2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练(湖北专用) 25 社会生活型阅读理解(1)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(90)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练:阅读理解(90）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项.AA gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair。
The golden red sun was setting。
She was on the beach，looking up at the fiery （火红的）ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.The atmosphere relaxed her。
After all she had been through, this was what she needed。
“It’s getting late，” she thought, “I must go hom e. My parents will be wondering where I am。
" .She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing。
She kept on walking，directing herself where she spent every summer holiday。
The road was deserted。
She walked slowly and silently。
Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（2）阅读理解AA dog who chewed off his owner’s infected toe（脚趾）while he was passed-out drunk has been called a lifesaver. Jerry Douthett had been out drinking when his dog Kiko bit off a large part if his big toe. His wife, Rosee, rushed him to hospital where tests showed the 48-year-old musician had dangerous high blood-sugar levels. Doctors told him his toe would have had to be cut off anyway.Mr Douthett said he had refused to get medical advice despite his toe being swollen for months. “I was hiding it from people, Rosee included,” he said. “It smelled , and I look back now and realize every time we’d visit someone with a dog, their dog would smell all over my foot.”The night before Mr Douthett had agreed to see a doctor, he passed out at home after going out drinking. He said, “I woke up and the dog was lying along side by foot. I said, ‘Ah, there’s blood everywhere.’ I ran to the bathroom and started to scream.”However, he believes Kiko could sense the disease coming from his big toe. “He’s a hero,”Mr Douthett said. “It wasn’t an aggressive attack. He just ate the infection. He saved my life. He ate it. I mean, he must have eaten it, because we couldn’t find it anywhere else in the house. I look down. There’s blood all over, and my toe is gone.”Before the operation, Mr Douthett asked a nurse, “Is there any chance I can get whatever’s left of my toe, so I can give it to Kiko as a treat?”Kiko is still with the family but is under observation by authorities.1.Mr Douthett didn’t want to get medical treatment because ______ .A.he didn’t know about his disease at allB.he was unwilling to let others know about his diseaseC.doctors had no good ways to treat his bad toeD.his wife advised him not to do that2.From Paragraph 3 we can infer that ______ .A.Rosee managed to persuade her husband to go to hospitalB.Mr Douthett made his big toe worse by frequent drinkingC.Mr Douthett didn’t know his toe was chewed off at firstD.it is dangerous for people to let pet dogs sleep in the bedrooms3.What did Mr Douthett think of his dog ?A.It was clever and brave.B.It never attacked healthy people.C.It was a cruel but helpful dog.D.It was a dangerous dog in fact.BBritain’s symbolic red phone boxes have become out of date in the age of the mobile, but villages across the country are stepping in to save them, with creative intelligence. Whether as a place to exhibit art, poetry, or even as a tiny library, hundreds of phone boxes have been given a new life by local communities determined to preserve a typical part of British life. In Waterperry,a small village near Oxford, the 120 residents have filled the phone box next to the old house with a pot of flowers, piles of gardening and cooking magazines, and stuck poems on the walls.They took control of the phone box when telecoms operator BT said it was going to pull it down, an announcement that caused such dissatisfaction that one local woman threatened to chain herself to the box to save it. “I’d have done it,”insisted Kendall Turner. “It would have been heartbreaking for the village.”Local councilor Tricia Hallam, who came up with the idea for the phone box’s change, said quite a few people would have joined her, adding, “We couldn’t let it go because it’s a British symbol.”Only three feet by three feet wide, and standing 2.51-meter tall, the phone boxes were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1936 for the 25th anniversary of the reign of King George V.Painted in “Post Office red” to match the post boxes, they were once a typical image of England and the backdrop（背景）to millions of tourist photographs.Eight years ago there were about 17,000 across Britain, but today, in a country where almost everybody has a mobile phone, 58 percent are no longer profitable and ten percent are only used once a month. “On average, maintaining them costs $800 a year per phone box —about ￡44 million annually,” said John Lunb, general manager for BT Payphones.4.Some red phone boxes in Britain have been used for ______ .a.selling flowersb.cookingc.readingd.exhibiting art or poetryA.a,bB.c,dC.a,b,cD.b,c,d5.Why do the villagers want to keep the red phone boxes ?A.Because millions of people visit Britain to see the red phone boxes.B.Because the local people could earn a lot of money from the red phone boxes.C.Because the red phone boxes have already become a symbol of Britain.D.Because the red phone boxes may be useful for some people in emergency.6.What is the color of the British post boxes according to the passage ?A.Green.B.Red.C.Black.D.Yellow.7.What is John Lumb’s attitude towards pulling down the red phone boxes ?A.Supportive.B.Opposed.C.Neutral.D.Indifferent.CIn bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition of each new skill-the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing．It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child: This might happen at any stage．A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads．On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself．Patents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children．Some may be especially strict in money matters．Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals．In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child’s own happiness．As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is veryimportant in parental teaching．To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality．Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”．If they are not sincere and do not practice what they teach, their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled．A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents’ principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment．8.Eagerly watching the child’s acquisition of new skills _________．A.should be avoidedB.is universal among parentsC.sets up dangerous states of worry in the childD.will make him lose interest in learning new things9.In the process of children’s learning new skills, parents ______．A.should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they readB.should not expect too much of themC.should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their ownD.should create as many learning opportunities as possible10.The second paragraph mainly tells us that __________．A.parents should be strict with their childrenB.parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the communityC.parental restrictions vary, and are not always intended for the benefit of the children aloneD.parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation11.In moral matters, parents should __________．A.observe the rules themselvesB.be aware of the marked difference between adults and childrenC.forbid things which have no foundation in moralityD.consistently ensure the security of their childrenDAt about 4 am, after hours of being unable to sleep, of shivering in the cold mountain air and trying to silence my crying kids who kept waking up, of attempting to find a comfortable sleeping position, of listening to whether there might have been a bear outside our tent, I finally couldn’t stand it any more. I complained, “Everything has gone wrong.”My wife and I were in one tent with our two young kids. A hundred yards east away was Summit Lake, where the glorious early morning mist was shimmering（闪烁）off the water. A couple miles to the southwest was the base of the Lassen Peak Trail. The base was 8,000 feet above sea level, and huge snow dotted the scenery even in mid August. Further west still was Bumpass Hell, with steam rising up.As the sun crept up over the edge of the Lassen peak, we fired up the camp stove and had breakfast. Half an hour later, my six-year-old daughter and I were in the parking lot of the Lassen peak trail, getting ready to go up the mountainside. We wouldn’t make it all the way, but it didn’t matter. We would see nature at its extremes: the volcanic ash that layered on the earth turning the melting snow a mysterious pink as the sun struck it; the blues of the sky shading into theblues of distant lakes, which in turn shaded into the whites and grays of the snow.My daughter grabbed my camera. She wanted to take a photo of “the composite（混合物）”of colors. Looking out over that scenery, and seeing my daughter fascinated by nature, I felt stupid about my morning complaints.Yes, camping is uncomfortable. And yes, there’s a lot to be said for getting out a credit card,reserving a room in a nice hotel, and going out for a fancy meal. But there’s also something wonderful about being so close to raw nature. And , as important, there’s something vital about getting young children out of their increasingly modern comfort zones and forcing them to meet the world around them.12.According to the passage, what contributed to the author’s sleeplessness ?①the cold weather ②his crying children ③fear of bears④sounds of bears ⑤the aches of his lower back ⑥his own complaintsA. ①④⑥B. ①②③C. ②④⑤D. ②③⑤13.Which of the following maps correctly shows the places ?14.The underlined word “colors” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______ .A.blue, white, gray and pinkB.white, yellow, gray and pinkC.white, green ,gray and pinkD.blue, green,white and gray15.How did the author’s feeling change from the beginning to the end ?A.Calm→Satisfied.B.Excited→Frustrated.C.Sad→Calm.D.Regretful→Satisfied.16.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage ?A.Nature is the glass reflecting truth.B.Nature is the best scenery designer.C.The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.D.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.EA new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth．Until now，it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience—what psychologists call fluid intelligence—is innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）．But in the new study，researchers describe a method for improving this skill，along with experiments to prove it works．The key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it．This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence，so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence．First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests．Then they trained each in a complicated memory task—the child’s card game，in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard．During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance，manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time．The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively．To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills，the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training．The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，were striking．Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater．Moreover，the longer they trained, the higher their scores were．All performers，from the weakest to the strongest，showed significant improvement．“Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training．” said Dr Jaeggi, a co-author of the paper．“No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops,” he added, “and the experiment’s design did not allow the researchers to determine whe ther more training would continue to produce further gains．”17.The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was ______________．A.memorizing telephone numbersB.improving working memoryC.training in concentrationD.recalling a card18.The following aspects of the training help increase intelligence EXCEPT___________．A.ignoring irrelevant itemsB.monitoring ongoing performanceC.managing two tasks at the same timeing previous experience19.When the experiment was conducted, the researchers______________．A.trained the four groups for the same period of timeB.only made comparisons between the four groupspared the four groups with control groupsD.trained the four groups together20.By writing the article，the writer intends to ______________．rm the readers of a new studyB.call on people to be trained to increase intelligenceC.prove one’s born brainpower can be improvedD.tell people the improved intelligence will last forever1—3 BCA 4—7 BCBA 8—11 BCCA12—16 BCADB 17—20 BDCA。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练 24史地自然型阅读理解(2).pdf
