1、河北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（85）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。AAThe teenage girl who sat in Madeline Levines office was bright and pretty. She came from a well-off family that loved her deeply. And she had used a razor(剃刀) to carve the word “Empty” into the skin of her left forearm. Outwardly, this
2、girl seemed to have a happy life; underneath the surface, she was on the edge of disaster.As a psychologist, Levine has noticed important changes in the type of problems that todays teens haveShe believes todays parents are so busy working to make sure their children have the best of everything that
3、,increasingly, we miss out on giving our children what they need the most: time, attention and unconditional love.“All of us believe that we are somehow doing the best for our kids, and that this will help our kids lead the best life. But the things that help our children grow up to be normal and ha
4、ppy have very little to do with material goods,” Levine says.A parents job is to ensure a kid works hard, believes Levine, but they need to be realistic about their childs abilities, Most of us are actually rather ordinary. We should let children know everyone has strengths and weaknessesOne teen to
5、ld Levine his whole had been about preparing for college. Another was afraid to go home after getting cut from the school baskedball team-he felt terrible about letting his father down.Kids who constantly feel theyve disappointed their parents, and that they arent good enough, often end up depressed
6、 and suicidal(自杀). Children need to know they are loved unconditionally, even if they dont make the football team or get A on every project. “At the end of the day, we all just want to go home, to a palce where were loved simply for who we are,” Levine says.1What is the purpose of the first paragrap
7、h? ATo tell readers a story about an unlucky girl. BTo ask readers not to judge a person by his appearance. CTo draw readersattentionto teenagersproblems. DTo let readers know something about Levines job.2Levine believes that teens problems are caused by Atoo much pressure from themselves Bunrealist
8、ic parental expectaions Cincreasingly competitive environment Dtoo much care and love from parents3. It can be learned that parents should keep in mind that . Achildren dont need material things Bthey should put childrens interests above all Cchildren have the right to choose their lifeDchildren sho
9、uld be loved for who they are4Children should be taught to know that . Ano one is perfect Bthey can succeed by working hard Clife is not always smoothDThey shouldnt disappoint their parentsB LG Electronics, the worlds fourth largest cell phone producer, has added another feature to the mobile phone-
10、reading books for the visually impaired(弱视). The company started marketing the model, the LF1300 on Sep.18.No other people but the blind and visually-impaired with a certificate(证书) can buy the talking phone at sales shops of LG Electronics. “The LF1300 is the worlds first mobile phone that is capab
11、le of reading books for the print-disabled, who otherwise could not enjoy themThis is not about making money but about continuing to put froth efforts to reduce the digital difference for the disabled,” LG Vice President said.Its users can download about 300 audio books from the Internet site of LG
12、Sangam Library to their phones for free in two ways. One is to access the digital librarys Website on a computer designed for the blind to get the audio books and transfer them to cell phones. The other is to download the digital books directly with cell phones through the wireless net work by touch
13、ing a hot key on the LF1300 phone.On top of its unique feature of reading books, the LF1300 is no worse than the pupular top-line phones in both outlooks and frnctionalities(功能性). The phone is armed with an MP3 player and a Bluetooth headset, enabling users to listen to the music or talk without a c
14、ord. The user interface（界面) of the LF1300 is also designed for the blind,enabling phone users to control it through a voice guidance system.However, because the phones internal mimory of 17MB is small even for a single audio book file, which takes up 80MB on average, a high-volume external memory is
15、 a must for the talking book services.5 are allowed to buy the talking phone. ADisabled people with a cerrtificate BAll the blind and poor-sighted people CThe blind and poor-sighted with a cerrtificate DBoth healthy and disabled citizens6The users can enjoy reading books on LF1300 by .A. talking to
16、the microphone Btouching any keyCtouching its screen Dtouching the hot key7What can be learned from the passage? AThis is the first time LG company has done something for the disabled. B. Phone users dont have to pay much to download the digital books. CLF1300 has a less attractive outlook than any
17、other top-line phone. D. The disadvantage of LF1300 is that it has too small internal memory.8The best title of the passage might be . AA New Type of Cell Phone is on the Market BMobile Phones Can Read Books for the Print-Disabled CThe Disabled will Benefit from Cell Phone Producers D. Advanced Tech
18、nology Helps the Blind Read BooksC w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m The summer holiday will be upon us, which means its time to talk about holiday movies.There arent necessarily the 10 best films, but they all have something that caught our eye.Setember 1 New Line Cinema The nativity story The passion of thechri
19、st broke the box office reord with its lifelike portrayal(描写) of Jesusdeath. Now coms Nativity, the story of events leading up to his birth. The big player here, as you might exepct, is Mary. She is played by young Keisha Castle-Hughes, an Oscar nominee for 2002s Whale Rider. The director has Texas
20、ties: Catherine Hardwicke is a McAllen native whose two previous films, Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown, both had a great deal of visual and dramatic energy.Setember 8TouchstoneApocalyptoSpeaking of Passion, folks have been taliking about Mel Gibsons newmayan civilization epic for some time. Then all
21、HELL Broke Loose, the filmmaker complains about Jews during a traffic stop, and this will also be rreleased beneath a cloud of controversy(争议).Setember 15DreamWorks PicturesEragonRemember playing Dungeons and Dragons when you were a kid? Oh, that was the kid you used to pick on? Well, still, weve be
