1、浙江省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。AAfter giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.During the nine-
2、mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal powe
3、r lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didnt mention that his classm
4、ates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more o
5、f a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”Last summer
6、 I received a letter from Matthews parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:高考资源网 Dick,My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me tha
7、t I dont have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know Im a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when
8、 you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.Your friend,Matthew1. The boy looked forward to meeting the author because _. A. he was also good at weight lifting B. he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal C. he was one of the authors students D. he admired the author very m
9、uch2. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that _.A. the boy never complained about how unlucky he was to have this diseaseB. the boy never complained about not being able to go to schoolC. the boy never complained why the author had never come to see him beforeD. the boy ne
10、ver complained about not getting a medal 3. From the passage we learn that _. A. Matthew was an athlete B. Matthew was an optimistic and determined boy C. The author used to have the same disease as Matthew had D. Matthew became a champion before he died 4. Matthew didnt accept the authors medal bec
11、ause _. A. he thought it was too expensive B. he was sure that he could win one in the future C. he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon D. he would not be pitied by others5. What would be the best title for this passage? A. A sick boy. B. A special friend. C. A real champion. D. A f
12、amous athlete.BSocial Program: 22nd26th August 2011Monday EveningStudy Centre or Sports ParkStudy Center: The school will be open from 7:45 pm to 9:35pm.Sports Park: Aerobics, Swimming or Fitness Training (with a Fitness Card).Tuesday EveningCinemaCinema: To get your free ticket, you must write down
13、 which film you would like to watch. See the leaflet on the board for this evenings UCI Cinema program. For more information about the films, visit the UCI website www.uci.co.uk or see the film section in this weeks Time Out magazine.Wednesday EveningStudy Centre of Tennis CoachingStudy Center: The
14、school will be open from 7:35 pm to 9:35 pm.Tennis Coaching: With former Junior Wimbledon tennis player Stuart Silvester.Thursday EveningChinese PartyChinese Party: Come along and enjoy the hospitality(好客) of the Chinese students! You can try delicious Chinese food and learn about Chinese traditions
15、. Please note that you should eat your evening meal at your home-stay, as the food is a taster and not a full meal. Non alcoholic and alcoholic drinks will be served.Friday afternoonHistorical Walking Tour or Sports ParksHistorical Walking Tour: This afternoon you will have the opportunity to visit
16、parts of Norwich you may have otherwise missed, with a professional guide. In medieval(中世纪的) times Norwich was the second most important city in England and this afternoon you can learn some of the interesting history of our fine city.Sports Park: Badminton, Basketball, Fitness Training (with a Fitn
17、ess Card), Football, Squash, Swimming or Volleyball.Please sign early if you wish to play any of the sports listed above.6. You can do all the following things during the weekday except _.A. going to the cinemaB. going to the Chinese party C. taking a historical walking tour D. taking a mountain cli
18、mbing tour 7. The passage may probably be found _.A. in a schools bulletin board B. in a schools text bookC. in a latest newspaper D. in a fashion magazine 8. From the passage we know that _.A. students have to pay for the film tickets B. some of the students in the school are Chinese C. Norwich is
19、the second largest city in BritainD. the school is closed during the daytime9. From the passage we can infer that _.A. students in the school can have access to computers B. students in the school only have morning classes C. the school often serves Chinese food to students D. every Friday afternoon
20、 the students will have a tour CToday, theres hardly an aspect of our life that isnt being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail. “If the aut
21、omobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology,” says Microsoft, “a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas. And you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza.”Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the bi
22、llions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers. Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. “We v
23、iew the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says Merrill Lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity.”You would be hard pressed to name something that isnt available on the Internet. Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, constr
24、uction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets. And even after youve moved on to your final resting place, theres no reason those you love cant keep in touch. A company called FinalT o
25、ffers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to Heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”.Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable(能预测的) future. Nearly all children in famil
26、ies with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the Internet. Most kids use computers to play games (some for 30 hours o
27、r more a week), and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left.Whats clear is that, whether we like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back. “The Internet is just 20% invented,”
28、says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum. “The last 80% is happening now.”10. What can we learn from the Microsofts remark?A. Todays cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced. B. Information technology is developing at an amazing speed. C. Information technology has reached the point where improvement is
29、difficult. D. Theres more competition in information technology industry than in car industry.11. According to the author, the biggest benefit of the Internet is that_. A. it saves companies huge amounts of money B. it speeds up profit making C. it brings people incredible convenience D. it provides
30、 easy access to information 12. The author gives the example of FinalT to make the point that_. A. there are some genius ideas on the Internet B. almost anything is available on the Internet C. people can find good bargains on the Internet D. some websites provide novel services to increase hits13.
31、What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? A. There is a link between income and computer ownership. B. Many American children dont put computers to good use. C. Studies show that boys are more computer literate than girls. D. The U.S. will stay ahead in the information technology in years.14. Whi
32、ch sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fifth paragraph? A. Some can tell you that he has changed their lives, while others think nothing of him.B. Think nothing of it. It was my pleasure.C. He thinks nothing of staying up all night in the Caf bar.D. H
33、e thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment.15. What is the message the author intends to convey? A. The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day. B. The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly. C. We should have a positive attitude towards the changes
34、the Internet brings. D. Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age.DGoing to school means learning new skills and facts in different subjects. Teachers teach and students learn, and many scientists are interested in finding ways to improve both teaching and learning p
35、rocesses. Sian Beilock and Susan Leving, two psychologists at the University of Chicago, are trying to learn about learning. In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, Beilock and Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female studen
36、ts learn: If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills, then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math. “If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades, it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement,”
37、 Levine told Science News. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are, then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident. Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subje
38、cts to be difficult to learnand teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. The new study involved 65 girls, 52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school
39、 year, and the researchers compared the scores. The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers: To find out which teachers were anxious about math, the researchers asked the teachers how
40、 they felt at times when they came across math, such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example, was probably anxious about math. Boys, on average, were unaffected by a teachers anxiety. On average, girls with math-anxious teache
41、rs scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus, on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy, 20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at mathand all of these girls had been taught by female teachers with math anxiet
42、y. According to surveys done before this one, college students who want to become elementary school teachers have the highest levels of anxiety about math. Plus, nine of every 10 elementary teachers are women, Levine said. 16. Sian Beilock and Susan Levine carried out the new research in order to _.
43、 A. know the effects of teaching on learning B. study students ways of learning mathC. prove women teachers are unfit to teach math D. find better teaching methods for teachers17. The underlined part in paragraph 2 most probably means that girls may _.A. end up learning math anxiety from their teach
44、ers B. study the ways their female teachers behaveC. have an influence on their math-anxious female teachers D. gain unexpected achievement in such subjects as math18. In the study, what were the teachers required to do? A. Prepare two math achievement tests for the students B. Tell their feelings a
45、bout math problemsC. Answer whether a math superstar had to be a boy D. Compare the students scores after the math tests19.What is the finding of the new study?A. No male students were affected by their teachers anxiety B. Almost all the girls got lower scores in the tests than the boys C. About 30%
46、 of the girls thought boys are better at math than girls D. Girls with math-anxious teachers all failed in the math tests20. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. 117 students and teachers took part in the new study B. The researchers felt surprised at the findings of their study C. Beilock and Levine are interested in teaching math D. Men teachers are better at teaching math than women teachers1-5 DABDC 6-9 DABA 10-15BABDCB 16-20 BABCB 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
