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高高中英语中英语网网 为大家带来全面的高为大家带来全面的高中英语中英语资讯 资讯 请关注高请关注高中英语中英语网网 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高二英语阅读理解专练高二英语阅读理解专练03030303 由高由高中英语中英语网网 收集并提供下载收集并提供下载 阅读理解 共 20 小题 每小题 2 分 共 40 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 并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑 A A A A I ve loved my mother s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top ofitas Mother sat doing letters Standing by her chair looking at the ink bottle pens and white paper I decided that the act of writing must bethe most wonderful thinginthe world Years later during her final illness Mother kept different things for my sister and brother But the desk he said is for Elizabeth I never saw her angry never saw her cry I knew sheloved me sheshoweditinaction But as a young girl I wanted heart to heart talks between mother and daughter They never happened And a gulf opened between us I was too emotional 感情容易激动 的 But shelived on the surface 表现 As years passed and I had my own family I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family I wrote to herincareful words and asked her toletme knowinany way she chosethat she did forgive 原谅 me I posted the letter and waited forher answer Nonecame My hope turned to disappointment 失望 thelittle interest finally peace it seemed that nothing happened I couldn t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother I only knew that I had writtenit and I could stop trying to makeher into someoneshewas not Now the present of her desk told me as she d never been able to that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside a photo of my father and aone page letter folded and refolded many times Give me an answer my desk inany way you choose Mother you always chose the act that speaks louder than words 56 Thewriter began to love her mother sdesk A after Mother diedB beforeshebecamea writer 高高中英语中英语网网 为大家带来全面的高为大家带来全面的高中英语中英语资讯 资讯 请关注高请关注高中英语中英语网网 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 C when shewas achildD when Mother gaveitto her 57 Thepassageshows about A Mother wroteher daughterincareful words B Mother cared much about her daughterinwords C Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done D Mother was cold on thesurfacebut kindinher heart to her daughter 58 Theword gulf inthe passage means A part of the seagoing farinland B freetalks between mother and daughter C different ideas between themother and daughter D deep understanding between the old and the young 59 What did Mother do with her daughter sletter asking for forgiveness She had never received the letter She read the letter again and till shedied For years she often talked about theletter She didn t forgive her daughter atallinher life 60 What s thebest title of the passage A My letter to MotherB Mother and children C My Mother s DeskD Talks between Mother and Me B B B B There are three branches of medicine One is called doctor medicine or scientific medicine Scientific doctors try to observesickness look for logical pattern and then find out how the human body works From there they figure out what treatments may work This kind of medicine is believed to date from the 4th century BC Although nowadaysitis successful inthe ancient this approach 方法 probably did not cure many patients The second kind of medicine is called natural cures or folk medicine inwhich less educated people try to cure sickness with various herbs These folk healers also use observation and logic but they are not so aware of it They try things until they find something that seems to work and then they keep doing that Folk medicine flourished 兴 起 long before the development of scientific medicine and was moresuccessfulinancient times 高高中英语中英语网网 为大家带来全面的高为大家带来全面的高中英语中英语资讯 资讯 请关注高请关注高中英语中英语网网 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 Thethird kind is called health spas or faith healing Sometimes this may be as simple as touching the holy man and being immediately healed Other times a magician may make you a magic charm or say a spell 咒语 to cure you Somereligious groups organize healing shrines 圣坛 for the sick In theseplaces people rest get plenty of sleep eat healthy food drink water instead of wine and exerciseinvarious ways They also talk to the priests 牧师 and pray to the gods If you are feeling depressed or you have been working too hard going to these placesmay be just the right thing to make you feel better 61 Doctormedicine A has a longer history than folk medicine B has been practiced for around 2 400 years C bases its treatments on observation and logic D was very successfulincuring sicknessesinancient times 62 According to the passage which of the following is NOT usedinhealth spas A Magic powerB Various herbs C Religious faithD Ahealthy life style 63 According to the passage which of the following statementsis true A Folk healers choosedifferent herbs to cure diseases without any sound basis B People who practice folk medicine need lots of formal education on herbs C Thesuccess of folk medicineledto thedevelopment of doctormedicine D Natural cures worked better than scientific medicineinancient times 64 Theauthor s primary purposeinthis passageis to A describe different types of medicine B arguefor the importanceof medicineinhealth care C show theimportant role religion playsinmedical treatments D comparethe educational background of threedifferent types of patients C C C C 高高中英语中英语网网 为大家带来全面的高为大家带来全面的高中英语中英语资讯 资讯 请关注高请关注高中英语中英语网网 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 SYDNEY As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming poolin1999 Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well chatting about sport life and anything else that cameup YetinSydney next month they will meet again by the pool and for a short time the friends will race against each otherinthe 50 meter butterfly 蝶 泳 inthe Australian championships at Homebush Bay Gould now a 47 year old mother of four has announced