高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解60天42.doc

阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和 d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。abook 1 : brack obama grades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95his mother came from kansas. his father came from kenya. he grew up in hawaii and indonesia, far from the center of american politics. few people had even heard of brack obama before 2004. bt one powerful speech in boston changed all that for the illinois senator(参议员). in 2008, this inspiring leader ran for the countrys top job, president.book 2: danica patrick grades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95growing up, danica patrick dreamed of racing in the indianapolis 500. in 2005, her dream came true. danica finished the race in fourth place, the best ever result by a woman. three years later, she became the first female to win an indycar race. as a woman competing in a sport dominated by men, danica faced many obstacles. but she never stopped believing in herself, no matter what the difficulties.book 3: ellen ochoa grades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95some people dream of becoming stars. ellen ochoa dreamed of living among them! she worked hard to make her dream of becoming an astronaut come true. on april 8, 1993, she strapped (用带子系好)herself in for the ride of her life aboard the space shuttle discovery. ochoa aimed high and boldly went where no hispanic woman had gone before. find out about ochoas amazing journey in her own words and photos from her personal collection!book 4: lebron jamesgrades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95fans, teammates, and opponents know him as king james. many people consider lebron james to be the most talented basketball player of his generation. but there is much more to his story. he overcame hard times as a kid and rose to national fame as a teenager. he then jumped right from high school to the pros. along the way, lebron never lost sight of where he came from or who he is.41. what do the four books have in common according to the passage?a. their prices are the same and they are all about famous leaders.b. they are all about africans and their contributions to society.c. they are written for the same grades and their prices are the same.d. they are for the same readers and printed by the same publisher.42. emma is dreaming of being a car racer. who can be an example to her?a. brack obama b. danica patrick c. ellen ochoa d. lebron james43. if john wants to learn something about becoming a basketball player, which book should he read?a. brack obama b. danica patrick c. ellen ochoa d. lebron james44. which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a. obama was popular with most of the people in america before he ran for president. b. in 2005, danica patrick became the first woman to win an indycar race. c. ochoa is the first hispanic woman to have gone aboard the space shuttle discovery for the ride. d. lebron james is the most talented basketball player.bjob sharing refers to the situation in which two people divide the responsibility of one full-time jobthe two people willingly act as part-time workers, enough hours between them to fulfill the duties of a full-time workerif they each work half the job, for example, they each receive 50 per cent of the jobs wages, its holidays and its other benefitsjob sharing differs from conventional （常规的） part-time work in that it occurs mainly in the more highly skilled and professional areas, which require higher levels of responsibility and employee commitmentjob sharing should not be confused with the term work sharing, which refers to increasing the number of jobs by reducing the number of hours of each existing job, thus offering more positions to the growing number of unemployed peoplejob sharing, by contrast, is not designed to address unemployment problems; its focus, rather, is to provide well-paid work for skilled workers and professionals who want more free time for other activitiesas would be expected, most job sharers are womena survey carried out in 1988 by britains equal opportunities commission showed that 78 per cent of sharers were female, the majority of whom were between 20 and 40 years of agesubsequent studies have come up with similar resultsmany of these women were re-entering the job market after having had children, but they chose not to seek part-time work because it would have meant lower statusjob sharing also offered an acceptable shift back into full-time work after a long absencethe necessity of close cooperation when sharing a job with another person makes the actual work quite different from conventional one-position jobshowever, to ensure a greater chance that the partnership will succeed, each person needs to know the strengths, weaknesses and preferences of his or her partner before applying for a positionmoreover, there must be a fair division of both routine tasks and interesting onesin sum, for a position to be job-shared well, the two individuals must be well matched and must treat each other as equals45in what way is work sharing different from job sharing?awork sharing requires more working hoursbwork sharing is aimed at creating more jobscwork sharing provides a more satisfactory salarydwork sharing depends on the employers decision46according to paragraph 4, young mothers preferred job sharing to conventional part-time work mainly because _athey sought higher social statusbthey were over ideal working agescthey had difficulty finding full-time jobsdthey had to take care of both work and family47in job sharing the partners should _aenjoy equal social status bhave similar work experienceckeep in touch with each other dknow each other very well48the main purpose of the passage is to _adescribe job sharing in generalbdiscuss how to provide more jobscrecommend job sharing to womendcompare job sharing with work sharingci dont ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. there was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what its like to work in a field dominated by men. i was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully i never found them interesting. what i do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.at 19, when i began studying astrophysics(天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. but while earning my ph.d. at mit and then as 3 post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. my every achievementjobs, research papers, awards was viewed through the lens of gender (性别) politics. so were my failures. sometimes, when i was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), i would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: i dont talk about that anymore. it took me 10 years to get back the confidence i had at 19 and to realize that i didnt want to deal with gender issues. why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? after all, i dont study sociology or political theory.today i research and teach at barnard, a womens college in new york city. recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. you cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer: 45. i know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. and i dont dismiss those concerns. still, i dont tell them war stories. instead, i have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. and in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. and thats a sight worth talking about.49. from paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute(归因于) the authors failures to_.a. the very fact that she is a womanb. her involvement in gender politicsc. