模拟成都06高三第二次检测英语3

成都届高三第二次检测-英语3第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ABALTIMORE -When -year-old Michael Thomas left home for school last May, he couldnt have been prouder. On his feet, thanks to his mothers hard work, were a pair of new Air Jordans-0 worth of leather, rubber and status that to todays youth are the Mercedes-Benz of athletic footwear.The next day it was James David Martin, ，who was walking down the street in Thomas new sneakers, while Thomas lay dead in a field not far from his school. Martin was arrested for murder.For.the Baltimore school system, Thomas death was the last straw. He was the third youngster to have been killed over his clothes in five years. Dozens of others had been robbed of brand-new sneakers, fashionable jogging suits, leather jackets and jewelry.This fall, the school board announced a dress code preventing leather shirts and jackets, jogging suits, gold chains and other expensive items. Joseph Smith, Board President, said,”Clothes have just gotten out of hand.Across the nation, parents, school officials, psychologists and even some children agree. They say that todays youngsters, throughout the nation, have become clothes concerned. They worry about them, compete over them, neglect school for them and sometimes even rob and kill for themIn many cases, students are so concerned about what they and their classmates ar ewearing, they forget what they come to school for, educators said. In response, many public schools, mainly in eastern cities, have adopted school uniforms to cut down on competition. Educators say, in the current fashion climate dressing students alike allows them more freedom to be normal individuals.56. Why was Michael so proud of himself?A. He got a new car-Mercedes-Benz.B. He wore expensive clothes worth0.C. He was in a pair of famous brand-new shoes.D. He had a very hard-working mother.57. Martin was arrested forA. stealing expensive things in a street in BaltimoreB. robbing several students of expensive clothesC. killing Michael Thomas for his expensive shoesD. murdering another two students for their clothes58. The underlined word climate in the last paragraph meansA. weather B. popularity C. situation D. atmosphere59. The main purpose to adopt school uniforms in public schools is to help studentsA. decrease their concern for clothes B. get simple-dressedC. become more disciplined D. become normal personsBAt the beginning of the twentieth century, many people thought that the American family was falling apart. A century later, we know that this was not the case. However, although the family is still alive in the United States, its size and shape were very different 0 years ago.In the late 00s and early 00s, there were mainly two types of families in the United States: the extended and the nuclear. The extended family usually includes grandparents, parents, and children living under the same roof. The nuclear family consists of only parents and children.Today there are many different kinds of families. Some people live in “traditional” families, that is, a stay-home mother, a working father, and their own biological children. Others live in two-paycheck families, single-parent families, adoptive or foster, families, blended families (where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into the new families），child less families, and so on.What caused the structure of the family to change? In the early 00s the birthrate began to fall and the divorce rate began to rise. Women were suddenly choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home. In the 30s and 40s, many families faced serious financial, or money problems during the Great Depression, when many people lost their jobs. During World War II（39-45)，5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children. Because many men were at war, thousands of these warwidows had to go to work outside their home.During the next ten years, the situation changed. There were fewer divorces, and people married at a younger age and had more children than the previous generation. It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing tip. Families began leaving cities and moving into single-family homes in the suburbs. The traditional family seemed to be returning.In the years between 60s and 90s, there were many important changes in the structure of the family. From the 60s to the early 70s, the divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half. The number of single-parent families tripled, and the number of couples living together without being married doubled again. In fact, the single-parent household, once unusual, has replaced the traditional family as the typical family in the States. If we can judge from history, however, this will probably change again in the twenty-first century.60. According to the author, the American family _.A. is quickly falling apart B. is disappearing slowlyC. is changing greatly D. is changing bit by bit61. Toms father works for IBM and his mother works for another big company. Tom has _,A. a blended family B. a two-paycheck familyC. an adoptive family D. a traditional family62. The main type of todays American family isA. the two-paycheck family B. the nuclear familyC. the single-parent family D. the extended family63. The title of this passage is most likely to beA. Six Types of the American FamilyB. The Strange American FamiliesC. The Structures of the American FamilyD. The Changes of the American FamilyCAs a common practice, high school leavers ought to go to college, because college will help them earn more money, become”better people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who dont.But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending college, those who dont fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. Some college graduates are selling shoes or driving taxis. Others find their studies boring and then drop out一often encouraged by college administrators.Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves一they are lazy and they are expecting too much. But this cannot explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the present world, and they are partly right. We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cant accept an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer accept an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.Some educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, or the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, or quick to learn things-maybe it is just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, or quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful high school graduates would have been successful whether they have gone to college or not.64. According to the author, _.A. people used to doubt the value of college educationB. people used to believe in higher education of collegeC. nearly half of the high school graduates went to collegeD. fewer high school graduates had the chance to go to college65, In the second paragraph, those who dont fit the pattern refers toA. high school graduates who arent suitable for college educationB. college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxisC. college students who arent any better for their higher educationD. high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college66. From this passage we could know the main problem with college education is thatA. society cant provide enough jobs for the trained college graduatesB. more and more students dont fit the pattern of college educationC. todays college students are lazy and they are expecting too muchD. some college students want to drop out because of the boring study67. In this passage the author argues thatA. college education may not be the best thing for high school leaversB. college education is not enough if one wants to become successfulC. college education attracts all the intelligent and quick-learning peopleD. intelligent people may not learn quicker unless they can go to collegeDBirds flock to parks in up-market neighborhoods, avoiding those in the poorer parts of town, researchers have discovered.Anne Kinzig and her colleagues at Arizona State University studied parks in Phoenix and found the most diverse bird populations in the smartest parts of town. To their surprise, the socio-economic factors explained bird diversity better than anything about park ecology, such as tree diversity and vegetation structure. In fact, parks in the poorest parts of town had the highest tree and vegetation diversity, but the lowest bird diversity. We wouldnt have guessed it.” says Kinzig.”Its telling us we need to look further into a field for the answer.”Her team is now trying to track down exactly what it is about luxurious neighborhoods that the. birds like. One possibility is that rich people have bigger gardens so there are more habitats, surrounding the parks. Also, they may be more likely to feed the birds or perhaps offer a better menu. Mike Thomas of the British Trust for Ornithology is not surprised by the results.”The area around gardens and parks determines which birds visit,”he says that larger gardens tend to contain a greater variety of habitats and so can support different bird species.A spokesperson for the Royal Society for the Protection for Birds adds that two thirds of UK households put food out for their garden visitors: Its arguably the nations biggest pastime-certainly more popular than watching football.”68. Which of the following can be concluded from the text?A. People in UK are very happy with the visitors to their gardensB. Watching football used to be more popular than bird-watching.C. Many families in UK enjoy feeding birds in their gardens.D. Rich people like to provide food to the birds in their gardens.69. By saying We wouldnt have guessed it.”，the writer meant that the team didnt expectA. birds always gathered around the parks in rich areas of townB. the park ecology could affect the bird diversity so greatlyC. the answer for bird diversity needed their further researchD. the least diversity of birds was found in the highest trees70. What causes birds to gather around the rich areas?A. The tall trees and the vegetation there.B. The large population living there.C. The big parks and the large lawns there.D. The better food and the richer habitats there.71. The main idea of the passage should be _.A. Birds-are close friends for British familiesB. Birds like to visit rich familiesC. Birds have got used to living a rich lifeD. Birds tend to have a rich lifeEThe alarm clock implanted in Klek s brain went off an hour earlier. He wished he could turn over and go back to sleep, but the alarm was programmed to ring until he got up.Down in the kitchen, Klek entered “wheat toast/yogurt/orange” on the computer. The refrigerator doors opened, and two metal trays suddenly stretched out forward, shooting a cup of strawberry yogurt and an orange into the air.Watch it！”Klek was frightened. He smelled burning toast. The whole system seemed to be out of order today. All right,”complained Klek. Ill go into manual. First he had to clean up the yogurt spreading on the floor. Then he had to bend over, pick up his orange, and peel it himself. At last he put two slices of wheat bread into the toaster and popped them. He sat down at the table, sweating and breathing hard.After breakfast, he was ready for school. He swallowed a brain improvement pill and turned on the learning screen.”Good morning，”smiled a woman with red hair.”This morning we will learn about Earth.”The teacher had a loud and rough voice. Immediately Klek turned the Instructor Selection knob, erasing the woman from the screen and replacing her with a man with green skin.”Good morning,”smiled the man.”This morning we will learn about Earth.”Earth,”Klek sighed. How boring！”But the green skin man continued,”Earth was once a rich planet inhabited by thousands of species, including. human beings. Unfortunately, the humans polluted the planet so badly that they were forced to leave it and establish colonies here on Mars. Today, Earth shiguh shoomahc blaak gh. .”Klek smiled and hit cancel, Something had gone wrong with the sound again; there would be no more school for hire until the machine was repaired, and that could take weeks.With school out of the way, there was no reason not to play. Klek considered the alternatives. He could play chess with Klingsor, the Robotic Chess Master. The only problem was that before he began a game he had to