高级中学高三英语限时阅读训练(二十)

1、学习必备欢迎下载高三英语限时阅读训练（二十）07.10第一部分完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.分，满分20 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation.41you are inthe habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to42down. Butrelaxation

2、 is43for a healthy mind and body.Stress is a44part of everyday life and there is no way to45it. In fact, it is not the badthing that it is often supposed to be. A46amount of stress is important to provide motivation andgive47to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control48it can lead to poo

3、r performanceand49health.The amount of stress a person can bear50 very much on the individual. Some people are notafraid of stress, and such51are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities. Others loseheartat first52ofunusual difficulties.When exposed tostress, in53form,we reactbothche

4、mically and physically. In fact we make a choice between54 and fight. And in more ancient days thechoices made the55between life and death. The crises(危机 ) we meet today are56to be soextreme, buthowever little thestress, itrequires the same response. Itis whensuch a reaction57long, through continued

5、 exposure to stress, that health becomes58 . Such serious conditions as highblood pressure and heart diseases have59links with stress.60we cannot remove stress fromour lives we need to find ways to deal with it. It would be unwise to do so even if we could.So what do you think of stress? What is you

6、r way to deal with it?41.A. WhenB. WhileC. OnceD. As42.A. slowB. calmC. getD. turn43.A. unnecessaryB. satisfiedC. usefulD. necessary44.A. physicalB. naturalC. hardD. terrible45.A. tolerateB. solveC. avoidD. accept46.A. sureB. certainC. largeD. great47.A. purposeB. resourceC. influenceD. instruction4

7、8.A. whenB. whyC. thatD. how49.A. illB. goodC. strongD. weak50.A. insistsB. dependsC. callsD. spends51.A. patternsB. personalitiesC. situationsD. characters52.A. glanceB. viewC. sightD. impression53.A. whicheverB. whateverC. howeverD. whenever54.A. peaceB. frightC. pressureD. heaviness55.A. decision

8、B. promiseC. differenceD. choice56.A. unlikelyB. likelyC. necessaryD. probable57.A. continuesB. livesC. standsD. lasts58.A. balancedB. injuredC. endangeredD. changeable59.A. establishedB. achievedC. foundD. developed60.A. UnlessB. SinceC. BecauseD. As第二部分 阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的

9、四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。AWhen people advise your children to“get an education ”, they tell you only half the truth. What theyreally mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally(职业上 ) dead, unless yourname happ

10、ens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA( 学士学位 ), you should start to find a job. You have to puton the brakes now. If you do go for a masters degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a

11、first-classuniversity. Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing(报酬递减律 ) begins to work.Do you know;for example, that long-distance truck drivers make more money a year than fullprofessors(正教授 )? Yes, each driver was paid $ 28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get$ 27,930.A PhD is the hig

12、hest degree you can get, but except in few specialized fields such as physics orchemistry, where the degree can quickly by turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world byfar.If you

13、became a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or worst of all-in philosophy, you take the risk of becoming over-educated for our national demands.Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, drivingtaxis, vomitingon tables and fillingout applicationsmonth after month, and then may be

14、taking a job in high school or college with the pay much less than a door-keeper makes.61. According to the writer, the society expects education to turn out people who will _.A. raise their paymentB. become specialized in some wayC. have a bright futureD. meet the demands as a source of manpower62.

15、 If you don twant to be occupationally dead, you _.A. should look for a job in a primary schoolB. must at least get a high school diplomaC. have to change your name for Bernard Shaw or EdisonD. should go on learning and become a doctor or physics or chemistry63. The underlined phrase “put on the bra

16、kes”(in Para 3) means _.A. stop learning for a high degreeB. take up masters degree at onceC. go on studying in a first-class universityD. find any interesting job64. Which of the following is not TRUE according to the passage?学习必备欢迎下载A. Neither Bernard Shaw or Edison finished high schoolB. There ar

17、e more PhDs than the society demands.C. The higher education level is, the more money you will earn.D. If you are overeducated, you can not easily get a good job.BAllen:I ve never been a big fan of the bears, especially the vacation show. On my last trip toDisneyland(1999) we passed it by, because w

18、e didn twant to spend the time on something we didn treallyenjoy. If we d known it would be closed by our next visit,I m sure we would have watched it one moretime. I was just making the point that it wasnt until Disney announced the closing that this feeling suddenly sprang(弹跳 ) up for the Country

19、Bear show at Disneyland.But I think the idea of keeping some attractions open forever regardless of the number of visitors it gets is a mistake. We all have great memories of the Bears, but clearly very few kids today (or I should say families today) are making those same memories from this show. Th

20、at may be a sad fact, but it s a fact. Forwhatever reason, the show doesntpull in the numbers. Isn tit right to use the Country Bear space to bring in more popular attraction so that more kids today can make those magic memories of an attraction they like? Otherwise aren twe just telling kids today

21、that they “have to ”make great memories of the Bears,when it s obvious that the kids themselves are not enjoying the Bears like we did.Roger: I am very disappointed that they have decided to retire the CountryBear Playhouse. Iremember going to the show as a child, and still enjoyed it as a teenager,

