2011届高三英语阅读理解专练之一.doc

2011届高三No. 3There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things. The pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine, the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend （hurt）many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing （批评）and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation（模仿）. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong , but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact （接触）with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.8“The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means_.A. have a good taste with social lifeB. make others unhappyC. tend to scold others openlyD. enjoy the pleasure of life9We can conclude from the passage that_.A. we should pity all such unhappy peopleB. such unhappy people are dangerous to social lifeC. people can get rid of the habit of unhappinessD. unhappy people can not understand happy persons10If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit , the author suggests that people should _.A. prevent any communication with themB. show no respect and politeness to themC. persuade them to recognize the bad effectsD. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes11In this passage, the writer mainly_.A. describes two types of peopleB. laughs at the unhappy peopleC. suggests ways to help them unhappyD. tells people how to be happy in lifeNo. 4Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.Global English Center*General English in all four skills：listening，speaking，reading，and writing*3-month（700 yuan），6-month（1，200 yuan）and one-year（2，000 yuan）courses*Choice of morning or evening classes，3 hours perday，MonFri*Experienced college English teachers*Close to city center and bus stopsTel：67705272Add：105 Ahongshan Road，100082Modem Language School*Special courses in English for business，travel，bankinghotel management and office skills*Small classes（12-16 students）on Sat. & Sun. from 200-500 p. m. *Native English teachers from Canada and USA*Language lab and computers supplied*3-month course：1，050 yuan；6-month course：1，850 yuanWrite or phone；Modem Language School，675 Park Road100056Tel：67353019The 21 st Century English Training Centre*We specialize in effective（卓有成效的）teaching at all levels*We offer morning or afternoon classesboth three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan*We also have a six-week TOEFL preparation class during winter and summer holidays*Emrance exams：June 1 and Dec1*Only 15-minute walk from city centerCall 67801642 for more informationThe International House of English*ThreeSix-month English courses for students of all levels at very low cost：60 yuan for12 hours per week；convenient（方便的）class hours：900-1200 a. m. and 200-500p.m. *A four-month evening programmer for developing speaking skills （same cost as day classes）.*Free sightseeing and social activities（活动）*Very close to the Central ParkFor further information call 67432308.12You work from 900 a. m. to 430 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?A. Global English Center and Modem Language School.B. Global English Center and the International House.C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.D. The 21st Century and the International House.13The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that_.A. its teaching quality is betterB. it is nearest to the city centerC. its courses are more advancedD. it requires an entrance examination14You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it_.A. offers free sightseeing and social activitiesB. has a special course in spoken EnglishC. costs less than the other schoolsD. has native English teachers15If you take the evening programmed at the International House, you will pay about_.A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuan D. 960 yuanNo. 5Even plant can run a fever, especially when theyre under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3, 000 feet away - straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared （红外线）scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide （杀虫剂）spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest （害虫）problems.Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3, 000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color - coded map showing where plants were running“ fevers”. Farmers could then spot - spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long - term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, ” says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson , who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only ff Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.16Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are_.A. sprayed with pesticidesB. facing an infrared scannerC. in poor physical conditionD. exposed to excessive sun rays17In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to_.A. estimate the damage to the cropsB. measure the size of the affected areaC. draw a color -coded mapD. locate the problem area18Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by_.A. resorting to spot - sprayingB. consulting infrared scanning expertsC. transforming poisoned rainD. detecting crop problems at an early stage19The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties_.,A. the lack of official supportB. its high costC. the lack of financial supportD. its failure to help increase production20Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of_.A. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produceB. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on cropsC. the forceful promotion by the Department of AgricultureD. full support from agricultural expertsNo. 6London, （UPT via Xinhua） Peter Scott, a 51 - year - old printer from northern England, has been given his second of two “piggy -back” hearts after removing of his own heart, the Hare filed Hospital said last week.The hospital near London, which is specially good at heart operation, said Scott was in a satisfactory condition.Doctors first linked Scotts heart with the heart of a 13year - old girl in a “piggy -back” transplant （移植）to make up this own heart a week before, the hospital director David Blythe said.Both beat well in step for four days until half - solid blood formed in a man - made valve （瓣膜）fixed in Scotts own heart last year, Blythe said.MOSCOW（Agencies via Xinhua）- A Russian Ilyushin62 airliner left for West Africa suddenly fell down shortly after take - off here, killing everyone on board.It is not known how many passagers the 182 - seat aircraft was carrying when it went downward quickly to the ground just 10 kilometres from Sheremetyevo Airport.But west African newspapers said the plane, which was heading for Sierra Leone, was about half full.An official from Moscows Botkin Institute Hospital said, “No one could have been still