高三英语限时阅读训练(十六)

高三英语限时阅读训练〔十六〕08.4

第一局部完形填空〔共20小题；每一小题1.分，总分为20分〕

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最优选项。

As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation.36you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to37 down. But relaxation is38for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a 39part of everyday life and there is no way to 40it. In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be. A 41 amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give 42 to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control 43it can lead to poor performance and 44health.

The amount of stress a person can bear45very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such46are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at first47of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in 48 form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make a choice between 49and fight. And in more ancient days the choices made the 50between life and death. The crises(危机) we meet today are 51 to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction 52long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes 53 . Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have 54links with stress.55we cannot remove stress from our lives we need to find ways to deal with it. It would be unwise to do so even if we could.

So what do you think of stress? What is your way to deal with it?

36. A. When B. While C. Once D. As

37. A. slow B. calm C. get D. turn

38. A. unnecessary B. satisfied C. useful D. necessary

39. A. physicalB. natural C. hard D. terrible

40. A. tolerate B. solve C. avoid D. accept

41. A. sure B. certain C. large D. great

42. A. purpose B. resource C. influence D. instruction

43. A. when B. why C. that D. how

44. A. ill B. good C. strong D. weak

45. A. insists B. depends C. calls D. spends

46. A. patterns B. personalities C. situations D. characters

47. A. glance B. view C. sight D. impression

48. A. whichever B. whatever C. however D. whenever

49. A. peace B. fright C. pressure D. heaviness

50. A. decisionB. promise C. difference D. choice

51. A. unlikely B. likely C. necessary D. probable

52. A. continues B. lives C. stands D. lasts

53. A. balanced B. injuredC. endangered D. changeable

54. A. established B. achieved C. found D. developed

55. A. Unless B. Since C. Because D. As

第二局部阅读理解〔共20小题；每一小题1.5分，总分为30分〕

阅读如下短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最优答案。

A

When people advise your children to “get an education〞, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally(职业上) dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary school.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA(学士学位), you should start to find a job. You have to put on the brakes now. If you do go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first-class university. Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing(报酬递减律) begins to work.

Do you know; for example, that long-distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors(正教授)? Yes, each driver was paid $ 28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get $ 27,930.

A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly by turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.

If you became a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or－worst of all-in philosophy, you take the risk of becoming over-educated for our national demands.

Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, vomiting on tables and filling out applications month after month, and then may be taking a job in high school or college with the pay much less than a door-keeper makes.

56. According to the writer, the society expects education to turn out people who will ________.

A. raise their payment

B. become specialized in some way

C. have a bright future

D. meet the demands as a source of manpower

57. If you don’t want to be occupationally dead, you ____________.

A. should look for a job in a primary school

B. must at least get a high school diploma

C. have to change your name for Bernard Shaw or Edison

D. should go on learning and become a doctor or physics or chemistry

58. The underlined phrase “put on the brakes〞(in Para 3) means ________.

A. stop learning for a high degree

B. take up master’s degree at once

C. go on studying in a first-class university

D. find any interesting job

59. Which of the following is not TRUE according to the passage?

A. Neither Bernard Shaw or Edison finished high school

B. There are more PhDs than the society demands.

C. The higher education level is, the more money you will earn.

D. If you are overeducated, you can not easily get a good job.

B

Allen: I’ve never been a big fan of the bears, especially the vacation show. On my last trip to Disneyland(1999) we pa ssed it by, because we didn’t want to spend the time on something we didn’t really enjoy. If we’d known it would be closed by our next vis it, I’m sure we would have watched it one more time. I was just making the point that it wasn’t until Disney announced the

closing that this feeling suddenly sprang(弹跳) up for the Country Bear show at Disneyland.

But I think the idea of keeping some attractions open forever regardless of the number of visitors it gets is a mistake. We all have great memories of the Bears, but clearly very few kids today (or I should say families today) are making those same memories from this show. That may be a sad fact, but it’s a fact. For whatever reason, the show doesn’t pull in the numbers. Isn’t it right to use the Country Bear space to bring in more popular attraction so that more kids today can make those magic memories of an attraction they like? Otherwise aren’t we just telling kids today that they “have to〞make great memories of the Bears, when it’s obvious that the kids themselves are not enjoying the Bears like we did.

Roger: I am very disappointed that they have decided to retire the Country Bear Playhouse. I remember going to the show as a child, and still enjoyed it as a teenager, and now young adult. It is true that there aren’t a lot of shows left at DL and with this one closing even less. Being at DL does require a lot of walking, and it is nice to have a few attraction that are a place to sit and enjoy a good show. I understand that DL has to develop, but there has to be some history to the Disneyland that Walt Disney first designed. There should be some parts of DL that just never go away and this is one of them. By the time I have children it looks like there won’t be any attractions that I can say. I went to as a child at the rate they are going.

Now the Bears are leaving. What I want to say is: stop trying to compete with everyone! DL is the best, because of attractions like the Country-Bears. If DL insists on destroying all of its magic to make way for the latest, well, then it might as well be just another theme park.

