届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解57.docx
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届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解57
2014届高三英语二轮专题测试:
阅读理解
1.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。
Steve,atwelve-year-oldboywithalcoholicparents,wasabouttobelostforever,bytheU.S.educationsystem.Remarkably,hecouldread,yet,inspiteofhisreadingskills,Stevewasfailing.Hehadbeenfailingsincefirstgrade,ashewaspassedonfromgradetograde.Stevewasabigboy,lookingmorelikeateenagerthanatwelveyearold,yet,Stevewentunnoticed...untilMissWhite.
MissWhitewasasmiling,young,beautifulredhead,andStevewasinlove!
Forthefirsttimeinhisyounglife,hecouldn’ttakehiseyesoffhisteacher;yet,stillhefailed.Heneverdidhishomework,andhewasalwaysintroublewithMissWhite.Hisheartwouldbreakunderhersharpwords,andwhenhewaspunishedforfailingtoturninhishomework,hefeltjustmiserable!
Still,hedidnotstudy.
Inthemiddleofthefirstsemesterofschool,theentireseventhgradewastestedforbasicskills.Stevehurriedthroughhistests,andcontinuedtodreamofotherthings,asthedayworeon.Hisheartwasnotinschool,butinthewoods,whereheoftenescapedalone,tryingtoshutoutthesights,soundsandsmellsofhisalcoholichome.Noonecheckedonhimtoseeifhewassafe.Nooneknewhewasgone,becausenoonewassober(清醒的)enoughtocare.Oddly,Stevenevermissedadayofschool.
Oneday,MissWhite’simpatientvoicebrokeintohisdaydreams.“Steve!
!
”Startled,heturnedtolookather.
“Payattention!
”
StevelockedhisgazeonMissWhitewithadolescentadoration(青春期的爱慕),asshebegantogooverthetestresultsfortheseventhgrade.
“Youalldidprettywell,”shetoldtheclass,“exceptforoneboy,anditbreaksmyhearttotellyouthis,but...”Shehesitated,pinningStevetohisseatwithasharpstare,hereyessearchinghisface.
“...Thesmartestboyintheseventhgradeisfailingmyclass!
”
ShejuststaredatSteve,astheclassspunaroundforagoodlook.Stevedroppedhiseyesandcarefullyexaminedhisfingertips.
Afterthat,itwaswar!
!
Stevestillwouldn’tdohishomework.Evenasthepunishmentsbecamemoresevere,heremainedstubborn.
“Justtryit!
ONEWEEK!
”Hewasunmoved.
“You’resmartenough!
You’llseeachange!
”Nothingfazedhim.
“Giveyourselfachance!
Don’tgiveuponyourlife!
”Nothing.
“Steve!
Please!
Icareaboutyou!
”
Wow!
Suddenly,Stevegotit!
!
Someonecaredabouthim?
Someone,totallyunattainableandperfect,CAREDABOUTHIM?
?
!
!
Stevewenthomefromschool,thoughtful,thatafternoon.Walkingintothehouse,hetookonelookaround.Bothparentswerepassedout,invariousstagesofundress,andthestench(恶臭)wasoverpowering!
He,quickly,gathereduphiscampinggear,ajarofpeanutbutter,aloafofbread,abottleofwater,andthistime...hisschoolbooks.Grimfacedanddetermined,heheadedforthewoods.
ThefollowingMondayhearrivedatschoolontime,andhewaitedforMissWhitetoentertheclassroom.Shewalkedin,allsparkleandsmiles!
God,shewasbeautiful!
Heyearnedforhersmiletoturnonhim.Itdidnot.
MissWhite,immediately,gaveaquizontheweekendhomework.Stevehurriedthroughthetest,andwasthefirsttohandinhispaper.Withalookofsurprise,MissWhitetookhispaper.Obviouslypuzzled,shebegantolookitover.Stevewalkedbacktohisdesk,hisheartpoundingwithinhischest.Ashesatdown,hecouldn’tresistanotherlookatthelovelywoman.
MissWhite’sfacewasintotalshock!
SheglancedupatSteve,thendown,thenup.Suddenly,herfacebrokeintoaradiantsmile.Thesmartestboyintheseventhgradehadjustpassedhisfirsttest!
FromthatmomentnothingwasthesameforSteve.Lifeathomeremainedthesame,butlifestillchanged.Hediscoveredthatnotonlycouldhelearn,buthewasgoodatit!
Hediscoveredthathecouldunderstandandretainknowledge,andthathecouldtranslatethethingshelearnedintohisownlife.Stevebegantoexcel!
Andhecontinuedthiscoursethroughouthisschoollife.
Afterhigh-schoolSteveenlistedintheNavy,andhehadasuccessfulmilitarycareer.Duringthattime,hemettheloveofhislife,heraisedafamily,andhegraduatedfromcollegeMagnaCumLaude.DuringhisNavalcareer,heinspiredmanyyoungpeople,whowithouthim,mightnothavebelievedinthemselves.StevebeganasecondcareeraftertheNavy,andhecontinuestoinspireothers,asanadjunctprofessor(副教授)inanearbycollege。
MissWhiteleftagreatlegacy.Shesavedoneboywhohaschangedmanylives.Iknow,becauseIamtheloveofhislife.
Yousee,it’ssimple,really.Achangetookplacewithintheheartofoneboy,allbecauseofoneteacher,whocared.
58.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinthefirstparagraphmean?
A.Stevewouldgiveupschoolingforever.
