2012届高考英语二轮专题复习 阅读理解（三十一）

1、2012届高考英语二轮专题精品复习资料阅读理解（三十一）1Honesty comes in many forms. First theres self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear_through_smoke_and_mirrors? I find that if I try to be something Im not，I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA(personal bank account). I love how

2、singer Judy Garland put it, “Always be a firstclass version (版本) of yourself, instead of a secondclass version of somebody else.”Then theres honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school，with your parents, and with your boss? If youve ever been dishonest，I think we all have, try being honest, and

3、 notice how whole it makes you feel. Remember, you cant do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that：In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didnt do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped t

4、hem pass. Id write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off.At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasnt thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldnt do that anymore, because I wasnt really helping them. They weren

5、t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn t helping me.It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit(储蓄)in

6、to your PBA and will build strength.【文章大意概括】诚实可以反映在生活的各个方面，对于我们来说，首先要做一个诚实的自我。1The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors” in the first paragraph means“_”A. to be honestB. to he unrealC. to become clearD. to come from an imagined world【详解剖析】猜测词义题。第一段第二句：人们看到的是真实的你还是出现在雾里、镜里的你？由此可知：appear

7、through smoke and mirrors为“to be unreal”，表示“不真实”的意思。【最佳选项】B2Which of the following can best explain Judy Garlands words?A. Be your true self rather than follow others.B. Dont copy others or you cant be the first class.C. Make efforts to be the first instead of the second.D. Dont learn from others un

8、less theyre excellent.【详解剖析】推理判断题。综观全文，这句话可以理解为：做一个真正的自我，不要一味效仿别人。【最佳选项】A3What does the author expect to show by Jeffs story?A. Honesty can be of great help.B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one.C. Helping others cheat can do good to nobody.D. One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds.【详解

9、剖析】事实细节题。第二段最后一句告诉我们：通过讲述Jeff的故事，作者希望人们做错了事情，应该自己意识到错误。【最佳选项】D4In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express_.A. one must be brave to be honestB. its difficult to be honest when others are notC. one should be honest when making a depositD. honesty in ones actions can help him in the futur

10、e【详解剖析】主旨大意题。最后一段告诉我们：人们减实的举动，会对自己的未来有益。【最佳选项】D2Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence, a Cardiff University study has found.A team from the School of Dentistry s Violence Research Group studied drinking habits in children aged 11 - 16 in England. They found n

11、ot only a link between drink and violence but also that children who drank were more likely to be hit, even if they weren t violent themselves.The researchers are now calling for measures to prevent alcohol misuse to reduce injury risk. Current policy focuses on reducing aggression but this research

12、 shows that there should be equal effort to reduce victimization.More than 4,000 children were surveyed at 13 schools at four local authorities in the North, the Midlands, London, and the South. The study found that 25% of 11-year-olds were drinking monthly and 3.6% daily, with 12.8% admitting to ge

13、tting drunk 3 to 5 times a year. By the age of 16, 40% were drinking weekly and 6.2% were drinking every day. The research also showed 22.6% of 16-year-olds were getting drunk more than 21 times a year.The study, which has just been published in the Journal of Adolescence, found a strong link betwee

14、n frequency of drinking and frequency of hitting other people.However, children who reported drinking monthly were also three times more likely to be hit. Adolescents who drank but didnt get into fights were more likely to be hit than those who did fight.Professor Jonathan Shepherd, who led the rese

15、arch, said a lot of previous alcohol-related violence work had focused on the offenders rather than the victims. His team is calling for more prevention work from parents and teachers in the first two years of secondary school by taking advantage of the “teachable moment”，that is, immediately after

16、a student has missed school because of drunkenness.Previous work by Professor Jonathan Shepherd has shown drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of reduced physical co-ordination, poor decision-making in threatening situations and isolation while out late at night.He said, “This new study

17、seems to be the first to show a direct link between alcohol misuse and victimization. There now needs to he much more effort put into reducing alcohol misuse in order to reduce injury.”【文章大意概括】本文介绍了一项关于青少年酗酒的研究。该研究发现，酗酒的青少年更容易成为暴力的受害者。1. The main idea of the passage is that teenagers who drink alcoh

18、ol_.A. often offend other peopleB. often become injuredC. are more likely to become victims of violenceD. are more likely to fight with others【详解剖析】主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence”可知答案为C。【最佳选项】C2The underlined word “aggression” in the thir

19、d paragraph probably means “_”A. violenceB. sad feelingsC. bad manners D. drunkenness【详解剖析】词义猜测题。根据上下文尤其是本句后半句可知，aggression与victimization意思相反，所以aggression是“暴力行为”的意思。【最佳选项】A3The research argues that more effort should be made to_.A. reduce aggressionB. prevent fightingC. reduce victimizationD. prevent drinking alcohol【详解剖析】细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句中的“this research shows that there should be equal effort to reduce victimization”可知答案为C。【最佳选项】C4Drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of all the following EXCEPT _.A. reduced physical co-ordinationB.