山西省太原双语中学2012届高考英语 专题精选阅读理解强化训练集（三十）

用心 爱心 专心 1 山西省太原双语中学山西省太原双语中学 20122012 届高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集届高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集 三十 三十 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 A A I m from the South Bronx At 7 my neighborhood was the beginning and end of my universe It was a small town to me Everyone knew each other so if you got into trouble in school chances are your mom knew about it before you got home I felt watched over and safe But just before I turned 8 things began to change I watched two buildings on my block burn down I remember seeing my neighbor Pito go up and down the fire escape to get people out Where were the firemen Where was the truck Somebody must have called them That same summer after serving two tours in Vietnam my brother was killed in the South Bronx He was shot above the left eye and died instantly People who could moved out of the neighborhood and all I wanted to do was get out too I used education to get away from there and got good at avoiding the topic of where I was from To be from the South Bronx meant that you were not a good person It felt like a stain After college I didn t want to come back to the South Bronx but in order to afford graduate school I had to I was almost 30 and could only afford to live at my parents home It felt like a defeat and I hated it At the same time the city was planning a huge waste facility here and no one seemed to care including many of us who lived here They were like Well it s a poor community what s the difference I was very angry It drove me to act It moved my spirit in a way that I didn t know was possible And it changed my beliefs it changed the way I felt about myself and my community I worked hard with others who felt the same way and together we defeated the plan After that I realized it s just as important to fight for something as it is to fight against something So we dreamed up a new park on the site of an illegal waste dump and after many community clean ups along with 3 million from the city we have one And it s a glory It was the seed from which many new plans for our community have grown Today the South Bronx is no longer a stain it s a badge 象征 of honor for me I believe that where I m from helps me to really see the world Today when I say I m from the South Bronx I stand up straight This is home and it always will be 1 Paragraphs 2 and 3 make the readers believe A the author felt watched over and safe B he author s brother was a bad man C the author s neighbor Pito was braver than a fireman D the author felt his hometown was not a safe place to live in 2 The author went back to the South Bronx after college because A he couldn t afford to live without his parents help 用心 爱心 专心 2 B he loved his hometown very much C he was defeated in studies at college D he almost reached the age of 30 3 The underlined sentences Paragraph 2 imply that A the author wondered where the firemen and the truck were B the author wanted someone to call the firemen C the firemen didn t come to help although called D the firemen didn t find a place to park the truck 4 What does the author want to convey in the passage A Great changes have taken place in the South Bronx B The South Bronx is a beautiful place C You can make a difference to your hometown if you act D Everyone should love his hometown B B TEENSGIVINGTEENSGIVING inin SPRINGSPRING 20102010 FrequentlyFrequently AskedAsked QuestionsQuestions WhatWhat isis TEENSGIVING TEENSGIVING TEENSGIVING is an exciting event where hundreds of New York City teens gather together annually for a remarkable day of community service This year TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 participants will once again better New York City and impact thousands of lives WhenWhen isis TEENSGIVINGTEENSGIVING inin SPRINGSPRING 2010 2010 SUNDAY APRIL 25 2010 WhereWhere isis TEENSGIVING TEENSGIVING All over New York City Everyone will meet at the 92nd Street Y 92nd and Lexington at 9 00 AM for the event kick off Then all TEENSGIVING volunteers will disperse across the city to work with our partnering agencies where they will make a HUGE difference and have fun WhoWho participatesparticipates inin TEENSGIVING TEENSGIVING Hundreds of teenagers from around the city Teens come from the 92nd Street Y various city schools youth groups and organizations in the area In addition many adult volunteers ages 21 and older will donate their time to TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 WhatWhat projectsprojects dodo participantsparticipants dodo atat thethe agencies agencies Sample projects include painting park benches planting gardens visiting and playing with underprivileged children assembling craft kits for children in hospitals assisting at animal shelters working at soup kitchens delivering meals and celebrating with families at homeless shelters DoDo I I getget anythinganything forfor participatingparticipating inin TEENSGIVING TEENSGIVING Yes Everybody benefits Teen volunteers will receive 6 hours of community 用心 爱心 专心 3 service credit good towards honor society high school graduation and college application requirements Adult volunteers will be thanked with a light breakfast a gift certificate for their troubles and the satisfaction of helping our city s youth contribute to their community In addition all teen and adult volunteers will receive a cool TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 T shirt This sounds awesome HowHow dodo I I registerregister forfor TEENSGIVINGTEENSGIVING inin SPRINGSPRING 2010 2010 Interested teens and or adults should e mail the TEENSGIVING Coordinator Josh Hyman at jhyman 92Y org subject TEENSGIVING to receive more information and to register for this fantastic event Teens can also contact their school s Community Service Advisor TEENSGIVING is sponsored by the 92nd Street Y 5 TEENSGIVING is an event held A from time to time B every year C every two years D twice a year 6 Teenagers may do the following in the event EXCEPT A watering flowers B cookingC cleaning streets D taking care of animals 7 An adult volunteer may get for his time devoted to TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 A community service credit and a T shirt B a high school certificate and a light breakfast C a T shirt and a gift certificate D a gift certificate and community service credit 8 The writer s purpose in writing the passage is to A inform readers of some frequently asked questions B introduce TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 to readers C encourage readers to ask more questions about TEENSGIVING D call on readers to participate in TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 C C British and American scientists are raising genetically modified 转基因的 pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant 移植 to humans the project leader wrote in a newspaper Sunday Scientists in London and California have begun conducting the genetic experiments to find a solution to record long waiting lists for organ transplants Robert Winston said in an opinion piece written for Britain s Sunday Times In Britain alone around 8 000 patients are waiting for a transplant People needing a new heart or liver are waiting for someone else to die usually a violent death in a traffic accident Winston wrote in the newspaper He said his team was trying to modify pigs so their organs might save the lives of humans 用心 爱心 专心 4 The scientists are introducing human genes into the animals to reduce the chances of the organs being rejected by patients as has been common in previous attempts to use animal tissues said Winston who heads the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology at London s Hammersmith Hospital Working with Dr Carol Redhead of the California Institute of Technology Winston s team has injected human genes directly into male piglets 猪仔 adding them to the animal s sperm 精子 He said that pigs involved in experiments had successfully produced transgenic sperm but acknowledged that British and European laws had prevented the team from using the pigs to mate The Sunday Times newspaper reported that the experiments would be moved to the United States following difficulties with funding and regulations in Britain It said the pigs would be bred in Missouri Our U S friends will benefit from our technology and the income we might have produced for Britain will be lost Winston wrote Some scientists have previously blamed the idea of using animal organs for human transplant saying the technique risks spreading animal viruses to humans Winston said his research project is attempting to breed virus free pigs 9 Scientists are introducing human genes into the animals to A make the organs healthierB reduce the pain of animals C make the organs live longerD reduce the chances of rejection 10 Some scientists have blamed the idea of using animal organs for human transplant because A the technique is not perfect now B humans may be infected with animal viruses C it is against laws and regulations D it may cause a conflict between humans and animals 11 According to Winston it seems to Britain to move the experiments to the United States A a pityB a prideC a disasterD a good idea 12 It can be inferred from the passage that A animal organs are commonly used for human transplant now B lots of patients need animal organ transplants now C examples of the animal tissues being rejected have happened D it is not safe to use animal organs for human transplant D Fifty eight percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL questionnaire had come across copying among their pupils Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton for example said Pieces handed in by two students were identical and significantly better than 用心 爱心 专心 5 either of them could have done Not only that the essays handed in didn t quite answer the title question I had set A teacher from Leeds said I had one piece of work so bravely cut and pasted that it still contained ads from the web page Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College said With less able students it is easy to spot copying as the writing style changes in the middle of the assignment but with more able students it is sometimes necessary for tutors to carry out Internet research to identify the source of the copy Mary Bousted general secretary of the ATL said Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut and pasting to spot whether work was the student s own or copy She called for policies to stop copying and asked for help from exam boards and the government in providing resources and techniques to detect cheats But there was another side I have found once students clearly understand what copying is its consequences and how to reference correctly so they can draw on published works copying becomes less of a problem said Diana Baker from Emmanuel College Durham I think the majority of students who engage in copying do it more out of ignorance than the desire to cheat They really want to succeed on their own 13 The passage mainly wants to tell us A the benefits of the Internet for students B web copying is a serious problem in the UK C the ways to find web copying for teachers D how we can use the Internet to do homework 14 The underlined word identical Paragraph 1 probably means A excellentB contrastingC the sameD complex 15 What is TRUE according to Connie Robinson A It s not easy to find the less able students copy from the Internet B It s difficult to find whether the more able students have copied C The less able student will not change their writing style when copying D The more able students needn t copy from the Internet 16 What s the writer s attitude towards copying A The writer doesn t tell us B The writer feels angry about it C The writer thinks it doesn t matter D The writer approves of it E If Barack Obama s wife and kids thought they d be getting his undivided attention during their long awaited summer holiday perhaps they should think again The US President kicked off his vacation by revealing that in addition to 用心 爱心 专心 6 endless games of tennis and golf he plans to spend the week ploughing through five books weighing in at an astonishing 2 300 pages His summer reading list unveiled 透露 by the White House contains two heavyweight works of non fiction and three novels On top of the president s table is Hot Flat and Crowded by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman Subtitled why we need a green revolution it makes a leftish 左倾的 call to arms regarding the future of the planet Mr Obama s second choice is historian David McCullough s biography of John Adams the often under rated second US president who was the subject of an award winning HBO docu drama 纪实剧 last year The novels include two crime thrillers Richard Price s Lush Life and The Way Home a novel by George Pelecanos set in Washington DC which much like Obama s best selling autobiography 自传 explores the relationship between a father and his son Completing the set is the novel Plainsong by a little known writer called Kent Haruf Set in a small town on the Colorado plains its existence on the reading list may reassure voters that Middle America has not been ignored by their commander in chief Publishers are keeping an eye on whether the famous Obama bounce which has helped