1、第12练阅读理解书面表达.阅读理解ADoha，the capital of Qatar，is a city of contrasts (对照)In a few decades it has been transformed from a small port to an international city.Today，its skyline is shaped by rising skyscrapers，but Old Dohathough fast disappearingcan still be found.Time seems to stand still in the old qua
2、rter of the city.On the dusty streets，Indian and Pakistani men sit crosslegged outside tea shops and restaurants.At one end of the road，men queue by the doorways of crowded supermarkets to buy necessities：boxes of teabags，milk，sugar，bread and soap.The shops are dark and poorly stocked.However，only f
3、ive miles away，on the other side of the city，Doha shows a completely different image.It shines brilliantly with skyscrapers，fivestar hotels and noble apartment buildings.The area looks like any other modern district in the world.Qatar，a tiny gulf (海湾) nation，is a country of vast local and internatio
4、nal ambitions.At home，it has owned several international universities.Abroad，it tries to speak louder on gulf affairs.These ambitions are urged by the countrys unbelievably rich reserves of fossil fuels.In December 2012，Doha was the site of Cop18 UN Climate Change Conference and in 2022 Qatar will h
5、ost the World Cup.Mohammed Salim，55，runs a hair salon in the old part of the city where he works as a hair dresser.When he came to Doha 22 years ago from Pakistan，he recalls，Doha was a quiet town with few modern buildings.“At that time，Doha seemed rather small.There were no big roads or malls at all
6、.” He has noticed a drop in customers to his salon in recent years.“People now tend to go to more fashionable hair salons in shopping malls.Some day this old area will be gone，and my business will probably be gone，too.Ill be sad.I love here，but things are changing.We cant ignore it.”【语篇解读】文章讲述了海湾国家卡
7、塔尔的首都多哈正在经历的城市变迁。目前的多哈老城和新城并立，对比强烈。1What do we know about the shops in the old quarter of Doha?AThey dont have many goods or customers.BThey provide a great variety of luxury goods.CThey are bright big shops crowded with people.DThey look poor and offer fewer choices of goods.答案Dks5u细节理解题。根据第二段中的The
8、 shops are dark and poorly stocked.可知老城区的商店虽然拥挤，但货物种类不多，给人一种破败的印象，故选D项。2Qatar tries to speak louder on gulf affairs because _Ait has international cities such as DohaBit is going to host the World Cup in 2022Cit has made progress in building universitiesDit is known for its large reserves of fossil
9、fuels答案Dks5u细节理解题。根据第三段中的These ambitions are urged by the countrys unbelievably rich reserves of fossil fuels.可知卡塔尔丰富的化石燃料储备使它在海湾事务中更有发言权。故选D项。3The author takes the hair salon as an example to show that _Apeople in Doha are fashionableBthe economy in Doha becomes badCchanges are happening to Old Doh
10、aDDoha used to be an undeveloped town答案Cks5u推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，萨利姆所在的理发店正经历着与老城区同样的命运，城市的迅速发展使得老城区的经济面临被淘汰的风险。故选C项。4Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AOld Doha is characterized by rising skyscrapers.BDoha seemed small in the past，as is recalled by Salim.CDoha will host Cop18 UN C
11、limate Change Conference in 2022.DThe western side of Doha looks more modern than the eastern side.答案Bks5u细节理解题。从最后一段萨利姆说的话At that time，Doha seemed rather small.There were no big roads or malls at all.可知B项正确。其他三项均与文意不符。BRed is a lucky color in Chinese culture，but not when it comes to river water.The
12、 red water was discovered last month in Wenzhou.Some people there also reported a strong，sharp chemical smell in the air.The local environmental protection agency investigated the incident.Officials said they found no sign of pollutants released from the factories that line the river.Wu Yixiu follow
13、s water pollution issues for the environmental group Greenpeace.She says this red river incident shows how environmental problems are increasingly affecting people in cities.“I think the water pollution problem is no longer a remote problem，only in the countryside.Its affecting everyone，even people
