四川省仁寿县城北教学点2012届高三英语阅读理解限时训练(13)

仁寿县2012届城区五校联考英语科能力测试卷（考试时间：120分钟）命题人：刘艾秋徐琴审核：刘艾秋校对：梁长东第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）第一节语法和词汇知识（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）1. ----If you are free tonight, I'd like to invite you to the concert.----That’s nice of you, but are you_____?A. realB. carefulC. seriousD. true2. The boss wanted an assistant with _____ knowledge of French and ____ workexperience.A．the；the B．a；×C．a；the D．the；×3. In a way I can see what you mean,even though I don't _____your point of view.A. shareB. permitC.argeeD.recognize4. She went to supermarket and bought _____.A. a dozen appleB. a dozen of appleC. dozen of the applesD. dozens of apples5. ___is the power of the media that it can make a person suddenly famous.A. ThisB. ThatC. SuchD. So6. The book was written in 1945,___the education system has witnessed great changes.A. whenB. since thenC. since whenD. during which7. I have recently discovered that _____ is the people you surround yourselfwith that matters most in life.A. whatB. itC. whoD. that8. I did not mean____anything , but those apples looked so good that I couldnot resist____one.A. to eat, tryingB. to eat, to tryC. eating, tryingD. eating, to try9. A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners’ curiosity _____hereaches the end of the story.A. whenB. unlessC. afterD. until10. The purpose of him keeping silent at the meeting actually____this: thatwe’d beter give up our plan.A. comes toB. comes atC. comes aboutD. comes out11. There is very little___in trying to persuade him. He never follows others’ advice.A. useB. pointC. meaningD. work12. ----Did Jenny clean the whole house yesterday?----She____because she was not quite herself.A. had it cleanedB. hadn’t cleaned itC. had cleaned itD. cleaned it13. Though there was a heavy rain and terrible thunderstorm, the childrenslept___all night.A. quicklyB. quietlyC. deeplyD. soundly14. ----Jackie says she can not help because she’s got a lot of work to do.----Well, she ___say that—she always uses that excuse.A. shouldB. mayC. canD. would15. You must be helping your mother to do some housework, _____?A. mustn’t youB. can’t youC. aren’t youD. don’t you16. Happy birthday, Alice! So you have ____21 already.A. becomeB. turnedC. grownD. passed17. Nobody would stand out admitting the fact, for some reason,___they lost the game.A. thatB. whenC. whyD. how18. The newly-painted white tower looks magnificient___ the blue sky.A. inB. overC. aboveD. against19. ---W e didn’t find Mr Black___the lecture.---No one had told him about___a lecture.A. to attend, there to beB. attended, there beC. attending, there beingD. attend, there was20. So quickly___popular that some people who think his style is old are worried.A. he has becomeB. has he becomeC. he becameD. had he become第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）While in the army there was nothing I disliked so much as the map-reading course, for the simple reason that I always felt 21 even with a map in my hand. For weeks I had__22 awake at night thinking of the 23 test I would have to face at the end of the course. 24 the evil day arrived. It was myresponsibility to lead a small band of soldiers back to camp from the middle of 25 . We were driven out in a(n) 26 lorry and left in a ploughed field with 27 to get back to camp as quickly as possible.Well knowing my 28 , the soldiers smiled as they saw me looking at the map and they made all sorts of helpful suggestions. I folded the map up, put it in my pocket, and aid that we would 29 _ east. After walking through the cornfield for over an hour we came to a wide stream. I looked at the map30 . It seemed to be 31 with masses of thin blue lines. But which 32 line was this stream? In despair, we sat down in the cool __33 and I feel 1ike 34 the map into the water. Fifteen minutes later, a boat passed and I asked the boatman if he could give us a 35 to the nearest village. I 36 that we had been out for a walk and _ 37 _ got lost. The boatman invited us on 38 _ and I felt __39 when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers to pass their map-reading test! Not long _ 40 , we got off that boat and, following the boatman's instructions, took a bus into the village and got back to camp.21. A. stupid B. blind C. puzzling D. lost22. A. suffered B. lain C. slept D. laid23. A. basic B. actual C. practical D. special24. A. At last B. At once C. As a result D. After all25. A. village B. downtown C. nowhere D. forest26. A. closed B. advanced C. ordinary D. damaged27. A. suggestions B. introductions C. information D. instructions28. A. weakness B. thought C. task D. strength29. A. head B. point C. go to D. guide30. A. gradually B. therefore C. merely D. again31. A. fill B. full C. covered D. separated32. A. similar B. particular C. correct D. wonderful33. A. tent B. shadow C. shore D. shade34. A. tearing B. throwing C. striking D. destroying35. A. lift B. ride C. favor D. service36. A. declared B. pretended C. admitted D. described37. A. altogether B. almost C. possible D. somehow38. A. board B. boat C. purpose D. platform39. A. afraid B. foolish C. fortunate D. interested40. A. ago B. late C. afterwards D. away第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（17）A41．Which of the following is discouraged by the Friends organization?A．To build massive complexes for public amusement.B．To prevent possible damages to the National Park.C．To help protect and improve the Park for all to enjoy.D. To sponsor publications and projects in local school.42. One of the benefits for members of Friends is to_________ .A. have Friends’ goods free of chargeB. visit any place not open to the publicC. take part in work parties if they want toD. give talks in their fields on current issues43.The purpose of this poster is to invite more people to_______________.A. raise money for the Friends organizationB. join the Friends organization and be members of itC. work as managers for Pembroke shire National ParkD. enjoy the landscape of Pembroke shire National ParkBMapping Your WorldDifferent forms of maps are appearing. They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visiting, from the official to the unusual. Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world. Here are two of our favorites;Green MapsGreen Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of icons（图标）,making i t easy to read any map ,whatever the n ationalities of those who produce it . At present t here are over five hundred M ap projects being developed in 54 countries Green Maps’ advertised idea is “think g lobal, map local” .It is a wonderful w ay of g aining all sorts of a place , ranging from community garden to good places of bird watching.Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website.Maps MashupsMany people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them. Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Maps Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic. The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge you could ever need. It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most bizarre （古怪的），such as where America’s munkest cities are. W ith the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a multi-layered (多层的) map can be created.44.. According to the passage, which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?A. Aiming at environmental protection.B. Introducing local attractions with icons.C. Offering advice to independent travelers.D. Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.45. Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?46. Map Mashups is named with the word “mashups” becauseA. it is produced by users all over the worldB. it gathers various kinds of informationC. it shares icons with Green MapsD. it is a branch of Google Maps47.What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?A. They are created by local people.B. They are environmentally friendly.C. Users can edit maps on the Internet.D. Users need to communicate with produces.CAn idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time.In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools.The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong.In Chicago, the mayor(市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city.Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.The only problem arose in New York , where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best inmedium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.As Nancy points out , the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process. or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.48. What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?A. To invite authors to guide readers.B. To encourage people to read and share.C. To involve people in community service.D. To promote the friendship between cities.49. Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the project?A. They had little interest in reading.B. They were too busy to read a book.C. They came from many different backgroundsD. They lacked support from the local government50. According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?A. In large communities with little sense of unityB. In large cities where libraries are far from homeC. In medium-sized cities with a diverse populationD. In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached51.The underlined word s “shared a word” in Paragraph 7 probably meanA. exchanged ideas with each otherB. discussed the meaning of a wordC. gained life experienceD. used the same language52. According to Nancy, the degree of success of the project is judged byA. the careful selection of a proper bookB. the growing popularity of the writersC. the number of people who benefit from reading.D. the number of books that each person reads.DAustralian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo farts contain no methane（甲烷）and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack pushing out carbon dioxide, livestock passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions in some countries."Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep," said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government."And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they're actually up around 50 percent," he said.Researchers say the bacteria also makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate the bacteria, before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.Another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.The idea is controversial（争议）, but about 20 percent of health conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already."It's low in fat, it's got high protein levels and it's very clean in the sense that basically it's the ultimate free range animal（散养动物）," said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales's institute of environmental studies.53. According to the passage, global warming is now mainly caused by _____ .A. methaneB. carbon dioxideC. livestock passing windD. not mention in this passage54. What does the underlined phrase “the idea”（paragraph 9）refer to?A. Australians should give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep.B. The bacteria could make the digestive process much more efficient.C. Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.D. The bacteria could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.55. Some Australians begin to eat kangaroos because _____.A. The kangaroos’ farts（放屁）contain no methaneB. The kangaroos have a special bacteriaC. The kangaroos are the national symbol in AustraliaD. The kangaroos are low in fat and high in protein56. How will Australian scientists solve the problem of global warming?A. Eating more kangaroos.B. Killing more cattle and sheep.C. Letting cattle and sheep pass less wind.D. Transferring the special bacteria in kangaroos’ stomachs to cattle and sheep.EThe next generation telephone is called Superphone or personal Communication Network (PCN). Your superphone goeswherever you go, in your pocket. You can use it in the street, in an aeroplane, a boat, or a taxi; you can call from anywhere on the globe to anywhere else. Calls travel at the speed of light, via satellites using ultraviolet, high-frequency wave bands and each communication is automatically billed to your account.This new phone is the size and shape of a billfold(皮夹). You unfold it to use it., making it long enough to reach from your ear to your mouth. There is a miniaturized touch pad, on which to enter the number you are calling. There is also a tiny liquid crystal screen on which you can read weather, news or financial reports. These news items are constantly updated by the company that sells the service. Letter keys on the touch pad also allow you to use this electronic marvel as a computer or word processor. You can plug it into your large home or office computer in order to transfer any data that you feed in during a business trip. The PCN also stores any useful information of your own that you might need as you travel, such as the names, addresses and phone numbers of several hundred people, important meetings, flight details and so on. When you need information, you simply call it up on the screen. You can even use your PCN to activate electronically controlled equipment at home. For example, you could switch your oven on or off, start the sprinkler system in your garden during a dry spell, get your video recorder to record a show on television, turn off the central heating, and so on. All of this from thousands of miles away, perhaps from the back of a camel in the desert. Prototypes are already being trialed. In spite of the complex technology, they will be cheap because of the enormous sales that will be made.57.The Superphone system ______________.A.has a very wide coverage of signals.B.deducts fees directly from users’ bank account.C.offers a nearly free communicating serviceD.requires people to speak quickly58.The next generation telephone doesn’t own the function of ______A. a computerB. a billfoldC. a word processorD. a communication device59. The author’s intention in mentioning “from the back…the desert” is to _________A. show the great impact of the new phone on the worldB. emphasize the strong remote control function of the new phoneC. demonstrate how to operate the new phone in such placesD. show travelers’ affection for the new phone60. The author may agree that ________A. the new phone’s technology is too complex to be generalizedB. the new phone is still commercially unappetizing.C. the new phone has been put into volume productionD. the new phone has excellent prospects in market.41-45ACB BB 46-50 BC BCD 51-55 ACDCD56-60D ABBD。

