中职英语对口高考复习模拟试题：阅读理解阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分, 满分50分）第一节：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, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
AResearchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.“Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,” the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal indications with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.” .Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the study include a person’s general age, their gender, income, political affiliation(派别), and other personality characteristics, including someone’s emotional stability.Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone’s shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looke d at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants. V olunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.So, what do your shoes say about your personality?Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts(外向者).However, some of the more specific results are interesting. For example, “practical and fun ctional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots were more closely aligned with “aggressive” personalities.The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities. .And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety”, spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.There was even a political calculation in the m ix with more liberal types wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes.The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities.41. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that___________.A. shoes are vital to their wearersB. a practical purpose is to wear shoesC. shoes may give away their wearers’ informationD. people want to buy new shoes they pay attention to42. According to Omri Gillath, a stranger’s personality can be judged by___________.A. the shoes the person wearsB. the age and sex of the personC. the emotional stability of the personD. the personality questionnaire by the person43. The underlined word “agreeable” is closest in meaning to___________.A. generousB. gentleC. guiltyD. greedy44. A woman who cares too much about many pairs of her new shoes often minds__________.A. her own emotional stabilityB. the functional purposes of her shoesC. other people’s opinion about her looksD. her own income, health and reputation45. Which might be the best title for the passage?A. Bad Shoes, Bad Personality.B. Good Shoes, Good Character.C. Shoes Shape A Person’s Character.D. Shoes and Their Wearers’ Personality.BWhat’s it like to be a popular teen author? We asked Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, author of In the Forests of the Night and Demon in My View to find out. At only thirteen, she wrote her first novel, In the Forests of the Night, but never dreamed it would be published. On her fourteenth birthday, she found out that her first novel was accepted for publication. What a birt hday present! Here’s46. Which word best describes Amelia Atwater-Rhodes?A. Creative.B. Anxious.C. Daring.D. Hesitant.47. What sentence from the interview best supports the idea that reading helps the writingprocess?A. “I also do writing and character sketches in notebooks.”B. “When you read, you get used to visualizing things in print.”C. “The first time I saw my book in print I could barely believe it.”D. “Writing is one of those things that you will make time for if you want to do it.”48. Which advice would Amelia most likely give someone?A. The best time to write is before you go to bed.B. It is easier to start writing when you are young.C. If you want to write, there is no excuse for not writing.D. If you want to be a writer, you should not watch television.49. This interview would be most valuable to someone who__________.A. likes to read about historyB. has recently published a novelC. is interested in becoming a writerD. wants to know how to become famousCPamela enjoys writing, music, and country living. She writes “Pam’s Corner” for the local newspaper and many of her writings have been published on the Internet as well as in several books. The following is an essay from www. skywriting. net.“That was really stupid.” I said out loud as I was reading over something I had written down incorrectly.“We don’t say that word, Mom,” my son, Jeremy, quickly informed me as his little daughter was playing on the floor with her dollhouse.“That was really obtuse.” I quickly rephrased my words as I with effort thought of a vocabulary word from my high school days.“Thanks, Mom, now she’s going to be telling people that they are O-B-T-U-S-E”, he spelled.“S-O-R-R-Y” I jokingly spelled back to him and then thought better of it because that is probably one word that doesn’t get used enough any more.Jeremy seems to have taken a sudden interest in spelling lately. For example, I hear him saying such things as: “I H-A-T-E it when that happens”, “In this game you have to K-I-L-L the monsters with lasers” and “This D-U-M-B thing isn’t working!”But what I want to know is when his change occurred? What happened to the little boy who used to scare his older sisters without firing off a single spelled word? How often did I hear one of his sisters say, “Mom, he called me an idiot again!”It’s really not so difficult to figure out th is mysterious change. It began when Jeremy married his college sweetheart, Katie, and then a couple of years later I watched as my son carried his new baby girl, Tessa, out of the delivery room.When Tessa came into the world, at that moment everything changed. It is beautiful to watch the transformation in another person, especially our own children.As Jeremy’s mother, it was as if she was back to the time when he was born. The change happens because of an overwhelming love that wants to protect such a precious little one from the evils in the world. Suddenly, everything we say or do is evaluated in light of the effect it has or might have on the child.For our family this way of thinking is a standard that has been passed down by our ancestors for who knows how many generations. There are several reasons for it. The first one is that watching our words is rule because we have a Christian belief. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord your God in vain”. This means not to misuse the name of God. His name should only be said in respect and awe(敬畏) and never used as an addition information or curse, nor should it be dropped as a casual word into our sentences. There is also the instruction, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” There is a children’s song that very simply explains this way of thinking:“Oh be careful little mouth what you say.Oh be careful little mouth what you say.For the Father up above, is looking down in love, so be careful little mouth what you say ”.Other Verses:* ears what you ear* eyes what you see* feet where you goTo speak or to spell, is that the question? Perhaps if we would try to say only things that are beneficial, we wouldn’t have to spell. Besides, grandchildren are very smart these days and it’s only a matter of time until I hear my little granddaughter say, “Daddy, this D-U-M-B thing isn’t working”.50. How did Jeremy feel when Pamela used the word “stupid”? .A. It was proper.B. It was rude.C. It was polite.D. It was useful.51. The underlined word “obtuse” is closest in meaning to___________.A. cleverB. sorryC. oldD. slow52. What made Jeremy take an interest in spelling?A. His marriage with Katie.B. The interest into literature.C. The love of his daughter.D. The role model of his mother.53. Which of the following statements is forbidden among people of Christian belief?A. “My God.”B. “God damn you!”C. “God bless you.”D. “In God’s name, I’m telling the truth.”54. What is the author’s attitude toward spelled words?A. Necessary.B. Joking.C. Natural.D. Useless.DYou many have heard of the man who decided to repair the roof of his house. To be safe, he tied a rope around his waist and threw the other end of it over the top of the house. He asked his son to tie it to something secure. The boy fastened the safety rope to the bumper of their car parked in the driveway. It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a little while later, his wife, unaware of the rope securing her husband, she started the car and drove away. Imagine what the result would be.This story, factual or not, points to a great truth. It is a truth about where we place our security; about those things to which we’ve tied our safety lines. What is your rope tied to? Think about it. What do you depend on to keep you from disaster? Is your rope tied to a good job? Is it tied to a relationship with somebody you rely on? Is it tied to a company or an organization?Writer Susan Taylor tells of discovering how unreliable some of our safety lines really are. She tells of lying in bed in the early hours of the morning when an earthquake struck. As her house shook, she fell out of bed and managed to go to the doorway, watching in horror as her whole house cracked down around her. Where her bed had once stood, she later discovered nothing but a pile of bricks. She lost everything —every button, every dish, her automobile, every article of clothing. Susan trembled, scared and crying, in the darkness. In the early morning she cried and called out for help.Thoroughly exhausted, she thought that maybe she should be listening for rescuers instead of crying. So she grew still and listened. In the silence around her, the only sound she heard was the beating of her own heart. It occurred to her then that at least she was still alive and, amazingly enough, unhurt.She thought about her situation. In the stillness, fear abandoned her and a feeling of indescribable peace and happiness flooded in, the likes of which she had never before known. It was an experience that was to change her life forever.In the deepest part of her being, Susan realized a remarkable truth. She realized she had nothing to fear. Amazingly, whether or not she was ever rescued , whether she ever made it out alive, she sensed she had nothing to fear.For the first time in her life she understood that her true security did not depend on those things in which she had placed her trust. It lay deep within. And also for the first time, she knew what it was to be content in all circumstances. She realized that whether she had plenty or hardly enough, somehow she would be all right. She just knew it. She later wrote, “Before the quake I appeared very succ essful, but my life was out of balance. I wasn’t happy because I had been making money and always wanting more. My home, my job, my clothes, a relationship —I thought they were my security. It took an earthquake and losing everything I owned for me to dis cover that my security had been with me all along…There’s a power within us that we can depend upon no matter what is happening around us.”She had tied her rope to the wrong things. It took a disaster for her to understand that those things are not trustworthy. So she let go of the rope and discovered peace. She found that her true security was a power within- dependable and sure.What is your rope tied to? And what would happen if you found the courage to let go of it? 55. In Paragraph 1, the writer tells the story of the man to___________.A. describe a sceneB. offer an argumentC. introduce a topicD. satisfy the readers’ curiosity56. If the story of the man was true, the most probable result would be that___________.A. the bumper of the car broke upB. the house was destroyed by the carC. the wife was scolded by her husbandD. the man was badly injured or even killed57. Why was Susan crying in the darkness?A. Because she was afraid of staying in the dark.B. Because she was frightened and felt helpless.C. Because she wanted to be heard by the rescuers.D. Because she had tied her rope to the wrong thing.58. What did Susan feel after she thought about her situation?A. She felt very peaceful.B. She felt she was still alive.C. She felt completely hopeless.D. She wanted to change her life forever.59. How did Susan like interpersonal relationship and income before the earthquake?A. They were alternative.B. They were very important.C. They were unnecessary.D. They were among some choices.60. Which of the following should be the best title?A. What to Depend on.B. A Rope Tied to a Car.C. Please Let Go of Your Trust.D. An Experience from an Earthquake.第二节：下面文章中有5个段落需要添加首句（第61～65题）。
