太原市2014高考英語閱讀理解一輪（暑假）訓(xùn)練題（3）及答案During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old and up. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a womans youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.This important change in womens life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women economic (經(jīng)濟(jì)的) position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job. However, when they married their school-leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to fuller part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage (婚姻), with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life.43. We are told that in a family about 1900_.A、few children died before they were fiveB、seven or eight children lived to be more than fiveC、the youngest child would be fifteenD、four or five children died when they were five44. One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she_.A、is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselvesB、does not like children herselfC、neednt worry about food for her childrenD、can be free from family duties when she reaches sixty 45. Many girls are now likely to_.A、give up their jobs for good after they are marriedB、leave school as soon as they canC、marry so that they can get a jobD、continue working until they are going to have a baby46. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to _.A、stay at home after leaving school B、marry men younger than themselvesC、start working again in life D、marry while still at school*結(jié)束The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didnt speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation. and this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless joyless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistants turn this evening to look after it till eight oclock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large government building. Hed parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and hed have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “must be a lot of money in papers, eh?” one of them shouted. He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.56It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would _. Abe a cheerful companion Btry to cheat a customer Cearn a great deal of money Dtrust his assistant much 57The assistants job that evening was to _. Asell papers until 8 oclock Bstart selling magazines at 8 oclock C. count the money taken that day Dlock up the car park58If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to _.Apark his car in a government car park Blook for another free parking placeCpay to park his car in a garage Dpretend he was a government employee59When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided they were _Abadly dressed B. very well off Cnot as rich as himself D. not as hardworking as himself *結(jié)束CThe word “death” is a word many Chinese friends tell me I should not say aloud. They advise me to avoid the word because only speaking of it may bring ill fortune. I deeply believe, however, that to know how to live, we must also know how to die. The problem is how do we talk about death?           Like everyone in Taiwan this week, I have had “Tomb Sweeping Day”. I am proud to be part of a people whose culture sends millions of families to cemeteries on this special day to share memories and endless love.    Today, eight days after the death of Pope John Paul II, millions of people of all backgrounds still grieve(悲痛) his passing away. He was a deeply human person who knew how to laugh and show emotions, a writer with a gift for words ，a leader who appealed to us by the sheer light of his love for life.    On the same day and only hours before the Holy Father left us, a friend of mine named Veronica McBride died of cancer in a small Wisconsin city. My friend Veronica was 52 years old. She was an attractive, humorous young woman who, as the saying goes, “never married”. She published several humor books with her mother, Mary McBride. She enjoyed traveling, and for years sent Christmas card photos of herself standing beside monuments or odd animals. She fought cancer for five years. She joked about her treatment keeping her pretty because it kept her thin, and told me she didnt mind losing her hair because of chemo therapy. “I get to wear nice wigs!（假發(fā)）”    The last time I saw Veronica was when I visited her family on a sunny day in August in 2003. When she burst into the front door later and saw me in the living room, she ignored me completely in her hurry to hug her newest baby nephew, leaving me shaking my head in laughter at her.    As we look to the significance of the Holy Father and his life, surely we must also keep our eyes open to see the wonder and goodness in ordinary people who show us how to live and how to die.64. The purpose of the article is _.   A. to memorize his friend Veronica   B. to talk about the significance of life and death   C. to teach us how to face life and death   D. to compare his friend and the Holy Father Pope John Paul II65. The underlined phrase “chemo therapy” in Paragraph 4 probably means _.   A. a medical treatment              B. a kind of cancer    C. a kind of medicine               D. the newest machine66. Why does the writer compare the Holly Father with his friend?。cn   A. Because they are both the persons he admires.   B. Because they have a lot in common.   C. Because he wants to show that ordinary people can be great as well.   D. Because he wants to memorize them both.67. From the phrase “burst into”, we can see that Veronica is _. A. brave       B. sportive        C. humorous        D. energetic*結(jié)束 In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours. It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momands series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Jonses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.39. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _.A. want to be as rich as their neighbours B. want others to know or to think that they are richC. dont want others to know they are rich D. want to be happy40. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _.A. live outside New York City B. live in New York cityC. live in apartments D. have many neighbours41. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _.A. an important name B. a popular name in the United StatesC. his neighbours name D. not a good name42. According to the writer, it is _ to keep up with the Joneses.A. correct B. interesting C. impossible D. good*結(jié)束