2009高考英语阅读理解精读(3)

2009年高考英语阅读理解专项训练.附详解（人物类）(1)In October 1961 at Crowley Field in Cincinnati Ohio an old deaf gentleman named William E. Hoy stood up to throw the first ball of the World Series. Most people at Crowley Field on that day probably did not remember Hoy because he had retired(退休) from professional baseball 58 years earlier in 1903. However he had been an outstanding player and the deaf people still talk about him and his years in baseball.William E. Hoy was born in Houckstown Ohio on May 23, 1862. He became deaf when he was two years old. He attended the Columbus Ohio School for the deaf. After graduation he started playing baseball while working as a shoemaker.Hoy began playing professional baseball in 1886 for Oshkosh(Wisconsin) of the Northwestern League. In 1888 he started as an outfielder(外场手) with the old Washington Senators. His small figure and speed made him an outstanding base runner. He was very good at stealing bases during his career. In the 1888 major league season he stole 82 bases. He was also the Senators‟ leading hitter in 1888. Hoy was clever and he threw right-handed and batted left-handed. On June 19,1889 he threw out three batters(击球手) at the plate from his outfield position.The arm signals used by judges today to show balls and strikes began because of Hoy. The judge lifted his right arm to show that the pitch was a strike and his left arm to signal that it was a ball.For many years people talked about Hoy‟s last ball game in 1903. He was playing for Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast Winter League. It was a memorable game because Hoy hit a wonderful ball which won the game. It was a very foggy day and therefore very hard to see the ball. In the ninth inning(棒球的一局) with two men out, Hoy managed to catch a fly ball to make the third out in spite of the fog. Los Angeles defeated their opposition and won the game.After he retired Hoy stayed busy. He ran a dairy farm near Cincinnati for 20 years. He also became a public speaker and traveled giving speeches. Until a few years before his death he took 4-10 mile walks several mornings a week. On December 15, 1961 William Hoy died at the age of 99.1. In which order did the following things happen in Hoy‟s life?a. Hoy worked as a shoemaker.b. Hoy began to run a diary farm.c. Hoy played a memorable game in the heavy fog.d. Hoy threw the first ball of the World Series.e. Hoy became deaf.A. d e a c bB. e a c b dC. d a e c bD. e a b c d2. We can infer from the last paragraph that Hoy _______ in his late years.A. became famousB. led a relaxed lifeC. traveled around the worldD. was in good physical condition3. This passage is mainly about _______.A. a deaf player devoted to the game of baseballB. baseball game rules and important playersC. the rise in the social position of the deaf peopleD. where the baseball judge hand signals came from4. What can be inferred from this passage?A. Hoy was the greatest baseball player in his time.B. Speaking and listening are not necessary in baseball games.C. The judge had to study the hand signals very seriously.D. Hoy‟s family encouraged him to become a baseball player.【答案解析】本文介绍了美国20世纪初最杰出的棒球选手Hoy不平凡的一生。

