高考英语优题训练系列（19）.doc

2015年高考英语优题训练系列（19）“around new years day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollarsthen, due to your neglect （疏忽）, tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away tenalso due to your carelessness the maid stole dicks shoesso, that means five more dollars offthe tenth of january i gave ten dollars”“you didntwellif you say so”“take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen”both her eyes were filled with tearsbeads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nosepoor girl!“only once was i given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wifethree dollars, nothing more”“really? i didnt know that! take three from fourteenleaves elevenheres your money, my dear cshyness when talking about moneydreluctance to express herself58the writer said, “is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws?” he was actually telling the governess _ato be more aggressivebto be more careful in her workcto protect her rightdto live independently59at the end of the story, the writer said,“ how easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”to show _ahis understanding of julias anxietybhis worry about julias futurechis concern on the living condition of working - class peopledhis sympathy for the mental state of those exploited60from the story, we can tell that julias employer was _agreedy but honestbill - tempered but warm heartedcstrict but forgivingdhonest and warm-heartedthe end of the ride is somewhat like the beginningyou know it will soon be over and theres a kind of expectation and excitement in thatthe seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passedby now youve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests，even with your hands crossed behind your headthe end comes just at no more ways to sit61according to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?abuses on the road bfilms on televisioncadvertisements on the billboards dgas stations62what is the purpose of this passage?ato give the writers opinion about long bus tripsbto persuade you to take a long bus tripcto explain how bus trips and television shows differdto describe the billboards along the road63the writer of this passage would probably favor abus drivers who arent reckless bdriving aloneca television set on the bus dno billboards along the road64the writer feels long bus rides are like tv shows because athe commercials both on tv shows and on billboards along the road are funbthey both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in betweencthe drivers are always reckless on tv shows just as they are on busesdboth traveling and watching tv are not excitingi left my day job last year because i was boredthe first month was fairly novel: it was my first experience of real work and i was learning a lot of new thins, some of them stretching me beyond my comfort zonebut after that, the routine was the same day after daynow, i am working for myself, which enables me to learn all sorts of new things: both hard skills （including some higher degrees） and soft skills （like knowing how to interact well with clientsthis keeps me interested and motivatedlearning has another benefitstudies have shown older people who stay mentally active are much less likely to suffer from illnesses like alzheimers disease （阿尔茨海默氏病）besides, in your personal life, youll want to learn how to bring up your kids welllearning about personal finance and money management something that were rarely taught in school can turn your life aroundthe final reason is because thats what successful people doif you decide that youve learnt everything you need to know about running a business or about competitors who have a passion for learning66over half westerners think that learning ashould last a whole lifebhappens only at schoolcis a process of explorationdstops once there are no examsdrecent solar flare（日晕;耀斑） may disrupt your gpswere nearing the peak of the 11-year solar cycle, so double-check your gps and watch where youre goingon thursday, the sun unleashed a massive solar flaresolar flares can disrupt radio communications, including devices that use global positioning system technology, such as cell phones, airplanes and car navigation systemsso if youre relying on your gps for driving directions, to find your location on your phones mapping tool or for any other purpose, have a backup navigation system handy, such as a printed mapeven more important, pay close attention to where you are and where youre goingdont rely solely on your gps to give you directionsin 2006, research from cornell university proved that solar flares can cause gps devices to lose signalthis can cause these devices to temporarily misrepresent your location or otherwise malfunction“if youre driving to the beach using your cars navigation system, youll be okif youre on a commercial airplane in zero visibility, weather, maybe not,” said paul kintner, head of cornells gps laboratory72what can help you better if massive solar flare break out?athe phones mapping toolbglobal positioning systemcthe map on car navigation systemsdthe printed map73what does the underlined word “malfunction” mean?asucceed to run properly bfail to run properlycget along well dcarry on smoothly74according to fifth paragraph, what department should prep