2013年高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解60天（16）

1 20132013 年高考英语二轮专题训练年高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解阅读理解 6060 天 天 1616 阅读理解阅读理解 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 并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑 A A He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father s life who was the main source of support for the family Since then he has had to depend on the arms of his younger brother For the sake of taking care of him his younger brother became his shadow never leaving him alone for years Except for writing with his toes he was completely unable to do anything in his life One late night he suffered from diarrhea 腹泻 and had to wake up his younger brother His younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and then went back the dorm to wait But being so tired his younger brother fell asleep leaving him on the toilet for two hours till the teacher on duty discovered him As the two brothers grew up together they had their share of problems and they would often quarrel Then one day his younger brother wanted to live separate from him living his own life as many normal people do So he was heart broken and didn t know what to do A similar misfortune happened to a girl too One night her mother who suffered from chronic mental illness disappeared So her father went out looking for her mother leaving her alone at home She tried to prepare meals for her parents only to overturn 弄翻 the kerosene light on the stove resulting in a fire which took her hands away Though her elder sister who was studying in another city showed her willingness to take care of her she was determined to be completely independent At school she always studied hard Most of all she learned to be self dependent Once she wrote the following in her composition I am lucky Though I lost my arms I still have legs I am lucky Though my wings are broken my heart can still fly One day the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program The boy told the TV host about his uncertain future at being left on his own whereas the girl was full of enthusiasm for her life They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes The boy wrote My younger brother s arms are my arms while the girl wrote Broken wings flying heart They had both endured the same misfortune but their different attitudes determined the nature of their lives It is true that life is unpredictable Disasters can strike at any time How you handle misfortune when confronted with it actually is the true test of your character If you choose only to complain and escape from the misfortune it will always follow you wherever you go But if you decide to be strong the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise 56 In the first paragraph what happened in the accident A The boy wasn t badly injured 2 B The boy s father escaped being hurt C The boy s father was killed D The boy s younger brother was slightly wounded 57 The girl refused her elder sister s help because A she was lucky and still had two legs B she wanted to be self dependent rather than rely on others C she didn t want to move to another city D she enjoyed living separate from others 58 When the girl wrote the words Broken wings flying heart she really meant A though she lost arms she still had legs B her elder sister s willingness to take care of her could help her fly with wings C if one had wings his or her heart could fly D faced with the misfortune you should be strong and you ll make it 59 The passage mainly tells us A a story about a couple who lost their arms B about the misfortune of two persons C that the different attitude towards one s misfortune determines one s future D that the elder sister is kinder than the younger brother B B Downloading music over the Internet is pretty common among high school and college students However when students download and share copyrighted music without permission they are against the law A survey of young people s music ownership has found that teenagers and college students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players Half of those surveyed share all the music on their hard drive 硬盘 enabling others to copy hundreds of songs at any one time Some students were found to have randomly linked their personal blogs to music sites so as to allow free trial listening of copyrighted songs for blog visitors or adopted some of the songs as the background music for their blogs Such practices may be easy and free but there are consequences Sandra Dowd a student of Central Michigan University was fined US 7 500 for downloading 501 files from LimeWire a peer to peer file sharing program Sandra claimed that she was unaware that her downloads were illegal until she was contacted by authorities Similarly Mike Lewinski paid US 4 000 to settle a lawsuit 起诉 against him for copyright violation 违反 Mike expressed shock and couldn t believe that this was happening to him I just wanted to save some money and I always thought the threat was just a scare tactic 战术 You know everyone does it added Mike The RIAA Recording Industry Association of America the organization that files lawsuits against illegal downloaders states that suing 控告 students was by no means their first choice Unfortunately without the threat of consequences students are just not changing their behavior Education alone is not enough to stop the extraordinary growth of the illegal downloading practice 3 60 Why is it common for students to download copyrighted music A They don t think that they will be caught B They want their friends to know that they are smart C They think it is a good way to make some extra money D They are against copyright protection over Internet music 61 What does Mike mean by saying that the threat was just a scare tactic A One should not be afraid of threats B A lawsuit will result from the threat C It is unfair to scare people with a threat D No serious consequence will follow the threat 62 What is RIAA s attitude towards students illegal downloading behaviour A They believe that education will help greatly in protecting copyrights B They profit from the fines illegal downloaders pay for copyright violations C They like to sue students for downloading music illegally from the Internet D They think that illegal downloading behavior needs tough measures to correct 63 What s the best title for this passage A Copyright Violators Beware B How to Get Free Music Online C A Survey of Students Downloading Habits D Get rid of Illegal Music Download Impossible C C PraguePrague Prague is an ancient European city featuring one of the most magnificent Old Towns in Europe along with delicious food inexpensive shopping and friendly people Prague is also famous as being home to one of the most famous 20th century writers Franz Kafka The famous Czech beer is also one of the reasons to visit Prague The narrow streets of the older parts of the town are appealing to the visitors to take nice long walk and settle in some of the many restaurants which offer top quality foods at 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least that is what Dr Robert Feldman of the University of Massachusetts says Dr Feldman conducted an experiment in which he asked 240 students to talk to each other for minutes He filmed the conversations and then asked the students to watch themselves to confirm if all that they had said was true It turned out that nearly all of them had lied at least once It seems that we not only lie we do it naturally and without thinking It s so easy to lie said Dr Feldman We teach our children to be honest but also to be polite and avoid offending people Kids get a mixed message and that affects how they behave as adults According to Dr Wendy Gamble of the University of Arizona kids don t need any instructions in lying It comes naturally to them Dr Gamble a psychologist has identified four different types of lies that both children and adults tell The pro social lie is told to help or protect other people The self enhancement lie is told by someone who wants to look good to other people The selfish lie protects the speaker by harming someone else And worst of all the anti social lie is told for the pleasure of getting someone else into trouble According to Dr Feldman men and women lie in different ways as well Women are more likely to lie to make the person they are with feel good Men lie to make themselves look better he says The husband tells his wife he s due for a promotion at work Of course you are she replies Honesty is the basis of healthy relationships says Dr Gamble But rather than dismiss all lying as bad we should reflect that deception is common 5 and often socially acceptable Perhaps we already do In the English language the word liar is usually only used to describe the person who tells selfish or anti social lies The rest are referred to as white lies These are joke words which show that we can tolerate people who don t tell the truth all the time If people did not make up stories there would be no literature poetry or films Some psychologists argue that 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