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2015届高考英语二轮专题训练:阅读理解(26)

2015届高考英语二轮专题训练:阅读理解(26)
2015届高考英语二轮专题训练:阅读理解(26)

2015届高考英语二轮专题训练:阅读理解(27)

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(2014届·郑州市质量预测)

Deputy (副职) Head Teacher Wanted

Position:Deputy head teacher

Employer:Bracknell Forest Council

Published:10∶00 A.M.Mon.Dec.12,2011

Closing date:10∶00 A.M.Mon.Jan.16,2012

Working pattern:Full-time

Salary:£20,000-£34,999 per year

Location:Jennett’s Park Primary School,Bracknell,Berkshire

The governors are seeking to employ an enthusiastic deputy head teacher to be

a key partner in founding and leading our brand-new primary school in Bracknell.

We offer:

●a brand-n ew school building

● the opportunity to work in close partnership with the head teacher and

governors to create and develop a new staff team

●a growing community looking forward to their new school opening

●the opportunity for further professional develop ment which will support you

through the next stage of your career

●the opportunity to lead key projects across the school

You will be:

●an excellent classroom practitioner (从业人员),who will enjoy shaping and

delivering a broad,balanced and creative curriculum in class

●able to lead the staff by focusing on teamwork

●committed to working in partnership with parents and the nearby community

For further information,you can contact the head teacher,Ms Maria Soulsby,by dialing 32899918 or you can send an email to maria,soulsby

@https://www.doczj.com/doc/dc17054481.html,. You can also come to visit our school in person.

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date,that means your application has not been accepted.Apply using Bracknell Forest Council

application forms only;CVs (简历) will not be accepted.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.

All staff employed in the school must be aware that a check on the criminal record will be done.

1.According to the passage,the deputy head teacher________.

A.will work for the school as a part-time teacher

B.will have the opportunity to work with governors

C.doesn’t have to work with parents

D.must be aware of his criminal record

2.From the pass age we can know that Jennett’s Park Primary School________.

A.has a long and old history

B.uses an old building

C.has a woman head teacher

D.wants to have a male deputy head teacher

3.Whose application is likely to be accepted?

A.A person who sends the required application form on January 13,2012.

B.A person who sends a specially designed CV on January 15,2012.

C.A person who used to be a professional head teacher.

D.A person who is able to create a curriculum with his team members.

B

1. "As I stood in front of the grave(墓) of President Richard Nixon, I was

thinking about the time 25 years ago when this president helped bring the United States and China closer together. Young people of our two countries should help this relationship grow. "

This remark was made by a Shanghai student when speaking to his fellow students at the Nixon Library in California, U. S. A. He was one of 80 middle school students from China attending a month-long " Youth Summit". The Summit was to mark the 25th anniversary (周年) of President Nixon's journey to China, which was the turning point in China-U. S. relations.

The Youth Summit was aimed at increasing understanding and friendship between young students of the two countries throught visits and discussions.

Seventy-five American students were selected to visit China. They also visited

the Nixon Library on July 21 before leaving for Beijing the next day. The head

of the Library said he was pleased to see the American and Chinese students talking and laughing together.

One Chinese student said, "I didn't find it particularly difficult to talk with Americans. We have our differences, but we have a lot in common. Dialogue is good for us. "

1. The words "Youth Summit" refer to______.

A. visits to the Nixon Library

B. the Chinese students' visit

to the U. S.

C. a meeting discussing relations between China and the U. S.

D. activities to strengthen the ties between the Chinese and American students

2. The student from Shanghai thought about the time 25 years ago because it was when Nixon ______

A. died

B. visited China

C. became U. S. president

D. started building the library in his name

3. The text is mainly about ______.

A. the China-U. S. relations

B. the Nixon Library

C. President Nixon

D. The Youth Summit

C

2.Targ Targeting teens

Using the web makes teens a target. Posting too much personal information for those millions of cyber eyes to see can cause some big problems and can even invite a thread to your life.

