高中英语阅读(附答案)

1、最新资料推荐高三英语阅读专练ANew technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It snow a “ global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone orsatellite link. And, ofcourse, ourability tobenefit from this high-techcommunications equipment is greatly increased by foreign la

2、nguage skills.Deeply involved with this new technology is a kind of modern businesspeoplewho have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. Inmodern markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts.Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly importa

3、nt to advancementwithin executive ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longerneed fear being “ out of sight and out of mind.” He or sherecanthatbethesuoverseas effort is central to the company s plan for success, and that promotionsoften follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If a

4、n employee can succeed ina difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his orher ability to manage back in the UnitedStates where cross-culturalconsiderations and foreign language issues arebecoming more and morecommon.Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensivecommuni

5、cationsdeviceswithbusiness applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to getinto international markets.English is still theinternationallanguage ofbusiness. But there is anever-growing need forpeople whocan speak another language. A secondlanguage isn t generally required toet

6、 ga job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.The employee posted abroad who speaks the country languages has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to

7、move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign customers over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.56. With the increased use of high-tech communications equipment, businesspeople _.A. are eager to work overseasB. have to get famili

8、ar with modern technologyC. are gaining more economic benefits from domestic operationsD. are attaching more importance to their overseas business57. In this passage,“ outof sight and out of mind” (Line 3, Para. 3) probably means _.A. leaving all care and worry behindB. being unable to think properl

9、y for lack of insightC. being totally out of touch with business at homeD. missing opportunities for promotion when abroad58. According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today?1最新资料推荐A. Ability to speak the customer s language.B. Con

10、nections with businesses overseas.C. Technical know-how.D. Business experience.59. The advantage of employees having foreign language skills isthat they can_.A. fast-forward their proposals to headquartersB. better control the whole negotiation processC. easily make friends with businesspeople abroa

11、dD. easily find new approaches to meet market needsBWhen an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hourafter its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants knowfor sureand so soon that another ant is dead.One scientist recently came up with a way to exp

12、lain this ant behavior.Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist, a scientist who studies animalsand plants. Hefound that ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals toother ants,“ Im dead take me away ” when it is dead.But theres a question to answer: As we know, if an ant is dead, it stop

13、smoving. But when an ant is sleeping or knocked unconscious,it is also notmoving. However, other ants dont move the living ant out of the nest. How dothey know this ant is not dead? Choe found that ants have another chemical ontheir bodies, which tells nearby ants something like,“ Wait Imdeadnot yet

14、 ”when it is not dead. Choe suspects that when an ant dies, the chemical that says,“ Wait Im not dead yet” quickly goes away. When other ants detect the“ dead”chemical without the “ not dead yet ” chemical, they move away the body. To test his theory, Choe and his team put different chemicals on ant

15、s. Whenthe scientists used the“ Im dead ” chemical, other ants quickly moved the treatedant away. When the scientists used the“ Wait Im not dead yet” chemical, otherants left the treated ant alone. Choe believes this behavior shows that the “ not dead yet ” chemicaloverrides the “ dead” chemical whe

16、n picked up by other ants.And that when an ant dies, the “ notdead yet ”chemical fades away. Other nearby ants then detect the remaining “ dead”chemical and remove the body from the nest.Understanding this behavior can help scientists figure out how to stop ants from invading new places and causing

17、problems.60. What is the function of the first paragraph?A. Leading the following paragraphs. B. Showing the main idea of the passage.C. Introducing the background of the passage.D. Giving a summary of the passage.61. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “ overrides

18、” in the fourth paragraph?2最新资料推荐A. is weaker thanB. is stronger than C. is better thanD. is worse than62. What can we learn from the passage?A. Living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.B. When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical.C. A living ant can pretend to

19、 be dead using a special chemical.D. Ants often use chemicals to communicate with each other.63. Which of the following descriptions about Dong-Hwan Choe is right?A. Choe did this study in order to stop ants from invading new places.B. Choe is a biologist who is only interested in animals, especiall

20、y in ants. C. Choe first came up with an idea to explain this ant behavior， and then didsome tests to prove his theory.D. Choe did the research on this ant behavior on his own。CEach time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my f

21、ather had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. Yes, honey. Of course. she said.Can we write him a letter?She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, Yes.My heart jumped. How? Does the mailman go there? I asked.No, but I have an idea. Mom drove to a party store a

22、nd returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for.Just wait, honey. Youll see. Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about wha

23、t happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still r

24、aining.Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three.The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he

25、suffered, hed persevere, dart up, and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditary. I prayed to be a balloon.64When the girl asked he

26、r mother if they could write to her father, her mother_.Afelt it hard to answerB thought her a creative girlCbelieved it easy to do soD found it easy to lie65When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she_.A jumped with joyBbecame excited3最新资料推荐Cstarted writing immediately D.

