高三英语限时阅读训练(十二)08_2
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高三英语限时训练（一）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分}APakistan should be everyone's tourist destination for 2018, but what if you already live there? Then perhaps youshould con sider visiting these five must-visit places for the new year.Lake Saiful MulukAt an altitude of 3, 224m, surrounded by now mountains, the lake rewards those that make the three-hour uphill walk from Naran. You will find the pathway just above the free market, but there is a superior option to get a jeep and split the costs with some other tourists; expect to pay about 700 rupees, worth it to view this natural beautyDeosai National ParkAs another high point in Pakistan, it has an average altitude of 4,1 14m --- the Deosai Plains are one of the highest plateaus(高原)in the world. If you make it to the park, you expect to find rich plants and wild animals. The breathtaking scenery on show at the plains is enough to make 2018 a memorable yearNaltar ValleyAccessible via a 2.5----hour drive from Gilgit, well worth visiting. Covered with pine trees and other plant life, it has a dreamlike feel about it. Various colors all year around make you fall in love.Shangrila ResortRight in the north of Pakistan in the Central valley of Gilgit-Baltistan. Locals call this a paradise(乐园）,and that’s what it feels like. No visit is complete without checking out the restaurant which is built in the structure of an aircraft.Rama MeadowDoesn’t feel like Pakistan at all, more like somewhere in Minnesota. Watch the sheep and cows feeding while clear water flows in streams from high in the mountains. Against Chongra's ice-covered peak, this little meadow is a piece art.21. What is the best means to go to Lake Saiful Muluk?A. Drive a jeep in person.B. Take the way of ride sharingC. Choose an uphill walk from NaranD. Follow the pathway above the free market22. Where may you go if interested in wild animals?A. Lake Saiful MulukB. Deosai National ParkC. Rama MeadowD. Naltar V alley.23. What can we know about Rama Meadow?A. It is what the Pakistanis like best.B. It is just located next to MinnesotaC. It is an attractive and peaceful place.D. It is a dream destination for adventurers.BIt took place at the Biltmore Hotel. My grandmother, my mother, and I were having lunch after a morning spent shopping.I gladly ordered a Salisbury steak. When brought to the table, it was accompanied by a plate of peas. I do not like peas now. I did not like peas then. I have always hated peas."Eat your peas," my grandmother said."Mother," said my mother in her warning voice. "He doesn't like peas. Leave him alone."My grandmother did not reply, but leaned in my direction, looked me in the eye, and spoke out the fateful words that changed my life, "I'll pay you five dollars if you eat those peas."I only knew that five dollars was a huge, nearly unimaginable amount of money, and awful as peas were, only one plate of them stood between me and the possession of that five dollars. I began to force them down my throat.My mother looked livid (铁青色的). My grandmother had a self-satisfied look and said, "I can do what I want, Ellen, and you can't stop me." My mother glared at her mother. She glared at me. No one can glare like my mother. If there were a glaring Olympics, she would undoubtedly win the gold medal.I, of course, kept shoving peas down my throat, and every single pea made me want to throw up, but the magical image of the five dollars floated before me, and I finally swallowed every last one of them. My grandmother handed me the five dollars with satisfaction. My mother continued to glare in silence.That night, at dinner, my mother served two of my all-time favorite foods, meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Along with themcame a big, steaming bowl of peas. She offered me some peas, and of course I declined. My mother fixed me with a cold eye as she heaped （堆积) a huge pile of peas onto my plate. Then came the words that were to haunt (萦绕) me for years. "You ate them for money," she said, "You can eat them for love. "24. From the passage, we can conclude the mother's attitude towards the author isA. sympathetic but disappointedB. annoyed but satisfiedC. sympathetic and scaredD. scared and disappointed25. The author uses "fateful words" in Paragraph 4 to show that heA. regarded these words as dangerousB. didn't expect it to be so influentialC. believed in the existence of fate (命运)D. knew they would change his life26. The mother looked livid because she thought .A. the way her son ate the peas was harmful to his healthB. she had lost face for losing the competition of glaringC. her son shouldn't have had peas because of moneyD. her mother shouldn't have been so kind to her son27. