安徽省蚌埠市2012届高考英语专题总复习 精选阅读理解强化集（27）

用心 爱心 专心 1 安徽省蚌埠市安徽省蚌埠市 20122012 届高考英语专题总复习精选阅读理解强化集届高考英语专题总复习精选阅读理解强化集 2727 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的A B C D四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A A The dark chocolate is one of the favourite food choices by many The taste is simply irresistible the smell is tempting and the feel of every bite is surely what you are craving for Aside from the taste you simply cannot resist it because it has a lot of benefits when it comes to your health Our health is our priority 首要事情 when it comes to the choice of our foods If you worry that the chocolate is bad for your health then here is a list of the effects of dark chocolate to health especially when taken with the right amount every day First of all it contains a component called falconoid 类黄铜 which acts as an antioxidant 抗氧化剂 The antioxidants fight the common signs of aging The antioxidants are also good for the heart Studies have shown that people who ate foods rich in antioxidants have low incidence of heart diseases Aside from the anti aging and healthy heart benefits the dark chocolate can also lower blood pressure and reduce bad cholesterol 胆固醇 to as high as 10 Lowering of blood pressure in patients of high blood level is good because it will lower the risks of stroke and certain health crisis Low levels of blood cholesterol are also good for the heart and take away the risk of blood vessels which may harden for too much cholesterol in them Lastly do you know the feeling of being overjoyed after jogging This feeling is like extreme happiness Dark chocolates will give you the feeling of pleasure and happiness If you are feeling that the world has turned against you then a chocolate can be a mood lifter It is an antidepressant Usually when we feel so bad we would crave to eat more food If you are looking for something to eat during your bad moments try to take a bite from a dark chocolate and feel good somehow after it These are commonly the effects of chocolates to health It can benefit you especially if taken in moderate amounts Approximately 100 grams of chocolate or less a day is already enough according to studies If you have taken too much try to lessen on your other meals for the day It is all about nutrition and taking the right amount of food in order to get the health benefits that it can provide for you 1 According to the text A many people like the dark chocolate for its taste 用心 爱心 专心 2 B the dark chocolate is the best choice for most people C nobody could resist the tempting smell of the dark chocolate D only a bite of the dark chocolate will make you addicted to it 2 What do we consider most important when choosing our foods A Our taste B Our health C The variety of foods D The source of foods 3 The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggests that dark chocolates A are the best choices for the aged B are usually used as an antioxidant C can keep you stay young forever D can make you look younger than your real age 4 What can we learn from paragraph 5 A If you are depressed dark chocolate will make you delighted B If you are feeling bad you will crave to eat dark chocolates C If you eat some dark chocolates you will get overjoyed D If you are hungry the best food is dark chocolates B B An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease a form of severe anaemia He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies including his own daughter Tracey who had a healthy son thanks to her father s blood Mr Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations When he started donating his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars He was also nicknamed the man with the golden arm or the man in two million He said I ve never thought about stopping Never He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 litres of blood I was in hospital for three months he said The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18 Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare and life saving antibody in his blood At the time thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother s blood and her unborn baby s blood It stems from one having Rh positive blood and the other Rh negative His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti D After his blood type was discovered Mr Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of 用心 爱心 专心 3 tests to help develop the Anti D vaccine They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of he said I wasn t scared I was glad to help I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away Mr Harrison is Rh negative and was given injections of Rh positive blood It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease It is estimated he has helped save 2 2 million babies so far Mr Harrison is still donating every few weeks now 5 How old is James Harrison A 56B 70C 74D 78 6 What does the underlined phrase two million refer to A peopleB mothersC dollarsD all of the above 7 Why did James decide to donate his blood Because A his daughter asked him to help her son B he has a golden arm worth a million dollars C a vaccine called Anti D is to be developed D someone else s blood saved his life 8 The sentence The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother s blood and her unborn baby s blood underlined in Paragraph 5 suggests that A babies suffer permanent brain damage before born B the mother and the baby have different types of blood C Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage D all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood 9 What can we infer from the sixth paragraph A Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous B His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then C Mr Harrison was glad to help develop a new vaccine D His blood type was accidentally discovered after tests C C While it is impossible to live completely free of stress it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can t be avoided The US Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to