1、浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（29）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe dark chocolate is one of the favourite food choices by many. The taste is simply irresistible, the smell is tempting and the feel of every bite is surely what you are craving for.Aside from the taste, you simply cannot resist it becau
2、se it has a lot of benefits when it comes to your health. Our health is our priority(首要事情) when it comes to the choice of our foods. If you worry that the chocolate is bad for your health, then here is a list of the effects of dark chocolate to health especially when taken with the right amount ever
3、y day.First of all , it contains a component called falconoid(类黄铜) which acts as an antioxidant(抗氧化剂). The antioxidants fight the common signs of aging. The antioxidants are also good for the heart. Studies have shown that people who ate foods rich in antioxidants have low incidence of heart disease
4、s.Aside from the anti-aging and healthy heart benefits, the dark chocolate can also lower blood pressure and reduce bad cholesterol(胆固醇) to as high as 10%. Lowering of blood pressure in patients of high blood level is good because it will lower the risks of stroke and certain health crisis. Low leve
5、ls of blood cholesterol are also good for the heart and take away the risk of blood vessels which may harden for too much cholesterol in them.Lastly, do you know the feeling of being overjoyed after jogging? This feeling is like extreme happiness. Dark chocolates will give you the feeling of pleasur
6、e and happiness. If you are feeling that the world has turned against you, then a chocolate can be a mood lifter. It is an antidepressant. Usually when we feel so bad, we would crave to eat more food. If you are looking for something to eat during your bad moments, try to take a bite from a dark cho
7、colate and feel good somehow after it.These are commonly the effects of chocolates to health. It can benefit you especially if taken in moderate amounts. Approximately, 100 grams of chocolate or less a day is already enough according to studies. If you have taken too much, try to lessen on your othe
8、r meals for the day. It is all about nutrition and taking the right amount of food in order to get the health benefits that it can provide for you.1. According to the text, _. A. many people like the dark chocolate for its taste B. the dark chocolate is the best choice for most people. C. nobody cou
9、ld resist the tempting smell of the dark chocolate D. only a bite of the dark chocolate will make you addicted to it2. What do we consider most important when choosing our foods? A. Our taste. B. Our health. C. The variety of foods. D. The source of foods.3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 su
10、ggests that dark chocolates _. A. are the best choices for the aged B. are usually used as an antioxidant C. can keep you stay young forever D. can make you look younger than your real age4. What can we learn from paragraph 5? A. If you are depressed, dark chocolate will make you delighted. B. If yo
11、u are feeling bad, you will crave to eat dark chocolates. C. If you eat some dark chocolates, you will get overjoyed. D. If you are hungry, the best food is dark chocolates.B A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States. The woman had visited major businesses and inves
12、tment companies in New York City and Chicago.“I studied English before I left home,” she said. “But I still was not sure that people were speaking English.”Her problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some o
13、f the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry.One such saying is “get your act together”.When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry. He may shout, “Stop maki
14、ng mistakes. Get your act together.” Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together.” Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action. It is difficult to tell exac
15、tly where the saying began. But, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The director may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act together.” Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 197
16、0s. Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together. Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet. One company even called its yearly report, “Getting Our Act To
17、gether.” ks5u The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is cut to the chase. She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company. One official was giving a very long report. It was not very interesting. In fact, some peop
18、le at the meeting were falling asleep. Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase.”Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material. Hurry and get to the good part.Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies. Hollywood movie
19、producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies. Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot.Cut is the directors word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now.S
20、o, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly.5. After the woman visited the Untied States she might feel that _. A. her English was poor B. Its easy to master English C. its difficult to make money D. people there werent very friendly6. In
21、 which situation could the words “get your act together” be used? A. A task is completed successfully B. Players perform badly in a match. C. Audience is satisfied with the actors performance in a movie. D. Visitors make a tiresome and unpleasant trip to someplace.7. According the text, the expressi
22、on “get ones act together” _. A. was first used by a Japanese business woman B. was forbidden to be used in the government policyks5u C. originally came from a yearly report of a company D. was commonly read by readers in a newspaper in 1978.8. What do the sayings “get your act together” and “cut to
23、 the chase” have in common? A. Their uses B. Their meanings C. their origins D. their popularities9. The text is most likely to be found in a book about _. A. life attitude B. travel journals C. language culture D. successful businessCWhile it is impossible to live completely free of stress，it is po
24、ssible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it cant be avoidedThe US Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to deal with stress Try physical activity When you are nervous，angry or upset，try releasing the pressure through exercise or physicala
25、ctivityRunning，walking，playing tennis，and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try Take care of yourself You should make every effort to eat well and get enough restIf you easily get angry and cant sleep well enough，or if youre not eating properly，it will be more likely t
26、hat you will fall into stressful situationsIf stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping，you should consult a doctor Make time for yourself Schedule time for both work and entertainmentDont forget，play can be just as important to your overall well-being as workYou need a break from your daily routine
27、 to just relax and have funGo window-shopping or work on a hobbyAllow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy Make a list of things to do Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “theres so much to do，and not enough time”Trying to take care of everything at
28、once can be too much for you and as a result，you may not achieve anythingInstead，make a list of everything you have to do，then do one thing at a time，checking off each task as it is completedSet out to do the most important task first10Which of the following statements shows that you have fallen int
29、o stressful situations？ AYou cant sleep well all the time BYou have a break after work CYou always feel happy and relaxed DYou only do one thing at a time11According to the passage，how do you make a list of things to do? ATry to take care of everything at once BDo one thing at a time COnly do the mo
30、st important thing DHave a break from your work12Why does the writer write this passage? ATo give opinion BTo give suggestions CTo make a request DTo ask for advice13What is the best title for the passage?AHow to Deal with Stress? BHow to Make Time for Yourself?CHow to Take Care of Yourself? DHow to
31、 Make a List of Things to Do?14. Which of the following would be the advice to deal with stress according to the passage? A. just lie in bed for a restB. always listen to pop music C. insist on doing workD. make a list to do things one by oneDAfter 20 years as a full-time wife and mother, I decided
32、to be a school bus driver for I loved kids. After hard practice, by the time school started that year Id gotten the hang of it. I was happy in my new work. I became a combination chauffeur, nurse and friend. And if the kids needed it, Id put on my “Tough Big Sister” act. It was a lot like my previou
33、s job-being a mom. When I think about my years of bus driving, many things crowded in, but mostly, I remember Charlie. Charlie, eight years old, with blond hair and crystalline gray eyes, began riding my bus in September of my fourth year driving. They all had stories to tell me about their summers.
