2012山东省高三英语 各地一模英语分类汇编8 阅读理解（二）

用心 爱心 专心1 专题三专题三 阅读理解阅读理解 八八 山东省东营市山东省东营市 20122012 届高三第一次模拟考试届高三第一次模拟考试 C When Allison Winn was eight and her family adopted a dog named Coco they had no idea how much the little creature would change her life Coco helped me feel better says Allison who was recovering from l4 months of treatment for a brain cancer at the time She would cuddle 偎依 with me when I didn t want to play Allison loved Coco so much that she told her parents she wanted to help other sick kids find the same kind of comfort She started small raising money by selling lemonade and homemade dog biscuits in front of her house Her first customer was the mailman By the end of that summer she had raised nearly l 000 enough to adopt and train two dogs and give them to children with cancer Now a little more than two years later some groups gather to make dog treats for Allison s cause Her organization the Stink Bug Project named after a picture she drew in memory of the end of her treatment is run and managed in partnership with the Morgan Adams Foundation Stink Bug helps families adopt pets from the Trained K9 Companion Program where the rescued dogs are taught commands Allison s mother Dianna Litvak who helps run Stink Bug hopes to extend the pet adoption program statewide and continue donating some of the money to help fund children s cancer research Allison has figured out how to help in a way that no one else has Litvak says We involve her younger sister Emily her friends the adopting families and some others It took the love of a little girl to wrap all that together into one amazing package Go to stinkbugproject org to donate or to buy Allison s dog biscuits 66 At the beginning Allison s family 用心 爱心 专心2 A wanted other sick children to get the same comfort B didn t know the sufferings of fighting a cancer C thought a dog s company would harm her health D didn t expect a dog could change her so much 67 How did Allison start her cause A She helped advertise lemonade and homemade dog biscuits B She earned some money by doing small business C A mailman donated some money to her D Some groups gave her a hand 68 The name of Allison s organization the Stink Bug Project is from A one of her drawings B her dog C her homemade biscuits D her friend 69 According to Paragraph 4 Allison s mother feels A calm B worried C embarrassed D proud 70 What s the passage mainly about A Helping to make dog treats B Adopting a dog for your child C Giving dogs and love to kids with cancer D Raising money to train pets 答案答案 66 70 DBADC 山东省东营市山东省东营市 20122012 届高三第一次模拟考试届高三第一次模拟考试 D Steven Spielberg s 2002 science fiction thriller Minority Report produced a world where computers could read minds and predict the future It seemed fanciful at the time but fantasy is edging closer to fact On Jan 3l a team of scientists at the UC Berkeley led by Robert Knight programmed computers to decode 解码 brain waves and replay them as words Five months earlier 用心 爱心 专心3 another group of Berkeley scientists showed their colleagues short movies and used computers to play back in color what people saw These experiments are a big advance from 2006 when a French scientist first replayed images from a human mind a black and white checkerboard pattern The possibilities are great a disabled person could speak doctors could access the mind of a patient who fainted you could rewatch your dreams on an iPad There are of course equally dark side such as the involuntary takeout of information from the brain In spite of these breakthroughs Jack Gallant the neuroscientist who led the first Berkeley team says current technology for decoding brain activity is still relatively primitive The field is held back by its poor machinery in particular the fMRI Eventually says Gallant someone will invent a decoding machine you can wear as a hat Such an advance into the human mind he says might take 30 years Still the recent advances at Berkeley offer small answers which scientists can use to begin unlocking the secrets of memory and consciousness 7l What is the best title for the passage A New technology can read your mind B Fantasy is edging closer to fact C A new discovery in human brain D The intelligent computers in the future 72 What did scientists at the UC Berkeley do A They produced a fanciful world B They made computers jump forward like a human C They managed to translate brain waves into language D They used computers to make short movies 73 Which of the following is impossible for the research A It can help a disabled man recover his ability of speech 用心 爱心 专心4 B Doctors can read a patient s mind even if he is unconcious C People will know what happens in their dreams D People s thoughts may be given away 74 What plays a most important role in the development of the technology A A computer B An iPad C A decoding machine D A hat 75 It can be inferred from the passage that A scientists got the inspiration from a movie B the technology still has a long way to go C the techology has been put into practice D scientists have unlocked the secrets of memory 答案答案 71 75 ACACB 山东省济南市山东省济南市 20122012 届高三第一次模拟考试届高三第一次模拟考试 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 并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑 A A Almost 20 years ago a few days before Christmas Roni Austin s 6 year old daughter Lauren went to a Jack in the Box in Carlsbad and ate a hamburger She got sick was rushed to a hospital and never came home Lauren was the first to die in a multi state E coli outbreak that killed three other children and sickened 700 people Like many people Austin had never heard of E coli before At first bewildered and then angry Austin soon became the face of food safety reform in California and beyond She co founded a nonprofit group Safe Tables Our Priority STOP and pushed successfully for legislation 立法 requiring E coli to be a reportable illness so outbreaks could be followed and stopped sooner Nervous initially to be in the spotlight she learned not to fear politicians for the beef and fast food industries She was in the Oval Office 用心 爱心 专心5 when President Clinton signed the most sweeping changes to federal food inspection law in the 1990s She was in Sacramento when a state measure named after her daughter passed indicating minimum cooking temperatures in restaurants Austin 64 is not sure she has much choice Every time she thinks she s handed off the baton 指挥棒 to others though something brings her back A phone call from a parent who has lost a child to a food borne illness A news story about another outbreak An event at La Costa Heights Elementary School where redheaded Lauren was in first grade and where a memorial garden was planted in her honor Fixing food safety meant putting her career as a fashion designer on hold and flying 10 times to Washington DC to testify It meant going to Sacramento to speak a half dozen times She s not fond of the legislative process Asked what she s proudest of in making her way through all that she said That I didn t give up 56 What does the underlined word E coli