高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解49

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解49，共10页。

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In a recently published bk, I came acrss sme exercises with interesting names such as fishbne diagrams, ltus flwers and clustering. As I used these exercises in my classes, I nticed that students were interested. They said mre and wrte mre. They enjyed expressing their ideas and sharing them in grups. They were n lnger passively waiting fr the bell , but actively taking part in the lessn. I find that creativity can act as a way t increase participatin and imprve fluency.
Creativity has becme a ppular wrd in recent years. Schlars in arts, psychlgy, business, educatin and science are all wrking t get a deeper understanding f it. Rbert J. Stemberg is a creativity specialist and Yale prfessr f psychlgy. He defines creativity as “the ability t prduce wrk that is bth new (riginal） and apprpriate(applicable t the situatin ） ”. This definitin is useful, as we want ur students t use language in a new way and t use it crrectly and prperly. Mt schlars say there are tw types f creativity: big “C” creativity and small “c” creativity. Big “C” creativity refers t genius level thinking that results in artistic masterpieces and scientific breakthrughs. Small “c” creativity refers t everyday level thinking that can be used in any situatin ur emphasis is n the latter. While it ges withut saying that any f ur students culd g n t be the next Picass r Edisn, ur aim is t help students prduce mre ideas and use language in a new way.
47. The underlined wrds “waiting fr the bell ” in the first paragraph prbably means______.
A. lnging fr a phne call B. hping t have a bell
C. expecting the end f the class D. waiting t speak in the class
48. It can be inferred frm the passage that the authr thinks the exercises in the bk were _____.
A. ppular B. useful C. scientific D. Creative
49. When yu use a familiar wrd in a new way, yu are ________.
A creative in the sense f big “C” creativity.
B. creative in the sense f small “c” creativity..
C. nt creative in the sense f big “C” creativity.
D. nt creative in the sense f small “c” creativity.
50. The main purpse f the passage is t _________.
A. shw hw useful the bk is
B. explain what creativity is
C. discuss hw ne can be creative
D. tell what teaching aims at
2.
Hw many peple have I met wh have tld me abut the bk they have been planning t write but have never yet fund the time? Far t many.
This is Life, all right, but we d treat it like a rehearsal (排演）and, unhappily, we d miss s many f its best mments.
We take jbs t stay alive and prvide hmes fr ur families always making urselves believe that this style f life is merely a temprary state f affairs alng the rad t what we really want t d. Then, at 60 r 65, we are suddenly presented with a clck and several grandchildren and we lk back and realize that all thse years waiting fr Real Life t cme alng were in fact real life.
In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” they speak slwly and seriusly in their shps, htels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wnderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, t enjy the mment: t value this very day.
Hw ften d we say t urselves, "I'll take up hrse-riding (r glf, r sailing） as sn as I get a higher psitin," nly t d nne f thse things when I d get the higher psitin.
When I first became a reprter I knew a man wh gave up a very well paid respectable jb at the Daily Telegraph t g and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I was astnished by what appeared t me t be his cmpletely abnrmal (反常的） mental state. Hw culd anyne turn his back n Fleet Street in central Lndn fr a small lcal area？I wanted t knw.
Nw I am a little lder and pssibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under cntinual pressure. He lived in an unattractive Lndn suburb and he spent much f his life sitting n Suthern Regin trains.
43. The first paragraph f the passage tells us that _______ .
A. we always try t find sme time t write a bk
B. we always make plans but seldm fulfil them
C. we always enjy many f life's best mments
D. we always d what we really want t d
44. The underlined phrase "turn his back n" (paragraph 6） mst prbably means .
A. leave fr B. return t C. give up D. rely n
45. The man ( paragraph 6） left his first jb partly because he was ______.
A. in an abnrmal mental state B. under t much pressure
C. nt well paid D.nt respected
46. What is prbably the best title fr the passage?
A. Prvide Hmes Fr Our Family B. Take Up Hrse-riding
C. Value This Very Day D. Stay Alive
3.
Childhd was an illusin (错觉）and the illusin was this: everything was bigger. N, I mean everything, nt just huses and shps and grwn-ups, but clrs and flwers and jurneys, especially jurneys which seemed endless. “Are we there yet, Daddy?”
Funfairs (游乐场） were huge things that spread fr miles arund yu with nise and lights and exciting danger. Rainy days at hme when yu were ill seemed t last fr ever. Being a grwn-up yurself was an unthinkable distant pssibility. Every sund was luder, every game was grander, every pain unbearable.
