江苏省2012高考英语二轮复习限时训练专题2阅读理解13

1、2012 高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）专题 2 阅读理解 13（ 35 分钟）AHeres thisweek s listoffouropen jobs throughoutthe local area.Whetheryou reunemployedand need a job or you arejustsickof theone you have, RoswellPatch wants to help. We know new jobs can be hard to come by these days, which iswhy welltrytoposta selection

2、ofjobswe ve foundin theareaon thesiteeachweek. Happy hunting!Part-time Spanish Instructor-World Language Institute, Inc. Roswell.World Language Institute, Inc. in Roswell is currently hiring a part-time,native-speaking Spanish instructor. Applicants must be able to pass a backgroundcheck and drive a

3、 15-passenger bus to pick up students from several schools, from2 p.m. 6 p.m. Monday-Friday.The positionpays $ 10 perhour.More informationabout the job is available online.Experienced Servers Chill s AlpharettaChili s in Alpharetta is seeking experienced servers to add to its team.Qualifications wil

4、l include being clean and neat and having great attitude andcustomer service skills. The pay is $ 2.13, plus tips. Stop by the store to fillout an application. More information about this position is available online.Registered Nurese-North Fulton Regional Hospital-RoswellNorth Fulton Regional Hospi

5、tal is looking for a RN/Registered Nurse to fill a12-hournight shift.Applicantsmust be registeredand previoushospitalexperienceis preferred. More information about the position is available online.Software Engineer-ControlScan-AlpharettaControlScaninAlpharettaishiringa softwareengineer.Applicantssho

6、uldhavefiveormore yearsof relevantexperience,as wellas advanced knowledgeofcomputertechnology.Pay iscommensurate（相称） withexperience.More informationabouttheposition can be found online.1. Where can we most probably rend the passage?A. In a newspaper. B. On a website.C. In a magazine. D. In a textboo

7、k.2.What does the underlined word "sick" mean?A. Ill.B. Absent.C. Bored.D. Unfamiliar3.World Language Institute, Inc. is looking for_.A. a school bus driver.B.afull-timeteacherC. a Spanish teacherD a Spanish manager4. Who will mainly work at night?A. Jane, hired by North Fulton Regional Ho

8、spital.B. John, hired by World Language Institute. Inc.C. Robert, hired by ControlScan.D. Sally, hired by Chilis.BHes out theresomewhere, an instanticonintherecordsof Americanconflict,the final big-game hunter. But a puzzle, too, his identity would be kept a secretfor now, and maybe forever.He is th

9、e unknown shooter. The nameless, faceless triggerman who put a bulletin the head of the worlds most notorious（臭名昭著的）terrorist, Bin Laden.Heslikelybetween theages of26 and 33,says Marcinko,founder of the“SEALsTeam6” that many believeledtheattack on BinLaden inAbbottabad, Pakistan.Hellbe old enough to

10、 have had time to hurdle the extra training tests required to jointhe counter-terrorismunit,yetyoung enough to standthebody-punishingharshnessof the job. The shooters a man, it s safe to say, because there are no women inthe SEALs. And theres a good chance he s white, though the SEALs have steppedup

11、 efforts to increase the number ofminoritiesin their ranks, Marcinko and Smithsay.He was probablya highschoolor collegeathlete,Smith says, a physicalspecimenwho combinesstrength,speedandwisdom.“Theycallthemselvestacticalathletes,”says Smith,who works withmany futureSEALs in hisHeroes of Tomorrowtrai

12、ning program in Severna Park.“It s getting very scientific.”Marcinko puts it in more conventional terms:“Hell be ripped,” says theauthor of the best-selling autobiography“Rogue Warrior. ” “Hes got a lot ofupper- body strength. Long arms. Thin waist. Flat stomach.”On this point, Greitens departs a bi

13、t.“You cant make a lot of physicalassumptions, ” says the author of“The Heart and the Fist: The Education of aHumanitarian,the Making of a Navy SEAL.” There are SEALs who are 5 feet4 and SEALswho are 6 feet5, Greitenssays.Inhistraininggroup,he adds,therewere collegefootballboys who couldn thack it;s

14、hape, but they also had a willingnessthose who survivedwere most oftenmen in goodto show theirconcerns in favorof the mission.The shooter s probably not the crew-cut （平头） , neatly shaven ideal wevecome to expectfrom American fightingforces.“Hes bearded,rough -looking,likea streetnaughty boy, ” Marci

15、nko supposes.“You dont want to stickout. ” Marcinkocalls it“modified grooming standards.”His hands will be calloused（长老茧） , Smith says, or just rough enough,” asMarcinkoputsit.And “hes got fraginhim somewhere,”Marcinkosays,usingthebattlefieldshorthandfor“fragments ”of bul letsor explosivedevices.Thi

16、s willnot have been the shooter s firstadventure.Marcinkoestimatesthathe might havemade a dozen or more deployments（部署） , tours when he was likely to have dealtwith quite a number of dangerous situations, getting ready any time for explosivedevices or bullets.5. Which of the following is most likely

