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高二英语阅读能力提升训练一I. 完型填空（每题1分，共20分）Whether you have a young son or daughter or you simply would like to shop for your favorite kid, there are many toys 1 for you to give the kid you have in mind！The question becomes, with all this 2 around, you'll often find yourself a little bit 3 at what might be the right choice. When you are in such a situation, however, you should always remember that construction toys are great when it 4 to young children, for a variety of reasons. Building toys can do excellent things for the motor reflexes(运动反射）of a young boy or girl, and the child you have in mind will be happy to 5 toys, with which they can 6 and create.When you are looking at young children; perhaps the first things you think of are soft toys. Although soft toys can be very 7 , building toys can help a child develop considerably fasted! Many say that, 8 of sex, small children are instinctively attracted by toys that 9 them to be builders and architects. One way to 10 this is by purchasing a set of small wooden blocks and planks(木板）that 11 to a child's hands. These toys; while simple, give a child a sense of 12 over his or her environment and can help them learn more about it as well.Though you might not 13 see it, construction toys also make children more 14 . Think about a small child building a house with you. When the house is done, you can always ask the child who he or she thinks lives there.Many parents are a little 15 as to how to play with their children, especially as those children get older, and you will see that if you have something to 16 with, like building toys or construction sets, you will be able to form a rapport(密切关系）with them.When you are looking for toys that will both 17 your child and improve his or her manual dexterity(灵巧），you are 18 to see what you can find from construction toys. 19 you might not find what you are looking for right away, take a look at the innovative toys that are offered in Europe, like the KAPLA Building Planks and CLICS. Take a look around and don't let these 20 development years pass by without comment. This is a great time to improve your child's reflexes, so don't let them pass you both by.1. A. anxious B. reliable C. available D. appropriate2. A. variety B. quality C. difference D. advantage3. A. disappointed B. lost C. surprised D. annoyed4. A. replies B. goes C. comes D. caters5. A. give up B. put away C. make out D. play with6. A. copy B. build C. watch D. equip7. A. comforting B. disgusting C.interesting D. amusing8. A. instead B. despite C. regardless D. plenty9. A. urge B. allow C. require D. prefer10. A. enjoy B. admit C. avoid D. develop11. A. fixed B. used C.sized D. applied12. A. duty B.control C. belonging D. freedom13. A. finally B. gradually C. immediately D. continuously14. A. creative B. active C. sensitive D. positive15. A. satisfied B. interested C. impressed D. confused16. A. argue B. compete C. compare D. work17. A. challenge B. defeat C. distinguish D. connect．18. A. forced. B. permitted C. supposed D. warned19. A. Unless B. While C. Until D. Although20. A. valuable B. flexible C. controversial D. miserable II. 阅读理解（每题2分，共20分）ASome people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because the y do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.21. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.A. the meaning of successB. the reasons for successC. the standards of successD. the importance of success22. Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ________.A. work makes one feel painB. one tends to enjoy his workC. one gives up his work easilyD. it takes a lot of time to succeed23. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.B. Successful people like to show their great skills.C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.D. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.BStudies show that you may be lied to every day anywhere from 10 to 200 times. We say, “Nice song.”“Honey, you don’t look fat in that, no.” But another study showed that strangers lied three times within the first 10 minutes of meeting each other. We lie more to strangers than we lie to coworkers. Men lie eight times more about themselves than they do other people. Women lie more to protect other people. If you’re married, you’re going to lie to your wife/ husband in one out of every 10 communications. If you’re unmarried, that number drops to three. But look, if at some point you got lied to, it’s because you agreed to get lied to. Truth about lying: lying’s acooperative act. Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we’re willing to lie for the sake of social dignity (尊严), maybe to keep a private secret.Lying is complex. It’s woven into the fabric of our daily and business lives. We’re deeply disturbed by the truth. We explain it, sometimes for very good reasons, other times just because we don’t understand the gaps between ideals and realities in our lives. We’re against lying, but secretly we’re for it in ways that our society has practiced for centuries and centuries. It’s as old as breathing. It’s part of our culture and history. Think the stories from Dante, Shakespeare, the Bible, News of the World.Lying has great value to the evolution of human being. Researchers have long known that the more intelligent the species, the more likely it is to lie. We human like to become leaders. It starts really early. How early? Well, babies will pretend to cry, pause, wait to see who’s coming and then go right back to crying. One-year-olds learn hiding truth. Two-year-olds bluff (虚张声势). Five-year-olds lie outright and try to control via flattery (讨好). Nine-year-olds, masters of covering up. By the time you enter college, you’re going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions. By