As I’ve grwn ld, life has becme smaller. Tastes have dulled. Surprises have turned int shcks. Days g by unnticed. Hw can I regain childhd when it was an illusin?
I have nly ne repeatable and wnderful way and even in this way I can regain nly part f that larger wrld. I can play upn the stage like a child and make the crwd laugh and laugh with them, smetimes helplessly like a child, and then, even thugh I’m a sixty-ne-year-ld man, I can almst catch the clrs and sunds and stillness f thse bigger years when I was little.
39. Hw des the authr feel abut his childhd?
A. It was endless. B. It was unpleasant.
C. He is glad that it is ver. D. He misses it as a grwn-up
40. The authr thinks that everything was bigger in childhd because ________
A. children culd nt make prper judgments.
B. children were curius and eager abut life
C. things appeared really big in children’s eyes
D. t grw up seemed s lng fr children
41. The wrld seems t have becme smaller t the authr because _______.
A. life is disappinting B. time ges by t fast
C. he has had t many surprises D. fds n lnger taste delicius
42. The authr enjys playing n the stage s as t _______.
A. act like a child B. live an unusual life
C. make the crwd laugh D. regain his childhd
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Instead f hitting the beach, furteen high schl students traded swimming suits fr lab cats last summer and turned their attentin t scientific experiments.
The High Schl Research Prgram ffers high schl students guidance with researchers in Texas A&M’s Cllege f Agriculture and Life Sciences. Jennifer Funkhuser, academic adviser fr the Department f Rangeland Eclgy and Management, directs this fur-week summer prgram designed t increase understanding f research and its career ptential.
Several cnsideratins g int selecting students, including grades, schl invlvement and interest in science and agriculture. And many students cme frm prer schl districts, Funkhuser says, “This is their chance t learn techniques and d experiments they never wuld have a chance t d in high schl.”
Warner Ervin f Hustn is interested in animal science and learned hw t tell male frm female msquites(蚊子）.His adviser, Craig Cates, studies the genes f msquites that allw them t fight against malaria and yellw fever. Cates thught this experience wuld be fun and helpful t the high schl students.
The agricultural research at A&M differs frm steretypes. It’s “mlecular(分子）science n the cutting edge,” Funkhuser says. The prgram bradened students’ knwledge. Victr Garcia f Ri Grande City hpes t becme a bilgy teacher and says he learned a lt abut chemistry frm the prgram.
At the end f the prgram, the students presented papers n their research. They’re als paid $600 fr their wrk-anther way this prgram differs frm thers, which ften charge a fee.
Furteen students gt paid t learn that science is fun, that agriculture is a lt mre than milking and plwing and that research can pen many drs.
35. The research prgram is chiefly designed fr _______.
A. high schl advisers frm Hustn
B. cllege students majring in agriculture
C. high schl students frm different places
D. researchers at the Cllege f Agriculture and Life Sciences
36. It can be inferred frm the text that the students in prer areas ___________ .
A. had little chance t g t cllege
B. culd ften take part in the prgram
C. fund the prgram useful t their future
D. shwed much interest in their high schl experiments
37. When the prgram was ver, the students ________.
A. entered that cllege B. wrte research reprts
C. paid fr their research D. fund way t make mney
38. The underlined expressin “n the cutting edge” in paragraph 5 means “n the mst ___ psitin”.
A. imprtant B. favrable
C. astnishing D. advanced
5.
When a Swedish ship that sank in 1628 was recvered frm the prt f Stckhlm, histrians and scientists were verjyed with the chance t examine the remains f the past. The ship cnstructin shwed hw ships were built and perated during the seventeenth century. In this way, artifacts, bjects made by human beings, prvided a picture f daily life almst 400 years ag.
Underwater archaelgy-the study f ships, aircraft and human settlements that have sunk under large bdies f water-is really a prduct f the last 50 years. The rapid grwth f this new area f study has ccurred because f the inventin f better diving equipment .Besides the Swedish ship wreck(残骸），underwater archaelgists have made mre exciting discveries such as the 5000-year-ld bats in the Mediterranean Sea.
