2013高考英语：阅读理解训练题（3）及答案（长春市）

2013高考英语：阅读理解训练题（3）及答案（长春市）
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:
"I can't believe it--a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome."
They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo BertoHa clothes.
Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.
Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation----consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads.
So advertising agencies hire young actors to "perform" in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive, but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. "Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing."
However, one might ask what exactly is "real" about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Adverting executives would say it's no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don' t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.
56. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could ________.
A. get the sweater at a lower price B. be heard by people around
C. be admired by other shoppers D. decide on buying the sweater
57. Lorenzo Bertolla is __________.
A. a very popular male singer B. an advertising agency
C. a clothing company in Rome D. the brand name of a sweater
58. The underlined word "real" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. honest B. true C. false D. artificial
59. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company.
B. The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads.
C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it's too direct.
D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.
60. Which of the following would be the best rifle for the text?
A. Two Attractive Shoppers B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters
C. Ways of Advertising D. Undercover Marketing

参考答案
56-60 BDACD
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B
A "secret" message, unseen for almost 150 years and making the start of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), has been uncovered in Abraham Lincoln's gold pocket watch, U.S. media reported on Wednesday.
"Lincoln never knew of the message he carried in his pocket," Brent D. Glass, director of the National Museum of American History said in a statement.
The message, which was engraved by an Irish immigrant and watchmaker named Jonathan Dillon, is dated April 13, 1861, and reads in part: "Fort Sumpter [sic] was attacked by the rebels" and "thank God we have a government."
"It's a personal side of history about an ordinary watchman being inspired to record something for posterity," Glass said.
The museum decided to open the watch' after being contacted by the watchmaker's great-great-grandson, Doug Sthes, who had received a letter from a relative in Ireland. It said that the family had found a letter Dillon had written about the purported (据说的) message in the watch.
Then Sthes, a 57 -year-old real estate lawyer in Waukegan, Illinois, searched on the Internet and found a New York Times article from 1906, where Dillon told the story at the age of 84.
During the interview, Dillon said that he unscrewed the dial of the watch and wrote on the metal as soon as he heard the news about the first shot of the Civil War. "The first gun is fired. Slavery is dead. Thank God we have a President who at least will try."
However, the actual message that the museum found is different from what Dillon recalled. It reads, "Jonathan Dillon, April 13.- 1861, Fort Sumpter [sic] was attacked by the rebels on the above date J Dillon, April 13 -1861, Washington, thank God we have a government, Jonth Dillon."
61. Who wrote the message in Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch?
A. Lincoln himself. B. Brent D. Glass. C. Jonathan Dillon. D. Doug Sthes.
62. The message was about ________.
A. the start of the U.S. Civil War B. Abraham Lincoln's daily life
C. the slavery in the U.S. D. the ending of the U.S. Civil War
63. Doug Sthes first knew about the message from _________.
A. a relative in Ireland B. a report of New York Times
C. the Internet D. Brent D. Glass
64. The underlined word "posterity" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to "________".
A. historical research B. entertainment C. his children D. friendship
65. Which of the following can be inferred from the message?
A. Jonathan Dillon was sure of the victory of the government.
B. Jonathan Dillon lost all hopes about the government.
C. Jonathan Dillon thought that rebels would beat the government.
D. Jonathan Dillon believed that slavery would be abolished.

参考答案 61-65 CAACA
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C
If you still know little about the IMF, it's time you started to read about it, for it has been a hot topic of the whole world.
The International Monetary Fund is one of the most important international financial institutions, which works to foster global growth and economic stability. It provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties and also works with developing nations to help them achieve economic stability and reduce poverty. The IMF currently has a near-global membership of 185 countries. To become a member, a country must apply and then be accepted by a majority of the existing members. Upon joining each member of the IMF is assigned a quota (配额), based broadly on its relative size in the world economy. The IMF's membership agreed in May 2008 on a rebalancing of its quota system to reflect the changing global economic realties, especially the increased weight of major emerging markets in the global economy, such as China, India and Russia.
The following diagram gives more information about major international financial institutions.
66. The main purpose of the IMF is to _________.
A. prevent the member countries from getting into wars
B. collect money kern rich countries to help poor ones
C. provide assistance to its member countries when necessary
D. make sure the world economy develops in a healthy way
67. The main cause of the IMF's decision to make changes in its quota system is ________.
A. the shortage of resources B. global growth and economic stability
C. the changing economic situations D. the need to accept new members
68. From the diagram we can see the present IMF is most probably under the control of _______.
A. the US B. Germany C. France D. Japan
69. The total resources of World Bank amount to about _________.
A. $ 352 billion B. $ 97.7 billion C. $ 41.6 billion D. $ 41.5 billion
70. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The quota an IMF member country gets depends on the size of the country.
B. India together with China is proposing an increase in emergency funds.
C. The more money a member contributes to the IMF, the more say it has in it.
D. The International Development Association is meant to support developed countries.

参考答案 66-70 DCABC
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