高三英语阅读与任务型阅读强化练习

高三英语阅读理解和任务型阅读强化训练

阅读理解

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。

A

WhenJohnsoncalledagain,themanagerreceivedhimverypolitely,"Thatisamost

remarkableoilyoubroughtus,Mr.Johnson,hesaid.Johnsonnoddedhissmooth,darkhead.

Thatwassomethingheknewverywell.'Tveneverseenanythinglikeit,“themanager

admitted.Johnsonnoddedagain.“No?”hesaidpolitely.Thenheadded,4tButIthinkyou

will,sir.Averygreatdealofit."Heappearedtothinkforamoment."Ithinkyouwillfindit

willbeonsaleseven,perhaps,eightyearsfromnow.^^Hesmiled.

Themanagerthoughtthatwasuncertain.Hesaid,"Itisbetterthanourfishoils.Iadmit

that.”“SoIamtold,sir,"agreedJohnson.

“Haveyouanyplanstoproduceityourself,Mr.Johnson?^^

Johnsonsmiledagain."WouldIbeshowingittoyouifIhad?”

“Wcmightaddsomechemicalstooneofourownfishoils,^^saidthemanager.

“Itwouldbeexpensivetodothat,evenifyoucould.^^Johnsonsaidgently."Besides,“

headded,UIamtoldthatthisoilwillbemuchcheaperthanyourbestfishoils.Cheaperthan

anyvegetableoil,infact?*

“Perhaps,“saidthemanager."Well,Isupposeyouwanttomakeanarrangement,Mr

Johnson,Shallwediscussit?”

“Ofcourse,“saidJohnson."Therearetwowaysofdealingwithasituationofthissort.

Theusualoneistopreventitaltogetheroratleasttodelayitaslongaspossible.Thatis,of

course,thebestway,“Themanagernodded.Heknewplentyaboutallthat.

“ButIamsosorryfbryou,because,yousee,thatisnotpossiblethisThe

managerhadhisdoubts,butallhesaidwasaninquiring(asking),“Oh?”

“Theotherway,“continuedJohnson,t4istoproduceyourselfbeforethetroublestarts.”

1.Themanagerthoughtofaddingchemicalstothefishoiltomakeit.

A.cheaperthanthenewoilB.morequickly

C.moreexpensiveD.asgoodasthenewoil

2.Johnson'snewoilwouldbe.

A.moreexpensivethanfishoil,butbetter

B.lessexpensive,andbetter

C.lessexpensive,butnotgood

D.moreexpensive,andnotsogood

3.Johnsonexpressedhisregretthatthemanager.

A.couldnotstopthenewoilbeingmade

B.wouldneverknowhowtomakeit

C.hadspentalotofmoneyonit

D.didn'tknowenoughaboutit

4.Johnsonshowedhisnewoiltothemanagerbecausehewanted.

A.toproduceithimselfB.topreventitbeingproduced

C.tobepaidnottoproduceitD.themanagertoproduceit

B

Alotofusloselife'stoughbattlesbystartingafrontal（正面的）attack—whenatouch

ofhumormightwellenableustowin.Considerthecaseofayoungfriendofmine,whohit

atrafficjamonhiswaytoworkshortlyafterreceivinganultimatum（最后通牒）aboutbeing

lateonthejob.AlthoughtherewasagoodreasonforSam'sabeinglate—seriousillnessat

home——hedecidedthatthisby-now-familiarexcusewouldn'tworkanylonger.His

supervisorwasprobablyalreadypacingupanddownpreparingadismissalspeech.

Yes,thebosswas,Samenteredtheofficeat9:35.Theplacewasasquietasalocker

room（更衣室）；everyonewashardatwork.Sam'ssupervisorcameuptohim.Suddenly,

Samforcedagrinandstretchedouthishand."Howdoyoudo!”hesaid.'TmSamMaynard.

Fmapplyingforajob.Which,Iunderstand,becameavailablejust35minutesago.Doesthe

earlybirdgettheworm?”

Theroomexplodedinlaughter.Thesupervisorclampedoffasmileandwalkedbackto

hisoffice.SamMaynardhadsavedhisjob-withtheonlytoolthatcouldwin,alaugh.

Humorisamosteffective,yetfrequentlyneglected（忽略），meansofhandlingthe

difficultsituationsinourlives.Itcanbeusedforpatchingupdifferences,apologizing,

saying"no”,criticizing,gettingtheotherfellowtodowhatyouwantwithouthislosingface.