2009高考英语阅读理解精读（3）Method of Scientific InquiryWhy the inductive and mathematical sciences, after their first rapid development at the culmination of Greek civilization, advanced so slowly for two thousand years—and why in the following two hundred years a knowledge of natural and mathematical science has accumulated, which so vastly exceeds all that was previously known that these sciences may be justly regarded as the products of our own times—are questions which have interested the modern philosopher not less than the objects with which these sciences are more immediately conversant. Was it the employment of a new method of research, or in the exercise of greater virtue in the use of the old methods, that this singular modern phenomenon had its origin? Was the long period one of arrested development, and is the modern era one of normal growth? Or should we ascribe the characteristics of both periods to so-called historical accidents—to the influence of conjunctions in circumstances of which no explanation is possible, save in the omnipotence and wisdom of a guiding Providence?The explanation which has become commonplace, that the ancients employed deduction chiefly in their scientific inquiries, while the moderns employ induction, proves to be too narrow, and fails upon close examination to point with sufficient distinctness the contrast that is evident between ancient and modern scientific doctrines and inquiries. For all knowledge is founded on observation, and proceeds from this by analysis, by synthesis and analysis, by induction and deduction, and if possible by verification, or by new appeals to observation under the guidance of deduction—by steps which are indeed correlative parts of one method; and the ancient sciences afford examples of every one of these methods, or parts of one method, which have been generalized from the examples of science.A failure to employ or to employ adequately any one of these partial methods, an imperfection in the arts and resources of observation and experiment, carelessness in observation, neglect of relevant facts, by appeal to experiment and observation—these are the faults which cause all failures to ascertain truth, whether among the ancients or the moderns; but this statement does not explain why the modern is possessed of a greater virtue, and by what means he attained his superiority. Much less does it explain the sudden growth of science in recent times.The attempt to discover the explanation of this phenomenon in the antithesis of “facts” and “theories” or “facts” and “ideas”—in the neglect among the ancients of the former, and their too exclusive attention to the latter—proves also to be too narrow, as well as open to the charge of vagueness. For in the first place, the antithesis is not complete. Facts and theories are not coordinate species. Theories, if true, are facts—a particular class of facts indeed, generally complex, and if a logical connection subsists between their constituents, have all the positive attributes of theories.Nevertheless, this distinction, however inadequate it may be to explain the source of true method in science, is well founded, and connotes an important character in true method. A fact is a proposition of simple. A theory, on the other hand, if true has all the characteristics of a fact, except that its verification is possible only by indirect, remote, and difficult means. To convert theories into facts is to add simple verification, and the theory thus acquires the full characteristics of a fact.1. The title that best expresses the ideas of this passage is[A]. Philosophy of mathematics. [B]. The Recent Growth in Science.[C]. The Verification of Facts. [C]. Methods of ScientificInquiry.2. According to the author, one possible reason for the growth of scienceduring the days of the ancient Greeks and in modern times is[A]. the similarity between the two periods.[B]. that it was an act of God.[C]. that both tried to develop the inductive method.[D]. due to the decline of the deductive method.3. The difference between “fact” and “theory”[A]. is that the latter needs confirmation.[B]. rests on the simplicity of the former.[C]. is the difference between the modern scientists and the ancient Greeks.[D]. helps us to understand the deductive method.4. According to the author, mathematics is[A]. an inductive science. [B]. in need of simple verification.[C]. a deductive science. [D]. based on fact and theory.5. The statement “Theories are facts” may be called.[A]. a metaphor. [B]. a paradox.[C]. an appraisal of the inductive and deductive methods.[D]. a pun.Vocabulary1. inductive 归纳法induction n.归纳法2. deductive 演绎法deduction n。

3-18岁纯英式素质教育领航者：纯英式资深外教，纯英式国际领先教材，纯英式学习环境！优尼全能英语：2009年高考英语阅读理解真题第二部分五年联考题汇编2009年联考题Passage 1 (湖北省新洲区实验高中2009届高三5月检测A篇) 阅读理解Chinese mainland’s star-making reality TV show “Happy Boy” will not be open to ma le applicants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau or other foreign cities, said the country’s top TV industry committee yesterday.Happy Boy is the male version of Super Girl, which is regarded as the Chinese version of American Idol. The girl’s event, operated by central China’s Hunan TV, drew an audience of 400 million for the final match in 2005. The country’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television approved the male version earlier this month. However, the regulation that only mainland’s male app licants are allowed to register was released just days before the application procedure began on Wednesday in Changsha, one of the five mainland cities to hold the contest. The other four includes Chengdu and three undecided cities.The regulation spoile d Hunan TV’s ambition to extend the series to the overseas market, an official with the TV station told the Hunan-based Xiaoxiang Morning yesterday. “My Hero,” another star-making reality show by Shanghai’s SMG Dragon TV, said it was not informed of the regulation, and it is still receiving foreign applicants, said an official with Dragon TV. A previous regulation by the administration has made clear that televised talent shows can’t run for more than six weeks at a time. While the first “Happy Boy” may las t for five months, according to a previous report.Last year there were about 10 influential star-making TV shows across the country, among which those from CCTV, Hunan Satellite TV and SMG’s Dragon TV, were the most popular. “Super Girl” ran for almost five months and “My Hero” lasted four months. While the shows have proven popular, they have also earned many complaints from people who say they are crude and not satisfactory.61. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.A. Male applicants from Hong Kong won’t be accepted to attend Happy Boy show.B. American Idol was started earlier than Super Girl.C. It was Hunan TV that made the regulation that they couldn’t accept foreign applicants.D. Audience love American Idol better than Happy Boy.62. Which of the following may best explain the underlined word spoiled in paragraph 3?A. gaveB. preventedC. encouragedD. affected63. We can safely draw the conclusion that ________.A. Hunan TV will obey the regulations issued by the administration.B. Dragon TV broke the regulations on purpose.C. there were about 10 popular TV shows across the country.D. not all of the audience think highly of the shows.64. The relationship between State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and Hunan TV is possibly close to _______.A. father and sonB. teacher and studentC. coach and sportsmenD. police and criminal答案61.B 62.B 63.D 64.C。