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. A powerful mother and a more powerful grandmotherB. An argument caused by a plate of peasC. A choice between money and loveD. The haunting of a plate of peas.CHumans and gorillas shared evolution for 23 million years. Their paths separated only six million years ago. Research on how gorillas communicate can help us understand human language development.Understanding how the brain works helps us see a connection between language development and non-verbal signs. These signs or movements include things like the way we move our hands or bodies or the different expressions our faces have in different social situations. A new study on gorillas showed that the right side of the body is controlled by the left part of the brain and it is also the location for language development.Two cameras were used to film all of one ape’s mo vements. One of the first results was that gorillas use their right hands more when they are doing actions with their heads or mouths at the same time. This shows that there is a connection between how our brain works and the reason we use one side of our body more than the other. In addition, we can use the results of the study and our knowledge about brains to help us understand more about how language first developed in humans.Dr. Forrester, who did the study, says the results can be useful in other ways, such as understanding language development in children. For example, some children have serious illness called “autism” which can stop them communicating normally with people. It might be possible to use the same study method to find out which children have this illness when they are very young. Doctors will then be able to start treatment early.28. Which of the following may have a connection with right-handedness?A. Communication.B. Intelligence.C. Social position.D. Social success.29. What doe s the underlined word “it” refer to?A. The right side of the body.B. The mouth.C. The left part of the brain.D. The front part of the head.30. Who might benefit most from the results of the study?A. Photographers of gorillas.B. Zoo keepers.C. Researchers on movement.D. Children with illness.31. We can infer from the text that gorillas ___________.A. prefer to use the right hand instead of the left handB. have a complex form of non-verbal communicationC. help us better develop our language abilitiesD. share the same body language with humansDWhen Jeff Sparkman draws his cartoon superheroes with colored pencils, he often has to ask other people to tell him whatcolor his masked men turned out to be because he's color-blind. Now, a new smart phone application (app) can help him figure out what colors he's using and how the picture looks to most everyone else.The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that turns the vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees into the "true" colors as everyone else sees them. In America, an estimated 32 million color-blind Americans---95% are males---can soon have their life improved."DanKam takes the stream of data coming in through the phone's camera and changes the colors slightly so they fall within the range that people who are color-blind see," developer Dan Kaminsky told CNET. He came up with the idea after watching the 2009 film Star Trek with a color-blind friend.It was then that he got to know more about colorblindness like its varying types and degrees. A vast majority, for instance, have trouble seeing red or green due to a genetic defect(遗传缺陷). Blue-yellow colorblindness, however, is rarer and develops later in life because of aging, illness or head injuries, etc. He started experimenting with one of the most common representations of points in the RGB color model. What the DanKam app attempts to do is to clean up the color space of the image or video signal so that colors can be visible to those suffering from viewing problems. "You can adjust the app to fit your needs. There is a range and not everyone who is color-blind sees things the same.” Says Kaminsky.Sparkman, a copy editor at CNET, tried out the app and was pleased with the results. "It would be useful for dressing for a job interview," he said. But using it for his art is "the most practical application." It worked well on LED and other lights on electronic gadgets, which means Sparkman can now identify the power light on his computer display as green.32. According to the first two paragraphs, we can know that DanKam ___________.A. appeared in the movie Star TrekB. can turn vague colors into real onesC. is a phone used to help drawing picturesD. is designed to help people with colorblindness33. How does DanKam’s app work?A. It puts LED and other lights on electronic gadgets.B. It changes the colors so that color-blind people can see them.C. It checks color-blind people’s t ypes of degrees of colorblindness.D. It shows common representations of points in the RGB color model34. It can be inferred from the passage that colorblindness __________.A. cannot be cured by any methodsB. is more commonly seen in womenC. is not necessarily inborn diseaseD. makes people unable to tell any colors35. Which of the following is NOT included in the things that DanKam helps Sparkman with?A. Choosing clothes.B. Drawing his pictures.C. Playing computer gamesD. Handling electronic gadgets.第二节(共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
