江苏省2010届高三英语任务型阅读专练(2).doc

高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家江苏省2010届高三英语任务型阅读专练（2）11People say teenagers are no good. They make too much noise in shopping malls; they drive reckless高考资源网ly up and down Americas main streets; they carry chips on their shoulders as big as the Sears Tower. And at least some of the time those things are true. But we shouldnt forget that there are hard moments in the life of a teenager too.I watched such a moment not long ago at a womans funeral (葬礼). I didnt expect the event to affect me. Through much of the ceremony, in fact, I remained unmoved.Then her teenage grandson stepped forward. With his very first deep breath, every heart in that church was achingly reminded of something we had all forgotten. Softly he began: “I want to share a few values that Nana taught me. She never failed to see light in any situation. When our family dog would literally attract her, what would Nana say? Oh, what beautiful markings that dog has. That was Nana.“She was a strong woman who often lived in the shadow of my grandpa, who was a successful businessman in this city. But she was the one behind the scenes who provided the strength and support for Grandpas career,” he said, with a voice now trembling. “That was Nanas way.”Through a muffled sob, he continued. “Whenever she did anything worth recognition, youd have to hear about it from a different source, because she was never one to brag.”Finally, in a voice breaking free of sorrow, he looked up and said, “Nana taught me courage. She put up an incredible fight to the end, when she died peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nanas way, and I hope I can carry on in the same manner.” w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mThere are no hearts as sensitive as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them for the first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they havent learned to be controlled.When that boy rose to speak about the woman who surely had been his truest ally and dearest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide in the calm ritual. He exposed us to the truth about this very real woman who believed in a boy who probably tried the patience of many adults. He reminded us that his grandmother was more than another dot on the chart of life and death.All over again we felt those powerful losses crisscrossing our own hearts, and we knew that when you say good-bye to a beloved grandparent, you say good-bye to something happy, something young in yourself. And that something never really returns, and the pain never really goes away.TeenagersAccording to the passage, people dont think (1) _ of teenagers.I seldom felt (2) _at a funeral. But from the boys speech, I know his grandmother had great (3) _ on the boy when she was alive.This time at the funeral, the author felt great differently.She would always found something (4) _ even in some unpleasant situation.She was a respectful woman who never (5) _ off her talent in (6) _. She had a strong will and would never (7) _ her career till she died.The author was in deep (8) _ at the moving situation.The author has changed his (9) _ on teenagers through this funeral ceremony.The only problem with the young is that they cant 10)_ themselves well.12Behind every symbol, there is a story. This is the story of a country opening its gates to the future. The story of a city reaches out to embrace humanity. The story of a people invites the world to join them, experience their culture, and share their joy. This is Dancing Beijing-the symbol of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.Dancing Beijing is a journey to the future, the emblem (象征) for China developing into a modern country. It represents the heart of an ancient culture embracing 2008 Olympic Games, the spirit of a people moving towards a new destiny. It conveys a message of hope, joy and unity. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mDancing Beijing is a symbol of the citys promise to make the Games a success and to be unlike any the world has known. The Chinese seal of Dancing Beijing is a promise rooted in honor and trust, character and truth.Dancing Beijing is the citys image. The ancient art of calligraphy (书法艺术) expresses the grace and character of the Chinese and the charm and beauty of their traditions. The image of Beijings Olympics, inspired by the ancient figure for Beijing, turns the city into a dancing athlete in the graceful sweep of the calligraphers hand.Dancing Beijing is the color of China. Red is the most significant color in Chinese culture: a symbol of luck, of celebration and of new beginnings.Dancing Beijing represents the spirit of the individual. It is the symbol for every Olympian, every performer, every volunteer and every spectator. Arms extended wide, it invites all people and the world to share in the citys history, beauty, energy and its future.Dancing Beijing is in the form of the Chinese dragon, the ancient symbol of Chinese culture that has both power and majesty.Dancing Beijing is an invitation to Chinas celebration. It is a gesture of friendship and hope that the international community will unite in peace through sport.Dancing Beijing is an emblem of a celebration. The 1 behind the Symbol of Dancing BeijingDancing Beijing isa(n) 2 of our countrys 3 into a modern country.Beijings 4 to ensure the success.the image of the