1、阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。I once had a friend who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends. However, in spite of the serious illness, he was initially determined to look into all ava
2、ilable treatments that might cure or extend his life. I think that when you find yourself in such situations, you tend to look up every possible way for hope of saving your life. As months went on and his health grew worse, I noticed an unexpected change in attitude that came over him. He had also b
3、een a happy person with a cheerful personality, but rather than give in to discouragement and selfpity, he took comfort in God and humanity. His talks focused on others rather than himself, and he spoke of the afterlife as something he was prepared for, believing that his concerned ancestors, includ
4、ing his mother and father, were there waiting for him. During the last few months, weeks, and days of his life, he was kindly cared for by family, friends, his loving wife, who looked after both his physical and emotional needs, and workers from a local hospice (安养院) came to the home to regulate his
5、 medication and provide any other needed support. He didnt complain about his fate, and he willingly allowed others to serve him. Indeed, one might think why God allows death and suffering in our world, but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others. You often ca
6、nt learn these important attributes in the lap of luxury, and perhaps, such an experience is the greatest and final gift the illness can give those left behind. 1. Which word can best describe the mans initial reaction as soon as he was diagnosed with cancer? ASatisfied. BSurprised.CTerrified. DConf
7、used.2. What did the man do after he first learned of his illness? AHe was operated on immediately. BHe retired from his job.CHe researched cancer treatments. DHe felt sad, doing nothing. 3. What was the mans main source of comfort after several months with the disease? AHis family and friends. BHis
8、 belief in humanity. CHis doctors encouragement. DThe care from others. 4. What did the author learn from his friends story? AGiving more respect to friends. BExtending life as possible. CCaring for yourself and enjoying luxury. DGetting comfort from God.解题导语本文主要讲述作者的朋友得了癌症，但是仍以一种乐观的心态对待自己的疾病，从最初的震惊
9、到后来的积极面对人生的故事。1. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第一段.the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends. 可知，他最初的反应是“震惊”，故选surprised。 2. 解析：选C。细节理解题。由文章第一段.he was initially determined to look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life. 可知，他去寻找
10、所有能够治疗疾病或延续他生命的方法。look into的意思是“调查”。3. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第二段第二句. rather than give in to discouragement and selfpity, he took comfort in God and humanity. 及整个第二段可知，他主要的安慰是对上帝及人性的信仰。4. 解析：选A。推理判断题。由最后一段.but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others. 可以推断出，A项正确。阅读下列短文
11、，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。A higher reading rate, with no loss of comprehension, will help you in other subjects as well as in English ,and the general principles apply to any language .Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example ,much mo
12、re rapidly than a physics or economics textbook but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gained will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with .The reading passages which follow are all of an average lev
13、el of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all about five hundred words long .They are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding ki
14、nd you will find in a newspaper or light novel .If you read this kind of English, with understanding at four hundred words per minute, you might skim through a newspaper at perhaps 650700, while with a difficult textbook you might drop to two hundred or two hundred and fifty.Perhaps you would like t
15、o know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved .Tests in Minnesota, U.S.A., for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example, Tolstoys War and Peace in tran
16、slation, at speeds of between 240250 words per minute with about seventy percent comprehension. Students in Minnesota claim that after twelve half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around five hundred words per minute.1. According to the
17、 passage, the purpose of effective reading with higher speed is most likely to help you _. Aonly in your reading of a physics textbookBimprove your understanding of an economics textbookCnot only in your language study but also in other subjectsDchoose the suitable materials to read2Which of the fol
18、lowing does not describe the types of reading materials mentioned in the second paragraph? .AThose beyond ones reading comprehensionBThose concerned with common knowledgeCThose without the demand for specialized knowledgeDThose with the length of about five hundred words3The average speed of untrain
19、ed native speakers in the University of Minnesota is .Aabout three hundred words per minuteBabout two hundred and forty-five words per minuteCabout sixty words per minuteDabout five hundred words per minute4According to the passage, how fast can you expect to read after you have attended twelve half
20、-hour lessons in the University of Minnesota? .AYou can increase your reading speed by three timesBNo real increase in reading speed can be achievedCYou can increase your reading speed by four timesDYou can double your reading speed5Where do you think the passage is taken from ? .AThe introduction t
21、o a book on fast readingBA local newspaper for young people CA school newspaper run by studentsDThe introduction to an English textbook 【参考答案】15、CABDA 阅读理解。Anne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. I was always well prepared for
22、my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldnt think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher. An
23、other student in microbiology had similar experiences. He said, My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, but I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material an
24、d I knew the answers. Yet I couldnt even write them down!These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and he is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cant write or think clearly because of the
25、 extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.Special university counseling courses
26、 try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension.