四川省仁寿县城北教学点2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：短文改错+书面表达（41）第一节短文改错(共l0小题；每小题l.5分共l5分)Dear classmates，I’ll tell everything about my future .Every 66．________one of us is thinking about the future .Do you know what 67．________yours is? I have decided to become a middle school teacher. 68．________ Does it sound surprised ? I had this dream when I was only 69．________a child. I love children .As we all can see, when teachers are 70．________ great needed in our country ,especially in the countryside .Many 71．________ parents want their children to be well-educated ,and they don’t 72．________ want them to be teachers. Perhaps one of the main reason is 73．________ that teachers work too hard but get too little .In spite that ,I am 74．________ determined to devote all my life to teach in my hometown. 75．________第二节书面表达（满分35分）假设你校举行题为“网吧的危害（Harmful Influence of Cyber Centers）”的征文活动。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（31）AWhen I was struggling with cancer a few years ago, my wife and I formed our own "couple caution circle". Anytime a doctor came with news of my progress, my wife would give me a big hug. The reports were seldom good during the early stages of my illness, and one day a doctor brought particularly frightening news. Staring at my reports, he said in a low voice, “It doesn't look like you're going to make it.”Before I could ask him a question, my wife stood up, handed me my clothes, adjusted the tubes fastened to my body and said, “Let’s get out of here. This man is a risk to your health.” As she helped me struggle to the door, the doctor came near us. “Stay back,” demanded my wife. “Stay away from us.”As we walked together down the hall, the doctor attempted to catch up with us “Keep going,” said my wife, pushing the intravenous（静脉注射的）stand. “We’re going to talk to someone who really knows what is going on. Then she held up her hand to the doctor. “Don't come any closer to us.”The two of us moved as one. We escaped to the safety and hope of a doctor who did not confuse diagnosis with conclusion. I could never have made that walk toward wellness alone.41. From the passage we know__________.A. hearing that her husband was not going to make it, the wife went out of her mindB. the wife's decision in crisis contributed to the husband’s wellnessC. the husband was diagnosed with cancer by mistakeD. the husband became weaker and weaker as a result of the treatment conductedby the doctor42. What's the author's feeling when writing the passage?A. Angry.B. Thankful.C. Excited.D. Sad.43. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The wife was a woman hard to get along with.B. The doctor was a dangerous man.C. The wife loved her husband very much.D. The husband was a man who believed everything would be OK.44. What would be the best title for the passage?A. A Happy Couple in CrisisB. Struggle with CancerC. In Crisis, Become As OneD. Don't Believe the DoctorBBEIJING (Associated Press 美联社) —China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.While China may be the world’s biggest toy-maker, many of the best are exported. Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.A US company, BabyCare, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company’s "mother club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child-care books."We want to build a seven-year relationship with those people," said Matthew J. Estes, BabyCare’s president. "It starts during pregnancy, when the anxiety and needs are highest." BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explain toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six.BabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in.45. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?A. Educational toys and foreign toy markets.B. Problems with China’s toy market and education.C. Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China.D. Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China.46. Which of the following is a fact according to the passage?A. Club members buy BabyCare products for free child-care advice.B. Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products.C. Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities.D. BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost.47. BabyCare is developing its business in China by________.A. opening stores in Beijing hospitalsB. offering 18-month courses on child-careC. setting up children’s education centersD. forming close relationships with parents48. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?A. Mother Club in ChinaB. BabyCare and DoctorsC. American Company ModelD. BabyCare’s Educational Toys in ChinaC★The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana(大麻). Psychologists say that sending/receiving messages or looking through the many menu options your mobile phone has, lowers a person’s IQ by almost 10 points. British researchers have nam ed this situation “infomania”. Instead of fixed on what they are doing, people’s minds are constantly focused on reacting to the technology surrounding them. This means they don’t pay full attention to the work they are paid to do. The report also added that the brain can not do so many things at once. If you try to do too many things, mistakes begin to occur. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, too much use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.★The more televisions 4-year-old children watch, the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a newest U.S. study said. At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the report from the University of Washington. Researchers also found gaps in learning and understanding such things as social skills early in life makes it more difficult for children to relate with other children. Watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior.★You could soon be able to add your favorite perfume to your e-mails. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people send e-mails over the Internet with sweet smell. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest says it could be used by supermarkets to attract people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of sun-kissed beachers.49. What does “infomania” refer to accordin g to the first part of the text?A. A situation in which a person uses his mobile phone too much.B. A situation in which a person has his IQ lowered using his mobile phone.C. A situation in which a person performs badly at work..D. A situation in which a person lowers his IQ using his mobile phone improperly.50. According to the second part of the text, _____ are less likely to become bullies.A. children whose parents care about themB. children whose parents give them more freedomC. children whose parents direct them over watching TVD. children whose parents stop them watching TV51. The children who watch TV frequently will not ______.A. be aggressiveB. be likely to become bulliesC. have difficulty in communicating with other childrenD. understand socially skills as easily52. The new system provided by Telewest Broadband can _____.A. be used as a kind of air freshenerB. make people have imagination of sun kissed beachersC. make people smell fresh breadD. make e-mails smelly over the InternetDHidden in our subconsciousness (意识) is a perfect mental picture. We see ourselves on a long trip that goes across the continent. We are traveling by train. Out of the windows, we think in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle feeding on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, or row upon row of corn and wheat, of flat lands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hills, of city skylines and village halls.But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw (拚图玩具) puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles(通道) ,condemning the minutes for loitering-waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.‘‘When we reach the station, that will be it!” we cry,“When I'm 38.” “When I buy a new 450SL Mercdes Benz!” “When I put the last kid through college.” “When I have paid off!” “When I get a promotion.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after! " Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.“Relish (appreciate) the moment" is a good motto, actually it isn't the burdens of today that drive man mad. It is the regret over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. Then the station will come soon enough.53. Why does the author describe the mental picture?A. To lead us into a perfect world.B. To let people enjoy the scenery.C. To introduce an actual trip of his.D. To compare it to our life'sjourney.54. How do people feel when they’re on their trip?A. Puzzled.B. Happy.C. Relaxed.D. Impatient.55. What does the author mean by "Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us oftoday" in Paragraph 4?A. Regret and fear are responsible for the loss of today.B. We must be careful of the two thieves : regret and fear.C. Regret and fear stop us from enjoying our present life.D. We’re frequently challenged by t he two : regret and fear.56. Why does the author write the passage?A. To teach us a good lesson.B. To tell us the right attitude to life.C. To advise us to forget our worries.D. To stop us wandering along the aisles.EI am sure that everybody in his/her life has used computers. Nowadays you can feel their presence everywhere at home，at school，at work and they certainly make life easier．On the other hand，there are people who can’t work with them．Anyway，I believe their presence is a good thing. Life with them seems easier, less difficult and more comfortable You can use them to choose your meal，to withdraw your money, and also save your time，because these operations are all controlled by computers. Therefore you can hardly imagine the modern world without them；the whole planet seems to be one big computer society．Nevertheless，problems can often appear in this area, too．To have a computer means you have to be quite well－off and have the necessary skills to use it．However，think about questions like “Are computers so available for everyone, or rich and poor people，for people from villages and people from cities. Aren’t they too expensive？Is everyone able to learn how to use them and not everyone has the chance to access and work with them，how could everything in the future be dependent on them？”Therefore，I think our society will be split into two parts．One part will work with them and enjoy the benefits that computers can bring and the other part will be pushed out and will actually be far behind the other group．Another question that bothers me is，on the one hand，computers are important and good things in our life，but they aren’t everything．They are good as a help at school，quite often as entertainment，especially for young people，as an necessary tool to help in research etc，but I think we shouldn’t be so dependent on them，because computers are only machines and machines can’t feel anything be human and sympathetic，and every action performed by computer can be interfered with anotherperson，which could cause these machines to crash or work badly．In conclusion，I would like to say I am not against computers．I use computers，too，but people should be wary all the time．57. By saying “wary”（In the last paragraph）,the writer is trying to say “People should_______.A. be strongly for the use of computers because of its convenienceB. be careful with computers that will also cause problemsC. master more necessary computer skillsD. not do something that causes computers to work badly58. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage？59. In the third paragraph，the author presents his idea by________A. asking questions for people to think aboutB. giving examples to support his argumentC. raising questions and answering themD. expressing his opinion directly60. The writer’s main purpose in writing the passage is__________A. to encourage us to use computers in our societyB. to advise us to say no to computers from now onC. to remind us to care about the problems that computers bring.D. to inform us that the computer has become a necessary part of our life41---44 ABCC 45---48 CADD 49---52 BADB 53---56 DDCB 57---60 BBAC。

四川省仁寿县城北教学点2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：短文改错+书面表达（13）第一节短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。