专题08-2021高考英语真题分类拔高练习-阅读理解(解析版)
2021高考英语真题分类拔高练习08科普环保类1.（2017·新课标Ⅰ卷）阅读理解DA build-it-yourself solar still（蒸馏器）is one of the best ways to obtain drinking water in areas where the liquid is not readily available. Developed by two doctors in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it's an excellent water collector. Unfortunately, you must carry the necessary equipment with you, since it's all but impossible to find natural substitutes. The only components required, though, are a 5' 5' sheet of clear or slightly milky plastic, six feet of plastic tube, and a container— perhaps just a drinking cup — to catch the water. These pieces can be folded into a neat little pack and fastened on your belt.To construct a working still, use a sharp stick or rock to dig a hole four feet across and three feet deep. Try to make the hole in a damp area to increase the water catcher's productivity. Place your cup in the deepest part of the hole. Then lay the tube in place so that one end rests all the way in the cup and the rest of the line runs up — and out — the side of the hole.Next, cover the hole with the plastic sheet, securing the edges of the plastic with dirt and weighting the sheet's center down with a rock. The plastic should now form a cone(圆锥体) with 45-degree-angled sides. The low point of the sheet must be centered directly over, and no more than three inches above, the cup.The solar still works by creating a greenhouse under the plastic. Ground water evaporates (蒸发) and collects on the sheet until small drops of water form, run down the material and fall off into the cup. When the container is full, you can suck the refreshment out through the tube, and won't have to break down the still every time you need a drink.（1）What do we know about the solar still equipment from the first paragraph?A.It's delicate.B.It's expensive.C.It's complex.D.It's portable（2）What does the underlined phrase “the water catcher” in paragraph 2 refer to?A.The tubeB.The stillC.The holeD.The cup（3）What's the last step of constructing a working solar still?A.Dig a hole of a certain sizeB.Put the cup in placeC.Weight the sheet's center downD.Cover the hole with the plastic sheet（4）When a solar still works, drops of water come into the cup form .A.the plastic tubeB.outside the holeC.the open airD.beneath the sheet【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C（4）D【解析】太阳能蒸馏器是由美国农业部的两位医生研发的，是一款优秀的集水器。
2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选(08)外研版
2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（08）及答案AZoe, Damacela, 19, didn't have nice clothes when she was young. It wasn't easy for Zoe’s hard-working single mother to make ends meet. They moved in and out of homeless shelters.Everything changed for Zoe in grade nine. At that time, she heard about a sewing class at her school. She signed up and couldn't wait to turn her designs into clothes. The color of her first dress she made was white-black strips. Soon the clothes she wore were all made by her. Other girls at school loved her designs too. They asked her if they could buy dresses from her. Zoe sold her first dress for $13. Unfortunately, it cost her S25 to make the dress. “I had the creativity in designs," says Zoe. “But I really had no idea about business.”Zoe kept selling the clothes she designed. Her business was booming, and even the girls who had ever teased her became her customers. In the eleventh grade, Zoe took a business class. She learned how to price her clothes so that she could be sure to make a fair profit.Her business teacher suggested she take part in a contest for teenaged entrepreneurs (企业家)The contest was for teens from all over the United States. Zoe sent in her business plan, which explained how she planned to make her company grow. She won the second prize in the end. Zoe ’s success became a news item. Supermodel Tyra Banks heard abou t it and she invited Zoe to take part in her TV show. “Being recognized I felt really unreal,”says Zoe. Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone can.”56. We can learn that ______ when she was in grade nine.A. Zoe had no interest in designing clothesB. Zoe seldom wore her self-made clothesC. Zoe didn' t know how to make moneyD. Zoe attended a business course57. After winning the contest, Zoe ______A. considered it a rewardB. expected to be knownC. was proud of her own giftD. could hardly believe it58. Zoe advised the teens ______ .A. to make efforts to achieve their dreamsB. to design and make their own clothesC. to try every means to become famousD. to do whatever they would like to59. What is the main idea of the passage?A. How Zoe learned to design clothes.B. A poor girl achieved success in business.C. How Zoe got a prize in a contest.D. A poor girl was invited to a TV show.BThere are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses. Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choosea career (职业) since it was first published in nineteen seventy.Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.60. What is the passage mainly about?A. Finding a job.B. College students’ part-time jobs.C. Craigslist Web site.D. The relation between study and work.61. By logging on the Craigslist Web site, you can ______.A. sell your old thingsB. do some shopping onlineC. create your own announcement boardD. get useful information about 450 cities62. “What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to __________.A. work on the airplaneB. buy a parachuteC. publish a bookD. find a suitable job63. How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. Six.CWelcome to the British Museum, the grandest and the most spectacular in the human history．The admission is free and we open every day from 10:00 to 15:30．You can explore 10 departments including:The Department of Africa, Oceania and America．The collection of the Department of Africa, Oceania and America includes around 350,000 objects．The scope of the collection is contemporary and historical．It includes most of Africa, the Pacific and Australia, as well as America．All of the collections were got during the 19 th and 20 th centuries and dates from this time．The Department of Asia．The Department of Asia covers the material and visual cultures of Asia—a vast geographical area of Japan, Korea, China, central Asia, Afghanistan, south Asia and south -east Asia．The collection dates from about 4000 BC to present day．It represents the cultures and ways of life of local people and other minority groups．The Department of Greek and Roman Empires．The Department of Greek and Roman Empires features antiquities （古董）．It has one of the most comprehensive collections of antiquities from the Classical world, with over 100,000 objects．These mostly range in date from the beginning of the Greek Bronze Age （about 3200BC） to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century AD．64．What’s the purpose of this passage?A．To introduce some places of interest in Britain．B．To show the glorious eastern cultures to western people．C．To give some advice to the visitors traveling in Britain．D．To guide tourists around the British Museum．65．The earliest collection is the collection of _____．A．the Department Africa, Oceania and AmericaB．the Department of Greek and Roman EmpiresC．the Department of Renaissance and HumanismD．the Department of Asia66．Which of the following statements is true according to the first paragraph?A．The British Museum is the biggest in size in die world．B．Visitors can visit the British Museum free of charge．C．The British Museum is open any time every day．D．You can get a special service if you want to visit more departments．67．This passage is most likely to be a ______．A．notice B．news reportC．tour advertisement D．regulation for touristsDThe African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth , is of greatimportance to African ecosystem(生态系统). Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna(大草原)surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat(栖息地).It is the elephant's great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and under bushes , and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well.What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.68. What is the passage mainly about?A. Disappearance of African elephants.B. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants.C. The effect of African elephants' search for food.D. The eating habit of African elephants.69. What does the underlined phrase “setting the terms” most probably mean?A. Fixing the time.B. Worsening the state.C. Improving the quality.D. Deciding the conditions.70. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage?A. They result from the destruction of rain forests.B. They provide food mainly for African elephants.C. They are home to many endangered animals.D. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds.参考答案56—59 CDAB 60-63 ABDC 64—67 DDBC 68-70 BCD。
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. As37. A. slow B. calm C. get D. turn38. A. unnecessary B. satisfied C. useful D. necessary39. A. physicalB. natural C. hard D. terrible40. A. tolerate B. solve C. avoid D. accept41. A. sure B. certain C. large D. great42. A. purpose B. resource C. influence D. instruction43. A. when B. why C. that D. how44. A. ill B. good C. strong D. weak45. A. insists B. depends C. calls D. spends46. A. patterns B. personalities C. situations D. characters47. A. glance B. view C. sight D. impression48. A. whichever B. whatever C. however D. whenever49. A. peace B. fright C. pressure D. heaviness50. A. decisionB. promise C. difference D. choice51. A. unlikely B. likely C. necessary D. probable52. A. continues B. lives C. stands D. lasts53. A. balanced B. injuredC. endangered D. changeable54. A. established B. achieved C. found D. developed55. 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。
