2014高考英語沖刺閱讀理解專項 50-40APresident George Bush is heading to Camp David for Thanksgiving, thankful for his almost-expired "privilege of serving as the president." President-elect Barack Obama is staying in Chicago to "have a whole bunch of people over to the house" and squeeze in some Christmas shopping. On a holiday designed for reflection(回憶), one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city. Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church with wife Michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and happily telling people "you can call me Barack." He followed that with a quick visit to a school next door, where he asked the excited kids, "Who's going to have turkey?" "Who's going to have green beans?" "Who's going to have sweet potato pie?" Obama has shown a knack(竅門) for symbolism, in this case following the Thanksgiving tradition of helping the poor, said David Greenberg, a Rutgers University historian who is working on a history of political spin. "Here he's showing a different side of himself, the president as national conscience or moral authority. I think that's probably a good note for him to introduce in a transition period that's been so heavily focused on Wall Street and the financial system and these economic problems," he said. "He's not forgetting who these economic problems are hurting the most." For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared（放飛）the Thanksgiving turkey, "Pumpkin," on Wednesday. He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters "two Thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago" and that his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was doing well after being hospitalized. "Most of all," he said, "I thank the American people for the tremendous privilege of serving as the president." This Thanksgiving, Obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event with his wife and children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 and a chance for a little lesson for the kids. "I want them to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and to make sure they're giving back," he said of bringing the girls to the church. And what's he thankful for? "I just want you to know what I'm thankful for is my family and my friends and my community," he told the schoolchildren. "That's the most important thing." 1. The best title of the passage should be _A. Thanksgiving for Bush and Obama B. Thanksgiving DayC. How to celebrate Thanksgiving Day D. Thanksgiving Day for presidents答案解析：答案為A。本題考查文章的標題。全文報道了即將卸任的總統(tǒng)Bush和新選舉的總統(tǒng)Obama各自在感恩節(jié)做的事情。故答案為A。2. The underlined word “squeeze” in paragraph 2 is closest to _A. force B. push C. join D. take答案解析：答案為C。本題為詞義猜測題。結合下文的第三段 “On a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.”可知，“one man”指的是第一段提到的President George Bush，他和家人一起要去遙遠的山頂；“The other”指的是第二段提到的President-elect Barack Obama，他在繁忙的城市中，周圍都是人?？梢酝茢?，第二段寫的是新選舉的總統(tǒng)Obama加入了圣誕節(jié)的購物潮中，因此squeeze意思最接近 “join”，故答案為C。3. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passge?A. Bush is thought highly of by the people in the article.B. Bushs daughters are 27 years old now.C. Obama visited some of the people who needed help.D. Bush gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people.答案解析：答案為A。本題為細節(jié)題。由第三段 “On a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family.”可知，“one man”在歷史上不受歡迎，結合上題的分析，“one man”指的是Bush，因此A選項“文中人們對Bush評價很高”錯誤，故答案為A。 第九段寫的是Bush, 由文中 “He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters two Thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago”可知，B、D選項符合文意。由第四段 “Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church”可知，C選項符合文意。 4. The passage suggests that _A Its a tradition for a US president to spare a turkey on Thanksgiving Day.B On Thanksgiving Day, Obama mainly has a get-together with his family and friends.C Obama asked his two daughters to make contribution to the US economy.D Bush thinks it a honour and also a pity to be the US president.答案解析：答案為A。本題為細節(jié)推理題，解答此題可用排除法。由第十一段 “This Thanksgiving, Obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event with his wife and children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 and a chance for a little lesson for the kids.”可知，Obama利用這個機會和妻子孩子團聚，沒有和朋友一起，故B選項錯誤。C、D選項未提。因此只有選擇A選項“對于美國總統(tǒng)來說感恩節(jié)放飛火雞是一種傳統(tǒng)”，文中第八段提到 “For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared the Thanksgiving turkey, "Pumpkin," on Wednesday.” 由此可知，A選項是正確的。BIn March 2008，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188. Ryan had never set foot in that hospital. Obviously there was some mistake. “I thought it was a joke,” says Ryan. But when he called the billing agency，nobody laughed. Someone, who s also named Joe Ryan, using Ryan's Social Security number, had indeed been admitted for surgery. He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls. Two years later, Ryan continues to suffer from the damage to his credit rating and still doesnt know if his medical record has been cleared of wrong information. Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft, which involves using your name to get drugs, expensive medical treatment and even cheating insurance payments. As Ryan discovered, money isn t the half of it. When someone steals your name to receive health care, his medical history becomes part of your recordand setting the record straight can be extremely difficult. That s because，in part，the information is handed out among dozens of care-givers, from doctors to medicine stores to insurance companies and labs. "I wanted to help straighten this out,” says Ryan, so I went to the hospital, and they had a three-inch-thick record for me, but they wouldn' t let me see it. I showed them my ID, and they said that s not Joe Ryan s signature. Well, of course not! They had this other guy s signature. ” Ryan had fallen into a victim s Catch-22： If your record doesn t appear to be yours, you may not have the right to read it, much less change it. Ryan' s next step was a visit to the police department. But the police said that there was not much they could do, that the local law enforcement has little experience with medical ID theft, and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter. 1. The billing agency sent Joe Ryan a notice to _.A. play a joke on him for medical treatmentB. inform him of the payment for his surgeryC. correct the mistakes about payment for his surgeryD. clear up the wrong information in his medical record答案解析：答案為B。本題為細節(jié)題。由第一段 “In March 2008，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188.”可知，the billing agency 通知Joe Ryan支付手術費用41,188美元，故答案為B。2. Joe Ryan at first thought his problem was _.A. easy to settleB. difficult to settleC. impossible to solveD. unnecessary to solve答案解析：答案為A。本題為細節(jié)推理題。由第二段 “He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.” 可知，Joe Ryan剛開始認為只要打幾個電話就可以解決問題，故答案為A。 3. The number of medical identity theft cases in the United States is _.A. increasingB. decreasingC. countableD. changeable答案解析：答案為A。本題為細節(jié)題。由第四段首句 “Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft”可知，醫(yī)療身份盜竊在美國正在增加，故答案為A。4. An even worse consequence of medical ID theft is _.A. some trouble in obtaining insurance paymentB. a big loss of money and damage to credit ratingC. the widely spread medical information of the victimD. the difficulty in changing the wrong medical history答案解析：答案為C。本題為推理題。由第五段可知，當別人盜用了你的名字來享受醫(yī)療服務后，他的醫(yī)療史就成為了你的醫(yī)療史，并且清除這些錯誤記錄極其困難，因為你的信息已經(jīng)給了許多照料者，包括醫(yī)生、藥店、保險公司和實驗室。因此，醫(yī)療身份盜竊更糟糕的結果是受害者的醫(yī)療信息到處傳播。故答案為C。干擾項最強的D選項“改變錯誤的醫(yī)療史非常困難”只是醫(yī)療身份盜竊的一個直接結果，但不是更糟糕的，因此排除D選項。