1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（57）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。ABake Sugar CookiesNobody is actually sure who created the very first cookieBut the firstcookie may have been a mistakeMany cooking experts believe that a long time ago cooks who wanted to test the temperature
2、of their ovens would bake a little bit to find out if the oven was hot enough to bake an entire cakeThese-test cakes were called keokje, which means little cake in the language used in the NetherlandsPeople from the Netherlands brought the recipe to the United StatesThe word cookie may have come fro
3、m their word keokje,Cookies are also very popular in England, but the English call them biscuits, as do AustraliansAlmost every country has a word for cookieIn Spain, they are called galletas, and in Italy, cookies are called biscottiAmericans are not the only people who enjoy cookiesYou can make co
4、okies following these steps;Preheat oven to 150 Put a little butter on a cookie sheetMix together white sugar, brown sugar, butter and eggsThen add vanilla（香草）Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powderThen mix wellDrop by spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet,Bake at 150 for 12 minutes or until light
5、ly brown1In which country were the test cakes first made?ASpain BAustraliaCThe Netherlands DThe United States2What is the first step to bake cookies?AHeat oven to 150 BMix the butter and the sugarCTest the temperature of the oven DBrush the cookies with some oil3If the cookies look lightiy brown, wh
6、at does this mean?AThey have burned BThey are doneCThey have become soft DThey need to cook againBThere are several ways to break the technology code that teenagers have written among themselvesThe following are ideas to help parents understand the sometimes confusing world of the teensSocial Networ
7、king Sites: Sites like MySpace and Facebook appeal to all generations and are a good way for a parent to understand what social standards your teen is living withThere are many ways to help you take part in your childs online activitiesYou also can be from an onlooker who keeps a bird s eye view of
8、his cyber world to an active member of his social groupMMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role - Playing Game comes in the form of gamesA child can easily become addicted to them if no limits are setTo fully understand the attraction behind MMORPG, you can make your own account and character to ex
9、plore the digital worldPlaying the online games may seem strange at first to your teen, but experience has led me to only positive feedback from young people who can communicate with adults about their gaming experiencesText and Instant Messenger: The ways of teenage communication have produced a wh
10、ole new language, such as LOL （laughing out loud） and PSOS （parent standing over shoulder） Learning the basic shorthand of teens can open up a whole new world of communication, not only talking to your teens, but being able to listen on their terms as wellYou may just find yourself texting faster an
11、d ending your connection with TTYL （talk to you later）To teens, texting anyone looks cool, even Mom and DadEmail: Emailing your child is easyThis, of course, cannot take the place of face- to- face communication, but it provides another way for your child to reach youAnother benefit is that your chi
12、ld cannot act like he didnt hear you4The underlined part appeal to in the second paragraph means _Aharm Battract Cupset Dattack5According to this passage we can infer that the authors child _Aworks hard at schoolBis active on FacebookClikes talking with parentsDenjoys playing online games6If you are
13、 standing beside your child, he is most likely to text his friend _ATTYL BLOL CPSOS DMMORPG7What does the passage mainly tell us?AAll students are very crazy about the online gamesBScience and technology make life easy and convenientCParents can do the same things as their children doDParents can us
14、e technology to stay in touch with their childrenCIf it really is whats on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding important organs like the heart liver could be as dangerous as the external fat which can be notic
15、ed more easilyBeing thin doesnt surely mean you are not tat, said Dr Jimmy Bell at Imperial CollegeSince 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create fat maps showing where people store fatAccording to the result, people who keep their weight through diet rather
16、 than exercise are likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they are slimEven people with normal Body Mass Index scores can have surprising levels of fat deposits insideOf the women, as many as 45 percent of those with normal BMI scores （20 to 25） actually had too high levels of intern
17、al fatAmong men, the percentage was nearly 60 percentAccording to Bell, people who are fat on the inside are actually on the edge of being fatThey eat too many fatty and sugary foods, but they are not eating enough to be fatScientists believe we naturally store fat around the belly first, but at som
18、e point, the body may start storing it elsewhereDoctors are unsure about the exact dangers of internal fat, but some think it has something to do with heart disease and diabetes（糖尿病）They want to prove that internal fat damages the bodys communication systemsThe good news is that internal fat can be
19、easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your dietIf you want to be healthy, there is no shortcutExercise has to be an important part of your lifestyle, Bell said8What is this passage mainly about?AThin people may be fat inside BInternal fat is of no importanceCInternal fat leads to m
20、any diseases DThin people dont have diabetes9Doctors have found _Athe exact dangers of internal fatBbeing slim is not dangerous at allCinternal fat is the cause of heart diseaseDbeing slim doesnt mean you are not fat inside10From the last paragraph, we can find that _.Ainternal fat leading to diseas
21、e has been provedBthin people usually have internal fat even if they are slimCit is easier to burn off internal fat than external fatDexercise plays an important role in peoples life for keeping healthy11The underlined part in the last paragraph means _Aa long road Ban easy wayCa clear differenceDa
22、short distanceDI had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselvesOne January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my communityBoth had died full of years , as the Bible would
23、 sayTheir homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence （吊唁） calls on the two families on the same afternoon in our churchAt the first home, the son of the deceased （已故的） woman said to me, If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold snow, she would be alive t
24、odayIts my fault that she died At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, If only I hadnt insisted on my mothers going to Florida, she would be alive todayThat long airplane ride,; the sudden change of climate, was more than she could takeIts my fault that shes deadYou see that an
25、y time there is a death, the survivors will feel guiltyBecause the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite coursekeeping Mother at home, putting off the operationwould have turned out betterAfter all, how could it have turned out any worse?There are two elements inv
26、olved in our willingness to feel guiltyThe first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happensThat leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our min
27、dsThe second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happenIt seems to be a short step from believing that every disaster is our fault to believing that every event has a causeThe roots of this feeling may lie in our childhoodA baby comes to think th
28、at the world exists to meet his needs, arid that he makes everything happen in itHe wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasksHe cries, and someone comes to attend to himWhen he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change himVery often, we do not complet
29、ely outgrow the childish view that our wishes cause things to happen12What is said about the two deceased elderly women?AThey died of exhaustionBThey lived out a natural lifeCThey werent used to the change in weatherDThey died due to lack of care by family members13The author had to hold the two wom
30、ens funerals probably because he _Awanted to comfort the two familiesBwas a doctor from the communityChad great pity for the deceasedDwas minister of the local church14Why do people feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones?AThey couldnt find a better way to express their sorrowBThey believe th
31、at they were responsibleCThey only focused on the natural course of eventsDThey didnt know things often turn in the opposite direction15What s the main idea of the passage?ALife and death is an unsolved mysteryBEvery story should have a happy endingCNever feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our faultDIn general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away115 CABBD CDADD BBDBC 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 高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！
