高中英语会考阅读表达

1、高中会考读写训练题第二节：阅读与表达 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。（共3小题，6分；每小题2分）1）Here are some suggestions on listening. We hope they can help you in one way or another. l Relax yourselfBefore you start to listen to something, you need to relax. Dont get nervous or excited. This will help you with your listening.l Listen careful

2、ly to the first sentenceThe first sentence tells a lot about the whole text. For example, if, at the very beginning, you hear “Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say its not a good idea. Our reporter says”, you k

3、now you will hear a piece of news, not a childrens story, or a science report.l Think when youre listeningWhen youre listening, try to do some thinking. For example, you can think of the following questions:What happened? When, where, and how? What was the result and what did the speaker want to tel

4、l us? In this way, you may understand the passage better.l Listen to important facts Its important for you to remember some important facts. For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings, and how the scientists got their results.This is also helpful to your

5、 listening. 1. What do we need to do before we start to listen? 2. Why should we listen carefully to the first sentence? 3. Whats the writers purpose of this passage? 2)New rules and behavior standards for middle school students came out in March. Middle schools are going to use a new way to decide

6、who the top students are. The best students wont only have high marks. They will also be kids who dont dye their hair, smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules. Tell the truth. Have you ever cheated in an exam? Dont do it again! Thats not something an honest student should do. If you

7、have played computer games for two hours in your room, dont tell your parents you have been doing your homework. Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-loving Month in China. Is your school doing anything to celebrate it? You should join! In that way,

8、you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. Did you quarrel with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. When working together, be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself.Be open to new ide

9、as. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Maybe youll discover Earth II someday. Dont look down on new ideas. Everyones ideas are important. You should welcome them because new ideas can make life better for everyone.Protect yourself. Has anybody ever taken money from one of your

10、 classmates? Dont let it happen to you. If you have to go back home late, you should let your parents know.Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be of great use for your studies. But some things on the Internet arent for kids, so try to look at web pages that are good for you. You can use the

11、 Web for fun or homework. If you want to find any good web sites for children, here are some:http :/kids. eastday. com, http :/www. chinakids. net. com, http: /www. cycnet. com1Will the best students only have high marks?2What is the topic discussed in the fourth paragraph?3What can web sites do for

12、 children?4What is the main idea of this passage?3）One in every five young people has a sleep problem. Getting enough sleep has become as important as eating vegetables and exercising regularly. Therefore, weve got to have some healthy sleep habits. Below are some suggestions:GO TO BED AT THE SAME T

13、IME-including weekends, if possible.WAKE UP AROUND THE SAME TIME EVERY MORNING. When you wake up late just one morning during the week, it may disturb your body clock. This will make it hard for you to sleep that night.DO SOMETHING RELAXING before going to bed.EXERCISE DURING THE DAY. Dont exercise

14、right before going to bed.AVOID DRINKING ALCOHOL. Alcohol makes you excited. This prevents you from falling asleep or wakes you up during night.DONT SMOKE. Smoking is always bad for the body. Smoking before bedtime keeps you awake.If it does not help you trying these tips over a couple of weeks, spe

15、ak to your doctor. Do not take any sleeping pills without first asking your doctor. Many have strong side effects. 1. Why should we avoid drinking alcohol?2. Who should you turn to if all these tips cant help you after a period of time?3. What is the writers purpose of this passage?4) What follows i

16、s some advice on how to read poetry.Read aloud the poem slowly. Reading a poem slowly is the best way to ensure that the poem will be read clearly and understood by its listeners. Learning to read aloud a poem slowly will not only make the poem easier to hear, but it will also show the importance of

17、 each word in poetry. A poem cannot be read too slowly, however. A good way for a reader to set an easy pace is to pause for a few seconds between the title and the poems first line.Read in a normal and relaxed tone of voice. The poems that are selected are mostly written in a natural style and shou

18、ld be read in that way. Let the words of the poem do the work. Just speak clearly and slowly.Pause only when necessary. Readers should pause only where there is a punctuation mark. Use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words and hard-to-pronounce words. A reader needs to know the meaning of every w

