1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Swiss International Air lines（SWISS）will introduce daily non-stop flights between Beijing and ZurichThe new service to the financial center of Switzerland is expected to start on Dec12,2012，which marks an expansion of services for the Chinese market
2、In May 2008，SWISS already started direct flights to ShanghaiThe first flight to Europe has a special price of 2,680 yuan，which does not include taxes and fuel surcharges“I am delighted the airlines of Switzerland can contribute to growing economic ties between the two countries with new daily flight
3、s scheduled，”says SWISS CEO Harry Hohmeister“We are witnessing a growing demand for tourist travel in both directions”Apart from Shanghai and Hong Kong，Beijing will be the third Chinese destination for SWISSThe new route marks a return to Beijing for SWISS：the airlines previously flew to the Chinese
4、 capital as late as June 2003SWISS will initially operate its new daily non-stop Beijing-Zurich flights with an Airbus A340-300（219 seats）and Airbu: A330-300（236 seats）air-crafts The modem SWISS business class offers the most suitable comforts since the seats can be adjusted into a two-meter-long be
5、dSeating firmness and softness can be adjusted thanks to air cushionsWith the introduction of the new SWISS service from Beijing，the Lufthansa Group Airlines may attract more Chinese customers when traveling to EuropeSWISSLufthansa and Austrian Airlines already connect five Chinese cities with Europ
6、e and beyondThis airlines group is the leading European airlines network in the Chinese marketIn the summer of 2011，the Lufthansa Group operated 78 weekly flights from China including Hong Kong to EuropeSWISS is part of the Lufthansa Group as well as a member of the Star Alliance，the worlds biggest
7、airlines grouping1According to the passage，from Dec12,2012， Ait will only take us a day to fly from Beijing to Zurich Bwe can fly directly from Beijing to ZurichCthe first flight from Beijing to Europe will only cost you 2,680 yuanDthe direct flight to Shanghai started by SWISS will be canceled 2Why
8、 is the new flight added?ASWISS wants to offer good service to Chinese peopleBSWISS wants to contribute to growing economic ties between the two countriesCThere is a growing demand for tourist travel in both directionsDSWISS wants to create more opportunity for people to work3Whats special about the
9、 Airbus of the new flight?AThe Airbus can carry more passengers than other planesBThe seats in it can be adjusted into comfortable beds CIt offers all kinds of services for passengers to choose fromDIt has two kinds of air cushions on its seats4Whats the right relation between SWISS，Lufthansa and Au
10、strian Airlines?ASWISS is the customer of the Lufthansa Group AirlinesBAustrian Airlines is a part of SWISSCSWISS is part of the Lufthansa GroupDSWISS belongs to Austrian Airlines5What is the passage mainly about?ASWISS already started direct flights to Shanghai BSWISS adds direct flights from Beiji
11、ng to EuropeCBeijing will be the third Chinese destination for SWISSDSWISS is the worlds biggest airlines grouping【参考答案】15、BBCB阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Id been thinking of it so long; it seemed like the only thing to do-to show my baby, who had eyes as green as water and whose name means t
12、he sea, the oceanBabies are supposed to instinctually know who they daddy is, Gerald, Dooriyas daddy, said, holding Dooriya before himBut she dont recognize nothingEverybody had something to say about raising my baby, but none of them actually did any raisingTaking Dooriya to see the ocean had becom
13、e the only thing that kept me from feeling like my life was an everlasting losing race, this vision of what could be for my little girlWhen I told Momma about my plans to visit the lighthouse（灯塔）at Cape Hatteras, she just spun her broken recordThat baby11 never understand a thing of what shes seeing
14、My baby book says I should treat her just like any other childIts good to show her beautiful things even if she dont know what shes seeingIt helps her brain developHows her brain gonna develop if all she ever sees is the walls inside this crummy house?That childs brain aint never gonna developWe lov
15、e her, but its not like shes ever gonna not be a Mongoloid（先天愚型患者）I had read a half-dozen books about Down Syndrome that said stimulation（刺激）might improve a childs chances of developing to her fullest potentialAnd whats more stimulating than a trip to see the ocean?Guidebooks described the area as t
16、he land of beginnings, which I liked the sound ofBut before I could map out a plan, I woke up one night when Dooriya hiccupped （打嗝）Then she just stopped breathingThe ER doctor gave me a pamphlet on SIDS （sudden infant death syndrome） and said, children with Down Syndrome are much more likely to be a
17、ffected by this sort of thingI didnt remember much about driving to Cape Hatteras, especially taking Dooriya from the hospital But up on that lighthouse, with its broad spiral running up and around it like a black and white barbers pole, I saw my life twist into the airAs I climbed the winding stair
18、s, I counted the steps, 268 in all, stopping on 77, Dooriyas very number of days on this planetAt the top, I held Dooriya up to the Atlantic, its cold air raising the thin soft hair on her headWith her eyes closed and her arms spread out, it looked like she was bathing in the warmth of the sun51From
19、 Geralds words But she dont recognize nothing we know _AThe baby was probably born with the eye problemBThe father thought the baby was abnormalCThe baby could recognize nothing except her fatherDThe father made up an excuse not to care for the baby52Did anybody else besides her mother actually take
20、 the responsibility to raise the baby?AThe father BThe grandma CNobody DThe doctor53The reason why the mother wanted to take her baby to see the ocean is that _AShe believed seeing the ocean could help cure her babys diseaseBShe wanted her baby to enjoy her remaining timeCShe believed the ocean was
