1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2011-2012年上学期兴化市高三英语好题集：阅读理解4 一The snow started to fall several hours before her labor began a few flakes first, in the dull gray late afternoon sky, and then wind driven swirls around the edges of their wide front porch门廊. He stood by her side at the window, watchingSharp gusts of s
2、now billow, then swirl and drift to the ground. All around the neighborhood, lights came on, and the naked branches of the trees turned white.After dinner he built a fire, going out for wood he had piled against the garage the previous autumn. The air was bright and cold against his face, and the sn
3、ow in the driveway was already halfway to his knees. He gathered logs, shaking off their soft white caps and carrying them inside. The kindling因火柴 caught fire immediately, and ha sat for a time at the stove, crosslegged, adding logs, watching the flames leap, and feeling sleepy. Outside, snow contin
4、ued to fall quietly through the darkness, bright and thick. By the time he rose and looked out of the window, their car had become a soft white hill on the edge of the street. Already his footprints in the driveway had filled and disappeared.He brushed ashes from his hands and sat on the sofa beside
5、 his wife, her feet propped on pillow, her swollen ankles crossed, a copy of Dr.Spock balanced on her belly. Absorbed, she licked her index finger absently each time she turned a page. Her hands were slender, her finger short and sturdy, and she bit her bottom lip lightly, intently, as she read. Wat
6、ching her, he felt a rush of love and wonder: that she was his wife, that their baby, due in just three weeks, would soon be born. Their first child, this would be. They had been married just a year.She looked up, smiling, when he tucked the blanket around her legs.“You know, I have wondering what i
7、t is like,” she said.“Before we are born, I mean. It is too bad we can not remember.” She opened her robe and pulled up the sweater she wore underneath, revealing a belly as round and hard as a melon. She ran her hand across its smooth surface, firelight playing across her skin, casting reddish gold
8、 onto her hair.“Do you suppose it is like being inside a great lantern? The book says light permeates渗透 my skin, and that the baby can already see.”“I do not know,” he said.She laughed.“Why not?” she asked. “You are the doctor.”“I am just an orthopedic surgeon,” he reminded her.“I could tell you the
9、 ossification pattern for fetal胎儿的 bones, but that is about it.”He lifted her foot, both delicate and swollen inside the light blue hands, and began to massage it gently. Her breathing filled the quiet room, and her foot warmed his hands, In pregnancy she seemed to him beautiful but fragile, fine bl
10、ue veins faintly visible through her pale white skin.1. The scene happenedA. when it was early in the eveningB. when it was early in the morningC. when a child was bornD. after a baby was born2. What can we learn from their conversation?A. The woman was expecting her first childB. The man showed lit
11、tle concern foe his wifeC. The couple had not been prepared for a babyD. The man was anything but a doctor3. What does the underlined word “it”in paragraph 4 refer to ?A. Ones childhood B. Being inside Mother bellyC. Giving birth to a child D. A childs being born4. Which is the most proper title for
12、 this passage? A. Evening Entertainment B. A NewlyMarried CoupleC. A Baby on its Way D. A Pregnant Woman出处：2012满分计划高考英语一轮复习模拟试卷一D解析：1.选A. 细节判断题。这个故事发生在一个寒冷的夜晚，从文章第一段的in the dull gray late afternoon sky和第二段的After dinner可以得出答案。 2. 选A. 逻辑推理题。这位未来的母亲对自己即将出生的第一个孩子充满了期待，这种心情贯穿了全文。从文中也可看出，她的丈夫对她呵护备至，且两人已有了
13、充分准备迎接他们的孩子。4. 选B. 词义猜测题。从该段的Before we are born和it is like being inside a great lantern可以推断出答案。5. 选C. 标题判断题。整篇文章都是围绕着期待孩子的降生来讲述的。二In a mouse that can speak acceptable? How about a dog with human hands or feet? Scientists, the people that know how to make such things happen, are now thinking about wh
14、ether such experiments are morally right or not.On November 10, Britains Academy of Medical Sciences launched a study on the use of animals with human materials in scientific research.The work is expected to take at least a year, but its leaders hope it will lead to guidelines for scientists in Brit
15、ain and around the world on how far they can go mixing human genes into animals in search of ways to fight human disease.“Do these constructs challenge our idea what it is to be human?” asked Martain Borow, a professor of medical genetics at Cambridge University and chair of a 14member group looking
16、 into the disease.“It is important that we consider these questions now so that appropriate boundaries are recognized and research is able to fulfill its potential.”Using human materials in animals is not new. Scientists have already created monkeys that have a human form of the Huntingdons gene so
17、they can study how the disease develops; and mice with livers made with human cells are being used to study the effects of new drugs.”However, scientists say the technology of putting ever greater amounts of human genetic materials into animals is spreading quickly around the world, raising the poss
18、ibility that some scientists in some places may want to go further than is morally acceptable.“There is a whole raft of new scientific techniques that will make it not only easier but also more important to be able to do these crossspecies experiments,” Borow said.Last year, there was a lively debat
19、e over new laws allowing the creation of human animal embryos foe experiments.On one side of the debate were religious groups, who claimed that such science interferes with nature. Opposing them were scientists who pointed out that such experiments were vital to the research on cures for diseases.Bo
