浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（3）

1、浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（3）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AMost of us long for relationships in which we are loved and accepted. Our hearts desire is to give and receive love in relationships that make us feel that even if others disagree with what we do or say, they still love us, accept us, an

2、d appreciate what we give to the world. While it would be wonderful to have these types of relationships with all people, we know thats hard to do. However, we can have such relationships with some others, but only when we first have them with ourselvesand, strangely, this is often the hardest relat

3、ionship of all. Do you love yourself? You may think you do, but do you really? Theres only one way to find out-by taking a close look at what you think, say, and do. You may not like some of what you find, but if you are serious about really loving yourself, you can use this insight to do some posit

4、ive inner work. Herere three ways for gaining greater personal insight for deeper love:Listen Closely to Your Thoughts Your thoughts will determine your actions. One thing helping you to listen to your thoughts is keeping a journal. It is not necessary for you to write in it every day, but it helps

5、to record various insights you gain as you go about your life. Instead of using a big notebook, you might use a small notepad that you can keep in your pocket for easy access to record your thoughts as they occur to you. Whichever method you choose, whats most important is that you write your though

6、ts down. It will help you know whats in your heart.Be Honest with Yourself To do this, you should pay attention to your actions. Actions speak louder than words, and they always tell the truth. If you say you love your job, but your actions say otherwise, which do you think is more reliable? On the

7、other hand, if you say youre not good at a certain job, but your actions say otherwise, thats also important. What do you do with this insight? You can use it to make more positive choices in your life. By being honest with yourself, you will act according to truth instead of just what you tell your

8、self.Take Quiet Time to Listen to Your Inner Voice This is similar to the first point, but it takes a step further-beyond the natural mind to the heart that cannot be seen. You may want to use your quiet time to think deeply. However you use this time, the key is to shut out all of the noise around

9、you by focusing deep within yourself. Breathing deeply during quiet time will also help you focus. I know its hard to find quiet time during a particularly busy day, but its so important-even if its just 10 minutes a day and you have to hide somewhere to get it. Quiet time can really make a differen

10、ce in your life. Despite what your mind may be telling you, you can have love with no limits. The key is to unconditionally love yourself first.（原创）1. By looking deep into what we think, say, and do, we can _. A. know whether we really love ourselves B. appreciate what we give to the world C. realiz

11、e what type of relationship we long for D. know whether we are loved and accepted by others（原创）2. An important way for gaining personal insight is to _. A. do some positive inner work B. keep a journal wherever you go C. look closely at what others say about us D. pay attention to our thoughts（原创）3.

12、 The insight we gain from our actions can help us _. A. focus our attention on our jobs B. make more positive choices in our life C. act according to the truth D. tell the differences between our words and our actions（原创）4. It can be learned from the passage that if we want to have love without limi

13、ts, we must first of all _. A. be honest with ourselves anytime B. give our love to others generously C. love ourselves unconditionally D. take quiet time and think deeply BThe trip to the United Stated opened my eyes to the fact that there are a lot of similarities as well as differences between Am

14、erican youth and French youth. The first difference is in appearance. Going around in the U.S., I found that American youth do not really care about their appearance. In the morning, they choose something in their closet and wear it with another thing, often of different colors and styles, without w

15、ondering whether their choices make them look strange. The reason behind this is that they dont care what people look like, but are just interested in their ideas. I think its great, but it also causes problems. Since they dont care about their appearance, they dont really care about their weight. O

16、ften they get fat without realizing it.There are differences in relationships too. When the American youth fall in love, they dont really think of the future. Also, there are differences in the rules concerning behavior that is allowed. In some respects, the French are more accepting. For example, i

17、n America it is generally unacceptable to make physical display of love. Lovers, in theory, cant kiss or hold each other everywhere they want. People think that not showing love in public places is a way to respect others. On the contrary, the French youth can do almost everything they want.With reg

18、ard to other types of relationships, there are also big differences. Americans act differently from French people in front of unknown people. When an American girl, for example, arrives in front of people she has never met before, she will talk with them, trying to create a kind of bond between her

19、and this new circle of people. The French girls will just think about rather than really do this kind of thing because they are too shy and lacking in self-confidence.To finish, I noticed that in American classes, when pupils want to say or ask something, they just do it. In general, they dont reall

20、y care how the others will judge them. In France, its not the same case. If somebody wants to ask something, he/she will think about it before speaking up. I appreciate the freedom in Americans behavior, ideas, and ways of expressing themselves.（改编）5. American young people _.A. are just interested i

21、n peoples clothes B. show more interest in peoples ideas C. care more about their weight D. are more concerned about appearance（改编）6. When American youth fall in love with each other, they _.A. will not hold each otherB. will always think about their futureC. will rarely display their love in public

22、D. will kiss wherever they like（原创）7. When meeting with strangers, American girls will not _.A. try to establish a type of relationship with them B. have faith in themselves C. start to create a conversation D. behave in a way similar to French girls（原创）8. It can be inferred from the passage that Fr

23、ench youth may think more about _. A. their relationships future B. their public images C. their physical displays D. their lovers ideas（改编）9. The passage is mainly about the_ between American youth and French youth. A. similarities B. friendship C. differences D. differences and the similaritiesCTh

24、ere were red faces at one of Britains biggest banks recently. They had accepted a telephone order to buy 100,000 worth of shares from a 15-year-old schoolboy (they thought he was 21). The shares fell in value and the schoolboy was unable to pay up. The bank lost 20,000 on the deal which it cannot ge

25、t back, because, for one thing, the young boy does not have the money, for another, being under 18, he is not legally liable for his debts. If the shares had risen in value by the same amount that they fell, he would have pocketed 20,000 profit. It certainly is better than delivering the morning new

