2012-2013学年度高二英语阅读竞赛试题

2012－2013学年度高二英语阅读竞赛试题时间：100分钟分值：150分第一节阅读理解（共55小题，每小题2分，满分110分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 和D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWorld top-ranked badminton player Lin Dan said last Friday that he was a better player than Taufik Hidayat in the year of 2006 despite losing the Asian Games single title to the Indonesian Olympic champion.“I have ranked No.1 in the world for two straight years and I think people can easily come to a conclusion on who is a better player for the whole year,” said Lin Dan, also known a s Super Dan in the badminton world because of his marvelous performance in the sport.Hidayat beat Lin 21-15, 22-20 to give Indonesia its second gold medal in Doha on December 9, retaining his Asian Games singles title and avenging(报仇) two losses to the badminton world champion.Lin, 23, led China to the men’s team title after defeating Hidayat twice in three days, in the preliminary round and in the semifinals of the Asian Games.In their third meeting, Lin came up against a better-prepared Hidayat than he had encountered previously.Hidayat was cheered on by the noisy support from dancing and flag-waving Indonesian fans, who had converted the badminton arena into a national celebration even before the two players stepped on to the court.There’s been a lot of acrimony(言语的刻毒) between Hidayat and Lin, who this year won the single title in the world championships after former champion Hidayat crashed out in the quarterfinals.In Doha, Hidayat was quoted as calling Lin “arrogant” before the event be gan, but the two stars played down the rift.“It’s no problem, we’re close friends,” said Hidayat. “The media fabricated it.”Lin said last Friday in Beijing that he and Hidayat remain friends despite all the rumors.“There is no problem between Tauf ik and me although we don’t talk to each other very much,” said Lin. “Media tends to make up things in order to make their stories juicy.”1. What does the underlined word “fabricated” mean?A. made upB. reportedC. discoveredD. found out2. What is the relationship between the two players like?A. They are only opponents.B. Lin looks down upon Hidayat.C. They both think they are friends.D. The media has worsened the relationship between them.3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Lin beat Hidayat in all the games of 2006.B. Lin won the single title in the world championships in 2006.C. Indonesian fans held a national celebration after the two players stepped onto the court.D. Hidayat beat Lin 21-15, 22-20 to give Indonesia its first gold medal in Doha on the ninthof December.4. This passage implies that ___________.A. Hidayat was in a better prepared condition than Lin in the Asian GamesB. Lin helped to win the men’s team title in th e Asian Games of 2006C. both of them are the best badminton players in the worldD. media tends to make up rumors5. What is the best title for this passage?A. Opponents Become Good FriendsB. True FriendshipC. World Top-ranked Badminton PlayersD. Who Is a Better Player?BA good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains; the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comments and special features(特写) as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper; what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence(连续), his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.6. A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following except its .A. wide coverageB. uniform styleC. speed in reporting newsD. popularity7. According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the “same” newspaper isthat .A. people scan for the news they are interested inB. different people prefer different newspapersC. people are rarely interested in the same kind of newsD. people have different views about what a good newspaper is8. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers .A. apply reading techniques skillfullyB. jump from one newspaper to anotherC. appreciate the variety of a newspaperD. usually read a newspaper selectively9. A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because .A. it tries to serve different readersB. it has to cover things that happen in a certain localityC. readers are difficult to pleaseD. readers like to read different newspapers10. The best title for this passage would be .A. The Importance of Newspaper TopicalityB. The Characteristics of a Good NewspaperC. The V ariety of a Good NewspaperD. Some Suggestions on How to Read a NewspaperCThere are robots all around us. Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway trains. And some do a simple job. When an automatic washing machine is switched on, water pours in. The machine waits until the water is hot before washing the clothes. It does this by “feedback”. Information about what is happening is “feedback” into the robot to tell it what to do next. Our eyes, ears and other senses are our feedback. They tell us what is going on around us. So robots are like people in two ways: They work and they have feedback.There are robots all around, making our lives easier. Some of them, like the pocket calculator, can work much more quickly than human beings can. And they rarely make mistakes. In some ways robots are better than people. They work quickly, but do not make mistakes. They do not get bored doing the same job over and over again. And they never get tired.Robots are very useful in factories. They can be taught to do many different jobs. First their electronic brains must be shown how the job is done. A person moves the robot’s “arm” and “hand” through