Unit 9 Can you come to my party Section A 2a-2c导学案 【学习目标】 1.熟练邀请别人并根据自己的安排欣然接受别人的邀请或礼貌拒绝别人的邀请。
2.能交叉使用“have/has to”和“be+ doing”给出不能接受别人邀请的具体理由。
3.提高自己的听、说能力。
【重点，难点】 交叉使用“have/has to”和“be+ doing”给出不能接受别人邀请的具体理由。
【导学指导】 温故知新 一、请回忆昨天所学的短语，充分发挥你的想象力，在下列图片对应的横线上写出合适的短语。
1._____________2._____________3._______________4.______________5.___________ 二、罗列至少5个情态动词并讲述它们的使用特点。
知识链接 “too many”、“too much”、“much too”的区别。
too many+可数名词 too much+不可数名词 much too+形容词/副词 自主互助学习 浏览2a、2b，完成下列各题。
1. 写出2a中涉及到的5个人名并大声朗读它们。
_________________________________________________________________________________ 2. 在2b中，编者除了使用了“have/has to + 动词原形” 这一结构来表达不能接受邀请的具体理由外，还使用了_______________这一结构。
这里的这个结构是用来表示动词正在发生的吗？如果不是，它是用来表示_________________.。
3. 请使用上述两种结构将2b中的句子对换。
For example: a: I’m sorry. I have to help my mom. I’m sorry. I’m helping my mom. b: I’m sorry. I’m playing soccer. I’m sorry. I _________________________________. c: I’m sorry. I have to go to my guitar lesson. I’m sorry. I __________________________________. d: I’m sorry. I’m going to the movies. I’m sorry. I __________________________________. e: I’m sorry. I have to visit my aunt. I’m sorry. I ___________________________________. 根据2a、2b题目要求，完成听力。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(10)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（10）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。
AAre some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences？Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth，and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand，a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment。
This view，now held by most experts can be supported in a number of ways.It is easy to say that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with。
2012年高考英语考前30天三轮专题25 社会生活型阅读理解(一)(湖北专用).pdf
《4.3 用一元一次方程解决问题（第3课时）》教案 教学目标 1．能利用线形示意图作为建模策略，分析行程问题中的数量关系列方程解决问题； 2．进一步体会运用方程解决问题的关键是寻找等量关系，提高分析问题、解决问题的能力． 教学重点 利用线形示意图分析问题中的数量关系，找出问题中的等量关系． 教学难点 运用线形示意图分析问题． 教学过程 一、问题引入 问题3 某小组计划做一批“中国结”，如果每人做5个，那么比计划多了9个；如果每人做4个，那么比计划少了15个．该小组共有多少人？计划做多少个“中国结”？ 说明：请学生尝试分析问题中的等量关系． 思考1：如何把问题中的等量关系的分析过程直观地展示出来？ 教师画线形示意图进行分析．（1） 仿照（1）画出（2）的线形示意图． 思考2：借助线形示意图分析有什么好处？ 问题4 运动场环形跑道周长400m，小红跑步的速度是爷爷的倍，他们从同一起点沿跑道的同一方向同时出发，5min后小红第一次与爷爷相遇．小红和爷爷跑步的速度各是多少？ 变式：如果小红追上爷爷后立即转身沿相反方向跑，那么几分钟后小红再次与爷爷相遇？ 分析：设该小组共有x人． （1）如果每人做5个“中国结”，那么共做了5x个，比计划多了9个． （2）如果每人做4个“中国结”，那么共做了4x个，比计划少了15个． 分析：这个问题中的相等关系是： 小红跑的路程－爷爷跑的路程＝400m. 也可画如下线形示意图： 二、数学运用 例1．敌我两军相距25km，敌军以5km/h的速度逃跑，我军同时以8km/h的速度追击，并在相距1km处发生战斗，问战斗是在开始追击后几小时发生的？ 例2．一艘船从甲码头到乙码头顺流行驶用了2小时，从乙码头返回甲码头逆流行驶，用了2.5小时，已知水流的速度为3千米/小时，求船在静水中的速度？ 例3．列方程解决下列问题： （1）一列火车进入长300m的隧道，从进入隧道到完全离开需20s，火车完全在隧道的时间是10s，求火车长． （2）甲、乙两列火车的长为144m和180m，甲车比乙车每秒多行4m．两列火车相向而行，从相遇到全部错开需9s，问两车的速度各是多少？ 三、思维拓展 某中学租用两辆小汽车（速度相同）同时送1名带队老师和7名七年级学生到市区参加数学竞赛．每辆车限坐4人（不包括司机），其中一辆小汽车在距离考场15千米的地方出现故障，此时离截止进考场时刻还有42分钟，这时唯一可利用的只有另一辆小汽车，且这辆车的平均速度是60千米/时，人步行速是15千米/时．（人上下车的时间不记）（1）若小汽车送4人到达考场后再返回到出故障处接其他4人请你通过计算说明能否在截止进考场的时刻前到达考场？（2）带队老师提出一种方案：先将4人用车送到考场，另外4人同时步行前往考场，小汽车到达考场后返回再接步行的4人到达考场．请你通过计算说明方案的可行．（3）所有学生、老师都到达考场，最少需要多少时间？ （2） 六、课后作业： 课本P108练一练；课本P113A：12、13、B：14． 初中学习网，资料共分享！我们负责传递知识！。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：完型填空(2)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：完型填空（2）（1）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing．But the price-five dollars—was far beyond Reuben Earle’s wealth．Five dollars would buy almost a week's groceries for his family．But hearing the sound of hammering from a side street，Reuben had an idea．He ran towards the 1 and stopped at a construction site．People built their own homes in Bay Roberts，using nails _2_ in hessian sacks（麻袋）from a local factory．Sometimes the sacks were _3_, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the 4_ for five cents a piece．Back home, he looked at his mother Dora and _5_．Sunlight from the window gilded her shoulder—length blonde hair．Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home，the glue that held it together．Every day after school, Reuben walked down the town，_6_ the hessian nail bags．On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more 7 than Reuben．Now he would have more time for his _8_．Then one day the _9_ had come．Reuben ran down Water Street to the store．"Please，Mister．I have to sell the sacks now．"The man took the sacks, 10 his pocket and put four coins in Reuben's hand．Reuben murmured (小声说）a thank you and 11 ，home．When he got home．Reuben _12_ the tin can．He poured the coins out and began to 13 。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(3)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(3）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。
AI'd been thinking of it so long；it seemed like the only thing to do—to show my baby，who had eyes as green as water and whose name means the sea，the ocean．”Babies are supposed to instin ctually know who they daddy is，” Gerald，Dooriya's daddy，said, holding Dooriya before him．”But she don’t recognize nothing．"Everybody had something to say about raising my baby, but none of them actually did any raising．Taking Dooriya to see the ocean had become the only thing that kept me from feeling like my life was an everlasting losing race，this vision of what could be for my little girl．When I told Momma about my plans to visit the lighthouse（灯塔)at Cape Hatteras, she just spun her broken record．"That baby’11 never understand a thing of what she's seeing．””My baby book says I should treat her just like any other child．It's good to show her beautiful things even if she don't know what she’s seeing．It helps her brain develop．How's her brain gonna develop if all she ever sees is the walls inside this crummy house?”"That child's brain ain't never gonna develop．We love her, but it's not like she's ever gonna not be a Mongoloid（先天愚型患者）．”I had read a half-dozen books about Down Syndrome that said stimulation（刺激）might improve a child’s chances of developing to her fullest potential．And what’s more stimulating than a trip to see the ocean？Guidebooks described the area as the land of beginnings，which I liked the sound of．But before I could map out a plan, I woke up one night when Dooriya hiccupped （打嗝）．Then she just stopped breathing．The ER doctor gave me a pamphlet on SIDS （sudden infant death syndrome）and said, children with Down Syndrome are much more likely to be affected by this sort of thing．I didn’t remember much about driving to Cape Hatteras, especially taking Dooriya from the hospital．But up on that lighthouse，with its broad spiral running up and around it like a black and white barber’s pole，I saw my life twist into the air．As I climbed the winding stairs，I counted the steps，268 in all, stopping on 77, Dooriya's very number of days on this planet．At the top，I held Dooriya up to the Atlantic, its cold air raising the thin soft hair on her head．With her eyes closed and her arms spread out，it looked like she was bathing in the warmth of the sun．1．From Gerald's words ”But she don't recognize nothing．” we know ____．A．The baby was probably born with the eye problemB．The father thought the baby was abnormalC．The baby could recognize nothing except her fatherD．The father made up an excuse not to care for the baby2．Did anybody else besides her mother actually take the responsibility to raise the baby?A．The father．B．The grandma．C．Nobody．D．The doctor．3．The reason why the mother wanted to take her baby to see the ocean is that ____．A．She believed seeing the ocean could help cure her baby's disease B．She wanted her baby to enjoy her remaining timeC．She believed the ocean was the land of beginningsD．She wanted her baby to enjoy nature4．Which of the following is true according to the text？A．The doctor eventually saved the life of the baby．B．The baby was disabled by her careless mother．C．The baby enjoyed the sunshine while seeing the ocean．D．The disease SIDS took away the life of the baby．BSteve Jobs made technology fun．The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six He had fought for years against cancer．Mourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto，California，and Apple stores around the world．Tim Bajarin，president of a high—tech research and consultingcompany, said ”If you actually look at a tech leader，they're really happy if they have one hit in their life．Steve Jobs has the Apple II，the Mac，the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and Pixar．”Steve Jobs was a college dropout．He was adopted by a machinist and his wife，an accountant．They supported his early interest in electronics．He and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer—now just called Apple-in nineteen seventy—six．They stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-five．That year，Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute（分歧）with the chief executive．Mr．Jobs then formed his own company，called NeXT Computer．He rejoined Apple in nineteen ninety—seven after it bought NeXT．He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world today．Steve Wozniak，speaking on CNN，remembered his longtime friend as a "great visionary an d leader’’and a ”marketing genius(天才)”．President Obama said in a statement: "By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity．By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible，but intuitive and fun．"David Carroll is a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York City．He says Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology，he also revolutionized American business．"The fact that he was able to redesign American commerce lop to bottom and across is really stunning （令人惊奇的）．He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford，so one of the great[s］of all time．” David Carroll said．Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive in August because of his health．He died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitement．Apple's new chief，Tim Cook，will also have to deal with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer from Amazon．com．It costs less than half as much as an iPad but also does less．5．