city of Beijing, an 5 of grace and character of the Chinese.a 6 of luck, celebration and new beginnings with the red color. Dancing Beijing 7 its arms wide to invite the whole world to experience the city. 8 on the form of the Chinese dragon, which is powerful and majestic.hopes to help the world 9 and live in peace with the help of sport.represents the Chinese people 10 to a new destiny.13Traveling on the Information SuperhighwayIn the early 1990s, few people outside of governments and universities had ever heard the term internet. The World Wide Web was in its infancy（初期）, Back then if you said to someone, “Send me an e-mail with directions to your house.” All you would have received is a puzzled look . Technology has come a long way since those days. Today, the Internet connects millions of computers around the globe, making a worldwide exchange of information possible. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mThe Internet is often called the “information superhighway.” Thats because vast amounts of information travel over it. If you searched the word grasshopper, for instance, you would have thousands of sites to look at. Some sites would give information on these insects. Other sites would be companies with “grasshopper” in their names. Still other sites might want to sell you books about grasshoppers.In addition to information, the Internet also offers one of the greatest inventions in communications, electronic mail, or e-mail for short. E-mail is the brainchild of a shrewd（精明的）man named Ray Tomlison. He developed the program and sent himself the first e-mail in 194. He isnt sure, but he thinks his first message was QWERTYUIOP （ the top row of letters on a key-board）. As a result of Tomlinsons invention of e-mail, the way in which the world communicates has changed. Thanks to e-mail, you can communicate with a student in London and find out how his weather experiment is going. E-mail has also changed the speed with which we exchange information. In minutes, you can contact another person who shares your love of kites or stamps. Your aunt and uncle can send you pictures of their new puppy without ever leaving their home. If you are sick and cant attend school, your teacher can e-mail you the assignments you have missed. You can even send e-mail to a grasshopper expert and ask questions for a research paper.However, there is one big disadvantages when you use e-mail. Unlike a letter you send through the mail, e-mail is NOT private. It can be reviewed by anyone with access to your receivers computer. Your receiver could also forward it to other peopleso be careful. Do not say anything in an e-mail that you wouldnt say in front of crowd!The internetThe internet offers information to us.The internet enables us to （1） in a new way.We can （2） information throughout the world, because the internet can connect millions of computers.The internet is often called the “information super high-way”,because vast amount of information travel over it.Thanks to （3） , we can keep in touch with others wherever we are.It has changed（4） of talking. Through it, we can talk with our students in London about the weather experiment.It has also enables us to exchange information at （5） speed than traditional communicative methods. Within a short time, it lets us （6） mother person who has internet in （7） . It also helps us to send information without leaving home.（8） the advantages, we should （9） when using it. Because it may not be （10） if someone has access to our receivers computer.14Goodbye, plasticWanna go shopping? Before you leave youd better prepare a paper bag to carry your stuff or get more money to buy the bags! As a war against plastic bags has started around the country, people better get into the habit of bringing their own bags for shopping. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mStarting from June 1, all shops and supermarkets will be forbidden from offering free plastic bags. Those going against the rule will face a fine up to 10,000 yuan. In addition, the manufacture（生产）, sale and use of bags less than 0.025 mm thick will also be banned.“We should encourage people to return to carrying cloth bags and using baskets for their vegetables,” said a notice from the State Council（国务院）. “While plastic bags are convenient fro shoppers, this has caused a serious waste of energy and environmental pollution.”It is estimated（预计）that the Chinese use up to 3 billion plastic bags a day. The country has to refine（炼）5 million tons of crude oil every year to make them. When these bags go to landfills or are burned, they pollute the air, waterways and soil, which forms a huge threat to the health of humans. If they are abandoned, it takes tem almost 1,000 years to break down into particle（微粒）that do not harm the environment. And the abandoned plastic bags are also dangerous to wildlife who eat tem by accident.Although some citizens are worried about the inconvenience of not having free plastic bags, most people are willing to make sacrifices（牺牲）to protect the environment.A large number of Chinese have begun making their own cloth bags. Li Hui, a high school student in Tianjin, cut out a shopping bag from his old trousers. Just like his classmates, he sent his first work to his neighbors to promote the use of environmentally-friendly bags. “I am so proud that they like my design and promised to use it,” said the boy. Goodbye, plasticWhy is such a rule made?Using plastic bags has (1) _ a serious waste of energy and environmental pollution.