高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解36

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Belw is a husing guide fr students ging t Lndn.
University accmmdatin (住所)ffices
Many university accmmdatin ffices have their wn list f registered landlrds (房东). Others als prvide infrmatin n accmmdatin agencies and ther husing rganizatin. The advantage f using yur university accmmdatin ffice is that yu can get sme supprt if yu have a prblem. The disadvantage is that they are unluckily t have enugh registered landlrds t huses all their students.
Prperty papers: Lt and Renting
Lt is an imprtant surce (来源) f infrmatin abut private husing fr c-renters. The ffers are frm private landlrds, agencies and individuals lking fr ther c-renters. They als have a website: The advantage f using Lt is that there are sme excellent bargains. The disadvantage is that there is n quality cntrl ver the ffers.
Renting is anther useful paper. The ffers in this paper are mainly frm accmmdatin agencies. Their website is at www.
Accmmdatin agencies
The majrity f rented accmmdatin in Lndn is prbably advertised thrugh accmmdatin agencies. The advantage f using accmmdatin agencies is that yu will have access t a large number f accmmdatins. A gd agent will listen t yur requirements and can save yu time in lking fr the right accmmdatin. The disadvantage is that they will make a range f charges t ptential renters.
Nticebards
Arund the universities yu will find a number f nticebards where ffers f accmmdatin will be psted. These will either be frm landlrds r frm students. Sme universities will als have nline nticebards where students can advertise t ther students. Advertisements frm students can be an excellent way t find accmmdatin. Hwever, advertisements frm landlrds can be prblematic.
Wrd f muth
Sme f the best husing in Lndn is never advertised but is passed n frm ne grup f students t anther by wrd f muth. It might be that yu can find ut abut gd ffers frm final year students. Hwever, dn’t suppse that just because yu have fund ut abut husing frm a friend it is necessarily ging t be better than that fund thrugh any ther surce.
Family
Faced with the very high rents charged in Lndn, sme students and their parents will cnsider buying as an alternative. In sme cases this might be a gd chice.
【小题1】 What is the advantage f using Lt?
A. It has mre ffers frm accmmdatin agencies than Renting.
B. It gives yu persnal infrmatin abut ther c-renters.
C. Their website is designed mainly fr students.
D. There are sme gd bargains.
【小题2】The infrmatin passed n by wrd f muth is imprtant because .
A. it is better than that fund thrugh any ther surce
B. it helps yu find sme f the best husing never advertised
C. the landlrds have little valuable infrmatin
D. the final year students always ffer better infrmatin
【小题3】Fr students ging t Lndn fr the first time, which f the fllwing prvides the mst reliable infrmatin?
A. University accmmdatin ffices. B. Lt and Renting.
C. Ntice bards. D. Family.
2.
The wrld is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted peple．We meet them every day. A few days ag, my car was nt running well．I pulled it int a garage and the yung mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes．He knew what was wrng by simply listening t the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is that great talent is nt enugh．
I am cnstantly shcked at hw little talented peple earn. I heard the ther day that less than 5 percent f Americans earn mre than $100,000 a year. A business cnsultant wh specializes in the medical trade was telling me hw many dctrs and dentists struggle financially. It was this business cnsultant wh gave me the phrase, “They are ne skill away frm great wealth．”
There is an ld saying that ges, "Jb means 'just ver brke（破产）"．And unfrtunately, I wuld say that the saying applies t millins f peple．Because schls d nt think financial intelligence is intelligence, mst wrkers "live within their means"．They wrk and they pay the bills．Instead I recmmend t yung peple t seek wrk fr what they will learn, mre than what they will earn．
When I ask the classes I teach, “Hw many f yu can ck a better hamburger than McDnald's?” almst all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “S if mst f yu can ck a better hamburger, hw cme McDnald's makes mre mney than yu?” The answer is bvius: McDnald's is excellent at business systems. The wrld is filled with talented pr peple. They fcus n perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills f selling and delivering the hamburger.
【小题1】The authr mentins the mechanic in the first paragraph t shw that ．
A. he is just ne f the talented peple B. he is ready t help thers
C. he has a sharp sense f hearing D. he knws little abut car repairing
【小题2】The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by____ ．
A. spend mre than they can affrd B. 1ive within what they earn
C. 1ive in their wn circle D. d in their wn way
【小题3】Why d talented peple earn s little accrding t the authr?