26、spaper. In another case, a boy of 14 found, in his grandmothers house, a suitcase full of foreign banknotes. But they were now not used in their country of origin or anywhere else. This young boy headed straight to the nearest bank with his pockets filled with notes. The cashiers did not realize the

27、 country in question had reduced the value of its currency by 90%. They exchanged the notes at their face value at the current exchange rate. In three days, before he was found out, he took 200,000 from nine different banks. Amazingly, he had already spent more than half of this before the police ca

28、ught up with him. Because he is also under 18 the banks have kissed goodbye to a lot of money, and several cashiers have lost their jobs.Should we admire these youngsters for being enterprising and showing initiative or condemn them for their dishonesty? Maybe they had managed for years with tiny am

29、ounts of pocket money that they got from tight-fisted parents. Maybe they had done Saturday jobs for peanuts. It is hardly surprising, given the expensive things that young people want to buy, such as fashionable running shoes and computer games, if they sometimes think up more imaginative ways of m

30、aking money than delivering newspapers. These youngsters saw the chance to make a lot of money and took it. Another recent story which should give us food for thought is the case of the man who paid his six-year-old daughter300 a week pocket money. He then charged her for the food she ate a few coin

31、s for her piggy bank（存钱灌）“She will soon learn the value of money, ” he said. “Theres no such thing as a free lunch. Everything has to be paid for and the sooner she learns that the better.” At the other extreme there are fond parents who provide free bed and board for their grown-up children, While

32、even the most hard-hearted parents might hesitate to throw their children out on the streets, we all know of people in their twenties who still shamelessly live off their parents. Surely there comes a time when everyone has to leave the parental nest, look after themselves and pay their own way in l

33、ife. But when is it?（改编）10. Recently one of Britains biggest banks _. A. bought a lot of shares for a customer and brought him a great loss B. lost money as its young customer had no money to pay his debts C. lost much money because the shares they bought fell in value D. received a telephone order

34、to buy shares for a 21-year-old boy（改编）11. The young customer _. A. would have paid his debts, had he had the money to do so B. would be sent to prison if he didnt pay his debts C. would have made 20,000, had the shares risen in value by the same amount they fell D. would have continued to cheat ban

35、ks, if he had not been found out（改编）12. The authors attitude to the example of the two boys who cheated the banks is _. A. objective B. subjective C. questioning D. negative（改编）13. The man paid his daughter 300 a week pocket money and then required her to pay for her living expenses because _. A. he

36、 wanted her to know making money was not easy B. he wanted to save money for her future education C. he thought it useful for family members to bear life hardships together D. he wanted her to learn the value of money （改编）14. It can be concluded from the passage that the author believes that _. A. c

37、hildren should leave the parental nest as soon as possible B. grown-up children should live on their own C. children should be taught not to cheat others D. parents should give more pocket money to their childrenDHe came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looke

38、d ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move."What's the matter, Schatz?""I've got a headache.""You better go back to bed.""No. I'm all right.""You go to bed. I'll see you when I'm dresse

39、d."But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever."You go up to bed," I said, "You're sick.""I'm all right," he said.When the doct

40、or came he took the boy's temperature."What's is it?" I asked him."One hundred and two."Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instructions for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative(泻药), the thi

41、rd to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza（流感）can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病；传染性的) of flu and th

42、ere was no danger if you avoided pneumonia（肺炎）.Back in the room I wrote the boy's temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules."Do you want me to read to you?""All right. If you want to, " said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark

43、areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached（超然的；冷漠的）from what was going on.I read aloud from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates（海盗）;but I could see he was not following what I was reading."How do you feel, Schatz?" I asked him."Just the same, so far," he

44、 said.I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely."Why don't you try to sleep? I'll wake yo

45、u up for the medicine.""I'd rather stay awake."After a while he said to me, "You don't have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.""It doesn't bother me.""No, I mean you don't have to stay if it's going to bother you."I thou

46、ght perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o'clock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog.I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many

47、 left to find on another day. At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room."You can't come in," he said. "You mustn't get what I have."I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of h

48、is cheeks flushed（发红）by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.I took his temperature."What is it?""Something like a hundred," I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths."It was a hundred and two," he said."Who said so?"&quo

49、t;The doctor.""Your temperature is all right," I said. "It's nothing to worry about.""I don't worry," he said, "but I can't keep from thinking.""Don't think," I said. "Just take it easy.""I'm taking it easy,&qu

50、ot; he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something."Take this with water.""Do you think it will do any good?""Of course it will."I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following

51、, so I stopped."About what time do you think I'm going to die?" he asked."What?""About how long will it be before I die?""You aren't going to die. What's the matter with you? ""Oh, yes, I am, I heard him say a hundred and two.""Peopl

52、e don't die with a fever of one hundred and two. That's a silly way to talk.""I know they do. At school in France the boys told me you can't live with forty-four degrees. I've got a hundred and two."He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine o'clock in the

53、 morning."You poor Schatz," I said. "Poor old Schatz. It's like miles and kilometers. You aren't going to die. That's different thermometer. On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. On this kind it's ninety-eight.""Are you sure?""Absolutely,"

54、; I said, "It's like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?""Oh," he said.But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack(松驰的) and

55、 he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.（改编）15. The author writes about the doctors visit in order to _. A. show the doctors knowledge about influenza and its treatment B. show the boys illness was quite serious C. create a situation of misunderstanding around which to buil

56、d a story D. show the father was very much concerned about the boys illness（原创）16. The pronoun “it” in “Papa, if it bothers you” (line 41) refers to _. A. the boys high temperature B. the father giving the medicine to the boy C. the father staying with the boy D. the boys death （原创）17. It can be inferred from the story that it is _ by the time the father gets home from hunting. A. early in the afternoon B. close to evening C. at noon D. late in t