江苏省淮安市范集中学2012届高三英语文化班寒假作业007VIP

用心 爱心 专心 1 淮安市范集中学淮安市范集中学 20122012 届高三英语文化班寒假作业届高三英语文化班寒假作业 阅读理解 A For centuries the body s blood has been linked closely with the emotions People who show no human emotions or feelings are said to be cold blooded killer For example the police are searching for a cold blooded killer He seems to kill for no reason and no emotion as if taking someone s life as nothing Cold can affect other parts of the body The expression get cold feet has nothing to do with cold or your feet The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do For example you agree to be president of an organization But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned and all the work of the organizations will be your responsibility You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation The expression give someone the cold shoulder probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone instead of speaking to him face to face You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you Or to someone who has lied about you to others A cold fish is not a fish It is a person But it is a person who is unfriendly unemotional and shows no love or warmth A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone Someone who is a cold fish could be cold hearted Now a cold hearted person is someone who has no sympathy Several popular songs in recent years were about cold hearted men or cold hearted women who without feelings broke the hearts of their lovers Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise he was left out in the cold And it is not a pleasant place to be 56 There are expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage A 3 B 4 C 6 D 7 57 When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way you may express by A I give him the cold shoulder B I think he is a cold blooded man C I think he is a cold fish D I m likely to get cold feet 58 If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa you will say A she is a cold blooded killer B she gets cold feetC she is a cold fish D she is out in the cold 59 We can use the expression to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy A cold blooded B cold shoulder C cold feet D cold hearted 60 The topic of this passage is about A the relationship between cold and our body B some expressions about friendship C some expressions connected with cold D how cold weather comes into being B Baby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl while boys will head for the toy cars a study has shown The findings the first to show differences in very young babies suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences 用心 爱心 专心 2 Psychologists Dr Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an experiment involving 90 infants aged nine months to 36 months The babies were allowed to choose from seven toys Some were stereotypically boys toys a car a digger a ball and a blue teddy The rest were girls toys a pink teddy a doll and a cooking set They were placed a meter away from the toys and could pick whichever toy they liked Their choice and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded Of the youngest children nine to 14 months girls spent significantly longer playing with the doll than boys and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than the girls did Among the two and three year olds girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it The boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with cars which the girls barely touched There was no link between the parents view on which toys were more appropriate for boys or girls and the children s choice Dr Brenda Todd said Children of this age are already exposed to much socialization Boys may be given toys that go while girls get toys they can care for which may help shape their preference But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys There could be a biological basis for their choices Males through evolution have been adapted to prefer moving objects probably through hunting instincts 本能 while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink the color of a newborn baby 61 Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because A baby boys are much more active B baby girls like bright colors more C their parents treat them differently D there is a natural difference between them 62 Both baby boys and baby girls like to play with according to the study A a ballB a teddyC a carD a doll 63 What can we infer from Paragraph 3 A Nine month old baby boys don t play with dolls at all B Two year old baby girls sometimes play with cars and balls C The older the babies are the more obvious their preference is D Parents should teach their babies to share each other s toys 64 What conclusion did Dr Brenda Todd draw from the results of the study A Adults purposely influence their babies preference B Babies preference isn t affected by social surroundings C Baby boys preferring to moving toys will be good at hunting D Baby girls preferring warmer colors will be warm hearted 65 We may read this article in a section of a newspaper A scienceB health C education D entertainment C Most American students go to traditional public schools There are about 88 000 public schools all over the US Some students attend about 3000 independent public schools called charter schools Charter schools are self governing Private companies operate some charter schools They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools They receive tax money just as other public schools do Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws governing traditional public schools Local state or federal governments cannot tell them what to teach Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re organize public schools that are failing to educate students But some education 用心 爱心 专心 3 agencies and unions oppose charter schools One teachers union has just made public the results of the first national study comparing the progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools The American Federation of Teachers criticized the government s delay in releasing the results of the study which is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress Union education experts say the study shows that charter school students performed worse on math and reading test