2010年上海高考英语阅读理解Word版

1、Section Directions: Read the following passage and complete the sentences or answer the questions according to the information given in the passage you have just read.I was only ten, but Mom couldnt put off the Talk any longer. “I think,” she began, “that you should start investing some of that mone

2、y you have saved.”Does a ten-year-old child really need to know the financial facts of life? As immigrants with little money, my parents were convinced that the time to teach children about investment building was as early as possible. They wanted my brother and me to get a head start on that long r

3、oad to financial stability.Two years earlier my parents had helped me open my first bank account, and now my mother was introducing me to mutual funds. An enthusiastic pupil, I was soon contributing income from my paper route towards my investments.Then, later, as a high-school student with universi

4、ty on the horizon, I began to wonder how I could possibly afford the $2,200-a-year tuition. I had decided to major in sciences, with the aim of going on to medical school. In other words, there were a lot of years of tuition ahead of me.Clearly, it was time to step up my investing planning. I read i

5、nvestment magazines carefully and thoroughly for money-making advice. My comfort level grew, as did my investment. At the end of high school, I was able to pay for my university tuition. In fact, the proceeds of that investment supported me much of the way through medical school.Since Moms first cha

6、t nearly two decades ago, I have come a long way as an investor. Above all, I have seen firsthand how smart investing can help you reach important goals in life. Its partly thanks to the good financial habits I picked up as a child that Im enjoying a medical residency on Edmonton today-thanks, in ot

7、her words, to my money-wise Mom and Dad.1. When the writers parents opened his first bank account, the writer _ years old？2. The time when the writer could afford his university tuition was _.3. Why did the writers mother encourage the writer to learn to invest?4. What did the writer learn from the

8、investment?Section Directions: Read the following passage and complete the sentences or answer the questions according to the information given in the passage you have just read. Thirty-two people watched Kitty Brown being killed beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of them helped

9、 her. Not one even called the police. Was this inhuman cruelty? Was it lack of feeling about ones fellow men?“ Not so.” Say scientists John Darley and Bibb Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to prove the reasons why people didnt act. They found that a person has to go through two steps befo

10、re he can help. First he has to notice that there is an emergency.Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall down to the sidewalk. Is he having a heart attack? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk.Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “Steam pipes”? or is it really

11、smoke from a fire? Its not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency.Second , and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help or the person wont get the help he needs.The researchers found a lot depends on how m

12、any people are around. They had college students in to be “tested”. Some came alone. Some came in large groups. The receptionist started them off on the “test”. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the “testing room” and the room which she wanted. Soon the students heard the scream, t

13、he noise of file cabinets falling and a cry for help. All of this had been pre-recorded and on a tape-recorder.Eight out of ten students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.1. When the students in the “test” h

14、eard the “scream” or “the “cry for help”. The ones who most often acted were those _.2. What are the two steps before he can help? 3. In what circumstances didnt the “tested” students act to help? 4. The main purpose of this passage proves the reasons _ when they saw or heard someone facing danger.S

15、ection Directions: Read the following passage and complete the sentences or answer the questions according to the information given in the passage you have just read. Being able to multitaskdoing several things at the same timeis considered as a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the s

16、ituation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle an ever larger number of electronic devices(电子产品)as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to mu

17、sic on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people around them always wear an earphone or headphone in the ear or on the head, listening to music

18、, or playing video games on mobile phones, they can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.Multitasking also affects young peoples performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinion of the effect of modern gadgets (器

19、具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response (反应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many

20、 college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.1. The underlined word “juggle” in Paragra

21、ph 2 most probably means _2. By saying multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members, the author implies that young people _.3. What do the young people think of multitasking?4. What is the educators opinion on multitasking by children? Keys:1. was 8.2. at the end of high sch

22、ool3. Because the writers parents were immigrants with little money.4. It can help you reach important goals in life.参考答案：1. taking the test alone (acted to help)2. First he has to notice that there is an emergency. Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally

23、responsible.3. Of the students in groups, none helped.4. why people didnt act参考答案1. use at the same time 2. seldom talk with their family members3. They think it has no bad effect on their work when the multitask.4.It has a serious effect on later development of study skills./ Multitasking is harmfu

24、l to young peoples developmentSectionDirections: Read the following passage and complete the sentences or answer the questions according to the information given in the passage you have just read.China faces a new problem with the tainted milk that has sickened babies and damaged public confidence:

25、how to dispose (处理) of polluted stuff. Tens of thousands of tons of milk containing melamine ( 三聚氢胺 ) has been pulled from shelves since September. The Health Ministry has not released a total figure for the amount of impure dairy products recalled and how much has been destroyed. But last month alo

26、ne, more than 32,000 tons were disposed of in Hebei province, according to Xinhua news agency.Local governments now face the huge and costly problem of safely disposing of the products. Since many people doubted the governments food safety standards, Beijing has issued new guidelines on how to destr

27、oy the polluted products. The governments advice: to burn or to bury.It recommends burning the milk in large-capacity stoves or, if such facilities are not available, burying small amounts in landfills- as long as local environmental departments approve. Burning or burying breaks down melamine and n

