1、广东省2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（25）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。AA higher reading rate, with no loss of comprehension, will help you in other subjects as well as in English ,and the general principles apply to any language .Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would
2、expect to read a newspaper, for example ,much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gained will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with .The reading
3、 passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all about five hundred words long .They are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find
4、in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel .If you read this kind of English, with understanding at four hundred words per minute, you might skim through a newspaper at perhaps 650700, while with a difficult textbook you might drop to two hundred o
5、r two hundred and fifty.Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved .Tests in Minnesota, U.S.A., for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficu
6、lty, for example, Tolstoys War and Peace in translation, at speeds of between 240250 words per minute with about seventy percent comprehension. Students in Minnesota claim that after twelve half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around f
7、ive hundred words per minute.1. According to the passage, the purpose of effective reading with higher speed is most likely to help you _. Aonly in your reading of a physics textbookBimprove your understanding of an economics textbookCnot only in your language study but also in other subjectsDchoose
8、 the suitable materials to read2Which of the following does not describe the types of reading materials mentioned in the second paragraph? .AThose beyond ones reading comprehensionBThose concerned with common knowledgeCThose without the demand for specialized knowledgeDThose with the length of about
9、 five hundred words3The average speed of untrained native speakers in the University of Minnesota is .Aabout three hundred words per minuteBabout two hundred and forty-five words per minuteCabout sixty words per minuteDabout five hundred words per minute4According to the passage, how fast can you ex
10、pect to read after you have attended twelve half-hour lessons in the University of Minnesota? .AYou can increase your reading speed by three timesBNo real increase in reading speed can be achievedCYou can increase your reading speed by four timesDYou can double your reading speed5Where do you think
11、the passage is taken from ? .AThe introduction to a book on fast readingBA local newspaper for young people CA school newspaper run by studentsDThe introduction to an English textbook BAnne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. I
12、was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldnt think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show w
13、hat I knew to the teacher. Another student in microbiology had similar experiences. He said, My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, but I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my p
14、encil. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldnt even write them down!These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and he is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cant write or
15、 think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.Special
16、university counseling courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help
17、them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.An expert at th
18、e University of California explains. With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great. 6. To “blank out” is probably_.A. to be
19、like a blanket B. to be unsure of an answerC. to be unable to think clearly D. to show wrong knowledge to the teacher7. Poor grades are usually the result of _.A. poor hygienic habits B. lazinessC. lack of sleep D. inability to form good study habits8. Test anxiety has been recognized as _.A. an exc
20、use for laziness B. the result of poor habitsC. a real problem D. something that cant be changed9. To deal with this problem, students say they want to _.A. take a short course on anxiety B. read about anxiety and know how to deal with itC. be able to manage or understand their anxietyD. take tests
21、to prove they are not anxious10. What can be inferred from the passage? _.A. all students could overcome the anxiety after taking a special test anxiety programB. most of the students felt relaxed after taking a University of California counseling courseC. students found it difficult to improve even
22、 though they had taken a special test anxiety courseD. students found it easy to relax as soon as they entered a University of California counseling courseCIve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my wri
23、ting processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest
24、 barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting(稍纵即逝的) thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is li
25、kely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking that it is.The practice that can help you pass your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls “free writing”. In free writing, the objective is to get w
26、ords down on paper non-stop, usually for 15-20 minutes. No stopping, no going back, no criticizing. The goal is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the ideas will come from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen.Now you have raw materials that you
27、 can begin to work with using the critical mind that youve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadline draws near.Instead of staring at a blank scre
28、en start filling it with words no matter how bad. Halfway through your available time, stop and rework your raw writing into something closer to finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices.11. When th
29、e author says the creative mind and the critical mind “cannot work in parallel” (Line 4, Para. 1) in the writing process, he means _.A. no one can be both creative and criticalB. they cannot be regarded as equally importantC. they are in constant conflict with each otherD. one cannot use them at the
30、 same time12. What prevents people from writing on is _.A. putting their ideas in raw formB. attempting to edit as they writeC. ignoring grammatical soundnessD. trying to capture fleeting thoughts13. What is the chief objective of the first stage of writing?A. To organize ones thoughts logically. B.
