2018届高考英语二轮复习精选备考题库系列（含详解）：阅读理
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备战2018高考，精选阅读200篇，适合高三上学期使用，希望对大家有帮助。（2011年8月）
Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows* Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing* She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes*
At cocktail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(节食)drink to last an entire evening*
Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴会)* But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much*
During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially-prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves* Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were slowly baked over several days* The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving* Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest* So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host* , King Tupou IV, carrying on a warm conversation* At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit*
Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem so carried away by a foreign leader‘s political chat that she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech* She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal
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untouched*
1* The main idea of the passage is about ____* A* the Queen‘s favorite food B* the Queen‘s tours abroad
C* how the Queen keeps her diet during her tours D* the Queen‘s trouble with a foreign leader
2* The Queen talked with her host and carried on conversation with him* The purpose of doing this is ____*
A* to show her politeness B* not to eat much
C* to show her great interest in food D* to hide her dislike to the food
3* We can infer from the passage that tours are difficult for the Queen, because ____* A* she has to meet with so many important leaders B* she has to eat much oily food
C* she has so many reporters to travel with her D* hosts always present wonderful state banquets 4* What probably is the Queen‘s art of acting at state dinners?
A* Appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much* B* Drinking Malvern water*
C* Eating a piece of turkey and some fruit* D* Eating much without being noticed* 【答案与解析】
1* C解析：文章谈到了食品以及女王的“tours”，但主旨是女王如何“keep her diet”。答案为C。
2* B解析：由第五段“uneasy”、“old favorite trick of talking with her host”、“pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit”可判断答案为B。 3* D解析：从第三段第一句话中可推断出答案为D。 4* A解析：从第三段第二句话可得到答案A符合题意。
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The following table shows some results of a survey in which 800 Japanese school pupils were asked to give their impressions of their classroom teachers* The pupils‘ impressions were found to differ depending on whether the teacher was new(with less than three years‘ experience), middle-standing(ten to twenty years), or a veteran(twenty to thirty years)* The numbers in the table show the percentage of the pupils who answered ―very satisfied‖ or ―extremely satisfied‖ for each question item* Question items
New Middle-standing Veteran
1* Shows a sense of humor in class 42 56 70 2* Explains clearly
33 58 68
3* Teaches in a relaxed(轻松的)manner 30 46 65 4* Writes neatly on the blackboard 9
43 56
5* Lets pupils ask questions in class 18 30 47 6* Makes checks and comments in notebooks 22 30 43 7* Speaks loudly and clearly
45 85 54
8* Treats all pupils squally 43 58 42 9* Cares about pupils‘ opinions 47 43 17
10* Spends time with pupils between classes 25 10 6
1* In contrast(对比)to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable(显著的)improvement in their ability to____* A* be fair to any pupil
B* evaluate(评价)pupils’ progress C* present materials clearly D* understand and play with pupils
2* Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more ____than the veteran*
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