对标有题号的每一行做出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下面划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Tom,It was half a year since we parted last time．Now I’m66．______getting on well with everything but have been missing you all the time． 67．______ I’ve been missing the day in America when you helped me a lot68．______with my English study．Thanks for your kind help, I’ve improved 69．______my English a lot．And to my regret, I have lost contact with my 70．______teacher, Mr．Smith．Would you please to tell me something about 71．______him and tell me how to keep into touch with him? In addition, it 72．______would be great honor for me to invite you to my country during 73．______the Spring Festival, when you will experience colorfully Chinese 74．______ culture．I am looking forward to you early reply． 75．______ Best wishes第二节书面表达（满分35分）假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的班长李华，你们全班同学在暑假期间开展了“体验一天低碳生活”的活动。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（14）AAt Yale University, enrollment in basic Chinese in 2005 grew rapidly, and for the first time professors can remember, large numbers of freshmen were arriving with enough knowledge of the Chinese language to start in second- or third-year Chinese language class, rather than basic Chinese.The American interest in China is not just at the university level. In the 2006 school year, high-school students will be offered an Advanced Placement test, which is one of the national exams American students take for university admission, in Chinese. This is the first time Chinese is offered in the Advanced Placement test, which is usually limited to the most important subjects that high school students take.What is surprising is that earlier last year, an organization that tracks university students surveyed high schools throughout America, asking if they planned to offer the language courses that prepare students for the language Advanced Placement test. They expected that only a hundred high schools, mostly in California, New York, and a few other places with large immigrant populations, would show interest in each of the new language programs. Although that was true for the courses in Italian, Russian and Japanese, it was not true for the Chinese language course. There were thousands of American high schools that indicated that they planned to build their Chinese programs to levels where students could take the Advanced Placement exam for Chinese language. The demand for courses in Chinese is rising so rapidly that it is rapidly overtaking all other foreign languages except Spanish.41. According to the passage many freshmen at Yale University today .A. know enough basic ChineseB. needn’t learn Chinese any moreC. take courses in the Chinese languageD. go to university to study Chinese42. For university entrance, the American high-school students .A. have to learn ChineseB. learn more than one foreign language.C. take the Advanced Placement TestD. used to have a test in Chinese43. We can learn from the passage that .A. Chinese will overtake all foreign languages in American high schoolsB. Americans will know more about China and its peopleC. the U.S. government pays much attention to language studiesD. Chinese may take the place of English in American universitiesBWhy not an island get-away?NewfoundlandPriceFrom £1080 per person in June 2005We went with:Frontier Canada frontier-travel. Co. uk/CanadaAbout this tripJohn Cabot had set sail looking for a new trade route for Asia, when he landed in Cape Bonavista. Clearly he felt this barren desolate landscape could provide this, so he claimed it for its potential and so began the rise of the British Empire.Newfoundland is the most easterl y point in North America and was Britain’s first overseas colony until 1949, when it became part of Canada. It’s roughly the size of England and Craig’s journey by camper van or RV (recreational vehicle) took in just a small part of the island called the Bonavista Peninsula.First stop was the tiny fishing port of Keels to stock up for the journey ahead. There’s a long standing love affair between Newfoundlanders and cod. The seas off the Newfoundland coast were once the richest cod fishing grounds in the world, attracting fishermen from all over Europe. Many settled, establishing these coastal villages known locally as outports.An hour’s drive down the coast is the town of Bonavista, where Craig met up with retired fisherman, Wilson Hayward. He told Craig how the landscape used to lie, and described the peculiarities of the language and accents in the area. There’s a different language in every bay.44．The title “Why not an island get-away?” _________.A. invites people to take a holiday trip to NewfoundlandB. informs people that the island is moving away from where it used to beC. tells people that they can buy the island at the price of £1080.D. asks people to visit the website frontier-travel. /Canada45．From the context we can conclude that “Frontier Canada” is the name of _________.A. a tourist guideB. a kind of fish found around the islandC. a tourist agencyD. someone who has already booked the trip46．When John Cabot first discovered Cape Bonavista he was actually on a voyage to find ____.A. North AmericaB. AsiaC. South AmericaD. the British Empire 47．According to the passage Newfoundland is now part of _________.A. UKB. CanadaC. EuropeD. Bonavista 48．In the past the Newfoundlanders mainly lived by _________.A. teaching languagesB. making camper vansC. looking after retired fishermenD. fishing codCAs motorways become more and more blocked up with traffic, a new generation on flying cars will be needed to ferry people along skyways. That is the conclusion of engineers from the US space agency and aeronautical firms, who envision futurecommuters traveling by “skycar”.These could look much like the concept skycar shown in the picture, designed by Boeing research and development. However, such vehicles could be some 25 years from appearing on the market. Efforts to build flying vehicles in the past have not been very successful. Such vehicles would not only be expensive and require the skills of a trained pilot to fly, but there are significant engineering challenges involved in developing them. “When you try to combine them you get the worst of both worlds: a very heavy, slow, expensive vehicle that’s hard to use,” said Ma rk Moore, head of the personal air vehicle(PAV) division of the vehicle systems program at Nasa’s Langley Research Center in Ha mpton, US. But Boeing is also considering how to police the airways-and prevent total pandemonium(吵杂狂乱的喧闹)-if thousands of flying cars enter the skies.“The neat, gee-whiz part is thinking about what the vehicle itself would look like,” said Dick Paul, a vice president with Phantom Works, Boeing’s research and development arm. “But we’re trying to think through all the consequences of what it would take to deploy(散开) a fleet of these.”Past proposals to solve this problem have included artificial intelligence systems to prevent collisions between air traffic. Nasa is working on flying vehicles with the initial goal of transforming small plane travel. Small planes are generally costly, loud, and require months of training and lots of money to operate, making flying to work impractical for most people. But within five years, Nasa researchers hope to develop technology for a small plane that can fly out of regional airports, costs less than $100,000(£55,725), is as quiet as a motorcycle and as simple to operate as a car.Although it would not have any road-driving capabilities, it would bring this form of travel within the grasp of a wider section of people. The new technology would automate many of the pilot’s functions. This Small Aircraft Transportation System(Sats) would divert pressure away from the “hub-and-spoke(中心辐射型)” model of air travel. Hub-and-spoke refers to the typically US model of passengers being processed through large “hub” airports and then on to secondary flights to “spoke” airports near their final destinations.49. The best title for this text would be .A. Developing SkycarsB. The Traffic Jams in the SkyC. How to Guide Flying Cars in the SkyD. What Flying Cars Will Look Like50. The underlined word “envision” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “”.A. seeB. expectC. thinkD. announce51. When engineers develop the skycars, they have to deal with the following difficulties except .A. how to fly out of regional airportsB. how to prevent the disorder of the airwaysC. how to reduce expenses and the vehicle’s weightD. how to fly the skycars to enter skies52. Now Nasa researchers’ aim is to .A. make big flying carsB. work out the plan——how to transform small plane travelC. develop a new kind of small plane different from the traditional oneD. build a new kind of small plane with road-driving abilitiesDThe teaching hospital is one associated with a medical school. Teaching hospitals are large, with a range of from 300 to 200 beds. These hospitals always have interns(实习医师) and residents(住院医师) and additionally have medical students on the hospital wards. They have superb technical resources, and it is here that the most extraordinary events of medicine take place. Open-heart surgery, transplantation of kidneys, elaborate(精致的) nurseries for the newborn, support for management of rare blood diseases, and other wonderful achievements are all available here. Dozens of people may be concerned with the well-being of a particular patient. Important medical decisions are thoroughly discussed, presented at conferences, and reviewed by many personnel.On the other hand, the quality of personal relationships at teaching hospitals is variable. Many patients feel that they are treated in an impersonal way, and that their laboratory tests receive more attention that their human and social problems. Since these institutions are on the frontier of medicine, there is a tendency to emphasize the new and elaborate procedures, when older and more modest ones might have served as well. With the inexperience of some members of the care team, there is a tendency to order more laboratory tests than what would have been ordered for the same condition in a private hospital. The sick patients are sometimes confused by having to relate to a large number of doctors and students. Medical educators are concerned with such criticisms and have to correct some of the problems. However, some excesses(超额) of technological medicine still occur in these institutions.53. One of the advantages of a teaching hospital is that .A. its first-class personnel are a guarantee of excellent medical careB. its first-class medical facilities and skills make medical breakthroughs possibleC. the interns, residents and medical students all offer satisfactory servicesD. its laboratory staff provide high-class professional aids for the doctors54. The passage implies that .A. private hospitals usually give personalized care of high qualityB. private hospitals have more experienced laboratory staffC. teaching hospitals use patients as subjects for their experimentsD. teaching hospitals usually give patients improper treatment55. Treatments of some difficult and complicated cases in teaching hospital aredecided .A. by specialists in charge of the caseB. by doctors and students togetherC. on some special and important occasionsD. through collective efforts and serious review56. The problem that still bothers teaching hospitals frequently is .A. the inadequate patient care caused by irresponsible nurses.B. the wrong decisions made by inexperienced doctorsC. improper dependence on technological medicineD. the inconvenience caused by the presence of medical studentsEWhat’s On StageAn acrobatic show: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe(剧团) will present “The Soul of China”, whe re the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills will run down your spine(脊柱) as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge.Time: 7:30 p.m., September 13-19Place: Capital Theatre, 22 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng DistrictExhibitionsJoint Show: A group ink painting exhibition is running at the Huangshicheng Art Gallery in Beijing. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display.Time: 9:00 a. m.—5:00 p.m. until September 10Place: Huangshicheng Art Gallery, 136 Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng DistrictOil paintings: The Wanfung Art Gallery will host a joint show of oil painting by 10 young and middle-aged artists. On display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wondrous variety of life in unique styles.Time: 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. until September 15Place: 136 Nanchizi Street, Dongcheng DistrictLiterature museum: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an in-depth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949.Time: 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m., dailyPlace: 45 Anyuan Donglu, Chaoyang District(Shaoyaoju area)ConcertsBeijing rocks:“The Fashion Night of Chinese Rock” is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm.Time:September 16Place: The Olympic CenterBelgium Orchestra：La Petite Bande, the Baroque Orehestra of Belgium, will perform in Beijing at the Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities as part of activities across the world in memory of the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death.Time: 7:30 p.m. September 11—14Place: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities57. What do you think of the acrobatic show mentioned here?A. When you watch it, you will certainly feel cold.B. Something strange will puzzle everyone, including scientists.C. Unexpected things will make you excited and surprised.D. Even the bravest ones will be too frightened to go on watching58. The most characteristic thing about the Fashion Night of Chinese Rock isthat .A. it will let the audience choose the performers and the musicB. it is to bring thousands of rock fans out of their homesC. it will certainly cause a rock storm throughout ChinaD. it is to be held in memory of one of the greatest musicians59. Suppose it is September 14 today, how many activities can people choose to attend?A. 2.B. 3.C. 4.D. 5.60. On the whole, we can conclude .A. people in Beijing prefer modern culture to something traditionalB. there are usually more cultural activities in September than in any other monthC. most of the cultural activities in Beijing are for foreign visitors onlyD. we can enjoy a large variety of cultural activities in BeijingACB ACBBD AADC BCDC CACD。