A. They dn’t wrk hard enugh． B. They have n specialized skills．
C. They dn't make full use f their talents．D. They lack financial intelligence．
【小题4】The main purpse f the authr is t tell us____ ．
A. hw yung peple can find a satisfactry jb
B. What schls shuld teach abut finance
C. why s many talented peple are pr
D. hw McDnald's makes much mney
3.“I’ve changed my mind. I wanted t have a telescpe, but nw I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter t Father Christmas, written after his father had been knifed t death utside his schl gate, must have tuched everyne’s heart．Lucien went n t say that withut his father he culdn’t see the stars in the sky. When thse we lve depart frm us, we cannt see the stars fr a while．
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and ne day, when yu are lder and yur tears have gne, yu will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that yu will find yur father there t, either in yur mind r heart. I find that my parents, wh died years ag, still linger （留连） in many f my dreams and that I think f them perhaps mre than I ever did when they were alive．I still live t please them and I’m still surprised by their reactins．I remember that when I became a prfessr, I was s prud, r rather s pleased with myself that I culdn’t wait t cable my parents. The reply was a lng time in cming, but when it did, all my mther said was “I hpe this means that nw yu will have mre time fr the children!” I haven’t frgtten. The values f my parents still live n．
It makes me pause and think abut hw I will live n in the hearts and minds f my children and f thse fr whm I care．Wuld I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence has been t face the aggressrs（入侵者）, and t lay dwn my life fr thse in my care? Hw many peple wuld want me back fr Christmas? It’s a serius thught, which gives me pause．
I pray silently, smetimes, in the dead f night, that ancient cry f a pet “Deliver my sul frm the swrd and my darling frm the pwer f the dg．” Yet I knw death cmes t us all, and smetimes cmes suddenly．We must therefre plan t live tgether, but live as if we will die tmrrw．We live n, I’m sure, in the lives f thse we lved, and therefre we ught t have a care fr what they will remember and what they will treasure．If mre parents knew this in their hearts t be true, there might be fewer knives n ur streets tday．
67. Accrding t the whle text we can see that the first paragraph ________.
A. puts frward the subject f the text
B. shws the authr’s pity n the kid
C. makes a clear statement f the authr’s views
D. serves as an intrductin t the discussin
68. What feeling did the authr’s mther express in her reply?
A. Prud B. Disappinted C. WrriedD. Happy
69. In the authr’s pinin, the value f a persn’s life is ________.
A. t leave a precius memry t the peple related
B. t have a high sense f duty t the whle sciety
C. t care what thers will remember and treasure
D. t share happiness and sadness with his family
70. What des the writer mean by the sentence taken frm an ld pem?
A. Call n criminals and murderers t lay dwn their guns.
B. Try t keep vilence and murder far away frm sciety.
C. Spend every day meaningfully in memry f death.
D. Advise parents t stay with their children safely at hme.
4.D American children still learn handwriting in schl? In the age f the keybard, sme peple seem t think handwriting lessns are n the way ut. 90% f teachers say they are required t teach handwriting. But studies have yet t answer the questin f hw well they are teaching it. One study published this year fund that abut three ut f every fur teachers say they are nt prepared t teach handwriting. Sme teachers are teaching handwriting by prviding instructin fr 10-15 minutes a day, and then ther teachers wh basically teach it fr 60 t 70 minutes a day — which is really pretty much fr handwriting.
Many adults remember learning that way — by cpying letters ver and ver again. Tday’s thinking is that shrt perids f practice are better. Many experts als think handwriting shuld nt be taught by itself. Instead, they say it shuld be used as a way t get students t express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting invlves tw skills. One is legibility, which means frming the letters s they can be read. The ther is fluency — writing withut having t think abut it. Fluency cntinues t develp up until high schl.
But nt everyne masters these skills. Teachers cmmnly reprt that abut ne furth f their kids have pr handwriting. Sme peple might think handwriting is nt imprtant any mre because f cmputers and vice recgnitin prgrams.
But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says wrd prcessing is rarely dne in elementary schl, especially in the early years. American children traditinally first learn t print, and then t write in cursive, which cnnects the letters. But guess what we learned frm a spkeswman fr the Cllege Bard, which administers the SAT cllege admissin test. Mre than 75 percent f students chse t print their essay n the test rather than write in cursive.
63. Frm Paragraph 1, we can learn ________.
A. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting
B. mst teachers prefer t teach handwriting
C. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching jb
D. a keybard has taken the place f the handwriting entirely
64. The underlined wrd “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A. unreadableB. cmplex C. unexpected D. easy t read
65. The best title fr the passage is ________.
A. Hw t imprve handwriting in schl
B. Handwriting invlves tw skills
C. Right r wrng: the death f handwriting
D. Handwriting lessns are n the way ut
66. The authr’s attitude twards whether still t learn handwriting in schl is________.
A. bjective B. negative C. critical D. ptimistic
5.Crned Beef & Cabbage.