27、 was worried that it couldnt be delivered 66In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?AAn incurable disease.B An unforgettable memory.CThe hard time her father had.DThe failures her father experienced.67What would be the best title for the passage?A An unforgettable experienceB The strong re

28、d balloonCFly to paradiseD A great fatherDWe all know how important human life is it s priceless. It doesn t matterwhere you are from or what the color of your skins isall people are humanbeings. Firstly, we can tell you that the lives of your relatives could depend onyour ability to give first aid.

29、 If you think highly of human s life, this website isyou! Here you can find information about first aid.The very first thing that you should do when you see an accident is to evaluate the situation and prevent further dangerous incidents. First of all, you have to recognize what has happened and wha

30、t the dangers to rescuers and victims are. Think about how to take care of the victims.Helping usually takes place in very difficult conditions and injuries can be very bad. Therefore, you cannot be too afraid of making mistakes to help. Sometimes you have to face the fact that regardless of your ac

31、tions and your efforts the victim conditions might not improvehe or she could even die. In some cases even professional medical aid may not succeed. If you have doneeverything you think you should do, you shouldn t feel guilty.Do not expose yourself to danger. Giving first aid can be dangerous. Whil

32、etrying to help a victim, do not forget about your own safety. If something happens to you, you won t be able to help anyone.Call for help after you find out the condition of a victim. But remember if a victim faints due to breathing failure caused by drowning, choking or poisoning, you should first

33、 take actions that help to bring back the heart beat and breathing. While calling, talk shortly but clearly. Always provide the following information: the location of the accident, the kind of accident, the number of the injured and your full name and phone number and so on.68. The underlined word“

34、evaluate ” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_.A. leaveB. protectC. avoidD. judge69. What s the main idea of Paragraph 3?A. You should learn some professional knowledge about first aid.B. You shouldn t feel guilty if you don t know about first aid.C. Try your best to give first aid and don t be

35、 afraid of making mistakesD. Don t make mistakes when you are giving first aid.70. The author thinks that helping a victim can be _.A. riskyB. shockingC. excitingD. boring71. It can be inferred from the passage that _.4最新资料推荐A. everyone must learn how to give first aidB. you should forget about your

36、 own safety while giving first aid.C. when you see an accident you should do nothing but call the police.D. when calling for help you should give all relevant details.EMinimalism (简约主义 ) is a term that describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the

37、 work is reduced to its most basic features.As for me, minimalism functions well not in art or design, but in my dailylife.When I was packing for university, I found it extremely difficult to let go ofsome of the things I owned. I knew I couldn t take everything with me, but I keptasking myself “ ho

38、wcould I possibly throw this away?” ,“ whatif I need it oneday?” , and“ whatabout all of the memories?” Now that I ve moved, and left thatstuff behind, I don t even miss it. Whether or not I got rid of it, it barely makes abit of difference to me now.I velearned that over time people forget, or thei

39、r need for a particularobject eventually disappears. Either they store it away or they get rid of it. You might think nostalgically（怀旧的） about the toys you cared aboutwhen you were a child, but what is making you smile now is not the thing itselfbut the memory of it. I ve heard it a hundred times,“

40、you don t need things tomake you happy. ”It takes something life-changing like moving across the country to realize how true this is.Speaking of which, for a lot of people, minimalism is about able to move. It about being able to go almost anywhere at any time because you don thavemany possessions t

41、o carry. When you keep things you don t needmetheya becoburden that ties you to a place. Moving to university was a good time to let go ofa lot of stuff. And when I visit for the holidays, I ll probably get rid of even morto lighten the burden.Of course there are exceptions. There are some things th

42、at are irreplaceable, very rare or expensive or we simply love and cherish for some reason or another, since we are humans. But after we keep those, how much is left that we don treally need?Hence, minimalism. And why does minimalism bring happiness? That was abit of a roundabout way of saying that, it s because what really makes me happyis freedom. And the key to freedom is minimalism because minimalism reduces our attachment to things.Attachment to too many objects crea