1、2012届高考英语二轮专题演练：阅读理解【01】 11ConsiderYOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You are better than anyone in a million.You are the only on
2、e like you in a sea of infinity（无穷，无限）!You are amazing! Youre awesome! Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don t become beautiful just by virtue of the aging process. Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways
3、 of life. That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today. Paint a Master
4、piece. God gives every bird its food, but he doesnt throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, its truly up to you!1Which would be the best title for the passage?AYouBA masterpieceCEnjoy your lifeDReal beauty2By writing this passage, what message does the writer mean t
5、o provide us?ABeing confident is more important than anything else.BYou are of course better than anyone else.CReal beauty comes from learning, growing and loving in the ways of life.DGod will help you once you have made up your mind.3What does the underlined word“accelerate”mean?Aslow downBincrease
6、 the speed ofCdevelopDhelp4What is the main idea of the last three paragraphs?AGod will help those are the most diligent.BActions are more important than goals.CGod will help you if necessary.DYou are the master of your goals and actions参考答案1-4 A A B D 2 One of the major problems in our economy is i
7、nflation, a situation in which prices are going up faster than wages. Thus, a person has to work more hours to pay for the same thing. For example, lets say that this year a loaf of bread costs $1.00 and the average salary in the United States is $10.00 per hour. That means a person could earn enoug
8、h money to buy a loaf of bread in one-tenth of an hour, or six minutes, Then, halfway through the year, The price of bread goes up to $1.25, while wages stay the same. That means that a person how has to work one-eighth of an hour, or seven and a half minutes to buy the same loaf of bread. Now lets
9、say that at the end of the year, wages go up to$11.00 per hour, but the price of bread goes up to $1.50. Now a person has to work more than one-seventh of an hour, over eight minutes to but the same loaf of bread. As you can see, if more and more work time is spent earning money to buy loaves of bre
10、ad, employees will have less money left over to buy other things Inflation means that the same money buys fewer things and everybodys standard of living goes down, even if salaries are going up. Some kinds of inflation are worse than others, Moderate inflation does not distort（扭曲）relative prices or
11、incomes seriously, Galloping inflation happens rapidly, say at a rate of 100 percent or more within a year. And then there is hyperinflationinflation so serious that people try to get rid of their currency before prices rise further and make the money worthless. Times of hyperinflation are usually c
12、haracterized by social and political disorder.1The passage mainly wants to .Alist major economic problemsBdiscuss something about inflationCexplain why bread prices increaseDstate the types of inflation2Why is“a loaf of bread”repeatedly mentioned?ATo express dissatisfaction with the price of bread.B
13、To show the effect of price changes.CTo compare bread with other food.DTo explain social and political disorder.3What happens when prices go up but salaries remain the same?AThe government will do more about the economy.BWorkers might lose their jobs of they show dissatisfaction.CPeople will save mo
14、ney rather than spend it.DPeople must work longer to buy the same things.4Which of the followings belongs to the type of moderate inflation?APeople try to get rid of their currency.BInflation occurs at rate of 100 percent in a yearCIncomes and relative prices rise slightly.DThere is social and polit
15、ical disorder.参考答案1-4 B B D C 3 Nowadays, people in China are increasingly interested in celebrating foreign festivals, especially those western festivals. A survey conducted recently by sina. com. showed that among the 18,222 people surveyed 63.90% said celebrating Christmas is just another way of
16、recreation, nothing serious while 17.85% surveyed considered the festival as a fashion act, showing they were not “out”. These two parts clearly indicate the general opinion of the young. 10.45% people involved said the celebration of a religious western festival with so much enthusiasm is absolutel
17、y ridiculous pursuit of foreign goodness. Only 7.80% of people define Christmas as a kind of festival colonization(殖民).The arising of celebrating foreign festivals clearly has something to do with the advancement of Chinas economy. In my point view, Christmas and other festivals celebrated in China
18、have difference from the origin. They have lost their religious background and turned into a big occasion to have fun and enjoy life. Shop owners pockets are filled, the publics hunger for happiness is filled, and that is enough. Foreign festivals in China are more like carnivals giving people pleas
19、ure and enjoyment. The crisis of traditional Chinese festivals that are losing their attraction may be linked to the culture tradition and background of the festivals. Most Chinese festival culture is related more or less to real life. “The country is based on its people while the people are relied
20、on their food”. But the western culture shows much of romance. Some festivals have their religious background while others have much to do with culture and people. At this point, food seems to be too plain. Flowers and chocolates are more welcomed.Foreign festivals in China are celebrated for fun. T
21、hey give people opportunities to relax and celebrate, to show appreciation and gratefulness. The acceptance of foreign festivals generally depends on the openness of the public, the familiarity with the western culture, and most importantly, on peoples economic status.1From the survey we know that a
22、mong the people surveyed _. Amost think celebrating foreign festivals is ridiculous Bmany fear that traditional Chinese festivals will disappear soon Csome think that celebrating foreign festivals is a sign of foreign goodness chasing Dhalf think celebrating foreign festivals makes people not go out
23、 of fashion2The writer thinks that foreign festivals celebrated in China _.Ahave lost their religious backgroundBare the same as those celebrated in the WestCcan give more fun than traditional Chinese festivalsDmay reduce the hunger of public people3What is the main difference between foreign festiv