Forsomejobs,it'stheonlytoolthatcansucceed.Itisawaytodiscusssubjectssosensitive

thatseriousdialogmaystartaquarrel.Forexample,manybelievethatcomedians（喜居ij演员）

ontelevisionaredoingmoretodayforracialandreligioustolerance（忍受力）thanpeoplein

anyotherforum.

5.WhywasSamlateforhisjob?

A.Becausehewasill.

B.Becausehegotuplate.

C.Becausehewascaughtinatrafficjam.

D.Hewasbusyapplyingforanewjob.

6.Themainideaofthispassageis.

A.SamMaynardsavedhisjobwithhumor

B.humorisimportantinourlives

C.earlybirdgetstheworm

D.humorcansolveracialdiscriminations

7.Thephrase/clampedoff'inParagraph3means.

A.triedtoholdbackB.triedtosetC.chargedD.gaveout

8.Whichofthefollowingstatementscanweinferfromthepassage?

A.Manyloselift'sbattlesfortheyarelackinginasenseofhumor.

B.Itwasn'tthefirsttimethatSamcamelatefbrhiswork.

C.Samwassupposedtocometohisofficeat8:30.

D.Humoristhemosteffectivewayofsolvingproblems.

C

In1939twobrothers,MacandDickMcDonald,startedadrive-inrestaurantinSan

Bemadino,California.Theycarefullychoseabusycomerfbrtheirlocation.Theyhadrun

theirownbusinessesfbryears,firstatheater,thenabarbecue（烤肉）restaurant,thenanother

drive-in.Butintheirnewoperation,theyofferedanew,shortenedmenu:Frenchfries,

hamburgers,andsodas.Tothissmallselectiontheyaddedonenewidea:quickservice,no

waitersorwaitresses,andnotips.

Theirhamburgerssoldfbrfifteencents.Cheesewasanotherfourcents.Their

FrenchfriesandhamburgershadaremarkableuniforiTiity（——致'性），fbrthebrothershad

developedastrictroutine（程序）fbrthepreparationoftheirfood,andtheyinsistedontheir

cooks'stickingtotheirroutine.Theirnewdrive-inbecamesurprisinglypopular,particularly

fbrlunch.Peopledroveupbythehundredsduringthebusynoontime.Theself-service

restaurantwassopopularthatthebrothershadallowedtencopiesoftheirrestauranttobe

opened.TheywerecontentwiththismodestsuccessuntiltheymetRayKroc.

KrocwasasalesmanwhomettheMcDonaldbrothersin1954,whenhewas

sellingmilkshake-mixingmachines.Hequicklysawthespecialattractionofthebrothers'

fast-fbodrestaurantsandboughttherighttofranchise（特许经营）othercopiesoftheir

restaurants.Theagreementincludedtherighttoduplicate（复制）themenu,theequipment,

eventheirredandwhitebuildingswiththegoldenarches（拱门）.

TodayMcDonald'sisreallyahouseholdname.In1976,McDonald'shadover$1

billionintotalsales.Itsfirsttwenty-twoyearsisoneofthemostsurprisingsuccessstoriesin

modemAmericanbusinesshistory.

9.Thispassagemainlytalksabout.

A.thedevelopmentoffastfoodservices

B.howMcDonald'sbecameabillion-dollarbusiness

C.thebusinesscareersofMacandDickMcDonald

D.RayKroc'sbusinesstalent

10.MacandDickmanagedallofthefollowingbusinessesexcept.

A.adrive-inB.atheater

C.acinemaD.abarbecuerestaurant

11.Wemayinferfromthispassagethat.

A.MacandDickMcDonaldneverbecamewealthyfortheysoldtheirideatoKJOC.

B.theplacetheMcDonaldschosewastheonlysourceofthegreatpopularityoftheir

drive-in

C.fortyyearsagotherewerelotsoffast-foodrestaurants

D.RayKrocwasagoodbusinessman

12.Thepassagesuggeststhat.

A.creativityisanimportantelementofbusinesssuccess

B.RayKrocwastheclosepartneroftheMcDonaldbrothers

C.MacandDickMcDonaldbecamebrokenaftertheysoldtheirideastoRayKJOC

D.Californiaisthebestplacetogointobusiness

D

AcharacteristicofAmericanculturethathasbecomealmostatraditionistorespectthe

self-mademan——themanwhohasrisentothetopthroughhisownefforts,usually

beginningbyworkingwithhishands.Whiletheleaderinbusinessorindustryorthecollege

professoroccupiesahighersocialpositionandcommandsgreaterrespectinthecommunity

thanthecommonlaboreroreventheskilledfactoryworker,hemaytakepainstopointout

thathisfatherstartedlifeinAmericaasafarmerorlaborerofsomesort.

