高三英语4月份百题精练（1）.doc

2013年4月份百题精练（1）英语试题第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每题2分，满分30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。athe peales were a famous family of american artistscharles willson peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the american revolutionhe painted portraits of franklin and jefferson and over a dozen of george washingtonhis life-size portrait of his sons raphaelle and titian was so realistic that george washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture charles willson peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the peale museum, which he founded in philadelphiathe worlds first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settingspeale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelikethe museums most popular display was the skeleton （骷髅） of a huge, extinct elephant, which peale unearthed on a new york farm in 1801 three of peales seventeen children were also famous artistsraphaelle peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheesehis brother rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of george washingtonanother brother, rubens peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits james peale, the brother of charles willson peale, specialized in miniatures （小画像）his daughter sarah miriam peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in america56the author mentions in paragraph 1 that washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that _ acharles willson peales painting was very lifelike bwashington respected charles willson peales work cwashington was friendly with raphaelle and titian peale dthe painting of the two brothers was very large57the underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ _” ashowed bdug up cinvented dlooked over58which of the following is not the child of charles willson peale? atitian peale brubens peale craphaelle peale dsarah miriam peale59the authors attitude toward the peales is in general _apuzzled bexcited cadmiring ddisappointed beveryones at it, even my neighborsi thought i might be the only person left in the world who hadnt done an ebay dealso i decided to try my hand at online auction （网上拍卖） buying for beginners: sign up on wwwebaycoukmost items （egtables, computers, and books） ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with “buy it now” and have a fixed priceyou can buy these right away if the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and ebay bids for you the bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid againauctions last up to 10 days, and when they finish you get an e-mail telling you whether you have won the itemhow to pay: sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a cheque or postal ordersthe easiest way is through paypal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card（信用卡）selling made simple: if you plan to sell on ebay, it helps to include a picture of the itemi followed my friends advice and put up the items i wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a thursdaythis way buyers had two weekends to bidthe big things in life: its easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of ebay and this has to be collected or sent by deliverymencheck the ways of delivery before you bid60what is the passage mainly about?ahow to make payment onlinebways of making delivery onlinechow to use an online-auction systemdadvantages of an online auction system61after bidding for an item, a buyer_acant buy other items any morebshould make payment immediately cmust give your credit card to the sellerdhas chances to make higher bids62the easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is_aby sending the money to the sellerbthrough a local bank systemcthrough an online payment systemdby paying the delivery man directlycwhile surfing television channels over the weekend，a scene from a family classic of last year portraying the now-so-familiar sorry state of retired parents being ill-treated by their children and families caught my attentioni wondered why the description of this relationship had not changed much over the many years! even though the same movies and soaps accurately capture several other social changes around us from value systems to new found economic freedom to the importance of technology and the changing approach to consumerism （消费主义） are these creative efforts far from the truth in telling us that an average retiree is still struggling? look around and you will agree that the post-retired lifestyle for an ex-salaried class people is often a pale shadow of their last working yearseven self employed people, who have handed over the responsibility to the next generation, are no exceptiondid the average middle class not save enough through his working years? socially, we already know that the indians are taught the benefits of start saving early on in lifehousehold savings data supports this social behavior india has the highest rates of savings among various economies and is far ahead of the westyet, tragically, a lifetime of savings does not seem to provide enough for a comfortable retirement! a closer look at the pattern of what we do with our financial savings may tell us a bit moreover half of households financial savings is put into a “safe” deposit, followed by large portions in insurance, pension, provident funds（福利基金）and the rest in physical currencyless than a tenth goes into “risky” assets （资产） like stockswhile there might be nothing, in particular, worrisome in this investment pool, one has to consider inflation （通货膨胀）the real value of savings, over a few decades, may actually be lower than the starting point63what had not changed much over the many years according to the passage?avalue systems bthe poor situation of retireesceconomic freedom dapproach to consumerism64which of the following statements about saving in india is right?athe concept of saving has been well received by indiansbthe amount of the savings ranks number one across the worldclong-standing savings can help the retirees live a care-free life dsaving early can not benefit people at all65what can be inferred according to the last paragraph? ahalf of the financial savings in stocks can be accepted bthe real value of saving must be lowered in a few yearsca loss of savings may hardly be avoided dinflation can be avoided on condition that you consume instead of saving66whats the best title of the text? aretirees being treated unfairly bis saving enough csaving in india dhow to deal with saving dlanguage learning begins with listeningchildren are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listenersmost children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noisesany attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficultiesit is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so onbut since these cant be said to show the babys intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of languageit is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their storethis self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other peoplethe problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speechit is a problem we need to get our teeth intothe meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the worldthus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything else he likesplayful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself, i doubt, however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds67before children start speaking_athey need different amounts of listening bthey need equal amount of listening cthey are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken instructionsdthey cant understand and obey the adults oral instructions68children who start speaking late _amay have problems with their listeningbprobably do not hear enough language spoken around themcusually pay close attention to what they heardoften take a long time in learning to listen properly69the problem of deciding at what point a babys imitations can be considered as speech_ais important because words have different meanings for different peoplebis one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with agecis not especially important because the changeover takes place graduallydis one that should be completely ignored because childrens use of words is often meaningless 70the speaker implies_aparents can never hope to teach their children new soundsbchildren no longer imitate people after they begin to speakcchildren who are good at imitating learn new words more quicklydeven after they have learnt to speak, children still enjoy imitating第二节（共5小题；每题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。as a parent, you must have a lot of concerns regarding the various skills you would like your child to acquiremusic is one of them 71 on the other hand, it is great for a childs overall development if he or she has an interest in the fine arts 72 it is well known that they stay out of trouble as teenagers and young adults if they have music as a serious interestthe concentration helps them with their gradestheir learning and communication skills are better than those of their peer groupthey also develop lots of confidence and self-esteemanother advantage of your child learning music becomes apparent only at a later stage 73 it can be very beneficial and many top musicians had a very early exposure to music and