24、als and traditional Chinese ones?AForeign festivals can make Chinese shop owners pockets full quickly.BThe food at foreign festivals is too simple.CChinese festivals always have something to do with culture.DForeign festivals are romantic while traditional Chinese ones are connected with reality.4Wh
25、ich of the following may NOT be the reason why so many people accept foreign festivals? APeople can relax themselves.BPeople can show their thanks to others. CForeign festivals have longer histories than Chinese ones. DPeople have known more about the western culture.参考答案 C A D C 4BEIJING, China (CN
26、N) - Chinese workers and army soldiers were racing to sweep snow-covered highways and unclog railway routes for millions of travelers trapped by cold weather. More than 67 million people have been affected by the weather and economic losses are expected to reach as much as $3 billion, Chinese offici
27、als say. The snowstorms have damaged power lines, houses and farmland, causing fears of food and energy shortages. Twenty-four people have died and some 827,000 people have been evacuated in 14 different provinces, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Monday. In the past week, the snowstorms have hit
28、the provinces in central, eastern and southern China.Weve never seen such a cold weather lasting for such long a time, said Tang Shan, a man in his 70s in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. The last time we had one here was over 50 years ago, and not this bad. The snow and sleet have paralyzed
29、（使瘫痪）roads, railways and airports, leaving tens of millions of travelers marooned, officials say. Many of them are bound for home ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, which falls on February 7. The Lunar New Year travel is Chinas busiest travel period of the ye
30、ar. But the cold weather is delaying travel plans. In the southern city of Guangzhou, as many as 500,000 train passengers had to stay in the station. About 100,000 packed the square in front of the train station while others found shelter in schools and other public buildings while waiting for their
31、 trains. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has ordered urgent measures to unclog the transport jam and ensure a steady supply of food and energy. “Lets unite as one to fight against the disaster,” he said in an emergency meeting.“Lets ensure that the people enjoy the Spring Festival.” But more terrible wea
32、ther is expected. On Monday Chinas Weather Station issued a rare“red alert”warning of more serious snowstorms in the coming days. If so, the number of trapped travelers will surely increase.1What is the passage mainly about?AThe transport jam before the Spring Festival.BThe terrible effects of the s
33、nowstorms.CThe travelersfears of food shortages.DThe measures to fight against the disaster.2According to the passage, which of the following are mentioned?aA large number of passengers suffered from snowstorms.bMany house sand fields were damaged by the terrible snowstorms.cNo such heavy snowstorms
34、 have ever happened in China.dThe snowstorms are expected to come to an end in the following days.eRoads, railways and airports were strongly influenced by the snowstormsAa，b，cBb，c，dCc，d，eDa，b，e3What does the underlined word“unclog”in the first paragraph mean?AclearBcleanCcoverDclose4The government
35、has taken the following measures except .Afinding shelter in schools and other public buildings for the passengersBtrying their best to ensure a steady supply of food and energyCcalling on people to stop work to fight against the disasterDwarning people of more terrible snowstorms in the coming days
36、参考答案 B D A C 5 The next decade will witness the most important changes in the way we consume sport since the appearance of mass audience television in the 1950s. The development of media channels such as satellite and cable television, the internet and mobile telephones has broken the traditional fr
37、ee television model in every advanced economy. Well managed sports will remain valuable content and many will continue to grow. Forward thinking governing bodies will grasp the opportunity by repackaging their sports to adapt to the new broadcast landscape. Others will not.Brand marketers have seen
38、the effectiveness of the traditional TV sport advertising fall over the last twenty years as audiences for free to air television fall year by year. The growth of sponsorship（赞助）as a marketing tool is one result. However, sport must compete for the sponsor dollar with other forms of content such as
39、music, the arts and culture and cause-related marketing, each of which offers a powerful choice.At the same time some of sports biggest marketers, the soft drink, beer and fast food companies, will come under growing pressure from social and political pressure groups concerned about levels of obesit
40、y（肥胖）, over drinking and anti-social behavior that have become such a part of modern life.Companies such as McDonalds, Coca Cola and Budweiser face calls to cut its ties with sport, which will be popular over the next decade. Are we facing a ban on soft drink sponsorship similar to that of tobacco?
41、Certainly, the removal of hundreds of millions of sponsorship dollars from the sports economy worldwide would have destructive influence. This report analyses the threat, seeking comparisons with the strategy employed by the tobacco abolitionists（废除主义者） a decade ago.1Which of the following does NOT
42、affect traditional television model?ACable television.BThe internet.CMobile phones.DMass audience television2What can we infer from the second paragraph?ASponsorship leads to the fall of sport advertising.BSport cant match the arts.CMusic, the art and culture often act as sponsors in sports.DThe fal
43、l of advertising only happens to some brand marketers3If a child is overweight, which of the following may be responsible according to this passage?AHis parents.BGrowing sport sponsorshipCSome big food or drink companies.DAdvanced economy.4In he last paragraph, the author fears that Athe ban on tobacco will be abolished ten years later.Bthe sponsorship of soft drink companies will destruct sports economy.Cfood and drink companies will be popular.Dfast food and soft drink sponsorship will be banned like tobacco sooner or later.参考答案 D A C D
