1、2011年10月份百题精练（2）英语试题第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Worst PartMom is usually home on Sunday but this week she was going to a big golf game and I was all alone in the house. I was mad at Mom for divorcing Dad.I kept looking at the telephone until I couldnt
2、 stand it any longer. I picked up the receiver and dialed Dads number over in Bakersfield. I even remembered to dial I first because it was long distance. “You promised to phone me this week but you didnt,” I said, feeling I had to talk to him.“Take it easy, kid,” he said. “I just didnt get around t
3、o it. I was going to call this evening. The week isnt over yet.”I thought about that.“Something on your mind?” he asked.“I hoped you would call, so I waited and waited.” Then I was sorry I said it.“There was heavy snow in the morning,” he said, “I had to chain up on highway 80 and lost time.”I know
4、putting chains on eight big wheels in the snow is no fun. I felt a little better, as long as we were talking. “How is Bandit?” I asked.There was a funny silence. For a minute I thought the line was dead. The I knew something must have happened to my dog.“Well, kid - ”, he began. “My name is Leigh!”
5、I almost yelled. “Im not just some kid you met on the street!”“Keep your shirt on, Leigh,” he said. “When I had to stop along with some other truckers to put on chains, I left Bandit out of the cab, I thought he would get back I have sent out a call to CB radio, but I didnt get an answer yet.” I was
6、 about to say I understood when there came the bad part, the really bad part. I heard a boys voice say, “Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when were going out to get the pizza?”56From the story we know that . ALeighs dad never had a rest on SundaysBLeigh was a deserted boyCLeighs dad lived in another cit
7、yDLeighs mother often went to golf fames57What happened to Bandit?AIt was frozen to death.BIt was let out of the cab and got lostCIt was killed by a truck.DIt ran off Highway 80 and into the mountain.58The underlined sentence “Keep your shirt on ” probably means “ ”.AListen to reasonBStop talkingCCa
8、lm downDKeep warm59The worst part in Leighs eyes may be that . Ahis dad got remarriedBhis parents got divorcedChis dad didnt love himDhis mom didnt take him to pizzaBYouth volunteers from Beijing University visited Songtang Hospital, a care clinic for the aged and dying patients, during the second G
9、lobal Youth Service Day on April 21.Thirty student volunteers from the universitys School of International Studies sat at the beds of the patients in their specially- decorated“ care huts”. They talked with them and gave massages （按摩）to patients kept in their beds.“I felt sorry that I could not offe
10、r more to these people than talking with them and trying to cheer them up.” said Deng Yetao, 20, a third - year student. “But it occurred to me that they need more care and love than babies. They are afraid of the coming death. Their loneliness is worse than physical pains.”“Even though they are suf
11、fering a lot, the majority of the elderly people want to talk to us. Each of them has a lot of life experiences and philosophies to share. Instead of doing them a favor, I felt I was benefited a lot,” said Mao Xiaohua, another third - year student.Mao talked with two elderly patients for a whole aft
12、ernoon. The fact that most of the patients in the 80 - room clinic are aged people with diseases what will lead to death soon made the volunteers hearts heavy. Ninety-one percent of the patients will spend the last days of their lives in the clinic, according to a survey by the hospital. For people
13、at this stage of their lives, loneliness is even more dreadful than death itself,” said Li Wei, president of the hospital.Daily visits and services by social workers and youth volunteers are a very important part of their programmer. A total of 330, 000 Beijing students from 119 universities and col
14、leges have visited the hospital. Many continue to offer services in their spare time. They showered them with kindnesses. Some of them even volunteer to hold the hands of dying patients during the last minutes of their lives.Yin Hang, a student from Beijing Medical College, said he felt“ the glory o
15、f life” as he saw the fading smile on the face of the old man who passed into a deep unconsciousness while he was holding his hands.60Which of the following do the aged people feel the most terrible?ALoneliness.BDeath.CIllnessDPoverty.61What does the underlined sentence “They showered them with kind
16、nesses” mean?AThey talked to them with patience.BThey gave them massages with care.CThey helped them with showers.DThey offered them whatever help with affection.62What did the volunteers gain from this activity?AA great encouragement.BA welcome favor.CA valuable lesson.DA good reward.63We can learn
17、 from the report that .Ayoung people are fond of popular social activitiesBthe Global Youth Service Day was started in ChinaCninety-one percent of the aged in China are living in clinicsDthe volunteers show a willing heart to this kind of activityCThe easiest way for the English to deal with their s
18、ocial discomfort is to avoid social interaction altogether, by choosing either leisure activities that can be performed in the privacy of ones own house, or outdoor activities that follow their interest without direct contact with anyone other than ones own family members, such as going for a walk,
19、or to the cinema, or shopping.In recent survey, over half of all the leisure activities were of this private domestic type, and of the top ten pastimes, only two having friends round for a meal or drink, and going to the pub could be described as sociable. The most domestic activities are the most p
20、opular: watching TV, listening to the radio, reading, DIY （Do It Yourself） and gardening. Even when the English are being sociable, the survey findings show that most of them would much rather entertain a few close friends or relatives in the safety of their own homes than venture out among stranger
21、s.In the latest rational census survey （人口普查）, over half of the entire adult male population had been DIYing in the four weeks before the census date. Nearly a third of the female population had also been busily improving their homes, and their work with their gardens was equally obvious: 52 percent
22、 of all English males and 45 percent of females had been out there, cutting branches and weeding grass.Even among people claiming to belong to a particular religion, only two percent attend services every week. The rest of the population can be found every Sunday at their local garden center or DIY
