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2013年5月份百题精练（2）英语试题第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。abeing a senior student, i always think of my futureto be exact, the thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort. steve jobs gave a speech to stanfords graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever i think, about my future.it was not always like that, thoughit started when i became a junior, when college cams into viewits the first big step to making your life your ownso when jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were easedhe also felt the need to attend college to make something of himselfhe faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertaintyhis lack of understanding paused him lo slop attending college and focus on what he felt was importanthis story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out wellthis does not mean that students should not attend college, but rather that they should not worry so muchyoull get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit more winding（蜿蜒的） than youd likejobs talked about the hardships in his workhis love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: dont painc.one particular part of his speech stayed with mesteve jobs quoted the saying stay hungry, stay foolish and it has become my mottostaying foolish is realizing that you are still a fool, no matter how much you have learned or experiencedthere is always more to explorestaying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducatedsteve jobss level of success is attainable, and i aim to prove thatwith the will power to go into the world living every day like it and allowing the future to take care of itself, i will do great thingsin the last moments of my site, d! be proud of what i have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for51the author felt worried when .ahe had to take tests at schoolbhe thought about his futureche had lots of sleepless nightsdhe searched for words of wisdom52what did the author gain from jobss speech?acourage to drop out of school.bconfidence in defeating jobs.cinterest in computer industry.dbravery to face uncertainties53which of the following suggestions was not mentioned in jobs speech?ahaving the desire to learn moreb being content with what they knowcstaying calm in the face of hardshipsdbeing modest so as to learn more,54the passage is mainly about _athe wisdom drawn from a speechbthe most impressive quote in lifeca memorable meeting with jobsdan experience of a speechbrecently, e-eigarettes （electronic cigarettes） are becoming popular with many smokersshould e-cigarettes be a new choice for the smokers trying to get rid of the habit? reactions from americans are mixedmore than half of the people questioned in a survey think e-cigarettes should be controlled by the us food and drug administration, but 47 percent believe the e-cigarettes should be available to the smokers who want to quitin the hunt for a safer cigarette, e-cigarettes are becoming a popular choice among those either trying to quit or looking to replace standard tobacco smoke with an alternative that manufacturers claim to be safer, zogby international, which conducted the survey, said in a statementabout half of the 4,611 adults who took part in the survey had heard about e-cigarettes, which are battery-powered, or rechargeable cigarettes that vaporize a liquid nicotine solutionthey do not produce smoke but a water vapor without smellsold mostly on the internet, e-cigarettes were first made in chinalast year the world health organization （who） warned against using e-cigarettes, saying there was no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit. the who said people who smoke e-cigarettes breathe in a fine fog of nicotine into the lungsnearly a third of people questioned in the survey think that e-cigarettes should be allowed in places where smoking is forbidden, because, they dont produce smoke, but 46 percent disagreemen who were aware of the availability of e-cigarettes were more likely than women to say they should be a choice available to smokers who want to quityoung people, aged 18-29, and singles were the groups most open to trying e-cigarettessmoking is me single largest cause of preventable death worldwide, according to the who55what can we team from paragraph 1 ?aamerican smokers ought to try e-cigarettesb americans have different opinions about e-cigarettescevery kind of cigarettes should be forbidden in americadmost of the americans dont like e-cigarettes56according to zogby international, e-cigarettes_aare much safer than common cigarettesbare popular among people who want to quit smokingcwill take the place of traditional cigarettesdare produced in a safer way by manufacturers57what do we know about e-cigarettes from the passage?amost americans are familiar with thembthey are a good choice as there is no nicotinecthey produce a water vapor that cant be seendmost people buy them on the internet58whats the attitude of the who towards e-cigarettes?anegative bsupportive cdoubtful dindifferentcalmost all of us have spent our beautiful childhood by reading fairy talesthe smurfs （蓝精灵）-cute little blue cartoon dwarfs（小矮人） which are inspired by nordic fairy tales made their first tv appearance in the us in 1981 and ever since have been childhood friends to many people all over the worldthe storyline is quite simplethe smurfs are living happily in their mushroom houses in the middle of a forestthen one day the evil wizard gargamel discovers their village and sends them by magic to the present-day new york citythe smurfs have to find their way home and conquer gargamel along the wayso, just why, more than half a century later, is the simple story still so beloved by young and old?mario cacciolotto, a bbc reporter, believes it is due to the fact that the smurfs lives do not have any particular cultural implication and argues that they could offer a model for societyveronique culliford, daughter of the smurfs