2013年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测63

1、1 2013 年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测 63 阅读理解 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。 A Du Fu, the famous Tang Dyn asty poet, is gett ing the bus in ess these days. In resp onse to the 1,300th anniversary of the poet s birth, the meme, “ Du Fu is busy, ” is spreading th rough the Internet and tur ni

2、ng the iconic poet into a figure of fun. A meme is a cultural phenomenon.It s an idea or image that somehow strikes a chord with Internet users and prompts them to comme nt on it, cha nge it, or use it i n differe nt situati ons. In Du s case, the memeis a picture of the poet taken from a textbook.

3、The picture shows a very serious Du sitting on a rock, clothed in loose robes. His chin is pointed resolutely upward and his eyes gaze calmly into the dista nee. It is a picture of a man with a great mind and a heroic spirit. That image is cha nged in the meme. Du Fu is now see n hold ing a gun or l

4、iste ning to an iPod or dresse d as a Japanese cartoon cha racter. In today s world, it seems fewer people respect great minds or heroic spirits. This is sad because it means we are los ing our sense of idealism. Du Fu led a life of poverty and humiliation. I visited his thatched cottage in Chengdu

5、and imagined the hardship he endured: the Ioneliness, the cold, and the hunger. Yet, hardship didn t kill his spirit, and his great poetry reflects his inner stre ngth. Internet users may find that giv ing Du Fu the bus in ess is en terta ining, but it cannot diminish his great ness. And that en dur

6、i ng image of great ness is the one that truly matters. 56. Which expressi on can be used to replace the un derl ined part in Para. 1? A. gett ing along very well with his bus in ess B. gett ing busier and busier C. beco ming a successful bus in essma n D. being made to look foolish 57. Which of the

7、 follow ing pictures is men ti oned in the passage? A. B. C. D. 2 58. What s the main idea of the passage? A. Meme is more and more popular. B. Du Fu is no Ion ger a famous poet. C. Du Fu is gett ing the bus in ess. D. Du Fu has become a new hero. B Culture is one of the most challenging elements of

8、 the international marketplace. This system of lear ned behavior patter ns characteristic of the membersof a give n society is con sta ntly shaped by a set of dyn amic var iables: Ian guage, religi on, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, tech no logy, educati on, and social in sti

9、tuti ons. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual kno wledge can be lear ned; its in terpretati on comes on ly through experie nee. The most complicated problems in deali ng with the cultural environmen

10、t lie in the fact that one cannot lear n culture one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the bus in ess world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that bus in ess is bus in ess the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald s. In some cases, globalization is a fact

11、 of life; however, cultural differe nces are still far from converging （ 会合）. The other school proposes that compa nies must adapt bus in ess approaches to in dividual cultures. Sett ing up policies and procedures in each country has bee n compared to an orga n tran spla nt; the critical questi on c

12、en ters around accepta nee or reject ion. The major challe nge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia（近 视）or even bli ndn ess. Fortune examined the international performanee of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their reven

13、ue overseas. The intern ati on ally successful compa nies all share an importa nt quality: patie nee. They have not rushed into situati ons but rather built their operati ons carefully by follow ing the most basic bus in ess prin ciples. These prin ciples are to know your adversary（ 对手）,know your au

14、dienee, and know your customer. 59. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. All intern ati onal man agers can lear n culture. B. Busin ess diversity is not n ecessary. C. Views differ on how to treat culture in bus in ess world. D. Most people do not know foreig n culture well.

15、60. Accord ing to the author, the model of Pepsi _ . 3 A. is in line with the theories that the bus in ess is bus in ess the world around B. is different from the model of McDonald s C. shows the reverse of globalizati on D. has con verged cultural differe nces 61. The two schools of thought _ . A.