27、 These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.An expert at the University of California ex
28、plains. With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great. 6. To “blank out” is probably_.A. to be like a blanket B. to be unsur
29、e of an answerC. to be unable to think clearly D. to show wrong knowledge to the teacher7. Poor grades are usually the result of _.A. poor hygienic habits B. lazinessC. lack of sleep D. inability to form good study habits8. Test anxiety has been recognized as _.A. an excuse for laziness B. the resul
30、t of poor habitsC. a real problem D. something that cant be changed9. To deal with this problem, students say they want to _.A. take a short course on anxiety B. read about anxiety and know how to deal with itC. be able to manage or understand their anxietyD. take tests to prove they are not anxious
31、10. What can be inferred from the passage? _.A. all students could overcome the anxiety after taking a special test anxiety programB. most of the students felt relaxed after taking a University of California counseling courseC. students found it difficult to improve even though they had taken a spec
32、ial test anxiety courseD. students found it easy to relax as soon as they entered a University of California counseling course【参考答案】610、CDCAB 【2015高考复习】任务型读写Have you ever started sneezing when eating peanuts，getting rash(皮疹)on your skin or feeling your heart starting to beat faster？Statistics show t
33、hat around 12 million Americans suffer from food allergy，with 6.9 million allergic to seafood and 3.3 million allergic to peanuts or tree nuts.Food allergic symptoms occur immediately after having an allergen food.The food is treated as harmful to the body，by the immune system，which defends our orga
34、nism from harmful external attacks.Here are a few guidelines about things you should know and how to put them into practice to prevent food allergies and eat healthily.When buying food，read attentively the labels on the food products.All manufacturers according to the new Food Allergen and Consumer
35、Act must clearly list all the elements of the product including the 8 food allergens even if they are present in very small amounts.Dont buy these products，even if they might be cheaper.Parents should be very cautious when preparing food.The table and cooking tools used need to be clean.It is recomm
36、ended to cook the food of the allergic person in the first place.Food allergic persons should have a little patience.In certain people，the allergy disappears gradually.Visit your doctor at regular times to find about the progress of your allergies instead of having strict diets every day.Keep a diar
37、y to note the foods that worsen your food allergies，new experiences and changes that you notice.Being tempted to have a piece of cake can be very dangerous.Your health is much more worth than it.Always think about the efforts people around you are putting to create an allergicfree environment for yo
38、u.Allergic persons should avoid consuming cakes that are not homemade and should always carry some snacks on them.Buying food in restaurants is risky.Food Allergy_20_Preventions_21_Getting skin rashFeeling _22_heartbeatCheck food labels cautiously；_23_buying allergen foods.Prepare food carefully；mak
39、e_24_the table and cooking tools are clean.Be_25_till the allergy disappears.See doctors _26_.Keep a diary of allergen foods and the _27_they have on you.Resist any temptation to eat _28_foods.Carry snacks instead of _29_foods.【语篇解读】 本文说明了食物过敏的一些症状和预防方法。20Symptoms从第二段第一句可直接知道，据下栏内容也可概括得出。21Sneezing从
40、第一段第一句可直接得知。22faster从第一段第一句中.feeling your heart starting to beat faster？可直接得知。23avoid由第三段.Dont buy these products等句可概括得出。24sure由第四段第二句可知。25patient由第五段第一句.have a little patience可变形得来。26regularly从第五段最后一句Visit your doctor at regular times.可知。27effect/influence据第六段第一句Keep a diary to note the foods that
41、worsen your food allergies.再据空后内容可知。 28dangerous/allergen从第六段第二句.can be very dangerous可直接得出dangerous，而此处的危险食品即过敏食品，故allergen也是答案。29buying由第七段第二句可知。【上海市闵行区2014质量调研考试】短文语法填空Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one
42、 word more than you need.A. challenged B. functions C. solved D. deserves E. mirrorsF. practical G. further H. urge I. presence J. opposingK. survival“In wilderness is the preservation of the world.” This is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The freque
43、ncy with which it is borrowed 41 a heated debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved. As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nat
44、ure that many people value most dearly. The 42 to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation brings to such landscapes is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform 43 that humans needthe rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. Lee Lane, a
45、 visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the 44 view. He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human 45 , or indeed commercial and industrial exploitation. There are ever more people on the Eart
46、h, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for 46 . While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reducing the services
47、 those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no 47 reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.I look forward to seeing these views taken further, and to their being 48 by the other participants. One opinion is that both cases n
48、eed to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a 49 question as to whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm.This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously 50 much more serious thinking.【参考答案】41.E42.H43.B44.J45.I46.K47.G48.A49.F50.D