Frm Quick Cking
“I’ve been making this meal fr mre than 40 years,” remarks Ruth Warner f Wheat Ridge, Clrad. “It is s easy and s delicius. It’s especially gd served with a salad f peaches and cttage cheese.”
INGREDIENTS（原料）
4 cups water
1 crned beef brisket with spice packet (2 punds)
1 medium head cabbage , cut int 8 wedges
2 large red ptates , cut int 2-inch chunks
1 can (14—1/2 unces ) chicken brth
4 large carrts , cut int 2—inch chunks
1 medium nin , cut int 2—inch pieces
SERVINGS, 4—6
CATEGORY , Main Dish
PREP , 10 min.
METHOD, Pressure Cker
COOK, 45 min.
TOTAL, 55 min.
DIRECTIONS
In a 6-qt. pressure cker ,cmbine water and cntents f crned beef seasning packet; add beef. Clse cver securely ;place pressure regulatr n vent（排气）pipe .Bring cker t full pressure ver high heat .Reduce heat t medium-high and ck fr 45 minutes .(Pressure regulatr shuld maintain a slw steady rcking mtin; adjust heat if needed.)
Meanwhile ,in a large saucepan ,cmbine the cabbage ,ptates and brth .Bring t a bil. Reduce heat; cver and simmer fr 10 minutes .Add carrts and nin. Cver and simmer 20—25 minutes lnger r until vegetables are tender ;drain.
Remve pressure cker frm the heat; allw pressure t drp n its wn. Remve beef t a serving platter. Discard cking liquid .Serve beef with cabbage ,ptates ,carrts and nin.
Yield: 4—6 servings.
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59. Which f the fllwing materials are nt needed in this curse?
A．cabbage and ninB．carrt and ptat
C．beef and waterD．flur and vinegar
60. When cking crned beef ,ne thing yu shuld pay attentin t is .
A．t use the seasning packetB．t bring cker t full pressure
C．t adjust heat frm time t timeD．t place it n vent pipe
61. Hw lng will it take t get cabbage ,carrts and ther materials cked?
A．Abut 10 minutes.B．Abut 60 minutes.
C．Abut 55 minutes.D．Abut 35 minutes.
62. Where can yu prbably find this passage?
A．In a newspaper.B．In a magazine.C．In a bk.D．On the Internet.
6.It was the afternn f December 24, the day befre Christmas; and as the newest dctr in ur ffice, I had t wrk. The nly thing that brightened my day was the beautifully decrated Christmas tree in ur waiting rm and a gift sent t me by a fellw I was dating — a dzen lng-stemmed red rses.
As I was cleaning my ffice, I was tld a lady urgently needed t speak with me. As I stepped ut, I nticed a yung, tired-lking wman with a baby in her arms. Nervusly, she explained that her husband — a prisner in a nearby prisn — was my next patient. She tld me she wasn’t allwed t visit her husband in prisn and that he had never seen his sn. Her request was fr me t let the by’s father sit in the waiting rm with her as lng as pssible befre I called him fr his appintment. Since my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. After all, it was Christmas Eve.
A shrt time later, her husband arrived — with chains n his feet and hands, and tw armed guards as bdyguards. The wman’s tired face lit up like ur little Christmas tree when her husband tk a seat beside her. I kept glancing ut t watch them laugh, cry and share their child. After almst an hur, I called the prisner back t my ffice. The patient seemed like a gentle and mdest man. I wndered what he pssibly culd have dne t be held under such cnditins. I tried t make him as cmfrtable as pssible.
At the end f the appintment, I wished him a Merry Christmas—a difficult thing t say t a man heading back t prisn. He smiled and thanked me. He als said he felt saddened by the fact he hadn’t been able t get his wife anything fr Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wnderful idea.
I’ll never frget the lk n bth their faces as the prisner gave his wife the beautiful, lng-stemmed rses. I’m nt sure wh experienced the mst jy — the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, r myself in having the pprtunity t share in this special mment.
56. What can be inferred frm the first paragraph?
A. The writer was a newcmer t her ffice.
B. A fellw sent her a dzen red rses as Christmas present.
C. She was at wrk with a light heart.
D. She was in lw spirits because she had t wrk befre Christmas.
57. The yung wman came t the writer’s ffice fr the purpse f .
A. having her baby examined B. getting a chance fr her family t get tgether
C. having her husband examinedD. giving her husband a chance t make his escape
58. What des the writer learn frm the stry?
A. The wife experienced the mst jy in receiving.
B. The prisner was treated with mercy.
C. An act f kindness can mean a lt.
D. Whever breaks the law shuld be punished.
试卷答案
1.DBA
2.ABDC
3.
4.
5.DCDD
6.DBC