高考英语分类题库解析第18集探究性命题综合测试

1、2012 届高考英语分类题库、解析第18 集：探究性命题综合测试04passage 11we walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didnt even lift her eyesfrom the book. mum pointed at a big chair by the door and i knew she wanted me tosit down. while i watched mouth open in surprise. mum took off her hat and coat andgave them ko me t

2、o hold. she walked quietly to the small room by the lift and tookout a wet mop. she pushed the mop pastthe desk and as the nurselookedup.mumnoddedand said. very dirty floors.yes,imgladtheyvefinallydecidedto cleanthem, thenurse answered.shelooked at mum strangely and said, but arent you working late?

3、mum just pushed harder, each sweep (拖一下 ) of the mop taking her farther andfarther down the hall. i watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turnedback to writing in the big book.after a long time mum came back. her eyes were shining. she quickly put the mop back and took my hand. as we

4、turned to go out of the door, mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, thank you.outside, mum told me dagmar is fine. no fever.“you saw her, mum?of course. i told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect usuntiltomorrow.dad willstop worryingas well.itsa finehospital.but such floors!a m

5、op is no good. you need a brush.1. when she took a mop from the small room what mum really wanted to do was_.a. to clean the floorb. to please the nursec. to see a patientd. to surprise the story-teller答案： c指导：这是一道推理题。从表面上看，拿拖把当然是拖地。但是读到最后，我们就知道妈妈拖地的目的是探视病人。因此正确答案是c2. when the nurse talked to mum sh

6、e thought mum was a_.a. nurseb. visitorc. patientd. cleaner答案： d 指导：从值班护土与妈妈的对话中，我们看出护士没有拦妈妈，因为她认为妈妈是清洁工。所以正确答案是 d.3. after reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?a. it is a childrens hospital.b. it has strict rules about visiting hours.c. the conditions there arent very good.d. the

7、nurse and doctors there dont work hard.答案： b 指导：这是一道推理题。根据妈妈为了探视病人，煞费苦心地扮成清洁工这一点，我们可以推断出这个医院的制度非常严格。因此正确答案是b.4. from the text we know that dagmar is most likely_.a. the story-tellers sisterb. the story-tellers classmatec. mums friend用心爱心专心- 1 -d. dads boss答案： a指导：根据妈妈与“我”的对话，“ dagmar”应该是个孩子，妈妈还提到爸爸也

8、不用担心了，因此我们可以推断妈妈探视的病人应该是“我”的妹妹，所k2je 确答案是a.5. which of the following words best describes mum?a. strangeb. warm-heartedc. cleverd. hard-working答案： c指导：从妈妈的控视病人方面所表现出的智慧来看，文章应该着重表现了妈妈的聪明。所以正确答案是cpassage 12theunitedstates.fliersmay want to have theirticketsin hand beforecatchingtheirplanes,but the air

9、linecompanies are doing everythingthey can to bringforwardcost-saving ticketless flight - nopaper needed, just a ticket number and a photoid ( 带照片的身份证). anyone who buys a northwest e-ticket through the airlinescomputer service by june 16 will get an a- ward (奖励 ). next time you fly, you canbuy anoth

10、er ticket for a friend for $ 99, going anywhere in the us or canada through feb. 12, 2000, along with the lowest ticket prices. someairlines offer extra frequent flier miles for the ticketless crowd. and there are rising punishments for paper lovers. arnerican, northwest, united, and last week, us a

11、irways have raised the cost forlost-ticket replacement (替换 ) to $ 70 from either $ 60 or $ 50. the airlines insistthat the increase in price is not meant to push travelers toward e-tickets but onlyieovers the increasing cost of replacing and tracking a missing ticket.1.why is the new ticketless flig

12、ht introduced?a. it is cheaper for air travelers.b. it helps reduce the cost for airlines.c. it can use computer to plan air traveling.d. it helps prevent fliers from losing their tickets.答案： b指导：参考the airlinecompanies are doingeverythingthe ycan to bringforward cost-saving ticketless flight从这句话上来看，

13、无票飞行能节约钱。2.to encourage people to take ticketless flights, the airlines_.a. sell their tickets for $ 99 from june to february the following yearb. let travelers go to both the us and canada with the same ticketsc. allow each traveler to have an extra $ 99 ticket for a friend of theirsd. offer ticket

14、ess travelers free miles to fly in the us答案： c指导：选项d 错的原因是向无票乘客提供短途(miles)免费游是部分航空公司的举措，不是所有航空公司所为；只对常客提供这种免费游，不是对任何乘客。3.who are the paper lovers mentioned in the,text?a. people who like to have paper airplane tickets.b. people who love paper products of various kinds.c. people who travel with paper

15、 on a plane.d. people who have lost their ticket and buy a second one.答案： a指导：这里的paperlovers指喜欢持票乘机的人。4. the airlinecompanies say thatthey have raisedthe lost-ticket replacementpricein order to _.a. attract travelers to take tieketless flights用心爱心专心- 2 -b. punish those who insist on using paper tick