17、 to be the title of the passage?A. Who shot Bin Laden?B. What do the SEALS do?C. How can boys be SEALS?D. What SEALS are like?6. From the passage we can know that the writer _.A. knows clearly what the shooter is likeB.doubtswhetherBin Laden is deadB. is certain that the shooter is a manD.isnotsureo

18、fthe shooters gender7. We can say for sure according to the passage that _.A. the shooter will eventually be revealed in the PressB. the writer is a person who is curious about the shooterC. the writer is a detective who tries to arrest the shooterD. the shooter is a strong man with a pair of rough

19、hands8. Which of the following are the names of writers mentioned in the passage?. Marcinko. Greitens. Smith. AbbottabadA. B. C. D. CRecentlytherewas a majordiscoveryinthe scientificresearch the mapping ofall DNA in a human gene（基因）impossibletaskforscientisttoto believethattheday,when theis complete

20、. Couple of years ago, this seems an accomplish. All this progress in science leads us human being will be cloned, is not far away. Humancloning has always been a topic of argument， in terms of morality or religion.Takinga lookat why cloningmightbe beneficial,among many cases, itisarguablethatparent

21、swho are known tobe atrisk of passinga geneticlimitationtoa childcould make use of cloning. If the clone was free of genetic limitations. Then theotherclonewould be as well.The lattercouldfoeinserted inthewoman and allowedto ripen to term. Moreover， cloning would enable women, who can t get pregnant

22、,to have children of their own.Cloninghumans would also meanthatorganscouldbe cloned,so itwould be a sourceof perfect transfer organs. This, surely would be greatly beneficial to millionsof unfortunate people around the world that are expected to lose their lives dueto failure of single(or more) org

23、an(s） .It is also arguable that a ban on cloningmay be unlawfuland wouldrobpeopleofthe righttoreproduceand limitthefreedomof scientists.Arguments against cloning are also on a perfectly practical side. Primarily,I believe that cloning would step in the normal“ cycle ” of life. There would bea largen

24、umber of same genes.,which reduce the chances of improvement ， and, in turn,development-thefundamentalreasonhow livingthingsnaturallyadapttotheever-changingenvironment.Lifeprocessesfailingto do so might resultin untimelydisappearance. Furthermore, cloning would make the uniqueness that each one of u

25、spossesses disappea. Thus, leading to creation of genetically engineered groups ofpeople for specific purposes and, chances are, that those individuals would beregarded as“ objects” rather than people in the society.Scientistshaven t 100 percent.guaranteedthatthe firstclonedwillbe normal.Thus this c

26、ould result in introduction of additional limitations in the human“gene-pool ” .Regardingsucharguabletopicsin“blackorwhite ”approachseems veryinnocent to me personally. We should rather try to look at all“ shades: of it. Ibelievethatcloningis onlylegalifitspurpose isforcloningorgans,not humans.Then

27、we could regard this as for“ saving life” instead of“ creating life” . Ibelieve cloning humans is morally and socially unacceptable.9.Which of the following is true according to the passage？A. Genetic limitation will be beneficial for some womenB. A large number of genes will prevent us from develop

28、ingC. Prohibition of cloning might limit the freedom of scientistsD. First cloned humans might be normal according to scientists10. What s the author s opinion on cloning?A. Cloning should be entirely bannedB. Cloning should be used in creating lifeC. Cloning will take away the right to reproduceD.

29、Cloning is acceptable if it is used for cloning organs11. Where can you read this article?A. In a story book.B. In a magazine.C. In a sciencefiction D. In a brochure12. Which of the following shows the structure of the passageD“ Luck is a matterof preparationmeetingopportunity,” saidtheAmerican talk

30、show hostOprahWinfrey.I ve neverwatchedhershow, butwhen aself-madebillionaire gives life advice its probably worth listening to.Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to finda good job thesedays but that does not meanyou should sit at home waiting for theopportunity to c

31、ome to you. If you re a Chinese, you may already be familiar withthe tale ofa farmerwaitingbya treestump( 树桩 )fora rabbittorunoutand breakits neck.A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, calledThe Luck Factor , argueswe can all make ourselves luckier. It s not about going to a temple to burn

32、someincense( 香) hopes thatthegods willgiveyougood fortune;it s practicaladviceyou can follow each day.Wiseman conductedanexperimentas partofhis studies.Firsthe dividedvolunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those whosaid they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and

33、asked them to look through itto count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people tookabout two minutestocountthe photographswhile the luckypeopletookjustseconds.Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command,“ Stop counting. There are 43photographs in this newspaper,” wa

34、s written in big letters. The unlucky peoplemostly did not spot the message.It s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in alocal paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss aneven better opportunity. People who are“ lucky ” , in fact, keep an

35、open mind anddon t go through the same routine every day.I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thingto do. Like many foreigners,my planwas toteachEnglish for one year.Seven yearslater, and still here, I ve had many great opportunities such as writing fornewspapers and magazines.I didnot dream these would have been possible.I ve alsonever been sick, had an accide