高考英语冲刺复习 英语精练2

用心 爱心 专心1 英语冲刺复习英语冲刺复习 英语精练 英语精练 2 2 A A On Christmas morning I went to the Cockhedge Mall People there were all busy buying their last minute requirements I needed to buy a birthday card for my son in law whose birthday is the 29th of December Picking up a few more things as well as my cared I went to join the line for the express checkout which was for people who only had a few items in a basket and not a trolley load This line was next to the Customer Service desk Seemingly waiting quite a long time I was jogged out of my thoughts by a voice behind me making comments on the things I bought It was so funny when I realized that she was describing the contents of my basket The owner of the voice was a very pretty young lady I said to her that I was going to buy a box of Christmas cookies but the only ones left were not to my liking The lady told me that just opposite Cockhedge in Superdrug they had lots of cookies I said I m not going to bother now I had enough of shops and I m going home The assistant from the Customer Service came across at this time saying If there is anyone in the line with a few items in their basket none of which needed to be weighed I will check out their groceries at the desk Because I had the sprouts which needed to be weighted the young lady accepted the offer and walked away waving goodbye Eventually my turn came at the checkout I was walking away when I met my new friend once again who handed me a beautiful box of Christmas cookies With a big hug she said Hope you have a lovely Christmas She had been into Superdrug to buy me the cookies while I was still queuing in Cockhedge What a generosity to a stranger I was so surprised you could have knocked me down with a feather My Good Samaritan would never know what a joyful Christmas day I had with my family Telling them this story as we ate around the table kept everyone spellbound 41 The underlined word spellbound in the last paragraph probably means A interested B disappointed C astonished D frightened 42 Which of the following could be the best title of the story A A Piece of Lucky Feather B A Surprise Christmas Gift C The Boring Shopping Experience D The Unforgettable Big Hug 43 How does the writer feel about the pretty young lady A Worried B Satisfied C Grateful D Proud 44 What can we learn from the story A Nobody is sure what will happen the next moment B A simple action can bring other people happiness 用心 爱心 专心2 C Being patient will decrease the waiting time D Life without hope and faith is a full thing B B In Colombia there are some unwritten rules that people are used to These rules are not officially established but people do respect them For example on a bus a person keeps a distance from another person and people don t like to touch each other Many people come to work late because they prefer to wait for another bus if the first one is too crowded They don t want to have to stand too close to another person or maybe they are afraid of starting a conversation A friend of mine in Colombia once said his mom got angry because he came home late so he asked her Mom what do you think of most people arriving at their jobs so late That gave her the answer to her question since everyone knows no one wants to get on a bus that is too crowded His mother realized at that moment that customs have a big influence on a person s life Sometimes people don t like to make any kind of conversation or make eye contact with others For example when they are in line at a bank they prefer to look up or down rather than look at other people Moreover people usually look down when they are in an elevator Not only on a bus in line at a bank and in an elevator do people usually avoid talking to other people but also in the streets when they are walking they prefer to look down and to avoid contact with others 45 Why do many people get to work late in Colombia A They always think the next bus will be better B They don t want to get on crowded buses C It s an official rule in Colombia D They get into conversations and miss their buses 46 From the text we learn that A customs influence people s lives B a mother always understands her son C people respect each other in Colombia D people like to talk in elevators in Colombia 47 When people in Colombia are in line at banks they A make eye contact B look at other people C make conversation D look up or down 48 What would be the best title for the text A What People Do in Different Situations B Avoid Getting on a Crowded Bus C Special Customs in Colombia D Obeying Unwritten Rules C C Four Wonders of the Web 用心 爱心 专心3 GoogleGoogle WorksWorks MiraclesMiracles GOOGLE www google com is a daily miracle to millions of people If the Internet had only this very fast search engine it would have Justified its existence many times over It is the most popular search engine on the web with a 54 market share ahead of Yahoo You type almost anything however unclear into the space provided and in a second it has come up with hundreds of references If knowledge is power then Google commands the gateway YahooYahoo BecomesBecomes GiantGiant YAHOO www yahoo com was the first wonder of the web and in many respects it still is It started in January 1994 when two California graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo started compiling 编译 a database of links mainly for their personal use But well before the end of the year it had become recognizable as Yahoo we know today In the past seven years Yahoo had grown rapidly partly through a long string of buys Yahoo now includes almost everything you could want emails instant messages chats clubs photo albums and a lot more eBayeBay EnablesEnables EveryoneEveryone toto BuyBuy andand SellSell eBay www ebay com which deals with online trading and shopping services is the most impressive large Internet company where people buy and sell goods and services worldwide It has for instance opened up a global marketplace in which people from Beijing San Francisco or Moscow can bid 投 标 against each other for products put up for sale by someone in London The company s online service permits sellers to list items for sale buyers to bid on items of internet and eBay users to browse 浏览 through listed items that is available online seven days a week AmazonAmazon MakesMakes BuyingBuying a a NewNew ExperienceExperience Amazon www amazon com started out as online bookstore constantly putting up new book titles it offered for sale In the late 1990s Amazon had more than four million titles after adding CDs videos DVDs and games It continued to add new lines of business including toys computer software electronics like MP3 players power tools home improvement products and online sales For regular users Amazon has made itself the shortest possible path between wanting and buying 49 What is Google used mainly for A Commanding the gateway B Searching for information C Storing reference books D Providing extra space 50 Rome is not built in one day but Yahoo is built in one A year B day C month D minute 51 What goods did Amazon sell when it started its business A Videos and games B Different books C Power tools D MP3 players 52 Which of the following is true 用心 爱心 专心4 A Buying and selling can only be done through Amazon B If you feed in something unclear Google will refuse to do the searching C Yahoo owns more market shares than any other companies on the web D eBay Company s online service is always there for its users D D Today s children are the result of the modern society Our parents have jobs that keep them busy almost all day long They only have a free day in a week This doesn t allow them to keep an eye on their children On the other hand the modern society gives more freedom to the children than they could handle As a child you don t know how to grow up by yourself until you reach a certain age That is why you need school and parents to be by your side all the time If you don t have either of them you may make a lot of mistakes The social system of the modern society is very lenient especially with the children Most of the children today are rebels 判逆者 They are rude They are given too much freedom by their families This is their parent s mistake They ought to know that the freedom they give to their children is misunderstood For example it is a bad thing for a 17 year old child to go out in the evening on weekends Parents are also guilty of the way their children show up in the street or at school The same guilt belongs to the teaching system as well Pupils shouldn t be allowed to dress like they were on a fashion presentation at school Another important fact we can think of regarding the freedom of children is their free will of spending money Parents shouldn t allow their children to spend money on whatever they want I think children are given too much freedom not only by their parents but also by the society The latter is more to be blamed 53 The writer implies that parents busy lifestyle A makes their children become independent B may lead to a tense parent child relationship C is harmful to their children s health D is likely to create a troubled generation 54 What does the underlined word lenient in Para 2 mean A Not responsible B Not strict C Unkind D Unfair 55 It seems that the writer agrees that students A should stay at home on weekends B can wear trendy clothes at school C had better wear school uniform at school D can be allowed to go out in the evenings 56 According to the writer which of the following takes the primary responsibility for children s problems A The social environment B The educational system C Each family D The school E E 用心 爱心 专心5 Far from the land of Antarctica 南极洲 a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish the Antarctic cod For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish How does it live where most fish would freeze to death It must have some secret The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work and research has been slow Now it seems we have an answer Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish Scientists studied the fish s blood and measured its freezing point The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of 1 88 C and many tiny pieces of ice floating in it The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to 2 05 C That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the ice salt mixture The scientists next research job was clear Find out what in the fish s blood kept it from freezing Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein 蛋白质 never before seen in the blood of a fish When itit was remove