16、etsc. do better than other airline companiesd. pay for the work to deal with lost tickets答案： d指 ： 然文章中有 一句 and thereare rising punishments for paperlovers ，但 不是航空公司所 的 ， 持票者也不是航空公司的目的，故不 b。文章的最后一句 出了机票挂失提价的真正目的，也就是 了填 因 挂失而 找失票所造成的花 ， 与 d一致。passage 13reading is the key to school success and, like an

17、y skill, it takes practice.a child learns to walk by practising until he no longer has to think about how toput one footinfrontof theother. a great athletepractisesuntilhe can playquickly,correctly,withoutthinking.tennisplayerscallthatbeinginthe zone.educatorscall it automatieity (自 ).a child learns

18、 to read by sounding out the letters and get the meanings of thewords. with practice, he speaks with fewer and fewer pauses and mistakes, readingby the phrase. withautomatieity, hedoesnt have tothink about getting themeaningof the words, so he can pay attention to the meaning of the text.itcan begin

19、as earlyasfirstgrade.in a recentstudyofchildreninillinoisschools,alan rossman of northwesternuniversityfound autonfaticreadersinthe firstgrade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoringtwice as high on comprehension tests. at fifth grade, the automatic readers were

20、readingtwiceas fast astheothers,andstilloutscoringthem on correctness,comprehension, and vocabulary. its not l q ,but the amount of time a child spendsreading thatisthekey to automaticity,accordingto rossman, any child who spendsat least 3. 5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers

21、will mostprobablyreach automaticity. athome, where the averagechild spends 25 hours a weekwatching television, it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favourof reading.you can test your childby givinghim one paragraphortwo toread aloudsomethingunfamiliar but suitable to his age. if he

22、 reads aloud with expression, with a senseof the meaning of the sentences, he probably is an automatic reader. if he readshesitatingly,one word at a timewithoutexpressionor meaning,he needs more practice.1. the main idea of the first paragraph is_.a. what is automaticityb. how correctness is obtaine

23、dc. how a child learns to walkd. how an athlete is trained答案： a 指 ：通 事例解 automaticity2. the illinois study shows that the automatic readers high speed _.a. costs him a lot of workb. affects his comprehensionc. leads to his future successd. doesnt affect his comprehension答案： b指 ：由“ scoring twice high

24、 明效果好， “是分数的两倍” 。用心爱心专心- 3 -3. from the passage, it can be inferred that a bright childa. also needs practice to be automatic readerb. always achieves great success in comprehension testsc. becomes an automatic reader after learning how to readd. is a born automatic reader答案： a指导：作者说“自我阅读”来源于大量的练习。4

25、. the main idea of the whole passage is _.a. how to score high on comprehension testsb. reading is the key to school successc. how to test your childs reading abilityd. automaticity is important for efficient reading答案： d 指导：本篇告诉读者应通过大量阅讯培养“自动阅读” ，并列出了几个事例，说明“自动阅读”对有效阅读是非常有帮助的。passage 14therewas gre

26、atexcitementat thorby policestation.the inspectorhad receiveda phone call froman informer(通报者 ). the man said that a gang (帮，伙 ) intended torob the main post office. he even told the inspector the date and time for which therobbery was planned. the thorhy police were not used to serious crimes (罪 ).

27、 exceptfor occasional cases of ap- ple stealing, their peace was seldom disturbed. hardlydid anything more serious happen.the robbery was going to take place at two oclock on market day. the informersaid that one of the gang would have a revolver. this worded the inspector most ofall. on market days

28、, the street near the post office was always crowded. there wasdanger that someone might be killed. it was the most difficult case the inspector had ever had.the inspector wanted to make sure the gang was caught and he made preparationcarefully. he ordered .his men to wear ordinary clothes so that s

29、ome of them could mix with the people in the post office. others were to be in the street outside to prevent the gang from escaping. on the day that the robbery was to take place, all was ready. at two oclock, a large black car was parked in front of the post office.three men, with handkerchiefs ove

30、r their faces, jumped out and ran into the post office. two of them stayed by the door. the third went up to the counter and pulled out a revolver. no sooner had he done this than the inspector blew his whistle. the manstanding at the counter immediately put the revolver back in his pocket and pulle

31、d the handkerchief from his face. could i have a five-penny stamp, please?he said. you will have to tell a better story than that to the judge, she inspector said.and anyway, there is no parking in front of the post office.”1. from the story, we may conclude that the inspector was a very _man.a. fun

32、ny and carefulb. humorous and carefulc. exciting and hardworkingd. strict and serious答案： b指导：从“ the inspector wanted to make sure thegang was causht”，及“ heordered his men to wear ordinary clothes”与“ othermenweretobeinthestreet用心爱心专心- 4 -可以看出他从思想上、行动上都做了充分的准备。最后，当蒙面人突然说要买邮票时，theinspector said，“ youll

33、 have to tell a better story than that to the judge”，这都说明了 the inspector was a humorous and careful man2. the inspector was worried most of all because_.a. he was not used to serious crimesb. it was a very difficult casec. the robbers had a revolverd. the post office was in a busy street答案： b 指导：因为案