Why did people all over the world mourn Steve Jobs？A．He was very courageous in the face of cancer．B．He became very rich though dropping out college．C．He released a new iPhone version before death．D．He revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable．6．Which of the following can easily prove that Jobs is a ”marketing genius”？A．After Apple，he founded NeXT Computer．B．He made Apple very valuable once again in the world．C．He developed a series of Apple products．D．He was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time．7．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean？A．Jobs was a typical example of American spirit of creation．B．Jobs enriched the American spirit of science and freedom．C．Jobs eventually realized his American dream．D．American people are good at inventing things．8．Which of the following is true according to the text?A．Jobs’s parents discouraged hi m from working on electronics B．Jobs stayed in Apple as chief executive for about 24 years．C．Jobs started his career in his family garage．D．Run unsuccessfully，Apple was sold to NeXT Computer．CWe all, at one time or another，have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song．Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults，in the privacy of our homes．Me？I love to do that when I drive! 1 turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm．Most of the time, I do this on my way to work．Yes, that is true, I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light I get weird（古怪的）)looks from some people and others laugh．Personally，I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is：stupid，foolish and nonsensical．I know many people do not want to lookfoolish．So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish！No one is perfect，I repeat：no one is perfect．I don’t care how educated，how thin，how beautiful, how simple，how frugal （节俭的）, how rich, and so on．．．No one is perfect！So why pretend to be something you are not?Life is so short．．．You never know when this beautiful journey will be over，so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity（呆板）？Here is a quote by Souza，that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life："Dance as though no one is watching you，Love as though you have never been hurt before，Sing as though no one can hear you，Live as though heaven is on earth．"When we were kids，we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the．world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others．However, as we grew up，we lost that childlike innocence．So don’t lose the child that still lives within you．The next time you feel down，go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow．Or watch something that makes you laugh．Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails （使痛苦) you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your stomach hurts．Trust me，you will feel a whole lot better，and who doesn’t want to feel good?9．According to the text, what does the writer usually do？A．He repeats the words of songs．B．He sings songs on his way to work．C．He dances in his own home．D．He shares music with other drivers．10．What does the writer think of the people who look very serious? A．They are honest．B．They are educated．C．They are perfect．D．They are silly．11．The writer quotes Souza to show that____．A．life is a beautiful journey B．life is full of rigidity C．life is to be treasured D．life is a great recipe 12．Which of the following would be the best title for the text？A．The Innocence of Being a Child B．The Importance of Being SillyC．No One Is Perfect D．Life Is ShortDNearly 28％of college Students plan to seek employment using Linkedin, up from 5％last year, according to a survey out today from employee recognition provider i Love Rewards and career-services network Experience．Slightly more than 7% plan to use Facebook, up from 5％．No longer do students just wait for visiting campus recruiters to learnabout job possibilities．Instead they’re using digital tools to find their dream jobs, says I Love Rewards CEO Razor Suleman．Companies need to know their online image，then update anything that is outdated，inaccurate or not inleractive（互动的)．'The recruited have now become the recruiters，” Suleman says．”They are now going out and finding the companies they want to apply for．”Students learn about employers by viewing their websites，reading Facehook and Twitter updates and perusing（精读）Linkedln profiles．Another information source: Comments by past and current employees on job—oriented websites．A strong digital presence is one way for employers to stand out as the search for the best and brightest gets competitive．Slightly more than four in 10 employers say they will use "different" recruiting tactics（策略）to reach Generation Y, according to a survey by job-search site Monster．com to be released today．Of those respondents, almost 60％say social-networking sites are popular tools to reach Gen Y candidates．"Our reason for using social media is because that’s where we think the candidates are,” he says．The company posts updates and videos on topics such as job opportunities and the benefits of being an employee．It also created a mobile-friendly site for those who want to apply via smart phone．”Younger people want to attach to you in a different way than the past，" Lavery says．”They want to interact with you．They want to learn about you．”The updated recruitment techniques take effort, but they work，he says．In 2010, UPS used those tactics to recruit 955 employees．The year before，it hired 29 employees through those means．”It’s a time investment（投资）that you have to be willing to do," he says．”You can't just have a page up there and not have content．In social media, you have to have a give and a take, or people won't be a part of your community．"13．In order to find their dream jobs, more American graduates like to use ____．A．newspapers B．magazines C．the Internet D．radios14．Why do many companies use social-networking sites to recruit graduates？A．Because they have no other way to get in touch with graduates．B．Because graduates tend to learn about employers through social media．C．Because companies want to post advertisements for their products．D．Because companies like to post videos and updates about their products．15．The underlined word ”recruit” in Paragraph 11 p robably means ____．A．fire B．attract C．contact D．employ 16．From what Lavery says, we can conclude that ____．A．it is very easy for a company to hire graduates through social media B．a company has to make great efforts to find the best graduates C．a company doesn’t have to update the information about it D．graduates are afraid to communicate with the boss of the companyESquirrels often communicate with whistles，chirps and chucks，which sound like the word “chuck"．Whistles and chirps are like the sounds that many birds make．Now scientists have translated some of their squirrel—speak．Hare， a professor of zoology at the University of Maniloha in Winnipeg，and his team managed to record squirrels’ alarm calls．The researchers studied the sounds and then played them back to 60 wild squirrels, which the scientists approached individually with a video recorder to capture（抓拍）their reponses．Some squirrels lifted their heads up and became．Alert(警惕的)．Creatures that were more frightened simply ran for their lives and dived into caves．"In effect then，whistles that mix with chucks say 'there’s an enemy of average threat that’s here'，and whistles without chucks say ’there'san enemy of seemingly average threat around here somewhere’,while pure chirps say，'I’m hiding here because there’s an immedia te danger．' " Hare told．Discovery News．Hare and some other researchers believe such sounds arc part of an advanced language that develops just as all other communication systems．Although squirrels risk their lives when they call out to warn others of threats，other squirrels might admire this behaviour, thus increasingly the caller's social status, like humans who look up to heroes。
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从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、CD），选-最选项． A As China’s women’s gymnastics team enjoyed the glory of winning the country’s first team Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，theoung gymnasts took the opportunity to remind the world that they are old enough to compete．Weeks before the Beijing Games，some international media raised questions about the ages of some of the members of China‘s gymnastics team，particularly He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan．They said the girls might be younger than 16．the minimum age for the Olympics．But the Chinese Gymnastics Association quickly provided copies of the gymnasts’ ID cards and passports，proving they are indeed old enough to compete． In the final．He Kexia gave a clean performance on her favorite uneven barsearning the second highest score．after falling from the bars during qualification．”Although I fell down in the qualification。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(1)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（1）阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
AIbrahim became disabled after contracting polio (小儿麻痹症) when he was three years old。
At first his parents，like many other parents of disabled children in Niger, did not want to send him to school。
They were worried he would be laughed at by his classmates。
Despite his disability，and his parents’ doubts，Ibrahim was determined to go to school. “When I was eight，” Ibrahim says, “other kids of my age were going to school while I stayed at home. I did not like that. So，I pestered （缠着) my parents until they finally let me go to school。
”Ibrahim’s parents sent him to a private school nearby. Although the journey to and from school was a short one, it still wasn’t easy for Ibrahim。
He had to use his hands to help him move along，protecting them with plastic slippers。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(6).pdf
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。
