北京市101中学高三三模(英语)阅读理解.doc

一、09年北京市101中学高三三模（英语）阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分） Ks5u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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Ks5uA Ks5uMy grandfather worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates（木箱）for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage（孤儿院）in Brazil. On his way home, he found his glasses were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and fallen into one of the crates. His new glasses were heading for Brazil! Ks5uThe Great Depression was at its height, and Grandpa had six children. He had spent twenty dollars for those glasses that very morning. Ks5u“Its not fair,” he thought as he walked home angrily. “Ive been very faithful in giving my time and money to my work, and now this.” Ks5uSeveral months later, the director of the orphanage came to the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, so he came to my grandfathers small church in Chicago. Ks5uHe began by thanking the people for their kindness in supporting the orphanage. “But most of all, he said,” I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. You see, some people had just come to the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate. Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses. Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my coworkers and I were very worried about this. Then your crates arrived. When I removed the covers, I found a pair of glasses lying on top.” Ks5uHe paused long enough to let his words sink in. Then, he continued: “When I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!” Ks5uThe people listened, happy for the miraculous glasses. But they thought it was strange because there were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas. Ks5uSitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, my grandfather, an ordinary carpenter realized his glasses had found a good place to go. Ks5u56We know from the text that . Ks5uAthe authors grandfather got his glasses back from the director of the orphanage Ks5uBthe authors grandfather found that his glasses were at home at last Ks5uCthe authors grandfathers burden of supporting his family was very heavy Ks5uDthe authors grandfather worked as a carpenter in a school in Chicago Ks5u57From the text we can infer that the authors grandfather was very after hearing what the director of the orphanage had said. Ks5uAsurprisedBdisappointedCpitifulDproud Ks5u58The underlined word “miraculous” （Paragraph 7） can be replaced by . Ks5uApracticalBwonderfulCnecessaryDimportant Ks5u59What would be the best title for the text? Ks5uAThe Perfect MistakeBAn Ordinary Carpenter Ks5uCA Careless Old ManDA Pair of Glasses Ks5uB Ks5uWashoe, a female chimpanzee （黑猩猩） believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept. The chimp died on Tuesday night, according to Roger and Deborah Fouts, co-founders of The Chimpanzee and Human Communications Institute in Washington, where she lived. Ks5uWashoe was born in 1965 in Africa, where she was captured by the Air Force and taken to the US for research use in the space program. In 1966, she left the program and began living with two scientists, Allen and Beatrix Gardner, who led a project to teach the chimp American Sign Language （ASL） in Washoe, Nevada, for which it was named. Washoe had been living on Central Washington Universitys Ellensburg Campus since 1980. She had a vocabulary of about 250 words. Also, Washoe taught sign language to three younger chimps: Tatu, 31, Loulis, 29, and Dar, 31. Ks5uPrimate （灵长类） researcher Jane Goodall, in Foutsbook Next of Kin, noted the importance of the work with Washoe. “Roger, through his ongoing conversations with Washoe and her extended family, has opened a window into a chimpanzees mind,” Goodall said. Ks5uThough previous efforts to teach chimps spoken languages had failed, the researchers believed there was a better chance using signs. But Washoes language skills were disputed by scientists who believed that language is unique to humans. Among those who doubted that chimps could use language were linguist （语言学家） Noam Chomsky and Harvard scientist Steven Pinker. They believed primates simply learn to perform certain acts in order to receive rewards, and do not acquire true language. Ks5u60. As for its first task, Washoe was involved with _. Ks5uA. some space research B. a study on African animals Ks5uC. an ASL project D. the program of training the Air Force Ks5u61. In Goodalls opinion, teaching Washoe ASL _. Ks5uA. was not successful B. led to the book Next of Kin Ks5uC. won honor for Fouts D. made a difference Ks5u62. In the last paragraph, the underlined word “disputed” probably means “_”. Ks5uA. supportedB. studied C. questionedD. discussed Ks5u63. What can be inferred from the passage? Ks5uA. The ASL project was first set up in Africa for the study on Washoe. Ks5uB. Washoe may communicate with other