1、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。体裁：记叙文话题：人生百态时间：7分钟The Olympic medal ceremonies have already begun.But some athletes hardly disguise their disappointment when silver and not gold is hung around their necks.The British judo silver medallist Neil Adams calls his two from the 1980s “losers medals”U
2、ntil four years ago，they were in a box at the back of a cupboard.His wife then had them framed for his 50th birthday and they are now up on the wall.Adams feels proud when he looks at them，but his thoughts quickly turn to “what ifs”“I wouldnt change much”，he adds.And he wouldnt need to.Gold was with
3、in his grasp twice，but slipped away by a narrow margin on the judo mat.“The losses at the Olympic Games were the most difficult thing for me to accept，” he said.“I didnt win the silver medal.I lost the gold.In my mind they were losses.It has taken more than 30 years to get over it.”Mark Cavendish，Je
4、ssica Ennis and Mo Farah have never won Olympic gold，but they came into London 2012 as three of Team GBs biggest medal hopes.Unfortunately，Cavendish has already suffered disappointment in the cycling road race.Neil Adams was in that same position in both the 1980 and 1984 games.However，in a career i
5、n which he collected every other judo accolade，things simply went wrong at the Olympics.In Moscow 1980，Adams was just 21 years old and found the media focus and pressure of expectation too much.Asked about being a favourite，Adams said：“It is hell，and about how you cope with it in the mind.It can mak
6、e you afraid to win or lose and there is a difference.I was afraid to lose.Sometimes you freeze.Sometimes it takes you over.”Adams says that he was very cautious and that when something was tactical and technical he approached it too tactically.Perhaps its better to go in with a nothing to lose atti
7、tude.That might be the reason why the Olympic Games have often created surprise results.Sometimes its the ones who keep their cool and work the hardest who get the results.【语篇导读】参加奥运会的运动员都希望获得金牌，而那些与金牌失之交臂获得银牌的运动员的心里是什么滋味儿呢？1Where are Neil Adamssilver medals now?AAround his neck. BAt the back of a c
8、upboard.CIn a box. DOn the wall.解析细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，现在这两枚银牌被他的妻子裱框后挂在了墙上。答案D2How long did Adams keep the medals in the box?AMore than 30 years. BMore than 40 years.CMore than 20 years. DNo more than 20 years.解析细节理解题。根据文章内容可知，他分别于1980年和1984年参加奥运会，并分别夺得了一枚银牌，但他的两枚银牌是在四年前才从盒子里拿出来的，也就是2008年，那么第一枚银牌在盒子里放了
9、28年，第二枚银牌放了24年。因此答案应为20多年。答案C3Adams always felt it a pity to win silver medals because _.Ahe was narrowly beaten by the championBhe didnt try his best Che lacked techniquesDhe was too greedy解析细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句可知，他本来是能够获胜的，但最后都是对手勉强获得冠军，这让他觉得很可惜。答案A4What advice does the author give to other athletes?
10、ATry to become the media focus.BKeep their cool and work hard.CTry to do better next time.DUse as many techniques as possible.解析细节理解题。根据文章最后一句可知，作者建议其他运动员要保持冷静并努力锻炼，因此选择B。答案B。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(四)】CMarie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 18671934.Together with her husband，Pier
11、re，she discovered two new elements (radium and polonium，two radioactive elements that they extracted chemically from pitchblended ore) and studied the xrays they emitted.She found that the harmful properties of xrays were able to kill tumors.By the end of World War ，Marie Curie was probably the most
12、 famous woman in the world.She had made a conscious decision，however，not to patent methods of processing radium or its medical applications.Marie Curie was born on November 7,1867 in Poland and died on July 4,1934.Her codiscovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and p
13、olonium represents one of the bestknown stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901 with the Nobel Prize in Physics.In 1911，Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize，this time in Chemistry，to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radiums atomic
14、 weight.As a child，Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory.She learned to read when she was only four years old.Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie.She dreamed of becoming a scientist，but that would not be easy.Her family be
