2013高考阅读

1、 2013年高考 ASome years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain sa

2、tisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording

3、 every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and

4、 the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen。At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous

5、few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary。Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not ve

6、ry oftenonly of objects I find really beautiful. Im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future。I dont want to wake up one day and hav

7、e nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I dont live to make memoriesI just live, and the memories form themselves。51. Before the age of

8、 thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _。A. observing her school routineB. expressing her satisfactionC. impressing her classmatesD. preserving her history52. What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?A. A dull night on the journey。B. The beauty of the

9、great valley。C. A striking quotation from a book。D. Her concerns for future generations。53. What does the author put in her diary now?A. Notes and beautiful pictures。B. Special thoughts and feelings。C. Detailed accounts of daily activities。D. Descriptions of unforgettable events。54. The author comes

10、 to realize that to live a meaningful life is _。A. to experience itB. to live the present in the futureC. to make memoriesD. to give accurate representations of it B Mothers and daughters go through so muchyet when was the last time a mother and daughter sat down to write a book together about it al

11、l? Perri Klass and her mother, Sheila Solomon Klass, both gifted professional writers, prove to be ideal co-writers as they examine their decades of motherhood, daughterhood, and the wonderful ways their lives have overlapped (重叠)。Perri notes with amazement how closely her own life has mirrored her

12、mothers: both have full-time careers; both have published books, articles, and stories; each has three children; they both love to read. They also love to travelin fact, they often take trips together. But in truth, the harder they look at their lives, the more they acknowledge their big differences

13、 in circumstance and basic nature。A child of the Depression (大萧条)， Sheila was raised in Brooklyn by parents who considered education a luxury for girls. Starting with her college education, she has fought for everything shes ever accomplished. Perri, on the other hand, grew up privileged in the New

14、Jersey suburbs of the 1960s and 1970s. For Sheila, wasting time or money is a crime, and luxury is unthinkable while Perri enjoys the occasional small luxury, but has not been successful at trying to persuade her mother into enjoying even the tiniest thing she likes。Each writing in her own unmistaka

15、ble voice, Perri and Sheila take turns exploring the joys and pains, the love and bitterness, the minor troubles and lasting respect that have always bonded them together. Sheila describes the adventure of giving birth to Perri in a tiny town in Trinidad where her husband was doing research fieldwor

16、k. Perri admits that she cant sort out all the mess in the households, even though she knows it drives her mother crazy. Together they compare thoughts on bringing up children and working, admit long-hidden sorrows, and enjoy precious memories。Looking deep into the lives they have lived separately a

17、nd together, Perri and Sheila tell their mother-daughter story with honesty, humor, enthusiasm, and admiration for each other. A written account in two voices, Every Mother Is a Daughter is a duet (二重奏) that produces a deep, strong sound with the experiences that all mothers and daughters will recog

18、nize。55. Why does Perri think that her own life has mirrored her mothers?A. They both have gone through difficult times。B. They have strong emotional ties with each other。C. They have the same joys and pains, and love and bitterness。D. They both have experiences as daughter, mother and writer。56. Th

19、e word “luxury” in Paragraph 3 means _。A. something rare but not pleasantB. something that cannot be imaginedC. something expensive but not necessaryD. something that can only be enjoyed by boys57. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. The content of the book。 B. The purpose of the book。C. The influen

20、ce of the book。 D. The writing style of the book。58. How are womens lives explored in this book?A. In a musical form。B. Through field research。C. With unique writing skills。D. From different points of view。CWeve reached a strangesome would say unusualpoint. While fighting world hunger continues to b

21、e the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO)， more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. Its the good life thats more likely to kill us these days。Worse, nearly l8 million childre

22、n under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. Whats going on?We really dont have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting throughup to a point。In the 1970s, F

23、inland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades。Maybe that explains why the percentage of people i

24、n Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the worlds most body-conscious country。We know what we should be doing to lose weightbut actuall

25、y doing it is another matter. By far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower。Others blame good food. They say: its just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds have piled

26、on thanks to eating too much American-style fast food。Some also blame their parentstheir genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because theyre normal in shape, or rather slim。Its a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parent

27、s are eager to see their kids shape up. Do as I saynot as I do。59. What is the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?A. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life。B. Starvation is taking more peoples lives in the world。C. WHO report shows peoples unawareness of food safety。D. Overwe

28、ight issue remains unresolved despite WHOs efforts。60. Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?A. A lot of effective diet pills are available。B. Body image has nothing to do with good food。C. They have been made fully aware of its dangers。D. There are too many overw

29、eight people in the world。61. The example of Finland is used to illustrate _。A. the cause of heart diseaseB. the fashion of body shapingC. the effectiveness of a campaignD. the history of a body-conscious country62. Which would be the best title for the passage?A. Actions or Excuses?B. Overweight or

30、 Underweight?C. WHO in a DilemmaD. No Longer Dying of HungerDThe technology is great. Without it we wouldnt have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the oceans depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge.

31、But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves。Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients whove come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary,

32、though: they dont have throat cancer, and its just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks。One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find

33、 out what was wrong, she said calmly, “I know whats wrong; Ive got throat cancer. I know theres nothing you doctors can do about it and Ive just got to wait until the day comes。”As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasnt right.

34、 “Did your local doctor do an X-ray?” I asked. “Oh, I havent been to the doctor for years,” she replied. “I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew thats what I had。”However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didnt fit with itbut shed just ignored thi

35、s。I looked at the X-ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasnt the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did。Mrs. Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six mon

36、ths to ensure that she was fully recovered. It was certainly a lesson for her. “Im so embarrassed,” she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested.  She listed up to about 20, and then I went to my office

37、 to type up my notes. Unexpectedly, the computer was not working, so I had to wait until someone from the IT department came to fix it. Typical. Maybe I should have a microwave sausage while I waited?63. Mrs. Almond talked about her illness calmly because _。A. she thought she knew it wellB. she had

38、purchased medicine onlineC. she graduated from a medical schoolD. she had been treated by local doctors64. It was lucky for Mrs. Almond _。A. to have contacted many friendsB. to have recovered in a short timeC. to have her assumption confirmedD. to have her disease identified in time65. Mrs. Almond s

39、aid “Im so embarrassed” (Para. 7) because _。A. she had distrusted her close friendsB. she had caused unnecessary troubleC. she had to refuse the doctors adviceD. she had to tell the truth to the doctor66. By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove _。A. its a must

40、 to take a break at workB. its vital to believe in IT professionalsC. its unwise to simply rely on technologyD. its a danger to work long hours on computers EA German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 ye

41、ars than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse。The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.Survey respondents (受访者) were asked

42、 to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions。The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in

43、 the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period。“We observed t

44、hat being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg。Lang and his colleagues believed that pe

45、ople who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future。“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施)，” the authors wrote。Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good heal