22、en hearing about Eragon for more than year, and the giant dragon egg is finally ready to hatch.Based on the novel by Christopher Paolini, Eragon tells a story of a farm boy who comes upon a dragon egg and follows his destiny to defend his native land against an evil king. The dragon acting promises
23、to be grand, though it sounds like Frodo should be asking for royalties.Setember 22Universal PicturesThe Good ShepherdRobert De Niro steps behind the camera to helm The Good Shepherd, a story of the early CIA as seen through ghe eyes of agent Edward Wilson (Matt Damon).The great actor gets a fine ca
24、st to play with. William Hurt, Michael Gambon, John Turturro, Angelina Jolie are all along for the ride.9. The most stitable film for a child might be .A. The Nativity storyB. ApocalyptoC. EragonD. The Good Shepherd10. If you want to see the film directed by Bobert De Niro, you should go to .A. New
25、Line CinemaB. TouchstoneC. DreamWorks PicturesD. Universal Picture11. The movie whose future is in doubt will be released on . ASetember 1 BSetember 8 CSetember 15 DSetember 2212Whats the purpose of the passage? ATo introduce some films to be released BTo encourage people to enjoy themselves CTo giv
26、e some advice on spending summer holidays DTo comment on some new filmsD The sun is setting on a summer night. At the entrance to a deep dark cave, a few bats fly out high up into the air. More and more of the small creatures appear. Within a few minutes, a whole river of bats is pouring out of the
27、cave, and they keep coming, millions and millions of them.Sounds like a scary horror movie? Believe it or not, this scene takes place every night,all summer long,at Bracken Cave in Texas, where 20 million bats fly outside to feed on insects. Every March or April, Mexican free-tailed bats fly up to 1
28、,000 miles from their winter home in Mexico to this cave, where they raise their young. Soon after they arrive, each mother gives birth to a baby. As many as 500 baby bats crowd into one square foot of space. All those badies create nice warm temperatures to keep them comfortable. If youve ever lost
29、 sight of your parents on a crowded playground, you may be wondering how mother bats recognize their babies. They use their sense of smell to recognize their own babies when it is time for the babies to nurse.The cave, a quiet place in winter, filled with life all summer. Bat poop, called guano, soo
30、n covers the floor,prviding food for tiny organisms(微生物). And then come the bugs. Kennedy says, “you walk in with your headlight on and the floor of the cave is full of bugs. Insects are flying around, and bectles(甲虫) move slowly up you legs!” When the adult bats leave the cave at night of feed, the
31、y are helping humans.They eat tons of insects in a single night, including many pests that eat farmers crops. And they get rid of mosquitoes, too. When twenty million bats fly out of one cave opening, they make a column so thick that they show up on radar at the nearby airport. It can take three hou
32、rs for all of them be to come out.13Mexican free-taled bats fly to Texax every March or April because Athey can find lots of food Bthe cave is bigger Cthey give birth to baby bats Dthey can protect the crops14The mother bat finds its baby by Asmelling Bhearing Ctouching Dwatching15The underlined wor
33、d “poop” probably means Abody Bwaste Cfood Dcave16Whhich of the following is right? AAs many as 500 baby bats crowd into one cave. BIts easy for all the bats to get out of the cave quickly. CA mother bat will bear at least one babyb at at a time.DBats eat many crop pests and mosquitoes.E高考资源 Its eas
34、yto laugh nowTen years ago, companies like Netscape had to explain what “browser” means; the two founders of Google were just ordinary Stanford students. Over the past ten years, the Internet has totally changed everyday life for millions people around the world. Looking back over the last 10 years,
35、the obvious question is: Where will the Internet take us in the future? One of the best places to start trying to answer the question is with a man widely known as one of the “fathers of the Internet”, Between 1968 and 1982, Vinton Cerf played an important role in developing the network technology f
36、or wider use. In a recent article, Cerf wrote that the believed the Internet would continue to enhance peoples life through suond, video, etcInterestingly, he also noted with confidence that 90percent of all applications on the Internet had yet to be invented. In the more distant future, Cerf predic
37、ted that an interplanetary(星际间w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m) Internet would connect the shuttle, ground stations and other spacecraft.Meantime, back on the earth,a survey from the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project from early last year looked at how the internet would affect our lives in 10 year
38、stime. The study looked at a wide range of topics, and it found some concerns along with the celebration. On the top of list of worries is a cyber(网络) attack. Many Internet experts agree that computer criminals are simply waiting for the right opportunity to strike. According to the Pew study, about
39、 66% Internet users believe at least one devastating(毁灭性的) attack will occur in the next 10 years. Howard Schmidt, Who has worked on security issues at Microsoft company, said, “We will have self-repairing and self-configuring computer systems that can effectively protect ones computer, so one perfo
40、rm the fuction they want,” said Sehmidt.17What would be the best title for the passage? AThe Internet: What Causes Cyber attack? BThe Internet: What Lies Ahead? CThe Internet: A New Revolution. DThe Internet: A Britht Future.18Cerf feels confident of Aonline entertainment equipment application Bthe
41、connecting between the Internet and space Cthe much wider application fro the Internet Dthe rapid development of network technology19The underlined word “enhance” Probably means Aimprove Bprovide Cdistrub Druin20The survey suggests that Amany experts are worried about the wide use of the Internet Bmost people welcome the changes brought by the Internet Cconcerns are a necessary part of celebration in everyday life Dthere are both celebration and worries about the Internet14 CBDA 58 CADB 912 CDBA 1316 CABD 1720 BCAD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
