2013高考英语阅读理解（4月）训练（13）及答案
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.
A
Here's a familiar version of the boy-meets-girl situation. A young man has at last plucked up courage to invite a dazzling young lady out to dinner. She has accepted his invitation and he is overjoyed. He is determined to take her to the best restaurant in town, even if it means that he will have to live on memories and hopes during the month to come. When they get to the restaurant, he discovers that this beautiful creature is on a diet. She mustn’t eat this and she mustn't drink that. Oh, but of course, she doesn't want to spoil his enjoyment. Let him by all means eat as much fattening food as he wants: it’s the surest way to an early grave. They spend a truly memorable evening together and never see each other again.
What a miserable lot dieters are! You can always recognize them from the sour expression on their faces. They spend most of their time turning their noses up at food. They are forever consulting calorie charts; gazing at themselves in mirrors; and leaping on to weighing-machines in the bathroom. They spend a lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading hips, bigger tummies（肚子） and double chins. Some declare all-out war on FAT. Mere dieting is not enough. They exhaust themselves doing exercises, sweating in sauna baths, being massaged by weird machines. The really wealthy pay vast sums for “health cures”. For two weeks they can enter a nature clinic and be starved to death for a hundred dollars a week. Don’t think it’s only the middle-aged who go in for these fashions either. Many of these bright young things you see are living on nothing but air, water and the goodwill of God.
Dieters undertake to starve themselves of their own free will; so why are they so miserable? Well, for one thing, they’re always hungry. You can't be hungry and happy at the same time. All the horrible foods they eat leave them permanently dissatisfied. “Wonderfood is a complete food”, the advertisement says. “Just dissolve(溶解) a teaspoonful in water…”. A complete food it may be, but not quite as complete as a juicy steak. And, of course, they’re always miserable because they feel so guilty. Hunger just proves too much for them and in the end they may rush to eat five huge cream cakes at a time. And who can blame them? At least three times a day they are exposed to temptation. What torture（折磨） it is always watching others swallowing piles of mouth-watering food while you only have a water biscuit and sip unsweetened lemon juice!
What’s all this torture for? Saintly people keep themselves away from food to achieve a state of grace. Unsaintly people do so to achieve a state of misery. It will be a great day when all the dieters in the world abandon their slimming courses; when they hold out their plates and demand second helpings!
1. Which of the following would the writer most probably agree with?
A. New ways of controlling weight are needed. B. We should all have second helpings and grow fat.
C. Many diseases are connected with overweight. D. Trying to be slim is not an excuse for suffering.
2. How did the boy and the girl most probably feel after the night?
A. Excited. B. Awkward. C. Nervous. D. Hurt.
3. According to the writer, which of the following are all typical dieters?
① weighs himself three times a day ② eats five huge cream cakes at a time
③ always checks calorie charts ④ has expensive yet nutritious meals every week
⑤ has big tummies and double chins ⑥ takes sauna baths
A. ① ② ③ B. ② ④ ⑤ C. ① ③ ⑥ D. ③ ④ ⑥
4. Why might the boy have to live on memories and hopes during the month to come (Paragraph 1)？
A. He knew they would have a wonderful night.
B. He knew there’s no hope of seeing the girl again.
C. He knew they would meet again and share the good memories.
D. He knew he would have no living expense for the next month.
5. What is the writer’s attitude towards diet?
A. Supportive . B. Critical.
C. Doubtful. D. Uninterested.
参考答案1---5 DBCDB
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B
Below is a page adapted from an English dictionary
stick ? verb (stuck, stuck ) push sth in [+adv./prep.] to push sth, usually a sharp object, into sth; to be pushed into sth: [VN] The nurse stuck the needle into my arm. ◆ Don't stick your fingers through the bars of the cage. ◆ [V] I found a nail sticking in the tyre. attach [+adv./prep.] to fix sth to sth else, usually with a sticky substance; to become fixed to sth in this way: [VN] He stuck a stamp on the envelope. ◆ We used glue to stick the broken pieces together. ◆ I stuck the photos into an album. ◆ [V] Her wet clothes were sticking to her body. ◆ The glue's useless-the pieces just won't stick. put [VN +adv./prep.] (informal) to put sth in a place, especially quickly or carelessly: Stick your bags down there. ◆ He stuck his hands in his pockets and strolled off. ◆ Can you stick this on the noticeboard? ◆ Peter stuck his head around the door and said, 'Coffee, anyone?' ◆ (spoken) Stick 'em up! (= put your hands above your head-I have a gun) become fixed [V] ~ (in sth) to become fixed in one position and impossible to move: The key has stuck in the lock. ◆ This drawer keeps sticking. difficult situation (BrE, informal) (usually used in negative sentences and questions) to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation or person: [VN] I don't know how you stick that job. ◆ They're always arguing-I can't stick it any longer. ◆ The problem is, my mother can't stick my boyfriend. ◆ [V -ing] John can't stick living with his parents. become accepted [V] to become accepted: The police couldn't make the charges stick (= show them to be true). ◆ His friends called him Bart and the name has stuck (= has become the name that everyone calls him). [V] to not take any more cards Idioms: stick in your mind (of a memory, an image, etc.) to be remembered for a long time: One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind. stick in your throat / craw (informal) (of words) to be difficult or impossible to say: She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat. (of a situation) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry stick your neck out (informal) to do or say sth when there is a risk that you may be wrong: I'll stick my neck out and say that Bill is definitely the best candidate for the job. stick to your guns (informal) to refuse to change your mind about sth even when other people are trying to persuade you that you are wrong Phrasal Verbs: stick around (informal) to stay in a place, waiting for