2012山东省高三英语 各地一模英语分类汇编13 阅读理解（七）

用心 爱心 专心1 专题三专题三 阅读理解阅读理解 十三十三 山东省烟台市山东省烟台市 20122012 届高三第一次模拟考试届高三第一次模拟考试 D D In the past decade openness has become mainstream and the vast majority of domestic adoptions 家庭领养 are open ones Even so potential adoptive parents and birthparents are often fearful when they first hear of the concept Making Room in Our Hearls Keeping Family Ties Through Open Addption answers the most common questions about the influence of open adoption and how it affects the lives of everyone related Duxbury a family expert who specializes in adoption advice is also an adoptive parent Her book opens with her own family s story Duxbury surveyed 150 families but her book is not a collection of data Instead it allows these families to share their thoughts and wisdom their joy and pain the stories communicate the great happiness families feel at working together for the sake of the child and the steady view that the adoptive parents are the parents They also touch on problems that can arise from opening closed adoptions The most convincing advocates for open adoption here are the adopted teens themselves Commenting on the question people always ask Are you confused about who is you real mother Josh age 2l now states Kids aren t stupid I think I would be confused if my birthmother was not in my life But my birthmother is not another parent Your parents are your parents My birthmother is really important to me She is like a speciai aunt but she is not my parent Openness gives children the gift of possibilities for now and for the future writes adoption expert Patricia Martinez Dorner in her closing thoughts It is not a ctre all but it creates the possibility for a stronger sense of permanence and identity This book is important reading for everyone 用心 爱心 专心2 touched by adoption 71 The first paragraph is written with the aim to A advise people to open their adoptions B bring in the topic of open adoption C explain why open adoption has become mainstream D advertise the book Make Room in Our Heart 72 What kind of view may both Duxbury and Josh agree with A The adoptive parents are the parents B Only stupid kids may regard their birthmother as parent C A collection of data of adoptive families is useless D All adoptive families should share their joy and pain 73 We can leam from the text that kids of closed adoptions A will not be told the truth of adoption B hate their birthparents very much C usually have fewer family problems D will become stupid with no birthparents 74 The adopted children s attitude towards open adoptio11 is A ridiculous B disapproving C positive D uncertain 75 We can learn the advantages of open adoptions in A paragraph 2 B paragraph 3 C paragraph 4 D paragraph 5 答案答案 71 75BAACD 山东省枣庄市山东省枣庄市 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 James Arruda Henry a 98 year old retired lobsterman has written and published his first book In a Fisherman s Language after learning to read at the incredible age of 91 Mr Henry spent most of his life without even his closest family members 用心 爱心 专心3 knowing he was illiterate 文盲 Forced to quit school in the third grade to take some jobs he kept the secret close to his chest only telling to his late wife A family problem in his 90s sparked his encourage to restart his education He signed a document he could not read Mr Henry s granddaughter said And then after hearing about George Dawson a son of slaves who learned to read at the age of 98 and went on to write a book of his own entitled Life Is So Good at the age of 101 Mr Henry took up reading If he can do it I m going to try Mr Henry said Starting with his name he eventually moved on to ABC s and children s books He put them down for four years after the tragic loss of his wife But eventually he went back to reading and with the help of his tutor began to record his life He wrote about his family s voyage from Portugal to the U S his many journeys at sea and how he was unable to save another fisherman who had fallen overboard He became a carpenter and even a professional boxer and eventually built his own home in Stonington Borough His life stories have become so popular in fact nearly 800 copies were sold in the first two weeks of the book s release last month One thousand more have since been printed as requests for the book flood in from as far as Germany And now even Hollywood producers have approached Mr Henry about optioning the rights to his life story for a big screen adaptation 56 Which of the following is true of Mr Henry A He couldn t read when he was retired B He was not a good student at school C Only his family members knew he was illiterate D He published his book at the age of 91 57 Mr Henry made up his mind to study because he A had some trouble with his granddaughter B couldn t sign the document he was given C wanted to share his own experience with others 用心 爱心 专心4 D was inspired by George Dawson s story 58 How did Mr Henry carry on his studies A He began with the children s books B He was helped out by his granddaughter C He started from the very beginning D He didn t stop even when his wife died 59 In his book Mr Henry didn t mention A his family story B his school education C his journeys at sea D his work experiences 60 What s the main idea of the last paragraph A Nearly 800 copies of the book were sold B The book was sold well in Germany C His book was popular both at home and abroad D Hollywood has planned to adapt his book for a movie B Around 200 people who thought their only experience of the London 2012 Olympic Games would be minor heats of synchronized swimming 花样游泳 have received an unexpected hange to the men s 100m final because of an embarrassing ticketing mistake The London 2012 Organising Committee Locog confirmed on Wednesday that an error n its ticket selling had led to four synchronised swimming competitions being oversold by 10 000 tickets Locog and its ticket agent spent the Christmas period contacting ticket holders and offering them alternatives that included the tickets they had applied for but unsuccessful The hanges need no additional cost It has also offered to return any discrepancy 差额 if the n ew tickets cost less than the originals Locog said the replacement tickets would come from a number of unsold seats across the Olympic Games and it was doing all it could to make up the error to the fans who bought tickets 用心 爱心 专心5 Locog said the error occurred in the summer between the first and second round of ticket sales when a member of staff made a mistake entering 20 000 into the computer rather than the correct figure of 10 000 remaining tickets The error was discovered when Locog checked the number of tickets that had been sold against the final seating numbers and began contacting ticket holders before Christmas Thousands of ticket holders have already struck lucky changing to tickets for major events including swimming and athletics finals and in around 200 cases the hottest of all the men s 100m final Locog said the decision to award 100m final tickets was made because one of the synchronised swimming competitions was on the same afternoon as the event August 5 61 As a result of the ticketing mistake about 200 people A will luckily be able to watch the men s 100m