B.Stevewasatalossaboutimprovinghisstudy.
C.Beingunhappybothinschoolandathome,Steveintendedtoendhisownlife.
D.Duetohispoorstudy,Stevewasabouttobeexpelledfromhisschool.
59.WhatmadeStevechangegreatlyallofasudden?
A.MissWhite’sencouragementB.MissWhite’spraise
C.knowingMissWhiteconcernedhimD.MissWhite’spersuasion
60.Whatmightbethebesttitleforthispassage?
A.AboyloveshisteacherB.Thedifferenceateachercanmake
C.AgreatteacherD.Pleasecareaboutyourstudents
2.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。
Itseemsthatthereisnomiddlegroundwhenitcomestocats.Peopleeitherlovethemorhatethem.Thesefeelingsarenotneweither.Allthroughhistory,catshavebeenworshipedorhated.Astudyofancientwritingsandevidencefoundintombsindicatesthatforthepast5,000years,catshavebeenkeptaspetsinChina,Arabia,Egypt,andIndia.However,thisisn’tverylongcomparedtodogs,whichhavebeendomesticatedfor50,000years.Still,whiletheperiodinwhichcatshavebeendomesticatedmaybequiteshort,ithasdefinitelyhaditshighandlowpoints.
CatswereattheirhighestpositionofdomesticatedlifeinancientEgypt.ThereweremorecatslivinginEgyptduringthetimeofthepharaohsthaninanyotherplaceintheworldsincethattime.Thishighnumberofcatswasprobablyduetothelawsprotectingthem.Catswereassociatedwiththemoongoddess,Bast,sotheEgyptiansworshipedthemasholyanimals.Ifanyonewascaughtkillingacat,thepersoncouldbeputtodeath.FamiliesinEgyptalsomournedthedeathofacatandhadthebodyofthedeadcatwrappedinclothbeforeitwasfinallylaidtorest.ThisrespectforcatscarriedovertotheRomanEmpirewherecatsweretheonlyanimalsallowedintotemples.Thisfactwasprobablyduetotheabilityofcatstokeepthetemplesfreeofmiceandrats.WiththecomingoftheDarkAgesinEurope,theplaceofcatsinsocietytookaturnfortheEmpire,Christiansbegantoassociatecatswithpegan(异教徒)beliefs.Catshadareputationashelpersofwitches.Whenapersonwasaccusedofbeingawitch,acatwouldoftenbeputontrialwiththeperson.Thecatwouldbetortured(拷打)totryandmakethepersontellthetruth,andusuallythecatandthepersonwouldendupbeingburnedinabonfireordrowned.Bonfiresofcollectedcatswerenotuncommonduringthistime.
Thedaysofhuntingwitcheshaveended,butothermythsaboutcatsstillholdout.Forawhile,peopleinsomeplacesusedtoburylivecatsundernewbuildingsforgoodluck.Aswell,manypeopletodaycontinuetobelievethatblackcatsbringbadluck.Ifablackcatwalksinfrontofaperson,thatpersonmusttakeextracareinthenearfuturetowatchoutfordangeroussituations.Regardlessofsuperstition(迷信),catsremainapopularpettoday.Somecatexpertsbelievethatacatnevertrulybedomesticatedbecauseitmayturnwildandrunawayatanytime.However,thisclaimhasnotputpeopleoffkeepingcatsintheirhomes.AthirdofhomesintheUnitedStateshavecats,andoneoutofeverythreeofthesehomeskeepsbothadogandacat.Especiallyinlargecities,manypeopleinsmallapartmentshavefoundthatcatsmakemuchbetterpetsthandogs.
Catsmaynotbeworshipedasgodsanymore,buttherearepeoplewhoseemtothinkoftheircatastheirchildren.Thesecatownerswilldoalmostanythingtokeeptheirpetshealthyandhappy.Forthosecatownerswhohavealwayswonderedwhattheirpetsaretryingtotellthem,aJapanesecompanymayhavecomeupwiththeperfectinvention.In2003,theTakaraCompanyannouncedtheMeowlingual,acattranslationdevice.TheMeowlingualusesamicrophone,display,andcatvoiceanalyzertoanalyzeacat’smeowstodeterminewhichof200phrasesacatistryingtosay.
Accordingtoacompanyspokesperson,“…catownersallovertheworldhavebeentellingTakara,‘Wewantacattranslator!
’”Now,thecompany“ismakingtheirdreamcometruebybringinginaneweraofcommunicationbetweencatloversandtheirpets.”
54.WhichoftheseisNOTdiscussedinthepassage?
A.thestatusofcatsthroughouthistoryB.theevolutionofdifferentspeciesofcats
C.thepopularityofthecatstodayD.communicationbetweencatsandtheirowners
55.Thesecondparagraphmainlydescribes_______.
A.howBastbecameagoddess.B.thelowpointinthehistoryofcats
C.thehighpointinthehistoryofcatsD.thereasonwhycatsaresuchgoodhunters
56.HowwerecatstreatedinEuropeduringtheDarkAges?
A.asfarmanimalsB.asfoodC.asmagicalcreaturesD.ashonoredguests
57.Accordingtothepassage,whatpercentageofpeopleintheUnitedStateskeepbothacatandadog?
A.about10percentB.nearly25percentC.about33percentD.closeto50percent
3.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。
Oneofthebiggestchallengesfacingstudentsandtheirfamiliesiswhatcareertheyshouldenterandwhatisthebestpathforthemtotake.
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