A It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues 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 leave．"As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn't the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired．I thanked him, but declined his kind offer．A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class—not about math, but about life—would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away．As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher．Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication （奉献） and a deeper sense of satisfaction—I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．1．Hearing his colleague's description of graduation for the first time, the author __________． A．quite agreed with his colleague B．was very puzzled C．thought it very funny D．was very sad2．The computer science student called up the author because he___________． A．wanted to inform the author of his present job B．tried to persuade the author to work with him C．wanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction D．thought the author wasn't fit to be a teacher3．The underlined part “blue hats and gowns” refers to___________． A．university colleagues B．graduates' clothesC．life memories D．decorations in the hall4．The author wrote this passage to __________．A．express his devotion to being a teacher B．compare two different graduation ceremonies C．talk about the meaning of graduation D．give advice on how to be a good teacherB Regular child care provided 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 study．The finding holds even if care begins during the first 3 months after birth and runs for 30 hours or more per week．Among 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 psychologist at Pennsylvania State University．Belsky and several of his colleagues announced their findings last week at the international conference．The investigation consists of 1,153 children and their families living in or near Boston．The youngsters, no more than 1 month old when entered the study in 1991, will be tracked until the age of 7．Experimenters gave questionnaires to mothers in their homes and videotaped baby caretaker’s interacting with the kids at ages 1, 6, and 15 months．Independent observers rated the quality of each child care efforts and noted infant nervousness．Unlike most previous studies, this one allows researchers to observe each caretaker’s personality at child nursing, and kid’s emotional reaction by the equipment．After taking family factors into consideration, other psychologists state that the researchers found no relation between the quality of child care and infant’s response．But 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 didn’t, and the girls who spent the same hours per week in child care showed a modest （适度的） rise in this emotion．Therefore, quality of child care outside home plays an important role in the connection between mothers and infants．5．From the first paragraph we know that _____． A．mother care is the best according to a national study B．child care outside home is the best in accordance with the study C．regular child care outside home may play a role as a mother D．connections betweenmothers and infants are damaged by outside care6．According to the passage, unresponsive care from a mother may _____． A．ruin a kid’s growth? B．harm the mother-child tie C．injure a baby’s emotional reaction? D．spoil child’s personality．Jay Belsky implies that the study ofchild care _____． A．was not much done in detail in the past B．was never carried out in the past C．was greatly ignored by psychologists and researchers D．was interesting, but very difficult to make discovery8．The main difference between the investigation and the previous ones is that _____． A．the researchers started with only one month old infants B．the researchers could rate the quality of child care efforts and analyzed them soon C．the researchers were able to give the questionnaires to mothers in their homes D．video equipment enabled researchers to observe what was happening directly9．The girls who received the same hours of child care outside home as the boys show _____． A．more emotion for their mothers B．less emotion for their mothers C．a modest rise in mental development D．a slight decline in the personality development C Below is adapted from an English dictionary figure/fīg ? / noun, verb ●noun 1．[C, often pl．] a number representing particular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade /sales figures 2．[C] a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary 3．[pl] （informal） the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc 4．a person of the type mentioned: Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history．5．the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly 6．a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it 7．[C] the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing exercise to improve one’s figure 8．[C] a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating [IDM] be/become a figure of fun: be/become sb．that others laugh at cut a…figure: （of a person） to have a particular appearance He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket．put a figure on sth．: to say the exact price or number of sth．s a fine figure ofman/woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped person figure 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 （with no real power or authority） ●verb 1．to think or decide that sth．will happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning．2．to be part of a process, situation, etc．especially an important part: My opinion of the matter didn’t seem to figure at all．3．to calculate an amount or the cost of sth．: We figured that attendance at 150,000．[PHRV] 1．figure in: to include （in a sum）: Have you figured in the cost of hotel? 2．figure on: to plan on; to expect sth．to happen: I haven’t figured on his getting home too late．3．figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you figured out how much the trip will cost? [IDM] It/That figures!（informal）: That seems reasonable, logical and what I expect． 0．I didn’t really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a ______． A．figure of eight B．figure head C．figure of speech D．a fine figure 1．—She was coming late again． —______! That’s typical of her． A．It figures her out B．It figures C．It cuts a poor figure D．She is a figure of fun 2．What does “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don’t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure．” mean? A．add the numbersB．have sportsC．try not to get fat D．watch games D Like many other nations, China has been busy putting together evacuation （撤侨）plans for its citizens stuck in crisis-torn Libya．The real surprise has been just how many Chinese are living there．The foreign ministry does not know for sure but puts the figure at 30-40,000． The huge contingent （代表团） in Libya, who work for at least 27 Chinese companies, has brought tolight one of the new dilemmas facing China as its economic interests expand．For 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 working conditions is on the rise．One 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 Lahore．In the same year, nine Chinese oil workers were killed in Ethiopia．In recent years, Chinese workers have been kidnapped in Cameroon, Congo and Afghanistan． Publicly, Chinese diplomats admit that the country needs better contingency plans to deal with this sort of situation．Privately, they worry about a different issue: that such incidents will force them to get much more involved in domestic political disputes in far-off lands, pulling the government away from its commitment to a policy of non-interference．The 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 the sort of interventionist （干涉主义的） actions it tries to shun． Beijing 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 Libya．Its mission will be to help the evacuation 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 China’s navy．As Andrew Erickson, a China expert at the US Naval War College says: “This latest initiative（方案） is part of a larger ongoing increase in Chinese power, presence, and influence around the world, and should come as no surprise．China has global interests, cannot free ride forever, and requires a presence in critical areas and situations in order to have a voice．” 3．What is the main idea of the passage? A．There are many Chinese workers in the most unrest and dangerous parts of the world． B．China should protect workers in the foreign countries． C．China are taking actions to bring its citizens back from Libya． D．The international situation is terrible 14．The underlined word “shun” in the third paragraph most probably means? A．take part in B．avoid C．carry out D．refuse 5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．It remains unknown how many Chinese are living in Libya． B．A large number workers are working abroad,which bring about advantages and disadvantages． C．In no case will the Chinese government take part in solving the political problems in far-off lands． D．Our government take immediate action to deal with this sort of situation． 6．What’s Not true about the frigate Xuzhou? A．It is conducting anti-piracy tasks off the coast of Somalia． B．It will help the evacuation effort． C．It is a warning to Libya who might attack Chinese interests． D．It indicates that China’s navy can reach an increasing number of parts of the global． E Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems．While 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 devices themselves．University 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 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）．Although 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 new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor（半导体）．Kwon’s 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） of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said,“By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem．” Together with J．David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery．In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials．Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair． 7．Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_________． A．to show chemical batteries are widely applied． B．to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used． C．to describe a nuclear-powered system． D．to introduce various energy sources． 8．Liquid semiconductor is used to _________． A．get rid of the radioactive waste B．test the power of nuclear batteries． C．decrease the size of nuclear batteries D．reduce the damage to lattice structure． 9．According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _______． A．uses a solid semiconductor? B．will soon replace the present ones． C．could be extremely thin D．has passed the final test． 0．The text is most probably a ________． A．science news report? B．book review? C．newspaper ad? ? D．science fiction 1—4 BBBA 5—9 CBADA 10—12 CBC 13—16 CBCC 17—20 BDCA。
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* Unit 6 I’m going to study computer science. Section A 2a~2d 1. Free talk Share your dream with us. Talk about your plans for the future. I want to be a/an … I’m going to … 2. Guessing game ----Do you want to be a/an …? ----Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. I want to be a/an … ----How are you going to do that? ----I’m going to … 2a Listen. What is Cheng Han going to do? Check ( √ ) the correct boxes in the picture. √ √ Listening practice 2b Listen again. What are Cheng Han’s plans for the future? Complete the chart. What Where How When He is going to be a teacher. He is going to move to Shanghai. He is going to learn how to teach children. He is going to finish high school and college first. B: He wants to be … B: He is going to… B: He is going to … B: He is going to … A: What does Cheng Han want to be? A : Where is he going to move? A: How is he going to do that? A: When is he going to start? 2c Ask and answer questions about Cheng Han’s plans. Pairwork Task 1 Listen and answer the following questions. 1. What does Ken want to be ? He wants to be a writer. 2. How is Ken going to do that? He is going to keep on writing stories. 