2012届高考英语分类题库、解析第18集：探究性命题综合.doc

高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家2012届高考英语分类题库、解析第18集：探究性命题综合测试04 Passage 11 We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didnt even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched mouth open in surprise. Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them ko me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up. Mum nodded and said. Very dirty floors. Yes, Im glad theyve finally decided to clean them, the nurse answered. She looked at Mum strangely and said, But arent you working late? Mum just pushed harder, each sweep (拖一下) of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book. After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She quickly put the mop back and took my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, Thank you. Outside, Mum told me Dagmar is fine. No fever. “ You saw her, Mum?Of course. I told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop worrying as well. Its a fine hospital. But such floors! A mop is no good. You need a brush. 1. When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was_. A. to clean the floor B. to please the nurse C. to see a patientD. to surprise the story-teller 答案：C 指导：这是一道推理题。从表面上看，拿拖把当然是拖地。但是读到最后，我们就知道妈妈拖地的目的是探视病人。因此正确答案是C 2. When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a_. A. nurse B. visitor C. patient D. cleaner 答案：D 指导：从值班护土与妈妈的对话中，我们看出护士没有拦妈妈，因为她认为妈妈是清洁工。所以正确答案是D.3. After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital? A. It is a childrens hospital. B. It has strict rules about visiting hours. C. The conditions there arent very good. D. The nurse and doctors there dont work hard. 答案：B指导：这是一道推理题。根据妈妈为了探视病人，煞费苦心地扮成清洁工这一点，我们可以推断出这个医院的制度非常严格。因此正确答案是B.4. From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely_. A. the story-tellers sister B. the story-tellers classmate C. Mums friend D. Dads boss 答案：A 指导：根据妈妈与“我”的对话，“Dagmar”应该是个孩子，妈妈还提到爸爸也不用担心了，因此我们可以推断妈妈探视的病人应该是“我”的妹妹，所k2JE确答案是A.5. Which of the following words best describes Mum? A. strange B. warm-hearted C. clever D. hard-working 答案：C 指导：从妈妈的控视病人方面所表现出的智慧来看，文章应该着重表现了妈妈的聪明。所以正确答案是CPassage 12 The United States. Fliers may want to have their tickets in hand before catching their planes, but the airline companies are doing everything they can to bring forward cost-saving ticketless flight - nopaper needed, just a ticket number and a photo ID (带照片的身份证). Anyone who buys a Northwest E-ticket through the airlines computer service by June 16 will get an a- ward (奖励). Next time you fly, you can buy another ticket for a friend for $ 99, going anywhere in the US or Canada through Feb. 12, 2000, along with the lowest ticket prices. Some airlines offer extra frequent flier miles for the ticketless crowd. And there are rising punishments for paper lovers. Arnerican, Northwest, United, and last week, US Airways have raised the cost for lost-ticket replacement (替换) to $ 70 from either $ 60 or $ 50. The airlines insist that the increase in price is not meant to push travelers toward E-tickets but onlyi eovers the increasing cost of replacing and tracking a missing ticket.1.Why is the new ticketless flight introduced? A. It is cheaper for air travelers. B. It helps reduce the cost for airlines. C. It can use computer to plan air traveling. D. It helps prevent fliers from losing their tickets. 答案：B 指导：参考the airline companies are doing everything the ycan to bring for ward cost-saving ticketless flight从这句话上来看，无票飞行能节约钱。2.To encourage people to take ticketless flights, the airlines_. A. sell their tickets for $ 99 from June to February the following year B. let travelers go to both the US and Canada with the same tickets C. allow each traveler to have an extra $ 99 ticket for a friend of theirs D. offer ticketess travelers free miles to fly in the US 答案：C 指导：选项D错的原因是向无票乘客提供短途(miles) 免费游是部分航空公司的举措，不是所有航空公司所为； 只对常客提供这种免费游，不是对任何乘客。3.Who are the paper lovers mentioned in the,text? A. People who like to have paper airplane tickets. B. People who love paper products of various kinds. C. People who travel with paper on a plane.D. People who have lost their ticket and buy a second one. 答案：A 指导：这里的paperlovers指喜欢持票乘机的人。4. The airline companies say that they have raised the lost-ticket replacement price in order to _. A. attract travelers to take tieketless flights B. punish those who insist on using paper tickets C. do better than other airline companies D. pay for the work to deal with lost tickets 答案：D 指导：虽然文章中有这样一句话And thereare rising punishments for paper lovers，但这不是航空公司所说的话，惩罚持票者也不是航空公司的目的，故不选B。文章的最后一句说出了机票挂失提价的真正目的，也就是为了填补因为挂失而查找失票所造成的花费，这与选项D一致。