TEXT THREEControled bleeding or cauterisation? That was the unappealing choice facing UBS, a Swiss bank which has been badly hurt by the carnage in America’s mortgage market. The bank opted for the latter. First it opened the wound, by announcing a hefty $10 billion write-down on its exposure to subprime-infected debt. UBS now expects a loss for the fourth quarter, which ends this month. Then came the hot iron: news of a series of measures to shore up the bank’s capital base, among them investments from sovereign-wealth funds in Singapore and the Middle East.Bad news had been expected. UBS’s third-quarter write-down of over SFr4 billionin October looked overly optimistic compared with more aggressive markdowns at other banks such as Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Steep falls in the market value of subprime debt since the end of the third quarter made it certain that UBS would take more pain, given its sizeable exposure to toxic collateralised-debt obligations (CDOs). Analysts at Citigroup were predicting in November that write-downs of up to SFr14 billion were possible.Why then did this new batch of red ink still come as a shock? The answer lies not in the scale of the overall loss, more in UBS’s decision to take the hit in one go. The bank’s mark-to-model approach to valuing its subprime-related holdings had been based on payments data from the underlying mortgage loans. Although these data show a worsening in credit quality, the deterioration is slower than mark-to-market valuations, which have the effect of instantly crystallising all expected future losses.Thanks to this gradualist approach, UBS had been expected to take write-downs in managed increments of SFr2 billion-3 billion over a period of several quarters. It now appears that the bank has incorporated market values into its model, sending its fourth-quarter write-downs into orbit. The change of approach may be on the advice of auditors and regulators but it is more likely to reflect a desire by UBS’s bosses to avoid months of speculation about the bank’s exposure, something that Marcel Rohner, the chief executive, described as “distracting”.In a particular indignity for a bank long associated with conservatism, concerns about the level of UBS’s capital ratio had even started to surface. Hence the moves to strengthen its tier-one capital, an important measure of bank solidity, by SFr19.4 billion, a great deal more than the write-down. The majority of that money will come from sovereign-wealth funds, the white knights of choice for today’s bank in distress. Singapore’s GIC, which manages the city-state’s foreign reserves, has pledged to buy SFr11 billion-worth of convertible bonds in UBS; an unnamed Middle Eastern investor will put in a further SFr2 billion. UBS will also raise money by selling treasury shares, and save cash by issuing its 2007 dividend in the form of shares. Its capital ratio is expected to end up above 12% in the fourth quarter, a strong position.The majority of that money will come from sovereign-wealth funds, the white knights of choice for today’s bank in distress.Hopeful talk of lines being drawn under the subprime crisis has been a feature of banks’ quarterly reporting since September. Marrying bigger-than-expected write-downs with bigger-than-expected boosts to capital looks like the right treatment in this environment. But UBS still cannot be sure that its problems are over. Further deterioration in its subprime asset values is possible; the broader economic impact of the credit crunch is unclear; and the damage to the bank’s reputation cannot yet be quantified. The patient still needs watching.1. The author uses the metaphor “hot iron” to imply that_____.[A] those measures will do more harm to UBS.[B] those measures will cauterize UBS.[C] those measures will forcefully stop UBS from furthur loss.[D] those measures will control bleeding of UBS.2. Compared with the mark-to-market valuations, the mark-to-model approach could _____.[A] slow down the worsening in credit qualtiy.[B] instantly crystallise all expected future loss.[C] worsen the credit quality.[D] accelerate the deterioration in credit quality.3. The reason that Marcel Rohner thought the chang of approach was “distracting” is____.[A] this change was unexpected to take place in such a situation.[B] this change was result of the advice of auditors and regulators.[C] this change was unfavorite to UBS.[D] this change was taken to make people dispel their guess.4. The phrase “the white knights”(Line 5, Paragraph 5) most probably means____.[A] rich people.[B] saviors.[C] generous people.[D] brave people.5. The author’s attitude towards UBS’s future is______.[A] optimistic[B] pessimistic[C] uncertain[D] none of the above篇章分析：本篇⽂章介绍了UBS银⾏⽬前⾯临的困境以及其解决困境的⼀系列措施。

2009年高考英语试题分类汇编—阅读理解（全解全析）一、（2009.全国卷I海南、宁夏）阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AI suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened Looking down I immediately recognized that something was wrong and ran down to the edge of the near bank There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death struggle Her calf was floating and screaming with fear Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body . Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf a way.There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother‘s body and was gone Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk（象鼻）against the rocky bank Then with a huge effort she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rockJust at this moment she fell back into the river If she were carried down it would be certain death I knew as well as she did ,that there was one spot（地点）where she could get up the bank but it was on the other side from where she had put her calfWhile I was wonderi ng what I could do next I heard the sound of a mother‘s love Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could roaring（吼叫）all the time but to her calf it was music.56．The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw______.A．the calf was about to fall into the riverB．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rockC．the calf was washed away by the rising waterD．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water【答案】D【解析】细节判断题。