3. What about Andy? We don’t know, but his parents want him to be a doctor. Task 2 Listen again and fill in the blanks. Andy: What are you reading, Ken? Ken: The Old Man and the Sea ______ Hemingway. Andy: Wow, now I know why you’re so good at _______ stories. Ken: Yes, I want ______ _____ a writer. Andy: Really? How are you going to________ a writer? Ken: Well, I’m going to keep on _______ stories, of course. What do you want to be? Andy: My parents want me to be a doctor, but I’m not sure ______ that. Ken: Well, don’t worry. Not everyone knows what they want to be. Just _____ sure you try your best. Then you can be _________ you want! Andy: Yes, you’re right. by writing to be become writing about make anything Task 3 Listen and read. Notice the stress and the intonation. Andy: What are you reading, Ken? Ken: The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway. Andy: Wow, now I know why you’re so good at writing stories. Ken: Yes, I want to be a writer. Andy: Really? How are you going to become a writer? Ken: Well, I’m going to keep on writing stories, of course. What do you want to be? Andy: My parents want me to be a doctor, but I’m not sure about that. Ken: Well, don’t worry. Not everyone knows what they want to be. Just make sure you try your best. Then you can be anything you want! Andy: Yes, you’re right. Andy: What are you reading, Ken? Ken: The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway. Andy: Wow, now I know why you’re so good at writing stories. Ken: Yes, I want to be a writer. Andy: Really? How are you going to become a writer? Ken: Well, I’m going to keep on writing stories, of course. What do you want to be? be good at doing 擅长干…keep on doing… 继续，坚持干… Task 4 2d Role-play the conversation. Andy: My parents want me to be a doctor, but I’m not sure about that. Ken: Well, don’t worry. Not everyone knows what they want to be. Just make sure you try your best. Then you can be anything you want! Andy: Yes, you’re right. be sure about… 对…有把握，确信… make sure 确信，证实 try one’s best 尽最大努力 Do a survey and report it. name Kelly what doctor where Zhongxiang how study hard when after she finishes college Report: Kelly wants to be a doctor. She is going to study really hard. She is going to move to Zhongxiang. She is going to start when she finishes college. He is a usual boy. But he has a dream. He’s going to be a famous actor when he grows up. a dream of a star So he learns Chinese Kungfu very hard. He never gives up. At last, he becomes a very famous actor. Wang Baoqiang Where there is a will, there is a way. Work hard, and you can make your dream come true! Sentence patterns: --What do you want to be when you grow up? --I want to be a/an… -- How are you going to do that ? --I am going to …(be going to +v原形 表示“打算做某事”) -- Where are you going to work? -- I’m going to … -- When are you going to start? -- I’m going to … summary My plan for life I’m going to be… Where there is a will, there is a way. * * *。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：完型填空(25)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：完型填空(25）（1)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily。
1 to buy a mountain bike，she’d been saving her pocket money all year，as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money.By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49。
I said, “You 2 have your pick from my bicycle 3 .” “Thanks，Daddy。
But your bikes are so old。
” She was right。
All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models，not the kind a kid today would 4 choose。
As Christmas 5 near，Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store，she 6 a Salvation Army（基督教慈善组织）volunteer standing next to a big pot.“Can we give something, Daddy？” she asked。
“Sorry, Em, I’m out of change。
” I said.Throughout December，Emily continued to 7 hard. Then one day, she made a 8 announcement. “You know all the money I've been saving?” she said hesitantly。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：完型填空(3)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：完型填空（3)（1）阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last weekend, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car．My 10—year-old daughter came up with the idea of 1 other people’s car s as well．It was pretty 2 outside and I had no plans to 3 being in the bright sun．She 4 wanted to give lemonade(柠檬汽水）to passers—by for free．I had seen little kids 5 and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free．Although I felt 6 ，I decided to help her．7 she asked me，“What if we8 this a smile car wash？" I couldn’t hold back my tears and9 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 20 ideas．While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a（n）11 with beautiful images of smiles．They had “Free Car Wash" written on it and the 12 of their exercise was “smile"．It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 13 to do something for others．All that seemed 14 and came right from their heart．Nothing seemed to 15 to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to 16 others and do something nice in the community!I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 17 to help clean cars．Passers-by were 18 and one evenshouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused．A pretty heartwarming 19 ！I feel blessed by being 20 by such wonderful and loving souls．1．A．drying B．repairing C．washing D．decorating 2．A．quiet B．hot C．different D．dirty 3．A．suggest B．avoid C．continue D．practise 4．A．further B．therefore C．already D．hardly 5．A．choose B．enjoy C．buy D．serve 6．A．worried B．popular C．confused D．difficult 7．A．Finally B．Simply C．Then D．Luckily 8．A．show B．leave C．make D．order 9．A．challenged B．expected C．invited D．encouraged 10．A．creative B．ready C．changed D．familiar 11．A．board B．picture C．idea D．car 12．A．purpose B．trouble C．secret D．theme 13．A．need B．duty C．imagination D．sense 14．A．important B．disappointing C．hopeful D．natural15．A．matter B．mean C．belong D．refer 16．A．relax B．try C．help D．smile 17．A．food B．rags C．money D．fruit 18．A．interested B．amazed C．bored D．frightened19．A．scene B．scenery C．story D．view 20．A．supported B．understood C．refused D．surrounded（2)阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
专题2 阅读理解34
2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题2 阅读理解34（25分钟）AThere is, for many of us, a moment in life when we make a choice that changes us forever. This moment marks a turning point, when we realize that the life we're living is not a mirror of who we really are.For some, the moment comes as a result of something dramatic: the sudden loss of a job, or the death of a loved one. For others, they have to deal with difficult situations, such as financial hardship. In these challenging times, it's more critical(关键时刻的) than ever for us to seize the possibility of positive change. As I travel and talk to people about their lives, I often see a distant, vacant look in their eyes -- a look that says “I’m so busy trying to survive my life that no soul left to live it”.As a result, we end up feeling lonely. Yet we keep on going the way we've been going. We tolerate high levels of stress at work, take important relationships for granted, or put our health needs on hold. We get so caught up in the details of living that our busyness becomes an excuse from the inner voice that begs us to listen. When you finally pay attention to that little voice and begin to make even small changes, you will slowly improve yourself.To start positive change, you need the power of your mind. I've come up with a five-step strategy that will help you. You will be able to identify what you want and then go after it. It's easier than you might think.1. Reset your happiness set point. Don't limit yourself! When I decided that I wanted more control over my life, I set goals in physical, emotional, financial, professional, material, and play. I challenged myself to consider every possible choice. Imagine things you've never believed you could achieve. Don't let your past determine your future.2. Trust your courage. Too often, when you're first learning to take control of your life, you doubt yourself. It's important to develop a strong connection with your innerguidance system. I've heard many stories about the persistent voice inside your head.3. Take action. Once you have set goals, adjusted your beliefs, and got ready, you can start making things happen. Again, turn to those people you respect -- the ones achieving what you desire -- for support and guidance. They will both inspire you and give you practical advice on what steps you need to take.4. Have faith. Believe that the positive energy of grace will support your efforts to improve your life. When you've done all you can, let go and trust that the right result will occur. When we have faith, we give up the need to be in control, and we set ourselves up to actually enjoy the process of change.5. Be patient. This can be the toughest step. It's not easy to trust that your life will improve in a best way. Remind yourself of the benefits of patience. In my experience, those life changes are always worth the wait.1. What does the author intend to say in the second paragraph?A. The start of some turning points in one’s life is caused by crisis.B. Loss of a job or the death of a loved one are all dramatic things.C. No one can live a life without any turning points.D. No one can predict his future of being good or not.2. In the author’s opinion, we should ______________.A. adjust our beliefs from time to timeB. always control ourselves for anythingC. keep on going the way we are goingD. seize the challenging times to live an active life3. The author suggests that when setting your happiness set points, you should _______.A. know the limitation of your set pointB. build self-confidence without doubtC. limit your goals in different waysD. consider every possible choice with care4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. When you've done all you can, you may believe that the right result will occur.B. When you set goals, and take action, it is possible to make things happen.C. When you first learn to take charge of your life, you will always doubt yourself.D. If things do not happen in a way that is best, patience is always worth the wait.ADBCB“To be or not to be”．Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world．They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but for every thinking man and woman．To be or not to be----to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely．A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally．He answered it by saying, “I think, therefore I am．”But the best definition of existence I ever saw was one written by another philosopher who said, “To be is to be in relations．”If this is true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive．To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity （强度）of our relations．Unfortunately, we are so constituted that we get to love our routine．But other than our regular occupation, how much are we alive? If you are interested only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent．So far as other things are concerned----poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs----you are dead．On the contrary, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest----even more, a new accomplishment----you increase your power of life．No one who is deeply interested in different kinds of subjects can remain unhappy．The real pessimist is the person who has lost interest．Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend．But we gain new life by contacts with new friends, and new ideas and thoughts, too．Where your thoughtsare, there will be your life also．If your thoughts are limited only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to your narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live in a narrow restricted life．But if you are interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interested people; if you listen intently to fine music, you are always away from immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination．To be or not to be ---- to live intensely and richly, or merely to exist, that depends on ourselves．Let us widen and intensify our relations．While we live, let us live．1．What does the author mainly want to do by this passage?A．Argue against an idea．B．Put forward an idea．