28、eutralizes its poison, said a Geneva-based scientist at the WHOs food safety department. But both methods do not come cheap. Burning the tainted milk costs about US$100 a ton, said an official in Beijing. Putting the milk in landfills is cheaper-about US$29 a ton -thought there are limits on how muc

29、h can be buried each day.mixing the tainted milk into cement bricks and even coal. At a factory in the southern city of Guangzhou, tainted milk powder was burned, then mixed into cement, said Guangzhous food safety office director.At a power plant in Qingdao, some eight tons of tainted milk powder w

30、as poured into a towering pile of coal, which was then burned to generate electricity. Despite the guidelines on proper disposal of the tainted milk, there have been violations. In Guangzhou, the local government took over responsibility for disposal after a garbage company poured tainted milk in to

31、 the city river, causing concerns among residents about the safety of water supply. The company was fined US$29,000.1. The governments advice on disposing of the tainted milk is _.2. What is the disadvantage of the method of burning and burying. And what is the advantage of it?3. How does the city o

32、f Qingdao deal with the tainted milk powder?4. The passage mainly talking about the problem of _.Keys1. to burn or to bury2. disadvantage: expensive / not cheapadvantage: can break down melamine and neutralize the poison.3. By burning it with coal to generate power.of how to dispose of the tainted m

33、ilk. 控江中学 吴芳自2010年始，上海英语高考卷新增了题型，在阅读理解“仔细阅读”中增加了“简答题”部分，4道题，分值8分。新题型要求考生仔细阅读文章，用尽量少的词回答问题或把句子填写完整。此项目的增加，旨在尽量避免考生在做阅读的时候，凭猜测而取得分数，从而更深入地考查学生对于语段的理解以及灵活准确地回答问题的能力。2010年是第一次采用新题型，部分人预测第一次出题会简单一些，但高考结束后，众多考生认为新题型是这次英语高考的亮点，有一定的难度。出乎考生们的预料，回答每个问题都要做一些调整，而不是能从文章中直接找到或抄到现成的答案。这对考生提出了较高的要求。在这里，笔者就今年的高考题做一解

34、析，并从中总结一些做题技巧。一、理解文章，找对地方考生们对于阅读理解题相当熟悉，都懂得在通读，理解文章的基础上针对题目找到相关的语段或句子，这就是我们常说的 “要找对地方”，“要找到依据”。新题型也是如此，首先要读懂文章。 2010高考新题型讲的是“体育教育”的问题，第一段的首句便是本文的中心大意， “Phys ed(physical education) is making acomeback as a part of the schoolcore curriculum，but with a difference。”体育教育重又成为学校核心课程之一，但与众不同。接着，文章具体介绍了现代体育教

35、育的内容，人们对于体育教育的看法及做法，现代体育教育的优势及存在的两大问题，而文章的最后一句话也是本文的主旨所在， “The new method teaches skillsthat translate to adulthood。”这种新型的体育教育教会人们一生受用的技能。二、针对问题，找到依据这次的题目紧扣考纲，第81,82道题为补充完成句子，考查理解文章的细节内容，相对比较容易。第81题，In the new P.E. program, childrenlearn to liftweights, balance their diets and build physical enduran

36、cerather than _. 考生很容易就会在第一自然段找到相关信息。Instead of learning how to climb arope, children are taught to liftweights, balance their diets and buildphysical endurance。我们不难看出，相同的意思用两种句式表达了出来。文中用了 “instead of”，而问题中用了“rather than”，我们还要注意一个细节问题，“instead of”后跟动名词，而“rather than”在这里要用动词原形。兼顾语法与语义，不难写出正确的答案。 In t

37、he new P.E. program, children learn to liftweights, balancetheir diets and build physical endurance rather than (learn how to )climb a rope。由于前后谓语一致，可省略“learn how to”。第 82题，As for P.E., someschool boards either _。同样，我们很快就找到了相关信息，because school boards often "put P.E.on the chopping block, cuttin

38、g itentirely or decreasing its teachers orthe days it is offered,"对语法敏感的考生马上能看出 “either”与 “or”的关系，对于体育教育，一些学校采取什么做法呢，要么 “cutting it entirely”，索性取消，要么 “decreasing itsteachers or the days it is offered”，减少教师或减少课时。所以，很自然的，考生们会这样补全句子，As for P.E.,some school boards either cut it(P.E。) entirely or de

39、crease its (the)teachers or the days it is offered。细心地考生数一下字数便会发现多了三个词，很简单，去掉一个定语从句，“it is offered”，字数正好。所以，去掉多余的定语等修饰语是常见的缩句方法。第 83题 ，What are the twoproblemswith simply teaching groupsports? 这道题考查推测文章中的隐含意思。首先，我们找到相关的信息。Another problem with simply teaching group sports in gym class is thatonly a t

40、iny percentage of studentscontinue playing them after graduating from high school。对语义敏感的同学马上就会从 “Another problem”想到，前文肯定写到了一个问题，我们会找到“The researchers also foundthat teaching sports like football resulted in less overallmovement, partly because reluctant students wereable to sit on the bench。”从这两个地方，我们不难看出体育教育的两大问题，一是有时不是所有的学生都参加活动，二是只有极小部分学生在毕业后继续体育运动。但是如何用10个以内单词准确表达语义呢？试试用两个词组，我们可以这样回答，“Lessoverallm