each part of the job. The robot’s brain remembers each move. When the robot is put to work on its own, its brain controls the rods, wheels and motors which move its arm.When the robot is needed for a new job, its electronic memory is “wiped clean.” Then it is taught how to do its new task. If t he robot’s hand stops working, or if something gets in the way, it cannot do the next part of the job. So it stops and signals for help, then a human engineer repairs it.The most “intelligent” robots can move and see. Their eyes are cameras. Their metal fingers can feel shapes and even find out how hot and cold objects are. These robots have computer brains, linked to their eyes and fingers, which control their actions.11. In this story the author tells us that .A. there are very few robotsB. we see robots only at certain timesC. robots are something new in our lifeD. robots are all around us12. In this story we are told that .A. we can get feedback through our eyes and earsB. we get feedback through the robotsC. only robots get feedbackD. robots are not intelligent because of the feedback13. What does the author of this story want you to feel about robots?A. They will probably take over in the future.B. They are very helpful and useful to humans.C. They are machines that are often out of order.D. They are not friends of human beings.14. Since people like what robots do, what do you think this means for the future?A. More and better robots will be built.B. People will stop making robots.C. There will be laws against using robots.D. Robots will benefit nobody.15. What does “brains” in the last paragraph stand for?A. headB. intelligenceC. the organ inside the headD. intelligence controlDSo long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. T eaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity. It can be seen and observed.Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world ofprinted language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest(探索) for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher fulfil them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading.16. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ________.A. it is one of the most difficult school coursesB. students spend endless hours in readingC. reading tasks are assigned with little guidanceD. too much time is spent in teaching about reading17. The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the studentsB. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of readingC. teachers can devise the most efficient system for readingD. teachers can make their teaching activities observable18. The underlin ed word “scru tiny” most probably means “________”.A. inquiryB. observationC. controlD. suspicion19. According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ________.A. children become highly motivatedB. teacher and learner roles are interchangeableC. teaching helps children in the search for knowledgeD. reading enriches children’s experience20. The main idea of the passage is that ________.A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to readB. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possibleC. reading ability is something acquired rather than taughtD. reading is more complicated that generally believedELaptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students todo schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a ＄10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees — anywhere at all!Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.At W estlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”21. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to __________.A. use for their schoolworkB. access the InternetC. work at homeD. connect them to libraries22.Why is the word “speak” in the second parag raph in quotation marks(引号)?A. They don’t really talk.B. They use the computer language.C. Laptops have speakers.D. None of the above reasons is correct.23. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?A. All teachers use computers.B. 1500 students have laptops.C. It is an old college in America.D. Students there can do everything.24. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can __________.A. attend lectures on information technologyB. travel around the worldC. get information from around the worldD. have free laptops25. What can we infer from the passage?A. The program is successful.B. The program is not workable.C. The program is too expensive.D. We don’t know the result yet.FBig Ben is the nick name for the great bell of the clock in London. The name was given in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall, who was in charge of the work when the bell was built in 1856.The clock has become a landmark of the United Kingdom and London, particularly in the visual media(可视媒体). When a television or film-maker wishes to quickly show a non-UKaudience a certain location in Britain, a popular way to do so is to show an image of the Clock Tower.The Clock Tower is a focus of New Y ear celebrations in the United Kingdom, with radio and TV stations turning to its chimes(报时钟声) to welcome the start of the year.Londoners who live a proper distance from the Clock Tower and Big Ben can, by means of listening to the chimes both live and on the radio or television, hear the bell strike thirteen times on New Year’s Eve. This is possible because the speed of sound is a lot slower than the speed of radio waves.Big Ben has appeared in many films. In the 1978 version of The Thirty-Nine Steps, the hero attempted to halt the clock’s progress to prevent a linked bomb blowing up by hanging from the minute hand of its western face. It was also used in the filming of Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, and was described as being partially destroyed in the film Doctor Who. An animated version(卡通版) of the clock was also used as the setting in the Walt Disney film The Great Mouse Detective, and was shown being destroyed by a UFO in the film Mars Attacks!26. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The nickname of the clock was given by Benjamin.B. The clock strikes thirteen times to welcome the New Y ear.C. The radio and TV make a mistake about the clock’s chimes.D. Benjamin was responsible for the work when the bell was built.27. The second paragraph mainly wants to show us that Big Ben is _________.A. a symbol of UK and LondonB. a most popular scene for film-makersC. a must-see sight for tourists to LondonD. a popular place to have pictures taken28. The underlined word “halt” in Paragraph 5 probably means “_________”.A. look into somethingB. get something to stopC. make something work againD. draw people’s attention to something29. In which of the following movies was the cock destroyed?A. The Thirty-Nine Steps and Shanghai KnightsB. Shanghai Knights and Doctor WhoC. The Great Mouse Detective and Doctor WhoD. Mars Attacks and Doctor Who30. In which section of a newspaper would the passage be found?A. Entertainment & SportsB. Business & EconomyC. Sightseeing & TourismD. Culture & ArtsGScience Daily (Apr. 27, 2008)－Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean (地下的) and aboveground herbivorous(食草的) insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals through the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are wa rned that the plant is already “occupied”.Aboveground, leaf-eating insects prefer plants that have not yet been occupied by subterranean root-eating insects. Subterranean insects send out chemical signals through the leaves of the plant, which warn the aboveground insects about their presence. This messaging makes it possible for spatially-separated insects to avoid each other, so that they do not compete for the same plant.In recent years it has been discovered that different types of aboveground insects develop slowly if they feed on plants that also have subterranean insects and vice versa(反之亦然). It seems that a mechanism(机制) has developed through natural selection, which helps the subterranean and aboveground insects to communicate with each other. This avoids unnecessary competition.Through the “green telephone lines”, subterranean insects can also communicate with a third party, namely the natural enemy of caterpillars(毛虫). Parasitic wasps(寄生蜂) lay their eggs inside aboveground insects. The wasps also benefit from the signals sent by the leaves, as these help them find more insects for their eggs.The communication between subterranean and aboveground insects has only been studied in a few systems. It is still not clear how widespread this phenomenon is, say the researchers.31. How do subterranean and aboveground insects communicate with each other?A. By sending signals through the leaves.B. By giving off particular smells.C. By making soft and beautiful sounds.D. By the signals sent by parasitic wasps.32. After finding a plant occupied by root-eating insects, aboveground insects will usually________.A. send out warning signalsB. choose to leave the plantC. compete for the same plantD. fight with the root-eating insects33. Aboveground insects will develop more quickly if their food plants ________.A. are often visited by parasitic waspsB. are not occupied by root-eating insectsC. have more green leavesD. have more subterranean insects34. What does the underlined part “a third party” in Paragraph 4 include?A. Aboveground insects.B. Root-eating insects.C. Caterpillars.D. Parasitic wasps.35. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Communication between different insectsB. How do animals avoid competition?C. Insects use plants as telephonesD. When plants have subterranean residentsHWhen I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Ye ar. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want hi s class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55.In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit the orphanages(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.36. Without Mr. Clark, the writer .A. might have been put into prisonB. might not have won the prizeC. might have joined a women’s clubD. might not have moved to Atlanta37. The Essential 55 is .A. a showB. a speechC. a classroom ruleD. a book38. How many st udents’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?A. NoneB. ThreeC. Fifty-five.D. All.39. What can we learn in the short reading?A. It was in Harlem that we saw The Phantom of the Opera for the first time.B. Mr. Clark taught us not to talk with our mouths full, and we did.C. Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Y ear in Los Angeles.D. In 2003, Mr. Clark moved to Atlanta, and he always kept in touch with us.40. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that .A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelingB. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubsC. a good teacher can help raise his or her students’ scoresD. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her studentsIHe was just 12 years old when he died. But he brought courage and hope to people around the world.Nkosi Johnson, who died last June, is remembered today as an AIDS fighter. This young boy challenged his government’s AIDS policies and millions of South Africans in the fight against the disease.Johnson was the longest survivor born HIV positive(艾滋病病毒携带者). He survived with this deadly disease for 12 years before it claimed his life.At first, Johnson was expected to live for nine months when his foster mother, Gail Johnson took him in at the age of two. She now runs Nkosi’s Haven across town from her house in Melville. The Haven is home to 20 children living with HIV or AIDS, and 11 of their mothers.Johnson attracted the world’s attention and stole the hearts of thousands of people across the world at the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban in July 2000. He stood in front of a large audience including South African President Thabo Mbeki. He told them that he wanted AZT, a drug used to treat AIDS patients, to be given to HIV-positive pregnant(怀孕的) women to prevent the disease being passed on to their unborn babies. He received a loud cheer at the end of his speech.Johnson’s speech was broadcast live across the world. With views beyond his age and even a sense of humor, Johnson soon became an international sign of the fight against AIDS and HIV.41. The underlined words “claimed his life” (paragraph 3) means _______.A. did harm to Johnson’s lifeB. helped Johnson to surviveC. caused the death of JohnsonD. made Johnson weak42. The main idea in paragraphs 5 and 6 is ________.A. Johnson attracted the world’s attentionB. Johnson stood in front of South African President Thabo MbekiC. Johnson wanted AZT to treat AIDS pregnant womenD. Johnson helped prevent the disease being passed on to an unborn baby43. The AIDS child gave the speech in order to _________.A. steal the hearts of thousands of peopleB. be an AIDS fighterC. get more help from the worldD. fight against the government44. From the passage we can infer that _______.A. the government’s AIDS policies have to be improvedB. the government did nothing to help those with HIV positiveC. the boy’s speech changed the government’s policiesD. no one lived longer than the boy45. The best title for this passage is ________.A. The Sad Story of an AIDS ChildB. The Courage of an AIDS ChildC. AIDS, a Deadly DiseaseD. A Hero in South AfricaJPeople who show confidence really seem to have it made. They seize more rewarding careers, keep good relationships, and just seem to do everything with more style than the rest of us.So what’s their self-confidence’s secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop. And although people who are raised in an encouraging environment with confident role models have a head start in self-confidence development, we all can learn to become more confident at any age.Try these simple tips for practicing and increasing your confidence levels:Dare to fail. Anybody who’s out there bravely performing is going to fail repeatedly. If you’re not failing, you’re not trying. So don’t take failure too hard or too personally. Just learn to roll with it and use its lessons to keep improving.When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.Dress for success. You don’t have to be beautiful to be confident. Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages so that you know you’re giving out your best image.Listen to be yourself. You’re the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.Build a confident vocabulary. Stop putting yourself down and give up continually blaming your tiny weaknesses. Learn to show up your strong points and the world will learn to see and celebrate them with you.Pass on praise. Praise others for their virtues and strength. This practice will not decrease your confidence, but help increase it.46. The passage is written mainly __________.A. to explain the definition of self-confidenceB. to explain the secret of self-confidenceC. to tell people how important self-confidence isD. to tell people how to build self-confidence47. The underlined word “one” in the second paragraph refers to __________.A. the secret of self-confidenceB. the skill of self-confidenceC. the style of doing somethingD. a rewarding career48. The main idea of the sixth paragraph is __________.A. to be confident means to have no disadvantagesB. taking full advantage of your physical characters will help you be confidentC. your unique characters will help you be confident and be successfulD. to be confident means to be beautiful49. All the following are tips to increase your self-confidence level EXCEPT __________.A. not to be afraid of failureB. dress yourself properlyC. pretend to know everythingD. make your advantages more obvious50. __________ will weaken your self-confidence.A. Praising others for their strong pointsB. Always following others’ advice to do thingsC. Giving up blaming your weaknessD. Believe in yourselfKIn Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射) so that they won’t carry diseases. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of stores. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.When you visit people’s houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.51. The passage mainly talks about __________.A. how to keep diseases from petsB. Canadians have pets as friendsC. how to take good care of petsD. life of the old in Canada52. Pets are given injections in animal hospitals __________.A. in order to keep them safeB. after being taken homeC. because they carry diseasesD. because they are sick53. The word “bird feeder” in the second paragraph probably me ans __________.A. a person who gives food to birdsB. something that catches birdsC. a container that has food for birdsD. an animal that eats birds。