优化方案（浙江、江苏）高考英语二轮复习 题型重组第五组.doc

第五组 (建议用时：25分钟)阅读理解awhoever enters my home for the first time will always be impressed with a small and white envelope. it is stuck among the branches of our christmas tree. no name, no address. it has hung through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so.it all began because my husband mike hated christmas. he didnt hate the true meaning of christmas, but the commercial aspects of it: overspending, the crazy running around at the last minute to get a tie for uncle harry and the dusting powder for grandma and the gifts given in desperation because you couldnt think of anything else.knowing he felt this way, i decided one year to ignore the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. i reached for something special just for mike. the inspiration came in an unusual way.our son kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling(摔跤) at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before christmas, there was a nonleague match against a team sponsored by an innercity church, mostly black.these youngsters, dressed in sports shoes so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their blue and gold uniforms and brand new wrestling shoes.as the match began, i was surprised to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestlers ears. it was a luxury(奢侈) that the poor team obviously could not afford. well, we ended up beating them. we took every weight class. and as each of their boys got up from the mat，he walked around in rags, holding his head high with a kind of street pride that couldnt acknowledge defeat.mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “i wish just one of them could have won.” he said，“they have a lot of potential, but losing_like_this_could_take_the_heart_right_out_of_them.”mike loved kidsall kids and he knew them, having coached little league football and baseball. thats when the idea for his present came.that afternoon, i went to a local sporting goods store and bought a variety of wrestling headgears and shoes and sent them to the innercity church without leaving my name.on christmas eve, i placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling mike what i had done and that this was his gift from me. his smile was the brightest thing about christmas that year and in succeeding years.for each christmas, i followed the tradition, one year sending a group of mentally disabled youngsters to a baseball game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before christmas, and so on.the envelope became the highlight of our christmas. it was always the last thing opened on christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wideeyed expectation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents.as the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its attraction. the story doesnt end there.you see, we lost mike. when christmas rolled around，i was still so wrapped in grief that i barely got the tree up. but christmas eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, three more joined it. each of our children had secretly placed an envelope on the tree for their dad.the tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wideeyed expectation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. mikes spirit, like the christmas spirit, will always be with us.1according to the passage, mike hated christmas because _ahe didnt fully understand the true meaning of christmasbhe didnt like people spending too much money on presentsche disliked receiving the same gifts like shirts or sweaters every yeardhe hated rushing into a store crazily to purchase a tie for uncle harry2the writer uses the example of the two teams mainly to _aexpress her sincere sympathy on lowerclass teenagersbreflect the financial difficulty of the innercity churchcshow she was proud that her sons team won the gamedexplain how she got her inspiration of sending mike a special gift3what did mike mean by saying the sentence underlined in paragraph 7?athey tried to pick themselves up even if they failed in the match.bthey might lose heart after they were bitterly defeated in this way.cthey wouldnt acknowledge the defeat because of the unfairness.dthey didnt live up to their potential because they lost faith in themselves.4which of the following best describes the writer?abrave and earing. bsensitive and patient.cgenerous and careful. dconsiderate and warmhearted.5what can we infer from the passage?athe envelope became the highlight of their christmas.bthe children now prefer new toys to practical presents.cmikes spirit will have an everlasting influence on his children.dthe writer sends various gifts to children every christmas.6which of the following is the best title for the passage?aa special giftba white envelopeca christmas note da memorable traditionbchild prodigies (神童) cause awe, wonder and sometimes jealousy: how can such young children display the kinds of musical or mathematical talents that most adults will never master, even with years of hard practice? it is widely acknowledged that prodigies are born, not made. practice alone isnt going to turn out the next 6yearold mozart.so finds a recent study of eight famous young prodigies, which sought to make it easier to understand the causes of their talent. the study found a few key characteristics these youngsters had in common. for example, they all had exceptional working memories, far better than ordinary people. surprisingly, however, the study found that not all of the prodigies had high iqs. indeed, while they had higherthanaverage intelligence, some didnt have iqs that were as remarkable as their early achievements would suggest.the authors also found that prodigies scored high in autistic (自闭症的) features, especially in their extreme attention to details. they scored even higher on this feature than people diagnosed (诊断) with aspergers syndrome, a highfunctioning form of autism (自闭症) that typically includes great enthusiasm about details.three of the eight prodigies had a diagnosed autism disorder. four of the eight families included in the study reported autism diagnoses in firstorseconddegree relatives, and three of these families reported a total of 11 close relatives with autism. in the general population, in comparison, about 1 in 88 people have either autism or aspergers.other unusual similarities between prodigies and those with autism: theyre both more likely to be male and both are associated with difficult pregnancies, suggesting that what they had gone through before they were born may play a role in their development.yet, very little research has been done on the connection between autism and extreme talent. as a matter of fact, prodigies appear to benefit from certain autistic tendencies. in other words, these children may have some genetic feature or learned skill that allows them to maintain intense focus, without damaging their social skills or suffering from other disabilities that typically accompany autism disorders. comparing these children with those who have autism could therefore potentially help explain what goes wrong in those who develop disabling forms of autism and what goes right in others with similar features who simply benefit from the condition and are able to improve their abilities.7according to paragraph 1, what is the common idea towards child prodigies?athey are not created.bpractice can create child prodigies.cthey must be created.dmusical child prodigies are created within several years.8which of the following is true according to the recent study?aall the child prodigies have limited working memories.ball the child prodigies dont have high iqs.call the child prodigies have autism at the same time.dchild prodigies come into being after a good education.9what can we learn from paragraph 4?aall these eight prodigies are diagnosed with autism.bprodigies are more likely to suffer from autism than the ordinary people.cchildren diagnosed with autism are likely to become a prodigy.dchild prodigies and those with autism have something in common.10what is the main idea of the passage?awhat talent and autism have in common?bwhat are the characteristics of talent?cwhat are the findings about a mental disease called autism?dwhat is autism?11such an article is most likely to be found in _aa business magazineba newspaperca sports program on tvdthe science column of a magazine阅读理解a1解析：选b。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“he didnt hate the true meaning of christmas，but the