34、 Charlie, though, ignored me. He didnt even answer when I asked his name. From that day on, Charlie was a trial. If a fight broke out I didnt have to turn my head to know who had started it. If someone was throwing spitballs I could guess the culprits name. If a girl was crying, chances were Charlie
35、 had pulled her hair. No matter how I spoke to him, gently or firmly, he wouldnt say a word. Hed just stare at me with those big gray eyes of his. I asked around some, and found out Charlies father was dead and he didnt live with his mother. He deserves my patience, I thought. So I practiced every b
36、it of patience I could muster. To my cheery “Good Morning”, he was silent. When I wished him a happy Halloween, he sneered. Many, many times I asked God how I could reach Charlie. “Im at my wits end.” Id say. Still I was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me. So, when hed pass by,
37、Id ruffle his hair or pat him on the arm. Toward the end of that year, the kids on my bus gave me a small trophy inscribed “To the Best Bus Driver Ever”. I propped it up on the dashboard. On top I hung a small tin heart that a little girl had given me. In red paint she had written, “I love Polly and
38、 Polly loves me.” On the next-to-last day of school I was delayed a few minutes talking to the principal. When I got on the bus I realized that the tin heart was gone. “Does anyone know what happened to the little heart that was up here?” I asked. For once with 39 children, there was silence. One bo
39、y piped up, “Charlie was the first one on the bus. I bet he took it.” Other children joined the chorus, “Yeah! Charlie did it! Search him!” I asked Charlie, “Have you seen the heart?” “I dont know what youre talking about,” he protested. Standing up, he took a few pennies and a small ball out of his
40、 pockets. “See, I dont have it.” “I bet he does!” insisted the girl who had given me the heart. “Check his pockets.” Charlie glowered when I asked him to come forward. His gaze burned into mine. I stuck my hand into one pocket. Nothing. I reached into the other pocket. Then I felt it -the familiar o
41、utline of the small tin heart. Charlie stared at me for a long time. There were no tears in those big gray eyes, no plea for mercy. He seemed to be waiting for what hed come to expect from the world. I was about to pull the tin heart out of Charlies pocket when I stopped myself. Let him keep it, a v
42、oice seemed to whisper. “It must have fallen off before I got here,” I said to the kids. “Ill probably find it back at the depot.” Without a word, Charlie returned to his seat. When he got off at his stop, he didnt so much as glance at me. That summer Charlie moved away. Eventually I retired. And th
43、ere my story as a school bus driver ends, except for one more incident. A dozen years after retirement I was in a department store in Kansas City, when someone said tentatively, “Polly?” I turned to see a balding man who was approaching middle age. “Yes?” His face didnt look familiar until I noticed
44、 his big gray eyes. There was no doubt. It was Charlie. He told me he was living in Montana and doing well. Then, to my surprise, he hugged me. After he let go, he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see. An old key chain.bent out of shape, the lettering faded. You can probably
45、 guess what it was-the little tin heart that said, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.” “You were the only one who kept trying,” he explained. We hugged again, and went our separate ways. That night I thought over his words. You were the only one who kept trying. Before I fell asleep I thanked the Lor
46、d for the reassurance that Id done a good job and for all the qualifications hed given me to do it with. 15. From whose point of view is the story told? A. PollysB. CharliesC. a mothersD. Tough Big Sisters16. From the passage, we learn that Charlie was _ . A. cold and firm B. naughty and lazy C. tou
47、gh and lonelyD. gentle and smart17.The sentence “He seemed to be waiting for what hed come to expect from the world.” suggests that Charlie _. A. expected to get away with what he had done B. expected to get punished for what he had done C. felt ashamed of what he had done D. felt Polly had done wro
48、ng to him18. Charlie kept the tin heart all the time because it reminded him _. A. it was once a shame to him B. someone there cared him C. it once gave him warmth D. it was a Christmas gift from Polly19. What do you think is the best reward to Pollys love for Charlie? A. Peoples appreciation for he
49、r kindness. B. His doing well in his life. C. His thanks to her love. D. Charlies recognition of Polly after many years.20. Which detail from the story best shows Pollys love for Charlie? A. She greeted him with cheery “Good Morning”. B. She wished him a happy Halloween. C. She ruffled his hair when he passed her.D. She lied to the other kids about what happened to the tin heart.1-4 ABDA 5-9ABDCC 10-14 ABBAD 15-20 ACBBBD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