23、superstore. And when they want a break from caring about their own homes and gardens, they go on trips to visit bigger and better houses and gardens, such as the stately homes and gardens opened to the public by the National Trust and the Royal Horticulture Society. Visiting grand country houses alw
24、ays ranks as one of the most popular national pastimes.64The result of the survey shows that .Aabout half English people enjoy working in their gardensB8 out of 10 pastimes can be described as social activitiesC2 percent of the religious people enjoy visits to public housesDvisiting stately homes is
25、 the most popular national pastime65According to the passage, the English enjoy all of the following Except .Athe social activities, such as gathering with friendsBworking at home and in their gardensCdining out in a public place among strangersDvisits to stately homes and gardens66The underlined wo
26、rd “domestic” probably means .Apublic.BhouseholdCoutdoorDcollective67The passage mainly tells us about .Awhy the English dont like social activitiesBhow the English spend their leisure timeCwhat the result of a recent census survey isDwhere the English hold their private activitiesDThe question of w
27、hat children learn, and how they should learn it, is continually being debated and redebated. Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system the parrot-fashion （way of learning by repeating what others say） of learning lessons, the grammar-with-a-whip（鞭子） system, which was good enough for our gran
28、dparents. The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the needs of our children. Children are not just small adults; they are children who must be respected as such.Well, you may say, this is as it should be, and a good idea. But think further. What happens? “E
29、ducation” becomes the responsibility not of teachers. But of psychologists. What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications（暗示） of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the ch
30、ilds. So teachers worry whether history is “relevant” to modern young children. And do they dare to recount stories about violent battles? Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach
31、 children to write grammatical sentences? Oral expression is better. Sums? Arithmetic? No: real-life mathematical situations are more understandable.You see, you can go too far, Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than write books about their ideas, teachers leave thei
32、r teaching-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make complicated（复杂） preparations and try out their “modern methods” on the long-suffering children. Since one “modern method” rapidly replaces another, the poor kids will have well been fed up b
33、y the time they leave school. Frequently the modern methods are so complicated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline so necessary for the “informal” feeling the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from lea
34、rning anything.68Under the old system, children were .Amade to learn passivelyBspoiled by their parentsCtreated as adultsDwere forced to become parrots69Modern psychologists hold the view that .Achildren must be understood and respectedBchildren are small adults and they know what they needCchildren
35、 are better off without learning lessonsDeducation of children is the responsibility of psychologists70What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychological implications during a lesson?AThey find that children dislike the lessons.BThey tend to blame students for their failure in te
36、aching.CThey dont pay enough attention to students actual lessons.DThey no longer want to teach children history.71How do you understand the underlined sentence at the end of the passage?AChildren will learn well in a relaxed classroom atmosphere.BFew children will actually learn when there is no di
37、scipline.CRelaxed discipline is necessary for children to develop.DNo children will learn anything without strict discipline.72What is the authors attitude toward the theories of modern psychology?AUninterested.BTolerant.CSatisfied.DCritical.EWeve found the simplest, most powerful steps you can take
38、without adding more jobs to your to-do list or expenses to your monthly budget to protect your heart the way nature intended.It can be as simple as laughing at a bad situation rather than getting angry. It means going for walks after dinner, not watching game shows. It means giving an apple for dess
39、ert rather than apple pie, or spending 15 minutes sipping a cup of home-made cocoa curled up on the sofa with your family instead of watching the 11 oclock news with a bag of chips. Its doing a 5-minutes-a-day strength-training program while the coffee boils in the morning or taking a 3-second silen
40、t pause when the “youve got mail” alert sounds on your computer.Here is the plan that lets you take them all on and win.1. Focus on Small Changes for Big ResultsFast, simple diet can cut cholesterol（胆固醇）by 30 percent. A 5-minutes-a-day weight- training program can replace 10 years worth of lost musc
41、le tissue.2.Eat Fresh FoodsFresh, whole foods dont have to cost more or take more time to prepare than the packaged stuff. There wholesome, delicious foods fresh fruits and veggies, grains, fish, meats, dairy products, and even soy not only taste good, they also protect your heart by greatly reducin
42、g blood fats, driving down raised blood sugar, fighting destructive free radicals.3.Find JoyAccumulated researches link impatience and complaints with poor heart health; in contrast, forgiveness, friends, and optimism are linked with healthier hearts. Do you have a heart-threatening personality type
43、? Find out and learn how to live a more joyful life.73As is suggested in the passage, you will keep a healthy heart if you .Aoften dine out with friends in restaurantsBlaugh off unimportant bad happeningsCwatch late evening news eating a bag of chipsDhave packaged foods instead of wholesome foods74
44、person is more likely to have a poor heart.AA bad-temperedBA cold- heartedCAn ill- manneredDA broad-minded75The best title should be .AEconomical Ways of Keeping FitBThe Path to a Healthy HeartCMaking a Difference Small ChangesDFresh FoodsKey to a Healthy Heart参考答案56C 57B 58C 59A 60A 61D 62C 63D 64A 65C 66B67B 68A 69A 70C 71B 72D 73B 74A 75B
