2012届高考英语二轮专题复习 精选综合能力专练（十五）

用心 爱心 专心 1 20122012 届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练 十五 届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练 十五 单项填空 1 Have you had a n to your letter No I checked the mailbox almost every hour A answer B result C settlement D solution 2 How do you find yesterday s performances I sat through all performances but of them was any good A none B neither C both D each 3 Father goes to the gym with us although he dislikes going there 2010 湖南 22 A hardly B seldom C sometimes D never 4 Was it it snowed last night he didn t come A because when B why that C that because D because that 5 He seems to be quite about the economic development of China saying that the worst time is over A optimistic B grateful C confused D considerate 6 We on this project for four hours Let s have a rest A are working B have been working C worked D had worked 7 I can t stand him He always talks as if he everything A knew B knows C has known D had known 8 Chile has experienced number of big quakes over its history including most powerful one in the world that occurred in May 1960 A a B the a C the the D a the 9 I ve passed the driving test A Well done B I m afraid not C That will do D I m glad to help 10 How much one enjoys himself travelling depends largely on he goes with whether his friends or relatives A what B who C how D why 11 Children who are not active or diet is high in fat will gain 用心 爱心 专心 2 weight quickly A what B whose C which D that 12 What impresses me most is he appears in front of others he wears a sincere and charming smile A when B that C where D that whenever 13 the meeting room he found all the parents already there A To enter sitting B Entering to seat C Entered seat D Entering seated 14 After decades of effort the city is still trying to how to ban smoking in public places A look through B get through C figure out D take out 15 I found I could easily make myself by using sign language A understood B understand C to understand D being understood 完形填空 My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old From then on I always 1 at home and with friends That winter I noticed that many 2 people had difficulty getting to the 3 store after a snowstorm So I started to spend part of a 4 Saturday knocking at apartment doors to ask if anyone needed 5 from the store The grocery store was down a huge hill and I would bring 6 a couple of bags of groceries for them I liked it and it made them so 7 It started with 8 alone and then the number grew A short time later my 9 in the building asked what I was doing and a couple of them 10 and it became a routine I 11 asked for or took money for it Sometimes the ladies 12 slip the change in my pocket I would just buy something the next time to give to them 13 flowers or a card I did this every 14 up to when I left to go to college When I was away at 15 many people asked my mom how I was doing Through those conversations she 16 what I used to do I had never told her Now I m a teacher and teaching my students the art of true 17 Everyone in the world needs help and everyone can also 18 help The image of those old people s happiness caused by my 19 of goodwill appears in my mind every time I have the chance to do something 20 This is the power of charity 用心 爱心 专心 3 1 A look around B run about C help out D act up 2 A lazy B young C elderly D disabled 3 A grocery B clothes C food D medicine 4 A sunny B cloudy C rainy D snowy 5 A anything B nothing C all D few 6 A forwards B backwards C back D out 7 A surprised B interested C ashamed D happy 8 A myself B me C themselves D them 9 A classmates B students C relatives D friends 10 A gave up B joined in C paid up D turned away 11 A sometimes B not C neither D never 12 A would B should C could D dared 13 A like B as C by D for 14 A day B week C month D winter 15 A school B college C leisure D work 16 A recognized B followed C learned D proved 17 A friendship B usefulness C success D kindness 18 A offer B own C accept D reward 19 A acts B words C thought D test 20 A unusual B successful C hard D nice 阅读理解 The amount of water in the world is finite 有限的 The number of people is 用心 爱心 专心 4 growing fast and water use is growing even faster Global water consumption rose six times between 1900 and 1995 more than double the rate of population growth As important as quantity is quality with pollution increasing in some areas the amount of usable water declines And the wider effects of water shortages are just as frightening as the prospect of having too little to drink Seventy percent of the water used worldwide is used for agriculture Much more will be needed if we are to feed the world s growing population And consumption will rise further as more people expect Western style lifestyles and diets one kilogram of grain fed beef needs at least 15m3 of water while a kilo of cereals 谷物 needs only up to 3m3 New technology can help however especially by cleaning up pollution and so making more water usable and in agriculture where water use can be made far more efficient Drought resistant 抗旱的 plants can also help The optimists say virtual water may save the day the water contained in crops which can be exported from water rich countries to dry ones But the amounts involved would be huge and the energy needed to transport the water would be enormous In any case it is not just us who need water but every other species that shares the planet with us We have to rethink how much water we really need if we are to learn how to share the earth s supply While dams and other large scale schemes play a big role worldwide there is also a growing recognition of the value of using the water we already have more efficiently rather than harvesting ever more from our rivers For millions of people around the world getting it right is a matter of life and death 1 Which of the following statements on water consumption is NOT true A Agriculture consumes more than half of the water used in the world B The growing population worsens the water shortage situation C Lifestyles play an important role in water consumption D The Western way of agriculture uses more water than the Asian way 2 Virtual water refers to the water that A is hidden in crops B is saved