河北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解（19）

用心 爱心 专心1 河北省河北省 20122012 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 1919 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 A A We bet that on cold wintry days many of you love to stay in your warm home and every now and then come out into the kitchen for a snack Unfortunately plenty of creepy crawly critters 爬行生物 like to do the same thing Winter is the time when bugs 虫子 invade your house without an invitation The season can be tough for such creatures In winter the air is cold the ground is hard and many trees have no leaves So bugs do what they have to do to survive Monarch butterflies head south to warmer climates Ants crowd in deep underground colonies and eat food they have been storing all year Many insects go into a deep sleep called diapause There re different kinds of diapause but all are similar to hibernation a time when bigger animals become inactive in the cold Insects go into an inactive period too but it often isn t when the temperature drops They rely on more dependable signals in the environment For example many insects can tell how much sunlight there s each day They use that to tell themselves when to shut down Bugs are cold blood ed meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside They can t move much when it gets below 40 degrees Fahrenheit So they search for any warm place They re looking for protection These guys have been doing this for 300 million years so they don t really know they re coming into your house The home is a recent event in terms of their evolutionary behav ior They enter through tiny cracks or come in unnoticed on your clothes or shoes Remember that they may be invading your homes for warmth and food but they don t care about humans 1 What is the purpose of the first paragraph A To point out that humans like to stay at home in winter B To mean that humans and bugs have the same living habits C To mean that bugs will invade humans houses for their winter D To put forward the idea that bugs are not welcome in winter 2 According to the text what is diapause A It is the same as the animals hibernation B It often appears in warm areas all the year C It is done to keep bugs active in winter D It is a deep sleep similar to hibernation 3 According to the text bugs invade humans homes to A attack B look for enough food C seek for protection D show their evolutionary results 4 What is the main idea of the text A Bugs life on cold wintry days B Why do bugs invade your home in winter C Good relations between humans and bugs D What does diapause mean B B 用心 爱心 专心2 Cole Bettles had been rejected by a number of universities when he received an e mail from the University of California San Diego last month congratulating him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus His mother booked a hotel in San Diego and the 18 year old Ojai high school senior arranged for his grandfather uncle and other family members to meet them at the campus for lunch during the Saturday tour They were like Oh my God that s so awesome 棒的 Bettles said Right before he got in bed he checked his e mail one last time and found another message saying the school had made a mistake and his application had been denied In fact all 28 000 students turned away from UC San Diego in one of the toughest college entrance seasons on record had received the same incorrect message The students hopes had been raised and then dashed 破灭 in a cruel twist that shows the danger of instant communications in the Internet age UCSD admissions director Mae Brown called it an administrative error but refused to say who had made the mistake or if those responsible would be disciplined 受训 The e mail which began We re thrilled that you ve been admitted to UC San Diego and we re showcasing 展示 our beautiful campus on Admit Day was sent to the full 46 000 students who had applied instead of just the 18 000 who got in Brown said The error was discovered almost immediately by her staff who sent an apology within hours It was really thrilling for a few hours now he s crushed 压垮 said Cole s mother Tracy Bettles It s really tough on them The admissions director said she was in the office on Monday until midnight answering e mails and phone calls from disappointed students and their parents She said she took full responsibility for the error We accessed the wrong database We recognize the incredible pain receiving this false encouragement caused It was not our intent 5 How many students received an admission e mail from the University of California San Diego n UCSD A 18 000 B 28 000 C 46 000 D 18 6 Which of the following statements is TRUE about the wrong e mail message A The mistake was made on purpose to cause pain among the applicants B It was UCSD admissions director Mae Brown who made the mistake C UCSD admissions staff got information from the wrong database D Staff did not discover the mistake until next Monday 7 The admissions director Mae Brown did what she could to A protect the person who made the mistake B punish herself for the mistake C make up for the mistake D help the disappointed students enter the university 8 What does the passage mainly talk about A Cole Bettles was admitted to the UCSD B Cole Bettles was rejected y a famous university C USCD admissions office often makes administration errors D False admission information raised the students hopes and then dashed 用心 爱心 专心3 them C C Collections were the inspiration 灵感 for a project at Thomas Tallis School which formed part of the Imagine Children s Literature Festival last autumn Each child aged 12 13 beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall s Ballroom Some were left empty to encourage The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one It s a sort o f Cinderella 灰姑娘 story she told me inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin ha the story these become love letters burned by a creel stepmother Lauren s best friend Charlotte is the stepmother I m in Charlotte s story too says Lauren and I get run over Charlotte s tale was inspired by the girls coin collection We ve collected foreign coins for years since our families went on holiday to Tenerife she explains That was before the Euro so we put pesetas in Lauren continues I fred a coin in the road go to get it and get run over I m in hospital and then I die Charlotte adds Or she might not die I haven t decided yet Millie Murray who is a tea novel author thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction 限制 In the beginning I thought Will the children be able to do it she says But it s been fruitful Some have their own collection some have parents who do and some have wlstten complete stories It s made them think about something they wouldn t have otherwise winch can only be a good thing 9 What were the children asked to do in the project A To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School B To write stories on the subject of collections C To encourage visitors to write their own stories D To have their friends for characters in the stories 10 The underlined word pesetas in Paragraph 2 is a kind of A story B collection C inspiration D foreign coin 11 From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte we know that A Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin B both of them developed their imagination C both of tram will die in each other s stories D Latwen s cousin posted her some love letters 12 Millie Murray thinks A collections could inspire writing creativity B it was good for parents to have collections C inspirations were very useful in writing stories D setting collection subjects restricted inspirations D D Violin prodigies 神童 I learned have come in distinct waves from distinct regions Most of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe I asked Isaac Stern one of the world s greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon 用心 爱心 专心4 It s very clear he told me They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill treated in that part of the world They were not allowed into the professional fields but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage As a result every Jewish parent s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West Another element in the emergence of prodigies I found is a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture 培育 talent Nowadays the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East In Japan a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours says Isaac Stern children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields including music When Western music came to Japan after World War II that music not only became part of their daily lives but it became a discipline as well The Koreans and Chinese as we know are just as highly motivated as the Japanese That s a good thing because even prodigies must work hard Next to hard work biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy J S Bach for example was the top of several generations of musicians and four of his sons had significant careers in music 13 Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because A it would allow them access to a better life in the West B Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent C they wanted their children to enter into the professional fields D it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country 14 Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that A enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence B treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development C encourage people to compete with each other D promise talented children high positions 15 Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to A all rounded development B the learning of Western music C strict training of children D variety in academic studies 16 Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage A A natural gift B Extensive knowledge of music C Very early training D A prejudice free society E E People who drink alcohol earn more at their jobs than non drinkers according to a US study that highlighted social capital 社交资本 gained from drinking The study concluded that drinkers earn 10 14 percent more than teetotalers and that men who drink socially bring home an additional seven percent in pay Social drinking builds social capital said Edward String ham an economics professor Social drinkers are outgoing building relationships and 用心 爱心 专心5 keeping in contacts which results in bigger paychecks The researchers said the most likely explanation is that drinkers have a wider range of social contacts that help provide better job and business opportunities Drinkers may be able to socialize more with clients and co workers giving drinkers an advantage in important relationships Drinking may also provide individuals with opportunities to learn people business and social skills They also said these conclusions provide arguments against policies aimed at controlling alcohol use in university and public places Not only do anti alcohol policies reduce drinkers fun but they may also decrease earnings the study said One of the consequences of alcohol restrictions is that they push drinking into private behavior By preventing people from drinking in public anti alcohol policies ignores one of the most important aspects