高考英语二轮复习 专题限时训练（二十八）社会生活型阅读理解配套作业（二）（解析版湖南省专用）.doc

专题限时训练(二十八)社会生活型阅读理解(二)(限时：25分钟)4(一)the days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone.enter the red hat societya group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.“my grandmothers didnt do anything but keep house and serve everybody.they were programmed to do that，” said emily cornette, head of a chapter of the 7yearold red hat society.while men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age.but the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers(生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.if you take into consideration feminism(女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the red hat society looks almost inevitable(必然的)in this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple(紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.“the organization took the idea from a poem by jenny joseph that begins：when i am an old woman, i shall wear purple.with a red hat which doesnt go，” said ellen cooper, who founded the red hat society in 1998.when the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.“the point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else，” cooper said.“women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” this is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful.“were a ladies play group.it couldnt be more simple，” added coopers assistant joe heywood.1the underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means _.aone branch of an organization ba written agreement of a clubcone part of a collection of poems da period in a societys history2from the text, we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who _.ahave gradually become more noticeable bare worried about getting old too quickly care enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend dtried living a different life from their parents when they were young 3it could be inferred from the text that members of the red hat society are _.ainterested in raising money for social workbprogrammers who can plan well for their future cbelievers in equality between men and women dgood at cooking big meals and taking care of others 4who set up the red hat society ?aemily cornette. bellen cooper.cjenny joseph. djoe heywood.5women join the red hat society because _.athey want to stay young bthey would like to appear more attractive cthey would like to have fun and live for themselves dthey want to be more like their parents (二)peter woolf and will riley, both 55, greet each other with a large hug whenever they meet.theyre now really good friends, but they werent ten years ago.before the men ever had a proper conversation, they had a serious physical fight.peter hit will over the head with a heavy pot, and then they both rolled down the stairs of wills north london home before peter hit him again with a pot.will was stunned and bleeding from the back of the head, but he refused to give in to petera desperate heroin addict with a 30year habit who had broken into wills home to steal whatever valuables he could then sell to buy drugs.it was 5 pm.on march 2002, when peter forced the front door of wills fivestorey georgian home in islington.and when will walked into his bedroom to get something, he was shocked to find an unpleasantsmelling man in front of him.“i asked him what he was doing in my house, and he said he was a neighbor who had heard a noise and was worried，” says will.“i was sure he was a thief, so as he went past me, i grabbed him and pushed him to the floor.”“i managed to get him downstairs and out into the street after pulling his jacket down to trap his arms.i was shouting, thief! thief.someone had heard me shouting and called the police, who arrived within minutes.some passersby helped me restrain(控制住) peter, who by then had stopped fighting.”the police put peter into the back of their police car.he soon was accused of breaking and entering, and began a threeyear sentence in londons pentonville prison.it was the 34th prison in which he had been incarcerated(监禁), but, despite having spent 18 years of his life in prison, peter somehow remained hopeful that he could clean himself up, stop taking drugs and go on to do something useful on his eventual release.a few weeks later, will received a telephone call from police officer kim smith, who explained that a trial in restorative(恢复性的) justice was about to take place and he wondered if will would like to meet peter, who was waiting for sentencing.will met peter again.he says, “i thought i might be able to help him change his_ways.”will saved peters life.“were great friends, we get on extremely well, and when we meet, we talk about everything，” says will.“peters a fine man.”1what is not true about peter woolf and will riley?athey are of the same age. bthey hug each other when they meet.cthey talk about everything when they meet.dtheyve been good friends since they were children.2in which year were peter and will most probably born?ain 1947. bin 1957.cin 1967. din 1977.3as soon as peter broke into the house, _.ahe hit will on the headbhe was hit immediatelyche wasnt found immediatelydhe met a neighbor of wills4the underlined words “his ways” in paragraph 9 refer to _.afighting and stealing btaking drugs and stealingcfighting and staying in prison dbreaking and entering5according to the passage, will riley is _.abrave and kind bclever and easygoingcfriendly and polite dhelpful and caring(三)a smallsized pekingese with long, soft fur took the top prize last night at the 136th annual westminster kennel club show in new york city on february 14, 2012.the dog has a royal name: palacegarden malachy.after being named best in show, malachy celebrated by nestling his 11pound body inside the silver cup trophy(奖品)competition for the top prize was fierce.malachy beat out more than 2,000 dogs, including a dalmation, a german shepherd and a kerry blue terrier.but to judge cindy vogels, malachy was the clear winner.“super dog, and he had a surprising night，” she said.“there are a lot of dogs in a small package.”peter fitzpatrick is malachys handler and coowner.he says that there will be no more shows for the fouryearold dog.malachy, he said, will most likely go home to east berlin, pennsylvania, to enjoy a quiet life in the country.“he will probably chase squirrels and hell be pampered(纵食)，” fitzpatrick said.today, however, malachy has a packed schedule.he made television appearances this morning and had lunch this afternoon at sardis, a famous new york city restaurant, where he ate from a silver plate.later, malachy will visit businessman and tv personality, donald trump.he will raise a leg to help ring the opening bell at the new york stock exchange tomorrow.dogs are not the only ones in the spotlight at westminster.young people aged 9 to 18 are eligible to take part in junior showmanship.in this competition, judges look carefully at the kids, not the dogs.they watch to see how well entrants(参赛者) deal with their animals in the ring.about 100 kids from around the country came to new york city to show off their dogs at the twoday show.elevenyearold macenzie zeitz was one of them.she traveled eight hours to new york by car from leroy, ohio, with her dad and her dog, a whippet named puddin.“it is really amazing, and it is also a real honor to be here，” zeitz said.as she spoke, she stroked(抚摸) the skinny dogs head and offered him bits of cooked chicken breast as a treat.added zeitz, “puddin likes the hotel because he gets to sleep in the bed.”1according to paragraph one, we can know that _.amalachy also won prizes at annual westminster kennel club show last yearbmalachy weighs only 11 pounds and had a new baby cmalachy is not big but has long hairdmalachy comes from a royal family2what will malachy do in a few days?ato have an easy life.bto look for food for itself.cto have some shows.dto lose some weight.3what did malachy do today?amaking a tv play.bseeing businessman and tv personality.chelping ring the opening bell at the new york stock exchange.deating something in a wellknown restaurant in the new york.4it can be inferred that zeitz _.awon a big prize at westminsterbwont let puddin sleep in the hotelcthinks its well worth attending the competitionddoesnt think dogs attract many people at westminster 5the passage mainly tells us _.amany young people take part in junior showmanship at the club showba dog wins best in show at the 2012 westminster kennel club showcmalachys storiesdwestminster kennel club show专题限时训练(二十八)(一)1a词义猜测题。根据其定语“of the 7yearold red hat society”可猜测出这个词的意思是“某个组织的一个分部”。2d细节理解题。第三段“but the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers(生育高峰期出生的人)，and the same people who refused their parents way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.”说明这些人想过一种新的生活。3c推理判断题。根据这篇短文的内容可推断出这个组织的成员相信男女平等。4b细节理解题。从倒数第二段“ellen cooper，who founded the red hat society in 1998”可知，ellen cooper创建了这个组织。5c细节理解题。根据第一段“enter the red hat societya group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.”可判断出她们参加这个组织的