21、the land of beginningsDShe wanted her baby to enjoy nature54Which of the following is true according to the text?AThe doctor eventually saved the life of the babyBThe baby was disabled by her careless motherCThe baby enjoyed the sunshine while seeing the oceanDThe disease SIDS took away the life of
22、the baby【参考答案】51-54: BCAD 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。Steve Jobs made technology funThe co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six He had fought for years against cancerMourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the worldTim Baja
23、rin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said If you actually look at a tech leader, theyre really happy if they have one hit in their lifeSteve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and PixarSteve Jobs was a college dropoutHe was adopted by a machinist
24、 and his wife, an accountantThey supported his early interest in electronicsHe and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computernow just called Applein nineteen seventy-sixThey stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-fiveThat year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dis
25、pute（分歧）with the chief executiveMrJobs then formed his own company, called NeXT ComputerHe rejoined Apple in nineteen ninety-seven after it bought NeXTHe helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world todaySteve Wozniak, speaking on
26、CNN, remembered his longtime friend as a great visionary and leader and a marketing genius（天才）President Obama said in a statement: By building one of the planets most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuityBy making computers personal and putting the Int
27、ernet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and funDavid Carroll is a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York CityHe says Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American businessThe fact that he was able to rede
28、sign American commerce lop to bottom and across is really stunning （令人惊奇的）He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the greats of all time David Carroll saidSteve Jobs stepped down as Apples chief executive in August because of his hea
29、lthHe died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitementApples new chief, Tim Cook, will also have to deal with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer from AmazoncomIt costs less than half as much as an iPad but also does less55Why did people all over the world
30、mourn Steve Jobs?AHe was very courageous in the face of cancerBHe became very rich though dropping out collegeCHe released a new iPhone version before deathDHe revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable56Which of the following can easily prove that Jobs is a marketing genius?AAfter Apple, he fo
31、unded NeXT ComputerBHe made Apple very valuable once again in the worldCHe developed a series of Apple productsDHe was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time57What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean?AJobs was a typical example of American spirit of creationBJobs enriched the
32、 American spirit of science and freedomCJobs eventually realized his American dreamDAmerican people are good at inventing things58Which of the following is true according to the text?AJobss parents discouraged him from working on electronicsBJobs stayed in Apple as chief executive for about 24 years
33、CJobs started his career in his family garageDRun unsuccessfully, Apple was sold to NeXT Computer【参考答案】55 D 5658、: BAC 完型填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。议论文型完形填空-We always want what we cannot have. When were young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships, and be _1_. Howev
34、er, when were _2_， we want to go back to being young and we _3_ the days when we didnt have to worry about complex love affairs, _4_ pressure, and money problems.Young people believe adulthood _5_ freedom from parents and schoolwork. When we get older，we feel that _6_ is freedom from work pressure a
35、nd family responsibilities. To _7_ this feeling, people say, “The grass is always greener on the other side.”As teenagers, we like to be like adults but as young adults, we _8_ to be young again. We think about staying out late and having our own money to spend. Suddenly, we see that love can result
36、 in _9_ hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for _10_ the next morning. We find out that adult life is not as _11_ as we thought it would be and suddenly, life becomes very scary. Life is fair. It gives us time to _12_ but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow
37、 up and we will always look back wishing we _13_ being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the _14_ is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have. That is the first step to growing up. _15_ life becomes more complex, we will not regret t
38、he time we wasted wishing we were adults.1. Acomfortable BdependentCindependent Dpolite2. Aolder BdefeatedCmarried Dconfident3. Alike BforgetCregret Dmiss4. Astudy BjobCage Dhealth5. Acreates BshowsCmeans Dlimits6. Achildhood BadulthoodCparenthood Dromanticism7. Areduce BdescribeCexperience Dunderst
39、and8. Awish BdecideCreturn Dstop9. Ahealthy BambitiousCbroken Dexcited10. Abreakfast BschoolCexercise Dwork11. Arich BbusyCfree Deasy12. Astudy BthinkCplay Dlive13. Astopped BenjoyedCimagined Dtried14. Areason BresultCdream Dtruth15. AIf BWhenCUnless DBeforeB【要点综述】 本文讲述了年轻人希望自己很快长大，因为长大了就意味着自由和独立；而成
40、年人则希望自己能够回到童年，因为童年没有工作的压力和家庭的负担。生活总是这样的矛盾，我们要学会珍惜身边的事物，因为那才是真正的幸福。1C当我们年轻的时候，我们希望自己能够独立。2A年轻的时候希望长大，年老的时候，我们又希望自己能够重新年轻起来。3D我们思念无忧无虑的、没有压力的日子。4B第二段中的work pressure说明这里也是指工作的压力，故job为正确答案。5C年轻人认为成年意味着可以远离父母和没有作业。6A成年人则认为童年可以远离工作压力和逃避家庭的责任。7B这种感觉可以被描述为：“草是那边绿(这山望着那山高)”。8A当我们年轻的时候，我们想要长大，成为成年人。当我们长大以后，我们又希望自己再次年轻起来。9C爱会让人心碎。10D玩得太晚意味着第二天早晨很难准备好去工作。11D我们发现成年人的生活并不像我们原来所想的那样容易。12C生活给我们玩的时间，也要求我们去工作。13B我们总是希望能够更多地享受青春。enjoy doing sth喜欢做某事。14D想要得到我们没有的东西是很正常的事情。但是真相是，幸福就是欣赏我们所拥有的东西，而不是去追求那些虚无缥缈的事物。15B当生活变得更复杂的时候，我们不会遗憾我们把时间浪费在了希望自己是成年人上。- 8 - 版权所有高考资源网
