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专题限时检测(十九)阅读理解之日常生活类(共3篇，限时23分钟)A(2014西安四校联考)Four schoolchildren from Belgrave, England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening. Unexpectedly, they saw an elderly man gasping for breath in the street. They tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems.Before the Polish man became unconscious, the children kept him calm while they flagged down (招停) a passing driver. The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured mans answer to the drivers questions. Gary, 10, and his sixyearold sister, Lily, stayed with the man while Thyus and Owen, both 11, led the ambulance to the spot where he lay. Soon the man was taken to hospital.The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick thinking and courage in an emergency situation. They are a credit not only to themselves, but to their families and their school. And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people.What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help.This seeming indifference (冷漠) to an emergency situation is a wellnoted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as “the bystander effect”. Research suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency, people are likely to assume that somebody else will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders.Perhaps the answer to this sort of thing is to introduce a “Good Samaritan” law. This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergency situation to help out as long as they can do so.This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for offering assistance everybody!1What can we learn about the elderly man?AHe spoke Polish with the children.BHe fell from his bike and got injured.CHe was taken to hospital by a passing driver.DHe recovered consciousness in the street.2In Paragraph 3, the author mainly _.Ashows his great sympathy for the manBgives high praise to the four childrenCoffers his special thanks to the driverDexpresses his anger at several adults3The underlined word “intervene” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_”Abe curiousBgo onCgive up Dget involved4In France, if an emergency happens to someone, _.Aoffering help to him is required by lawBpeople have the right to leave the sceneCothers must get permission before helping himDthe witnesses will be punished if the rescue failsB(2014武昌区调研)Unemployment in Europe has recently hit record highs. Although Denmark has been protected from economic problems thanks to its low public debt, qualified professionals are still finding it tough to get a job. Danish marketing firm Reputation Copenhagen has come up with a way of helping academics get noticed putting them on display in storefront windows.Many highly trained professionals, ranging from former CEOs to lawyers and tax experts, are currently finding it increasingly difficult to find proper employment on the Danish job market. Some of them have been trying for years, leaving their resumes (简历) with dozens of companies, without ever hearing back from them, and are now at a point where they are willing to try anything, even putting themselves in display windows like goods, hoping to get noticed. Alexander Peitersen, managing director of Reputation Copenhagen came up with the idea of using his companys office as a storefront for the campaign (活动), as there are many businesses nearby that might be interested in the talents on display. So he set up a small desk, put up the sign “An available academic is sitting here” and asked the unemployed to just sit in the windows like goods. It seems like a pretty desperate measure, but at least it works. According to the agencys website, three of the job seekers in their window display got a job in a day or two.Peitersen says he came up with the idea after realizing human resource managers get hundreds of job applications every day, which look more or less the same, and that creative thinking is required in order to increase the chances of finding employment. Apart from companies interested in qualified job seekers, the campaign has also attracted the attention of both local and international media.5Which of the following words can be used to describe Peitersen?AIndependent. BCreative.CSensitive. DCautious.6Some job seekers are willing to put themselves in the windows to display in that_.Athey think it is fashionableBtheir parents ask them toCits increasingly difficult to get hiredDthey find its interesting7It can be inferred that_.Ano companies show interest in the qualified job seekers in the windowsBboth local and international media dont agree with the campaignChuman resource managers have to reply to hundreds of applicantsDto some degree the window displays help people find