in Paragraph 1 refer to A A fast food restaurant B A special person C A reportable illness D A state of America 57 The third paragraph is mainly about A the great changes in food inspection B Austin s efforts to achieve food safety C the standards and practices of safe food D the federal plan to monitor food production 58 It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that A food safety problems are very serious B Roni Austin was forced to do the job C more people are concerned about food safety D Roni Austin donated to a memorial garden 59 Which of the following is true of Roni Austin A She regretted for what she had done 用心 爱心 专心6 B She used to be a fashion teacher C She founded the organization STOP on her own D She is the representative of food safety reform 60 What can be the best title for the text A Mother s Way of Making Food Safe B Painful Reminders Constant Efforts C Mother s Pride in Public Services D Handling Sorry Celebrating Life B B The western alphabet which is used in Europe the Americas Africa Australia and New Zealand as well as in other countries originated in the Middle East The people who gave the world this alphabet were the Phoneacians a people who established colonies all over the Mediterranean including Carthage in Africa and Gades in Spain In their alphabet the letters were represented by little pictures which represented sounds The Phoneacian A was aelph which means bull and it was made from a little picture of a bull s head The letter B was beth which meant house and showed the round roofed buildings which you can still see today in Syria The Phoneacians had contact with another nation of sailors the Greeks with whom they fought and traded The Greeks also started to use the Phoneacian alphabet They changed the names so aelph and beth became alpha and beta The shapes of the letters are the same but they have been turned sideways If you know any Greek you can try turning the letters around again and see how they look You will see that the curve on the right of the Greek A becomes the horns of a little bull Of course the first two letters of the alphabet give it its name Over the years there have been changes Latin developed an alphabet with some different letters to the Greeks and other letters have been added since But really westerners are using the same system of writing which has served them so well for thousands of years 用心 爱心 专心7 61 What is the purpose of this text A To share something of the Phoneacian history B To tell the story of the western alphabet C To compare the western alphabet with others D To describe the order of the Greek alphabet 62 Where did the western alphabet originally come from A Carthage B Gades C The Mediterranean D The Middle East 63 Which picture according to the text represents beth A B C D 64 Which change did the Greeks make to the Phoneacian alphabet A They changed the pictures to sounds B They put a curve on the letter A C They changed the shape of the letters D They turned the letters in a different direction 65 Which of the following shows the development of western alphabet More letters were added to the alphabet Little pictures represented sounds The letters were turned sideways The names of the letters were changed A B C D C C Our particular parenting style reflects our own way of looking Here s a great piece of writing reflecting parent s particular ways on the parenting style that have 用心 爱心 专心8 become known humorously as helicopter parenting and submarine 潜水艇 parenting Helicopter parents hover over their children managing every aspect of their child s life On the contrary submarine parents remain hidden coming to the surface when guidance is needed While helicopter parents may have the best intentions in reality they are raising children with few problem solving skills Children with hovering parents never get the chance to face disappointment and build up their ability to recover from misfortune Think about your typical submarine Submarines usually remain underwater In case of a need for emergency surfacing submarines can rise so quickly they are driven partially out of the water Submarine parents also remain out of sight yet able to pop up in the case of an emergency I admit I m a submarine mom My job as a parent is to have fun with my daughters while letting them explore and learn natural consequences My older daughter found herself acting in commercials and making more than minimum wage as a teen To give her a sense of the real world I insisted she spend three weeks every summer picking strawberries and earning 3 50 on a good day When my youngest daughter Sondra was six she wanted a very expensive American Girl Doll I cut the full color 18 picture out of the American Girl catalogue and had it laminated 压膜 Here s your American Girl Doll I said When you turn nine I ll buy you the 3D doll on your birthday Sondra played with her flat doll for months making clothes and furniture for her She learned creativity I saved 88 00 66 What is the text mainly about A Various means of transportation B Funny experiences of a mom C Humorous stories about parents D Different styles of parenting 用心 爱心 专心9 67 The underlined phrase hover over in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to A leave behind B fly around C watch over D set aside 68 Which of the following is true of helicopter parents A They give their children proper guidance B They try to do everything for their children C They teach their children how to face failures D They help their children explore by themselves 69 It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that Mom A has good parenting skills B is always making promises C is strict with her daughter D tries her best to save money 70 The author supports her point of view mainly by A stating facts and offering advice B using figures and giving evidence C analyzing data and drawing conclusions D making comparisons and giving examples D D A new study has revealed that non smokers who repeatedly breathe in others tobacco smoke are more likely to have some degree of hearing loss Researchers studied a total of 3307 adults aged between 20 and 69 The degree of hearing loss in each ear was assessed by testing the ability to hear pure tones over a range of frequencies from 500 Hz low to 8000 Hz high Men those who were older and those with diabetes 糖尿病 were significantly more likely to have high frequency hearing loss And this was true of those who were former smokers and those who had never smoked But even after taking account of these factors both former and passive smoking were associated with damaged hearing 用心 爱心 专心10 Former smokers were significantly more likely to have damaged hearing The prevalence 流行程度 of low to mid frequency hearing loss among this group was 14 percent And almost half over 46 percent had high frequency hearing loss Although the risk was not as strong among those who had never smoked almost one in 10 8 6 percent had low to mid frequency hearing loss and one in four 26 6 percent had high frequency hearing loss And the stronger fin