湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习 阅读训练(55)

1 湖南省汝城二中湖南省汝城二中 20142014 届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 55 55 1 How to improve my life Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them They ll say This is my fate my destiny I cannot change it Of course not You don t have to suffer needlessly Your destiny depends on you not on any other external factors I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it Guess what her lifestyle is She wakes up in the morning goes to work comes back home relaxes chats with people watches TV then goes to sleep Next day the same routine cycle follows Huh Is this what she calls doing her best She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that God has intended for her to live that her luck can only change if God wills it Of course God wants us to be happy and live our life to the fullest but we have to do our share of exerting 运用 the effort to live the life of our dreams Remember that you harvest what you sow You just don t sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky You have to get off the couch get your eyes off the TV screen get your hands off the phone Don t expect your luck to change unless you do something about it If something goes wrong don t just regard it as a temporary setback but use it as feedback Learn your lesson make the most of the situation and do something to solve the problem It s not enough to think positively you also have to act positively If someone s life is in the trouble do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine Of course not You get to do anything you can to save the person So it is with your own life It is not enough to hope for the best but you have to do your best In other words don t just stand or sit there do something to improve your life 2 64 According to the woman mentioned in Para 3 her life A doesn t need improving B couldn t be improved C will be better some day D will be worse in the future 65 Which of the following statements is the author s opinion A Your luck can be changed by your efforts B Your temporary problem is not discouraging C You can only achieve success when God wills it D You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends 66 In Para 5 the author emphasized the importance of A intention to succeed B positive thinking C hope for the best D positive action 67 The text is mainly written to advise you to A understand yourself B improve your life C believe in yourself D change your normal way 2 Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essential to one s life Eating breakfast at the start of the day we have been told and told again is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip But for many people the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure So in spite of all the efforts they still take no breakfast Between 1977 and 1983 the latest year for which figures could be obtained the number of people who didn t have breakfast increased by 33 from 8 8 million to 11 7 million according to the Chicago based Market Research Corporation of America For those who dislike eating breakfast however there is some good news Several studies in the last few years have shown that for grown ups especially there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast Going without breakfast 3 does not affect work said Arnold E Bender former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London nor does giving people breakfast improve work Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate and most of the recent work involves children not grown ups The literature says one researcher Dr Earnest Polite at the University of Texas is poor 60 The main idea of the passage is that A breakfast has nothing to do with people s health B a good breakfast used to be important to us C breakfast is not as important to us as gasoline to a car D breakfast is not as important as we thought before 61 For those who do not take breakfast the good news is that A several studies have been done in the past few years B grown ups have especially made studies in this field C the omission of breakfast has little effect on one s work D eating little in the morning is good for health 62 The underlined part nor does giving people breakfast improve work means A people without breakfast can improve their work B not giving people breakfast improves work C having breakfast does not improve work either D people having breakfast do improve their work too 63 What is implied but not stated by the author is that A breakfast does not affect work B Dr Polite works at an institution of lower learning C Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London D not eating breakfast might affect the health of children 4 3 America is a mobile society Friendships between Americans can be close and real yet disappear soon if situations change Neither side feels hurt by this Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two perhaps a few letters for a while then no more If the same two people meet again by chance even years later they pick up the friendship This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings extending 延伸 sometimes deeply into both families Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes share their holidays and their home life They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality 好客 easily Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives they don t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time Sometimes we as hosts will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends The Americans however express their welcome usually at homes but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their routine They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus And they expect that we will phone them from there Once we arrive at their homes the welcome will be full warm and real We will find ourselves treated hospitably For the Americans it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants except for purely business matters So accept their hospitality at home 56 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage A Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families B Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives 5 C Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy D Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break 57 From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend we will probably be A warmly welcomed at the airport B treated hospitably at his home C offered a ride to his home D treated to dinner in a restaurant 58 The underlined words generous with our time in Paragraph 3 probably mean A willing to spend time B serious with time C careful with time D strict with time 59 A suitable title for this passage would probably be A Friendships between Chinese B Friendships between Americans C Americans and Chinese s views of friendships D Americans hospitality 4 Steve a twelve year old boy with alcoholic parents was about to be lost forever by the U S education system Remarkably he could read yet in spite of his reading skills Steve was failing He had been failing since first grade as he was passed on from grade to grade Steve was a big boy looking more like a teenager than a twelve year old yet Steve went unnoticed until Miss White Miss White was a smiling young beautiful redhead and Steve was in love For the first time in his young life he couldn t take his eyes off his teacher yet still he failed He never did his homework and he was always in trouble with Miss White His heart would break under her sharp words and when 6 he was punished for failing to turn in his homework he felt just miserable Still he did not study In the middle of the first semester of school the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills Steve hurried through his tests and continued to dream of other things as the day wore on His heart was not in school but in the woods where he often escaped alone trying to shut out the sights sounds and smells of his alcoholic home No one checked on him to see if he was safe No one knew he was gone because no one was sober 清醒的 enough to care Oddly Steve never missed a day of school One day Miss White s impatient voice broke into his daydreams Steve Startled he turned to look at her Pay attention Steve locked his gaze on Miss White with adolescent adoration 青春期的爱慕 as she began to go over the test results for the seventh grade You all did pretty well she told the class except for one boy and it breaks my heart to tell you this but She hesitated pinning Steve to his seat with a sharp stare her eyes searching his face The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class She just stared at Steve as the class spun around for a good look Steve dropped his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips After that it was war Steve still wouldn t do his homework Even as the punishments became more severe he remained stubborn Just try it ONE WEEK He was unmoved You re smart enough You ll see a change Nothing fazed him Give yourself a chance Don t give up on your life Nothing Steve Please I care about you Wow Suddenly Steve got it Someone cared about him Someone totally unattainable and perfect CARED ABOUT HIM Steve went home from school thoughtful that afternoon Walking into the house he took one look around Both parents were passed out in various stages 7 of undress and the stench 恶臭 was overpowering He quickly gathered up his camping gear a jar of peanut butter a loaf of bread a bottle of water and this time his schoolbooks Grim faced and determined he headed for the woods The following Monday he arrived at school on time and he waited for Miss White to enter the classroom She walked in all sparkle and smiles God she was beautiful He yearned for her smile to turn on him It did not Miss White immediately gave a quiz on the weekend homework Steve hurried through the test and was the first to hand in his paper With a look of surprise Miss White took his paper Obviously puzzled she began to look it over Steve walked back to his desk his heart pounding within his chest As he sat down he couldn t resist another look at the lovely woman Miss White s face was in total shock She glanced up at Steve then down then up Suddenly her face broke into a radiant smile The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test From that moment nothing was the same for Steve Life at home remained the same but life still changed He discovered that not only could he learn but he was good at it He discovered that he could understand and retain knowledge and that he could translate the things he learned into his own life Steve began to excel And he continued this course throughout his school life After high school Steve enlisted in the Navy and he had a successful military career During that time he met the love of his life he raised a family and he graduated from college Magna Cum Laude During his Naval career he inspired many young people who without him might not have believed in themselves Steve began a second career after the Navy and he continues to inspire others as an adjunct professor 副教授 in a nearby college Miss White left a great legacy She saved one boy who has changed many lives I know because I am the love of his life You see it s simple really A change took place within the heart of one boy all because of one teacher who cared 8 73 What does the underlined sentence in the first paragraph mean A Steve would give up schooling forever B Steve was at a loss about