jobs8What is the text mainly about?AJob seekers are displayed in the windows hoping to get hired.BThe rate of unemployment in Europe has recently become higher.CIt is hard for qualified professionals to get a job.DDenmark has avoided economic problems due to its low public debt.C(2014武汉七中模拟)It may not be the most romantic way to meet the love of your life but it could be the best way to ensure they really are for life.Finding Mr.or Mrs.Right online is more likely to lead to a happier and longer marriage than getting together through more traditional means, a study has found. A relationship started in cyberspace is 25 percent less likely to end in divorce or separation than those that began through friends or chance.The success could be down to a higher motivation to find love among Internet daters and the efforts that websites put in to match partners, say researchers. Psychologists at The University of Chicago studied almost 20,000 people who had married between 2005 and 2013 and asked them a series of questions about their happiness.Just over a third had met their spouse online, with around half of these using Internet dating and the rest via chat rooms and social networking sites.Those who were still married were happier if they had met online.However, relationships that began through work, in a bar or club or on a blind date were 25 percent more likely to end and those couples were among the least satisfied, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.Professor John Cacioppo, who led the study, said the absolute number of available potential partners online could be among the reasons for the results.Previous research has shown that online daters are more likely to see each other again after a first meeting because they share more information about themselves online.And while the relative anonymity (匿名) of online dating does allow for prospective partners to lie about their personality, studies suggest this mostly takes the form of white lies about weight and height.The findings of the US study, commissioned by matchmaking company eHarmony, could also apply elsewhere, said Prof Cacioppo. Britons are Europes most prolific (多产的) Internet daters.More than 5.7 million people in the UK logged on to Internet dating sites in September 2013 a 22 percent increase in the same month a year earlier, according to the Internet market research company comScore. The websites were most popular among the 25 to 34 age group, but they are becoming increasingly attractive to the older generation.9Whats the main idea of the passage?AOnline daters are more likely to end up in a happy marriage.BTraditional daters are less likely to end up in divorce.CThe benefits of finding Mr.or Mrs.Right on the Internet.DPeople tend to go to the Internet to find their love.10Which of the following is NOT the reason for the success of online dating?AOnline daters have higher motivation to find their love on the Internet.BThe websites make efforts to match partners.CThe potential partners online talk a lot before meeting each other.DPeople tell a lot of white lies online.11How does the writer present the passage?ABy comparing opinions.BBy giving examples.CBy telling stories.DBy presenting information.12What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe population of online daters will become smaller and smaller.BMore and more people will join the army of online daters.CThe phenomena of online dating will be popular all around the world.DMore and more teenagers will be addicted to online dating.答 案语篇解读：本文是议论文。一位老人在街上发病晕倒，四个孩子积极救助，而路过的成年人却无动于衷，作者就此事件展开讨论。1选A推理判断题。由第二段中的“The children used . the drivers questions.”可知，孩子们用他们从波兰同学那里学来的波兰语为老人翻译，故老人和孩子们之间讲的是波兰语。2选B段落大意题。在第三段中，作者高度赞扬了孩子们面对紧急情况时所表现出来的机智和勇气。3选D词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders”可推测，人们感觉责任不在自己肩上是因为他们认为其他人会“参与救助”。4选A细节理解题。由最后一段中的“This already exists in France . can do so.”可知，在法国，人们如果遇见紧急情况，他们有法律责任去尽力提供帮助。语篇解读：在失业率不断上升的欧洲，将求职者展示在商店的橱窗里以被人关注，可以帮助他们找到合适的工作。5选B推理判断题。从第三段可知，Peitersen将求职者展示在公司的橱窗里，这让有些人找到了工作，这种方式是很有创意的，因此选B项。最后一段的“creative thinking”也是线索提示。6选C细节理解题。第二段说，有些受过高级培训的专业人员多年来一直找不到工作，如今他们什么都愿意尝试，哪怕是像商品一样被摆放在商店的橱窗里，因此选C项，他们愿意这样做是因为他们很难找到工作。7选D推理判断题。根据第三段中的“but at least it works”和“three of the job seekers in their window display got a job in a day or two.”可知，选D项。8选A主旨大意题。全文主要介绍了在丹麦有人为求职者想出的新招：把求职者放进商店橱窗以求得关注并找到工作。因此选A。9.选A主旨大意题。文章主旨大意多从文章第一段或尾段查找。从文章第一段中的“Finding Mr.or Mrs. Right . more traditional means.”可知答案。10选D细节理解题。从文章第二段中的“The success . to match partners.”可知，A、B两项是网上约会成功的原因；从第三段中的“because they share more information about themselves online.”可知C项也是其原因。只有D项不是其原因。11选D文章结构题。显然，本文作者是通过给出大量的研究信息来行文的。12选B推理判断题。从文章最后一句可以看出，这些交友网站曾在2534岁的人群中非常受欢迎，但现在它们对年龄更大的群体也越来越有吸引力，故可推知答案选B项。
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