高二英语阅读专项训练3.doc

高二英语阅读专项训练（3）（4+1）AHealthy people with stressful jobs who work long hours but get little satisfaction from what they do have twice the risk of dying from heart disease as satisfied employees, according to a study. Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular disease (心血管病). Finnish scientists have now shown that even in healthy people the pressures of work can take their toll. High blood pressure, lack of exercise, smoking and being overweight contribute to heart diseasea leading killer in many industrialized countries. But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the medical histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role. Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to the study published in The British Medical Journal. Work stress involves too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and unappreciated. Many people work long hours but if the effort is rewarding the stress is minimized. The British Heart Foundation said the results support earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual(体力的) workers, could be as great risk of heart disease than other employees. “ It is advisable for people o try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employees to allow people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their successes,” the foundation said in a statement.1. Healthy people may die from heart disease of _. A. too much job stress B. working too hard C. feeling valued D. being satisfied2. Which one of the following is NOT right according to this passage? A. High blood pressure is likely to cause heart disease. B. Being overweight may cause heart disease. C. Job stress is most likely to cause heart disease. D. Working long hours must cause heart disease.3. The underlined word “minimized” in the third paragraph means “_”.A. increased B. reduced C. raised D. cured4. The authors purpose in writing the passage is to _.A. advise people not to work long hours B. suggest that everyone be satisfied with everythingC. ask us to learn to enjoy ourselves D. tell us that job stress threatens our health nowadays.BThe American local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too. A new start-up, Foodzie, is an online farmers market where small food producers and growers can sell their products. Foodzie was started by Mr LaFave and two of his friends, who met during college at Virginia Tech, where they would pay frequent visits to farmers markets. Last year, while living in North Carolina, one of them, Emily Olson, now 24, came up with one idea. She was working as a brand manager for a gourmet grocery chain and realized that people who enjoyed fine food but didnt work in the business had no way to discover handmade foods outside their local farmers markets. Small farmers had no way of finding or selling to faraway customers, either. Mr LaFAve and the third co-founder, Nik Bauman, both 25, worked in corporate sales and software development. “With business, food and computer science backgrounds, we figured we had everything we needed.” Mr LaFAve said. The three quit their jobs, and opened this site to the public in December and the site has had 43,000 visitors in the past month. So far, 29 sellers have opened shops and 41 are in the process of opening them. The founders recently hired a fourth employee to help Ms Olson recruit(吸收) new food producers at farmers markets and food shows. Mr LaFAve is convinced that the recession(经济衰退) will not reduce peoples interest in buying locally grown and handmade food. “There is misunderstanding that all these foods are more expensive than mass-produced alternatives,” he said. “People are pouring their heart and soul into these products, and they are of the highest quality. ”5. The passage is mainly about _. A. how an online farmers market works B. the American local food movement C. three youths starting an online farmers market D. the reasons why people are interested in local food6. Why did the founders start the online farmers market? A. Because it met the need of the market. B. Because the founders were interested in seasonal food. C. Because some people wanted to buy locally grown food D. Because farmers wanted to sell their foods.7. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 can be used to describe _. A. food of high quality B. terrible food C. food of low fat D. fried food8. About the three founders, we know that _. A. they are of the same age B. they gave up their work to start the website C. they used to be colleague D. they majored in farming at collegeCAnyone who reads a book and then goes to see a movie based on that book generally leaves the movie feeling a little disappointed. Why might this be? Both books and movies serve the purpose of entertainment. Both books and movies offer characters and plots. And, both books and movies provide a setting for a story. Books, however, offer a more attractive and complex form of entertainment than movies. Although movies are entertaining to watch, books have advantages over them. First, books, in comparison to movies, can more easily seize the depths of characters and create a complex setting through the use of rich description. Books leave it up to the reader to interpret, imagine, and recreate the story in his or her own mind. However, movies are actionpacked and provide lots of visual stimuli（视觉刺激）;still, it is the movie not the viewer that interprets the characters, plot and setting . Second, books are not limited to time. A writer can write as much or as little as necessary in order to create and tell a story. Movies , on the other hand, are limited to an hour and a half to two hours of entertaining time before the audience begins to get restless. Last, reading is an intellectual form of entertainment. Readers can improve their level of reading and vocabulary in a harmless, healthy, and pleasurable way. Movies, on the other hand, are not as complex and entertaining as books, and they leave nothing to interpret. Therefore, the advantages and entertainment value of books outweigh（胜过）those of a movie.To conclude, books, through interpretation, help the reader develop a sense of relationship to the characters and the story itself, but a movie strictly entertains. Books are a better form of entertainment than movies.9. According to the author, _.A. movies often make people disappointed B. more and more people prefer books to moviesC. books have many advantages over movies D. both books and movies strictly entertain10. The underlined word “intellectual” in the second paragraph may relate to _. A. training B. learning C. translation D. memory11. We learn from the text that _.A. movies can easily seize the depths of characters B. books provide more visual stimuli than movies C. books leave readers nothing to interpret and imagineD. movies are usually time limited compared with books12. Which of following would be the best title for the text?A. Movies: Easy Form of Entertainment B. Books: Better Form of EntertainmentC. How to Produce Movies Based on Books D. Why Are We Disappointed at MoviesDKings College Summer SchoolKings College Summer School is an annual( 每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This years summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.More information is as follows:Application (申请) datel Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2011.l Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2011.l Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2011.Coursesl English Language Spoken English: 22 hoursReading and Writing: 10 hoursl American History: 16 hoursl American Culture: 16 hoursSteps1. A letter of self-introduction2. A letter of recommendation(推荐) The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information. CostA、 Daily lessons: $200B、 Sports and activities: $100C、 Travels: $200D、 Hotel service: $400 You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.Please write to: Thompson, Sanders 1026 King s Street New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: KC-Summer-School 13. Which of the following is true about King s College Summer School?A. Only top students can take part in the program.B. Only the teachers of King s College give courses.C. Kings College Summer School is run every other yearD. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.14. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school _A. $200 B. $500 C. $900 D. $400 15. What information can you get from the text?A. The program will last two months. B. You can write to Thompson only in English. C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2011.D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.任务型阅读When it comes to the world of computers, green computing is becoming one of the most popular trends But, what is exactly is green computing? The term “green computing” is one that is being used in many different markets and areas all over the world in todays global technology Yet, many computer users out there arent sure what it means Green computing is actually pretty easy to explain and to do-it is basically learning to use computer resources more efficiently to help the environment as well as making energy savings The main goal of a green computing program is to reduce the use of energy and materials that harm the environment Green computing helps to promote the use of biodegradable products and recycle computer parts whenever possible Green computing started as early as 1992, when the EPA created Energy Star, which is a voluntary labeling program that promotes energy efficient computing equipment and technologies It was because of this program that many computer manufacturers launched sleep mode and millions of computer users around the world began to adopt this policy to help save energy when they were not using their computers The term “green computing” began to be used around the same time as well, and began to become a goal that more companies strive to meet over the years There are several government agencies that have continued to help strive for better standards for computers and companies to help promote green promoting Energy Star was actually revised in October of 2006 to make the requirements stricter for computers，and also implemented a ranking system for products Because of these new requirements, there are over 20 states that have now established a special recycling program for old computers and electronics to help with green computing Many of todays IT systems are beginning to rely on both people and hardware to help push their computer systems toward a more green computing system to help both the company and others This is a hard balance to achieve, as it has to satisfy users, management, and regulatory compliance（顺从） Even the disposal of computer waste is all managed so that everyone in the circle is happy with the outcome Many companies are learning the best ways that they call go