the time we enter this work world to be breadwinners, we’ve entered a world that is just full of fake digital friends, business media, identity thieves, world-class cheats, ——in short, a post-truth society.What do you do? Well there are steps we can take to guide our way through the bushes. Trained lie spotters get to the truth 90% of the time. The rest of us, we’re only 54% accurate. Why is it so easy to learn? There are clever liars and stupid liars. There’re no real original liars. We all make the same mistakes. We all use the same techniques.24. According to the passage, a lie works when _________.A. the liar’s words are sweet enoughB. it is given to a complete strangerC. someone gives the liar cooperationD. we are willing to lie for the dignity25. The examples of kids lying in the passage show ________.A. lying is a sign of intelligent developmentB. lying is good for children’s growing upC. at what age children begin to tell liesD. 9-year-old children are masters of lying26. What will the writer most likely talk about if he continues the passage?A. How to become clever liars.B. How to avoid stupid lies.C. How to get through the bushes.D. How to tell truth from lies.CGive it five minutesI used to be a hothead. Whenever anyone said anything, I’d think of a way to disagree. I’d push b ack hard if something didn’t fit my world-view.It’s like I had to be first with an opinion — a s if being first meant something. But what it really meant was that I wasn’t thinking hard enough about the problem. The faster you react, the less you think. Not always, but often.This came to a head back in 2007. I was speaking at the Business Innovation Factory conference in Providence, RI. So was Richard Saul Wurman. After my talk Richard came up to introduce himself and compliment my talk. That was very gene rous of him. He certainly didn’t have to do that.And what did I do? I pushed back at him about the talk he gave. While he was making his points on stage, I was taking an inventory of the things I didn’t agree with. And when presented with an opportunity to speak with him, I quickly pushed back at some of his ideas. I must have seemed like such an asshole.His response changed my life. It was a simple thing. He said “Man, give it five minutes.” I asked him what he meant by that? He said, it’s fine to disagree, it’s fine to push back, it’s great to have strong opinions and beliefs, but give my ideas some time to set in before you’re sure youwant to argue against them. “Five minutes” represented “think”, not react. He was totally right. I came into the discussion looking to prove something, not learn something.This was a big moment for me.Richard has spent his career thinking about these problems. He’s given it 30 years. And I gave it just a few minutes. Now, certainly he can be wrong and I could be right, b ut it’s better to think deeply about something first before being so certain you’re right.There’s also a difference between asking questions and pushing back. Pushing back means you already think you know. Asking questions means you want to know. Ask more questions.Learning to think first rather than react quick is a life-long pursuit. It’s tough. I still get hot sometimes when I shouldn’t. But I’m really enjoying all the benefits of getting better.If you aren’t sure why this is important, think about th is quote from Jonathan Ive regarding Steve Jobs’ reverence(respect) for ideas:And just as Steve loved ideas, and loved making stuff, he treated the process of creativity with a rare and a wonderful reverence. You see, I think he better than anyone understood that while ideas ultimately can be so powerful, they begin as fragile, barely formed thoughts, so easily missed, so easily compromised, so easily just squished.That’s deep. Ideas are fragile. They often start powerless. They’re barely there, so easy t o ignore or skip or miss.There are two things in this world that take no skill: 1. Spending other people’s money and 2. Dismissing an idea.Dismissing an idea is so easy because it doesn’t involve any work. You can scoff at it. You can ignore it. You can puff some smoke at it. That’s easy. The hard thing to do is protect it, think about it, let it marinate, explore it, riff on it, and try it. The right idea could start out life as the wrong idea.So next time you hear something, or someone, talk about an idea, pitch an idea, or suggest an idea, give it five minutes. Think about it a little bit before pushing back, before saying it’s too hard or it’s too much work.Those things may be true, but there may be another truth in there too: It may be worth it.27. Which of the following best describes the word hothead from the first paragraph?A. SupportiveB. FastC. AggressiveD. Nervous28. What did the author do while Richard was talking in the business conference?A. He pushed Richard and beat him.B. He kept notes for things that he did not agree with.C. He was preparing for his own speech.D. He was getting ready to compliment him.29. Which of the following is the reason for quoting Jonathan Ive?A. The author thinks Steve Job is the best when it comes to creativity.B. The author respects Steve Job because he is creative and he likes ideas.C. The author thinks Steve Job has ideas that are strong and powerful and are hard to miss.D. The author is inspired by Steve Job's attitude towards new ideas.30. What is the core argument that the author put forward?A. Dismissing ideas is an effortless thing to do so you should always protect ideas carefully.B. The right idea always starts from a wrong idea and you need to protect it from being dismissed.C. One should be careful when it comes to judge a new idea.D. Every idea, whether powerful or fragile deserves five minutes.I. 完形填空CABCD BACBD CBCAD DACBAII. 阅读理解A篇21.B 文中的“运气”“天赋”“家庭环境”等都是指成功的条件或理由。