15、came very poor，and at the age of 18，Marie became a governess.She helped pay for her sister to study in Paris.Later，her sister helped Marie with her education.In 1891，Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie，a wellknown physicist.Marie Curie contributed g
16、reatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of xrays.She received two Nobel Prizes for her brilliant work，but died of leukaemia，caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive materials.36What is the main idea of the passage?ATo give us a general introduction to Madame Curie. BTo sho
17、w us how Madame Curie discovered radium.CTo tell us how Madame Curie developed as a scientist.DTo tell us how Madame Curie received two Nobel Prizes.37Madame Curie was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry because _.Ashe discovered radiumBshe separated pure radium and calculated its atomic weightCshe d
18、iscovered poloniumDshe didnt patent methods of processing radium38Which of the following statements about Madame Curie is NOT true?AMadame Curie made great contributions to medical science.BMadame Curie was very smart and ambitious when she was a child.CMadame Curie received two Nobel Prizes in Phys
19、ics.DMadame Curies husband helped her a lot in her research.39We can infer from the third paragraph that _.Madame Curie got married when she was at college.Madame Curie had a great ambition when she was young.Madame Curie loved teaching more than anything else.Madame Curie must have met a lot of dif
20、ficulties to get high education.Her father had a great influence on Madame Curies future career.Madame Curie was very smart when she was a child.A BC D40Which is the right order about Madame Curie according to the passage?amarried Pierrebattended universitycdiscovered radiumddetermined radiums atomi
21、c weightewon the Nobel Prize in PhysicsAb，c，a，d，e Bb，a，c，d，eCb，a，c，e，d Db，c，a，e，d36A主旨大意题。通读全文可知。37B细节理解题。根据文中第二段最后一句话可知答案。38C根据第二段内容可知居里夫人两次获得诺贝尔奖，第二次是诺贝尔化学奖。39B推理判断题。根据第一、二句话可知居里夫人非常聪明；第三句可知居里夫人的父亲对她有很大影响；第四句可知她有很大的抱负；根据第五句话可知她所遇到的困难。她当家庭教师只是由于家庭贫穷；根据最后一句话可知她在上大学期间遇到了其丈夫，但结婚不一定是在求学期间。40C细节理解题。根据全文
22、可知答案为C项。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(四)】DLiving in the wild can be hard.Finding food and staying safe arent easy.Each day，animals struggle to survive in their habitats.Not all animals get by on their own.Some animals form a close partnership with other kinds of animals.These pairings are called symbiotic (共生的)
23、relationships.In a symbiotic relationship，the animals depend on each other.One animal helps the other meet its needs.Sounds good，right? Not always.Some animals are not very kind to their partners.In some cases，one animal meets its needs but hurts its partner.Take ticks，for example.These insects suck
24、 blood to live.To get blood，they attach themselves to other kinds of animals.Ticks can pass germs that cause disease instead of helping their hosts.In other relationships，animals dont treat their partners so poorly.Both animals benefit from living with the other animals.Small animals called cleaner
25、shrimps have found a way of helping fish at coral reefs.As their name suggests，the shrimps clean the fish.They hang out at what scientists call a cleaning station.A fish stops by.Then a shrimp climbs onto the fish and even steps into the fishs mouth.The shrimp uses its tiny claws to pick stuff off t
26、he fishs body.That can include dead skin，tiny pieces of food，and wee creatures that can hurt the fish.The fish gets a nice cleaning.The shrimp enjoys a tasty meal of fish trash.Small birds called plovers are also in the cleaning business.They have big customerscrocodiles.Crocs have long snouts (鼻子)
27、filled with sharp teeth.Cleaning them is tricky.When a croc opens its mouth，the plover hops right in.The croc does not snap its snout shut.Instead，it lets the plover eat small，harmful animals attached to the crocodiles teeth.The plover gets an easy meal while the croc gets clean teeth.41The text is
28、mainly about _.Athe hard life in the wildBsome dangerous animalsCanimals living togetherDanimals in a symbiotic relationship42According to the text，in a symbiotic relationship，_.Aanimals depend on each otherBbirds depend on animals for foodCboth sides can get helpDnot all animals treat their partner