As Mary learned, not everyone on the Internet is who he or she says they are. Adults will sometimes pose as other teens, posting fake photos and nice messages

to gain trust. They use their fake identity to access the personal information

of others, such as home address, phone number, or school name.

“That’s not the most common scenario(一系列可能发生事件),” says David

Finkelhor , a sociology profe ssor at the University of New Hampshire. “Only 3 percent of teens aged 10 to 18 who use the Internet report being asked to meet offline. But the danger is real.”

Safety measures

Mary’s Myspace profile is set to “private”, which means that only the people s he adds under the “friend” category can access her page. She also doesn’t have any pictures of herself on her site. The only self-identifying material she has posted is her name, grade, and a list of hobbies.

Stay safe and have fun online

Experts say almost 90 percent of U.S. teens online. But not everyone knows how to surf the web in a smart way. With these tips, you can have fun, stay safe, and avoid embarrassment!

●Pick a safe password. Make sure your password is something that other people won’t be abl e to guess.

●Pick a safe username. Make sure yours doesn’t say too much about you, “Happy girl 13” is better than “Alice Waters 13”. Don’t include your name, age, or where you are from. Never tell a stranger your name, school, address, age, birthday, phone number, or friends’ name.

59.The underlined word “invite” in the first paragraph has the same meaning as______________.

A.demand politely B.require C.cause D.wish

60. In Mary’s opinion, ______________.

A. one shouldn’t trust everyone online

B. one shouldn’t trust anyone online

C. there are many liars online

D. all people online pretend to be others

61 .One of the safety measures mentioned in the passage is that ______________.

A. one should not chat with strangers

B. one should not post his or her photos online

C .one should tell his parents about strange information

D. one should keep his information as a secret.

62. Why are numbers in letters used when we pick a safe password?

A. Numbers are easy to write

B. Using numbers are cool online

C. The safe password is more unlikely to be guessed

D. Numbers are popular online

D

3.A

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because her thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acqui red a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in

a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which

Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

36. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A. She had seven brothers.

B. She felt herself a nobody.

C. She was too shy to go to school.

D. She did not have any good teachers.

37. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

A. work for a school magazine

B. run away from her family

C. make a lot of friends

D. develop her writing style

38. According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

A. Her early years in college.

B. Her training in the Workshop.

C. Her feeling of being different.

D. Her childhood experience.

39. What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A. It is quite popular among students.

B. It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.

C. It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.

D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

A 语篇解读:这是一则招聘副校长的广告。

1.解析:细节理解题。根据“We offer”中的第二点“the opportunity to work in close partnership with the head teacher and governors to create and develop a new staff team”可知,副校长有机会同校长及董事一起工作。

答案: B

2.解析:细节理解题。根据倒数第四段中的“you can contact the head teacher,Ms Maria Soulsby”可知,该校有一名女校长。

答案: C

3.解析:推理判断题。根据“Closing date:10∶00 A.M.Mon.Jan.16,2012”可知,在2012年1月13日发出的按要求做的申请表有可能被接受,故A项当选。根据倒数第三段最后一句可排除B项;原文没有涉及C项内容;D项与“You will be”中第一点的表述不符,享受塑造和提供一个广泛的、平衡的和有创意的课程是培养目标,而不是求职要求。

答案: A

B 1.【分析】这是一道短语理解题。从文章第二自然段的第二句话可以看出它的意思是

指“为了加强中美学生间的友谊的一些活动。故D为正确答案。

2.【分析】这是一道细节题。从文章中第二自然段的最后一句可以看出:是25年前

尼克松总统对中国的访问正式打开了中美关系的大门。此题选B通过率为51%,区分度为0.495。

3.【分析】这是一道主旨趣。通读全文,最佳答案为D。

C 答案:59-62 CABC

D 【答案】36.B 37.D 38.C 39.A

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