1、2012届高考英语二轮专题复习精品阅读理解部分之限时训练（十六） 阅读理解Some years ago I took on a task in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. What I wanted to do was to show that everybody has the capacity to be self sufficient and all we have to do is to activate（激励）them. I asked the country to pick up a group
2、of people who were on public welfare, people from different racial groups and different family groups. I would then see them as a group for three hours every Friday. I also asked for a little petty cash to work with, as I needed it.The first thing I said after I shook hands with everybody was, “Id l
3、ike to know what your dreams are.” Everyone looked at me as if I were kind of fool.One woman said to me, “I dont know what you can do with dreams. The rats are eating up my kids.”“Oh,” I said, “Thats terrible. No, of course, you are very much involved with the rats and your kids. How can that be hel
4、ped?”“Well, I could use a new screen door because there are holes in my screen door.” I asked, “Is there anybody around here who know how to fix a screen door?”There was a man in the group and he said, “A long time ago I used to do things like that but now I have a terribly bad back, but Ill try.”I
5、told him I had some money if he would go to the store and but some screening and go and fix the ladys screen door. “Do you think you can do that?”“Yes, Ill try.”The next week, when the group was seated. I said to the woman, “Well, is your screen door fixed?”“Oh, yes.” she said.“Then we can start dre
6、aming, cant we?” she sort of smiled at me.I said to the man who did the work, “How do you feel?”He said, “Well, you know, its very funny thing. Im beginning to feel a lot better.”That helped the group to begin to dream. These seemingly small successes allowed the group to see that dreams were not in
7、sane. These small steps began to get people to see and feel that something really could happen.Everyone found something. The man who put in the screen door became a handyman. In 12 weeks, I had all those people off public welfare. Ive not only done that once, Ive done that in many times.50Whats the
8、opinion the author had when he took on the work? APeople need to be activated by others to make a living.BEveryone should not have depended on public welfare.CEveryone has the ability to live on without getting public welfare.DThe county should gather people from different racial groups together.51W
9、hich of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?AThe author did the work at his own expense.BThe people the author worked with were very wealthy.CThe author usually met the people four times a month.DThe people the author worked with had no dreams at all.52What does the underlined
10、sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?AThe rats are so big that they eat the children.BThe rats are crazy and have the children as food.CThe rats are giving the kids and the mother much trouble.DThe kids are too weak and even are nearly eaten by the rats.53What are the last two paragraphs mainly about? AAnyt
11、hing in the would is difficult. BSmall success can be parts of your dream.CI have had those people off public welfare.DYour dream comes before it becomes a reality.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)For as long as I can remember, I have been very bad at arguing with people. As soon as someone disagree _36_ me,
12、I get angry because I feel _37_, like the other person is out to show that I am _38_. And for some reason, I hate being wrong! So my _39_ reaction is to get very defensive. I _40_ my voice, and I end up saying something I later _41_. Needless to say, the whole thing ends with me blaming _42_, and th
13、e other person feeling alienated(疏远) from me. This bothers me especially because my mother does the exact same thing and I hate _43_.I have noticed this tendency in me for a long time now, _44_ I have never been able to stop. I did some _45_ management work with a therapist(治疗专家) a while ago, but be
14、cause I moved and _46_ an advisor at school who cant see me _47_, I have not been able to continue this important work. They tell you to stop and count to 10, _48_ your breathing, calm yourself down before you _49_. But thats the whole problem. I could never think of _50_ myself until it was too lat
15、e! The _51_ things had already come out of my mouth, and I was stuck picking up the pieces.Right now the _52_ is urgent because my relationships with a wonderful boy is _53_ because of my being afraid of being wrong. He is closing himself off from me because I have hurt him, and _54_ I am no longer
16、attractive as a woman with no confidence in myself and a bad temper. How do I stop ruining my relationships and hating myself? How do I stop _55_ being wrong?36. A. withB. toC. forD. at37. A. disappointedB. excitedC. attacked D. ashamed38. A. wrongB. foolishC. empty-headedD. right39. A. unusualB. im
17、mediateC. followingD. last40. A. raiseB. lowerC. keepD. change41. A. rememberB. regretC. forgetD. realize42. A. herB. himC. meD. myself43. A .itB. herC. themD. us44. A. so B. butC. althoughD. however45. A. healthB. actionC. calmnessD. anger46. A. headed toB. asked forC. turned to D. referred to47. A
18、. regularlyB. carelesslyC. immediatelyD. patiently48. A. stopB. manageC. keepD. control49. A. sayB. chatC speakD. talk50. A. stoppingB. managingC. holdingD. helping51. A. hurtfulB. surprisingC. colorfulD. dangerous52. A. eventB. thingC. affairD. problem53. A. in the wayB. in the endC. in dangerD. in
19、 the beginning54. A. no doubtB. no problemC. no wonder D. no way55. A. likingB. hatingC. findingD. dealing任务型阅读(共1小题；满分10分)阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后110的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意：每空不超过3个单词We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience a
20、re enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming (把按能力分班)pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of
21、 the top grade! Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect for their total personality.We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities an
22、d social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to
23、 cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and the
24、y can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is.
25、We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.Develop the abilities of pupils: develop their full abilities, not their 1. _value personal qualities2._ pupils-streamed teaching (disadvantages)3._ teaching (advantages)not 4._ the fact
26、that children develop at different rateshave a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child5._ the pupils who are at the bottom of the top grade rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual abilityonly one aspect for pupils total personality6._ pupils full abilitie
27、s.give them the opportunity to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop 7. _ learn how to cope with 8._learn how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate 9._.The pupils learn from each other 10._ from the teacher.They can do this at their own speed参考答案阅读理解50-53: CCCD完形填空3655ACABA BDABD CADCA ADCAB任务型阅读1. academic ability 2. social skills 3. mixed-ability 4. take into account 5. discourage6. contribute to 7. leadership skills 8. personal problems 9. effectively 10. as well as高考资源网w w 高 考 资源 网