1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家乐山市2016高考英语二轮：（寒假）阅读理解选练（5）及答案AI like this job, in which I stay with small children and from which I get the challenges and awards. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career.I wasnt an excellent student because I didnt d
2、o much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didnt have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasnt the type to have a career.I then found myself a job. Looking after two little girls, it wasnt too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, s
3、o that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, shed give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didnt often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early morni
4、ngs with the children.One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me, I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I didnt think I would be accepted because I didnt t
5、ake many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.Now Ive got a full time job there. I shall always be
6、thankful to Megan. Iwish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you arent top of the class at school.21When staying with the two girls family, the author_ .Agot much help from her boss Bwas paid for extra work Coften worked long hours Dtook a day off every other week22Why did the
7、author leave her first job?AShe needed a rest after working extra hours.BShe decided to attend a part time course.CShe was fed up with children.DShe found a full time job.23What has the author learned from her own experiences?AOne must choose the job she likes.BHard work makes an excellent student.C
8、Less successful students can still have a career.DQualifications are necessary for a career.参考答案21-23 CBC BMy Left Foot (1989)Imagine being a prisoner of your own body, unable to make any movements except to move your left foot. The main character in My Left Foot，based on the real story of cerebral
9、palsy (大脑性麻痹) sufferer Christy Brown，can barely move his mouth to speak, but by controlling his left foot, hes able to express himself as an artist and poet. For his moving performance of Brown, Daniel Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor. Shine (1996) Do you have a talent youre afraid t
10、o share with the world? David Helfgott seemed meant from childhood to be “one of the truly great pianists,” but the pressures of performing (and pleasing his father) resulted in a complete breakdown. Ten years in a mental institution didnt weaken Helfgotts musical gift: When he was rediscovered, he
11、was playing concertos in a bar. Shine received seven Oscar nominations (提名), and Geoffrey Rush won best actor for his performance of Helfgott.Life Is Beautiful (1997) Nothings more powerful than the love between a parent and a child. In this heartbreaking Italian film, a father (Roberto Benigni) mak
12、es an unbelievable sacrifice for his 4-year-old son: trapped in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, the Jewish man convinces his boy that they are playing a complicated game. He manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war, and even in his final moments of life, keeps his son smiling and hopef
13、ul. Benigni won the best actor Oscar. Stand and Deliver (1988) Few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos got Oscar nomination for best actor) is a great one. Employed at a high school where kids are expected to fail, Escalante challenges his math student
14、s to struggle for better things, like getting good grades in the AP exam. Despite the obstacles in their lives, the classmates accomplish their goals, thanks to Mr. Escalantes support. The real Jaime Escalante, the Best Teacher in America, says that Stand and Deliver is “90% truth, 10% drama.”24. Th
15、e underlined part in the passage means _. A. The main character in My Left Foot cant control his whole bodyB. The main character in My Left Foot is trapped by othersC. The main character in My Left Foot is a prisonerD. The main character in My Left Foot is a disabled person25. If you want to watch a
16、 movie about wars, which may be one of your choices?A. Life Is Beautiful. B. Stand and Deliver. C. Shine. D. My Left Foot.26.Which of the following is true according to the four movies information?A. My Left Foot was directed by Christy Browns B. Geoffrey Rush stayed in a mental institution for ten
17、yearsC. Edward James Olmos received nomination for best actor OscarD. Jaime Escalante has a talent for playing the piano 27. What do the four movies have in common? A. They are all based on real stories.B. The main characters are all sick to some degree but succeed.C. The main characters all won Aca
18、demy Award for Best Actor.D. They are all inspiring stories that make a difference.参考答案24-27 DACD CIts roughly estimated that there are 450 million disabled people in the world. No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world.The number of disabled people in India alone is proba
19、bly more than double the total population of Canada.In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people: as we get older, many of us will become less mobile, hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.Disablement can take m
20、any forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disab
21、ility in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by peoples attitude towards them.Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if yo
22、u could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disab
23、led go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability not their disability that count.28.The first paragraph points out that_.A. the number of disabled people in India is the greatestB. India has much more disabled people t
24、han CanadaC. there are many disabled people in the world D. it is impossible to get an exact figure of the worlds disabled people29.The last word of the passage count most probably means_.A be numbered B. be includedC. be considered D. be most important30.Which of the following statements is not tru
25、e?A. About 10 percent of people in the UK are disabled.B. Even the able-bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older.C. There still exists prejudice against the disabled which results mainly from ignoranceD. The whole society should pay due attention to the barriers faced by the
26、disabled people31.It can be concluded from the passage that_.A. both physical and metal barriers are hard to break down B. we should take a proper attitude towards the disabledC. we should try our best to prevent disablementD. the able-bodies people will never fully understand the disabled参考答案28-31
27、CDCB DIf the earths population is in growth at this rate , there will not be enough resources. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded
28、 conditions on the earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however, has recently been suggested by American scientist, Professor Carl
29、Sagan.Sagan believes that before the earths resources are completely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and so create a new world almost as large as the earth itself. The difficult is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there
30、.Sagan proposes that algae organisms(海藻有机体) that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen, should be bred in condition similar to those on Venus. As soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceship will then fly to Venus and fi
31、re the rockets into the atmosphere .In a fairly short time, the algae will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.When the algae have done their work, the atmosphere will become cooler, but before man can set foot on Venus it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain. The surfac
32、e of the planet will still be too hot for man to land on it but the rain will eventually fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.32.In the long run, the most difficult problem caused by population growth on the earth will probably be the lack of _.A. oil B. food C. r
33、esources D. space33.Carl Sagan believes that Venus might be a living place because _A. the days on Venus are long enoughB. it might be possible to change its atmosphereC. there is a good supply of water on VenusD. its atmosphere is the same as the earths34.Algae are plants that can_.A. live in very hot temperature B. live in very cold temperatureC. produce oxygen D. all of the above35. Man can land on Venus only when_.A. it rains there B. there is oxygen C. the atmosphere becomes cooler D. the algae have done their work参考答案32-35 DBDA- 6 - 版权所有高考资源网