14、in the cities.”The Wenzhou River turning red is the latest of several environmental incidents in China.In 2012，the Yangtze River also turned red because of illegal pollution from a factory.Last year，more than 2，000 dead pigs were found floating through a river in Shanghai.In addition，Chinas governme
15、nt has identified several hundred of what have been called “cancer villages”These are areas where the rates of cancer are unusually high because of industrial pollution.There are more than 1，700 water pollution incidents in China every year.Many of Chinas rivers，lakes and even aquifers (蓄水层) are pol
16、luted.China is facing a serious water pollution challenge.Much of our rivers，lakes and even our aquifers have been polluted especially in the densely populated regions.This has posed a serious risk.Up to 300 million residents dont have access to safe drinking water.Earlier this year Chinese Premier
17、Li Keqiang threatened to launch a war on pollution.Residents of Wenzhou would most likely welcome such an offensive.Eighty percent of the water off Wenzhous coast is considered polluted.【语篇解读】本文是一篇新闻报道，通过近期的一次河流污染事件指出中国的环境污染的严重性。5It can be concluded from the first two paragraphs that _A. the red wat
18、er discovered last month in Wenzhou wasnt harmfulBthe local government paid no attention to the incidentCthere are plenty of factories close to the riverDWu Yixiu was surprised to find the environmental problems答案Cks5u推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的Officials said they found no sign of pollutants released from the f
19、actories that line the river.可知在这条河附近有一些工厂，再根据当时污染的程度可知工厂的数量应该有很多。其他三项均与文意不符。6The underlined word “posed” in Paragraph 5 probably means _Acaused Breduced Ckilled Dpicked答案Aks5u词义猜测题。画线词前面简述了污染的程度，后面提出了目前很多居民无法喝到安全的饮用水，由此可知此处是说“污染引发了严重的风险”，故可推断pose在此处意为“造成，导致”。故选A项。7The majority of the water off Wenz
20、hous coast is _Afresh Bunclean Csalty Dclean答案Bks5u细节理解题。根据最后一段中的Eighty percent of the water off Wenzhous coast is considered polluted.可知，温州沿岸的多数水源已被污染，也可以说不干净。故选B项。8Whats the authors attitude to pollution in China?AIndifferent. BDesperate.CCritical. DDoubtful.答案Cks5u推理判断题。根据本文内容，尤其是最后三段可知，作者对于中国的环境
21、污染现状持批评态度，但没有信息表明他对此问题持绝望、怀疑和漠不关心的态度，故选C项。CI wished I had known earlier the fact that I was a low achiever because there was a reason beyond my control.Then I neednt have worked so hard in my late twenties and early thirties.But I just didnt know that.I was writing and writing.I was working for no o
22、ther reason than to hear people praise me.Most people who go through university read at least twice as fast as I do.I can never tell my left from my right.I avoid dialing a telephone if I can help it，because I sometimes have to try three times before getting the number right.I hear that recording “T
23、he number you have reached is not in service.” more than any man on the earth.Despite my weaknesses，I view my dyslexia(difficulty in reading) as a gift，not a curse(诅咒)Many dyslexics are good at right brain，namely abstract thought，and that is what my king of creative writing is.Im starting with nothi
24、ng and coming up with something that didnt exist before.Thats my strong point.I owe my career to Ralph，Salisbury，my writing instructor at the University of Oregon，who looked past my misspellings and gave me encouragement and hope.I just carried on and never looked back.Im also very “visual”This mean
25、s nothing in school，but when I write books or scripts，Im seeing everything in my imagination.I write quickly.I go like the wind and can get up to 15 pages a day.Writing is not the problem.I have no problem downloading; it is inputting where things get messed up.The real fear I have for dyslexics is
26、not that they have to struggle with messy input，but that they will quit before they finish school.Parents have to create victories whenever they can，whether it is music，sports or arts.You want your dyslexic child to be able to say，“Yeah，reading is hard.But I have these other things I can do.”9Accord
