1、第一轮复习：高2008届英语综合练习五第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHappiness is for everyone. You dont need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because th
2、ose who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, you friends will help you; when you work hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life an
3、d your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see th
4、at happiness is always around you.Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that cant be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because
5、 you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的) door: when it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.56What kind of people can enjoy happ
6、iness according the passage?AOnly those who have cars. BOnly those who have their own happiness.COnly those who have big houses. DOnly those who have a lot of money.57When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will _.Alaugh at you Bplay jokes on youCquarrel with youDhelp
7、 you up58What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?AOh, so do I. BCongratulations! CGood luck! DIts just so-so.59Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?APeople who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.BYou can get help from others when you make
8、 mistakes.CYou can still be a happy person even if you have little money.DHappiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.60Which of the following is this passage about?ABad luck. BGood luck. CHappiness. DLifeBHow often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old peop
9、le wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, h
10、e is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. Whats more, life is always giving new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too we
11、ll-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has done.When a young man starts to make his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, bu
12、t has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble
13、s and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.61According to Paragraph 2,the writer thinks that _.Alife for a child is fairly easy Ba child is always loved whatever he does Ca child must do something in return for what he gets Donly chi
14、ldren are interested in life62The main idea of the passage is that _. Alife is not enjoyable since each age has some pains Byoung men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard Cchildhood is the most enjoyable time in ones life Done is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his l
15、ife63The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss _.Aexamples of successful young men Bhow to build up ones position in societyCwhat to do when one has problems in life Djoys and pains of old peopleCWe first think of the traditional or nuclear family. This is a two-generation fami
16、ly, the father, the mother and their own children. Most couples wanted to have four children, two boys and two girls.Some nuclear families, however, may add one or more grandparents to come to live with them, which is three generations. This kind of family with grandparents, parents, and grandchildr
17、en is called extended family. This family type was not very common during the later half of the twentieth century, but its becoming more common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or daughter. This is more possible now that American homes have become larger. What is interesting
18、, however, is that after the grandchildren move out of the home and start their own families, this extended family shrinks(收缩) back to a nuclear family, with just two generations again living together, a grandparent and parents, with the grandchildren coming only for occasional visits.Now, the fathe
19、rless or motherless family is one kind of what we call a single-parent family. In the fatherless family its just the mother and her children. This can be the result of the husbands death, of an unmarried mother, or of a separation or divorce. There are also a growing number of motherless families-wh
20、ere the father raises the children, for any of the same reasons. A fatherless family may also be motherless, but still a family with one adult. This is becoming more common in the big cities where a grandmother will raise her daughters children while the daughter goes elsewhere to work.One other new
21、 kind of family is becoming increasingly more common. A single parent with one or more children will marry again. Perhaps the other parent is also a single parent. Together they will start what is called a blended family, which blends together or combines the children of two families.64An extended f
22、amily usually has _.Afour generations Bthree generations Ctwo generations Done generation65Who usually looks after the children in a motherless or fatherless family in America? AThe childrens aunt. BThe childrens nursery or school. CThe childrens grandmother. DThe childrens neighbor.66A blended fami
23、ly is formed by _. Atwo single-parent families Ba nuclear family and a grandparent Ctwo motherless families Dtwo fatherless families67What is true to the fact in America? AThere are more and more members in a family. BThere are fewer and fewer members in a family. CMore and more grandparents refuse
24、to look after their grandchildren. DMore and more grandparents live separately from their children.DSmoking is a habit thats closely linked to certain times and places. If you break these links, you can break the habit. The best way of doing this is to avoid the situations where you want a cigarette
25、. If you cant avoid them, then you will have to fight off the temptation(诱惑). Sit down and think about when and where you usually have a cigarette. For example, do you always have one after breakfast? After other meals? In breaks at work? When you are watching television? With friends in the pub? On
26、ce you stop smoking, these times and places are going to be the danger spots, so work out how you are going to deal with them.It will also help if you can make new habits to break the old one of smoking. So plan some new activities to replace smoking-things to draw away your attention, things to do
27、with your hands, and different ways to deal with tensions.Some people find it helps if they cut down on cigarettes before they actually give up. Its one way of preparing for the day you stop for gooDBut dont look on cutting down as an alternative to giving up, and dont do it for more than a couple o
28、f weeks at the very most. The danger is that you go back to smoking more than you did before.68What is the best way to stop smoking?AAvoid situations where you feel like a cigarette.BAvoid working with smokers in the same place.CSit down and think about the situations where you smoke.DDo not bring c
29、igarettes with you when you take a rest.69The danger spots are _.Athe beginning and ending of a period when you stop smokingBthe time period when you relax yourselfCthe times and places which link to smoking habitDthe time when you start smoking70Which of the following activities can be used to stop
30、 smoking?ASomething you are able to do in your spare time.BSomething that might improve your skills.CSomething you do not like to do when you are free.DSomething that might interest you in your spare time.71One of the ways to stop smoking is to _.Aincrease the time that you spend on other hobbiesBta
31、ke drugs to prevent you from feeling like smokingCreduce gradually the number of cigarettes you have every dayDgive up smoking together with a group of friends.EThis is the age of technological change, the disappearance of class difference and equal educational opportunities for everyone. Many old-f
32、ashioned ideas about what our children ought to do in life are no longer preferable. Apart from the traditional academic careers in science, medicine, law, and the arts, we also need skilled technicians, technologists and businessmen. We need to modernize our industries and give an encouragement to
33、trade. Young people should be encouraged to see the value of all trades, crafts, and professions and to look upon the career they have chosen with interest and pride.In the old days sons followed their fathers trade or profession and took up the occupation that best suited the interests of the famil
34、y and possibly of society too. Total freedom in the choice of a career is often a burden to the individual and a danger to society.Nowadays most young people are encouraged to choose their own careers according to their personal abilities and interests. This concern for the vocational aspect of a ca
35、reer is all very well received, but young people are often poor judges of their own abilities and need guidance in the choice of a career.72Whats new in this age that isnt mentioned in this passage?ATechnological development. BNo class difference.CEquality of all the people. DFreedom of women.73Trad
36、itionally, people didnt respect _.Ascientists Bbusinessmen Clawyers Ddoctors74Which of the following statements is NOT true?AIn the old days sons took the same job as their fathers did.BIn the old days sons took the job that their family members liked.CIn the old days young people had total freedom
37、in the choice of a career.DIn the old days young people usually took a career that was accepted by the society.75Which of the following may be the problem when young people choose their career?AThey havent the freedom to make their own decisions.BThey are not good at judging their own abilities.CThey have to follow some peoples advice.DThey dont know their real interests.参考答案5660 BDBAC 6165 ADDBC 6670 AAACD 7175 CDBCB