final B will not enjoy the synchronized swimming events C will have to change their tickets to other games D have applied for tickets to the men s 100m final 62 In order to solve the problem the Locog A required the holders to return the tickets B allowed the holders to apply for another ticket C would charge the discrepancy for changing the tickets D offered to change the tickets without any extra cost 63 The underlined word it in the third paragraph refers to A Locog B the ticketing mistake C the Olympic Games D the additional cost 64 How many ticket holders will have to change their tickets A 200 B 10 000 C 20 000 D 30 000 65 Which of the following is true according to the text A The synchronized swimming is the hottest of the Olympics B Thousands of ticket holders refused to change their tickets C The men s 100m final will take place on August 5 2012 用心 爱心 专心6 D The number of tickets for synchronised swimming is 10 000 C One often hears it said that travel broadens the mind But does this always happen When an acquaintance of mine returned from France I asked him how he liked it The breakfasts were terrible he said No bacon or kippers I had fried eggs and chips but it was quiet a business getting them to make them Obviously travel had not broadened his mind He had judged it entirely from his own English viewpoints All nationalities in all foreign countries can be found judging what they see hear taste and smell according to their own habits and customs People who are better educated and who have read a lot about foreign countries tend to adapt and tolerate all easily That is because their minds have already been broadened before they start travelling Physical differences are not so difficult to be adapted to as mental ones In Indonesia the left hand is considered unclean When a foreigner offers or takes something with his left hand the Indonesian may explain this action as arising from a difference in custom but the deep prejudice against the use of the left hand will not be so easily done away with There are some travelers who adapt themselves so successfully to foreign customs and habits that they get the severe criticisms of their more stubborn fellow countrymen If they are Asians they are accused of having become Westernized and if they are Europeans people say they have gone native Perhaps the ideal would be if travel could succeed m making people tolerate the habits and customs of others without abandoning their own The criterion for judging a foreigner could be Does he try to be polite and considerate to others instead of Is he like me 66 The author mentions his acquaintance s travel to show A the breakfasts are terrible in France 用心 爱心 专心7 B the English style of life is better C travel can t always broaden one s mind D it is not easy to get used to the life in France 67 The better educated people A are adapted easily to foreign customs and habits B always judge things from their own viewpoints C never have an open mind to different cultures D tend to compare two kinds of habits and customs 68 Which of the following can best replace of the underlined phrase done away with in Paragraph 4 A put up with B taken place of C made up for D got rid of 69 According to Paragraph 5 those who adapt themselves successfully are A better understood B sometimes criticized C well accepted D never tolerated 70 We can infer from the text that A cultural differences are never tolerated in all countries B travel broadens the mind sometimes doesn t make sense C cultural differences are not difficult to be adapted to D one should try to copy foreign customs when travelling D Friday December 30 2011has been cut for the tiny South Pacific island nation Samoa as it moved its time zone 24 hours ahead to catch up with Asia New Zealand and Australia On New Year s Eve Samoa will Slave jumped to the west of the international dateline which runs through the Pacific Ocean and broadly follows the 180 degree line of longitude 经线 Its Prime Minister said it would make it easier for Samoa to trade with their key partners No longer shall we have people ringing us up on Monday from New Zealand and Australia thinking it is Monday when we are closing our eyes and praying at churches And in the same way on our Fridays when we ring 用心 爱心 专心8 up and already our contacts are holidaying on their Saturdays he told Radio New Zealand on Friday To help win public support the government declared employers must still pay workers for the missing Friday although banks will not be allowed to charge interest for the lost day Countries are free to choose whether the dateline passes to the east or west and Samoa s decision means all new maps will need to change But some tourism operators are worried Samoa will lose business by losing its position as the last place on earth to see the sunset each day although it is now one of the first places to see in each new day Samoa a country of about 180 000 people used to be in the same time zone as New Zealand and Australia but went back a day in 1892 celebrating July 4 twice and aligning itself with the United States The date change is not the first major change in Samoa in recent years In 2009 the country switched to driving on the left hand side of the road from the right hand side in line with New Zealand and Australia 71 Samoa moved its time zone 24 hours ahead to A trade with the United States B be the first place to see in each new day C follow the international dateline D be in the same time zone as Australia 72 Which of the following is true according to the text A It s Monday now in Samoa while it is Sunday in America B Samoa once had a date change about 200 years ago C Samoa and America are now in the same time zone D In Samoa cars move on the right hand side of the road 73 On the missing Friday in Samoa A banks still charged interest B all the people had a day off C workers still got paid D all 用心 爱心 专心9 celebrated New Year s Eve 74 The underlined word aligning in the last paragraph possibly means A celebrating B adjusting C moving D trading 75 What s the text mainly about A The change of international dateline B The first nation to greet New Year C A new neighbor of Australia D A new date change in Samoa 答案答案 山东省淄博市山东省淄博市 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 Maricel Apatan 22 stands in the kitchen of the Edsa Shangi La Hotel in Manila preparing to decorate a cheesecake It would seem to be a routine task for a cake chef but Maricel is no ordinary chef she has no hands Maricel has come a long way since the day in September 2000 when she and her uncle were attacked near their farm Fortunately both of them survived but the 11 year old girl lost her hands In 2004 she entered a Manila training centre for people with disabilities She learned how to write and do housework and more importantly came to terms with her disability After graduation from high school she took a two year Hotel and Restaurant Management course and flourished even though she was the only disabled student in the course After she moved back to Manila to continue her studies the media started reporting on this determined young woman She didn t shy away from the attention I wanted others living with disabilities to believe it s possible to live a 用心 爱心