2009年北京卷英语高考阅读理解部分翻译解析刘金路老师翻译解析QQ 872969615AHow I Turned to Be Optimistic我如何变得更加乐观I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.那年冬天，当我的父母和我往家赶的时候，我感觉自己开始长大了，母亲说，我们不就可能要搬到美国去住。

之后我们上了公交车。

我当时在哭，车上的很多人都看我。

我记着，自己真是无法忍受那样的想法，就是自己再也无法听到学校专门为孩子们播放的节目了。

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.我记得自己再也没有因为这件事情哭过。

2009年高考英语阅读理解题型专项辅导（附答案详解）（故事类）(1)Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).Mr. Johnson‟s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn‟t force the doors because they were jammed against the wall s of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home,Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to mak e someone hear, but no help came.”It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the onl y chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer‟s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet SalesmanB. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape RouteC. Driver Escapes Through Car BootD. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident2. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?A. The hammer.B. The coin.C. The screw.D. The horn.3. Which statement is true according to the passage?A. Mr. Johnson‟s car sto od on its boot as it fell down.B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.C. Mr. Johnson‟s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.4. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _______.A. Luckily the door was torn away in the endB. At last the wrench went brokenC. The lock came open after all his effortsD. The chance was lost at the last minute5. It may be inferred from the passage that _______.A. the ditch was along a quiet country roadB. the accident happened on a clear warm dayC. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditchD. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended【答案与解析】本文记述了Mr. Johnson由于车祸被困于水下车内半个小时，最后死里逃生的故事。

