山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解（56）

用心 爱心 专心1 山西省山西省 20122012 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 5656 阅读下面短文 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项 A 1 If Alice wants her twelve year old daughter to learn some German in the summer vacation it is possible for her to send her daughter to A English Courses B Gulf ESL C Dallas International School D Summer Language Courses 2 Jim is going to study in Beijing next year so you advise him to attend A Gulf ESL B Online School C English Courses D Chinese Mandarin Class 3 If Kitty who is a Chinese student studying in a college in the U K wants to stay in a local family while studying English in the summer 用心 爱心 专心2 vacation she can apply to A English Courses B Gulf ESL C Dallas International School D Summer Language Courses B Everybody loves a bargain One person s useless ugly or broken object can be another person s bargain That is why so many Americans do not throw things away They put them outside their houses They put on a For Sale sign And as simple as that they have a yard sale The sellers put a paid announcement in a local newspaper It tells when and where the yard sale will take place These sales are very popular during weekends in spring summer and autumn Early in the morning all the things to be sold are carried out of the house Then they sit all day in the sunlight like tired guests at a party waiting for someone to take them home Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale Sometimes there are more clothes than anything else Cooking equipment is also popular So are old toys tools books tables and chairs Then there are objects called white elephants A white elephant is something you think is extremely ugly or useless It may be an electric light shaped like a fish You feel a sharp pain whenever you look at it To someone else however it might be a thing of beauty and joy Some people go to yard sales to find a special thing that they collect It may be old toy trains for example or paintings of dogs Experts say more Americans are collecting old things now than ever before Most people who go to yard sales however are not looking for anything special They might buy an object simply because it costs so little They enjoy negotiating 谈判 over prices even if they really do not need the object Later they may hold their own yard to sell all the things they have bought 用心 爱心 专心3 4 What kind of things will go to a yard sale A Things of beauty and joy B Things of great value C Things out of season D Things people no longer use 5 A white elephant refers to something A that can cause a feeling of pain B that looks like a golden fish C disliked by the owners while appreciated by others D sold at the lowest prices in the old newspaper 6 Which of the following is NOT true about a yard sale A It is held outdoors B It is usually held with a party C It can last for a whole day D It may not be held on a cold day 7 We can infer from the last paragraph that A things on a yard sale can cost people a lot B most people don t want to go to yard sales C people may find something of great value on a yard sale D yard sales only attract those who have a low income C Different countries and cultures celebrate New Year in different ways Many countries still follow the lunar calendar meaning that their new year often starts in late January or in February New Year celebrations for some countries like China Vietnam and Korea last not one day but up to two weeks In the US many people attend New Year parties They drink champagne dance and cheer at the stroke of midnight Fireworks which in olden times scared away evil spirits are very popular throughout the US US residents often make 用心 爱心 专心4 one or more New Year s resolutions such as promising to quit smoking lose weight stop drinking Most of these resolutions last little longer than a month In the southern US many people eat black eyed peas for good luck in the new year In Mexico and Venezuela many people wear red or yellow underwear for good luck In Brazil residents wear white clothes for good luck and in China they wear red clothes and give children red envelopes with money in them In Iran people wear brand new clothes on the first day of the new year In Scotland homeowners open the front door at midnight to let in the new year and open the back door to let out the old year In Switzerland people kiss each other three times at midnight In Spain people eat 12 grapes one per chime as the clock chimes midnight In Japan they ring a bell 108 times to get rid of the 108 bad desires that people have In Korea they ring a bell 33 times in honor of 33 ancient soldiers 8 How do Americans celebrate their New Year A They kiss each three times at the stroke after midnight B They use fireworks to scare away evil spirits C Men and women make New Year s plans together D Many people attend New Year parties 9 The underlined word resolutions in Paragraph 2 probably means A beliefs B solutionsC principles D promises 10 In which countries is red regarded as a lucky color A Mexico and Brazil B Mexico and China C Venezuela and Brazil D China and Iran 11 The best title for the passage would be A Different customs around the world B New activities in America and Europe C New Year celebrations around the world D Different countries have different customs 用心 爱心 专心5 D While the history of technology can be traced along many lines one of the most amazing development is that of photo technology the technology of light From the prehistoric invention of fire to laser beams 激光束 and fiber optics 光纤 light has continually occupied the minds of inventors Their inventions fall into two groups the use of light to help us see better and more interestingly the use of light for purposes of communication The use of light for communicating is one of the major directions that technology has taken ever since the middle of the nineteenth century From still photography to motion pictures to television with a development from black and white to color imagery in each photo technology has had a great effect upon mass communication and mass education Unlike the printed words visual images have more impact because they are more immediate They copy reality in a way that the printed words cannot Unlike letter shapes they are not abstract unlike words they require no symbolic interpretation by the mind Combined with the widespread and uniform spreading of such images photo technology affects the thinking of vast audiences and shapes their view of reality Millions of Americans are affected by the commercially inspired electronic manipulation 操作 of artificial images We call it entertainment and can t wait to get more As the number of commercially available television channels grows the viewer s freedom of choice increases but so does the burden of that choice Increasingly he is faced with a sea of in formation and is asked to make quick choices More significantly the ease and rapidity of mass communication has created a supply of information greater than it can readily be absorbed Flooded in the sea of information the individual struggles to swim through it 12 Prom the first paragraph1 we can learn about the Technology of light that 用心 爱心 专心6 A its practical use is only to enable people to see welt arid clearly B it achieved an amazing development in the early nineteenth century C its development is related to the study of the history of tech