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2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题3 任务型阅读20（25分钟）（A）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表的空格里填上最恰当的单词。
Host family accommodation means that hosts treat the students as a full member of the household, eating together with the students and sharing the common living areas with him/her. No more than three adult students or four junior students will be accommodated in host family accommodation at one time.Host family accommodation remains popular among international students. It is the most economical and beneficial accommodation for any student. It is also the best way to practice English and learn new cultures. As a result, it is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host family enables students to get enough practice during the short time of their study so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families, students are able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, who are often ve ry hospitable and friendly, and get to know the lacal way of life, people and culture. Most host families are always ready to help students out in any situation. Often the bonds that are made between international students and their host families endure many years, and are maintained through letters and e-mails. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students as it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.The advantages, however, have not prevented host families,from worrying. On the one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling points. One problem is that the majority of hosts in big cities, now generally single and young, have less time available for international students, but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. On the other hand, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve thequality of service. They are trying to make living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. Ther are also providing students with structured family activities.It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with international students.Title: Host Family Accommodation(1)________ Host family accommodation refers to a kind of accommodation in which thestudent is treated as a full member of the host family, eating together andsharing the living areas with the hosts.(2)________ Language study Students learn the language faster because they(3)_______ frequently enough.CulturalcommunicationIt is more convenient for students to communicate andget to know the local (4)_______ , people and culture. Cost of (5)________ Sometimes it is the least expensive and enablesstudents to live at a low cost.Problems Loss of the sellingpointHosts (6)_______ enough time to communicate withstudents.Rise in (7)_______ Students are demanding more from their host families.(8)_______ taken Improvement ofservice qualityHosts are (9)_______ living conditions. They are offeringstudents structured (10)_______ activities.Conclusion Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with international students.Definition Advantages/Benefits practise lifestyle living/accommodation lack expectation(s) Measures bettering/improving family（B）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题3 任务型阅读10（25分钟）（A）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格中填入最适当的单词。
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Everyone needs a break, and vacations are not meant for serious study. Instead, they’re a great way to take a break and enjoy a good book. The Spring Festival is coming up so this is the perfect time to discuss some great English language literature to take on a long train journey or while you’re hanging out with the family.Before getting into the recommendations, we need to determine your English reading comprehen sion level so you don’t pick a book which is so challenging that it’s stressful or so simple that it’s boring.If you’re at the beginner level, there are two options: reading a children’s book or reading a book that you’ve read in Chinese translation. Thi s will help you get over any unfamiliar words or phrases, since you’re already familiar with the story. If you’re at the intermediate level, popular books like pop fiction, mysteries and thrillers are good options, as they’ll be guaranteed page turners and that will increase the possibility of your getting all the way through the book. For advanced readers, science fiction, classic works of literature or contemporary prize winners （Booker, Nobel, Pulitzer）are good options.The most important thing is to pi ck a book that you’re really interested in. When I pick up a new book in Chinese, the first few chapters are always really hard to get through, as I have to get accustomed to the way the individual author uses the language. But after the first few chapters, things get a lot easier, especially if I get involved in the story. Some of my favorite Chinese-language eye candy are books that are series like Brothers by Yu Hua or The Dancer by Hai Yan. I like them because there’s always a lot of action and story de velopment to keep me involved, which helps me make it through those first few chapters.Another great way to keep yourself motivated over the holiday is to find a friend who’s interested in reading the same book. You can make goals that you both want to achieve anddiscuss plot lines or vocabulary issues with each other by SMS or e-mail. I’m currently doing that with my friend Laura. We’ve been doing this since we were classmates in Chinese at college. Some quick recommendations: Harry Potter, start with the first book and go on from there; the Narnia series; anything by US writer Michael Crichton or British writer Agatha Christie; and if you like horror, US writer Stephen King is always unusual and fun. But really you should just find a topic or author that you’re interested in, and the rest will go from there. Happy reading!