16、both propose that compa nies should adapt bus in ess approaches to in dividual cultures B. both advocate that differe nt policies be se t up in differe nt coun tries C. both admit the existe nee of cultural diversity in bus in ess world D. both A and B 62. This article is supposed to be most useful

17、for those _. A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity B. who have connections to more tha n one type of culture C. who want to travel abroad D. who want t o run bus in ess on Intern ati onal Scale C Teach ing Boys: Develop ing classroom practices that work Amanda Keddie a

18、nd Martin Mills Bridges the gap betwee n theory and practice to offer a practical and susta in able framework for teach ing boys in classrooms of all levels. Sales poi nts ? Teach ing boys rema ins one of the most concerned issues in educati on today ? Many books have bee n published an alys ing why

19、 boys perform less well t han girls, and why some boys struggle at school. But they don t show teachers what will work: this book does ? The authors offer a research -based framework for classroom strategies that work with boys and don t disadva ntage girls Descripti on Boys education continues to b

20、e a focus of public anxiety among teachers. Concern about boys gen eral educati onal un der-achieveme nt and the impact this un der-achieveme nt has on the boys themselves, as well as on the broader society, continues to fuel disagreeme nt and debate on the best approach to take in resp on se. 4 Tea

21、ch ing Boys provides a framework for develop ing practical and susta in able ways to improve boys educati on. The book indicates how what teachers do in the classroom can enable boys academic and social outcomes. With detailed case studies, Keddie & Mills outl ine a range of practical classr oom str

22、ategies that will assist teachers to meet the challenge of teaching boys, without neglecting the girls in the process. About the Authors AmandaKeddie is a researcher at the University of Queensland. Her research interests and teaching areas focus on classroom teach ing, curriculum and educati onal s

23、ociology. Martin Mills is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland. He has writte n several books, and is co-author of Teachers and Schooli ng Maki ng a Differe nee (Alle n & Un wi n, 2010). 63. The purpose of this passage is _ . A. to promote classroom teach in

24、g B. to advertis ing a book C. to analyzing boys academic performanee D. to in troduce two educators 64. What problem is NOT men ti oned in the passage? A. Boys general educational under -achievement and its impact. B. Teachers anxiety to teach boys. C. Lack of practical strategies for teach ing boy

25、s. D. Public opinions on classroom teach ing. 65. The book Teach ing Boys is inten ded for _ . A. pare nts B. teachers C. stude nts D. boys 66. What can we know from the passage?5 A. Teachers concern makes the disagreement and debate on the best approach more heated. B. Teachers concern brings about

26、 the disagreement and debate on the best approach. C. The strategies recomme nded by the book are of no ben efit to girls. D. Teach ing boys to improve their achieveme nt is a n ewly-raised issue. D The Iongest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 wo

27、rks by Damie n Hirst, Beautiful In side MyHead Forever, at Sotheby s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street

28、, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy, starting the most severe financial crisis since the 1920s. The world art market had already bee n losi ng mome ntum( confusingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, thinks Clare McAndrew, it may have come dow n to $50 billi on. But

29、the market gen erates in terest far bey ond its size because matched by few other in dustries. 势头 )for a while after rising foun der of Arts Econo mics, a research firm double the figure five years earlier. Since the it brings together great wealth, eno rmous egos( 自负),greed, passion and controversy

30、 in a way In the weeks and mon ths that followed Mr. Hirst s sale, spe nding of any sort became deeply un fashi on able. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of con temporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most they were down by nearly 90%in the

31、year to November 2008. Within weeks the world s two biggest auct ion houses, Sotheby s and Christie s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them. The curre nt dow in the art market is the worst since the Japa nese stopped buying Impressionists at th

32、e end of 1989. This time experts suppose that prices are about 40% down on their peak 动荡的).But Edward Dolman, Christie s chief executive, says, I m pretty con fide nt we re at the bottom. ” What makes this fall differe nt from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, while in

33、 the early 1990s, whe n in terest rates were high, there was no dema nd even tho ugh many collectors wan ted to sell. Christie s earnings in the first half of 2009 were still higher tha n in the first half of 2006. Almost every one who was in terviewed for this special report 6 said that the biggest problem at the mome nt is not a lack of dema nd but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds death, debt and divorce still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who do