高考英语专题模拟演练 阅读理解(1)

高考英语专题模拟演练阅读理解（1）

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江西省吉安市2010届高三下学期第二次模拟考试（英语）

A

The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it

usually means “one who offers his or her services”．Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay．

Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means．She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta．The following is her story．“I watched a video about her．I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that, after I graduated from a high school,

I too wanted to try her kind of work．So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for

a few weeks．”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people．I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch．I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up．I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them．To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much．It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world．”

56．Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

A．She liked to work with Mother Teresa．

B．She had already had some experience．

C．She was asked to do so by Teresa.

D．She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example．

57．Tracy started her work as a volunteer _______．

A．after she met Mother Teresa

B．after she finished high school

C．when she was touring Calcutta

D．when she was working in a hospital

58．What is Tracy’s “new idea” of being a volunteer?

A．Going abroad to help the sick．

B．Working in Mother Teresa’s home．

C．Doing simple things to help the poor．

D．Improving oneself through helping others．

59．What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to Be a Volunteer B．Voluntary Life in India

C．A Different Meaning of Volunteer D．Inspiration from Mother Teresa DBDC

江西省吉安市2010届高三下学期第二次模拟考试（英语）

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B

Hey, Mr．and Ms．Unluckiness and Unhappiness! Terrorism, the war, the economic crisis and unemployment are at your door．Are you afraid of them? Well, don’t be! America is a happy land．The Smiley Face icon proves this in towns all over the country．

The tallest structure—the steel water tower—is often painted bright yellow, in a circle containing a pair of black dots for eyes and an upturned（朝上的）line for a mouth: the unforgettable smile．Most towns decorated their spheroid (or cylindrical) water storage tanks in the 1970s, when Smiley was still conceptually fresh．As a "safe" counterculture symbol, with absolutely no bite, the Smile Face water tower was a low cost way to radiate sunny greetings to travelers and locals．Calumet City, Illinois claims to have been the first, when 8-year old resident Kim Fornero sent a letter to the city council in late 1972 suggesting a smile face would be more fun to look at than a plain old water tower．

In the 1980s, with the paint on the water tower fading, residents of Calumet City decided to make the face their own．They repainted the tower, and a Happy Cook