2009年高考英语阅读理解训练50篇（1）1Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell.But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hor- mones (荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etC．In general the person feels excited and ready to act.Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, ―Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.‖Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.1．―Damaging emotion‖ means that _________.A．the emotion is harmless B．the emotion is harmfulC．the feeling is very strong D．the feeling is hard2．What statement is right?A．Were you angry, you would be cancered (得癌症).B．Once you are angry, you must be cancered.C．Angry as you are often, you can't be cancered,D．Anger may cause you a cancer.3．Expressing anger violently _________ repressing it according to some scientists.A．is just the same as B．is more harmful thanC．is no better than D．is much better than4．According to the author, you'd better _________.A．never be angryB．cool it down before you express itC．laugh and laugh when you get angryD．admit you are wrong when you are angry二There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have ever taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill.There are, however, different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities (复杂性) of spelling.If spelling becomes the only focal (焦点的) point of his teacher‘s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That‘s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: ―This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is terrible.‖ It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil‘s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted(省略) to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child‘s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child‘ s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动机) to seek improvement.1．Teachers are different in their opinions about _________.A．he difficulties in teaching spellingB．the role of spelling in general language developmentC．the complexities of the basic writing skillsD．the necessity of teaching spelling2．The underlined expression ―play safe‖ probably means ________.A．to write carefullyB．to do as teachers sayC．to use dictionaries frequentlyD．to avoid using words one is not sure of3．Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that ____________.A．students will be able to express their ideas more freelyB．students will have more confidence in writingC．students will have less trouble in correcting mistakesD．students will learn to be independent of teachers4．The author seems to think that the teacher‘s judgment on that sensitive piece of writing is __________.A．unfair B．reasonable C．foolish D．careless三Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks--- we are not born with them.A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around--- family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the US looks much alike.New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that can not be explained by genetics (遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be wellinto grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us.This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the US, for example, the south is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York States still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people in Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do. 1．Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ___________.A．has little to do with culture B．has much to do much cultureC．is ever changing D．is different from place to place 2．According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed _________.A．before birth B．as soon as one‘s teeth are newly setC．some time after new teeth are set D．around 15 years old3．Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the US a person is from by _______.A．how much he or she smiles B．how he or she raise his or her eyebrowsC．what he or she likes best D．the way he or she talks4．People who live _________ are more friendly.A．in largely populated areas B．in New York CityC．in the country D．in the North四EFL TEACHERSSummer PostsOnce again we require 10 excellent TEFL Teachers for our summer program. Large thriving(兴旺) Arels- Felco school offers special package to qualified, TEFL experienced teachers.$1,500 and free accommodation for 200 hours teaching from 2 July-24August. Overtime available. Good Possibility of longer term and permanent posts. Shorter contracts available. Letters of application and C．V. to Teacher Recruitment(征募) (Dept. E),ChurchillHouse School,40－42 Spencer Square, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9LD.Fax: (0843)584827．Established 20 years. Recognized by the British Council anda member of Arels- Felco. 1．What does “package”in the advertisement refer to ?A．The salary. B．The number of the teaching hoursC．The free accommodation provided. D．All the above.2．Some teachers may be able to ______________.A．accomplish the job ahead of scheduleB．quit the job when they choose to do soC．enjoy free accommodation for a longer timeD．continue working at the school after the summer3．Arels-Felco is probably_____________.A．a company B．the name of a schoolC．an educational organization D．a housing agency五California—Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson expressed her anger and impatience with President Bush last spring on her web page on . She posted a picture of the president, wrote ―Kill Bush ‖ across the top and drew a sword stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.It was too late, Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their checklist. They finally reached her this week in her biology class. The 14—year—old was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two Secret Service agents. The incident has upset her parents, who said the agents should have included them when questioning their daughter.The teenager said the agents‘ questioning led her to tears. ―I wasn‘t dangerous,‖ said Wilson, an honor student who describes herself as politically enthusiastic. ―I‘m a peace-loving person. I‘m against the war in Iraq. I‘m not going to kill the president.‖Her mother, Kirstie Wilson, said two agents showed up at the family‘s home Wednesday afternoon, questioned her and promised to return once her daughter was home from school.After they left, Kirstie Wilson sent a next message to her daughter‘s call phone, asking her to come straight home and telling her that two men from the secret service wanted to talk with her.But moments later, Kirstie Wilson received a text message from her daughter saying agents had pulled her out of class.Julia Wilson said the agents threatened her, saying she could be sent to court for making the threat. ―They yelled at me a lot,‖ she said. ―They were unnecessarily mean.‖Wilson and her parents said the agents were justified in questioning her over her posting. But they said the agents went too far by not waiting until she was out of school and the agents should have more quickly figured out they weren‘t dealing with a real danger.Assistant Principal Paul Robinon said the agents gave him the impression the girl‘s mother knew they were planning to question her daughter at school. There is no legal requirement that parents be notified.―This has been an on-going problem.‖said Ann Brick, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union in San Francisco.Former governors Pete Wilson and Gray Davis vetoed(否决) bills that would have required that parents give permission or be present when their children are questioned at school by law enforcement officers.1．Julia Wilson was questioned because .A．she wanted to kill President BushB．she set up the website C．the agents thought she might be a threat to the federalD．she was a peace-loving person2．What can we infer from the text?A．Julia Wilson will be put into prison for making a threat.B．Kirtie Wilson thought it wrong to question her daughter in school without them.C．Assistant principal thought there was no need to inform Julia‘s parents when questioningher.D．Ann Brick believes that teenagers should not be politically enthusiastic.3．