1、阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are d
2、ealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical households waste i
3、n the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of areas for burying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases w
4、hich go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming
5、round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This
6、 is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness
7、 of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.1. What does the underlined phrase “that over-consumption” refer to?A. Using too much packaging. B. Recycling too many wastes.C. Making more products than necessary. D. Having more material than is needed.2. The author uses figures in Paragra
8、ph 2 to show.A. the tendency of cutting household wasteB. the increase of packaging recyclingC. the rapid growth of supermarketsD. the fact of packaging overuse3. According to the text, recycling.A. helps control the greenhouse effectB. means burning packaging for energyC. is the solution to gas sho
9、rtageD. leads to a waste of land4. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.D. Other products are better packaged than food.5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A.
10、 Fighting wastefulness is difficult.B. Needless material is mostly recycled.C. People like collecting recyclable wastes.D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.【参考答案】1-5 DDACA阅读理解。“Today is the day I start the big healthy diet,” I told my wife as I raised my hand and promise，“No chocolate t
11、oday!” “Oh, has the hospital gift shop stopped selling it?” she asked. “No,” I said. “Ill just have to depend on my strong determination.” But when I arrived at the hospital, my little friend Benton had been there again. I knew my promise would quickly disappear. Because if Benton had things his way
12、, Id always be eating a piece of candy from the bottomless bag he often shared with me.Benton was an eight-year-old boy who was blind because of a kind of cancer, which caused him to live in the darkness, when he was fifteen months old. For the next twenty-six months, he was in and out of our hospit
13、al. For nearly four years, it seemed as though Benton could beat the disease, until one Friday afternoon in April 2011, when he developed a headache and lost movement on his right side. His mom rushed him to the hospital. Over the next several months, Benton came to our hospital many more times. Eac
14、h time he came, we would say hello, while Benton answered the greeting by holding out a candy from his bag. So, on that first day of my diet, I went to his room and found Benton lying in his bed, his eyes opened but not looking into this world. “We brought his candy bag with us. Would you like to ha
15、ve some?” his mother asked. Without thinking of my diet, I reached into the bag and pulled out the first piece my fingers touched. It was my favorite as if Benton had saved one last piece for me. At home that evening, I answered a phone about Bentons death. As I hung it up, I opened the candy and at
16、e it.6. What did the writer promise to do?A. To begin a healthy diet without chocolate.B. To go on selling candy.C. To share chocolate with his wife.D. To eat a piece of candy.7. On what condition would the writers promise be gone?A. If the shop had stopped selling chocolate.B. If he had reached hos
17、pital to see Benton.C. If he had shared chocolate with Benton.D. If his wife had seen him.8. Which of the following shows the correct order of the events about Benton?a. he lived in the darkness b. he lost movement on his right side c. he was in and out of the hospital. d. his eyes opened, not looki
18、ng into this worldA. a d c b B. d c b a C. a c b d D. d b a c9. What might the writer be?A. A doctor. B. A patient.C. A teacher.D. A cook.10. From the passage, it implies that _.A. the writer was kind to BentonB. Benton preferred sweets rather than his lifeC. the writer loved candy beforeD. the writ
19、er has been aware of the danger of chocolate【参考答案】610、ABCAD 阅读理解。Success does not belong to a select group of individuals; success belongs to those who are willing to go after it. Success belongs to those who are willing to look fear in the face, eyeball to eyeball, and then do what they have to do.
20、 Success belongs to those who realize that there is something more important than their fear.“Desire is the key to motivation.” Desire is the longing to achieve a vision; without desire you have nothing. If youve lost your vision, or if your desire is not strong, work to clarify your vision, use pic
21、tures, write the vision down. Habakkuk said, “Write the vision, and make it plain, ” Before you can run with desire, your vision must be plain, it must be clear, it must be exciting.“Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.” You cant get your dream job, if youre scared to turn in an applica
22、tion. You wont get the sale, if you dont try. Showing up doesnt guarantee success, but rest assured if you dont show up, you wont succeed. When it comes to your dreams, and the things you desire to achieve in this life, you have to show up.Thomas J. Watson said, “Would you like me to give you a form
23、ula（公式）for success? Its quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isnt at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember thats where you will find
24、success.” Never fear failure, it is failure that will bring you success. Embrace failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.Success is not about doing what the average person cant do, its about doing what the average person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper
25、 level, its about creating habits that the average person is unwilling to create. Its the habit of doing things with excellence that cause success. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey!Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what youv
26、e got.” You have to changeyou will change, you will succeed.11. If you want to succeed, you should _.A. make efforts to achieve itB. be a special personC. face it with fearD. do everything important12. Whats Habakkuks opinion?A. We should make our aims common.B. We should set up a clear target.C. We
