江苏省泗阳中学高三英语 “艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题一

一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can become a storm.Stormy weather can cause people to cancel their plans. It can cause major events to be postponed. And severe stormy weather can be dangerous to people, fortune and anima1.If you weather the storm, or ride out the storm, you survive and move on without harm or injury. For example, 1et's talk about Tornado Alley, the name for part of the central United States. During springtime, this area often has a large number of powerful tornadoes. People who live there are taught to shelter in the safest place they can find and wait for the storm to pass. People who live in Tornado Alley are used to weathering many storms!You can also weather a storm, but it does n't involve actual weather. “To weather the storm” can also mean to make it through a difficult experience or trying times. So, if the stock market(股市)crashes, you might have to weather a financial storm.Often before a big storm, conditions are calm. The calm before the storm can happen anytime. It is the time before something bad happens. For example, at the beginning of a family reunion, the adults were all talking happily. But the older children knew it was just the calm before the storm. They've seen it happen before. The adults talk happily for about an hour. Then they start arguing about events from the past—things that should really stay buried!But after the storm begins and you find yourself in the middle of it, you are in the eye of the storm. In the world of weather, the eye of the storm is the calmest part, in the center of a hurricane, for example. However, in the English language, if you are in the eye of the storm, you are in the most intense part of a conflict. For example, she had no idea that walking into the meeting would put her in the eye of the storm.However, a brainstorm does not exist in the world of weather. To brainstorm means to try to solve a problem by talking with other people. And don't worry. If we have trouble thinking of an idea for the next program, we can always brainstorm with you!（1）What's mainly discussed in the 3rd and 4th paragraphs?A. What the meanings of weathering the storm are.B. How we can weather the storm.C. Weathering a storm doesn't involve actual weather.D. People in Tornado Alley can survive the storm.（2）Why does the author mention a family reunion in the fifth paragraph?A. To stress the importance of weather forecast.B. To develop the awareness of family.C. To explain the meaning of an expression.D. To praise the older children for being clever.（3）What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. A problem can't be solved if you worry too much.B. A brainstorm often appears in the world of weather.C. Difficulties can be dealt with by teamwork.D. To brainstorm can cause troubles in the program.（4）What's the author's purpose in writing the text?A. To tell us stormy weather can cause destruction.B. To tell us some expressions about storm.C. To tell us a storm can cause conflicts.D. To tell us we should be ready for a storm.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】这是一篇说明文。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）1. W: I heard you're going to the US next month. How are you preparing for the trip?M: I'm taking an English course and looking for a place to stay.2. M: I'm thinking of buying a new car. Do you have any suggestions?W: Why not consider a hybrid model? It's environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient.3. W: I can't believe how quickly the summer is coming to an end. It feels like just yesterday we were on vacation.M: Time flies, doesn't it? I wish we had more time off.4. M: Have you seen the new movie "Inception"? It's supposed to be very intriguing.W: I haven't watched it yet, but I've heard a lot about it. I'll definitely check it out.5. W: I'm going to the gym tonight. Would you like to join me?M: That sounds great, but I have a lot of work to do. Maybe next time.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）6. W: How do you feel about the new policy on school uniforms?M: I think it's a good idea. It will help reduce the focus on materialism among students.7. W: I heard that you're planning to volunteer at the local shelter. That's very noble of you.M: Thank you. I believe it's important to give back to the community.8. W: I can't believe I missed the deadline for the contest. I really wanted to enter.M: Don't worry. There will be another opportunity next year.9. W: Have you ever tried skydiving?M: No, but I've always wanted to. It must be an exhilarating experience.10. W: I'm planning a trip to Japan. Can you recommend any must-see attractions?M: Absolutely. Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka are all worth visiting.11. W: I'm worried about my health. I've been feeling tired and having headaches.M: Maybe you should see a doctor. It could be something serious.12. W: I'm thinking of changing my major to computer science. What do you think?M: That's a great choice. The field is growing rapidly, and there are plenty of job opportunities.13. W: I'm really excited about my upcoming graduation. It's been a long journey.M: Congrats! I'm sure you'll do great things in the future.14. W: Have you heard about the new café downtown? It serves the best coffee.M: I haven't been there yet, but I've heard great things about it.15. W: I can't believe it's already time for Christmas. Where did the year go?M: It goes by quickly, doesn't it? I can't wait to celebrate with my family.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

