2013年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测37 (2)

1 20132013 年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测 3737 阅读理解阅读理解 A A Tomorrow was his girlfriend s birthday and the young man was having a difficult time deciding on a present for her She already had more clothes than she knew what to do with them so he couldn t get any kind of apparel She never ate sweets so candy was out of the question What then He had a very special reason for wanting to impress her with just the right gift tomorrow he was going to make an offer of marriage to her He finally decided on perfume 香水 All girls liked perfume That raised another problem however What kind did she prefer He couldn t ask her because that would ruin the surprise At last the young man hit upon a brilliant idea That afternoon pretending to take his girl friend s fox terrier little dog Together the young man and the dog went directly to the perfume counter of the town s biggest department store Good There was a large array 长列 of perfume He beckoned 招呼 a clerk instructing her to open a large number of bottles and wave the stoppers under the dog s nose Nestled in the young man s arms the terrier began to be restless and bored as this seemingly pointless game went on Then Fritz suddenly became frisky wiggling in the young man s arms and barking excitedly as the clerk waved one stopper under his nose I ll take that one said the young man to the clerk The price was high but it was worth it he thought My favorite perfume said the delighted girl the next evening as she unwrapped the package How did you know she asked dabbing some perfume behind each ear Intuition 直觉 I guess said the young man deciding that it wasn t exactly wrong to tell a lie under the circumstances One day after they were married he would admit that his intuition had really been a little dog named Fritz 66 Which of the following words best describes the young man in the story A kind heartedB curious 2 C creativeD mean 67 The underlined word frisky in Paragraph 4 means A livelyB angry C uneasyD puzzled 68 According to the story the birthday present for the girl was actually decided on by A the young manB the store clerk C the man s store intuitionD the dog Fritz 69 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the story A The young man wanted to give his girlfriend a pleasant surprise B The pet dog Fritz knew what the young man wanted very well C The kind of perfume the young man chose was expensive D The young man told a white lie about his final choice of the perfume B When young people get their first real jobs they face a lot of new confusing situations They may find that everything is different from the way things were at school It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable and insecure in both professional and social situations Eventually 最后 they realize that university classes can t be the only preparation for all of the different situations that arise in the working world Perhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior In doing so you will be able to see what it is that you admire in this person For example you ll observe how he acts in a crisis Perhaps even more important you ll be able see what is his approach to day to day situations While you are observing your colleague you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like yours and how you can learn from his responses to a variety of situations By watching and learning from a model you ll probably begin to identify and adopt good working habits 70 The young people just graduated from school may not behave well in the working world because 3 A They were not well educated at school B what they learn in university classes is not adequate for their new life C the society is too complicated to adapt to D they failed to work hard at school 71 The best way to learn how to behave in the working world is A to find a worker and follow him closely B to find a person you respect and see how he acts in different situations C to find a person you admire and make friends with him D to make the acquaintance 认识 of a model you admire 72 In the last sentence of the second paragraph the word approach means A means of entering B speaking to someone for the first time C way of coming near D manner of doing something 73 The passage could be best entitled A Learn Learn and Learn Again B Learn from a Model C Learn Forever D One is Never too Old to Learn C C BUY A JOLNT TICKET AND VISIT THE OTHER HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES THE TOWER OF LONDON Royal palace and fortress 堡垒 for over 900 years scene of mystery murder and home to the Crown Jewels KENSINGTON PALACE Birthplace of Queen Victoria this royal retreat 居所 is home to magnificent State Apartments and the stunning Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection which includes dresses worn by HM Queen Elizabeth II and Diana Princess of Wales HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES Hampton Court Palace is part of Historic Royal Palace a registered charity No 1068852 that receives no public funding We rely 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quality How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered Should we simply take the student s mark for it Any institution that liberates students from fair and formal exams is misguided if not ignorant 无知的 and surely the graduates of such 7 institutions will lack trustworthiness 信赖 not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies When all is said and done I sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others are at the bottom of most ban exam talks Excellence and quality fear nothing On the contrary they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best 81 According to the letter a student s final mark A is often encouraging B often tells whether he likes the object or not C often prove unreliableD often gives a fair picture of the year s work 82 The two writers mentioned in the first paragraph A seemed to be worried about the poor marks of their students B must have proposed other ways of testing students C opposed judging students by the results of exams D regarded exams as a way of