passage 13 Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practising until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. A great athlete practises until he can play quickly, correctly, without thinking. Tennis players call that being in the zone. Educators call it automatieity (自动). A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and get the meanings of the words. With practice, he speaks with fewer and fewer pauses and mistakes, reading by the phrase. With automatieity, he doesnt have to think about getting the meaning of the words, so he can pay attention to the meaning of the text. It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found autonfatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. At fifth grade, the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others, and still outscoring them on correctness, comprehension, and vocabulary. Its not L Q ,but the amount of time a child spends reading that is the key to automaticity, according to Rossman, any child who spends at least 3. 5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will most probably reach automaticity. At home, where the average child spends 25 hours a week watching television, it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favour of reading.You can test your child by giving him one paragraph or two to read aloud something unfamiliar but suitable to his age. If he reads aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, he probably is an automatic reader. If he reads hesitatingly, one word at a time without expression or meaning, he needs more practice. 1. The main idea of the first paragraph is_. A. what is automaticity B. how correctness is obtained C. how a child learns to walk D. how an athlete is trained 答案：A指导：通过事例解释automaticity2. The Illinois study shows that the automatic readers high speed _. A. costs him a lot of work B. affects his comprehension C. leads to his future successD. doesnt affect his comprehension 答案：B 指导：由“scoring twice high说明效果好，“是分数的两倍”。3. From the passage, it can be inferred that a bright child A. also needs practice to be automatic reader B. always achieves great success in comprehension tests C. becomes an automatic reader after learning how to read D. is a born automatic reader 答案：A 指导：作者说“自我阅读”来源于大量的练习。4. The main idea of the whole passage is _. A. how to score high on comprehension tests B. reading is the key to school success C. how to test your childs reading ability D. automaticity is important for efficient reading 答案：D 指导：本篇告诉读者应通过大量阅讯培养“自动阅读”，并列出了几个事例，说明“自动阅读”对有效阅读是非常有帮助的。Passage 14 There was great excitement at Thorby police station. The Inspector had received a phone call froman informer(通报者). The man said that a gang (帮，伙) intended to rob the main post office. He even told the Inspector the date and time for which the robbery was planned. The Thorhy police were not used to serious crimes (罪). Except for occasional cases of ap- ple stealing, their peace was seldom disturbed. Hardly did anything more serious happen. The robbery was going to take place at two oclock on market day. The informer said that one of the gang would have a revolver. This worded the Inspector most of all. On market days, the street near the post office was always crowded. There was danger that someone might be killed. It was the most difficult case the Inspector had ever had.The Inspector wanted to make sure the gang was caught and he made preparation carefully. He ordered .his men to wear ordinary clothes so that some of them could mix with the people in the post office. Others were to be in the street outside to prevent the gang from escaping. On the day that the robbery was to take place, all was ready. At two oclock, a large black car was parked in front of the post office. Three men, with handkerchiefs over their faces, jumped out and ran into the post office. Two of them stayed by the door. The third went up to the counter and pulled out a revolver. No sooner had he done this than the Inspector blew his whistle. The man standing at the counter immediately put the revolver back in his pocket and pulled the handkerchief from his face. Could I have a five-penny stamp, please?he said. You will have to tell a better story than that to the Judge, She Inspector said. And anyway, there is no parking in front of the post office. ” 1. From the story, we may conclude that the Inspector was a very _man. A. funny and careful B. humorous and careful C. exciting and hardworking D. strict and serious 答案：B 指导：从“The inspector wanted to make sure thegang was cauSht”，及“he ordered his men to wear ordinary clothes”与“Othermenweretobeinthestreet可以看出他从思想上、行动上都做了充分的准备。最后，当蒙面人突然说要买邮票时，The inspector said，“Youll have to tell a better story than that to the Judge”，这都说明了The Inspector was a humorous and careful man2. The Inspector was worried most of all because_. A. he was not used to serious crimes B. it was a very difficult case C. the robbers had a revolver D. the post office was in a busy street 答案：B指导：因为案情棘手。