江苏省泗阳中学2013届高三“艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题九教学素材：Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to sh are your children’s curiosity(好奇). Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary(薪水) and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we’re finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical(符合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior(行为). But in talking about science, quick praise can signal th at discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.Never push a child to “Think”. It doesn’t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target(目标) for your disagreement.Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of wa ter to boil and let them watch the water level drop.1. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is _______.A. to let them see the world aroundB. to share the chil dren’s curiosityC. to explain difficult phr as es about scienceD. to supply the children with lab equipment2. In the last sentence o f the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best bereplaced by ______.A. any que stions B. any problemsC. questions from textbooksD. any number of questions3. A ccording to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ________.A. ask them to answer quicklyB. wait for one or two seconds after a questionC. tell them to answer the next dayD. wait at least for three seconds after a question4. In which of the following paragraph(s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion?A. The second and third.B. The fourth and fifth.C. The fifth and sixth.D. The seventh.5. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share w ith their children’s curiosity except that adults sho uld ________.A. tell their ch ildren stories instead of reciting (背诵) factsB. offer their children chances to see thing s for themselv esC. be patient enough when their children answer questionsD. encourage their children to ask questions of their own教学步骤：（一）例题感悟本文说明了如何激发孩子们对科学的兴趣，从而引导孩子们学习科学。

高三“艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题十教学素材：In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition (学会) of each new skill m the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of wo rry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new thing s for himself.Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe (严格的) over time of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness.As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality (道德). Also, parents s hould realize that "example is better than precept". If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach (说教), their children may grow confused when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.1. Eagerly watching the child’s acquisition of new skills, _________________.A. should be avoidedB. is universal among parentsC. sets up dangerous states of worry in the childD. will make the child lose interest in learning new things2. In the process of children’s learning new skills, parents _________________.A. should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they readB. should expect a lot of the childrenC. should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leav ing them on their ownD. should create as many learning opportunities as possible3. The second paragraph mainly tells us that _________________.A. parents should b e strict with their childrenB. parental controls reflect only the values of the communi tyC. parental restrictions vary, and are not always for the benefit of the children aloneD. it’s parents’ and society’s duty to control the children4. The word “precept” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_________________”.A. opinionB. punishmentC. behaviorD. instruction5. In terms of moral matters, parents should _____________________.A. follow the rules themselvesB. be aware of the huge difference between adults and childrenC. fo rbid their children to follow hook teachingsD. always ensure the security of their children教学步骤：（一）例题感悟在孩子成长过程中，父母不能拔苗助长。

