1、山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（35）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。A This past week, the world lost an icon and I lost one of my favorite musicians when Michael Jackson, 50, died of a heart attack on June 25. Jackson, a famous person nearly all his life, was admired by fans for signature danc
2、e moves like the Moonwalk and his album Thriller, which has sold over 100 million copies.One of the greatest hits from Thriller is Beat It. In the song, Jackson sings: “Just beat it, beat it/ No one wants to be defeated/ It doesnt matter whos wrong or right/ Just beat it, beat it!”Just what does he
3、mean?“Beat it” is a very common expression with a few different meanings. One of the most popular is the command form, which is similar to “Get out of here!” or “Get out of my face, stop bothering me!” You might tell your dog to “beat it” when he keeps begging you for food.“Beat it” can also be used
4、 as a suggestion, to describe the act of leaving suddenly: “This party is so boring, lets beat it.”The expression can be taken more literally, in its traditional sense of “ to strike or hit something”: “Tell me the answer before I beat it out of you.”“To beat” also means “to win”. “She struggled wit
5、h her illness, and in the end she beat it.” When Jackson sings, “No one wants to be defeatedJust beat it!” he may be encouraging his audience to overcome their struggles. Or maybe he means the opposite: that its better to run than stay and fight. Just beat it!1.The underlined word “icon” in the firs
6、t paragraph most probably means _.A. a small symbol on a computer screen that represents a programmeB. a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea etc.C. a person who has talent in songs or musicD. a man or woman who is very good-looking in appearance2.The au
7、thor mentions Michael Jackson mainly to _.A. show his or her honor to himB. inform readers of his deathC. introduce the expression “beat it”D. get us to know more about his career3.According to the passage the expression “Beat it” has all the following meanings EXCEPT “_”.A. Away with you! B. Get ou
8、t of my face!C. See or understand D. Win4.Whats the purpose of the writers writing this passages? A. To make the expression “Beat it” known. B. To tell us that Michael Jackson death is a great loss to the world. C. To show the origin of the expression “Beat it”. D. To amuse or entertain readers.BHe
9、met her at a partyShe was so outstanding，with many boys around her，while he was so normal, with nobody paying attention to himAt the end of the party，he invited her to have coffee with himShe was surprised，but due to being polite，she agreedThey sat in a nice coffee shopHe was too nervous to say anyt
10、hing，and she felt uncomfortable，thinking，“Please let me go home”Suddenly he asked the waiter，“Would you please give me some salt? Id like to put it in my coffee”Everybody stared at himso strange! His face turned red，but，still，he put the salt in his coffee and drank itShe asked him curiously，“Why do
11、you have this hobby?”He replied，“When I was a little boy，I was living near the seaI liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffeeNow every time I have the salty coffeeI always think of my childhoodI miss my hometown so muchI miss my parents
12、who are still living there”While saying that tears filled his eyesShe was deeply touchedThats his true feeling，from the bottom of his heartA man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, and has responsibility of homeThen she also started to speak，about he
13、r faraway hometown，her childhood, her familyThat was a really nice talk，also a beautiful beginning of their storyThey continued to dateShe found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands；he was kind-hearted, warm and carefulHe was such a good person but she almost missed him!Thanks to his
14、 salty coffee! Then the story was just like every beautiful love story，the princess married the prince, then they were living a happy lifeAnd, every time she made coffee for him，she put some salt in the coffeeAfter 40 years, he passed away，leaving her a letter which said，“My dearest，please forgive m
15、y whole life lieThis was the only lie I said to youthe salty coffee“Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that timeActually I wanted some sugar, but I said saltIt was hard for me to change so I just went ahead“I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid
16、to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything“Now Im dying, Im afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth：I dont like the salty coffeeWhat a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life!“Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for youHaving you w
17、ith me is my biggest happiness for my whole lifeIf I can live for a second time，I still want to know you and have you for my whole life，even though I have to drink the salty coffee again”Her tears made the letter totally wetSomeday，someone asked her,“Whats the taste of salty coffee?”“Its sweet，”she
18、replied5After ordering some salt to put into the coffee, the young man must have felt Atouched Bsatisfied Cdisappointed Dembarrassed6Which of the following statements is TRUE? ASalt coffee is more delicious and sweeter than sugar coffee BThe man ordered the salt coffee in order to create a chance to
19、 date with the girl CThe man had to have salty coffee all his life to keep his wordDThe woman hardly believed the mans explanation at their first date7From the passage we can see that the man is Acaring and kind-hearted Bshy and slyCdishonest but responsible Dwarm and understanding8It is implied in
20、the passage that the woman _ when reading the letter left by her husband Awas cheated by his husbands behavior Bwas touched by his husbands white lie Cfelt sorry to know the truth too late Dfelt angry about his dishonestyC China Daily Oct112008-TheMinistry Of Health has called for more awareness fro
21、m the public on the mental health of the youngas part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problemsand about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression，the Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily re
22、portedThe World Health Organization estimates that before 2020，the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent ,and mental problem will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide Dang Xianhong，the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau，
23、said rapidsocial change is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problemsIf these mental dispenses are not addressed on time, science of crimes，drug-takingand other dangerous behaviors are expected to riseExperts said mental diseases could be caused by many fac
