山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解（67）

用心 爱心 专心1 山西省山西省 20122012 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 6767 阅读下面短文 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项 A A programmer and an engineer are sitting next to each other on a long flight from Los Angeles to New York The programmer leans over to the engineer and asks if he would like to play a fun game The engineer just wants to take a nap so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks The programmer persists and explains that the game is really easy and has a lot of fun He explains I ask you a question and if you don t know the answer you pay me 5 Then you ask me a question and if I don t know the answer I ll pay you 5 Again the engineer politely refuses and tries to get to sleep The programmer now somewhat agitated says OK if you don t know the answer you pay me 5 and if I don t know the answer I ll pay you 50 This catches the engineer s attention and he sees no end to this torment 折磨 unless he plays so he agrees to the game The programmer asks the first question What s the distance from the earth to the moon The engineer doesn t say a word but reaches into his wallet pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the programmer Now it s the engineer s turn He asks the programmer What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down on four The programmer looks up at him with a puzzled look He takes out his laptop computer and searches all of his references After about an hour he wakes the engineer and hands him 50 The engineer politely takes the 50 and turns away to try to get back to sleep The programmer more than a little miffed shakes the engineer and asks Well so what s the answer Without a word the engineer reaches into his wallet hands the programmer 5 and turns away and goes back to sleep 1 What s the best title for the passage 用心 爱心 专心2 A A Boring Conversation B A Fun Game C A Trick During The Flight D A Question Without Answer 2 What s the meaning of the underlined work agitated A Angry B Excited C Surprised D Curious 3 What kind of person is the programmer according to what he said A Confident B Selfish C Greedy D Generous 4 What can we infer according to the last sentence A The engineer has little money with him B Actually the engineer doesn t know the answer either C The engineer is bored with programmer D The engineer beats the programmer at last 5 Which is NOT true according to the passage A In the beginning the engineer is not interested in the game B The engineer is too sleepy to want to play the game C At last the engineer gains 45 from the programmer D Nobody knows the answer to the engineer s question B Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated and what kind of job prospects they thought they had Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without outside help What kind of help is that I asked expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out Surgery 外科手术 one replied I was pretty alarmed by that response It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height 用心 爱心 专心3 They break your legs put in special extending screws and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows you can get at least 5cm taller At that point I was shocked I am short I can t deny that but I don t think I would put myself through months of agony 痛苦 just to be a few centimeters taller I don t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles as I m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting perfection and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality No one is born perfect yet magazines TV shows and movies present images of thin tall beautiful people as being the norm Advertisements for slimming aids beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers further creating an idea that perfection is a requirement and that it must be purchased no matter what the cost In my opinion skills rather than appearance should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career 6 We can know from the passage that the author works as A a doctor B a model C a teacher D a reporter 7 Many graduates today turn to cosmetic surgery to A marry a better man woman B become a model C get an advantage over others in job hunt D attract more admirers 8 According to the passage the author believes that A everyone should purchase perfection whatever the cost B it s right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs C it is one s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one s career D media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery 9 What does the author think of his height 用心 爱心 专心4 A He hates to be called a short man B He tries to increase his height through surgery C He just accepts it as it is D He always wears shoes with thick soles to hide the fact 10 The best title for the passage should be A Young Graduates Have Higher Expectation B Young Graduates Look to Surgery for Better Jobs C Young Graduates Opinion About Cosmetic Surgery D Young Graduates Face a Different Situation in Job hunt C The day my fianc fell to his death it started to snow just like the bottom hadn t fallen out of my world when he fell off the roof His body when I found it was lightly covered with snow It snowed almost every day for the next four months while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up One morning I shuffled 拖着脚步走 downstairs and was surprised to see a snowplow 扫雪机 clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling my walk I dropped to my knees crawled through the living room and back upstairs so those good Samaritans would not see me I was mortified My first thought was how would I ever repay them I didn t have the strength to brush my hair let alone shovel someone s walk Before Jon s death I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors I defined myself by my competence and independence How could I respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch everyday and watch the snow fall Learning how to receive the love and support that came my way wasn t easy Friends cooked for me and I cried because I couldn t even help them set the table I m not usually this lazy I swept Finally my friend Kathy sat down with me and said Mary cooking for you is not a burden It makes me feel good to be able to do something for you 用心 爱心 专心5 Over and over I heard similar words of comfort from the people who supported me during those dark days One very wise man told me You are not doing nothing Being fully open to your grief may be the hardest work you will ever do In many ways I have changed for the better I have been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom that comes from facing one s worst fear and walking away whole 11 What made the author feel sad A Her fianc s sudden death B Constant heavy snow C Her fianc aba