辽宁省鞍山市高考英语 书面表达、阅读理解训练题（11）.doc

辽宁鞍山市2014高考英语书面表达、阅读理解训练题（11） 附答案 (山东卷)假设你是李华，你的美国朋友tom上个月来到北京学习。七月份你将去北京参加暑期中学生英语演讲比赛(speech contest)，你在资料搜集、语言运用等方面遇到了困难。请根据以下要点给tom写一封电子邮件：1.询问tom的生活和学习情况；2.谈谈你的困难并请tom帮忙；3.告诉tom你打算赛后去看他。注意：1词数：120150；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _参考范文dear tom，i have missed you very much.how about your study and life in china? i should tell you that i have something to be helped by you.in july, i will take part in an english speech contest for middle school students in beijing in summer vacation.i want to make a speech about american scientist thomas edison.but i dont know about him deeply.could you tell me about some background about him, especially how hard he studied science.please tell me more about his spirit to devote to science, his story to innovation in science.i wish i could become a scientist like thomas edison to invent many new things to the world.and please tell me how to use the american motto and logion, which can make my speech more vivid.i will visit you after the speech contest.thanks a lot!faithfully yours，li hua*结束【跟踪演练】1、（2011安徽省巢湖市高三第一次教学质量检测）scientists have found that human eyes are more likely to be damaged by uv rays (紫外线) while skiing in the snow-covered areas than sitting on the beach, according to a report by the uk newspaper the telegraph.the researchers at kanazawa medical university, japan and american company johnsonjohnson conducted the study together. they looked at the effects of light reflection on newly fallen snow on a ski trail (a rough path) in ishikawa district, northern japan. they compared the results with the levels of uv rays on a sand beach in southern japans okinawa district.they found that on the beach, eyes are exposed to a daily 260 kilojoules (千焦耳) of uv a square meter compared to 658 kilojoules in snow-covered areas.the findings are supported by the japan meteorological agency. according to the agen- cy, the reflection rate of uv light on beaches is often between 10 and 25 percent, compared to 80 percent in the new snow areas. the amount of light increased 4 percent with a 300-meter rise in height.most of us know that uv rays can harm the skin. thats why we wear sunscreen on our skin before we get out in the sun. but many of us may not realize that uv rays are also harmful to the eyes.if your eyes are exposed to large amounts of uv radiation over a short period of time, you may experience a kind of sunburn of the eye, which is harmful. your eyes will become red and feel a strange feeling. they may be sensitive to light. fortunately, this is usually temporary (暂时的) and seldom causes permanent damage to the eyes.long-term exposure to uv radiation, however, can be more serious. scientific studies and researches have shown that exposure to small amounts of uv radiation over a period of many years increases the chance of eye damage, which could lead to total blindness.67. you would most likely find the article ina. a doctors diary b. a travel journalc. a medical magazine d. a physics textbook68. which of the following statements is true according to the passage?a. too much eye exposure to uv rays may cause total blindness.b. short-time exposure of the eyes to uv rays doesnt harm them at all.c. most people know that uv rays harm the eyes as well as the skin.d. the study was conducted by researchers from japan, the usa and the uk.69. the underlined word sunscreen in paragraph 5 most probably means _.a. sunglasses b. sunhat c. suncream d. sunburn70. what will the passage most probably talk about next?a. never ski on newly fallen snow in japan.b. go to hospital to have your eyes examined.c. wearing a hat can provide protection while skiing in new snow areas.d. take some measures to protect your eyes while skiing in new snow areas.1、参考答案-bdda*结束（2009 辽宁高考） what is ebay? the simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. people can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and dvds, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoesthe list goes on and on. the idea came from peter omidyar, who was born in paris and moved to washington when he was still a child. at high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from tuft university in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. in his free time he started ebay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. by 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade（升级） and he began charging a fee to members. joined by a friend, peter skoll, and in 1998 by his capable ceo, meg whitman, he has never looked back. even in the great. com crashes of the late 1990s, ebay has gone from strength to strength. it is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the internet. ebay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. all you have to do is take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and youre in business: the world is your market place. of course for each item （商品）sold ebay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on ebay and eighty percent of the items are sold. 13. we learn from the text that ebay provides people with_. a. a way of buying and selling goods b. a website for them to upgrade c. a place to exhibit their own photos d. a chance to buy things at low prices 14. why did peter create ebay after graduating from university? a. for fun. b. to make money. c. for gathering the engineers. d. to fulfill a task of his company. 15. from “he has never looked back ”in paragraph 2 we learn that peter_. a. did not feel lonely b. was always hopeful c. did not think about the past d. became more and more successful 16. how does ebay make money from its website? a. by bringing callers together. b. by charging for each sale. c. by listing items online. d. by making e-photos. 6、【文章大意】ebay是进行全球贸易的网络平台，你可以通过它买到任何你所需的商品，大到汽车小到一双鞋子，你只要轻点鼠标就可以买到。13.【解析】选a。细节理解题。根据第一段可知。14.【解析】选a。细节理解题。根据第二段中的in his free time he started ebay as a kind of hobby. . . 可知。15.【解析】选d。句意理解题。句中的look back在此处意为“倒退”，作此意时常用于否定句。另外也可根据句子后面的两句推知：他的ebay发展得越来越好。16.【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据最后一段中的of course for each item sold ebay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. 可知。*结束 psychiatrists (精神病专家) who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset in child raisingolder parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. but raising kids takes money and energy. many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents biggest, and often unspoken, fear. having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later.” for many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream. henry metcalf a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. but hes also worried that his energy will give out first. sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but hes learned that young at heart doesnt mean young. lately hes been taking afternoon naps (午睡) to keep up his energy. “my body is aging,” says metcalf. “you cant get away from that.” often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. “they worry theyll be mistaken for grandparents, or that theyll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school,” says joann galst, a new york psychologist. but at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one: “that they wont be alive long enough to support and protect their child,” she says. many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. after marrying late and undergoing years of fertilily (受孕) treatment, marilyn nolen and her husband, randy, had twins. “we both wanted children,” says marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth. the twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family.” kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives. “the dads are older, more mature,” says dr. silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.” 13. what does the author mean by saying “for many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream”（paragraph 1）? a. they are reluctant to retire when they reach their retirement age. b. they cant obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of. c. they cant get full pension unless they work some extra years. d. they have to go on working beyond their retirement age. 14. the author gives the example of henry metcalf to show that _ . a. older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children b. many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age c. older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies d. taking afternoon naps is a good way to regain energy 15. whats the biggest fear of older parents according to new york psychologist joan galst? a. approaching of death. b. slowing down of their pace of life.c. being laughed at by other people. d. being mistaken for grandparents. 1315、 dca *结束河北省高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（41） maggiano is an award-winning teacher in the social studies department at west springfield high school in virginia. he has taught in public and private schools for 25 years .in a piece on his blog called “the classroom post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(职业).men teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men. at the high school level during the same year, men comprised（构成） 44% of the work force.why are there so few men in teaching? men teach says low pay and lack of prestige（声望）, as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women. as a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.a study in 2008 by the national education association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low. males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers. states with high percentages: kansas (33.6 percent), oregon (31.6 percent), alaska (30.9 percent) and indiana (30.5percent).states with the lowest percentage : arkansas (16.2 percent), virginia (17.4 percent), mississippi (17.5 percent), louisiana (18 percent), south carolina (18.5 percent) and georgia (19.7 percent). there is no definitive(确定) research that male students-or female students, for that matter- learn bet