24、tors，such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studiesA number of expects have also said the one child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the youngChildren are said to be too “spoiled”and“selfish”in a one
25、child family Its reported that schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-beingYin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No，105 Middle School，told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month“Stu
26、dents can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions.” Yin said“The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests”9Which of the following can be the best title for the p
27、assage? AEfforts to Mark World Mental Health Day BPublic Awareness on YoungstersMental Diseases Expected CHow to Maintain Mental Well-being DSeriousness of Youngsters Mental Health Problems10The writer intends to tell us in the second paragraph that _. Ametal problems will become as serious as death
28、s and illness Bonly young people are suffering from metal health problems Cmental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem Dthe rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent11Which could be the consequence if the problem is left untreated? AInability to handle
29、interpersonal relations BUnstable emotions CDrugtaking and other dangerous behaviors DRapid social changes12Why is Beijing No105 Middle School mentioned in the passage? ATo provide the students with counseling sessions BTo give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with CTo help ease the
30、anxiety arising from college entrance exams DTo call on other schools to learn from No105 Middle Schoo1D Net Library is a library that lends out digital books. It treats a digital book like a paperback copy. It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income. From
31、the consumers point of view, this means that if more than five people want the latest Danielle Steel romance novel, other people who request that book will get a message saying the title is unable to get. Many publishers seem to have embraced its model. More than 350 publishers gave the company righ
32、ts to hand out their digital works, and McGraw-Hill Corporation and Houghton Mifflin Corporation have put money into the company. The California public libraries and about 1,800 others across the US are trying out the Net Library service. Some librarians criticize the Net Library model. Stanford Uni
33、versity librarian Michael Keller argues that the company is creating an unnatural fear of digital works, which is contrary to the ideas of the Internet. Keller and some other librarians argue for the e-book vision set forth by Brary. Brary is starting a service that lets us users read books for free
34、. But it will charge about 25 cents a page when a person tries to point out material or copy and taste it into a different file or tries to download a copy onto a computer. Christopher Warnock, chief executive of Brary, believes most consumers wont want to buy entire books, only the parts that inter
35、est them. “There is not really a lot of good owning an electronic file and having to store it and manage it. It doesnt make sense,” he said.13How do publishers get money from the Net Library? AThey get money from selling their books to the Net Library BThey get money from the readers CThey get money
36、 by cutting the cost of the books DThey share the money with Net Library14The underlined word“embraced”in the third paragraph meansAtried out something hard Bheld something tightlyCdisliked something badly Dtaken something willingly 15. From the second paragraph we can see consumers Adont care if th
37、ey are charged money Benjoy the service of the Net Library Cdont like other peoples borrowing books Dcomplain about the limited number of the new books16What does the last paragraph mean? ANet Library is not a good way for the consumers BThere is no need for consumers to have a whole book C，Brary is
38、 not a good library for the consumers D Its reasonable to charge the consumers money for copying some pagesENow lets look ourselves as a species in relation to ecosystem balanceModern scientists believe that humankind，like other animals，evolved(进化)through millions of years of changes and adaptations
39、 to the environment and that our most direct evolutionary ancestor was probably all earlier species of the primate(monkey ,ape)groupDespite this similarity with other creatures，however ,the evolution of humankind differs from that of other species in one important and unique wayIn other species evol
40、ution has led to specializationboth in the species abilities and in its place within the environmental structureFor examplethe giraffe is much adapted to feeding on treetops，but it is also specialized and thus limited to feeding on trees and shrubs(灌木)Only with great difficulty can it bend down to g
41、raze on the groundSimilarly, the anteater is extremely well adapted to eating ants but is unable to catch or eat other animalsThe same is true for countless other speciesFor humankind it is oppositeOur evolution had led to a very generalized abilityOur highly developed intelligence and ability to ma
42、ke and handle tools mean that we can do almost anythingHumans evolved in such a way that we are able to move into every environment on Earth and even into spaceNo natural competitor offers great resistance，and other natural enemies such as disease have been controlledSaid another way , we see in hum
43、ankind a great imbalance between biological potential and environmental resistanceThe result is the rapidly increasing world population，frequently referred to as the population explosionFurther ,to support our growing population，natural ecosystems are being increasingly displaced by human habitation
44、s，agriculture，and other human supporting activities17From the passage we can infer that in the course of evolution . Ahumankind is very important to earlier species，such as the primate group Bhuman beings are limited by the environment while animals are not Chuman beings become more and more differe
45、nt from each other Dhumankind has experienced a generalization rather than specialization in ability18According to the passage，primate includes such animals as Amonkeys and anteaters Btigers and apes Capes and monkeys Dmonkeys and giraffes19According to the passage，evolution has made it possible for
46、 humans to Aincrease the population Bresist natural offers Cgo to the moon Dcure all diseases20According to the author, imbalance between biological potential and environmental resistance has resulted in Athe population explosion Bthe destruction of human habitationsCthe growth of natural ecosystem Dthe specialization of humans120 BCCA DCAB BCCB BDDB DCCA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