四川省仁寿县城北教学点2024年高三5月高考模拟题（一）英语试题考生须知：1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。

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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．Many of us see reading as an investment in ourselves，so it’s only natural that we want to learn something useful________ our efforts.A．in view of B．in response toC．in parallel with D．in return for2．It was lucky that little Jack was not at home when the fire broke out；otherwise，he his life．A．had lost B．would lose C．would have lost D．might lose3．Contrary to popular belief, taking a walk immediately after meals doesn’t _______ do good to our health. A．necessarily B．specially C．directly D．constantly4．— There are no relative articles on the Internet.What shall we do?— My God！There are always not any useful articles when you want .A．one B．it C．that D．any5．I have no doubt that Anna will ________ it, but I wonder whether she is really ready enough.A．dig B．hit C．make D．lift6．Afghans used to hold big weddings, costing thousands of dollars, in a county _____ the average annual income is less than $400.A．which B．whose C．where D．what7．Having battled with their _______ over whether to offer help to an aged man or woman who has fallen over, most people choose to help.A．compromise B．contradictionC．conscience D．competence8．That preserved historic village connected to downtown by a highway is ________ many office workers spend their weekends.A．what B．howC．where D．why9．If you want to see Mr. Johnson on Friday morning, make sure he is ______ ahead of time.A．approachable B．accessible C．available D．convenient10．--Hello，________________--Oh，sorry. I've got the wrong number.A．Dr. Brown's office. B．Who's that speaking？C．Can I help you？D．Is that Dr. Brown？11．Creating an atmosphere ______ employees feel part of a team is a big challenge.A．where B．whoseC．that D．which12．The infrastructure of a country is ________ makes everything run well, including things like transport, irrigation, electricity and schools.A．which B．thatC．where D．what13．Della turned all of her pockets inside out only to find $ 1.87 buy Jim a present for Christmas.A．with what to B．with that she can C．in which to D．with which to14．— I wonder what chance there is of me passing by the old places without thinking of you.— ______. Time cures all wounds.A．My pleasure B．Don’t mention it C．I can’t agree more D．Never mind15．—I was informed that you won the lottery?—Are you kidding? Maybe I will win a lottery when______.A．you cry for the moon B．pigs flyC．all good things come to an end D．you get a new lease on life16．This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, ________.A．however much it may cost B．no matter how it may costC．how much may it cost D．however many it may cost17．He was still full of optimism for the future despite many problems, and never once ______ him get worried or upset. A．I saw B．I would seeC．did I see D．would I see18．— I am gaining weight. I need to see a doctor.— But I think you eat too much. ___________.A．Neglect of health is doctor’s wealth B．Laugh at your ills, and save doctors’ billsC．Diet cures more than the doctor D．An apple a day keeps the doctor away19．It really matters _______ he treated the latest failure, for the examination is around the corner.A．if B．thatC．why D．how20．—The food here is nice enough.—My friend ________me a right place.A．introduces B．introducedC．had introduced D．was introducing第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（4）(A)My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox, guiding him with a broomstick. For $ 1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks.It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. I’ve never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didn’t want to work.I was only six years old, but I was doin g a man’s job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $ 18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem(自尊心), one of the most important things a person can have.When I was seven, I got work at a golf course near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed, so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dreamt of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.The more I dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb(番石榴树枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field —except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen witha broomstick.41. The writer’s first job was _______.A. to stand down the fairway at a golf courseB. to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fieldsC. to watch over the sugar-cane plantationD. to spot the balls as they landed so the golfers could find them42. The writer learned that_______ from his first job.A. he should work for those who he liked mostB. he should work longer than what he was expectedC. he should never fail to say hello to his ownerD. he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for43. _______ gave the writer self-esteem.A. Having a family of eight peopleB. Owning his own golf courseC. Bringing money back home to help the familyD. Helping his father with the work on the plantation44. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. He wanted to be a successful golfer.B. He wanted to run a golf course near his house.C. He was satisfied with the job he got on a plantation.D. He wanted to make money by guiding oxen with a broomstick.(B)You’re out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter’s choice of words, to how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the bill’s total. Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.“Studies before have shown that mimicry (模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker,” wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. “These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimics the m.”So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, “Coming up!” Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home. The results were clear —it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat(模仿者) waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cabdrivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers’ bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau (达到稳定水平) when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.“That’s also a point of tipping,” Green says. “You have to give a little extra to the cab driver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren’t there, you’d never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there.”45. Apart from service, how many other factors affecting the customers’ tippingare mentioned in the passage?A. 1.B. 2.C. 3.D. 4.46. These studies show that _________.A. tipping can be affected by physical reactions to many different waiter’s factorsB. people who are being mimicked usually tip less to the person who mimics themC. the mimic waiters can get almost twice as much money as the other groupD. mimicry makes the mimicker feel bad47. According to the passage, which of the following will be likely to show the rightchange of the tip percentages?A B C D 48. We know from the passage that the writer seems to __________.A. object to Mr. Green’s idea about tippingB. think part of Mr. Green’s explanation is reasonableC. give his generous tip to waiters very oftenD. support the opinions of Mr. Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping(C)49. If you happen to be the 200th customer to buy Cholesterolblock, youwill .A. be able to buy it at a low priceB. be the luckiest one onlineC. try it free of chargeD. change your diet Bill ($) Bill ($) Bill ($)Bill($)50. Liptor®, Zocor®, Crestor® are .A. diseasesB. side effectsC. medicinesD.cholesterol51. Cholestrolblock TM has the following advantages EXCEPT that_____________________.A. it helps take cholesterol out of whatever food you eat.B. it has been proved useful in hospital testing.C. it helps people absorb at least 42% cholesterol.D. it sells best on Internet every month.52. Where can you most probably read this passage?A．In a travel guide book. B．On a university bulletin board.C．In a health magazine. D．In a doctor's prescription.(D)Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? They are always boasting. They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s,”and “My Mom is smarter than yours.” They particularly like to boast about their families.There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, who were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best or the biggest or the most expensive.Whatever the others said, he could always go on better. One day when they were walking to school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice a week,”Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.”Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his turn. But what could he say? “This time,” Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on in silence. Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had beaten Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is so clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”53. According to the passage, the meaning of the word “boast” is __________.A. to sing a nice songB. to talk bigC. to go on betterD. to have a bath three times a day54. What did Harry boast about?A. The number of times his father had a bath every week.B. The size of the bathroom in his home.C. His father’s car.D. His mother’s family.55. Why did Ted think that Harry’s father was dirty?A. He had a bath every day.B. He had a bath only twice a week.C. Ted’s father often had a bath twice a day.D. He never had a bath.56. What does “he spoke too soon” in the last paragraph mean?A. He spoke quickly.B. He should have spoken earlier.C. He was wrong.D. He couldn’t be understood.(E)From now on, never spend your precious time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created：the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem. Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are the perennial(长期的) victims and martyrs. They are leaves tossed(摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks.In short, in all areas of your life, whether they be financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.57. People with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they ______________ .A. are ready to change their mindsB. are easily affected by windy weatherC. don’t have the power to face their fateD. can’t exercise control over themselves58. It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that .A. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudesB. developing confidence is the key to future successC. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mindD. setting our expectations is essential before taking action59. The last paragraph serves as .A. the proof o f the author’s pointsB. the conclusion of the argumentC. an introduction to another topicD. a comparison between two views60. Which is the best title for the text?A. Success is a choice.B. The secrets of success.C. Develop our confidence.D. How to achieve success.41-44 CDBD 45-48 CBAC 49-52 DACB 53-56 DACC 57-60 ADBD。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（17）A41．Which of the following is discouraged by the Friends organization?A．To build massive complexes for public amusement.B．To prevent possible damages to the National Park.C．To help protect and improve the Park for all to enjoy.D. To sponsor publications and projects in local school.42. One of the benefits for members of Friends is to_________ .A. have Friends’ goods free of chargeB. visit any place not open to the publicC. take part in work parties if they want toD. give talks in their fields on current issues43.The purpose of this poster is to invite more people to_______________.A. raise money for the Friends organizationB. join the Friends organization and be members of itC. work as managers for Pembroke shire National ParkD. enjoy the landscape of Pembroke shire National ParkBMapping Your WorldDifferent forms of maps are appearing. They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visiting, from the official to the unusual. Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world. Here are two of our favorites;Green MapsGreen Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of icons（图标）,making it easy to read any map ,whatever the nationalities of those who produce it . At present there are over five hundred Map projects being developed in 54 countries Green Maps’ advertised idea is “think global, map local” .It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of a place , ranging from community garden to good places of bird watching.Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website.Maps MashupsMany people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them. Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Maps Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic. The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge you could ever need. It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most bizarre （古怪的），such as where America’s munkest cities are. With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a multi-layered (多层的) map can be created.44.. According to the passage, which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?A. Aiming at environmental protection.B. Introducing local attractions with icons.C. Offering advice to independent travelers.D. Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.45. Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?46. M ap Mashups is named with the word “mashups” becauseA. it is produced by users all over the worldB. it gathers various kinds of informationC. it shares icons with Green MapsD. it is a branch of Google Maps47.What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?A. They are created by local people.B. They are environmentally friendly.C. Users can edit maps on the Internet.D. Users need to communicate with produces.CAn idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time.In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools.The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong.In Chicago, the mayor(市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city.Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.The only problem arose in New York , where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.As Nancy points out , the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process. or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.48. What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?A. To invite authors to guide readers.B. To encourage people to read and share.C. To involve people in community service.D. To promote the friendship between cities.49. Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the project?A. They had little interest in reading.B. They were too busy to read a book.C. They came from many different backgroundsD. They lacked support from the local government50. According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?A. In large communities with little sense of unityB. In large cities where libraries are far from homeC. In medium-sized cities with a diverse populationD. In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached51.The underlined words “shared a word” in Paragraph 7 probably meanA. exchanged ideas with each otherB. discussed the meaning of a wordC. gained life experienceD. used the same language52. According to Nancy, the degree of success of the project is judged byA. the careful selection of a proper bookB. the growing popularity of the writersC. the number of people who benefit from reading.D. the number of books that each person reads.DAustralian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo farts contain no methane （甲烷）and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack pushing out carbon dioxide, livestock passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions in some countries."Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep," said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government."And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they're actually up around 50 percent," he said.Researchers say the bacteria also makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate the bacteria, before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.Another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.The idea is controversial（争议）, but about 20 percent of health conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already."It's low in fat, it's got high protein levels and it's very clean in the sense that basically it's the ultimate free range animal（散养动物）," said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales's institute of environmental studies.53. According to the passage, global warming is now mainly caused by _____ .A. methaneB. carbon dioxideC. livestock passing windD. not mention in this passage54. What does the underlined phrase “the idea”（paragraph 9）refer to?A. Australians should give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep.B. The bacteria could make the digestive process much more efficient.C. Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.D. The bacteria could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.55. Some Australians begin to eat kangaroos because _____.A. The kangaroos’ farts（放屁）contain no methaneB. The kangaroos have a special bacteriaC. The kangaroos are the national symbol in AustraliaD. The kangaroos are low in fat and high in protein56. How will Australian scientists solve the problem of global warming?A. Eating more kangaroos.B. Killing more cattle and sheep.C. Letting cattle and sheep pass less wind.D. Transferring the special bacteria in kangaroos’ stomachs to cattle and sheep.EThe next generation telephone is called Superphone or personal Communication Network (PCN). Your superphone goes wherever you go, in your pocket. You can use it in the street, in an aeroplane, a boat, or a taxi; you can call from anywhere on the globe to anywhere else. Calls travel at the speed of light, via satellites using ultraviolet, high-frequency wave bands and each communication is automatically billed to your account.This new phone is the size and shape of a billfold(皮夹). You unfold it to use it., making it long enough to reach from your ear to your mouth. There is a miniaturized touch pad, on which to enter the number you are calling. There is also a tiny liquid crystal screen on which you can read weather, news or financial reports. These news items are constantly updated by the company that sells the service. Letter keys on the touch pad also allow you to use this electronic marvel as a computer or word processor. You can plug it into your large home or office computer in order to transfer any data that you feed in during a business trip. The PCN also stores any useful information of your own that you might need as you travel, such as the names, addresses and phone numbers of several hundred people, important meetings, flight details and so on. When you need information, you simply call it up on the screen. You can even use your PCN to activate electronically controlled equipment at home. For example, you could switch your oven on or off, start the sprinkler system in your garden during a dry spell, get your video recorder to record a show on television, turn off the central heating, and so on. All of this from thousands of miles away, perhaps from the back of a camel in the desert. Prototypes are already being trialed. In spite of the complex technology, they will be cheap because of the enormous sales that will be made.57.The Superphone system ______________.A.has a very wide coverage of signals.B.deducts fees directly from users’ bank account.C.offers a nearly free communicating serviceD.requires people to speak quickly58.The next generation telephone doesn’t own the function of ______A. a computerB. a billfoldC. a word processorD. a communicationdevice59. The author’s intention in mentioning “from the back…the desert” is to _________A. show the great impact of the new phone on the worldB. emphasize the strong remote control function of the new phoneC. demonstrate how to operate the new phone in such placesD. show travelers’ affection for the new phone60. The author may agree that ________A. the new phone’s technology is too complex to be generalizedB. the new phone is still commercially unappetizing.C. the new phone has been put into volume productionD. the new phone has excellent prospects in market.41-45ACB BB 46-50 BC BCD 51-55 ACDCD 56-60D ABBD。

四川省仁寿县城北教学点2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：短文改错+书面表达（9）第一节短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Although all the students seem very happily at our school, as 66_________far as we concerned, the buildings would be more beautiful67_________if the school could be decorated. We students thought the school 68_________looks like a desert and the concrete walls like the grey sky in 69_________a rainy day. We would be much happier and are able to study 70_________ better if the walls of the school could be decorated with posters, 71_________photos and paintings, that could certainly broaden our horizons 72_________and enrich our lives. Original art work are too expensive, but 73_________unless we buy art posters, the cost will be low. Using only a74_________little money, it can make our school a nicer place.75_________第二节书面表达(满分35分)假如你是高三学生李平。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（1）AHe’s an old cobbler(修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me, “I haven’t time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street. He’ll fix them for you right away.”But I had my eyes on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loadedwith tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman(手艺人). “No.”I replied, “The other fellow can’t do it well.”“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys— without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly,and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap(鞋带), you might as well just throw away the pair.My man saw I wouldn’t give in, and he smiled. He wipe d hands on his blue apron(围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can dothis kind of work.”When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange dusty felt hat, his funny accent and his pride in his craft.These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you cando things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on workas a path to ever-increasing consumption rather than a way to realize their abilities.In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.41. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.C. He was proud of his skills.D. He was a native Parisian.42. The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend” implies that______.A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like himB. it was difficult to communicate with this manC. the man was very strangeD. the man was too old43. According to the author, many people work just to ______.A. realize their abilitiesB. gain happinessC. make moneyD. gain respect44. This story wants to tell us that ______.A. craftsmen make a lot of moneyB. whatever you do, do it wellC. craftsmen need self-respectD. people are born equalBIf you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have becomesmarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the earlier people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London(UCL), took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language be fore the age of five,as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills.“Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,”he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understandi ng of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2and 34.Reading, writing and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the earlier they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.45. What does the underlined part “grey matter” (in Paragraph 2) refer to?A. Grey hair.B. Material of the brain.C. Intelligence.D. Difficult situations.46. The experience of learning a second language can ______.A. change one’s brain completelyB. improve one’s maths skillsC. make one smarter than othersD. increase the ability to learn47. We can learn from the passage that ______.A. the researchers from UCL did another study in ItalyB. a similar study was done on native Italian speakers who learn English as asecond languageC. the research done on the Italians showed a totally different resultD. it will be easier for one to travel around the world by learning a secondlanguage48. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Learning a second language can help improve your brain power.B. You should learn a second language that is not your native language.C. If you want to learn a second language, you should do it at a certain age.D. The research done by the researchers from UCL is very successful.CIdeas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move houses quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long–term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.Some societies have “universalist” cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way. “Particularist” societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check–in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check–in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem. 49. Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans andAustralians ______.A. like traveling betterB. easy to communicate withC. difficult to make real friendsD. have a long–term relationship with their neighbors50. People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those ______.A. who will tell them everything of their ownB. who want to do business with themC. they know quite wellD. who are good at talking51. A person from a less mobile society will feel it ______ when a stranger keepstalking to him or her.A. boringB. friendlyC. normalD. rough52. Which of the following is true about “particularist societies”?A. There is no rule for people to obey.B. People obey the society’s rules completely.C. No one obeys the society’s rules though they have.D. The society’s rules can be changed with different persons or situations.53. The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have differentideas about rules because of different ______.A. interestsB. habits and customsC. culturesD. ways of lifeDDepartment of Homeland SecurityU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services I – 797 C, Notice of ActionForm I –797C (Rev. 01/31/05)54. What does this table allow you to do?A. To apply for a visit to America.B. To apply for immigration to America.C. To apply for a visit to the People’s Republic of China.D. To apply for immigration to the People’s Republic of China.55. You can get to the consulate on ______.A. May 25,1975B. January 31, 2005C. June 18,2007D. July 18,200756. Suppose you plan to change your applicant status, you have to ______.A. notify U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services immediatelyB. pay another fee as requiredC. apply for a new F – 1, F – 3. M – 1, M – 3 or J – 1 non – immigrant visaD. make a phone call to the Customer ServiceETraditional surgical procedures require surgeons to make large incisions（切口）in a patient’s body in order to gain access to the organs inside. It was once common for heart surgeons, who perform highly specialized and complex procedures, to make long incisions in a patient’s chest and then split the breastbone to reach the heart. Patients who undergo surgery are often at the risk of infection, as bacteria can infect the cut in the skin. In addition, there is often a lengthy recovery period.A surgical technique known as “keyhole surgery” has become common in recent years. In general, the surgeon will make a couple of small incisions around the area where the operation is going to be performed. Tubes are pushed into the holes, and a tiny camera is put into the body. The camera is attached to a large monitor screen and the doctor can see it while performing the operation. In addition to the camera, doctors also push their tiny surgical instruments through the tubes. The awkward part of keyhole surgery is that it is counterintuitive; that is to say, if a surgeon wants to move the tool to the left, he or she must push it to the right.Anot her new machine called the “Da Vinci Surgical System” has been tested in hospitals in the US. Unlike keyhole surgery, this robot’s moving parts are designed to copy man’s hand and wrist movement, thus providing better control and sensitivity. Sitting at a console（控制台）a few feet from the patient, the surgeon can control the instruments by moving highly sensitive pads. The area of the body is enlarged on a screen, which gives surgeons a view similar to that of a traditionalsurgical procedure.The Da Vinci Surgical System has been welcomed as revolutionary by many surgeons. Patients with serious illness must undergo major surgery, but the smaller incisions typically mean a shorter recovery time. On the downside, some operations have taken up to fifty minutes longer because surgeons are inexperienced at using the new technology. As surgeons become more familiar with the machines, the time needed for surgical procedures is likely to decrease.57. What can be learned about the traditional surgery according to the passage?A. Long incisions are made in a patient’s chest.B. It often takes a longer time to do an operation.C. The cost of the traditional surgery is very high.D. The incision is likely to be infected after the operation.58. Which of the following is one disadvantage of keyhole surgery?A. It requires the use of long, thin tools and a tiny camera.B. The doctors can not view the inside of the patients body clearly.C. The direction in which a doctor moves the surgical tools is opposite.D. A tiny camera has to be inserted into the patient’s body in advance.59. The Da Vinci Surgical System differs from keyhole surgery in that it ______.A. requires that a surgeon make more small incisions on a patientB. reduces the amount of time it takes to perform a surgical procedureC. allows the surgeon to use the surgical instruments more sensitivelyD. gets rid of the need for surgeons to make large incisions on patients60. The passage mainly tells readers about ______.A. the challenges brought about by new technologyB. the application of new technologies in modern surgeryC. the reflections on the development in medical scienceD. the benefits and drawbacks of the Da Vinci Surgical System41-44CACB 45-48 BDBA 49-53 BCADC 54-56 ADB 57-60 DCCB。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（13）AWhen Jeanne Calment entered the world in 1875, telephones and automobiles still lay in the future. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso were not yet born. The Eiffel Tower was 14 years from being built. As a teenager, she met Vincent Van Gogh, near her home in Arles, in the south of France. He was “very ugly, ungracious (举止粗俗的), impolite, sick—I forgive him, they called him loco (精神失常的)”, she recalled. When she died last week at age 122, she was the world’s eldest person. (There are others who claimed to the title, but only Calment had the official documents to prove her age.)Each February 21, her birthday, she would share the secrets of long life. Some years it was “a sense of humour”, others it was “keeping busy”. “God must have forgotten me,” she once explained. The truth probably was that she had good genes: her mother reportedly lived to be 86 and her father 94.Her life had its sadness: she outlived her husband, her only daughter and her grandson. According to a friend, she was imperturbable. “If you can’t do anything about it,” she reportedly said, “don’t worry about it.”In her last years she was nearly blind and deaf, but her health remained good. She ate a few bars of chocolate each week and continued smoking until a few years ago, when she could no longer light her own cigarettes. She never lost her sense of humour. On her 110th birthday, she commented, “I’ve only ever had one wrinkle, and I’m sitting on it. “Her longevity made her famous; her spirit made her eternal (永恒的).41. Why does the author mention Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and the Eiffel Tower?A. To show that Calment had seen famous people and things.B. To emphasize that Calment was born a long time ago.C. To indicate that Calment is just as famous.D. To admire the knowledge that Calment had.42. The author believed that Calment’s longevity is main ly due to ______.A. a sense of humorB. being kept busyC. belief in GodD. good genes43. The underlined word “imperturbable” means ________.A. calmB. humorousC. friendlyD. healthy44. Toward the end of the story, the author seems to be impressed by Callment ’s _________.A. spiritB. religious beliefC. knowledgeD. longevityBSimply by analyzing a drop of blood, a doctor will be able to diagnose a birth defect or even cancer when it is in the early stage; using new technology, a material lighter but much stronger than steel can be produced.These may sound like dreams at present. But the dreams may soon come true asresearch findings in laboratories are being turned into products more rapidly in the new century, according to experts participating in the fourth Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Technomart, a technology exhibition and trade fair in Suzhou."Most people think nano-technology （纳米技术）is too far-fetched to be real. But in fact nano-technology has been applied in a wide range of fields, such as medicine. It is coming into our daily life," said Cheng Jiachong from a Hong Kong-based nano-technology firm.Nano-technology based on the nanometer, the unit of which is a billionth of a meter, enables scientists to have new concepts of disease diagnosis and treatment on a molecular （分子）and atomic scale, Cheng said.By using nanometer particles, a doctor can separate the fetus cells （胚胎细胞）from the blood of a pregnant woman to see if the development of the fetus is normal. This method is also being used in the early diagnosis of cancer and heart disease, he said.One of the most significant impacts of nano-technology is at the bio-inorganic materials interface, according to Greg Tegart, executive advisor of the APEC Center for Technology Foresight."By combining enzymes （酶）and silicon chips we can produce biosensors. These could be implanted in humans or animals to monitor health and to deliver corrective doses （剂量）of drugs," he told the participants a technology forum during the exhibition."Nano-technology could affect the production of nearly every man-made object, from automobiles, tires and computer circuits （电路）, to advanced medicines and tissue replacement, and lead to the invention of objects yet to be imagined," said David Minns, a special advisor to the National Research Council of Canada.It has been shown that carbon nano-tubes are ten times as strong as steel, with one sixth of the weight, and nano-scale systems have the potential to make supersonic transport cost- effective and to increase computer efficiency by millions of times, he said.The experts agreed that the APEC technology exhibition and trade fair provided many chances for exchanges of innovative ideas and products.45. Realization of the dreams mentioned in the first paragraph will mainly base on ________.A. APECB. Chinese scientistC. the APEC Center for Technology ForesightD. Nano-technology46. The length of a nanometer equals to ______.A. 910- meterB. 1010- meterC. 810- meterD. 710- meter 47. We can imply from what David Minns said that _________.A. Nano-technology could only be used to invent new objects.B. Nano-technology could be widely used to produce or invent objects.C. Nano-technology is a money-consuming technology.D. Nano-technology can not be used to improve the service of Internet.48. Compared to steel, carbon nano-tubes are ________.A. stronger and lighterB. lighter but as strongC. stronger but as lightD. poor in qualityCGooglefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments.For example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Goo glefight boxes. Let’s say that you are arguing about Jackie Chan and Jet Li. You will quickly discover that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages, whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one Star over another.But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. You can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. For example, let’s take the words “buy” and “purchase”, which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun). It is immed iately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word.But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases. For example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather. Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? Googlefight suggests the latter. “Pouring down” has 898,000 Google hits, whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000.With phrases, it’s important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. For example, if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of “ without quote marks, the second phrase seems to be more common, but with quote marks, the result is reversed.49. What is Googlefight?A. A fight between two people on Google.B. A way to make sure you win an argument.C. A website showing how many hits two different things have.D. A list of all the websites on Google.50. Language teachers find it useful because _______.A. there are a lot of words on GooglefightB. it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more oftenC. some words mean the same thingD. common words have a billion hits51. What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?A. Make sure they mean be same thing.B. Make sure they are different.C. Remember to put quote marks round the phrase.D. Don’t put quote marks round the phrase.52. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. Googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases.B. Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument.C. Quote marks can make the search more accurate.D. Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments.DCelebrity (名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for othe rs’ products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origins is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial (最初的）attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.Today, celebrities face ever more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s (自我的）potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion — like celebrity — has always been temporary.53. Fashion magazines today ________.A. seldom put models on the coverB. no longer put models on the coverC. need not worry about celebrities’ market potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly54. A change in the consumer market can be found today that _______.A. price rather than brand name is more concernedB. producers prefer models to celebrities for achievementsC. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisementsD. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned55. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly ______.A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general publicC. cut short the artistic careen of a celebrity in show businessD. influence the price of a celebrity’s products56. The passage is mainly about _______.A. celebrity and personal styleB. celebrity and market potentialC. celebrity and fashion designD. celebrity and clothing industryEA study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series of reports from NatWest that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.University tuition fees are currently capped at £3,000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.In the research, the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average £31.000 by the age of 25, al though the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just £17,815. