河北省栾城县高考英语阅读理解暑假学生自练（4）(1).doc

2015河北省栾城县高考英语阅读理解暑假学生自练（4）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。we discuss the issue of when to help a patient die. doctors of our generation are not newcomers to this question. going back to my internship（实习）days, i can remember many patients in pain, sometimes in coma(昏迷), with late, hopeless cancer. for many of them, we wrote an order for heavy medicationmorphine(吗啡)by the clock. this was not talked about openly and little was written about it. it was essential, not controversial.the best way to bring the problem into focus is to describe two patients whom i cared for. the first, formerly a nurse, had an automobile accident. a few days later her lungs seemed to fill up; her heart developed dangerous rhythm disturbances. so there she was: in coma, on a breathing machine, her heartbeat maintained with an electrical device. one day after rounds, my secretary said the husband and son of the patient wanted to see me. they told me their wife and mother was obviously going to die; she was a nurse and had told her family that she never wanted this kind of terrible death, being maintained by machines. i told them that while i respected their view, there was nothing deadly about her situation. the kidney(肾) failure she had was just the kind for which the artificial kidney was most effective. while possibly a bit reassured, they were disappointed. here was the head surgeon seemingly determined to keep everybody alive, no matter what.within a few days the patients pacemaker(起搏器) could be removed and she awoke from her coma. about six months later, the door of my office opened and in walked a gloriously fit woman. after some cheery words of appreciation, the father and son asked to speak to me alone. as soon as the door closed, both men became quite tearful. all that came out was, we want you to know how wrong we were.the second patient was an 85-year-old lady whose hair caught fire while she was smoking. she arrived with a deep burn; i knew it would surely be deadly. as a remarkable coincidence there was a meeting for discussion going on at the time in medical ethics(道德). the speaker asked me if i had any sort of ethical problem i could bring up for discussion. i described the case and asked the students their opinion. after the discussion, i made a remark that was, when looking back, a serious mistake. i said, ill take the word back to the nurses about her and we will talk about it some more before we decide. the instructor and the students were shocked: you mean this is a real patient? the teacher of ethics was not accustomed to being challenged by actuality. in any event, i went back and met with the nurses. a day or two later, when she was making no progress and was suffering terribly, we began to back off treatment. soon she died quietly and not in pain. as a reasonable physician, you had better move ahead and do what you would want done for you. and dont discuss it with the world first. there is a lesson here for everybody. assisting people to leave this life requires strong judgment and long experience to avoid its misuse.10. in the early days when a patient had got a deadly, hopeless illness, _.a. doctors used to ask the patient to go back home and wait for deathb. doctors would write all their treatment plan on the patients medical recordc. doctors would talk about their treatment plan openlyd. usually doctors would inject more morphine into the patient to end his life11. the first patients husband and son wanted the doctor_.a. to end her lifeb. to save her lifec. to operate on her at onced. to use an artificial kidney12. in the second paragraph, why were they disappointed?a. their wife and mother was going to die. b. they doctor didnt do as they asked to.c. their wife and mother had to receive a kidney transplant.d. the doctor scolded them for their cruelty 13. at the meeting, the author discussed with the students_.a. how to help patients end their livesb. the importance of mercy killingc. the relationship between mercy killing and ethicsd. the case about an old lady 14. the author suggested that doctors_ before they assist a patient in killing himself.a. discuss it with the others firstb. make sure there is no other choice left c. be required to do so first by the patientd. give the patient enough morphine 15.which of the following can best describe the author?ka. cruel. b. determined. c. experienced. d. considerate. 参考答案 10-15 dabdbc【2012浙江省宁波市八校联考】a阅读下列材料，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。a new book written by a chinese american on her super-strict parenting - battle hymn of the tiger mother has raised fierce debates in the us.amy chua is a yale law school professor and the mother of two teenage girls. she is the daughter of chinese immigrants. in the chinese culture, the tighter represents strength and power. in her book, ms. chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters. chua writes that her daughters, sophia and louisa, were never allowed to go on a date, be in a school play, watch tv or play computer games. they couldnt choose their own after-class activities or get any grade less than an a. they had to play piano or violin - and no other musical instruments. she writes that if a chinese child gets a b - which she says would never happen - there would be a screaming, hair-tearing explosion. she describes making her 7-year-old daughter play a piano piece perfectly - yelling and not letting her leave the bench even to use the bathroom - until it was.many people have criticized amy chua. some say her parenting methods were abusive. she even admits that her husband, who is not chinese, objected to her parenting style. but she says that was the way her parents raised her and her three sisters.stacy debroff, who has written four books on parenting, says amy chuas parenting style is not limited to chinese families. she says it represents a traditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking a better future for their children. but she also sees a risk. when children have no time to be social or to follow their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. stacy debroff advises parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.alison lo, an assistant professor of marketing at the university of washingtons bothell campus, said. i dont think amy is advocating a best practice of parenting style, or that success and achievements are critical yardsticks of a good life. but i can imagine how