Underwater archaelgy can prvide facts abut the past. In ancient prts all ver the wrld are ships sunken in the past 6,000 years. There are als sunken settlements in seas and lakes telling f peple’s way f life and their systems f trade in ancient times. Underwater archaelgists want t study these bjects t add t the wrld's knwledge f histry, but they have t fight tw enemies. One enemy is treasure hunters wh dive fr ancient artifacts that they can sell t cllectrs. Once sld, these bjects are lst t experts. The secnd enemy is dredging machines(挖掘机）ften used t repair prts. These machines destry wrecks and artifacts r bury them deeper under sand and mud. By teaching the public abut the imprtance f underwater “museums” f the past, archaelgists are hping t get supprt fr laws t prtect underwater treasures.
31. What purpse des Paragraph 1 serve in the passage?
A.T prvide backgrund infrmatin f the tpic
B.T attract readers' attentin t the tpic
C.T use an example t supprt the tpic
D.T ffer basic knwledge f the tpic
32. The aim f underwater archaelgy is t _____.
A. explit water bdies B. search fr underwater life
C. study underwater artifacts D. examine underwater envirnment
33. Underwater archaelgists are wrried because_____.
A.sea hunters have better diving equipment
B.their knwledge f wrld histry is limited
C.dredging machines cause damage t the prts
D.sld artifacts can hardly be regained fr research
34. What is the main purpse f the passage?
A.T intrduce a yung branch f learning.
B.T discuss the scientists’ prblems.
C.T explain peple’s way f life in the past.
D.T describe the sunken ships.
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All arund the wrld, shppers flck t Wal-Mart t buy everything. In Texas, they cme fr anther reasn: t see the wind turbine（涡轮机）, which supplies 5% f the stre’s electricity. It alng with ther facilities, such as exterir walls cated with heat-reflective paint, makes this Wal-Mart a green giant.
The laws f ecnmics suggest that Wal-Mart, with 5, 200 stres wrldwide, influences everything including the price f all kinds f gds. It thrws its weight behind envirnmental respnsibility, and the impact culd be amazing. “One little change in prduct packaging culd save 1, 500 trees,” says Wal-Mart CEO Lee Sctt．“If everybdy saves 1, 500 trees r 50 barrels f il, at the end f the day yu have made a huge difference.”
Sctt wants Wal-Mart t d its part t. He has prmised t cut the existing greenhuse-gas emissins（排放）ver the next few years and prmised t cnstruct new stres that are mre efficient. He wants Wal-Mart’s fleet f mre than 7, 000 trucks t get twice as many miles per galln by 2015. Factries that shw Wal-Mart they’re cutting air pllutin will get preferential treatment in the supply chain. Wal-Mart says it’s wrking with cnsumer-prduct manufacturers t reduce their packaging and will reward them if they d s.
Sme peple may dubt it is a bid t attract attentin frm Wal-Mart’s cntrversial labr and health-insurance practices. But it’s nt just windw dressing, because Wal-Mart sees prfits in ging green. Sctt says, “This is a business philsphy, nt a scial philsphy. We dn’t g where we dn’t think there’s a great interest in change.”
Like Bill Gates, wh started his charitable fundatin, Sctt happens t be prmting Wal-Mart’s image at a time when his cmpany’s reputatin is declining. He acknwledges that he launched the plan partly t shield （保护）Wal-Mart frm bad press abut its cntributin t glbal warming. “By ding what we’re ding tday, we avid the headline risks that are ging t cme fr peple wh did nt d anything,” he says. “At sme pint businesses will be held respnsible fr the actin they take.” Meanwhile, shuld Wal-Mart succeed in shrinking its envirnmental ftprint and lwering prices fr green prducts, bth the planet and the cmpany will prfit.
68. We can infer frm the passage that ______.
A. Lee Sctt is Wal-Mart’s CEO
B. there are 5, 200 stres in the wrld
C. Wal-Mart has a great influence n the wrld market
D. Wal-Mart has mre than 7, 000 trucks all ver the wrld
69. What will Wal-Mart prbably d in the future?
A. Reduce air pllutin in its present stres.
B. Give favrable treatment t its cnsumers.
C. Ask the factries t reduce their packaging.
D. Demand the fleet f trucks t use mre fuel than befre.
70. What is the main idea f the last paragraph?
A. Prvide the backgrund f the green plan.
B. Stress the purpse f Wal-Mart’s green plan.
C. Present the risk that Wal-Mart is facing nwadays.
D. Analyze the similarity between Bill Gates and Sctt.
试卷答案
1.CDBB
2.BCBC
3.DBAD
4.CCBD
5.BCDA
6.CAB