1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（50）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)Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them.Their values-this can not be repeated too often-arent necessarily our values.Physical comfort,cleanness and order are not necessarily the most
2、important things.The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms,and an old person lying alone on bed,taking no notice of the worms.But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so t
3、hat they might be taken better care of? Some social workers,the ones who clear up the worms,think were in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks(冒险)are being taken with the health and safety of the old.Indeed,the old can be easily hurt or harmed.The old is
4、like a car: it needs more mechanical repair as it gets older.You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts.But never forget that such operations are painful experiences,however good the results are.And at what point should you stop to treat the old body?Is it morally right
5、to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active,knowing that it is designed to die?You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide,because so long as they can see the technical chances,they will feel it necessary to g
6、ive them a try,by the rule that while theres life,theres hope.Talking to the old,however,youre forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun.1.After reading Paragraph 1，we learn that_.A.very old people are ab
7、le to keep their living places very cleanB.old people enjoy living alone so as to have more personal freedomC.every old people enjoy living with their relativesD.social services have nothing to do with very old people2.Some social workers think that_A.old people should keep their living places clean
8、B.one should not take risk dealing with old peopleC.health and safety are more important than personal freedomD.personal freedom is more important than health and safety3.In Paragraph 3，the underlined word“it”refers to_A.ones memory or healthB.the conclusion you have come toC.whether age is happy or
9、 unpleasantD.your talk to the old people4.The writer of this passage thinks that_A.it is always morally right to treat old people and push off deathB.the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is uncertainC.old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very richD.med
10、ical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors（B） Perhaps the most astonishing theory to come out of kinetics，the study of body movement,was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell.He believes that physical appearance Is often culturally programmed.In other words,we learn our looks;we a
11、re not born with them.A baby generally unformed facial features.A baby,according to Birdwhistell,learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around family and friendsThis helps explain why the people of some regions of the United States look so much lilkeNew Englanders or Southerners have c
12、ertain common facial characteristics that cannot be explained by genetics(遗传学)The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth,it is learned laterIn fact，the final mouth shape is not formed until well after permanent(永久的)teeth are setFor many，this can be well into adolescence(青春期)A husband and wife
13、together for a long time often come to look somewhat alikeWe learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areasIn the United States，for example，the South is the part of the country where the people smile mos
14、t frequentlyIn New England they smile less，and in the western part of New York State still lessMany Southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly，partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peach Tree Street jn Atlanta，GeorgiaPeople in densely(稠密地)populated urban
15、 areas also tend to smile and greet each other in public less than people in rural areas and small towns5.The passage might be taken out of a book dealing with_Aphysics Bhealth Cchemistry D.body movement6.Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance_Ahas little to do with culture Bis decided b
16、y our parentsCcan be infiuenced by culture Dvaries from place to place7.Ray Birdwhistell can tell what region of the United States a person is from by .Athe way he or she talks Bhow he or she raises his or her eyebrowsCwhat he or she likes best Dhow much he or she laughs8.According to the passage，pe
17、ople who live_are more friendly.A.in the north B.in the country C.in New York City D.in densely populated areas（C）Since we are social beings，the quality of our lives depends in a large measure on our interpersonal relationshipsOne strength of the human condition is our possibility to give and receiv
18、e support from one another under stressful(有压力的)conditionsSocial support makes up of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal tiesThose of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problemsPeople with strong social ties liv
19、e longer and have better health than those without such tiesStudies over types of illnesses，from depression to heart disease，show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness，and the absence of such support makes poor health more likelySocial support cushions st
20、ress in a number of waysFirst，friends，relatives and co-workers may let us know that they value usOur self-respect is stengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficultiesSecond，other people often provide us with informational supportThey help us to define and understand
21、 our problems and find solutions to themThirdwe typically find social companionship supportiveTaking part in free-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting(转移注意力)us f rom our worries and troublesFinally，other people may give us instrumental supp
22、ort-money aid，material resources，and needed services-that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems9.What does the word“cushions”mean?A.gets rid of B.makes up of C.takes place of D.lessens the effect of10.The researches show that peoples physical and mental health_.A.depends on
23、 their ability to deal with daily werries and troublesB.is related to their courage for dealing with major life changesC.lies in the social medical care systems which support themD.has much to do with the amount of support they get from others11.Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work in spare
24、 time is an example of_.A.informational support B.social companionship C.the strengthening of self-respect D.instrumental support12.Why are interpersonal relationships important?A.They can cure types of illnesses B.They can deal with life changesC.they can smooth away daily problems D.They can make
25、people live more easily(D)Wearing seat belt is，of course，the first step to safe drivingThese additional measures might also save your life.Count to threeKeeping up enough space between your car and others is extreme1y necessaryJim Clark，a California driving instructor，suggests a least amount of thre
26、e secondsfollowing distanceTo figure this，pick an object on the roadside aheadWhen the car in front of you passes it，start counting one-thousand-one,one-thousand-two，one-thousand-threeIf you get to that object before you reach one-thousand-three，you dont have three seconds of following time - time n
27、eeded to keep away from accidentsLet followers pass“If someones driving after you，get out of his way，”Clark advises“Youre better of being safe than right” Expect the worstIn a study，the Federal Highway Administration(联邦公路局)found that 68 percent of drivers do not come to a complete stop at stop signs
28、When youre driving and see someone come near to a stop sing，assume the persons not going to stopAnd when you stop at a crossing and another car comes near with its turn signal on，dont take it true that the driver will turnInstead，wait until he turnsHe may have had the signal on for milesStay outside
29、In crowd，multilane(多车道) traffic，drive in either the outside-left or outside-right lane“That allows you somewhere to go if a problem develops,”traffic expert Francis Kenel says“If youre in the middle，all you can do is to pause from time to time”13.According to the text if you want to drive safely you
30、 should A.wear seat belt B.take some additional measures C.at least take 5 steps D.count to three14.When you finish counting“one-thousand-three,you have A.driven one thousand and three metres Bkept three secondsdistance from other carsCcounted a lot of numbers Dkept a long distance from the object15
31、.What does the underlined word“assume”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?AMaybe BGuess C.Ask D.Suppose16.MrKenel tells us while driving in multilane traffic_. Awed better find somewhere to goBit will be better for us to drive in the outside lanesCit is safer to drive in the middleDwe must drive on the lef
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