1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（6）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。AIt was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professorOn that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues
2、turned to me and said, Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life At my inquiry, he answered, Because the students you have gotten to know have to leaveAs years went by, my previous confusion about my colleagues words no longer existedWhen I came across naughty s
3、tudents, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacherIt obviously isnt the moneyOnce a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a changeHe was working at Nintendo CorporationHis salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have
4、worked for over a decadeWith my programming skills, he said he could get me hiredI thanked him, but declined his kind offerA few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homeworkShe thanked me for being her teacher and said
5、the things she had learned in my classnot about math, but about lifewould be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded awayAs I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacherNow, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did s
6、o with renewed dedication （奉献） and a deeper sense of satisfactionI will always be grateful that I am a teacher1Hearing his colleagues description of graduation for the first time, the author _ Aquite agreed with his colleague Bwas very puzzled Cthought it very funny Dwas very sad2The computer scienc
7、e student called up the author because he_ Awanted to inform the author of his present job Btried to persuade the author to work with him Cwanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction Dthought the author wasnt fit to be a teacher3The underlined part “blue hats and gowns” refers to_ Auniversit
8、y colleagues Bgraduates clothes Clife memories Ddecorations in the hall4The author wrote this passage to _ Aexpress his devotion to being a teacher Bcompare two different graduation ceremonies Ctalk about the meaning of graduation Dgive advice on how to be a good teacherBRegular child care provided
9、outside home or by someone other than the mother does not in itself undermine （削弱） healthy emotional connections between mothers and their 15-month-old infants（幼儿）, according to a long-term national studyThe finding holds even if care begins during the first 3 months after birth and runs for 30 hour
10、s or more per weekAmong infants who receive unkind and unresponsive care from their mothers, however, the mother-care relationship may be damaged This research helps us put apart complexities regarding child care that have not previously been studied in detail, contends （主张） Jay Belsky, a psychologi
11、st at Pennsylvania State UniversityBelsky and several of his colleagues announced their findings last week at the international conferenceThe investigation consists of 1,153 children and their families living in or near BostonThe youngsters, no more than 1 month old when entered the study in 1991, w
12、ill be tracked until the age of 7Experimenters gave questionnaires to mothers in their homes and videotaped baby caretakers interacting with the kids at ages 1, 6, and 15 monthsIndependent observers rated the quality of each child care efforts and noted infant nervousnessUnlike most previous studies
13、, this one allows researchers to observe each caretakers personality at child nursing, and kids emotional reaction by the equipmentAfter taking family factors into consideration, other psychologists state that the researchers found no relation between the quality of child care and infants responseBu
14、t the experimenters contend that the boys who spent more than 30 hours per week in child care exhibited more emotion for their mothers than other boys who didnt, and the girls who spent the same hours per week in child care showed a modest （适度的） rise in this emotionTherefore, quality of child care o
15、utside home plays an important role in the connection between mothers and infants5From the first paragraph we know that _ Amother care is the best according to a national study Bchild care outside home is the best in accordance with the study Cregular child care outside home may play a role as a mot
16、her Dconnections between mothers and infants are damaged by outside care6According to the passage, unresponsive care from a mother may _ Aruin a kids growth Bharm the mother-child tie Cinjure a babys emotional reaction Dspoil childs personality7Jay Belsky implies that the study of child care _ Awas
17、not much done in detail in the past Bwas never carried out in the past Cwas greatly ignored by psychologists and researchers Dwas interesting, but very difficult to make discovery8The main difference between the investigation and the previous ones is that _ Athe researchers started with only one mon
18、th old infants Bthe researchers could rate the quality of child care efforts and analyzed them soon Cthe researchers were able to give the questionnaires to mothers in their homes Dvideo equipment enabled researchers to observe what was happening directly9The girls who received the same hours of chi
19、ld care outside home as the boys show _ Amore emotion for their mothers Bless emotion for their mothers Ca modest rise in mental development Da slight decline in the personality developmentCBelow is adapted from an English dictionaryfigure/fg / noun, verbnoun 1C, often pl a number representing parti
20、cular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade /sales figures2C a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary 3pl （informal） the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc 4a person of the type mentioned: Gan
21、dhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history5the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly 6a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it 7C the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing
22、 exercise to improve ones figure 8C a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating IDM be/become a figure of fun: be/become sbthat others laugh at cut afigure: （of a person） to have a particular appearance He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacketput a figure on sth: to say th
23、e exact price or number of sths a fine figure of man/woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped personfigure of speech: a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect figurehead: someone who is the head or chief in name only