sth to happen or for sb to arrive: Stick around; we'll need you to help us later. stick at sth to work in a serious and determined way to achieve sth: If you want to play an instrument well, you've got to stick at it. stick by sb [no passive] to be loyal to a person and support them, especially in a difficult situation: Her husband was charged with fraud but she stuck by him. stick by sth [no passive] to do what you promised or planned to do: They stuck by their decision. stick sth<->down (informal) to write sth somewhere: I think I'll stick my name down on the list. stick out to be noticeable or easily seen: They wrote the notice in big red letters so that it would stick out. stick sth<->out (of sth) to be further out than sth else or come through a hole; to push sth further out than sth else or through a hole: His ears stick out. ◆ She stuck her tongue out at me. ◆ Don't stick your arm out of the car window. stick to sth to continue doing sth in spite of difficulties: She finds it impossible to stick to a diet. to continue doing or using sth and not want to change it: He promised to help us and he stuck to his word (= he did as he had promised). ◆ 'Shall we meet on Friday this week?' 'No, let's stick to Saturday.' ◆ She stuck to her story. stick together (informal) (of people) to stay together and support each other: We were the only British people in the town so we tended to stick together. stick up to point upwards or be above a surface: The branch was sticking up out of the water. stick with sb/sth [no passive] (informal) to stay close to sb so that they can help you: Stick with me and I'll make you a millionaire! to continue with sth or continue doing sth: They decided to stick with their original plan. noun from tree [C] a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been broken from a tree: We collected dry sticks to start a fire. ◆ The boys were throwing sticks and stones at the dog. ◆ Her arms and legs were like sticks (= very thin). for walking [C] (especially BrE) = WALKING STICK: The old lady leant on her stick as she talked. in sport [C] a long thin object that is used in some sports to hit or control the ball: a hockey stick long thin piece [C] (often in compounds) a long thin piece of sth: a stick of dynamite ◆ carrot sticks ◆ (AmE) a stick of butter [C] (often in compounds) a thin piece of wood or plastic that you use for a particular purpose: pieces of pineapple on sticks ◆ The men were carrying spades and measuring sticks. in plane / vehicle [C] (informal, especially AmE) the control stick of a plane [C] (informal, especially AmE) a handle used to change the GEARS of a vehicle for orchestra [C] a BATON, used by the person who CONDUCTS an orchestra criticism [U] (BrE, informal) criticism or harsh words: The referee got a lot of stick from the home fans. country areas (the sticks) [pl.] (informal) country areas, a long way from cities: We live out in the sticks. person [C] (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) a person: He's not such a bad old stick.
6. When Jimmy says: “Every morning, I have to take the crowded bus to school, which I really can’t stick.”, he may feel ________.
A. worried B. curious C. annoyed D. discouraged
7. Due to her fashionable dress, the woman stuck out when she was walking in the street. “stuck out” in this sentence means “________”.
A. be noticeable B. be followed C. be admired D. be envied]
8. When I was in trouble, Paul was the only one who _______ to help me.
A. stuck in his throat B. stuck together C. stuck up D. stuck his neck out
9. Sally said to me: “Try a peaceful life out in the sticks, and you will experience something totally different.” She means ________.
A. I should go to the woods to enjoy a new life.
B. I should ignore the criticism and enjoy myself.
C. I should go to the remote areas to have a change.
D. I should go out by plane instead of by train to change my feelings
参考答案 6---9 CADC
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1.（2011·陕西卷）D
Ever since they were first put on the market in the early 1990s, gentically mondified (GM, 转基因) foods have been increasingly developed and marketed in many countries in the word,mainly on the basis of their promise to end the worldwide food crisis. But can GM technology solve world hunger problems? Even if it would ,is it the best solutiorr?
Despite what it promiises,GM technology actually has not increased the production potential of any corp. In fact
Studies show that the most crown GM croo.
GM soybeans, has suffered reduced productivity. For instance, a report than analysed nearly two decades of research on mojor GM food crops shows that GM engineering has failed to significantly increase US crop production.
Something else, however, has been on the rise, While GM seeds are expensive, GM companics tell farmers that they will make good profits by saving money on pesticides（杀虫剂）. On the contrary, US government data show that GM crops in the US have produced an overall increase in pesticide use compared to traditional crops. “ The promise was that you could use less chemicals and boost production. But nether is true,” said Bill Christison, President of the US National Farm Coalition.
At the same time, the authors of the book World Hunger: Twelve Myths argue that there actually is more than enough food in the world and that the hunger crisis is not caused by production, but by problems in food distribution and politics. These indeed deserve our efforts and money. Meanwhile, the rise in food prices results from the increased use of crops for fuel rather than food, according to a 2008 World Bank report.
As a matter of fact ,scientists see better ways to feed the world. Another World Bank report concluded that GM crops have little to offer to the challenges of worldwide poverty and hunger, because better ways out are available, among which “green” farming is supposed to be the first choice.
57.The author develops the second paragraph mainly . 【C】
A. by classification B. by comparison
C. by example D. by process
58. What does the underlined word “boost ” in the third paragraph probably mean? 【D】
A. Control. B. Evaluate C. Obtain. D. Increase.
59. GM companies promise farmers that they will benefit from ______________. 【B】
A. practicing “green” farming B. use of less chemicals
C. fair distribution of their crops D. using more crops for fuel
60. Which of the following best describes the attitude of the author towards GM technology?
【C】
A. Optimistic B. Defensive C. Disapproving D. Casual
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