C．Introduce some famous sayings．D．Explain some famous sayings．2．What does the underlined word “pessimist” most probably mean?A．Somebody who always expects the worst to happen．B．Somebody who is always interested in making new friends．C．Somebody who always lives in a world of passion and imagination．D．Somebody who likes to live a rich and abundant life．3．Which of the following behaviors is most probably NOT encouraged by the author?A．Thinking more than your own business．B．Caring only about your physical welfare．C．Reading good novels．D．Listening to fine music．4．What is the main idea of the passage?A．To be or not to be, that is a question．B．I think, therefore I am．C．To be is to be in relations．D．A man dies as often as he loses a friend．BABCCThe diversity of the original American Indian settlers was not quite as great as that of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries when waves of European, Asian and unwilling African immigrants arrived on American shores. However, the First Americans did have more far-going origins that were ever suspected. For example, Brace’s studies ha ve revealed that the Blackfoot, Iroquois, and other tribes from Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario, and Massachusetts came down from the Jomon, a prehistoric people of Japan. The Inuit in the far north and tribal groups who once lived down the Eastern seaboard into Florida appear to be a later branch from the trunk of the Jomon family tree. The Athabaskan-speaking people from the Yukon and northern-western Canada, who spread as far south as Arizona and northern Mexico, appear to trace their origins to China. “The ir facial shapes link them more closely to the living Chinese than to any other population in either part of the world,”says Brace.Johanna Nichols, a Professor of Slavic languages and literature at the University of California at Berkeley, says that new evidence from native languages throughout the New World strongly suggests that humans have been in the Americas since as early as 40,000 BC. She says that it is only along the west coast that languages appear to have come from immigrants who arrived after the ice age, 14,000 years ago.Nichols also has some different ideas about the direction in which the country was settled. Breaking with the traditional view of migrations, she says that the inside of North America was colonized not only from Siberia but also from the south.To bolster her argument for an early settlement date, Nichols points to findings from the Monte Verde site in southern Chile. It has been dated at 12,500 years old, which means the area was occupied during the last ice age. And, the Monte Verde people would have needed at least 6,500 years to travel from Alaska to Chile. Yet, that only takes us back to about 19,000 years ago. Her research suggests a very high degree of language diversity is something that happens only with time. She insists that the approximately 150 distinct native American language families we know oftoday must have required at least 35,000 years to develop.1. In the first paragraph the writer uses the word “unwilling” to show that _______.A. the Africans came against the will of most AmericansB. the Africans came without the approval of their parentsC. the Africans were taken here against their own willD. the Europeans who came at the time didn’t want the Africans to cometogether2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Athabaskan-speakingpeople?A. They were related to people living in Japan in prehistoric times.B. They were a branch from the trunk of the Jomon family tree.C. They have no links to any other people.D. They were thought to have certain links to the ancestors of the Chinesepeople.3. The underlined word bolster in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.A. useB. haveC. supportD. build4. From the passage we can know _______.A. people in the Americas today are believed to have probably come down onlyfrom the northB. Nichols strongly suggests that humans have lived in the Americas for about6,500 yearsC. Nichols supports the traditional ideas about the direction in which the countrywas settledD. it surely takes a very long time for language diversity to come aboutCDCD。
湖北省高考英语二轮复习专题训练阅读理解(4)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（4）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。
AA DECADE after terror struck America, we are starting to move forward．It has been 10 years．In those awful days right after 9/11, I asked my colleague, Dave Barry, if he thought he would ever write jokes again ．He was then the humor columnist for the Miami Herald．"For the last week," he told me, "I haven't even tried to write anything funny, and for a while I thought maybe I never would, or should．"He had it; we all had it—that feeling of being stuck, unable to find your way back to the life you had lived before．I wrote 10 columns in a row about what I had seen, the planes crashing, the ives lost．Finally, I had to force myself to write a column about something that was not terror．That last one column．Then I went right back to what was now normal．That was a decade ago．Today's terrors become tomorrow's memories ．News becomes history．And I find myself remembering how I used to kill ants when I was a child．The thing that truck me was that they always came back．Even if you destroy their world a hundred times, theybuild it a hundred and one times．There is something of that in people．It may be one of the best things about us．We always fight the curle things in life, bury our dead, rebuild, and find a way to move forward．We did it when fire burned down Chicago, after the earthquake in San Francisco, and after the floods in New Orleans．And we did it on September 11．It is true that we have changed in ways that are not all good．We are at war on three fronts． We are running a strange prison on Cuba．The government may not tell you why．Osama bin Laden is dead．Experts tell us the terror group he led is weakened．However, terrorism remains alive in American political thought, which is becoming more extreme．There is reason to be worried about these changes．But I am still grateful that we moved away from the 9/11 nightmare at all．1．Which phrase can be used to describe Dave Barry's feeling just after 9/11?A．heartbroken and hopeless B．frightened but hopefulC．unable to care or focus D．sad but confident2．From Paragraph 3, we can conclude that .A．the author was so shaken that he stopped writing completelyB．there was no terrorism in America before 9/11C．for some time Americans found it difficult to think about anything other than terrorD．no one ever feels safe anymore3．With the example of ants, the author aims to show that .A．he misses his happy childhoodB．people can rebuild and recover, just like antsC．he is sorry that he killed the antsD．rebuilding is more important than sadness4．According to the last part of the article, the author's main point is that A．terrorism has influenced the government too muchB．people should look on the bright sideC．terrorism will continue to existD．no changes are ever completely goodBQuestion: My ninth grade art teacher doesn't give any grade above 94% because, she says, "There is always room for improvement．" In previous years, I earned a 99 % and a 100%．The 94 I received this term does not reflect the hard work that I put into this course．Because of her improvement theory, I got a lower grade than I deserve．Is her grading philosophy ethical?Answer; Your teachers grading system may be unwise, but it is not unethical．A teacher deserves wide latitude in selecting the method of grading that best promotes learning in her classroom , that is, after all, the prime function of grades．It is she who has the training and experience to make this decision．Assuming that your teacher is neither biased （有偏见的） nor corrupt and that her system conforms （J顺应）to school rules, you can't fault her ethics．You can criticize her methodology．A 100 need not imply that there is no possibility of improvement, only that a student successfully completes the course work．A ninth grader could get a well-earned 100 in English class but still have a way to go before she writes as well as Jane Austen．What's more, grades are not only an educational device but are also part of a screening system to help assign kids to their next class or program．By capping her grades at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a student's chance of getting a scholarship or getting into a top college．What it is wrong to condemn her for is overlooking your hard work．Your diligence is worthy of encouragement, but effort does not equal accomplishment．If scholars suddenly discovered that Rembrandt had dashed off " The Night Watch" in an afternoon, it would still be " The Night Watch"．I could spend months sweating over my own paintings, but I'd produce something you wouldn't want to hang in your living room．Or your garage．5．The ninth-grader thought that his art teacher should .A．have given him a 100 B．have given him a grade above 94 C．have been more ethical D．have been fairer．6．According to the answer, a teacher has the freedomA．to give students any grade he/she wantsB．to give students lower gradesC．to give students reasonable gradesD．to select the method of grading7．We learn from the answer that a student who gets a 100 .A．won't improve any moreB．must successfully complete the course work．C．should still work hard and keep improvingD．can write as i．ell as Jane Austen8．The example of Rembrandt's painting suggests thatA．A distinction should be made between diligence and accomplishmentB．Rembrandt was a good painterC．The Night Watch was carelessly paintedD．We should learn from RembrandtCA new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the US．Amy Chua, the author of the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law School．She is also a mother of two．Chua describes the child-rearing methods she used with her daughters．She said they would seem unimaginable to Westerners．Chua set strict standards for her daughters．For example, in school they weren't allowed to make grades lower than As．They had to play piano or violin and practice hours a day．There were no sleepovers, play dates or TV．There has been wide criticism of Chua's book in the US．" It is kind of extreme," Jeffrey Seinfeld, a professor at New York University, told the Los Angles Times．"．．．standards of parenting need to be realistic and tailored to each child．Children need parents who can guide them, not force them to do things they are probably not interested in．"Now the criticism seems to have spread to China．Sun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his concerns．He argued that Chua's method of parenting would limit children from reaching their full potential．"Some Chinese parents do focus on test scores and good degrees," Sun said．"but what gets sacrificed along the way is their kids' capacity fully to develop and to enjoy life．"While critics might sympathize with kids who experience this parenting style, some young people quite appreciate it．" I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough," said 17-year-old Li Ao, a Senior 3 student at Qingdao No2 High School．"A tiger mother is there to halp her kids work hard．"Others think that Chua has a point when it comes to setting challenging goals for kids．"It's crucial for children," according to Abigail Gewirtz, a professor of family science at the University of Minnesota．She told CNN: " Honestly, kids need to be pushed sometimes．If you push a kid to do well, and they're good at it, they benefit．