1、河北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（6）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。AMy father was poor in expressing his feelings. I knew that my dad loved me, but showed me love in other ways. There was one particular time in my life when this became real to me.I always believed that my parents had a good marriage, but
2、 gradually the strain (拉紧）on my mom and dads relationship was quite evident. However, I was not prepared for the day when Dad had decided to leave. All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced family. I kept telling myself that it wasnt going to happen. The night
3、before he left, I stayed up in my room for a long time. I prayed and I cried and I wrote a long letter to my dad. I told him how much I loved him and that I would always and forever be his Krissie.his Noodles. As I folded my note, I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had always heard: Anyone c
4、an be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy. Early the next morning, as my dad left our house, I slipped my letter into one of his bags.Two weeks later, my mother told me that they decided that there were things that the both of them could and would change and that their marriage was
5、worth saving. Well, Dad said that when he read your letter, it made him cry. It meant a lot to him and I have hardly ever seen your dad cry. After he read your letter, he called to ask if he could come over to talk. Whatever you said really made a difference to your dad.A few days later my dad was b
6、ack. We never talked about the letter. I guessed that it became a secret between us.1. Why did the authors father decide to leave?A. Because he was poor in showing his feelings.B. Because his wife was always giving orders.C. Because serious problems occurred in their marriage.D. Because the strain o
7、n father-daughter relationship was evident.2. How did the author feel when her father decided to leave?A. Excited.B. Annoyed.C. Doubtful.D. Upset.3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means _ .A. a man may have to give up a lot to be a real fatherB. a man may have to give in to his wife to be a
8、daddyC. a man who raises special children can become a real fatherD. a man who develops some special talents can be a real father4. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. How the authors parents enjoyed a happy marriage.B. How a letter saved the authors parents marriage.C. The divorce had a great inf
9、luence on the author.BThese days, there are very few wild animals left in the UK. The wolves have gone. The bears have been hunted to extinction. Fortunately, there are a few badgers (獾).oh, well, actually, not for long as the British government have just decided to kill them too! But why?Badgers ar
10、e fascinating nocturnal (夜晚活动的）creatures, living underground. Theyre extremely brave, fighting off larger animals such as bears and wolves. The problem is that some badgers carry bovine tuberculosis (bTB) an infectious disease caused by the bacterium M. Bovis which can cause TB in some other animals
11、, including cattle. For farmers, this is a serious issue, because they usually keep a large number of cows together to raise. In 1998 in the UK, almost 6,000 cows were killed to control the disease. And in 2010，more than 30,000 animals were destroyed. Bovine TB costs the UK about 100 million per yea
12、r. And some believe that the disease could end up costing the economy 9 billion over the next 40 years if nothing is done about it.Experts say that badgers are responsible for about 50% Of the infected cattle. So, after much debate, the government has agreed to kill badgers.Of course, many are again
13、st the measure. They claim that killing the badgers in controlled zones wouldnt work because badgers from neighboring areas would simply move in and become infected too. Furthermore, the number of cattle in one spot is usually very large. They believe that the way cattle are raised intensively, and
14、transported around to lots of different farms during their lives is probably the biggest cause of the spread of the disease.5. Why does the UK government want to kill badgers?A. Because badgers are responsible for all the bTB infected cattle.B. Because a disease connected with badgers has caused a b
15、ig loss.C. Because badgers are very easy to become infected with bTB.D. Because cattle are often with badgers which may carry bTB.6. Some people believe that killing badgers in certain areas doesnt help because _ A. badgers nearby would occupy where the killed badgers once lived.B. badgers are often
16、 transported around to lots of different farms.C. the disease will still exist there with all the cattle infected.D. the government doesnt have a good knowledge of the disease.7. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. The UK government has decided to kill badgers to control the disease.B. Very few wi
17、ld animals exist in the UK these days except badgers.C. A lot of people are against killing badgers for some reasons.D. A large sum of money has been spent controlling the disease.8. What does the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Cattle are often kept separately to prevent diseases.B.
18、 Many cattle are gathered in one area to raise.C. Cattle are raised very carefully and attentively.CIs losing weight as simple as doing a 15-minute writing exercise? In a new study, women who wrote about their most important values, like close relationships or religion, lost more weight over the nex
19、t few months than women who didnt. We have this need to feel self-integrity (正直，诚实)，” says Christine Logel of the University of Waterloo. When something threatens your sense that youre a good person, like failing a test, we can buffer (缓 冲）that self-integrity by reminding ourselves how much we love
20、our children, for example.For this study, the researchers recruited (聘用）45 female undergraduates, of whom 58% were overweight. Each woman was weighed, and was then given a list of important values, like creativity, music or relationships with friends and family members. Each woman ranked the values
21、in order of how important they were to her. Then half the women were told to write for 15 minutes about the value that was most important to her. The other half, a control group, were told to write about why a value far down on their list might be important to someone else.The women came back months
22、 later to be weighed again. Women who had written about an important value lost an average of 3.41 pounds, while women in the control group gained an average of 2.76 pounds.How we feel about ourselves can have a big effect, Logel says. Maybe when one of the women who wrote about an important value w
23、ent home that night, she felt good about herself and didnt eat to make herself feel better. Over a few months, that could make a real difference in her life.9. How can a 15-minute writing exercise of important values affect people?A. They will feel proud of themselves and gain weight gradually.B. Th
24、ey may feel good about themselves and then eat less than usual.C. They may continue writing and decide to become a professional writer.D. They will never have meals at night to make themselves lose weight.10. What were the females required to do in the study?A. The overweight women wrote about the v
25、alue most important to them.B. Only the control group was given a list of important values.C. Both groups ranked the values in order of importance to them.D. Each woman was weighed three times in the process of the study.11. Which of the following persons may lose weight according to the new study?A
26、. Mary who wrote about her own adventure.B. Catherine who described her illness in her writing.C. Shirley who wrote how much she loved her children.D. Alice who complained her boss in her diary.12. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Women Values Losing WeightB. Losing
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