29、s well43Why do the cleaner shrimps clean the fish?ATo get fish trash for food.BTo eat wee creatures.CTo help fish go out of coral reefs.DTo get food for fish.44When plovers hop into crocodiles mouths，they _.Aare really to clean crocodiles teethBare to make crocodiles happyCarent afraid of being eate
30、nDarent happy to clean the crocodiles teeth45According to the text，it can be inferred that _.Aliving in the wild can be hardBdifferent animals have different living waysCcrocodiles mainly live on plovers来源: Dticks are useful to some animals41D主旨大意题。本文主要是介绍了生物界的一种共生现象，也就是说生物之间相互依存，相互帮助。故答案选D项。选项C表达语意
31、不准确，表达范围太广。42D深层理解题。由文章第二、三、四段可知，有共生现象的动物中，有的是相互得到帮助，而有的是单方面的。故答案为D项。43A细节理解题。由文章第四段可知，cleaner shrimps之所以要帮助鱼清理垃圾，主要是因为想得到它们想吃的食物fish trash。故答案为A项。44C细节理解题。由文章最后一段可知，plovers是不担心被鳄鱼咬伤的，因为鳄鱼是希望plovers这样做的，而对于plovers而言，其真正的目的是为了得到自己的食物。故答案为C项。45B推理判断题。文章第一段就提到有些动物是靠自己去捕捉食物，而文章又举例讲了一些动物是靠共生来获取食物的，也就是说不同
32、的动物有不同的方式来生存，所以答案为B项。选项A是文章直接叙述的；选项C表达与原文不一致；选项D是无法推断出的。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。If you were walking around a supermarket and saw a woman with a shaved head, a ring through her nose, a tattoo（纹身）design on her arm and she has a small child in her shoppingtrolley, what would your opin
33、ion be? Do you think this kind of body decoration is attractive or ugly? Different people have different ideas. The following are some examples of body decoration from around the world.In many parts ofAfrica, it is thought that an attractive girl should have really shinny skin.On Bali, a little isla
34、nd inIndonesia, they believe that a beautiful woman or handsome man must have perfectly straight, flat teeth. The Balinese believe that teeth with pointed edges make you look like an ugly wild animal. So when a girl or boy becomes a teenager, he or she is taken to a special person in their village w
35、ho will file off teeth points to make them smooth and flat. There is no anesthetic（麻药）and this tooth filing is really painful. It is a kind of test. If you can stand it without screaming or crying too much, then you are thought ready to become an adult.InMyanmar, there is a small group of people who
36、 are called the “Papaung”. They believe that a woman can only be really beautiful if she has a long neck. I mean a VERY long neck. Now you might think that you are either born with a long or short neck and that theres nothing whatever you can do about it. But you would be wrong! At around the age of
37、 5, a Papaung girl has heavy metal rings fitted around her neck, tightly between the chin and shoulders. Each year more rings are added and very, very slowly their weight pushes the shoulders down, in this way making the neck look longer. A Papaung woman will wear her neck rings all her life, never
38、once taking them off.So now Im sure you will all agree that different people have different ideas about what is beautiful.26. What is mainly talked about in paragraph one?A. Womens design. B. Beautiful body decoration.C. Body decoration.D. Attractive decoration.【答案】C【解析】大意归纳题。第一段讲的是如果你在超市里见到一个剃光头，穿鼻
39、环，胳膊上有纹身并且在购物车里推着一个小孩的女人，你会有什么看法。你认为这样的装饰是有魅力的还是丑陋的。由此可见答案选C。27. What does the underlined word “trolley” mean?A. schoolbagB. luggageC. basket D. shopping cart【答案】D【解析】词义猜测题。由在超市里和“she has a small child”可以推断出，孩子是在购物车里。28. OnBali, it is believed that _.A. a person with straight, flat teeth looks uglyB
40、. a person with sharp teeth looks uglyC. a teenagers teeth points must be filed off with anestheticD. no one will scream or cry when having his teeth points filed off【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。由“The Balinese believe that teeth with pointed edges make you look like an ugly wild animal.”可知在巴厘岛牙齿尖的人被认为是丑陋的。29. Whi
41、ch of the following is NOT true?A. Many people think that a woman with a ring through nose is neither attractive nor ugly. B. Most African people think that a girl with shinny skin is beautiful.C. It is thought that a beautiful woman should have straight, flat teeth onBali.D. Some people think it be
42、autiful that a woman has a long neck inMyanmar.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。本文并没有讲到人们对于穿鼻环的女人有什么看法，只是举这个例子来说不同的人有不同的观点。所以A得说法不正确。30. What is the best title of the passage?A. Different ideas about beautiful.B. Body Decoration. C. Who is a beautiful woman?D. What is beautiful?【答案】D【解析】标题归纳题。通过本文介绍巴厘岛和缅甸人对于美丽的不用看法以及最后的“different people have different ideas about what is beautiful.”可以总结出文章的标题是“什么是美丽？”