1、江西省2012届高三英语二轮专项训练：阅读理解（46）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us dont do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech.So, you have to give a speechand you are terrified. You get nerv
2、ous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience. Later you think, “Thank Goodness, its over. Im just not good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again.”Cheep up! It doesnt have to be that bad. Here are some simple steps to t
3、ake the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of your time doing your research. Then spend plenty of your time organizing your material so that your speech is
4、 clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. Never forget your audience. Dont talk over their heads, and dont talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtful
5、ness.Just remember: Be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience.If you follow these simple steps, you will see that y
6、ou dont have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! Youre not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what happens.1The main idea of this article is .Athat it is hard to make a speechBthat a poor speaker can never cha
7、ngeCto always make a short speech D that you can improve your speaking ability2Paragraph 2 implies that . Amany people talk too longBmany people are happy to give a speechCmany people dont prepare for a speechDmany people are afraid of giving a speech3The phrase “talk over their heads” means .Aspeak
8、 too loudlyBlook at the ceilingClook down upon themDuse words and ideas that are too difficult4All of the following statements are TRUE except .Aa lecturer does not need to organize his speechBfew people know how to make good speechesCresearch is important in preparing a speechDthere are simple step
9、s you can take to improve your speaking ability5The title for this passage may be .ADo Not Make a Long SpeechBTry to Enjoy a speechCHow to prepare for a SpeechD How to Give a Good SpeechBImagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twe
10、lve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy ever had any education?Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us our parents, brothers, sisters, friends are our te
11、achers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a birds nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didnt like before. New
12、 experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this ou
13、t by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesnt tell you if you are good at it.We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people
14、who can t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.6. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _.A. African children are very poor B. some children are unluckyC. education takes many
15、ways D. schools are of great importance7. In the eyes of the writer .A. we have to learn from the people around us B. school is not important at allC. only the people caring for us can teach usD. education takes place everywhere8. One can find out what he is good at by _.A. the encouragement of peop
16、le around B. the teachings of those he or she meetsC. thinking of it when growing up D. trying practicing it9. How the writer looks at the role of school is that .A. school is not so important as our living placesB. school enables us to understand the world in other waysC. school teaches us somethin
17、g useless at homeD. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives10. The passage tells us that _ .A. everyone gets education from the day he or she is bornB. different education trains different classes of peopleC. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the worldD. everyone will fi
18、nd out what he or she is good atCWelcome to my Message Board!Subject: Slimming down classics?Mr.Handsome2007-5-126: 34 AMOrion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics (经典著作), is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L. Tolstoy, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte. Now
19、, each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 pages per cent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed. The first six shortened editions, all priced at 6.99 and advertised as great reads “in half the time”, will go on sale nex
20、t month, with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow. The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions. Mr.Edwards2007-5-129: 40 AMWell, Im publisher of Orion Group. Thanks for your attention, Mr. Handsome. I must say, the idea developed from a game of “shame” in my of
21、fice. Each of us was required to confess (承认) to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading. I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times. One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping (跳读) Jane Eyre. We realized that life i
22、s too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones. As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but its not as if were withdrawing the original versions. They are still there if you want to read them.Ms. Weir2007-5-1211:3
23、5 AMIm director of the online bookclub www.lovereading.co.uk Mr. Edwards, I think your shortened editions is a breath of fresh air. Im guilty of never having read Anna Karenina, because its just so long. Id much rather read two 300-page books than one 600-page book. I am looking forward to more shor
24、tened classics!Mr.Crockatt2007-5-124:38 PMIm from the London independent bookshop Corckatt & Powell. In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous. How can you edit the classics? Im afraid reading some of these book is hard work, and that is why you have to develop as a reader. If people dont
25、 have time to read Anna Karenina, then fine. But dont read a shortened version and kid yourself its the real thing. 11According to the message board, Orion Books _. Aopposes the reading of original classics Bis embarrassed for cutting down classics Cthinks cut-down classics have a bright future Dis
26、cautions in its decision to cut down classics12In Mr. Edwards opinion, Orion Group is shortening classics to _. Amake them easier to read Bmeet a large demand in the market Cincrease the sales of literary books Dcompete with their original versions 13By describing the shortened classics as “a breath
27、 of fresh air”, Ms. Weir _. Aspeaks highly of the cut-down classics Bshows her love for original classics Cfeels guilty of not reading the classics Ddisapprove of shortening the classics14Mr. Crockatt seems to imply that _. Areading the classic works is a confusing attempt Bshortening the classics d
28、oes harm to the original Cpublishing the cut-down classics is a difficult job Dediting the classic works satisfies childrens needs15How many classics are involved in the massage board?ATwo.BThree.CFour.DFiveDWater problems in the future will become more intense and more complex. Our increasing popul
29、ation will tremendously increase urban wastes, primarily sewage. On the other hand, increasing demands for water will decrease substantially the amount of water available for diluting wastes. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce larger volu
30、mes of liquid wastes, and many of these will contain chemicals which are noxious. To feed our rapidly expanding population, agriculture will have to be intensified. This will involve ever - increasing quantities of agricultural chemicals. From this, it is apparent that drastic steps must be taken im
31、mediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problem. There are two ways by which this pollution problem can be dwindled(减少). The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution hazard . This involves the processing of solid wastes prior to disposal and the treatme
32、nt of liquid wastes, or effluents, to permit the reuse of the water or minimize pollution upon final disposal . A second approach is to develop an economic use for all or a part of the wastes. Farm manure is spread in fields as a nutrient or organic supplement. Effluents from sewage disposal plants
33、are used in some areas both for irrigation and for the nutrients contained. Effluents from other processing plants may also be used as a supplemental source of water. Many industries, such as meat and poultry processing plants, are currently converting former waste products into marketable byproduct
34、s. Other industries are potential economic uses for waste products. 16The purpose of this passage is _. Ato alert the reader to the dwindling water supply Bto explain industrial uses of waterCto acquaint the reader with water pollution problems Dto demonstrate various measures to solve the pollution
35、 problem 17Which of the following points is NOT included in the passage? AIndustrial development includes the simplification of complex chemical processes. BDiluting wastes needs certain amount of water.CDemands for water will go up along with the expanding populationDIntensive cultivation of land r
36、equire more and more chemicals.18The reader can conclude that _. Acountries of the world will work together on pollution problems Bbyproducts from wastes lead to a more prosperous marketplace Cscience is making great progress in increasing water suppliesDsome industries are now making economic use o
37、f wastes 19The author gives substance to the passage through the use of_. Ainterviews with authorities in the field of water controls Bopinions and personal observationsCdefinitions which clarify important termsDstrong arguments and persuasions 20The underlined words prior to(para. 2)probably man_. AafterBduringCbeforeDbeyondDDDAD CDDBA CAABB CADBC高考资源网独家精品资源，欢迎下载！高考资源网Ks5uK&S%5#UKs5uKs%U高考资源网高考资源网高考资源网