27、 should have motivation.D. Desire is the key to motivation. 13. The main idea of the third paragraph is that _. A. success needs showing upB. 70% of people can succeedC. you should show your hopeD. you should fight for success14. Thomas J. Watson encourages us to _.A. retire from failure B. escape f
28、rom failureC. make double mistakesD. grow from failure15. Which is the best title of the passage? _.A. Success and Failure B. Keys to SuccessC. Several Critical Steps to Success D. Importance of Success【参考答案】1115、ABADC 【2015高考复习】任务型读写Going up to a university to study for a degree means you have deci
29、ded to study professionally，rather than as an amateur；so being a student is now your profession for at least the next four years.This involves a change of attitude in many ways.Now，instead of taking several subjects，you have chosen one major subject because you find it interesting and worth explorin
30、g further.You also have before you achieve the goal of getting a degree.The degree and the stages you have to pass through to achieve it give you motivation.You are no longer forced to stay in school all day，and apart from your class time，you organize your own time and place for studying.Another cha
31、nge is in the relationship with those who teach you.You are there to study actively rather than to be taught passively.Your teachers may or may not urge you，but they do want you to share their interest in the subject and they want you to succeed.If you get work back with a poorer mark than you expec
32、ted and with various criticisms，dont feel discouraged by this；if you dont understand what is wrong and how to improve，ask your teacher to explain and dont be satisfied until you do understand.Professionalism involves training and practicing.Some activities，like reading，notetaking，speaking and discus
33、sing are basic to studying.Make sure you can do these effectively.You have to use time well，and practice to improve your skills.Effective reading is part of your training.Since it is a learned skill we can change the way we did since in primary school and relearn it.Learn how to read fasthow to read
34、 with your eyes rather than your throat，how to ignore words like“of” and “the”，and how to keep what you read.You take notes in class for yourself，not for anyone else，so make your notes easy to read，economicalandpleasing to the eye.Vary the arrangement on the page to suit the material(diagrams，column
35、s，underlining)，use colored pens for different topics to catch the eye and make things stand out.Work out your own shorthand speedwriting.Group discussions give you a chance to train your ability to express yourself.Dont be the nonspeaking member of the group.Take an active part in the discussion.In
36、the future you are almost certainly going to have to be good at speaking，so get into the way of talking about your subject now.This is actually more fun than sitting being silently uncomfortable.Nobody will think what you say is foolish.Everyone will be thankful not to face embarrassing silence.1. T
37、heme/Outline 这是本文的主题或概述：如何改进技巧获得学位。2degree 在第一段第一句就说到了进大学的目的。3differences 从第二段开始说中学学习和大学学习的不同。4forced 第二段末句说明中学学习很被动，注意此处应为被动语态forced。5whenever 第三段第二句里的actively说明大学生随时随地都可以学。6silently 第五段说到了阅读的方法，本句解释的是默读。7avoid 第五段说的速读和略读，就是避免把时间浪费在一些无关紧要的单词上。8notetaking 本框结合的是第六段，是关于如何记笔记的。9colors 第六段第二句colored pe
38、n是解题关键。10actively 最后一段第三句的take an active part是关键词。【上海市崇明县2014模拟】任务型阅读 Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.How many hours do you spend sitting in a chair every day? Eight hours in the office plus three hours in fron
39、t of the TV after work is the usual situation for many people.You probably dont need an expert to tell you that sitting too much is not good for your health from an increased risk of heart disease and obesity(肥胖) in the long term, to reduced cholesterol(胆固醇) maintenance in the short term, not to men
40、tion the pressure on your neck and spine(脊柱).To make matters worse, a growing body of research suggests that the negative effects of sitting too much cannot be countered with a good diet and regular exercise, according to an article in The New York Times. The article reported that a study of nearly
41、9, 000 Australians found that for each additional hour of television a person watched per day, the risk of dying rose by 11 percent. In other words, sitting is killing us.Stand up for health. Health experts suggest we break up those many hours spent sitting with more hours spent standing.The BBC and
42、 the University of Chester in the UK conducted a simple experiment with a small group of 10 volunteers who usually spent most of the day sitting. They were asked to stand for at least three hours a day. The researchers took measurements on days when the volunteers stood, and when they sat around. Wh
43、en they looked at the data, there were some striking differences. Blood sugar became level after a meal much quicker on the days when the volunteers in the study stood compared with the days they spent in a chair. Standing also burned more calories(热量单位：卡路里)about 50 calories an hour. Over the course
44、 of a year that would add up to about 30, 000 extra calories, or around 3.63 kilograms of fat.John Buckley, a member of the research team, said that although doing exercise offers many proven benefits, our bodies also need the constant, almost imperceptible(感觉不到的) increase in muscle activity that st
45、anding provides. Simple movement helps us to keep our all-important blood sugar under control.The researchers believe that even small adjustments, like standing while talking on the phone, going over to talk to a colleague rather than sending an e-mail, or simply taking the stairs instead of the ele
46、vator, will help. (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. According to the context, the underlined expression “be countered with” in Paragraph 3 can best be replaced by “_”.79. The two findings of the simple experiment conducted by the BBC and the Univer
47、sity of Chester in the UK are that standing _.80. Why is standing better than doing exercise according to John Buckley?81. What does the passage mainly want to tell us?【参考答案】78. be prevented/reduced by79. helps blood sugar become level quicker and burns more calories80. Standing provides the constant, almost imperceptible increase in muscle activity. /Standing provides simple movement that keeps blood sugar under control.81. People should stand for health instead of sitting too much. / We should spend less time sitting and more time standing. / Sitting too much is killing us.
