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英语：广西2020年高三寒假总复习阅读专练三AI grew up in a small townMy father raised chickens and ran a construction companyI was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility (责任) of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stableHe believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibilityThen, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace, I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm and them went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morningIt wasnt long before I became known as a singing cookI had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouragedOne night, a woman executive (董事) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me singWhen the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejectionA few weeks later, my manager received a phone callWarner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record dealSoon after, I released my first record in June 1986It sold over 2 million copiesMy best efforts had gone into every job Ive ever heldIt was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a manKnowing that I had done my best filled me with prideI still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer56Why was the writer once known as the singing cook?ABecause he was a cook at a country-music clubBBecause he sang for guests while he worked as a cookCBecause he often sang while cookingDBecause he liked singing better than cooking57Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful?AWarner BrothersBHis managerCHis fatherDA businesswoman58What made the writer proud of himself?AHis ability to live independentlyBHis sense of responsibility in whatever he didCHis courage in the face of rejectionsDHis hard work in his early daysBHOTEL INFORMATIONBaymont Inn Ft.Lauderdale3800 WCommercial, Ft. 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LauderdaleBBeach Plaza HotelCBaymont Inn HotelDFort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel61If you _ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza HotelAenjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel roomBare fond of swimming in heated waterCwant to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotelDare a cigarette smoker62Which of the following is NOT true to the ads?AAll of the three hotels provide television with cableBYou can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza HotelCIn Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is availableDWhile staying in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel, you can surf the InternetCModern man has cleared the forests for farmland and for wood,and has also carelessly burned them. More than that,though,he has also interfered （干涉） with the invisible bonds between the living things in the forests. There are many examples of this kind of destruction. The harmfulness of mans interference can be seen in what happened many years ago in the forest of the Kaibab plateau （凯亚巴布高原） of northern Arizona. Man tried to improve on the natural web of forest life and destroyed it instead.The Kaibab had a storybook forest of largesized pine,Douglas fir,white fir,blue and Engelmann spruce. In 1882 a visitor noted,We,who . have wandered through its forests and parks,have come to regard it as the most enchanting region it has ever been our privilege （特权） to visit.This was also the living place of the Rocky Mountain mule deer. Indians hunted there every autumn to gather meat and skins. The forest also had mountain lions,timber wolves and bobcats that kept the deer from multiplying too rapidly.Then,in 1906,President Theodore Roosevelt made the Kaibab a national game preserve. Deer hunting was forbidden. Government hunters started killing off the deers enemies. In 25 years time,6,250 mountain lions,wolves and bobcats were killed. Before the program,there were about 4,000 deer in the Kaibab,by 1924,there were about 100,000.The deer ate every leaf and twig they could reach. But there was not nearly enough food. Hunting of deer was permitted again. This caused a slight decrease in the deer herd （鹿群），but a far greater loss resulted from starvation （饥饿） and disease. Some 60 percent of the deer herd died in two winters. By 1930 the herd had dropped to 20,000 animals. By 1942 it was down to 8,000.65.The destruction of the environment of the Kaibab resulted from .A. turning the forest into cultivated landB. interfering with natural cycle of forest lifeC. forest fires caused by mans carelessnessD. cutting the trees for building materials66.Engelmann spruce（Para. 2） is most likely the name of .A. a tree B. an animal C. a mountain D. a game67.The number of the deer in the Kaibab had increased enormously in years time.A.25 B. 6 C. 18 D.1268.Years later,large numbers of deer in the Kaibab died mainly because of .A. the cold B. the organized killC. the shortage of food D. the poor managementDJames Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9.There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.J.C., he replied.She thought he had said Jesse, and he had a new name.Owens ran his first race at age 13.After high school, he went to Ohio State University.He had to work part time so as to pay for his education.As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political.Hitler did not congratulate any of the AfricanAmerican winners.It was all right with me, he said years later.I didnt go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either.In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs.Sure, it bothered me, he said later.But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.In time, however, his gold medals changed his life.They have kept me alive over the years, he once said.Time has stood still for me.That golden moment dies hard.67.Owens got his other name Jesse when.A.he went to Ohio State UniversityB.his teacher made fun of himC.his teacher took J. C.for JesseD.he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet68.In the Big Ten meet，Owens.A.hurt himself in the back B.succeeded in setting many recordsC.tried every sports event but failed D.had to give up some events69.We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because.A.he wa