1、广东省2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（22）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。AWhen Josephine Cooper was growing up, she learned the importance of charity from her parents. Although they made a modest living for their family of 10, they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate.Half a century later, Mr
2、s Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank, where she devoted herself to helping others. She organized and ran a distribution center from a church, helping it become the organizations largest emergency food distribution center in San Diego. She was one of 25 outstanding senior vo
3、lunteers in the nation selected and invited to Washington D.C. to receive the award. “She was the main person who helped us make that program grow,” said Mike Doody, former director of the Food Bank. “She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard. She was determined and stubborn,
4、 but in a good way. She had a good heart.” People knew her as “Grandma” because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families. “She reminded people of their Grandma.” Doody said.As a widow with a young child in 1979, Mrs. Cooper was helped through a difficult financial
5、 time when the Food Bank provided her with groceries. “She dedicated her life to giving back,” said her daughter, Monica Cooper. It wasnt unusual for a local church to call Mrs Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family. “She would give people food out of her cupboard. Sometimes we would cook a meal fo
6、r a family living out of their can,” Cooper said.Although Mrs Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work, she said being able to help others was her reward. She died of liver disease and kidney failure, aged 93.4. What can we learn about Mrs Cooper?A. She lived a miserab
7、le life. B. She refused the national award.C. She was kind and devoted. D. She was difficult to get along with.5. Mrs Coopers story suggests that .A. everyone needs a Grandma nearby B. a sound mind is in a sound body C. children are what their parents are D. a mothers love never changesB Most Americ
8、an students go to traditional public schools. There are about 88, 000 public schools all over the US. Some students attend about 3000 independent public schools called charter schools Charter schools are self-governing. Private companies operate some charter schools. They are similar in some ways to
9、 traditional public schools. They receive tax money just as other public schools do. Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate Charter schools are d
10、ifferent because they do not have to obey most laws governing traditional public schools. Local, state, or federal governments cannot tell them what to teachEach school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them. Class size is usually smaller than that in traditional public
11、schools The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize public schools that are failing to educate students. But some education agencies and unions oppose charter schools. One teachers union has just made public the results of the first national study comparing the
12、progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools The American Federation of Teachers criticizes the governments delay in releasing the results of the study, which is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Union education experts say the study shows that charter school
13、 students perform worse on math and reading tests than students in regular public schoolsSome experts say the study is not a fair look at charter schools because students in those schools have more problems than students in traditional schoolsOther education experts say the study results should make
14、 charter school officials demand improved student progress6. If a private company wants to operate a charter school, it must_ A. try new methods of teaching B. get the governments permission C. obey the local and state laws D. prove its management ability7. Charter schools are independent because_ A
15、. they make greater progress B. their class size is smallerC. they enjoy more freedom D. they oppose traditional ways8. Whats the governments attitude toward charter schools?A. Doubtful B. Optimistic C. Supportive D. Subjective 9. What can we learn from the text?A. More students choose to attend cha
16、rter schools B. Charter schools are better than traditional schools C. Students in charter schools are well educatedD. People have different opinions about charter schools10. It can be inferred from the text that _. A. charter schools are part of the public education system B. one-on-one attention s
17、hould be paid to students C. the number of charter schools will be limited D. charter schools are all privately financedC Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to surv
18、ey by the Guardian newspaper. Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. “Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor.” He said.Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is “the bad influence of celebrity(名人) culture” that is to blam
19、e. “When children wanted to be doctor, it wasnt because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is.” She wrote.It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo Strenger, of Tel Avi
20、v University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are “affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people according
21、 to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷).”“As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village. We are comparing ourselves with the most important people in the world and finding ourselves wanting,” he said. Today, even high achievers constantly fe
22、ar that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media. The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr Strenger said that it is a process called “active self-acceptance through a constant search for self-knowledg
23、e through life.”“The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement,” he said.11. Nowadays, young people in Britain have different career hopes because they want to .A. choose jobs based on interests B. become famousC
24、. be teachers, bankers and doctors D. earn more money12. According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety? A. Choices of future careers. B. Access to the global network. C. Bad influences of celebrities. D. Endless comparison with others.13. Which of the following is True of Dr
25、 Carlo Strenger?A. He is a newspaper reporter. B. He is the spokesman of teenagers.C. He tells success stories on TV. D. He is against ranking people with wealth.14. Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should .A. seek active self-acceptance B. stick to their own dreamsC. make great achievem
26、ents D. search for the secret of wealth15. The text is mainly written to .A. talk about job choices B. analyze a social phenomenonC. encourage celebrity culture D. introduce three famous peopleDSince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer
27、interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic school in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts.In the laborator
28、y, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand and. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.“Our brain has billions of nerve ceils. These send signals through the spinal cord（脊髓）to the muscles to give us the ability to mov
29、e. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover
30、picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Prof. Millan, the team lead
31、er, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelch
32、air.”He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.16. BCI is a technology that can _.A. link the human brain with compute
33、rs B. help to update computer systems C. help the disabled to recover D. control a persons thoughts 17. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?A. By controlling his muscles. B. By talking to the machine. C. By moving his hand. D. By using his mind.18. Which of the following shows t
34、he path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?A. scalpcomputercapwheelchairB. computercapscalpwheelchairC. scalpcapcomputerwheelchairD. capcomputerscalpwheelchair19. The team will test with real patients to _. A. make profits from them B. prove the technology useful to themC. make them live longer
35、 D. learn about their physical condition20. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Switzerland, the BCI Research CenterB. New Findings About How the Human Brain WorksC. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the DisabledD. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain InjuriesBADCC BCCDA BCDAB ADCBC 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