What does the underlined word ―mean‖ mean in the text?A．cruel and violent B．poisonousC．kind-hearted D．unfair4．The author wrote this story mainly to .A．struggle against the war in Iraq started by the USB．discuss whether parents should be included when children are questionedC．warn teenagers not to post web pages on websitesD．criticize the former governors who vetoed the bill六When Nathan Winograd announced that he was leaving his job as a lawyer in California to run an animal shelter in Tompkins County, New York, his father looked at him for a long minute and then asked, ―What do dogs and cats need a lawyer for?‖The move meant giving up eight weeks‘ vacation, an office with a view of the San Francisco Bay and a big house among the redwoods, and moving to a rural area know for its harsh winters. But Winograd‘s wife, Jennifer, also an animal lover, was all for it. So they packed everything they owned, and with two young children, plus two dogs, and a bunch of cats Winograd had rescued, drove cross—country.On the second day, they had no room for six more puppies they received. They found an old horse trough, filled it with hay and nestled the animals inside. They placed it next to the front desk, and within a day or two, all six had homes, adopted by people who walked into the shelter and couldn‘t resist.Blind dogs, cats with missing limbs—all find homes. ―There is no dog or cat too old, too ugly or too undesirable not to be adopted by someone,‖ says Winograd.Today, Tompkins County is considered the only no-kill county in the United States. Nine out of ten dogs cats that come through the shelter doors are saved. Only animals with incurable injuries or illnesses, and the truly evil, are put down. The national average is half of all dogs and 70 percent of cats, totaling more than four million animals last year alone.Even though he drives an old car that leaks when it rains, and his family lives on a tight budget while his classmates from Stanford Law earn six-figure salaries, Winograd says he‘s doing what he‘d always wanted to do when he grew up; run an animal shelter and save all the animals.As a young district lawyer, he kept his goal in mind, starting when he raised his first animal cruelty case. A man was accused of intentionally setting his brown cat on fire. Winograd made his case, and the abusive owner was sentenced to prison.It was the first of many such cases, and he raised each with vigor. But the senseless violence, neglect and ignorance never failed to shock him. He decided simply, ―I need to get to the other side and start saving these animals.‖Now, Winograd is helping to save thousands, even millions, ―I‘m convinced that a no kill nation is possible, I‘m just here trying to shorten the time until it arrives.‖1．What was his father‘s response when Nathan Winograd left his job as a lawyer in California?A．He was all for it. B．He was strongly against it.C．He was greatly puzzled. D．He was very angry.2．How did Winograd successfully save so many animals?A．He kept all the rejected animals in a large shelter.B．He let the animals adopted by people who visited the shelter.C．He sold some of the animals and get some money.D．He delivered the animals to the local government.3．Which could be the right order of the following events according to the passage?a．Winograd and Jennifer set up an animal shelter.b．Winograd and Jennifer lead a comfortable life.c．Winograd and Jennifer got married and had two children.d．Winograd and his family lived on a tight bugget.e．Winograd worked against animal cruelty as a lawyer.f．Winograd worked as a lawyer in Californiag．Winograd and Jennifer moved to Tompkins County.A．f-c-b-g-a-e-d B．f-e-d-e-a-g-b C．g-a-c-b-f-e-d D．e-d-g-a-f-c-d 4．Which could be the best title of the passage?A．Being Rich is Important B．Animals, Our Best FriendsC．No Pet Left behind D．The Winograd Family七This website is meant for the short story and for those interested in reading light articles.If you have a ―classic‖short story you would like added here, please don‘t be shy about e-mailing me in this regard as I would be happy to give your favorite story consideration. I have a fairly large collection of short stories; however, if you want to send a story to me, I would appreciated it (this would save me scanning time).Please note three things about this site. One, some of the biographies are not available( the focus of this site is the story, not the biographies). If they are not in the book from which I am scanning the story, I will not go through my collection looking for a bio. Two, I will be focusing on shorter short stories. No Tolstoi or F. Scott Fitzgerald here (unless you are willing to send me the story ready to go online)! Maybe some day I will want to spend an entire day or two on one story, but not at this time. Three, I have no summaries or analyses, so you needn‘t ask. I read short stories often, but only for the enjoyment of doing so. I have very little desire to analyze what I am reading for that deep, hidden meaning.Fewer and fewer people these days read short stories. This is unfortunate-so few will ever experience the joy that reading such fine work can give. The goal of this site is to give a nice cross section of short stories in the hope that these short stories will excite these people into rediscovering this excellent source of entertainment.Happy reading! Oh yes, visit the bannered sites on this page. This is how we survive and thus keep this free site on line. If you are familiar with the costs involved with bandwidth, you will understand that a site such as this one requires a lot of bandwidth (as it is visited heavily), which can be quite expensive. So, if you appreciate this collection, go buy something. Thank you! 1．The passage is mainly about .A．what the website focuses onB．how to email short stories to the websiteC．why fewer and fewer people enjoy readingD．how to find short stories on this websites2．What can we know about the book mentioned in this passage?A．It contained many classical works with analysesB．It was written by the author and advertised here.C．there are many biographies in this book.D．It‘s a collection of short stories of this website.3．How is the website kept free on line?A．The website receives much donation from society.B．The website got much money from advertisements on it.C．The website earns money by selling books which collect stories of the website.D．Every reader pays for what they read before reading it.4．The purpose of writing this article is to .A．advertise his or her website and booksB．explain how this website is keptC．explain who this website is forD．discuss whether we should read on line八Chanukah FestivalActivities for kids of all agesSunday, December 17 9:00am—4:00 pmJoin us on December 17th, 2006 (2nd day of Hanukkah) for our annual Hanukkah Family Fun Fest for an exciting day of fun activities for the whole family. The Hazimir Choir will provide holiday musical entertainment. Drum Tales will present ―The Hearty Story of Hanukkah‖ show. There will be ceramic(陶瓷) painting of dreidles, menorahs(烛台), and other Hanukkah items for the kids. And fun foods, crafts(手工艺) and activities will be happening throughout the day. Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun—filled day!11:30—Jolly Follies puppet show Ages 2-12A fun muppet(提线木偶) style musical holiday story followed by a Hanukkah sing a long featuring the ―Chipmunks‖ and other favorite characters. Adult: $7 Child $ 51:30—Hazamir Teen ChoirSponsored by the Berman and Lerner families in memory of Cantor Moses L. Snyder3:15—Drum Tales presents The Hearty Story of HanukkahDrum Tales is fun, interactive percussive(打击乐) and musical. It is much like the traditional drum circle concept. It combines story telling, musical instrumentation and song. Each participants is given a percussive instrument which becomes their media of transportation to far away lands and exotic places, to ride the waves of mystery of an unfolding plot, and into the deep realm of imagination and the colorful beyond. Drumming, rhyming, rapping, clinking, shaking and clapping, this performance will leave you feeling refreshed after having returned from a journey through these stories! Audlts $ 7 Child $ 5Plus food and fun for the entire familyCrafts with BBYO and Young JudeaCeramic painting with Jack and JillT-Shirt fun with Computer AdventuresFun with Cyber-ConnectionVendorsSpecial visit by ―Chanukah Bubby ‖1．