Thisattitudetowardmanual（体力的）laborisnowstillseeninmanyaspectsof

Americanlife.Oneisinvitedtodinneratahomethatisnotonlycomfortablybuteven

luxuriously（豪华地）furnishedandinwhichthereiseveryevidenceofthefactthatthe

familyhasbeenabletoaffordforeigntravel,expensivehobbies,andcollegeeducationfbr

thechildren;yetthehostessprobablywillcookthedinnerherself,willserveitherselfand

willwashdishesafterward,furthermorethedinnerwillnotconsistmerelyofsomething

quicklyandeasilyassembledfromcontentsofvariouscansandacakeorapieboughtatthe

nearbybakery.Onthecontrary,thehostessusuallytakesprideincarefulpreparationof

specialdishes.Aprofessionalmanmaytalkaboutwashingthecar,digginginhisflowerbeds,

paintingthehouse.Hiswifemayevenhelpwiththesethings,justasheoftenhelpsherwith

thedishwashing.Thesonwhoisawayatcollegemaywaitontableandwashdishesfbrhis

living,orduringthesummerhemayworkwithaconstructiongangonahighwayinorderto

payfbrhiseducation.

13.Fromparagraph1,wecanknowthatinAmerica.

A.peopletendtohaveahighopinionoftheself-mademan

B.peoplecanalwaysrisetothetopthroughtheirwonefforts

C.collegeprofessorswingreatrespectfromcommonworkers

C.peoplefeelpainfultomentiontheirfathersaslabors.

14.Accordingtothepassage,thehostesscooksdinnerherselfmainlybecause.

A.servantsinAmericanarehardtoget

B.shetakesprideinwhatshecandoherself

C.shecanhardlyaffordservants

D.Itiseasytoprepareamealwithcannedfood

15.Theexpression“waitontable"inthesecondparagraphmeans"

A.workinafurnitureshopB.keepaccountsforabar

C.waittolaythetableD.servecustomersinarestaurant

16.Whichofthefollowingmayserveasthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.ARespectableSelf-madeFamilyB.AmericanAttitudetowardManualLabor

C.CharacteristicsofAmericanCultureD.TheDevelopmentofManualLabor

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(A)

AnEventofImagination

Theyearis2094.IthasbeenannouncedthatacometisheadingtowardstheEarth.

Mostofitwillmissourplanet,buttwopieceswillprobablyhitthesouthernhalfoftheEarth.

On17July,apiecefourkilometerswideenterstheEarth'satmospherewithamassive

explosion.

Abouthalfofthepieceisdestroyed,buttheremainingparthitstheSouthAtlanticat

200timesthespeedofsound.Theseaboilsandahugeholeismadeintheseabed.Huge

wavesarecreatedandspreadoutwardsfromthehole.Thewallofwater,akilometerhigh,

rushestowardssouthernAfricaat800kilometersanhour.CitiesontheAfricancoastare

totallydestroyedandmillionsofpeoplearedrowned.

BeforethewavesreachSouthAmerica,thesecondpieceofthecometlandsin

Argentina.

EarthquakesandvolcanoesaresetoffintheAndesMountains.Theshockwavesmove

northintoCaliforniaandallaroundthePacificOcean.ThecitiesofLosAngeles,San

FranciscoandTokyoarecompletelydestroyedbyearthquakes.Millionsofpeopleinthe

southernhalfoftheeartharealreadydead,butthenorthwon*tescapeforlong.Becauseof

theexplosions,thesunishiddenbycloudsofdust,andtemperaturearoundtheworldfallsto

almostzero.Cropsareruined.Thesunwon*tbeseenagainformanyyears.Warsbreakout

ascountriesfightforfood.Ayearlater,nomorethan10millionremainalive.

Coulditreallyhappen?Infact,ithasalreadyhappenedmorethanonceinthehistoryof

theEarth.Thedinosaurs（恐龙）wereontheEarthforover160millionyears.Then65

millionyearsagotheysuddenlydisappeared.ManyscientistsbelievethattheEarthwashit

byapieceofobjectinspace.Thedinosaurscouldn'tlivethroughthecoldclimatethat

followedandtheydiedout.Willwemeetthesameend?

ReasonsResults

OnepiecehitstheSouthAtlanticatTheseaboilsandahugeholeismadeinthe

200times________1__________2seabed.Atsunami（海啸）hitssouthern

thespeedofsound.Africa,3citiesontheAfricancoast,

and4millionsofpeople.

