高考英语一轮复习 综合课外趣味阅读练习题（十二）.doc

高考一轮复习综合课外趣味阅读及练习题（十二）课外趣味阅读精彩故事what gradekristin, my 17-year-old niece, had just gotten her drivers license and offered to take her moms car to the gas station. she pulled up to the full-service pumps, and the attendant asked, whatgrade, miss?eleventh! kristin replied.notes: niece n. 侄女 full-service n. 昼夜服务 license n. 驾驶执照 pump n. 加油机 pull up 停止exercises: 根据短文回答问题：(1) how old was kristin?(2) what had she just gotten?(3) what did she offer to do one day?(4) what did the attendant mean by asking what grade, miss?(5) how did kristin misunderstand the attendant?哪一级我的十七岁的侄女，科里斯蒂，刚刚拿到驾照。她主动提出去加油站给她妈妈的车加油。她把车开到昼夜服务的加油泵前。服务员问她：“（加油加到）哪一级，小姐？”“十一（年）级！”科里斯蒂回答说。an adult decisionthe year before my son turned 18, he constantly pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, but i refused to sign permission for one. he argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult decisions. sure enough, a few days after his 18th birthday, he come home with a tattoo. although i was riot happy about this, i was curious to see what symbol of masculinity he had chosen. there, on his shoulder, was a two-inch image of mickey mouse.notes:(1) constantly adv. 不断地(2) tattoo n. 文身(3) permission n. 允许(4) masculinity n. 阳性，男性(5) image n . 形象，肖像(6) mickey mouse 米老鼠exercises: 根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、误（f）： when the son pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, the motherthought her son was old enough to make an adult decision. a few days before his birthday, the son came home with atattoo. the mother wondered what symbol her son had chosen. the image of mickey mouse on the sons shoulder was threeinches long. from the passage, we can see that the son really made anadult decision.成年人的抉择我儿子十八岁前的那一年，他常常向我提出准许他文身。但我拒绝允许他这样做。他争辩说他不久就要成为男子汉了，并说他应该能够作出成年人的抉择了。果然，十八岁生日的几天后，他文了身，回到家里。尽管我对此感到不高兴，但出于好奇，我想看看他选择了什么雄性象征物。原来是他在肩上文了一个两英寸长的米老鼠像。英语短文欣赏你知道你所向何方吗do you know where youre goingdo you know where youre going to?do you like the things that lifes been showing youwhere are you going to?do you know?你知道你所向何方吗？你喜欢人生所展现给你的东西吗？你要去何处？你知道吗？do you get what youre hoping for?when you look behind you theres no open doorswhat are you hoping for?do you know?你会得到你所盼望的吗？当你回过头时，你会发现没有敞开的门你盼望着什么？你知道吗？once we were standing still in timechasing the fantasiesthat filled our mindsyou knew how i loved youbut my spirit was freelaughing at the questionsthat you once asked of me当我们在时间中站立追逐着充满心中的幻想时你知道我如何爱着你但我的灵魂是自由的嘲笑着那些你问过我的问题now looking back at all weve plannedwe let so many dreamsjust slip through our handswhy must we wait so long?before we seehow sad the answersto those questions can be看着我们所有的计划我们让多少梦想从指尖溜走为何我们要等待如此之久？在我们看见那些问题的答案能有多么哀伤之前同义词趣味巧辨析name, call, designate这些动词均含“命名，称呼”之意。name : 含义最泛，指给人或物命名以示区别或便于记忆。call : 指给某人或某物取名字以某人或某物的特征称呼。designate : 指用特别的名字、符号或词句来称某人或某物。nation, state, country, land, power这些名词均含“国家”之意。nation : 普通用词，指在某一国土定居的人民、民族，强调人民。state : 正式用词，指政治概念上的国家，即由政府所代表的国家。country : 普通用词，侧重国土与人民。land : 常用于文学中，侧重国土，带感情色彩。power : 特指拥有强大军事力量，在国际事务中有较强权威或影响的国家，即强国、大国。nation, people, race这些名词均含“民族，种族”之意。nation : 特指居住于同一区域，有共同历史、语言、文化及心理素质等的人类群体。people : 侧重指由有共同文化、社会基础而所形成的人民整体。race : 专指有共同祖先和相同肤色、面部特征等遗传特征以及共同风俗等的人群。中学重难知识点回顾to短语1be / get / become used to 习惯于be given to 喜欢；癖好be related to 与有关系be addicted to 沉溺于；对上瘾be opposed to 反对devote oneself to献身于；专心于be devoted to 致力于；忠诚于be admitted to 被录取；准进入be reduced to 沦为reduceto使沦为be attached to附属于；喜欢；依恋be adjusted to 适应be known to 为所知be married to 和结婚be sentenced to被判处be connected to 和连在一起be exposed to 暴露于；遭受be compared to 被比喻成compare to把比作be engaged to 与订婚be / become / get accustomed to / accustomed to 惯于；有习惯be engaged to 与订婚get down to 着手做练习题（一）an increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to (归因于)the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this january, according to ucas, the universities and colleges admissions service. a. spokesman for the royal economic society said applications to do economics at a-level were also up.professor john beath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at st andrews university, said his first-year lectures-which are open to students from all departmentswere drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.“there are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. one of the things i have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasnt traditionally done. ” he added.university applications rose 7% last year. but there were rises above average in several subjects. nursing saw a 15% jump, with peoples renewed interest in caters in the pubic sector(部门), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.a. recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.zack hocking, the head of child trust funds, said: “its possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation thats financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”71. professor john beaths lectures are .a. given in a traditional way b. connected with the present situationc. open to both students and their parents d. warmly received by economics72. incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of their .a. greater stability b. higher pay c. fewer applications d. better reputation73. in the opinion of most parents .a. eccentrics should be the focus of school teachingb. more students should be admitted to universitiesc. the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened.d. children should solve financial problems themselves74. according to hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters .a. wiser in money managementb. have access to better equipmentc. confide about their future careersd. get jobs in child trust funds75. whats the main idea of the text?a. universities have received more applications.b. economics is attracting an increasing numbers studentsc. college students benefit a lot from economic uncertaintyd. parents are concerned with childrens subject selection.