浙江省湖州市2016高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解寒假选练(5)

1 阅读理解寒假选练 阅读理解寒假选练 5 5 由山东省2014高考仿真冲刺卷 6 改编 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 Long time no see is a very interesting sentence When I first read this sentence from an American friend s email I laughed I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish Obviously it is a word by word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruled English grammar and structure Later on my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting I was too thrilled to believe her Her words could not convince me at all So I did a research on google com To my surprise there are over 60 thousand web pages containing Long time no see This sentence has been widely used in emails letters newspapers movies books or any other possible places Though it is sort of informal it is part of the language that Americans use daily Ironically if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan s movies In the 1930s Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world wide famous Chinese detective named Charlie Chan on wide screens Detective Chan likes to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius Long time no see was his trademark Soon after Charlie Chan Long time no see became a popular phrase in the real world with thanks to the popularity of these movies Some scholars refer to America as a huge pot of stew All kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together and they change the color and taste of each other American Chinese though a minority ethnic 少数民族的成员 group in the United States is also contributing some changes to the stew Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed stew You can have some other examples than adoptions from Chinese such as pizza from Italian susi from Japanese and d j vu from French etc There is a long list Americans do not just simply borrow something from others They will modify it and make it their own so you would not be surprised to find a tofu and peanut butter hamburger in a restaurant or to buy a bottle of iced Chinese 2 green tea with honey in a grocery store Since Americans appreciate Chinese culture more and more nowadays I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the future In this way the American stew keeps adding richness and flavor 1 The writer himself felt surprised at A the Chinglish expression Long time no see B Long time no see used as standard American English C so many literal translation of the expressions used in America D finding out Americans use the expression every day 2 The word stew in the 4th paragraph probably means A mixture literature B Confucius words C a kind of cooked dish D American changing cultures 3 According to the passage it can be inferred that A detectives translate the phrase Long time no see B Hollywood made Long time no see popular C the huge pot of stew greatly affects all kinds of languages D cultures can be changed in the huge pot of stew 4 The main idea of the passage is that A some Chinese expressions are introduced into English B you ll not be surprised at a tofu in a restaurant in America C some American expressions can be used in China D American English keep being enriched from different cultures 5 According to the passage which of the following statements is not true A Informal language sometimes doesn t go with grammar and structure B Languages are always ruled by grammar and structure C Long time no see has been used in at least four media mentioned in the passage D There are four languages mentioned to be adopted in the American stew 参考答案 1 5 B A B D B 乐山市 2016 高考英语二轮 寒假 阅读理解选练 5 及答案 A 3 I like this job in which I stay with small children and from which I get the challenges and awards I also think my work is important There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career I wasn t an excellent student because I didn t do much schoolwork In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn t have much to offer I just accepted that I wasn t the type to have a career I then found myself a job Looking after two little girls it wasn t too bad at first But the problems began when I agreed to live in so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week she d give me time off the next But unfortunately it didn t often work out I was getting extremely tired and fed up because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children One Sunday I was in the park with the children and met Megan who used to go to school with me I told her about my situation She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children I didn t think I would be accepted because I didn t take many exams in school She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part time course I had to leave my job with the family and got work helping out at a kindergarten Now I ve got a full time job there I shall always be thankful to Megan Iwish I had known earlier that you could have a career even if you aren t top of the class at school 21 When staying with the two girls family the author A got much help from her boss B was paid for extra work C often worked long hours D took a day off every other week 22 Why did the author leave her first job A She needed a rest after working extra hours B She decided to attend a part time course C She was fed up with children D She found a full time job 23 What has the author learned from her own experiences 4 A One must choose the job she likes B Hard work makes an excellent student C Less successful students can still have a career D Qualifications are necessary for a career 参考答案 21 23 CBC B My Left Foot 1989 Imagine being a prisoner of your own body unable to make any movements except to move your left foot The main character in My