高考英语冲刺复习 英语精练17

1、英语冲刺复习英语精练（17） AFor centuries, the bodys blood has been linked closely with the emotionsPeople who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killerFor example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killerHe seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone

2、s life as nothingCold can affect other parts of the bodyThe expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feetThe expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to doFor example, you agree to be president of an organizationBut then you learn that all the other office

3、rs have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibilityYou are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead

4、of speaking to him face to faceYou may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to youOr, to someone who has lied about you to othersA cold fish is not a fishIt is a personBut it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmthA cold fish does not off

5、er much of himself to anyoneSomeone who is a cold fish could be cold-heartedNow a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathySeveral popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their loversOut in the cold means not

6、 getting something that everybody else gotA person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise-he was left out in the coldAnd it is not a pleasant place to be41When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_”AI give him the cold shoulder BI think he is a

7、cold-blooded manCI think he is a cold fish DIm likely to get cold feet42If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _Ashe is a cold-blooded killer Bshe gets cold feetCshe is a cold fish Dshe is out in the cold43We can use the expression “_

8、” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercyAcold-bloodedBcold shoulder Ccold feetDcold-hearted44The topic of this passage is about _Athe relationship between cold and our bodyBsome expressions about friendshipCsome expressions connected with coldDhow cold weather comes into bei

9、ngB “Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, youd win a gold medal!”Annabel, my close friend, stunned me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting.（代课） “I should never have let him go to t

10、he boys room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! Im so stupid!” My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection（沉思） I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the

11、 previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan. In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop

12、 at church where the woman in charge had us list all the things we say about ourselves.” “How many did you have on your list?” I asked. “Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!

13、”My jaw dropped. “What did you do?” “Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, I could never say these things to anyone else! ”“And our teacher replied, Well, if you cant say them to anyone else, then dont ever say them to yourself! ”My friend had a point. I would never insult a chil

14、d of God-and Im Gods child, too! God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children. 45. What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage? A. The writer is a good athlete.B. The writer scolds herself too much. C. She is encouraging the writer. D. A gold medal

15、 is not a big deal. 46. What does the writer intend to tell us through the second and third paragraphs? A. She has low self-esteem over some small things. B. She often makes serious mistakes in daily life. C. She is a third-grade teacher. D. She cares too much about her appearance. 47. We can infer

16、that the underlined word “slob” might be _. A. something untidyB. someone dangerous C. something dirty D. someone lazy 48. What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage? A. She is ready to turn to God for help. B. She will be kind to all children. C. She wont insult herself as well a

17、s others. D. She is willing to be a child of God. CWith alarming regularity, we read about oil tankers having accidents near land and the terrible consequences of the oil spills （泄露） on people, nature, and the environmentMillions of dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help dism

18、iss the spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oilUnfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the seaOf all of today's environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least s

19、eriousAlthough oil is poisonous, it is a natural materialIn the end, it breaks down naturallyThere are, of course, long-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the short termNature by itself works better than chemical materials, but when there is a spill we demand that governments act immedi

20、ately with as much hi-tech knowledge as possibleIn 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tons of oil into the oceanIf you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happenedGovernments seem to accept the risk of

21、transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damageInterestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them runWe should be thinking more about re

22、ducing our dependence on oilGovernments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power （太阳能） , electricity, hydrogen, and so onMuch of this research has, in the past, been held back by the oil, gas, and coalIf the world's millions of cars were 10% more effi

23、cient （高效的）and the industry could easily produce cars at least twice as efficient we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each yearIf this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too49What is the passage mainly talking abo

24、ut?AOil spills pollution BWhat oil pollution isCOil tanker accidents. DHow to reduce oil pollution.50How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?ABy giving a description BBy making an argumentCBy giving an example DBy drawing a diagram51What does the und

25、erlined word "risk" in Paragraph 5 refer to?ATransportation depending more on oilBPoisonous oil breaking down naturallyCMillions of tons of oil spilling into the seaDMore environmental damage being caused52Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?AW

26、e should build safer tankers in the near futureBWe should develop new technologies to cut oil useCTankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlinesDCountries should build more oil pipelines under the seaDViolin prodigies (神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Mos

27、t of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the worlds greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. “It is very clear,” he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely

28、 oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parents dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.Another ele

29、ment in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, children are re

30、ady to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.Thats a

31、good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance（遗传） plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.53.Jewish parents in Ea

32、stern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because _.A. it would allow them access to a better life in the WestB. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talentC. they wanted their children to enter into the professional fieldD. it would enable the family to get better tre

33、atment in their own country54.Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that _.A. are highly motivated in the education of music B. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full developmentC. encourage people to compete with each otherD. promise talented children hi

34、gh positions55.Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?A. a natural gift.B. extensive knowledge of music.C. very early training.D. a prejudice-free society.56.Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Jewis

35、h Contribution to Music B. Training of Musicians in the WorldC. Music and SocietyD. The Making of Music ProdigiesEI promised Michael I wouldnt mention this until the season was overNow l think it's time Early last season, I wrote a column about an art of kindness I had seen Jordan do to a disabl

36、ed child outside the stadiumAfter it ran，I got a call from a man in the western suburbsHe said，“I read what you wrote about Jordanbut I thought I should tell you another thing I saw”Here it comes, I thought. It always does. Write something nice about a person, and people call you up to say that the

37、person is not so nice. A few weeks later Jordan and I were talking about something else before a game, and I brought up what the man had said. Was the man right? Had Jordan really been talking to those two boys in that poor and dirty neighborhood? "Not two boys," Jordan said. "But fou

38、r." And he named them. He said four names. And what did they talk about? "Everything,” Jordan said. " Anything. Ive asked to see their grades so that I can check to see if they're paying attention to their study. If it turns out that one or two of them may need teaching, I make sure they get it." It's just one more part of Michael Jordan's life，one more thing that no one knows ab