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高三“艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题一教学素材:So long as teachers fail to dist in guish betwee n teach ing and lear ning, theywill continue to un dertake to do for childre n that which only childre n can do for themselves. Teach ing childre n to read is not pass ing readi ng on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that"readi ng cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible ”.Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kindand fun cti on. The function of teach ing is to create the con diti ons and the climatethat will make it possible for c hildre n to devise the most efficie nt system forteach ing themselves to read. Teach ing is also public activity. It can be see n and observed.Lear ning to read in volves all that each in dividual does to make sense of the world of printed Ianguage. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupationof the mind, and that process is not ope n to public scrut iny. ___________If teacher and lear ner roles are not in tercha ngeable ,what the n can be done through teach ing that will aid the child in the quest （探索）for kno wledge? Smith has one prin cipal rule for all teachi ng in structio ns. “ Make lear ning to read easy, which means making readi ng a meanin gful, enjoyable and freque nt experie nee for childre n. ”When the roles of teacher and lear ner are see n for what they are, and whe n both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feelingof 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 p roblemof lea ning to read by readi ng.1. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is thatA. it is one of the most difficult school coursesB. stude nts spe nd en dless hours in readi ngC. readi ng tasks are assig ned with little guida neeD. too much time is spe nt in teach ing about readi ng2. The teach ing of readi ng will be successful if ___________ .A. teachers can improve con diti ons at school for the stude ntsB. teachers can en able stude nts to develop their own way of rea di ngC. teachers can devise the most efficie nt system for readi ngD. teachers can make their teach ing activities observable3. The underlined word "scrutiny ” most pro bably means " __________________ '.A. i nq uiryB. observati onC. con trolD. suspici on4. Accord ing to the passage, lear ning to read will no Ion ger be a difficult taskpossible for children to read "（教学的任 ,B 项符合上述意思， con trol "控 whe n _________ . A. childre n become highly motivatedB. teacher and lear ner roles are in tercha ngeableC. teach ing helps childre n in the search for kno wledgeD. reading enriches children ' s experienee5. The main idea of the passage is that _____________ .A. teachers should do as little as possible in help ing stude nts lear n to readB. teachers should en courage stude nts to read as widely as possibleC. readi ng ability is someth ing acquired rather tha n taughtD. readi ng is more complicated that gen erally believed教学步骤:（一） 例题感悟本文是一篇议论文，在对传统的阅读教学方式进行批判的同时，论述了作者自己阅读的 教学观：阅读的教与学是两个完全不同的过程。

江苏省泗阳中学2013届高三“艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题十教学素材：In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition (学会) of each new skill m the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of wo rry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new thing s for himself.Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe (严格的) over time of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness.As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality (道德). Also, parents s hould realize that "example is better than precept". If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach (说教), their children may grow confused when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.1. Eagerly watching the child’s acquisition of new skills, _________________.A. should be avoidedB. is universal among parentsC. sets up dangerous states of worry in the childD. will make the child lose interest in learning new things2. In the process of children’s learning new skills, parents _________________.A. should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they readB. should expect a lot of the childrenC. should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leav ing them on their ownD. should create as many learning opportunities as possible3. The second paragraph mainly tells us that _________________.A. parents should b e strict with their childrenB. parental controls reflect only the values of the communi tyC. parental restrictions vary, and are not always for the benefit of the children aloneD. it’s parents’ and society’s duty to control the children4. The word “precept” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_________________”.A. opinionB. punishmentC. behaviorD. instruction5. In terms of moral matters, parents should _____________________.A. follow the rules themselvesB. be aware of the huge difference between adults and childrenC. fo rbid their children to follow hook teachingsD. always ensure the security of their children教学步骤：（一）例题感悟在孩子成长过程中，父母不能拔苗助长。

2021届江苏省泗阳实验高级中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AFine art fairs（艺术博览会）are the trend of the 21st century, with new art and antique（古玩）fairs and festivals springing up in diverse parts of the world. Here is a list of four noteworthy art fairs.Art Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandThe granddaddy of art fairs, Art Basel, was established in 1970 by a group of local art gallerists and is the biggest contemporary art fair in the world. Art Basel takes place over a 5-day period each June in Basel, Switzerland. The high cost of renting space for gallery owners is offset（抵消）by the huge attendance at the fair. For example in 2010, about 60,000 visitors attended Art Basel.Frieze Art Fair, London“Frieze Art Fair was established in 2003 and is one of the few fairs to focus only on contemporary art and living artists.v"Thefair takes place every October in Regent's Park, London. It features over 170 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. ”In addition to the fair which began in 2003, the fair owners Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp publish Frieze, an international art magazine established in 1991 and devoted to contemporary art.TEFAF Maastricht, the NetherlandsEstablished in 1975 as The Pictura Fine Art Fair, and renamed The European Fine Art Foundation（TEFAF）, Maastricht in 1996, the fair includes 260 of the world's most famous art and antique dealers from 16 countries.The 24th edition of the TEFAF fair held March 18 — 27, 2011 featured 260 dealers exhibiting approximately 30, 000 artworks and antiques with an overall value of $ US 1. 