3. What do you think a revolveris? Its_. A. a bomb B. a hand gun C. a wireless phone set D. a wallet 答案：B 指导：从“A gang intended to rob”和“The lnspector wanted to make sure to catch the gang”可猜测出他们身上带 了手枪。Passage 15 We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary (相反), both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming (近能力分班) pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be the bottom of the top grade. Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual (智力的) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to ill these aspects of learning. In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze (分析) and evaluate (评价) and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from theteacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual (个人的) tasks, and they can do this at heir own speed They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do his well An advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every enouragement to achieve this goal. 1. By held back(Line 1) the writer means_. A. made to remain in the same class B. forced to study in the lower class C. drawn away from their studies D. prevented from advancing 答案：D 指导：仔细理解“held back”出现的语言环境areseldom held backOn the contraryare enriched可猜出“阻止”之意。2. The writer argues that what a teacher mainly cares about should be the development of the students_. A. personal qualities and social skills B. total personality C. learning ability and communicative skills D. intellectual ability 答案：B指导：由全文可知。3. The writers purpose of writing this passage is to_. A. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class B. advise pair work and group work for classroom activity C. offer advice on the proper use of the library D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching 答案：B 指导：从第一、二段可判断作者写此文章的目的是argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the SalTle classBC、D三项是下面各段提供的论据。4. What would be the best title for the text? A. Pair work. B. Group work. C. Mixed-ability. D. Individual tasks. 答案：C 指导：文章第一句话就提出了论点。整篇文章围绕mixed-a-bilityteaching这一中心来叙述的。A、B、D三项是综合教学能力的一部分。Passage 16 Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that youre hot. Thats true. The time of the day when you feel most energetic is when you cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as Get up, John! Youll be late for work again!The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-an&energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realise what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.You cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help. Dr. Kleitman believe May- be youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night be- fore. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours. 1. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably_. A. he is a lazy person B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle C. he is not sure when his energy is low D. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening 答案：D 指导：根据第二段，有些人的精力高峰出现在下午或晚上，所以让他早起很困难。2. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage? A. Unwareness of energy cycles. B. Familiar monologues. C. A change in a family members energy cycle. D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members. 答案：A指导：第二段最后一句话说“当夫妻意识到什么是能量循环以及每个家庭成员的循环状况时，他们就会停止吵架。”3. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should_. A. change his energy cycle B. overcome his laziness C. get up earlier than usual D. go to bed earlier 答案：C 指导：第三段最后一句话给出答案。早起有助于你在精力低落时仍然高效工作。4. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will_. A. help to keep your energy for the days work B. help you to control your temper early in the day C. enable you to concentrate on your routine work D. keep your energy cycle under control all day 答案：A 指导：第四段第一句话说，慢点起床可节省能量。Passage 17 Polly Jones lived on a farm. She had lived mere all her life, all twelve years of it. Her father, who managed the farm, had just lifted the potato crop. Prices were high: he wanted to sell the crop as quickly as he could. Polly wandered over the rough field looking for the smaller potatoes that the pickers had accidentally missed. She found one, then another, then a handful. She was pleased. They were delicious once cooked. Then she caught sight of something else. It looked like a piece of coloured stone. Polly picked it up and thought bow pretty it was. She could see a pattern on it: a picture of a fish and a part of a leaf. She scraped (擦去) the soil away around her feet and found that she was standing on what seemed to be a piece of pavement (铺路石). Stuck to another piece of stone was something small and round like a button. She realized it was an old coin. The field was busy the next morning though not with potato pickers. In front o the house where the farm machinery usually stood were several cars and a police van.