How much does a family of three (a kid and parents) have to pay if they attend Jolly Follies puppet show?A．$ 21. B．$ 15. C．$ 19. D．$ 17.2．What feeling will you not experience if you attend the Drum Tales?A．Mystery. B．Imagination. C．Exoticism D．Horror.3．If your family are free at 1:30, what activity can you take part in?A．Drum Tales: The Hearty Story of Hanukkah.B．Hazamir Teen Choir.C．Jolly Follies puppet show.D．Cartoon films.4．What is not included in the Chanukah Festival?A．Ceramic painting. B．Fun foods.C．Computer adventures. D．Fashion show.九Never forget where you come fromMany of us remember the touching television advertisement where the actor Iron Eyes Cody sheds a tear over litter. Such Native images are often used to convey the idea of saving mother earth. People who accept this image find it difficult to bring together what they have seen of some reservations—shabby homes, broken cars, underfed dogs, weeds in winds, and coal strip mines. Those who most romanticize American Indians are the quickest to be disappointed and discover that things are not as good as they have once believed. However, Indians‘ relationship with the land is much more complicated(复杂的) than those two black and white images which appeared in the television.Historically, tribal(部落的) people around the globe have had close ties with the earth. Lakota historian Vine Deloria, Jr., tells the story of the Ponca people who were taken from their range over a century ago and transported against their will to Oklahoma. Otherwise healthy, many Ponca wasted and died from no other clear cause than separation from their home. As Cheryl Crazy Bull says in this issue, ―The land is our relative. Without land, tribal people lose their identity—the land along with language, spiritual beliefs, and social systems distinguishes tribal people from others.‖To many people in the United States, the Indian reservation is an embarrassment. It represents the American version of racial seperation—a prison without walls where the government confined Indians to keep them apart from other Americans. To Indian people the reservation is home, regardless of what it looks like. They have spiritual, emotional, and family ties. Many of their relatives still live there or are buried there, and their creation stories are centered there.Americans tend to pull up roots and separate from their birthplace, moving from city to city many times. Many of us non—Indians have never visited the places where our ancestors are buried or the houses where our parents were born. Western nations use Earth in the same way, as if we can go to another planet when the air and water become too dirty. On the other hand, tribes arevery familiar with the concept of limited resource. They cannot get another reservation if theirs becomes too polluted.1．What does the writer mainly intend to state in this passage?A．American Indians are disappointed with their living environment.B．American Indians lead a miserable life now.C．Television advertisements can have an unexpected effect on people.D．Land is very important to people, especially tribal people.2．The author included the story of the Ponca people in this article mainly to state .A．the close relationship between tribal people and landB．the poverty of the tribal peopleC．the long history of the Ponca peopleD．the great changes of the Ponca peoples life3．Which of the following statements is true according to this passage?A．Americans can use land as they like and then go to another place.B．People in the west don‘t like to travel from city to city.C．Tribal people have the same concept of the resources as the non-Indians.D．The reservations have both positive and negative(负面的)effects on Indian people‘s life. 4．What topic does this article focus on?A．Family life of the Indians.B．People‘s attitude towards land.C．The history of tribal people.D．Environmental pollution nowadays.十The octopus‘s（章鱼）reputation as a human-killer isn‘t simply an exaggeration（夸张）—it is a total myth. The octopus can indeed be a deadly hunter, but only of its natural victims. Some shellfish（壳类动物）and an occasional sick or incautious fish have reason to be frightened of this multi-armed hunter, but a person is much too large to interest even the biggest octopus. Even the largest among octopi is much smaller than most people imagine. Far from being large enough to swallow a ship, as monster octopi in movies have been known to do, the largest octopus, found on the Pacific coast, weighs around 110 pounds and grows to no more than ten feet in width.The hard, parrot-like beak（喙）of an octopus is not used for attacking deep-sea divers, but for cutting open shellfish. Indeed, the octopus possesses such a tiny throat that it cannot swallow large pieces of meat. Instead, it feeds by pouring digestive juices into its victims, and then sucking up the soupy remains. A shellfish that finds itself in the grasp of an octopus has only a short time to live. But human beings are perfectly safe. Still, people rarely care to go close enough to these careful creatures to get a good look at them.1．This passage is mainly about .A．the horrors of the octopusB．the largest octopus in the worldC．octopi and their behaviourD．the octopus‘s deadly hunting method2．It is implied but not stated in the passage that .A．people have unreasonable fears about the octopusB．the octopus is not interested in human beingsC．the octopus is afraid of human beingsD．the octopus is a very cruel sea animal3．What does the underlined part ―careful creatures‖ refer to in the last paragraph?A．Octopi. B．Shellfish. C．Fish. D．The victims. 4．The hard beak of the octopus is used for .A．attacking deep-sea diversB．cutting up large pieces of meatC．cutting open its victimsD．defending itself5．From the passage, we can conclude that .A．the octopus is not dangerous to manB．people often fear creatures that are not dangerous to themC．the octopus only hunts its natural victimsD．things described in movies are not to be believed十一We all hate speed cameras, don‘t we? They‘re not there to slow drivers down and lower the road accidents; they just make money for the government. They trick us, cost us cold hard cash, disturb us from driving properly and are unfair.Well, here‘s a surprising thing: what if there were facts that the boring cameras actually saved lives? It‘s a conclusion difficult to ignore when you look at what‘s happening in France, a country with a historically poor record of road safety.There were 16,617 road deaths in 1972 in France for example, but that dropped to 8412 by 1995 following rules such as compulsory seat belt wearing in 1990 and a lowering of the blood alcohol limit to 0.05 in 1995.Last year, the road deaths dropped below 5,000 for the first time, or 4.9 per cent less than 2004. Comparing road deaths to population in 2005, that‘s about 817 per million people compared with Australia‘s 806.And guess what? Last year the number of speed cameras on French roads reached 1,000 and the government plans to double that within the next three years.Okay, you know the arguments regarding increased traffic safety and cameras-for-income, but it seems in France there‘s been a major cultural change brought on by radars and other laws. A three-hour, wine-soaked lunch with a quick rush back to the office is no longer on.Travelling on the highways, it is rare to see anyone breaking the 130km/h speed limit when once few traveled below it. The speed cameras are clearly signed so drivers know when they are coming. There‘s even an official web site listing fixed and mobile camera locations and it is updated regularly.Maybe it is because of such transparency by government, rather than the concealment too often used by authorities in many other countries that more French can enjoy la joi de vivre thanks to speed cameras.1．Generally, it seems to most people that speed cameras are used to .A．make money for the government。

