河北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解（18）

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 1818 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 nine year old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle JC C between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn t possibly imagine how this had happened It had never happened before and he knew that when the boys found out he would never hear the end of it When the girls found out they would never speak to him again as long as he lived He prayed this prayer Dear God I need help now Five minutes from now I m dead meat He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered As the teacher was walking toward him a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water Susie tripped 绊倒 in front of the teacher and dumped 倒 the bowl of water in the boy s lap The boy pretended to be angry but all the while was saying to himself Thank you Lord Now all of a sudden instead of being the object of ridicule the boy was the object of sympathy The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk The sympathy was wonderful But as life would have it the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred to someone else Susie She tried to help but they told her to get out When school was over the boy walked over to Susie and whispered You did that on purpose didn t you Susie whispered back I wet my trousers once too 1 The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means A the boys would never play with him B the boys would treat him as usual C he would hardly hear any praise from the boys D he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly 2 After Susie dumped water in his lap the boy was in a state of A excitement B relief C anxiety D anger 3 What did the other kids do after the incident A They offered him dry clothes B They laughed at the boy rudely C They helped the boy do the cleaning D They urged the boy to get out angrily 用心 爱心 专心2 4 Why did Susie dump water in the boy s lap A The boy asked her to do so B She just did it by accident C The teacher tripped her on purpose D She knew the boy s embarrassment B The Rockford police chief and some city officials want to install 安装 video cameras in all 100 police cars They think this will reduce the number of lawsuits 法律诉讼 In the last five years Rockford has paid out more than five million dollars to settle about 40 lawsuits The chief said If cameras had been in those cars we wouldn t have had to pay one cent We re always pulling over drunks or drug users who try to fight the police or shoot them Then they always claim that the police start beating them first or start shooting at them first The cost of installing cameras will be about 500 each The city council 委员会 will vote on the proposal next Monday Ten of the 13 council members said that they like the idea One member said that it makes good sense The police officers enthusiastically support camera use One officer said that too many people think the police often lie cameras would show citizens that police tell the truth The money that we ve been spending on lawsuits will be better spent on more cameras said one officer Citizen opinions to the idea of police car cameras are mixed One person said that the police should have started doing this years ago when video cameras were invented But an elderly man strongly objected These police are trying to stick their nose into everything he said He was going to attend the council meeting to condemn the proposal He hoped that other citizens would join him 5 We can learn from what the chief said that with cameras on A the police will not be treated unjustly B the police will be free from any lawsuits C the police can beat the law breakers first D the police can monitor everything around 6 What s the purpose of installing video cameras in police cars A To pay less money on lawsuits B To cut the number of lawsuits C To prevent lawsuits from happening D To stop being beaten by law breakers 7 Which group of people support camera use most 用心 爱心 专心3 A Council members B Police officers C Local people D Drug users 8 What can be learned from the last paragraph A Most citizens support camera use in police cars B The police are trying to take control of everything C The man showed great disagreement on camera use in police cars D Other citizens will join the man to object to camera use in police cars C Most recently it s very common in students who need a parent present for job interviews Naturally it s easy to blame the students in these situations but the bigger problem is us We as parents are so eager to shelter our kids that we fail to realize that this in itself is harming them As the mother of two young sons I have to remind myself constantly that the biggest responsibility I have as a parent is to help them develop the skills needed to live in to live without me So I ll let them fail I ll let them fail because as long as they are safe and warm inside their comfort zones they will never grow And failure long with loss heartbreak disappointment etc will be part of growth for them Call me the anti tiger mom but leaving them alone is my way of helping them become equipped to fit in this world as we know it today From terrorism and seemingly endless natural disasters to our national debt and beyond if we expect the next generation to stand up to the very real problems of our time we need to stop feeding them and start teaching them how to fish My children now are becoming little masters of compromise but they try to negotiate everything now It s a small price to help them learn a skill they ll use for the rest of their lives including when I don t accompany them on job interviews 9 Why do parents accompany their kids on job interviews A Because they want to protect their kids from difficulties B Because they think they can help them on the questions C Because their kids are too shy to attend interviews D Because their kids strongly request them to do so 10 According to the author what is beneficial to kids development A Sheltering them B Keeping them safe C Leaving them alone D Blaming them 11 Why does the author stress failure in kids life A To make them stronger than other kids 用心 爱心 专心4 B To help them grow in this tough world C To help them develop all social skills D To make them learn to compromise 12 Which of the following might be the best title for the text A Never Shelter Your Kids B Let Your Kids Fail C Be Eager to Grow Up D Live Without Parents D NEW YORK CITY A hurricane warning has been given for New York City Forecas ters say Hurricane Irene could cause widespread flooding power failure and billions of dollars in damage About 65 million Americans live in Hurricane Irene s projected path many of whom have been evacuated In New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the city s first ever evacuation Roughly 250 000 people have been told to leave their homes in low lying areas including the Wall Street financial district WASHINGTON D C On Aug 24 2011 Apple announced that Mr Steve Jobs who has battled cancer for several years was stepping down as the CEO but would serve as chairman In January he had announced that he was taking a medical leave of absence from Apple In announcing his leave he turned daily oversight of the company over to the chief operating officer Timothy D Cook and it was Mr Cook whom Apple named to succeed him as the next CEO of the company TRIPOLI Opposition forces in Libya say they control more than 90 percent of the country It is still not clear where Moammar Gadhafi is The opposition has offered more than 1 600 000 dollars for his capture 逮捕 The head of the opposition forces said his group supports a decision by local businessmen to provide the money in an effort to speed up the capture Earlier Wednesday g