－from 21st Century（January 21, 2009）（B）Ambition is a necessary quality in life. It is the force which drives us on to use whatever talent we have got. If we haven’t got some degree of ambition, these talents will not be used for our own and other’s benefit. We must continually want to be better than we are. Without ambition we are just jellyfish that flop through life. We only react to events; we don’t try to control them.Ambition, however, can have several defects.First of all it can be unrealistic. We may not be able to see the limits of our own abilities, so we do ambitious things that are completely beyond us. Our career masters can see our good qualities and our limitations objectively. They may tell us that we haven’t th e ability to deal with people and would make good businessmen. We refuse to take their evaluation. We keep on trying. Many years and many disappointments later we are forced to accept their judgment. But what a waste of time our ill-founded ambition has caused us!Secondly, our ambition can be too concentrated. We devote our attention to one narrow aim, such as getting distinctions in our science subjects. Everything that may draw us away from this aim is cut out of our lives. In the end we get our distinctions. But what damage we have caused ourselves in the process! We are isolated beings who only care about a particular examination. And we probably won’t make good scientists. We lack the breadth of view necessary for success in higher studies.Thirdly, our ambition can be limited to lifeless objectives. We want to gain money, or power, or membership of some circles. Persons who feel inferior try to make up by seeking the respect of others through possessions of these artificial signs of worth.Fourthly, our ambition may be self-centered. Instead of directing some of our ambition towards community improvement we may exploit members of the community in the interests of self-advancements. In later life we may be ambitious for the success of our children but we regard this success as only a further mark of our own success.Ambition is necessary in the lives of individuals---necessary for their own improvement and for the improvement of the community in which they live. But, like all blind forces, it must be directed if it is not to cause disaster. It must be tightly controlled by the head and the heart. Otherwise ambition may demand too high a price in terms of human qualities.1.improve2. benefiting3. enable4. lacking5. greater6. reputation/fame7. selfish8.others’9. Conclusion 10.master。
阅读理解(2011·山东)Arthur Miller(19152005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller` s father had moved to the USA from AustriaHungary, drawn like so many others by the“Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Millers’ s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can’t d o the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10,2005，the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.【语篇解读】本文是讲述了阿瑟·米勒的生平经历及他的代表作Death of a Salesman的内容及评价。
2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读理解能力综合培养（三）：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AGoldie's SecretShe turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent heraway. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the nightbefore. "We're moving house.'; "No space for her any more with the baby coming." "Wenever really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present." People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautifuldogs I had ever seen.I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given hera more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardlyate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could doto make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previousowner's. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by myside, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were outfor a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting veryrestless. Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the roadtowards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when Isaw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. "We didn't know what had happened to her," said the woman at the door. "I took herfor a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared." "She must have tried to come back to them and got lost," added a boy from behind her.I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've got Nugget now, and she looks just like hermother. And I've learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.1. How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?A. Shocked.B. Sympathetic.C. Annoyed.D. Upset.2. In her first few days at the author's house, Goldie ______.A. felt worriedB. was angryC. ate a littleD. sat by the fire3 Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she ______.A. saw her puppiesB. heard familiar barkingC. wanted to leave the authorD. found her way to her old home4. The passage is organized in order of ______.A. timeB. effectivenessC. importanceD. complexityBOpen Letter to an EditorI had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently --- one who works for you. In fact, he's one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume(简历) and photocopies of six stories thathe wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues(问题), approaches them, and writes about them,which tells me h e is one of your best. I'm sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He hasa great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for youto keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you've given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys hisfreedom.So why is he looking for a way out?He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wantsto be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editorsusually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, andwhat the budget is.He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas intogreat ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he's doing and to help himturn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to reportit. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That's what you want for him, too,isn't it?So your reporter has set me thinking.Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists--- everyone --- is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demandingto reach their potential. If we can't do it, they'll find someone who can.5. What does the writer think of the reporter?A. Optimistic.B. Imaginative.C. Ambitious.D. Proud.6. What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks?A. Finding the news value of his stories.B. Giving him financial support.C. Helping him to find issues.D. Improving his good ideas.7 Who probably wrote the letter?A. An editor.B. An artist.C. A reporter.D. A reader.8. The letter aims to remind editors that they should ______.A. keep their best reporters at all costsB. give more freedom to their reportersC. be aware of their reporters' professional developmentD. appreciate their reporters' working styles and attitudesCPacing and PausingSara tried to befriend her old friend Steve's new wife, but Betty never seemed tohave anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem hadto do with expectations about pacing and pausing.Conversation is a turn-taking game. When o ur habits are similar, there's no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I'm finished or failto take your turn when I'm finished. That's what was happening with Betty and Sara.It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American.Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter andfound herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定式). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to livein an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department gottogether for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in --- and never found it. Although back home s he was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year,she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.That's why slight differences in conversational style --- tiny little things likemicroseconds of pause --- can have a great effect on one's life. The result in thiscase was a judgment of psychological problems --- even in the mind of the woman h erself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.9. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her?A. Betty was talkative.B. Betty was an interrupter.C. Betty did not take her turn.D. Betty paid no attention to Sara.10. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses betweenturns?A. Americans.B. Israelis.C. The British.D. The Finns.11. We can learn from the passage that ______.A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacingB. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the USC. one's inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimesD. one should receive training to build up one's confidence12. The underlined word "assertiveness" in the last paragraph probably means ______.A. being willing to speak one's mindB. being able to increase one's powerC. being ready to make one's own judgmentD. being quick to express one's ideas confidentlyDThe Cost of Higher EducationIndividuals (个人) should pay for their higher education.A university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Graduatesearn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent onhaving a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, not thetaxpayers, should pay for it. There are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. Using taxpayers' money to help a small number of people to earn highincomes in the future is not one of them.Full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. Adam Smith workedin a Scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees. He knew and lookeddown upon 18th-century Oxford, where the academics lived comfortably off the incomereceived from the government. Guaranteed salaries, Smith argued, were the enemy ofhard work; and when the academics were lazy and incompetent, the students were similarly lazy.If students have to pay for their education, they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers. And their teachers have to keep them satisfied. If thatmeans taking teaching seriously, and giving less time to their own research interests, that is surely something to celebrate.Many people believe that higher education should be free because it is good for theeconomy (经济). Many graduates clearly do contribute to national wealth, but so doall the businesses that invest (投资) and create jobs. If you believe that thegovernment should pay for higher education because graduates are economically productive, you should also believe that the government should pay part of businesscosts. Anyone promising to create jobs should receive a gift of capital from thegovernment to invest. Therefore, it is the individual, not the government, who should pay for their university education.13. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refers to ______.A. taxpayersB. pressing callsC. college graduatesD. government resources14. The author thinks that with full government funding ______.A. teachers are less satisfiedB. students are more demandingC. students will become more competentD. teachers will spend less time on teaching15. The author mentions businesses in Paragraph 5 in order to ______.A. argue against free university educationB. call on them to finance students' studiesC. encourage graduates to go into businessD. show their contribution to higher education参考答案高BADAC DACCB CDBDA。
阅读理解(2010·)Goldie’s SecretShe turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way，not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before.“We’re moving house.〞“No space for her any mor e with the baby coming.〞“We never really wanted her，but what could we have done？She was a present.〞People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name.She was so unsettled during those first few days.She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her.There was nothing I could do to make her happy，it seemed.Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner’s. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down.Always by my side，whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.That’s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home，when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn’t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie.But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them.“We didn’t know what had happened to her，〞said the woman at the door.“I took her for a walk one day，soon after the puppies were born，and she just disappeared.〞“She must have tried to come back to them and got lost，〞added a boy from behind her.I must admit I do miss Goldie，but I’ve got Nugget now，and she looks just like her mother. And I’ve learnt a good le sson：not to judge people.【语篇解读】文章讲述了一只狗(Goldie)的故事：它从原先的家中走失，被作者收养。
2012年全国及各地高考英语分类精品解析系列简介单项选择题分类解析系列专题01单项选择题分类解析（冠词、名词和主谓一致）专题02单项选择题分类解析（代词）专题03单项选择题分类解析（介词和介词短语）专题04单项选择题分类解析（形容词和副词）专题05单项选择题分类解析（动词和动词短语）专题06单项选择题分类解析（动词的时态和语态）专题07单项选择题分类解析（情态动词和虚拟语气）专题08单项选择题分类解析（非谓语动词）专题09单项选择题分类解析（定语从句）专题10单项选择题分类解析（连词和状语从句）专题11单项选择题分类解析（名词性从句）专题12单项选择题分类解析（特殊句式）专题13单项选择题分类解析（交际用语）完形填空题分类解析系列专题01记叙文完形填空专题02夹叙夹议完形填空阅读理解题分类解析系列专题01人物传记、故事类阅读理解专题02新闻报道、广告类阅读理解专题03社会生活、说理议论类阅读理解专题04科普类阅读理解专题05新题型阅读理解书面表达题分类及选择讲评专题01书面表达题分类及选择讲评（文字提纲式）专题02书面表达题分类及选择讲评（图画式）专题03书面表达题分类及选择讲评（开放式）（共12篇）一、(2012大纲卷)(D)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia –One of the world’s most famous fossils (化石) – the3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 – will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom. A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston, Texas, spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U.S. tour, which will start in Houston next September.“Ethiopia’s rich culture of both the past and today, is one of the best kept secre ts in the world,” said Joel Bartsch, director of the Houston museum.The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago. Officials said six other U.S. cities may be on the tour. But they said plans had not been worked out.Travelling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils.Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of herdiscovery, is part of the skeleton of what was once a 312-foot-tall ape-man (猿人).53. The author writes this text mainly to ___ .A. introduce a few U.S. museumsB. describe some research workC. discuss the value of an ape-manD. report a coming event55. How many cities has Lucy’s U.S. tour plan already included?A. Four.B. Five.C. Six.D. Eleven.【答案】B【解析】细节理解。