60. What news might get people talking about the problem of the Country Bears?

A. The Country Bear Playhouse will be closed.

B. There will be a new attraction for our guests at Disneyland.

C. The number of visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling.

D. The Bears will retire because of old age and can’t give shows any more.

61. Allen spoke mainly to get this point across that __________.

A. the Bears will be missed

B. we should tell kids today that they “have to〞make great memories of the Bears

C. the longtime attraction ought to make way for a future attraction

D. people never care about what they have until all is lost

62. Which is the best choice to complete Roger’s idea: the Country Bear s have been a part of Disneyland for nearly 30 years, _________.〞

A. and I feel it is time to give our bears a good rest

B. but anyway, the attraction has lost interest

C. but I know that Disneyland will always be changing, and I accept that

D. and I am sad that the Bears will be leaving

63. Which of the following is NOT in the same group as the other three?

A. an attraction

B. a theme park

C. the Bears

D. the latest magic

64. Where can this passage be found?

A. In a Web discussion zone.

B. In a suggestion book.

C. In a report on the popularity of the Country Bears.

D. In high school students’ compositions.

C

IT is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond. Pluto’s recent departure(离开) from the classical planet family clearly proves that size really matters.

Astronomers voted on August 24 to create the first scientific definition of the word “planet〞, and Pluto obviously didn’t make the cut. It turned out to be only a “dwarf planet〞(矮行星).

After weeks of heated debate, over 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries voted on the definition of a “planet〞at a conference of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). According to the definition, a planet must have a clear neighborhood around its orbit(轨道). Pluto has widely been considered a planet since its discovery in 1930. Unfortunately, it has a special orbit which overlaps with Neptune’s. It is all because, compared with Neptune, Pluto is very small. It is attracted by Neptune’s gravity when the two planets get closer.

According to IAU. a “dwarf pl anet〞should have an orbit around the Sun. It will not have a clear neighborhood around its orbit, and must not be a satellite. The new classification means that the science textbooks will have to be updated. The solar system is now made up of the eight “c lassical planets,〞together with a number of dwarf planet. The classical planets are: Mercury; Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The debate over Plates status started in 1992. After an advanced telescope was sent into space, astronomers started to find a belt of objects, which lies beyond Neptune. The belt contains nearly 1,000 objects, including Pluto. As they continued the exploration, scientists recently discovered at least 41 dwarf planets at the edges of the solar system. There are at least two objects of a similar size to Pluto.

It seems that even if the IAU had kept Pluto’s status as a planet, the classical theory of nine planets in the solar system would have had to be changed, but the other way around. More dwarf planets of a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Scientists will probably find many more dwarf planets.

65. According to the passage, Pluto is ___________.

A. a planet which has a clear neighbouhood around its orbit

B. a satellite of Neptune which was discovered in 1930

C. is the smallest planet in the solar system

D. a planet which has an orbit around the sun

66. The sentence “IT is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond〞quoted in the beginning of the passage is used to _______________.

A. tell us small fish can hardly survive in the big pond

B. tell us the size of an object really matters

C. mean that small planet can hardly exist in the solar system

D. explain the disappearance of Pluto in the solar system

67. From the last par agraph we can infer that if IAU kept Pluto’s status as a planet, the number of planets in the solar system would be ________________.

A. eight

B. nine

C. less than nine

D. more than nine

68. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. According to definition of a “planet〞, if Pluto were bigger it would not have left the classic planet family.

B. More dwarf planets of a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Many more dwarf planet will be found by the scientists in the future.

C. Pluto has a special orbit which overlaps with Neptune’s because it is so small as to be attracted by Neptune’s gravity when the two planets get closer.

D. A “dwarf planet〞, which must not be a satellite without a clear neighborhood around its orbit, should have an orbit around the Sun.

D

Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Qinghai-Tibet Railway was unfolded to the public on Mondy. From July1, the service will cost a minimum of 389 yuan (hard seat) and take about 48 hours from Beijing to Lhasa. A hard sleeper (bottom berth) ill cost 813 yuan, and a soft sleeper (bottom berth) 1,262 yuan. The fare for an air ticket is about 2,540 yuan. Trains will run to and from Lhasa in three directions: through Beijing, Chengdu/ Chongqing and Xining/ Lanzhou

MOSCOW is this year’s most expensive city for big consumers in the world, a study released by British human resources firm Mercer HR suggests. Seoul was in second place, followed by Tokyo －which topped the list in 2005, when the Russian capital was in fourth position－then Hong Kong and London. The findings were based on prices for 200 goods and services, especially housing, transport, food, clothing and entertainment. In the 144 cities surveyed, Beijing and Shanghai ranked 14th and 20th.

Cutting wages in monopoly industries(垄断行业)

CHINA’S State-owned monopoly industries may be forced to cut their employees’ wages as the government looks at reducing the country’s widening income gap, the Economic Observer said on Monday. The report said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), working with other central government departments, worked out a plan. High salaries in electricity, telecommunications and other monopoly industries have met with strong criticism.

69. According to the news, a tourist can enter Tibet by taking a train from __________ cities with

a sleeper train ticket which costs at least ___________.

A. three; 389 yuan

B. five; 813 yuan

C. five; 389 yuan

D. three; 1,262 yuan

70. Which of the following cities is the most expensive city in 2005?

A. Moscow

B. Tokyo

C. Scoul

D. London

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