(2) _ do the plastic bags pollute the environment?A serious waste of (4) _Every year 5 million tons of crude oil is (5) _ to make enough plastic bags for people to use.Environmental pollution:When the plastic bags to landfills or are burned, they pollute air, waterways and soil, (6) _ a huge threat to the health of humans.Plastic bags do harm to the environment. It takes them a very long time to break down into (7) _ particles.The abandoned plastic bags are (8) _ to wildlife that eat them by accident.How do people (3) _ to the new rules?Although some citizens are worried about the inconvenience of not having (9) _ plastic bags, most people are willing to make sacrifices to protect the environment.A large number of Chinese have begun (10) _ their own cloth bags.15 Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about. Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m The advantages, however, have not prevented host families from worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cites, now generally single and young, have less times available for students but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. One the other hand, students expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries. To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to making living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities. It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students. Host Family AccommodationHost families are (1) _ the accommodation quality.Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students.AdvantagesProblems(2) _Language study: (3) _ students learn faster (4) _ in the short time they spend.Cultural communication: It is more (5) _ for students to communicate and learn things of the local place.Cost of (6) _: Sometimes it is the best way for students to spend (7) _.Loss of selling point: Hosts lack (8) _ time for students.Rise in (9) _: What students demand is more now.Service quality improvement: Hosts are (10) _ living conditions and organizing structured family activities16Wondering how many calories the banana cream pie on your plate has? Some Japanese have a novel way to find out: Photograph it with a cellphone and send the image to an expert. With cellphones becoming common in Japan and rising concern over expanding waistlines, health-care providers will allow the calorie-conscious people to send photos of their meals to nutritionists (营养学家) for advice. Public health insurance offices in Osaka in Western Japan have launched the service on a trial basis. About 100 cardiac (心脏病的) patients signed up in the first year, followed by diabetes and obesity patients in the second. “Japanese have been getting fatter, especially men in their 20s and 30s. There is concern over what they learned about nutrition when they were younger,” the Osaka official, Satomi Onishi, said. “Were hoping that this program can help us deal with the problem.” Osaka is using a system developed by Asahi Kasei Corp. The system is operating among about 150 health-care providers and local governments around the country Nutritionists can work with photos from one days meals to several weeks worth. Results come back in three days. People can also log on a website to get further information. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Dr Yutaka Kimura has developed a similar system at Kansai Medical Universitys Hirakata Hospital, also in Osaka. Five patients have taken part in the programme, which costs $37 to join and $21 per month. Patients photograph meals over the course of three to seven days, and a nutritionist e-mails advice to them. “Patients used to fill in meal logs, but people tend to forget things or underestimate (低估) their portions (份),” Kimura said. “Photographing meals and e-mailing them can be easier and get more accurate results.” As Japanese have turned to bigger portions and more meat and fried foods, obesity and related illnesses such as high blood pressure have become a rising concern. The Health Ministry estimated last year that more than half of Japanese men and about one in five women between 40 and 70 years old were at the increased risk of heart disease, type II diabetes and other diseases because of obesity. With the Health Ministry hoping to see a 25% reduction in the number of people at the risk of these diseases by 2015, Osaka officials hope the cellphone program will help.New function of cellphonesReasonsCellphone cameras help Japanese lose (1) _.There is a growing concern about health and (2) _ slim.Obesity may result (3) _ diseases such as high pressure, heart disease, type II diabetes and so on.They hope the cellphone programme will help to (4) _ the number of people who are at the risk of these diseases.WaysThe service on a trial basis has been started to solve the problem of (5) _ fat.A system has been developed in which the value in (6) _ is told 3 days later according to the photos of meals (7) _ with cellphones.Another system has also developed in which advice is (9) _ to patients after a nutritionist gets (10)_ amount of nutrition from the photographed meals over the course of three to seven days.Further information can be got by (8) _ on a website.17Quality after-school programs are designed to improve academic performance, decrease youth crimes and other hig