strong her daughters college applications are going to be. for many parents whose dreams are seeing their kids graduating from a competitive university, amy is sharing with the readers that it is achievable by persistent, dedicated parental guidance, lo said. in that sense, a young adults giftedness can be born, or made.41. we can learn that amy chua is _.a. an assistant professor b. an easy-going womanc. a cruel teacher d. a demanding mother42. what are sophia and louisa allowed to do?a. getting an a minus b. playing the guitarc. dating with boys d. playing the piano43. what do you know about amy chuas husband?a. he came from china b. he is against her parenting stylec. he approved of her parenting style d. he thinks her parenting methods are abusive44. stacy debroff advises parents to _.a. follow amy chuas parenting styleb. develop their own style of parentingc. be strict with childrend. seek a better future for their children45. alison lo concludes that _.a. a teenager can be raised to be a talentb. a gifted child was born with talentc. persistent, dedicated parental guidance is the best parenting styled. parents should respect childrens personalities 【参考答案】4145、ddbba 【2012浙江省宁波市八校联考】bretracing one of the most important trading routes of ancient civilization, this remarkable tour aboard the luxury golden eagle and shangri-la trains follows in the footsteps of such legendary figures as alexander the great and marco polo.crossing both russia and china as well as some of the remotest former soviet republics-kazakhstan, turkmenistan and uzbekistan- our journey will take in some of the most magnificent yet little-visited sights from the ancient world. eastbound trips start in russias capital moscow, where we have plenty of time to explore. we travel on to volgograd-better known as stalingrad-where the soviets turned the course of the second world war, before heading for far remoter places that own their importance to a time much further back in history.the kara kum desert is followed by the amazing 2,500 year-old cities of khiva and bukhara-considered so important by unesco that it supported their restoration-and then samarkand, “the rome of the east”. much admired by alexander the great, samarkand is home to registan square, a spectacular open space surrounded by beautiful islamic buildings and considered one of the most inspirational sights in central asia. in between khiva and bukhara we take a two-day excursion into turkmenistan and visit the capital city of ashgabat, a huge modern folly(装饰性建筑) in the desert and a monument to the recently deceased president sapamurat turkmenbashi. we also visit the ancient city of merv before returning to uzbekistan.after crossing the border into china, our tour takes in the fascinating mogao grottoes, the jiayuguan fortress at the end of the great wall and the world-famous terracotta warriors, an army of almost 6,000 statues recognized as one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. we end our journey in beijing, the capital of modern, confident chinawhere the latest architecture rubs shoulders with tiananmen square and the forbidden city.46.the ancient city of merv now belongs to _.a. russia b. soviet c. turkmenistan d. uzbekistan47. if you take an eastbound trip, you can visit the four cities in the following order:_a. beijing, samarkand, ashgabat, moscow b. moscow, samarkand, ashgabat, beijingc. beijing, ashgabat, samarkand, moscow d. moscow, ashgabat, samarkand, beijing48. from the passage we know that volgograd is known for _.a. its hard-working people b. a historical eventc. its long history d. its pleasant weather 49. whats the possible meaning of the underlined word “excursion” in the third paragraph?a. trip b. holiday c. exploration d. study 【参考答案】4649、cdba 阅读理解 it was saturday. as always, it was a busy one, for “six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. outside, father and mr. patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. inside their own houses, mother and mrs. patrick were engaged in spring cleaning. somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. now, even at the risk of having brother caught to beat carpets , they had sent him to the kitchen for string(线). it seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today. my mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping, a gun she cast a look toward the window. “come on, girls! lets take string to the boys and watch them on the way we met mrs. patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. there never was such a day for flying kited! we played all our fresh string into the boys kites and they went up higher and higher .we could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down it the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again. even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. i think we were all beside ourselves. parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “perhaps its like this in the kingdom of heaven,” i thought confusedly. it was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to house. i suppose we had some sort of supper. i suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on sunday looked clean and orderly enough. the strange thing was, we didnt mention that day afterward. i felt a little embarrassed .surely none of the others had been as excited as i. i locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are.” the years went on, then one day i was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park ,see duck.” “i cant go!” i said. “i have this and this to do, and when im through ill be too tired to walk that for.” my mother , who was visiting us , looked up from the peas she was shelling ,“its a wonderful day,” she offered，“really warm , yet theres a fine breezy . do you remember that day we flew kites?” i stopped in my dash between stove and sink. the looked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “come on.” i told my little girl. “youre right, its too good a day to miss.”another decade passed. we were in the aftermath (余波)of a great war. allevening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest patrick boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. he had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. what was he thinking of what dark and horrible things? “say!” a smile slipped out from his lips. “do you remember - no, of course you wouldnt. it probably didnt make the impression on you as it did on me.” i hardly dared spe