deal with stress Try physical activity When you are nervous angry or upset try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity Running walking playing tennis and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try Take care of yourself You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest If you easily 用心 爱心 专心 4 get angry and can t sleep well enough or if you re not eating properly it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping you should consult a doctor Make time for yourself Schedule time for both work and entertainment Don t forget play can be just as important to your overall well being as work You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun Go window shopping or work on a hobby Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy Make a list of things to do Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that there s so much to do and not enough time Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result you may not achieve anything Instead make a list of everything you have to do then do one thing at a time checking off each task as it is completed Set out to do the most important task first 10 Which of the following statements shows that you have fallen into stressful situations A You can t sleep well all the time B You have a break after work C You always feel happy and relaxed D You only do one thing at a time 11 According to the passage how do you make a list of things to do A Try to take care of everything at once B Do one thing at a time C Only do the most important thing D Have a break from your work 12 Why does the writer write this passage A To give opinion B To give suggestions C To make a request D To ask for advice 13 What is the best title for the passage A How to Deal with Stress B How to Make Time for Yourself C How to Take Care of Yourself D How to Make a List of Things to Do 14 Which of the following would be the advice to deal with stress according to the passage A just lie in bed for a restB always listen to pop music C insist on doing workD make a list to do things one by one D D After 20 years as a full time wife and mother I decided to be a school bus 用心 爱心 专心 5 driver for I loved kids After hard practice by the time school started that year I d gotten the hang of it I was happy in my new work I became a combination chauffeur nurse and friend And if the kids needed it I d put on my Tough Big Sister act It was a lot like my previous job being a mom When I think about my years of bus driving many things crowded in but mostly I remember Charlie Charlie eight years old with blond hair and crystalline gray eyes began riding my bus in September of my fourth year driving They all had stories to tell me about their summers Charlie though ignored me He didn t even answer when I asked his name From that day on Charlie was a trial If a fight broke out I didn t have to turn my head to know who had started it If someone was throwing spitballs I could guess the culprit s name If a girl was crying chances were Charlie had pulled her hair No matter how I spoke to him gently or firmly he wouldn t say a word He d just stare at me with those big gray eyes of his I asked around some and found out Charlie s father was dead and he didn t live with his mother He deserves my patience I thought So I practiced every bit of patience I could muster To my cheery Good Morning he was silent When I wished him a happy Halloween he sneered Many many times I asked God how I could reach Charlie I m at my wit s end I d say Still I was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me So when he d pass by I d ruffle his hair or pat him on the arm Toward the end of that year the kids on my bus gave me a small trophy inscribed To the Best Bus Driver Ever I propped it up on the dashboard On top I hung a small tin heart that a little girl had given me In red paint she had written I love Polly and Polly loves me On the next to last day of school I was delayed a few minutes talking to the principal When I got on the bus I realized that the tin heart was gone Does anyone know what happened to the little heart that was up here I asked For once with 39 children there was silence One boy piped up Charlie was the first one on the bus I bet he took it Other children joined the chorus Yeah Charlie did it Search him I asked Charlie Have you seen the heart I don t know what you re talking about he protested Standing up he took a few pennies and a small ball out of his pockets See I don t have it I bet he does insisted the girl who had given me the heart Check his 用心 爱心 专心 6 pockets Charlie glowered when I asked him to come forward His gaze burned into mine I stuck my hand into one pocket Nothing I reached into the other pocket Then I felt it the familiar outline of the small tin heart Charlie stared at me for a long time There were no tears in those big gray eyes no plea for mercy He seemed to be waiting for what he d come to expect from the world I was about to pull the tin heart out of Charlie s pocket when I stopped myself Let him keep it a voice seemed to whisper It must have fallen off before I got here I said to the kids I ll probably find it back at the depot Without a word Charlie returned to his seat When he got off at his stop he didn t so much as glance at me That summer Charlie moved away Eventually I retired And there my story as a school bus driver ends except for one more incident A dozen years after retirement I was in a department store in Kansas City when someone said tentatively Polly I turned to see a balding man who was approaching middle age Yes His face didn t look familiar until I noticed his big gray eyes There was no doubt It was Charlie He told me he was living in Montana and doing well Then to my surprise he hugged me After he let go he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see An old key chain bent out of shape the lettering faded You can probably guess what it was the little tin heart that said I love Polly and Polly loves me You were the only one who kept trying he explained We hugge