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicistd. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society50. what did the author constantly fight against while doing her ph.d. and post-doctoral research?a. lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.b. unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.c. peoples stereotyped attitude towards female scientists.d. widespread misconceptions about nature and nurture51. why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?a. female students no longer have to worry about gender issues.b. her students performance has brought back her confidence.c. her female students can do just as well as male students.d. more female students are pursuing science than before.52. what does the image the author presents to her students suggest?a. women students neednt have the concerns of her generation.b. women have more barriers on their way to academic success.c. women can balance a career in science and having a family.d. women now have fewer discrimination problems about science career. dthe first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the valley of the kings. however，the archaeologists working on the excavation(挖掘)have found that they still have a great deal to do. the sun, the wind and tourists have left their mark on the village, originally discovered by bernard bruyhre in 1935“from our modern perspective，it is upsetting to see how the village was first excavated and then left to be destroyed. passers-by have used the huts as rubbish dumps and restrooms,”says jaana toivariviitala, a teacher at the university of helsinki.“fortunately, while we still have some surface cleaning to do, conservation are off to a good start.”the hut village offers rare insight into everyday life in ancient egypt.“in the early twentieth century，archaeologists were only interested in the tombs of kings. the workmens huts they discovered were seen as a necessary evil in the quest for the real treasures.” “now several international research groups on different excavations are examining everyday life and work in the valley of the kings. this seems to be a trend in archaeology right now.” toivari-viitala says her research group wants to find out why the hut village was built on the slope of a mountain，halfway between the construction site and deir-el-medina. they are also interested in how many workers lived in the village at a time, when they lived there, and what their role was in the construction work.“comparing the names found in the village and in deir-el-medina provides useful informationjudging from the construction methods，settlement in the village can be divided into two separate periods: the initial settlement and a later one.”for the time being，much is up to guessing, but toivari-viitala believes that the coming four field seasons, three months each, will see results.“the working conditions are not nearly as difficult as i thought they would be. the cool winds in the mountains nicely alleviate the heat.”the research group working on the “workmens huts in the theban mountains” project is planning to return to the valley of the kings in october.53. what does the passage mainly talk about? _a. the hut village in the valley of the kings.b. the excavation of the tombs in the valley.c. the archaeologists working on the excavation.d. everyday life and work in the valley of the kings.54. which of the following is not true of the hut village according to the passage? _a. it has been damaged a lot. b. it can tell us something about ancient egypt.c. it has attracted archaeologists attention. d. it has a lot of real treasures somewhere in it.55. whats the new trend in archaeology right now according to toivari-viitala?a. being interested in the tombs of kingsb. examining everyday life and work in the valley of the kings.c. using the huts as rubbish dumps and restroomsd. guessing what the result will be beforehand56. we can infer from the passage that_.a. people know little about the hut village by now b. the workmens huts were not discovered until very recentlyc. the research group working on the workmens huts will suffer a lotd. the hut village is much more valued by archaeologists than the tombs ei shall never forget the night，a few years ago，when marion jdouglas was a student in one of my adulteducation classes. he told us how tragedy had struck at his home，not once，but twice. the first time he had lost his fiveyearold daughter. he and his wife thought they couldnt bear that first loss；but，as he said，“ten months later，god gave us another little girl and she died in five days.”this double bereavement was almost too much to bear. “i couldnt take it，” this father told us，“i couldnt sleep，eat，rest or relax. my nerves were entirely shaken and my confidence gone. ”at last he went to doctors；one recommended sleeping pills and another recommended a trip，but neither helped. he said，“my body felt as if it was surrounded in a vice (大钳子)，and the jaws of the vice were being drawn tighter and tighter.” the tension of grief (悲伤)if you have ever been paralyzed (使瘫痪) by sorrow，you know what he meant.“but thank god，i had one child lefta fouryearold son. he gave me the solution to my problem. one afternoon as i sat around feeling sorry for myself，he asked，daddy，will you build a boat for me？ i was in no mood to build a boat；in fact，i was in no mood to do anything. but my son is a persistent little fellow！i had to give in. building that toy boat took me about three hours. by the time it was finished，i realized that those three hours spent building that boat were first hours of mental relaxation and peace that i had had in months！i realized that it is difficult to worry while you are busy doing something that requires planning and thinking. in my case，building the boat had knocked worry out of the ring. so i determined to keep