2013高考英语二轮复习讲义 阅读理解及训练07 科普知识.doc

2013高考英语二轮复习讲义（阅读理解）及训练07：科普知识（答案）

小试牛刀---------阅读理解
IthappenedtomerecentlythatIwastellingsomeonehowmuchIhadenjoyedreadingBarackObama’sDreamsFromMyFatherandhowithadchangedmyviewsofthecurrentUSPresident．ThepersonIwastalkingtoagreedwithmethatitwas,inhiswords,“awonderfullywrittenbook．”However,hethenproceededtotalkaboutMrObamainawaythatsuggestedhehadnoideaofhisbackgroundatall．IsensedthatIwastalkingtoabookliar．
Anditseemsthatheisnottheonlyone．Clearlytwothirdsofpeoplehaveliedaboutreadingabookwhichtheyhaven’t．InTheWorldBookDaysurvey,DreamsFromMyFatherisatnumber9．Thesurveyliststoptenbooks,andvariousauthors,whichpeoplehaveliedaboutreading．AsI’mnotonetolietoooften,I’lladmithereandnowthatIhaven’treadtheentiretenbooks．ButIampleasedtosaythatIhavereadthebookatnumberone,GeorgeOrwell’s1984．Ithinkit’sabsolutelyoutstanding．
Askedwhytheylied,themostcommonreasonwastoimpresssomeonetheywerespeakingto．Thiscouldbedifficultiftheconversationbecamemorein-depth!
TheWorldBookDaysurveyalsohassomeotherinterestinginformationinit．ItshowsthatmanypeoplelieabouthavingreadclassicalworksbyJaneAusten,theBrontesisters,CharlesDickensandsoon.Butwhenaskedwhichauthorstheyactuallyenjoy,theynamedJKRowling,JillyCooper,andStephenKing(ah,thebigsellers,inotherwords)．Forty-onepercentofpeopleaskedadmittedtheyturnedtothebackofthebooktoreadtheendbeforefinishingthestory．
Sowhichbookshaveyouliedaboutreading—ifany—andwhichisyourfavourite?
56．Themainreasonwhypeoplelieaboutreadingisto
A．makefunofthelistenerB．impressthelistener
C．pleasethelistenerD．interestthelistener
57．Theunderlinedword“proceeded”inthepassageprobablymeans“”
A．wantedB．happenedC．continuedD．stopped
58．WhatdoesTheWorldBookDaysurveyshow?
A．Nearlyhalfofthepeoplesurveryeddidn’treadthroughawholeclassicalbook．
B．Peopledon’tlikeDreamsFromMyFatherandGeorgeOrwell’s1984
C．FewpeoplelieabouthavingreadclassicalworksbyJaneAusten．
D．PeopleusuallyenjoyreadingbooksbyCharlesDickens．
59．Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?
A．AreYouABookLiar?B．ReadersAreAllLiars
C．WorldBookDayD．Dre