24、 （with no real power or authority） verb 1to think or decide that sthwill happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning2to be part of a process, situation, etcespecially an important part: My opinion of the matter didnt seem to figure at all3to calcula
25、te an amount or the cost of sth: We figured that attendance at 150,000PHRV 1figure in: to include （in a sum）: Have you figured in the cost of hotel? 2figure on: to plan on; to expect sthto happen: I havent figured on his getting home too late3figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you
26、 figured out how much the trip will cost? IDM It/That figures! （informal）: That seems reasonable, logical and what I expect10I didnt really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a _Afigure of eight Bfigure head Cfigure of speech Da fine figure11She was coming late again_! Thats typical of herAIt f
27、igures her out BIt figures CIt cuts a poor figure DShe is a figure of fun12What does “watch my figure” in the sentence “Dont tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure” mean?Aadd the numbersBhave sportsCtry not to get fat Dwatch gamesDLike many other nations, China has been busy putting togeth
28、er evacuation （撤侨）plans for its citizens stuck in crisis-torn LibyaThe real surprise has been just how many Chinese are living thereThe foreign ministry does not know for sure but puts the figure at 30-40,000The huge contingent （代表团） in Libya, who work for at least 27 Chinese companies, has brought
29、to light one of the new dilemmas facing China as its economic interests expandFor a mixture of reasons that are partly political, partly business, Chinese workers are now present in many of the most unrest and dangerous parts of the world, including places where anti-Chinese sentiment over jobs and
30、working conditions is on the riseOne of the first wake-up calls was in 2007, when a group of Chinese women were kidnapped in Pakistan, an event which led to the siege of the Red Mosque in LahoreIn the same year, nine Chinese oil workers were killed in EthiopiaIn recent years, Chinese workers have be
31、en kidnapped in Cameroon, Congo and AfghanistanPublicly, Chinese diplomats admit that the country needs better contingency plans to deal with this sort of situationPrivately, they worry about a different issue: that such incidents will force them to get much more involved in domestic political dispu
32、tes in far-off lands, pulling the government away from its commitment to a policy of non-interferenceThe nightmare, a few diplomats and academics admit, would be a large, violent attack on a group of Chinese which then prompted an intense nationalist reaction at home, forcing the government to take
33、the sort of interventionist （干涉主义的） actions it tries to shunBeijing gave some indication of how it will respond in the future with the decision on Thursday to send the frigate（护卫舰） Xuzhou, currently conducting anti-piracy tasks off the coast of Somalia, to LibyaIts mission will be to help the evacua
34、tion effort, but it is also a warning to any in Libya who might attack Chinese interests, as well as the latest indication of the growing global reach of Chinas navyAs Andrew Erickson, a China expert at the US Naval War College says: “This latest initiative（方案） is part of a larger ongoing increase i
35、n Chinese power, presence, and influence around the world, and should come as no surpriseChina has global interests, cannot free ride forever, and requires a presence in critical areas and situations in order to have a voice”13What is the main idea of the passage?AThere are many Chinese workers in t
36、he most unrest and dangerous parts of the worldBChina should protect workers in the foreign countriesCChina are taking actions to bring its citizens back from LibyaDThe international situation is terrible14The underlined word “shun” in the third paragraph most probably means?Atake part in Bavoid Cca
37、rry out Drefuse15Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AIt remains unknown how many Chinese are living in LibyaBA large number workers are working abroad,which bring about advantages and disadvantagesCIn no case will the Chinese government take part in solving the political pro
38、blems in far-off landsDOur government take immediate action to deal with this sort of situation16Whats Not true about the frigate Xuzhou?AIt is conducting anti-piracy tasks off the coast of SomaliaBIt will help the evacuation effortCIt is a warning to Libya who might attack Chinese interestsDIt indi
39、cates that Chinas navy can reach an increasing number of parts of the globalEBatteries can power anything from small sensors to large systemsWhile scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the dev
40、ices themselvesUniversity of Missouri（MU） researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density（密度）”，said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU“The
41、radioisotope（放射性同位素） battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries”Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems （M/NEMS）Al
42、though nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe“People hear the word nuclear and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems”His
43、new idea is not only in the batterys size, but also in its semiconductor（半导体）Kwons battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶体结构
44、） of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem”Together with JDavid Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the batteryIn the future, they hope to increase
45、 the batterys power, shrink its size and try with various other materialsKwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair17Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_Ato show chemical batteries are widely appliedBto introduce nuclear batteries can be safely usedCto describe a nucl
46、ear-powered systemDto introduce various energy sources18Liquid semiconductor is used to _Aget rid of the radioactive waste Btest the power of nuclear batteriesCdecrease the size of nuclear batteries Dreduce the damage to lattice structure19According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _Auses a solid semiconductor Bwill soon replace the present onesCcould be extremely thin Dhas passed the final test20The text is most probably a _Ascience news report Bbook review Cnewspaper ad Dscience fiction14 BBBA 59 CBADA 1012 CBC 1316 CBCC 1720 BDCA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