1、浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（51）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A Childrens Books:Hawkings fact and fictionGeorge F. R. Ellis & RubyBOOK REVIEWED-Georges Secret Key to the Universeby Lucy & Stephen HawkingStephen Hawkings book A Brief History of Time was a huge commercial success. Its achievements i
2、n bringing difficult scientific ideas to a wide audience are not so clear. Now the distinguished physicist has teamed up with his daughter Lucy to produce a childrens book designed to communicate contemporary physics. Will it capture the attention of young minds and teach them some real science? Or
3、will it be boring and over the heads of the prospective readers?Georges Secret Key to the Universe is an adventure story complete with villains and hero and is illustrated with enjoyable line-drawings. It involves a lost pig, a humorously portrayed intelligent computer, school bullies and a trip thr
4、ough the Solar System. Didactic discussions on aspects of modern physics, such as supernova explosions and black-hole physics are hung on this set-up. There are also fact boxes on physics and astronomy, and some photographs of astronomical phenomena: planets, comets, galaxies and so on. Overall, the
5、 book is a serious effort to convey facts and ideas in present day astronomy and astrophysics, within a science-fiction adventure story.The mixture is great. Children love facts and adventure stories. The combination will catch their interest and keep them occupied for hours. After ten minutes of le
6、afing through the book, my granddaughter Ruby was deeply absorbed and I had to promise to bring it back for her to read after I had completed my review. Like any educational tool, it will succeed for some and not for others. I suppose there should be more of the former.1.Where do you think this pass
7、age is taken?A. From a news story.B. From a textbook.C. From a book review.D. From an advertisement.2.Which of the following books is mainly reviewed in this passage?A. Georges Secret Key to the UniverseB. A Brief History of TimeC. The Nature of Space and TimeD. Hawkings fact and fiction3.What is th
8、e authors attitude towards the book being reviewed?A. It will be less successful. B. It will be more successful. C. It will be a complete failure.D. It all depends on Ruby4.The underlined word “leafing” (in the last paragraph) probably means _.A. adding leaves to a bookB. throwing away a bookC. tear
9、ing up a bookD. turning pages of a book BThere were quite a lot of things that the philosophers of the old times got right and one of those things was that there is a very strong need for lawyers and government in a society. The government looks to protect and help you in times of need and the lawye
10、rs are there to fight for your case if you are treated unfairly, Just like then, there is still a need for government to help people when they need help now in todays world. This sort of help can come from when people need social security benefits because they become disabled after some sort of acci
11、dent.If you have become disabled in recent days, then you certainly have rights go find out whether you are qualified to receive the social security disability benefits. The social security disability is for those who have become disabled or are disabled due to some sort of accident that may have ha
12、ppened that forces you to be out of work. This can be very frustrating because being out of work means that you cannot make money that you need in order to provide for yourself and those you are possible taking care of. This is where the government comes into play. The government will help you out w
13、ith this and possibly give you money in order to keep yourself from ending up on the streets.They understand that accidents do happen and that there needs to be some sort of help for those who get into accidents and cannot provide for themselves. If you are sure that you have a disability, get in to
14、uch with the social security department for more information. Meyers Law Firm can help you get the social security disability benefits you have rights to gain.5 .This passage talks mainly about .A. the government helps the disabled peopleB .the disabled need protection from lawyers.C. how you ask fo
15、r help when having an accidentD. suggestions for you to contact related department6. When having an accident and become disabled people need to .A. ask the lawyers for help B. turn to the government for helpC. fight for their benefits D. seeking money from the accident7. What does the underlined par
16、t mean in the 2nd paragraph?A. Make you homeless.B. Get you to live a happier life.C .Stop you wandering in the street.D .End your poor life.8. The social security disability is given to those who .A. are out of work making no moneyB. have a deadly illness in the hospitalC. become disabled after an
17、accidentD. have the disabled in their family9. If you are disabled the author suggests you .A. find out whether you can get the moneyB. go to the related department to treatC. ask your family members to give a handD. provide evidence for the social department CWhile it is impossible to live complete
18、ly free of stress，it is possible 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 stressTry physical activityWhen you are nervous，angry or upset，try releasing the pressure throu
19、gh exercise or physical activityRunning，walking，playing tennis，and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might tryTake care of yourselfYou 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，i
20、t will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situationsIf stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping，you should consult a doctorMake time for yourselfSchedule time for both work and entertainmentDont forget，play can be just as important to your overall well-being as workYou need a break fr
21、om your daily routine 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 enjoyMake a list of things to doStress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “theres so much to do，and not enough time”Trying to take car
22、e of everything at 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
23、you have fallen into 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 t
24、imeCOnly do the most 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
25、 Yourself? DHow to 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 musicC. insist on doing workD. make a list to do things one by one DTom appeared on the sidewalk with a buc
26、ket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He
27、felt he could not continue and sat down.He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.He put his hand into
28、 his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea. At this
29、 dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making no
30、ises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. B
31、en stared a moment and then said: “Hello! Im going swimming, but you cant go, can you?”No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Toms mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.Ben said, “Hello, old fellow,
32、youve got to work, hey?”Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, its you, Ben! I wasnt noticing.”“Say Im going swimming. Dont you wish you could? But of course youd rather work wouldnt you? Of course you would.”Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “What do you call work?”“Why, isnt that work?”Tom went b
33、ack to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isnt. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”“Oh come, now, you dont mean to say that you like it?”The brush continued to move.“Like it? Well, I dont see why I shouldnt like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fenc
34、e every day?”Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”Tom thought for a momen
35、t, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.“No no it wont do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I dont think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand that can do it well enough.”“No is that so? Oh come, now let me just try. O
36、nly just a little.”“Ben, Id like to, but if it isnt done right, Im afraid Aunt Polly ”“Oh, Ill be careful. Now let me try. Say Ill give you the core of my apple.”“Well, here No, Ben, now dont. Im afraid ”“Ill give you all of it.”Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his he
37、art. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tir
38、ed, Johnny bought in for a dead rat and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadnt run out of whitewa
39、sh, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get. 15. How many characters are mentioned in this story? A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 716.
40、Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?A. Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.B. Because he wanted to throw his toys away.C. Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends. D. Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.17. Tom was about to agre
41、e to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because _.A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himselfB. Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple firstC. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashingD. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.18. We can learn from the passage that
42、_.A. Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for himD. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an a
43、rtist.19. What made Ben Rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom? A. His warm heart and kindness to friends.B. His curiosity about Toms brushing job. C. Toms threat.D. Aunt Pollys idea.20. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?A. The Happy Whitewasher B. Tom and His FellowsC. Whitewashing A Fence D. How to Make the Things Difficult to Get1-4 CABD 5-9 ABDCA 10-14 ABBAD 15-20 BDBCBA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