improving his study C Being unhappy both in school and at home Steve intended to end his own life D Due to his poor study Steve was about to be expelled from his school 74 What made Steve change greatly all of a sudden A Miss White s encouragement B Miss White s praise C knowing Miss White concerned him D Miss White s persuasion 75 What might be the best title for this passage A A boy loves his teacher B The difference a teacher can make C A great teacher D Please care about your students 5 It seems that there is no middle ground when it comes to cats People either love them or hate them These feelings are not new either All through history cats have been worshiped or hated A study of ancient writings and evidence found in tombs indicates that for the past 5 000 years cats have been kept as pets in China Arabia Egypt and India However this isn t very long compared to dogs which have been domesticated for 50 000 years Still while the period in which cats have been domesticated may be quite short it has definitely had its high and low points Cats were at their highest position of domesticated life in ancient Egypt There were more cats living in Egypt during the time of the pharaohs than in any other place in the world since that time This high number of cats was probably due to the laws protecting them Cats were associated with the moon goddess Bast so the Egyptians worshiped them as holy animals If anyone was caught killing a cat the person could be put to death Families in Egypt also mourned the death of a cat and had the body of the dead cat wrapped in cloth 9 before it was finally laid to rest This respect for cats carried over to the Roman Empire where cats were the only animals allowed into temples This fact was probably due to the ability of cats to keep the temples free of mice and rats With the coming of the Dark Ages in Europe the place of cats in society took a turn for the Empire Christians began to associate cats with pegan 异教 徒 beliefs Cats had a reputation as helpers of witches When a person was accused of being a witch a cat would often be put on trial with the person The cat would be tortured 拷打 to try and make the person tell the truth and usually the cat and the person would end up being burned in a bonfire or drowned Bonfires of collected cats were not uncommon during this time The days of hunting witches have ended but other myths about cats still hold out For a while people in some places used to bury live cats under new buildings for good luck As well many people today continue to believe that black cats bring bad luck If a black cat walks in front of a person that person must take extra care in the near future to watch out for dangerous situations Regardless of superstition 迷信 cats remain a popular pet today Some cat experts believe that a cat never truly be domesticated because it may turn wild and run away at any time However this claim has not put people off keeping cats in their homes A third of homes in the United States have cats and one out of every three of these homes keeps both a dog and a cat Especially in large cities many people in small apartments have found that cats make much better pets than dogs Cats may not be worshiped as gods any more but there are people who seem to think of their cat as their children These cat owners will do almost anything to keep their pets healthy and happy For those cat owners who have always wondered what their pets are trying to tell them a Japanese company may have come up with the perfect invention In 2003 the Takara Company announced the Meowlingual a cat translation device The Meowlingual uses a microphone display and cat voice analyzer to analyze a cat s meows to determine which of 200 phrases a cat is trying to say 10 According to a company spokesperson cat owners all over the world have been telling Takara We want a cat translator Now the company is making their dream come true by bringing in a new era of communication between cat lovers and their pets 69 Which of these is NOT discussed in the passage A the status of cats throughout history B the evolution of different species of cats C the popularity of the cats today D communication between cats and their owners 70 The second paragraph mainly describes A how Bast became a goddess B the low point in the history of cats C the high point in the history of cats D the reason why cats are such good hunters 71 How were cats treated in Europe during the Dark Ages A as farm animals B as food C as magical creatures D as honored guests 72 According to the passage what percentage of people in the United States keep both a cat and a dog A about 10 percent B nearly 25 percent C about 33 percent D close to 50 percent 6 One of the biggest challenges facing students and their families is what career they should enter and what is the best path for them to take I was talking to someone the other day who told me he first studied accounting because that was what everyone was studying several years ago It was and some say still is a reliable career However then he told me that he was now studying financial investment because again that s what everyone 11 was studying now and it was needed if he wanted to get ahead in the company And I asked him what he was actually interested in and then well the conversation kind of died So I asked why he had bothered studying accounting in the first place and he explained that it was his parents idea Finally I asked what his passion was and he wasn t too sure because he never thought about it And so it is lifelong learning or the continual need to make ourselves marketable in a world that appears to be more competitive as time goes by Is there a secret to help us so we can live a life of quality Regardless or not at this stage in world history