2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题3任务型阅读.doc

2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题3 任务型阅读 10（25分钟）（A）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格中填入最适当的单词。 每空格1个单词。 Everyone needs a break, and vacations are not meant for serious study. Instead, theyre a great way to take a break and enjoy a good book. The Spring Festival is coming up so this is the perfect time to discuss some great English language literature to take on a long train journey or while youre hanging out with the family. Before getting into the recommendations, we need to determine your English reading comprehension level so you dont pick a book which is so challenging that its stressful or so simple that its boring. If youre at the beginner level, there are two options: reading a childrens book or reading a book that youve read in Chinese translation. This will help you get over any unfamiliar words or phrases, since youre already familiar with the story. If youre at the intermediate level, popular books like pop fiction, mysteries and thrillers are good options, as theyll be guaranteed page turners and that will increase the possibility of your getting all the way through the book. For advanced readers, science fiction, classic works of literature or contemporary prize winners （Booker, Nobel, Pulitzer） are good options.The most important thing is to pick a book that youre really interested in. When I pick up a new book in Chinese, the first few chapters are always really hard to get through, as I have to get accustomed to the way the individual author uses the language. But after the first few chapters, things get a lot easier, especially if I get involved in the story. Some of my favorite Chinese-language eye candy are books that are series like Brothers by Yu Hua or The Dancer by Hai Yan. I like them because theres always a lot of action and story development to keep me involved, which helps me make it through those first few chapters.Another great way to keep yourself motivated over the holiday is to find a friend whos interested in reading the same book. You can make goals that you both want to achieve and discuss plot lines or vocabulary issues with each other by SMS or e-mail. Im currently doing that with my friend Laura. Weve been doing this since we were classmates in Chinese at college.Some quick recommendations: Harry Potter, start with the first book and go on from there; the Narnia series; anything by US writer Michael Crichton or British writer Agatha Christie; and if you like horror, US writer Stephen King is always unusual and fun. But really you should just find a topic or author that youre interested in, and the rest will go from there. Happy reading!from 21st Century （January 21, 2009）TitleEnjoy English language literature on vacationThemeFind a good book to read on your journey to a (1) _ place.(2) _ of proper booksBeginners may pick a childrens book or a book whose story is (3) _ to them.Poplar books might make it (4) _for intermediate-level readers to read them from cover to cover.Science fiction, classic works of literature or contemporary prize winners may be (5) _ for advanced readers.Ways to keep up your (6) _ for readingChoose a book that is interesting enough to (7) _ you in the story and help get through some difficult chapters .Read along with a friend a book you both feel interested in and (8) _views on plot lines or vocabulary to achieve your common goals.Books (9) _Harry Potter seriesNarnia seriesWorks by Michael CrichtonWorks by Agatha Christie(10) _ fiction by Stephen King（B）Ambition is a necessary quality in life. It is the force which drives us on to use whatever talent we have got. If we havent got some degree of ambition, these talents will not be used for our own and others benefit. We must continually want to be better than we are. Without ambition we are just jellyfish that flop through life. We only react to events; we dont try to control them.Ambition, however, can have several defects.First of all it can be unrealistic. We may not be able to see the limits of our own abilities, so we do ambitious things that are completely beyond us. Our career masters can see our good qualities and our limitations objectively. They may tell us that we havent the ability to deal with people and would make good businessmen. We refuse to take their evaluation. We keep on trying. Many years and many disappointments later we are forced to accept their judgment. But what a waste of time our ill-founded ambition has caused us!Secondly, our ambition can be too concentrated. We devote our attention to one narrow aim, such as getting distinctions in our science subjects. Everything that may draw us away from this aim is cut out of our lives. In the end we get our distinctions. But what damage we have caused ourselves in the process! We are isolated beings who only care about a particular examination. And we probably wont make good scientists. We lack the breadth of view necessary for success in higher studies.Thirdly, our ambition can be limited to lifeless objectives. We want to gain money, or power, or membership of some circles. Persons who feel inferior try to make up by seeking the respect of others through possessions of these artificial signs of worth.Fourthly, our ambition may be self-centered. Instead of directing some of our ambition towards community improvement we may exploit members of the community in the interests of self-advancements. In later life we may be ambitious for the success of our children but we regard this success as only a further mark of our own success.Ambition is necessary in the lives of individuals-necessary for their own improvement and for the improvement of the community in which they live. But, like all blind forces, it must be directed if it is not to cause disaster. It must be tightly controlled by the head and the heart. Otherwise ambition may demand too high a price in terms of human qualities.TitleAmbitionMeritWith an ambition in our heart, were always trying our best to use our talent to 1._ ourselves, thus 2._ ourselves an