4 billion.ARCO, MadridARCO Madrid was established in 1982 and is one of Europe's leading and popular art fairs. In addition to the exhibiting galleries（in 2011, 197 international art galleries participated）, a seriesof lectures and specially focused exhibitions take place.1.How does Art Basel cover the expense of renting space?A.By selling tickets.B.By selling expensive exhibits.C.By donation from dealers.D.By support from the government.2.The owners of Frieze Art Fair are also in charge of____.A.170 living artists.B.An international art magazine.C.30,000 artworks and antiques.D.A series of lectures.3.Which of the following has the longest history?A.Art BaselB.Frieze Art FairC.TEFAFD.ARCOBA 24-year-old female space commander has become a viral sensation on Chinese social media for her work.Zhou Chengyu was in charge of the rocket connector system---described as a vital role. Her story in particular has drawn the public’s attention given her young age. Social media users have been celebrating her brilliance and referring to her as pride of the country.Being the youngest of the team, Zhou Chengyu was born in1996 intheprovinceofGuizhou. She is certainly not “old” enough compared with her colleagues, but she is known at work as "Big Sister” as a sign of respect. Once in a 3-km running contest, she actually beat half of her male counterparts. Although work shifts are not uncommon at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, each shift requires tremendous courage because of the different background knowledge. However, for Zhou Chengyu, she experienced multiple positions in 5 launching tests and now she is the youngest commander at the site.Despite carefulness and high responsibility at work, she is just like her peers in normal life. Eating snacks and shopping are her favorite free-time activities. Her high school teacher remembers her as tough and determined. “She always had a dream of becoming scientist,” said her physics teacher.According to her colleague, Zhou Chengyu was very surprised when she found out shewent viralonline. She said that she was happy when she saw people online regarding her as the pride of the country, and yet she kept saying that she was “nobody but normal worker at a launch site” and there are a lot more people just like her going unnoticed while doing the hardest job to guarantee a better future for the Chinese space program. She also said that she wished to remain her current status and continue doing her work with or without the popularity.4. What makes Zhou Chengyu the pride of the country?A. Her young age.B. Her vital role in her work.C. Her great courage.D. Her responsibility at work.5. Which of the following words can best describe Zhou Chengyu?A. Learned and confident.B. Respectable and generous.C. Patient and responsible.D. Modest and determined.6. Which of the following can replace the underlined words in paragraph 5?A. took prideB. made a contributionC. became a hitD. made an achievement7. What can be the best title for the text?A. A Young PrideB. A Successful ColleagueC. An Extraordinary DreamD. An Ambitious CommanderCJapan's prime minister encouraged the decision to ban viewers, even family members, by issuing a state of emergency order in Tokyo earlier this month in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers.From the perspective of sports psychologists, an Olympics without fans is a real-life science experiment that is helping researchers and clinicians to comb through the true impact of a crowd of fans on its players—and on viewers at home. The strange circumstances under which the games are held may place unexpected pressure on some athletes. On Tuesday, superstar gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the women's team event, telling teammates and reporters she wasn't in the right “headspace” to compete. “It's been really stressful this Olympic Games. There are a lot of different variables going into it,” Biles told the Washington Post.The 2020 Summer Olympics bears similarities and differences to other major sporting events without viewers. The English Premier League supplemented (增加) game broadcasts with crowd noise from the soccer video game FIFA 20, mixed with game audio in real time. A Taiwanese baseball team and German soccer team began populating stands with cardboard cutouts of fans, and the trend caught on internationally.Jamey Houle, the lead sports psychologist for Ohio State University Athletics and a former Al-American