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than £10.000. Average debts for graduates are £12,363.Stephen Moir, head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest, said. "The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively."Ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweather, aged 15, from St Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.57. Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?A. Students understand personal finances differently.B. University tuition fees in England have been rising.C. Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.D. The students' payback ability has become a major issue.58. The phrase "to raise the ceiling" in paragraph 2 probably means "______".A. to raise the student loansB. to improve the school facilitiesC. to increase the upper limit of the tuitionD. to lift the school building roofs59. According to Stephen Moir, students _______.A. are too young to be exposed to financial issuesB. should learn to manage their finances wellC. should maintain a positive attitude when facing loansD. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance60. What can we learn from the passage?A. Many British teenagers do not know money matters wellB. Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.C. Financial planning is a required course at college.D. Young people should become responsible adults.。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（6）ASuddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out．Then it stopped in that dark tunnel．We waited. We expected the lights to come on again soon．But nothing happened．Then I began to smell something．Yes, I could smell smoke．So 1 asked myself, "Is this train on fire?" People around me then began to cry out in fear．"The train is on fire!" they cried．Then the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floor．I realized she was overcome by the smoke．Then I saw flames appearing．"If something does not happen soon," I said to myself, "I will be burnt alive!"But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape．I thought, "No one can save me from certain death but God．Only God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train．"Before the flames reached me, 1 found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnel．Then as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down the tunnel．Now as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for help．I knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran on．Then for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel．At last I saw a light in the distance．I asked myself "Why did God enable me to escape death?" I decided, "God must have a purpose for saving my life．He must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them．"41．What caused the woman next to me to fall?A．The fire．B．Fear．C．The smoke．D．Anxiety．42．The passengers failed to escape because _____．A．they didn't find the way out B．they were too frightened to moveC．the fire and smoke were too much D, too many people were in their way 43．What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?A．Going home．B．Blaming himself．C．Calling reporters．D．Returning to help．44．Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?I cried, "God, if it is not my time to die, please help me! " Then I heard anoise．It was like a door opening．It was on my right hand side．So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from .A．Between Paragraphs 2 and 3．B．Between Paragraphs 3 and 4．C．Between Paragraphs 4 and 5．D．Between Paragraphs 5 and 6．BTravelling around the world with children is difficult enough, while attempting it without using motorized transport is even more of challenge．Even so, DarioSchworer a 42-year-old climatologist and mountain guide, and his 33-year-old wife Sabine are on a journey to do just that．The Swiss couple want to travel across the world's oceans and climb the highest mountain on every continent to promote Earth-friendly ways of life．"We are collecting good examples of dealing with climate change and living in harmony with nature and we want to spread such ideas．" Schworer said．"We want to help people affected by global warming and to inspire children for the future．"Recently after having spent three months teaching children in the Everest region, the couple want to show it is possible to travel through the world's climate zones using just human-power and forces of nature．In the 47 countries they have visited they have collected 22 tons of trash, taught people in Ecuador how the sun's rays can be used to clean water and inspired a person in Chile to build a house on water with recycled plastic bottles as a foundation．They have also collected trash in the mountains of Nepal with school children．So far they have communicated with 45,000 children from South America, Australia and Asia, giving presentations about the importance of recycling and using alternative energy like solar and wind power．When they began their adventure in 2003 they had no children of their own．But since then two has become five: daughter Sabine is now five years old, Andri was born in Chile and baby Neo was bom in Australia．Initially the couple thought they would complete their travels in four years, but now, they believe it could take seven more．"Since our belief is the need to respect nature, we travel only when conditions are good," Schworer said．45．Why do the Swiss couple travel around the world?A．To inspire their children for the future．B．To prove a travel without motorized transport．C．To promote Earth-friendly ways of life．D．To explore the secret of global warming．46．They did a lot during the travel except _____．A．collect rubbish and wasteB．build a house with recycled plastic bottlesC．communicate with local childrenD．show people how to use energy47．What's the meaning of the underlined word "Initially"?A．At the beginning B．In a wayC．In the end D．On the whole48．The best title of the passage can be _____．A．A Swiss family' journey across the worldB．Nature needs respecting and protectingC．We have a long way to make a good travelD．An eco-friendly adventure across the worldCThe drug store was closing for the night．Young Alfred Higgins, thestop-assistant, was ready to go home．Mr. Carr, the boss, stared at him, saying, "Hold on, Alfred． Maybe you'd be good enough to take the things out of your pockets and leave them here before you go．" Alfred's face got red．After a little hesitation, he took out what he had stolen．Mr. Carr said, "Maybe I should call your mother and let her know I'm going to have to put you in prison．"Alfred thought his mother would come, eyes burning with anger．But, to his surprise, she arrived wearing a smile．Mr. Carr was surprised, too．He had expected Alfred's mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear and asking with wet eyes for a mercy for her son．But no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant and was making Mr. Carr feel guilty．Soon Mr. Carr was in agreement with what she was saying．"Of course", he said, "I don't want to be cruel．You are right．Sometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at certain times in his life and it often takes the youths long to get sense into their heads．" And he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins's hand．Back home, without even looking at Alfred, she said, "Luck is always against you! It is one thing after another, always has been．Why do you stand there so stupidly? Go to bed!" In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen．There was no shame in him, just pride in his mother's strength．As he got to the kitchen, he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea．He was shocked by what he saw．His mother's face was a frightened, broken one．It was not the same cool, bright face he saw earlier in the store．As she lifted the tea cup, her hand shaking．He watched his mother without making a sound．The picture of his mother made him want to cry．He saw all the troubles he brought his mother in her shaking hand and the deep lines of worry in her grey old face He felt his youth coining to an end．49．The reason why Mr. Carr felt guilty was that _____．A．Alfred's mother appeared polite and gentleB．he should have called a policeman in firstC．he found Alfred was in fact innocentD．he thought he was partly responsible for it50．Which of the following is probably said by Mrs. Higgins while talking to Mr.Carr?A．"Please, for God's sake, you know, he is just a kid．"B．"I can't believe it! You are treating my son like that!"C．"You know, it takes time for a youth to truly grow up．"D．"Punishment makes sense because it teaches about the law．"51．What does the underlined phrase "his mother's strength"（Para．3） refer to?A．Mrs. Higgins's attitude towards parental sufferings．B．Mrs. Higgins's calmness and communicating skills．C．Mrs. Higgins's love and care for her son Alfred．D．Mrs. Higgins's greatness as a woman．52．After the incident, young Alfred would probably _____．A．feel ashamed of her mother B．learn to live an independent life C．change his attitudes towards life D．hate Mr. Carr forhurting her motherDWhen did you last visit a shopping mall? In many places, the answer would be "last weekend．" Some people go even more often．Why? Malls offer goods and services all in one place: food, clothing, things for their houses, entertainment, even medical services．So, are they one of the highlights of modern civilization? Environmental activists would say no and would go even further, arguing that consumer behavior is causing a huge environmental disaster．They cause consumers' ignorance of the side effect of their shopping—urban sprawl （扩大）．Social scientists agree that patterns of development have changed the landscape a lot．Before 1950, most people lived in towns or cities and either walked to work or took public transportation．Only very wealthy people had automobiles．Farmers lived in rural areas or far-away villages and came into town only when they needed things they couldn't produce themselves．If you stared at the landscape you would see towns surrounded by the countryside．Now automobiles become affordable and people are quick to make use of them． Ambitious workers could live in suburbs, just outside cities, which have started to grow rapidly．As long as there is lots of cheap land there, no one pays much attention to the usage of that land．Malls, fast food restaurants, cinemas, and such spread out in large, flat buildings．These one-storey buildings and their parking lot take up too much space．Many farmers think they are better off selling their land than growing crops．No one has realized once the land is built up in urban sprawl, the good farming land will be ruined forever．There is no way to preserve （保护） it．Only in recent years have people come to miss the old way of life as they have looked into the problems of unconditional growth．Now people realize that urban sprawl has come with serious environmental problems．The bad effects that sprawl brings about include air and water pollution, loss of agricultural land, traffic jams, and so on．Many scholars think it's time to analyze the problems better so we can develop proper policies to control further sprawl．Some think the best way to do is to educate citizens．53．What is mainly discussed in the passage?A．Shopping Malls B．Urban SprawlC．New Automobiles D．Environmental Problems54．What does the underlined word "They" refer to in the first paragraph?A．Mails．B．Activists．C．Medical services．D．Consumers．55．What is the main purpose of the text?A．To introduce mainly the environmental problems．B．To explain the differences in people's life both today and in the past．C．To persuade people to live in the country instead of living in the city．D．To call on people to pay special attention to the problems with urban sprawl 56．What is the scholars' attitude toward urban sprawl?A．Respectful．B．Negative．C．Favorable．D．Doubtful．EThe crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-lchi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks．We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences, and also a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who says workers within the nuclear plant are the only people at the risk of extremely high doses （量） of radiation．For other people, he says, there may be a long-term worry．People can get cancer from low doses of radiation in a nuclear accident．If the situation is serious enough, officials could take steps like telling people not to eat locally grown food or drink the water．JONATHAN LINKS: "But that would only be the case if there was a significant release （释放） and, because of wind direction, the radioactive material was blown over the area, and then into and onto water, plants, fruits and vegetables．"The reactors at Fukushima are on the Pacific coast．But Professor Links says people should not worry about any radioactive material leaking（泄漏） into the ocean．JONATHAN LINKS: "Even in a worst accident, the sea provides a very high degree of dilution （稀释）．So the concentration （浓度） of radioactivity in the seawater would still be quite low．"Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it．That memory from World War Two would create a stronger "psychological sensitivity" to radiation exposure．Next month is the 25th anniversary of the explosion and fire that destroyed a reactor at Chemobyl in Ukraine．The 1986 event was the world's worst accident in the nuclear power industry．A new report says over 6000 cases of thyroid cancer have been found．These are in people who were children in affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine．The report says that by 2005 the cancers had resulted in fifteen deaths．The cancers were largely caused by drinking contaminated （污染的） milk from cows eating grass where radioactive material had fallen．57．The passage mainly tells us ______．A．what measures the Japanese government takes to solve the nuclear crisis．B．worries and influences caused by the nuclear crisis．C．with great efforts of scientists, the Japanese government has put the nuclear crisis under control．D．to explain that the nuclear crisis has less effect on its neighboring countries．58．Which of the following is not the influence caused by the leak of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station?A．Workers at the nuclear station are suffering the risk of death．B．Even low doses of radiation in a nuclear accident can cause people's cancer．C．More than 6000 cases of thyroid cancer have been found．D．Wind may blow the radioactive material over the area causing pollution to water．59．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE ?A．It's not necessary for people to worry about any radioactive material leaking into the ocean．B．No country other than Japan has had atomic bombs dropped on it．C．By 2005, there had been 15 deaths caused by thyroid cancer．D．The nuclear accident in Japan is the worst in the nuclear power industry．60．This article is probably chosen from a ____．A．website B．medical reportC．science fiction D．tourist handbook。