A56______happensThesunishiddenbycloudsofdustandthe

whenthefbur-kilometer-widepiecetemperaturefallstoalmostzero,8_crops.

ofcometenterstheEarth'sWarsbreakoutforfoodandonly10million

7_____.peopleremain.Thehumanbeingsare_9

thedangerof10out.

（B）

U.S.womantocarryOlympictorchinChina

JennyBowen,anAmericanlivinginBeijing,hasbeenselectedastheonlyAmericanto

carrythe2008BeijingOlympictorchonChinesesoilnextyear.Sheandsevenother

non-Chinesewinnerswerechosenfromapoolof262applicantsfrom47countriesina

contestorganizedbyChinesecomputermakerLenovoGroupandtheofficial

English-languagenewspaper,ChinaDaily.

WhenBowenrunswiththeOlympictorchnextyear,shewillnotonlyberepresenting

theUnitedStates.ShewillalsoberepresentingthousandsofChineseorphans,ABCnews

said.

Bowen,amotheroftwoadoptedChinesedaughters,isexecutivedirectorofHalfthe

SkyFoundation,anorganizationwhichwasestablishedin1998andaimstoenrichthelives

andenhancetheprospectsfororphanedchildreninChina.

Nearly10yearslater,BowenandHalftheSkyhavetouchedthelivesofover13,000

children.HalftheSkyisnowpresentin36welfareinstitutionsin28Chinesecities.

Approximately4,000childrenareactiveintheprogram,whichprovidestrainedstaff,

educationaltools,medicalsupportandnurturinglovetoorphans.

BowenhopesthatrunningwiththeOlympictorchnextyearwillhelpdrawattentionto

thechildreninChina.Shewillbeamong19,400runnerswhowillcarrytheflamealongan

85,000-mile,130-dayrouteacrossfivecontinents.Beijingorganizerssayitwillbethe

longesttorchrelayinOlympichistory.

LikeBowen,thesevenothernon-Chinesewinners,whoincludeaGermanengineerand

aVenezuelangraphicdesigner,liveinChina.Othercountriesrepresentedwillbethe

Philippines,Colombia,India,JapanandRussia.

AccordingtoOlympicorganizers,candidateswereselectedbasedonanonlinevote,

committeeselection,their"loveofChinesecultureandhistory"anddevotionto

”[communicating]informationofarealChinatotheirnativecountries."

Eachrunnerwillcarrythetorchfor200metersonChinesesoil.

Title:U.SwomantocarryOlympictorchinChina

]LenovoGroup,theofficialEnglish-languagenewspaperandChinaDaily

JennyBowenandsevenothernon-Chinese3werechosenfroma

Lucky2poolof262applicantsfrom47countrieswhoarealllovingChineseculture

andhistoryanddevotingtoinformationofarealChinatotheirown4.

Bowen1.BowenisamotheroftwoadoptedChinesedaughtersandanexecutive

directorofHalftheSkyFoundation.

2.SheistheonlyAmericantocarrythetorchonChina5.

3.ShewillnotonlyrepresentU.SbutorphansinChina.

HalftheSky'sAbout10yearsafter1998,theyhave7over1300childrenandnow

6have36welfareinstitutionsin28Chinesecities.

Bowen's8DrawattentiontothecauseoftheorphansinChina.

The91.Therewillbe19,400runnersandtheywillcarrytheflamealongan

aboutthe85,000-mile,130-dayrouteand10fivecontinents.

Olympictorch2.EachofthemonChinesesoilwillcarrythetorchfor200metres.

relay3.ItwillbethelongestoneintheOlympichistory.

(C)

China*snewly-wedsspendtoomuch

WeddingsaresoimportantinChinathatcouplesarewillingtoforkoutabout20

timestheirmonthlyincomeongettinghitchedandeverythingthatcomeswithit.

China'snewly-wedsincitiesspend126,600yuan(16,600U.S.dollars)onaveragein

2006whengettinghitched,Thursda/sChongqingYouthDailyreported,citingarecent

surveybytheMinistryofCommerce.

Ananalysisof60,000coupleslivingincitiesshowedthatabout64percentofthe

spendingwentonhousedecoration,furnitureandhouseholdappliancesandtherestwas

spentonthewedding,suchastheceremony,photography,weddingdressesandfeast.

Thesurveysaidtheweddingexpenditurewasonlyasmallshareoftheoverallmarriage

costasmostChineseyoungcouplesinthecitiestendedtobuyanapartmentandacarbefore

tyingtheknot.

