知答案为C。
7. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段Their agents claim about 20% of the earnings. . . 可知，如果模特挣一百万美元，经纪人就会索取大约20%，也就是大约20万美元。
8. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第三段的“. . . no model will get very far without a clever agent. ”可知B正确；根据This is true for those who are very successful. However, most models find it difficult to get work. 可知A错误；根据第四段的首句可知C错误；根据For all except the very few lucky ones, the life of a model is a continual search for work. . . 可知D错误。
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