20、row said he and his colleagues did not want to see such arguments again and are acting now so that they can influence such debate rather than have to react to it.The experts will publish reports after the end of the study in which they give definitions for animal embryos with human genes or cells, l
21、ook at safety and animal welfare issues, and consider the right legal framework to work within.1. Scientists are concerned about.A. how to place human genes in animalsB. how far they should go with experiments on animals with human genesC. Whether such experiments will help cure human diseaseD. Whet
22、her to make such experiments legal2. The purpose of the study launched by Britains Academy of Medical Sciences is to.A. search for new ways to fight human diseaseB. study the effects of new drugsC. react positively to an ongoing moral debateD. draw the proper boundaries for scientists3. The underlin
23、ed word “them”in the ninth paragraph refers to .A. religious groups B. scientists C. crossspecies experiments D. humananimal embryos4. The text tells us about.A. the first time scientists have used human genetic material in animalsB. British laws to ban crossspecies gene mixingC. a debate on the mor
24、ality of some gene experimentsD. the clear guidelines that now exist for adding human genes to animal embryos出处：2012满分计划高考英语一轮复习模拟试卷三B解析：1.选B. 逻辑推理题。根据文章第一段的Scientists, the people that know how to make such things happen, are now thinking about whether such experiments are morally right or not.和第三段的
25、内容综合判断，科学家们关心的是对植入人类基因的动物进行实验是否符合伦理道德，即这样的实验能够进行到什么程度，所以答案为B. 2. 选D. 细节判断题。从文中第三段的its leaders hope it will lead to guidelines for scientists in Britain and around the world on how far they can go mixing human genes into animals in search of ways to fight human disease.可知，这个研究的目的在于让科学家认识这些实验能够进行到什么程度
26、，为他们划定界限，所以选D. 3. 选A。 词义猜测提。 从第九段可知，辩论一方为religious groups，他们反对此类实验；而辩论的另一方为Scientists，他们认为此类实验是必要的。由此可知，Scientists反对的是religious groups。4. 选C. 主旨大意题。本文至始至终介绍的是科学家将人类基因运用于动物进行实验后产生了一系列道德和伦理方面可行性的辩论，C具有高度的概括性和很强的针对性，为正确答案。三Trust as defined in wikipedia is the feeling of being sure someone or soothing c
27、an be relied upon. Trust is a big issue in many peoples lives. It produces an emotional feeling that is tied to the core 核心of a persons very existence,Why do we want to break anyones trust? Why does this happen over and over again? It may stem from起源于 pride, control. dislikes, a difference of opinio
28、n and misunderstandings. Perhaps when you are living your life without selfworth and selflove then you are living your life in a continual state of negative thoughts and emotions. What you feel inside is evident by what you do and what you say. When you shift改变 your energy within yourself and find y
29、our place of love and worth then your view of this world will change for the better. This energy shift towards the positive will shift everything that you think, say and do. Being kind to yourself projects outward to the world by being kind and good to others. This projection is the outcome of this
30、positive energy shift, Our true self is one of love and feeling worthy of all the goodness and happiness. We have a tendency to look outside of ourselves for fulfillment满足 when this feeling of fulfillment can be found within ourselves. The answers to our questions about life and love are within us.
31、Sometimes we need to give ourselves a break and to be most loving, most kind and most patient with us. Care for and love yourself to find the joy within. The love and peace of this world is in each and every one of us.Meditation沉思 can bridge that trust that we can have in ourselves. Then we can have
32、 more trust in the world and in others. When everything around us is breaking up meditation can help to keep us centered so we can find that deep connection of love and worthiness. That is your true self wanting to shine through. We can not control anything else but we can control what we do . When
33、you choose to help yourself then you choose to trust yourself. Trust can lead us to a life of peace and love and fulfillment. The world has its own programs. Trust in love and peace and live your life like you mean it!1. The first paragraph serves as an .A. background B. comparison C. comment D. exp
34、lanation2.If you want to have a positive life, you should.A. find an environment that is full of positive thingsB. try to show your true self naturally and continuouslyC. work hard to change all the outside world around youD. fight with anyone who dislikes you2. When you fail or feel disappointed yo
35、u should.A. stop and adjust yourself B. continue to work even harderC. ask others for the key to successD. try to fully recognize your own fault3.Based on this text meditation might make us .A. move from mistrust to trustB. live a meaningless and unchangeable lifeC. modest when we achieve somethingD
36、. lose the courage to fight and step forward4. By writing this text the author wants to .A. teach us how to deal with failure B. explain what a successful life isC. encourage us to trust ourselves D. show the importance of help出处：维克多英语高考阅读61，下册p34解析：本文是一篇议论文。人的本质是善良和优秀的，外在行动体现内在心声，要相信自我，才能有积极的生活态度。1
37、、D 逻辑结构题 文章第一段中作者引用维基百科对信任的诠释来告诉读者什么是信任，以及它在人们生活交往中的概念。2、B 事实细节题 根据文章第二段What youhappiness.可知，作者认为一个人内心的感受会由他所做的事情和所说的话反映出来，一个人的真我本质是充满着爱和善意的，所以如果想要有一个积极的生活态度，就要想法把自己的真我表现出来。3、 A 事实细节题 根据第三段中的Sometimescentered可知，我们有时候需要让自己休息一下，调整自己，反思自己，特别当周围一切处于不利的状态时，更要耐心地调整自我，以使自己找到正确的方向。4、 A 事实细节题 根据文章最后一段可知，沉思可以使我们更好地认认清自己，在遇到困难或者疑惑，产生不信任感时调整一下，重新走向信任。5、 C 写作目的题 本文主要介绍了相信自己的重要性，人的真我本质都是充满着爱和善意的，所以相信自己的潜在能力非常重要。文章旨在鼓励读者充分相信自己的内在品质。.精品资料。欢迎使用。高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u 版权所有高考资源网