高考英语语法填空名校好题100篇：专题08 科技发明主题(二)进阶篇(原卷版)
专题08-科技发明主题（二）---进阶篇距离高考还有一段时间，不少有经验的老师都会提醒考生，愈是临近高考，能否咬紧牙关、学会自我调节，态度是否主动积极，安排是否科学合理，能不能保持良好的心态、以饱满的情绪迎接挑战，其效果往往大不一样。
以下是本人从事10多年教学经验总结出的以下学习资料，希望可以帮助大家提高答题的正确率，希望对你有所帮助，有志者事竟成！养成良好的答题习惯，是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。
做题前，要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项，并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时，切忌跟着感觉走，最好按照题目序号来做，不会的或存在疑问的，要做好标记，要善于发现，找到题目的题眼所在，规范答题，书写工整;答题完毕时，要认真检查，查漏补缺，纠正错误。
总之，在最后的复习阶段，学生们不要加大练习量。
在这个时候，学生要尽快找到适合自己的答题方式，最重要的是以平常心去面对考试。
英语最后的复习要树立信心，考试的时候遇到难题要想“别人也难”，遇到容易的则要想“细心审题”。
越到最后，考生越要回归基础，单词最好再梳理一遍，这样有利于提高阅读理解的效率。
另附高考复习方法和考前30天冲刺复习方法。
Passage 1（2022·河南·校联考模拟预测）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On September 17, 2019, the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympic Games officially announced the mascot (吉祥物)____1____(design) by Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts as the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. After many discussions by ____2____ (expert) and scholars, the mascot got a new name-“Bing Dwen Dwen”. In the end, Bing Dwen Dwen, based on a panda,____3____ (select) from nearly 6,000 entries from 35 countries.Bing Dwen Dwen is a panda with a high sense of science and technology. It attracts attention with its full-body “shell” made out of ice. Cao Xue, the lead designer, said the____4____ (inspire) actually came from traditional Chinese snack “ice-sugar gourd”, also known astanghulu,____5____ is candied hawthorns (山楂) on a stick, while the shell also resembles aspace suit-a nod to accepting new technologies for a future of infinite possibilities.Well received ____6____ the tanghulu idea was, it wasn’t enough to represent the image (形象) of a big country. So the team tried again and again,____7____(change) the image in the ice shell into tiger, rabbit...Various ideas have been suggested and overturned, but eventually____8____ was decided that China’s national treasure panda is the most beloved by people all over the world. In order to make the panda look more____9____(attract), Cao and his team members once_____10_____(fly) to China Wolong Daxiongmao Museum in Sichuan Province for field observation. “I hope it will become a classic, impressive memory in Olympic history,” said Cao.Passage 2（2022春·江苏南京·高三南京市第一中学校考阶段练习）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
高三英语阅读理解限时训练
现吨市安达阳光实验学校凤艺荣高复高三英语阅读理解限时训练（1）AHe’s an old cobbler(修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me, “I haven’t time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street. He’ll fix them for you right away.”But I had my eyes on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman(手艺人). “No.” I replied, “The other fellow can’t do it well.”“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys — without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap(鞋带), you might as well just throw away the pair.My man saw I wouldn’t give in, and h e smiled. He wiped hands on his blue apron(围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots offa shelf.“See what I can do?”he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.”When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange dusty felt hat, his funny accent and his pride in his craft.These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption rather than a way to realize their abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.41. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.C. He was proud of his skills.D. He was a native Parisian.42. The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend” implies that ______.A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like himB. it was difficult to communicate with this manC. the man was very strangeD. the man was too old43. According to the author, many people work just to ______.A. realize their abilitiesB. gain happinessC. make moneyD. gain respect44. This story wants to tell us that ______.A. craftsmen make a lot of moneyB. whatever you do, do it wellC. craftsmen need self-respectD. people are born equalBIf you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the earlier people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London(UCL), took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,”said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills.“Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading, writing and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the earlier they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,”explained the scientists.45. What does the underlined part “grey matter”(in Paragraph 2) refer to?A. Grey hair.B. Material of the brain.C. Intelligence.D. Difficultsituations.46. The experience of learning a second language can ______.A. change one’s brain completelyB. improve one’s maths skillsC. make one smarter than othersD. increase the ability to learn47. We can learn from the passage that ______.A. the researchers from UCL did another study in ItalyB. a similar study was done on native Italian speakers who learn Englishas a second languageC. the research done on the Italians showed a totally different resultD. it will be easier for one to travel around the world by learninga second language48. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Learning a second language can help improve your brain power.B. You should learn a second language that is not your native language.C. If you want to learn a second language, you should do it at a certain age.D. The research done by the researchers from UCL is very successful. CIdeas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move houses quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long–term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several h ours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.Some societies have “universalist” cultures. These societiesstrongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way. “Particularist” societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check–in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check–in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem.49. Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americansand Australians ______.A. like traveling betterB. easy to communicate withC. difficult to make real friendsD. have a long–term relationship with their neighbors50. People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those ______.A. who will tell them everything of their ownB. who want to do business with themC. they know quite wellD. who are good at talking51. A person from a less mobile society will feel it ______ when a strangerkeeps talking to him or her.A. boringB. friendlyC. normalD. rough52. Which of the following is true about “particularist societies”?A. There is no rule for people to obey.B. People obey the society’s rules completely.C. No one obeys the society’s rules though they have.D. The society’s rules can be changed with different persons or situations.53. The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German havedifferent ideas about rules because of different ______.A. interestsB. habits and customsC. culturesD. ways of lifeDDepartment of Homeland SecurityU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services I –797 C, Notice of ActionForm I – 797C (Rev. 01/31/05)54. What does this table allow you to do?A. To apply for a visit to America.B. To apply for immigration to America.C. To apply for a visit to the People’s Republic of China.D. To apply for immigration to the People’s Republic of China.55. You can get to the consulate on ______.A. May 25,1975B. January 31, 2005C. June 18,2007D. July 18,200756. Suppose you plan to change your applicant status, you have to ______.A. notify U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services immediatelyB. pay another fee as requiredC. apply for a new F – 1, F – 3. M – 1, M – 3 or J – 1 non –immigrant visaD. make a phone call to the Customer ServiceETraditional surgical procedures require surgeons to make large incisions（切口）in a patient’s body in order to gain access to the organs inside. It was once common for heart surgeons, who perform highly specialized and complex procedures, to make long incisions in a patient’s chest and then split the breastbone to reach the heart. Patients who undergo surgery are often at the risk of infection, as bacteria can infect the cut in the skin. In addition, there is often a lengthy recovery period.A surgical technique known as “keyhole surgery” has become common in recent years. In general, the surgeon will make a couple of small incisions around the area where the operation is going to be performed. Tubes are pushed into the holes, and a tiny camera is put into the body. The camera is attached to a large monitor screen and the doctor can see it while performing the operation. In addition to the camera, doctorsalso push their tiny surgical instruments through the tubes. The awkward part of keyhole surgery is that it is counterintuitive; that is to say, if a surgeon wants to move the tool to the left, he or she must push it to the right.Another new machine called the “Da Vinci Surgical System” has been tested in hospitals in the US. Unlike keyhole surgery, this robot’s moving parts are designed to copy man’s hand and wrist movement, thus providing better control and sensitivity. Sitting at a console（控制台）a few feet from the patient, the surgeon can control the instruments by moving highly sensitive pads. The area of the body is