1、Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction
2、 from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every inc
3、ident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls
4、 of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my penAt that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days we
5、re the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very oftenonl
6、y of objects I find really beautiful. Im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I dont want to wake up one day and have nothing b
7、ut a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I dont live to make memoriesI just live, and the memories form themselves.51. Before the age of thirteen,
8、the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _.A. observing her school routine B. expressing her satisfactionC. impressing her classmates D. preserving her history52. What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?A. A dull night on the journey. B. The beauty of the great va
9、lley.C. A striking quotation from a book. D. Her concerns for future generations.53. What does the author put in her diary now?A. Notes and beautiful pictures. B. Special thoughts and feelings.C. Detailed accounts of daily activities. D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.54. The author comes to r
10、ealize that to live a meaningful life is _.A. to experience it B. to live the present in the futureC. to make memories D. to give accurate representations of itBMothers and daughters go through so muchyet when was the last time a mother and daughter sat down to write a book together about it all? Pe
11、rri Klass and her mother, Sheila Solomon Klass, both gifted professional writers, prove to be ideal co-writers as they examine their decades of motherhood, daughterhood, and the wonderful ways their lives have overlapped (重叠).Perri notes with amazement how closely her own life has mirrored her mothe
12、rs: both have full-time careers; both have published books, articles, and stories; each has three children; they both love to read. They also love to travelin fact, they often take trips together. But in truth, the harder they look at their lives, the more they acknowledge their big differences in c
13、ircumstance and basic nature.A child of the Depression (大萧条), Sheila was raised in Brooklyn by parents who considered education a luxury for girls. Starting with her college education, she has fought for everything shes ever accomplished. Perri, on the other hand, grew up privileged in the New Jerse
14、y suburbs of the 1960s and 1970s. For Sheila, wasting time or money is a crime, and luxury is unthinkable while Perri enjoys the occasional small luxury, but has not been successful at trying to persuade her mother into enjoying even the tiniest thing she likes.55. Why does Perri think that her own
15、life has mirrored her mothers?A. They both have gone through difficult times.B. They have strong emotional ties with each other.C. They have the same joys and pains, and love and bitterness.D. They both have experiences as daughter, mother and writer.56. The word “luxury” in Paragraph 3 means _.A. s
16、omething rare but not pleasantB. something that cannot be imaginedC. something expensive but not necessaryD. something that can only be enjoyed by boys57. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. The content of the book. B. The purpose of the book.C. The influence of the book. D. The writing style of the
17、 book.58. How are womens lives explored in this book?A. In a musical form. B. Through field research.C. With unique writing skills. D. From different points of view.CWeve reached a strangesome would say unusualpoint. While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance accordin
18、g to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. Its the good life thats more likely to kill us these days.Worse, nearly l8 million children under the age of five around the world
19、are estimated to be overweight. Whats going on?We really dont have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting throughup to a point.In the 1970s, Finland, for example, had the highest rate
20、 of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled betwe
21、en 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the worlds most body-conscious country.We know what we should be doing to lose weightbut actually doing it is another matter. By far the
22、most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower.Others blame good food. They say: its just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much American-sty
23、le fast food.Some also blame their parentstheir genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because theyre normal in shape, or rather slim.Its a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parents are eager to see their kids shape up. D
24、o as I saynot as I do.59. What is the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?A. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.B. Starvation is taking more peoples lives in the world.C. WHO report shows peoples unawareness of food safety.D. Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHO
25、s efforts.60. Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?A. A lot of effective diet pills are available.B. Body image has nothing to do with good food.C. They have been made fully aware of its dangers.D. There are too many overweight people in the world.61. The example
26、 of Finland is used to illustrate _.A. the cause of heart disease B. the fashion of body shapingC. the effectiveness of a campaign D. the history of a body-conscious country62. Which would be the best title for the passage?A. Actions or Excuses? B. Overweight or Underweight?C. WHO in a Dilemma D. No
27、 Longer Dying of HungerDThe technology is great. Without it we wouldnt have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the oceans depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge. But sometimes this power can create m
28、ore problems than it solves.Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients whove come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they dont have throat cancer,
29、 and its just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks.One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly,
30、 “I know whats wrong; Ive got throat cancer. I know theres nothing you doctors can do about it and Ive just got to wait until the day comes.”As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasnt right. “Did your local doctor do an X-ray?”
31、 I asked. “Oh, I havent been to the doctor for years,” she replied. “I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew thats what I had.”However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didnt fit with itbut shed just ignored this.I looked at the X-ray again, and mo
32、re tests confirmed it wasnt the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did.Mrs. Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensure that she was fully reco
33、vered. It was certainly a lesson for her. “Im so embarrassed,” she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested. She listed up to about 20, and then I went to my office to type up my notes. Unexpectedly, the com
34、puter was not working, so I had to wait until someone from the IT department came to fix it. Typical. Maybe I should have a microwave sausage while I waited?63. Mrs. Almond talked about her illness calmly because _.A. she thought she knew it well B. she had purchased medicine onlineC. she graduated
35、from a medical school D. she had been treated by local doctors64. It was lucky for Mrs. Almond _.A. to have contacted many friends B. to have recovered in a short timeC. to have her assumption confirmed D. to have her disease identified in time65. Mrs. Almond said “Im so embarrassed” (Para. 7) becau
36、se _.A. she had distrusted her close friends B. she had caused unnecessary troubleC. she had to refuse the doctors advice D. she had to tell the truth to the doctor66. By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove _.A. its a must to take a break at workB. its vital
37、to believe in IT professionalsC. its unwise to simply rely on technologyD. its a danger to work long hours on computersEA German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected
38、 their future to be worse.The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.Survey respondents (受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future
39、life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, h
40、owever, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting
41、 a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their
42、future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施),” the authors wrote.Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had l
43、ow incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical trea
44、tment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.67. Acc
45、ording to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?A. Optimistic adults. B. Middle-aged adults.C. Adults in poor health. D. Adults of lower income.68. Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people _.A. to fully enjoy their present life B. to
46、 estimate their contribution accuratelyC. to take measures against potential risksD. to value health more highly than wealth69. How do people of higher income see their future?A. They will earn less money. B. They will become pessimistic.C. They will suffer mental illness. D. They will have less tim
47、e to enjoy life.70. What is the clear conclusion of the study?A. Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.B. Good financial condition leads to good health.C. Medical treatment determines health outcomes.D. Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.平桥二中高三年级英语阅读理解备考复习（十一）2013年湖北参考答案5154 DBBA5558 DCAD5962 ACCA6366 ADBC6770 BCAD