gymnast, says competitive athletes are trained in visualization— imagining performing a certain action or motion, such as doing a roundoff back handspring in gymnastics. Without moving a muscle, players using visualization can solidify neural (神经的) connections and activate their motor cortex (皮层). To visualize most effectively, Houle says, athletes working with sports psychologists will try to simulate as closely as possible the conditions of actual gameplay. Empty stadiums may thus have a measurable impact on players' performance. This phenomenon is grounded in a psychological concept called “social facilitation”, referring to a change in a person's performance that occurs when others are around compared to when a person is alone.8. What caused Biles to drop out of the women's team event?A. The poor physical condition.B. The absence of the audience.C. The fiercely competitive event.D. The influence of crowds of fans.9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A. The Taiwanese baseball team is a success.B. The tendency mentioned is popular among some sporting events.C. The 2020 Summer Olympics is stricter in preventing the pandemic.D. The crowd noise plays a leading role in the English Premier League.10. How does Houle explain the impact of empty stadiums on players' performance?A. By doing a roundoff back handspring.B. By simulating the conditions of actual gameplay.C. By using the concept called social facilitation.D. By changing the viewers of a player.11. What message does the author mainly convey in the text?A. Athletes should be trained in visualization.B. Audience should be admitted to the Olympics.C. Social facilitation is helpful to sporting events.D. Viewers present may influence players' performance.DHoneybees can’t swim, and when their wings are wet, they can’t fly, either. But Chris Roh and other researchers at the California Institute of Technology found that when bees drop into bodies of water, they can use their wings toproduce little waves and slide toward land-like surfers who create and then ride their own waves.As with many scientific advances-IsaacNewton’s apple or Benjamin Franklin’s lightning bolt-Dr. Roh’s experiment began with a walk. Passing Caltech’s Millikan Pond in 2016, he observed a bee on the water’s surface producing waves. He wondered how an insect known for flight could push itself through water.Dr. Roh and his co-worker, Morteza Gharib, used butterfly nets to collect localPasadenahoneybees and observed their surf-like movements. The researchers used a wire to restrict each bee’s bodily movement, allowing close examination of their wings. They found that the bee bends its wings at a 30-degree angle, pulling up water and producing a forward force. Bees get trapped on the surface because water is roughly three times heavier than air. But that weight helps to push the bee forward when its wings move quickly up and down. It’s a tough exercise for the bees, which the researchers guess could handle about 10 minutes of the activity.The researchers said the surf-like movement hasn’t been documented in other insects and most semiaquatic insects use their legs forpropulsion, which is known as water-walking. It may have evolved in bees, they-predicted.Dr. Roh and Dr. Gharib have imagined many practical applications for bees’ surfing. One plan is to use their observations to design robots able to travel across sky and sea. “This could be useful for search and rescues, or for getting samples of the surface of the ocean, if you can’t send a boat or helicopter,” Dr. Gharib said.12. What does the author intend to show by mentioningNewtonandFranklin?A. Roh’s admiration for them.B. Roh’s chance discovery about bees.C. Their outstanding talent for science.D. Their similar achievements in discovery.13. What plays the most vital role in a bee’s moving forward on water?A. The air weight.B. Its leg extension.C. The water movement.D. Its continuous wingbeat.14. What does the underlined word “propulsion” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Fast flightB. Driving force.C. Pulling speed.D. Explosive power.15. What does the text mainly tell us?A. Honeybees can surf to safety.B. Bees help scientists make inventions.C. Insects can adapt to the environment.D. Nature is a helpful guide for discovery.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

江苏省泗阳中学2013届高三“艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题二教学素材：Danielle Steel, America’s sweetheart, is one of the hardest working woman in the book business. Unlike other productive a uthors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research some before writing takes at least three year s. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to divided into a book, she can spend twenty hours no nstop at her desk..Danielle Stee l comes from New York and was sent to France for her education. After graduation, he worked in the public relations and advertising, industries. Later she start ed a job as a writer which she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them. Deal with the real-life p roblem of death, new babies and new schools. Her l998 book about the death of her was shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty-eight of her books have been made into film. She is listed in the Guinness Books of World Records f or one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.Not content with a big house, a loving family, and a view o f the Golden Gate B ridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the moat important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail. While she is often compared to the heroines(女主人公) of her own invention. Her life is undoubtedly much quieter. But if she does have anything in common wit h them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable style. There is only one Danielle Steel.1. Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that .A. she can write several books at the same timeB. she often does some research b efore writing a bookC. she is one of the most popular American women writersD. she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break2. Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know .A. how to deal with affairs at schoolB. what to do if Max and Martha dieC. what to do when new babies are born into their familiesD. how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes3. One of Danielle Steel’ achievements is that .A. some TV plays were based on her booksB. her picture books attracted a lot of young menC. one of her books became a best-seller in 1998D. she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records4. We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel .A. lives an exciting lifeB. values her readers a lotC. writes about quiet womenD. is pleased with herachievements5. What does the un derlined word “inimitable” mean?A. hardworkingB. attractiveC. strangeD. unique教学步骤：（一）例题感悟本文介绍了一位美国最杰出的女作家，她的出类拔萃在于两方面：其一是出的书多，其二她的意志坚强及她的写作风格都是与众不同的，因而受到美国人的爱戴。

江苏省泗阳中学2013届高三阅读理解专项训练一As the end of this semester draws near, many students are staying up late to finish their thesis paper before the deadline. But those who have slacked off might resort to ghostwriters.It has become common for some college students to buy theses or scientific papers from online shops, such as Taobao. If you search for “ghostwriting academic papers”, a list of shops providing this service comes up.Usually they display a price tag of 10 yuan for their services, but that’s certainly not the real fee. Shop owners ask potential customers about their specific needs and base their price on the word count and other requirements. An academic paper may cost between a few hundred yuan (for a short term paper) and tens of thousands of yuan (for long dissertations).Senior student Chen Yihua (not his real name) from a university in Nanjing and his three roommates bought their theses from an online shop last month. In their opinion, ghostwriting is just one of the useful tools available to students who want better grades.“I understand that students should be perfectly capable of producing quality work on our own,” said Chen, who is majoring in mathematics. “But students in scientific, mathematical and technological fields often lack solid writing skills. So sometimes we need ‘assistance’ in converting our ideas into academic texts.”A PhD holder in Shanghai (who wished to remain anonymous) said he opened an online shop selling thesis papers at the end of 2010. He is a full-time employee, but he can earn 10,000 to 20,000 yuan for writing one essay. The high profit is the driving force behind his business idea.“I am just using my academic gift to help others in my spare time,” he said. “Thanks to real-estate developers, I’m a house mortgage slave and I need money.”However, Taobao’s customer service department claimed that providing such services is forbidden. The online platform punishes shops that violate the rules by reducing seller’s credit rating, preventing them from being searched or ev en shutting them down.But some lawyers consider these services to operate in a gray area. “In terms of legality, online sites offering ghostwriting services could not be considered unlawful in China as long as the real author agrees to give the copyright to the client,” said Liu Chunquan at Shanghai Yongle Law Firm.Education experts point out that this practice is unethical. Universities require students to write dissertations or papers independently, so employing someone else to write them is considered cheating.“It is academic fraud. Graduates should be capable writers, no matter what they are majoring in. Remember that your dissertation should demonstrate not only how well you know your subject matter, but how effectively you can communicate your ideas through writing,” said Shen Yang, a deputy professor at Wuhan University.“Academic writing is a skill that a university student must develop. Employingsomeone else’s service is an admission of failure.”At present, however, it’s hard to discern if paper s are self-produced or not. As a result, many teachers ask students to discuss their papers or prepare presentations based on them. If it transpires that ghostwriting is involved, students face serious punishment and can even be dismissed by their universities.1.The underlined praise “resort to” in the first paragraph probably means___________.A. subscribe toB. turn toC. contribute toD. submit to(B词义猜测题。