答案71.b 72.a 73.c 74.a 75.b（二）“old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, for example, most of us remember our patents telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. is there any truth in these teachings? some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of timedid your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. garlic(蒜)is good for you, too。it can kill the type of virus that causes colds.unfortunately, not all of moms advice passed the test of medical studies. for example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. but research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. do sweets cause tooth problems? well, yes and no. sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs dont hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives tales, after all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated (积累) from thousands of our traditional beliefs dont hold water should respect this body of knowledge even as research for clear scientific support to proven it true or false48. which of the following is true according to the text?a, eating garlic is good for our eyesb, sticky sweets are damaging to our teethc, swimming after a meal is dangerous。d, carrots prevent people from catching colds49.the author develops the third paragraph mainly-。a. by cause and effects b. by order in spacec. by order in time d. by examples50.the phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means“ ”a. to be believable b. to be valuable c. to be admirable d. to be smtable51 what is the authors attitude toward “old wives tales” in the text?a. so objective b. objective c. dissatisfied d. curious答案48.b 49.d 50.a 51.b（三）today was a very important day. france played _1_ senegal (塞内加尔) in the opening match of the world cup. soccer fans were very _2_ watching the match on tv. to our great surprise, france was _3_.today football has become very _4_ in china after a _5_ wait. “china is in the world cup for the first time, _6_ we should support them!” said some people. in our school many students enjoy _7_ it. my _8_ and i often go to the football field after class.this afternoon there was a _9_ football match in our school. _10_ team played against no.1 middle school. _11_ they were all very big and strong, it was a _12_ game between the two teams with the result 0-0 last time. today our school played much _13_.in the first half of the match _14_ team kicked a goal, but in the second, li ming from our school kicked a goal. we won 1-0, at last. im so _15_. i cant get to sleep tonight.1. a. with b. against c. to d. at2. a. good at b. pleased to c. interested in d. boring in3. a. beaten b. knocked c. fought d. hit4. a. welcome b. popular c. useful d. usual5. a. 44-day b. 44-week c. 44-month d. 44-year6. a. or b. but c. so d. yet7. a. buying b. playing c. drinking d. looking8. a. students b. teachers c. classmates d parents9. a. happy b. wonderful c. funny d. famous10. a. their b. her c. your d. our11. a. because b. and c. as d. though12. a. mistake b. luck c. draw d. game13. a. better b. well c. vest d. worse14. a. neither b. either c. both d. none15. a. lucky b. pleased c. unhappy d. worried答案本人介绍了世界杯首场比赛的结果，表达了中国队进入世界杯引起的兴奋之情，讲述了足球在中国的发展情况。1. b.固定结构 play against sb. 意为“与进行比赛”。2. c.be good at 意为“擅长于”;be pleased to 后面应接动词原形;d项说法和意思都不对;be interested in 意为“对感兴趣”，符合文意，为正确选项。3. a.beat sb. 意为“击败某人”，符合文意，为正确选项。4. b.事实说明，足球在中国越来越流行，故选popular。5. d.大家都知道，这次等待的时间应为44年，故选 d。6. c.两句的意思形成因果关系，所以应用so来引导结果状语从句。7. b.play football 意为“踢足球”。8. c.按常理，放学后，和我一起踢足球的应是同学，故选classmates。9. b.通读下文，这是一场紧张但以我方胜利而告终的足球赛，比赛刺激精彩，应选wonderful 。10. d.根据文章，比赛是在我们城队和另一支城队之间进行，故选our。11. d.分析句子，前一句是后一句的让步状语从句，故应选though。12. c.根据上半场0：0的比分可知上半场以平局告终，故选draw 。13. a.从文中可知，我对我队的表现非常满意，且much常用来修饰比较级，故选择better。14. a.neither表示两者都不，either表示两者中的任意一个，both表示两者都，none表示三者或三者以上都不。上半场双方没有进球，故选neither。.15. b.我队获胜，我当然很高兴，故选pleased。（四）the computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. thats _1_ people often say when _2_ talk about computers. for over a quarter of a century, scientists have been _3_ better and better computers. now a computer can _4_ a lot of _5_ jobs wonderfully. it is _6_ used in factories, hospitals, post offices and airports. a computer can report, decide and control in almost _7_ field. many computer scientists are thinking of _8_ the computer “think” like a man. with the help of a person, a computer can _9_ pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voices, translate languages and so on. perhaps computers will _10_ really think and feel. do you think the people will be afraid _11_ they find that the computer is too clever to listen to and serve the people? no, people will _12_ better use of the computers in _13_ future. man is _14_ the master of the computer. the computer works only _15_ the help of man. it cannot take the place of man.1. a. that b. what c. how d. why2. a. we b. they c. you d. people3. a. loving b. t