2012届高考英语专题复习精选资料集(三)

2012届高考英语专题复习精选资料集〔三〕
(一)
Elizabeth and I are 18 now, and about to graduate.I think about our elementaryschool friendship, but some memories have blurred. What happened that day in fifth grade when Beth suddenly stopped speaking to me? Does she know that I’ve been thinking about her for seven years? If only we could go back, discover what ended our relationship.
I have to speak with Beth.I see her sometimes, and find out school is “fine〞. It’s not the same.It never will be.Someone says that she’s Liz now.What happened to Beth?
I can’t call her.Should I write? What if she doesn’t answer me? How will I know what she’s thinking? Yes, I’ll write her a letter.These things are easier to express in writing.“Dear Be，〞 no, “Dear Li，〞 no, “Dear Elizabeth，〞 I begin.The words flow freely, as sevenyear old memories are reborn.I ask her all the questions that have been left unanswered in my mind, and pray she will answer.I seal my thoughts in the perfect white envelope, and imagine Beth peering into her mailbox.Will she know why I’m writing? Maybe she once thought of writing the same letter.
As the mailman takes my envelope from me forever, I wonder if I’ve made the right decision.Do I have the right to force myself into Beth’s life again? Am I simply part of the past? I have taken the first step.Beth_has_control_of_the_situation_now. One day has passed.Are my words lying on the bottom of the post office floor? Two days are gone.I’m lost in thought and don’t even hear the phone ring.“Hello? It’s Elizabeth.〞
()1.How ol d were they when they didn’t speak to each other?
A．18.B．12.
C．13. D．11.
()2.Why does the auther decide to write a letter in stead of calling?
A．She is sure that Beth will not answer.
B．She’s afraid that they’ll quarrel on the phone.
C．She doesn’t know Beth’s telephone number.
D．It is easier to express her feelings in writing.
()3.What is the meaning of the underlined sentence “Beth has control of the situation now.〞？
A．Beth doesn’t want to forgive the writer.
B．Beth is under the control of the writer.
C．The writer is under the control of Beth.
D．Whether their friendship heals is up to Beth.
()4.What can we know from the last sentence?
A．Beth is making a phone to the writer.
B．Beth is phoning others.
C．The writer imagines Beth calling her.
D．The writer is calling Beth.
()5.Which of the following the author might NOT mention in her letter?
A．Their elementaryschool friendship.
B．Her future plan after graduation.
C．Her expectations for Beth’s reply.
D．The questions about the endings of their friendship.
(二)
One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood.Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores at home and so on.It’s n ot easy.
The good news is that being likeable can help a child perform better.Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to cope more easily with stresses of
growing up.
In her book Understanding Child Stress, Dr.Carolyn Leonard states that children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others.This leads to focus and resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress. A child who has adequate emotional_armor can continue down the path to success.Much research shows that resilience has enabled children to succeed in school, avoid drug abuse, and develop a healthy selfawareness.
()1.The writer implies in the first paragraph that ________.
A．children are expected much than we usually think
B．life is not easy for every one of us
C．better education results in smarter children
D．to be a likeable child is almost impossible
()2.According to Dr.Leonard, likeable children ________.
A．can cope more easily with stress independently
B．know how to avoid trouble and unpleasant events
C．are always optimistic and ready to help those in need
D．can achieve more and understand themselves better
()3.The term “emotional armor〞 in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A．mental support from friends
B．mental support from adults
C．failures in life
D．ability to handle life stress
()4.The main purpose of the studies done by Michael Delucchi is to find ________. A．if a likeable teacher has a positive personality
B．if a likeable teacher draws more attention
C．how a teacher’s likability gains popularity
D．how a likeable teacher’s teaching style is formed
()5.The passage aims at proving that ________.
A．likeable people do better in life generally
B．likeable people do better in their childhood
C．social creatures enjoy more advantages
D．likeable people give better advice
(三)
Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the extreme experiment of FrederickⅡ in the 13th century, it may be.Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.
All the babies died before the first year.But clearly there was more than language deprivation(剥夺，丧失)．What was missing was good mothering.Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the ability to survive is seriously affected. Today no such extreme deprivation exists as that ordered by Frederick.Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking.Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to signals of the baby, whose brain is programmed to mop up language rapidly.There are critical times, and it seems when children learn more rapidly.If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again.
Linguists suggest that speech milestones are reached in a fixed order and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ.
Recent evidence suggests that a baby is born with the ability to speak.What is special about man’s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a teddy bear with the sound pattern “teddy bear〞．
But speech has to be induced(引导), and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the child’s babbling(咿
呀学语), clinging, grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them.Insensitivity of the mother to these signals reduces the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals.Sensitivity to the child’s non verbal(非语言的) signals is basic to the growth and development of language.
()1.Frederick Ⅱ’s experiment was extreme because ________.
A．he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speak
B．he wanted his nurses to say another language
C．he was unkind to the nurses
D．he ignored the importance of mothering to the babies
()2.The reason that some children are backward in speaking is most likely that ________.
A．they do not listen carefully to their mothers
B．their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speak
C．their brain has to absorb too much language at once
D．their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them
()3.In paragraph 3, by “critical times〞 the author means ________.
A．difficult periods in the child’s life
B．moments when the child becomes critical towards its mother
C．important stages in the child’s development
D．times when mothers often neglect their children
()4.If a child starts to speak later than others, he will ________ in future. A．have a high IQ
B．be less intelligent
C．not necessarily be backward
D．be insensitive to verbal signals
()5.If the mother seldom responds to her child’s signals, ________.
A．the child will be able to speak properly
B．the child will continue to give out signals
C．the child will invent a language of own
D．the child will make little effort to speak
参考答案
(一)【文章大意】本文讲述了作者和朋友Elizabeth一直是好朋友，可是在五年级的时候，Elizabeth突然不和作者说话了。

