2013高考英语（阅读理解）倒计时冲刺50天（14）及答案
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(2012·湖南高考，B篇)
Still seeking a destination for your weekend break？There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere.This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to ‘learn from the masters’ or get more creative with paint—free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species；it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive.The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves，and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula，a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts.Look for grass snakes in the lake.A snake called ‘Hissing Sid’ is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron's Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge University.Arriving in 1805，he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”．However，it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough.I'm not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms.He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake，which is now known as Byron's Pool.A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside，the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields.The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea.If you don't trust me，then perhaps you'll take it from Virginia Woolf—over a century after Byron，she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
61．As mentioned in the passage，there is a small charge for ______.
A．attending the masters' class
B．working with local artists
C．learning life drawing
D．seeing an exhibition
62．“Torch Aloe” and “Venus Flytrap” are ______.
A．common insects B．impressive plants
C．rarely-seen snakes D．wildlife-enthusiasts
63．We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed ______.
A．to fear pet bears B．to like walking
C．to be a heavy drinker D．to finish university in 1805
64．In the passage Byron's Pool is described as a lake ______.
A．surrounded by fields B．owned by Lord Byron
C．located in Grantchester D．discovered by Virginia Woolf
65．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Some places for weekend break.
B．A way to become creative in art.
C．The colourful life in the countryside.
D．Unknown stories of Cambridge University.
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61．C 细节理解题。根据第一则广告中最后一句“The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.”可知，此处C项正确。
62．B 细节理解题。根据第二则广告中第二段首句“The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant...”可知，Torch Aloe是一种植物。根据第三段中“...，a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and...”可知，Venus Flytrap也是一种植物。故B项正确。
63. B 细节理解题。根据第三则广告中第一段最后一句“He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.”可知，他花了大量时间在村子里散步。故此处B项正确。
64．A 细节理解题。根据第三则广告中第二段“A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields.(拜伦潭位于剑桥郡南部乡村格兰切斯特几英里处，周围是环绕田野的美丽的环形小路)”可知A项正确，排除B、C项。根据最后一句“...Virginia Woolf—over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.”可知弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙并不是发现拜伦潭的人，只是继拜伦之后，在此游过泳，故排除D项。
65．A 主旨大意题。根据文章首句“Still seeking a destination for your weekend break？There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.”可知，这三则广告都是提供给大学生周末休闲的。故A项正确。
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“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato．Self-control is at the root of all the advantages．Let a man give in to his impulses （冲动） and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom．
A single angry word has lost many a friend．When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself．If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger．Many a person has dropped dead in great anger．Fits of anger bring fits of disease．“Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad．” “Keep cool”, says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault．”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself．“Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly（愚蠢） and ends with regret．” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him．
Self-control is man’s last greatest victory．
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything．Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling．If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also．
64．What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?
A．The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself．
B．One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself．
C．To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life．
D．If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful．
65．What does the underlined sentence “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad” mean ?
A．If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first．
B．If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods．
C．If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy．
D．If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished．
66．If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______．
A．the very backbone and nerve of character
B．the patience and power to control himself
C．strong feelings
D．self-confidence
67．The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______．
A．explain that self-control is the key to success
B．teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success
C．distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it
D．advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends
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Hungry for the brightest students, many of the country's stronger universities are actively discounting tuition （学费）．And it's the high achievers, rather than the needy students, who are getting a good chunk of the money．The practice is remarkably widespread, reaching almost all but the 30 or so Ivy and other top colleges that forbid good grades-based financial aid．Schools are also becoming more aggressive in raising their discounts．At the DePauw University Website, enter an SAT or ACT score, grade point average and class rank, and a computer program immediately tells you what kind of "award"．Only "the real unlucky" pay full price any more．
About 76% of first-year students got some form of discount this year at 331 private schools．Average award per student: $7,000．At small schools with tuition under about $20,000, the average discount is even higher, with some schools returning over half their tuition．
Carnegie Mellon even tells students it will "negotiate（讨价还价）" and perhaps match financial-aid packages if kids are offered bigger awards at other schools．Much as banks and insurers offer special rates to their best customers, schools are giving the biggest breaks to their top students．Public four-year colleges, too, are offering discounts．
The flip side of big discounts is that less money is available to improve academic programs and keep school infrastructure （基础设施） up to date．Universities that have sharply increased their tuition discount rates have seen graduation rates fall, and that's true even among highly selective schools．They get the students in the door, but don't have the services to keep them．
72．From the first paragraph, we can judge that _______．
A．all the universities don’t offer tuition discounts．
B．Ivy and other top colleges offer financial aid to the high achievers
C．the needy students get more money from the universities
D．the graduation rates of the students from highly selected schools fall
73．The underlined words “flip side” in the last paragraph probably mean “_______”．
A．advantage B．disadvantage C．bad practice D．good function
74．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The brightest students are not at all hungry for stronger universities．
B．About 76% of first-year students got an award of $ 20,000 per year．
C．Public colleges never offer discounts to the students．
D．Colleges should concentrate more on the services to keep the students
75．This passage mainly talks about _______．
A．the great benefit of offering lower tuition
B．college tuition discounts in popularity
C．the top students in need of tuition discounts
D．reducing graduation rates due to big discounts
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