creator pierre culliford, agreesthey are unique creations, she says they donot involve politics or religionthey are multi-cultural and everybody around the world can recognize themselves in the smurfseveryone can apply their very nice values of friendship, kindness and helping others to their own lives, regardless of where they come fromin the smurf world, everyone has their own skill and is willing to use it for the benefit of others without expecting any rewardtheir village is run as a collective （合作公社） and has no form of currencythis has even led to debates about whether the artist intended the smurfs as a metaphor （暗喻） for socialismthe series wasnt just about sweet-looking dwarfs, said alan mechem of the british smurf collectors clubhe thought that culliford wanted it to show things like equality and tolerance59the smurfs movie is mainly about_athe smurfs happy life in their villagebthe evil wizard gargamels powerful magiccthe smurfsadventures in new york citydhow the smurfs rebuild their village60according to veronique culliford, why is the smurfs story still popular after more than half a century?aits characters are uniquebit has a simple storylinecit has a deep religious meaningdit reflects the nordic culture61which of the following statements about the smurfs is true according to the passage?athe smurfs are socialistsbthe smurfs are friendly and tolerantcall the smurfs in the movie are maledevery smurf uses its own special skill for its own benefit62what is the main point of the passage?athe history and background of the smurfs storiesbintroducing the smurfs and peoples opinionscthe story of pierre culliford and his smurfs cartoonsdsocialism and womens rights hidden in the smurfsdwhat do you think of straight-a students? everyone knows about such studentswe see them frequently in tv situation comedies and in movies like revenge of the nerdsthey get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a bookthey are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sportsthen, how do we account for domenica roman or paul melendres?roman is on the tennis team at fairmont senior high schoolshe also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics societyfor two years she has maintained as in every subjectmelendres, a freshman at the university of new mexico, was student-body president at valley high school in albuquerquehe played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television stationbeing a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight as in his regular classes, plus bonus points for as in two college-level courseshow do super-achievers like roman and melendres do it? brains arent the only answertop grades dont always go to the brightest students, declares herbert walberg, a professor of education at the university of illinois at chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving studentsknowing how to make the most of your innate（天生的） abilities counts for moremuch morein fact, walberg says, students with high iq sometimes dont do as well as classmates with lower iqfor them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get downhard work isnt me whole story, eitherits not how long you sit there with the books open, said one of the many-a students we interviewedits what you do while youre sittingindeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmatesthe kids at the top of the class get （here by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn63the underlined word nerds can probably refer to_adull bookworms lacking sports and social skillsbsuccessful top students popular with their peerscstudents with certain learning difficultiesdborn leaders crazy about social activities64some students become super-achievers mainly because_athey are born cleverer than othersbthey work longer hours at study cthey make mil use of their abilitiesdthey know the shortcut to success65what will be talked about after the last paragraph?athe interviews with more studentsbthe role iq plays in learning wellcthe techniques to be better learnersdthe achievements top students make66what can we infer from the passage?aiq is more important than hard work in studybthe brightest students can never get low gradesctop students certainly achieve all-around developments.dstudents with average iq can become super-achieverseit is reported that six chinese ships have entered waters near islands claimed by both china andjapanchina said the ships were carrying out law enforcement to demonstrate its jurisdiction（管辖权） over the islands, known as diaoyu in china and senkaku in japanat least two of the ships left after the japanese coast guard issued a warning, japanese officials saythe action came after japan sealed a deal to buy three of the islands from their private japanese ownerjapan controls the uninhabited but resource-rich east china sea islands, which are also claimed by taiwan the japanese coast guard said the first two chinese boats entered japans territorial waters at 06:18 local time, followed by another fleet of four other ships just after 07:00the first two ships then left the areaa third ship left later on friday morning, one report saidno force was used,japanese officials addedour patrol（巡逻） ships are currently telling them to leave our countrys territorial waters, the coastguard said in a statementthe chinese foreign ministry confirmed that its ships were therethese law enforcement and patrol activities are aimed to demonstrate chinas jurisdiction over the diaoyu islands and ensure the countrys maritime interests, a statement said the us has called for cooler heads to be accepted as tension worsens between china and japan over the islandsus defense secretary leon panetta is going to visit both japan and china from this weekend as part of a tour of the region the dispute has seriously damaged diplomatic relations between china and japan and threatens to damage the strong trading relationship, says the bbcs john sudworth in beijingthe dispute has also caused strong nationalist emotions on b