27、ing to the passage we know that _Athe author had known he was a low achiever since he was a little childBthe author didnt work very hard on writing in his late twentiesCthe author owed his dyslexia to his laziness in the childhoodDthe author worked hard for peoples praise答案Dks5u细节理解题。根据第一段可知，作者一开始并不
28、知道自己是一个low achiever，所以在二十岁末三十岁初的时候，他还是很努力的，根据第一段最后一句话可知，作者努力地想要得到别人的赞扬。10From Paragraph 3 we can know that _Athe author was grateful to his writing instructorBthe author often complained about his dyslexiaCthe author had trouble with both inputting and outputtingDhaving difficulty in inputting，the a
29、uthor wrote slowly答案Aks5u细节理解题。根据第三段的“I owe my career to Ralph，Salisbury，my writing instructor at the University of Oregon，who looked past my misspellings and gave me encouragement and hope.”可知，作者把自己选择这个职业归功于他的导师。11For dyslexics，the author thinks that _Athey should work as hard as himselfBthey had b
30、etter choose to drop out of schoolCthey should be constantly encouragedDthey should put their hearts into reading答案Cks5u推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Parents have to create victories whenever they can，whether it is music，sports or arts.You want your dyslexic child to be able to say，Yeah，reading is hard.But I have t
31、hese other things I can do.”可知，作者建议那些阅读困难者的父母要多给孩子鼓励，让他们明白，即使阅读很难，但在其他方面，他们还是可以做到的。12Which of the following proverbs can best summarize the main idea of the passage?AHe who laughs last laughs best.BWhere there is a will，there is a way.CReading enriches the mind.DWhen God closes a door，somewhere he o
32、pens a window.答案Dks5u主旨大意题。根据对全文的理解，以及最后一句话可知选D项，意为：上帝在关闭一扇门的同时，也会为你打开另一扇窗。A项意为“谁笑到最后才笑得最好”；B项意为“有志者，事竟成”；C项意为“阅读丰富人的大脑”。.书面表达请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives.I would e
33、xpand that expression by adding that most people spend more time “thinking” about their vacation than they do thinking about whats important in their life.While rest and relaxation are a must in living a balanced life，its not what we were created to do.After all，the Master Creator took his R&R(Rest
34、and Recreation) on the seventh day，only after six days of “definitely directed thought.”Wallace DWattles，wrote “There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and continuous thought; it is the hardest work in the world.” And yet it is the first and primary labor of
35、 achievement.What is your lifes purpose or your personal mission statement? Is it written down? Do you review it and think about it often? Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose?Without purpose and goalsdefinitely directed thoughtyou are like the prov
36、erbial “shop without a rudder(舵)” There is power in your purpose and in your goals.It is the power that takes you over obstacles，the fuel that pushes you toward the life you expect.【写作内容】1用约30个单词写出上文概要；2用约120词发表你的观点，内容包括：(1)你如何规划中学以后的人生？为什么？(2)为了实现你的目标，你将如何行动？【写作要求】1写作过程中不能直接引用原文句子；2作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称
37、；3不必写标题。【评分标准】内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。_【参考范文】People are supposed to spend more time planning a life than planning a vacation.After all，rest and relaxation should be balanced so that personal achievements can be accomplished.Only with directed thought can one eventually succeed.Planning life after high s
38、chool is a must for every graduate.Attending a top university is my initial priority.College life，in my opinion，can help further my studies，and broaden my horizon.A quality education will sharpen my skills leading to even greater successes.Achieving my goals，of course，needs practical action taken fr
39、om now on.To prepare for success in college，I have been working extremely hard in high school.I believe I have laid the groundwork to be successful in college and I will direct my thoughts toward accomplishments in both the short and long term future.I strongly believe，with hard work and perseverance，a bright future is surely there for the taking.版权所有：高考资源网()