2010届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列8.doc

2010届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列8（含解析）ASANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -An infant girl born with a second head bled to death Saturday after complex surgery (外科手术) to remove her partially formed twin , her parents and doctors said.A medical team completed the 11- hour operation Friday night and said 8-week-old Rebecca Martinez died seven hours later. Doctors had warned after the surgery that the girl would be at great risk of death.“ We knew this was a very risky surgery , and now we accept what God has decided , “ Rebeccas father , 29-year-old Frankin Martinez, said at a news conference with his wife. “ Rebecca is no longer with us physically, but no one will forget her.”Martinez said the family would bury Rebecca in a private funeral later in the day.The girl lost a lot of blood in the operation, which apparently (明显地) caused her to suffer a heart attack , said Dr. Jorge Lazareff, the lead surgeon. Friends and family donated (捐赠) almost 4 gallons of blood for surgeons to use Rebecas operation“This was not a failure or an error,” Lazareff said. “When we left here last night the girl was in stable condition. At some point in the middle of the night, she started to bleed.”Rebecca was born Dec. 10 with the undeveloped head of her twin, an extremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasticus. Rebecca was the eighth documented case in the world of craniopagus parasiticus, doctors said.All the other infants documented to have had the condition died before birth, making Rebeccas surgery the first known operation of its kind.Without an operation, Rebecca would have barely been able to lift her head at 3 months old. Her doctors said the pressure from the second head would have prevented her brain from developing.“We always saw Rebecca without the extra part of her body, ”Her father said after her death.Rebecca was their third child-along with a 4-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl.1. The underlined word “infant” most probably means_.A. a disabled child B. a newly-born childC. a 2-headed child D. a very young child2. Rebecca Martinez died _after she went to the operation table. A. 8 weeks B. 11 hours C. 7 hours D. 18 hours3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text? A. Rebecca died because mistakes happened during the operation B. Rebecca most probably died of bleeding C. Rebecca was her parents third child D. Without an operation , Rebecca would have little hope of living4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A. Infant Girl Dies After 2nd Head Removed B. Rebecca , Hicianos Third Child C. The Death of a Gril With two Heads D. Rebeccas Surgery, the First Known OperationBMost people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer （作曲家） begins, how he manages to keep going-in fact, how and where he leads his trade-all are covered in complete darkness. The composer, in short, is a man of mystery（神秘）.One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration（灵感） plays in a composer s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.The composer, therefore, does not say to himself: Do I feel inspired? He says to himself:Do I feel like working today? And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like saying to himself: Do I feel sleepy? If you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you dont feel sleepy, you stay up. If the composer doesn t feel like working, he doesn t work. It s as simple as that. （07全国卷二）5. What would be the best title for the text?A. Composer: a man of mystery B. Practice makes good musicC. Relation between sleeping and music D. Music: product of nature6. The words covered in complete darkness underlined in Paragraph I most probably meanA. difficult to be made B. without any light C. black in color D. not known7. Most people seem to think that a composer _ .A. finds it difficult to write musicB. considers it important to have a good restC. should like to talk about inspirationD. never asks himself very simple questions8. The author will most probably agree that composers _A. are born with a gift for musicB. are people full of mysteryC. work late at night for their musicD. know a lot about eating and sleeping1.D 词义理解题。 四个选项似乎都正确， 但是根据下文“with a second head ” 可以排除C 项。 11个月大的幼儿不应该算newly-born child，所以排除B项。 A项“残疾”和D 项“幼儿”比较之后，可以发现A项其实仍旧属于对Rebecca 的重复形容，所以最后选择D项。infant意为“婴儿，幼儿”。2.D 计算推理题。 根据第二段，既然手术持续11个小时，那么“died seven hours later”就是在这11 小时之后， 所以选择D项。3.A 辨别是非题。 根据第六段可知A项错误。其它各项文中都有相关的表述