chimps by signing. Ks5uC. Washoe must have been able to speak 250 words or so. Ks5uD. The researchers will prove that most chimps could use language. Ks5uC Ks5uMAP ARTIST PROGRAM Ks5uMap Artist is the perfect tool for creating customized （定制的） maps to include in research projects and reports. Map Artist offers endless possibilities. It has a huge collection of map styles to choose from, and they can be customized to suit your special needs. In this program, we will assume you have been asked to create a map for a social studies report. Ks5u Ks5uStep 1. When you open Map Artist, a world map will be displayed. Type “USA” in the dialogue box. Click GO. A map of USA will be displayed. Ks5u Ks5uStep 2. Click on the drop-down menu next to the outline map of the state. Click on the type of map you need for your report. Ks5u OUTLINE shows only the outline shape of the state with no highways or population centers indicated. Ks5u TOPOGRAPHIC indicates elevations（海拔）as well as the location of major cities. Ks5u SHADED RELIEF shows only natural landforms （mountains, valleys, rivers） and national parks. Ks5u POLITICAL shows major cities, interstates, and major highways. Ks5u HISTORICAL recalls the oldest maps on record. Ks5uFor the purposes of this program, select OUTLINE. A map showing an outline of USA will be displayed. Ks5u Ks5uStep 3. Click CUSTOMIZE on the menu bar down the left side of the screen. Ks5uCUSTOMIZE allows you to place custom data on Ks5uthe map you have selected. Ks5u1Click on the button next to the appropriate symbol. For practice, chick on the shovel（铲子）, which symbolizes archaeology（考古）. Ks5u2Next to the word TEXT, type “The Presidio”, which is an archaeological site near San Francisco. Ks5u3Now use your mouse to click on the spot on the map where you would like this data to be placed. Ks5u4You can add as many sites as you wish. Ks5u Ks5uStep 4. Click SAVE if you would like to save the map to a file. Later, after opening the saved document, click on the map with your right mouse button and select COPY. And then PASTE it at the location where you want the map to appear. Ks5u64If your report is about Plants and Animals in New York, you may click on map. Ks5uAHISTORICALBSHADED RELIEF Ks5uCTOPOGRAPHICDPOLITICAL Ks5u65Which function is required to place a specific location on a CUSTOMIZE map? Ks5uAClicking on GO.BCutting and pasting. Ks5uCOpening the file.DClicking on the map. Ks5u66The main purpose of Map artist Program is to . Ks5uAintroduce the different types of maps Ks5uBshow that Map Artist is an easy tool to use Ks5uCdiscuss how to improve students social studies reports Ks5uDguide students to use Map artist to create a custom map Ks5u67Which of the following orders is true according to the Map Artist Program? Ks5uA BOrder 2 Ks5uChoose map location Ks5uChoose map type Ks5uAdd map text Ks5uChoose symbol Ks5uSpecify text location Ks5uSaveOrder 1 Ks5uSpecify text location Ks5uChoose map location Ks5uChoose symbol Ks5uAdd map text Ks5uChoose map type Ks5uSave Ks5uC DOrder 4 Ks5uChoose map location Ks5uChoose map type Ks5uChoose symbol Ks5uAdd map text Ks5uSpecify text location Ks5uSaveOrder 3 Ks5uChoose map type Ks5uAdd map text Ks5uSpecify text location Ks5uChoose map location Ks5uChoose symbol Ks5uSave Ks5uD Ks5uThe case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who dont go. Ks5uBut college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who dont fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each others experiments and write false letters of recommendation（推荐）in the competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no interest in their studies, and drop outoften encouraged by college administrators（教导主任）. Ks5uSome observers say the fault is with the young people themselvesthey are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation（谴责）of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. Weve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either. Ks5uSome adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys （调查） upside down, it seems, and thinking of the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn thingsmaybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy（异端邪说）to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But opposite evidence is beginning to mount up. Ks5u68According to the passage, the author believes that_. Ks5uA. people used to question the value of college education Ks5uB. people used to have full confidence in higher education Ks5uC. all high school graduates went to college Ks5uD. very few high school graduates chose to go to college Ks5u69In the 2nd paragraph, those who dont fit the pattern refers to_. Ks5uA. high school graduates who arent suitable for college education Ks5uB. college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis Ks5uC. college students who arent any better for their higher education Ks5uD. high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college