enlarged on a screen, which gives surgeons a view similar to that of a traditional surgical procedure.The Da Vinci Surgical System has been welcomed as revolutionary by many surgeons. Patients with serious illness must undergo major surgery, but the smaller incisions typically mean a shorter recovery time. On the downside, some operations have taken up to fifty minutes longer because surgeons are inexperienced at using the new technology. As surgeons become more familiar with the machines, the time needed for surgical procedures is likely to decrease.57. What can be learned about the traditional surgery according to the passage?A. Long incisions are made in a patient’s chest.B. It often takes a longer time to do an operation.C. The cost of the traditional surgery is very high.D. The incision is likely to be infected after the operation.58. Which of the following is one disadvantage of keyhole surgery?A. It requires the use of long, thin tools and a tiny camera.B. The doctors can not view the inside of the patients body clearly.C. The direction in which a doctor moves the surgical tools is opposite.D. A tiny camera has to be inserted into the patient’s body in advance.59. The Da Vinci Surgical System differs from keyhole surgery in that it ______.A. requires that a surgeon make more small incisions on a patientB. reduces the amount of time it takes to perform a surgical procedureC. allows the surgeon to use the surgical instruments more sensitivelyD. gets rid of the need for surgeons to make large incisions on patients60. The passage mainly tells readers about ______.A. the challenges brought about by new technologyB. the application of new technologies in modern surgeryC. the reflections on the development in medical scienceD. the benefits and drawbacks of the Da Vinci Surgical System41-44CACB 45-48 BDBA 49-53 BCADC 54-56 ADB 57-60 DCCB。
高三英语限时阅读训练(十三)07.10
高三英语限时阅读训练(十三) 07.9
第一部分 完形填空. 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Once the King of India was ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came, 1 him and said,“You will be well soon in a few days if you take bull’s milk.”The King was 2 ,for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk,“How is it 3 ?”he asked. “Order Gulbo to get it for you,” answered the doctor,“He can do anything.”Gulbo was a person with great knowledge and was 4 to the doctor. So the doctor thought this would be a way of making him 5 .When the King told Gulbo what the doctor said and 6 him to get bull’s milk, Gulbo 7 understood what the doctor was trying to do. When he got home, he sat thinking how to get out of the 8 .His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the 9 .On hearing what the King had asked for , she said,“Don’t 10 ,Father, I will help you.” The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place 11 the King’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, she started to do her washing. She made so much noise 12 the King could not sleep. The King got very angry and sent a guard to 13 what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the King.“Why do you wash your clothes here at night?”said the King. The girl 14 to be afraid and said,“I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby, I was 15 all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean 16 for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.” “What!” cried the King.“Are you trying to make a 17 of me? I have never heard of a man having a baby.” “Well, if the King himself orders someone to get bull’s milk for him, 18 can’t a man have a baby?” The King smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s 19 .”Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk for his 20 . 1．A．checked B．tested C．judged D．examined 2．A．pleased B．surprised C．touched D．moved 3．A．possible B．impossible C．usual D．unusual 4．A．a friend B．an enemy C．a neighbor D．a patient 5．A．suffer B．happy C．angry D．laugh 6．A．begged B．ordered C．decided D．demanded 7．A．suddenly B．certainly C．immediately D．directly 8．A．chance B．situation C．position D．difficulty 9．A．matter B．wrong C．thing D．problem 10．A．frighten B．worry C．doubt D．fear 11．A．above B．on C．below D．under 12．A．but B．when C．as D．that 13．A．find out B．get out C．take out D．bring out 14．A．began B．looked C．became D．pretended 15．A．busy B．free C．surprised D．anxious 16．A．food B．clothes C．bowls D．bottles 17．A．trick B．joke C．friend D．fool 18．A．why B．how C．who D．what 19．A．girl B．daughter C．wife D．friend 20．A．daughter B．son C．girl D．baby 第二部分 阅读理解
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高三英语限时阅读训练（十二） 08.11