alive in the accident. ” “The accident was so serious, so horrible, that we did not need to give medical attention to anyone.”West African officials have complained that the Russian government failed to inform them of the air accident, in which many Africans may have been killed.Stavanger, Norway, March 28（AFP）-At least 28 oil workers died and 69 were missing today after the overturning of the 10, 000 ton Norwegian “Floating Hotel” Alexander Kiellan, in strong winds last night.Another 128 workers have reportedly been rescued from the icy, storm- thrown North Sea waters midway between northeast England and Denmark in continuing search operations by British and Norwegian helicopters, planes and ships.The disaster, called“the worst in our recent history” by Norwegian Premier Odvar Nordli, struck late yesterday when the four - level platform, used as a rest area for workers in the Nor the Seas Ekofisk Oil Field, overturned in a storm after one of its five huge legs gave way for unknown reasons. Yet the quality of construction was the last, Ken Harris, Chief Engineer said. In Stavanger, Prime Minister Nordli thanked neighboring countries, with England heading the list, for their aid and in the rescue effort.The Ekofick field has the heaviest oil platforms of all of shore sites in the world, with 1, 850 oil workers on them, including three other rest platforms.21What do you guess the word“piggy - back” means in the first item of news?A. Greedy. B. Large.C. Dependent. D. Fragile.22How many persons were killed in the air accident near Sheremtyevo Airport?A. About 90.B. About 180. C. About 60. D. About 120.23One of the legs of the four- level platform in the North Seas Elofisk Oil Field broke. Why?A. Because of very strong winds.B. Because the“ Floating Hotel”was turned over.C. Because the quality of construction was bad.D. The report doesnt mention.24What do you learn from the news reports?A. In the rescue effort for the Norwegian oil workers, England led some other countries.B. Soon after the air accident doctors in Botkin Institute Hospital gave aids to the injured passengers.C. Peter Scott was still in danger because half - solid blood formed.D. The plat forms of North Seas Elko fish Oil Field are the heaviest in the world.No. 7Four hundred and three babies are crying loudly. Do you know how to make them quiet in 41 seconds? There is an amazing new product on sale in Japan which does exactly this. It is an LP （a long - playing record）of sounds from inside a mo hers body, which a hospital doctor recorded. In tests with the record she played the LP to 403 crying babies. After 41 seconds not one baby was crying and 161 of them were sleeping.The record began as an experiment by Professor Hajime Minooka of the Nippon Medical University near Tokyo. He was looking for something natural that helps new- born babies go to sleep. The sound of the mothers heart - beat and other body sounds are the things the babies heard inside their mothers. They feel safe and happy when they hear these sounds again. And they go to sleep.Hospitals in Osaka and Tokyo are using the LP. 10, 000 young couples are using it too. Toshiba Music Company who make and sell the records are very happy. One and a half million couples marry every year in Japan. Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely be a hit!25“Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely be a hit!” The word “hit” means“_”A. popularityB. amazement C. strikeD. experiment26What is true according to the passage?A. About 55% of the crying babies fall asleep after 41 seconds hearing the LP.B. The LP sounds were first recorded by Professor Hajime Minooka .C. The LP is produced and sold by Toshiba Music Company.D. One million and a half babies are born it Japan every year.27Babies feel _when they hear these LP sounds.A. the sounds to be their mothers voicesB. as ff they were inside their mothersC. the music natural and softD. themselves sleeping together with their mothersNo. 8In many countries today, laws protect wildlife. In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.About 300 B.C. an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing of game animals was carefully governed. Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest, nobody was allowed to cut trees, burn wood, or trap animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park, so that other animals would not become uneasy.The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand sorts of animals are in danger of extinction, and the speed at which they are being destroyed has been putting on. With mammals（哺乳i类动物）, for example, the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year; from A. D. 1 to 1800, the speed was about one sort every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of saving wildlife while caring for the worlds growing population.28This report says that the need for protecting wildlife_.A. was understood centuries before this timeB. was described by and Indian writer about 2300 years agoC. is met in many countries todayD. is carried out in forests as well as in national parks29The report says that in Indian forests of long ago_.A. hunters were given permits to hunt gameB. only dangerous animals were to be killedC. the killing of game animals was controlledD. no killing of animals was allowed30According to the report, men trying to save wildlife are thinking about_ as well.A. the animals in national parks B. stricter laws against huntingC. the trees in the forests D. the needs of people31From the report we can learn _.A. the growth of the worlds population has meant greater danger to wildlifeB. about a thousand sorts of mammals are in danger of extinctionC. the speed of extinction of mammals is lower now than it was from A. D. 1 to 1800D. hunters who kill endangered sorts of animals are seriously punished by law32The word“ extinction” in this report most properly means“_” .A. falling. downB. dying out C. growing upD. going awayNo.9Suppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident. The doctor tell you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles, will be laid up for months, Youd have to replace him, wouldnt you? And probably at a pay about equal to his ?Then youd be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question.You can prevent this kind of unproductive outgo on your payroll by providing your key man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance! This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time. Should the disability prove everlasting, an income for life is certainty. Why not make out a list of your key men now? Then get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business.Write and well serve you!33The above is most probably_A. a reportB. a letter C. an announcementD. an advertisement34What is really true according to the above?A.