It's good to have high expectations．"9．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?A．Most children don't need strict standards to do well．B．Chua's educating method is widely accepted in China．C．Supporters of Amy Chua believe in high expectations．D ．Most children welcome challenging goals．10．The underlined word crucial could be replaced by .A．helpful B．cruel C．unfair D．important 11．Which of the following statements might Jeffrey Seinfeld agree with?A．Children need to be pushed to succeed．B．The tiger mother is no longer popular in American society．C．Parents should take their children into account when they give them guidance．D．Extreme parenting produces children who do not know themselves when grown up．12．What is the main point of the article?A．An unreasonable parenting style．B．A debate on Chinese-style tough parenting．C．Book reviews of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother．D．The strict standards that should be set for children．DA shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world．The boy walked a long way, and finally came upon a beautiful castle where the wise man lived．Rather than finding a saintly man, though, our hero, on entering the main room of the castle , saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went, people were chatting in the corners and a small orchestra was playing soft music．The wise man talked with everyone, and the boy had to wait for two hours before it was his turn．The wise man listened carefully to the boy's explanation of why he had come, but told him that he didn't have time just then to explain the secret of happiness．He suggested the boy look a-round the palace and return in two hours．" Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something," said the wise man,, handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil ．" As you wander around, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill．"The boy began to walk up and down stairs in the palace, keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon． After two hours, he returned．"Well," asked the wise man．"Did you see the Persian tapestries hanging in my dining hall?Did you see the garden that it took the master gardener 10 years to create?" The boy was embarrassed, and replied that he had observed nothing．His only concern had been not to spill the oil．"Then go back and observe the marvels of my world," said the wise man．The boy picked up spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace, this time observing all of the works of art on the ceilings and the walls．He saw the gardens and the mountains all around him．When he returned, he described in detail everything he had seen．"But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?" asked the wise man．Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was gone．"Well, there is the only one piece of advice I can give you," said the wise man．"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon．"13．When the shopkeeper's son arrived at the castle, he ______．A．received warm welcome from the wise manB．had already missed his chance to talk to the wise manC．was shown around the palace by the local peopleD．didn't expect to see so many people around14．The wise man gave the boy two tasks in order to .A．let the boy enjoy his palace and gardenB．make him learn from his mistakesC．teach him the secret of happinessD．show him how to observe the marvels in the world15．We can infer from the article that "the drops of the oil on the spoon "probably refer to .A．the beauty of natureB．the fortune a person possessesC．the responsibilities every person has to take onD．the great opportunities in life16．What would be the best title for the article?A．A lesson about happiness. B．Learning about happiness.C．The secret of happiness. D．Searching for happiness.EWill there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year．A new Einstein will emerge, scientists say．But it may take a long time．After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival （对手）, Isaac Newton．Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn't been born yet, or is a baby now．That is because the quest （探求）for a unified （统一的） theory that would account for all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits．New math must be created before the problem cam be solved．But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein emerging anytime soon．For one thing, physics is a much different field today．In Einstein's day, there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare．Einstein is different, too．One crucial aspect of Einstein's training that is overlooked is the years of philosophy he read as a teenager—Kant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others．It taught him how to think independently and abstractly aboutspace and time, and it wasn't long before he became a philosopher himself．And he was an accomplished musician．The interplay （相互作用） between music and math is well known．Einstein would furiously play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem．Today, universities have produced millions of physicists．There aren't many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical and rewarding efforts．"Maybe there is an Einstein out there today," said Columbia University physicist Brian Greene, "but it would be a lot harder for him to be heard．" Especially considering what Einstein was proposing．"The actual fabric of space and time curving? My God, what an ideal "Greene said at a recent gathering at the Aspen Institute．It takes a certain type of person who will bang his head against the wall because you believe you'll find the solution．Perhaps the best examples are the five scientific papers Einstein wrote in 1905．These thought experiments were pages of calculations signed and submitted to the prestigious （赫赫有名）journal Annalen der Physik by a virtual unknown ．There were no footnotes or citations （引文）.What might happen to such a submission today? We all get papers like those in the mail． Greene said．We put them in the junk file．17．What do scientists seem to agree upon, judging from the first two paragraphs?A．Einstein pushed mathematics almost to its limits．B．It will take another Einstein to build a unified theory．C．No physicist is likely to surpass Einstein in the next 200 years．D．It will be some time before a new Einstein emerges．18．What does the author tell us about physicists today?A．They tend to neglect training in analytical skills．B．They are very good at solving scientific problems．C．They attach great importance to publishing academic papers．D．They often go into fields producing greater financial benefits19．What does Brian Greene imply by saying" it would be a lot harder for him to be heard"';A．People have to compete in order to get their papers published．B．It is hard for a scientist to have his papers published today．C．Papers like Einstein's would unlikely get published today．D．Nobody will read papers on apparently ridiculous theories．20．When he submitted his papers in 1905 , Einstein .A．forgot to make footnotes and citationsB．was little known in academic circlesC．was known as a young genius in math calculationsD．knew nothing about the format of academic papers1---4 ACBB 5---8 BDCA 9---12 CDCB 13---16 DCCC 17----20 DDCB。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：完型填空(24)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练:完型填空（24）（1)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1―20各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳选项。
It was the tail end of the depression，and Mum had a(n) 1 time raising us kids on her own。
Christmas was 2 , and we received some money for Christmas。
Mum said that 3 buying food, she would use the money to pay back rent。
Unknown to Mum，I had been doing tough and odd jobs（零工) to earn enough money to buy myself new 4 。
The big day came on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. I was very 5 ，as I hurried up the road to catch the bus. But on the way I 6 a house with Christmas lights and decorations。
It was then that I realized that at our house，we had 7 for Christmas。
I felt sad and I was feeling a strange 8 of guilt. Here I was going to buy a new pair of boots 9 Mum would be trying to explain to us why there were no presents。
I went into a grocery store and bought a turkey，ham，oranges and all the Christmas 10 。
湖北省高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练 25社会生活型阅读理解(1)
2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题限时训练(二十五) [社会生活型阅读理解(一)](限时：25分钟)(一)You wake up in the morning; the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. Are you still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others’ pity or respect.When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all, brings you down.Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a coworker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that.Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to(附着) you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.( )1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to________.A．make a comparison B．offer an evidenceC．introduce a topic D．describe a daily scene( )2.How can negative people have effect on us?A．By influencing our emotion.B．By telling us the nature of life.C．By changing our ways of thinking.D．By comparing their attitudes to life with ours.( )3.Some negative people base their happiness on________.A．other people’s pity for themB．making other people unhappyC．building up a positive attitudeD．other people’s respect for them( )4.According to the passage, to reduce negative people’s influence on us, we are advised to________.A．change negative people’s attitudes towards lifeB．show our dissatisfaction to negative peopleC．make negative people feel ashamed of themselvesD．communicate with negative people as little as possible( )5.What is the author’s attitude towards negative people?A．Favorable. B．Critical.C．Indifferent. D．Supportive.(二)Whether it’s a carol(圣诞颂歌)service or an evening of karaoke in the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. Singing aloud will not just lift the spirits—it’s good for your physical health as well. Filling the lungs with air, increasing the heart rate and getting blood pumping round the body faster can all help our physical health.For the past few years Heart Research UK has been running a Christmas campaign aimed at getting people singing, simply for the benefit it can bring. The organizer of the campaign says singing is a safe, simple and social activity that everyone can enjoy. “Singing is linked to long life, stress reduction, and general health protection. It also brings a great amount of happiness. It is impossible to sing well with a long face because it affects your pitch(音高)．”Professor Graham Welch, who leads the International Music Education Research Centre at the University of London, has spent more than 30 years studying the effects of singing. He says that singing is a form of exerc ise. It means we’re alsohaving a strong aerobic activity(有氧运动)when we’re singing, which results in increasing the feeling of pleasure while decreasing that of stress.“And communal singing—like in a singing group, a church service or even a singsong in the pub—helps improve our sense of selfrespect. It increases our sense of satisfaction with ourselves, a greater sense of feeling included.”Helen Astrid, a singing teacher, also sees the great effects that singing brings. “It lifts us up on a spiritual level, it helps our selfrespect, and it’s great for all ages from small kids to grannies—you can have a good sing and let_your_hair_down.”But she warns people not to have too many beers or glasses of wine, though a glass may help them gather courage before taking to the stage during the holidays.