2012届高考英语二轮专题强化阅读综合能力培养精选(六)

1、2012 届高考英语二轮专题强化阅读综合能力培养精选（六）a（2011 山西省六所重点中学检测）i remembered little of the journey which startedso early in the morning. i only knew that the day seemed extremely long, and that we appeared to travel over hundreds of miles. calmed by the sound of the carriage wheels, i fell asleep. but i had not sle

2、pt long when the carriage stopped, the door was opened, and i saw a servant standing there.“ is there a little girl called jane eyre here ？” she asked. i answered “yes，” and was then lifted out. i could see a house with many windows. there were lights burning in some of them. we went up a wide path,

3、 and were admitted at a door. then the servant led me through a passage into a room where she left me. i stood and warmed my frozen fingers at the fire and looked around. there was no candle, but the light from the fire showed walls, a carpet, curtains and furniture. then the door opened, and a tall

4、 lady entered followed by another who looked younger.“ the child is veryyoung to be sent alone ，” she said, putting her candle down on the table.led by the younger lady, miss miller, through passage after passage, we came, at last to a long, wide room filled with many voices. there were many tables,

5、 and seated all round on benches were a large number of girls aged from nine to twenty. seen in the dim（ 昏暗的 ） light of the candles, their number appeared above eighty. each was dressed in a brown old fashioned dress of cheap material. it was their hour of study.miss miller signed to me to sit on a

6、bench near the door, and then walking up to the top of the long room she cried out“monitors, collect the lesson-books andput them away ！”four tall girls arose and went round, gathered the books and removed them. missmiller again ordered, “monitors, fetch the supper-trays（ 托盘 ） ！” then tall girls wen

7、t out and returned soon, each carrying a big tray. food and water were in the middle of each tray. the food was handed round and everyone drank from the same mug. when it came to my turn, i drank too, for i was thirsty, but i did not touch the food.from there i was taken to my hard bed where i thank

8、fully fell asleep immediately.语篇解读：历经艰难的长途行程后， jane eyre 终于来到了这所学校。一天的生活很快 结束，她进入了甜美的梦乡。1 what is the best title for the passage?a jane eyres first day at schoolb jane eyres long journey to schoolc jane eyres first meal at schoold jane eyres first impression of the school解析：主旨大意题。 jane eyre 经过艰辛的长途旅

9、程，终于来到了学校，随后叙述的是她初到学校的见闻，直到最后很快进入梦乡，由此可知本文叙述的是她在学校第 一天的情况。答案： a2 jane remembered little of the journey partly because .a she was asleep on the way8 she traveled over hundreds of milesc the day seemed very longd she was calmed by the sound of the wheels解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“ i fell asleep ”可知她之所以对这次行程知道得很

10、少是因为她在途中睡着了。答案： a3 which of the following is true?a jane was led to the wide room by the tall lady.b miss miller helped put the books away.c the monitors were tall and strong.d there were about 50 girls in the room.解析：推理判断题。由第四段以及第五段第一句可知班长们很高，再结合第五段missmiller让她们拿大托盘可知她们很强壮，故 c项正确。答案： c4 we can lear

11、n from the passage that .a the school accepted both boys and girlsb the living conditions for students were poorc the classroom was also used as a meeting roomd the students there needed to fetch food themselves解析：推理判断题。倒数第三段后半部分中提到烛光微弱，每个学生都穿着用廉价材料做成的衣服，最后一段的后半部分提到每个人都用同一个杯子喝水，由此可推断学生的生活条件很差。答案： bb

12、（2011 合肥市第三次质量检测）today our life and work rarely feel light or pleasant.instead, the whole experience of being alive begins to melt into huge responsibility. it becomes the standard greeting everywhere: i am so busy.we say this to one another with no small degree of pride. the busier we are, the more

13、 important we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others. to be unavailable to our friends and family, to be unable to find time for the sunset, to speed through our responsibilities without time for a single mindful breath this has become the model of a successful life.because we do not rest, we

14、lose our way. welose the nourishment（ 营养 ） that gives us help. we miss the quiet that gives us wisdom. poisoned by the belief that good things come only through tireless effort, we never truly rest.this is not the world we dreamed of when we were young. howdid we get so terribly rushed in a world fi

15、lled with work and responsibility, yet somehow lack of joy and delight?wehave forgotten the sabbath （ 安息日 ）. sabbath is the time to enjoy and celebrate what is beautiful and good time to light candles, sing songs, tell stories, bless our children and loved ones, give thanks, share meals, nap and wal

16、k. it is time to be nourished and refreshed as we let our work, our chores and our important projects lie fallow, trusting that there are larger forces at work taking care of the world when we are at rest.sabbath is more than the absence of work. many of us, in our desperate drive to be successful a

17、nd care for our many responsibilities, feel terribly guilty when we take time to rest. but the sabbath has proven its wisdom over the ages. many of us still recall when, not long ago, shops and offices were closed on sundays. those quiet sunday afternoons remained in our cultural memory.语篇解读：在如今这个社会

18、中，人们一直以能成为成功人士而自豪，而成功人士的标准之一就是“忙”。难道这真的是成功的标志吗？作者在文章中告诉我们，其实我们更应该享 受休闲。5 nowadays, when we greet people by saying , “ i amso busy”，we feel .a sorryb proudc unhappyd responsible解析：事实细节题。由第二段中的“ we say this to one another with no small degree of pride. ”可知，当人们说自己很忙的时候，其实内心是有些自豪感的， no small degree表示“不小

19、的程度”，故选b项。答案： b6 if a person lives a successful life, he is expected .a to be always available to his family and friends8 to be able to enjoy a leisure holidayc to be occupied with too many obligationsd to become a model for everyone else解析：推理判断题。由第二段的第三句可推知，如果一个人成功，那就意味着他要承担更多的责任和义务，故c项正确。答案： c7 ac

20、cording to the author, we should do the following except .a showing interest in beautiful things8 having time to get refreshedc putting away obligations and resting when necessaryd believing that good things come only through tireless effort解析：事实细节题。文章倒数第二段提到了a、b和c项，而d项“好事唯有通不懈的努力才能获得”与文意不符，故选d。答案：

21、d8 we should have sabbath because .a it helps us get pleasure in our life8 we cannot forget we are christiansc people dont have to work that dayd it is embeded in our cultural memory解析 ： 推理判 断题 。 由 倒 数 第 二段 中 的 “sabbath is the time to enjoy and celebrate.”可知，安息日能让我们放松，身心愉悦，所以选a 项。答案： ac(2011 豫南四校高三调

22、研)“my kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy ，” says a second-grade teacher in saugus, california.“ some of them arebuilding solar collectors for their energy course. ” these young scientists are part of city building educational program (cbep), a particular program for kindergarten thro

23、ugh twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills, and more.the children dont just play any city. they map and analyze the housing, energy, and transportation requirements of their own district and predict its needs in 100years. with the aid of a

24、n architectwho visitsthe classroom once a week, they inventnew ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations. “ designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom ，” says the teacher who developed this program. “ they are able to use their own rich imagination and inven

25、tions withoutfear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context. in fact, asthe class enters the final model-building stage of the program, an elected official and planning group makes all the design decisions for the model cit y,and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser.

26、”cbep is a set of activities, games and imitations that teach the basic stepsnecessary for problem-solving ： observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based on the childrens own standards.语篇解读：加利福尼亚的一名教师别出心裁地设计出一个培养孩子解决问题能力的计划，让他们在城市规划中自由驰骋，潜移默化地学到观察问题、分析问题和解决问题的知识。9 cbep is designed to .a direct kids to build solar collectors8 train young scientists for city planningc develop childr