she will be making a return to elite competition 顶级赛事 to swim the one event having set aqualifying 合格的 time of 30 32 secondsinwinning gold at last year s United States Masters championships Her comeback comes32 years after shewon threegolds at theMunich Olympics Schipper now a 17 year old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics yesterday recalled 回忆 her time with Gouldfieyears ago I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train Schipper explained It seemed asifwehad long been good friends I don t know why Wejust started talking anditwent from there She had alotto share withallof us at that camp She told us stories about whatitwas like at big meets like the Olympics and whatit s like to be on an Australian team It was really interesting Next time things will be moreserious I will still be swimminginthe 50m butterfly at the nationals so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould said Schipper who burst onto the scene at last year s national championships with second placesin the 100m and 200m butterfly 65 What is the passagemainly about A Stories happeninginswimming competitions B Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds C Lessonslearned from international swimming championship D Friendship and competition between two swimmers 66 Gould and Schipper are going to A talk about sportand life B go back to elite competition 高高中英语中英语网网 为大家带来全面的高为大家带来全面的高中英语中英语资讯 资讯 请关注高请关注高中英语中英语网网 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 C set a qualifying time and win gold D takepartinthe samesports event 67 Gould won her three Olympic golds when shewas A 15B 17C 22D 30 68 Theunderlined word it inthefifth paragraph probably refersto A the OlympicsB theyouth camp C the friendshipD theAustralian team 69 What Schipper said showed that she A was no longer Gould sfriend B had learned alotfrom Gould C was not interestedinGould s stories D would not like to competeagainst Gould D D D D Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber debuts appearsinpublic for the first time inShanghai marking the production s first Asian performance Sinceitwasfirst stagedinLondon the play has been seen by 58million peopleall over the world The Phantom of the Opera depicts 描述 a mysterious person with a beautiful voice living under the Paris Theatre The Grand stage sets and music have made the musical famous throughout theworld 7 15 pm December 18 200 2000yuan 7 15pm December 19 24 26 31 100 800 yuan Shanghai Grand Theatre 300 Renmin Dadao Tel 5466 0206 Cello recital 大提琴独奏会 Cellist Nina Kotova will stage arecitalinShanghai Kotova from Russia is an excellent 高高中英语中英语网网 为大家带来全面的高为大家带来全面的高中英语中英语资讯 资讯 请关注高请关注高中英语中英语网网 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 musician and composer 作曲家 She gained world attention when she won first prizeinan international music contest at theage of 15 She is also a model and has graced the coversof many fashion magazines 7 30 pm December 15 50 500 yuan Shanghai ConcertHall 523Yan an Donglu Tel 6386 2836 Pipa concert Yang Jing plays the pipainconcert The pipa player found her distinctive 有特色的 musical character through the ancient pieces of an ancient culture and the most contemporary 当 代的 music of theworld Rootedinthe millennia old tradition of Chinese music shebuilds on a vast body of musical history from the East and West 7 15 pm December 10 40 100 yuan He Luting ConcertHall 20 Fenyang Lu Tel 6437 1192 70 To attend two different concerts listed above will cost at least A 80 yuanB 90 yuan C 600 yuanD 1 000 yuan 71 Thosewho are interestedinChinese traditional music will A watch aconcert at theHe Luting Hall B spend 500 yuan or more on a ticket C call 5466 0206 to book tickets D watch aplay at 300 Renmin Dadao on Dec 18 72 Wecan know from theadvertisements that A people livinginShanghai will seethe first performanceof The Phantom of the Opera 高高中英语中英语网网 为大家带来全面的高为大家带来全面的高中英语中英语资讯 资讯 请关注高请关注高中英语中英语网网 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 高中学子家长老师的好帮手 B ThePhantom of theOpera is a musical play performed at the Paris Theatre C Cellist Kotova s photo can be seen on thecoversof many fashion magazines D Yang Jing the pipa player acceptsno western influenceinher performance E E E E Theopinion of many engineers is that the architects that designed the New York World Trade CenterTwinTowers did a good jobindesigning the buildings The buildings were safe from the hazards envisioned 预想到的 at thetime Indeed they were designed to withstand 经受住 the force of aircraft that might crash into them They were not however designed to withstand the effectsof thevery high temperatures produces by theignition 点燃 of aviation 航空 fuel carried by theaircraft Steel lightly covered with concrete is the main structural part of the towers and steel loses a lotof structural strength when heated to 1100 degrees Centigrade and beyond asitwas To protect the steel the towers beams were coated with a few centimeters of concrete That insulation 隔离 was to provide structural state of being complete for at least 1 hour of fire The towers met that test The south tower lasted 62 minutes The north 103 minutes Tragedy followed when notallcould escape before thecollapse 倒塌 Most experts agree that theTwinTowers were very well designed Many also agree that the people planning the attackswere very knowledgeable and aimed the aircraft at a height that would effect the most damage The aircraft crash and the resulting fuel fed fires were aimed at about the 90th floor That was just high enough to insure that the upper floors would weaken with the heat and crack down dropping into the remaining part of the building The mass of the falling top floors created such a falling load that some experts estimateit exceeded 超过 by 5 to 10 times normal bearing loads Theeffect was like a giant hammer each floor contributing moreweight to be born by the next floor down Were the Trade Towers well designed Engineers say yes But the public refers to the belief that architects will never ag