七年来作者一直想知道是什么完毕了他们的友谊。

最终作者决定主动给Elizabeth写信，问她为什么。

然而作者写信之后，也不知道她的朋友什么时候能够和她联系。

最终，她的朋友真的给她来了。

1．D 数字计算题。

由文章第一段Elizabeth and I are 18 now...Does she know that I've been thinking about her for seven years? 可以得知。

2．D 细节理解题。

根据第三段These things are easier to express in writing 判断得知选D。

3．D 句意理解题。

结合上文I have taken the first step.与下文One day has passed.Are my words lying on the bottom of the post office floor？可以得知，作者在等待着朋友的回复。

4．A 推理判断题。

从句子I'm lost in thought and don't even hear the phone ring.“Hello? It's Elizabeth.〞可以判断出，Beth已经打来了，作者很激动，不相信这是真的。

5．B 推理判断题。

根据“The words flow freely, as sevenyear old memories are reborn.I ask her all the questions that have been left unanswered in my mind, and pray she will answer.I seal my thoughts in the perfect white envelope, and imagine Beth peering into her mailbox.Will she know why I'm writing? Maybe she once thought of writing the same letter.〞可判断选B。

(二)【文章大意】可爱会给人带来什么好处呢？可爱的孩子更容易得到别人的支持，从而更容易成功，也更能处理生活中的压力；可爱的教师更能受到学生的关注，从而教育效果会更
好。

总之，一般来说，可爱的人会做得更成功。

1．A 推理判断题。

从第一段“Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores at home and so on.〞可知。

2．D 细节理解题。

从第三段可知，孩子的可爱可以促成“focus and resilience〞，而“resilience〞又有助于孩子“succeed in school, avoid drug abuse, and develop a healthy selfawareness〞，由此判断正确答案选D。

学生易误选A，其实A项是错误的，从“children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others.〞可知，孩子的可爱容易得到别人的支持，而别人的支持才“leads to focus and resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress〞，所以A项中的“independently〞与文章内容是不符合的。

3．D 词义猜测题。

根据“...children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others.This leads to ...the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress. A child who has adequate emotional_armor can continue down the path to success.〞所揭示的因果关系(即：“可爱〞促成“处理生活压力的能力〞，而“处理生活压力的能力〞能使孩子走向成功)可判断正确答案选D。

4．B 细节理解题。

根据第五段“Michael Delucchi of the University of Hawaii reviewed dozens of studies to determine if likeable teachers received good ratings because of their likability or because they in fact taught well.〞可判断B项正确。

5．A 推理判断题。

文章先从小孩的角度阐述“可爱〞的作用，而后又从“教师〞的角度说明“可爱〞的意义，由此推断文章旨在说明：一般来说，可爱的人会做得更成功。

应当选A。

(三)【文章大意】本文为说明文，主要介绍了关于婴儿的语言能力的开展所进展的相关研究。

1．D 细节理解题。

根据第二段“All the babies died before the first year.But clearly there was more than language deprivation(剥夺，丧失)．What was missing was good mothering.〞可知选D。

2．B 细节理解题。

根据第三段“Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking.Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to signals
of the baby, whose brain is programmed to mop up language rapidly.〞可判断选B。

3．C 词义理解题。

根据第三段“There are critical times, and it seems when children learn more rapidly.If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again.〞可知“critical times〞应为孩子学习语言的重要时期，应当选C。

4．C 逻辑推理题。

根据第四段“but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ.〞可推断孩子的语言能力发育晚并不意味着孩子的智力就低，应当选C。

5．D 逻辑推理题。

根据最后一段“Insensitivity of the mother to these signals reduces the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals.〞可推断选D。