第 1页（共 8页） 2014 年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标） 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）分） 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分) 阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该 选项涂黑。 A Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children. During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport. He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husbands name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾 桶）that had been left out on the footpath. My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend. That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way. 21. What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney? A. Go shoppingB. Find a houseC. Join his familyD. Take his family 22. The girls parents got Rashids phone number from. A. a friend of his familyB. a Sydney policeman C. a letter in his papersD. a stranger in Sydney 23. What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean? A. ShowedB. Sent outC. DeliveredD. Gave back 24. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. From India toAustralia.B. Living in a a New Country. C. Turning Trash to Treasure.D. In Search of New Friends. B Since the first Earth Day in 1970, American have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didnt know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says BruceAnderson, president of Earth Day USA. But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many, many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the formergovernor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first According to US government reports, emissions (排放) from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons. The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “Green thinking” has become part of practices. Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution. Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, its hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program.” Until we do that, nothing else will change!” say Bruce Anderson. 25.According to Anderson, before 1970,Americans had little idea about. A. the social movementB. recycling techniques C. environmental problemsD. the importance of Earth Day 26. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from? A. The grass-roots levelB. The business circle C. Government officialsD. University professors 27. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection? A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest. 第 2页（共 8页） B. They have settled their environmental problems. C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities. D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures. 28. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph? A. EducationB. PlanningC. Green livingD. CO reduction C One of the latest trend（趋势）in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from aero to around 4,000 since 2004. And thats true all across the country. “I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age” Joseph Stocke, the managing director of s company, says of his 2-year-old son. “I would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future.” Aft