34、情棘手。3. what do you think a revolveris? its_.a. a bombb. a hand gunc. a wireless phone setd. a wallet答案： b指导：从“ a gang intended torob ”和“ the lnspector wanted to make sureto catch the gang”可猜测出他们身上带了手枪。passage 15we find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching.on the contra

35、ry (相反 ), both their knowledge and experience are enriched. we feelthat there are many disadvantages in streaming (近能力分班) pupils. it does notconsider the fact that children develop at different rates. it can have bad effecton boththebrightand thenot-so-brightchildren.afterall,itcanbe quitediscouragi

36、ng to be the bottom of the top grade.besides,itis ratherunrealto grade people justaccordingto theirintellectual( 智力的 ) ability. this is only one aspect of their total personality. we care much about the development of all the pupils abilities to the full, not just their studyability.we alsovaluepers

37、onalqualitiesand socialskills,andwe findthatmixed-ability teaching does good to ill these aspects of learning.in our classrooms, we work in various ways. the pupils often work in groups: this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. they also learn

38、 how to deal with personal problems as well aslearning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze (分析 ) and evaluate (评价 ) andtocommunicateeffectively.the pupilslearnfromeachotheras wellasfromtheteacher.sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual (个人的 ) tasks, and they can

39、 do this at heir own speed they also have some formal classteaching when this is proper. weencourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do his well an advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. we expect our pupils

40、 to do their best, not their least, and we give them every enouragement to achieve this goal.1. by held back(line 1) the writer means_.a. made to remain in the same classb. forced to study in the lower classc. drawn away from their studiesd. prevented from advancing答案： d指导：仔细理解“held back”出现的语言环境 are

41、sel dom held back on用心爱心专心- 5 -the contrary are enriched可猜出“阻止”之意。2. the writerargues thatwhat a teachermainlycares about shouldbe the developmentof the students_.a. personal qualities and social skillsb. total personalityc. learning ability and communicative skillsd. intellectual ability答案： b 指导：由全

42、文可知。3. the writers purpose of writing this passage is to_.a. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same classb. advise pair work and group work for classroom activityc. offer advice on the proper use of the libraryd. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching答案： b

43、指导：从第一、二段可判断作者写此文章的目的是argueforteachingbrightandnot-so-bright pupils in the saltle class b c、 d 三项是下面各段提供的论据。4. what would be the best title for the text?a. pair work.b. group work.c. mixed-ability.d. individual tasks.答案： c指导：文章第一句话就提出了论点。整篇文章围绕mixed-a-bilityteaching这一中心来叙述的。 a、 b、 d 三项是综合教学能力的一部分。pa

44、ssage 16doyou findgettingup in themorningso difficultthatitspainful?thismightbe calledlaziness,but dr kleitmanhas a new explanation.he has provedthateveryonehas a daily energy cycle.duringthe hourswhen you labourthrough yourworkyou may say thatyourehot.thats true. the time of the day when you feel m

45、ost energetic is when you cycle ofbody temperature is at its peak. for some people the peak comes during the forenoon.for others it comes in the afternoon or evening. no one has discovered why this isso, but it leads to such familiar monologues as get up, john! youll be late forwork again!thepossibl

46、eexplanationtothetroubleisthatjohn isathistemperature-an&energypeak in theevening.much familyquarrellingends when husbandsand wives realise what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of thefamily has.you cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better

47、. habit can help. dr. kleitman believe may- be youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. if your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise befo

48、re your usual hour. this wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam and work better at your low point.get off to a slow start which saves your energy. get up with a leisurely yawnand stretch. sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. avoid the troublesome search

49、for clean clothes by laying them out the night be- fore. whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more用心爱心专心- 6 -energy or concentration for your sharper hours.1. if a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably_.a. he is a lazy personb. he refuses to f

50、ollow his own energy cyclec. he is not sure when his energy is lowd. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening答案： d指导：根据第二段，有些人的精力高峰出现在下午或晚上，所以让他早起很困难。2. which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?a. unwareness of energy cycles.b. familiar monologues.c. a change

51、in a family members energy cycle.d. attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.答案： a 指导：第二段最后一句话说“当夫妻意识到什么是能量循环以及每个家庭成员的循环状况时，他们就会停止吵架。 ”3.ifone wantstoworkmore efficientlyathislowpointinthemorning,heshould_.a. change his energy cycleb. overcome his lazinessc. get up earlier than u

52、suald. go to bed earlier答案： c指导：第三段最后一句话给出答案。早起有助于你在精力低落时仍然高效工作。4. you are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will_.a. help to keep your energy for the days workb. help you to control your temper early in the dayc. enable you to concentrate on your routine workd. keep your energy cycle under control all day答案： a指导：第四段第一句话说，慢点起床可节省能量。passage 17polly jones lived on a farm. she had lived mere all her life, all twelve yearsof it. her father,who managed the farm,had justliftedthe potatocrop. priceswerehigh: he wanted to sell