2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习 阅读能力培养精品系列（四十二）

用心 爱心 专心 1 20122012 届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列 四十二 届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列 四十二 完形填空 Introduction to Letters to Sam Dear Reader Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book When my 1 Sam was born my heart was filled with joy I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then and I have been 2 ill many times So I wondered if I would have the 3 to tell Sam what I had 4 For years I have been hosting a program on the 5 and writing articles for a magazine Being 6 to move freely I have learned to sit still and keep my heart 7 exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and 8 So when Sam was born I 9 to tell him about school and friendship romance and work love and everything else That s how I started to write these 10 I hope that Sam would 11 them sooner or later However that expectation 12 when Sam showed signs of autism 自闭症 at the age of two He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs He 13 to communicate with others even the family members That was 14 for me but didn t stop me writing on I realized that I had even 15 now to tell him I wanted him to 16 what it means to be different from others and learn how to fight against the misfortune he ll 17 as I myself his grandfather did I just 18 if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life Now 19 the book has been published I have been given the chance Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam some about my life and all about what it means to be a 20 Daniel Gottlieb 1 A son B nephew C brother D grandson 2 A seriously B mentallyC slightly D quietly 3 A ability B time C courage D responsibility 4 A written B suffered C observed D lost 5 A radio B television C stage D bed 6 A ready B unable C anxious D eager 7 A warm B broken C closed D open 8 A hosts B visitors C readers D reporters 9 A began B stopped C forgot D decided 10 A letters B emails C books D diaries 11 A find B read C collect D keep 12 A developed B disappearedC changed D arrived 13 A tried B refused C regretted D hoped 14 A exciting B acceptableC strange D heartbreaking 15 A less B everything C more D nothing 用心 爱心 专心 2 16 A understand B explainC believe D question 17 A fear B face C know D cause 18 A felt B guessed C saw D doubted 19 A as B once C though D if 20 A teacher B childC man D writer 阅读理解 A Although people are born to win they are also born hopeless and totally dependent on their environment As we have noted few people are total winners or losers Most of them are winners in some areas of their lives and losers in others Their winning or losing is influenced by what happens to them in childhood Winners successfully make the transition from total helplessness to independence Losers do not A lack of response to dependency needs poor nutrition unhappy relationships disease continuing disappointments inadequate physical care and terrible events are among the many experiences that contributing to making people losers Such experiences interrupt or prevent the normal progress towards independence A winner is not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge He can separate facts from opinion and doesn t pretend to have all the answers He listens to others evaluate what they say but comes to his own conclusions A loser repress his own capacity to express appropriately his full range of possible behaviour He may be unaware of other choices for his life if the path he chooses goes nowhere He is afraid to try new things He maintains his own status He is a repeater He repeats not only his own mistakes but also repeats those of his family and culture A loser has difficulty giving and receiving affection He does not enter into close honest direct relationship with others 1 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage A What happens in one s childhood contributes to making people losers or winners B Winners will depend on their own conclusions C In their lives people become neither winners or losers D A loser is afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge 2 From the passage you can infer the underlined word transition has the similar meaning as A substitution B transformation C transportation D situation 3 Which of the following is NOT true about the winner A He has dependent thinking B He is at a loss what to do in his life C He can separate facts from his own opinion D He can come to his own conclusions 4 A loser may A lack independence B do his own thinking 用心 爱心 专心 3 C make correct choices D draw his own conclusions 5 The main idea of the passage is A success and environment B the way to become winners C the factors contributing to making people losers D the characteristic of winners and losers B In the USA Forbes magazine has published its annual list of the richest people in the world Bill Gates of Microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of forty four billion dollars There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine Between them they have a fortune of two point two trillion dollars The highest concentration of the ultra rich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles But in total the very wealthy live in forty seven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time this year Laksmi Mittal an Indian born steel tycoon 巨头 enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune His net worth has quadrupled 变成四倍 to thirteen billion dollars making him the world s third richest man Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to the sixth place Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong Asian wealth is probably under represented as its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals Relatively few women feature in the list among them is JK Rowling author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars New entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page each worth more than seven billion dollars after their company s recent stock market debut The richest Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league 6 Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year s Forbes magazine A Laksmi Mittal B Ingvar Kamprad C JK Rowling D Silvio Berlusconi 7 There are about persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world A 300 B 180 C 70 D 150 8 Which of the following statements is NOT true A No Chinese has entered the top sixty richest people in the world B Russia is a developing country C This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list D There are more billionaires 亿万富翁 in New York than any other city in the 用心 爱心 专心 4 world 9 We can infer from the passage that A there are more billionaires in London than in Moscow B Ukraine is a very rich country in the world C JK Rowling s novels have sold very well D the IT industry is a profit making industry 参考答案 1 解析 选 D 根据下文中的 as I myself his grandfather 可判断 Sam 是 我 的 孙子 2 解析 选 A 由上文中 I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then 和下文 I wondered if I would have the 可知 作者在这期间重病了几次 所以用 seriously 3 解析 选 B 由这一段可知 作者是想告诉他的孙子 但担心自己的身体 所以不知道是 不是还有时间 此处用 time 符合题意 4 解析 选 C 根据全文内容的理解 作者想告诉他孙子的是他的经历 故只有 observe observe 看到 注意到 符合题意 5 解析 选 A 由下文的