1、限时精练四45分钟综合性过关小练习(二)注意事项:1. 答题前,考生务必将学校、班级、姓名写在密封线内。2. 请将选择题的答案根据老师批改需要填写在试卷第3页所附的答题栏内。一、 阅读理解请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。ABest Learning English, established in 2010, now has 30 training centers and more than 10,000 students across China. “We plan to expand to 100 training centers by 2015
2、,” said its CEO Wang Ning.Riverdeep International Education Inc., Best Learnings major competitor, has also enjoyed rapid growth, expanding to more than 140 training centers since 2007.The fast expansion of high-end childrens English education is a result of a more global outlook among Chinas new ge
3、neration of parents.“Young Chinese parents care about whether their children have an international outlook,” said Zhang Yuanmeng, director of China Research Center for Childrens Industry. “The market for high-end English education companies is huge, as Chinese parents believe their children have to
4、deal with competitors all over the world when they grow up,” she said. And this is a sector which is proving attractive to investors. Best Learning English attracted 100 million yuan in its first round of financing in October.However, these companies still need to overcome a number of problems if th
5、ey want to ensure their further growth.“Human resources management is the primary problem for growing English education companies,” said Zhang. “The business requires high-quality teachers, not only with language skills, but also teaching skills and an understanding of Western culture. The lack of t
6、eachers in big cities is more obvious, since the market is larger there.” She added, “But the good news is that Chinese education companies are recruiting(招募) more teachers from English-speaking countries who are looking for work due to the economic crisis in the West.” ()1. Why is high-end children
7、s English education expanded fast in China?A. High-end English education companies have no competitors.B. Children want to deal with competitors all over the world.C. Chinas new generation of parents have a more global outlook.D. More teachers from English-speaking countries come to China.()2. Whats
8、 the main difficulty for growing English education companies?A. The severe competition among competitors.B. The economic crisis in the West.C. The shortage of fund.D. The lack of high-quality teachers.()3. Whats Zhang Yuanmengs attitude towards the further growth of English education companies?A. Wo
9、rried.B. Negative.C. Optimistic.D. Unconcerned.BSome young Cambodians are learning a new sportskateboarding. The countrys first skateboard park is located on the grounds of a local charity group at the edge of Phnom Penh, the capital.Sports like Khmer boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia
10、. But Chea, who has been skating for 6 months, says skating has already become his favorite sport.The skaters are learning tricks like launching off a jump or half-pipe and flying through the air on their narrow wooden boards.A non-governmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes weekl
11、y programs at the park. Skateistan started its work in Afghanistan years ago. Rory Burke is working with the group which expanded to Cambodia last year.Rory Burke points out, “Yeah, its definitely not a typical Cambodian pastime(消遣). And I think the idea of why skateboarding is that its not been don
12、e before here. We want to use skateboarding as something saying, Hey; this is new; this is something different. And that kind of itself becomes a little bit of hook. People see it and they think and they say, Wow, what is that? and they want to get involved.” Skateistan partners with local groups th
13、at work with young people. The park is on the grounds of the group known as PSE, where children attend school and learn a trade. There are almost one hundred twenty participants. They all come from troubled lives.Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha is a student at PSE. “Sometimes I dont do well on subject
14、s like math,” he says. “I feel bad when I find it hard to keep up with my lessons. So that is why I skateboardto improve my bad feelings.” He says he began skateboarding more than a year ago. Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt
15、a lot from falling off.Rory Burke says learning to deal with the difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.()4. According to the passage, PSE is a group .A. that works with Cambodian studentsB. for young Cambodians to learn a tradeC. for young Cambodians in troubled livesD. fo
16、r young Cambodians taking skateboarding()5. What is said about skateboarding in the passage?A. It is easy for young Cambodians to learn.B. It is a good sport to help regain good feeling.C. It originated in Afghanistan years ago.D. It is as popular as Khmer boxing in Cambodia.()6. The underlined part
17、 “a little bit of hook” probably means .A. something strangeB. something quite newC. something differentD. something attractive()7. It can be inferred from the passage that skateboarding is becoming .A. a sport liked by most young CambodiansB. an increasingly popular sport in CambodiaC. a sport used
18、 to better young Cambodians lifeD. a good way to train young Cambodians learning skillsCMy son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors told us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and br
19、aces. By the time he was eight, you wouldnt know he had a problem when you saw him walk.The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldnt be able to run as well as the other chil
20、dren. So he didnt know.In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others, perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Altho
21、ugh the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the chance to score points for the school. We didnt tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didnt know.He continued to run four to five miles a day, every dayeven the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was worried, so I went to lo
22、ok for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldnt run four miles with a 103-de
23、gree fever. So he didnt know.Two weeks later, the names of team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh gradethe other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldnt expect to make the team. We never told him he couldnt
24、 do it. We never told him he couldnt do it.so he didnt know. He just did it.()8. It was years before Joey was totally recovered from appearance.A. 3B. 5C. 7D. 8()9. Joeys parents never told him the problem with his feet because .A. Joey couldnt face the fact that he was disabledB. Joeys parents cons
25、idered it may be better for his growthC. Joeys parents were afraid of being laughed atD. Joey would choose not to see the doctors()10. What is the proper title for the passage?A. Club FeetB. Keep RunningC. We Never Told HimD. Dont Give Up二、 任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填1个单词。W
26、ithout most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market, which are ca
27、pable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now smaller companies can use them.The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors(文字处理机) or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word
28、processor and this percentage is growing fast.There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss.
29、 From a managers point of view, secretarial(秘书的) time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be neede
30、d. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units(可视显示器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might b
31、e killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them.Whatever the arguments for and against word processors, they are a key feature of this revolution in office practice.Title: A Revolution in Office WorkIntroduction Small computers take (11)
32、of larger and expensive computers and some companies can use them. Small computers have been (12) in the field of word processors.Advantages of using a word processor For the secretary*Be free from a lot of (13) work.*Do other more interesting work for the (14). For the manager*Secretaries can make better use of their work (15).*(16) can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.(17) Many secretaries will lose their (18). Many people lose (19) slowly. For those women who work at VDU for long hours,their unborn child might be (20).