Thesurveysaidthatabout81.6percentofthenewly-wedsadmittedthattheyhadgot

economicsupportfromparentsastheirmonthlyincomeonaveragewasonlyabout6,240

yuan.

Thesurveyalsoshowedthatabout88.4percentofthenewly-wedschosehaving

weddingphotographyasapriorityand78.74chosehostingaweddingbanquet.

Incontrast,youngcouplesinthecountrysidespentabout40,000yuanonaverageon

marriage-relatedissues,lessthanonethirdoftheircitypeers,accordingtothereport.

About8.49millioncouplesgotmarriedinChinain2006.

Title:China'snewly-wedsspend___1

Wedding21.China'snewly-wedsin___3___areasspend126,600yuanon

averagein2006.

2.Inthe___4___areas,youngcouplesspentlessthanonethirdof

theircitypeers.

The5___ofmoney1.About64percentofthespendingwenton___6___decoration,

furnitureandhouseholdappliances.

2.Therestwasspentonthewedding,for7theceremony,

photography,weddingdressesandfeast.

The8__ofmoneyTheygotthe___9___supportfromtheirparentsbecausetheir

incomewasnothighenough.

The10fortheThenewly-wedsusuallyspendalotbecausetheyhavemanythings

highexpensetobuy,suchashousesandcars.

①)

Sickofyourjob?Whycan'tyouleave?

Ifsacaseofthegrassnotbeinganygreenerontheotherside.Nearly60percentof

Australianworkersarenothappywiththeiremployer,butalmost50percentstickitout

becausetheybelievetherearenotmanyidealcompaniesaround,asurveyreleasedrecently

shows.

ThereportbycareernetworkingsiteLinkM.aufbundthataftertakinginto

accountworkinghours,staffmorale,industry,wages,image,charitysupportandcareer

progression,the2000peoplesurveyedpredominantlybelievedtheircompanydidnotquite

makethegrade.

Justover25percentofrespondentsclaimedtheircompany'srecordregardingstaff

moralewasdownrightawful,30percentsaidtheirworkinghoursweretoolongand

inflexible,59percentreportedthattheirofficesareshoddyanddrab,and32percentsaid

theirwageswerefartoolow.

“EmployersmustrealisethattheAustralianworkplaceisanenvironmentoflow

unemploymentsotheyneedtoprovidebetterworkingenvironmentsorrisklosingstaff/

CEOofLinkM.auCampbellSallabanksaid.

Thosethataredeemedtoberespectableandglamorousfirmswithgreatworking

conditionsarefewandfarbetween.

Only17percentsaidtheybelievetheyworkedforanidealcompany,while33percent

saidthecompetitionwastoughtogetintothosetypesoffirms.

Predominantly,staffmorale(75percent),wages(68percent)andproximitytohome

(54percent)arethefactorsconsideredwhendeterminingtheidealcompanies.

"Workersshouldnotholdbackfromtryingtoimprovetheirofficeenvironment,"Mr

Sallabanksaid.

"Thereareallsortsofwayswhereemployeescanbesuccessfulinobtainingthisbutif

attemptscontinuallyfallondeafearsthenvotingwithyourfeetisthebestwaytoimprove

thesituationasthereareplentyofgoodemployersoutthere."

Title:Titleofyourjob?Whynotleave?

Different___1___

On_2_32%saidtheirwageswerefartoolow.

Onstaffmorale25%ofresponders___3___thattheircompany'srecordonstaff

moralewasdownrightawful.

Onworkinghours30%saidthey__4_toomuchtimeintheofficeandtheworking

hourswereinflexible.

Onofficeconditions59%reportedthattheirofficesareinpoor___5___

To_6__inshort

Aftertakingworkinghours,staffmorale,industry,wages,charitysupportandcareer

___7___into___8___,2000peoplesurveyed__9___believedtheircompanydidn'tquite

___10__theemployees.

参考答案

A【答案与解析】本文描述了Johnson向经理推销他所研制的生产新品种的油的过程。

1.Do推断题°根据第2段经理所说的话Itisbetterthanourfishoils和第6段Wemight

addsomechemicalstooneofourownfishoils可推知此题的答案为Do

2.Bo推断题。根据Johnson与经理的对话，特别是从Itisbetterthanourfishoils和Iam

toldthatthisoilwillbemuchcheaperthanyourbestfishoils可推知此题答案为B。

3.Ao推断题。根据文章倒数第二、三段中的Theusualoneistopreventitaltogetherorat

leasttodelayitaslongaspossible和But