Left Foot based on the real story of cerebral palsy 大脑性麻痹 sufferer Christy Brown can barely move his mouth to speak but by controlling his left foot he s able to express himself as an artist and poet For his moving performance of Brown Daniel Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor Shine 1996 Do you have a talent you re afraid to share with the world David Helfgott seemed meant from childhood to be one of the truly great pianists but the pressures of performing and pleasing his father resulted in a complete breakdown Ten years in a mental institution didn t weaken Helfgott s musical gift When he was rediscovered he was playing concertos in a bar Shine received seven Oscar nominations 提名 and Geoffrey Rush won best actor for his performance of Helfgott Life Is Beautiful 1997 Nothing s more powerful than the love between a parent and a child In this heartbreaking Italian film a father Roberto Benigni makes an unbelievable sacrifice for his 4 year old son trapped in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945 the Jewish man convinces his boy that they are playing a complicated game He manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war and 5 even in his final moments of life keeps his son smiling and hopeful Benigni won the best actor Oscar Stand and Deliver 1988 Few people can inspire us more than a good teacher Jaime Escalante Edward James Olmos got Oscar nomination for best actor is a great one Employed at a high school where kids are expected to fail Escalante challenges his math students to struggle for better things like getting good grades in the AP exam Despite the obstacles in their lives the classmates accomplish their goals thanks to Mr Escalante s support The real Jaime Escalante the Best Teacher in America says that Stand and Deliver is 90 truth 10 drama 24 The underlined part in the passage means A The main character in My Left Foot can t control his whole body B The main character in My Left Foot is trapped by others C The main character in My Left Foot is a prisoner D The main character in My Left Foot is a disabled person 25 If you want to watch a movie about wars which may be one of your choices A Life Is Beautiful B Stand and Deliver C Shine D My Left Foot 26 Which of the following is true according to the four movies information A My Left Foot was directed by Christy Brown s B Geoffrey Rush stayed in a mental institution for ten years C Edward James Olmos received nomination for best actor Oscar D Jaime Escalante has a talent for playing the piano 27 What do the four movies have in common A They are all based on real stories B The main characters are all sick to some degree but succeed C The main characters all won Academy Award for Best Actor D They are all inspiring stories that make a difference 参考答案 24 27 DACD 6 C It s roughly estimated that there are 450 million disabled people in the world No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada In the United Kingdom about one in ten people have some disability Disability is not just something that happens to other people as we get older many of us will become less mobile hard of hearing or have failing eyesight Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life Some people are born with disabilities Many others become disabled as they get older There are many progressive disabling diseases The longer time goes on the worse they become Some people are disabled in accidents Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness All are affected by people s attitude towards them Disabled people face many physical barriers Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps or on to buses and trains How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic But there are other barriers prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all It is almost impossible for the able bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability not their disability that count 28 The first paragraph points out that A the number of disabled people in India is the greatest B India has much more disabled people than Canada C there are many disabled people in the world D it is impossible to get an exact figure of the world s disabled people 29 The last word of the passage count most probably means 7 A be numbered B be included C be considered D be most important 30 Which of the following statements is not true A About 10 percent of people in the UK are disabled B Even the able bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older C There still exists prejudice against the disabled which results mainly from ignorance D The whole society should pay due attention to the barriers faced by the disabled people 31 It can be concluded from the passage that A both physical and metal barriers are hard to break down B we should take a proper attitude towards the disabled C we should try our best to prevent disablement D the able bodies people will never fully understand the disabled 参考答案 28 31 CDCB D If the earth s population is in growth at this rate there will not be enough resources By the middle of the 21st century if present trends continue we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars for example Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race the crowded conditions on the earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present One possible solution to the problem however has recently been suggested by American scientist Professor Carl Sagan Sagan believes that before the earth s resources are completely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and so create a new world 8 almost as large as the earth itself The difficult is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there Sagan proposes that algae organisms 海藻有机体 that ca