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风陵渡中学2012届高三阅读专练（3）a the bike, a black kona 18 speed, was our only transport. trevor used it to get o work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. and the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货），saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. i was so sad that someone would steal our bike that i wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. one wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. it really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. people say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. this experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. and it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. no matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. and the results can be everlasting.46. why was the bike so important to the couple? a. the mans job was bike racing. b. it was their only possession. c. it was a nice kona 18 speed. d. they used it for work and daily life.47. we can infer from the text that _. a. the couple worked 60 hours a week. b. people were busy before christmas c. the stranger brought over the bike d. life was hard for the young family.48. how did people get to know the couples problem? a. from radio broadcasts. b. from a newspaper. c. from tv news. d. from a stranger.49. what do the couple learn from their experience? a. strangers are usually of little help. b. one should take care of their bike. c. news reports make people famous. d. an act of kindness can mean a lot.bthe following notice is posted in the bus station.time table:buses leave the railway station, new york city, from 7:00 am and every half-hour thereafter, until 11:30 pm(7 days a week) buses leave brennan station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 am to 11:40 pm(7 days a week)evening rush hours (5:00 pm to 7:00 pm): buses leave the railway station, new york city every 15 minutes. (monday-friday)holidays buses leave every hour on the hour, each direction. (trip time:30 minutes each way)all tickets must be bought at window 12, the railway station, new york city, or at the brennan station window before boarding buses.50. if you want to take a bus in the evening rush hour, you should take the _ in the railway station, new york city on monday.a. 6:20 pm b. 5:45 pm c. 8:00 pm d. 7:15 pm51. if you get to the railway station new york 11:35 am on saturday, how long will you have to wait before you take a bus?a.5 minutes b.15 minutes c.25 minutes d. no bus can be taken 52. youll go back home from work in brennan. which of the following bus will you take?a.7:30 pm b.6:00 pm c.5:45 pm d.6:20 pm53. where should passengers buy their tickets?a. from the bus driver b. on the bus after getting on itc. from the conductor d. at the station before boardingchave you ever seen people dance? some dances are fast and others are slow. peoples feet always move when they dance. they keep on moving until the music stops.people have enjoyed dancing for a very long time. this story is of a different kind of dance. it is a dance without people or music. yet this dance is one of the oldest in the world. it is the dance of bees.if you have ever watched bees, you know that they are very clever. they also work hard looking for food and bringing it hack to their home.the home of the bees is called a bee hive(巢). here hundreds even thousands of bees live. they work day and night building small walls of wax(蜡). then they make their honey. this is the same honey that we eat.where does the honey come from? bees live on food from flowers. have you seen bees flying around a flower garden? when a bee rests on a flower, it tries to go to the center of it. there it takes the food back to the hive.at the hive, bees change this flower food into honey. then they fly away for more food.how do the bees know where to find the best food in the sweetest flowers? one bee acts as a guide. when it discovers good flowers, it flies back to the hive and tells the others. it does this by dancing for them.the bee dances on the side. this tells the other bees which way to go to find the flowers. but that is not all. the bee dances for some time. and the length of its dance tells the other bees how far they must fly to reach the flowers.when the bees see the dance, they know where the flowers are. they fly away and return with more food for the hive.sometimes we hear the music of the bees as they fly around. but few people have ever seen them dance. yet without that dance we might never have sweet honey to eat. 54. the writer believes that_.a. people dance better than bees b. people learned dance from beesc. bees dance more often than people d. bees dont like music55. from this passage we know that the dance of bees means_a. they are good at dance b. they want to show their beautyc. they communicate with each other d. they have nothing to do 56. which of the following is ture?a. people get honey from flowers directly b. people draw honey from bees bodies c. people produce honey in a secret place d. people get honey from bees indirectly57. if a bee wants to get some information about the distance of food, he may watch closely at _of the other bees dance.a. the side b. the length c. the place d. the timedmany families in the united states have a larger income now than ever before, but people are finding it difficult to make ends meet anyway. almost everyone is wondering,“what happens to all my money?”i never seem to have anything left to put away.why isnt a dollar worth as much as it used to be? one dollar is always worth the same amount, that is, 100 cents. but the value of a dollar is how much it can buy. the value of money depends on the cost of living. economists（经济学家） say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay for the necessities of life（生活必需品） such as food, housing or rent, clothes, and medical expenses. for many years now, the cost of living has increased greatly, so the value of the dollar has decreased. when a dollar has a low value, you cannot buy as many things with it.no one fully understands why the cost of living keeps increasing, but economists believe that workers and producers can make prices go up. as workers earn more money, they have more money to spend, so many demand more goods. if there is a great demand for certain goods, the prices of these goods go up. at the same time, if theres a shortage（短缺） of goods, the prices also go up. for example, if everyone wants to buy more and more gas, the price of gas goes up. when companies withhold gas from buyers, they can also make the price of gas go up.families need to know what happens to their money. they need to make their income meet the cost of living, so many people plan a family budget. a budget（预算）is a list of monthly. if your expenses add up to more than your income, you must find ways to save money. maybe youre spending too much on entertainment. or if youre spending too much on clothes, you may want to sew your own clothes. budgeting helps you spend your money wisely as the cost of living increases.58. what has troubled many families in the united states?a. a not-large-enough income b. nothing is left over to put awayc. the increasing cost of living d. a shortage of certain goods59. _determines(决定) the value of the dollar.a. the government b. the cost of living c. the economist d. the bank60. while the cost of living increases, the value of the dollar_.a. increases too b. decreases c. neither increases nor decreases d. seldom decreases 61. when _, the prices go up.a. demand（需求） exceeds（超过） supply（供给） b. supply exceeds demandc. demand doesnt exceed supply d. supply equals demandevalentines days is named after saint valentine, an early christian churchman who reportedly helped young lovers. valentine was executed(处决)for his christian beliefs on february 14 more than 1,700 years ago, but the day that has his name is even earlier than that.more than 2,000 years ago, the ancient romans celebrated a holiday for lovers. as part of the celebration, girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container（容器）. boys reached into the container and pulled one out. the girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweetheart for a year.lovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they send each other valentines day cards that tell of their love. sometimes they also send gifts, like flowers or chocolate candy. americans usually send these gifts and cards through the mail system. but some use another way to send this message. they have it printed in a newspaper. the cost is usually a few dollars. some of the messages are simple and short:“jane, i love you very much. peter.”others say more. this one, for example, “dan, roses are red, violets are blue. i hope you love me as much as i love you. forever, mary.”most of the newspapers that print such messages are local, but one, usa today, is sold throughout the united stated and 90 other countries as well. this means someone can send a valentine message to a lover in a far-away city or town almost anywhere in the world. these messages cost 80 dollars and more. an employee of the usa today says readers can have a small heart or rose printed along with their messages this year. will this kind of valentines day messages reaches the one you love? well, just make sure he or she reads the newspaper.62. how to understand“the day that has his name is even earlier than that”?a. the holiday for lovers is earlier than valentines day that was named after saint valentine.b. valentine was executed a long time ago.c