19、ord. 1. Why should we read the poem slowly?_2. When should we pause while reading the poem?_ 3. Whats the writers purpose of this passage?_ 5） It is often necessary to release a fish, that is to say, set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just dont want to take it home to eat. I

20、n some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will hel

21、p make sure that the fish you release will survive to bite again another day. - When catching a fish, keep the fish in the water as much as possible.Dont use a net in landing the fish ad release it quickly to prevent it from dying.- Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Dont wip

22、e the scales (鱼鳞) off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.- Remove your hook (鱼钩) quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.- Take

23、 good care of the fish by moving it gently in water. Release the fish when it begins to struggle and is able to swim.- Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish, do so right away.With a little care and by following the su

24、ggestions given above, you can give the released fish a better chance of survival.1. Why do people release a fish?2. What does the writer worry about when people release a fish?3. What is the passage mainly about? 6) The word addiction usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern-day s

25、ociety we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers. Others find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still others spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games. Over the years, shopping has become a very common activity. Man

26、y people enjoy going to malls or stores more and more everyday, but its more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics. They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are hooked on shopping and usual

27、ly buy things that they dont need. Even though they dont have enough money, they buy everything they want.The question is: why do they have this addiction? There isnt a specific answer. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely and they want to feel better. They use this ac

28、tivity as a way to forget their problems. Shopaholics say that they feel more important and better after they buy something. They also tend to have this addiction when they feel guilty.Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can cause many problems. Some of them can be psychological. If

29、 this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and they suffer a lot. It can also cause financial problems. They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they d

30、ont have. They get deep in debt, and they can even go bankrupt and get sent to prison. 1. Give the definition of a shopaholic.2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? 3. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.7）To take good notes, you need to be able to do two things very quic

31、kly: First, you must understand main topics; second, your hand must work as quickly as your ears so that you can write down as much information as possible. You do not have to learn how to write down what you hear. But you do need to practice a few simple skills to help you to be good at note-taking

32、. Also, you should learn how to write only the most important words in short forms from each sentence without taking notice of the rest.In the old days, people sent telegrams to each other. When they did it, they had to pay by the word, and it was expensive. That is why they sent very short telegram

33、s which included only the most important words. Lets compare these two examples:l “I will be arriving tomorrow, Monday, April 15, on TWA flight number 222, at JFK airport.”l “Arrive 15th TWA 222 JFK.” Which message would be more expensive?When you take notes, you have a similar problem. In this case

34、 it is not money, but time. For that reason, it is a good idea to practice listening for only the most important sentences, and only the most important words in those sentences. 1. What do you have to do when taking notes? 2. What should you do if you want to write down all the key information?3. Wh

35、at is the purpose of the writer in writing the article?8) 阅读与表达 Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the way you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as using stairs, but not using lifts. From the lower floors

36、 of building, escaping through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by window with the least chance of serious injury. The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. A person of average height, hanging by the fingertips will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground.

37、 It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building. Windows are also very useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep

38、your head low at the window. To be sure you get enough fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked into the room.On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto the cement (水泥) mig

39、ht end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall. 1. Which way can you use in a fire, using stairs or using lifts?2. Why should you keep your head low at the window when in a burning building?3. What is the passage mainly about?9）Its important to learn about protecting environment. Here i

40、s a 5R rule for us: ReduceIf you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone use paper carelessly and threw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people dont know what to do

41、 with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste. ReuseYou should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or si

42、sters. RecycleBottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat and melted, and the metal things are made for new coke cans. Recover When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few r

43、otten apples, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and use the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food. RepairIf one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better on

44、es, it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society, but the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.

45、 1. What should we do if we want to reduce waste?_ 2. Why do we recycle bottles, cans and paper?_3. What is the writers purpose of this passage?_10) Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products; they give him shade and they help to prevent droug

46、hts and floods. Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, in his eagerness to draw quick benefit from the trees, man has cut down a large number of trees. Even where a government realizes the importance of plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villagers to see this. So u

47、nless the government has a great system of control, or can educate the people, the forests slowly disappear.The results are more serious: for where there are trees their roots break the soil up allowing the rain to sink and also hold the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor.The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods, and carries away with the rich topsoil in which crops grow so well.