1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家广东省2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（23）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。A Jean is a bright young lady who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything is good. But the problem is that Jeans family are
2、 so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite of
3、ten. Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of
4、 course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good looking young man with big , happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jeans father told her that he was going on a business
5、 trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on Davids door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy na
6、med Jim!1. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _.A. rich B. young C. lonely D. talkative2. The reason why they even forgot their time is that they _.A. talked in delight on QQ B. hated studyC. fell in love with each other D. had similar hobbies3. Why did Jean leave her home for San Fr
7、ancisco?A. To amaze David.B. To be on a business trip.C.To be invited to Jims birthday party.D. To send some gifts to Jim. 4. The following states are true about Jean EXCEPT that according to the passage.A. she is a university studentB. she was born in a wealthy familyC. she made a friend named Jim
8、younger than herD. she uses her family name on her QQ5. We could believe that Jean was _ when seeing Jim himself instead of David at his door.A. delighted B. disappointed C. regretfulD. confused B “Today is the day I start the big healthy diet,” I told my wife as I raised my hand and promise，“No cho
9、colate today!” “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
10、 his way, 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 ou
11、r hospital. 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 ti
12、mes. Each 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 li
13、ke to have 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 cand
14、y and ate 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 rea
15、ched hospital 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, n
16、ot looking 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.
17、the writer has been aware of the danger of chocolateC 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. Success be
18、longs 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 pictures, writ
19、e 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 application. You w
20、ont 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 formula（公式）for
21、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 success.” N
22、ever 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 level, its
23、 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 youve got.” You
24、 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 should hav
25、e 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 from failure
26、C. 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 SuccessD The Tibetan Plateau(青藏高原) is the worlds highest place. Its four times the size of France and home to most o
27、f the worlds highest mountains.As you might expect, its cold there. And it may be that the deep chill of the Tibetan Plateau played a role in the evolution of some of the worlds most charismatic(魅力十足的) animals.Thats the belief of a scientist who discovered the skull of a woolly rhino(长毛犀) on the Tib
28、etan Plateau.The woolly rhino two tons, two tusks, lots of hair and lots of attitude was an Ice Age giant. It lived with other Ice Age beasts in Europe and Asia, starting about 2.5 million years ago.But Xiaoming Wang, from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was shocked when he found a
29、 3.5-million-year-old rhino skull(头骨化石) on the Tibetan Plateau. It caught us by complete surprise that they are actually up in the high plateau well before the Ice Age has started, Wang says.Thats about a million years before the Ice Age started, in fact. Wang thinks his discovery shows that at leas
30、t some animals were prepared for the Ice Age. At least in the case of the woolly rhino, it actually adapted itself in the cold environment in the Tibetan Plateau before the Ice Age has even started, Wang says. The animal actually used its head to sweep snow, Wang explains, so they can get at the veg
31、etation below the snow cover. So Wang thinks the Plateau was a sort of evolutionary cradle(摇篮) for cold-weather animals. When the rest of the world eventually iced up, they moved out of Tibet and took over.Anthony Barnosky, a paleontologist at the University of California, Berkeley, says even now, t
32、hese isolated cradles are important for evolution(进化).The interesting thing, Barnosky says, is on Earth today we have biodiversity(生物多样性) isolated in certain spots, and we just never know which of those isolated places will be the cradle of evolution for the next big environmental change coming down
33、 the pike(出现).The only problem is that to be ready, you have to know what the next environment will be like. Or just be very lucky.16. The underlined word chill in Para.2 could be replaced as _.A. hole B. coldC. shape D. lake17. Which is NOTtrue about the woolly rhinos(长毛犀) on the Tibetan Plateau?A.
34、 They were Ice Age giants with two tusks, lots of hair and lots of attitude. B. They had lived on the Tibetan Plateau before the Ice Age has started.C. They were able to sweep snow with their heads.D. They hardly adapted themselves in the cold environment.18. What did Anthony Barnosky think of the i
35、solated cradles ?A. They adapted the cold weather.B. They played an important role in evolution.C. It was hard to know whether they would change.D. It was luck to change the next big environmental.19. The research might appear in the .A. journal science B. newspaper C. English textbook D. blog20. Fr
36、om the passage, we can infer that _.A. Facing the cold, the animals continuously evolvedB. Xiaoming Wang works in the USAC. Both Wang and Barnosky are paleontologistsD. A Chinese scientist discovered the skull of a woolly rhinoCAADB ABCAD ABADC BDBAA 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 高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！