31、 To choose an appropriate topic.C. To get ones ideas down. D. To collect raw materials.14. One common concern of writers about “free writing” is that _.A. it overstresses the role of the creative mindB. it takes too much time to edit afterwardsC. it may bring about too much criticismD. it does not h
32、elp them to think clearly15. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. It introduces the authors writing method.B. It tells us something about the creative mind.C. It highlights the importance of critical mind.D. It shows the difficulties to write on the fly.DThe record rise in world food prices last mo
33、nth is not only a start to a possible food price shock in the coming months, but also an obvious warning that the international community cannot afford to ignore. The fearful consequences of long-term climate change are more closing now and divided response to the global financial crisis could make
34、them worse. Early this week, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization announced that its benchmark food price index had jumped to 214.7 points in December, above the previous peak of 213.5, which was set in June 2008 and caused food riots(暴乱) in some poor countries. With the world econo
35、my showing little sign of emerging out of the mess any time soon, the record increase in food prices is certainly shocking. The 2008 food crisis was a silent tsunami for the worlds poor. So, what will happen if food prices remain high over the next several months? The obvious answer is: The number o
36、f hungry people across the world, about 1 billion according to UN estimates, will almost certainly increase. Hence, the international community should prepare to solve a food crisis similar to that in 2008. For the moment, that means policymakers across the globe should make joint efforts to prevent
37、 panic over food prices both at home and in the global market. But to prevent such food crises from happening again, the international community must first recognize that our future is likely to be affected by extreme weather more seriously than feared earlier if we continue to drag our feet in the
38、fight against climate change. The looming food crisis calls for a stronger sense of urgency than what negotiators, especially those from developed countries, have shown at UN climate change conferences in recent years. Besides, soaring world food prices also highlight the threat of super-loose monet
39、ary policies that some rich countries have adopted to let rapid inflation erode（腐蚀） the real value of their debt burden. Excessive liquidity from developed countries has pushed up commodity prices in the world market and created considerable inflationary(通货膨胀) pressure on developing countries. This
40、is unfair to developing countries, which are relatively poor and suffer a lot more from food-led inflation. As the worlds most populous country, China can draw some comfort from its bumper harvest last year, which was also its seventh continuous rich harvest. The countrys success in feeding one-fift
41、h of the worlds population with less than 10 percent of global farming land shows that its great efforts to increase agricultural production have paid rich interest. But Chinese policymakers cannot assume that such favorable conditions will continue. Rapid urbanization and population changes in the
42、country will make it increasingly difficult to further raise grain output. Therefore, China should take the record rise in world food prices as a call to double its efforts to improve farm productivity. 16. Whats the best title of the passage?A. Urgent Concern about the Rise of the World Food Prices
43、 B. The Climate Changes Are to BlameC. Global Farming D. Urgent Concern about the Poor Countries.17. What will happen if food prices remain high over the next several months?A. The number of hungry people all over the world will almost certainly increase.B. Many people will die easily for lack of fo
44、od.C. People will fight with each other and cause riots across the world.D. Excessive liquidity from developed countries will create considerable inflation.18. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A. The rapid inflation eroded the real value of some rich countries debt burden
45、by the super-loose monetary policies.B. People all over the world should work together to prevent the food crisis.C. The food price index had jumped to the peak in 2008.D. The developing countries suffered a lot more from food-led inflation. 19. Which of the following has the similar meaning to the
46、underlined phrase “drag our feet”?A. quicken our pace B. slow our paceC. pull our feet. D. walk quickly20. The Chinese policymakers doubt whether the grain output will continue to increase because_.A. the farms will not work harder than beforeB. the population in China will be smaller and smallerC. more houses will be built on the farm land in the futureD. the terrible weather will affect the agriculture production CABDA CDCAB DBCBA AACBC 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
