11-12学年高一英语 拓展精练20

用心 爱心 专心1 拓展精练拓展精练 2020 阅读理解 共阅读理解 共 2020 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 2 分 满分分 满分 4040 分 分 A A American is a mobile society Friendships between Americans can be close and real yet disappear soon if situations change Neither side feels hurt by this Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two perhaps a few letters for a while then no more If the same two people meet again by chance even years later they pick up the friendship This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings extending 延伸 sometimes deeply into both families Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes share their holidays and their home life They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality 好客 easily Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives they don t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time Sometimes we as hosts will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends The Americans however express their welcome usually at homes but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine 常规 They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus And they expect that we will phone them from there Once we arrive at their homes the welcome will be full warm and real We will find ourselves treated hospitably For the Americans it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants except for purely business matters So accept their hospitality at home 1 The writer of this passage must be A an American B a Chinese C a professor D a student 2 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage A Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their family B Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives C Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy D Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break 3 From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friends we will probably be A warmly welcomed at the airport B offered a ride to his home 用心 爱心 专心2 C treated hospitably at his home D treated to dinner in a restaurant 4 From the underlined sentence we can know the Chinese people A are strict with time B don t take time seriously C don t know how to use time D are willing to spend time for friends 5 A suitable title for this passage would probably be A Friendships between Chinese B Friendships between Americans C Americans hospitality D Americans and Chinese s views of friendship B B I was packed and ready to leave for my two days trip My mind had been filled with work and with so many small things to deal with As I got into the car to leave my thoughts turned to my children I d been preparing for the trip for the last few days and now I d be away for a few days How to keep in touch with your kids during busy time is often a father s problem Men tend to focus on one thing extremely well for long periods but this can lead to trouble Shifting 移开 from work to your family life isn t always the easiest thing to do And if you don t show your kids that you re thinking about them they may think that you are not As I started down the road I suddenly stopped the car and turned around I drove back to my house found a couple of cards and wrote a short message to each of my children I put each in a secret place where I knew they d find it When I called the next night it was clear that they d received the cards Daddy I got your card they both said excitedly When did you do that My heart was warmed when I heard this It was such a small thing But it had a big impact 影响 on my kids It was their proof that I was thinking about them And it was encouragement for me to continue to do the small things that have a big impact 6 From the passage we can infer that the author thinks a father should A care for his kids no matter how busy he is B have a big impact on his kids C spend some time playing with his kids D stay at home as long as possible 7 Before leaving for the trip the author considered A preparing some food for the trip B buying some nice gifts for his children C doing something to show his concern for his kids D telling his children to be careful at home 8 The author s kids were excited when they answered the phone because A their father had thought highly of them B they had found the cards from their father C they had done something good at home D their father told them he would be back soon 用心 爱心 专心3 9 What does the underlined word that in the fourth paragraph refer to A Packing luggage B Reaching the hotel C Writing short messages D Going back home 10 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A All for the children B Play with your children C A father and his kids D Show love to your kids C There is no doubt that music plays a powerful role in our lives It can calm our tired nerves after a busy day of work Music even has the power to move us to tears when it stirs 激起 an emotional reaction How then does music play a role in special education If music has the ability to touch those hidden places we all carry inside it proves an important tool for the special education teacher For students with emotional problems music can help soothe 抚慰 sadness Consider the child that arrives in class depressed and upset If music can indeed relax and calm him he is more likely to focus and participate in class Dr R Joseph author of Behavioral Neurology writes It is well recorded that patients with left hemisphere 大脑半球 damage who may be unable to speak or recognize words can sing a melody 曲调 For this reason some special education teachers have found it helpful to set their lessons to music When students cannot understand or remember certain things singing them helps make it easier Nature magazine reported Music training helps underachievers In Rhode Island researchers studied eight public school first grade classes Half of the classes became text arts groups receiving ongoing music training After seven months the students were given a test The tested group had caught up with their fellow students in reading and surpassed 超过 their classmates in math by 22 percent In the second year of the project the tested students widened this even further Students were also tested on attitude and behavior Classroom teachers also noted improvement in these areas It seems music does indeed play an important role in education For the special education teacher this is especially encouraging 11 The first paragraph is mainly about A the role of music in education B the importance of music in life C the relationship between music and work results D the relationship between music and behavior 12 For students with emotional problems music might be A a toy B a punishment C a medicine D a puzzle 用心 爱心 专心4 13 According to Dr R Joseph people with left hemisphere damage A are unable to recognize people B can produce some musical sounds C can become special education teachers D might suffer right hemisphere damage too 14 The tested students mentioned in the fifth paragraph A behaved badly after the study B Didn t show any difference after the study C had done well in their reading and math before D received certain music education during the study 15 What is the text mainly about A The meaning of special education B The history of music education C The problem in music education D The role of music in special education D D English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet One in every seven human beings can speak it More than half of the world s books and three quarters of international mail are in English Of all languages English has the largest vocabulary perhaps as many as two million words However let s face it English is a crazy language There is no eggs in an eggplant neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger Sweet meats are candy while sweetbreads which aren t sweet are meat We take English for granted But when we explore its paradoxes 探讨它的矛 盾 we find that quicksand can work slowly boxing rings are square public bathrooms have no baths in them And why is it that a writer writes but fingers don t fing grocers don t groce and hammers don t ham If the plural 复数形式 of tooth is teeth shouldn t the plural of booth be teeth One goose two geese so one moose two meese How can a slim chance and a flat chance be the same while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites How can overlook and oversee be opposites while quite a lot and quite a few are alike How can the weather be hot as hell one day and c