22、 and now young adult. It is true that there arenta lot of shows left at DL and with this one closing even less. Being at DL does require a lot of walking, and it is nice to have a few attraction that are a place to sit and enjoy a good show. I understand that DL has to develop, but there has to be s

23、ome history to the Disneyland that Walt Disney first designed. There should be some parts of DL that just never go away and this is one of them. By the time I have children it looks like there won tbe any attractions that I can say. I went to as a child at the rate they are going.Now the Bears are l

24、eaving. What I want to say is: stop trying to compete with everyone! DL is the best, because of attractions like the Country-Bears. If DL insists on destroying all of its magic to make way for the latest, well, then it might as well be just another theme park.65. What news might get people talking a

25、bout the problem of the Country Bears?A. The Country Bear Playhouse will be closed.B. There will be a new attraction for our guests at Disneyland.C. The number of visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling.D. The Bears will retire because of old age and can tgive shows any more.66. Allen spok

26、e mainly to get this point across that _.A. the Bears will be missedB. we should tell kids today that they “have to”make great memories of the BearsC. the longtime attraction ought to make way for a future attractionD. people never care about what they have until all is lost67. Which is the best cho

27、ice to complete Roger s idea: the Country Bears have been a part of Disneylandfor nearly 30 years, _. ”A. and I feel it is time to give our bears a good restB. but anyway, the attraction has lost interestC. but I know that Disneyland will always be changing, and I accept thatD. and I am sad that the

28、 Bears will be leaving68. Which of the following is NOT in the same group as the other three?A. an attractionB. a theme parkC. the BearsD. the latest magic69. Where can this passage be found?A. In a Web discussion zone.B. In a suggestion book.C. In a report on the popularity of the Country Bears.D.

29、In high school students compositions.CIT is always hard for a small fish to livein a big pond. Pluto s recent departure(离开 ) fromtheclassical planet family clearly proves that size really matters.Astronomers voted on August 24 to create the first scientific definition of the word“planet”, and Plutoo

30、bviously didn tmake the cut. It turned out to be only a“dwarf planet ”(矮行星 ).After weeks of heated debate, over 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries voted on the definition of a“planet”at a conference of the International AstronomicalUnion (IAU).Accordingto the definition, aplanet must have a clear n

31、eighborhood around its orbit(轨道 ). Pluto has widely been considered a planetsince its discoveryin 1930. Unfortunately,it has a special orbit which overlaps with Neptunes. It is allbecause, compared with Neptune, Pluto is very small.It is attracted by Neptune s gravity when thetwoplanets get closer.A

32、ccording toIAU. a “dwarf planet”should have an orbit around the Sun. It will not have a clearneighborhood around its orbit, and must not be a satellite. The new classification means that the sciencetextbooks will have to be updated. The solar system is now made up of the eight“classical planets,”tog

33、ether with a number of dwarf planet. The classical planets are: Mercury; Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The debate over Plates status started in 1992. After an advanced telescopewas sent into space, astronomers started to finda belt ofobjects, whichlies beyond Neptune. The b

34、eltcontains nearly 1,000 objects, includingPluto.Astheycontinued the exploration,scientists recentlydiscovered at least 41 dwarf planets at the edges of the solar system. There are at least two objects of a similar size to Pluto.It seems that even if the IAU had kept Pluto s status as a planet, the

35、classical theory of nine planets in the solar system would have had to be changed, but the other way around. More dwarf planets of a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Scientists will probably find many more dwarf planets.70. According to the passage, Pluto is _.A. a planet whic

36、h has a clear neighbouhood around its orbitB. a satellite of Neptune which was discovered in 1930C. is the smallest planet in the solar system学习必备欢迎下载D. a planet which has an orbit around the sunA. three; 389 yuan B. five; 813 yuan C. five; 389 yuan D. three; 1,262 yuan71. The sentence “IT is always

37、 hard for a small fish to live in a big pond”quoted in the beginning of the75. Which of the following cities is the most expensive city in 2005?passage is used to _.A. MoscowB. TokyoC. ScoulD. LondonA. tell us small fish can hardly survive in the big pond76. The word “gap”in the third news probably

38、means _B. tell us the size of an object really mattersA. taxB. spaceC. blankD. separationC. mean that small planet can hardly exist in the solar systemD. explain the disappearance of Pluto in the solar system72. From the last paragraph we can infer that if IAU kept Plutos status as a planet, the num

39、ber of planets inthe solar system would be _.A. eightB. nineC. less than nineD. more than nine73. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. According to definition of a “planet”, if Pluto were bigger it would not have left the classic planetfamily.B. More dwarf planet

40、s of a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Many more dwarfplanet will be found by the scientists in the future.C. Pluto has a special orbit which overlaps with Neptunes because it is so small as to be attracted by完形填空CADBCBACBABCBBCADCABNeptunes gravity when the two planets get c

41、loser.D. A “dwarf planet ”, which must not be a satellite without a clear neighborhood around its阅读理解DBACA CDDADBDABBDorbit, should have an orbit around the Sun.DQinghai-Tibet RailwayQinghai-TibetRailway was unfolded to the public on Mondy. From July1, the service willcost aminimum of 389 yuan (hard seat) and take about 48 hours fr