第一部分 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中，选出一个最佳答案。 We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears. 36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37 to see -- or look at -- on my way to work each morning. For three years, no matter 38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 39 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 40 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 42 all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 43 I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 44 her. "Did she have an accident? Something 45 ?" I thought to myself about her 46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 47 her. I began to realize that part of our 48 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 51 markers in our lives. They add weight to our 52 of place and belonging. Think about it. 53 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 54 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 55 , person? 36． A．Make B．Take C．Give D．Have 37． A．happened B．wanted C．used D．tried 38． A．what B．how C．which D．when 39． A．sunny B．rainy C．cloudy D．snowy 40． A．took B．brought C．carried D．turned 41． A．Clearly B．Particularly C．Luckily D．Especially 42． A．believed B．expressed C．remembered D．wondered 43． A．long B．often C．soon D．much 44． A．respected B．missed C．praised D．admitted 45． A．better B．worse C．more D．less 46． A．disappearance B．appearance C．misfortune D．fortune 47． A．forgotten B．lost C．known D．hurt 48． A．happy B．enjoyable C．frequent D．daily 49． A．friends B．strangers C．tourists D．guests 50． A．regularly B．actually C．hardly D．probably 51． A．common B．pleasant C．important D．faithful 52． A．choice B．knowledge C．decision D．sense 53． A．Because B．If C．Although D．However 54． A．keeping B．changing C．passing D．mentioning 55． A．unnamed B．unforgettable C．unbelievable D．unreal 第三部分：阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A
THE BEST SHOPPING IN SYDNEY Sydney is one of the world's biggest cities and has something for everyone when it comes to shopping. You will find excellent Australian products alongside the best that the world has to offer. At the bottom of Sydney Tower, you can shop in 160 of Sydney's favorite stores including 16 jewellery stores and many gift and fashion shops. It's all at Westfield Centrepoint. Tel: 9231 9300. SOVEREIGN HILL This prize-winning living museum is where Australia's history comes alive! Visit daily or stay for the night and experience life of the Gold Rush days. A wonderful nightly sound and light show, "Blood on the Southern Cross" tells the story of the famous Eureka Uprising. Enjoy shopping along with real life character and entertainment. 4-star hotel and breakfast. Tel: 5331 1944
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56. Where can you spend the night in a tour? A. Cook's Cottage. B. Westfield Centrepoint. C. Sydney Tower. D. Sovereign Hill. 57. What is the time that Cook's Cottage is open on Saturday in the summer? A. 11:00 am--2:00 pm. B. 5:00 pm--10:30 pm. C. 9:00 am--5:30 pm. D. 9:00 am--5:00 pm. 58. The Anchorage Restaurant is_______________. A. in Williamstown B. in the centre of the city C. in Anchorage D. in a Cantonese fishing port 59. If you want to buy the best products in Australia, you may call_______________. A. 9397 6270 B. 9231 9300 C. 5331 1944 D. 9419 4677 B He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby. ” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child. ” He has rested there ever since. But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby, ”says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula,42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino -- from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. “We thought they were all lost in the sea, ” says Schleifer. Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. “He belongs to the people of Halifax, ” says Schleffer. “They've taken care of him for 90 years. ” Adapted from People, November 25, 2002 60. The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_______________. A. mother B. parents C. aunt D. relatives 61. What is probably the boy's last name? A. Schleifer. B. Eino. C. Magda. D. Panula. 62. Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child's grave on Nov. 5, _______________. A. 1912 B. 1954 C. 2002 D. 2004 63. This text is mainly about how_______________. A. the unknown baby's body was taken from the north Atlantic B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia C. people found out who the unknown baby was D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years C Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks' time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive (存活)if the rain is spread throughout the year. If it falls within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form. Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes (沙丘) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high. There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs (悬崖) and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing -- very, very slowly -- as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock. Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that have adapted to life in the desert.