2013年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测13

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 1313 阅读理解阅读理解 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A A Just a minute said Anna beginning to understand She did come late very late I had marked her absent of course Then she wandered in when we d started our paper cutting and I believe I said she was a nuisance 讨厌的人 She didn t appear to hear and was certainly quite cheerful Ah a nuisance Mr Henry jump ed on the word You re sure you only said a nuisance I may not even have said that Anna replied It was no more than slight displeasure that I felt and I certainly didn t scold Mrs Bond said that you called her child a blasted 该死的 nuisance Is that true Indeed it isn t said Anna The child or the mother has made it up Mr Henry was satisfied with Anna s explanation Just as I thought my dear but of course I had to make sure 56 When Mr Henry stopped Anna he A wanted to tell her a true story B thought she had done something wrong C had made up his mind to scold her D made her feel worried at first 57 Mr Henry thought that A Janet had scolded Anna B Mrs Bond had not told the truth C Anna would not tell the truth D nna had scolded Janet 58 To call a child a nuisance is A considered a serious accusation B not considered serious by the teacher C obviously upsetting for the child D a sign of great anger 2 59 Mr Henry considered Anna a teacher A careless B cruel C trustworthy D bad B B The BystanderBystander ApathyApathy EffectEffect was first studied by researchers in New York after neighbours ignored and in some cases turned up the volume on their TVs the cries of a woman as she was murdered over a half hour period With regard to helping those in difficulty generally they found that 1 women are helped more than men 2 men help more than women 3 attractive women are helped more than unattractive women Other factors relate to the number of people in the area whether the person is thought to be in trouble through their own fault and whether a person sees himself as being able to help According to Adrian Furnham Professor of University College London there are three reasons why we tend to stand by doing nothing 1 Shifting of responsibility the more people there are the less likely help is to be given Each person excuses himself by thinking someone else will help so that the more other people there are the greater the total shifting of responsibility 2 Fear of making a mistake situations are often not clear People think that those involved in an incident may know each other or it may be a joke so a fear of embarrassment makes them keep themselves to themselves 3 Fear of the consequences if attention is turned on you and the person is violent Laurie Taylor Professor of Sociology at London University says In the experiments I ve seen on intervention 介入 much depends on the neighborhood or setting There is a silence on public transport which is hard to break We are embarrassed to draw attention to something that is happening while in a football match people get involved and a fight would easily follow Psychotherapist Alan Dupuy identifies the importance of the individual the British as a whole have some difficulty intervention but there are exceptional individuals in every group who are prepared to intervene regardless of their own safety These would be people with a strong moral code or religious ideals 3 60 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage A Criminals are more likely to harm women B People on a bus are more likely to stop a crime C Religious people are more likely to look on D Pretty women are more likely to be helped 61 Which factor is NOT related with intervention according to the passage A Sex B Profession C Nationality D Setting 62 Which phenomenon can be described as the BystanderBystander ApathyApathy EffectEffect A A man is more likely to help than a woman B In a football match people get involved in a fight C Seeing a murder people feel sorry that it should have happened D On hearing a cry for help people keep themselves to themselves 63 The author wrote this article A to analyze the weakness of human nature B to urge people to stand out when in need C to criticize the selfishness of bystanders D to explain why bystanders behave as they do C C Sports fans and supporters get quite irrational about the World Cup People in England felt that their country was somehow important after they won in 1966 Last year thousands of Scots sold their cars and even their houses and spent all their money traveling to Argentina where the finals were played So am I arguing that international competition kills the idea of sport Certainly not 4 Do the Argentineans really believe that because eleven of their men proved the most skillful at football their nation is in every way better than all others Not really But it s nice to know that you won and that in one way at least your country is the best 64 According to the passage if a sportsman only thinks about winning he will A fail to succeed B be successful C lose enjoyment D be unreasonable 65 The main idea of the first paragraph is that A children take part in all kinds of sports because sports activities give them pleasure B competitions between different school teams make sports no longer a personal act for fun C Some people believe that international competition makes sports a task a responsibility for the individuals D some people think international competition is in a way opposite to the pursuit of personal excellence 66 What does the speaker mean when he says In a sense winning the World Cup put Argentina on the map A Winning the World Cup makes Argentina a football power in the world B Winning the World Cup gives weight to Argentina s position i n the world C Argentina is not important before it wins the World Cup D Argentina is world famous for its football because of its obvious position on the map 67 The word irrational in the third paragraph means A passionate B happy C angry D unreasonable D D If English means endless new words and difficult grammar you are wrong Haven t you noticed that you have become more smarter since you started to learn a language According to a new study by a British university learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter 中枢神经系统的灰质 This is the area of the brain which processes information It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles The study also found the earlier people learn a second language the greater the effect 5 A team of experts from London took a group of Britons who only spoke English They were compared with a group of early bilinguals 能说两种语言的人 who had learnt a second language before the age of five as well as a number of later learners Scans showed that grey matter density 密度 in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language the smaller the difference Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language said the scientists It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Walse has researched the link between bilingualism and math skills Having two languages dives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible 灵活的 He said You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34 Reading writing and comprehension were all tested The results showed that the younger they started to learn the better Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world explained the scientists 68 What does the underlined word grey matter in Paragraph 2 refer to A grey hair B intelligence C material of the brain D difficult situations 69 The experience of learning a second language can A change one s brain completely B increase the ability to learn C make one smarter than others D improve one s maths skills 70 We can learn from the passage that A the researchers from UCL did another study in Italian B it will be easier for one to travel around the world by learning a second language C the research done on the Italians shows a totally different result D a similar study was done on native Italian speakers who learn English as a second language 71 What s the main idea of the passage A Learning a foreign language can help improve your brain power 6 B You should learn a second language if English is not your native language C If you want to learn a second language you should do it at a certain age D The research done by the researchers from UCL is very successful E E StarryStarry NightNight Have you ever seen a real night sky that looks like Van Gogh s Starry Night I hope not So why would an artist paint the sky this way Perhaps I can answer that with another question When you re happy why do you sing instead of speaking Or when you re in love why do you speak of roses and honey When we do these things we too are artists We re using something that goes beyond a mere scientific description in order to communicate our feelings more powerfully than straightforward words can So consider for a moment that Van Gogh might not have been hallucinating 产生幻觉的 on the night he painted this Maybe he felt something so powerful that he had to go beyond the familiar to express it I hope I m reminding you of something you already know as I describe the experience of being outside at night under a crystal clear sky that makes everything seem clean and refreshing So you look up And suddenly you see the sky that you ve seldom seen before It s not just the same old dark night sky tonight Instead the blackness is a deep rich blue that is more bottomless than any ocean The stars are not spots of light but brilliant magical diamonds that dance like tiny angels In just this special moment the sky is somehow alive and it seems to speak to you silently about the meaning of infinity 无限 Now look at the painting again Can you see something of what makes this such a famous and well loved image But there s more here than that Van Gogh painted this while he was quite struck down by a mental disease It is natural to imagine that he frequently battled the fear that he would never escape his prison to true freedom It is natural for us to imagine this because each of us has faced our own personal prison whether it be disease the loss of a loved one serious financial problems In such moments it is tempting to give up to despair 绝望 and collapse in hopelessness Looking at this painting I imagine Van Gogh in just such a moment of despair when he 7 is struck by the memory of one of those amazing night skies He recalls the sense that he is not alone that there is a living infinite world with rich colorful creatures and scenes all around And so the sky flows across the canvas 画布 full of vitality 活力 and power The stars don t just sparkle they explode Looking closer we notice that the earth itself seems to respond to the movement in the sky forming its own living waves in the mountain