Ks5u70According to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that_. Ks5uA. society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates Ks5uB. high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education Ks5uC. too many students have to earn their own living Ks5uD. college administrators encourage students to drop out Ks5u71In this passage the author argues that_. Ks5uA. more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates Ks5uB. college education is not enough if one wants to be successful Ks5uC. college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people Ks5uD. intelligent people may learn quicker if they dont go to college Ks5uE Ks5uRail passengers are being forced to pay thousands of pounds more in fares as a result of poor advice from the national telephone help line and individual stations, a consumer organization reveals today. Research by Which? found that in some cases passengers are being charged almost double the cheapest price because of errors made by staff. Ks5uWhich? asked 25 questions of both station staff and the National Rail Enquiries （NRES） helpline. Only half of the 50 questions were answered correctly. If customers had followed all the advice given, they would have been 1,263. 60 worse off. Ks5uBad advice was given for the cheapest fare for a single journey between London and Grantham. For a ticket bought on the day of travel, both NRES and a Kings Cross station clerk quoted GNERs 44. 50 fare, ignoring a Hull Trains service which leaves 10 minutes earlier and costs just 20. Ks5uSome of the most costly misinformation was given for journeys where season tickets should have been recommended. Passengers making a return journey between Swindon and Penzance twice in a week could buy a ticket from one company for 70 which would cover all the travel. But both NRES and station staff quoted 67 for each journey, making 134. However, the NRES website proved to be a much more reliable source of information. Ks5uWhich? also checked “the earlier you book, the cheaper the ticket” claims by five companies and found this was not always the case. On some services, prices went up and down at random. Ks5uIthiel Mogridge, 52, gave one example of poor advice: “Last Christmas I found my brother a ticket on the train line. Come to travel from Blackburn to Yate. While the direct route was 51, this one involved a change in Newport and cost just 21. I emailed the details to him and his partner. They went to Blackburn station, where the clerk insisted the fare was 51.” Ks5uMalcolm Coles, editor of which.co.uk said: “Staff training needs to be improved. In the meantime, weve designed a checklist, available at which.co.uk / railadvice.” Ks5u72. According to the passage “which?” is a _. Ks5uA. national telephone helpline Ks5uB. department under the British Rail Ks5uC. consumer organization Ks5uD. website under the National Rail Enquiries Ks5u73. When the author said that customers “would have been 1,263. 60 worse off”, he was telling us that customers would have _. Ks5uA. saved 1,263. 60 if they had followed the advice Ks5uB. spend 1,263. 60 more than the lowest price Ks5uC. used 1,263. 60 for the survey of 25 questions Ks5uD. been cheated of 1,263. 60 from the poor advice Ks5u74. The phrase at random in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “_”. Ks5uA. casuallyB. purposefullyC. exactlyD. inevitably Ks5u75. The passage is mainly concerned with the phenomenon that _. Ks5uA. rail passengers can get cheaper tickets if they book earlier Ks5uB. rail passengers are ill-treated by station staff Ks5uC. booking clerks and the telephone helpline offer reliable information Ks5uD. train passengers get bad advice on fares Ks5u【答案】56. C57. D58. B59. A60. A Ks5u61. D62. C63. B64. B65. D Ks5u66. D67. D68. B69. C70. A Ks5u71. A 72. C73. B74. A75. D Ks5u二、09年黑龙江省哈三中高三三模阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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。AAbout ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old. He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jags shiny black side door! SCREECH. . . ! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!” Building up a head of steam, he went on. “Thats my new Jag, that brick you threw is gone cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”“Please, mister, please. . . Im sorry! I didnt know what else to do!” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop!” Tears were streaming down the boys face as he pointed around the parked car. “Its my brother, mister,” he said. “He rolled off the curb （路沿）and fell out of his wheelchair and I cant lift him up. ” Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair?” Hes hurt and hes too heavy for me. ”Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE a long and slow walk. Josh never fixed the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent （凹痕）to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life com