四川省仁寿县城北教学点2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：短文改错+书面表达（12）第一节：短文改错(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)It was snowing heavy on Monday morning. Li Hua was 66._________at the bus stop, waiting for Bus No. 601 to go to school. After a 67._________ while, a bus came and she got on it. Here were many passengers 68._________ in the bus. Some were talking and some were looking out for the 69._________ windows. All of sudden the bus stopped. The driver turned 70._________ around and said, “Sorry. The bus had broken down. Please 71._________ get off and help push the bus.” When she heard it, Li Hua 72._________ and the others passengers got off the bus. They worked hard 73._________ together, pushed the bus slowly forward. Soon the bus was running 74._________ again. All the passengers were smiling and so the sun was shining. 75._________ 第二节：书面表达（满分35分）假定你是我校高三学生李华，在学校看到如下通知，请根据通知的内容和写作要点向学校写一封申请信：写作要点：1．你对参与该活动的认识2．你的优势3．作为接待家庭的打算注意：1. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（9）AHe met her at a party. She was so outstanding that many guys were chasing after her, while he was so ordinary. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him. She was surprised but due to being being polite, she promised.They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable, too. Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put it in my coffee.”Everybody stared at him. It was so strange! His face turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously, “Why do you have this hobby?” He replied, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, my hometown, and my parents who are still living there.” While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. Then she also started to speak, speaking about her faraway hometown, her childhood, and her family.That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their love. They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who met all her demands. He had tolerance, kind-hearted, warm and careful. Thanks to his salty coffee! They married. And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that was the way he liked it. After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive my whole life’s lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but said salt. It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead. I didn’t like the salty coffee then, what a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life, for it was prepared by you.”41. The man was nervous at the coffee shop, because _______.A. everybody stared at him at that timeB. many guys chased after the womanC. he didn’t feel himself a match for the womanD. he had the strange habit of drinking salty coffee42. From this passage, we can infer that ________.A. the man’s lie won the woman’s loveB. the man’s parents onced lived near the seaC. the woman talked with the man, for they had the same experienceD. the woman realised what salty coffee had to do with a good man43. What can be concluded about the man?A. He had intended to give his wife a surprise at his deathB. He unwillingly developed a taste for salty coffee after marriageC. He was so stubborn as to drink for a life what he didn’t likeD. He enjoyed his lifelong bitter salty coffee out of love44. Which of the following could be the best title for this passage?A. A Foolish LieB. Salty CoffeeC. A Sad Love StoryD. Love in a Coffee ShopBOne of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience.A novel can be on the “best seller” lists with a sale of up to 100,000 copies, but a popular TV show might have 70million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well-known overnight.This is the principle behind “quiz”or “game”shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show’s producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didn’t like the person who won the game, they turned the show off. The result of this cheating was a huge scandal(丑闻). Based on the show off, a movie titled “Quiz Show” is on 40 years later.Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they aren’t taken seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating(羞辱) them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.45. What is the most important thing as to television?A. How many viewers they can attractB. Becoming the best seller on the listC. How much money can be given awayD. The number of people attending shows46. What does the underlined part “pulling the strings” probably mean?A. Planning the shows with effortB. Drawing the curtain on the stageC. Controlling the result secretlyD. Playing “quiz”or “game”openly47. Charles Van Doren stopped his career as a television personality because ________.A. he had earned enough wealth and fame.B. one of the participants had told the truthC. the film “Quiz Show” was being shownD. his frequent appearance had bored the audience48. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.A. TV Game Shows are more popular than before.B. the scandal was not made known until 40 years laterC. getting money is the only purpose of people taking part in showsD. people can make themselves famous by taking part in showsCI sometimes wonder if old Finchley has the right personality to be a research scientist. He keeps asking when he’ll be coming back. After all, it was his own fault. Nobody tries out what has just been invented on themselves any more but Finchley. Well, he must have pumped about a thousand c. c. s into himself before I noticed he was clearly becoming smaller.It was funny watching him, because his clothes remained the same in size. They simply piled up around him so that he looked like a small boy in his father’s clothes. But he kept getting smaller and smaller. As my colleague Dawson and I watched him, he disappeared! All we could see was Finchley’s clothes on the floor. They looked so strange, because the lab coat was on top, shirt and trousers inside and, I suppose, underclothes inside again. It gave me a strange feeling, and I think Dawson was a bit shaken, too.Dawson was sitting on his chair in front of a microscope he’d been using to examine a family of mites(螨虫). He looked through the scope kind of absently again, and was nearly scared to lose awareness when he found old Finchley waving back from the other end.It seems as if Finchley had taken a free ride on a dust mite and landed on the land of the mite family. Of course, we didn’t know till Finchley told us later. But anyhow, as I said, Dawson nearly passed out. He jumped off his chair and pointed at the microscope, to shocked to speak.49. Finchley disappeared because ________.A. he took something poisonousB. he was changed into a dust miteC. his father’s clothes totally covered him upD. what he and his colleagues invented resulted in his disappearace50. It frightened Dawson to see Finchley _______.A. got into his scope by accidentB. was waving through his telescopeC. suddenly got lost in his clothesD. gradually disappeared in the lab51. It can be inferred that Finchley, Dawson and the writer have possibly invented _____.A. some kind of medicineB. a new powerful microscopeC. a machine to make people smallD. a new way to make a culture of mite52. It can probably be concluded that Finchley ________.A. passed out there and thenB. is not fit to be a scientistC. is a devoted scientistD. will remain tiny all the timeDDo you now who Stefani Germanotta is? Perhaps not, but you’ll almost certainly know the star called Lady Gaga, a 24-year-old American famous for her cutting edge pop videos and strange fashion sense. She was the biggest winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid on November 7, 2010. Her awards included the best female artist and the best song.Her popularity doesn’t end there. The BBC reports that the University of South Carolina has a sociology course about the life, work and rise to fame of Lady Gaga. The course is due to start in spring 2011. “We’re going to look at Lady Gaga as a social event,”said professor Mathieu, who will teach Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame.Germanotta, in fact, is a college student. She learned to play the piano by age 4. At age 17, she was one of the only 20 young people to get early admission to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, the famous music school. Yet after her second semester, she took a big risk—she decided to quit and concentrate on a music career. But hwo did she manage to go from nowhere to supar star in just two years? She may well have had a plan for the top. She created “The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Show”with another artist. It was the first of many strange images. The pair gained enough attention to get a spot at a famous music festival in Chicago. Later, a record company signed Germanotta.While Lady Gaga enjoys popularity, there are critics accusing her of regularlyusing rude language in her lyrics(歌词) and wearing overly sexy clothing.53. According to the article, Lady Gaga is famous for _______.A. her fashion showsB. her strange imagesC. her talents in universityD. her winning awardsA. b—f—c—a—d—eB. b—f—c—d—a—eC. c—d—a—e—b—fD. c—d—a—e—f—b55. The main reason why Lady Gaga could become famous is that ______.A. she knew her dream of lifeB. she knew what she would do nextC. she learned music at a young ageD. she ws brave enough to quit university56. From this passage, we can infer that ________.A. a good performance in university may lead to one’s success.B. cooperation with other artists is important in becoming successfulC. Lady Gaga will become less famous because of her lyrics and clothingD. Professor Mathieu believes that Lady Gaga’s success is worth studyingEThe 1980s was called the “Me Decade” because for many this time was marked by a fascination with the self. The idea that each person has a self may seem natuaral to us, but this concept is actually quite new. The idea that each human life is unique developed between the 11th and 15th centuries in Europe. Before that time, individuals were considered in relation to a group, and even today, many eastern cultures place more emphasis on the importance of a collective self than on a unique and independent self.Both eastern and western cultures see the self as divided into an inner, private self and an outer, public self. But where they differ is in terms of which part is seen as the“real you.”Western culture tends to promote the idea of individuality—a self that is separated from other selves. In contrast, many eastern cultures focus on an inter-independent self that gets its diversity in large part from inter-relationship with others.For example, a Confucian(孔子) idea stresses the importance of “face”—otherpeople’s views of the self and maintaining one’s desired status in their eyes. In the past, some Asian cultures developed clear rules about the specific clothes and even colors that people in certain social classes and occupations were allowed to display, and these live on today in Japanese style manuals. This style of dress is at odds with such western practices as “casual Fridays,” which encourage employees to dress informally and express their unique selves.57. Which is true about the self according to the text?A. Many eastern cultures see the self connected with others.B. Those born in the 1980s are generally most self-centered than others.C. The concept that eac person has a self may seem strange to eastern culturesD. Western cultures regard the self as an outer, public self while eastern cultures don’t.58. What does the 2nd paragraph mainly talk about?A. How eastern and western cultures see the self.B. Eastern cultures contrast sharply with western culturesC. Both eastern and western cultures appreciate the importance of selfD. Eastern cultures are as important as western cultures59. A Japanese dress code is mentioned in the last paragraph to _________.A. explain the importance of “face”B. say how traditional the Japanese areC. emphasize the importance of eastern culturesD. show how eastern cultures see the self in relation to others60. The underlined phrase “at odds with” most probably means_______.A. in agreement withB. in disagreement withC. in comparison withD. in need of41-45 CADBA 46-50 CBDDB 51-55 ACBCB 56-60 DAADB。