2009年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（宁夏、海南卷）英语第三部分阅读理解第一节A我突然听见有大象在哭喊，喊叫声中似乎充满了恐惧。

往下一看，我立即觉得出了什么事情，然后跑到了近岸的边缘。

在那儿，我看见Ma Shwe和她三个月大的小象正在湍急的河水中挣扎，这是生死的挣扎。

她的小象漂浮在水中，害怕地尖叫着。

Ma Shwe尽可能向较远的河岸靠近，用她整个的身体挡着湍急的水流，并确保她的小象紧紧地贴在她巨大的身体上。

这湍急的水流时不时就可能把幼崽冲走。

河水突然上涨，小象从妈妈身体上被冲掉了，然后不见了。

Ma Shwe迅速转头去找它，接着用头和象鼻把小象压在石岸上。

然后，她费了很大的劲儿用象鼻把小象捞起并且竭尽全力直到她把小象放到一块狭窄突出的岩石上。

就在这个瞬间，她跌进了水中。

如果她顺着水流向下沉，那她肯定必死无疑。

我和她都知道有一个地点她能上岸，但却在她放下小象的另一边。

当我还在想接下来我要做些什么的时候，我听见了母爱的声音。

Ma Shwe已经越过了河流上了岸，并在一直吼叫着往回走，而这一吼叫声对于她的小象来说就是美妙的音乐。

B计算机程序设计员戴维·琼斯通过设计新的电脑游戏一年赚了35,000英镑，然而他却找不到一家银行可以让他办信用卡。

反而，他被告知还要再等两年，等到他18岁。

这个16岁的孩子在利物浦的一家小公司工作，而在利物浦，大多数跟他同龄的年轻人面临的问题是找工作。

戴维所在的公司每个月都能在这发展迅速的计算机市场推出两款新游戏。

但是戴维最头疼的事情是他不知道能用他的钱做什么。

尽管他赚的很多，但是不能开车，也不能取出抵押贷款或是办理信用卡。

四个月前他在利物浦的一家公司找到了工作，这也是他学完六个O-level课程离开学校并在一家电脑商店工作一段时间后的第一年。

他说，“我之所以能得到这份工作是因为经营这家公司的人知道我已经写了一些程序。

”戴维把他一部分的钱用在唱片和衣服上，然后每周给他妈妈50英镑。