( )1.Heart Research UK holds a campaign to________.A．encourage people to sing for God at ChristmasB．study the effects of singing on peopleC．get people to sing and improve their healthD．bring happiness to people celebrating the holiday( )2.What are the benefits of singing according to Graham Welch?a. Living longer.b. General health protection.c. Feeling happier.d. Reducing stress.e. Improving the sense of selfrespect.A．a，b，c B．b，c，dC．c，d，e D．e，a，b( )3.The underlined part “let your hair down” probably means “ ________”．A．feel at easeB．protect yourselfC．dress casuallyD．cover your nervousness( )4.What can we infer from the passage?A．Singing at Christmas is good for health.B．One is not able to sing well when he or she is in a low mood.C．Experts have disagreements on singing.D．Singing is the same as other aerobic activities.( )5.Which is the best title of the passage?A．Karaoke—Best Place for Singing!B．Christmas—Best Time for Singing!C．Singing—Healthy but not Easy!D．For Health—Let’s Sing!(三)Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead.But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just dreams.The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 60 percent of interviewees considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store.“But they just stop at the ‘thinking’ stage，” it stated.Interviewees put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of money and a lack of business opportunity.They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way.More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road.Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University, majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year.But he is looking for a job first.“If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to run a company in exhibition services, ”Guo said.The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant.With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures (资料手册) at a low price.He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry.Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation.()1.Which factor contributes most to the interviewees’ “unrealized dreams”？A．A lack of business experience.B．A lack of social networks.C．Objections from family members.D．A lack of money.( )2.What can help Guo Bing do well, if he runs a company in exhibition services?A．His parents’ help.B．His strong will.C．His good command of English.D．His interview experience.( )3.How many of the interviewees in the survey would like to find a job first after graduation?A．Over 1,148. B．Over 128.C．Over 757. D．Over 510.( )4.We definitely know from the passage that ________.A．more than half of the interviewees have set up their own companies or stores B．the fresh graduates want to set up their own business because of a tough job marketC．Guo Bing decided to be his own boss when he graduated from his university D．Guo Bing is so independent that he can do well without others’ help专题限时训练(二十五) [社会生活型阅读理解(一)](一)1．C 推理判断题。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(7)
学必求其心得，业必贵于专精湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练:阅读理解（7）阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
AWe’ve all met with something that slows us down，for example, the bumps（颠簸) in the road，the setbacks。
You just have to keep in mind that a setback is only temporary and greater things lie ahead。
Therefore，keep moving forward，developing what you have, since you’ve already built a solid foundation on which you can rely.It is easy just to quit，give up and ignore the hard work you have put into something。
But we believe in the “two steps forward, one step back” philosophy。
So how can you react when something doesn't turn out as you've expected it to be？First, be objective. Step back and look at the situation。
Is your setback really that significant, or will it just require a little extra effort? Then，plan your next move. You can ask for help. Don’t be afraid or ashamed to do this。
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(20)
湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（20）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．AAs China’s women's gymnastics team enjoyed the glory of winning the country’s first team Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，the young gymnasts took the opportunity to remind the world that they are old enough to compete．Weeks before the Beijing Games,some international media raised questions about the ages of some of the members of China‘s gymnastics team，particularly He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan．They said the girls might be younger than 16．the minimum age for the Olympics．But the Chinese Gymnastics Association quickly provided copies of the gymnasts’ID cards and passports，proving they are indeed old enough to compete．In the final．He Kexia gave a clean performance on her favorite uneven bars（高低杠),earning the second highest score．after falling from the bars during qualification．"Although I fell down in the qualification。
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2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题限时训练(二十五)[社会生活型阅读理解(一)](限时：25分钟)(一)You wake up in the morning; the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. Are you still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others’ pity or respect.When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all, brings you down.Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that.Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to(附着) you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.()1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to________.A．make a comparison B．offer an evidenceC．introduce a topic D．describe a daily scene()2.How can negative people have effect on us?A．By influencing our emotion.B．By telling us the nature of life.C．By changing our ways of thinking.D．By comparing their attitudes to life with ours.()3.Some negative people base their happiness on________.A．other people’s pity for themB．making other people unhappyC．building up a positive attitudeD．other people’s respect for them()4.According to the passage, to reduce negative people’s influence on us, we are advised to________.A．change negative people’s attitudes towards lifeB．show our dissatisfaction to negative peopleC．make negative people feel ashamed of themselvesD．communicate with negative people as little as possible()5.What is the author’s attitude towards negative people?A．Favorable. B．Critical.C．Indifferent. D．Supportive.(二)Whether it’s a carol(圣诞颂歌)service or an evening of karaoke in the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. Singing aloud will not just lift the spirits—it’s good for your physical health as well. Filling the lungs with air, increasing the heart rate and getting blood pumping round the body faster can all help our physical health.For the past few years Heart Research UK has been running a Christmas campaign aimed at getting people singing, simply for the benefit it can bring. The organizer of the campaign says singing is a safe, simple and social activity that everyone can enjoy. “Singing is linked to long life, stress reduction, and general health protection. It also brings a great amount of happiness. It is impossible to singwell with a long face because it affects your pitch(音高)．”Professor Graham Welch, who leads the International Music Education Research Centre at the University of London, has spent more than 30 years studying the effects of singing. He says that singing is a form of exercise. It means we’re also having a strong aerobic activity(有氧运动)when we’re singing, which results in increasing the feeling of pleasure while decreasing that of stress.“And communal singing—like in a singing group, a church service or even a singsong in the pub—helps improve our sense of self-respect. It increases our sense of satisfaction with ourselves, a greater sense of feeling included.”Helen Astrid, a singing teacher, also sees the great effects that singing brings. “It lifts us up on a spiritual level, it helps our s elfrespect, and it’s great for all ages from small kids to grannies—you can have a good sing and let_your_hair_down.”But she warns people not to have too many beers or glasses of wine, though a glass may help them gather courage before taking to the stage during the holidays.()1.Heart Research UK holds a campaign to________.A．encourage people to sing for God at ChristmasB．study the effects of singing on peopleC．get people to sing and improve their healthD．bring happiness to people celebrating the holiday()2.What are the benefits of singing according to Graham Welch?a. Living longer.b. General health protection.c. Feeling happier.d. Reducing stress.e. Improving the sense of self-respect.A．a，b，c B．b，c，dC．c，d，e D．e，a，b()3.The underlined part “let your hair down” probably means “ ________”．A．feel at easeB．protect yourselfC．dress casuallyD．cover your nervousness()4.What can we infer from the passage?A．Singing at Christmas is good for health.B．One is not able to sing well when he or she is in a low mood.C．Experts have disagreements on singing.D．Singing is the same as other aerobic activities.()5.Which is the best title of the passage?A．Karaoke—Best Place for Singing!B．Christmas—Best Time for Singing!C．Singing—Healthy but not Easy!D．For Health—Let’s Sing!(三)Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead.But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just dreams.The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 60 percent of interviewees considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store.“But they just stop at the ‘thinking’ stage，” it stated.Interviewees put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of money and a lack of business opportunity.They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way.More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road.Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University, majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year.But he is looking for a job first.“If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to run a company in exhibition service s, ”Guo said.The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant.With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures (资料手册) at a low price.He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry.Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation.()1.Which factor contributes most to the interviewees’ “unrealized dreams”？A．A lack of business experience.B．A lack of social networks.C．Objections from family members.D．A lack of money.()2.What can help Guo Bing do well, if he runs a company in exhibition services?A．His parents’ help.B．His strong will.C．His good command of English.D．His interview experience.()3.How many of the interviewees in the survey would like to find a job first after graduation?A．Over 1,148. B．Over 128.C．Over 757. D．Over 510.()4.We definitely know from the passage that ________.A．more than half of the interviewees have set up their own companies or stores B．the fresh graduates want to set up their own business because of a tough job marketC．Guo Bing decided to be his own boss when he graduated from his university D．Guo Bing is so independent that he can do well without others’ help专题限时训练(二十五)[社会生活型阅读理解(一)](一)1．C推理判断题。